Chapter 2705 Scenery and Disaster

Mr. Zuo took the Ministry of Household officials and the calculated property register and went to see Wei Qi in great excitement. As soon as he saw him, he shouted: "Your Majesty, I am so happy. The Dafeng property sent by Lu Jincheng belongs to the wealthy family." Forty percent of the donation..."

Wei Qi frowned after hearing this: "Why is it only 40%? That is the property of a dynasty!"

He thought that even if it wasn't equal, it would be 80% higher. Now it's only 40%. Could it be that the Qin and Gu families deliberately concealed Dafeng's property?

Master Zuo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, although the industry is only 40%, these industries are valuable. There are six islands. There are four large and one small five salt fields on these islands. These alone can add one million taels to the national treasury every year. The income of silver.”

Everyone has to eat salt, but no salt has been found in Dayong or the desert countries so far. When fighting with them, they can only buy salt from Dongqing.

There is not enough salt in Dongqing. After selling it to Dayong, you have to come to them to buy it, so the money you can get from the salt farm is endless!

"What did you say? There are islands and salt fields?!" Wei Qi stood up from the soft couch in shock, walked down quickly and asked, "Is it true?"

In the past ten days, in order not to make people laugh at his lack of knowledge, he had refrained from asking what kind of property Lu Jincheng had returned. Therefore, when he heard this, he was so shocked that he couldn't believe it.

"It's true. I don't dare to lie to Your Majesty." Mr. Zuo said excitedly, and then said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Not finished yet?

Wei Qi hurriedly said: "Ai Qing, keep talking!"

Master Zuo: "There are also two shipyards on these islands. The report states that there are thirty-four ships, ten master shipbuilders, and one hundred shipbuilders..."

"There's even a dock!" Wei Qi was so excited that his hands were shaking. He had finally seen what it means to have a centipede insect that is dead but not stiff... Dafeng has been dead for almost a hundred years, but he still keeps such a coveted thing.

The Chu Dynasty was established less than a hundred years ago, but since its establishment, it has only been busy with two things, one is to fight against the enemy, and the other is to fight against the powerful families. It is powerless to deal with navigation.

And because Emperor Fengai burned down the palace before his death, all the shipbuilding blueprints were lost, and Da Chu had no ability to build a big ship.

Unexpectedly, when it was Wei Qi's turn to become emperor, he would be able to get a large dockyard and a group of shipbuilders. It was really: "God bless David!"

Mr. Zuo is very good at flattering, and immediately followed up: "It can be seen that your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, the chosen master of heaven!"

Coincidentally, Wei Qi thought so too... When he first started to plan for the world, he was worried that it would not work, but now not only has it worked, but he has also governed the world so well that he himself does not believe that he is not the True Dragon Emperor!

Mr. Zuo continued: "Your Majesty, there are two more good things."

Wei Qi said happily: "Anything else? Aiqing, please tell me!"

Master Zuo said: "There is a large granary hidden in Fengqing Island among the six islands. There are actually thirteen large granaries in the world, not twelve. But Lu Jincheng doesn't know how much food is left in that large granary. , he has never been there.”

He added: "There is an iron mine in the Shiwu Mountain near Dongqing."

"Is there iron ore in Shiwushan?" Wei Qi had been in the Northeast for ten years and had heard of Shiwushan, but he never knew that there was iron ore on the mountain. He just thought it was a useless stone mountain.

Mr. Zuo nodded: "The industry brochure says it is an iron mine. How much iron can be produced will only be known after a master from the Ministry of Industry is sent to the field to mine the stone and refine it. But no matter how much iron is produced, we will make a profit. "

Wei Qi nodded: "We have indeed made a profit."

Not only is it a profit, this is an industry that was obtained for free, and it is an industry that generates money every year. It is simply a huge profit.

Wei Qi took this as proof that God recognized him as emperor, and was so excited that he cried.

Lord Zuo thought he was superstitious, but as a loyal minister who knew how to look at faces, he cried with Wei Qi and said a lot of flattery.

