"Unconsciously, a month passed. Every day, Li Liangzuo would pace back and forth in the imperial study room. There was no news about the front line for a month. This made Li Liangzuo very anxious. Since the army entered the western grassland, it had evaporated from the world. Because the grasslands were vast and sparsely populated, it became a weak point in the intelligence of the Yipintang of the Daxia Kingdom. It was much more difficult to obtain intelligence here than in the Central Plains.

"Fuzi, is there no news about the Western Expedition Army?" Li Liangzuo asked Xiao Fuzi.

Xiao Fuzi reported to Li Liangzuohui: "And your Majesty, no one has any news yet."

"How can I get Xiao Zhuozi? There is no news now?" Li Liangzuo said angrily.

After Xiao Zhuozi was called, he reported to Li Liangzuohui: "Your Majesty, our intelligence system in the west has always been like this. Since many areas are deserted, we have no way to establish an effective transmission system like in the Central Plains..."

"Okay, I know, I'll find a way to pass on the frontline information as soon as possible. I'll know where what happened right away?" Li Liangzuo said to Xiao Zhuozi.

"Yes, please rest assured, your majesty, I will do my best." Xiao Zhuozi replied to Li Liangzuo.

When Xiao Zhuozi just left, Zhou Shengcai happened to come outside the imperial study room. Xiao Zhuozi saw Zhou Shengcai with a sharp voice and said, "So it's Lord Zhou! Our house is polite."

"Eunuch Zhuo is polite." Zhou Shengcai bowed and said, "Do you dare to ask if Your Majesty Zhuo is inside? How is Your Majesty feeling today?"

Xiao Zhuozi said to Zhou Shengcai: "Look at what you said, if Your Majesty is not inside, will our family be in the imperial study? Your Majesty is not in a good mood today. If there is nothing important to you, it is best to come back tomorrow."

"It's time for you to do my best. Please accept some little intentions." Zhou Shengcai took out a 100 taels of silver bill from his body and stuffed it into Xiao Zhuozi's hand and said.

"Then our family will accept it with a smile." Xiao Zhuozi said with a smile on his face.

In fact, it is common for eunuchs to accept bribes in the palace. Li Liangzuo also knew about this, but Li Liangzuo turned a blind eye. Moreover, with the rapid development of the Great Xia Kingdom, it is common for officials to accept bribes, but there are more and less. Li Liangzuo was also very clear about this matter. As long as the circumstances were not too serious, Li Liangzuo had to pass it. As for those serious circumstances, they would be punished according to the law. Li Liangzuo knew that the officialdom could not be eternally honest, greed was the nature of human beings, and Li Liangzuo could not ask everyone not to accept bribes from others. Li Liangzuo changed his previous tough attitude in this matter, as long as it was not too excessive, it would be done.

Through some of Li Liangzuo's actions, we can find that Li Liangzuo is slowly changing. Li Liangzuo, who was originally upright, began to think of some forces to compromise. There is no way. After all, the Great Xia Kingdom is developing faster and faster, and the overall environment is here! But there is one thing that Li Liangzuo will never change, that is, the army, the army is Li Liangzuo's forbidden area, and anyone who attempts to get involved in the army will eventually be destroyed.

After Zhou Shengcai came in, he bowed to Li Liangzuo and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report to Your Majesty."

Li Liangzuo stood in front of the map hanging on the wall of the imperial study room. Mie You turned around and said directly to Zhou Shengcai: "What's the matter with you? Even if you say it, just say it; if there is nothing important, come and report it later!"

Zhou Shengcai did not leave, but continued to think of Li Liangzuo and said, "Your Majesty, the profits of the banknotes we issued in the first month have already come out."

When Li Liangzuo heard a golden light flashing in his eyes, Li Liangzuo asked Zhou Shengcai: "How is the situation? How many things have you taken?"

Zhou Shengcai reported to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, the profit in the first month has greatly exceeded our expectations. With the strong support of Longtai Trading Company, we have obtained more than one million taels of silver in this month since the issuance of paper money. Except for a small part of it, most of the rest are bulk goods. With the circulation of Huayuan, the benefits we gain will be greater."

"Okay, that's great; I really didn't expect that this small banknote would bring such a huge profit; Zhou Aiqing's business is left to you to do its best. I will notify the printing factory to speed up printing, and let Longtai Trading Company cooperate with you with all your strength." Li Liangzuo said excitedly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhou Shengcai said to Li Liangzuo with concern; "Although your Majesty can bring us a lot of benefits, once excessive banknotes are issued, it will inevitably cause the banknotes to depreciate, and I am afraid that the world will be turbulent!"

"Of course I know." Li Liangzuo said to Zhou Shengcai; "But now it is not my Daxia Kingdom that occupies the world, but the Song Dynasty. Once Huayuan is circulated on a large scale in the Song Dynasty, it is equivalent to controlling all the tax sources of the Song Dynasty. I want to use economic means to exploit the Song Dynasty bit by bit, so that the Song Dynasty will become a vassal of our Daxia Kingdom economically, and use the Song Dynasty's wealth to support the army of our Daxia Kingdom."

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhou Shengcai said to Li Liangzuo; "In this way, I will no longer have to worry about military expenditure."

Li Liangzuo smiled and pointed at Zhou Shengcai and said, "You! I really don't know what to say about you?"

Zhou Shengcai smiled and said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, what should we do if the batch of goods we took? Should we transport them all back?"

"No." Li Liangzuo immediately refused: "The goods should not be transported back all of them. This will expose us and will also cause economic turmoil in the Song Dynasty. In this way, one-third of them will be transported back first and replaced with our scarce materials, especially cloth, food and medicinal materials. When the war begins, these three things consume the most; I must ensure that every soldier on the front line must have shoes to wear, eat food, and treat diseases."

In fact, in this era, the most consumed thing is four things: the first type of food and grass, except for people eating and chewing, most of the food is lost in transportation; the second type is cloth: In addition to making clothes, cloth can also be used for shoes and bandage wounds. Take infantry for example, it has to run dozens of miles a day, and a pair of shoes will be worn out every two and three days. At the same time, the damage to the military uniform is also very serious, so cloth is also an important strategic material; the third is medicinal materials: needless to say, medicinal materials, injury is common on the battlefield; the fourth is weapons: every time a single meter of weapons is hit, there will be great losses, breakage, rolling blades, loss, etc.

Therefore, every 10-meter battle would consume a lot of wealth. Li Liangzuo now wants to transfer all the military expenditures of this Western Expedition to the Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to using the money from the Song Dynasty to fight. Of course, the dividends of the war are also very large. After Li Liangzuo listened to Zhou Shengcai's report, a long-lost news flew into the palace.

Xiao Zhuozi hurried to Li Liangzuo's imperial study with a military conscience and said, "Report to Your Majesty; the military newspaper is urgently reported to 800 miles from the north line."

Li Liangzuo snatched the military newspaper. When he saw the contents in the military newspaper, Li Liangzuo's eyes became more and more serious; no one knew what Li Liangzuo saw in the military newspaper, but through Li Liangzuo's expression, it can be seen that this battle may not be as smooth as originally expected."
Chapter completed!