Ke Hong and Ke Wuming were led by Zhiwen to the palace hall.

As soon as they entered the door, the two of them saw a handsome young man sitting on the main seat in an ink-colored robe embroidered with chrysanthemum gold patterns, and his sword eyebrows flew obliquely into his temples.

The two of them bowed in unison and said, "The grass people Ke Hong (Ke Wuming) have seen His Royal Highness King Kang. ”

Zhiwen came to Zhao Mao and handed over the gift list.

Zhao Mao looked at the gift list, and said with his right hand: "No courtesy, give a seat." ”

After the two of them sat on the chairs restrainedly, Zhiwen withdrew from the hall with interest, and Zhao Mao said warmly: "I don't know what the two of you are looking for this king, but there is something to call the shots of this king." ”

Ke Hong was no longer as bold as before in front of King Kang, and said with a sneer: "The grass people are on this trip to ask His Royal Highness King Kang to find an official position for the dog."

If it can be done, the grass people are willing to offer 50,000 taels of silver to show their gratitude. ”

When it came to the point, Zhao Mao was not dumbfounded, and quoted the price with a straight face: "The Tianyuan army under the command of this king is divided into four compartments, and each compartment is set up with a five-rank commander, and the price is 2.5 million taels of silver.

The 10th Army is a box, and each army has a deputy commander of the 6th grade, 250,000 taels.

Five battalions are an army, and each battalion is set up to command from six products, 50,000 taels.

Five are a battalion, each of which is set up to be seven products long, 10,000 taels.

These are all hereditary, but if they are wine bags and rice bags, and they can't lead their subordinates, then they will be demoted. ”

When Ke Hong heard this, he calculated his belongings, and he could make up a total of 100,000 taels. As for the demotion, he didn't think much about it at all, with his son's martial arts, it was easy to subdue those soldiers.

Of course, if King Kang wants to do something in private, he can only pinch his nose and admit it, but such a high-ranking and powerful person should not ruin his reputation for a small profit.

Then he said with a smile on his face: "The grass people are willing to pay 60,000 taels of silver to make a command for the dogs." ”

Since Zhao Mao was prepared, he had already investigated his family property, and the Giant Whale Gang's monthly income was almost close to 20,000 taels, and after deducting various expenses, Ke Hong would probably be able to leave 3,000 taels.

Then he smiled and said, "Actually, if you want to ask for a deputy commander, it's not impossible."

Pay 100,000 taels first, take office immediately, and then pay 1,000 taels per month for 20 years.

In addition, every time you bring someone to buy an official, no matter how big or small, you will be free of a month's money.

Of course, this matter must not be known to the people, you see. ”

Ke Hong was overjoyed, after all, these are official positions with real power, of course, the bigger the better.

Then he said: "Your Highness, tomorrow the grass people will send 100,000 taels to the house."

Wu Ming, don't thank Your Highness yet. ”

The two of them bowed in unison and saluted, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Kang." ”

After the two left, Zhao Mao was relieved.

During this time, I have been thinking about the word money, and now it can be regarded as a solution.

In the next ten years, Zhao Mao accumulated a lot of money and silver through successive sales of officials, which was used to expand the Tianyuan army.

For example, today, the number of Yuan troops has reached 50,000, and there are 20 compartments under its jurisdiction. It has reached the largest number today.

All because Hangzhou is too rich, especially in recent years, Zhao Mao has implemented a series of policies, so that the people of Hangzhou are living better and better.

Most of those who joined the army were from poor families. There are some poor families who have only one male in their family, and as long as they do not starve to death, they will not let their only son join the army.

Zhao Mao faced a completely opposite situation when he first came to Hangzhou: there was no wealth but no one.

There is not much shortage of elites, what is lacking is ordinary soldiers. After all, the Tianyuan Army was formed according to the standards of the forbidden army, not only popularized the iron cloth shirt at the beginning, but later after the gang members bought officials, in order to buy people's hearts, some crude martial arts will gradually be circulated.

Hua Kui spent most of her time in the palace, and as her skills became more and more profound, the sequelae of the missing speed meridian diagram became more and more serious.

Zhiwen was promoted to a second-rate master in the fifth year and informed Zhao Mao of his strength.

Now, as the chief instructor of the entire Tianyuan Forbidden Army, he has finally realized his ideal and become a powerful person.

Xuzhu once spent six years to accumulate internal strength to the second rate, and fourteen years to accumulate to the peak of the first-class.

And because the meridian diagram passed down by Zhou Fan belonged to the martial arts that entered the realm very quickly, Zhao Mao, Hua Kui, and Zhiwen all reached the peak of the first-class in ten years.

It's just that the shortcomings of the meridian diagram are too significant, and it is not compatible with many exercises and martial arts.

And Zhou Fan was already in the fourth year of the Yuan Shen Realm.

Since the consummation of the Yuan Shen Realm, Zhou Fan has fallen into the dilemma of not knowing the way forward. Savor the classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism every day, and want to understand them.

As for his own spiritual power and true qi, it is simply incredibly huge, and it is increasing dramatically every day.

At that time, outside the Yanmen Pass, under his own roar, the living beings within a mile radius were extinct. Now I'm afraid I can slaughter the city with a roar.

At this time, it was 1111 A.D., and the catastrophe of the Great Song Dynasty had quietly come.

First, after recuperation, the Jin State began to frequently harass the Great Song border, and the two countries were filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Not a drop of rain has fallen in the north for months, and the drought has brought no harvest to farmers.

Although the Great Song Dynasty was the most prosperous dynasty in the past dynasties, the officials were redundant, and they attached great importance to the literati and gave them rich fortunes.

The drought reduced the tax revenue of the Great Song Dynasty, and the border preparations had to increase military spending, and the officials had to eat and take cards when they had a lot of money.

This series of burdens overwhelmed the entire imperial court.

In the imperial study, the desk is covered with a tablecloth embroidered with a dragon, and a golden dragon chair is placed behind the desk.

Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair and faced Cai Jing and Tong Guan and said: "The predicament faced by the Great Song Dynasty today is also clear in your heart.

Disaster relief and war preparedness are the top priorities of the moment, but the household department can no longer come up with much silver.

The two families have a good plan. ”

Cai Jing frowned and said: "For the sake of today's plan, I have to increase taxes to make up for the emptiness of the treasury."

However, this move is not enough to solve the urgent need.

The silver of the household department is insufficient for disaster relief and war preparation, so it has to choose one of the two.

The ministers believed that the people should be saved first, and as for the border army, they would reduce their expenditures, defend the city, and wait for the taxes to be deposited before going to war. ”

Tong Guan, who had been on expeditions for a long time, raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said eagerly: "Your Majesty can't!"

Today, the expenses of the border army have long been far from sufficient.

If the expenditure is reduced, the distribution of troops will have to be stopped.

At this time, the two countries were in a stalemate, and if the soldiers mutinied, the Great Song Dynasty would be in danger. ”

After listening to the thoughts of the two important ministers of the court, Zhao Ji had a hard time making a choice.

Carry your hands and walk back and forth in the room.

If you choose to save the people, you have to stop sending troops, and once you mutiny, the Great Song Dynasty will be in danger.

If the sergeant is chosen, the corpses in the north will be everywhere, and perhaps the tragedy of changing children and eating will abound.

The footsteps suddenly stopped, and Zhao Ji let out a long sigh and said, "Disaster relief, save the people." ”