The beginning is the emperor

Chapter 378

Lu Zhonglian coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, I have known the barbarians before. Although they are brave, they are also afraid of power. Our goal is to avoid war with them and to live in peace with each other. It is also possible to destroy or surrender when the strength is strong."

Ren Tian nodded, what Lu Zhonglian said went with what he thought.

Historically, the barbarians were really hard to deal with. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang’s seven captures and seven attacks were because only Meng Huo could help govern the southern barbarians, and outsiders were not easy to do. This is called using barbarians to rule barbarians. In the Ming Dynasty, this was called Tusi system, that is, use the local ethnic minorities to govern the ethnic minorities, but there were serious problems in the later period, and they had to be reformed and returned to the natives.

"That being the case, leave this matter to General Tian."

"Yes."

Tian Dan accepted the imperial edict.

Ren Tian looked at Yang Youji again: "General Yang, your performance is also very good. After you train an army, I plan to send you to the city of Guangling County for garrison and defense. You are willing."

It's terrifying for a sharpshooter to defend the city. This is also to ensure that the road leading to Guangling County will not be blocked.

Yang Youji clasped his fists together: "Your Majesty trusts me, and the last general will never hesitate to die."

Ren Tian raised his wine glass again and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, on the day of celebration, don't say that you are dead or not, you are my ministers, who will fight the world for me when you die?"

The atmosphere in the hall was good, and it was exceptionally harmonious. Xie Dang took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the sheriff of Pingyuan County, you should also think about it, and Pingyuan County is extremely important, so no mistakes can be made."

Ren Tian pondered for a while: "Is there a suitable candidate for Xie Aiqing?"

Xie Dang shook his head: "I don't have one yet."

Ren Tian put down his wine glass: "I didn't expect that my new country still lacks talents. I can't think of a suitable person for the position of the sheriff of Pingyuan County."

The county guard is mainly responsible for governance. In the future, this plain county can basically be used as a livestock farm and horse farm in Xinguo. War horse breeding and fur production can all be carried out in plain county.

Another point is that Pingyuan County also went through wars. After these cities were annexed by the New Kingdom, they were not prosperous and could not collect enough taxes. The New Kingdom's tax revenue may plummet in a short period of time, making it impossible to maintain its finances.

This also urgently needs the county guard to carry out governance and improve prosperity.

Su Shi thought for a while, but hesitated to speak. This scene was seen by Ren Tian, ​​but he smiled: "Let's put this matter aside for now, Xie Aiqing, what else do you want to say?"

Xie Dang said again: "Your Majesty, with the expansion of the territory of the new country, there are too many places that need to spend money. One is from Pingyuan County to Nan County. The transportation is not very convenient, so I suggest that roads be built."

"How much silver do you want?"

Xie Dang thought for a while: "I don't know for now, but I estimated that it will cost at least three thousand gold."

Whoa!

Ren Tian's hand holding the wine glass almost trembled, three thousand gold?
The funds in his treasury are only more than 8000 gold now, and this is in addition to the country that wiped out the entire Pingyuan County, looted from the national treasury of Lie Kingdom, Wanguo Pinguo and some small countries, and it turned out to be three thousand gold? ?
Looking at the imperial decree that appeared in front of him, Ren Tian also sighed. Infrastructure projects really cost money.

However, this road construction is also extremely important, Ren Tian still drafted this edict.

Ye Gong was sitting there quietly, but when he saw that Xie Dangti's request was directly agreed to, he couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, I also have a memorial here."

Ren Tian glanced at Ye Gong, and said in a bad tone: "Shen Aiqing, you also asked me for money? Do you know that you are the one who asked me for money the most?"

Ye Gong's face was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, it is true that Hejian County is currently in urgent need of money."

"Say."

"Your Majesty, I have observed the river on the edge of Hejian County, and found that if this river surges, it will bring uncontrollable floods. I want to prevent it and build a dam."

"Speak directly, how much does it cost?"

Ye Gong hesitated: "Your Majesty, there are actually not many. There is no need to build the entire embankment along the river. We only need to build the key part of the embankment first. The money needed is only five thousand gold..."

Ren Tian almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, but Ye Gong immediately said: "Your Majesty, I have observed that the land in Hejian County is fertile and is actually very suitable for reclamation. Compared with Linchuan County and other counties, Hejian County is the most fertile land. It is suitable as a granary, if the reclaimed land is flooded, it will not be worth the loss, and there should not be much grain in our country now."

Zhi Suuchi Shi Song Zhun said: "Yes, because we supported Hejian County and Linchuandong County before, and this year Pingyuan County has also become our territory, our country's food storage is indeed not too much."

"Your Majesty, I can guarantee that if Hejian County is guaranteed, the food produced from the reclaimed farmland will be able to supply the entire Xin Kingdom!"

Ye Gong is categorical.

Ren Tian pondered for a while: "Okay, but I won't be able to dial that much for a while, so let's dial 3000 taels first."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing Ye Gong's happy face, Ren Tian seemed to realize something, I'm going, Ye Gong is still playing with himself?

It is estimated that Mr. Ye did not intend to ask for so much at the beginning, but he was worried that he would not allocate the money, so he only had five thousand gold. As Lu Xun said, this room is too dark, and we must open a window here. Everyone will definitely not allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will come to mediate and are willing to open the windows.

Ren Tian was a little angry and funny, but he had no intention of pursuing it. He just looked at the treasury and found that there was only more than 2000 gold left. In the next development, those cities also need funding help. More importantly, , Xinguo is already in the process of upgrading the scale of Nanxian, a small primary city, and the upgrade is completed. Basically, Xinguo can immediately increase the country's scale to a medium-sized principality.

In a word, the money is not enough.

Ren Tian thought for a while: "Lin Aiqing, how is the route expansion of the Xinguo caravan going?"

Business is really profitable, but business must be traded with other countries. Pingyuan County has been taken down by Xin Guo, and it belongs to Xin Guo's territory. Naturally, it cannot be traded, and must be expanded to other countries.

Lin Xiangru clasped his fists: "Your Majesty, the caravan is currently expanding the water trade route, and there is no new progress yet."

"Okay, let's pass on the order to let the scouts search around. Hejian County and Linchuandong County have started to investigate wantonly."

"Yes."

"Shen Aiqing, you asked for money, and I gave it to you, but how are you doing with the things I told you before?"

Ye Gong didn't dare to neglect: "Your Majesty, the ship's research and development progress is very smooth, and it should be developed in winter. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)