Chapter Seventy-Three: I, the First Emperor, Fight for Money
As more and more people go to the library to read books, the sales of dictionaries are rising every day. When there are more literate people, they have to write and draw, and even the sales of blank paper are increasing dramatically every day.
Every day, the proceeds from the Cultural Affairs Department are transported to Lijiazhuang in boxes and trucks. In addition to the treasury, I am afraid that in the whole Xianyang, there is no place where there is more money than Lijiazhuang.
Xianyang City, Afang Palace, Chaohui
"Where is Shaofu?" The First Emperor asked in a strong voice.
"Wechen is here." I saw a middle-aged man crawling on the ground.
"Is my treasury still full?" The First Emperor asked.
"Your Majesty, most of the projects in the country have been stopped this year, the people are recuperating, and the treasury is much more generous than in previous years." Shaofu said.
Shaofu and Zhili Neishi are both financial management units of Great Qin, the difference is that Shaofu manages the emperor's private treasury, while Zhili Neishi manages the national treasury.
This means that the treasury is more generous than in previous years, but it does not mean that Great Qin in previous years was poor. The First Emperor unified the Six Kingdoms of Great Qin, which had a large area of arable land, and the wars between the six kingdoms that lasted for hundreds of years made this unified empire not densely populated.
In Daqin, a family of five often owns 100 acres of land. After the hard-working Daqin people paid their taxes, they supported their own family.
In the entire 5,000-year cultural history of China, the countries that perished were either because of literature and martial arts, or because of poverty and wealth.
But Daqin is the country that died and the rich, how rich Daqin is, you can look at it from the Han Dynasty.
Liu Bang opened an Ao Cang of Great Qin when he was on the verge of annihilation, and this Ao Cang alone supported the use of the Han army in the Chu and Han wars.
And a grain depot like Aocang, there are as many as twelve places in the entire Great Qin.
"Have you ever drafted the Nian Feng and the degree of use in the palace?" The First Emperor asked.
"It's already good, and I'll order someone to send it when I get off the court." Shaofu said.
"Double the use of Fusu and Yue'er." The First Emperor said.
"That Weichen has revised it, and he is handing over the fold." Shaofu said.
"According to the prince's use, prepare an extra copy and send it to Rong Luhou." The First Emperor said.
As soon as the first emperor's words came out, everyone knew that this Rong Lu Hou Li Chen really entered the eyes of His Majesty, and this person with a foreign surname took the prince's offering, and he was still the head of Great Qin.
When the first emperor mentioned Rong Lu Hou, he suddenly seemed to remember something again, took out a piece of paper, wrote a line of words on it, handed it to Shaofu, and said: "When you send it to Rong Lu Hou, he knows what to do." ”
Xianyang City, Lijiazhuang
At the head of the village, a farmer who raises pigs is slaughtering pigs with a posture. Today's Lijiazhuang can be said to be the richest Zhuangzi in the entire Xianyang City, even if it is an ordinary family, let alone cut two catties of meat during the New Year, even the surplus money to buy a pig is also taken out.
"Since Master Hou came to see our Lijiazhuang, the pork in our Lijiazhuang is more fragrant than that in other places." The onlookers chatted casually.
This pork has become delicious, but it is not a joke, but a serious truth.
Before Li Chen came, the pork on Daqin's side had not been fanned, not to mention the slow growth of this pork that had not been castrated, the pork was rough, and there was a fishy smell.
Under Li Chen's guidance, the pork that has been fanned is different, it grows fast, the meat is delicate, and there will be no fishy smell at all.
"That's not it, back then, our Lijiazhuang was a stinky dung ball, and whoever came was disgusted. Now, we're so sweet. is the second child of the Wang family, the one who flows all day long, and also took the village flower Erni from the next village. A middle-aged man said indignantly.
"That's why Wang Lao Er's fool will marry someone from another village, so he often has to make up for outsiders, not to mention, and the children born are also mixed-race." The village woman next to her said.
"Half-breeds?" The people around were a little puzzled.
