"Gold mine?!"
Lu Shengyuan, who was guarding the door, was startled by the loud roar coming from the tent and almost fell off his stool.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Don't fight, peace is the most important thing!" He rushed in and yelled too. Only when he saw everyone's eyes focused on him did he realize that it seemed like he was There was a misunderstanding, so I touched my nose in embarrassment and said, "I...I thought you guys didn't have a good deal and started fighting!"
"There was no fight, just a little surprised." Jin Jing happily walked over and patted Lu Shengyuan on the shoulder, "We have to bother General Lu to guard for a while. We will probably have half a stick of incense before it's over."
"It's okay, it's okay. You guys can talk slowly and don't be in a hurry. We still have one night left anyway!"
Lu Shengyuan waved his hand nonchalantly, and Jin Miaomiao took the small teapot and a plate of snacks from the bar next to him. He walked out happily and sat back on his small bench.
"Tell me, why are you all so excited? It even alarmed Lao Lu!" Yan Rong asked Jin Jing and Jin Miaomiao to sit down, pulled Wei Zixin to sit beside him again, and said softly, "Don't act like you've never seen the world, okay? Isn't it just a gold mine? What's all the fuss about?"
"Brother A Rong, what you said is wrong. Isn't it just a gold mine?" Jin Miaomiao rolled her eyes and said angrily, "You, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are when you are not a family member, so you are so talkative. It’s quite simple to say it with your lips.”
"That's right!" Jin Jing also nodded, "Lao Yan, that is a gold mine. Although it cannot be fully mined, as long as it is mined, it can solve Daxia's current problems, right?"
"What do you mean?" Yan Rong frowned slightly, "If it can be mined, it will belong to His Majesty. Can it still be entered into the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
"At the very least, the Ministry of Household Affairs must have a share." Jin Miaomiao sighed and looked at Yan Rong with disapproval, "If the mining is successful, it can bring considerable prosperity to the national treasury and private treasury, and the various ministries can use it. Money won't be as stretched as it has been in recent years, right? If nothing else, just think about our Shen family army. Except for the past two years, the salary has been paid by the national treasury, but it has not been fully paid, not even half. But this is already considered very good. Think about the previous ten or twenty years, when did we use the national treasury to provide payment? Isn’t it all money provided by the Zhenguo Duke’s Mansion and the Wuding Marquis Mansion? We used our own money Private properties, trophies seized from Liao and Jin, etc., and even the pension money for soldiers killed in battle are all obtained from these, right?"
"Speaking of which, it's true that for so many years, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs have rarely cared about us."
"Right? Everyone understands in their hearts." Jin Miaomiao looked at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and then at Yan Rong. He sighed softly and lowered his voice and said, "But brother A Rong, you Do you think this is right?"
"Logically speaking, this really shouldn't be done. It can easily turn the Shen family's army into private soldiers, causing the soldiers to only know marshals and generals but not the imperial power. This is very dangerous. But doing this is beyond our control. Arrived, right?" Yan Rong looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, spread his hands, and said, "Isn't it that the national treasury is empty? To put it bluntly, even the money from the death pension in recent years is not the same as that of the two governments. Did you pay for it yourself? If you really count on the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, you may not even be able to get a single copper. Their ability to cry out for poverty is much greater than their ability to collect money."
"This is the crux of the matter. They are not crying about being poor, they are really poor. There have been many disasters in the past few years. His Majesty and the late Emperor were considerate of the sufferings of the people and exempted most of the taxes. The Ministry of Household Affairs has lost this big piece of tax money. It is a fact that it is not rich. It is also very bitter to say that you have not seen the situation in Beijing. Except for those who have ancestral property, their lives are relatively rich. Those officials below the fifth rank are no better than ordinary people. It's much better, and they even need subsidies from their own families to survive in Beijing."
"Is Hubu so poor?" Yan Rong frowned slightly, "It shouldn't be. If I remember correctly, mines were discovered in the south two years ago and mining started. Calculating the days, we should be able to make a surplus, right? Bar?"
"It's still early!" Shen Cha sighed, "We can't ask about the specific situation. We can only say that the Ministry of Revenue is still very poor and can't care about us at all. We can only rely on ourselves. Even these two Part of the salary given to the border troops this year comes from His Majesty’s private treasury. There is nothing we can do about it. No one wants this situation to happen, right? Besides, we are not alone. All border troops Army, in fact, it’s the same situation. We are living a pretty good life. Think about Liu Shuai’s side. Their expenses are much more than ours, right? They not only have to pay their own salaries, but also You have to pay for the repair and maintenance fees of the warship yourself, and even after the warship is scrapped, you have to spend money to buy a new one."
"No, it's not!" Yan Rong and Wei Zixin looked at each other, both of them were shocked, "You still have to find a way to build a warship by yourself? What on earth is the Ministry of War doing? How come they still have the nerve to stay in the capital?"
"You have to be thick-skinned!" Jin Jing twitched the corner of her mouth and showed a wicked smile, "Don't worry if you have too many debts, don't worry if you have too many lice. As long as you don't let them give you money, they will pretend that nothing happened."
"But where did Liu Shuai find so much money?" As soon as the words came out, Yan Rong felt that he had made a mistake and waved his hands to a few people, "This is not what I should ask. You don't need to answer, just pretend you didn't hear. "
"Harm, this is not a secret, everyone knows it. Every time Liu Shuai and the others rob...oh, no, all the property captured by fighting against Japanese pirates and pirates belongs to Liu Shuai. Although there were many objections before , mainly jealous of those good things, but Liu Shuai returned to Beijing to report on his work and laid out all the accounts of these years in the court one by one. Not only theirs, but also the expenditure accounts and income accounts of other frontier troops were placed in the court. Above the hall, let those jumping around take a good look at who is embezzling the stolen goods and whether there is so much stolen goods to be greedy." Shen Cha sighed, "After this time, the rumors in the court have calmed down. , but..." She shrugged, with a look of helplessness on her face, "This is just a temporary lull. When we are all old and the next generation comes in, if the situation remains like this, I'm afraid there will be another wave, right? Doing so will ultimately treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.”
"Understood." Yan Rong nodded, "Don't say that I hid it on purpose. I knew Baiyashan when I was very young. If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten about it. As for the gold mine, Son, I also heard it leaked from the villagers around Baiya Mountain and those sneaky guys in Baiya Mountain. As for whether it is true or not, I can only say that I am 80% sure."
"If it's a gold mine, it's a big deal. You can't just say it in front of us." Shen Haolin thought for a moment, "General Yan, think carefully about what you should say tonight. Go there early tomorrow morning." My big account, tell your Majesty everything you know."
"Yes, Marshal!"
