Chapter 1048: Success in the East and Success in the West (Forty-One)

Li Xin's death was extremely shocking. Many years later, the generals and soldiers of the Han Empire would still remember that scene. When Li Xin smiled and stabbed himself in the neck with a knife across his neck, nearly a thousand people followed him. The guards raised their swords to kill themselves one after another, and fell next to Li Xin one after another. With Li Xin as the center of the circle, the corpses of his guards were stacked in a circle, but they still surrounded him firmly in the center.

The female generals He Lanyan, Wula, and Su La couldn't bear to see this scene and turned their heads one after another. The generals of the Han army, led by Gao Yuan, solemnly took off their helmets and paid their highest respects to the former number one general in the world. etiquette.

Tens of thousands of Han troops watched in silence as the last of their enemies fell in front of them. Following Gao Yuan's order, the military flags were raised and their weapons touched the ground. Tens of thousands of Han troops bid farewell to Li Xin.

Enemies are hateful, but great enemies are worthy of admiration.

"Take Li Xin's body and send someone to send it back to King Qin!" Gao Yuance turned his horse's head and ordered in a low voice.

"Yes!" He Lanxiong nodded. Although ten years ago, it was under the command of Li Xin that all the Huns never had a home again, but this did not hinder He Lanxiong's respect for this man.

General Li Xin of the Qin Army led an army of 100,000 to attack with the intention of occupying Jishi City, the important military town of the Han Kingdom, and marched straight into the western Liaoning Province where Gao Yuan started his career. However, before even the shadow of Jishi City could be seen, they were all annihilated on the prairie. .In fact, since Wang Xiao failed to capture Shannan County in time and allowed He Lanxiong's tens of thousands of troops to safely withdraw from Dai County, the outcome of this battle was almost destined, but the Qin people pinned their last hope on Chu. Despite the support of others, he continued to attack with a sense of luck, and finally suffered the consequences. Li Xin used his troops cautiously in his life. He only took one risk, but he and his 100,000 troops were ruined.

Li Xin was defeated, and Gao Yuan immediately integrated He Lanxiong's Eastern Field Army and Agu Huai'en's Donghu Independent Cavalry Division. The army marched towards Daijun and Shannanjun, vowing to retake these two important military areas and ensure that the rear of the Han Kingdom was secure. He was harassed by the Qin people again.

Gao Yuan returned to Jishi City with the remaining 20,000 Huns herdsmen. Until this time, the two cavalry corps of the Young Guards who set off from Jicheng had just arrived in western Liaoning.

The Han Kingdom was victorious again, and there were thunderous cheers in Jishi City. Every household in the city hung red silk and placed a large case at the door. The large case was filled with food to welcome the warriors returning from the grassland.

However, for Wu Kai, the governor of Jishi City, while he was happy, he had more worries. Nearly 40,000 Xiongnu herdsmen prepared their own weapons and went into battle, resulting in as many as 20,000 casualties. Among them, the residents of Jishi City accounted for Two-thirds of them came from western Liaoning and other places. The casualties of more than 10,000 people not only drastically reduced the labor force in Jishi County, but also caused tens of thousands of families to lose their breadwinners, pensions, and future resettlement. It was enough to give him a three-point headache.

This is a large sum of money that must be taken out of the treasury and cannot be defaulted. This is related to the stability of the people and the centripetal force of the Huns towards the Han Kingdom. This time Wu Kai can respond to everything, not because he How capable Wu Kai is is because the policies of the Han Dynasty have allowed these Huns to see a bright future. They are willing to sacrifice their lives and blood for this country. Then, naturally, this country cannot let their families down.

However, Jishi County has never been rich. Over the years, Jishi County has basically been operating with debts. Thanks to Wu Kai's familiarity with business, Jishi County has been moving forward despite difficulties. It has just turned around this year. There was hope of turning losses into profits, but as soon as this war started, we were about to fall into debt again.

"Your Majesty, I'm bankrupt!" Wu Kai pointed to the thick account book on the big case. This was just calculated and needed money from the treasury. Seeing the huge amount, Wu Kai calculated After all, he won't be able to pay this year. Even if he stops all ongoing projects, including roads, water conservancy and other infrastructure, he still won't be able to afford it.

Looking at the frowning Wu Kai, Gao Yuan burst into laughter, "Don't worry, my Commander Wu, the Ministry of Household Affairs will not sit idly by. This war is not fought for your Jishi County, but for my big man, you here Do your best, and I will ask Wang Wu to allocate a batch of silver to you when the time comes."

Wu Kai's mouth flattened, "Your Majesty, I don't know what kind of virtue Wang Wu's direct descendant is. Asking him to take out money will make him more sad than digging up his ancestral graves. Where can I get some money from him? I I don't count on it at all. This year, my Han Dynasty is going to war everywhere. Meng Chong, Bai Yucheng, and Zhang Hongyu have invaded the Chu State with a hundred thousand troops. The money will flow out like water. Yuyang was conquered by the Qin army and wreaked havoc everywhere. Yangguo is a densely populated area and will inevitably suffer heavy losses. When the time comes to expel the Qin people, rebuild their homes, and restore and rebuild, a huge amount of money will be needed. The Wei Kingdom will also belong to our Han Dynasty this time. These are all In the view of Wang Wudi, the return of investing in these places is much greater than investing here. I have a lot of land but few people, and the Huns account for almost half of the population. That guy must have picked it. You dig it again. You wish you didn’t even give me a penny.”

