Han Dongqing is a good official, handling government affairs, and supervising officials can show his shrewdness and ability. But when it comes to making money, it's a bit out of reach. Compared with Chen Sheng, it is far behind.

Chen Sheng frowned, thought for a while, and said, "This shouldn't be a big problem. Su Yun, you can sum up how much will be produced in places such as salt works, paper mills, and tea mountains in the coming year. Turning the projected output into a tender. Now it will be auctioned off to the merchants gathered in Minzhong County. Tell them that they can pay with grain, or they can pay with gold coins, and in addition to deducting the profits of your Ling family, the rest will be used as the expenses of the government treasury. ”

"Okay." Ling Suyun nodded and said, "I can call the shots and donate 20% of the Ling family's income to the treasury." Ling Suyun was born in a wealthy family, so she was naturally not surprised by Chen Sheng's measures. But Han Dongqing felt that it was very inappropriate. Spending the money that had not yet been harvested first, he was a little uneasy in his heart. In addition, the fiscal revenues of places such as the salt works and the tea mountains, except for the taxes that should be levied, were all used by the emperor's internal government, and the government did not have the power to allocate and use them. Unless there is the will of the emperor.

Han Dongqing was afraid that Chen Sheng would forget this, so he specially reminded him.

Chen Sheng waved his hand and said it was okay. said that he would play Emperor Ming, and temporarily borrowed the money and grain from the inner government, and then made up for it when the finances of Fujian improved.

Chen Sheng's remarks, Han Dongqing could only accept it. After all, he is not a pedantic person, and he can't do this kind of thing if he has money and food in the treasury but is not in a hurry.

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Since Chen Sheng's return, Minzhong County has also returned to its former calm. Although Minzhong County was affected by the wind and floods, due to the proper handling of the government, there was no major turmoil. Because of this, the hostility of the people of Fujian and China to the imperial court was greatly reduced. The implementation of the imperial decree was much easier and smoother.

Within a few days of peaceful days, the imperial court's edict reached Dongye City.

Similar to the rumors heard in advance, the imperial court decided to let Chen Sheng lead the army soldiers to reinforce Lingnan.

However, to Li Shen's disappointment, the imperial court did not remove Chen Sheng from the position of county guard, and let Ying Huo temporarily take charge of government affairs. What made Li Shen even more aggrieved was that his name was also on the list of expeditions.

Hearing this result, Li Shen's face changed greatly. Although as a county lieutenant, Minzhong County sent troops, he couldn't run away. But since he came to Minzhong County, the only chance he really had to get in touch with military power was the few days when Chen Sheng disappeared. The rest of the time, although they had the power to control the troops, it was difficult to command these armies. And he never believed that he needed to go to the battlefield to fight. Li Shen was not afraid of going to the battlefield, but he was afraid of Chen Sheng. As a thief, he was very worried that on the way to Lingnan, Chen Sheng would cause some small accidents and kill him.

After reacting immediately, Li Shen hurriedly wrote a letter, flew to Xianyang, and begged his father in the letter to remove him from the list of the Southern Expedition no matter what. And that's not all, immediately after writing the letter, he pretended to be sick and was bedridden. I want to take this opportunity to avoid the opportunity to be alone with Chen Sheng.

Go to Lingnan with Chen Sheng, who has an army of tens of thousands? Are you kidding? I haven't lived enough! Li Shen said in his heart.

Chen Sheng had no opinion on the arrangements of the imperial court. The situation in Minzhong County has eased greatly, and all work is being carried out in an orderly manner, and he also wants to go to Lingnan earlier. The war in Lingnan lasted for a long time, and every day the war lasted, the Great Qin national strength was consumed. Chen Sheng naturally hopes that this war can end as soon as possible.

And there's another reason. Not long ago, when he was in a coma, he saw the words of the monk, and he seemed to understand whether he understood it or not, and he had to go to Lingnan to understand the meaning. This is not only related to the issue of Great Qin's national fortunes, but also involves his own life and death, which is really sloppy.

There is also a content in the edict, that is, the emperor commissioned Xu Wugui to build the imperial history, that is, the chief engineer of the project. Xu Wugui wanted to go to the construction site immediately to carry out the repair work of the galloping road.

For the emperor's edict, Chen Sheng naturally did not dare not disobey it, but when he went south to Lingnan, Chen Sheng also needed some talents who were proficient in civil engineering and architecture. Without Xu Wugui, this day would be a little sad.

Seeing that Chen Sheng was embarrassed, Xu Wugui helped him come up with a good solution. said: "Although my Chu Mo is overturned, there are also some side branches that are not affected. I do know a few children of the side branches, and they are quite accomplished in this area, and there is one named Xiao Li, whose craftsman attainments are not below me. Why don't I write a letter to them and ask them to join the adults and contribute to the country? ”

Chen Shengyan had a reason not to agree. Hurriedly urged Xu Wugui to write a letter, and sent his henchmen and retainers to Jingnan with generous gifts to find the person Xu Wugui said.

After a few days, the soldiers and horses of Minzhong County have also been ordered. There are only 30,000 troops in Minzhong County, which are basically obtained after the selection of troops from Dongou and Minyue. About five thousand of them belong to the elite. Chen Sheng took out another 3,000 people from it and armed them with the equipment of the rattan armor warriors who had captured the donkey, but the rattan armor accompanied the bronze sword and long knife of the Great Qin Empire, and the combat effectiveness was more than doubled. This is not the point, the point is that after the transformation of Xu Wugui's leisure time, the flammable shortcomings of the rattan armor have been improved, and it is not the kind of goods that cannot be extinguished when it touches the fire. In addition to these three thousand rattan armor soldiers, Chen Sheng also formed a cavalry. The cavalry was only a thousand people. The cavalry is also equipped with rattan armor, but the biggest feature is that all mounts are equipped with a thing called "horse pedal", with which the knight's combat lethality has been significantly improved. However, the cavalry did not play a big role in a place like Lingnan, which was full of mountains and forests, and Chen Sheng just wanted to pull this carefully built army to the battlefield to see blood and exercise it. The main force still relies on his rattan armor soldiers and well-built "special operations troops". The special operations unit originated from the special operations brigade that Chen Sheng served in his previous life. In the selection and training of personnel, Chen Sheng strictly follows the standards. Therefore, among the tens of thousands of troops, Chen Sheng only picked a few hundred people, and then after several rounds of screening, there were only more than two hundred people left. But this small army is Chen Sheng's real confidence. What role this army can play can only be known when it comes to the battlefield in Lingnan.

Of the 30,000 troops, Chen Sheng only dared to take 20,000. The remaining 10,000 people, guarding Minzhong County, are already a little stretched. However, with the foundation laid by Chen Sheng, I believe that chaos will not go anywhere. As long as the army turns back, any rebellion can be extinguished in one breath.