Chapter 244: Fundraising!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that these ten theories can only ensure that my Great Xia is invincible, if it is based on this, it is determined to destroy the Southern Barbarians, is it a bit of a paper talk!"

Su Xun thought twice and spoke.

Luo Chen smiled, got up and said: "Uncle, it is true that I alone in Daxia may not be able to destroy the Nanban, but if you persuade Da Zhou to advance and retreat with my Daxia and destroy the Nanban, it is not difficult!" ”

"Your Majesty, Minister, I request to start a national war!"

Xu Chang jumped out again, bowed down and said.

Xia Huang suddenly glared at him: "Sit down and say!" ”

"Yes!"

Xu Chang's face flushed, as if he had drunk too much, and returned to his seat.

"Guys, what do you think?"

Emperor Xia asked symbolically, but the expression on his face, anyone could see that he had made up his mind!

Su Xun took a deep breath: "Your Majesty, you can start a national war, but you need to prepare immediately and tell the world!" ”

Emperor Xia bowed slightly: "An Yuan, you are responsible for drafting the decree, tomorrow morning, and announce it to the world!" ”

"Yes!"

Luo Chen bowed slightly, and then spoke: "Father, there is still one more matter that cannot be delayed!" ”

"Huh?"

"Ships!"

Luo Chen said softly: "If my 300,000 troops want to cross the Tongtian River, we need at least 50,000 boats!" ”

"Li Zheng!" Emperor Xia looked at Li Zheng: "How much inventory is in the treasury?" ”

"More than 10,000!"

Li Zheng frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, Tongtian Ferry, there are still seven thousand in stock!" ”

"Not enough!"

Luo Chen shook his head slightly: "With the war horses, grain and grass, the 17,000 boats will have to travel for at least seven or eight days!" ”

"Lin Jinnan!" Emperor Xia's face turned pale: "Immediately send Pegasus to notify Jiangnan Mansion and immediately levy civilian ships!" Within three days, 30,000 must be collected! ”

"No!"

Lin Jinnan strode over, and Emperor Xia looked at Li Zheng: "Immediately the warships in the treasury will be transported to the bank of the Tongtian River!" 3,000 forbidden troops were dispatched to escort them in person, guarding them day and night! ”

"No!"

Li Zheng nodded solemnly, only to hear Emperor Xia ask again: "Is there enough grain and grass in the treasury?" ”

"Your Majesty, the grain and grass in the treasury have been taken for disaster relief, and now the taxes from all over the country have not been collected, only 500,000 stones!" Li Zheng's face suddenly sank.

As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first, but now the grain and grass can't be gathered, how to go first!

Su Xun sighed lightly: "For today's plan, the only way to speed up the collection is to order the county governments to speed up the collection, of course, Jiangbei ......"

Luo Chen saw the sad faces of several people, so he asked Guo Jia beside him, "Is Shen Wansan back?" ”

"I don't know!"

Guo Jia shook his head, and Li Ru smiled: "Lord, today, we have raised 400,000 taels of silver and purchased 1.2 million stones of grain and grass!" ”

Luo Chen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and sneered: "With the Jinyi Guard on the side, they don't dare not sell it!" ”

"What's going on?"

Emperor Xia vaguely heard Luo Chen talking about grain and grass, and asked suspiciously.

"Father, the grain and grass ministers of the army can be solved!" Luo Chen smiled faintly and said.

"How is that possible!" Li Zheng's face was stunned for a moment: "Your Highness is talking about the grain and grass of your 20,000 imperial dragon army!" ”

"No, including the 300,000 new troops!"

Luo Chen shook his head and chuckled: "In short, just leave the matter of grain and grass to me to solve!" ”

"Impossible!" Li Zheng, the chief steward of the treasury, shook his head directly: "Your Highness may not know that the grain and grass of the 300,000 army for a day needs at least 150,000 stones, and if you want to gather a month's grain and grass, you need 4.5 million stones!" ”

Luo Chen smiled: "Today, I have collected 1.2 million stones!" ”

"What!"

"How is that possible!"

"This ......"

Looking at everyone's sluggish expressions, Luo Chen smiled lightly: "There is no grain in the treasury, and the people have no grain, but the family has food!" ”

Luo Chen smiled faintly, and Emperor Xia's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly asked, "What did you do again?" ”

The ministers also looked at Luo Chen nervously.

Could it be that His Highness has copied a few more families?

"Huh!" Luo Chen's face was stunned for a moment: "Why are you so nervous?" ”

"Am I just making a deal with the Maison? They give food, and I give him money! Luo Chen said innocently.

"Hoo ......"

Emperor Xia suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "Hmm! You can't solve the problem by force! ”

"Where did you get the money?"

Su Xun asked with a stunned expression.

Luo Chen smiled: "It's just that the business bank made a little money and borrowed some money from the people!" ”

"Bastard!"

Emperor Xia directly slapped the case, his face was a little gloomy: "How can you reach out to the people!" ”

Su Xun hurriedly explained for Luo Chen: "Your Majesty, King Yin is also for the court, and it is understandable......

Luo Chen was stunned for a moment: "I didn't persecute them!" They volunteered! ”

"Your Highness, Mr. Shen is back!" Just as Lao Wu hurriedly walked in: "He has something important to see His Highness!" ”

"Let him in!"

Luo Chen smiled faintly: "Father, when Shen Fu comes back, you will know as soon as you ask!" ”

Emperor Xia also reacted at this moment, Luo Chen should not be a person who does not know the importance of the matter, not to mention, he has always been worried about the country and the people, how could he do something to oppress the people!

Don't...... Did you misunderstand him?

Shen Wansan hurriedly walked in, and when he heard Lao Wu say, there were a bunch of bigwigs sitting in the house, and when he saw the forbidden army with a solemn face outside the door, his legs couldn't help but tremble.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Get up!" Emperor Xia waved his hand slightly.

Luo Chen smiled lightly: "How much grain and grass did you buy today?" ”

Shen Wansan's face was happy, he took a deep breath, and said, "Your Highness, raise two million and one hundred thousand taels of silver, grain and grass, and one and a half million stones!" ”

"So much!"

Even Luo Chen's face was surprised.

"Your Highness doesn't know, now that I want to fight with Nanban, it has already spread all over the capital, and I heard that His Highness wants to raise funds, and some fathers and villagers are scrambling to send money!"

Shen Wansan's face was gratified: "There are even some people who voluntarily raise donations, and they don't need to pay it back, and they don't even need to pay it back!" ”

Luo Chen was stunned for a moment, Emperor Xia was also stunned, and the ministers around him were also stunned.

"However, I am in charge of my own affairs, and every citizen must be registered and do not accept donations, except for the family, of course!"

Shen Wansan looked at Luo Chen with a worried face, not knowing whether what he did was right or wrong!

"It's good, it should be so, I think most of those who voluntarily donate are the families of martyrs!" Luo Chen sighed lightly: "You must be careful, and you must ensure that the number of donations of every citizen is clearly registered, and there must be no omission!" ”

"No!"

Shen Wansan nodded solemnly and continued: "As for the grain and grass, most of them are purchased from the family, so it is very smooth, and some people take the initiative to donate grain, so I will take the initiative to send them some salt and wine and other things!" ”

"Good!"

Luo Chen was very satisfied with Shen Wansan's approach, nodded and said: "Increase publicity tomorrow, as long as you are willing to raise funds, you will be repaid after half a year!" ”

"No......".

Emperor Xia finally understood on the side, nodded slightly, and none of the ministers mentioned what happened just now, as if it hadn't happened!

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