Eternal traitor

Chapter 216 Blackmailing Yingzheng
"This thing is cement??"

King Qin's feet stepped on this smooth concrete road, feeling the comfort of the soles of his feet, and he couldn't help feeling curious.The feeling of stepping on it doesn't feel like a stone's foot, but it feels like a stone. Such other objects made King Qin couldn't help but touch the road on the ground with his lower body.

"Returning to my father, this thing is cement. It is very convenient to use this thing to build roads, and there will be no major problems for decades. It is also easy to transport and low in price. I want to use this thing to build the entire state of Qin Concrete road."

Ying Zheng nodded. Cement is not as heavy as stone. Buckets of cement powder are very convenient for road construction, and it can be solidified in a very short time. Compared with the previous stones, it is more convenient, less costly, and better in effect.

"It is indeed a sacred object, but if this object is built in the entire Qin Kingdom, the cost may be..."

Although the king of Qin was also very moved by the magic of this thing, but no matter how cheap it is, it is impossible to solve it with a few million taels of silver, right? ?The area of ​​the entire Qin Kingdom is not small, and it is an astronomical figure just to connect to the main road.

"Five to ten years, tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Ying Zheng replied that this is the answer Li Hua gave him. If King Qin has the right to promote this project and spend all the manpower, material and financial resources of Qin State, it will only take five years to complete a rough plan, but if King Qin does not give Yu Tai If there is more support, it may not be completed in ten years.

"What? Say it again??"

King Qin looked at Ying Zheng with a look of surprise, and his heart boiled.

"Going back to my father, it will take five to ten years to complete this road, and it will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Ying Zheng replied firmly again.

"Ten thousand taels of silver? Do you know how Qin's taxes are paid every year?"

King Qin looked at his son in dissatisfaction, and asked Ying Zheng.

"The tax revenue of the Qin State is about 2000 million taels of silver per load. A few days ago, due to the disaster, the tax collection was reduced to 500 million taels of silver. It is estimated that within five years, the tax revenue of the Qin State will be around 500 million taels of silver. Excluding the military expenditure of about Twelve million silver cars per load."

Ying Zheng did his homework very well. Without money, it is all nonsense. If he wants to do this, he needs the support of King Qin.

"You know it very well?" Qin Wang glanced at Ying Zheng, and the good mood just disappeared in an instant. After all, Qin Wang became angry when he mentioned his own money. The tax had just been collected, and it was gone in such a short time. Did the son pay attention to his own money? ?The refugees themselves don't know how to distribute the money. "But you only know one thing, not the other. Now the treasury has no silver taels."

"What??" Ying Zheng's face turned ugly in an instant. The treasury is out of money? ?But how could this be? ? "Father, the tax has just been collected, and there will be no money??"

"Qin Fei gave him the account books of the treasury."

King Qin also just studied the account books of the state treasury, and found that there was not much difference between what Zhang Ji said.

"Yes." Qin Fei quickly returned to Qin Fei's imperial table, holding a bundle of bamboo books in front of Ying Zheng. "Please, Your Highness."

Ying Zheng grabbed the bamboo book and read the bills recorded on it carefully, staring at every single word, refusing to let go of a single word. Feel bad because...the treasury really has no money.

"This this············"

Ying Zheng felt as if he had swallowed a fly. In his eyes, a lot of money in it should not be spent.In other words, it shouldn't be so expensive, and things should be prioritized. You and King Qin spent millions of taels of silver, and the activities of offering sacrifices to heaven also cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.I don’t know if I don’t look at it, but I’m startled when I see it.The king of Qin is simply too generous in spending money. He spends money without hesitation. It has been less than two months and less than 10 taels of silver are left. What special event is going to happen to you? What do you use it for? ? ?

Ying Zheng couldn't bear to complain about his father, hey...

"My son happened to have something to discuss with you because of my father."

While speaking, King Qin patted Ying Zheng's shoulder with a concerned look, which seemed to be quite warm from his father.

"Father, please speak, and my ministers will listen attentively."

Hearing King Qin calling him so affectionately, and addressing him as "father", a sense of conspiracy instantly made Ying Zheng feel the danger. He felt that he was going to be tricked by King Qin, but now he wants to leave? ? ?
King Qin took Yingzheng's hand and walked towards his palace, and said earnestly: "You also know about the embezzlement of disaster relief funds in Jinzhong, and only got back less than 300 taels of silver for 80 million taels. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are still living in dire straits. My father once went out of the city to check on Qin Wudi. Even at the foot of King Qin’s capital, the refugees still had difficulty surviving. The suffering of the refugees made me deeply feel guilty for my father. My father wanted to come out again. 300 million taels of silver to help refugees, but... as you have seen, there is no money in the treasury, it is difficult for the father..."

Returning to the position where the two were playing chess, King Qin's face was a little more helpless and vicissitudes, and he began to complain to Ying Zheng.

"Although I have some spare money, I have more than enough heart and not enough energy for the 300 million taels of silver."

Yingzheng immediately understood what his father wanted to do, and he wanted to blackmail himself.Yingzheng has 1 reluctances in his heart, why don't you think of the present when you spend money like water? ?Why didn't you want to save some money when you repaired the palace? ?Now that there is no money to save refugees, you put your hand in your son's pocket? ?Yingzheng is suffering in his heart. He managed to have a profitable business, but he has been stared at by various forces. Now he has to be robbed by his father. It is too difficult.

"Father doesn't need you to pay 300 million taels of silver, you only need to pay 200 million taels of silver, and the remaining 100 million taels of silver will be paid by father."

King Qin's very "generous" appearance relieved Ying Zheng of the pressure of 100 million taels of silver, and his face did not have the previous sadness, but a little more smile.

"Father, the 200 million taels of silver...Erchen can't get it out."

Ying Zheng gritted his teeth and still rejected King Qin's "goodwill". It has not been a few months since the Baimao joint store opened, even if he made some money, but 200 million taels of silver... After taking it out, Ying Zheng It went bankrupt.

"Your small shop has earned a lot of money these days, and... Father, I have heard that Li Hua took in nearly a hundred children and collected tens of thousands of taels of silver. .As the prince of Qin, do you have the heart to see so many people displaced?? The father is not forcing you, but...you need to do something for your identity."

"Erchen..."

(End of this chapter)