Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Liaodong began to be busy again.

First sent away the Qingzhou envoy Tian Hua, and then in the fourth year of Jianxing, on the sixteenth day of the first month, Wei Shuo held the first joint military and political meeting of the new year in the newly built political hall, and the Liaodong civil and military forces led by Gao Zhan, Liu Han, Huangfu Qi, Zhang Tong, Su Maru, Wei Xiong, Beigong Chun, etc. gathered in the political hall

In the past three years of Jianxing, the strong performance of the Liaodong Army has caused drastic changes in the situation in the world.

Pingyang Liu Cong is like a lamb to be slaughtered, and it is already the end of the strong crossbow; Xiangguo Shile is like the sun and the sky is plotting Qingzhou; The northern Tuoba Pugen was ready to move his troops to Shengle, preparing to unify the entire Tuoba tribe in the spring.

Liaodong is also not to be outdone, and has decided to take Pingyang Liu Cong under the knife, but before he starts, he needs to calculate his family background.

"How much of last year's fiscal balance is left?"

"Back to the lord, Liaodong has not yet used last year's finances." Shui Cao's director, Yang Tan, looked very excited.

"Huh? Why is that? Wei Shuo said with a look of surprise.

"Have you forgotten, my lord? Last year, Liaodong earned millions of dollars from the family just by issuing new coins, and it was with this windfall that Liaodong successfully recovered Liaoxi and Changli, and invested a large amount of money in post-war reconstruction. In addition, this money was also spent on disaster relief in Guanzhong. ”

"In this way, thanks to that windfall, wouldn't my Liaodong have gone bankrupt last year?"

"That's pretty much it, since the first year of Jianxing, Liaodong has been developing steadily for three consecutive years, and the financial revenue is higher than one year after another. According to the meticulous statistics of the tax collector day and night, the fiscal revenue for the whole year last year was as high as 4 million yuan, of which the revenue from maritime trade alone accounted for about 40 percent. ”

"Coupled with the post-war surplus, there are still nearly five million yuan of treasury in the entire Liaodong Prefecture to be withdrawn."

"Five million?"

Everyone at the scene couldn't help but have a light in their eyes, thinking about the first year of Jianxing, and the financial revenue was only one million. Now three years have passed, but it has soared to 4 million all of a sudden, how not to make everyone excited. The higher the fiscal revenue of Liaodong, the more the allocation of each Cao Division.

"Ahem, let me remind you that although the fiscal revenue has increased. But the expenditure is also much higher than before, and when you propose it later, don't be too ruthless! Otherwise, the budget will not pass the review, and you will be the unlucky. ”

Seeing that everyone was gearing up, Wei Shuo hurriedly reminded him. Not to mention other aspects, in terms of military expenditure alone, after three years of expansion, the number of troops in Liaodong has reached 90,000, and the military salary expenditure alone is as high as 1.5 million yuan. Coupled with the officials, at least two million have a fixed destination.

"Lord Yang, apart from money, how is the grain harvest?"

In addition to money, grain is also a key, with the promotion of high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, the grain output of Liaodong has increased year by year. Moreover, due to the low price of grain in Liaodong, many businessmen salivated and came to Liaodong to smuggle grain. If it weren't for Liaodong's strict crackdown on smuggling, I'm afraid there wouldn't be much grain in the territory.

"Thanks to the power of sweet potatoes and corn promotion. Last year, a total of 1.1 million stone of grain was harvested in the autumn harvest in Liaodong, but due to the relief of the Guanzhong disaster in the second half of the year, 400,000 stone of grain has been urgently transferred to Guanzhong, and there are still about 700,000 stone of grain in the treasury at present. ”

700,000 stone grain! Wei Shuo secretly pondered, although it is not a lot, it is enough to support all the battles next year. The outside world always says that the Liaodong Army is strong in combat. In fact, they don't know that having money and food is the real reason for their invincibility. But even so, Wei Shuo will not relax its control on food.

"Well, Liaodong grain is quite generous, but the pastoral government can't relax yet, and grain smuggling must be strictly investigated. Not a single grain of grain can be allowed to leave the country. In addition, the government should intensify its purchases and buy as much grain as possible from the people's stocks. In addition, the pastoral government should also encourage major workshops to carry out deep processing of grain. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, with the continuous bumper grain harvest in Liaodong, the problem of food and clothing for the people has been initially solved, and we must focus on improving the quality of life of the people. After the grain is harvested, it is necessary to give full play to Liaodong's technological advantages and carry out secondary processing of the grain, so that the problem of grain surplus can be solved and the income of peasant households can be further increased. ”

According to Gongcao's plan, Gongcao will increase investment in the grain processing industry this year, and strive to build a large number of flour mills, food workshops, feed workshops and a large number of processing workshops with corn, sweet potatoes and other grains as raw materials."

