There was a slap in the face, and the servants outside the door looked horrified and at a loss.
inside the room.
The fourth prince Zhao Ji also covered his face and looked at the woman in front of him with disbelief, his own prince concubine Meng Yuru, the daughter of General Meng Zhang.
"Are you awake?"
Meng Yuru asked coldly.
"you you you……"
Zhao Ji pointed at Meng Yuru and was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"If you dare to point your finger at me again, I will break it for you!"
Meng Yuru looked at the fingers that were almost in front of her eyes, a cold light flashing in her eyes.
The fourth prince Zhao Ji didn't dare to bet. The person in front of him was the daughter of a general. It was said that she had been lawless since she was a child. If it weren't for the efforts of her mother's family, she would not be willing to marry him.
Seeing him take his hand back, Meng Yuru continued: "It's just a small setback that has reduced you to this state. You are really a waste!"
Zhao Ji was furious: "What do you know? Do you know how much this prince has lost?
That was a court team that was cultivated with great difficulty, and most of it was lost just because of this incident! More than half!
It’s all Lao Wu’s fault! It’s all Lao Wu’s fault! Don't think that I don't know that Yushitai is his man, he is definitely the one who ordered this incident! "
As he spoke, Zhao Ji became angry again.
Meng Yuru snorted disdainfully: "So what if you lose half of the time? So what if you lose this time? Have you completely lost the ability to make a comeback? A small setback will make you lose your mind. How dare you think about anything in the future? Location?
Whoever punished you, you should punish him! He made you lose one person, so you make him lose ten. I am a woman who knows this idiom of perseverance, and you must know it too, right?
Those who achieve great things will not judge their success or failure based on a momentary failure, but only judge their heroes based on their results. Until the last moment, who dares to say that he is the winner? "
Meng Yuru's words made Zhao Ji fall silent. After a while, he raised his head again. The fighting spirit in his eyes was aroused, burning with blazing fire.
That's right, I haven't lost yet, but I just gave up to Lao Wu. There is still time to play this game!
Seeing him regain his fighting spirit, Meng Yuru breathed a sigh of relief, but still said with a straight face:
"Now, you have a good rest, and then find a way to return today's shame to Lao Wu. You two brothers have been fighting for so many years. I don't believe that you don't have anything from Lao Wu."
"Yes! Give him back the shame! Return it tenfold!" Zhao Ji gritted his teeth.
Then he rubbed his aching face and strode out of the room.
"Come here, prepare a meal. I am hungry..."
…
Not to mention the strange fight between Bo Yun in the court, towards Yunzhou County, Zhao Jun was looking through this month's financial statements with a look of deep pain.
I don’t know that vegetables, salt, oil, rice and vinegar are expensive.
Although he has many properties and his monthly benefits are huge, since he came to Yunzhou County, his stall has become bigger and bigger.
More and more people are working for him, and the monthly expenses are astronomical and head-scratching!
Not to mention anything else, in terms of military pay alone, an ordinary soldier costs four taels and close to five taels of silver per month, and even more if there are many children in the family.
There are 25,000 people, including officers, which is almost 100,000 taels!
Then there are ordnance maintenance, food and other miscellaneous things. The monthly expenditure is about one to twenty thousand taels, which means that the military expenditure alone is fixed at 110,000 to 20,000 taels per month.
Then there is the salary of the county governor's office. Since he took over Yunzhou County, the court no longer pays the salary of Yunzhou County officials, but it is paid by him.
The current Yunzhou County government is no longer like it was five years ago. There are only two or three big cats and kittens. There are various officials and petty officials, plus Wu Hou, who patrols the streets to maintain public security. There are almost three hundred people in the entire county governor's office. There is also a monthly expenditure of about three thousand taels.
In addition, the monthly fixed expenses such as the monthly salary of the clerks in the industries in my hands are also around 10,000 taels, which is almost 140,000 taels.
Then there is the biggest expenditure item, road construction!
A steady stream of materials was sent from all over the country, at least 5,000 taels of materials every day, as well as the daily food and drink expenses and meager salary of the 200,000 people there.
The monthly expenses are around 50,000 taels!
This month it was almost 200,000 yuan. Including other things, Zhao Junguang's expenditure on the face was about 340,000 yuan!
