Horse on the World

Chapter 830
There was a brief moment of silence in the meeting hall, and then there was a burst of cheers, Yan Nanfei looked up to the sky and laughed, Luo Daoming even threw out a large stack of copywriting in his hand, and the sky was filled with white snow. Li Muzhi's lips trembled, he couldn't speak, but his eyes were full of tears.Qingfeng slowly sat down on the chair, let out a long breath, and looked relieved.

Among several senior officials, only Lu Yiming remained calm.

"Everyone, everyone!" He knocked on the table and said loudly, "Silence, silence."

Li Qing is not in Dingzhou, and in fact, Lu Yiming is the main government in Dingzhou. There is still Qingfeng, but compared to before, Qingfeng seldom interferes in government affairs. Even when asked about her, she just said lightly Just let the adults be the masters.As soon as Lu Yiming made a sound, the meeting hall finally became quiet, but the joy on his face couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

The people in the hall knew the importance of this battle too well. Although they always believed that it was a battle that must be won, wars are always changing. No one dares to be 20% sure. Now finally came the good news. For months, a big rock that had weighed on everyone's hearts finally fell to the ground, how unhappy it was.The defeat of the Southern Army's [-] elite means that King Ning's last strength has also been defeated by Dingzhou. In the confrontation with the Central Plains, it will have the absolute upper hand.

"Everyone, the great victory in Weizhou, I know everyone is eager to celebrate, but we still have a lot of things to do, please calm down, after finishing these things, I will treat you tonight." Lu Yiming said loudly.

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Everyone, the great victory in Weizhou, but we must also see that the Hutian Group will take advantage of the trend to chase and wipe out the elite of the Southern Army, and will surely go deep into Quanzhou, Liaozhou, and Shenzhou. The army will leap thousands of miles. We must get the necessary supplies In terms of supply, these things must be sent to the army in an endless stream, otherwise, once the army fails to support them, they will inevitably stop their pursuit, and more fleeing southern troops will rush to Quancheng and Yingcheng. Bring unnecessary danger to the lord. If the dog is in a hurry, he will jump over the wall. If these southern troops want to escape back, they will inevitably attack the lord frantically, and everyone should not forget that the lord has only 2 horses."

Lu Yiming's words calmed down the ecstatic crowd. Yes, the Southern Army was defeated, but the Southern Army had not been completely wiped out. The lords of Quancheng and Yingcheng must face a crazy attack from the enemy.

"Master Lu is right!" Qingfeng's pale face had two abnormal blushes, "The Overwatch Council sent back news a few days ago that the Tuojiang River was thawed and a large amount of icicles flowed down the river, so although we conquered Anshun However, warships still cannot enter the Tuojiang River, and the navy and marines can only attack from the shore instead of using waterways, so the supplies and reinforcements supporting the general cannot reach Quancheng and Yingcheng in time. , so that Lu Tian’s two armies can eliminate one more enemy in the pursuit process, and the pressure on the general in Quancheng will be reduced.”

Li Muzhi asked: "Qingfeng, when will the Tuojiang River be able to be used?"

Qingfeng said: "It will take at least half a month for the warship to enter the Tuojiang River, and it will be a month later for the warship to reach Quancheng."

Li Muzhi nodded, if the Southern Army rushed all the way, it would take less than a month to reach Quancheng and Yingcheng.

"Fu Zhengqing!" Lu Yiming shouted.

"Master Shoufu!" Fu Zhengqing, Minister of the Household Department, stood up.

"How much money can the Ministry of Finance give?"

"Master Shoufu, the previous year's household department returned a total of 500 million taels of debts from the previous year, and allocated another 100 million taels of spring plowing silver to buy seeds, cattle, and farm tools for the upcoming spring plowing. Disaster relief funds of 50 taels were allocated to Quanzhou and other underground areas. Weizhou started fighting, and the war in Minzhou was imminent. The money was spent like running water. No rewards have been issued, and this year, I already owe all the officials two months' salary."

Fu Zhengqing's words are like pouring a ladle of cold water on everyone's heads. What should we do if there is no money?
Fu Zhengqing looked at the ugly expressions on everyone's faces, and he poured cold water on the ecstatic crowd, one can imagine the awkwardness in his heart.I can't help feeling a little apprehensive.

Lu Yiming was silent for a moment, "I don't know if it's difficult for the Ministry of Finance, but no matter what, money must not hold back the front line. Mr. Fu, what can you do?"

Fu Zhengqing gritted his teeth and said: "The salaries of the officials can be owed first. I think the officials under the state will not think about it. Second, the soldiers' salary?"

"This won't work!" Qingfeng, Li Muzhi, Luo Daoming, Yan Nanfei and others shook their heads together. "You can owe anything. At this time, you absolutely can't owe Junshang. Mr. Fu, I still have some property under my Overwatch Council. If you put it together, I can give you 100 million taels of silver."

"I can take out one hundred thousand!" Lu Yiming also said.

