"Did everyone get home safely?"
Late at night, the empress walked out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe and stepping on soft cushions with bare feet.
"The Department of Soldiers and Horses has just reported that all the ministers have arrived home safely!" Mr. Pu said softly as he brought a bowl of sugar water.
The four-hour exchange and dinner were all done in Chengwu Palace. No one could handle this amount of work. Seeing the tired look on the empress's face, Lao Pu felt unhappy.
"The heat is just right today."
After taking a brief sip, the empress nodded with satisfaction, "Don't boil this sweet water in the future!"
In the foreseeable future, Wu Dynasty's finances will only become increasingly difficult.
Compared to Zeng Jin, who had no hope for the future, now she would carry Wu Chao forward no matter how difficult it was.
"Your Majesty, a bowl of sweet water only costs a few cents. Besides, the Song Dynasty is offering tribute, so the province shouldn't be spending money here!" Lao Pu persuaded.
The empress has become thinner and thinner after four years on the throne, which makes people feel distressed no matter how she looks at her.
The empress smiled and said, "I know what you mean, but there are some things that need to be set by example. Saving a bowl of sweet water is not for money, but for attitude. You have also seen what happened today. Everyone has their own calculations. If it weren't for the emperor's uncle, If you talk to the old prime minister, your expenses will be exceeded again!"
The general direction is unified, but no one wants to suffer in the details.
You can think of the benefits of working-for-relief. The summer abacus, which is usually used to make money, spent all the money from the bottom of the cabinet of the Ministry of Household Affairs for this court meeting, which is a total of 13 million taels, which is equivalent to the September of the Wu Dynasty in the past. tax.
At the end of the past year, no matter how much money Xia Abacus could come up with to divide it, all parties would not be satisfied, but excited.
But it’s not enough now, far from it.
Officials from Qingzhou who submitted their petitions the day before were also fighting for the Laijiao Canal.
The Laijiao Canal is the canal that Wu Dynasty wanted to build most in the three hundred years since its founding. This canal will connect the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. While making up for Qingzhou's lack of water transportation, it will also add an additional line of defense to Qingzhou, which can split Shandong into a peninsula. , advance can deter Xuzhou.
The Wu Dynasty that used the previous method would definitely not be able to repair it. If they continued to forcefully repair it, they would probably lose it if they built Qingzhou.
We changed to the work-for-relief method, and we were able to fix it by gritting our teeth, but where is the overall budget, and the long-term budget was given to Qingzhou, so officials from the other two states couldn't just ignore it?
"They are all a bunch of dissatisfied guys. They forget the difference between a full meal and a full meal!" Lao Pu said with relief.
"Work-for-relief will be a national policy in the future. This is the first time we have fought like this. Are we all afraid that there will be no next time? It will be fine if we do it more often." The empress said bluntly, "Is there anything else? Nothing else. , I’m going to rest!”
It's okay to argue, she is the referee, and the more fierce the dispute below, the more important her decision-making power will be.
Facing the result of the fight now, the empress knew very well that no one was satisfied, but the result of the fight was the best at the moment.
"It's true, Li Yannian reported that Yan Yin is eyeing Fang Fang's wine shop!"
"Yan Yin?"
The empress frowned slightly. She knew how much her brother had earned in the past six months. It was an incredible amount of wealth for an individual, but what if the country had access to goods from the Wu Dynasty?
Seeing that the empress did not respond, Lao Pu reminded, "Your Majesty, the young master's wine house was of limited value before yesterday, but now that the household market is open, the wealth of the grasslands is concentrated in the hands of the tribal leaders, and the best wines are in the hands of the tribe leaders. Prairie has always been hard currency!”
"How can I put it this way, people from Song Dynasty move very quickly!"
The empress sneered, flies are flies, they will burrow wherever there is smell.
"This matter is left to you. If the equation is needed, give money to people who should give money to people who should give money to people!"
The empress didn't care how much Equation could earn, as long as she was happy, no matter how poor the Wu Dynasty was, she would still have money in her inner treasury.
"I'm not afraid of money, but I'm more worried that the Song Dynasty people are tampering with this. If Yannian reports, Yan Yin may be the specific executor!"
Lao Pu has served two dynasties and has seen a lot. He knows very well what people can do for money.
The equation strongly refused Yan Yin to relieve his qi, but the trouble was not small.
With Richang Xing's domineering style in the Song Dynasty, things would never end with Yan Yin's departure.
"Let the Office of Documents keep an eye on it. I want to see what Richangxing wants to do!"
The empress stood up and said, "If you encounter anyone who doesn't like it during the process, let's deal with it!"
"clear!"
Hushi Zengjin was banned by the Wu Dynasty, and Feng Fang was banned by His Majesty. Even if you can't tell the difference, you still want to hang out in the Wu Dynasty. I'm afraid you are still dreaming!
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Money is easy to spend but hard to manage.
With just a word of mouth, the money at the bottom of the box went out. Xia Abacus would not lose a penny of what was promised in Chengwu Hall, but he still felt distressed!
In the low-rise public room, Xia Abacus covered his chest with his left hand and held a writing brush filled with red ink in his right hand.
Row it, row it...
In the face of the work-for-relief program, these are all trivial matters. Plans that had been prepared for many months were scrapped one by one. On a deep cold night, wisps of hot sweat dripped down the brows and fell on the table.
"Lao Xia, it's good to have a break. This has just been sorted out. Take a look first!"
Zuo Shilang Gao Shan pushed open the door and left, threw away the official documents, pulled up a seat and sat down, and took out a bottle of wine from his pocket.
"Has it been sorted out?"
Everyone knows how to spend money, but it is really difficult to save money. Picking up the official documents that he had just sorted out, Xia Abacus pursed his dry lips, "It's getting late, I think you said, get things out as soon as possible!"
"These are the advantageous items. The bulk of it is wine. The average profit is about twice as much, and it will double when it is shipped to the household market. We can't let go of this business. If we really let go of our wine shop, it will be over!"
No matter how depressed the Wu Dynasty was, it still had its own flagship products in the grassland trade. Wine, ironware, and salt had always been the bulk of the trade.
Not to mention the taste of the wine, one sip warms the body. In the north, this is almost a must-have to keep out the cold. The scale of output cannot be compared with the people of the Song Dynasty, but every county in the Wu Dynasty had its own winery. Privately There are even more black workshops.
Xia Abacus nodded, "I didn't plan to release the drinks themselves, but now the profits from the drinks are too low. After all, the drinks are bad luck!"
"This is actually easy to solve. Transport grain to the border. The border troops near Badahu City have their own wineries. It's enough to spend some money to expand some ordinary wines. Don't forget your nephew's craftsmanship. We won't rob it, spend it. Money helps him grow bigger, and as long as he can make money, I believe everyone will have no objection."
Everyone in the martial arts loves wine, and Gaoshan is definitely a good drinker.
Where has the best wine in Tai'an City? Isn't it Fang Fang's tavern?
"anything else?"
Xia Abacus's eyes lit up when he mentioned Equation's tavern.
"Salt!"
"The mineral salt is poisonous, the sea salt is too far away, and the comprehensive profit is too small. I am ready to let foreign businessmen do this kind of thing!" Xia Abacus denied it.
The equation provides the direction, but the details need to be added. The specific operation of the summer abacus has an account in mind.
The three major products, ironware, needless to say, will not be liberalized by any country, wine has huge profits, and salt is a must. The price is good, but after deducting shipping costs, there is really not much profit left.
Xia Dachuan's calculation was all about the goods. Ten trucks of goods were loaded with one truck of salt, which not only ensured the salt but also saved consumption.