It costs about four million taels a year!
This is four million taels of silver, not four million stones, nor four million ears of wheat!
Suppressing the regret in his heart, Zhao Jun carefully looked at the financial report and expenses line by line, and finally signed his name and stamped his seal on the last page.
These are necessary expenses and cannot be avoided, even if it hurts.
I got it even though I gritted my teeth.
After saying hello, Wang Huaien quickly ran in. After receiving the financial report and expenditure handed over by Zhao Jun, he listened to Zhao Jun's instructions: "Tell Yunli to increase iron production and spread the goods through our channels." farther.
We spend a lot of money every day. If we don’t get some blood back, your prince and I will be sucked dry by them! "
"Okay, Your Majesty!"
Wang Huaien smiled and nodded, and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped again.
"By the way, the army competition is coming soon, isn't it?"
Wang Huai'en quickly counted the days and then replied: "It's only in these few days that I'll get back to you, Your Majesty."
Zhao Jun nodded and warned: "Then remember, remind me one day in advance. I still want to take a look at the quality of these new recruits."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know this."
Wang Huaien agreed, turned around and went out with the property report.
In the room, Zhao Jun once again thought of the monthly expenditure of up to 340,000 yuan on the financial statement, and suddenly showed a look of deep pain again.
"My king's money!!!"
Somewhere in the Yunling Mountains, there is a road construction site.
"Hey, Lao Liu, are you guys off work?"
"Yeah, haha, hurry up and eat in the cafeteria. If you're late, all the meat will be eaten by those starving ghosts."
"That's right, those fast-moving thieves are disgusting. They can pick out the meat from a big bucket of vegetables! As a result, we who arrive late cannot eat the meat every time."
"Damn it, why don't you hurry up and run when you have all the time to talk here? You won't have any meat to eat later!"
"Yes! Let's talk to Mr. Wang next time. I'm leaving first! Old Man Li is leaving!"
The young man who was just complaining that all the meat had been picked ran towards the canteen at a trot. The middle-aged man who greeted him looked at his back and smiled, then shook his head and headed towards the construction site.
In order to keep up with the progress of the project, a two-shift system has been implemented on the construction site. Since the weather is gradually turning into winter and the light is getting earlier, the first shift starts at 4:40 in the morning.
At 4:40 p.m., the second shift finished their meal and left work on time, and they stayed at work until 4:00 p.m. in the evening, with one shift lasting eight hours.
In addition to a meal of meat and vegetables at noon, the construction site also provides meals at 4:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. in the evening. People in both shifts can eat there.
Old Man Li held a long cigarette pole and looked at the young people trotting over to eat meat with a smile on his face.
Since he fled, he has long used up his tobacco leaves, and now he has become accustomed to holding this stick, and has not smoked for several days.
As for the salary given on the construction site, all of it was given to the old woman at home to buy things for home use, and was not left to buy tobacco leaves.
Although he doesn't smoke, Lao Li Tou is very satisfied with his current life.
Going to work on time every day and having three meals a day is a life like a peach orchard for those who have experienced uprooting their homes and fleeing in exile.
As long as you are willing to work, you will have enough to eat. There is no limit to the food in the large canteen at the construction site. As long as you can eat, you can eat as much as you want, but you cannot take it away.
Lao Li was not in a hurry and walked towards the canteen calmly.
He is already old. Although he also wants to eat meat, he will have it if it is available. If he does not have it, he will have it. He will not force it.
Besides, I can’t bite my teeth anymore so I won’t fight with those young people.
"Prince Yun came to the capital and brought good days to our people, good days~good days~"
A little song sung in the tune of his hometown came from Lao Litou's mouth. He sang it all the way, and the smile on his face never disappeared.
People who were coming and going to and from work looked back and smiled sincerely when they saw Lao Litou. Occasionally he sang a few lines to the tune. Their faces were full of longing for the future, and the corners of their mouths were raised happily. smile.
"When the sun rises, you come to work; when the sun sets, you go to work. Don't worry about eating three meals a day. Don't worry~"
Old Man Li's figure gradually moved away, disappearing into the dazzling sunlight. Only the faint melody was still slowly coming from the distance...
A wisp of autumn wind blew by, and a few yellow leaves fell from the branches beside the road.
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