After Liu Yi finished speaking, he let out a long breath, and the generals immediately looked at Shang Ji expectantly.

If the army is reorganized according to this plan, although the total strength of the army is still 7 million, the comprehensive combat power will be at least twice as strong as before!

"Brother, have you estimated the cost of the cost?" Shang Ji asked with a frown.

"Count!" Liu Yi nodded seriously, and then continued: "According to the plan that the last general said, it will probably cost about 500 million gold to fill the gap in the army and form an army of corresponding standards, and the annual maintenance cost of the army should be about 200 million gold!" ”

"Impossible!"

Before Liu Yi's words fell, he heard Deng Yan immediately get up and yell.

Chao Liu Yi and Shang Ji bowed their hands respectively, and Deng Yan spoke: "My Pingzhou's annual income this year has just exceeded 200 million gold, how to maintain the army in the future if it is reorganized like this?" It is impossible for a year's financial revenue to be spent on military spending! ”

"Don't drive, we still have about four billion strategic reserves, so it's no problem!"

Hearing Deng Yan's objection, Su Huan immediately became a little anxious, and hurriedly got up and said.

"Hmph, those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment; Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. There is a fixed amount of money, and if it goes on like this, even if there is no problem in three or five years, it will still work after a long time? ”

"You can't say that. As far as I know, when the lord first settled in Pingzhou, the financial revenue of the entire Pingzhou was only more than 60 million gold, and now it has only been two or three years old, and the financial revenue has tripled. Don't drive here, in less than three years, my annual income in Pingzhou will exceed 500 million gold, take out 200 million for military spending, and invest the remaining 300 million in Pingzhou's redevelopment, isn't it wonderful? ”

"Ridiculous!"

Deng Yan seemed to be very angry, and unceremoniously retorted to Su Huan: "The premise of Pingzhou's annual income has tripled is that we have invested more than one billion dollars in the development of Pingzhou. ”

"It's okay, it's not like there's another four billion gold ......"

Just said that, Su Huan suddenly got stuck, and all the generals in the army glared at him angrily, while Wen Chen, led by Deng Yan, looked at him with a smile on his face.

"What General Yanchen said is very true, all these four billion gold are invested in the development of Pingzhou, and I guarantee that next year's annual income will even exceed 800 million gold!"

"No, that's not what my subordinates mean, don't get me wrong!"

Su Huan didn't know that he was being tricked by Deng Yan, so he quickly got up and explained. However, Shang Ji wants to invest a large amount of funds in the development of Pingzhou, how can he let go of this good opportunity? Immediately clapped the decision: "What Yanchen said is good, consolidating itself is the first priority today, for the sake of long-term planning, I think it is better to invest this money in the development of Pingzhou!" ”

"Lord!"

"Think twice!"

"Please think twice!"

………………………

As soon as these words came out, all the generals were shocked and stood up one after another to admonish.

"Lord, the government is the flesh and blood of Pingzhou, but the soldiers are the bones of Pingzhou. Without an army to deter ill-intentioned people, how can we talk about the development of Pingzhou? Once there is a small attack, how can there be the prosperity of Pingzhou under the smoke? Please think twice!! ”

As the leader of the military, Liu Yi naturally didn't sit still, and immediately got up and said.

"What my brother said is reasonable!"

Shang Ji pretended to ponder for a while, and then nodded slowly: "The general was negligent, it seems that no one on the military and political sides can do without each other!" ”

"In this way, Ben will be in charge, and the planning of the Pingzhou Army will be based on the proposal of the elder brother. Four million all-special troops and three million guards to defend the peace of Pingzhou. As for military spending, the 500 million yuan for the reorganization will be fully allocated at one time, and another 500 million gold will be set aside as a reserve, which will be kept by the general himself, and the special funds will be used for the maintenance and training of the Pingzhou army. ”

After a pause, Shang Ji continued: "In addition, I think you also know that there will be a world-renowned exotic war in half a year, and Ben has already decided to go all out to participate in the war. Therefore, it is necessary to set aside one billion gold in advance as a reserve fund for participating in the war, and the rest will be transferred to the development of Pingzhou, so as to raise all aspects such as medicine, culture and education, population, and agriculture to the level of prosperous counties and counties in the interior as soon as possible. Do you disagree with that? ”

"I have no objection!"

When the military general, who was already a little panicked, heard that there was still a total of one billion gold in military expenses to be obtained, he immediately did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly bowed down and said.

It's just that Su Huan showed a strange look in his eyes when he bowed, he Su Huan can become the leader of the patriarchal faction, naturally he will not be tricked so easily, all of this is a routine in itself!

"Okay, the affairs of the army are over for the time being. Let's listen to the introduction of Pingzhou in the past two years! ”

Deng Yan smiled slightly, got up and said: "Although it is still a year away from our three-year plan, under the wise leadership of the lord, the concerted efforts of all colleagues, and the hard work of hundreds of millions of people in Pingzhou, my Pingzhou has overfulfilled the task one year ahead of schedule!" ”

"First of all, in terms of population, after persistently encouraging immigration and childbirth, the total population of Pingzhou is now 312 million, which is 100% more than the task!

Second, in terms of grain output, Pingzhou has a huge area, an extremely vast area of land that can be cultivated, and the prospects for agricultural development are very impressive. In the past two years, the environment of Pingzhou has been peaceful and stable, and it is also very suitable for agricultural development, and with the help of the children of farmers headed by agricultural masters, the total grain output of Pingzhou has successfully exceeded 3 billion stones.

