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Ni Yuanlu saw that Chongzhen had so much confidence in Makqin, so he didn't say anything more and changed the topic.

"Your Majesty, Liaodong has replied to the message!"

"Say!"

"Wu Sangui has sent people to survey the new city in the three river basins of the Songhua River, the Nenjiang River and the Mudanjiang River, and now the addresses of the three cities of Changchun, Jilin and Harbin have been selected.

According to Wu Sangui's calculations, in July this year, it should be possible to choose the addresses of four more new cities on both sides of the Heilongjiang River."

Chongzhen nodded: "Give him a reply, let him work harder, if you need population and silver, say it in advance!" There's a lot of fertile land over there, so you have to manage it well!"

"The ministers will find a way to support Liaodong!"

Hearing Ni Yuanlu say this, Chongzhen asked, "What's the matter, the imperial court doesn't have enough silver? Still have to find a way?"

"For the time being, it is enough, but if 7 new big cities are built in Liaodong, and 10 big cities will be built in the Mongolian steppe such as Horqin, plus the cost of immigration to the north, 18 million taels of silver will have to be set aside this year."

Ni Yuanlu looked at the booklet in his hand and continued:

"In addition, the two new steel plants in Jingshi need 6 million taels; The cement plant needs 4 million taels; In order to build a new electric light factory, a glass factory, a generator factory, and three new weapons factories, the Arms Bureau will have to pay 12 million taels of silver, to say the least."

Chongzhen listened and wiped his cold sweat.

Ni Yuanlu took advantage of the victory to pursue: "The emperor still needs to prepare 4 million taels of military salaries for the southern expedition, Li Yutian needs 1 million taels on his side, and it's okay to run North Korea, he doesn't need much silver this year, but he will set aside 2 million taels next year."

"Also, after Li Yutian conquers Hetao and other places, he will need to build five to ten new cities, plus the cost of manufacturing weapons, the cost of producing steel and cement, the cost of supplying Zheng Sen to build a new warship, the officials, and the reserved silver ...... for disaster resistance."

Chongzhen raised his hand to stop Ni Yuanlu's words, "Just tell me, within two years, how much silver will the imperial court take out is enough!"

Ni Yuanlu cleared his throat, "Within two years, 80 million taels should be enough!"

Chongzhen listened and silently calculated.

Seeing that Chongzhen didn't speak, Ni Yuanlu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the pressure on the imperial court to use silver is too great, let's see if we can reduce the ......."

"Nope!" Chongzhen interrupted, "None of these projects can be stopped!"

"Last year, the imperial court seized 50 million taels from Li Zicheng, 8 million taels from officials in the four northern provinces, 30 million taels from Azig in Datong, 30 million taels from Jin merchants hidden in various parts of Shanxi, and 2 million taels of salt tax collected last year, 1.5 million taels of gold tax, 2 million taels of silver produced by two silver mines, and income from government and coal.

The corners of Ni Yuanlu's mouth twitched, and he said, "Your Majesty, it cost 60 million taels of silver to go to Nanyang to buy seeds, distribute seeds in the Central Plains and Liaodong, build and distribute farm tools, and build houses for displaced people and immigrants!"

That's half of last year's intake.

Coupled with the parts purchased by the Arms Bureau and the cost of making weapons, another 20 million taels were consumed!

In addition, officials were paid to repair the city walls and official roads in various places, and to train new troops, which also consumed 10 million taels.

Now, there are less than 30,000,000 taels of silver in the treasury."

"That's a lot!" Chongzhen snorted coldly, a year ago, it was not bad to have 30,000 taels of silver in the treasury.

"It looks like a lot now, once Wu Sangui is given the money to build a new city, and the new factories in Beijing will be built at full speed, isn't it enough......?"

Chongzhen saw that Ni Yuanlu was distressed, and he felt a little nouveau riche was ruined, so he laughed.

"Ni Qing, don't feel distressed, these are investments! Come back sooner or later, invest early and benefit early!

and other glass produced in large quantities

When the cement begins to be put into use, the cost of repairing the city walls and official roads in various places, and the cost of building new cities in Liaodong and Mongolia will be reduced by more than 4%.

After the steel mill is produced, there is no need to go to Nanyang to buy steel and pig iron at high prices, and you can save some expenses.

So, don't worry about the money."

Chongzhen stood up, "In addition, I still have more than 34 million taels of silver in my inner pocket, and when the treasury is not moving, I can allocate some of it."

A small part of this silver is the profit of Huangzhuang, and most of it is from the Longjun who went to Nanjing, and few people know about the existence of this money.

But Ni Yuanlu knew, and he said slowly:

"The emperor's internal funds are the private wealth of the heavenly family, and they are the last guarantee of the imperial court, and the ministers will not use them easily."

Chongzhen naturally didn't want the minister to stare at his own internal money, "Ni Qing don't worry, when Jiangnan is taken next month, the treasury can increase by at least 50 million taels of silver!"

During the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the silver mined and accumulated in China for thousands of years, only the silver that flowed into China through overseas trade was enough to be 350 million taels, and in this era, China was not short of silver.

The reason why the imperial court lacked silver was mainly because it did not know how rich the people were, let alone how to collect taxes reasonably and legally.

These difficulties, in Zhu Youjian's eyes, are not a problem at all!

Besides, Ni Yuanlu is talking about using 80 million taels of silver in two years, and it is not a lump sum, and it can be easily dealt with in a little turnover.

Ni Yuanlu raised his head in surprise when he heard this, and said with a strange face: "The emperor still has business in Jiangnan?"

Chongzhen smiled, "You'll know when the time comes, don't talk about the silver, you continue your report."

"Yes. In addition to selecting the site, Wu Sangui also took 10,000 horses and horses to enter the town of Liaocheng and make every effort to detect the movements of the various Mongolian departments in Mobei.

In addition, he sent several teams of men and horses further north to Liaodong to count the distribution and number of tribes of the Jurchens of the West Sea and the Savage Jurchens.

It is worth noting that the Liaodong soldiers found out that the savage Jurchen tribe who settled in the Heilongjiang River valley had already seen the blue-eyed and red-haired Rakshasas.

Those wild girls really thought that they had seen the devil, and they were afraid in their hearts, and they retreated south one after another, but they did Wu Sangui a great favor."

Chongzhen was very concerned about the situation in Siberia, and said loudly: "The Rakshasas have already built a lot of military strongholds further north, and sooner or later they will invade the south, you order Wu Sangui to be careful and vigilant, when the troops and weather are suitable, you can take the initiative to attack!"

At the same time, we will increase the propaganda of going north to capture the beasts, and do our best to mobilize the people to explore the north!"

"Yes. That's all for Liaodong." Ni Yuanlu changed a booklet, "On the Shanxi side, Huang Sheng and Hua Fengbing entered Guanzhong in two ways, and they have already recovered Tongguan, Xi'an and other places.

The advance army sent by Huang Sheng has already begun to move south to Hanzhong, preparing for the next battle."

"Most of his side are empty cities that are ungarrisoned, and the progress is naturally faster, you communicate more with the cabinet, send people to appease the people as soon as possible, start land reform, and recruit new troops."

"Your Majesty, the imperial court has just ended the battle of Pingliao, Li Yutian's war in Mongolia has just begun, Guanzhong and Hanzhong are also fighting, and now the imperial court has used troops on three sides, can you wait a few months and then go south to conquer King Fu?" Ni Yuanlu asked solemnly.

Chongzhen didn't care, "I have a strong treasury now, unparalleled troops, fierce generals like clouds, invincible firearms, and no fear of fighting on many sides!"