Things are good things, but good things have to be made with money. Holding the half-parted horse lance brought by Xiao Ning, he put his head on the ground. With a little force, the spear rod had bent out of a huge arc, and the spear blade had been more than half a foot below the ground. As for a horizontal knot above the spear edge, he stopped.

The force on his hand was loosened, and the spear rod was stretched straight. He stretched out his fingers and tapped it lightly, and the sound was like gold and iron.

"If you build a spear like this, you won't have a hundred taels of silver. If you build a spear like this, you will get 500,000 taels of silver. You have to add some spare cavalry and cavalry, which is really made with money!" Qin Feng covered his head with his hands in pain, "I hope that the cavalry that Yu Chao trained can live up to my bankruptcy."

After hearing Qin Feng say this, Xiao Ning knew that Qin Feng had already agreed to use the ring-headed sword and horse spear as the standard configuration for cavalry.

"Your Majesty, in addition to the ring-headed sword and horse lance, Lord Wen also proposed to equip cavalry with a new crossbow machine. This crossbow machine is simple to operate, very fast to get started, and has a range of up to 150 steps. Although it is more expensive than the construction of a bow and arrow, our cavalry can't be able to arch. Using this crossbow machine can form combat power faster and save more training time." Xiao Ning said.

"Okay, I can't bear to give up the horse spear with a left and right of 100 taels of silver. I still can't bear to give it this crossbow machine? I'll give it to them." Although I felt so distressed that I was bleeding, Qin Feng still waved his hand generously and said generously.

"Your Majesty, after I go down, I will place an order with the Ministry of Works. It's no surprise that this horse spear is so difficult to build. Only at this time next year will you see a truly powerful cavalry!" Xiao Ning said.

"Okay, okay, tell Qiaoshou, one hundred taels of silver, you must be careful with me." Qin Feng looked bitter.

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's the minister." Xiao Ning bowed and retreated.

Qin Feng was the only one left in the room. He lifted the half-pierce and flew in the air for a few times. "The Qin people had this thing long ago. If their heavy cavalry were paired with this thing, they would be invincible in the world. I am really glad that they were so poor that they could not afford to make this thing, otherwise it would be a big trouble."

Thinking of this, I felt better again. Although I was short of money, I was far from being like Qin. In fact, the Qin State was poor, but their royal family and their wealthy families really lacked money?

He sneered, that's the best. You can work hard to pull it into your arms, and if you try to pull it a little more, one day it will be mine.

It's all mine!

He held up his horse spear and put on a pose in the room, laughing loudly.

Eunuch Le appeared at the door and saw Qin Feng’s strange appearance, and immediately petrified the local area. He opened his mouth, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Yeah, Eunuch Le, what's going on?" Qin Feng put away his horse's lance and placed it in a corner of the room. Although it was broken, it was still good to be a decoration.

"Your Majesty, Minister of Revenue Su Kairong and his son Su Can are waiting for him." Eunuch Le dared to tighten his surprised expression on his face, and reported to Qin Feng with an unpredictable look.

"Yeah, right, I asked them to come and let them come in." Qin Fengdao. After returning to the big case, he sat down, picked up the book "Qian Lun" casually, flipped through it, and looked thoughtful.

"See Your Majesty!" Su Kairong bowed deeply. He was the third-rank minister and had several high-ranking officials in the court. When he saw Qin Feng, he only had to bow as a courtesy, but his son Su Can was a grass-roots person. At this moment, he was kneeling on the ground with his body prostrated.

"Let's go flat!" Qin Feng waved his hand, "Shangshu Su, please sit down, is this your son Su Can?"

"Your Majesty, it's my incompetent son." Su Kairong sat on the brocade stool and looked at his son Su Can with his head hanging down.

Qin Feng was also looking at the guy who wrote the money theory. He was white and fat, in sharp contrast with the skinny Su Kairong. When he stood there, even if he didn't smile, his squinting eyes and the fat mass looked happy, and he looked like a businessman.

Born in a wealthy family like the Su family, even Bai Ding, was not at a loss at this moment. Instead, he stood there with his eyebrows down and his eyes calmly looking at it. His fists were just clenched, which finally showed the tension deep in his heart.

"Shangshu Su, I just finalized a military order with Minister Xiao of the Ministry of War. It was prepared for the cavalry battalion under construction. A complete set of equipment was not considered a horse, but only weapons, and it only cost at least one million taels of silver to take it down." Qin Feng ignored the fat man Su Can first, but said to Su Kairong.

When Su Kairong heard that Qin Feng had a million taels of silver as soon as he spoke, his muscles on his face tightened. When he raised his head, he looked sad.

"Your Majesty, this is a cavalry battalion, and what should I do if I spend one million taels of taels? Although the Ministry of War's budget has not been released next year, it is still a certain amount. If they have too many, other battalions will be fewer. I am afraid that the time comes, I will be very quarreled again."

