Chapter 39: The Military Spending Crisis
"Five two million for the first time;"
"Five two million for the second time;"
"Five two million for the third time. ”
"Bell, deal!"
Long Lao quickly ended the auction before others could react, for fear that the little prince would finally buy something again and change again. In fact, Long Lao has been waiting for Long Tianci's offer, it is rare for the little prince to travel here, and he happened to participate in this auction, if he can't make the little prince happy, he is afraid that the above will make him ugly. So when I saw the offer of the little prince, it was natural to end it quickly.
When everyone reacted, they found that the auction had ended, and they all gritted their teeth, but they couldn't bear it;
"The dragon is doing it, you old horseman, you are shameless!" and when Master Yuan, who reacted, found that it was over, he was immediately angry and roared loudly;
"This auction is over!Please leave the auction as soon as possible!Welcome to come next time!" Long Lao directly ignored Master Yuan's roar and said loudly, turned his head and walked to the No. 1 box with the fox girl;
"Lao Tzu is here for your grandma!" Old Man Yuan scolded angrily and threw away his sleeves;
The fox girl also looked at Long Lao strangely, what kind of big man is the child in this box?
At this time, seeing that the scene was over, General Wan also walked impatiently to the No. 1 box with the guards. There's no way, this auction house is royal, the royal is coming, if I don't meet here, I'm afraid that this auction house will embarrass myself and others. I'm afraid that this fox girl is missing, but there are still more than 10 million orcs auctioned in front. I can't do it, right?
"Little prince, this is the fox girl you want, and my subordinates have brought it to you. Look?" said Elder Long, standing outside the door;
It was only when Long Shan opened the door of the box and let Long Lao bring people in.
Long Tianci looked at the fox girl closely: "Sure enough, I am naturally beautiful, I feel sorry for it!"
"It's good that the little prince is satisfied. Long Lao said politely;
Long Tianci was just about to say something when he heard someone shouting outside the door: "Xiaguan Wan Dingjiang has come to meet King An." ”
Long Tianci looked at Long Lao suspiciously;
Long Lao knew why Long Tianci was looking at him, so he explained: "Little Lord, this Wan Dingjiang is the commander of the vanguard army of the Northeast Battlefield, and he is a congenital perfection realm cultivator. ”
"General Wan, please come in. "I heard that it was the front-line general who came, and Long Tianci also got up and stepped forward to greet him;
Although Long Tianci has never fought, he has also watched a lot of documentary films on TV in his previous life, and he knows that it is not easy to fight on the front line, and the vanguard army is even more precarious. Therefore, seeing that this general Wan is still polite to his hairy child, he can't tell the truth.
"General Wan has served the country and traveled for half his life. Today, the kid is just wandering around, he should go to visit the general, and he has to bother the general to run, I really dare not do it!" Long Tianci stepped forward and said;
General Wan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and looked at this legendary little prince, and it was really different from the others! I remember seeing the prince once a few years ago, although the prince was also polite, but it was obviously only a formal etiquette, and he still had a somewhat lofty posture in his bones. And this little prince General Wan can feel it, this is the respect for himself and others from the heart.
So General Wan also stepped forward with gratitude: "The prince said that he was laughing, and the lower official was a reason for the subjects to let the prince go to the meeting." ”
"Hehe! Subjects? What are ministers? What are the people? Without the soldiers of the border gates, how can this king have today's brocade clothes and jade food. Although the king is young, he can still see these things clearly. Don't talk about this, the general doesn't have to care about these false gifts anymore, and this prince doesn't like it either. General come in and sit down!" Long Tianci knew that it didn't make sense to continue, so he changed the subject;
Long Tianci turned around and just wanted to sit down, he saw that the little fox was being held in the arms of the fox girl, and the two were "cooing" there, the fox girl and the little fox still looked at Long Tianci from time to time;
"What is the reason why the general came to escort this fox girl? As far as this king knows, the war in the north is tight, is it inappropriate for the general to leave his post without permission?" Long Tianci asked suspiciously!
Seeing that Dao Long Tianci still asked this question, General Wan could only answer truthfully, this must be a child, although it can be heard from what he said just now that this is not an ordinary child, but it is difficult to guarantee that if he willfully and arbitrarily condemns himself with something, it will be a big injustice;
"Back to the prince, the reason why the lower officials escorted this fox girl to the auction house is also impatient, the empire has been fighting for many years, and now the treasury is very tight, and the successive wars have made the military expenses of the military regions soar, and the treasury is also unable to pay for military expenses, so each military region needs to find its own way, so it has to exchange these things that still have some value for some silver money to maintain the normal needs of the army. This is also impatient!"
"How much does a military region spend in a month?" asked Long Tianci;
"The hundreds of thousands of soldiers in our Northeast Military Region will have a normal military supply of nearly 10 million taels of silver every month, and once there is a war, the pension and armament will be several times more than that, and the war in the Northwest Military Region will be even more intense than ours, and I am afraid it will be even more difficult to count! General Wan assessed;
"Such a big gap?" Long Tianci said in surprise, he thought that the imperial army was strong and strong, and the national strength was strong, but there should be no such problems, but he didn't think that the empire was already to this extent;
"Back to the prince, in fact, all the surplus money from the auction houses around the Long family in recent years has been used for the military. So I can't pay for it all these years!" Long Lao also said the difficulty at this time;
"What?" Long Tianci stood up in surprise, and then said, "Doesn't this mean that my empire has reached the point where there is no money to use. If there is a problem at one border gate, won't my entire heavenly dome be about to be destroyed?"
General Wan and Long Lao saw that the little prince's surprised appearance did not seem to be fake, and they could only bow down and salute for a while, and had nothing to say; indeed, once there was a crisis at a border gate, there would be chaos immediately, and there would be no luck.
"Which of the two war zones in the north is more tight now?" asked Long Tianci with attention;
"It should be my Northeast Military Region, and the Northwest Military Region must be relatively strong, but our Northeast Military Region has only 400,000 people, including support, but it is really powerless to face the internal troubles of the orcs and the border countries at the same time!" General Wan analyzed;
"How long will the war in the Northeast Theater last, what is the current state of the war, and what is the strength of the two sides?" Long Tianci asked a few questions one after another.
Seeing that Long Tianci cared so much about the border war, General Wan was also pleased: "The war in the north should last for about two or three months, the current battle is very fierce, both sides are suffering heavy casualties, as for the strength of both sides, it is really my Terran warriors are fewer, plus the beast clan masters are more than our Terran warriors, so every time the war is my Terran Race goes all out, and the war is like skimming thin ice." ”
"Damn, how long can the current military budget last?" Long Tianci asked again;
"This time, we will dispose of the orcs in two batches, and this fox girl should be enough to survive this year's war. General Wan looked up and said uncertainly;
"Bold. Don't you see that it's the person the little prince wants? You still dare to ask the little prince for money. Elder Long said loudly;
"The dragon is old and slow! This was originally auctioned by this prince, and it should be money, and besides, the imperial soldiers are fighting for my Long family in the final analysis, how can this king, as a member of the Long family, make the border soldiers feel cold. Long Tianci stopped Long Lao and said;
The two of them were grateful to hear that Long Tianci could have such an opinion, and General Wan and the guard even saluted Long Tianci: "Thank you for your understanding!"