The civil and military officials in the court didn't know what they said, and I don't know why the First Emperor's face suddenly became a little unpleasant after listening to the words of the envoy of Dayuan. Therefore, the relaxed atmosphere just above the court suddenly became quiet.

Chen Xu also stood up with a slight trembling face, looking at several envoys in Dayuan and said to the general translator: "Ask them, where did the Dayuan people get the enamel pot, kettle and tea pot they just mentioned?"

"Yes!" Tongyi quickly discussed with the envoy of Dayuan Jili Gulu for a while before turning around and bowing to Chen Xu, "Go back to the Zuo Prime Minister, they said that these enamels were sold to them by merchants in the Western Regions, each worth five taels of gold, and of course they can also be exchanged for various equivalent gems. These enamels are not only easy to sell in Dayuan, but are also very popular in Kangju and Daxia. One can buy seven or eight taels of gold..."

"Wow~~"

There was an uproar in the court in an instant, and many people looked at Chen Xu and muttered to discuss with each other.

"I really didn't expect that an enamel teapot could sell ten taels of gold.

"Yes, yes, I always thought that Qinghe Hou had a black eye, but I didn't expect these barbarian businessmen to be even darker!"

"Of course, it's too dark. Ten taels of gold. My monthly salary is only so much!"

"It seems that we are not suitable for businessmen. I really don't know how those Western barbarians can afford it. Is the ground full of gold?"

"Hey, Gao's Ministry of Revenue has some truth in this statement. I have heard a folk legend that there is a country with poison in the West who likes to raise peacocks. Everyone in the country is full of gold ornaments, which is called a country of gold. The palace even paves the floor with gold bricks..."

"Damn it, it's so terrifying..."

"Hiss~, forgive me for my sins, I'm drooling..."

There were murmuring sounds everywhere in the court, and just a few words fell into Chen Xu's ears, and his eyes were almost gone invisible.

Damn, a group of people who don’t know how to do business, don’t know the principle that things are rare and expensive. What’s rarer will be valuable when they reach a certain level. The less valuable the more valuable it is. This is the case with jade and jewelry, and even more so with enamel glass. At least in Western countries, agate and gems still have their origins. This enamel glass is basically like the gift of a god, and can be obtained but cannot be obtained. With the smell and vision of merchants, it is not surprising that an enamel that costs only a hundred dollars in Daqin is sold for thousands of dollars.

In human history, this plunder was a common practice of all explorers after the rise of the Western voyage.

After the Spanish explorers arrived in the Americas, they used a large amount of cheap glass products to plunder a large amount of gold and silver from the native Americans. Because the natives didn't understand it, they only looked at various exquisitely made glass products, crystal clear and beautiful, and thought they were very precious items, but they didn't know that this kind of thing was melted from ordinary sand, and was basically the cheapest industrial products.

It was through this low value and high return plundering of gold, which purchased large quantities of gold from the Americas and trafficked people to Europe, and quickly became the overlords of Europe and the ocean, reaching the most powerful period in history.

Spain's actions quickly made many European countries jealous. Britain, France, Portugal and the Netherlands went out to sea to rob. The isolated American continent became a gold mine for European robbers to make a fortune. A large number of pirates also rampant in the Caribbean Sea and made a fortune by robbing passing colonial merchant ships.

Through the Dayuan envoy's statement, Chen Xu had already understood in his mind why the enamel equipment of Jiang Hu and Li Xin's two armies were damaged and lost so quickly.

There is no need to think too much about it. It must have been sold secretly by soldiers, and perhaps it was not sold secretly. There are even generals at all levels involved in blatant bulk smuggling, otherwise why would they lose tens of thousands of units a year?

In fact, not only Chen Xu had this idea, but Feng Quji, who had been sitting and not moving much, even turned his head meaningfully and looked at Chen Xu.

The emperor naturally thought about the content of Meng Tian’s memorial through the messenger’s answer, so his face became more and more cold.

The so-called wealth is moving. In order to solve the situation where the Western Army was far away from its homeland, the court spent a huge amount of money to build small enamel pots, military water kettles, tea tanks and compressed military rations, it arranged tens of thousands of cattle, horses and tens of thousands of soldiers and prisoners to transport seven or eight thousand miles to the military camps of the Western Regions. These food equipment did greatly improve the lives of soldiers, but today it seems that these military equipment has become the items for the soldiers of the Western Army to make profits, and they will actually sell them secretly to merchants in the Western Regions. Forget it, there are even chiefs and generals who repeatedly demand the imperial court to produce and supplement in the name of damage and loss.

The emperor was rolling in the five-year-old, not knowing how he should deal with this matter.

The so-called law does not punish the masses. The losses of millions of dollars must be irreparable. All the ones that should be sold have been sold, and it is impossible to arrange for the censor to go to the military camp to take them back next to each other. Moreover, what level of generals and officers are involved in it, especially whether Meng Tian knows, or how deeply he participates.

As a general who controls the Western Army, although Meng Tian is in charge of the headquarters of the Longxi Army, he has messengers who have traveled to and from both armies to convey military information. Moreover, both armies have guard commanders and supervisors. Meng Tian cannot not know about this.

The Northern Army had just captured Wang Li, and if the Western Army had dealt with Meng Tian again...

The First Emperor felt a little panicked and his body felt a little chilled at the same time.

"I swept across the six countries and unified China, achieving the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty. It took only eight years to do so. Why did the army, which had strict military disciplines and invincible wars, become like this? Not only did the soldiers start to sell military orders and provoke the people, but even the chief generals began to engage in private fraud and deceive the court... Why is this happening? What should I do?"

Qin Shihuang sat on his dragon chaise, his eyes flickered when he twisted his beard, and his face changed unpredictably.

