"The treasury has enough money, Your Majesty!" Zheng Yongji said, "The first and second quarters of this year have all been collected, and according to the statistics of the Ministry of Households, there are as many as 160 million taels. In addition to the planned expenditure, the treasury had 50 million taels of silver left. The expansion plan of Luoyang City can be completed with less than seven million taels of silver, and it is divided into three years. ”

"Then did Zheng Aiqing count the cement?" Zhang Lingyang asked, "As far as I know, the cement in Luoyang City is mainly provided by the Zhengxian Cement Factory.

Not only that, but the Zhengxian Cement Plant will also provide cement for the Yellow River Repair Project. If the Luoyang City expansion plan is carried out again, it will inevitably cause a shortage of cement for the Yellow River project.

The Yellow River has been flooding year after year, and the people on both sides of the river are miserable, which is more important than the other, I believe Zheng Aiqing can also distinguish it clearly. ”

Weichen naturally understands the importance of the Yellow River project, but the Luoyang City expansion plan is related to the face of Dazhou. Now those envoys in Xiyi are already talking about the financial tension of our Great Zhou, if they continue to delay like this, Weichen is worried that they will fight the idea of the Great Zhou, especially Tianzhu and other places, and it is likely that the sword soldiers will rise again because of this. ”

"Then call back!" Zhang Lingyang said, "I am not afraid of any enemy, and Da Zhou is not afraid of any enemy. If they think that they can judge the financial situation of my Great Zhou based on this, my soldiers of Great Zhou will teach them how to behave. ”

Zhang Lingyang's words were very decisive, so that Zheng Yongji had no chance to say what he wanted to say.

And Zhang Lingyang also knows what Zheng Yongji's considerations are.

Today, less than a year after the implementation of the first five-year plan of the Great Zhou, it is a critical period towards full industrialization. If there is a full-scale war with Xiyi at this time, it will inevitably affect the promotion of the industrialization of the Great Zhou, so Zheng Yongji will have this kind of worry.

Zhang Lingyang did not have any worries in this regard, Zhang Lingyang knew very well that in terms of military affairs, although there was still a certain gap between the navy and the western navy, the combat power of the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty was completely crushing the existence of the West.

In particular, with the establishment of the military region system, the armed forces in various parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty have become more professional and able to adapt to operations in various environments.

This is mainly due to the vast territory of the Great Zhou, with vertical and horizontal mountains, vast grasslands, cold Liaodong and Siberia, lakes and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, yellow sand in the northwest, thin air plateaus, and of course, impermeable jungles.

All these geographical environments, the Great Zhou has everything, so the armies in different places can carry out effective operations in different geographical and climatic environments.

This is unmatched by any other country in the West.

It is also for this reason that Zhang Lingyang firmly believed that the army of the Great Zhou could fight under any situation and effectively annihilate the enemy.

It's like the war that took place in the mountains northwest of Tianzhu a few years ago. The Great Zhou was able to quickly assemble an army suitable for mountain warfare, while England did not have a relevant army.

Although England had vast colonies, he couldn't pull his army to those colonies for training. In fact, it is not impossible, but in this case, the military expenditure consumed can increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.

Compared to England, France is better, but it is only better. Because in addition to the Albis Mountains in the east, which can be used for mountain warfare, France itself cannot train in a series of combat methods such as jungle warfare, desert warfare, warfare in severe cold climates, and operations in lakes and rivers.

These are the great advantages of Da Zhou over Western countries. Because once the Great Zhou and Western countries go to war, they can dispatch corresponding troops according to the geographical and climatic environment of the combat site.

Although this does not determine the outcome of the war, it is clear that the balance of victory will undoubtedly tilt in favor of the Great Zhou.

The news of Zheng Yongji's request being rejected was no secret, and it soon spread throughout Luoyang City.

Naturally, the envoys of those Western countries in the embassy district also received the relevant news.

"I don't understand why the Great Zhou Emperor raised objections to the expansion of the capital Luoyang City, having launched so many big projects in the country at the same time.

Externally, the Great Zhou Emperor said that the reason was that the cement supply of Zhengxian Cement Factory was insufficient, but what a huge country the Great Zhou was, Luoyang City was surrounded by mountains, and it was possible to build a new large-scale cement factory.

After thinking about it carefully, I came to a preliminary judgment that because there were too many projects being carried out at the same time, Da Zhou's finances had reached the point of being stretched.

For the sake of his own face, the Great Zhou Emperor did not issue an order to prevent the implementation of those projects, which is why today's situation was created......" wrote the English envoy Wilson in his letter to China.

At the same time, the French envoys also sent the relevant news back to China in the form of letters. However, by the time the two governments received these two letters, it was only three months later.

It doesn't matter how the Western envoys react, because what Zhang Lingyang has to do now is to select qualified teachers for his several princes.

Especially after Zhang Zhiyuan, the former first assistant of the cabinet, entered Beijing, Zhang Lingyang personally held a banquet and entertained him, and called Ningguo Gongsun Ding'an, Zhenguo Gong Jiang Han and others, who were already over 70 years old.

When Zhang Zhiyuan, Sun Dingan, and Jiang Han saw it, they knew in their hearts that Zhang Lingyang must have something to do for the three of them, otherwise they would not have put on such a big battle.

So after a banquet, in the face of delicacies, the three of them ate tastelessly.

Seeing that the three of them were preoccupied, Zhang Lingyang simply got straight to the point and said: "The reason why I summoned the three Aiqing is because I have something to do with the three of them."

The three Aiqing should also know that the princes under my knees are about to become adults, but I have not been very satisfied with the masters of the current princes. Therefore, I want the three Aiqing to serve as the prince's master at the same time. ”

"Your Majesty ordered, the old minister didn't dare to refuse!" Zhang Zhiyuan opened his mouth and said, "But Your Majesty, whether it is Lao Chen or Ning Guogong, they are already old people, and they don't know when they will die, but I am afraid that they don't have so much energy to teach the princes!" ”

This is not Zhang Zhiyuan's prevarication, but in the past two years, Zhang Zhiyuan really feels that his energy is not as good as before.

"Zhang Aiqing is too modest, I see that Aiqing's spirit is good now, at least she can contribute to the court for a few more years, and the matter is settled. However, please rest assured, once the princes make a mistake, you will beat and scold when you should scold, and you don't have to worry about the reaction of those concubines in the harem......"