"What you said is easy, do you know that in the past two years, the treasury of the imperial court has been a little tight." Seeing Rong Tianyuan's understatement, Xia Ying said unhappily:

"But I'll take a few excerpts and see what the emperor says. And the one you mentioned, is it okay to collect from merchants? ”

"Yes, of course it works." Rong Tianyuan said with certainty: "Those people are businessmen, they know how to win the maximum benefit at the minimum cost, and this is related to their interests, so they will naturally pay for it." ”

Regarding Rong Tianyuan's affirmation, Xia Ying said: "If those merchants think that this is what our court should do, what if they don't give it to them?" You know, these merchants, like the peasants, paid taxes. ”

Hearing Xia Ying say no, Rong Tianyuan suddenly became angry, snorted slightly, and said:

"Humph! Don't give? Why don't they give, aren't they the people of this Yi Dynasty? Since he is a citizen of the Yi Dynasty, he should contribute to the country, even if he pays taxes, don't think I don't know, many people have tax evasion. If someone doesn't contribute, you can squeeze them out slightly in the mall, and believe that he will pay them honestly. ”

"There is also the fact that the two regions of Zhejiang and Jiangsu are the richest and most developed places in the Yi Dynasty, except for the capital, half of the rest of the wealth in the world is gathered here, and more than eighty percent are in the hands of those high-ranking officials and nobles, businessmen and rich people, even if one person pays a thousand taels of silver, it will not be less than hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."

"It's just a drop in the bucket for them, isn't that just the money? Still worried about having no money? ”

Startled! Very surprised!

When Rong Tianyuan's words fell, the people in the study all had surprised expressions.

Especially Xia Ying, he didn't expect Rong Tianyuan to analyze things so thoroughly, he is now a little skeptical, is this kid a person from this world, is he the same as himself, a person in a high position, if not, how can he know this?

Because only such a person can analyze this so thoroughly, and as Rong Tianyuan said, the two richest places in the world are the capital, and the other is the Jiangnan, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang regions. These two places control almost half of the world's wealth, or even more.

Xia Ying was shocked and shocked, but he seemed to be ruthless and said: "Although what you said is true, but if the imperial court does not allocate funds, I will do what you say, old man, if someone really dares not to contribute money and effort, I don't recommend making their lives a little sad." ”

"Hehe, that's right, if the court doesn't give it, this Zhejiang also has a lot of silver taels to support." Seeing Xia Ying agree, Rong Tianyuan nodded slightly with satisfaction and proposed: "In addition to those merchants, there are also places like Qinglou and Restaurant, which can also be solicited. “

"A place like Qinglou is a gold cave, every day is a day to make money, don't look at the girls in the Qinglou, buy smiling faces, do the skin and meat business, make some money that should be, but don't think that the money is in the hands of those girls, in fact, most of their money is in the hands of the owner of the Qinglou, the bustard."

"Yesterday, when I visited the West Lake Su Causeway with Wanyi and Ziang, I paid attention to it, and around the West Lake, there were more than 100 green buildings lined up, and if a family collected two or three thousand taels of silver, it would be no less than hundreds of thousands of taels."

"There is also the restaurant, some restaurants just make a profit, not less than a thousand taels of silver, this entire Hangzhou City, there are not three hundred restaurants, there are two hundred, each restaurant collects a thousand taels of silver, this is not the money needed."

Rong Tianyuan was next to each other, and Xia Ying could raise money in those places, just in this restaurant and Qinglou, he could raise at least 500,000 taels of silver, and if these 500,000 taels of silver were brought to build firearms and cannons, I don't know how much could be built.

When Xia Ying heard Rong Tianyuan's proposals, her eyes were full of light, and she felt that this was very feasible, and she leaked a smile like a profiteer, like an old fox.

When Rong Tianyuan saw this Xia Ying's expression, he didn't care at all, but everything was expected, because he knew that he could do such an official position, which one was not like a fox? It's even very sleek.

Xia Ying said happily in her heart: "Okay, the idea you said is very good, wait for me to pass it on, see how the emperor decides, if you give money, then you will be exempted from raising this silver tael, if you don't give it or don't give it enough, I'm following your method." ”

"Okay, okay, now that we've agreed on everything, let's stop here, if there's nothing more to do, I'll go first." Rong Tianyuan saw that everything was also discussed, and he got up and prepared to leave.

"Hehe, don't worry, I still have something to say."

