After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Ye Wuwei saw that Qi Wushuang and Qi Yushen had a good relationship, so was he wrong in guessing that Qi Wushuang and Prince Subei had a bad relationship?

"My name is Ye Wuwei."

"Is the coke refining method you told me true or false?"

“The method is indeed true, but I have never practiced it.”

"So, you're saying that everything your father researched is false?"

"I hope you won't blame me, my lord. This is just for convenience."

Qi Wushuang took over the conversation: "Yu Shen, he went there on my orders."

Qi Yushen then looked at Qi Wushuang: "I know he is your man, so I won't make things difficult for him. What is your purpose in sending him there?"

Qi Wushuang originally only intended to find out who was behind the coal mine, but he changed his mind after listening to Ye Wuwei's talk about coke refining.

"Does the coal mine belong to you or your father?"

"Of course it belongs to the palace."

"How about I negotiate a deal with you?"

"You want to make coke?"

"Yu Shen, you still understand me."

Afterwards, Qi Wushuang and Qi Yushen discussed the agreement on cooperative coking.

The two jointly built a coke plant in Anping County, with Qi Wushuang holding 70% of the shares and Qi Yushen holding 30% of the shares.

The coke plant in Anping County was managed by Qi Yushen, who was also responsible for purchasing the raw coal from the Heifengshan Coal Mine.

Ye Wuwei was confused as he listened: They dared to build a coke plant just based on the theoretical knowledge Ye Wuwei said?

After the two of them finished discussing it, Ye Wuwei said, "I can't guarantee that I can make coke."

"We have researchers, and you are responsible for telling them what you know."

"I didn't agree to work for you."

Qi Yushen took out the contract signed by Ye Wuwei:

"Although you signed with Wei Xiaobao's name, it has your fingerprints on it, so the contract is valid."

"I'm sorry, I didn't sign this contract, and the fingerprints aren't mine."

Qi Yushen was stunned: "You said the fingerprints were not yours, but I saw you press the fingerprints with my own eyes."

"I really didn't sign the contract, and the fingerprints aren't mine. If you don't believe me, go ahead and verify it."

Qi Yushen looked at Qi Wushuang: "Uncle Wang, where did you find this treasure?"

Qi Wushuang asked Ye Wuwei: "How did you do it?"

"I just made a fake fingerprint and stuck it on my finger."

"Are you good at disguise?"

"Okay."

Ye Wuwei's words concealed his shortcomings. His disguise skills were more than just okay, they were very advanced.

Qi Yushen asked Qi Wushuang: "Uncle Wang, he is not yours?"

"It wasn't before, but it is from now on."

Since Ye Wuwei told him all the methods of refining coke without reservation, Qi Wushuang could basically conclude that Ye Wuwei was not a spy sent by anyone.

And judging from Ye Wuwei's behavior: Ye Wuwei's arrival might really be just an accident!

Such a person who knows the art of refining coke, can disguise himself, is good at gathering information, is good at escaping, and has other unknown abilities must naturally be recruited for his own use!

Ye Wuwei said: "I haven't decided whether to join you or not."

"If you don't turn to me, who are you going to turn to?"

Who to turn to? Ye Wuwei really didn't know.

"Well, I'll ask you a few questions. If you answer them truthfully, I'll consider whether or not I'm willing to work for you."

"You ask."

"Who is the current emperor? Is he afraid of you?"

"The Emperor is second among us brothers, and he is very afraid of me."

"If the Emperor wants to punish you for treason, what will you do?"

Qi Wushuang looked at Ye Wuwei deeply: "This question is beyond the limit."

"Well, let me ask this another way: Are you able to protect yourself? If I were to do something for you, would you be able to protect my life?"

"I have always been very kind to my own people. As long as they don't betray me or commit unforgivable crimes, I will protect their lives.

As for your question about whether I have the ability to protect myself, I can tell you: I do! "

Qi Wushuang's tone was extremely confident when he said the words "I have".

"One last question: How many troops does the Qi Dynasty have in total? How are they deployed?"

"If you keep asking, I'll treat you as a spy from the enemy country."

Ye Wuwei also knew that the last question was beyond the scope, and he had not originally expected Qi Wushuang to answer him.

“There is one thing I have said in advance:

I can do things for you, but I won't sell my life to you. If I sense my life is in danger, I will run away."

Qi Wushuang thought about it and said, "Okay."

"But I have one condition: you can escape to protect yourself, but you can't betray me.

If I find out you betrayed me, I will make you suffer a fate worse than death."

"That's natural. I still have a basic sense of contract."

"Then it's settled. From now on, you are mine."

"How is the reward calculated?"

"Qi Cheng's current annual salary is about 1,000 taels of silver. You can calculate it based on an annual salary of 800 taels of silver."

Ye Wuwei calculated in his mind:

Eight hundred taels of silver is equivalent to about 56 yuan in modern times, which is nearly double his salary and bonus before his death.

This is just the beginning, there will only be more to come. This is a good deal!

"Okay, I promise you."

Qi Yushen watched the interaction between Qi Wushuang and Ye Wuwei from the side. He never knew that Qi Wushuang could be so easy to talk to.

Qi Wushuang said, "Yu Shen and I still have some things to discuss, you go out first."

Before leaving, Ye Wuwei said, "Your Majesty, those people who were abducted and trafficked in the coal mine..."

"I know. I'll talk to Yu Shen."

After Ye Wuwei left, Qi Yushen asked, "Uncle Wang, what is the origin of this Ye Wuwei?"

“I met him during my visit to Anping County. He was a beggar when I first met him.

Qi Cheng investigated him and found out that he came to Anping County to beg over a year ago, and his previous experience could not be found."

"A beggar can't possibly know so much."

"Not only beggars, who in the entire Qi Dynasty understands the coke-making methods he described?"

"Indeed, some of the concepts he mentioned were new to me, but they didn't sound like random talk. So where did he get them?"

"Do you remember that when your father was on the throne, he received the envoys from the Kingdom of Bharata?

The messenger said our weapons were too backward, and that in their country, weapons were forged with Damascus steel.

"Now that you mention it, I remember. Although I don't remember the Damascus steel the messenger mentioned, I do remember that they all carried swords that could cut through iron like mud."

“Yes, I tried those knives back in the day.

Those knives were very strong and tough. I took out all the precious swords in the palace and chopped them against them, but none of them broke.

And the blades of those knives are so sharp that they can split silk in two in mid-air without any effort."

"So you suspect Ye Wuwei learned the method of refining coke from the Kingdom of Boro?"

“I can’t say for sure.

But I think there are still some advanced technologies outside of Qi Dynasty that we don’t know about, and Ye Wuwei may know about them through some means.”

"Could he be a spy sent by some country?"

"If he really is a spy sent by some country, is it necessary for him to tell me the method of refining coke?"

Seeing Qi Wushuang say this, Qi Yushen also felt that it made sense.