Chapter XXIV Fees

"Whatever you want." Li Ji said helplessly, thinking that he was the suzerainty of all states in the Tang Dynasty, and he still needed expenses to help the subordinate countries uphold justice, which would also disgrace the face of the Tang Dynasty. originally thought that His Majesty's letter was just casual talk, if Li Shen really had to do it, don't stop it, everything is up to him, as long as it's not too much, he really didn't expect him to really do it.

"Uncle Li, let me ask you, how many states are there around Datang?" Li Shen asked with a smile.

"Dozens, as for the specific old man, I really haven't counted them."

"Okay, then let me ask you, how much money will it cost the Datang treasury to go on this expedition?"

"This old man doesn't know either." Li Ji said with embarrassment.

"This expedition of fifteen soldiers, the daily food cost per person is calculated according to thirty wen, of course, thirty wen will definitely not be used, we also include all kinds of losses, including the grain and grass of the horses, it should not be much."

Li Ji shook his head and said, "It's not much, and it's low." ”

"150,000 people consume 4,500 guan a day, right?"

looked at Li Ji and nodded, and continued: "We have been on the expedition for a month, and this cost is 130,000 Wu Qianguan, and the subsidy for the sacrifice of the soldiers is 30,000 Guan, and now 3,000 people have been sacrificed, this cost is nearly 100,000 Guan, and now it has almost consumed 250,000 Guan. How long does Uncle Li feel it will take to conquer Goryeo this time? Based on your experience, how many soldiers had to be sacrificed? ”

"This ...... It's hard to say, if the war goes well, it will be about the same in a year, if it is ......"

"Okay, let's calculate it according to a year, how many soldiers are we going to sacrifice?" Li Shen interrupted Li Ji's words and asked.

"Fifty thousand." Li Ji said a little uncomfortably, he really hadn't considered these things before, and now Li Shen calculated like this, which really scared him a lot.

"The cost of a month is 130,000 Wu Qianguan, a year is 1.63 million, and the sacrifice subsidy for the soldiers is another million, this is just a simple calculation, the detailed cost is probably two or three times this, how much is Datang's tax now? The sum of the mess of grain and per capita tax is only more than 30 million yuan, and this money has to support the operation of the entire empire of the Tang Dynasty, so I am afraid that there is not much left every year, right? Otherwise, my father's palace has not yet been completed, and it is not that there is no money, if there is money, do you think those ministers in the court can stop it? ”

Li Ji nodded and said, "That's right. ”

"There are more than 20 small countries around Datang, and there are still other countries on their borders, and everyone wants Datang to administer justice for them, how many wars do you think Datang's financial resources can support?"

"This ......"

"Uncle Li, there must be new ideas in the new era, don't blindly put these burdens on our own people for the sake of face, face is not worth anything at all, just like this Beisha City, it is not because of the civil strife in China, these small people snatched the past from our hands. Therefore, for these people in Fanbang, there is no need to make our own people suffer for the sake of face, they are just a wolf cub who can't be fed. Therefore, there is no need for that at all, and face needs to be fought for by yourself, as long as the Tang Dynasty is strong, it will always maintain face, and it will still not be able to make waves by other vassal states. ”

"Whatever you say, you have a point, after all, we are not obligated to help them, and let our own people suffer."

Li Shen smiled and nodded, Datang's atmosphere is more open, and it is easier to accommodate new things in his mind.

Near noon, Li Shen, Li Ji, Niu Jinda, Cheng Chumo, and Qin Huaiyu stopped at the gate of a separate garden with a group of guards.

"The subordinate ministers of Fanbang have seen General Manager Li, and they have seen General Niu..."Park Chung-hee looked at it and asked Li Ji: "Chief Manager Li, this handsome ......?"

"This is the commander of this march, Li Cheng, the king of the Tang Dynasty... Li Shen. Li Ji pointed to Li Shen beside him and explained lightly.

"The minister has seen the big handsome, the big handsome hurry up, please come inside, the wine and food have been prepared." Park Chung-hee made a big salute, said with a smile on his face, and followed: "I really didn't know Taishan before, which really made the handsome man smile." ”

"No problem." Li Shen replied lightly.

Stepping into the hall, the wine and food were already placed on the table, and the scantily clad women, and all of them had beautiful faces, with a glow in their eyes, and it seemed that they were also trained women, specially used to entertain guests.

"Marshal, please." Park Chung-hee said grovelingly.

Li Shen sat down, looked at the food on the table, and pouted, this mutton still smells of scorch, can you eat it?

Park Chung-hee sat down, smiled at Li Shen, and glanced at the two beautiful women sitting cross-legged next to Li Shen.

"Dashuai, the slave family will pour you wine." A beautiful woman picked up the flask and said with a smile.

"Dashuai, what do you want to eat, the slave family will help you." Another beautiful woman followed.

Chang'an dialect is now a dialect of the Tang Dynasty, and it can be heard that the two women's Chang'an dialect is still good, but it can also be heard that they are not the people of the Tang Dynasty.

The dark night behind Li Shen blocked the woman's hand holding chopsticks, took out a silver needle from her waist, tried each dish again, and then stood up again, holding a sharp sword and standing behind Li Shen again.

Li Shen stretched out his hand to block her chopsticks, snatched the chopsticks in her hand, and said lightly: "Ben Shuai is not used to others feeding him when he eats." ”

After three rounds of drinking, Li Shen drank two glasses at random, but he had never drunk wine at noon, and he didn't like this kind of sweet rice wine, and he felt sticky and uncomfortable when he drank it in his mouth.

"Da handsome......" Park Chung-hee shouted as he looked at Li Shen with a flushed face.

Li Shen smiled, just this kind of alcohol is also accompanied by a diplomat? Said lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

"Marshal, please also redeem the minister's outspoken offense, I don't know when the marshal will send troops to save the people of the minister's country from the dire straits... Uh, the minister......" Park Chung-hee said vaguely.

"Bump".

Li Shen looked at Park Chung-hee, who had fallen asleep directly on the table, and the whole person was stunned, what is the situation?

"That's... Dashuai, Master Park, he can't drink, please forgive me. A Silla official sitting next to Park Chung-hee said with an embarrassed face.

"I see, since this is the case, Ben Shuai still has important things to deal with, so he will leave first." Li Shen stood up and glanced at the two Silla beauties kneeling beside him, did he want it or not? The woman of the Stick Country, he hasn't tried it yet.