"Don't talk about this for now, just talk about how much we earn this year?" Qin Feng interrupted Su Kairong's complaint and said.

Su Kairong swallowed, saying that he had all the accounts cleared, otherwise he would not have stayed in this position for decades, and had been reused after several emperors.

"Your Majesty, in the first half of this year, there was nothing left, and the treasury was empty. If you hadn't allocated 10 million taels of silver from the treasury, you would not have been able to get out of the pot in the second half of the year. Now that the autumn harvest has passed, various taxes have begun to slowly recover. I have roughly estimated that the income in the second half of this year will not exceed 10 million taels of silver. I'm afraid you can't pay back the treasury this year."

"I don't have to pay it back if I have ten million taels." Qin Feng waved his hand, "Ten million, that's great! If you count this way, will you have an income of 20 to 30 million next year?"

"That's more. I've been filling in the first half of the year in the second half of this year. Coupled with the reform of the administration and the removal of redundant staff, a series of political reforms will be better next year. I estimate that my income will definitely exceed 30 million taels next year."

"Then you still say we have no money?" Qin Feng widened his eyes, "It's true that you are playing a trick? First, sing a bitter tune for me, and then give me a surprise?"

"Your Majesty!" Su Kairong was amused and crying: "It seems that the income is quite large, but there are many places that cannot be used. I will calculate the calculation for you. First of all, the biggest sum is military expenditure, which is indispensable. Now our field army has a total of ten battle camps and 50,000 people. This is just war soldiers. Their salary is on average, one hundred taels of silver, which is five million taels. Including the expenses of auxiliary soldiers, the supplement of weapons, and the support of food and grass, ten million taels of silver will be gone in a year. This is still a war. For example, we are still using troops in front of the four counties of Fuyuan. Although there is no big battle, the expenses are also indispensable. If we roughly calculate, we may have to take a million taels to get things done. To be honest, I hope that they will save the money sooner."

"Military expenses cannot be reduced." Qin Feng pondered: "The Ming Dynasty was first established, with internal and external troubles. The army is the pillar and the magic needle for the sea. It is better to save some elsewhere, and this money must be guaranteed."

"These ministers understand." Su Kairong nodded and said, "The second expense is the salary of officials. According to your previous decree, once the official reforms of the Ministry of Personnel are successful, although they have spent most of the mischief, they have also included the salary of officials who were not borne by the court before. The expenses have actually increased. This amount will be at least 10 million taels in a year."

"The wool comes from the sheep. In the past, the court did not bear it. Where did their salary come from? It was not scraped off from the court. Now I have made him a regular account. The court paid all the money, so they can't even think of making me a fool. Moreover, after the reform of the administration, the efficiency of officials' affairs will inevitably improve. I dare not say that it is prohibited for fish and meat. At least it will be greatly reduced to reduce the pressure on the people. In fact, it is to reduce the pressure on the court. This is a cost-effective thing. In the long run, the profit is far greater than the burden. The court will obtain this money."

"Your Majesty, this is 20 million yuan in silver." Su Kairong raised two fingers. "Teacher Ge Qing visited me two days before his birthday and talked about his plan for next year. The first thing was to renovate the Luo River. The Luo River flooded every year, and the people on both sides suffered from flooding. They were treated every year and broke the dam every year. Secretary Ge said that it would take five million taels for the first time. He also wanted to promote water conservancy and dig dams and build dikes in southern counties, which cost more than one million taels. He also wanted to build roads, saying that if two roads were built, across the east, west, south and north of Dayue, there would be millions of taels of startup funds."

Qin Feng stared at Su Kairong with wide eyes.

"As soon as the old master of the Ministry of Rites sees me, he will talk to me about building schools, building academies, and subsidizing students. As long as I refuse, I will scold you. Now I look at him and take a detour, but I can't avoid it, right?" Su Kairong smiled bitterly.

"Mr. Chen is indeed amazing." Qin Feng nodded repeatedly.

"Ministry of War Huo is preparing to implement the reserve military service system across the country. He said that as long as the troops in the Ming Dynasty are fighting, it will not be enough for others to eat. We should train militias during the slack farming period across the country so that these people can be summoned and left as soon as they want, and when they want, they can gather into soldiers. When they are not allowed, they will be farmers. He even needs to carry out this kind of training in the city. The amount of subsidies alone is astonishing."

"I have added up all these needs. Even if God blesses next year, there will be no natural disasters. People live and work in peace and contentment without the need for relief from the court, and they will be unable to make ends meet." Su Kairong smiled bitterly. "Your Majesty, I am afraid that the court will still have to borrow money next year. When I think of this, I will be ignorant of the taste!"

"In fact, it is nothing for a country to live with debt." The fat white man who had been standing behind him suddenly said something. "As long as the country's credit is still there."
Chapter completed!