Chapter 920: The Magnificent Power of Han (Forty-Four)

Two huge coarse porcelain sea bowls were placed in front of Fan Sui and the infantry. They were covered with a thick layer of haggis. The steaming hot and incomparably fragrant lamb noodles immediately aroused the appetite of the infantry. He picked up his chopsticks, stirred up a big batch of noodles and stuffed it into his mouth. He swallowed it in a few gulps, then leaned over the bowl and took a big sip of the soup. Then he took a deep breath: "Original Zhi Yuanwei, Wang Laizi, I guess you still have some conscience."

"That's right!" Wang Laizi, who was busy inside, said with a smile: "General Bu, I brought this old soup from Jishi City."

The infantryman raised his chopsticks and said to Fan Sui: "Xiang Fan, give it a try. Although it is expensive, it is indeed our taste. In Jicheng, it is rare. The rare thing is the most valuable thing!"

Fan Sui smiled and nodded, tasting it slowly and gracefully. "It's indeed good, General Bu. Do you know this little boss?"

"Of course I know him. This Wang Laizi used to be a sentry commander in the Eastern Army. He injured a leg during the war and could no longer serve as a soldier, so he retired and returned home. He has a bright mind. In addition to taking care of the more than ten acres of land at home, In addition, I also opened a teahouse on the main road outside Jishi City and did some small business. I lived a good life."

"How can a disabled person cultivate more than ten acres of land?" Fan Sui asked in surprise. In China, he had seen too many soldiers who retired due to injuries, and their lives were very miserable.

"Our Zhengdong Prefecture has systematically taken care of these wounded soldiers. Most of the disabled soldiers like Wang Laizi gather together to form a village, and everyone forms a mutual aid group. The local government will also organize manpower to go out during the busy farming season. He helped them farm the land, so he didn't have to work hard. I heard that he even married a Hun woman as his wife. He lived a happy life!"

"I just heard that this young boss is still a shareholder of Sihai Trading?" Fan Sui put down his chopsticks with some confusion, "Sihai Trading is now a business giant compared to our Daqin Yongqin Chamber of Commerce. This little noodle shop owner Where do you get so much money to invest in shares?”

The infantryman smiled and said, "Xiang Fan may not know something. Although our soldiers in the Eastern Army have a lot of disability pensions, for these people who have lost the ability to work, the money will always be used up. At that time, Zhengdong Mansion issued a decree. On the basis of voluntary service of retired soldiers, their pensions would be pooled by the Ministry of War and invested in Sihai Trading, and then dividends would be paid to them every year. In our Ministry of War, there is a special handler The yamen is responsible for this matter."

Fan Sui nodded slightly, or the infantryman himself didn't realize that he took Fan Sui out for a casual walk today, and a quick look would allow Fan Sui to see a lot of the actual and falsehoods of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, not only in terms of the army, but also in terms of It's policy-based.

As the chief auxiliary of the Qin State, Fan Sui naturally sees things from a different perspective than the infantry. Many things that are common in the eyes of the infantry are very different for Fan Sui.

The first is the discipline of the army. The self-discipline of the soldiers in the Eastern Expedition made Fan Sui secretly frightened. Some clues can be seen from these things about whether an army is strong or not. When he usually rests, he consciously maintains the discipline. Corresponding military discipline, let alone when in the army.

Secondly, the Eastern Expeditionary Army's policy towards soldiers who were disabled and died in battle can be said to be all-inclusive. They do not just give out a sum of money to get rid of the problem, but they will always be responsible to the end. Don't underestimate this matter, it will have a great impact on the government's financial resources. It is a great test. In the Qin State, Fan Sui knew very well that it was a one-time pension, and it was not much. The soldiers might not be able to get it all.

The third is how fast the Zhengdong Mansion transports supplies. Now that the Zhengdong Army is outside, a small shop like Wang Laizi can actually let the Sihai Trading caravan consign things to him. This shows that Sihai Trading is very important in the transportation of supplies. There is absolutely room for improvement in this aspect.

Fan Sui compared it in his mind and was horrified to find that Da Qin was at a disadvantage in every aspect. Thinking of this, this bowl of fragrant and exotic haggis noodles seemed tasteless.

"But in this case, how can the Zhengdong Mansion's financial resources be sufficient?" Fan Sui shook his head and said. "As far as I know, your military salary is also the highest among all countries, and it is not even a little higher. You use it to support yourself." The military salary of 200,000 troops can support 600,000 troops in our Great Qin."

"Soldiers get paid for their lives in war, how can they not be higher!" The infantryman said calmly: "But Fan Xiang is right about one thing, our financial resources are tight. To put it bluntly, we Zhengdong Mansion I have always owed money, owed money to big merchants, owed money to the common people, and every year I paid back the old money and borrowed new money."

"Is it your bond?" Fan Sui nodded to show his knowledge. "I heard that interest is paid to the people?"

"Of course, otherwise who will lend it to you next year?" the infantryman chuckled.

"But those are all the people under your Zhengdong Mansion!" Fan Sui said.

