The golden sunlight poured into the imperial study to bring a hint of warmth.

Pang Yukun pondered for a while and said, "Since that's the case, this steam engine cannot be given to the Dutch, but it's a pity. Five hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount."

"Don't hurry. You can't sell it now. Maybe it will be sold in a few years. Lin Wentao has been improving the steam engine. It will not be too late to sell it to them after the steam engine in Dayu Kingdom has been replaced." Xiao Ming said with a faint smile.

Brandon's eagerness to buy a steam engine gave him a preliminary assessment of the level of Western steam engines, at least this shows that the steam engines in the Great Chongqing Kingdom are now more advanced than those in the British.

"The emperor said very much, if this is the case, the lower official will go back and send him away, otherwise he will not know how long Brandon will stay in Qingzhou." "Pang Yukun frowned.

According to Brandon's plan, he should have left Qingzhou and returned to Jelanzha City, but now he obviously regards Qingzhou as a treasure land and is interested in searching for treasures in Qingzhou.

Speaking of this steam engine, Xiao Ming remembered the last auction and said, "By the way, the last auction did not add a lot of money to the treasury."

"All one thousand eighteen million taels of silver." Hearing this, Pang Yukun showed the expression of the wealthy slave when he saw the treasure.

Xiao Ming nodded. It was no wonder that Pang Yukun was a little shaken about Brandon's suggestion. This steam engine was just a money tree.

"Since that's the case, the government office now has the money to lay cement roads and improve arable land." Xiao Ming said that the Great Chongqing Kingdom is now in ruins and needs a lot of money to resume production. With the construction of the Royal Workshop, there are everywhere in this place of money.

However, he asked Pang Yukun to spend a lot of money to stimulate domestic demand and promote the circulation of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, so that the business of the Great Chongqing Kingdom can be revitalized.

After all, people need money to buy things, and their money can only be obtained by selling grain and hard work.

This infrastructure has become prosperous, and the people can make money by relying on coolies. With money, they can buy industrial products. The best-selling of industrial products can promote the development of industry, and the development of industry and commerce can provide more taxes for the Great Chongqing Kingdom. This is a virtuous cycle.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to spend the silver from the treasury.

"The emperor, Xiaguan and Feige Lao have already formulated the required amount of silver for each state. If this silver goes on, the roads, schools, and official workshops of each state will be established." Pang Yukun bowed and said, after reading a lot of government affairs books at the Bowen Academy, Pang Yukun can now understand the cause and effect relationship.

"That's good. Now the barbarians are ready to move, and there is not much time left for us. Once the barbarians wake up and abandon Goryeo and directly attack Dayu Kingdom, it will be a fierce battle at that time."

After pausing, he continued, "In addition, you will leave another million taels of silver for Lin Wentao and Lu Tong, so that they can have sufficient silver to study the technology."

"Yes, the emperor." Pang Yukun answered very simply. He did not understand the role of these crafts before. Now that these crafts have brought such great changes to the Great Yu Kingdom, he has no reason to object.

In fact, it is not only him, but more and more officials are now paying attention to the development of industry and commerce.

Of course, officials can think so much about Xiao Ming. As the saying goes, the emperor will be the minister. Xiao Ming attaches great importance to these things so much that the ministers will naturally like him.

After deciding these two things, Pang Yukun left the headquarters, and Brandon is still dependent on his office and refuses to leave.

Back at the government office, Brandon immediately came over eagerly and said, "Dear Shoufu Pang, what does His Majesty the Emperor say? Can we bring a steam engine back?"

Brandon said, and Rhode translated the words.

Shaking his head, Pang Yukun said, "The Emperor ordered me not to sell the steam engine to you, because this is the highest secret of our Great Chongqing Kingdom. Brandon Messenger, you should go back."

Brandon showed a hint of unwilling expression and said, "Shoufu Pang, now this steam engine is sold to merchants in the Great Yu Kingdom. How can this be a secret? Since we cannot buy steam engines from the government office, is it enough to buy them from other merchants?"

"This is not possible. Every steam engine sold by the Great Yu Kingdom is registered. No merchant can bring the steam engine out of the Great Yu Kingdom. Otherwise, the government will severely punish both parties selling the steam engine. I hope that the messenger of Brandon will not violate the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, otherwise I will have to drive you out of the Great Yu Kingdom." Pang Yukun said seriously.

Brandon still refused to give up, so he spread his hands, "Pang Shoufu, the Great Yu Kingdom and the Dutch are not enemies, I think we have many places where we can cooperate."

Faced with Brandon's death hammer, Pang Yukun shook his head and simply found an excuse to go out.

"Sir, what should I do now?"

Pang Yukun lost his shadow, and Brandon and his group could only stare at each other.

Looking at Rhode, Brandon was no longer as arrogant as he had just come to Qingzhou. He said with some angrily, "What else can I do now? It is obvious that the people of Dayu have never believed in us, just like we do to them."

Rhodes said: "My Lord Earl, I mean the steam engine of the Great Yu Kingdom is not important. Who gave them the technology of the steam engine? In short, I don't believe that a backward indigenous country will have such superb technology in such a short time."

"You don't believe it, and of course I don't believe it either, but now the fact is right in front of us. This Emperor of the Great Chongqing Kingdom is really not a simple character," said Brandon.

"That's right, according to the information we know, this emperor once explained the source of these technologies when he was the King of Qi. He said it came from a missionary, but a missionary could not have crafts that we do not have in Europe, so I have always suspected that all these technologies came from this emperor, but this emperor was arrogant and no one dared to ask him about these." Rhodes said.

Brandon nodded slowly, "Yes, it's a pity that he is the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom. He doesn't want to tell me, no one can force him to say it."

He sighed and said, "But in this way we must maintain the current good relationship with the Great Chongqing. When we return to the Netherlands, I will tell the Congress in detail about this matter, so that the Congress will finally decide how to deal with the Great Chongqing. In addition, during this period, you should understand the various technologies of Qingzhou as much as possible. Even if you get it, you can make us rich in Europe."

Brandon's fanaticism made everyone else's blood boil. Isn't they just coming here from thousands of miles to get rich overnight?
Chapter completed!