Chapter 365: An Iron Rooster That Doesn't Pull Out a Dime

After calculating that he was likely to be eaten alive by the hungry and crazy sailors, Cheng Chuliang didn't want to do it at that time, he just lay on the floor of the Holy Pole Hall and didn't get up, it was useless to persuade anyone, and even Li Shimin couldn't speak. However, Li Zhen went to him to give him a little face, and got up from the ground, but he still made a very hard request: either give him an increase of one million yuan in military expenses, or replace him, this governor of the Quanzhou fleet who likes to do it-it's not that he doesn't want to do it, it's really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and he can't let him put money into the army by himself, right? Besides, he doesn't have that much money.

Fortunately, Li Zhen finally promised him that the three million taels of silver would be used for the time being, and if it was really not enough, he would propose to the imperial court to increase military spending - it was impossible for the imperial court to watch its army starve to death, right?

With Li Zhen's promise, Cheng Chuliang reluctantly took three million taels of silver to the post, even so, he still developed the habit of spending money carefully, usually adhering to the principle of not spending money if he can not spend money, and spending less money if he can spend less, although he has not been in charge of the Quanzhou fleet for a long time, but the navy has privately given him a nickname - a penny of iron rooster.

"Stop, let them stop for me." It was just that he was distressed for such a short time, and dozens of shells were fired, and Cheng Chuliang hurriedly ordered: "Don't you need money for so many shells?" That's all we have to spend on our military this year, and if we follow your kind of loser's method, we're really going to ask for food. Also, this is Lilac Island, which is the most important spice producing area of our Datang in the future, and you bomb so unscrupulously, if you blow up something, you can't afford to pay for it even if you sell it. ”

"Yes!" A staff officer took the order and went down to convey the order, and soon the sound of artillery fire gradually thinned out, and finally gradually returned to silence - after the artillery fire stopped, the sea seemed to be extraordinarily quiet, and even the sound of the wind seemed to be frightened by the shelling just now, and did not dare to make too much movement.

"It's a good fight, why did it stop?" As soon as the shelling stopped here, Li Daoyun came in over there: "I said what happened just now?" I'm learning how to shoot guns, and I've just had a little way to get started, and I'm about to put it into practice, so why did I stop here? Is something wrong? ”

Seeing that even Li Daoyun was alarmed, Li Mingxin immediately smiled: "There is no accident, it's just that our Governor saw that the shells were lost too much, and he felt sorry for the little money in his pocket." ”

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, what should I do?" Li Daoyun immediately recovered his previous light breeze, and chuckled: "Three million taels of silver, to be honest, how can you not support the Quanzhou fleet until the end of the year, not to mention the two most money-hungry items, there are so many people in our fleet, just the salary plus daily expenses is a lot of money, even if you save this money, you can't save much." ”

"You're talking about lightweight, you're not in charge of co-authoring, are you?" Hearing Li Daoyun say the same about himself, Cheng Chuliang suddenly rolled his eyes angrily: "Of course I know what you said, the question is what else can I do besides saving money?" By the way, you work hard this year, help me comfort and comfort the people below, let them endure more, our Quanzhou fleet has been established for less than a year, and it is not appropriate to ask for an increase in military spending, so that we are as precious as we are, you tell everyone that we will use these two million taels of silver to survive this year, and we will have a reason to ask the court for money after the year. ”

"Won't you make money if you don't have money?" Li Daoyun asked rhetorically: "How much money can you save just by saving?" Throttling is important, but throttling can only make people starve to death, and only open source is the real way to make people full. ”

Cheng Chuliang was even more angry: "Nonsense, I also want to make money, but I'm a soldier, how do I know how to make money?" ”

"You don't know, I know."

"Poof!"

Cheng Chuliang immediately rushed to Li Daoyun's side: "Hurry up, tell me quickly, what is the method?" ”

"Bang! Why do you still call me a fool? Seeing Cheng Chuliang's eagerness, Li Daoyun couldn't help but play with it, deliberately turned his body around, and asked softly.

"Yes, yes, you don't call it a big fool, you are a political commissar and a Taoist chief...... Li Daochang, Li Daoye, I made a mistake before, I ...... Oh, that's not right...... Why do I beg you like my grandfather? Cheng Chuliang was also crazy, and quickly changed his words according to Li Daoyun's words, but he suddenly reacted halfway through speaking, and said confidently: "I'm not making money for myself, I'm for our Quanzhou fleet, I'm dedicated to the public, why should I be soft to you?" You are also a member of the Quanzhou fleet, and you should make suggestions for the survival of the Quanzhou fleet, otherwise what do I want you to eat as a political commissar?

Okay, you Li Daoyun, you know how hard life is in our Quanzhou fleet now, and now you have a way to avoid this dilemma, but you don't say it...... What kind of heart do you have in peace? Are you still not from our Quanzhou fleet? ”

"Holy~" Everyone didn't expect that there would be such a divine turn in things, originally they thought that this time Cheng Chuliang might have to bow to Li Daoyun, even Li Daoyun himself thought so, who knew that halfway through the development of things, Cheng Chuliang suddenly reacted, pointing at Li Daoyun is scolding, but what he said made sense, and others really couldn't find a reason to refute it, so they could only let him reprimand Li Daoyun with confidence.

"Gotta come on, don't talk about it, I understand my mistake." Up to now, Li Daoyun can only bow his head and admit his mistakes, it's not that he said that he can't do it, after all, he is a professional talker, if he really lets it go, ten Cheng Chuliang can't say him, but there is really no need for this, Li Daoyun is not the kind of person who is more serious, not to mention that he is on the battlefield now, and the army is about to land, and it is a waste of time to talk about it.

"Got it, why don't you tell me quickly?" Cheng Chuliang is becoming more and more arrogant, and his heart is really beautiful - it seems that my Xiaocheng's kung fu is still okay, even Li Daoyun has been persuaded by us, and he has a sense of accomplishment. However, this trick can't be used in front of Daddy, because if he doesn't reason with you at all, he will directly smoke it with a big mouth.

"You only look at yourself, but you don't notice the Yuezhou fleet."

"What do you do with them? Plain bad mood. Cheng Chuliang interrupted Li Daoyun's words with a look of disgust.

(End of chapter)