Text Chapter 946 The only Problem Is Money

Zetian Hall, Side Hall, Imperial Army Council Hall.

When Wei Chou talked about confiscating twenty magic crystal cannons from the Nationalist Army, everyone burst into laughter, and Zhang Wei said grinningly: "The Minister of the Ministry of War is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and it is very good to be so confident in robbing things. "

Lin Muyu pondered, and asked: "Have you found out the source of these magic crystal cannons? Could it be that other than the Imperial Weapons Department, others have also mastered the technology of casting magic crystal cannons."

"That's not the case." Wei Chou replied: "The number of the Ministry of War is engraved on the bottom of these magic crystal cannons. If there is no accident, it should be lost in the battle of Lingdong Province. Later, the army of the Tianji Empire did not have time to bring them back. After leaving, it fell into the civilian population, as for how the Congressional Army came here... Most of them were bought from those merchants or mercenaries."

"It seems that the Congressional Army has racked their brains for armaments." Feng Jixing sighed with emotion, and said, "Since Zhuang Yan can think of this way to get armaments, he must also think of ways from other places. For the time being, they It is still polite to the Ministry of War, but once you have enough armaments, it may not be so after the card is hard."

"Well." Lin Muyu nodded and said: "After all, there are too many people in the National Assembly Army. Once equipped with the magic crystal cannon, it will be a big deal. Wei Qiu, Zhang Wei, you all need to send people to check carefully, and you can't relax. alert."

"Yes, Commander Lin." Several people clasped their fists together.

Lin Muyu pondered, and said: "Zhuang Yan and Su Changying are smart people, and they will definitely contend with the imperial army in other ways. As for what they are best at, they should be inciting people's hearts and using the constitution's regulations. Starting today, everyone in the Imperial Army must study the constitution and restrain their words and deeds, and no one can be caught by the Congressional Army, have you remembered it?"

"yes."

"Especially you, Zhang Wei." Lin Muyu raised his eyebrows and said, "One of the military regulations in the Constitution states that soldiers are not allowed to keep concubines of more than three concubines, and they are not allowed to play with women, and you, Zhang Wei, have been in and out of Firework Alley many times. I'm afraid no one can protect you, so you have to restrain yourself, understand."

Zhang Wei knelt down on one knee: "Yes, Lin Shuai, the general understands, and must restrain himself."

Following Feng Jixing for many years, Zhang Wei's temper has indeed been restrained a lot. According to his previous temper, he might have brought a knife to the Congress to hack it. The world of this empire is jointly fought by Lin Muyu, Feng Jixing, and Tang Xiaoxi When they came back, whoever dared to make them angry would be an enemy of Zhang Wei, at least, that's what he must have thought in his upright temper.

Lin Muyu sat on the commander's seat, flipped through the military order book in front of him, and said: "Winter is coming soon, how are our military supplies prepared?"

"Commander Lin, please rest assured." In the crowd, Ding Xi clasped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness Yin ordered his subordinates to take charge of the Military Supplies Department. These subordinates have already arranged with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households. A set of padded clothes will be ready within half a month, and the weather will be cold after half a month, so they can be used just in time."

"Well, thank you General Ding Xi." Lin Muyu nodded, and said, "By the way, what about the food for the war horses? Also, has the person we sent to Beimo to buy the war horses returned?"

Ding Xi said: "The food and grass have been prepared properly. There are more than 40 fodder fields in Lanyan City, which is enough for our 100,000 war horses to survive the entire winter. In addition, the people who went to Beimo have come back quickly. Since the Great Wolf Lord of Beimo After Maodun's death, more than a dozen tribes have no leader, but there are still a lot of war horses. Our envoys met with their tribal leaders and they have already negotiated. They are willing to sell 150,000 war horses to us, and the price is about 150 One gold coin, so we need to prepare nearly 30 million gold coins."

"Thirty million, does the household department have any?"

"The household department is a bit tight, and these Jinyin coins need to be moved from other places."

Lin Muyu frowned, turned to look at Qin Yin, and said, "Xiao Yin, do you have any money?"

Qin Yin pursed her red lips, and said: "Zetian Temple is also poor, even if we increase income and reduce expenditure, there is not so much money, there are about 10 million gold Yin coins in the palace treasury, all of them will be given to you, and the rest You have to figure it out yourself."

Lin Muyu turned to the other side: "Xiaoxi, is Qihai Palace rich?"

"No..." Tang Xiaoxi blinked his eyes: "During the last expedition to Cangnan Province, the treasury of Qihai Province was almost exhausted, and now it is not enough. After Xiaoyin returned, she gave amnesty to the world to reduce and exempt taxes, so , now everywhere is very poor.”

"It seems that the 11-year war has really impoverished the empire. The majestic Lanyan City can't even produce tens of millions of gold coins..."

"Yeah, that's how it was originally."

Feng Jixing said: "Ah Yu, you might as well ask Jin Xiaotang, the Ziyinhua Chamber of Commerce should still be rich, these 150,000 war horses are very important to us, the future war is still a battlefield for iron cavalry, the magic crystal cannon is too It’s clumsy and can only be used in defensive battles. The real offensive battle still depends on cavalry and the rapid impact of the magic crystal crossbow, and it can’t be done without horses.”

