The Chancellor of the Exchequer knew that he was deliberately slandering, so he could only agree. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info cut a piece of flesh down on his body, it's better than having his home raided. I only promised while wiping my sweat.

Cheng Qianxun sat there and said with a smile: "What kind of tax is raised, such a high tax is coming, why is there still no money in the treasury?" It's not okay to have no money, but it's not fun to ask for that much money. As long as I have enough, I don't bring it with me when I live or die, I have offspring, let them earn it themselves. One day the city is broken, no matter how much money you save, it will be cheaper for others, and the more money, the faster you will die. ”

The ministers nodded frequently, and they all said yes. But only they know how many people can listen.

After the end of the early dynasty, officials can request an interview. Lagassi asked for an interview, and Cheng Qianxun met him in the side hall according to the rules here.

"The queen has relieved a lot of people's hatred today, this guy has indeed caught too much." Lagassi sat on the mat and smiled, but then asked suspiciously, "But I really don't know, why don't you do it more simply?" ”

"Did you just kill him and raid his home?" Cheng Qianxun leaned on the mat and squinted slightly.

"Yes." It is possible that Ragasi is for Ekash, or for something else: "His property could buy enough food for five years, why didn't he take it all?" ”

At this time, someone came to report that the old minister had asked for an interview.

Cheng Qianxun asked people to ask, started uprightly, and said tepidly: "Let's listen to what he says." ”

When the old minister came in, he saw the queen sitting upright, and Ragassi sitting on the mat in front of her. After saluting, he also sat down, and began to explain the reason. It is said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is very popular, and many officials are his relatives. As soon as the queen came this time, she was afraid that they would be dissatisfied.

Cheng Qianxun asked gently: "So are you his relative?" ”

The old minister was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's also a little... ”

"Oh~" Cheng Qianxun nodded violently, suddenly realized.

The old minister's brown face turned red all of a sudden, and he hurriedly defended: "It's just a distant relative, I'm for the good of the queen." The queen immediately ordered him to be killed, and I had no objection, for fear that the ministers would have an opinion and would not work. ”

"If you don't want to work, there are other people, and they are not the only ones who know how to read." Cheng Qianxun comforted in a good voice: "No one will do it, and it can't make you feel cold." You're an old minister, and there shouldn't be many incorruptible ministers like you here. ”

Hearing this, the old ministers all fluttered lightly: "The queen has won the award, if the former king is as clear as the queen and is willing to listen to me, how can he still end up like that." ”

Cheng Qianxun then asked about the former king, and the old minister saw that the queen was interested today, so he said. The former king was also not long after he ascended the throne, and the four kingdoms were besieged, he was young and vigorous, refused to give in, and believed in a group of slanderous ministers very much, so he went out to fight. And so it turned out, dead.

The old minister was heartbroken: "I said that I can't beat him, he just doesn't believe it, and he was dizzy by a few words from those traitorous ministers." You should hide, and if you don't want to be attacked on your back, you can at least drag it out for a while. ”

Cheng Qianxun smiled: "He doesn't die, how can I come?" This is all providence, you don't have to be sad anymore, just pass the past. ”

She turned to Ragasi and said, "Find two people to help the old minister's house be repaired, and if the treasury has no money now, one or two rooms will be repaired every month." ”

"How can this work?" The old minister was genuinely terrified.

"I said okay. You have done your best for Ekash, but the houses you live in are all broken. I've checked with someone, and it's okay to get out of the room where you live by yourself, but nothing else. Even the slaves are old female slaves when they were bought and married by their wives before, so my important ministers can't be so miserable. She said to Ragasi, "Don't forget, one day I remember it, but I'm going to see it." ”

"Yes, Queen!" Lagassi responded.

"Don't... The old minister was still modest, and although he waved his hand, he could see on his face that he was so happy.

Cheng Qianxun said with a smile: "I also know that I can't cut those ministers at the moment, after all, they are used to doing it, and it will not be good if it makes people panic." So you still advise your relatives, if you are too greedy, don't be greedy anymore, otherwise, I will copy them all, and then his place will be given to you. ”

"This, this can't work, how could I have done it." The old minister still waved his hand.

"Of course you did it, I don't worry about this fat shortage for others. Okay, it's okay, you go back and rest first. By the way, tell those relatives not to be too greedy. Cheng Qianxun sent the old minister of Lezizi.

The old minister, of course, was happy, and the queen trusted him and knew that he had put in his efforts over the years. And to help him repair the house, what a privilege. As for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who needed to pay for food, he had long since left it behind. Embezzled so much money, there should be some blood. It's good to be removed, and the queen may be able to do it for him.

