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When Liu Zhi'an heard Young Master Liu's words with a faint tone, an imperceptible light flashed in his eyes.
He gently took a puff of dry cigarette, looked at Young Master Liu with a calm expression, and looked at Young Master Liu's body carefully with indifferent eyes.
As an old fox, Liu Zhi'an had vaguely understood the deep meaning hidden in Mr. Liu's words.
However, I just don’t know whether what this brat just said was really just talking to himself, or whether he was deliberately saying it to himself.
If you are talking to yourself, then there is no problem.
On the other hand, if he deliberately told it to himself, it meant that there must be something in this kid's heart that made him hesitant and difficult to make up his mind.
The reason why he said this in front of him was because he hoped that I, as an old man, could help him analyze the pros and cons.
Liu Zhi'an blew out a puff of smoke, turned his eyes slightly and stared at Young Master Liu's expression, thinking secretly.
Liu Mingzhi seemed to feel something. He held the dry pipe in his hand and looked at his old man with a slightly raised brow.
"Old man, what have you been staring at at this young master?
What's the matter? Is there anything wrong with this young master?"
Liu Zhian frowned slightly and raised his feet to circle around Young Master Liu a few times.
Young Master Liu took a few steps back, opened his hands and waved them casually a few times, then smiled and casually shrugged his shoulders at Liu Zhian.
"Old man, do you see anything? Is my clothes wrong, young master? Or is there something dirty on my body?"
Seeing Young Master Liu's playful smile, Liu Zhi'an rolled his eyes angrily and looked directly at the purse he wore around his waist.
Liu Zhi'an took a few glances at the purse on Mr. Liu's waist, and then smacked his lips with a strange look on his face.
"Lack of money?"
Young Master Liu followed the old man's gaze and looked at the purse around his waist, and sneered softly.
"Hehehe, old man, are you kidding me by saying this?"
"Huh? What do you mean? Why am I kidding?"
Young Master Liu took a long puff of dry cigarette, raised his head and gestured towards the west.
"Old man, do you know how much gold and silver the soldiers of the Western Expedition Army on the left and right bring back to me from the barbarian territories in the far west every year?
Not to mention Uncle Zhang Kuang, Uncle Nangong Ye and the others stabilized the situation in the barbarian territories of Tianzhu, Dashi, Rome... and other countries, and then used the gold and silver ore that had just been mined locally.
Just the gold, silver and jewelry they seized from the royal families and nobles on the spot was not a small amount.
I'm not bragging to you, but I'm not really short of money right now."
Liu Zhi'an raised his eyebrows, took a puff of dry cigarette, and laughed with a strange expression.
"Huh huh huh, I can see that your forehead and wings are stiff.
Once your wings are hardened, your speech will be different."
Young Master Liu stretched out happily, nodded noncommittally and chuckled.
"That's right, once you have money, you will have enough confidence."
Liu Zhi'an raised his hand to fan the smoke that was lingering in front of him, and patted Young Master Liu on the shoulder with a half-smile.
“Indeed, once you become rich, your confidence will indeed become stronger.
But, brat, don’t forget one very important thing.”
"Huh? What happened?"
Liu Zhi'an licked his lips that were dry due to the cold wind, turned around and sat down on the stone bench covered with cotton pads next to him.
“Things like gold, silver, and jewelry are certainly attractive to people’s hearts.
However, gold, silver and jewelry do not necessarily represent sufficient supplies.
Sometimes, even if you have a mountain of gold and silver, you may not be able to buy what you want.
In other words, gold and silver are not food after all.
People can live without a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, but they cannot live without enough food.
And in some cases, it is difficult to accomplish anything great if you only have a lot of gold, silver and jewelry but not enough food.
For example, the food and grass consumed by the army during the expedition."
As soon as Liu Zhi'an finished speaking, he waved his hand to Young Master Liu with a smile.
This action seems to be repeated, you guys continue to talk, I will see what kind of flowers you can come up with.
Young Master Liu's face froze and he was speechless.
The old fox is the old fox. With just a few words, he hit the point right away.
Seeing Young Master Liu's embarrassed expression, Liu Zhi'an happily crossed his legs and smoked the cigarette in his hand leisurely.
"You bastard, keep talking!
Tell me carefully how much money you have now, and it will also open my eyes to me, an old man like me."
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Zhi'an's half-smiling expression with a complicated expression. He took a long breath with a depressed look on his face and did not say anything for a long time.
What my old man just said is the biggest problem he is currently facing.
There is a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, but not enough food and grass supplies.
Of course, with his own identity, it would not be a problem to inform the people of the world to forcefully recruit people or purchase grain and grass.
However, if you really do this, it will definitely affect the administration of the imperial court and the livelihood of the people all over the world.
And people's livelihood and official governance are never trivial matters.
A little carelessness may cause a big storm.
On a larger scale, it may even shake the very foundation of the country.
This situation is not what I want to see.
As the saying goes, before fighting against the outside world, you must first make peace with the inside.
When internal troubles abound, how can we be safe externally?
If there is no stable foundation in the rear, there is not enough foundation for a foothold.
How can it not be an easy task to send out hundreds of thousands of troops for expeditions at every turn?
Liu Zhi'an looked at Young Master Liu's uncertain expression, smiled and knocked out the ashes from the smoke pot on the stone table next to him.
"Bastard."
Young Master Liu came back to his senses and looked at Liu Zhi'an blankly.
"ah?"
Liu Zhi'an gently stroked the gray beard on his chin and stood up happily.
"Ah, what? You are so tongue-tied and keep blowing me!"
Young Master Liu pressed the tip of his nose angrily, and looked away uncertainly.
Facing an old fox like my old man, I cannot accept it!
Seeing Young Master Liu's expression, Liu Zhi'an chuckled and rolled the tobacco bag in his hand.
"You bastard, tell me..."
Liu Zhi'an was just halfway through what he said when the little cutie's somewhat excited voice suddenly came from beside him.
"Daddy, daddy, Yue'er is back."
Young Master Liu looked around and saw the little cutie standing next to Chen Jie, He Shu and the other two sisters, smiling and waving to him.
"Okay, my father and your grandfather are here."
"Hey, I got it."
"Old man."
"Um?"
To be continued...