Xia Ying stopped Rong Tianyuan with a smile, looked at Xia Ziang and said, "Ziang, for my father's plan, let you join the army, work under Tian Yuan, under his command, and help Daddy kill those Dongying people, do you think it is feasible?" ”

"Ahh

Xia Ziang originally felt that he was staying here, and he didn't know what was going on, but when he heard that his father asked him to join the army, go to work under Rong Tianyuan, and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, he immediately felt that his ears were wrong, and he looked at Xia Ying in disbelief.

Not only that, but even Xia Wanyi was very shocked, and she didn't know why her father arranged it like this, but she believed that there must be a reason for him, so she didn't say anything to ask.

The only one who was calm was Rong Tianyuan, but he was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that this Xia Ying would actually arrange Xia Ziang under him, wouldn't he be afraid that he would die on the battlefield? After all, the battlefield is not this summer mansion, this Hangzhou City, it is life and death, it is hell on earth, and the sword is silent.

Xia Ziang was silent for a while before nodding lightly and replied: "Then according to what Daddy said, go to the barracks, go to Brother Tianyuan to do things, and go to the battlefield to kill the Dongying people." ”

Seeing that Xia Ziang agreed, Xia Ying's face was full of satisfaction, and she said with a smile: "Okay, I really didn't disappoint my father." ”

"When I was young, I also had the ideal of joining the army, to go into battle to kill the enemy, but for various reasons, I didn't have the opportunity to go, and now that I have a position and am still old, it is even more impossible."

"So this allows you to join the army, one is to take your father's share, it should be said that you take the whole family's share, and the other is to let you go to the army to hone and hone, and come back in the army, don't fool around all day long."

Hearing his father's words, Xia Ziang immediately smiled bitterly, feeling that he fooled around every day, but he still nodded.

Seeing that Xia Ziang had no opinion, Xia Ying looked at Rong Tianyuan and said: "Tianyuan, this Ziang will be handed over to you, don't care about me, just let him start as a big soldier, and train him for me fiercely, not to mention that he can fight one against ten, at least he can fight with a Mongol without being injured." ”

"Also, if he doesn't kill the enemy and fights timidly, give me a punishment."

For such a thing, Rong Tianyuan is very willing, and he governs the army according to his set in the army. nodded with a smile and said, "Hehe, don't worry, this Uncle Xia, I am very strict in governing the army, and if you don't behave well, you will generally be punished." ”

Xia Ying nodded slightly, glanced at Xia Ziang, and continued: "If the trouble of the people in this Dongying is solved and you can't get a thousand households, then you will go to the north to mix for a while, and come back after at least three years, you know?" ”

When Xia Ying said this again, she was also a lot more stern, not at all as gentle as usual.

"Got it."

Xia Ziang heard his father's request, his heart was full of helplessness, it seems that his life will not be good in the future, and he will behave well, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions to thousands of households, he doesn't want to stay in the north for three years at that time, but he doesn't know what kind of suffering he will suffer.

Anyway, it's just a sentence, the good life is gone, and the hard days have begun.

Xia Ying nodded with satisfaction, and said gently: "If there is anything to do in the past two days, then hurry up and do it, and when Tianyuan goes to select people and horses in two days, you will also go with you, and then you will really start to live a military life, and there will be no chance and time for what you want to do." ”

Hearing his father say this, Xia Ziang nodded.

It is true that when I am in the army, there is basically no freedom at all, and I am basically training, except for eating and sleeping, even if I eat, I eat on time, and I sleep on time, and I may not necessarily sleep on time.

After discussing the matter for so long, it was basically discussed and resolved, and now it is only two or three days later.

"Alright, now it's all agreed. Basically, there is nothing to do, only after lunch, I am announcing to the outside that Wanyi has promised to marry you, so that you will not have some trouble, lest those people still come to Wanyi. ”

Scare?

When Rong Tianyuan heard this Xia Ying, he actually wanted to marry Xia Wanyi to himself, and he immediately sweated profusely, a little unsure of what to say, and looked at Xia Ying and said euphemistically:

"Uncle Xia, why do you still want to marry Wanyi to me, didn't I say it just now, I just wanted to test you, but I never thought that you would make such a decision, so I can't marry Wanyi, if I want to marry her, it's too late to marry when I like to go, so Uncle Xia don't announce it."

When Xia Wanyi heard that her father was going to announce this, her face turned slightly red, her head was buried in her chest, and she was secretly looking at Rong Tianyuan. When He Shi heard what Rong Tianyuan said, his face suddenly turned slightly pale, and he looked at him in disbelief.