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"What? Have you not been faithful to my noble widow and supported the lord who rescued the lonely king? Now that the treasury is empty, the lonely king asks you to borrow some money but refuses? ”

Qi Ruosi loudly scolded the group of scum in the hall, which can be described as hysterical.

When a minister heard this, he immediately knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, the wealth of the minister's family is only enough for a family to barely wrap their stomachs, and they really can't take out extra money. ”

As soon as his words fell, another minister behaved even more exaggeratedly, only to see him beat his chest and shout loudly: "The old minister has been poor all his life,

There is no extra money at all, if the king insists on asking the old minister to pay, the old minister can only sell all the manor and land in his family. ”

As a result, as soon as the words fell, perhaps because his movements were too exaggerated, the money bag tied around his waist accidentally slipped off, and the golden gold ingot fell to the ground in an instant.

However, the minister immediately lay on the ground as if nothing had happened, and put the gold ingots that had been scattered on the ground back into the money bag one by one in full view.

After packing up everything, he continued to cry that he had no money, and he couldn't help rescue the national father-in-law, which can be described as a shameless model.

Seeing this, the rest of the ministers also tried their best, either crying about how difficult it was in their own home, or saying that the money was not in the city, and for a while the palace was like a mourning hall, and it was no one else who was crying, as if Qi Ruosi was on the right seat.

Qi Ruosi forcibly held back the anger in his heart, and the bruises on his forehead couldn't help but burst out.

He couldn't have imagined that the pillars of the country, who kept saying that they were loyal to the noble widows on weekdays, were so shameless now, and they didn't know how to share their worries at all.

Only Kou Dun sighed and said to Qi Ruosi: "The old minister is willing to sacrifice 10,000 gold ingots to solve the urgent needs of the king, in short, redeem the prince first and then make calculations." ”

Qi Ruosi's words made Qi Ruosi feel a little relieved, and he pointed to the ministers and said: "Look, this is the pillar of the lonely king, and look at you again, it's really disappointing to the lonely king." ”

After speaking, he asked again: "Prime Minister, how many gold ingots are still in our country's treasury?" ”

He said: "Back to the king, in order to raise grain and grass, most of the gold ingots in the treasury are used to rest and purchase grain and grass for food, and the remaining gold ingots in the treasury are less than 10,000 ingots......"

"What? Less than 10,000 ingots? ”

These words scared the hell out of Kiros.

"The Lone King remembers that there were still 40,000 gold ingots in the treasury last month, why did it become so small?"

He sighed again: "Your Majesty, last month, you invited a great food craftsman to build a palace for you to celebrate the queen's birthday, and it cost a lot of money......

Qi Ruosi hurriedly asked, "What about the tax?" It's time to collect the taxes of those merchants in the city, right? ”

"Your Majesty, in order to raise the military salary for this expedition, you have collected three years of taxes from the merchants in the city in advance.

At present, the commercial tax of Natuoluo City has been collected for fifteen years, and if it is collected again, those merchants are afraid that they will be reversed.

Not only the merchants in the city, but also the dozens of manors around Natuoluo City and the nearby towns have also collected taxes for three years in advance, and it is really impossible to collect taxes from the people and merchants anymore. ”

Qi Ruosi suddenly sat down on the throne, he could never have imagined that a home war would cost so much.

Knowing this, it would have been better to negotiate peace with the Han army, and it would not have ended up in the current situation.

"Your Majesty, if the Han army stays outside the city and does not retreat, it will definitely make the hearts of the people in the city fluctuate, and the minister thinks that he must make plans in advance, either to repel the Han army, or to persuade him to retreat."

He slowly analyzed the current situation between friend and foe.

"If the Han army is angry and beheads the country, the consequences will be unbearable for us, and I ask you to make a decision quickly."

Qi Ruosi looked helpless.

How to decide? No money!

At the same time, he complained in his heart why did Seidan go to a tribal feast? If he hadn't been there, he wouldn't have caused so much trouble.

Of course, he hated the sudden appearance of this Han army even more, putting himself in an extremely embarrassing situation.

"What can the Prime Minister do?"

He took a deep breath and said, "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to send all the gold ingots and treasures in the palace to the Han army camp first, appease the Han army generals, and ensure that the national ruler is safe.

As for what to do next, the minister thought that he could only seek the help of rest or the big food, but the minister thought that the big food was afraid that he would not have time to take care of the noble widow at the moment.

It's better to send an envoy directly to rest and ask Mokhtar, the king of rest, to borrow a sum of money to tide over the current difficulties, of course, it would be great if the two countries could send troops,

It's just that this price is too much to bear......"

