Chapter 287: Heavy Ministers Cluster Three

"Let's talk about the expenses." Zhu Houhuang said. He looked at Wu Xingzhi again. Wu Xingzhi was about to get up and speak. It was interrupted by a cough.

Zhu Houhuang looked at it in a blink of an eye, but it was Lu Wan. Lu Wan stood up and said, "Let me talk about it now." I know that the biggest expense should be spent by me. ”

"From Dayuan to Qi's to Shaw's, and even the newly built Yangming. There are about thousands of miles of road, and there are hundreds of miles of road from Qi's crossing the Yongjiang River to Beijiang," Speaking of this, Lu Wan paused slightly and said: "The so-called Beijiang is called Beijiang because it is in the north of the Yongjiang River." ”

Zhu Houhuang knew that this river, if he didn't guess wrong, it should be Muddy Water Creek. However, Zhu Houhuang does not plan to change it.

Lu Wan continued: "Along both sides of the Yongjiang River, there are dikes from the Yongjiang River to the sea from Dongshan to Dayuan, about 200 miles, which need to be built in stages. There are also seven large and small county towns that are expected to be built. ”

This series of big projects came out and made everyone breathtaking.

This is a much bigger project than the Yellow River.

Zhu Houhuang knew that although it was very difficult now, once these projects were completed, although Dongyong could not be said to be the foundation of eternity, it could be regarded as the foundation of the foundation.

For this alone, Lu Wan can be regarded as a national warrior.

Zhu Houhuang shook his head to the ground and said, "Thank you Lu Shi." ”

Lu Wan avoided Zhu Houhuang's salute and said, "Your Highness, why should you be polite. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Without Master Lu here, how can Dongyong be in today's scene." ”

Lu Wan said: "Your Highness, as long as you don't say that I have spent a lot of money. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Listen to me. ”

Lu Wan said: "Under the organization of the ministers, the people of Dongyong, men work, women work. Almost except for farming, every household is on the construction site, but all the immigrants who first came to Dongyong must be supplemented to the construction site, and the cultivated land in Dongyong is still raw land, and the yield is insufficient, so it can be said that the entire Dongyong people rely on the wages on the construction site to live. The minister gave the man three liters of food a day and a bucket of rice, because the man had a small family. And when the farm is busy, you can't work. So had to give more. ”

In fact, Lu Wan didn't say that all the work on the construction site is heavy labor, and if you don't give more, how many people will work hard. If it was a simple handout, there would be no need for it. However, Lu Wan is also selfish, his selfishness is to build Dongyong into a country of abundance before he dies, even after his death, Dongyong is one day, and his name is associated with Dongyong for one day, just like Li Bing in Sichuan.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Master Lu doesn't need to say much, just say how much is the total amount of money and food per month? ”

Lu Wan pondered for a while and said, "At least 100,000 stone of grain is needed in January. This is just food, but also all kinds of materials and tools, a lot of wood and iron, etc., which are consumed every month, and last month they consumed 50,000 taels. In addition, there are nearly 10,000 taels of wingmen at all levels. The total is nearly 160,000 taels per month. ”

Wu Xingzhi got up and saluted Lu Wan and said: "Lu Changshi, one item is missing, that is, the money of the county government at all levels, the money of the county soldiers, and the expenses of the county government. ”

Lu Wan smiled bitterly: "That's true, the expenses of county soldiers at all levels should be added by an additional 20,000 taels, and the expenses of county officials at all levels should also be as much as 20,000 taels." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "This is already 200,000 taels. ”

"There are also the expenses of the Shaofu," Xu Song stood up and said: "The expenses of the Shaofu are different from other departments, the expenses of the Shaofu are all written off before the profits are handed over to the Wu Division, but there is one item that is in the Shaofu, but there are other expenses that need to be told to His Highness, that is, the expenses of the Yongwang Mansion." ”

Zhu Houhuang asked, "How much does the Yongwang Mansion cost?" ”

"The monthly expenses of the Yongwang Mansion are 10,000 taels, the monthly money of the servants at all levels, as well as the queen mother and queen, the princess's self-support, and the daily expenses of the palace. It took a little more. Xu Song said.

Many things that are very common in Daming can be turned into luxury goods in Dongyong, such as some rouge gouache, silk and satin, etc., which are much higher than Jiangnan and Beijing.

