Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 177 Emperor Xuan is a Sucker

"Who else!"

Wei An was just short of putting his hands on his hips.

No one in the room said anything.

Although everyone has different ideas, they are all willing to promote the salt-drying method, which will benefit future generations.

Besides, Lady Xu is a woman, so maybe the title of prince can fall into her family.

Some officials have already started to make their own calculations.

At this time, an official stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this salt is poisonous and cannot be eaten directly."

The official's words cooled down Emperor Xuan's boiling mind.

Yes, if this dried salt is edible, there is no reason why people living by the sea would not know about it.

"this·····"

"I am He Chen, the Left Counselor of the Ministry of Public Administration."

"Okay, Sir He, please speak."

"I was born in a town not far from the sea. There are indeed salt crystals on the reefs by the sea. Some fishermen are reluctant to buy salt and eat it, so they take the salt from the reefs. After eating it, many fishermen have diarrhea, and some even die."

"This incident proves that the salt produced by drying cannot be eaten directly."

Emperor Xuan looked at Xu Jinyu, hoping that Xu Jinyu could give a reasonable explanation.

Xu Jinyu smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the salt crystallized from seawater cannot be eaten directly. There are impurities in the salt. My secret recipe states that the salt needs to be repeatedly crystallized and dissolved to remove the impurities in the salt. Then you can eat it with confidence."

Emperor Xuan's heart, which had just cooled down, finally warmed up again.

"Okay! It's winter now, so it's not convenient to start construction. As long as your method of drying salt can really produce edible salt, I will make you the Prince of An."

Emperor Xuan waved his hand and confirmed Xu Jinyu's title.

Xu Jinyu's mouth was almost splitting with laughter.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

[The prince's salary should be higher than the princess's. I wonder if it's enough for me to exchange the penicillin. What about the 100 million taels of silver? How long will it take to save up the money?]

Emperor Xuan twitched his lips, and he wanted to grab Xu Jinyu's ears to teach her a lesson.

Is the difference between a prince and a princess the salary?

That is the difference in status. Generally speaking, the status of a prince is more noble than that of a princess, and the princess also has the option of marrying a foreign prince.

As long as the prince does not rebel, he can live a carefree life until the end of his life.

From now on, no matter what the noble families think of you, they will have to bow respectfully when they see you.

Besides, the prince's salary is not enough for you to exchange for penicillin.

Emperor Xuan cleared his throat and planned to explain to Xu Jinyu the difference between the princess and the prince.

And below, Xu Jinyu's eyes were blank and his thoughts were scattered.

[Since Daqian has a seashore, do people in Daqian know that there are countries overseas? Let me see what the overseas situation of Daqian is like? ]

Of course there are countries overseas!

An Xiang nodded. There were people from overseas countries who had come to Daqian before, but they were all small countries and there was nothing good about them.

The people who came were timid, looking like they had never seen the world before, and they even begged Daqian to give them some silk.

Emperor Xuan was also not interested. He had met several people from overseas countries, and they were all poor.

[Ha! As I expected, the situation overseas in Daqian is directly copied from the ancient times. The worldview of romance novels cannot be too high. ]

[And the background is the Age of Discovery, otherwise how could the male protagonist of the harem novel travel the world? ]

[How can a mere Zhongzhou accommodate a male protagonist in a harem novel? Male-oriented novels are all about unifying the world, and this world refers to the entire world. There are several foreign princesses in his harem. ]

[In this case, Daqian must quickly develop its maritime industry, otherwise it will be left behind by the times and become an old-fashioned country that closes its doors to the outside world. ]

this·····

Emperor Xuan was stunned. Aren’t all the overseas countries poor and small?

Why does Xu Jinyu mean that these countries will become stronger?

Emperor Xuan and An looked at each other. Could it be that the envoys from those countries had deceived them?

[And...and...the emperor and Prime Minister An were deceived so badly by those people. Those people were not envoys from other countries at all, but merchants who got lost at sea.]

[As long as he cried about his poverty and talked about his miserable situation, the emperor's chauvinism would explode, and he would give him money, ships, gold, silver, etc.

[These merchants took the gifts from the emperor back to their own countries and presented them to the king, and they became nobles overnight.]

[Hahaha... The emperor is just pretending to be rich. He is extremely poor, yet he still gives gold and silver to others.]

A flush of color rose on Emperor Xuan's face, and the handle of the dragon throne under his hand began to creak again.

Another piece of ringing is Emperor Xuan’s tooth.

All the civil and military officials lowered their heads tightly so as not to let the emperor above see the corners of their mouths curling up wildly.

Lord Xu is worthy of being Lord Xu. His Majesty must be furious now!

[So you are being stingy with me, right? Oh, by the way, you just made me a prince, but you didn’t even say you would give me any reward, you stingy bastard!]

Emperor Xuan became even angrier: He called me stingy again.

The morning court session that day was held under Emperor Xuan’s low mood.

Then the Minister of Honglu Temple stayed with shaking legs amid the cold voice of Emperor Xuan.

When only the six ministers and the Minister of Honglu Temple were left in Fengtian Hall, Emperor Xuan asked the Minister of Honglu Temple in a cold voice: "I remember there is still a person in Honglu Temple who claims to be from such and such country, right?"

I couldn't even remember Emperor Xuan, whose name was so confusing.

"Yes!"

The Minister of the Honglu Temple bowed his head and replied: "That man claimed to be from the Kingdom of Cro, which is also a poor country. The only valuable thing on him was a sea chart."

Emperor Xuan gritted his teeth and said: "Don't be polite to me. I will torture you severely to find out how many countries have deceived me."

Emperor Xuan felt not only ashamed but also extremely aggrieved at the fact that he had been deceived and it was revealed during the morning court session.

He must find out how many people have deceived him.

An hour later, the Minister of Honglu Temple came back.

"Your Majesty, so far no official envoys from overseas countries have come to our Daqian. Those who claim to be envoys are merchants or pirates from some small countries."

"There is a legend among them that there is a kind king in the far east who will lend a helping hand to every lost merchant."

"to be honest!"

Emperor Xuan did not have the patience to listen to the embellished words of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

The Minister of the Honglu Temple closed his eyes and quickly said the original words of that person: "There is a sucker in the far east. As long as you cry about your poverty and pity, he will give you a precious gift."

"Then they can take their precious gifts back to their own countries and exchange them for a title."

"besides······"

"What else?" Emperor Xuan's voice sounded like he was spitting ice.

"There are also big countries overseas. Those countries are not smaller than our Daqian. Some of them even have larger land areas than our Daqian, and their output is also quite rich."

"How big is that Crowe country?"

The Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple couldn't help but twitch his lips: "It's about the same size as Mr. Xu's fiefdom, Zhengyang County."

"So I, the great Emperor Daqian, was deceived by a country bumpkin from a county town, right?"

Emperor Xuan summed it up in one breath.

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites did not dare to say a word.

Seeing that Emperor Xuan's face was getting uglier and uglier, the Minister of the Honglu Temple quickly added: "I also found out that our silk and porcelain are extremely valuable overseas. As long as Daqian opens up a sea trade route, we will definitely be able to make money."

"At that time, His Majesty's private vault..."

Private library.

Emperor Xuan's expression eased: "Prime Minister An, how is Daqian's maritime power?"

"not bad."

Next, Emperor Xuan and several important ministers discussed the matter of going to sea.