Xia Yan understood as soon as he heard that the borrowed money had to be repaid, and it seemed that he wanted to pay them back himself.
However, this amount of money is nothing to Xia Yan. Including the real estate, the total is only about 100,000 taels, so he can just pay it back.
Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang said slightly embarrassed at this moment.
"Your Majesty... The promise I made to them at that time was that if they occupied the six countries, the imperial court would return twenty times the amount.
In other words...two million taels..."
"Two million?"
Xia Yan was stunned, what was going on.
Soon, Zhuge Liang also slowly explained the reason.
It turns out that in order to slow down the squire in Nanling, I signed a gambling agreement with them.
According to Zhuge Liang, Daxia has now entered a moment of life and death.
If it continues like this, it will be swallowed up sooner or later.
Once Daxia falls, they, the country gentry with large amounts of assets, will be the first targets of the new imperial court.
By that time, not to mention 70% of the property, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep a single penny.
But it is different now. If 70% is handed over to the country, the country can rely on the money to fight the war.
If the empire becomes stronger, then it can be returned to these squires twenty times in the future.
In this way, it can be regarded as an investment.
With the term investment, a group of country gentlemen and merchants who were originally businessmen were all enlightened and felt that this idea was feasible.
A wealthy family is connected to the fate of the empire to a certain extent. How can the family be stable if the country is gone?
Therefore, in order to protect themselves, many people also donated money and efforts, and this is how the later money and industry came into being.
Now, it is time to pay back the two million silver taels.
Zhuge Liang shrank his neck slightly, knowing that he might get slapped for making arbitrary decisions.
Although Daxia is rich now, his daily expenses are also extremely terrifying.
And because many local city walls need to be repaired and rebuilt by the Ministry of Works, they cannot make ends meet every day.
Now that the two million taels of silver are gone, there are only more than one million taels of silver left in the entire treasury.
According to the current situation, it will be spent in less than a month.
What should we do if this continues...
Unexpectedly, Xia Yan burst out laughing at this moment.
How could I refuse to spend money? If I spend these two million taels of silver, wouldn’t I be getting closer and closer to failure of the mission?
No problem, take as much as you have!
A group of people looked like they wanted to continue to criticize Xia Yan, but at this point they were actually laughing.
But after much thought, Zhu Ming gave up.
The one who went door to door with Zhuge Liang at the beginning was me.
Moreover, the original twenty-fold return was indeed a helpless move. Besides, at that time, who would have thought that Xia Yan could actually occupy the Six Kingdoms.
By chance, the current situation was achieved.
But Xia Yan was not reluctant at all, and even started educating her on the spot.
It is natural for people to repay debts. Even if the ministers were displeased, they could not do anything about it.
Immediately, Xia Yan also made a formal decision to temporarily communicate with the squires, and would return them two million taels of silver ten days later.
According to Xia Yan's intention, not only must this thing be repaid, but there must also be a repayment ceremony.
Only in this way can we win the support of the people so that we can continue to borrow money from each other in the future.
Of course, this is not what Xia Yan wants. What Xia Yan wants is to waste more, that's all.
After arranging everything properly, Xia Yan returned to his new dormitory.
The new palace is very huge, showing the imperial dignity everywhere, even the small ceremonial bucket in his room is inlaid with gold rim.
Luxury, complete luxury.
Looking at this brand new bedroom, Xia Yan smiled knowingly, and then was carried to the new study by two young eunuchs.
In the bedroom, just take a look and then go to bed at night.
After being carried to the study room, Xia Yan began to recall the system's tasks in his mind.
The requirement to establish an intelligence agency obviously refers to an agency like Jinyiwei, but who should lead such an agency is also a question.
When he was at a loss, he saw Xiao Haozi making tea for him, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Did I forget something? Didn't I still have a group of eunuchs?
Why not just let Eunuch Luo set up a factory?
This thing didn't have a good reputation in the history of the previous life, and it was also one of the important reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty. If it became his assistant now, wouldn't it be perfect!
Then Xia Yan laughed loudly and slapped his thigh suddenly, and instantly a loud scream sounded in the study.
"Ouch~~~~"
Xiao Haozi: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
"Hey, I was a little excited, so I patted my thigh."
Xiao Haozi: "t t, so, why are you taking pictures of me?"
"Ahem, um... please help me call Eunuch Luo."
Xia Yan was also a little embarrassed, so he changed the topic directly.
Later, at Xiao Haozi's call, Eunuch Luo hurried to Xia Yan's study.
"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"
At this moment, Eunuch Luo's face was glowing red, and his face was filled with joy.
It can be seen that it is not just the emperor and courtiers who are happy about the move of the capital.
Xia Yan did not write any ink, and directly asked Eunuch Luo and Xiao Haozi to sit down and explain what was on their mind.
When Eunuch Luo heard Xia Yan's plan, he slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, Your Majesty, your plan is great!!"
A young eunuch next to him said: "t t , why are you taking pictures of me again?"
The two coughed awkwardly twice, and then began to continue communicating.
After some discussion, Xia Yan and Eunuch Luo finally came up with the general outline of this mysterious organization.
Xia Yan didn't bother to think about the name of the organization, so he just copied it and called it Dongchang.
The organizational leader is the head of internal affairs.
Eunuch Luo is responsible for arranging manpower for the East Factory. If there are no accidents, it can be officially opened within three days.
As for the East Factory, it is not disclosed to the world on weekdays, and all the people in the East Factory hide their identities and are assigned to various positions.
It can be said that if Xia Yan wants information about somewhere in the future, he no longer needs to ask Xu Jing, but can just ask Eunuch Luo directly.
After the two agreed on everything, Eunuch Luo stopped talking nonsense and left directly to prepare for the East Factory.
Eight days later...
Just when Eunuch Luo established the new Dongchang, he didn't have so many things to do, and he slept very peacefully in the next few days.
Whether in the court or elsewhere, Xia Yan felt very comfortable.
Of course, this does not include your own daily life.
Although Xia Yan can still only drink one glass of wine a day now, she feels a little used to it.
As the saying goes, when you are full, you will think of money. On this day, after drinking two glasses of wine, Xia Yan actually asked Xiao Haozi and Xiao Kaizi to bring the cards to him later for the first time.
Xia Yan has already figured it out. It's only fifteen minutes. If you catch up on it yourself, maybe it's okay. This chapter has been completed!