"Does Your Majesty have any other inquiries? If not, I will arrange for the envoy of Dayuan to leave!" A voice pulled the First Emperor back from his entanglement. It was Yang Zhu, the Ministry of Rites.

"Take it down and rest first, and arrange for the Dianke Office to hold a banquet in Qinghe Park. As for the things they are looking for, they will reply to them after the court discusses!" Qin Shihuang waved his hand after his face calmed down.

After listening to the translation of the First Emperor, a group of envoys from Dayuan did not dare to beg again, and then saluted together and left the court.

Because of the enamel matter, the First Emperor seemed to have too much mood to deal with government affairs. Half an hour later, the Wu Dynasty ended, and all the civil and military ministers also talked in groups of three or three and left the court hall and returned to the office of the office.

"Luo Prime Minister wait!" Chen Xu and Shi Shi walked out of the court, and Feng Quji, who quickly put on his shoes behind him, followed in three or two steps.

"So it's Prime Minister Feng. I wonder if Huan Xu has given me some instructions?" Chen Xu turned around and bowed with a smile.

"I dare not take the order. Thank you for your detailed inquiries just now. Otherwise, I would have to blame you for your infamous!" Feng Quji bowed his hand with gratitude.

"It's okay, Xu just suddenly felt moved. The enamel was developed late, and the process was relatively complicated and the output was not high, so it was sold to the outside world very little. Dayuan could know it thousands of miles away from Xianyang, and he wanted to buy it in large quantities. It can be seen that he already knew it very well. Both armies of the Western Regions were equipped with a large number of enamel supplies, and the source of the channels was clear at a glance. This was caused by Xu, so how could he not pay attention to it!" Chen Xu shook his head slightly and said.

"Because I and the Weiwei Ministry of War disagreed opinions on the memorial, and given the identity of the Jingwu Marshal, I directly submitted the memorial to His Majesty for review. Please do not blame me!" Feng Quji lowered his voice and said.

"Haha, Feng Xiang is reducing the trouble for me. Xu is too grateful to me, so why would he blame him? Since His Majesty already knows this, he will naturally think of a solution in a few days. I don't have to worry. Today, Xu still has something to do, so I won't invite Feng Xiang to have tea and chat!" Chen Xu smiled and bowed his goodbye.

"Haha, that's not disturbing the left prime minister anymore, say goodbye!" Feng Quji bowed with a smile.

"Please~"

"Please~"

The prime ministers of the Qin Empire, one old and one young, bowed to each other at the door of the negotiation hall. Chen Xu smiled and swaggered down the steps towards his carriage.

"Son-in-law wait!"

Just as Chen Xu walked to his carriage, a middle-aged man with a mysterious jade crown and a purple ribbon on his waist strode from behind, with three handsome whispers shaking in the wind. It was Meng Yi, the old handsome man and imperial envoy.

"My son-in-law has met his father-in-law!" Chen Xu quickly stopped and bowed.

"Why do you have to be so hypocritical and polite? I ask you, you and Feng Quji are just now preparing to deal with which unlucky guy you are going to deal with in the court!" Meng Yi asked in a random manner with a sloppy hand.

Chen Xu put the tablet on the jade belt hook around his waist with a gentle expression and said, "How could my father-in-law be so interested in the transaction between the son-in-law and Feng Xiang today?"

"I'm so idle lately that I always want to do something so that the court will not be quiet for too long. Many people forget me..."

Chen Xu:...

"Why, don't you want to tell me?" Meng Yi glared.

"Hehe, where, you really want to make trouble?" Chen Xu laughed dryly.

"Of course, what you discussed with Feng Quji and the other two will make me feel uncomfortable if I don't want me to know? If you don't let me know, then the biggest possibility is that you want to deal with me!" Meng Yi's expression was full of displeasure.

Chen Xu was silent for a few seconds and bowed his hands without laughing, "My father-in-law is indeed Minghui. This matter is really related to the Montessus. You'd better not know, otherwise you will be unable to eat or sleep. Then Wan'er complains that I didn't take good care of you!"

Meng Yi's eyes trembled and his face instantly solidified. He glanced at Chen Xu hard and found that Chen Xu did not look like he was lying. So he slowly stroked his beard and pondered for a long time and spoke: "I can't tell me?"

Chen Xu shook his head slightly: "It's not impossible, it's mainly because this matter involves the Marquis of Jingwu. The reason is that Feng Xiang and I are still confused at the moment!"

A cold light suddenly appeared in Meng Yi's eyes, and he stared at Chen Xu's face: "You just pulled Wang Li off the position of the General of the Northern Army, and now you want to deal with my brother. What do you want to do?"

Chen Xu couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "I'm so proud that I'm sitting upright. How could I deal with the Marquis of Jingwu for no reason? Do you think I'm such a boring person?"

"Like!" Meng Yi nodded coldly.

Chen Xu:...

Your uncle is a gourd, Chen Xu twitched his face and looked up at the sky. Apart from walking around the garden, the two of them could not pee at all, and the chat never went smoothly.

"Forget it, my son-in-law was very busy, but since my father-in-law was so concerned about this matter, why not invite me to have a cup of tea and talk about it in detail!"

"It's over, but recently a new Quyuan opened in the south of the city. The little ladies inside are all very beautiful, so go with me!" Meng Yi raised his hand with satisfaction and summoned his carriage.

"Brother-in-law, Wan'er is about to give birth, and you are about to be a grandfather. It's not good for you to invite me to visit the kiln. Once Wan'er finds out, she will give birth to a daughter for me..."

"Fuck you, just talk nonsense and be careful that I will beat you up. Wan'er will definitely give birth to a son this time. The title of the Marquis of Qinghe must be my grandson!" Meng Yi interrupted Chen Xu rudely, climbed onto his carriage and ordered him to start.
Chapter completed!