Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

The few people Liu Qin arranged to come over all rubbed their hands and looked at him awkwardly.

Then he looked at Qin Ming again, as if he had something to say.

Qin Ming frowned slightly and asked them:

"If you have anything to say, please say it now. Otherwise, if you leave this room, many of our agreements will become irreversible."

Hearing what he said, everyone nodded.

"Your Majesty, it's like this. We may need an advance on some of our wages recently. We don't need too much, 30% is enough."

"A 30% advance on wages?"

Qin Ming frowned slightly, he knew that Liu Qin might be in a difficult situation.

But I didn't expect them to be so anxious.

You have to know that this is the first time they are cooperating, and it is such a large-scale cooperation.

Logically speaking, this was the first time the two parties met.

You definitely hope to leave a good impression on the other person.

But they didn't do that. Instead, they directly asked for so many benefits.

Hua Yuanzheng's tone suddenly became a little bad.

He clasped his fists towards Qin Ming.

"Your Majesty, we didn't discuss this matter in advance. You're asking for so much money before we even do anything. I'm not well-off, so I can't give you much."

Qin Ming also understood Hua Yuanzheng's situation.

He had failed in his bid for the throne and didn't have much silver left.

At this time, you are still being taken advantage of. If any risk arises, no one will be able to bear it.

So after saying this, Qin Ming slowly waved his hand.

He said to the few people arranged by Liu Qin:

"Needless to say, I will give you the advance wages, but don't do this again, otherwise you know the consequences."

His tone was already a little bad.

Liu Qin is now taking advantage of the situation and is constantly pressing forward.

Qin Ming was already under a lot of pressure by accepting so many people.

But this guy doesn't do his job well.

They even arranged for someone to come and advance the wages.

Qin Ming could actually guess some clues about this idea.

Liu Qin was a smart man. He knew that most of the workers he arranged would work there for a long time.

During this period, it is very likely that these people will make money there and settle down directly.

By then, out of the 100,000 people sent over, only 70,000 or 80,000 might come back.

The loss of so many people is definitely not a good thing, so he wants to provide some relief in terms of wages.

I hope to know some wages in advance, and all of them will be given to the court.

Instead of sending it to these workers.

Through this method, he could not only gain more advantages, but also quickly alleviate the financial tension of the court.

But Qin Ming had never done such business before, and it was even more impossible for him to suffer such a huge loss when Hua Yuanzheng came for the first time.

After the two exchanged glances, Hua Yuanzheng slowly spoke.

"Everyone, if His Majesty advances you this much silver, I hope that when the construction on the front line is completed, you can come and take the people away yourself."

Hua Yuanzheng's method is very clever.

He knew that the other party's purpose was to use silver to exchange for the labor he had sucked away.

It was for this reason that he directly proposed a more appropriate solution.

It will depend on whether these people are willing to leave at that time.

If the treatment on Hua Yuanzheng's side is better, provide them with accommodation and arrange for them to live in the north.

I guess many people would be unwilling to leave.

At this time, it would be extremely difficult for Liu Qin's men to bring the people back by themselves.

The other party thought he would absorb 30% to 40% of the people.

But Hua Yuanzheng wanted to keep most of them in the north.

When I heard this.

The officials in charge of negotiations arranged by Liu Qin suddenly looked unhappy.

"Your Majesty, this doesn't seem appropriate. The journey is long, and even if we make the best arrangements, we won't have the manpower to bring them all here anytime."

"What's more, we have just taken over a batch of new land recently, and these lands still need to be properly resettled."

"If we withdraw so many people, and something happens to the land here, wouldn't that be unfair to you?"

Hearing this, Qin Ming's face suddenly turned gloomy.

The other party's purpose in speaking this way was simple. They saw that Hua Yuanzheng had taken too many advantages.

Use the land that Qin Ming gave them as a threat.

If Qin Ming didn't stop Hua Yuanzheng, they would quit.

Qin Ming arranged Xishu and Fang Yuanjian to act as a buffer zone between the Western Regions and the Shenmu Kingdom.

It is not only for their benefit, but also for greater stability in the Western Regions.

But now Fang Yuanjian has no problem at all, instead it is Xishu that keeps using this as a threat.

I hope Qin Ming can raise the price.

This is a bit too cheap.

"Are you guys taking advantage of me?"

Qin Ming frowned, then said:

"If Liu Qin can't manage these places, just throw the territory away. I have plenty of people who can handle these places."

Qin Ming's words were very harsh, and he didn't give the other party any chance to refute.

The faces of several people at the scene looked very ugly.

They exchanged glances, nodded, and said:

"Your Majesty, we can't take it ourselves, but if we take half and have them send the other half to Xishu, we can accept it."

They finally backed down.

Even if it means losing a lot of labor, it's good as long as it can be exchanged for silver.

When the negotiations reached this stage, Qin Ming finally looked somewhat satisfied.

He and Hua Yuanzheng looked at each other, and Hua Yuanzheng nodded slowly.

At this time, Qin Ming also spoke to the envoys arranged by Liu Qin:

"Okay, then let's do it as you said."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Soon, the two sides parted ways.

Several officials who were responsible for discussing with Qin Ming ran to the camp in the wild and quickly found Liu Qin.

To Qin Ming's surprise, Liu Qin did not return directly.

Instead, he has been investigating their various goods in the Western Regions.

The reason why he stayed here was very simple.

There are many opportunities to make a fortune in the Western Regions.

But there are very few in Western Shu.

So when Xishu suffered a major financial loss, he wanted to find more opportunities here.

After these people failed in the negotiations, they quickly came to tell Liu Qin about what happened today.

"Your Majesty, Qin Ming brought a businessman from somewhere and said he wanted to build a railway to the north, but he didn't tell us where his destination was..."

"From the looks of it, it seems like they're going to keep all the laborers we sent north, and there might be very few of them sent back!"

Several officials responsible for negotiating with Qin Ming quickly told Liu Qin the whole story.