In addition, Zhu Houhuang's rising tide lifted the boat, and the Empress Dowager Wu also added kindness to the servants in the family. And the Empress Dowager Wu is too blind to the Yongwang Mansion, Zhu Houhuang's Yongwang Mansion is just a large courtyard opposite the prefecture and county, and there is no big hall, so that the Empress Dowager Wu, who is used to living in Beijing, really can't see it. clamoring to rebuild.

Zhu Houhuang silently added 10,000 taels to the expenses.

Zhu Houhuang said: "I don't need you to talk about it later, I said that the three fleets of the Navy Division have about 15,000 personnel, because the salaries of each branch of the Navy Division are different, and the average monthly silver per person is about three taels. This is 45,000 taels, and then the repair and maintenance of the ship also needs about 10,000 taels. And then there's the lonely pro-army. The lonely's pro-army was rewarded and punished heavily, and each person was paid around ten taels of silver, which was 15,000 taels. In addition to other bits and pieces, there are about 20,000 taels. ”

"And this time, in the battle of Anqing, the pro-army died about 300 or so, according to the pension, 30 taels, it costs 10,000 taels, and the pension of the sailor division is less than that of the pro-army, although the loss of the sailor division is large, it also needs 10,000 taels, and in addition, Gu also has to compensate General Zheng, and the pension is also 10,000 taels."

"It all adds up. Two hundred and ninety-five thousand taels, this is still an estimate. ”

"Your Highness," Wu Fengyi said, "don't forget the minister's funds. ”

"By the way, and my uncle's funds." Zhu Houhuang smiled bitterly: "Uncle, how much do you need every month." ”

Wu Fengyi gritted her teeth and said, "At least 20,000 taels, it can't be less." ”

Under the so-called heavy reward, there must be brave men, if you want people to serve your life, you must be able to spend money, in a place where you are not familiar with life, find intelligence, the best way is to use money to smash.

Therefore, 20,000 taels cannot be less.

Zhu Houhuang sighed: "Three hundred and fifteen thousand taels, fortunately, there is a gold mine alone." ”

10,000 taels of gold can be exchanged for at least 100,000 taels of silver, and with these gold foundations, Dongyong can continue to operate.

However, such a high consumption is not without reason.

Zhu Houhuang is not an emperor, he has no orthodox title, and he can only retain people by giving people a high salary, such as everyone here, their monthly income is also 10,000 taels.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Then go on, how much does it cost to settle the people over there in Jiangxi. ”

Lu Wan spoke first: "Your Highness, these people are exiles, I'm afraid they have no money, let's talk about food first, the minister inquired through old friends, there are about 70,000 captives, each of them is a strong man, there are about 70,000 households, and each household needs a bucket of grain every day, so in the future, an additional 21 stone of grain will be consumed every month, and the amount of silver will be about 210,000 taels." ”

Counting the rations alone, it would cost an extra 210,000 taels, which would be 1.32 million taels a year, which was an astronomical amount.

Zhu Houhuang gritted the back socket, and couldn't help but feel a sense of remorse in his heart.

Lu Wan said: "To build houses, purchase farm tools, and other trivial matters for these people, according to the experience of resettlement of large people, each household needs six taels of silver. For 70,000 households, 420,000 taels of silver are needed, but fortunately, this amount of money is consumed at one time. There will be no more in the future. ”

"That means we'll soon need to spend 420,000 taels." Zhu Houhuang said.

"Your Highness, don't be in a hurry, I estimate that 70,000 captives and their families will not be sent to Dongyong so soon," Lu Wan said: "The magistrate of Jiangxi will definitely squeeze these people out of oil and water before sending them, and we will have about a month." ”

Even if a month later, there is an expenditure of 420,000 taels, no, not only an expenditure of 420,000 taels, it should be an expenditure of more than 1 million taels, because Zhu Houhuang decided to expand the pro-army, which is another large amount of money.

Zhu Houhuang asked, "Okay, how much do we have leftover?" ”

"One hundred and fifty-seven thousand eight hundred taels. Thirteen thousand taels of gold. Wu Xingzhi said.

Zhu Houhuang couldn't help but be shocked: "So much? ”

Wu Xingzhi smiled bitterly: "This is from His Highness to Dongyong, I have accumulated little by little, except for these, His Highness doesn't even have a penny." ”

Even this is not a lot, Zhu Houhuang tacitly calculates that it is about 300,000 taels.