"I also offer one hundred thousand." Luo Daoming said loudly.

"My lords, I'm poor. I tried my best, but I can only get 2 taels of silver." Yan Nanfei smiled wryly.

"I'll pay 20 taels!" Li Muzhi said.

Everyone in the hall was chattering, and in a short while, they managed to collect 200 million taels of silver.

Fu Zhengqing spread his hands, "My lords, don't talk about other places, the tens of thousands of troops in Weizhou alone spend more than two hundred thousand taels of silver to go out every day, and the two million taels of silver can only last for ten days. That's not enough Some other normal consumption."

"Collect donations!" Lu Yiming said: "To raise donations from the people, you can raise as much as you can. Second, immediately issue a three-year Dingzhou bond. The merchants in Dingzhou have money. In addition to soliciting donations from them, we must also encourage them We will pay [-]% interest for the purchase of Dingzhou bonds.”

"[-]%?" Fu Zhengqing was dumbfounded, "This, isn't this too high? In the past, Dingzhou's debts only had an interest rate of [-]%. How can we afford to pay [-]% in the future?"

Qingfeng stood up, "You are confused, if it is not higher than the income of these businessmen from doing business, how can they buy bonds in large sums, and if they can't afford it, those businessmen must not be confused. If you go to the south, you will soon sweep the Central Plains. The emperor is rich all over the world. Will he still not be able to pay back the money? Let's talk about it."

"Yes!"

"Master Fu, I know you are in a difficult situation, but no matter what method you use, you must raise 1000 million taels of silver in advance within ten days. Even if the people in the household department don't eat or sleep, they still have to complete this goal."

"Yes, Master Chief Assistant!"

"Master Ren!" Lu Yiming turned to Ren Ruqing, who was then Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

"Subordinates are here!"

"For a while, you have to personally inspect the Dingzhou military factory and various material manufacturers. The materials needed for the front line must be shipped on time. The first military factory does not need to settle with the Ministry of Households for the time being. All raw financial materials Say hello to the merchants who supply the money, and owe it first."

"My subordinate understands!"

"If you don't know something, you can just say hello to the Overwatch Council!" Qingfeng said gloomyly.

The people in the meeting hall didn't even bother to eat lunch, they gathered together and discussed all the ways to get money. As the saying goes, the way is thought out by people, and the strength of the number of people is great. After several hours of discussion, a set The complete plan was brought out, and just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a servant came in.

"See you, my lords!" The servant saluted everyone with a drake voice.

Lu Yiming frowned, this servant is Zhou Wang's personal eunuch. "Why are you here? What's the matter with His Majesty the Emperor? Oh, I'm about to enter the palace to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor. His Highness the Regent has won a great victory in Weizhou."

The emperor is just a cover in Dingzhou, the biggest use is to subdue the hearts of scholars in the world, suppress Qingliu's aversion to Li Qing, and use it to resist the orthodox name of Dachu. In other respects, the ministers of Dingzhou respect him There was nothing to say, and with such a great news of success, none of the crowd thought of reporting it to King Zhou at the first time.

"Your Majesty already knows!" The servant didn't have the slightest pride of the emperor's spokesperson, and said in a soft voice: "Princess Yanran, the regent princess, has just entered the palace, and she told the emperor about it, and the emperor was very happy, knowing that Dingzhou is short of money. , His Majesty decided to allocate 200 million taels of silver from the palace."

Just as he was dozing off, someone brought a pillow. Everyone was overjoyed. King Zhou brought a lot of money from Taiwan, but it was difficult for everyone to ask for it because of Princess Yanran's face. But King Zhou knew it well, 200 million For two silver, the front line can survive another ten days!

Lu Yiming stood up, clasped his hands and said, "Please go back and thank His Majesty for me, father-in-law, and say that I will go into the palace to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor after finishing the official duties at hand."

"Yes, Master Shoufu!" The servant saluted everyone, turned around and walked out.

In the palace, Princess Yanran was having dinner with King Zhou.

"Yan Ran, 200 million taels of silver, this is half of my property!" King Zhou felt a little pained.

Yan Ran smiled and took a chopstick of green vegetables for King Zhou. On the dining table, most of them were vegetarian, and there were only three or two green vegetables.

"Father, the treasury of Dingzhou is empty at the moment. Taking this money will do great things. It's better than putting it in the treasury to get moldy. Besides, you made great efforts when Dingzhou was in trouble. How can the regent not remember?" Yan Ran said.

The king of Zhou sighed, "It's really not a pleasure to be the emperor, Yan Ran, you have to live up to your expectations. Li Qing already has two sons and a daughter. You must give birth to a son as soon as possible, so that your status will be as stable as Mount Tai!"

Yan Ran's face turned red all of a sudden, "Father?"

King Zhou waved his hand and said, "This is a major event that concerns you, me, and the Zhou clan! Yan Ran, the sooner the better, the sooner the better!"

"I see, father!"

(End of this chapter)