Qi Ruosi's face was embarrassed, and he didn't care about what he meant by "eating too much to take care of himself", but was worried about how to repay the money once he asked for peace to borrow money.

Thinking of this, Qi Ruosi suddenly asked, "Prime Minister, do you think the army led by Nan Su has encountered an accident?" ”

Hu Dun shook his head: "Although there is no news from the front, the minister thinks that if the army led by General Nan Jian really has an accident, the Han army that appeared outside the city will not only have more than a thousand horsemen.

It must have been this cavalry that spared the fortress of Turbo City and reappeared outside the city to put pressure on my widow. ”

Qi Ruosi immediately said: "If Lone asks Nan Ji to lead the army back to help, does the prime minister think that he can solve the current predicament?" ”

"Never so!" Tun hurriedly stopped this crazy thought, "The army of Nan Ji has entered a state of stalemate with the Han army, if he is ordered to retreat at this time, the morale and morale of this army will be dispersed.

How could Bai Qi miss the opportunity? I will definitely pursue it, and at that time, my noble widow is afraid that it will never be recovered, please don't have this thought. ”

When Qi Ruosi heard this, he felt that this was also the case.

In this case, we can only ask for help from Anxi.

"Then according to the prime minister's words, first send 10,000 gold ingots to the Han military camp, if they can redeem the country, it is naturally the best, if not, I also hope they can treat the country well."

"The minister commands."

……

In the evening, Wu Bu also took his entourage and carried a whole cart of gold ingots to the Han army camp.

"General of the Celestial Empire, this is the gold ingots sent by the king's order, a total of 10,000, please take a look."

Looking at the ten boxes of gold ingots, Geng Gong casually picked up one of them and looked at it.

I saw that this gold ingot weighed about 30 grams, which was about the same weight as the silver dollar issued by the Han Dynasty at present.

However, the workmanship is indescribable, the gold ingots are roughly round, but the edges of each gold ingot are uneven, and even the graphics and texts engraved on the surface are rough.

This is also due to the level of craftsmanship of this era, and even the Sassanid gold coins, which were widely praised in the Western Regions, were not as fine as the Han Dynasty silver dollars.

After all, these gold coins are struck by hand, while silver dollars are stamped directly with a hydraulic hammer or a steam hammer.

However, no matter how you say it, this is also gold, although the gold content of this gold ingot is only about sixty or seventy percent, but it is still very valuable.

Geng Gong dropped the gold ingot in his hand, and then asked, "Didn't you say 50,000 gold ingots?" Why only 10,000? ”

Contempt was also busy saying: "The general of the Heavenly Dynasty is angry, and there are only so many gold ingots that can be taken out in the palace, and I hope that the general of the Heavenly Dynasty will be gracious and take some time." ”

Geng Gong snorted coldly: "Hmph, the dignified national capital, you can't even take out such a little gold ingot, and you still don't want to be ashamed of the overlord of the Western Regions?"

That's it, for the sake of your heart, this general will give a few more days, and if you really can't take it, forget it. ”

Contempt was also overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Can the general of the court bring me back that day?" ”

Geng Gong's expression froze: "General Ben asked you to try your best to raise money, didn't you say that you would release people immediately, don't you understand people's words?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, the general of the Celestial Empire is angry."

Geng Gong waved his hand: "Okay, you go back, in order to show your sincerity, you can also take away those noble widows and people outside the camp."

But your family must stay here, and I will come back in three days to ask, and if you really can't come up with the money, you can use grain utensils and furs instead.

Well, General Ben is busy with military affairs, so he won't accompany him. ”

"Yes, the retainer is retired."

As soon as he left, Sedan's anger flashed out from behind the screen in the tent.

"What a strange thought, when the old man tried his best to put him on the throne, he didn't expect to be so stingy with money and ignore the old man, since this is the case, he is unkind and blames the old man for being unjust!"

He immediately expressed his attitude to Geng Gong: "General Geng, before you said that you wanted to put your old son in the position of the noble widow monarch, can you count?" ”

Geng Gong nodded: "This matter must be told by Bai Shuai to His Majesty, but as long as the national master is willing to cooperate with me to take Turbo City and swear allegiance to my Han,

I can guarantee that after the death of Chiros, the Sedans will become the new royal family, and it will be a problem for your son to be the widow's king. ”

Seidan nodded vigorously: "Okay, most of the generals of the defenders in Turbo City are my former henchmen of Sedan, and the old decay will definitely help you take Turbo City!" ”

"In this way, Geng would like to thank Guozhang for his support!"