Chapter 179? Millions of military pay is desirable
Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly arranged for Ruan Qingwen to take a bath, scrubbed the smelly mud, and prepared new clothes. Ruan Qingwen ate comfortably, as if he had been hungry for a month. While eating, he talked with Zhang Xiaowu
After talking about his own experience, Zhang Xiaowu couldn't help but sigh.
After eating a bowl of noodles, Ruan Qingwen praised: "These noodles are good. How come I have never tasted such delicious noodles? Who invented this method? The minced meat is also very good. Please give me another bowl, Mr. Zhang!"
Zhang Xiaowu served him another bowl of noodles, specially mixed the meat sauce and green vegetables, and then asked: "What does King Qin mean? Has something happened in Longdu City that we don't know about?"
"Not only are you unclear, but I am also confused." Ruan Qingwen wiped his mouth and said helplessly. He might have choked, so he took a sip of the turbid wine, mumbled his head and drank the bowl of Zhang Xiaowu.
He ate all the fried noodles prepared by himself and then raised his head. Zhang Xiaowu thought he
After eating, Ruan Qingwen unexpectedly handed over the bowl and asked for another bowl. Zhang Xiaowu thought that if you eat more, you might be exhausted, but he was too embarrassed to stop him, so he gave him half a bowl of noodles and reminded him: "This is too much noodles."
It’s not a good idea, Master Ruan, didn’t you hear that some disaster victims ate to death?”
"You're right. I've been cold and hungry for several days, and I'm dizzy." Ruan Qingwen controlled his appetite to avoid being starved to death. He put down his chopsticks and took a sip of warm wine. He felt extremely warm in his stomach, and his whole body
He felt much more comfortable. He suddenly asked strangely: "Why are you not surprised by the prince's madness?"
Zhang Xiaowu laughed: "I thought he was killed by Du Shanbo, but I didn't expect that he is still alive. It's good to be alive. It's good to be alive."
Ruan Qingwen asked: "Are you planning to seek revenge on him and kill him yourself?"
Zhang Xiaowu thought about it seriously, but shook his head: "Forget it, let him go crazy and let him live in shame, wouldn't it be better than giving him a knife and making him happy?" Ruan Qingwen smiled bitterly, he finally stopped eating, because he ate too much.
I vomited after eating again when I was full.
After burping, Ruan Qingwen bowed his head and thanked him: "I can't thank Ruan enough for your hospitality." He straightened his body and said: "The sky was covered with heavy snow, and Ruan became a poor and impoverished person. The old love of the city lord was forgotten.
I will never forget the sincere hospitality. This meal saved Ruan’s life. If Lord Zhang has any mission, Ruan will not hesitate to say anything else.”
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Master Ruan, you have been in the Qinglong Army for many years, have you ever encountered a time when the army has no pay?"
Ruan Qingwen smiled strangely: "Is City Lord Zhang short of money?"
"Of course."
Zhang Xiaowu looked sad. He was really unqualified as a time traveler. He did not have the innate ability of other time travellers-making money. Other time travellers either made glass after time travel, or made soap after time travel, or dyed cloth, or made salt, or even
Some are engaged in shipping. But before Zhang Xiaowu traveled through time, he was just a library administrator engaged in network technology. He really couldn't think of a way to make money, had no experience in making money, and had no means to deceive people, so he could only ignore the sloping roof.
He pulled his hair and stared.
The problem is that Mucheng really needs money at this time, which is really difficult to do.
Ruan Qingwen rolled his eyes, raised his hands and analyzed: "The Ministry of War has not confirmed the ownership of the wooden city defenders, so all the soldiers and horses in this wooden city are temporarily the private soldiers of the city lord, so no military pay has been distributed."
Zhang Xiaowu nodded fiercely and said: "Master Ruan is really transparent, and the imperial court will not pull out a cent."
Ruan Qingwen said: "The imperial court is in chaos and has too much time to take care of itself. How can it take care of Mucheng? Now the prince is crazy and the court is unclear. It is the time for the city lord to become big. City Lord Zhang, if I were a high-ranking member of the Ministry of War, I would be worried about you Mucheng being alone. Outside, there are enough troops, plenty of food and fodder, and enough weapons and armor to expand the army by 100,000. If you have more money, I will also worry that you will raise an army to stand on your own."
