Wang Xu was calculating various expenses in the study, repeatedly looking for ways to reduce it, and when he was anxious and full of irritability, Zhou Zhixing's cheerful call suddenly came from outside the study.

"Boss! Top dog! Zhang Jing and I came to eat. ”

This shouting knocked out the amount that Wang Xu had just calculated, and he couldn't remember how much, and he was immediately furious, and there were no outsiders here, so he immediately scolded: "You bastard, what's the ghost roaring about?" Interrupted my train of thought! ”

After a while, the smiling Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing rushed into the study, looked at the silk silk on the table in front of Wang Xu, Zhou Zhi suddenly pouted disdainfully: "Boss, if you can cut the expenses, do you still need to work yourself?" It doesn't seem that your train of thought is quite right, if it is broken, it will be broken! ”

Wang Xu glanced at him angrily and didn't blame again. "What are you doing here, let's talk about it first, I can't open the pot here, you can eat it, take the money!"

"Come on, how much can you eat? Otherwise, I'll invite you, let's get drunk and rub it off? Zhou Zhi smiled.

This "drunk does not want to return" is one of the best restaurants in Xiangyang, the surrounding environment is good, there are countless beauties in the restaurant, attentive service, drunk does not want to return home means "drunk there do not want to return home", although the price is expensive, but it is indeed worth the money, those beauties service attitude and service quality are quite good. Of course, the restaurant is also its other name, and in layman's terms, it is called a brothel!

As soon as Zhou Zhi's voice fell, without waiting for Wang Xu to answer, Zhang Jing shook his head first: "I'm not going!" ”

Zhou Zhi instantly rolled his eyes: "You waste material, the two little girls in the family can't handle it, are you afraid of being like that?" Look at me. How chic. No worries. You can go wherever you want, how comfortable is it? Ay! I really don't know what to say about you! ”

"The Tao is different, not conspiratory!" Zhang Jing knew that he would never be able to say Zhou Zhi, so he shot him to death with a single sentence.

Zhou Zhi's kung fu was not ordinary, and he immediately raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Nonsense, the Tao is different, can we be brothers?" ”

Zhang Jing didn't bother to pay attention to him, glanced at it, and said calmly: "Anyway, I won't go to that kind of place!" ”

"I pay you to enjoy it, you don't do it? It's rare. We'll go by ourselves when we're free! Zhou Zhi pouted disdainfully.

"Well, yes, I don't care about your private life!" Zhang Jing was still calm, but then he opened his mouth abruptly and continued: "However, I have to sue Huang Wudie, lest she know people and faces, and Huang Zhong should also know more about your private life!" ”

The power of these words is not small, Zhou Zhi's expression froze for an instant, and he looked at Zhang Jing angrily: "Okay, Brother Zhang." Boss Zhang, you are ruthless! ”

Wang Xu listened to the two bickering. But the worries were gone, and I was much happier, and I laughed out loud: "Yo! Which one is this singing? Even I don't know, Huang Wudie, Huang Zhong's daughter? Zhou Zhi, you're very fast! ”

Zhou Zhi pretended to be frightened and said in surprise: "Boss, have you even seen Huang Wudie?" ”

"Of course I did, very good!" Wang Xu said with a smile.

"Oh!" Zhou Zhi responded casually, pretending to say: "Then I have to go to Ming'er!" ”

"Huh?" Wang Xu was stunned. "So fast? I don't have the money to give gifts right now! ”

Zhou Zhi suddenly rolled his eyes. "Cut! Seen by you, a girl killer, it's too late, and you still want to eat? I'm afraid the soup is gone! ”

Wang Xu grabbed the bamboo slip on the table and threw it over, and scolded with a smile: "Get out!" ”

"Hahaha......" Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing both laughed, the three brothers were fighting like this, which really made Wang Xu feel a lot better.

Wang Xu was moved in his heart, knowing that the two of them were deliberately amusing themselves, so he turned his mouth and said: "Huang Wudie's woman is not bad, you should also marry a wife and take care of it!" If you really like it, hurry up and propose, don't be late, there will be no place to cry when you cry, and you will be single. ”

Zhou Zhi shook his head with a smile: "Hehe! I would like to propose marriage, but there is no dowry money, so what to mention? ”

Wang Xu squinted his eyes and scolded with a smile: "You kid don't pretend to be poor, you have so much money over the years, and you don't even have any dowry money?" Besides, don't tell me, you haven't made some other ways to make money, it seems that there is a hundred acres of land thirty miles west of Xiangyang City, who is here? ”

"Hey, hey!" Smiling wryly, Zhou Zhi suddenly took out a key from his arms and threw it over: "All the money is here!" ”

Wang Xu waved his hand to catch it, and said with burning eyes: "What do you mean?" ”

Zhou Zhi didn't answer positively, but said with a smile: "It's still packing, this is the key to the box, and it will be delivered later!" ”

Wang Xu's face sank, and he threw the key back again: "Come less, I don't accept bribes!" ”

"Boss, take it!" Zhou Zhi threw the key over again, his technique was very accurate, and this time it landed firmly on the table in front of Wang Xu.