"Well, I will ask, but it's not too ideal. Now the big households in Lanyan City are also very poor, and the business of the Ziyinhua Chamber of Commerce is not as easy as before."

Tang Xiaoxi pursed her lips: "The mighty Great Qin Empire has accumulated thousands of years of savings, where did the money go?"

"It's all on the steel parapet and disappeared in the wilderness of the battlefield." Feng Jixing said with emotion.

At this time, Ding Xi said: "I think some people are very rich."

"Who?" Lin Muyu asked.

Ding Xi said: "The princes of the National Assembly, you see, they have money to buy magic crystal cannons from mercenaries, which is enough to prove that their families are relatively well-off. Let's take Zhuang Yan as an example. He is the prefect of Sunset City. The banker he was in was also a wealthy businessman in Xunbai Province. After the demons were repelled, Sunset City kept singing and dancing. Even the war between the Blackstone Empire and Tianji Empire did not reach Sunset City, so Zhuang Yan was very happy If he has money, it can be seen from the fact that he can raise nearly 60,000 troops, but without money and rations, who will follow him.”

The corner of Qin Yin's mouth was lightly raised, and she said: "Master Ding Xi means...we should kill the big family."

"That's right."

Ding Xi said: "Since Zhuang Yan, Su Changying and others can set up a parliament with great fanfare to cut power, why should we be polite? We can set up a name to take away the property and fiefs of the princes. For example, Zhuang Yan is still the prefect of Sunset City today. , is the Lord of Sunset City, but Her Highness the Empress actually has the right to demote him."

Feng Jixing's eyes lit up: "General Ding Xi means to remove the positions of the princes in the fief."

"That's right."

Ding Xi took a deep breath and said: "Your Highness can select a group of young talents from the imperial capital to serve in various places. The name is 'Jun En Ling'. In fact, it is just to replace the status of the princes in the fief and make them lose their roots. And these princes If you don’t want to be replaced, you need to hand over a certain amount of property to reject the Jun’s grace order, so that you can justifiably confiscate the local financial resources.”

"good."

Lin Muyu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Master Ding Xi's strategy is good and feasible, Xiao Yin and Xiao Xi, what do you think?"

Qin Yin and Tang Xiaoxi nodded together: "Agreed."

Lin Muyu looked at Shangguan Jingyue and said: "Then please ask Shangguan Nvshi to draft this Jun En Decree immediately, the sooner the better, it will be delivered directly to the princes, and if they don't express anything within seven days, they will take it away." their fief."

"Yes, Lin Shuai." Shangguan Jingyue left happily.

Lin Muyu geared up: "In this way, there will be enough money to buy war horses."

Wei Chou said again: "Commander Lin, Shenhou Zeng Yifan sent a feather letter from Winter Frost City, and learned that the Tianjue Empire on the Tianji Continent has passed through the Forest of No Return, and has already launched a war against Zhang Sheng's army of the Tianji Empire."

"Chen Yu started a war against Zhang Sheng."

Lin Muyu was taken aback, and said happily, "It's a good thing, it's a good thing, so Tianji Continent won't pose any threat to us for at least half a year, that's great."

He was full of ambition, feeling that he couldn't even sit in the handsome position, and said: "By the way, how is the reconstruction of the Imperial Navy going?"

Baili Cang clasped his fists: "Marshal Qi, several large shipyards are short of money, so the casting of building ships is very slow, and now there are only nearly a hundred buildings. Moreover, the recruits of the Navy still need training. It is impossible to form a combat force at all.”

"Money...you still need money."

Lin Muyu held his forehead, and couldn't help feeling a little headache.

"Ayu, are you okay?" Feng Jixing asked.

"It's okay." Lin Muyu shook his head and said, "Everyone here is the arm of the empire. Let's think of a way. How to get money. Without money, we can't cast more buildings. Without buildings, we can't train water tanks. If there is no navy... Our East China Sea is still blank, we don’t have our own sea area at all, we can only be beaten passively, and without warships, it is impossible for us to gather a large army to march eastward.”

"Eastern Expedition..." Tang Xiaoxi was stunned.

"Yes, Dongzheng." Lin Muyu looked at her and said with a smile: "Don't you think, Xiaoxi, that we should completely wipe out the Tianji Continent?"

"This, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." Ding Xi sighed and laughed.

"I know it's difficult, but we have to prepare in advance." Lin Muyu turned the pen holder in his hand, brushing it, and while meditating, he said: "It's not that I want to be militaristic, but if our Great Qin Empire is not militaristic, it will definitely be destroyed. , even if I am sorry for future generations, I must fight on."

Qin Yin was slightly moved, and said softly: "I will fully support you."

Tang Xiaoxi nodded: "Me too."

All the generals were stunned for a moment, then they clasped their fists together and said: "We will definitely follow the marshal, and we will not retreat as the soldiers point at us."

Lin Muyu smiled happily. The people in front of him are the real pillars of the empire. It is this group of people who have defeated powerful enemies time and time again. Their names, as well as their brilliant military exploits and chapters will be forever remembered.