Only after a while, the door of the private room next door was opened from the outside, and a man wrapped in a black robe from head to toe walked in. Judging from his height, he should be a man. But he wore a hood on his head and a mask on his face.
Wearing a half-bone white mask. With this look, Mingruo would have thought he was cosplaying Voldemort.
Si Haochen put his index finger to his lips and made a silent gesture to Mingruo. Seeing Mingruo respond and press the switch next to the landscape painting, the sound from the next room immediately came over. Mingruo felt that they were like
Just talking in the box here——
"This is Yongye City, not the Imperial Capital of Donghuan. Your Highness may be too cautious." Feng Muyuan said with a hint of teasing in his tone.
"As the saying goes, be careful when sailing for thousands of years." Although he couldn't see the face of the man in black, if he could still hear the voice, he was indeed the "Sick Yangzi" fifth prince.
The fifth prince, Si Tang, wrapped himself up like this. Although he was really afraid of people seeing him, the most important thing was to guard against Feng Muyuan. Who doesn't know that the people of Xikang are good at poisoning, especially those poisonous insects, which are hard to guard against.
"Your Highness, please sit down." Feng Muyuan asked Si Tang to sit down and politely served him a cup of tea.
Naturally, the tea master did not dare to drink tea, so he stopped talking and went straight to the point: "This prince wants the map of the jade mine. What are the conditions of King Yuan?"
"This...it's not that I don't want to hand over the map. In fact, the affairs related to the jade mine are in charge of the three poison masters. Now, I have lost contact with the three poison masters, and I don't know the specific situation.
It's clear." Feng Muyuan did have the entrance to the jade mine and even a map of the tunnels underneath, but how could he let go of the fat meat in his mouth so easily.
When the Evil Ghost Alliance selected a base in the suburbs of Beijing and dug caves, they accidentally discovered a vein of jade. Si Tang knew that there were many mines in Xikang and there were many craftsmen who were proficient in this art. The hall master of the Evil Ghost Alliance's border town had close contacts with Feng Muyuan.
, Si Tang asked the hall master to find some skilled craftsmen from Xikang to go to Donghuan to mine, so as to produce jade as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, Feng Muyuan opened his mouth and sent ten craftsmen to guide the excavation of the mine, but he wanted 10% of the jade material produced by the jade mine as payment.
At that time, Si Tang had never opened a jade mine before and did not know that the initial investment would be a bottomless pit, so he agreed. Later, after investing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, he discovered that Feng Muyuan was very cunning——
Not to mention that Feng Muyuan only produced craftsmen, the real workers were brought by Si Tang. Of the ten craftsmen, only seven knew how to dig mines, and the remaining three were poison masters, just to guard against it.
When I waited for the mine to produce jade, I kicked him out directly.
The jade mine was in the Evil Ghost Alliance's stronghold. In order to restrict each other, Si Tang did not tell Feng Muyuan how to enter the Evil Ghost Alliance's stronghold, and Feng Muyuan did not tell Si Tang the entrance to the mine.#@$&
The current situation is that both of them know that there is a jade mine there. Feng Muyuan doesn't know how to enter the mine, and Si Tang doesn't know how to get down to the mine. The mine that invested a lot in the early stage can only be left there like a barren mountain. Si Tang
Her flesh ached, and Feng Muyuan was unwilling to do so.
The mine is near the capital of Donghuan. No matter how long his hand is, he can't reach there. Feng Muyuan thought for a moment and said: "I will send ten craftsmen who are proficient in mining and ten craftsmen who are skilled in jade.
Made into jade material."
Feng Muyuan now spends a lot of money recruiting troops, so naturally the more money he can bring in, the better.
Si Tang sneered in his heart. He didn't know how many poison masters would be hired as supervisors by then: "Half percent."
Even if he gave half of Si Tang, he didn't think it was worth it, but he also needed money urgently and couldn't afford it.%&(&
"Half is too little..." Feng Muyuan scratched his chin.
"I have already poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into that mountain, and King Yuan only came up with a few people..." Si Tang sighed, "You and I are both people who want to do big things, so don't worry about these small things."
"The Fifth Highness said, so be it." The calculation in Feng Muyuan's eyes was deeper. When it comes to identifying jade materials, their craftsmen in Xikang are experts. Even if they can only get half a percent, he will still have many ways to get a value of 30 percent.
Come.
"Then it's settled. King Yuan will ask the craftsmen to take the map to the imperial capital as soon as possible. It is best before Uncle Yunhuang's army returns to the capital. Otherwise, 30,000 northwest troops will be stationed in the suburbs of Beijing, and any further actions will be easily exposed."
"Okay." Feng Muyuan was also very afraid of Prince Dong Huanyun.
This time, Xikang and Beichi joined forces. Although they each had their own plans, they also planned carefully. Unexpectedly, Prince Yun was too powerful. In just over a month, he drove the Beichi army to the north of the Hulan River and captured two cities.
.With such courage and combat ability, even if he wanted to seize the Beichi Royal Court, it would not be too difficult.
Facing a powerful opponent, we can only unite more people: "The Evil Ghost Alliance was driven out of Donghuan in despair. If they don't return with revenge, the other three countries will probably follow suit...
"
The words of Prince Yuan were really unpleasant. He really didn't like to lift any pot. Si Tang's hands hidden in his sleeves clenched tighter and tighter, and he said in a deep voice: "I, the prince, are also waiting for instructions from Zhongzhou."
Hearing the word "Zhongzhou", Feng Muyuan's expression lost some arrogance. If he could also catch the "Zhongzhou" line, would he still be worried about whether something big would happen?
"This prince has something to do, so I'll leave first." The fifth prince stood up and left.
Feng Muyuan slowly drank a cup of tea, opened the window and looked downstairs, then walked away while waving the folding fan.
A waiter entered the box to clean up, and Si Haochen pressed the button, and the landscape painting returned to its original state. Mingruo stretched out his hand and touched the position of the 'lake', which was no different from anywhere else.
"Haha, I want to know how you did it?" Si Haochen took Mingruo's hand and sat down at the table.
Mingruo shook his head, thinking that the minds of the ancients were really smart, comparable to surveillance cameras.
"This trip to Yongye City has been fruitful. I didn't expect that Lao Wu would actually have contact with people in Zhongzhou." Si Haochen pressed the table with interest.
Mingruo only knew about Zhongzhou from what he read in the book. The book described it like a fairyland on earth, but Zhongzhou is surrounded by the sea and there are sea formations on the sea. Without the guidance of the sea formation map, it is difficult to enter rashly.
Once you reach the sea formation, there will definitely be no return.
"Didn't it mean that without the sea formation map, there would be no communication between Zhongzhou and the Four Kingdoms?" Mingruo supported his chin with his hand.
“Every year at the end of summer and early autumn, the fog on the sea dissipates, and seabirds or experienced boatmen can still barely discern the direction and can travel around.
"Now, who has the final say in Zhongzhou?" Mingruo blinked his big eyes.
"The four major aristocratic families, Helian, Beigong, Chunyu, and Qidiao, are relatively powerful, and other small families will usually choose to rely on one of them." Si Haochen answered casually.
