I’m The King

Two large, coarse porcelain sea bowls were placed in front of Fan Sui and the infantrymen. They were covered with a thick layer of lamb offal. The lamb noodles, which were steaming and exuding incomparable fragrance, immediately aroused the infantry’s appetite. I picked up the chopsticks, stirred a large shuttle noodle into the mouth, swallowed it in twos or twos, then leaned to the side of the bowl, hula hula drank a big mouthful of soup, and then let out a deep breath: "Yuan Yuan It's the original flavor, Wang Lap, you still have a conscience.

"That's it!" The lame Wang who was busy inside smiled and said: "General Bu, I brought this old soup from Jishi City."

The infantryman lifted his chopsticks and said to Fan Sui: "Fan Xiang, have a taste. Although it is expensive, it is indeed our taste. In Jicheng, it is rare. The rare thing is expensive!"

Fan Sui smiled and nodded, and slowly tasted it. "It's really good, General Bu, do you know this little boss?"

"Of course I know. This Wang Cripple used to be a sentinel in the Eastern Army. He injured a leg during the battle and could no longer serve as a soldier. So he retired and went home. He had a flexible head, except for the more than a dozen acres of land that served his family. Besides, I opened a tea shop on the main road outside Jishi City to do some small business. Life is going well."

"He is a disabled person, how can he plant more than ten acres of land?" Fan Sui asked in surprise.In China, he saw too many soldiers retired because of injuries, and his life was very bleak.

"Our Zhengdong Mansion has a systematic celebration of these wounded soldiers. Most of the disabled soldiers like Wang Laizi gather together to form a village. Everyone forms a mutual aid group. The local government will also organize manpower to go during the busy farming season. Helping them farm the land, so he didn’t have to work hard. I heard that he even married a Huns woman as his wife. It’s a nice little life!"

"I just heard that this little boss is still a shareholder of Sihai Trading?" Fan Sui put down his chopsticks with some incomprehension. "Sihai Trading is now a beautiful business predator compared with our Daqin Yongqin Chamber of Commerce, this little noodle shop owner Where can I get such money to invest in shares?"

The infantry smiled, "Fan Xiang may not know something. Although we have a lot of disability pensions for soldiers in the Eastern Army, for those people who have lost the ability to work, the money will always be spent one less than the other, and it will always be used up. At that time, the Zhengdong Mansion issued a decree. On the basis of the voluntary basis of retired soldiers, their pensions will be pooled by the Ministry of War and invested in Sihai Trade, and then dividends will be given to them every year. In our Ministry of War, there is a special treatment. The yamen of this matter."

Fan Sui nodded slightly, or the infantry didn't realize it. Today, I took Fan Sui out and walked around randomly. There are policies.

As Qin's first assistant, Fan Sui's perspective is naturally different from that of the infantry.Many things that are common to the infantry's eyes are very different in Fan Sui's.

The first is the discipline of the army. The self-discipline of the soldiers in the east of the army made Fan Sui secretly surprised, whether an army is strong or not, some clues can be seen in these things, and when he usually rests, he consciously maintains it. The corresponding military discipline, not to mention when in the army.

Second, the policy of the Zhengdong Army after the death of the disabled soldiers can be said to be all the way to the house. It is not a payment of money, but will always be responsible for the end. Don't underestimate this matter. This will affect the government's financial resources. It was a great test.In the Qin State, Fan Sui knew that it was a one-time pension, and it was not many, and the soldiers might not be able to get all of them.

The third is the fast delivery of supplies from the East Army. Now the army of the East Army is out, but a small shop like Wang Laizi can actually ask the caravan of Sihai Trade to consign things to him. This shows that Sihai Trade is in the transportation of materials. There is nothing left to do in this respect.

Fan Sui made a comparison in his heart, and was shocked to find that Da Qin had fallen into the wind everywhere. When he thought of this, this bowl of fragrant and exotic haggis noodles became tasteless and tasteless.

"But in this way, how can the financial resources of Zhengdong Mansion be consumed?" Fan Sui shook his head. "As far as I know, your military salary is also the highest among the countries, and it is not a star and a half higher. You can use it to support it. With a salary of 200,000 troops, in Daqin, we can raise 600,000 troops."

"Soldiers fight war, and they get money for their lives. How can they not be higher!" The infantry said indifferently: "But there is a little bit of style that is really right, but our financial resources are tight. To put it bluntly, let's conquer the East Mansion. I have always owed money, owed money to large merchants, owed money to govern the people, and repaid the old money and borrowed new money every year."

"Is that your debt?" Fan Sui nodded to express his knowledge. "I heard that interest is paid to the people?"

"Naturally, otherwise, who will lend it to you next year?" The infantry chuckled.

"But that's all your people under the rule of the East Mansion!" Fan Sui said.

"So what? They paid taxes, so they have to pay interest for borrowing money!" The infantryman said naturally. Turning his head, he shouted to the lame Wang: "Lame, give me some more soup!"

