Chapter 374                                                             

While forming the Feiwei Mansion branch, Li Yu also made adjustments to the Iron Guards.

He followed the structure of Feiwei Mansion and reorganized the Iron Guard.

The Iron Guard has one general, and Li Yu himself is still the one who is responsible for it.

Below are one general on the left and right, with Mu Fei and Chu Zun respectively.

Next, there are two generals of the Central Army, one general on the left and right, five lieutenants, ten brigade commanders, etc.

At this point, the flying guards and iron guards who were left by Li Yu began to become formal and systematic.

The biggest difference between Feiwei and Iron Guard is that Feiwei is set up by the court and the salary is paid by the court.

The Iron Guard was set up by Li Yu himself, and the salary was also paid by Li Yu.

But compared with the flying guards, the iron guards' salary is higher and the salary is better.

On that day, Li Yu went to find Tao Xiying and looked through the nearest account book.

He mainly wanted to see the sales of pepper and longanopsis.

But when he saw the account book, Li Yu was startled. He looked carefully and asked, "Why is the recent expenditure so high?"

In recent times, sucrose, pepper, and longanopsis have sold very well, and they are making a lot of money.

But while a lot of money is being made, spending is even more explosive.

Just looking at the account book, Li Yu was frightened.

Tao Xiying glanced at him and said, "Your Highness has increased the salary of the Iron Guard, which has increased the monthly expenditure."

"Yeah! I know this."

Just increasing the Iron Guard's salary a little, it would not make your own expenses so much.

Tao Xiying continued: "General Shen recruited 18,000 new Hayi men in the Hayi tribe. The treatment of these people is almost the same as that of the border troops. Every month, it is quite expensive."

After a brief pause, she asked, "Don't your Highness know about this?"

“…”

Li Yu was speechless.

Shen Fang once mentioned to him that the Hayi tribe and the Boy tribe jointly divided the territory of the Shige tribe. However, such a large area of ​​newly occupied territory will inevitably lead to chaos, and soldiers need to enter to maintain stability.

It is not convenient for one's own border troops to settle in, so Shen Fang proposed to recruit a group of Ha-shi men, train and equip them so that these Ha-shi soldiers could settle in.

At that time, Li Yu didn't think much about it. He felt that Shen Fang's opinion made sense, so he nodded in agreement.

But he never expected that Shen Fang would recruit as many as 18,000 people.

Even if the Hayi tribe has a large population, how could there be so many people respond to Shen Fang's recruitment?

Does Shen Jianhayi tribe have such a strong appeal?

Li Yu didn't know that Shen Fang was recruiting soldiers from the Hayi tribe under his banner.

Maybe even Li Yu himself doesn’t know how high his prestige is in the Hayi tribe.

The territory of the Shiji tribe was divided equally with the Boy tribe. This incident alone made Li Yu win a great heart in the Hayi tribe.

Shen Fang went to the Hayi tribe to recruit soldiers under the banner of Li Yu, which was a response.

These 18,000 people were carefully selected by Shen Fang. If the recruitment standards were relaxed, the number would be far more than these.

Li Yu cleared his throat and said, "It's really expensive to raise so many more troops?"

Tao Xiying gave him a blank look and continued, "There is still a manic shadow."

"What's wrong with Manying?"

"Manying opened five Fuguitangs in one go in the capital.

Your Highness knows how expensive the houses in the capital are. Manying directly bought the five stores of Fuguitang.”

Li Yu swallowed.

This is indeed a big expense!

In ordinary houses in the capital, many officials of about the fourth rank cannot afford them, and they have to borrow money from relatives and friends to buy them. Just paying back the money will take 10 or 20 years.

Li Yu has also heard of a lot of this kind of thing.

Stores are much more expensive than ordinary houses.

Manying bought five seats in one go, which was indeed a huge expense.

"In addition to the capital, Manying has also purchased more than 30 stores in Weizhou, Jinzhou, Qizhou, Wuzhou and other places. Don't you know these highness?"

“…”

Li Yu held his forehead.

Manying asked him if he could open a store outside the capital.

He agreed at that time, but he didn't expect that Manying bought so many stores at once.

Tao Xiying said so much in one breath and was a little tired. She picked up the teacup, drank a sip of tea, moistened her throat, and continued: "There are only the big expenses, and there are other scattered expenses, such as Your Highness to expand the planting and cultivate the dragon brain fragrant tree on a large scale. Many new warlocks have been recruited from all over the country. This is another huge expense. In addition, King Zheng and King Zheng have been living in the palace, which has increased the monthly expenses of the palace a lot, and in addition..."

She wanted to continue saying that Li Yu really didn't want to listen anymore, and the more he listened, the more he felt the liver trembling and the pain.

He waved his hand, interrupted Tao Xiying's words, and said, "Xiying, just tell me directly, are we surplus now or are we not able to make ends meet!"

“There is still a surplus.”

Hearing this, Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there is still surplus.

Tao Xiying continued: "However, if the expenses of the royal palace increase so endlessly, it may be difficult for the royal palace to have another surplus every month! The royal palace's family will be completely ruined!"

Li Yu nodded while listening. When Tao Xiying finished speaking, he concluded: "So, we still have to make money quickly!"

Tao Xiying frowned and glared at him angrily. Shouldn’t it be to increase revenue and reduce expenditure?

Some unnecessary expenses can be saved.

There is no need for troops like Shen Jian's Hayi tribe to recruit.

And there is Manying, where you spend money without any restraint.

Before she could speak, Li Yu continued, "Counting the time, I guess the merchants of Saro Country are coming soon! Isn't there much pepper left in our hands?

Will be replenished soon!”

Tao Xiying couldn't help asking: "Your Highness thinks that is really necessary for General Shen to recruit 18,000 troops in the Hayi tribe?"

Li Yu asked back: "Xiying, do you understand military affairs?"

Tao Xiying shook her head.

What military can she understand as a woman?

I am not Qin Shengying!

Li Yu said: "You don't understand, and I don't understand either, so we should not interfere with General Shen! When an outsider leads an expert, he still has to care about this and that, and ask questions, but there is no good result."

Li Yu has seen such things in modern times.

Seeing that Li Yu insisted, Tao Xiying didn't say anything more.

Before the merchants from the Saro Kingdom arrived, the envoy sent by the Nine Kings arrived at Pyeongchang City first.

At present, the nine kings, led by King Li Lie of Yan, have joined forces to fight against the court under the banner of avenging the predecessor.

The nine kings' troops gathered in Dai County to fight with the capital army headed by Wei Ying.

However, even if the Nine Kings worked together, they did not gain any advantage in Wei Ying's hands.

The Nine Kings knew in their hearts that this war could not be delayed for too long.

The longer the delay, the more beneficial it will be to Li Ju.

After all, most counties in the country are still in the hands of the court, that is, Li Ju.

The troops of the capital army can receive continuous support and material support from various counties.

On the other hand, there are fewer counties and counties under our control, and it is difficult to support so many soldiers to engage in a long-term war of attrition.

Under this situation, the Nine Kings naturally thought of Li Yu, who was holding heavy troops.
Chapter completed!