Chapter 561: Slap

A senior member of the Guan family retorted: "That is only for general situations, but the Guan family has a hereditary title of Duke. According to the royal law, if a family with a hereditary title finds mines, medicine gardens, secret realms, etc. within the Yunyuan Empire, they can all belong to themselves!"

It turns out that hereditary titles are not only able to protect descendants, but also have many privileges. One of the important privileges is that if a family with a hereditary title finds unowned mines, medicine gardens, secret realms and other resources within the empire, they can take them for themselves without having to report to the royal family.

This is also to ensure that those families with hereditary titles can accumulate strength from generation to generation, and it is a preferential treatment of the royal family to hereditary title families.

"Prince Rui, even if you are the emperor's younger brother, you can't ignore the royal law." Another senior member of the Guan family frowned and looked at the rich man and said.

Su Chen happened to be walking behind the Guan family group at this moment. Hearing this conversation, he couldn't help but look at the rich man. It turned out that this rich man was the only prince of the Yunyuan Empire, Prince Rui.

It is said that Prince Rui is the emperor's younger brother, very powerful, and has a dictatorship in the imperial capital.

At this moment, Prince Rui waved his hand and said impatiently: "I don't want to talk nonsense with you little minions. Anyway, this black iron mine must be handed over to the royal family. You stop mining now. On the first day of next month, I will send someone to take over this mine."

After Prince Rui finished speaking, everyone in the Guan family present was also in an uproar.

Prince Rui's intention was to directly occupy this mine.

"Wait!"

A carriage was coming quickly in the distance. When it got close, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Guan Fan flew out of the carriage. He bowed to Prince Rui from a distance: "Prince Rui."

"Long time no see, Duke Guan." Prince Rui laughed.

Guan Fan stopped and bowed again, saying: "Prince Rui, according to the royal law, our Guan family has a hereditary title, and the unowned mines we find can belong to ourselves. If Prince Rui does not remember this law, you can go back and check it."

After all, the other party is a prince of the royal family, so Guan Fan will not speak too aggressively. However, the tone of his voice, which is full of needles, fully shows that the Guan family is not an easy target to mess with.

Prince Rui smiled calmly and said: "Duke Guan, I naturally know all the laws of the royal family, and I don't need you to remind me. However, this black iron mine was actually discovered by my people first."

What?

Guan Fan frowned upon hearing this: "Prince Rui, this mine was discovered by my Guan family first."

"Duke Guan, in fact, my people had already discovered this mine before yours, but they just didn't have time to send people to mine it." Prince Rui seemed to be well prepared and said leisurely.

Guan Fan frowned again. He naturally didn't believe a word of Prince Rui's nonsense. He said, "Prince Rui, it's not right for you to just say it without evidence. According to you, if someone comes and says that he discovered this mine half a year ago, do you and I have to give the mine to him?"

"I would say so because there is a witness!"

Prince Rui said, waving his hand and calling out a person from behind him, pointing and saying, "This is my subordinate Li Xian, who discovered the mine ten days ago! Li Xian, tell Guan Guogong about the situation when you discovered the mine, including the time, place and some details of the mine."

Li Xian saluted Guan Fan and started talking.

However, after Li Xian said a few words, Guan Fan had the urge to curse.

Because the details Li Xian said were exactly the same as some of the mine details that Guan Fan had told Cao Fang, and even the original words were not changed much.

Obviously, it was not this Li Xian who discovered the mine before his people.

Instead, Cao Fang leaked all the information about the black iron mine, including some details that he told Cao Fang, to Prince Rui!

No wonder Guan Fan was still wondering before. He had clearly sealed the news tightly, so how could Prince Rui still know about the existence of the black iron mine?

It turned out that it was Cao Fang who leaked the news!

Because Guan Fan had previously intended to ask Cao Fang to identify the black iron mine, he did tell Cao Fang some details about the black iron mine.

Unexpectedly, Cao Fang said that he had professional ethics and would not leak the news, but he turned around and leaked all these things to Prince Rui.

Guan Fan resisted the urge to get angry and said, "Prince Rui, did your men discover these things themselves? Or did you hear them from others?"

Prince Rui laughed and said, "Of course my men discovered them themselves. So, do you want to withdraw from the mine by yourself, or do you want to wait for the purple guards I brought to take action?"

"Prince Rui's evidence is not enough to convince me. Unless you produce more powerful evidence, I will never let the Guan family withdraw from the mine!" Guan Fan said coldly.

Prince Rui's expression suddenly darkened: "Duke Guan, are you going to go against me?"

"I have no intention of going against anyone. I just want to have a clear conscience!" Guan Fan glared at him and retorted.

Prince Rui narrowed his eyes and said, "Duke Guan, this black iron ore