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"Husband."
Liu Mingzhi's expression relaxed and he immediately looked towards Huyan Yunyao.
"Hmm? Yao'er, tell me."
"Husband, Sister Wanyan is right.
For you, my husband, to be crowned king at this time is indeed an act of breaking your own arms."
"Yao'er, tell me what you think."
Huyan Yunyao chuckled and nodded, and said in a soft voice: "First of all, my husband has divided three thrones at once, and the manpower and material resources that will be consumed by then are definitely not a small amount.
Husband, where do you think the manpower, material resources, money and materials they consume come from?"
Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows and replied without hesitation: "Yao'er, do you need to say this? Of course the money comes from the treasury?"
"Yes, it means taking money from the treasury.
Then, husband, think about it for yourself, it is a matter of conferring a kingship, administering the people's livelihood, recruiting new soldiers, and preparing the food and fodder for the new soldiers to go on an expedition.
With the current status of our Dalong treasury, can we support these consumptions?"
As Huyan Yunyao spoke, her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up, as if she thought of something again.
"Oh, by the way, in addition to these expenses, the imperial court also spends a lot of money and supplies every year.
Come and support Brother Jiang He in commanding our fleet of dragon treasure ships and patrolling all the nations of the West.
As the king of a country, you, my husband, should know more about how much money and materials you need to prepare for a tour of the West than I do."
Liu Mingzhi raised his brows, gently turned the jade ring on his thumb, and looked at Huyan Yunyao with a faint smile.
"Yao'er, you are wrong about this.
Jiang He led my dragon fleet to patrol the Western nations, nominally to show kindness to the Western nations.
However, that is only in name.
Over the years, Jiang He set sail several times to visit all the Western countries. His real purpose was to trade with those Western barbarians.
My husband, I am not a fool, how can I take my own money and give it to those Westerners?
Over the years, Jiang He has led tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the treasure fleet, and has brought back so much gold and silver treasure from the West, Yaoer, you should know."
After hearing Liu Mingzhi's explanation, Huyan Yunyao nodded without hesitation.
"That's right, husband, I know all these concubines you mentioned."
"That's okay."
Huyan Yunyao'e raised her eyebrows lightly, smiled and shook her head.
"But, husband, you need to know that during the army's expedition, the thing that consumes the most is not the increasing gold and silver treasures in the treasury.
It’s the food and grass supplies that people need to eat horse chews!
In most cases, as long as you have gold and silver treasures, you can buy a large amount of grain and grass supplies.
However, once certain special circumstances occur.
Husband, even if you have a mountain of gold and silver, you still can't buy the food and supplies you need."
After listening to Huyan Yunyao's views, Liu Mingzhi understood what she wanted to express without thinking.
The special situation Huyan Yunyao mentioned was nothing more than the sudden occurrence of a particularly serious natural disaster in Dalong territory one day.
Once this is the case, compared to the so-called gold and silver jewelry.
For the people, food is the most important thing.
Since ancient times, food has been the most important thing for people.
The common people are not afraid of not having gold, silver and jewelry, nor are they afraid of not having a life of glory and wealth.
The only thing they fear is running out of food and food.
If the people have no food to eat.
The consequences would be serious!
Seeing the thoughtful expression on Liu Mingzhi's face, Huyan Yunyao chuckled and pursed her dry red lips a few times.
She knew that her husband must have understood the meaning of her words.
"Husband, of course, the possibility of what I just mentioned happening is extremely slim.
However, we must take precautions!
Can you guarantee that everything will go smoothly in the future?"
Liu Mingzhi nodded silently, took out the tobacco bag from his waist, and skillfully lit a pot of tobacco with the fire stick again.
"If you are heartless, smoke less."
"Husband, wouldn't it be better for you to drink some tea and drink some wine than to smoke something like this dry cigarette?"
Liu Mingzhi put away the tobacco, watched the two queen sisters nodding happily, and leaned directly over the soles of the shoes to knock out the smoking tobacco.
"Husband, I will listen to you and stop smoking. I will stop smoking."
As soon as Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he raised his foot and stepped on the tobacco on the stone bricks a few times.
Seeing Young Master Liu's actions, the Queen chuckled and took off the wine bag from Liu's waist, and handed it over with a smile as bright as a flower.
"Hey, let's have a drink."
Liu Mingzhi took the wine bag, pulled out the cork and took a sip, then looked at Hu Yanjunyao with a smile.
"Yao'er."
"Hey, husband."
"You said so much before, but later on you brought up the topic of Jiang He commanding a fleet of treasure ships to patrol the Western countries.
You said so many words.
Obviously you don’t seem to agree with your husband’s idea of ​​becoming a king, right?”
Huyanjunyao'e frowned slightly and was silent for a while, then looked at her husband and nodded gently.
"Yes, I, like sister Wanyan, don't agree with your husband's idea of ​​becoming a king.
but……"
"Huh? But what?"
"However, I just don't agree with your husband's idea of ​​becoming a king now. It's not that I don't agree with you all the time.
Husband, think about it for yourself, with the current annual tax situation of the imperial treasury, can it support such expenditure?
There is no harm in delaying the administration of the people's livelihood, and there is no harm in delaying the affairs of the king and the vassal.
But can the major military aircraft event be delayed?
The matters concerning people's livelihood, official administration, and the king's title will be delayed for a while, and they will be solved soon.
But if a major military aircraft event is delayed, it is no small matter.
Husband, you used to be the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. I don’t need my concubine to explain this to you, right?
Pull one hair and move the whole body!"
Liu Mingzhi took a few gulps of wine, and then handed the wine bag to Hu Yanjunyao.
"You two sisters have been talking for so long, so drink some wine to moisten your throat."
"Hey, thank you, husband."
After Huyanjunyao took a few sips of wine, he handed the wine bag to the queen.
"Husband, I don't know what other civil servants will think of me after they know your thoughts.
But Jiang Yuanming and Jiang Shangshu, the Minister of Household Affairs, will definitely be worried about not being able to eat or sleep well."
"To put it mildly, Yao'er, what if your husband insists on being crowned king?"
To be continued...