"Ben will lead 100,000 elite infantry to garrison the big camp and sweep the formation, if there is any accident, Ben will immediately make up for it!"

Yuan Yunlie's strategy seems ordinary, but it seems to be the only way.

"Yes."

All the generals got up to answer, and Qin Shuang also got up at this moment, his task was to blow up the door of the camp, and this task was very easy.

.............

The war here was concerned by the world, and Wang Xu of the Western Capital only got the result of this battle half a month later.

In a luxurious courtyard, Wang Xu knocked on Erlang's legs and lay on a rocking chair, which he made with his own hands, and it was very comfortable to lie on it.

Ye Xiong left the Western Capital and went to the front line, reporting military intelligence and other things, which fell on Huang Quan.

Huang Quan came to the courtyard and reported: "Lord, the war in Bao'an County is over. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu was overjoyed, got up and said with a smile: "So, the imperial court is going to move the capital?" ”

Huang Quan shook his head: "The Northern Army is defeated!" ”

"Half a month ago, Yuan Yunlie, Zhu Aoqing, the generals of the Northern Army, met 600,000 horses and horses in the imperial court with 400,000 elites, and finally retreated and were strangled by the imperial court 100,000 people.

As soon as Huang Quan finished speaking, Wang Xu suddenly fell into disarray, but he didn't expect it, he really didn't expect that the Northern Army was defeated by the imperial court, according to this situation, it would take a while for the Northern Army to cheer up and counterattack.

In other words, it will be more difficult for Han Shushu and Sun Yu to conquer the imperial capital.

"It took a long time, and the grain and grass needed were huge, and we captured a large number of grain and grass equipment from the imperial court, which can support it, but the situation of the northern army, I'm afraid it is not so optimistic." Wang Xu said.

Huang Quan nodded, but he thought about it and shook his head: "The lord doesn't have to worry, the fertile soil of Beijun is thousands of miles. The land is fertile, no worse than our western capital, and they still have the prairie as a backing, and they want to come to such small things as grain and grass. They can handle it. ”

While the two were talking, Hubu Shangshu Wenqing walked in, and it could be seen from his face that he must have encountered some thorny problem.

"My lord, Beijun has strong financial resources. Don't worry, but we're going to be poor. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu asked in surprise, "What's the matter?" ”

Wen Qing said: "My lord, the army's income, road and wall repair, weapon armor, etc., all cost gold and silver, and we have no taxes, the expenses of the past few years have exhausted our treasury, and now the household department is no longer operational." ”

What the? Not working? Is it really that serious?

"Didn't the King Wen Immortal Brew of my Western Capital make a fortune and make money?" Wang Xu said.

Wen Qing rolled his eyes: "Lord, do you know how much grain we have to consume in the Western Capital in a year?" ”

"According to statistics. Last year, we consumed more than 20 million silver, mainly to govern the Snowy County, and if it were not for the support of King Wen Xianzhu, we would have gone bankrupt long ago. ”

"And now, more than 200,000 soldiers of our army have been killed and wounded, there are many families of soldiers who need to be appeased, and the amount of gold and silver required is huge, and it is difficult for the Western Capital to pay."

"Sending back 300,000 prisoners from the front, these 300,000 people are a big expense, and our household department... Ay... Lord. Hurry up and come up with an idea, otherwise in a few months, the economy of our western capital will be paralyzed. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Quan and Wang Xu were shocked at the same time. According to Wen Qing's words, the current poor people in the Western Capital will be used as pants.

Wang Xu took a deep breath and thought about it three years ago, Wen Qing said that the household department could not make ends meet and would face economic difficulties in the near future. But Wang Xu didn't listen and didn't pay attention to it, but now, Wen Qing's words have finally come true.

"How much money is still lacking?" Wang Xu said.

Wen Qing thought for a while: "If you want to accept those 300,000 prisoners, everything is running as usual in the Western Capital, and there is still a shortage of fifteen million silver, and it can only be supported until June next year." ”

The implication is a year.

"Don't worry, I'll figure out a way for money, you just have to do your part." Wang Xu said: "Stand down." ”

"No." Wen Qing saluted respectfully, and then retreated.

In the courtyard, there are only two left, Huang Quan and Wang Xu.

Wang Xu looked at Huang Quan, a little uncertain, and said, "Is the annual expenditure of the Western Capital really that big?" ”

Huang Quan can't say well, he is a military general, he is in charge of the military department, marching and fighting, he doesn't know anything about the civil officials in the household department, and he can only shake his head if he can't understand it: "I don't know, the lord can check the accounts." ”

Wang Xu vetoed: "There is no need to investigate, even if it is found out, I am afraid it will not be able to make up for the current economic hole in the Western Capital, and if you want to make the economy of the Western Capital through the difficulties, you have to find another way." ”

At night, in the study.

Wang Xu called the general banner of Jinyi Wei in the Western Capital, Miansheng, and at this moment, Miansheng stood opposite Wang Xu, waiting for orders.

"Miansheng, I am going to give you a very important task now, this task is very difficult for you, I don't know if you dare to accept it."

Hearing this, Miansheng said happily: "Lord, you can command." ”

Now the western capital is level, Jinyiwei has nothing to do, as soon as he heard that Wang Xu had an important task, where could Miansheng endure it, he had asked Ye Xiong before that he wanted to be the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, but he did not succeed.

Wang Xu said: "I want you to secretly visit the household department, check the annual expenses and income of the household department, and see if the officials of the household department have any malpractice, if so, don't alarm them, just take their evidence back and hand it over to me." ”

This matter is indeed important, and Miansheng also knows the seriousness, he looked straight, hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, the lord will definitely complete the task." ”

Wang Xu snorted, and then said: "This matter must be kept secret and cannot be known to a third party." ”

"No." Miansheng responds.

...............

Money, money, money!!

In the next few days, Wang Xu was thinking about this problem, it was really difficult for a penny to be a hero, and the most important thing now was to earn a lot of money in a period of time.

In fact, Wang Xu has already had a plan, isn't it easy to make money, it's just that the plan is not mature and needs to be improved.

The ways to make money are all modern concepts, so Wang Xu can only think by himself, and Wenyuan Pavilion can't help.

On this day, Wang Xu took more than a dozen people from Wenyuan Pavilion to a trip to the armory workshop to implement the first step of making money, big steelmaking!

In fact, Wang Xu has long wanted to implement the plan of steelmaking, because this plan can not only sell money, but also strengthen his strength.

There's a saying that isn't it good to say, "No diamonds, no porcelain work!" "Wang Xu, who has worked hard, is ready to equip all his generals with diamond diamonds!

At this time, Wang Xu brought the people of Wenyuan Pavilion to the armory workshop and held a very important on-site meeting. What they are talking about is how to improve the steelmaking technology of small blast furnaces!

At this point, Qianye would like to briefly explain to you the process of iron ore to pig iron and then to jīng iron (steel: iron ore is sintered into spherical iron ore powder, and then through the blast furnace to remove most of the impurities such as sulfur, phosphorus, silicon and other magazines and excessive carbon, it becomes iron, and the iron is further purified to further reduce the content of impurities to become steel. (To be continued.) )