"The old minister is here!"

Wang Changlin, the head of the Ministry of Industry, immediately walked out of the crowd and bowed respectfully to Tang Tingbai.

Tang Tingbai stood up, walked to Wang Changlin's side, and handed the two golden cards to the other party: "Can these two things be made by the Ministry of Industry?" ”

Wang Changlin glanced at it and looked at Prime Minister Su Zhen with some hesitation.

He is also a native of Nanshan.

Although Nanshan and Tang Tingbai are now allied, there are some things that he does not dare to call the lead of, although he is the leader of the Ministry of Industry.

Su Zhen's face was gloomy, and he glared at Wang Changlin fiercely, feeling a little angry in his heart.

This idiot, what is he doing in the court?

Su Zhen is a smart person, he naturally knows that Tang Tingbai is the emperor, but his subordinates don't listen to him, how disgusting this feeling is, although Tang Tingbai didn't say anything, he will definitely not be happy.

When Wang Changlin saw Su Zhen's expression, he immediately understood.

He hurriedly looked at Tang Tingbai, with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, these two things can be made, but they are more expensive."

"This Jinhui armor needs to be made of fine iron, each set of armor needs more than five catties of fine iron, and it needs to be forged more than a thousand times by experienced old craftsmen, and the cost plus labor will cost at least five taels of silver."

"As for the material used for this sawtooth knife, it needs to be made of stainless steel, and it needs to be forged more than 3,000 times by experienced old craftsmen, and each sawtooth knife needs at least six catties of steel, and the cost plus labor requires at least fifteen taels of silver."

"At the same time, because of the increased difficulty of manufacturing, even if the Ministry of Industry goes all out, it will not be too fast."

After listening to Wang Changlin's words, Tang Tingbai's heart trembled.

He immediately figured it out.

The cost price of a set of golden armor and a serrated knife is a full twenty taels of silver.

And the entire White Tiger Legion is 50,000 people.

If you equip the entire White Tiger Legion, you need at least one million taels of silver.

This money, for the current Dayan, cannot be taken out for the time being.

Tang Tingbai raised his head, he didn't want to give up: "Where is the household department?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged man wearing a red official uniform and a goatee walked out and bowed slightly to Tang Tingbai.

"Zhang Tiandao, the old minister's household department, meet the emperor!"

Zhang Tiandao was born in a poor family, from a poor and sour talent, it took more than 20 years to enter the power center of Dayan.

Moreover, when the first emperor was in power, he personally gave Zhang Tiandao a golden plaque with three big characters written on it: iron rooster.

That's right, it's the Iron Rooster.

At that time, Dayan had just been founded, and all kinds of waste were waiting to be rebuilt, and the people were struggling to make a living.

The household department is even poorer and whiter.

Zhang Tiandao was ordered to take over the household department in a crisis, and it only took a few years to make the household department millions more taels.

It is precisely because of this money that the first emperor led his troops to fight several beautiful battles, thus stabilizing the situation in Dayan.

Zhang Tiandao is very capable and has stronger principles of life.

He thinks that the money that should not be spent, even if the first emperor says that it is heavenly, even if the first emperor wants to cut him, he will not give a copper plate.

"Zhang Butang, I know that the household department has no money, but Goryeo united with the Turkic alien race to kill hundreds of thousands of people in my Hedong Mansion, this revenge cannot be avenged, hundreds of thousands of unjust souls in Hedong will die without turning a blind eye, and other neighboring countries will think that my Dayan is easy to bully, and my Dayan will be in trouble in the future."

"I know that it is very difficult to get the household department to take out 1 million taels at once, so let's take out 500,000 taels and I equip 25,000 people, right?"

Tang Tingbai had a smile on his face.

In the face of such a loyal minister of Dayan, he really couldn't be arrogant.

Zhang Tiandao also smiled, and he bowed slightly to Tang Tingbai again: "No money." ”

"Two hundred and fifty thousand taels, no less." Tang Tingbai did not get angry, but began to bargain.

Zhang Tiandao also smiled, still spit out two words: "No money!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Tiandao no longer gave Tang Tingbai a chance to speak.

"Your Majesty, two days ago, you issued an order to give 500,000 taels of silver to the people of Hedong Mansion for disaster relief, and the old minister allocated the money without saying a word, because the old minister knew that the money should be spent."

"But now, there are only 800,000 taels of silver left in the household department, the ten mansions of Dayan, with a population of hundreds of millions, and natural and man-made disasters continue, in case this money is given to you, what if there is a natural disaster in some prefectures and counties? The court has no money, is it watching? ”

"Dayan has a population of hundreds of millions, but only 300,000 regular troops, because of what? It's not because there is no money to expand the army, and even the weapons and armor used by many soldiers are more than ten years ago. ”

This......

Tang Tingbai didn't speak, he knew that what Zhang Tiandao said was right.

The household department can't touch this little money.

But if you don't have the money of the Ministry of Users, where is the money?

The only thing Tang Tingbai could think of was the vassal king of Dayan.

The vassal king has developed in his own fiefdom for decades, and he must have money because he has people and soldiers, and he does not have to pay taxes.

But now Tang Tingbai only has 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and it is not enough to fight Goryeo, let alone fight those vassal kings.

After pondering for a moment, Tang Tingbai sighed helplessly: "Let's retreat first." ”

At this moment, Prime Minister Su Zhen took a step forward: "Your Majesty, the old minister's family is a Jiangnan family, and after years of accumulation, there is also some money, and the old minister is willing to donate 200,000 taels of silver to fund the Ministry of Industry to build weapons." ”

Oh?