Ragassi said worriedly: "Queen, I answered just now. But it's not so easy to repair a house, you need to use mud bricks, and now where is the money to get bricks. Even if you want to make bricks out of mud, you need to go outside the city to bring back suitable clay mud. ”

Do you want to scrape the heads of other ministers again? Cheng Qianxun thought for a while and said, "I heard that there are still people in the city who have left?" ”

"Yes!" "Although the queen has said that whoever leaves is deemed to have given up the house and all the property therein," Ragassi replied. But someone still left. ”

Cheng Qianxun's eyes lit up, anyway, if the house here is not inhabited for a long time, it will be broken: "Then pick up their house and use the bricks and mud that can be used to repair the house." Picking up a house is enough to repair one, right? Anyway, you need to do business in the future, just right! You go ahead and plan it. ”

Ragassi smiled bitterly and stepped on the east wall to make up for the west wall, which was probably only the queen could have imagined.

It is also a pity that all the bricks used here are mud bricks, which are made of mud and water, made into bricks after grinding tools, and made after drying. The advantage is that the house is built quickly, and the disadvantage is that it is not solid.

The crisis is temporarily lifted, and the forced marriage of the four kings has come to an end, so we must find a way to strengthen the city, in case we can't wait to bring troops to fight again. Therefore, you must have enough food to eat, and those who come to help rescue are good, and there is no food to eat, only to eat people.

The next morning, before the ministers could speak, Cheng Qianxun had already stood up, stood in front of the sand table, and pointed his finger: "I want to dig a circle of trenches outside the city wall, two meters deep and four meters wide, how many days will it take to complete?" ”

Everyone was stunned, and the old minister asked, "What is the queen digging this ditch for?" ”

Cheng Qianxun said with a smile: "There is still water to be filled inside, and the water in the city will be brought there last." ”

"But with water, the city wall may not be strong, and it will collapse in less than ten years." Some ministers muttered.

It doesn't matter if it's ten years, as long as it lasts for eighty-four days. When he heard that it would take a month, Cheng Qianxun slapped his hand: "Then dig." ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not dare to speak, and stabbed the Minister next to him. The minister said, "Queen, what about the money?" People are also needed. ”

Cheng Qianxun looked at the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a smile, looked at him straight, and muttered in his heart whether he wanted him to contribute money and effort.

Yesterday I just scraped the grain, let him rest today. Cheng Qianxun then said: "Isn't it immediately open to business?" Merchants from the four countries will come, so do you have to charge a fee to enter the city before you go to the city? ”

"Yes, Queen, take five sons."

"From now on, those who don't have money can go into the city, but each person digs two baskets of earth for me. This person can't dig, others can help dig. Cheng Qianxun put away his smile, stood there and swiped his fingers, drawing a ditch on the side of the city wall on the sand table. She said in a loud voice: "I don't believe it, this ditch can't be dug!" ”

As soon as the news came out, the people who did business in the four countries were moved, the eleventh tax, where is there such a low tax. And if you don't have the entrance fee, you can also use excavation to compensate. There are also places to sleep, there are army patrols, and large customers are personally escorted to the border.

But they didn't believe it, so they sent someone to see it first.

Cheng Qianxun sat outside the city gate, leaning on a cushion, and wrapped linen around the top and around it on wooden poles to form a small tent.

She must personally press the formation, she can't let a fly spoil a pot of porridge.

"What, no money?" The soldier shouted, and then he pouted to the side: "If you don't have money, you can dig two baskets of soil per person." ”

"Just dig two baskets of soil?" The man with no money looked to the side, and there were many people digging. In the end, it was five dollars, and some of the merchants were men and slaves, although even his share of the entrance fee was dug up.

"Yes, do you want to go into the city or not, you have to go into the city and dig quickly! If you don't want to go into the city to the side, don't get in the way. The soldier glared, then shouted, "Next." ”

Cheng Qianxun picked up the wheat stalk and took a sip of beer, straightened up, gently pushed it away with his hand, and looked at the pit. It only took half a day to dig more than three meters, and the city gates were opened everywhere, and they dug everywhere together, so that it could be done in less than two months. When the time comes, it will be as long as the moat is two meters deep and five meters wide.

Cheng Qianxun stayed at the four city gates, each for three days. More and more people are coming, and it is dusty everywhere, and the speed is very fast. Many people heard that it was not necessary to dig a pit and enter the city, and some ordinary people from neighboring countries also came. They often brought a basket of food, dug up two baskets of soil, lifted it, poured it aside, and brought the food into the city to sell, which could make them a lot of money.

The house that was stripped down was used as a market, and at night the vendors spread out mattresses and mats as a place to spend the night in the open air.

Cheng Qianxun sat down, and the minister sat on a full mat in front of him, listening to the trade situation in the past half month.

"Entrance fee, ten silver coins." The clerk looked at the clay tablets and the numbers were recorded.

"That's it!" Immediately, a minister shouted: "It's not as much as it used to be in half a day." ”

"yes, too little, too little." The ministers were talking.

And the Chancellor of the Exchequer lowered his head, and he could still see a gloating smile on his face. The half-month income is not as much as the previous half day, depending on what the old minister, who is already in charge of tax collection, says. (To be continued.) )