"But..."After Lu Lao finished assuring, he suddenly frowned and hesitated.

"What's the problem?" Yuan Shu asked very unhappily.

"That.. Your Majesty, the research funds you allocated before have already been spent, I wonder if you can? The old pedantic-like Lu Laohu's eyes flashed with the light of a profiteer, and he said with flattery.

"That's easy to do." Yuan Shu turned his eyes to look at Jia Xu, the chief manager and secretary of the Great House.

Jia Xu looked at Yuan Shu with a hesitant expression, and said in an inexplicable tone: "Your Majesty, it is said that this is not impossible. However, we have just allocated funds to the shipyard for less than four months this year, and according to the rules, there are still more than eight months left before they can be issued again. Isn't that some..."

"Is there a lot of money needed?" Yuan Shu listened to Jia Xu's somewhat far-fetched tone and said curiously. Supposedly, if there is not much money, it should not be so.

The corners of Jia Xu's mouth twitched, and his eyes inexplicably glanced at Lu Lao on the other side: "Although I don't know too much, I have heard Yuan Hao say it a few times." Your Majesty should ask Lu Lao himself. ”

Yuan Shu turned to look at Lu Lao, but saw that his eyes were dodging, and he smiled wryly with an expression that he had been caught as a thief.

"Old Lu?" A feeling of unease suddenly rose in Yuan Shu's heart.

Lu Lao had to say vaguely: "Actually, it's not much, it's probably only two cents of taxes." ”

"What two cents of taxes? Jinling or Yangzhou? ”

Hearing this, Lu Lao's face became even more embarrassed, and he said in a low voice: "Da Chu." ”

"What?" When Yuan Shu heard this, his face was instantly shocked: "Da Chu's two points of taxes? ”

Lu Lao nodded curtly.

Yuan Shu looked at Lu Lao in disbelief: "Are you sure you're not joking?" You spent two cents of Da Chu's tax revenue in four months? ”

"No, no, no! Not spent, there are still some left. But it's just not much, and it should last another month. Lu Lao hurriedly waved his hand and said.

"Huh!" Jia Xu looked at Lu Lao from the side and sneered faintly.

If it weren't for the other party's age and seniority, he really wanted to spit on the other party's face. Da Chu's two-cent tax doesn't seem to be much, but the specific value is extremely exaggerated, and it's only a little money to sell a second-rate family.

This old man is extremely stubborn, in order to pursue better technology, explore the so-called limits and truths, and really do whatever it takes, he can do anything. Tian Feng complained in front of him not once or twice, every time he spontaneously placed a special fund for the research of the warship, in less than two or three months, the goods licked his old face and kept going to the Ministry of Industry in charge of Tian Feng, all kinds of financial support, and he could do anything.

Tian Feng is annoyed with the other party, but the other party is not good at this age to drive the other party away, so he can't really take the other party away. As a result, even if Tian Feng insisted on the principle very much, under the insistence of this goods, Tian Feng's subordinates had to increase the allocation of this fund. In the past four or five years, the amount of this fund has risen to a terrifying level, which makes countless people jaw-dropping, and it is simply a gold-swallowing monster.

If it weren't for the fact that he knew that Lu Lao was extremely principled, the whereabouts of every account were clear and reasonable, and Yuan Shu really attached importance to the navy. Tian Feng couldn't help but throw away this big burden a long time ago.

Yuan Shu was different from other princes, and he was not reckless in military force, and at least eighty percent of his annual tax revenue was used for the development of internal affairs, and less than two percent was used for military affairs. And this is less than two percent, and the soldiers' salaries and weapons and armor add up to about half of the battle. Less than half of the rest are used for research, but the research of a single warship accounts for nearly half, and it is always said that it is not enough.

Regarding Lu Lao's request, if it weren't for Yuan Shu's face, Jia Xu really didn't want to pay attention to it at all. If according to his meaning, all of Da Chu's military expenses were provided for his research, but is this possible?

During the normal and peaceful period of the Han Dynasty, the expenditure on the army only accounted for about three-and-a-half percent of the total tax revenue of the Han Dynasty. And Yuan Shu has been fighting for many years, and the tax used for the military is still kept at about 20%. If there is no big war in two years, Jia Xu can even guarantee that this number will be reduced to one and a half. Jiangdong is really too rich, compared to Liu Bei and Cao Cao's military spending of more than half of the tax, Yuan Shu is very relaxed here.

"Elder Lu, according to your arrangement, it seems that the money you need to spend on the research of your warships is no less than the cost of maintaining my Great Chu Naval Army. Do you think that's appropriate? Jia Xu's tone was not good.

"I can't help it! Those of us who do battleship research are not as easy as their remodeled knives and guns, and the cost of improving battleships is too high, and that little money is not enough! This is still the case when we build our own steel mills and build our own steel in-house, otherwise we would not be able to sustain ourselves for a long time. For example, last time ...... "Lu Lao cried hard and talked endlessly.

Seeing that this product began to enter the state of Tang Seng again, Yuan Shu and Jia Xu sighed lightly in their hearts, there was really no way to meet such an old scoundrel.

Lu Lao cried for a long time and still didn't stop crying, spitting Xingzi sprayed Jia Xu all over, looking like I won't give up if you don't give in. Jia Xu finally understood why even a direct minister like Tian Feng was helpless against him. Scoundrels are not terrible, this kind of old scoundrel who has faith and shamelessness and thieves is really terrible.

Seeing the spitting stars flying in the air in front of Jia Xu, Yuan Shu was extremely happy in his heart, fortunately he was the emperor, otherwise this old man might really dare to kick his nose in the face.

After enduring it for a long time, seeing that this product didn't mean to listen at all, Yuan Shu turned his head to look at Jia Xu. Jia Xu, who was sprayed on the face, showed an unprecedented expression of helplessness and anger on his fat face.

"Okay, okay, Lu Lao. Stop, I've approved this, but it's only half of this year's. And in two months, I'm going to see the real steel fleet all along. Yuan Shu sighed and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Lao hurriedly bowed his hand and said.

Then he glanced at Jia Xu with disdain: "Your Majesty is still generous and reasonable, unlike some people..."

Jia Xu swore that this was the first time he hated someone so much, and he was helpless. When encountering this kind of hob meat with half of his body on the ground, Jia Xu couldn't fix it if he wanted to. Although Lu Lao is also a member of the Lu family in Jiangdong, he is just a remote side branch, with an average family background, and he is just an ordinary person. Although he is extremely shameless, he has no conflict of interest with Jia Xu, and it is also for the sake of Da Chu, and Jia Xu is unwilling to use some dirty means.

After thinking for a moment about whether to secretly slaughter this old man, Jia Xu, suddenly thought that it seemed that the other party should be looking for Tian Feng! I'm just unlucky this time. If you hit the muzzle of the gun, you will definitely not meet this in the future. Out of sight is pure, plus in the future, this thing can be disgusted and disgusting Tian Feng, the cold-faced Hades, Jia Xu suddenly felt that his mood was better again. Directly without squinting and silently, he followed behind Yuan Shu and pretended to be a wooden man.