Three days later, at dusk, the Northern Liao Palace's palace was brilliantly lit, singing and dancing. This is because Ji Qingchen is receiving his three elder brothers, the second prince Song Wang Ji Ping, the third prince Ning Wang Ji Hongchang and the fourth prince Lu Wang Jiwen. The three of them made an appointment to come to the Northern Liao Palace's Mansion today to discuss with Ji Qingchen about the formation of two new armies. Although Emperor Yan ordered Ji Qingchen to be imprisoned, because Ji Ping, Ji Hongchang and Ji Wen were in charge of the country, Emperor Yan often fell asleep and did not deal with government affairs. Therefore, the supervision of Ji Qingchen has reached Ji Qian's head, but no matter how powerful Ji Qian is, it is impossible to compete with Ji Ping and the three of them, so he can only watch Ji Wen and Ji Hongchang come to the Northern Liao Mansion again and again.

Today, when the three of them came to Ji Qingchen's Northern Liao Palace, it was also very smooth, even if Yulin Riding had already surrendered to Ji Qian, but in the face of the coercion of the three kings, even Yulin Riding had to give in and let them enter the palace.

Since being imprisoned in the palace, Ji Qingchen has been living a luxurious life.

Because even if Emperor Yan imprisoned him and relieved him of many positions, the title of the King of Northern Liao is still there, and he still has the money to receive from the King of Northern Liao. Therefore, every day, in addition to practicing martial arts, playing polo with everyone, reading books in the study alone, playing the piano with Shu'er, and drinking, he only has to circle and fork with Shu'er.

"Three brothers, please!" Ji Qingchen saw Ji Ping, Ji Hongchang and Ji Wen who walked into the hall strode forward and said loudly.

"Lao Jiu, you're having a good day!" Ji Wen opened his mouth and said, compared with the last time he came to Ji Qingchen's mansion to discuss the Northern Liao army with Ji Qingchen, he found that Ji Qingchen's life now was much more luxurious than the last time he came.

"Fourth brother said and laughed, I was imprisoned in the mansion, what else could I do in a day besides eating, drinking and having fun?" Ji Qingchen said with a smile.

"Ninth brother, don't be presumptuous, don't worry, as long as there is a chance, our brother will definitely intercede with my father and let you go as soon as possible!" Ji Ping said very seriously, in fact, he didn't think about asking Fang Ji Qingchen to go out of the Lu at all, because with Ji Qingchen's ability, if he went out, he would definitely become his Ji Ping's enemy, why should he set up a strong enemy for himself? However, now in order to win over Ji Qingchen and obtain the support of the Northern Liao Metropolitan Mansion and the Beirong Governor's Mansion to form a new army, Ji Ping can only say this.

"Thank you for your kindness!" Ji Qingchen knew that Ji Ping was just talking casually, and he wouldn't take it seriously, but he still accepted it happily, without pretentious politeness, "Brothers, please take a seat, I prepared some thin wine today, and we'll talk after drinking." ”

"The guest is as he pleases, just listen to the ninth brother!" Speaking of drinking, Ji Hongchang is full of alcohol, so he said cheerfully.

The three of them sat down with Ji Qingchen, and then the dishes were served on the table, and Ji Qingchen personally poured wine for the three of them, raised his glass and said, "I am very happy to be able to drink with the three brothers today, second brother, third brother, fourth brother, please, let's have a drink!" ”

After that, it's all in one drink.

The three of them also sighed in their hearts, since the king built the mansion, their brothers never wanted to get together like this today. There was only one time when their brothers drank together, that is, Ji Qingchen was crowned the king of Northern Liao, and they all came together to congratulate Ji Qingchen. However, at that time, the brothers were fighting with each other, but the relationship was not as stiff as it is now. But now? The relationship between the four brothers has become like water and fire, and it is estimated that there will never be a return to the past.

Therefore, the three of them also raised their glasses and drank them all.

"Second brother, third brother, fourth brother, what do you think about the formation of a new army?" After drinking a glass of wine, Ji Qingchen asked.

"If we use the money from the treasury to form a new army, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it." Ji Wen opened his mouth and said, he was in charge of the household department, and he knew very well how much food Dayan had, "With the current number of Dayan's army, if it is not disarmed, military salaries and money and food are a big burden." ”

"Is it that serious?" Ji Qingchen asked, he felt that with Dayan's current taxes, the treasury would not even be able to afford the current army!

"What you see only shows that you don't see the root of Dayan's taxation." Ji Wen said, "Dayan has a lot of taxes, and if it all is handed over to the treasury, it will not be difficult to raise another million troops." But the problem now is that the treasury can only receive half of the total tax revenue, and the rest generally goes to the seven great families. ”

"Let the Seven Great Families take it away?" Ji Qingchen was taken aback, he didn't expect that the Seven Great Families would have such a strong strength and be able to share the taxes of the Great Yan Treasury.

