"With so much preparation, we can also have a good fight against the Turkic barbarians in this war!" Li Jing groaned.

Deal with? Why not extinguish, or give the other side a heavy blow?

Seeing Bai Fan's puzzled face, Li Jing explained, "We don't have money and food!" Not Endurance! ”

"Isn't there still tens of thousands of dollars in the treasury? I voluntarily donated 10,000 yuan, how much is the difference? Bai Fan asked.

Li Shimin smiled and gestured to Fang Xuanling, Xuanling, you calculate for him, and it can be regarded as giving these young people a long insight, let them know that the national war is not a child's game!

"This time, the army dispatched 100,000 soldiers and horses, which is only the regular number of soldiers, including not only the government soldiers, but also some slave soldiers!

The war lasted for at least three months, so after these three months, the army's salary alone would need 100,000 yuan!

Then let's count the grain and grass, the regular army is 100,000 people, but the grain transportation team, logistics team, etc., these need to recruit 200,000 people to do logistics, so it seems that we dispatched 100,000 people in this battle, but in fact, we need to manage the food and drink of 300,000 people.

Although the conscripted laborers and servants did not need to be paid, the amount of food they ate was actually not smaller than that of the regular army, and the current price of grain was 10 cents per bucket, and the ration of 300,000 people would require 100,000 yuan of grain in three months.

This is not counting the forage for livestock and horses, livestock forage, especially the consumption of war horses is also a huge one, the food of cavalry and horses can even be said to cost more than ordinary soldiers, in addition to the consumption and maintenance of armor and weapons, etc., it also requires a lot of expenses, plus the need to give pensions to fallen soldiers after the war, rewards for meritorious soldiers, this is another 100,000 yuan!

In such a big battle, without 300,000 yuan of money, we can't call on an army of 100,000 people, so it's impossible to defeat, it's good to be able to block it, so Senior Brother Yao said that it was a roundabout! ”

Bai Fan was stunned, he didn't expect it, he originally thought that only in later generations would there be a saying that a cannon would sound ten thousand taels of gold, and it seemed that fighting a war in ancient times also didn't save money! No wonder a great man once said that fighting a war is fighting logistics and fighting money!

"Well, the treasury doesn't have enough money, so let's get it together! You see that I have taken out all my family wealth, and all the adults must have plucked hair thicker than the thighs of the kids, and it is estimated that each person will be enough for 300,000 yuan! Bai Fan said childishly.

Li Jing slapped him down, "Bastard, full of nonsense!" Do you think everyone is as scoundrel as you are? Can anyone have 10,000 as casually as you do? Each family has a family business, and it is not easy for everyone! You don't know anything, what do you know? ”

Li Jing didn't want Bai Fan to offend everyone at once, so he hurriedly relieved him.

Li Shimin waved his hand to stop Li Jing and said, "Hey! The war of the nation, how can you let Aiqing pay for it privately? Besides, Bai boy, you don't know, in your opinion, the people present are all important ministers, and they are definitely not short of money, but you don't know how many families they are carrying!

It has been nine years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and everyone has experienced the war, and everyone has a large number of brothers who were born and died with themselves, either killed in battle or retired due to injuries, but the Tang Dynasty is not strong, and can only give a meager pension, just like your father Bai Da, a team is only two taels of silver to settle down!

But the big-headed soldier who has fought all his life, what is the two taels of silver enough for? How will they make a living in the future? These Datang really can't take care of it!

Datang doesn't care about it, but the brothers who were born and died with these people can't be ignored, as a general, how can he watch the brothers who were born and died with him die, and the family is unable to make a living, and finally sell themselves into slavery? How can you watch your brother starve to death on the streets because he is crippled? No!

So who of the civil and military forces present didn't use their own strength to afford the families of their brothers who died in battle in their own army in the past? How many of these are there? Need to afford a teenager? How much does it cost? How do you know as a little kid?

Others don't say it, just say cousin Xiaogong and cousin Daozong, as the princes of the Tang Dynasty, everyone knows that they are greedy for money, but who knows why they are greedy for money? It's because they carry a huge burden that they need to take care of more people! ”

After quietly listening to Li Shimin explain the matter to himself, Bai Fan didn't speak, slowly got up and saluted respectfully to the civil and military forces present, and didn't speak, but everyone knew that the kid was apologizing, but everyone didn't take it to heart, after all, Bai Fan was indeed only fourteen years old, young and ignorant!

The eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth and said, "Da Lang, it's not just that there is no money, even if we have 300,000 yuan of money, we can't get 200,000 yuan of grain and grass!" Food is the key, you can buy a bucket of rice and a stone of rice, but if you buy 200,000 yuan, that is 2 million stones, where to buy? ”

Bai Fan sat in his seat dejectedly, manpower is sometimes poor, at this time he can understand why he didn't come to Datang a few years earlier, give himself three years, he will definitely be able to prepare enough to give the Turkic barbarians a big gift!

"Forget it, it's already very good to have so many countermeasures now, the problem of money and food, you all go back and plan your countermeasures, let's discuss it again in the future, let's stop here today!

The generals went with Bai Dalang to learn the secret method of riding with steps, and Lone was going to enter the palace to report this matter to the sage! ”

Just when Li Shimin was about to wave everyone back, a guard in the back hall came to report the news, and after whispering to Li Shimin for a while, he retreated!

Seeing Li Shimin's gloomy face and slightly angry, everyone was curious about what was going on.

"Hehe, boy, are you still thinking about your 10,000 yuan all day long?

Lone got a secret report, you forced the Cui family kid to death, and now the Cui family is ready to come out to collect debts from you! Didn't you write an IOU to someone? It is said that the boy's grandfather, Cui Junxuan, wants to come to Chang'an to complain, asking you to fulfill the contract and hand over all the family wealth to the Cui family, they want you to live on the streets! That old man Cui is an old minister of the former dynasty, and he was an official in the same hall as the current saint, maybe he will sue the emperor this time! Li Shimin explained with a smile, but the killing intent under the smile was very strong!

The Cui family, a good Cui family, came to kill Zhongliang when this national disaster occurred?

Bai Fan laughed after hearing this, a good debt collector, thinking about something, "Good thing!" It's good to collect debts, but I'm worried about the lack of money and food!

Please also come to the palace to help one or two, this time I must take this opportunity to let his Cui family bleed again, I have a lot of ways to deal with them!

Your Highness may wish to consider what I said before, exchange the people in your hands for the money and food we urgently need, after all, we are poor, but we are all a big family for thousands of years, and the accumulation of thousands of years is not comparable to our group of poor ghosts! ”

Li Shimin nodded, Rong Gu thought about it, you will also go to discuss countermeasures, come to the Sun Hall to see what this kid says, and we will also help him!

After Bai Fan handed over the Yue Family's army's trick of riding with foot, he was about to return to the helm of the beggar gang, but he was already grabbed by Li Jing, who was waiting on the side, by the back collar!

"I finally saw you, if I don't arrest you back to see your aunt, old man, I ......

Let's go, go home with the old man, what's so good about the beggar's nest, is it embarrassing to live outside when you come to Chang'an? ”