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Chapter 369 Quartz Ore

After Meng Jiang brought Hui Chengyuan before Emperor Song, he withdrew.

After Hui Chengyuan bowed and sat down, he looked towards Emperor Song.

Emperor Song knew what he wanted to ask and did not delay.

"That man's name is Zhu Zhong. We only know that he is from your country of An, but we don't know his specific identity."

"He secretly found Cheng Wang and took him to see the gold mine. The two reached a consensus and cooperated in mining."

"I think you have guessed it. He was well-informed and ran away after knowing the accident."

"At present, we only know that the person left from the South City Gate. We have not yet found out where he went."

Emperor Song investigated so carefully not just to give Hui Xiaoning an explanation.

I want to know more about whether Zhu Zhong has any leverage over An Guo.

If Zhu Zhong was just an ordinary person, it would be impossible for him to know the existence of the gold mine.

Therefore, his status in Anguo should be extraordinary.

We had received news earlier that An Guo had dealt with the two princes and their remnants.

I think Zhu Zhong is one of the princes' subordinates.

To him, human life is not as important as face, and face is not as important as interests.

Therefore, when it comes to interests, face should be put aside.

Since Zhu Zhong knew a lot of An Guo's secrets, he naturally could not be let off.

And he probably guessed where Zhu Zhong had gone.

It is either Yingcheng or Xianyang City, but the chance of going to Yingcheng is greater.

So he sent people to Yancheng yesterday.

Even if I tell Hui Xiaoning now, he will still be one step behind him.

Unfortunately, even though he said this, he couldn't see anything from Hui Chengyuan's face.

From this point it must be admitted that none of his sons was as calm as he was.

However, they are still young, so they just need to be trained slowly.

Hui Chengyuan recalled the map of Song State he had seen and knew that Ning Feng was most likely going to Yancheng.

"Emperor Song, the Crown Prince is here today and has something else to discuss with you."

"Oh, what's the matter?" Emperor Song looked at him in surprise.

Could it be that she was unhappy because she felt that he had picked out the third child?

After hearing Hui Chengyuan's words, his hand holding the teacup tightened.

He looked at him sharply.

"Prince Xiaoning means to build a shelter for the State of Song to accommodate homeless children and elderly people?"

He heard about An Guo's plan to build a shelter, but did not take it seriously.

After all, in his opinion, the State of Song was prosperous and its people lived and worked in peace and contentment, so there was no need for any shelter.

Only a poor country needs that kind of thing.

For example, Anguo, which had just recovered from a natural disaster, and Zhao, which had been stagnant.

Hye Seung Won nodded.

"How long has it been since Emperor Song made a secret visit to the people?"

Emperor Song was stunned. He counted the days and it seemed that he had not left the capital since the fourth child was born.

"Why, what did Prince Xiaoning see?"

Hui Chengyuan shook his head, "No."

"The Song Kingdom is rich and powerful, but there are also areas that cannot be taken care of."

"If Song State does not need it, then just pretend that I never mentioned it."

Emperor Song became suspicious.

In his opinion, since Hui Xiaoning mentioned it, it means he saw it.

But why should he help Song Guo build a shelter? What benefits will it bring to him?

He won't believe it unless there is some benefit.

"Why did Prince Xiaoning suddenly want to build a shelter for the Song Kingdom?"

Hui Chengyuan chuckled and said, "It's because the Crown Princess couldn't bear to see the child wandering around without a fixed place to live."

"I can't bear to see the elderly without support."

"She was also homeless during the famine in Anguo, so she couldn't stand this kind of thing."

"If Anguo gets better, she herself has adopted several children who were with her at the same time."

"When she became wealthy, she built a shelter in Anguo."

Emperor Song knew Princess Anguo, after all, she was too famous.

Her contribution is indispensable because An Guo was able to recover to his current state in a short period of time.

What's more, the news that the fourth brother brought back from Anguo.

She is most likely the saint that Yun State's Imperial Master predicted.

When I think about it this way, it doesn’t seem strange anymore.

He is a saint after all.

Unfortunately, this saint is not from their Song State.

Hui Chengyuan is really lucky.

However, Princess Anguo built a shelter for them free of charge, regardless of whether there were any orphans wandering around in their State of Song.

It would be a good thing for them to build it and leave it there.

If there is profit to be gained, he would naturally be willing to do it.

On this point, the Emperor of Song did not think as broadly as the Emperor of Zhao.

I never thought that the shelter accommodates more than just orphans.

However, Emperor Song also knew that even if the Crown Princess did not request it, Hui Xiaoning was indispensable to the Crown Prince.

"What are the prerequisites for building a shelter?"

Hui Chengyuan curled his lips slightly and put forward his request.

Emperor Song immediately frowned and refused without thinking.

"No, Song State doesn't have to build this shelter."

"I can't possibly agree to a request like yours."

Hui Chengyuan felt that his request was not excessive.

If it were Zhao Huangyun, he would definitely agree without hesitation.

But I didn't expect that Emperor Song would think it was too much.

"Emperor Song, we are building a shelter for the State of Zhao, and this is not the only requirement."

When Emperor Song heard this, he sneered in his heart.

Zhao was the poorest of the four states; it had a vast territory but not rich people.

If it weren't for the peace treaty, he would have killed them long ago.

"Prince Xiaoning, Zhao is Zhao."

Hui Chengyuan understood, but it was still surprising enough for him.

"Okay, if that's the case, then I will not mention this matter."

"As for the matter of Zhu Zhong, thank you Emperor Song for informing me."

"It's just that this prince hopes that this kind of thing won't happen again."

"After all, the Emperor of Song doesn't want people from other countries to mine gold in Song."

Emperor Song did not expect that the other party would give up directly if he did not agree.

But I still agreed to the latter sentence.

"It's natural."

But it is impossible for him to issue a special law to prohibit cross-border mining.

So agreeing is one thing, but whether you can do it or not is another.

Anyway, there is a peace treaty now.

Hui Chengyuan didn't expect that the Emperor of Song looked at Qingming and found that he couldn't think flexibly.

So he got up and said goodbye.

Emperor Song was thinking about something, so he didn't keep him.

It was not until he learned that the shelter had been built and wanted to take control that he began to regret not agreeing to Hui Xiaoning's conditions.

After Hui Chengyuan returned to Lexiangshan and told Yuan Man about his conversation with the King of Song.

Yuan Mandu showed a surprised look.

After all, Hui Chengyuan’s request was really not excessive.

You know, building twelve shelters requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

Hui Chengyuan's request was not to ask the Emperor of Song to exchange his territory, but just to get 10% of Song's quartz ore.

And it only takes two years.

One percent of quartz ore is worth only a few thousand taels at most.

Although Song State has the largest reserves of this quartz ore, it is also found in other places.

The quartz stones mined in the Song Dynasty were all used to make porcelain and were sold at a high price.

This is also one of the reasons why the State of Song was relatively wealthy.