Chen Yan is short of money now, he is really short of money!

Don't look at the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Dang Captive Army, the national strength of Great Qin is also rising, a scene of burning oil and flowers.

But all this is built on the strong combat effectiveness of the Dangling Army.

The strong combat effectiveness of the Dangling Army is roughly composed of two aspects, one is the uninterrupted high-intensity training every day and every hour, and the other is the advanced armor and weapons equipped by the Sweeping Army.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the captive army, armor, weapons, firearms, adequate training, and adequate logistics support......

These are essential.

Simply converting a data, even if you don't count the settling-in allowance, the monthly salary of an ordinary sergeant has climbed to the usual four hundred yuan at this time.

In addition, in order to ensure sufficient training, each soldier consumes an average of three catties of grain, half a catty of vegetables, three taels of meat, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar every day.

It is calculated that each person will have to pay 100 yuan for food alone for a day.

However, these are still essential, if the soldiers do not have enough food and no oil and water, they will not be able to carry out high-intensity training every day.

Otherwise, it is easy to train people to death, and even if they do, it is easy to train people to skin and bones.

And without high-intensity training, the combat effectiveness of the Dangling Army would not be able to be maintained at its peak at all!

In terms of weapons, standard armor, swords, muskets, and artillery are also part of the powerful combat power of the Swinging Army.

And if you want to equip these standard weapons in large quantities and on a large scale, it is impossible without the most basic industrial system, that is, a large number of large-scale factories.

And these factories, whether they are built or operated, the wages of the workers, the transportation and supply of raw materials......

All of them require a large amount of capital investment.

It's all money!

In other words, the cost of raising a soldier is definitely several times, or even ten times that of the Song State, the Liao State, and even the Jin State.

For these reasons, Chen Yan invested almost all his money in the construction of the army and factories.

Emma……

For example, Chen Yan is still in arrears with a large number of civil and military salaries of the Great Qin and Manchu Dynasties......

That's the evidence that can be hammered.

It is also explained on the side that Chen Yan is really short of money.

When it comes to making money, is there anything more lucrative in this world than buying arms?

Apparently not, after all, this thing is just needed, and it belongs to the kind that you have to buy even when you drop your pants.

If Jin Guo can spend a lot of money to purchase weapons and equipment, Chen Yan has no reason to refuse.

Anyway, the purchased version of the weapon is not enough to threaten the Swinging Army.

……

Honglu Temple!

Green bricks and green tiles, decorative furnishings are very elegant courtyard.

A man dressed in a silk costume and wearing this gold and silver jewelry, which looked bejeweled, but with a pigtail braid that symbolized savagery dragging a pigtail at the back of his head, stood in the courtyard.

A face that looked weather-beaten was full of shock, and it was looking at the small courtyard in amazement.

In other words, since he entered Jingzhao Mansion, his open mouth has not been pressed.

The prosperity and wealth of Jingzhao Mansion deeply shocked him, a native bun who came out of the black water of Baishan Mountain.

Although the Jin Kingdom has risen in recent years and captured countless Liao giant cities in the north, the prosperity and wealth of the Northern Liao State cannot be compared with Jingzhao Mansion, which is one of the largest cities even in the Central Plains.

After all, before Chen Yan raised his troops, Jingzhao Mansion was the western capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was operated by the Great Song Dynasty as the core of the entire northwest to guard it, so it was naturally extremely prosperous.

And next to this Jurchen, there was a middle-aged man wearing a scholar's robe and two strands of beautiful hair on his chest.

"Haha, Lord Wanyan, you can rest here today, my king will summon you to meet you tomorrow."

The middle-aged man said to the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin.

Wanyan Tieshan, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom, gave a strange bow to the middle-aged man, and said in a strange tone.

"In that case, thank you Master Li for that."

As he spoke, he wanted to stuff a cloth bag in his hand into the hands of the clerk of the Ministry of Rites who received him.

The bag was heavy, full of gold and silver.

Li Dian took the cloth bag, but there was a righteous and awe-inspiring expression on his face.

"Lord Wanyan doesn't need to be polite, this is the duty of the next."

As he spoke, he brushed the cloth bag in his hand, and the smile on his face grew.

"Master Li, what are the taboos about meeting Emperor Daqin tomorrow?"

Seeing that Li Dian's face was full of smiles, Wanyan Tieshan took the opportunity to ask.

Although the Jurchen tribe is extremely barbaric, it is not without smart people, otherwise, where would the Jin State be able to sweep the entire Liao State in a short period of time, and the Liao State will almost be wiped out.

And the messenger sent out must not be a fool, at least the skill of relying on money to open the way, the envoy needs to be proficient.

After hearing Yan Tieshan's words, Li Dian said after groaning slightly.

"When Lord Wanyan comes to see you tomorrow, remember to do enough etiquette, and don't be rude to my king, otherwise, the consequences will be unpredictable."

“……”

Li Dian walked out of Honglu Temple and glanced at the dark sky, but instead of going home, he went to the Jinyi Guard Yamen, which had just been built.

It didn't take long for him to come to the Jinyi Guard Yamen under the escort of the small servants around him.

The vermilion lacquer gate, which is wrapped with golden copper nails, is several meters high.

There is a gilded plaque on the door, which looks magnificent.

Looking at the majestic building in front of him, there was a trace of evil in his heart for no reason.

The inexplicable feeling is a little cold.

Swinging his head, he asked the little guards around him to wait at the door, and he stepped into the yamen.

Explain the bribes that Wanyan Tieshan gave him today, obediently hand over those belongings, and then count out half of them and take them home.

Li Dian walked out of the yamen, slowly exhaled, and felt the big stone in his heart be put down.

The reason why he didn't go home after dark, and came to the Jinyi Wei Yamen at night to state his bribery and hand over his property was not because of how conscious he was.

But he didn't dare!

That's right, I just don't dare.

Although the spy organization of Jinyiwei has not been established for a long time, its horror has already been revealed.

Minions are everywhere!

Li Dian didn't dare to guarantee that there were no Jinyi Wei spies by his side.

If there is one......

When he was caught taking bribes, the official position he managed to keep with great difficulty was gone.

He was originally a subordinate of the previous dynasty, and it was not easy to escape the large-scale purge of Chen Yan in the previous few times, gain a firm foothold in the new dynasty, and obtain an official position, but he didn't want to have a handle in the hands of a spy agency like Jinyiwei.

Compared with the Great Song Dynasty, the laws and decrees of the Great Qin were really too unfriendly to those of them who were officials.