It's just that Li Chen had a lot of money on hand at that time. The issuance of national bonds and bank savings were improving day by day. Who could have known that things would change so quickly. Now that he is short of money, Jin Jun's 300,000 mouths will become a huge burden.
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Li Chen asked: "Based on the current reserves of the entire army, how long can it last?"
"Seven days."
Wu Qingcang was obviously well prepared, and he immediately replied: "If we save a little, we can barely sustain it for nine or even ten days, but it will not exceed twelve days at most."
Seeing Li Chen frowning, Wu Qingcang encouraged: "If we can reduce the supply of food and grass to the Jin Army, we can at least double the time."
"Thank you for figuring it out."
Li Chen glared at Wu Qingcang and said angrily: "Is it okay to let people come to help at home, not to mention providing people, effort and tools themselves, and not even giving them a meal?"
"Not to mention these, there are 300,000 mouths and at least 400,000 horses. The daily consumption is an astronomical figure. Where do you ask them to solve this problem? If they cannot solve it, they will cause chaos. This is the land of Great Qin. This is
The 300,000 Jin troops are so hungry and anxious that they can do anything. This move is not advisable."
Wu Qingcang was not discouraged. He knew better than anyone else that it would be impossible to cut off the Jin Army's 300,000 yuan in rations. That would be equivalent to killing the goose to dig one's own grave. The reason for mentioning this was to pave the way for what he would say later.
He stood up slightly, took out an official letter, and said, "Your Highness, please read this."
Li Chen took the official letter and glanced at it. He just glanced at it and sneered: "Prince Ning is so fat that he actually had the nerve to ask me for food and fodder for 150,000 soldiers and horses. How could he be considerate of the imperial court's transportation and supplies?"
Procurement is difficult, so I ask the court to convert all these grain and grass supplies into cash and give it to him, let’s have a fucking dream!”
Prince Ning’s mother?
Isn't that His Highness's grandma?
Wu Qingcang had a strange expression, but he held in his voice and remained silent.
"This official letter will come sooner or later, but it comes at this time. It seems that there is some rumors that cannot be suppressed."
Li Chen casually threw the official letter aside, turned to Wu Qingcang and said: "There is indeed a problem with the imperial court. The treasury was originally empty, but after several years of natural disasters, the imperial court was almost emptied, and even the salaries of officials were lost.
If you don't come out, the reason why you can spend money to fight this war is because I have set up a bank to absorb the deposits of people all over the world and issue national bonds."
Although Wu Qingcang was far away at the border, he knew both of these two things.
He said: "His Royal Highness has found a new way, and the wonderful strategy is really amazing."
"A stunning success?"
Li Chen laughed at himself: "I'm afraid many people are clapping the table and laughing now."
"The bank is now experiencing a run, and the continued issuance of government bonds is also encountering problems. In short, the bank's money does not belong to the court or this palace, but to the common people and savers in the world, but I have withdrawn all this money.
Now the common people and depositors are being instigated by people with malicious intentions, and they are rushing to take out their money one by one."
"But the bank has no money. I have spent tens of millions of taels of silver on this battle. How can I return the money to them?"
Although Wu Qingcang focuses on the military field, even the most ordinary person without any economic knowledge has common sense and immediately understands what a huge crisis it will be if something like this happens.
Chapter completed!