Wang Xu was moved in his heart, although Zhou Zhi didn't say too much detail, but obviously, this is all his savings, even the dowry of his marriage proposal or something, it may be here, and he didn't want to throw the key around like this, so he looked straight at Zhou Zhi. "It's all my own brothers, I don't know you yet, don't give me anything to do, it's not easy for you to save so much money!"

Wang Xu knows Zhou Zhi, although Zhou Zhi seems to be angry on weekdays and is called a rogue general, but he is a very measured person in his heart.

The so-called visit to the brothel is a verbal pleasure, except for the occasional visit to his own soldiers, the greedy wolf guard and the brothers to relax, he himself is frugal. Most of the money was either given to the brothers who were born and died with him, or spent on the orphanage he opened, and it can be said that he was one of the most miserable people in the upper echelons of Jingzhou.

"Boss, don't fight, two brothers in the world, I followed you out of my hometown mountain village, it's been so many years, I haven't seen anything between life and death, so I won't say anything, get through this difficulty first!" Zhou Zhi put away his playful look and said solemnly: "The money is not much, about a few million, but how much is it urgent, those craftsmen's Cao belong should be opened, otherwise I will be too sorry for people." ”

"But don't you have a crush on Huang Wudie? This dowry ......"

Before Wang Xu finished speaking, Zhou Zhi already laughed at himself: "I had a hard life in my last life, and I am still a hard worker when I am a general in this life, so let it be!" Besides, won't there be opportunities in the future? I'm keeping an eye on it. Grinding Huang Zhong, don't marry her off so quickly. There are priorities. Do the important things first. ”

This time Wang Xu was silent, and if he continued to talk about it, it would seem cliché.

Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing both smiled, and Zhang Jing immediately threw a key to the table. "Boss, it's the same as Zhou Zhi, but I don't have a burden, I have everything I should have, let's support the craftsman's Cao family first!"

"Okay. Then I'll take it! ”

Wang Xu finally spoke, but the feeling in his heart lingered for a long time, and the deep friendship between the three brothers was inseparable and could not be expressed in words.

When he carefully received the two sets of keys in his arms, Zhang Jing smiled and said freely: "Boss, this money can't reverse the Jingzhou problem, Zhou Zhi and I came here today because we thought of a way." ”

"Oh?" Wang Xu's eyes lit up instantly, and he said with some excitement: "What way?" ”

"Put the national debt!" Zhou Zhi is sure of authenticity.

"Putting Treasury bonds?" Wang Xu was stunned at first. Then he suddenly realized that he slapped his forehead violently. "How did I forget this?"

In a moment. The gloom on his face has been exhausted, and he thought about it a little excitedly, and said: "Borrowing from the people is indeed a way, but in the current economic state, the world is in turmoil, although my Jingzhou is relatively stable, but it is related to the foundation of the survival of the family, I am afraid that most of the people are unwilling to lend it." Besides, they have never heard of such a thing, how can they believe in the General's Mansion lightly? ”

"Boss, we've thought about this carefully!" Zhou Zhi took over the words and said solemnly: "If you want the people to pay, the possibility is too low, there is only one way!" ”

"What's the solution?" Wang Xu asked urgently.

"Start with families of all sizes!" Zhang Jing replied sharply, his eyes shining. "Since the boss has gradually reduced the land of those families, eliminated their private forces, these large and small families, the gentry of the noble clan have been guided by the boss, and they have been vigorously developing commerce and trade, and they have received so many preferential policies over the years, I don't know how much wealth they have stored, and they have tasted the sweetness of wealth, and they can borrow from them now!"

"With the prestige of the boss, it is not impossible to let them lend out, it is best to let the original Jingzhou clan take the lead, those people will definitely be willing. The money is also put away, for them, not only can they earn a lot of money through guò interest, but also as the creditor of the general's mansion, I am afraid that everyone will feel happy. ”

Wang Xu listened carefully, and when Zhang Jing said that he started with the family, he already knew it in his heart, but it wasn't until he finished saying that he shook his head and said: "The idea is very good, but the problem is not so simple, now the world is in chaos, the strong are respected, these families will not believe in the General's Mansion lightly, even if my prestige is high, they will not believe it, they believe in what is in their hands." ”

"This ......" Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing looked at each other, and they were also a little worried, they were in different positions, and sometimes they couldn't see the problem so comprehensively.