"Aren't the children born to our men in Lijiazhuang and the women in Zhangjiazhuang mixed-race, Lijiazhuang mixed with Zhangjiazhuang." The village woman said confidently.
When Lijiazhuang was exploited by Zhao Gao, this Lijiazhuang was simply the poorest in the surrounding area, and few daughters from other villages married off. Now that Lijiazhuang is developed, it naturally doesn't want to accept people from other Zhuangzi.
There is no love without a cause, and there is no hate without a cause. The Zhuang of Lijiazhuang really loves this Hou Ye who makes himself live a good life.
"Brother, your eyelids twitched?" Liuzi suddenly spoke. The two of them were strolling around, and Li Chen's eyes suddenly jumped.
"It is said that the left eye jumps wealth, the right eye jumps disaster, Liuzi, look at my brother's left eye or right eye jump." Li Chen felt that his eyes were like a small electric motor, and he had jumped to numbness.
"Brother, you are auspicious and vicious, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other" The sixth son paused, like a fortune teller.
"Maybe I didn't rest." Li Chen muttered to himself in his heart.
"Boss, Lord Shaofu is here." Just as the two were wandering aimlessly, Da Niu walked up to them and said.
"What are you doing?" Li Chen asked.
"Looking at the big bags and small bags, it is luggage and flat shoulders, maybe they are here to give gifts." Da Niu couldn't figure it out, so he hesitated for a while and said.
"Gift-giving?" Li Chen muttered in his heart, he didn't have much friendship with Shaofu.
"Yo, Lord Wei, what kind of southeast and northwest wind is blowing you today." Li Chen said with a grin.
Wei Xin's guy and Zhao Gao are a little close, one is the Shaofu Order, and the other is the CRRC Mansion Order. Even the two of them are connected together, and they almost wear a pair of pants.
"Well, what does he mean by that?" Wei Xin asked in a low voice at the entourage beside him.
He learned from Zhao Gao that Li Chen was not easy to get along with, and in order to reduce his suffocation, he specially transferred a famous child from Shaofu to follow him.
"My lord, he scolded you for being a spinning top." The man whispered in response.
"Hmph, Zhao Gao really didn't lie to me, this Rong Luhou is not a good person, he doesn't even bring a dirty word when he scolds people." Wei Xin thought of it, and said with a smile: "I also came here on the orders of His Majesty, if it is about His Majesty's grace, now Hou Ye is this." Wei Xin said, holding out a thumbs up.
"What do you mean by that?" Li Chen asked.
Hou Ye didn't know that the minister's annual pass was all transferred from the internal history of Zhili. The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have Li Si and Li Xiang, and the old general Wang Jian has them, all of which are still received from the internal history of Zhili.
"But you are the only one who is different, I am there, this is the Shaofu, and the private treasury of His Majesty. Your expenses are allocated according to the expenses of your Majesty's direct children. What does this mean, presumably Master Hou, you know it in your heart. Wei Xin touted that he was really a slick old fox.
"Could it be that this is to take me for ...... Son-in-law? Li Chen thought in his heart.
"I'm sorry to trouble Lord Wei."
"It's just, it's embarrassing."
"Liuzi, put it away." Li Chen said with joy in his heart.
"In addition to these uses, Your Majesty also wrote a letter to the Marquis in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military in the court." Wei Xin said, pulling out a piece of paper from his sleeve.
Under Wei Xin's gaze, Li Chen opened the envelope and saw the words on it, and he couldn't cry or laugh for a while.
"I, the First Emperor, make money."
"Ninety-one, I'm nine, you're one."
Some people are happy and some are sad, under the watchful eyes of the six sons crying and mourning, Wei Xin pulled a whole dozen carts of gold and silver and left from Lijiazhuang.
"I Lao Wei knows why Rong Luhou is so liked by His Majesty, I feel that this is a God of Wealth." Wei Xin looked at the large and small vehicles behind him, and thought to himself that he was going to build a few more warehouses in this young mansion.