Chapter 120 (1/2)
Chapter 120: Trust in Your Majesty and find happiness Original and most updated translations are from volare If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen Please stop supporting theft
“I haven’t,” Qin Xuan shook his head empathetically
Ning Xiaoyao stopped glaring
Lou Zigui glanced at theabout, can we extract the ores right now?”
“You’ll needthe silver itself will be an issue after extraction”
Lou Zigui nodded and lowered his voice “You’ll still need to be on guard against the official circles in Jiangnan”
Ning Xiaoyao sat there conorant Why was there so h a silver mine?
“How ui asked next
“There’s refugees in Jiangnan, so I can solve theabout the ainst Xie Wenyuan, I have no hopes of getting any nan navy”
Lou Zigui asked, “How ive you?”
Qin Xuan held up five fingers
“Fifth…fifty thousand?” Ning Xiaoyao asked weakly
Qin Xuan said, “Your Majesty, it wasn’t just to support the men, but the battleshi+ps as well”
“Then 500,000?” Ning Xiaoyao added an extra zero
“5,000,000 taels,” Lou Zigui remarked “Xie Wenyuan was certainly liberal with his money”
After all, the Xie Clan wasn’t only raising the Jiangnan naval officers, but the entire navy The annual cost was already 5,000,000 taels, a testa Xiaoyao al herself and said, “Then General Qin, you won’t need the governht?”
“Government?” Qin Xuan echoed
“Urk, I mean the imperial court”
“Your Majesty, this subject hasn’t seen silver fro time”
Ning Xiaoyao felt that this was pretty nice Grand Preceptor Xie had to raise the navy out of ive the old ift But upon further reflection, Ning Xiaoyao felt that so was off
She turned to Supreme Commander Lou and asked, “Then where’s the silver from the imperial court?”
The palace didn’t even need to worry about feeding its navy and still allowed its refugees to die despite seeing theo?!
Lou Zigui said, “Xie Anyi’s the one in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, which overlooks all silver in the imperial court Naturally, the Xie Clan took all of the money for themselves”
Ning Xiaoyao fell silent So in the end, the navy’s silver still caovernain
Qin Xuan nodded
(ノ°Д°）ノ︵ ┻━┻ , went Ning Xiaoyao
As Regional Co the table, he didn’t knohether he should laugh or cry Lou Zigui rested his forehead in his hands before he bent down to straighten up the table again
He told Qin Xuan, “His Majesty wants soh estimate of how much money you need to excavate those mines, aside from the 5,000,000 taels to support the navy”
“And let His Majesty just leave like that?” Qin Xuan asked
Lou Zigui was about to smooth out the wrinkled map when Qin Xuan’s words made him look up “You want to persuade His Majesty yourself?”
Qin Xuan thought it over before looking down at theto His Majesty, so hoould he ever persuade him?
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Ning Xiaoyao went to the flower gardens and raised her foot to kick the pear tree in front of her But when she recalled how that th to kick a pebble near her foot instead 5,000,000 taels? Even if I sell myself, I can’t raise that much money!
Meanwhile, theup her dance clothes to dry in the gardens These silk dresses had been buried at the very bottoht at ured that some time in the sun would restore them to their former state
E Xin as she sat on the veranda, staring at the clothes hung up to dry Her eyes were filled with nostalgia as she spoke to her child “Those were given to imperial mother by Xin’er’s imperial father Aren’t they pretty?”
The innocent and naive Ning Xin simply sucked on his thumb and babbled a few times
“But ier Xie said as she grew saddened She kissed Ning Xin on the cheek and said, “So Xin’er has to grow up quick Only then can irandfather stay alive”
At this very moment, a dusty pebble fell down from the air and crashed into the clothesline pole There was a loud crack before the pole split into two A wind blew in froh the leaves like the crashi+ng of ocean waves Eht up by the breeze and sent flying into the garden pond, where they soaked up the water before sinking to its depths