Live as the emperor

Chapter 78 Gold Mine
Ge Kingdom, the Imperial Palace.

As a small country, the combined land area of ​​Ge Kingdom is less than one-tenth that of Qian Kingdom, and unlike the inheritance of Qian Kingdom, Ge Kingdom is completely self-employed, so the palace looks very shabby.

In the golden hall, Ge Wei, the emperor of Ge Kingdom, was sitting on the dragon chair.This is a very fat guy, the whole thing is stuffed on the dragon chair, like a lump of suet.

Thirty feet away from Ge Wei, the old god Chen Guang was standing there in casual clothes.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what you're thinking about?" He raised his head with a smile on his face, and looked at the lump of meat without fear—oh no, Ge Wei.

Next to Chen Guang, a minister said: "Your Majesty, this country can give us a gold mine for free? There must be a conspiracy in this. We must not agree to them."

Chen Guang said, "My lord, how could it be given away for nothing? As I have already said, for one thing, although this gold mine is within the territory of our country, it is in the mountains and forests, and the gold in it is not Not much, it is not worth it for our country, it can be said that it is a pity that the food is tasteless and discarded, it is better to treat it as a favor and give it to the brother country. Second, I did not give it for nothing. I heard that the new emperor Chen Guo came to the throne , my father sent me here to pay tribute to their former emperor and congratulate the new emperor on his enthronement. I came all the way here to ask you, Ge Guo, for an excuse. This gold mine is a small gift, and this is an exchange."

He spoke so eloquently that the minister couldn't even refute.

"I think it's wrong. Where is this gold mine? Why hasn't anyone seen it? Could it be just talking nonsense." Another minister looked at Chen Guang with ill intentions and said darkly.

Chen Guang looked at him neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "If this lord doesn't believe it, you can send someone to look at it first. After reading it, you will know whether it is true or not."

Looking at his appearance, the minister is a little uncertain, is there really a gold mine?Otherwise, how could he be so confident?

Chen Guang went on to say: "According to my estimation, the gold that can be mined in this small gold mine is about 1 taels. If we come to mine in Qianguo, it will cost a lot of manpower and material resources, and we may not even be able to get back the money. But your country of Ge is different. It is only a few dozen miles away from the gold mine. You can still make some money if you mine tens of thousands of taels of gold. My father always told me to rely on my parents at home and friends when I go out. This is the first time for me When traveling far away, I just want to use this little gift to make friends with Ge Guo."

Seeing that he spoke clearly, everyone fell silent. Could it be that there is really a gold mine?

The border between Ge State and Qian State is separated by a Zhufeng mountain range. According to Chen Guang's description, this gold mine belongs to the side of Qian State in the mountain range, so it is understandable that Ge State did not know about it for so long.And now Chen Guang wants to give the gold mine to Ge Guo on the grounds that mining is too difficult, so it is justified.

It's not that I'm generous, but that it's too far away, and I can't even get back the money, so why should I mine?
Well, in theory, this is the case, but human nature is inherently evil, and it is human instinct to speculate on others. Chen Guang's moral behavior of giving gold mines still cannot be completely accepted by people all at once.

Chen Guang said that he was very helpless. Sometimes, if you don't give it to you, you will still grab it. Now you suspect that I have a conspiracy. It is difficult to be a bad person, but it is even more difficult to be a good person.

"If that's the case, then just pretend that I haven't been here before. Just don't forget that the emperor really wants to make friends with your country." Chen Guang cupped his hands, turned and left.

The ministers watched him leave, and some sighed slightly, expressing regret. For Ge Guo, ten thousand taels of gold was not a small amount. Now that it was gained and lost, it was natural to regret it.

Some ministers had sneers on their faces, looking at Chen Guang's back, feeling that they had seen through the conspiracy of the Qianwang Lord and saved the country, so they suddenly felt that they had been sublimated, and they felt happy.

At this moment, Ge Wei, who had been sitting on the dragon chair without speaking, said, "Wait a minute."

Chen Guang stopped immediately, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth, turned his head, and said solemnly: "What? Is the emperor interested?"

"Of course I'm interested." Unknowingly, there was an extra candle next to Ge Wei, and there was more light, so that Chen Guang could see his face clearly.On that greasy face, the flesh was squeezed into a ball, and when he laughed, he couldn't tell the difference between his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

Chen Guang laughed and said: "Since the emperor is interested, then I will make the decision and give this gold mine to the emperor as a witness of the good relations between our two countries."

Ge Wei said: "Since this is the case, then I will be disrespectful."

Chen Guang said again and again: "Be polite, if I can make friends with your country, my father will definitely look at me with admiration."

