Chapter 398: Financial Constraints
After today, Xu Wen will give a certain amount of money every month to the many hosts of Buddhism.
As for them, they will also work for Xu Wen, which is a win-win ending.
Early in the morning of the second day, Xu Wen said that many people should be rewarded, and now there are many vacancies in the imperial court, and there are many more positions, even if they have been divided and rewarded many people, the court still seems to be a little empty.
"Your Majesty King Qian, the army of Qin has attacked in two ways, one way towards Yan State, and the other way towards our Qianguo."
"And Zhao Guo also sent troops to come, and it is estimated that it will arrive in the vicinity of our Qianguo in five days at most."
"The State of Qi, the State of Chu and so on all have such thoughts, and they have already approached the city, and I am afraid that they will launch an attack today."
The visitor knelt down under the court and spoke slowly.
Xu Wen looked at the people below.
"How much is the imperial army?"
Xu Wen spoke.
The person below hesitated for a moment, then replied slowly.
"There are more than 500,000 troops."
When Xu Wen heard this, he still seemed calm, and then slowly asked.
"What about the number of enemy troops?"
After Xu Wen finished speaking, the person who knelt down below slowly spoke again, informing everyone of a shocking number.
"It's already in the millions!"
After the people below finished speaking, around the court, many ministers, whether they were ministers or military ministers, all looked a little flustered, but they didn't expect that the gap between the enemy and us was like this.
"Increase recruitment benefits, pensions, etc., all increase several times."
Xu Wen said slowly, although in a war, if the generals are powerful enough, some of them can get twice the result with half the effort, but if there are no soldiers, the battle will be lost before it starts.
"This, I hope Your Majesty will take back this order."
The Minister of Finance waited for Xu Wen to finish speaking, and immediately couldn't help it, the corners of his eyes kept beating, and he immediately stood up and refuted Xu Wen.
"The finances of the imperial court and the treasury are already quite empty, if they still spend so much, unless, unless the taxes of the subjects are increased again, in this case, I am afraid that the people of the country will be miserable."
The Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke.
This is the first time that everyone has seen someone refute Xu Wen in court.
Since Xu Wen became this Qianwang, no one has dared to do this.
There are people who pray for the Chancellor of the Exchequer in their hearts.
Wang Hong also frowned.
Huangfu Wenshu's face was a little uncertain, and he planned to open his mouth to persuade Xu Wen not to punish the finance minister below.
Who would have thought that Xu Wen not only had no intention of being angry, but also had a faint smile on his face.
"Well, I know about it."
"Finance, you don't have to worry about it in a short time, I will give you enough funds tomorrow, you can use it!"
Xu Wen opened his mouth, and everyone was stunned, thinking that Xu Wen would be angry, but they didn't expect that Xu Wen was not only not angry, but also had already thought of a solution.
The Chancellor of Finance below was also stunned.
"This, if it is really as Your Majesty said, then I naturally have no objection."
After thinking about it, the Chancellor of Finance below spoke.
Then there were a few other things that were said in the court, but the most important of them was financial constraints.
Xu Wen had not been in the Qiandynasty before, and he had not been in the court, and when the emperor Wenshu told Xu Wen that the court was short of money, Xu Wen didn't pay much attention to it, but today he didn't expect that the finances of the court had been tense to such a point.
"Looks like it's going to make money."
After returning to the harem, Xu Wen rubbed his forehead.
Speaking of the harem, it is nothing more than where Xu Yue lives.
This is a newly built place, and I'm afraid it's also Xu Yue's order, so the place where you live is not luxurious.
"There is such a thing as money, and it is naturally difficult to make money in a short period of time."
"However, I saw that there were generators and light bulbs in the Qianchao, and such wonderful and precious things as light bulbs."
"Although it was very frequent in our Qianchao, it was rare in other countries, and it may be sold at an expensive price, and all countries will buy it."
Xu Yue said directly, relieving Xu Wen's urgent need.
"yes, that's a great idea!"
"Besides, I have a lot of other ideas that I can export."
Xu Wen thought about it for a while, and said that he would act.
Directly let Wang Hong act, on the same day, there was news in the Qianchao, there was a night lantern that will never go out, which can be sold in batches, and can even be used for action at night, raids, etc., many wonderful uses can be used.
As soon as the news spread, many surrounding countries already knew about it.
For the light bulbs, generators, etc. of the Qian, the surrounding countries still know about it.
However, few countries came to Qianguo to buy these things, after all, several countries had already sent troops to the Qianguo and would have to go to war at any time.
In such a situation, whoever dares to do such a business is afraid that he will be scolded as a traitor.
"Your Majesty, someone from the Jiangyou Chamber of Commerce has come to look for you."
On the side, Wang Hong opened his mouth and said the matter.
Xu Wen is also worried that these things can't be sold directly.
Unexpectedly, just after falling asleep, a pillow came.
Miss Lei of the Jiangyou Chamber of Commerce came to Xu Wen.
Xu Wenxin received Miss Lei, as well as the head of the Lei family.
Regarding Miss Lei and Xu Wen, the head of the Lei family also already knows.
The Jiangyou Chamber of Commerce was a little angry about this transaction, but it did not criticize Miss Lei.
However, the Lei family of the Jiangyou Chamber of Commerce, under the persuasion of Miss Lei, all went to the Qianguo, although it was a special period, but they still came.
"This thing is called a light bulb?"
"Didn't you hear of the glow-in-the-dark stone called Eternal Bright?"
Miss Lei looked puzzled.
The head of the Lei family also smiled.
"There are many titles, but this thing is very rare in other countries, and the price is very high, but now no one dares to come to Qianguo to buy it, they are all waiting for the end of the war and coming over as soon as possible."
The Lei family master shook his head.
"The other major chambers of commerce are so unoptimistic about us?"
Xu Wen showed a stunned gaze, knowing that the Jiangyou Chamber of Commerce was only one of the three major chambers of commerce.
As for the Lei family, it is just one branch of the Jiangyou Chamber of Commerce.
The Jiangyou Chamber of Commerce that came to Qianguo this time only had the Lei branch.
"This, after all, the qualifications of Qianguo are still a little shallow."
"But if you want to sell it, it's easy, and you can even sell it for a considerable price."
"Jiangyou Chamber of Commerce, in addition to the Barbarian Empire and the Central Plains countries, also does business in many places."
"Some places, for gold, silver, jewelry, and so on, absolutely don't value this thing."
"The role of this thing is also very large, and that's the real key."
"It's just that you're sure you're willing to hand over this technology?"
The head of the Lei family looked at Xu Wen and knew the preciousness of these things, and the most precious thing was naturally technology and knowledge.