"Your Majesty, you know that after you don't have a military position, I am now a businessman, in business, as the saying goes, you get what you pay for, Gao Chang can use my artillery, you can defeat Lu Guangda's 30,000 army, it can be seen that these artillery pieces are more powerful than 30,000 soldiers, so Your Majesty also said before that you want to use the money to expand the army, but there is no money for me to rebuild the forward brigade. And now if he wants Shiro to lead his troops north to grow Inju, Shiro can only rebuild the forward brigade first! So these fees, hehe! Xiao Yao looked at Chen Xu with a smile, blinked his big bright eyes, and said seriously.

"Alright, alright! Seeing you, a little fox, so readily agree to me, I know that you must have some little calculation in your heart! Say, how much silver do you want? Chen Xu looked like he had seen through everything, and said angrily.

"This, as the so-called talking about money hurts feelings, hehe, so how dare Shiro talk about money with His Majesty! Moreover, in addition to a large number of various ores and metals, it is necessary to have a large number of skilled craftsmen to assist in the production of these second-generation artillery, so Shiro still doesn't know how much it will cost! Xiao Yao shook his head and said.

Then he glanced at Chen Xu, and with a treacherous smile on his face, he continued: "Your Majesty also said just now that since the beginning of this month, Zu Yuan has privately transferred a lot of resources and manpower from the General Firm, and he has spent a lot of silver on the account of the General Firm! In fact, it's because Shiro has already started to make these second-generation guns, and now it's half a success! Therefore, in order to mass-produce these guns, and then produce enough to rebuild the forward brigade, this means that the general comptoir needs to mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources for production! His Majesty is the king of a country with every opportunity, and he has no time to care about these trivial matters, but the person sent by His Majesty to the general trading house does not understand the operation of the trading house, and he does not even dare to make decisions on many things! ”

"For example, if we suddenly urgently need a batch of materials in the process of producing these artillery, Zu Yuan can't decide to approve the purchase on the spot, but the person sent by His Majesty doesn't dare to decide, and finally comes to His Majesty and asks His Majesty for approval, so I believe Your Majesty also feels that this management method is too procrastinating, which will not only delay the production of artillery, but also make Your Majesty feel very troublesome! Therefore, Shiro hopes that Zu Yuan can return to the helm of the General Trading Bank, so that he, a big boss who knows the various operations of the trading house, can freely dispatch various resources, and then fully assist Shiro in producing this second-generation artillery that can defeat Gao Changgong! Xiao Yao said word by word.

"You mean, you want me to withdraw the person in charge of the general trading bank's ledger, and then let Zu Yuan spend as much as he wants, as he did before?" Sure enough, when he heard Xiao Yao's request to take back control of General Firm, Chen Xu's face was a little unhappy!

"Yes! After all, Zu Yuan, as the big boss of the General Comptoir, is familiar with the various operations of the comptoir, and is decisive and courageous, only if he helps Shiro in the comptoir, Shiro can produce the required artillery faster and rebuild the forward brigade! Moreover, it was also said just now that the production of the second-generation artillery requires a lot of manpower and material resources with knives, and it costs a lot of silver, so during this time, the General Motors firm should no longer be able to contribute silver to Chen Guo's treasury! Xiao Yao said with another request. I love Search.com

"What! Can you no longer contribute silver to the treasury? That is to say, all kinds of shops and workshops in the private houses of the General Merchants, as well as the silver earned by the General Casinos, you will not hand them over to the national treasury? Chen Xu clenched his fists and said with a pale face.

"Your Majesty, we are now at war, as the so-called artillery sounds, ten thousand taels of gold! It can be seen that fighting a war is a money-burning job! General Commercial Bank is just a commercial bank that has only been established for three years, and the so-called rich country is just an idiom! Even if it is true that the General Comptoir earns more than the others, it will not be able to cover all the costs of rebuilding the Forward Brigade! Therefore, not only can the General Motors Firm no longer hand over money to the national treasury, but His Majesty will also issue an edict that the General Motors Firm can freely smelt various metals such as copper, zinc, and so on in addition to steel, so as to facilitate Shiro to cast second-generation artillery! Xiao Yao still didn't change his face, and put forward another more excessive request!

"Bold! Xiao Shilang, don't be so aggressive! Do you really think that I can't do without you, dare to ask me for conditions here, and the more you mention it, it's really unreasonable! I am the Son of Heaven of the Chen State, the emperor of the world, as long as I give an order, you must honestly serve the Chen State! I give you face, do you really think you are the best in the world? Do you want to get the General Comptoir back now? All the things in this Chen country belong to me, including you and your general trading house, don't think that I don't know about the smuggling and salt smuggling, mining and private trade with other countries that your general trading house is doing privately! As long as I say a word, the court can confiscate all your things! Now I am embarrassed to ask me to return control of the General Trading House to you, and I don't want to hand over the money I earned to the treasury, which is simply wishful thinking! Chen Xu finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and was so angry with Xiao Yao that he exploded, and then pointed at Xiao Yao and scolded!

"Then Your Majesty doesn't want to take Xuzhou? Your Majesty doesn't want to go north to conquer the Qi Kingdom, recover the Central Plains, and unify the world? Or is His Majesty just satisfied with being in a corner, ruling the river with Zhou Qi, the two tiger and wolf countries, enjoying the glory and wealth in front of him, and he is already satisfied and does not want to forge ahead? Xiao Yao suddenly said loudly and vigorously, scaring Chen Xu so much that he couldn't speak for a while!

"When Shiro just fled back from Zhou, he proposed to His Majesty to cast a large number of artillery pieces and rebuild the forward brigade, but His Majesty only wanted to spend military funds on expanding the size of the army, so in a few months, he gathered an army of more than 50,000 people to attack Xuzhou! Sounds scary! But in the end, he was defeated by Gao Changgong, who only had less than 20,000 troops, and Gao Changgong's 20,000 troops were still stationed in two cities! Does Your Majesty still think that you can win a war now if you have more people? Isn't there enough that Your Majesty has been slapped in the face? Xiao Yao said righteously, and the loud voice reverberated in the quiet imperial study!

"Your Majesty thinks my request is excessive? Does Your Majesty think that I am taking back the General Firm for my own sake? Is all the money that is not delivered into the treasury into my pocket, to be squandered? All this I have done is for our Da Chen, for Your Majesty to be able to take Xuzhou, recover Huaibei, and then recover the Central Plains, and dominate the world! Your Majesty, sometimes you can't be too shrewd, you can't calculate the accounts too carefully, and if you pay too much attention to the small profits in front of you, it will make people think that Your Majesty is a person who values profit over righteousness, but it will make the courtiers feel cold, and then you may lose a lot because of a small loss! And how much money did the general trading bank hand over to the treasury? Even if it is indeed a bit more than other taxes, it can bring victory to His Majesty, bring an opportunity to recover the Central Plains and unify the world, isn't it cost-effective? Xiao Yao's set of crooked poisonous chicken soup came down, and it really scared Chen Xu into a daze, making him fall into thought, and the anger on his face slowly disappeared.

"Since Your Majesty thinks that Shiro's request is excessive, then Shiro will take advantage of Your Majesty's mental preparation now that you have one more request to Your Majesty! Shiro can promise His Majesty that I want to return to the army and lead the troops to Huaibei, and I am sure that I will defeat Gao Changgong and take Xuzhou! However, when the time comes, after Shiro takes Xuzhou, I hope that His Majesty can canonize Shiro as the assassin of Xuzhou, let Shiro take charge of Xuzhou, and fight against Qi to protect the safety of the northern border of Chen! Xiao Yao continued to say in a surprising voice.