Chapter 1048: East Becomes West (41)

Li Xin's death was extremely shocking, that scene, many years later, still made the generals and soldiers of the Han Empire unforgettable, when Li Xin smiled and stabbed himself on the spot, and finally followed his nearly 1,000 personal guards, one after another raised their knives to kill themselves, one after another fell to Li Xin's side, with Li Xin as the center of the circle, the corpses of his personal guards were stacked into a circle, but he was still firmly surrounded in the center.

Helan Yan, Wula, and Sula couldn't bear to see this scene, and turned their heads one after another, while the generals of the Han army, led by Gao Yuan, solemnly took off their helmets and paid the highest etiquette to the former number one general in the world.

Tens of thousands of Han soldiers watched silently as their last group of enemies fell in front of them, and with Gao Yuan's order, the military flag was raised flat, the weapons touched the ground, and tens of thousands of Han soldiers bid farewell to Li Xin.

The enemy is hateful, but the great enemy is admirable.

"Collect Li Xin's body well and send someone to the King of Qin to send it back!" Gao Yuance turned his horse's head and commanded in a low voice.

"Yes!" He Lanxiong nodded. Although ten years ago, it was under the command of Li Xin that all the Huns had no homeland again, but this did not prevent Helanxiong from respecting this person.

Li Xin, the general of the Qin army, led an army of 100,000 to attack, intending to occupy Jishi City, the military town of the Han Kingdom, and directly attack Liaoxi, the capital of Gaoyuan's origin, but he did not even see the shadow of Jishi City, and was annihilated on the prairie. In fact, in this battle, since Wang Xiao did not take Shannan County in time, so that Helan Xiong's tens of thousands of troops were safely withdrawn from Dai County, this war was almost doomed, but the Qin people pinned their last hope on the Chu people's response, and continued to attack with a fluke mentality, and finally ate the bitter fruit, Li Xin was cautious with his troops in his life, and only took a risk, but buried himself and the 100,000 army.

Li Xin was defeated, and Gao Yuan immediately integrated Helanxiong's Eastern Field Army with Agu Huaien's Donghu Independent Cavalry Division, and the army marched in the direction of Daijun and Shannan County, vowing to recapture these two important military places and ensure that the rear of the Han Kingdom would no longer be harassed by the Qin.

Gao Yuan returned to Jishi City with the remaining 20,000 Hun herdsmen, and until this time, the two cavalry corps of the Young Guards who set out from Jicheng had just arrived in Liaoxi.

The Han Kingdom won a great victory again, and the joy in the stone city was thunderous, and the people in the city hung out red silk from every house, and put a big case at the door, and the big case was full of food, welcoming the warriors returning from the grassland.

However, for Wu Kai, the county guard of Jishi City, he was happy, but there were more worries, nearly 40,000 Xiongnu herdsmen brought their own weapons to fight, and the casualties were as many as 20,000, and among them, the residents of Jishi City accounted for two-thirds, and the rest came from western Liaoning and other places. The casualties of more than 10,000 people not only reduced the labor force of Jishi County, but also caused tens of thousands of families to lose their pillars of their families.

This is a large amount of silver must be taken out of the treasury, and it cannot be in arrears, which is related to the stability of the people's hearts, and also related to the centripetal force of the Huns to the Han Kingdom. This time, he Wu Kai was able to respond to every call, not because of how capable Wu Kai was, but because the policy of the Han Dynasty made these Huns see a bright future, and they were willing to throw their heads and spill their blood for this country, so naturally this country could not let their families down.

But Jishi County has not been rich, over the years, Jishi County has basically been in debt, and it is also thanks to Wu Kai's familiarity with business, which makes Jishi County difficult but has been moving forward, this year just has the hope of turning losses into profits, but this war is fought, and it will be in debt again.

"Your Majesty, I'm bankrupt!" Wu Kai pointed to the thick account book on the big case, which was just counted, and the silver that needed to be taken out by the treasury, seeing the huge amount, Wu Kai counted left and right, and he couldn't pay it this year, even if he stopped all the projects under construction, including roads, water conservancy and other infrastructure, he couldn't afford it.

Looking at Wu Kai with a sad face, Gao Yuan laughed, "Don't worry, my Wu County Shou, the household department will not sit idly by, this big battle is not fought for you Jishi County, but for my big man, you do your best here, I will let Wang Wuchang allocate a batch of silver taels to you when the time comes."

Wu Kai's mouth flattened, "Your Majesty, I don't know what virtues Wang Wuchang has, let him take out the money, it makes him sad more than digging his ancestral grave, where can you get a few pieces of silver from him?" I don't count on it at all, this year my Han is at war everywhere, Meng Chong, Bai Yucheng, Zhang Hongyu's 100,000 army has entered the Chu State, this silver is only afraid that it will flow out like a flowing price, Yuyang was broken by the Qin army, wreaking havoc everywhere, Yuyang is a densely populated place, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, when the time comes, expel the Qin people, rebuild the homeland, and rebuild, you also need a large amount of silver, and the Wei State, this time it will inevitably belong to my Han, these are all anointed places, in Wang Wuyan's opinion, invest in these places, The return is much greater than investing in me here, I have more land here, less people, and the Huns make up almost half of the population, that guy must have picked and picked. I can't wait to give me a penny."

