Mountain wild man Ziwang and his wife

Chapter 747 Who is behind the scenes
The military expenditures of all dynasties and dynasties are big. During the Qing Dynasty, military expenditures accounted for half of the country's fiscal revenue, which was more than 2000 taels of silver a year.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the military expenditure was even more exaggerated, soaring to [-] million, the treasury simply couldn't afford it.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, too, the dynasty was riddled with holes. It is said that when King Chuang came to Beijing, he asked the emperor for a salary of 100 million taels.

It's a pity that the emperor couldn't come up with money, so he asked ministers and wealthy people to donate. In the end, a majestic emperor only raised 5 taels of silver.

What's ridiculous is that after King Chuang entered the capital, the amount of silver copied from the homes of ministers and rich people in the city was more than 7000 million taels!Of course, these are unofficial histories, but they are still of great reference value.

According to legend, the military expenditure of the Beiyang Fleet in the late Qing Dynasty was about 400 million taels of silver a year. This shows how expensive it is to raise an army.

It is hard to imagine how much Shen Xiao spent to set up a navy and maintain a shipyard.

More than 100 million taels of silver really solved Shen Xiao's urgent need. This is not counting the jewelry and antiques in the secret room. After selling these things, they can be discounted to about a million taels of silver.

Thinking about the operation of the Guizuka family in the sea for so many years... this is all the savings of the Guizuka family.

After all, the Guizhong family also raised [-] to [-] Japanese bandits, and the expenses were not low.

This is different from what Shen Xiao had expected at the beginning. Shen Xiao thought that the wealth of the Guizuka family should have been transported to Wa Island. After all, Wa Island is very close to here, and Wa Island is the lair of these Japanese bandits... I didn't expect it to be hidden here.

Of course, using reverse thinking to push is precisely because this approach is not in line with common sense, so in case of any accidents, this batch of treasures can be kept by surprise.

The old Guizhong must have been beaten to death. He never thought that the secret room that their family had worked so hard to create was actually found.

Finding this secret room not only made him rich, but also made Shen Xiao understand the most important thing, the island of the Guizuka family is not Treasure Island.

The island of the Guizuka family is not very big, but the secret room and its passages span more than half of the island. Shen Xiao asked Mr. Caolu to draw a sketch of the secret room, marking out all the places that may be occupied by the agency. In this way, part of the area is removed.

It's easy to explore the rest of the area...

Da Sen raised him for another five days, and after five days he was able to barely appear on camera in a wheelchair... Bah!Appear!
Ten days later, Shen Xiao withdrew his army and sent a team to support Xiao Yi.

Ten days later, Shen Xiao convened a commendation meeting for the entire army on Pearl Island, and gave him and Da Mu the first prize this time, rewarding him with a thousand taels of silver, Da Sen was promoted to rank five thousand households, and Da Mu was promoted to governor of rank five. The two vacant positions were filled by people recommended by the two of them, which can be said to be a great deal of face for the two of them.

Shen Xiaoming clearly gave the two the opportunity to cultivate their own power.

No one objected.

The reason why this matter was delayed for a month was because although the Donghaiwei command post had vacant places for five-rank thousand households and town governors, after the letter of appointment was given on the other end, the other end was used to write a name and press a fingerprint to return it. You have to send people to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials have to deal with the files and sell them back before it's over.

Because the two made great contributions, Shen Xiao gave them a one-month vacation. After arranging all the things on Pearl Island, Shen Xiao returned to Panlong Island together with Da Sen and Da Mu.

Yin Tao was very happy, and when she saw Shen Xiao get off the boat, she rushed over, and her brows twitched when she saw Shen Xiao.

How dare you run with such a big belly!
Shen Xiao hurriedly performed lightness kung fu, and Da Sen only felt a gust of wind blowing in front of him, and saw that Shen Xiao had fallen in front of his sister, and then hugged her up.

It's amazing!

Omori was envious of Shen Xiao's lightness skill.

Damu was also greedy, but now his eyes fell on Deng who was standing far away in the corridor, holding his waist with one hand and stroking his stomach with the other.

He quickly ran towards Deng's, leaving Dasen standing alone by the pier.

Da Sen was a little sad.

"How dare you run?" Shen Xiao slapped Yin Tao's butt, but he didn't dare to use any force, Shen Xiao was so angry that his teeth were itching, this woman was determined that he wouldn't dare to deal with her, right?

"I miss you so much!" Yin Tao rubbed his head on his chin, "My lord, don't you know there is a word called 'one day is like three autumns'?"

"Forget it, we haven't seen each other for how many days..."

Hey, little Taozi is too soft and delicate.

Who the hell can stand this!

"Fairy!"

"When I go back, I will return this day to you!"

Yin Tao didn't understand Shen Xiao's meaning, but after returning to the room, she understood that what Shen Xiao said was literally.

God damn her, take this man away quickly...

huh huh...

I can't stand it!

Fortunately, Shen Xiao still cared about her stomach and didn't dare to make a fuss. Afterwards, Xiao Taozi's wrists became sore again.

After Shen Xiao bathed Xiao Taozi, he held her in his arms and rubbed her wrists.

"You don't want to talk to me anymore?" Shen Xiao asked her with a smile, the tenderness in his eyes overflowed.

snort!
Consider yourself self-aware!
Yin Tao didn't want to talk, and Shen Xiao was not a noisy person, but... rubbed him and started to kiss him. If the kiss was not satisfying, he kissed the neck, and then went up.

"Get up..." Yin Tao pushed his face away, but Shen Xiao's fingers were caught in the next second.

"Who told you to ignore me? Since you don't want to talk to me, then let's not talk, just do it."

Yin Tao: ...

I really want to slap this arrogant person away with my palm!
"Let's chat, can we chat? It's gone now. I have a lot to tell you. You said that the fourth and sixth brothers have been promoted. How did they get promoted? Also, did you find the treasure? You gave away so much money Silver Treasure back?

That...is the island of the Guizuka family really not Treasure Island?

Are there any other clues to Treasure Island? "

Yin Tao was scared, she was really scared, so she crackled a long string of words.

Satisfied, Shen Xiao took a sip of tea for Yin Tao's sake, then drained the water by himself, and then slowly talked to her.

Let’s first talk about how Oki and Omori discovered the secret room, and then talk about how Omori was systematically splashed with dirty water, forcing him to challenge dozens of Japanese bandits at once, and finally he was seriously injured and won.

"My sixth brother is injured!"

"who is it?"

"Who's messing with him behind his back?"

"The clue is pointing to Xiao Yi!" Shen Xiao said, "If it is Xiao Yi, his motives are easy to understand. He likes you, wants you, and dare not confront me head-on, so he hides behind and engages in these crooked ways...

If Omori died that day, you would definitely hate me, and at this time he will take the opportunity to enter..."

"The old lady Xiao Yi killed him!" Yin Tao was so angry that she got up from Shen Xiao's arms and walked around the room.

Shen Xiao hurriedly went to pull her: "You are a pregnant woman, you are so sexist! Be careful of the child!"

Yin Tao rolled his eyes at him: "Be careful, you shouldn't touch me, you are here to pretend to be a good person, why did you go earlier?"

Shen Xiao chuckled: "You!"

(End of this chapter)