But Wang Xu didn't care so much, carefully considered the feasibility of this matter, and said at the same time: "There is another point that is also very problematic, the national debt can be repaid and borrowed in the future generations, forming an economic system, and supported by a mature market system, but if I borrowed it from the General's Mansion, how can I pay it back?" ”

"Our next income fills this gap, but it will not be enough in the future, so will we borrow again? In this era, it is unrealistic to continue like this, without the support of strong productive forces and mature production relations, the social class composition is very different, if it continues for so long, it may even be used by people with intentions, and the economy will be accused and the power will fall! What's more, interest is also a significant expense. ”

After speaking, Wang Xu had already raised his head, looked at Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing, and said with burning eyes: "I have a way to solve the first problem." But the second question, can you think of any good solution? ”

"How to solve the first one?" Zhou Zhi asked curiously.

"Simple, mortgage!" Wang Xu smiled slightly, and said: "I don't have money in Jingzhou, but I have supplies, and the grain is piled up in a warehouse, so we will appropriately transfer some to mortgage." The reason why we don't dare to sell it is to prepare for large-scale wars in the future, but now we don't have these worries, we can put these in the hands of those families first, as long as the money can be paid back quickly, they dare not return the materials! ”

"The question now is, even if the urgent need is solved, how can we repay the money in the short term?" Wang Xu asked word by word.

Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing were also frowning at the moment, and there was no good way to think about it, and after a long time, Zhou Zhicai suddenly said: "Damn, if you are in a hurry, then go out and grab it!" Although some brothers are sacrificed, they can ensure that the future will be strong, and more people will die less. ”

Wang Xu shook his head amusedly, and asked rhetorically, "Where to rob?" Grab the state? If it's to rob Yizhou, it's better to fight it directly, if you have that strength, why am I still tossing around here? At present, Jingzhou is not able to shake the foundation of Yizhou, and the losses in the first battle of Hanzhong are too great, and it is impossible to take it down now. ”

"Then hit Liu Xuan!" Zhou Zhi is this character, once he is in a hurry, he doesn't care about the future, only cares about the present, and survives in danger.

"Hmmm! The idea is very sensual, but the reality is very skinny! Wang Xu glanced at him angrily and said, "Liu Xuan has beaten, we have entered Jiangdong, will we face Sun Jian and Liu Zhang at the same time?" As long as I enter Yangzhou, Sun Jian will not immediately turn his face with me, even if it is Huainan Yuan Shu, he will be extremely afraid of me, and will never let me gain a foothold on his back, I ask myself if I am unable to deal with the three princes, when the time comes, you will fight? You can figure it out! ”

"What you said can only be established before we have not set the Yizhou strategy in the early morning, if we don't have any relationship with Yizhou, and then take advantage of Sun Jian's rise to point to Jiangdong, then you can fight to the death, fight to the death. But now it's impossible, the Yizhou strategy is halfway through, and you can't change it if you want to. ”

"What then?" Zhou Zhi was also dumbfounded, and he didn't know what to say.

However, when Zhang Jing heard what he said just now, he had some thoughts, and suddenly said loudly: "Boss, since this is the case, how about joining forces with Sun Jian?" Didn't Sun Jian want to take down Liu Xuan? He is now restrained by Yuan Shu, it is the time to think hard about the way to crack it, we will help him break Liu Xuan, we want money, they want land, Sun Jian will definitely agree. Moreover, he pacified Jiangdong, and he was unable to compete with me in a short period of time, and under the rule of Dìng, it would take several years to accumulate strength, which was enough for us to take advantage of the state, so naturally there was nothing to do. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Zhi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Yes!" You are more unreliable than me, aren't you creating a Jiangdong Sun family out of life? Get a strong enemy on the side and defend against the danger? Could it be that in the end, you also want to make a Three Kingdoms Dingli and fight for a hundred years? ”

"Uh......" Zhang Jing was also too worried about the current situation, he didn't think about it so much, and he suddenly became dumbfounded when he heard the words.

There was silence in the study for a while, the three of them didn't have a very good way, but they couldn't solve it, the financial deficit was there, if there was no money to save the emergency, then there was only to stop the recruitment of soldiers, stop the production of weapons and armor, and even most of the development plans in Jingzhou were suspended, and when the money kept up, they would start again, so push back and forth, wouldn't it be a year or two?

Where did the time come from...... (To be continued......)