Chapter 86 (1/2)

Throughout ancient and modern times, military has always been the largest consumption of national wealth, or at least one of them.

Among the 700000 troops that the court of the state of Chu now has, half of them are practicing day and night, and the remaining half belong to the new army, which has been built up from scratch, with weapons and horses, grain and grass tents, weapons and armour There are so many things to buy and prepare. It's time to spend money like water.

According to the statistical documents in Su Mu's hands, hundreds of thousands of soldiers eat horses to chew, and the daily consumption of rice, flour, grain and grass is as much as tens of thousands of stones, not including the necessary meat. Moreover, Zhao Yuanjin never intended to be stingy in this respect. Everything was done according to the high standard of elite and strong army, so the daily expenditure was extremely amazing. If we go to war in the future, the cost will increase greatly.

When the three hundred and fifty thousand new army were equipped with all the equipment and materials and completed training to meet the standard of being able to go to the battlefield, it was estimated that the money in the state treasury of Chu would have to be spent cleanly.

Military affairs cost immeasurable. War is the fastest way to evaporate wealth. After decades of chaos, when the world was reunified, no matter who became the emperor, there would not be much surplus in the imperial treasury. Therefore, from the imperial court to the local government, it is inevitable to live a hard life for some years, and then it will gradually improve.

“…… The day after tomorrow is the new year's day. The palace has prepared some new year gifts, which will be sent to the residence later. ”

At the end of the business discussion, Zhao Yuanjin said in a warm voice.

Qin Feng nodded, got up and said to Su Mu and sun Xiangqing, ”please go to the warehouse with me and hand over the new batch of goods.”

Two important officials readily agreed, saying that if Qin Feng didn't keep on blood transfusion, the government of Chu would not have been able to support it at the speed of nearly ruining his family.

After a moment, the three left the meeting hall by carriage and went to the warehouse area in the corner of the palace.

According to the rules, no one in the palace, except the king and queen of Chu, has the right to ride or ride a horse and can only walk. Of course, he was not restricted by his special status.

The Royal Palace covers an extremely wide area with magnificent specifications, which is almost the same as the imperial palace. After all, Jinling is the ancient capital of several dynasties. There are many palaces left over from the previous dynasty, which were used by Zhao Yuanjing after a little transformation.

”Sir, how many years do you think it will take me to unify the world?”

After a few chatting, Su Mu saw that Qin Feng was in a good mood, so he asked.

Although Qin Feng has been regarded as a national teacher, Zhao Yuanjin and these key officials are still used to match him with his master to show his respect.

”It should be about three years since we have to clean up the tribes of the Hu people on the northern grasslands to wipe out the middle land of Jiuzhou.” Qin Feng Road.

Three years, in the main world is about a year, not too long. Originally, Qin Feng was expected to be earlier, but with the variable of the emperor of Qi, the court might be able to hold on for some time.

”Since Sir says so, we have nothing to worry about.” Su Mu said with a smile.

Sun Xiangqing hesitated for a moment and said, ”Sir, I don't know if sun has an unfeeling request. I don't know if it should be said improperly.”

”Lord Sun, it's OK to say so.” Qin Feng Road.

”Well, sun's youngest son has reached the age of nine, and his talent is not good enough. He would like to ask his husband to be his teacher. When he is free, he will be very grateful.” Sun Xiangqing said.

”Teacher?”

Qin Feng was surprised and immediately laughed: ”is Mr. Sun serious?”

The intention of the other party is to be close to yourself and hope to deepen the relationship with yourself in this way. After all, his attitude and many times can influence Zhao Yuanjin's decision.

With this kind of relationship, sun Xiangqing's first assistant position in the court will be more stable in the future, and those who are not on the right path with him will have to worry about this.