"If Wang Wudi really doesn't give you money, what are you going to do?" Gao Yuan asked with a smile.

Wu Kai came over and said with a shy face: "Your Majesty, it is impossible to ask Wang Wu to give me money. I am too lazy to compete with him in this arena. I might as well come and ask the King. As long as the King If Shang Songkou gives me some small policies, I won’t have to worry about money here.”

"Oh, what policy do you want?" Gao Yuan asked with a smile.

"I want to increase the price of all military products in Jishi City by ten percent." Wu Kai stretched out a finger, "A small price increase, such as armor-breaking money, only increased by less than ten cents, but it is It can solve our big problem in Jishi County."

With a porridge sound, all the water Gao Yuan had just taken into his mouth spurted out, "I said to Commander Wu, if I succeed in your method, Wang Wu will definitely rush into my palace and hit the pillars, my kingdom of the Han Dynasty." With hundreds of thousands of troops, how much armaments are purchased in a year? A ten percent increase. You can tell. You just talked about feather arrows. Why didn't you talk about the divine machine crossbow that will be put into large-scale production soon? A divine machine. A machine crossbow will cost ten taels of silver, and a vehicle-mounted crossbow will cost nearly fifty taels of silver. Your appetite is too big."

"Your Majesty, I am not the only one who gets the increased money from Jishi County. Doesn't it have to be shared with the treasury?"

"The wool comes from the sheep. You, Commander Wu, are good at calculating. Is Wang Wudi just a breadwinner? You are indeed sharing the accounts with him, but you are still collecting taxes from those military workshops in Jishi County, except for the state-run ones. , aren’t you promoting the outsourcing of military workshops? For example, armor, feathers and arrows, haven’t you already started? I bet that you will definitely take all of this increase in your arms. Wang Wudi wants to share the account with you , that is only limited to state-owned ones, but now except for extremely sophisticated and core technologies, you have outsourced everything else, how can the national treasury share the accounts with you? Don’t even mention this matter!"

Hearing Gao Yuan reveal his plan in one breath, Wu Kai immediately lowered his face and scolded Tang He in his heart. He had just started outsourcing, but the king already knew clearly that it must be this guy. He was eating outside the house, taking his own salary in Jishi County, but leaking all his wealth to the king. He originally planned to make a time difference so that he could make a fortune to fill this big hole, but now it seems that it has become It's all in vain. The damn Control Yuan branch, when this year's Congress of Representatives begins, on top of the budget, I will instruct those members to severely limit their funds.

"Think of other ways." Gao Yuan looked at Wu Kai, who was drooping his head and said: "Liaoxi was not seriously affected this time, and Langya is also having a better time this year. You can discuss it with Zheng Jun and Fan Dengke and let them talk to you. Support, if you get through this year, you will have a hard time next year. Not to mention the millions of acres of cultivated land in Jishi County, which is the share of the military workshops in your city, and the taxes will be enough for you to pay off your old debts and repay There is a surplus."

"That's it, Zheng Jun. That guy Fan Dengke comes from a small family and is used to being angry. He has always only focused on his one-third of an acre of land. Looking for him will not knock out my bone marrow. I might as well look for the river." Where is Wu Cian here!" Wu Kai said angrily: "At least he is my family."

"Then it's up to you. Who do you look for for counterpart support? That's a matter for your local area. But why don't you fight for it with the Ministry of Revenue? No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. Besides, your actual situation is here. Wang Wudi is not so unkind." Gao Yuan said with a smile.

Wu Kai sighed: "Your Majesty, you don't know that the last time Wang Wudi wanted to raise taxes on my military workshop, the councilors of Jishi County rejected it. That guy was unhappy, so he took this opportunity. They must exchange this with me and increase taxes. The majority will eventually go to the central government, but I, Jishi County, have to bear the dissatisfaction of the people. This is not worth it. If we really do this, the next popular election will I probably won’t be able to serve as a county governor.”

Gao Yuan laughed, it seems that the power of this council has begun to show, "If you can't be the county governor, I will transfer you back to the political affairs hall. You are my Han Dynasty elder, and there must be a place for you in the political affairs hall."

Wu Kai's head was shaking like a rattle, "I won't go to the political hall. There are more wrangling things there. It's better for me to stay on this three-quarter acre of land in Jishi County. After all, I have my own hands and feet here." It started slowly.”

"It's up to you wherever you go. Whenever you are chosen by them, I will transfer you back to Jicheng!" Gao Yuan said with a smile.

Just as he was talking, He Weiyuan strode in, "Your Majesty, He Dayou wants to see you!"

"Oh, the head of my No. 1 village in the world is here, Governor Wu, do you know that our village head has an amazing wife!" Gao Yuan said to Wu Kai with a smile.

"I heard He Lanxiong mention this, Your Majesty, is there really no problem? This Gu Li's identity is too sensitive!" Wu Kai was a little worried.

"As long as she is He Dayou's wife Gu Li, and not the only legitimate daughter left in the Xiongnu royal court, there is nothing to worry about, and I have also made some arrangements!" Gao Yuan shook his head and said to He Weiyuan: "Let Dayou Come in!" (To be continued)