The treasury of the three vassal states combined is extremely rich, but moving the capital, reorganizing the army, building bridges and roads, building straight roads, paying salaries to officials in the court, and royal expenses all cost money.
After this period of hard work, the national treasury has indeed consumed most of it.
It's okay to support a big war, but if the scale is too large and the time is too long, I'm afraid it won't be enough.
"Your Highness, you are really making things difficult for me, but if you insist on fighting, the money and food in Dashang's treasury is enough to support a million-strong army for a month. No matter how long it takes, it will be gone."
Zhao Rui stretched and stared at the map for a long time.
"Master Huangfu has been very busy recently, right? By the way, have the tax collections from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce been connected?"
Shangguan Mu nodded slightly: "Lord Huangfu has returned to Luo City, and the connection between the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Household Affairs has also begun for two days. However, there are too many things involved, and I am afraid there will be no results in a while."
Zhao Rui exhaled slightly.
"Let's go and sit in Mr. Huangfu's house. I'm afraid only the Ministry of Commerce can get the money now! Mr. Nangong, let's go too. You have to bring some gifts when you go to Sanchuan. There are many rare treasures in Mr. Huangfu's house.
A rare treasure."
The three of them looked at each other, smiled, and left the imperial study together.
Since the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce, Zhao Rui has attached great importance to it. Shangguan Mu and Huangfu Xin have formulated corresponding laws and regulations based on some practical aspects of business.
For example, important strategic resources such as gold, silver, salt, iron, and copper were all nationalized, and a currency that could be circulated throughout the world was formulated.
Various other business categories are also divided in detail.
Doing all this requires a lot of manpower, material resources and time.
Therefore, Zhao Rui specifically ordered that the Ministry of Commerce enjoy absolute independence until everything is settled, and then connect with the other eight departments after everything is completed.
Now, the Commercial Department has connected with the Account Department on the left hand, which proves that everything has been almost completed.
In other words, Huangfu Xin should have a lot of wealth in his hands.
At this moment, the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Commerce is full of people.
The huge courtyard was packed with people, and hundreds of abacus kept making crackling sounds.
Account books one after another are constantly being circulated between the Commercial Department and the Account Department.
Zhao Rui was stunned for a moment when he saw the scene in front of him. He had never seen such a grand reckoning scene before.
Huangfu Xin was even more busy, and he was overwhelmed just by stamping and signing.
Xiaosi at the door was about to shout that King Zhao was here, but was stopped by Zhao Rui.
Such an important moment must not be disturbed by anyone. If an account is miscalculated, it will be a loss for Dashang.
Zhao Rui walked straight to Huangfu Xin with Nangong Yi and Shangguan Mu without alerting anyone.
A large amount of gold and silver treasures filled the whole house, which was quite spectacular.
Shangguan Mu's eyes widened when he saw this scene. He had been the internal minister of the Great Shang Dynasty for such a long time, and the amount of tax money and food he handled was an astronomical figure, but when added together, it was not more than half of what was in this courtyard.
If the Shangshu Mansion had been built smaller, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to hold these belongings.
After all, Huangfu Xin had been doing business for many years, so he could calculate accounts very quickly. It didn't take long for him to calculate all the accounts in his hands and hand them over.
When he stood up to take a sip of tea, he suddenly found Zhao Rui and three people standing in front of him, and he suddenly became nervous.
"His Royal Highness King Zhao, two adults, why are you here?"
Zhao Rui grabbed a bunch of blood-red beads from the box next to him.
"It has been almost a year since Lord Huangfu took office as the Minister of Commerce. No matter what I do, I have to come and see the results."