EBE Chapter 637 Losing is Gaining
Chapter 637 Losing is Gaining
"I know, but I still have to make it clear..." Zhou Chang was more concerned. If Emperor Lin could not control Prince Xian, then she would not be able to achieve her goal and revenge on Yuan Qi. "Although we hope to win this war, it is not for Prince Xian, but Prince Xian will directly or indirectly benefit from what we do now. If the war is victorious in the future, Prince Xian will be the biggest beneficiary. By that time..."
Yuan Qi didn't think too much, but took a deep breath: "My father often said when he was alive, 'Loss is gain'. Although I still don't fully understand this sentence, I also know the truth that 'under an overturned nest, no egg can remain intact', so no matter what, I still have to support it. As for the future... no matter what King Xian does, I will avenge this grudge."
Zhou Chang did not expect Yuan Qi to be able to divide things so clearly, and he felt inferior to him: "Since you think so, I must first thank you for your help. Next, there is the collection and purchase of medicinal materials. These two things rely on the Yuan family. I can't do anything else."
"Why is Your Highness thanking me? From the beginning to the end, it is I who should be grateful to Your Highness for my father's matter." Yuan Qi Qiuhong's sparkling eyes were filled with a myriad of emotions.
Zhou Chang was most afraid of the topic of who was grateful to whom, so he shifted his gaze and got back to the point: "Oh, there is another piece of information, which can barely be considered half good news. According to Sun Xiang, the third ransom of 500,000 taels of gold sank into the sea, just off the reefs 30 kilometers outside the mouth of the Jinmin River in the north."
"Sunk into the sea?" Yuan Qi was surprised. "North of Jinmin River, isn't that where we fell into the water? Doesn't that mean it sank into the East China Sea?"
Zhou Chang realized that this was the place where they fell into the water. "If so, do you know if there are any reefs in that area? If we can find the sunken ship, wouldn't we be able to salvage the gold again?"
Yuan Qi thought for a moment and shook his head: "Although Yuan Liang is familiar with this area, pirates are rampant in the East China Sea, and it is not easy to salvage a sunken ship. The tide is dangerous, and there are invisible reefs. Otherwise, the kidnapper's ship would not have hit the reef and sunk. I'm afraid it's not as dangerous as looking for a needle in a haystack."
Zhou Chang was disappointed: "I thought that by telling you this news, you might be able to retrieve the gold and reduce the loss. But then again, Sun Xiang is not the only one who knows the location of this shipwreck. I'm afraid that even if you don't retrieve it, many people will have their eyes on it. From now on, the East China Sea will never be peaceful."
Yuan Qi, however, paid attention to another matter: "The East China Sea has always been unstable, but since it is unstable, I am also worried about Taojia Village. They are just ordinary fishermen, so I hope they will not be affected."
Taojia Village can be said to be a wonderful time for the two of them.
Zhou Chang also nodded in agreement: "That's right, that's why I asked Jin Run to send someone there. Giving some thank you gifts is only one aspect, the life-saving grace cannot be measured by money, and the other is to check whether the situation over there is still safe."
Yuan Qi nodded, and seeing that Zhou Chang still looked a little depressed, he smiled and said, "If Your Majesty is really concerned about the sunken gold, then I will ask Yuan Liang to find a chance to go over and check out the reef first. If we can salvage it, that would be even better."
"That's the truth." Zhou Chang clapped his hands immediately, "You'd better hold on tight, I..."
He swallowed the words back halfway through his sentence.
Yuan Qi was very familiar with Prince Yi: "Your Highness, you must be short of money. If you need anything..."
"No... it's not me..." Zhou Chang didn't mean to save face at all. "Perhaps the court will need to borrow money from the Yuan family in the future. You just saw it. Lord Yang is like this, the officials in Yuebei are like this, and the court is even more like this. They all have their own calculations. But in war, there are really many places where money needs to be spent... But no matter what, I am here, and I have the 'War Order'. No matter whether it is the court or the local government, as long as we win, we will ask them to pay back double."
Yuan Qi smiled and shook his head: "Your Highness, those words about being able to pay double are just lies to others, and you don't have to promise me this. As for the Yuan family... the principle of doing business has always been 'loss is profit', so there is no need to worry about these. As long as Dalin can regain the three states, protect and defend them, there will be no worries about not having the opportunity to make it back in the future."
At this moment Zhou Chang sincerely admired Yuan Qi. In the past, she was a woman helping other women, and now she is a citizen helping the country. She is decisive and generous, and never hesitates.
It is not difficult for a person to have ability, but it is not easy to have ambition.
She is not as good as her, and will always be.
After making things clear, Yuan Qi said goodbye.
Both of them survived after falling into the water. Now that they are back, they each have a lot of mundane matters to deal with.
Zhou Chang escorted Yuan Qi out and was about to walk out of the meeting hall when Jin Run hurried over with a team leader to report, "Your Highness Prince Yi, this is the team leader I sent to Taojia Village. He has returned and is here to report."
"What's going on? Are Mr. Tao and the others okay?" Zhou Chang asked quickly.
The team leader bowed and answered respectfully, "Yes, Your Highness, I took the people to Taojia Village and handed the silver given by Your Highness to Mr. Tao. At first, they refused to accept it, but I insisted that it was sent by Master Zhou, so they accepted it."
"You haven't revealed your identities, have you?" Zhou Chang asked.
"No." The team leader answered simply.
The main reason for not wanting to reveal his identity was to avoid bringing greater disaster to Taojia Village.
Zhou Chang then asked, "So, have you found any suspicious people near Taojia Village along the way?"
The team leader still denied it: "No, I followed your Highness' instructions and secretly investigated. There are no strangers around Taojia Village in the past few days. However, the bodies of the pirates sent to the government office by Taojia Village have been examined by the coroner and were determined to be pirates from the Mirage Kingdom and cremated and buried."
"Has the coroner confirmed that they were pirates from the Mirage Country?" Zhou Chang questioned.
No matter how rampant the pirates of Mirage Country are in the East China Sea, they probably wouldn't dare to go deep into the border of the neighboring country and commit such a crime at the Beiji Wharf, the largest town in northern Vietnam, right?
The team leader lowered his head and did not answer.
And Yuan Qi obviously had something to say.
Zhou Chang also frowned, but the captain had already answered the questions he had given him the day before, so it was not easy to rush back and forth like this. He said slowly, "Very good, you have done a good job, and you are worthy of being Commander Jin's good brother. You all go down and get your reward from the skinny monkey."
"Thank you, Your Highness Prince Yi." The two of them responded in unison.
Zhou Chang watched the two men leave and asked Yuan Qi in a low voice: "What do you think?"
Yuan Qi said, "Sometimes, the words of the government coroner are not accurate, but someone has repeatedly tried to assassinate the prince, so we have to be on guard. Not only must we be on guard, but we must also find a way to track down the mastermind behind the scenes."