Qin Mingyue said: "Of the 40 million taels of silver, I will take out 10 million taels of silver for the soldiers who were injured and killed in this war." And reward the soldiers who are still alive. You can discuss this with Yun Feiyang and them. By the way, this time I will tell the emperor about the treasure. Among them, 10 million taels of silver, I will give it to the emperor, where he needs to use money a lot. ”

"The remaining 20 million taels of silver, 10 million taels of silver I want to give to Taoism, with this 10 million taels of silver, I think about it, the development of Taoism will be even faster."

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "There are 10 million taels of silver as a foundation, and if it can't be developed, it will be impossible, this will account for half of the annual income of our entire court of the Great Zhou." What a big deal? ”

Qin Mingyue smiled and said: "Education is to occupy the lion's share, this is not what the little girl told us back then." By the way, speaking of which, it seems that it is almost time for that little girl to be born, and I have already sent someone to wait over there. Back then, she had to endure a lot of hardships to meet us. In this life, I don't want her to suffer so much, and I want to take her to the capital in advance. ”

Xiao Rui said: "Yes, if you don't say it, I forgot about it." That little girl was really funny, as if her soul came from another world. The stones of other mountains can attack jade, and learn more good things from other worlds, which is really good. Such an opportunity is hard to come by. ”

Qin Mingyue nodded and continued: "The remaining 10 million taels of silver, I plan to give it to the Ministry of Industry." My eldest brother is now in charge of the road construction affairs of the Ministry of Works. I plan to give the emperor a special excerpt, just talk about this matter, and propose, let my eldest brother take some officials from the Ministry of Industry, as well as some feng shui scholars who specialize in looking at feng shui veins in my star building, as well as craftsmen, to explore the entire Great Zhou together, and build several official roads for the Great Zhou to be smooth from north to south and east to west. There are also a good stops along the way. ”

"Of course, there were such official roads and post stations, but most of them were built when the Great Zhou Dynasty was founded, and even some were built by the previous dynasty, which had long been dilapidated. This time, let's build it well. This is a big project, 10 million taels of silver, and it is estimated that only a few main roads can be built. ”

"When there is foreign wealth in the future, we will build official roads that are interconnected with various provinces. Later, the official roads that are interconnected by the state capitals will be built, and then the official roads that will be interconnected by the counties will be built. Anyway, let's get our week unimpeded. Of course, this is a very expensive thing. I'll talk about that later. ”

Xiao Rui said: "This is indeed a money-burning thing. However, it is also a great thing to have these 10 million taels of silver and build a few major official roads first, not to mention anything else, so that when the war comes, it will be much easier to mobilize military horses and grain and grass in the future. ”

Qin Mingyue said: "The road is smooth, not only for the military, but also for business. When the trade routes are smooth, the circulation of goods in various places will be faster. The people of the Great Zhou can also be more abundant, the turnover of caravans will be faster, and our imperial court can collect more various commercial taxes. ”

Xiao Rui smiled and said, "You got this big windfall, and in the end you spent it like this, and you didn't even give yourself a little bit?" It's too much of a loss, isn't it? ”

Qin Mingyue smiled and said, "Why didn't you give it to yourself?" Isn't there anything left that has more than 10 million taels of silver? These are some calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver utensils, porcelain furniture, and antique toys from previous dynasties. There are even some gemstone jewels. Although the styles and styles of jewelry are old, those gems are good at the top, and it is still good to take them out and recreate them. ”

"These, I have asked someone to vote out, and when I go back to the capital, I will hand over the brocade building to you, you are responsible for asking someone to help me rebuild and clean it up, leave a part for me, and send a part to the queen mother in the palace. Send some to the Shen family. The rest, just stay in your brocade building and sell it, the silver you earn, as well as those calligraphy and paintings, utensils, antique porcelain and the like, pick up some of the top and leave it, and the rest are sold little by little, so the silver money you get, you specially use it to support more warriors, isn't it? ”

As soon as Qin Mingyue said this, Xiao Rui became happy: "It's a small thing to ask Jinlou to create jewelry, but as you said, it's a good thing to sell these things and use silver to develop martial artists." ”

"Well, I estimate that if we take out some of the top ones, and if we sell the rest one after another, we will also have an income of eight million taels of silver. These eight million taels of silver are enough for me to recruit more martial artists, train them myself, and put them in the military camp in the future. Oh, this is a good thing, I didn't expect it to be so easy, when you said that more martial arts sects would enter the army, I still felt far away, and I didn't expect it to be put on the agenda. ”

Qin Mingyue smiled and said, "I can also provide you with a part of the pill." With this part of the elixir, I think about it, the progress of the warriors will be even faster. By the way, if you have the heart and are willing to serve the country and enter the barracks, we can also provide some martial arts cheats from Xinglou, of course, it won't be the original, it's a copy. ”

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "This is okay, there are your martial arts secrets of picking up the Star Tower, plus a part of my hand, and a part of the royal collection, which is enough." The most important thing is the elixir. The first part of the elixir, you gave it to me for free. In the future, I will directly ask the Ministry of War to purchase pills from you and give them to the senior officers of the army. Well, in the future, when it comes to rewarding meritorious deeds, you will not only be rewarded with silver, official position, but also with pills. ”

Qin Mingyue said: "It's good to reward the pill, after rewarding the pill, the warriors and generals are happy, their own strength can be improved, and they can exert greater combat power in the future, isn't it good." ”

Xiao Rui and Qin Mingyue looked at each other and smiled.

It's really nice to get a big sum of money. This trip is really not a loss.

Although I was in a good mood, I was really tired from this trip. Qin Mingyue rested for two days before she could be considered to have recovered her strength.

After relieving herself, Qin Mingyue asked her second sister-in-law Jiang Coral to send a post to the major families and the richest merchants in Jin Province, inviting them to come to the garden of Qin Guotan's family to feast and drink.

Now, it is the height of summer, the lotus flowers are blooming just right, and Jiang Coral has held a lotus appreciation banquet. At this banquet, all the families, magnates, and merchants in Jin Province rushed to participate in the banquet. The banquet was very successful, which also made Jiang Coral negotiate several big deals at the banquet and made more contacts. People from all walks of life in Jin Province also saw the importance that the national teacher Qin Mingyue attached to his second brother and sister-in-law, and they respected Jiang Coral and Qin Guotan even more.

Later, Jiang Coral held a lotus appreciation banquet at home every year. This gradually became a well-known social activity for the upper class of Jin Province.