"Come on!" Wang Lizi appeared in front of the infantry at a very fast speed, a bowl of hot soup was poured into the infantry's bowl, and there was still a huge amount of haggis in it.

"I said Wang Cip, if you do this business, you will go bankrupt sooner or later!" The infantry ordered the haggis in the bowl. "This thing is worthless in Jishi City, but you have been transported here for thousands of miles. It's worth the old price."

"Isn't this General Bu, you? How many times can you come back a year to eat my miscellaneous noodles!" Wang Cripzi laughed and said, "General Bu, I would like to ask you something. I don't know if it is convenient for Fang to say it?"

"Say, you have followed the group of people from the governor very early and fought in the Battle of Yuyang. If you can tell you about this, I will naturally tell you!" The infantry smiled.

"Well, I'm asking about debt. Last year I bought a hundred taels of debt. At that time, it was said that it was a guaranteed interest rate of one cent a year. If the annual growth is good, it will go up. This year we will eliminate Donghu. After fighting the tens of thousands of people, the army was wiped out in ashes, and now the Qin people have been severely taught, will the annual interest be increased a little bit?" Wang Lizi was so excited that his eyes shined. "We are over there these days. Everyone is talking about it enthusiastically, and they all estimate that this year will definitely be higher than in previous years."

When it comes to the issue of money, the infantry’s face collapses, "Wang Lap, I think you went into the eyes of the money, hit Donghu, we didn’t get the money, we killed the Qi people, and the money has not yet been obtained. , Now I'm fighting with the Qin people again. This silver water flows out like water, but I haven't recovered a few. It's not bad that it can give you a guarantee. You still want to get a few more. I didn't see the governor because of this. Is your hair pale?"

"No way!" Wang Lizi blinked his eyes. "If this is the case, I don't need this hundred taels of silver."

"Fart, the governor can't get the bill." The infantry slapped the table. "Wang lame, you can't live without your share, go back and do your business!"

"General Infantry, don't be angry, whoever tells me about this, I will splash his face with soup." Wang Cripple immediately retreated, far away from the infantry.

Coming out of Wang Laizi’s shop, Fan Sui looked at the long line of soldiers, and said with emotion, "General Bu, one hundred taels of silver, for this little boss, it’s not a small sum, right? !"

"It's almost a treasure for the family!" The infantry nodded and said: "His pension has been taken into shares, and he does not make much money every year. For him, this hundred taels is a lot of money."

"But he just said no without blinking his eyes." Fan Sui said with emotion, "Unexpectedly Gao Dudu is so popular."

The infantry chuckled, "This is too common in our East Mansion area, but the governor will never lose the people's money."

"It's difficult to pay back this money this year?"

"Not bad." The infantry said frankly: "After years of fighting, it is indeed difficult to get in without getting out. But how can a living person be able to suffocate the urine? They will always figure out a way."

Fan Sui nodded thoughtfully.

Jicheng, the royal palace, Wang Wudi, who had just come from Jishicheng, stood in front of Gaoyuan, the bitter melon face that almost became his usual expression seemed to drip, and the Ji opened his hands, almost roaring: "The governor, there is no money, really no money, the silver sent by the second son of Tianda and the second son of Tian, ​​made a circle with me, and then hulled it out. This battle can't be fought anymore."

"You just took over two million taels of cash this year. Before you stayed overnight, you started to call Qiong, Wang Wudi, are you too much?" Gao Yuan snorted coldly.

"The Governor, the entire Zhengdong Mansion has moved from Jishi City. This has to cost money. Our Zhengdong Mansion will soon establish the country. This is a big expense. Two hundred taels of silver, it would be good to fill this hole, they It can't be counted at all." Wang Wudi shook her head repeatedly, "This is a major event, the only major event at the moment, so you can't move this amount of money."

He suddenly leaned closer, "The Governor, or should we send someone to blackmail the two Young Masters?"

"You play it!" Gao Yuan said in an annoying way: "You can't just fish, we have to give him time to search, you have forced him to ruthlessly, what should I do if you are ruining the account? Now they all want to cheat, if they are really shameless , We can't get a penny, and when that happens, the army will be dispatched to collect the accounts.

"The governor is right. But the governor, this is the end of the year, and it will soon be exchanged for last year's debt. Before I came, I combined with Sihai Trade and Commerce. There is a big gap in silver!"

"What's the difference?"

"About half a million taels!" Wang Wudi said. "The old accounts are unclear, so it is difficult to borrow new ones!"

"Don't worry, in two days, I will definitely be able to get you a one million taels." Gao Yuan said with a confident smile: "If the part is not good, you can find a solution by yourself. By the way, you can go to Jishi County. Are you looking for Wu Junshou? His family is a wealth of Wanguan? Other big merchants, can we borrow them!"

"It's borrowing again, but this is all to be repaid, and interest must be added!"

"As long as you can borrow it." Gao Yuan clapped his hands and said, "It can always be paid off." (to be continued)