"So what, they have paid taxes, so of course they have to pay interest when borrowing money!" the infantryman said very naturally. He turned his head and shouted to Wang Laizi: "Cripple, give me more soup!"

"Come on!" Wang Laizi appeared in front of the infantry at a very fast speed. A bowl of hot soup was poured into the infantry's bowl, with a large amount of haggis in it.

"I said Wang Laizi, if you do this business, you will go bankrupt sooner or later!" The infantryman ordered the haggis in the bowl, "This stuff is not valuable in Jishi City, but you transported it all the way here, but it's just Well worth the price.”

"Isn't this General Bu? How many times a year do you come back to eat my haggis noodles?" Wang Laizi laughed and said: "General Bu, I want to ask you something. I don't know if it's convenient for me to tell you?"

"Come on, you are among the first group of people who followed the Governor and fought in the Battle of Yuyang. Regarding this, I will naturally tell you whatever I can tell you!" the infantryman laughed.

"Well, I'm asking about the bonds. Last year I bought a bond worth one hundred taels. At that time, it was said that the guaranteed interest would be one cent a year. If the annual performance is good, it will go up. This year we will destroy Donghu. The Qi people's army of more than 100,000 people was wiped out, and now they have given the Qin people a hard lesson. Will the annual interest rate be increased a little bit?" Wang Laizi was so excited that his eyes shone. "What are we doing these days? Everyone is talking about it excitedly, and they all estimate that this year will definitely be higher than previous years."

As soon as the issue of money was mentioned, the infantryman's face fell, "Wang Laizi, I think you are obsessed with money. We didn't get any money from fighting Donghu. If you kill the Qi people, we haven't got the money yet." , and now they are fighting with the Qin people again. The money is flowing out like water, but some of it has not been recovered yet. It would be good to give you a guarantee. You want to get more, but I haven’t seen the governor bothering about this. Is your hair turning gray?"

"No way!" Wang Laizi blinked, "If that's really the case, I don't want the one hundred taels of silver anymore."

"Fart, the governor is still defaulting on the debt." The infantryman slammed the table, "Cripple Wang, your share is inevitable, go back and do your business!"

"General Infantry, don't be angry. If anyone talks to me about this again, I'll throw soup in his face." Wang Laizi immediately backed away, staying far away from the infantry.

Coming out of Wang Laizi's shop, Fan Sui looked at the still long queue of soldiers and said with emotion: "General Bu, one hundred taels of silver is not a small sum of money for this little boss, right?" !”

"It's almost a fortune!" The infantryman nodded and said: "His pension was used to invest in stocks. He doesn't make much money every year. This one hundred taels of silver is a lot for him."

"But he just said no, without even blinking." Fan Sui said with emotion, "I didn't expect Governor Gao to be so popular."

The infantryman chuckled, "This is very common in our Zhengdong Mansion area, but the governor will never lose the people's money."

"Is it difficult to pay back the money this year?"

"That's right." The infantryman said calmly: "We have been fighting for many years and have no money to go out. It is indeed difficult for us to have financial resources. But how can a living person die from choking in urine? He will always find a way."

Fan Sui nodded thoughtfully.

Jicheng, Royal Palace, Wang Wuyi, who had just come from Jishi City, stood in front of Gao Yuan, his bitter gourd face that almost became his usual expression seemed to be dripping with water, Ji opened his hands, almost roaring: "Captain, we have no money, we really have no money. The money sent by Mr. Tian and Mr. Tian was made a circle in my place, and then it was gone. This battle can no longer be fought."

"You just took over two million taels of cash this year, and before you even spent the night, you started complaining about poverty. Wang Wuyi, are you going too far?" Gao Yuan snorted coldly.

"Captain, it will cost money to move the entire Zhengdong Mansion from Jishi City. Our Zhengdong Mansion is about to establish a country. This is a big expense. Two hundred taels of silver can fill this hole. They It doesn’t count at all.” Wang Wuyi shook his head repeatedly, “This is a big deal, the only big deal at the moment, so nothing can be done with this money.”

He suddenly approached Gao Yuan and said, "Captain, how about we send someone to blackmail the two young masters again?"

"You go ahead and fight!" Gao Yuan said angrily: "We can't just fish for nothing. We have to give him time to search. You pushed him hard. What should I do if he defaults on your debt? Now they all still want to be shameless. If they are really shameless, , we can’t get a penny, and when the time comes, we will have to send out the army to collect the debt.”

"The Governor is right. But Governor, it's the end of the year, and last year's bonds are about to be redeemed. I did some calculations with Sihai Trading before I came here, and there's a big gap in the money!"

"How much difference?"

"About five hundred thousand taels!" Wang Wu said. "If the old account is unclear, it will be difficult to borrow a new account!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely get you a million taels in two days." Gao Yuan said with a confident smile: "For the rest, you can figure it out on your own. By the way, you can go to Jishi County." Are you looking for Governor Wu? His family has a fortune? We can borrow money from other big businessmen!"

"It's borrowing again, but it all has to be repaid, plus interest!"

"As long as I can borrow it, that's fine." Gao Yuan clapped his hands and said nonchalantly, "I can always pay it back." (To be continued)