Zhuge Liang continued to clear his throat, "The Wang family, which is also located in the west of the city, also agreed to donate 70% of their property, which is converted into silver taels for a total of 4,500 taels!"
"Hey! Big boss is awesome!"
The ministers cheered again. A group of old men usually talked a lot in the court, but now they were even more wildly interacting.
Of course, there is one exception, Yuan Liyang.
I saw Yuan Liyang squinting his eyes, looking at this group of people as if he were looking at a group of masters who had never seen the world, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.
Seeing this, the corner of Xia Yan's mouth twitched slightly, could it be... there is something else?
"The Qian family in the Central District presented 3,500 taels and a Yixiang Courtyard...ahem...and the girls there, a total of seventy-six people."
"Ah! This is wonderful!! Prime Minister, will there be a discount if we go?"
"Wonderful, wonderful, what did Mr. Li say? As imperial officials, our duty is to relieve the suffering of the people. I think the girls in Yixiangyuan are quite miserable. Why do you have the nerve to offer a discount?"
"That's right, ahem...that's right. After all, this thing is already His Majesty's property. As long as I don't tell my tigress in Yixiangyuan that day if I go to relieve the suffering. After all, some women are short-sighted and don't understand us.
The intention of relieving the suffering of the people."
"It makes sense!!"
A group of old men didn't even care that they were in the court, and started discussing crazily in front of Xia Yan.
Obviously, trading houses or weapons shops are just a cloud, and Yixiangyuan is what they value most.
It would be best if the emperor could set up an office in Yixiangyuan and go there regularly to work. That would be a blessing!
After all, who can refuse to "office" in Yixiangyuan legally and compliantly?
But obviously, happiness belongs to the ministers, and only pain belongs to Xia Yan.
At this moment, Xia Yan's heart was filled with unspeakable pain. It was painful, it was really painful!
However, Xia Yan's face could not show any dissatisfaction.
Who can understand this kind of pain...
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and Xia Yan took a sharp sip of Huazi. After slowly spitting it out, he finally felt a little better.
Then he handed one to Zhuge Liang and said, "Prime Minister, are there any more?"
It seems that because his military exploits were so outstanding, Zhuge Liang, who had never been in contact with Hua Zi in the past, also took Hua Zi, put it in his mouth, took a sip and said.
"Hua Zi is pretty good, so I started talking."
"The Yang family in the north of the city offers a blacksmith shop and 3,800 taels of silver in cash."
"The temple family in the city presents a rouge shop and 4,444 taels of silver."
"The Zhong family in the south of the city presented 217 pigs and 19 oxen, as well as a breeder and a feeding guide."
"…………"
"…………"
After smoking Huazi, Zhuge Liang seemed even more excited.
He kept naming the list, and every time he named a new family, a group of old men cheered.
Xia Yan, on the other hand, almost suffered a cerebral hemorrhage from above.
Soon after, Zhuge Liang finally finished reading all the contents of the scroll.
In the end, there were a total of seventeen medium- to large-sized families in Nanling City, and all of them donated 70% of their family property, without exception.
At this moment, Yuan Liyang slowly stood in the middle and said silently: "According to Prime Minister Zhuge's account, the national treasury received a total of 65,000 taels of silver this time, and there were also 14 shops of various types, involving all walks of life and households.
The ministry has now sent people to take over these shops, and all profits generated in the future will be collected into the national treasury!"
"Bull! Prime Minister Zhuge whips Hua Zi!"
As soon as Yuan Liyang finished speaking, he looked directly at Zhuge Liang and took out a flower from his sleeve.
"Prime Minister, this thing is a good thing. Most of the huazi we make now are distributed to the army. Now it's hard to find a single huazi here!"
Zhuge Liang raised his head, took the Hua Zi handed over by Yuan Liyang and took a deep breath.
"Well, Huazi is pretty good, really good stuff."
Afterwards, Zhuge Liang looked at everyone while smoking Huazi.
"Of course, this success is not due to me alone. Prime Minister Zhu also helped me a lot!"
Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to Zhu Ming. At this moment, Zhu Ming's face was rosy, as if he was still drunk.
"Ho ho ho ho, you don't know, it's very tiring for me to drink with the heads of these big families every day!"
"At most, I have to go to four shows a day. After drinking at this place, I go to that place, and after finishing that place, I switch to another one. It's not too hard at all!"
"Yes, yes, yes, Prime Minister Zhu will also give you a piece of Hua Zi!"
"Ho ho ho~~ Hua Zi matches the wine, I have the world~~"
"Zhuge and Zhu Lao, a perfect pair!"
Xia Yan has no doubt that if this group of people were given a stereo now, they would be able to dance right now.
A group of people were talking and no one paid any attention to Xia Yan, the emperor. Of course, Xia Yan could understand that they were too happy.
Sixty-five thousand taels of silver, which directly exceeded three years' income.
With such a huge sum of money entering the national treasury, how could our own economic index not rise?
No matter how you look at it, earning three times last year's annual income is definitely not that simple.
Now that there is only one week left before settlement, if I don't want to complete this task, I must take some measures.
In short, I must spend all the money.
However, how to spend it is also a technical task.
If it is used for the construction of city walls or weapons, the military index will inevitably increase.
If it is used among the people, there is no doubt that people's support will rise.
However, it is impossible for me to tell my subordinates to throw all the silver into the lake and sink it to the bottom.
If you do this, regardless of whether the money still belongs to your own empire, even your own ministers will absolutely refuse to do it.
If they confront themselves, they can't say anything, and the system might even give them a direct foul for throwing away money.
You know, if you commit a foul, you will lose a small goal. Some things still have to follow the principles of human ethics.
Obviously this is a very troublesome issue, and I have to think about it carefully if I go back later.
Now, what I need to do now is to reward these two ministers well.
There is no other reason. There is nothing wrong with slightly more rewards. It will not improve people's livelihood but can slightly reduce some of the assets of the national treasury.
But Xia Yan obviously underestimated the determination of the two of them to serve the country to the best of their ability. He was almost done talking about it, but the two of them still insisted on not taking any money.
Obviously, this plan failed again... This chapter has been completed!