Chapter Thirty-Nine: General Xing spent more than a hundred thousand taels
Hearing this, Yuan Liyang's mouth opened slightly, and his eyes flickered slightly.
"It seems...it is indeed possible..."
The emperor didn't tell himself what this piece of shit was for, it was obviously something of little importance.
Since it is an unimportant thing, it obviously takes up space in the warehouse, so why not let Xing Daorong and Chen Heishan help throw it away.
If Xia Yan asked then, he would say that they both wanted these things, so he agreed.
Wonderful!
After understanding this, Yuan Liyang stopped frowning and started drinking with the two of them.
The second day...
"Come on, come on, there are 1,600 kilograms in total. These 800 kilograms will be sent to General Xing's school! These 800 kilograms will be sent to Commander Chen's school!"
This time the troops are divided into five groups, and each group has its own dedicated training ground.
Among them, the schools of Zhuge Liang, Di Renjie, and Huo Qubing were in Guancheng, where the original Yu Kingdom was located, while those of Xing Daorong and Chen Heishan were in Nanling.
In the school grounds, their respective commanders will explain the mission to their soldiers.
In addition, it is to train each soldier to bring the morale of the soldiers to the highest point before the war begins.
Zhuge Liang, Huo Qubing and Di Renjie did not dare to slack off in this regard. They stayed with the soldiers every day and constantly formulated war strategies.
As for Xing Daorong and Chen Heishan, whose school is in Nanling, they don't even bother to go to the school.
The deputy general can convey the basic matters on his behalf, and we won't talk about training.
The two of them have not even trained for a few days, but they still train the army. Isn't that nonsense?
Life is too short to drink wine!
And all of this is in Xia Yan's hands.
Xi Kingdom and Zhu Kingdom are the two most important battlefields, so you still need to pay relative attention to matters on these two battlefields.
Therefore, their two campuses must stay in Nanling and must not escape their control.
But right now, everything seems to be going perfectly.
There seemed to be nothing unusual about the school grounds in the two places. Every day was the most normal training, but the two commanders never showed up.
After several inquiries, Xia Yan also learned that the two of them drank in Chen Heishan's courtyard every day.
The two of them acted as if they had not drank in seven lifetimes, drinking from morning till night, sleeping all night and continuing to drink again the next day.
This made Xia Yan hungry. The good guy can only have one drink a day here, but you two can drink it for me from morning to night. What kind of magical life is this?!
So Xia Yan also proposed more than once that he wanted to "communicate" with these two ministers.
However, how could this little trick be concealed from Eunuch Luo, and he was all rejected.
"Your Majesty, the dragon body is important. You saw that you fainted in the hall a few times before."
It has to be said that if it weren't for the system that prohibited killing people, Xia Yan would have wanted to kill this old eunuch.
How long have I been here, and my daily intake is still only one cup, and I am not allowed to have one more drop.
Now seeing that his little idea was exposed, Xia Yan no longer persisted, but went to the study silently.
The more times like this, the more important it is to remain calm, as the day when I can go back is not far away.
After all, judging from the current performance of the two Bodhisattvas in the Chen Mansion, it should be safe for him to return.
If you drink all day long and only have a few hours to wake up, what can you do?
As the two most important battlefields, as long as the two of them don't make any mistakes, their one-on-five feat will obviously guarantee their rapid subjugation.
Small goals... That's a small goal... I'll have everything after I go back...
With a smile of great relief, Xia Yan also fell asleep silently.
Well, another book is about to be spoiled.
Many days later...
"Your Majesty, we have sent out war invitations to the five countries this morning. The troops are also preparing at their respective campuses. Do you want to go on a patrol?"
Below, Xu Jing asked with a serious face.
Xia Yan, who was above him, didn't even blink.
"No need."
After a while, he seemed to think that he should give them an explanation, so he said quietly.
"They are my most elite ministers in Great Xia. You should believe them, and I believe them too."
Hearing this, Xu Jing's face was filled with determination.
"Yes, you have to believe them!"
Then he immediately told a guard that the five-pronged army could set off.
As the order was issued, the five-pronged armies also began their mighty march.
This also means that he is not far away from the country's subjugation, and this time it is really not far away.
Therefore, Xia Yan also started to ask with great interest about the situation of the household department in recent days during his free time.
Yuan Liyang quickly stepped forward to explain.
"Prime Minister Zhuge, General Huo, and Shangshu Di all want the most basic weapons and equipment and siege equipment. Each of them spent about 50,000 taels."
"Among them, Commander Chen spent the least. He only asked for 50,000 arrows and 5,000 bows, and the cost was even less than 10,000 taels."
Xia Yan nodded. This was similar to what he had budgeted. If the production took a long time, the cost would definitely be reduced a lot.
However, since many pieces of equipment take a period of time to manufacture and require a large number of craftsmen to work immediately, the cost will naturally increase a lot.
In general, the cost of equipment for 50,000 people is 150,000 to 60,000 taels, which is considered a money-saving plan.
"So if you calculate it this way, there are still hundreds of thousands of taels of silver left?"
"Uh... there's probably less than 50,000 left."
"????"
Hearing this, even Xia Yan was a little confused. Why didn't he have more than 300,000 taels of silver?
Yuan Liyang showed a hint of helplessness on his face, and then he started to talk.
"General Xing spent hundreds of thousands taels."
"Fuck! Niubi!"
Xia Yan didn't expect that a mere Xing Daorong could spend money so much, so he quickly asked: "What did you spend?"
After saying this, a hint of bitterness appeared on Yuan Liyang's face.
Then he told the story of Xing Daorong.
That was shipbuilding, a total of seventy ships, all of which were small boats of the previous type.
In order to deliver all the ships before today, Xing Daorong directly recruited a team of tens of thousands of craftsmen from foreign countries.
Needless to say, although labor is cheap, the cost of tens of thousands of people is also extremely huge. In the past few days, huge quantities of wood have been transported to Tai Lake in Xicheng every day.
Everyone stayed up at night just to rush the work. After such a series of operations, all seventy ships were built this morning.
It is precisely because of this that the seventy ships that originally cost about sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver were spent on more than a hundred thousand taels under Xing Daorong's operation.