Zhang Xiaowu burst into laughter: "It was because of internal fighting and suspicion in the Holy Han Empire that today's defeat of Qinglong was caused, and the monarchs and ministers were jealous..."
Ruan Qingwen said with a strange smile: "I have a plan that can solve the city lord's problem of lack of military pay. However, this plan is a poisonous trick. I'm afraid the city lord would not dare to use it." Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly asked what the clever plan was, and Ruan Qingwen said solemnly: "Tai Gan." In October of the 27th year, the Qinglong Army went north to attack Wu Xin, and planned the first regiment, the second regiment, the third regiment, the fourth regiment, the fifth regiment, the sixth regiment, the 25th regiment, and the 26th regiment. , the 27th Regiment led the Northern Expedition with 180,000 soldiers and 70,000 servants, totaling 250,000. Later, in the 28th and 29th years of Taiqian, more than 50,000 servants were dispatched to the Yaojin Camp. There are 300,000 people in total. Do you know where the food, drink, and military expenses of these 300,000 people are?"
Zhang Xiaowu said: "I don't know."
Ruan Qingwen said: "Originally, military pay and military expenses should be sent directly to the front line from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but after the prince took the money out of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he temporarily stored it in Hengtong Bank, one of the four major imperial merchants, on the grounds that it was not suitable for soldiers to carry it on expeditions. This Hengtong Bank is the best bank in the world, and its owner is Chi Wen, the Minister of Household Affairs. Do you know who Chi Wen is?"
"Who?"
"Chi Wen is the father-in-law of the crown prince." Ruan Qingwen said, "Their son-in-law and father-in-law have been playing a good trick. They store the military pay from the household department in their own bank. The bank needs to be kept. Ten thousand taels of silver will be lost after one year. One hundred taels, three hundred thousand taels for the Qinglong Army's military salary and arms pension expenses for more than two years. The Ministry of Household Affairs has paid a total of 2.4 million taels of silver. Over the past two years, the total expenditure on soldiers' military salaries, equipment forging expenses and losses, etc. We paid out 900,000 taels of silver. Now there are still 1.5 million taels of silver stored in Hengtong Bank."
Zhang Xiaowu said in surprise: "How does Mr. Ruan know such details?"
"Every member of the Qinglong Army's salary, every soldier's compensation for death in battle, every sum of money is calculated by me." Ruan Qingwen stroked his beard with a proud look on his face, "I will be responsible for calculating the army's expenses. "
Zhang Xiaowu knew that Ruan Qingwen was a Sima in the army, but he didn’t know what this Sima did. It turned out that the Sima in the army was in charge of calculating money in the army, equivalent to the chief accountant in the company. Only then did he realize that his army was missing. One of the most important pillars. Zhang Xiaowu couldn't help but laugh. An army without a commander could actually expand to its current size. Was he just unlucky, or were his brothers too honest? In the final analysis, the previous sense of crisis made him Everyone is united around Zhang Xiaowu, and once this sense of crisis is gone, conflicts may break out.
That's why Zhang Xiaowu now has such a headache about military pay.
Ruan Qingwen said: "Because it is not easy to move silver, Hengtong Bank uses a kind of paper as a pledge. The prince named it a silver note. Anyone can go to Hengtong Bank to withdraw money with the silver note. This bank note is about every Ten thousand taels, the prince should have at least 1.5 million taels with him. As long as these banknotes are stamped with the prince's tiger talisman, they can be withdrawn immediately." He went a step further and said confusingly: "The reason why the princelings suppress Zhang Dang everywhere , it is because the prince is in charge of the army and the Ministry of Households is in charge of the money, and the officials of the Zhang Party are unable to do what they want to do. But the prince is crazy, civil strife breaks out in the capital, and it is not yet known who the new emperor is. At this time of chaos, if the city lord does not come early, If you seize the opportunity to seize this money, you are afraid that when the court stabilizes and the new emperor ascends the throne, the money will be taken away by others for nothing - if you are a member of the Zhang Party, you can watch this money being deposited in Hengtong Bank without Pick?"