However, with the submission of Xianbei, in order to alleviate the famine in the grasslands, we have allocated a large amount of grain to the grasslands, and we still need to rely on external supplies for food.

However, there is still a lot of room for development in Pingzhou's agriculture, and in the next six months, we will be in a state of double blessing and extension, and the grain production efficiency will be greatly improved, and it is hoped that we will be able to take this opportunity to completely get rid of our dependence on grain from the outside world, and even sell grain to foreign countries on a large scale. ”

Hearing that it was expected to completely solve the problem of food security, Shang Ji couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

The food problem has always been a shortcoming in Pingzhou, but fortunately, there are farmers such as Nonghe who have helped. The children of the peasants bring not only high-yield seeds, but also very clever planting techniques, and Pingzhou has a very vast area, the combination of the two will solve the biggest food problem for other forces!

In troubled times, grain and grass are sometimes even more precious than soldiers and horses, and using grain as a sword is also a clever external route.

He smiled and nodded, motioning for Deng Yan to continue.

"In terms of culture and education, we have built one top academy, 10 senior colleges, more than 70 intermediate colleges, and more than 600 junior colleges. There are more than 15,000 private schools and Mongolian schools at all levels, and the task has been completed by 50 percent. However, now the time is too short, and no obvious effect can be seen for the time being, and it is expected that the first batch of qualified scribes trained in Pingzhou will be able to walk out of the academy in the second half of this year, with a total scale of about 2,000 people! ”

Shang Ji pondered for a moment, thought about the Heavenly Wolf Sacrifice and the Five Daoists, and couldn't help but say loudly: "We still have to expand investment in culture and education, Pingzhou needs at least two top-level academies, and the high-level academies need to be expanded to sixteen, so that there are two in each giant city." I demand that in two years, Pingzhou must train 10,000 qualified scribes every year! ”

Yan Xian, who was in charge of culture and education, immediately got up: "Lord Qi, the expansion of the Senior Academy is not difficult, and the funds are in place." But the horror of the top academy is not that simple. Top academies must have top celebrities in charge, and at least two more. We can build Xiangping Academy, all with the support of the prince and the prince, and it is not possible to expand another one! ”

"It doesn't matter, there are many famous people in the world. The good name lures it with its name, and the good one drives it with profit, and no one is a perfect person who is not bad! In addition, Guan Gong and Wang have a wide range of friends, so you can ask them to come forward to invite, and you can also come forward to cooperate when necessary! ”

"The subordinates receive the order, and they will live up to the expectations of the lord!" Shang Ji said so, as a subordinate, Yan Xian can only guarantee to complete the task.

Deng Yan continued: "In terms of Chi Road, we have also exceeded the plan, and have built Chi Road that runs through the five counties of Liaodong, Liaoxi, Xuansu, Lelang and Changli. However, because the original Goguryeo was not in the planning of the first three-year plan, the road has not been built on a large scale for the time being.

Another key project, the 10,000 Villages Project, is also developing well. So far, we have built more than 18,000 new villages, of which 2,200 are built by us alone, 13,000 by us and Inhuman, and the remaining 2,000 are built by Inhumans independently. These villages are mainly distributed in the western Liaoning corridor, the southeastern part of Liaoning, and the former Goguryeo hometown. More than seventy percent of the villages are developing well, and have already started to make a profit or are about to make a profit. ”

"In terms of finance, as I have just said, my annual income in Pingzhou has just exceeded the 200 million gold mark, and the current specific annual income is 200 million and 8 million gold. However, in addition to the annual income, my Pingzhou's foreign trade profits are very rich, Ling rice, pearl rice, pills, horses, armor, fur, weapons and other Pingzhou fist products profits are considerable, in the first half of this year, the trade profit income is 80 million gold, and the development momentum is good, the total annual trade profit is expected to exceed 180 million gold! ”

The generals of Pingzhou suddenly widened their eyes and looked at Deng Yan with murderous eyes.

Just now, it was said that Pingzhou's annual income was only 200 million gold, but not to mention that there was still 180 million yuan in trade income. All things considered, Pingzhou's total disposable finance for a year is close to 400 million gold!

In fact, Deng Yan didn't say anything. In Pingzhou's official foreign trade, Shang Ji himself also made a lot of money. Take the pill with the largest profit and the highest sales as an example. The Pingzhou government purchased pills at below-market prices in the alchemy workshops controlled by the Liu clan, and then sold them to players, rangers, or other princes.

This purchase price is much lower than the market price, and the official profit in Pingzhou is very considerable, but the real profit is taken away by the Liu family. The specific profit share is about three to one. Liu's three, Pingzhou one!

This money is different from the five billion gold from the taxes paid by Pingzhou or looted by the army, which belongs to the private money of Shang Ji and the Liu family. Although Shang Ji often used this money to fill Pingzhou's fiscal deficit, and it was also used by Shang Ji to reward soldiers on expeditions, it did not change the nature of this as private property.

In other words, Liu controls hundreds of millions of dollars in private money and is one of the richest women in China. This is also the reason why the Liu family didn't need to ask Shang Ji or Deng Yan for money to form Feng Wuwei before, and the amount of funds she controlled by herself even exceeded the treasury of Pingzhou!