Unconsciously, a month has passed, every day Li Liangzuo will pace back and forth in the imperial study, there is not the slightest news about the front line in a month, which makes Li Liangzuo's heart anxious, since the army entered the western grassland, it has evaporated from the world, because the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, so it has become the weak point of the intelligence of the Great Xia Kingdom, and it is much more difficult to obtain intelligence here than in the Central Plains.
"Fuzi, isn't there any news of the Western Expedition Army?"
asked Li Liangzuo to Xiao Fuzi.
Xiaofuzi reported to Li Liangzuo: "And Your Majesty, no one has any news yet. ” "Xiao Zhuozi, how can I get it, there is no news now."
Li Liangzuo said angrily.
After Xiao Zhuozi was called, he reported to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, our intelligence system in the west has always been like this, because many areas are deserted, so we have no way to establish an effective transmission system like in the Central Plains."
"Okay, I know, find a way to pass on the information from the front line as soon as possible, I want to know what happened as soon as possible" Li Liangzuo said to Xiao Zhuozi.
"Yes, please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minions will do their best."
Xiao Zhuozi replied to Li Liangzuo.
When Xiao Zhuozi just left, Zhou Shengcai happened to come to the outside of the imperial study, and Xiao Zhuozi saw Zhou Shengcai and said in a sharp voice: "It turned out to be Lord Zhou, our family is so polite." ” "Father-in-law Zhuo is polite."
Zhou Shengcai arched his hand and said; "Dare to ask His Majesty Gonggong Zhuo is inside, how is Your Majesty feeling today?"
Xiao Zhuozi said to Zhou Shengcai: "Look at what you said, if Your Majesty is not inside, will our family be in the imperial study Today, Your Majesty's mood is not very good, if Lord Zhou has nothing important, it is best to come back tomorrow." ” "There is Father-in-law Lao Zhuo, please ask Father-in-law Zhuo to smile at a little meaning."
Zhou Shengcai took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels from his body and stuffed it into Xiao Zhuozi's hand and said.
"Then our family will laugh at it."
Xiao Zhuozi said with a smile on her face.
In fact, in the palace, it is common for eunuchs to receive bribes, and Li Liangzuo also knows about this matter, but Li Liangzuo also turns a blind eye, and with the rapid development of the Great Xia Kingdom, it is also common for the following officials to receive bribes, but some are more and some are less, Li Liangzuo is also very clear about this matter, as long as the circumstances are not too serious, Li Liangzuo will have to get by, and those who are serious will be punished according to the law; Li Liangzuo knows that officialdom cannot be honest forever, greed is human nature, and Li Liangzuo cannot ask all people not to accept bribes; Li Liangzuo changed his previous tough attitude on this matter, as long as it was not too excessive.
Through some of Li Liangzuo's behaviors, it can be found that Li Liangzuo is slowly changing, and Li Liangzuo, who was originally upright, began to think of some forces to make compromises, which is also a way to do it, after all, the development of the Great Xia Kingdom is getting faster and faster, and the general environment is here, but there is one Li Liangzuo who will never change, that is, the army, the army is Li Liangzuo's forbidden area, and anyone who tries to get involved in the army will eventually end up ruined.
After Zhou Shengcai came in, he saluted Li Liangzuo and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to report to Your Majesty." ” Li Liangzuo stood in front of the map hanging on the wall of the imperial study, and turned around and said directly to Zhou Shengcai: "What is the matter with Aiqing, just say it; If there's nothing important, I'll report back later."
Zhou Shengcai didn't leave, but continued to think about Li Liangzuo and said: "Your Majesty, the profits from the banknotes we issued in the first month have come out. ” Li Liangzuo heard this, a golden light flashed in his eyes, and Li Liangzuo asked Zhou Shengcai: "How is the situation, how many things have been taken?"
Zhou Shengcai reported to Li Liangzuoyu: "Your Majesty, the profit of the first month greatly exceeded our expectations, due to the strong support of Longtai Commercial Bank, from the beginning of the issuance of banknotes to the present, we have obtained the benefit of more than one million taels of silver in this month; Except for a small part of gold and silver, most of the rest are bulk goods, and with the circulation of Huayuan, we will obtain greater benefits. ” "Good, great; I really didn't expect this small banknote to bring such a huge profit; Zhou Aiqing's matter will be handed over to you to operate with all your might, and I will notify the banknote printing factory to step up printing, and I will let Longtai Commercial Bank fully cooperate with you.
Li Liangzuo said very excitedly.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhou Shengcai said worriedly to Li Liangzuo; "Your Majesty, although paper money can bring us a lot of benefits, once the excess banknotes are issued, it will inevitably cause the depreciation of paper money, and I am afraid that it will cause turmoil in the world at that time."
"Of course I do."
Li Liangzuo said to Zhou Shengcai; "But now it is not my Great Xia Kingdom that occupies the world, but the Great Song Dynasty, once Huayuan circulates on a large scale in the Great Song Dynasty, it means that we control all the sources of taxes in the Great Song Dynasty, and I want to use economic means to exploit the Great Song Dynasty little by little, and let the Great Song Dynasty become a vassal of my Great Xia Kingdom economically, and use the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty to feed the army of my Great Xia Kingdom."
"Your Majesty."
Zhou Shengcai said to Li Liangzuo; "In this way, Weichen doesn't have to worry about military spending anymore."
Li Liangzuo smiled and pointed at Zhou Shengcai and said; "I really don't know what to say about you."
Zhou Shengcai smiled and said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, what about the batch of goods we took or not, should they all be shipped back." ” "No."
Li Liangzuo immediately refused: "We can't all the goods be shipped back, this will expose us, and it will also cause economic turmoil in the Great Song Dynasty, so we will bring back one-third of the goods first, and exchange them for the materials we are in short supply, especially cloth, grain and medicinal materials; As soon as the war began, these three things consumed the most; I must ensure that every soldier on the front line has shoes to wear, food to eat, and medical treatment. ” In fact, in this era, there are four things that are most consumed in wars: the first kind of grain and grass, except for people eating and horses chewing, most of the grain is lost in transportation; The second is cloth: in addition to making clothes, cloth can also be used to make shoes and bandage wounds, as far as the infantry is concerned, they have to run dozens of miles every day, and a pair of shoes will be worn out every two or three days, and the damage to the military uniform is also very serious, so cloth is also an important strategic material; The third is medicinal materials: needless to say, medicinal materials are often injured on the battlefield; The fourth is weapons: every time you hit a weapon, there will be a great loss, breaking, curling the blade, loss, and so on.
Therefore, every fight will consume a lot of wealth, and Li Liangzuo now wants to indirectly transfer all the military expenses of the Western Expedition to the head of the Great Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to using the money of the Great Song Dynasty to fight, of course, the dividends of the war are also very large; After Li Liangzuo listened to Zhou Shengcai's report, a news that Li Liangzuo had not seen for a long time flew into the palace.
Xiao Zhuozi hurriedly ran to Li Liangzuo's imperial study with a copy of the military information and said, "Your Majesty; Eight hundred miles of urgent military newspaper on the northern front. ” Li Liangzuo snatched the military newspaper, and when he saw the content of the military newspaper, Li Liangzuo's eyes became more and more solemn; No one knows what Li Liangzuo saw in the military report, but it can be seen from Li Liangzuo's expression that the battle may not be as smooth as originally expected.
Please vote more, Tianyu please everyone: