Of course, if Shang Ji wants to ignore anything and think about making money, he can make millions of gold even in a poor place like Liaodong in a few years!

However, Shang Ji is naturally not the kind of person who is short-sighted, not only does Shang Ji not plan to make money, but also plans to throw money into it!

Now he is very happy, fortunately Liu Meng got the Qiankun Creation Ring, fortunately Liu Meng picked up the Qiankun Creation Ring, otherwise Shang Ji would have to worry about money and death!

"Hongzhu, you go on, tell you the specific situation of Liaodong in detail, so that everyone can have a number in their hearts!" Although he has sufficient confidence at present, Shang Ji does not plan to expose it for the time being, but instead signals Deng Yan to continue to tell about the bad situation in Liaodong and put pressure on everyone!

"Because of the impact of Xianbei's entry into the Koukou, the tax revenue in the entire Liaodong County has been greatly affected, and it is estimated that in the last three months of this year, the tax revenue can only be between one-fifth and one-third of the normal. Not only that, due to the impact of the war, a large number of people have been displaced and need our relief, which is expected to cost at least about 2 million gold! ”

"In addition, according to the military plan of the Fujun just now, at least more than 30 million gold needs to be invested in the next three months to ensure the smooth progress of the military reform! In addition, after the establishment of the army, it will also need at least 2.5 million gold per month for basic maintenance expenses, and the cost of strengthening training will surge. In the event of a large-scale war, the exact cost cannot be calculated! ”

"Counting the mess of repairing and upgrading necessary buildings, distributing official salaries, repairing water conservancy roads, etc., my Liaodong's fiscal deficit this year will be as high as 50 million gold! And if the fiscal situation does not improve significantly, the deficit will become larger and larger! ”

After Deng Yan finished speaking, he was silent, leaving time for everyone to digest.

Everyone under his command, especially the generals, opened their mouths wide, and their faces were full of incredulity.

Although they knew that it would cost money to build the army, they never thought that it would cost money to such an extent, nor did they think that the financial situation of Liaodong County would be so bad. Many people are worried about whether this military reform, which seemed ambitious just now, can be carried out smoothly.

After a long while, Deng Yan continued to speak: "In addition to the poor financial situation, we are not optimistic in other aspects. ”

"First of all, public security, because of the impact of the war, there are many thieves, and at present, there is a situation of bandits almost everywhere in Liaodong."

"Secondly, Liaodong County is located in a remote area, and its grain production is not completely self-sufficient, and it needs to buy nearly 10 million stone of grain from other prefectures and counties every year to ensure that there will be no large-scale famine. If war breaks out, it will be a mortal threat to us! ”

"In addition, Liaodong County is almost completely lagging behind the inland states and counties in forging, smelting, medicine, literature, construction, commerce and trade, etc., except for the more prominent force, Liaodong County can hardly be compared with the inland states and counties!"

Deng Yan smiled bitterly and concluded helplessly.

In fact, it is not correct to highlight this point by force, because Liaodong County is located in the border area, and the average force value of ordinary civilians may be three to five points higher than that of ordinary people in the mainland.

However, at the level of historical generals, Liaodong County has once again returned to the bottom position.

In the entire Liaodong County, the only historical military general who can be named is Xu Rong, then Gongsun Du's family, and then Liu Yi.

The second is a cannon fodder-level historical military general like Yangyi, compared with the situation of the top famous generals in the mainland, it can only be said to be quite bleak.

Of course, Deng Yan couldn't have known about these circumstances, and Shang Ji didn't plan to do anything more. Everyone has been hit hard enough, and if they hit again, they will probably not be able to bear it and lose confidence.

"Why are you so depressed that at the beginning, we had less than 10,000 soldiers, less than ten, and only occupied the land of the black water plug projectile, and still had the courage to go deep into Xianbei and the tiger's skin. Now there are tens of millions of people under his rule, the distance between the north and south of the jurisdiction is nearly 10,000 miles, there are hundreds of fierce generals, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and the conditions are more than 100 times better than they were at the beginning, why did they retreat at this time?"

Seeing that everyone's faces were gloomy, Shang Ji immediately encouraged.

"The lesson of the lord is that I am ashamed!"

As soon as this was said, everyone immediately reflected, the situation was so difficult at that time, and they were not afraid, but now they were not afraid, and they immediately cheered up their spirits and said to Shang Ji.

"Let me tell you another good news, I have reached an agreement with the big Han merchant Wuji Zhen, and Zhen has agreed to lend us a huge amount of money, and the specific amount will be kept secret for the time being at the request of Zhen, but I assure you that we will not have financial difficulties for the time being!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone, including Deng Yan and Liu Yi, turned their eyes to Shang Ji, and their eyes showed irrepressible joy!

"No wonder Brother Xian (elder brother) Qiankun arbitrarily wants to train 500,000 special troops, it turns out to solve the problem of funds, it seems that I am too worried!" The two of them sighed in their hearts.

"The lord is really heroic, and he can make the Wuji Zhen clan so favored!" Tai Shi Ci looked at Shang Ji with admiration and couldn't help but sigh.

Although Shang Ji said that the specific amount was kept secret, Deng Yan had already said just now that there would be a financial deficit of more than 50 million this year, that is to say, Shang Ji got at least 50 million gold from Zhen's family.

50 million gold! That's also a pretty big amount for Zhen.

Shang Ji smiled and said nothing, looking like he was holding a pearl of wisdom.

Of course, the truth is not what Shang Ji said, although Shang Ji did find Li Cai and asked Li Cai for a loan, but no matter what, Li Cai could only provide a loan of five million gold at most, not a penny more. And this money has to be mortgaged, and the collateral is the hundreds of thousands of high-quality war horses that Shang Ji kept before!

Most of Shangji's construction funds came from Helian's "friendship contribution", but this money was not visible, and Shangji had to find a reasonable source for his funds.

The condition for the secrecy of the specific amount was not made by Zhen, but by Shang Ji. took advantage of the information asymmetry between the two parties and made a small trick.

The Shang army or the outside world will only think that it is the funds provided by the Zhen family, and the Zhen family will not know the specific financial situation of the Shang family for a while, even if the Zhen family finds out in the end, with their wisdom, they will keep this as a secret.

And when Shang Ji Shendi gained a firm foothold, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and the authority of the imperial court plummeted, even if this secret was in broad daylight, it didn't matter.

"Zhen doesn't want to make a noise about this matter, you still need to keep your mouth shut and don't make a big deal of it, so as not to let some villains have a chance to take advantage of it!"

To do a play, you have to do a full set, Shang Ji saw the excitement on everyone's faces, and also smiled and waved his hand, explaining to everyone.

"Subordinates obey!" The crowd replied in unison.

"Okay, that's the end of today's meeting, Lieutenant Liu and Deng Juncheng will stay for a while, and the others will go and rest first!"

"Subordinates retire!"