Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

They were all top students who had studied under Chef Yi at Lingnan Restaurant.

Because it was an important occasion, at Qin Ming's instruction, everyone brought out their own specialties...

With their arrival, fragrant dishes were placed in front of Wu Wenzhou and his son Wu Tianxing.

The table is filled with delicious dishes, each with its own unique characteristics, and they look very impressive just by displaying them there.

The Yan Dynasty was not a country with a strong cultural accumulation.

Because the major families here rotate frequently.

The rulers of each region would sometimes disappear within a few generations.

Nature does not leave any time for sedimentation.

The people in the Wu family have no knowledge of food. They only know how to eat good ingredients but don’t know how to cook them.

This is a bit of a waste of resources.

However, Qin Ming's arrival soon opened their eyes.

With a gurgling sound...

Among the Wu family's crowd, someone secretly swallowed their saliva, which seemed a bit irritating in the silent scene.

However, Qin Ming did not show any dissatisfaction, but waved his hand and said to them:

"Everyone, please eat first. I hope you will forgive me for the long journey and the poor hospitality."

Now everyone finally started eating, and after taking two bites they realized that Qin Ming's situation seemed to be stronger than they had imagined.

Daqian's strength is not only in its military strength.

Our resources, technology and cultural heritage seem to be much better than theirs.

While eating, everyone was thinking about how to open up the situation.

Finally, Wu Wenzhou spoke at this time.

"I heard that Your Majesty has recently reached a deal with the Yun family and even received several million taels of silver from them?"

"The Wu family is truly powerful. They even know such secret information."

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows.

He knew that Wu Wenzhou's intelligence skills were very powerful.

However, he didn't expect that the other party even knew how much silver he had received.

"It's just a coincidence."

Wu Wenzhou was not willing to dwell on this topic too much.

But at this time Qin Ming thought of a possibility.

"Since Your Excellency already knows about this, I wonder if the Yan Dynasty's royal family has learned about the peace talks between the Yun family and Daqian?"

Qin Ming's entry point is very accurate.

After raising this question, he could clearly feel the faces of all the Wu family members present changed.

Their faces turned ugly!

"What happened?"

Qin Ming spoke tentatively.

Wu Wenzhou sighed deeply, then said:

"The royal family said they won't negotiate with Daqian and want us to continue fighting you."

"Oh? What does the Wu family mean then?"

Qin Ming remained calm on the surface, but alarm bells were already ringing in his heart.

He had long guessed that the other party's royal family would definitely not let him infiltrate the Four Pillars State so easily.

But this is too fast.

"Since I'm here, Your Majesty, why bother asking more questions?"

Wu Wenzhou shrugged his shoulders, acting quite relaxed at this moment.

Hearing what he said, Qin Ming also breathed a sigh of relief.

"In that case, let's talk about your conditions."

"It's simple. I want you to build five factories here, four for civilian use and one for military use."

"The Wu family will fully assist you with all your needs and deployments here."

"We will split the money we earn with you 30% and 70% respectively. We will only take 30%."

"But we have only one small condition, and I hope you will agree to it."

When he said this, Wu Wenzhou raised his head and looked at Qin Ming.

"What conditions?"

Qin Ming subconsciously sensed something was wrong. The fact that the other party could offer such tempting benefits meant that the conditions they proposed would definitely be very harsh.

As expected, Wu Wenzhou said calmly at this time:

“Whatever you gain here, you can’t take away.”

"If I'm not taking you away, why would I go to such great lengths to come here?"

What he said made Qin Ming laugh out of anger.

I would never dream of doing this.

The way the Wu family eats is extremely embarrassing.

As if he had guessed Qin Ming's reaction long ago, Wu Wenzhou now came up with a second plan.

"Don't you have a piece of land here? You can build your own things here, such as farmland, shipyard, port, etc."

"Of course, the Wu family is also happy to help you with these things. You just need to give us some compensation."

Wu Wenzhou's remarks have already made it clear that he wants to get it for free!

He wanted to get the profits from Qin Ming's factory for free and keep them in the local area.

And the various constructions made in the area occupied by Qin Ming, such as reclaimed farmland, built ports, etc.

They are also considered to be their neighboring industries.

When the construction is completed, Wu Wenzhou and his family will also be able to enjoy the benefits.

Taking everything into consideration, they have already enjoyed double the benefits of infrastructure and industrial construction.

I spend very little myself.

No matter how loud the abacus is, it won’t be as loud as his!

Qin Ming shook his head slowly.

"Do you think I will agree to this condition?"

"Of course they will, because we are running out of time. If the Yan royal family takes action, we will all be finished."

"Even if you don't build those civilian factories, you have to build military factories in advance. Only in this way can you fight them."

It is obvious that Wu Wenzhou is still very afraid of the Yan royal family.

Qin Ming had also anticipated early on that they were likely to face such threats.

"Don't worry, even without the military factory, Daqian's troops will not lose."

"If you are willing, Daqian's conditions can be shown to you first."

Qin Ming told them all about the deal between him and the Yun family. After hearing such bland information, Wu Wenzhou simply shook his head.

"Money and such don't matter at all. We don't lack money. We just want to improve our military strength."

It is obvious that Wu Wenzhou and the Yun family have different pursuits. The Yun family wants to rely on Qin Ming in order to gain greater benefits.

Wu Wenzhou, on the other hand, was thinking about improving his own strength.

Qin Ming didn't know what he was trying to do, but this guy's goal was probably very big.

"I can give you some support in the military industry, but building a military factory here is absolutely impossible."

"Even if Daqian's existing technology were provided to you, it would definitely not be possible to implement it in just a few years."

Qin Ming's words made Wu Wenzhou frown slightly.

“What technology can’t be implemented?”

"If you don't want to give it to me, just say it directly. Why bother beating around the bush like this?"

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Qin Ming smiled helplessly.

"Since you all don't believe me, I'll just show you. Old Chang, bring me the telegraph."

"Yes!"

Chang Baishan immediately waved to the soldiers outside, and soon they brought in two telegraph machines.