"Therefore, this year's financial budget of Gongcao will exceed 300,000 yuan!"

Hearing that Wei Shuo cared about grain processing, Gong Cao's director Feng Xian quickly stood up and told Gong Cao's plan, taking the opportunity to fight for more budget. Seeing Feng Xian so anxiously roaring and competing for the budget, the other Cao directors all rolled their eyes at him to show disdain, and even Wei Shuo couldn't help but smile helplessly.

The implementation of the financial budget system for several years in a row has made it clear to all the principals that the competition for the budget depends on being thick-skinned and stubborn, so Feng Xian did not feel embarrassed at all in the face of everyone's ridicule.

"Rest assured, Liaodong's finances will only get better and better, and the allocation of funds from each Cao will also increase."

After two hours of discussions, the parties finally reached an agreement on the financial allocation. Basically, it is almost the same as in previous years, and the General's Mansion is still a big spender, basically taking away more than 60% of the budget, and the rest is divided up by the Cao Cao of the Mushou Mansion.

"How is the reorganization of the Guanzhong Xiang Army and the government army?"

"Returning to the lord, last year, the Zhenbei General's Mansion recruited a total of 60,000 Hu Han Qingzhuang in Fengyi, Beidi and other counties, of which 24,000 were selected into the Xiang Army, and the rest joined the government soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Yongzhou Governor's Mansion. At present, these tens of thousands of recruits are seizing the time to conduct intense training, and they will complete their training and form combat effectiveness in the second half of next year. ”

"Well, yes, with these tens of thousands of horses, Liaodong's rule in Yongzhou will be more and more stable." Wei Shuo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Recruiting Hulu is going well, right?"

"It went very smoothly, since the defeat of the Xiongnu Liu Yao, except for a few recalcitrant resistors, most of the Hulu in the north, Anding, and Shuofang have chosen to surrender, so Liaodong has recruited knights in various tribes very smoothly. Many Hu people heard that the soldiers of Liaodong were well paid, and they rushed to join the Liaodong Army. ”

"In addition, in order to completely integrate the Hu people of various departments, Mo Changshi and You Junshou used Laoshan merchants to reach trade agreements with Hulu in various places, exchanging tea, salt, iron and other commodities for horses, furs, livestock, etc. in the hands of the Hu people, coupled with the implementation of the Juntian system and the release of slaves, the low-level Hu people who occupy the majority have begun to accept my Liaodong."

"My lord, last year, the Liaodong Communist Party recruited 20,000 cavalry, of which more than 10,000 were selected into the Xiang Army, and the rest were handed over to the Yongzhou Governor's Office."

"When you go to Pingyang next year, how many troops does the General's Mansion plan to transfer?"

"Lord Qiqi, considering that the Huns are mainly cavalry, the General's Mansion decided to transfer ten cavalry troops and 20,000 infantry to participate in the battle, with a total of more than 50,000 people in the two divisions, so it is more than enough to deal with the Xiongnu Han State, which is already a foreign power."

"You don't have a light enemy, do you? Beware of Shile rescuing Binh Duong. ”

"The lord is too worried, how dare his subordinates be careless?! Next year, Shile's strategic focus will still be in Qingzhou, and it will definitely not interfere in the Pingyang war, but how can Pingyang be the opponent of my 50,000 Liaodong army? ”

There is a reason why Gao Zhan and other military personnel are so confident, in fact, the current strength of Pingyang is not as good as last year's Murong Xianbei, Shangjun and Yangqu two stations let the Huns lose more than 100,000 troops, plus Shile is self-reliant, although Liu Cong can still make up more than 100,000 rabble, but the combat effectiveness is not flattering.

The four-year budget meeting of Jianxing ended successfully, and the happiest and most excited person was Beigong Chun, who participated in such a meeting for the first time. Although he didn't say a word at the meeting, he was excited just by listening to it. No wonder the Liaodong Army is getting stronger and stronger, it turns out that everyone has a plan and a step-by-step.

"Humph! Liu Yao, Liu Cong, Liu Xuan...... I, Beigong Chun, have come back again! ”

A cold light flashed in Beigong Chun's eyes, and he muttered to himself, as if he had returned to the war-torn Luoyang City...... (To be continued.) )