Tang Tingbai's eyes lit up.

And the officials in Nanshan spoke one after another.

After a while, 500,000 taels of silver had been donated.

Tang Tingbai looked at the people in Nanshan with appreciation, he knew that there were few good people in this group of officials.

The reason why they came up with so much money was because Tang Tingbai and Nanshan had formed an alliance, Tang Tingbai gave Daji a concubine and Tang Tingbai gave Nanshan five four-rank official positions.

To put it bluntly, these are all exchanges.

Tang Tingbai stood up, bowed to the people in Nanshan, and said in a solemn voice: "I am sorry for hundreds of thousands of unjust souls in Hedong Mansion, thank you!" ”

"Don't dare!" Everyone in Nanshan bowed down in unison, and they were also a little excited in their hearts, and they also knew that they had done a good deed.

As for the officials of the West Lake and the East China Sea, they bowed their heads in unison, pretending that nothing had happened.

"All the hard work of the adults sent the donation to the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry immediately worked around the clock to build the Golden Radiance Armor and the Bright Light Armor, the sooner the better."

"In addition, the household department immediately raised 50,000 troops for a month's food, and I will go to Goryeo within half a month."

"Retreat!" Tang Tingbai smiled.

Seeing Tang Tingbai actually laughing, you must know that they have never seen Tang Tingbai's smile in the past few days.

Everyone bowed their hands in unison: "The ministers are retiring!" ”

Zhang Tiandao of the Ministry of Household Affairs hesitated for a moment, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't speak and turned to leave.

After a while, only Tang Tingbai was left in the entire Xuanzheng Palace.

His brow furrowed.

On the white paper, I wrote two big words: make money.

Although the people of Nanshan donated 500,000 taels of silver, it was still a drop in the bucket for Tang Tingbai.

After all, as a modern person, Tang Tingbai wants to do too much.

And for everything, money is needed.

The Great Yan court mainly collected taxes from the peasants, that is, grain.

After that, the household department sells the grain to neighboring countries or grasslands to earn a meager amount of silver.

As for Dayan's scholars, families, and merchants, they all don't need to pay taxes.

Especially for the family, more than half of the land in Dayan is in the hands of these families.

It seems that we have to find a way to get these three categories of people to pay taxes.

Tang Tingbai touched his chin, he was not a fool, he knew that neither the scholar nor the family was easy to mess with.

At the very least, with his current strength, Tang Tingbai does not have the ability to compete with the other party.

As for the merchants, they can do it.

You must know that in Dayan, agriculture is heavy and business is suppressed.

The social status of a businessman, even if you have money, you are still looked down upon.

Just when Tang listened to Bai at a loss, Li Yuanfang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, hurriedly walked in, holding a thick pile of more than a dozen copies in his hand: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the White Tiger Legion, the corps commander Wang Shuang, the deputy corps commander Zhuge Li and several captains all resigned, and even some commanders and lieutenants are gone." ”

What?

Hearing this, Tang Tingbai's face was cold, and his breathing became a little heavier.

He knew that Zhuge Invincible would fight back, but he didn't expect the other party to use this method.

Tang Tingbai took these folds and opened them to look at them very carefully.

"Minister, the White Tiger Legion, the commander of the legion Wang Shuang, is six years old in Chinese New Year's Eve today, and he has become ill from his hard work all year round, please resign and return to his hometown to recuperate, and I hope the emperor will give him permission."

There is only one short sentence.

It can be seen how much this Wang Shuang doesn't want to see Tang Tingbai, and he doesn't even bother to pretend.

Tang Tingbai didn't speak, and directly opened the second book.

"Chen, White Tiger Legion, deputy commander Zhuge Li, Chinese New Year's Eve this year, has been suffering from hard work all year round, please resign and return to his hometown to marry a little wife and have children, I hope the emperor will approve it."

Tang Tingbai still didn't speak, and opened the rest of the dozen or so resignations again.

"Minister, the commander of the White Tiger Legion, Hu Wan, ......"

"Minister, Huang Shilang, the commander of the Second Regiment of the White Tiger Legion, ......"

"Minister, Zhang Mazi, the commander of the third regiment of the White Tiger Legion......"

More than a dozen resignations were read, and Tang Tingbai read them all.

He picked up the brush and wrote a big accurate word on more than a dozen resignations!

That's right, Tang Tingbai approved.

This group of people thought that the White Tiger Legion could not do without them.

This group of people wanted to use this to threaten Tang Tingbai.

Pipe dream.

"Yuan Fang, let people send these resignations to those people, and let Jinyi Wei investigate whether these people have violated the law and discipline, and you follow me to the White Tiger Legion." Tang Tingbai said lightly.

What?

Li Yuanfang's face changed, and looking at the big words on the resignation, Li Yuanfang's breathing became a lot heavier.

He didn't expect that the emperor would do things so neatly.

"Your Majesty, although these people are bastards, after all, they have led the White Tiger Legion for many years, and without them, the combat effectiveness of the White Tiger Legion has dropped by at least thirty percent or more." Li Yuanfang kindly reminded.

"Hehe, don't worry, I have my own plan." Tang Tingbai smiled confidently: "Let's go, I will take you to the White Tiger Legion to meet a general named Lu Bu, I plan to hand over the White Tiger Legion to him!" ”