"If Wang Wuyan really doesn't give you money, what are you going to do?" Gao Yuan asked with a smile.

Wu Kai came over and said with a shy face: "Your Majesty, it is impossible to ask Wang Wuyan to give me money, and I am too lazy to fight with him in this ring and compete with him, it is better to come to the king, as long as the king loosens his mouth and gives a little policy, I will not worry about the silver here."

"Oh, what policy do you want?" Gao Yuan asked with a smile.

"I want to increase the price of all military products in Jishi City by ten percent." Wu Kai stretched out a finger, "A small price increase, for example, the armor breaking money, one only rose by less than ten yuan, but it can solve my big problem in Jishi County."

With a bang, all the sip of water that Gao Yuan had just drunk in his mouth squirted out, "I said Wu Junshou, if I get this method right, Wang Wuyan will definitely rush to my palace to hit the pillar, how many thousands of troops does my Han Kingdom purchase in a year?" Up to 10 percent, you can also say it, you just said the feather arrow, why don't you say that the god crossbow is about to be put into large-scale production? A divine crossbow will have to rise by ten taels of silver, and a vehicle-mounted crossbow will rise by nearly fifty taels of silver, your appetite is too great."

"Your Majesty, the money that has risen is not unique to me in Jishi County, so don't you have to share it with the national treasury?"

"The wool comes out of the sheep, you Wu Junshou is good at calculation, is Wang Wuyan a dry eater? It's true that you're sharing accounts with him, but you're still collecting taxes from those military workshops in Jishi County, and you're not promoting the outsourcing of military workshops in addition to the state-run ones? Like armor, feathered arrows, hasn't it already begun? I bet you're going to take all of this going up into your arms. Wang Wuyan wants to share the account with you, but it is only limited to the state-run one, but now except for the extremely sophisticated and core technology, you have outsourced everything else, how can the treasury share the account with you? Don't mention it!"

Hearing Gao Yuan's mouthful, he broke his plan, Wu Kai immediately lowered his face, but scolded Tang He in his heart, he had just started, but Wang Shang already knew it clearly, it must be this guy who ate inside and out, and took his own salary in Jishi County, but he leaked his family funds to Wang Shang, and he was going to make a time difference so that he could make up for this big hole, but now it seems that it has become a bubble. Damn the Inspectorate Division, when this year's Parliamentary Assembly begins, on top of the budget, I'm going to instruct those Legislators to cut their bills hard.

"Let's think of something else." Gao Yuan looked at Wu Kai, who was drooping his head, and said: "Liaoxi is not hurt much this time, Langya is also having a better time this year, you discuss with Zheng Jun and Fan Dengke, let them give you some support, get through this year, and you will have a hard time next year, not to mention your millions of acres of cultivated land in Jishi County, it is the share of the military workshop in your city, and the tax is enough for you to pay off your old debts, and there is a surplus."

"Zheng Jun is just that, Fan Dengke's guy, from a small family, the small family is used to it, and he has always only paid attention to his one-third of an acre, looking for him, then don't knock out my bone marrow, I might as well find Wu Ci'an in the river!" Wu Kai said angrily: "It's my own family."

"Then it's up to you, who do you find to get the right support, that's your local business, but the household department, you don't fight for it anymore? No matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, and besides, your actual situation is here, Wang Wuyan is not so unkind." Gao Yuan said with a smile.

Wu Kai sighed: "Your Majesty, you don't know, Wang Wuyan raised taxes on my military workshop here last time, and was rejected by the councilors of Jishi County, that guy is unhappy, seize this opportunity, he will definitely use this in exchange with me, increase taxes and taxes, and most of the heads will finally go to the central government, but I Jishi County has to bear the dissatisfaction of the people, this matter can't be done. If you really want to do this, I won't be able to do it in the next election."

Gao Yuan laughed, it seems that the power of this council has begun to show, "If you can't become this county guard, I will transfer you back to the political hall, you are my Han elder, and there must be a place for you in the political hall."

Wu Kai's head shook like a rattle, "I won't go to the political affairs hall, there are more things to talk about there, I am still good in this acre and three points of land in Jishi County, so I am slowly running it here with one hand and one foot."

"It's up to you, when you were chosen by them, when I will transfer you back to Jicheng!" Gao Yuan said with a smile.

As he was talking, He Weiyuan strode in, "Your Majesty, He Dayou asks to see!"

"Oh, the village chief of my world's first village is here, Wu Junshou, do you know that our village chief has an amazing wife!" Gao Yuan smiled at Wu Kaidao.

"This matter, I heard He Lanxiong mention it, Wang, is there really no problem, this Gu Li's identity is too sensitive!" Wu Kai was a little worried.

"As long as he is He Dayou's wife Gu Li, and not the only remaining concubine of the Xiongnu royal court, there is nothing to worry about, and I have also made some arrangements!" Gao Yuan shook his head and said to He Weiyuan: "Let Dayou come in!" (To be continued......)