Chapter 101 Sudden Mutiny

Zhang Hao's words were a bit nonsensical, not to mention Ouyang Si was puzzled, everyone in the Artifact Refining Guild seemed to be puzzled as well.

Everyone looked at Zhang Hao, waiting for an explanation. Unknowingly, Zhang Hao stood out again and seemed to have become the protagonist of this negotiation.

Zhang Hao looked around and smiled: "I believe that the products provided by our Refining Association must be of the best quality and the lowest relative price.

If there are products with lower prices and better quality than ours, I am afraid that there is something tricky in them. "

Ouyang Si narrowed his eyes: "What if you are really skilled?"

"Then congratulations to the country for finding a new supplier."

Ouyang Si: "The country has to shop around when buying things. We can't just buy from you!"

Zhang Hao nodded: "Naturally, I didn't say that I must buy from us. However, once the country does this, it will no longer be able to enjoy the discount of this product."

Ouyang Si was furious: "You are the overlord's clause! Are you sure the Artifact Refining Guild won't lose its teeth!"

"Uncle Ouyang, you are excited. We are negotiating. If you are not satisfied, we can negotiate."

"You...you..." Ouyang Si pointed at Zhang Hao, really confused. Turning to look at Zhou Jue, Zhou Jue immediately said: "What Zhang Hao said is what I want to say."

Ouyang Si lowered his arms angrily, but the negotiation still had to proceed.

Before he knew it was another night, Ouyang Si was slapped on the table several times by Zhang Hao and the overlord of the Artifact Refining Guild, but he had to compromise.

As the sun rose, Ouyang Si sighed and signed the terms.

A "National Procurement Contract" was released.

According to the contract, the Artifact Refining Guild is obliged to provide the country with high-quality and affordable refining products with priority, and provide corresponding after-sales services; the Artifact Refining Association will set up a branch in the imperial capital to be responsible for national procurement and after-sales service.

Under the same conditions, the country must give priority to purchasing the refining products of the refining guild. Moreover, products purchased at low prices by the state are not allowed to be re-sold.

If the country is dissatisfied with the products and prices of the Refining Association, it can purchase them separately. But once this happens, the Refining Association will check off the product from the discount list. If the country wants to purchase again, it can only follow the market price.

Of course, the refining guild also has restrictions: For example, if the refining guild sells to the country, it must be produced by itself, and other products must not be resold.

There are also hundreds of clauses, large and small, and a whole roll of Gastrodia elata paper was written eloquently.

After signing, Ouyang Si let out a long breath, he was really tired. At the end, he gave Zhang Hao a hard look. Ninety percent of these conditions came from Zhang Hao's proposal, and I don't know what this little bastard has in his head.

Ouyang Si pointed to the clauses on the Tianma paper, and said to Zhang Hao with a strange smile: "Nephew, your immature thoughts are really eye-opening!"

Zhang Hao is very modest: "I just said some general directions, and the details are perfected by everyone."

Zhou Jue got up: "Prime Minister Ouyang, it's already morning, let's have breakfast together."

"No, His Majesty is still waiting for news."

Ouyang Si fled as if leaving the Artifact Refining Guild, met Liu Jingming, and flew away directly with Yujian.

"So urgent?" Liu Jingming looked at Ouyang Si with some doubts, why did he feel like he was running for his life?

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Ouyang Si raced all the way and returned to the imperial capital before noon. But when Ouyang Si saw the emperor, he found that the emperor's face was ashen and murderous.

What's going on here?

Ouyang Si's heart beat wildly: Could it be that the terms with the Black Iron Guild that were sent back earlier made the Emperor dissatisfied? But it's not so murderous.

Just when Ouyang Si was uneasy and thinking wildly, the emperor sighed leisurely: "I'm back."

"Your Majesty, this is a condition reached with the Artifact Refining Guild."

Ouyang Si held the contract with both hands.

The emperor took it with one hand, took a quick look, and nodded with satisfaction: "It's okay. I'm going up and down the court, and you're the only one who makes me feel at ease."

Ouyang Si asked carefully: "Your Majesty, what happened?"

The emperor's expression turned ugly again; "Yan Chengxian, Minister of the Household Department, has betrayed!"

"What!" Ouyang Si was shocked and his voice was thin.

Hubu Shangshu's rebellion, this is not only a high-ranking official, but also in charge of the country's wealth, including spiritual stones, elixir, medicinal materials, spiritual materials and so on.

Regardless of the lower rank of the household minister than the prime minister, but among the middle and lower officials, he is more influential than the prime minister.

Hubu Shangshu's rebellion was a fatal blow to the entire empire.

Ouyang Si opened his mouth and asked with some difficulty: "Are you sure?"

"Originally... I thought that there were at least 15 to 20 years of accumulation in the outer treasury. Seeing the stalemate at the front line, I wanted to unseal the treasury.

But just yesterday, Yan Chengxian suddenly disappeared, together with his first wife and two sons. There is only one Nuoda family left.

I checked the treasury overnight last night and found that only the outermost warehouse was okay. Everything inside has been replaced.

High-grade spirit stones have become low-grade spirit stones, or even low-quality spirit stones. Most of the elixirs have been replaced with wax pills, and century-old medicinal materials and thousand-year-old medicinal materials have been replaced with ordinary medicinal materials, or even weeds. A large number of magic weapons and excellent magic weapons were replaced with inferior magic weapons.

The accumulation of the country in recent decades just disappeared. "

Ouyang Si was shocked: "The management of the treasury is very strict, Yan Chengxian alone can't do it!"

The emperor almost squeezed out cold words through his teeth: "Yes. The ones who disappeared at the same time yesterday were also my Lang Zhongling, You Ling, Hong Xiushan!"

While speaking, the emperor stamped the contract, approved the word 'accurate', and threw the two contracts on a bodyguard with force, "copy a copy, and then send the copy back to the Refining Guild and the Black Iron Guild .Let them immediately start building the magic weapon of war, and there must be no mistakes."

After the guards left, Ouyang Si said carefully and slowly: "Your Majesty, the Artifact Refining Guild also needs a little star gold, at least 25 kilograms."

"Give it to them. There is still a little more in the inner treasury."

"Your Majesty, there is still something to report to Her Majesty the Princess."

"Go and come back quickly."

"Yes. I will leave for the time being."

Ouyang Si left the imperial study and took a deep breath.

The country has three major "treasuries": one is the 'national treasury', which is responsible for the current year's revenue and expenditure; the other is the outer treasury, and the surplus of the treasury will be stored in the outer treasury every year, just in case; there is also an inner treasury, which is the royal family. of private wealth.

The Ministry of Households is responsible for controlling the foreign treasury and the national treasury.

Among them, the national treasury was liquidated that year, leaving very little. The inner treasury is the private wealth of the royal family, and it is also limited. The most abundant is the foreign treasury, which is the strong backing of the country.

Now, this strong backing is made of paper...

Trying to calm down, Ouyang Si went to the princess mansion first, and sent the details of the Zhang family, and then went to the inner treasury to withdraw 25 kilograms of star gold, sealed it himself, and let the palace guards behind him give it to him. The refining guild sent it.

After finishing all this, the prime minister hurried back to the imperial study.

After a while, an order came from the Imperial Study Room: block the news for now, and purchase pills and medicinal materials from the market as soon as possible; secondly, thoroughly track down the traces of Yan Chengxian and Hong Xiushan, and they should not have left the Qixia Kingdom yet.

In addition, all the guards, officials, and family members of Yan Chengxian and Hong Xiushan in the treasury are all detained and awaiting trial.

A storm is quietly brewing.