Of course, Zhang Cang has never sold cattle, and he will not sell cattle.

But Chen Ping's sentence is a bitter journey of Zhang Cang in the past year.

This year, Wang Li's troops in the east of the north are recruits and infantrymen, so the number of military salaries in a single month is still the lowest, according to six yuan per person per month, it can't stand Wang Li's 130,000 troops, this month is 780,000 yuan, the war in the east is not long, and the real calculation is only two cycles, but that is also an additional expenditure of 260,000 yuan.

So far, those troops in Yuyang County have been gone for five months, and with the war subsidies, the 130,000 recruits in Yuyang alone have cost the household department 4.16 million yuan.

And Han Xin and Guan Ying are even more ruthless, the number of cavalry in Yunzhong County is also 130,000, but the monthly military salary is one penny higher, this month is an extra 130,000 expenses, and the whole year is more than 1 million.

In addition to the forbidden army, which is on par with the cavalry troops, the jungle army in the south, and the mountain army in the southwest, the salary expenditure of the Han army alone has reached more than 17 million yuan this year.

Such a large amount of money, although it will not be hollowed out.

But it's almost there, don't forget, now the household department still needs to bear the capital expenditure of Luoyang's expansion.

Although many of them are paid in advance, plus the payment in batches, the household can breathe a sigh of relief for a short time.

But in such a big country, there are more places to spend money.

Although Luoyang's land sales can support expansion and surplus, this is not a long-term solution.

The next big man, even if there is no war next year, with the enlistment of new recruits, next year's expenditure will be around sixteen or seven million.

Spending will only increase in the future, and although the business tax is better than the previous two years, it is far from enough to support these expenses.

So where to get all this money?

It's simply unrealistic.

Therefore, Zhang Cang had to try his best to make up for this hole.

There is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing that Zhang Cang can't do.

What is used to convert grain into military salary, Zhang Buyi brought back so many cattle and sheep from the grassland, and Zhang Cang also counted them.

Except for what was left for the border soldiers, all the others were pulled back and used to convert into money for military salaries.

And the way of distribution is also very novel.

In these years, meat is expensive, and a soldier's salary for a year cannot buy a sheep.

Although this thing is worthless on the grassland, and the soldiers are about to vomit after eating it, in China, these meats are still very valuable.

On average, the price of one pound of mutton is equal to one stone of grain.

Therefore, Zhang Cang engaged in two ways, one was to let the butcher kill the sheep and give them military pay at the price of four yuan per catty.

The other is to give you a whole sheep at the price of three dollars per catty, part of which is offset by military salaries, and the insufficient part is exchanged for money, and even the military salaries for the next two months can be offset.

In order to keep more money in his hand for emergencies, Zhang Cang can be said to have racked his brains to find a way.

Therefore, although Chen Ping is talking about a joke, it is actually a very realistic thing.

In a war of this scale, if it is fought for several years in a row, Zhang Cang may really have to sell cattle to fill this hole.

"Don't fight......" Wang Buxing smiled, how embarrassed Zhang Cang was, he also knew the same: "This time we beat the Huns painfully enough, if they have no problem with their brains, they should not come to trouble the Han again in a short time, so in the next two years, there will be no war!" ”

"Two ...... Two years??? Zhang Cang frowned.

So many bigwigs speak for themselves, and the result is two years back?

Two years later, isn't it the day when the expansion of Luoyang is completed, and it is also the day when the household department needs to pay the final payment.

Although you don't need the money of the user department itself, don't forget that the account department itself still lends a lot of money.

The current account department looks beautiful on the books and makes a lot of profits, but in fact there is not much money at all.

The so-called lending and collection of loans, that is, the officials need to use their own money to repay the money, at most, the household department will spend less money next month, and there will be more records on the books, but in fact there is no money.

"Hmm!" Wang Buxing nodded directly, and said: "The matter in the south has been delayed for a long time, all the recruits for next year and the year after will be given to the south, step up preparations for war, see if Zhao Tuo has that consciousness, if he is obsessed, the fourth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty Emperor will wave his troops to the south and level South Vietnam!" ”

The fourth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty is the seventh year of the Han Dynasty.

And now it is the first year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, and two years to prepare, which is enough.

In the winter in the south, it is possible to march and fight, and there is no need to be subject to the cold and cold like in the north.

After two years of training, although the number of jungle troops is small, they can be regarded as having some experience in jungle warfare.

In addition, I found a lot of guides from all over the world to help, and after the new recruits entered in the next two years, the existing group of veterans could directly serve as instructors and quickly condense their combat effectiveness.

Zhang Cang only felt that his brain seemed to be a little deprived of oxygen.

Previously, the emperor deployed three sides, the northern cavalry, the southern jungle army, and the southwestern mountain army.

Now that the cavalry is finished, the next step is to engage in the jungle army, is it the turn of the mountain army to finish the jungle army?

Otherwise, I'd better resign, I really haven't been sent this day......

"Zhang Shangshu don't panic, the imperial court will make every effort to develop the economy in the next two years, and the problem of money will be solved soon!" Wang Buyu seemed to see Zhang Cang's headache, so he said.