Afterwards, he seemed to be talking to himself and said: "Oh, with this credit, my eldest brother must not dare to trouble me easily. I don't have to worry about him killing me all day long." Big, but it just happened to be heard by the minister next to him and Ge Wei on the dragon chair.

This message is very clear, why give you such a big gift, apart from being far away, I can't make money, I really want to make friends with Ge Guo, why?Because my big prince brother wants to kill me, so I want to make friends with you and save my life.

In this way, no one can say anything to refute.How cruel is the competition among the royal families? Everyone is a member of the system, and they can see clearly that the battle for the throne is extremely bloody. It is quite reasonable for Chen Guang to save his life.

Thanks to the lag in information exchange, no one knows that Chen Yong, the prince of Qian Kingdom, has been abolished.

Chen Guang went on to say: "As long as I can successfully go to the country of Chen to mourn the funeral, it must be a great achievement. My father will definitely praise me. I think my elder brother would not dare to trouble me. I can live a stable life for a few more days. "

He rambled on, left the hall, and walked back.But in Ge Guo's court, the ministers had a heated debate.

"Your Majesty, this gold mine can't be collected. The old minister thinks that this must be a conspiracy by Qian Guo." A minister said.

"Yes, I can't accept it." A minister echoed.

Of course, there are also other opinions.

"Your Majesty, it seems that this King Jin is not doing well in their country. Presumably, his performance is too eye-catching, and he was hated by their crown prince. Now he wants to draw us in for support."

"It should be, otherwise he wouldn't be allowed to go to Chen Country to mourn. It must be because he was squeezed out by the prince. He wants to use gold mines to win us over."

"It's better to send someone to see if the gold mine is real before we talk about it." Some ministers are more rational and skeptical.

Ge Wei smiled with a sure chance of winning, and said: "In any case, we won the gold mine. As for their brothers falling in love and killing each other, what does it have to do with Ge Guo?"

"Ah, the emperor is wise. He took his gold mine without any effort."

"Haha, that's right, don't even look at who I am."

Chen Guang walked out of Ge Guo's palace and found his entourage.

"His Royal Highness King Jin has come out." The attendant was very happy, waited for Chen Guang to mount his horse, and then hurried back to Zhu Feng's base camp.

Seeing Chen Guang return, Hong Jiang's heart finally dropped.

"Master Hong, what's the matter, I just said I'll be fine." Chen Guang said with a smile.For this plan, he argued with Hong Jiang for a long time, and there were no problems in other links, except that Chen Guang went to Ge Guo to meet the king, Hong Jiang refused to agree, and Chen Guang almost issued a military order.

Chen Guang dared to do such a lonely and in-depth thing because he was confident that even if someone wanted to make trouble for him, he would not succeed.

The reason for Hong Jiang's disapproval is also very simple, you are a majestic prince, if there is something wrong, how can I go back and explain to the emperor?
Now that Chen Guang was finally back, Hong Jiang's hanging heart returned to his stomach.

"The old minister is here to congratulate His Highness King Jin, and congratulate His Highness King Jin." Although he said so, Hong Jiang's face did not show any expression.Just kidding, I've been so worried all day, who can be in a good mood.

Naturally, Chen Guang didn't care about these tone issues, after all, he was a gentle traveler.

"Just wait for them to take the bait. Have the people below been arranged? Don't reveal your secrets then." Chen Guang ordered.

"It's all ready," Hong Jiang said.

Chen Guang said: "Okay, then wait for them to take the bait."

He ordered the army to continue to garrison, and then went back to sleep in his tent with peace of mind.

And at this time, a small team of more than a dozen people had already set off from Ge Guo's palace and came directly to Zhu Feng. It took only half a day for them to meet Chen who was "looking forward to it". Light.

Afterwards, Chen Guang led these people to a small canyon, where the mountain collapsed in another place, and under the sunlight, the soil reflected a little bit of golden light.

The eyes of those Ge Guo representatives were straightened.

"How? I told you I didn't lie to you. Look, what is this if it's not gold?" Chen Guang grabbed a handful of soil, and there was a little golden powder in the soil. He sent the soil to the Ge people, saying : "Come on, let's see if it's gold."

The man saw that it was indeed gold powder, and said, "It is indeed gold." He looked into the cave, and it seemed that there was a large golden light shining inside, and he couldn't help being overjoyed.

"Then I would trouble you to go back and tell your emperor that as long as you let us pass by, all the gold in it will be yours." Chen Guang said.

Now that they had seen the gold with their own eyes, there was nothing else to say, and these officials went back to Ge Wei for a reply.

The next day, Ge Wei made it easier for Chen Guangxing to let all of them pass through Ge Country and enter Chen Country.And a group of gold digging teams appeared in Zhu Feng's area.

(End of this chapter)