"This is the reason why the Seven Great Families are still enduring today, because like our Ji family, they also have money and income, and they can also participate in national politics." Ji Wen said lightly.

"It seems that we have to find a way to contain them, otherwise with the current strength of the Seven Great Families, they will definitely be big in the future, and they will definitely become the great enemy of my Ji clan at that time." Ji Qingchen said lightly.

Among the three people present, except for the Liu family, whose maternal uncle's family is one of the seven great families, the second prince Ji Ping and the fourth emperor Ji Wen are not related to the seven great families. Therefore, as soon as his words fell, he saw Ji Ping and Ji Wen echo, "Not bad." With Cui Jingsheng's strong rise this time and the handling of government affairs as a prince, we can't help but take the family lightly. ”

"However, the family is still the foundation of Dayan, as long as they are not greedy for power and can share the world with our Ji family, we still have to live in harmony with them." Ji Qingchen said.

He didn't say this to take care of Ji Hongchang's face, but from the bottom of his heart.

Because Dayan was able to rise to become the current great country after experiencing the heavy blow of three hundred years ago, it is inseparable from the family. During this period, Dayan also had decades of drought and flood but the people were displaced, during this period thieves were rampant, and the traitors took advantage of the situation almost to the point of shaking the country, but still did not let Dayan overturn in their hands, the key reason is that the major families shared weal and sorrow with Dayan, so that the traitors were eliminated and the country was saved.

"Lao Jiu is right, we need the strength to contain them!" Ji Wen said, "As for the formation of a new army, I think my brother's current financial resources are probably difficult!" ”

After saying this, Ji Wen sighed and stopped talking. He really didn't have pretentiousness this time. With his current financial resources, it is indeed impossible to form an army of 100,000 people.

"I can barely do it!" Ji Ping said, he didn't tell a lie, he was very concerned about money before, so he made a lot of money with the help of Wang's power, with his current worth and annual income, it is indeed enough for him to support an army of 100,000.

"I'm also very tight on money, but this is an opportunity, that is, to smash the pot and sell iron, I will decide on this 100,000 army!" Ji Hongchang said in a resolute tone. He has been on the battlefield for a long time and knows more about how to unify the army, which is why he made such a determination, because he knew how to make money by supporting an army.

"Fourth brother, don't worry about money, as long as you are willing to form a new army, money is not a problem." Ji Qingchen smiled when he saw that Ji Wen was worried about money.

"What? Lao Jiu, are you going to lend some to the fourth brother? Ji Wen immediately asked.

Maybe Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang don't know how much money Ji Qingchen has, he talked to Ji Qingchen before, and he already knows Ji Qingchen's worth after talking about Ji Qingchen's Huitong Bank.

"As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish, than to teach him to fish. Fourth brother, today I just borrowed money for you to form a new army, are you only going to support this army of 100,000 for a year or two? This year you have money to build, but next year you will borrow money from, there is no money and food, the army is unstable, what is the difference between having an army of 100,000 and not having an army of 100,000? ”

"Then what did you mean just now?" Ji Wen asked puzzled.

"It's just about making money! Our four brothers can make money! Ji Qingchen said with a smile.

"Make money? How to make money? This time, not only Ji Wen was curious, but Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang also moved their eyes to Ji Qingchen and asked. Because the two of them are now able to form a new army, it is not difficult to barely maintain the needs of the army, but it is not necessary to say that they have abundant money, after all, their money is not only spent on the army, but also to buy people's hearts.

"I've been studying a question in the past few days, that is, in this world, except for our Dayan, which has been wiped out of Beirong, the departure of the north, the Western Shu and the Eastern Wilderness, and the Lingnan Yi tribe, is there no other country?" Ji Qingchen said, "There is still the Western Desert to the west of our Dayan, and there must be countries to the west of the Western Desert, as long as we do business in these countries, it will not be difficult to make money, and there is also the southern Xinjiang to our south, and the south of them is the sea, is there no country on the other side of the sea?" Even if there are no of these places, I know that there is another country called Fuso to the east of us, after crossing the sea, and I have heard that this country is rich in gold, as long as we find this country and occupy this country, with the gold and silver of this country, it will be enough to support the needs of the three brothers' hundreds of thousands of troops. ”

"Ninth brother, what you said is true?" Ji Ping was a little moved, so he asked eagerly.

"Lao Jiu, where did you hear this, is this news a rumor, or is it true?" Ji Wen also asked calmly.

"This news is naturally true, because I saw it from a book, and the person who wrote this book seems to have been to Fuso." Ji Qingchen said, and made a look at Zhang Rang, and saw Zhang Rang leave in a hurry, and hurriedly walked into the hall in a moment and handed a book to Ji Qingchen.

"It's this book, which records a lot of introductions to Fusang, and faintly mentions that although this country has a large population, their development is still very backward, and if we fight them, they don't seem to have a chance of winning against us." Ji Qingchen handed the book to Ji Wen, Ji Hongchang, and Ji Ping and said, "Three brothers, please take a look!" ”