"Your Majesty, except for Luoyang, the total commercial tax of the empire in the first half of this year is 2,773,911 yuan, and this year's military expenditure is more than 17 million yuan......" Zhang Cangsheng looked at Wang Bu hungry as he died.

Even if it can break out in the second half of the year, there will be a tax revenue of 6 million yuan this year, and there will still be 11 million holes in military spending, and what about the expenditures of local governments?

The government's expenditure will only be more than the military expenditure, and the only advantage is that part of the officials' salaries are distributed with food, and the demand for money is not particularly large.

When Tian Dan and other businessmen received orders, they also accepted the payment method of grain as the price.

Although Tian Dan has thousands of acres of food estate, he has to take care of it after recruiting so many workers, right?

It just so happened that they used it to pay for it, and they saved themselves the manpower and material resources of transporting it back and forth.

"The unsatisfactory development of commerce is nothing more than three factors: the lack of variety of goods, the difficulty of transportation, and the problem of capital." Wang Buxing glanced at everyone and directly told his family background.

In fact, this sentence is not difficult to understand, just think about the slogan of later generations.

If you want to get rich and build roads first, you have considered these six words clearly, and in combination with your own actual situation, not to mention making a fortune, you basically can't starve to death.

The king who repairs the road or something doesn't think about it if he's not hungry, he doesn't have that need for the time being, and the big man doesn't have the ability.

Technology, you say?

I'm sorry, I really don't need any technology these days, it's just that because the goods are not in circulation, so the business can't develop, and now it's still in the initial embryonic stage, and the customers are far less picky.

Not to mention that you don't have any scientific and technological content or anything, and you don't need to compete for any core technology, these are floating clouds, as long as there are goods, you don't have to worry about selling.

The military expenses thrown out by the imperial court, the people will have to spend it sooner or later, and the economy is nothing more than letting commodities and funds flow, as long as these two arrive, the others will be logical, and naturally, taxes will come up.

"Your Majesty, the best solution is actually the commodity!" Xiao He said bluntly that he has been exploring for the past two years, but he has never been able to find a way, so he has no choice but to proceed step by step for the time being.

Although the construction of Dahan has made steady progress, the speed of progress has not been fast.

The reason why there are dazzling figures on the financial and agricultural statements is mainly due to Wang Buxing's vigorous promotion of commerce, although it is only a policy tilt, but it still allows some people to operate, and the other is the input of new ploughs, plus the construction of water canals, which makes farming more labor-saving than before, and the abundance of water also makes the output more than before.

The price of grain in the Han Dynasty can be reduced to four dollars and one stone in just a few years, relying on these two things, and even if the mule is put in, the price of grain cannot be lowered again, which has reached a consensus in the court.

At present, including military salaries, officials' salaries, and the wages of recruited workers, are all set around the price of grain, and once the price of grain fluctuates, it will have a huge impact on the stability of the entire Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Xiao He has mainly done three things in the past two years, one is to stabilize the interior, the second is to develop the locality, and the third is to use the surplus money to buy grain into the warehouse, and at the critical moment, he will release the grain to stabilize the grain price and maintain the existing system from turmoil.

"The last two are not as difficult as imagined!" Wang Bu is hungry and smiled, as a descendant, can he make this question difficult?

Inexistent!

"Isn't the cultivation of mules good in the past two years? Take out a part, a transport team is formed in various places, and individuals are also encouraged to form, how much does it cost to raise a mule for a month? Wang Bu looked at the crowd and asked.

"You don't need any money, one person is enough, if you treat him better, add some mushrooms!" Zhang Cang said.

Mules are notoriously easy to raise, eating grass, crop stalks, anything, these things used to be brought home for winter fire heating, but now they are also considered waste.

Basically, if you are a full-time person, you can take care of twenty or thirty mules at the same time, or even more.

And how much does a person get paid in a month?

Five bucks!

This is the official price given by the imperial court, and those private individuals outside give it lower, and there are three or four dollars, anyway, some people are people, and if you don't do it, others are still rushing to do it.

"Just press a mule for five dollars a month, plus two people, fifteen yuan a month, with a car, pull a car of goods from Luoyang to Xingyang, and charge eight yuan, is it expensive?" Wang Bu asked if he was not hungry.

"It's not expensive!" Zhang Cang thought for a while and said.

It takes about six days to go back and forth, and basically run two trips a month to protect the principal, and run more than three times to earn money, in addition to the car money, if you can not stop, it will be back in almost two months.

Expensive is for those big and powerful, they have the ability to raise such a fleet of their own, not expensive for those small businessmen, because the current transportation cost is very high.

"If you want me to say, it's not expensive at all, the merchants will hand over the goods to the transport team to transport, according to the weight and mileage, the number of vehicles used to charge, if you don't feel at ease, you can follow the fleet, rest assured that you can come back alone and wait to receive it, with the fleet, the merchant does not need to take a group of people out, three or two people can be solved, how trouble-free!" Wang Bu said with a smile.

"That...... Your Majesty...... The merchant went out to bring a team of people not because the goods were not good to transport back......" Zhang Cang cautiously looked at Wang Bu Hung, at this moment he felt that the wise emperor was a little whimsical......