Finally he said: "Your Majesty, Lu Jincheng has returned so much property to David. Shouldn't he call all the ministers to discuss what title to give him?"

Wei Qi was just thinking about this. Seeing that it was still early, he made a decree: "Summon Prince Wei, the six ministers, and all the ministers to come over to discuss matters."

Yuan Zhi, who was guarding outside the palace, immediately sent the Royal Forest Army to invite all the adults.

Half an hour later, the six ministers and several pavilion elders arrived, along with Wei Xiao, Qin Lao, and Cheng Geer.

"Greetings to Your Majesty." Brother Cheng saluted Wei Qi and said, "I heard that Your Majesty is going to summon all the adults to discuss giving Cao Min a title? Cao Min is thinking that the New Year is coming soon, so why not just give it up today? So that you adults can celebrate the New Year with peace of mind, the grassroots begged Grandpa Qin to bring him to see His Majesty and talk about it in person... Your Majesty won't be angry, right?"

Wei Qi smiled and said: "How could it be possible? You are David's hero. I treat you as my nephew. I wish I could raise you in the palace. How can you be angry?"

Haha, there is no need for me to support my family. Watching you every day affects my ability to eat.

But Brother Cheng smiled happily: "That's good."

Then he asked: "Your Majesty, what title do you want to give to the common people?"

This question was too straightforward, which made Wei Qi a little unhappy, but he smiled and said: "You have done great work, I think you should be crowned king."

Mr. Zuo was an intimate of Wei Qi. Knowing that Wei Qi was stingy, he was reluctant to give Brother Cheng the title of king. He immediately said: "Your Majesty, no, Lu Jincheng is just returning the child, and he has not made any great military achievements. He cannot be given the throne." , too high, just make me an uncle."

Wei Xiao said: "My uncle is too low, it won't work!"

Wei Qi is furious, you idiot, what are you doing to take my words? !

He suppressed his anger and nodded: "I also think that the uncle is too low... The Duke of Lu, who is hereditary and irreplaceable, although he is lower than the prince, can guarantee that your descendants will enjoy their salary forever. What do you think?"

"Master Guo? It sounds very good!" Brother Cheng was very happy and said with a longing look on his face.

When Wei Qi saw this, he was so frightened that he almost changed his face... The hereditary and irreplaceable Duke of the country gave you a brat like you, and just thinking about him made his heart ache so much that his internal organs ached.

After Brother Cheng frightened Wei Qi, he said: "But if I become the Duke of the country, wouldn't I be on an equal footing with Grandpa Qin? Let's forget it... Well, how about I become a Marquis? Hou, it sounds pretty good."

Then he turned to ask Mr. Qin: "Grandpa Qin, what do you think?"

Mr. Qin nodded: "Well, the Marquis of Lu is pretty good."

He looked at Wei Qi and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to discuss any more, let's make the Marquis of Lu hereditary."

Marquis of Lu?

Is this guy worthy of using the former Lu Kingdom as a title? !

Wei Qi wanted to change Brother Cheng's title.

But Wei Xiao has already said: "Uncle, he is the heir of the Lu family. The Lu family is the descendant of the former Lu State. The Marquis of Lu State is very suitable. That's it. There is no need to change it. The Chinese New Year is coming soon and there is a New Year's Day meeting. If you are busy, continuing to argue about this matter is just a waste of time."

Wei Qi could only agree.

Thinking that Brother Cheng was Qin Sanlang's brother-in-law, in order to win over him and show his benevolence, he asked again: "Besides the title, what other rewards do you want?"

Cheng Geer said: "Well, then give me Sea Pigeon Island, and give it to ten young boatmen who can build ships... I like to go to sea. With the island and the ship, I can go to the sea to play."

Brat, I'm just being polite, you really want it!

But the words have already been spoken, and the Sea Pigeon Island that Brother Cheng wants is the smallest of the six islands and does not have a salt farm. After Wei Qi felt heartbroken for a while, he agreed: "If it works, I will give Sea Pigeon Island to you." .”