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Chapter 382 500,000 Gold Coins

Shao Zhen called seven generals to the barracks for a military meeting that night

"I might go back to Xiliang capital tomorrow, what do you guys think?"

"The Allied Forces of the Western Regions have retreated, and they will have to prepare for at least three to five days to resume their offensive."

"As long as there is enough food, grass and military pay, it will be difficult for our 20 troops to attack, but now that the defenses are complete, there is no problem in defending their million-dollar coalition army with the help of Anxi Fortress."

"This is mainly because of your auspicious appearance, Prince."

"Yes, after the prince's arrival, the Western Regions Army lost their fighting spirit"

"Okay, don't brag, my role is limited, without you, everything is fake"

"We, the monarch and the people, have survived this alliance, and we will make them look good next year."

"Well, you guys also seize the opportunity to take a good rest. I won't tell anyone when I leave. The meeting is over. Call Shao Dufu in."

"General Shao, arrange for someone to live in front of this tent in my name, and I will leave in a disguise."

"Ok"

Leaving the temporary tent set up in the fortress square, Shao Zhen disguised himself as arranged by Shao Dufu. A soldier who looked a bit like himself took out the fortress with a token, researched several assassination-worthy ones with precise addresses, and started work.

Stargate, Night, Water Magic.

It was only in the middle of the night that the plan was completed, and in the second half of the night, he even used the Star Gate Talisman to return to the Prince's Mansion. The second and third princes went around the house, and found that they still obeyed orders and went to the two border towns in the north and south. After all, in case Anxi Fortress If you can't hold it, the two border cities in the north and the south have more chances of escape than Xiliang City.

The windfall was that the map of the country that neither of them took away showed signs of some gold mines and silver mines. Shao Zhen went to two places and obtained [-] gold coins.

He only showed up at the Prince's Mansion at dawn, and arranged for the so-called personal guards to take him to the court to meet the prime minister and other civil officials. Since Shao Zhen had been in charge of the country for more than half a month, the scene of going to court was not unusual.

Shao Zhen really wanted to call everyone away, leaving only the left and right prime ministers to talk one by one, but the minister of the Ministry of Finance half-bowed and said
"The Treasury is out of money"

Shao Zhen didn't know the specific situation, so he waved his hand

"The rest of you retreat first, and the Minister of Finance stays."

Everyone thought that the prince was helpless, but they didn't expect that the prince didn't know the name of the Minister of Finance for a while.

The Minister of Finance is called Zhao Gongming. After chatting with the prince for a while, he was fooled by Shao Zhen's memory reset skill and explained the details of the Ministry of Finance clearly.

The Ministry of Finance is not short of money immediately, but because this year's military expenditure will increase the vacancy of several million taels of silver. Now that the army has borrowed [-] million silver from the treasury, the Ministry of Finance is unwilling to borrow any more money and has no money to borrow. .

When there is no war, the Ministry of Finance can allocate nearly ten million taels of silver to the military every year, but in the past ten years, the army has demanded nearly 20 million silver every year, and the Ministry of Finance cannot support it.

Zhao Gongming is a good old man who is dedicated to the country. If it weren't for the poverty, he would never have said this in a fit of anger.

Shao Zhen had no choice but to comfort

"Tomorrow, you bring a few people to my prince's mansion to get the money. I will use my private money and my wife's money for you first. If you can transfer it, you will pay it back to me. If you can't transfer it, you don't have to pay it back."

"Prince, the tax revenue of the two border towns in the north and the south is an important source of national finances. It is not worthwhile for you to send the second prince and the third prince there."

What, Shao Zhen was dumbfounded, no wonder these two guys who were finding fault everywhere left so smoothly without a word of nonsense, that's how it was.

"It's okay, I'll deal with it later, you tomorrow, forget it, you bring a few people over tonight in the middle of the night to get money into the treasury, how about it?"

"You're not planning to bury me, are you?"

"Father-in-law, although Zhao Liying hasn't been married yet, do you think I look like that?"

"I feel like, where did you get nearly ten million taels of silver?"

Shao Zhen took out a gold coin and said
"Look, what is this?"

"Gold coins, do you have 50 gold coins? I will marry the two sisters of Zhao Liying to you"

"Okay, then you will use the wedding car to bring your two daughters here tomorrow during the day, and then use the wedding car to bring the gold coins back to the treasury."

"Aren't you joking? The wedding car is not suitable. I will use the dowry car and go there in the most low-key manner tomorrow evening."

"You are not joking! Now you comfort and comfort your colleagues."

"They don't need to comfort them. The day after tomorrow is the day of salary payment. As long as they make up the arrears of wages, nothing will happen. It is agreed that if I don't get the money tomorrow, I will stay in your prince's mansion and will not leave."

"You are not afraid that I will bury you"

"Hehe, you can beat my two daughters before you talk."

(End of this chapter)