Lu Zhonglian is in charge of pawns, that is, in charge of foreign affairs, and at present, Lu Zhonglian is on the march with the army, and he is still in Moxian, so the substitute is naturally the original Chen Xu.

"Play."

"Your Majesty, there is a small country called Liuwa, and an envoy has been sent to ask for an audience, and they want to defect to our new country, and they want our new country to provide protection. Is Your Majesty seeing or not seeing? ”

Ren Tian opened the map and searched the Liuwa country, but found that this small country happened to be stuck at the junction of the new country and the Lie country.

"Why are you seeking help from my new country?"

"It is said that he has been bullied by the Lieguo and needs to make frequent confessions to the Lieguo, and the suffering is unspeakable, and the treasury has a financial crisis, and it is beyond his means. Therefore, the Liuwa Kingdom wants to get rid of the control of the Lieguo and join our new country. ”

In other words, the Lieguo is unable to develop commerce at all, and with another skill hegemonic diplomacy, basically the Lieguo is asking for money from the surrounding small countries and does not give it? The cavalry that didn't give it to the Lie Kingdom all appeared under the city, do you give it or not?

Domineering Diplomacy: Can force all surrounding neutral countries to make tribute, the value of the items obtained from the tribute is determined by the size of the neutral country's national strength, and the minimum amount of each tribute will be 50 gold.

This is Shang Ying's skill, so the small country near the Lieguo is really miserable, and when it is of no value when it is squeezed, it will be ruthlessly annexed by the Lieguo.

In the final analysis, these small countries are just tools for the Martyrs.

Ren Tian looked at the map, and this Liuwa country was still a little far from the border of the new country.

"The new country is currently under-armed and powerless, if they want, all the people can migrate into our country, as for providing protection, they can't do it, just reply to him."

"Yes."

Chen Xu retreated.

Then Xie Dang came out: "Your Majesty, Ximen Leopard and Shen Zhuliang have sent news, they hope to obtain the imperial court's appropriations, one is the infrastructure construction of the cities in the region, the other is the funds needed for shipbuilding, and the other is that Shen Zhuliang hopes to build beacon towers along the coast. ”

Along the riverbank, although the water transportation is convenient, it is also easy to be attacked, and there is an early warning of the riverside beacon tower, which can ensure the safety along the waterfront of Hejian County.

Ren Tian asked, "How much do you need?" ”

Xie Dang hesitated a little: "On the Hejian County side, you need 1,000 gold, and on the Ximen Leopard side, you need 5500 gold." ”

"A thousand gold?"

Ren Tian snorted: "A thousand gold? Shen Aiqing is picking up money when this court is me? Even if it's to pick up money, it's not so easy, right? ”

Song Zhun came out: "The minister is here." ”

"What was the state of the new country's fiscal revenue and expenditure last month?"

"Your Majesty, last month, the new country's fiscal revenue and expenditure totaled 412 gold, and the expenditure was 151 gold, with a total surplus of 260 gold."

"Did you hear that? In a month, Xinguo's funds are only 260 gold, Shen Aiqing is embarrassed to ask me to speak, and it is a thousand gold when I open my mouth? ”

Ren Tian had a calm face, quite displeased.

Xie Dang hesitated: "Your Majesty, but at present, there are still more than 1,000 gold in the treasury of the new country. ”

"More than 1,000 gold was given to Hejian County, what about the rest of the place? Besides, I asked Shen Aiqing to serve as the county guard of Hejian County, not for him to ask me for silver, but for me to ask him for silver, without silver, I will find my own way, and find the court for everything, what else should he be as the county guard of Hejian? ”

Xie Dang bowed his head: "Yes." ”

Ren Tian looked at Xie Dang again: "How many silver taels does the beacon tower need?" ”

"The Hejian County is long along the river, and there are many beacon towers, and it also needs two hundred gold."

"Xie Aiqing, do you think this beacon tower is necessary?"

Xie Dang hugged his fists: "Your Majesty, take precautions, the minister thinks it is very necessary, in today's mainland, there are too many accidents, such as Pingyuan County, Your Majesty did not expect to kill a Lieguo and Wan Kingdom halfway, if it is to the west, this Hejian County only accounts for half of our new country, and half is across the river, at present, the new country has not yet been established, and there is not much combat effectiveness, if the enemy water division attacks, my new country along the river city is in danger." ”

"Okay, okay, appropriation, just allocate two hundred gold, and let him figure out the rest by himself, there is no way, he has to come up with a way for me, and the army also gave it to him, if there is no way, Hejian County guards this position, he still don't sit."

"And Your Majesty, what about Simon Leopard?"

"Let him also figure out his own way, don't just stare at the court day and night, open source and reduce expenditure, open source is more important."

Ren Tian is also convinced, why has the local finance been asking the court for money.

Of course, Hejian County and Linchuandong County are also newly fought not long ago, there is not much tax at all, the prosperity is not high, and they can't collect much money, especially some cities, when they go through wars, because they have carried out looting, the people's morale is still low, and they rebel from time to time, and they must be suppressed by troops at this time.

Therefore, Hejian County and Linchuandong County need a certain amount of time to govern and increase their prosperity before they can generate taxes.

Xie Dang was helpless in his heart, he also understood that His Majesty attached great importance to the treasury, and there were only so many funds in the treasury at present, so he could only live tightly.

Ren Tian also said: "Xie Aiqing, now the war is tight, it's not that I can't afford money, it's that the money has to be spent on the blade, now the war situation in the north is deadlocked, the consumption of grain and grass and the consumption of baggage, all of them are asking for money, and besides, General Tian and General Bai are also sending news to me, there are not enough soldiers, and we have to train again, Hejian County and Linchuan East County, let's slow down first." ”

"Yes."

Xie Dang retreated, Lin Xiangru came out of the ranks, and said with his fists clenched: "Your Majesty, the ministers have played, at present, after a month of war, my country does need a certain amount of time to recuperate, why don't you make peace with Lieguo and other countries first?" ”

Xinguo, like Lieguo, successively laid down Hejian County and Linchuan East County, and it also takes time to digest and improve the people's will and prosperity of the city, and at the same time, there must be many undeveloped resources in the two counties, and even there will be wild talents in these counties, so digest and develop first, stabilize and then make plans.

"Lin Aiqing, the other side of the Lieguo and you have the same idea, don't worry, the current armistice agreement is signed is equivalent to not being signed, and the north is so deadlocked first."

Now there is a stalemate, there is no way, in fact, in the plain area, you can also build a city wall, not a city wall, but a city wall similar to the Great Wall, the plain terrain is open, and the construction of this kind of city wall is conducive to resisting the attack of cavalry.

It's just that the cost is too great.

In addition, once this city wall is built, in case the territory expands, this city wall is basically useless, so basically I will not choose to build a city wall.

Imperial Doctor Qu Man stood up at this time: "Your Majesty, the ministers also played." ”

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