"What's wrong with asking him to get some money? I've never seen such a stingy official!"

"How much do you think we have saved in the past two years just from the annual coins? And this time, didn't he also steal the money from someone else? But look at his face, people who don't know thought he was gouging out his flesh.

Woolen cloth!"

Zhuang Chengyi cursed all the way out of the palace, turned around and told Wang Ji: "Go back and give him all the blocked budgets from the Ministry of Works. By the way, add 30% to this year's budget for river dredging, and more money for road construction."

Approval will be 10%. Also, the Ministry of Rites’ budget for building social studies will also be increased by 10%.”

Wang Ji cautiously probed: "Isn't it necessary? The officials finally gave us some money, and we just turned around and spent it all. Isn't this a clear way to give the officials some eye drops?"

"Why is it not necessary? It was okay if you didn't have money before. Now if you have money, give it to them as soon as possible. Let me tell you, the Ministry of Industry spends a lot of money on building roads and bridges. Let them repair it as soon as possible while you have money.

There is also social studies, which is a great good thing that is both contemporary and will benefit the future. If you don’t have money, you can only build two less schools first. If you have money, why don’t you build more?”

Even so, Zhuang Chengyi was still a little unhappy, and he rolled his eyes and came up with a vicious plan: "Is the autumn tax for the third year of Jingkang coming up soon? At that time, the part that should have been paid into internal funds will be reduced by another 10% to save money.

The portion that comes down will be divided into 70% for the Ministry of Works and 30% for the Ministry of Rites.”

Wang Ji was immediately dumbfounded and said: "Are you still going to reduce it? Not a penny of the spring tax for the three years of Jingkang was given to internal funds. If you reduce it by another 10%, then you will have to transfer the internal funds to the treasury?"

"No internal funds?"

Zhuang Chengyi snorted and said: "Forget it if you don't give it. Anyway, I forgot! Besides, I didn't put a penny into my own pocket, and the Ministry of Revenue didn't waste a penny from his treasury. I just gave it to him."

What's the matter with some eye drops? Can those hawks and dogs from the Imperial City Division break down my door in the middle of the night?"

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Chengyi murmured in a low voice: "This foolish king didn't want a copper mine as big as Myanmar. He was the one who gave me eye drops first! Let's go and find Li Xiang and Shen Yushi first."

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"The old man bullied me too much!"

Zhuang Chengyi left cursing, and Zhao Huan was so angry inside the palace that he cursed: "Where's the spring tax for the third year of Jingkang's reign? That's nearly a million dollars, and he just said it would be intercepted?"

"Without this money, what will I use to build the Martyrs' Shrine? Should I go to his household department to ask for money? That old man is just a brave man! A brave man! He's his mother!"

Sitting on the chair angrily, Zhao Huan turned his attention to He Ji again and asked, "Bring that old man's file to me."

However, after Zhao Huan read Zhuang Chengyi's file, he was even more angry and his head was buzzing.

The Imperial City Secretary didn't catch Zhuang Chengyi's pigtails at all, or Zhuang Chengyi simply didn't have any pigtails for the Imperial City Secretary to catch - this old man didn't even put a penny into his own pocket except for the salary he deserved!

Why is there such an anomaly in the officialdom!

"Let the young master build the Martyrs' Shrine later."

After rubbing his forehead, Zhao Huan could only resist the urge to bleed in his heart and ordered Wu Xin: "In addition, let the young master build a cemetery in every state and county to bury the soldiers who died fighting for the country. In addition to

In addition to the local government offering sacrifices during the four seasons? Ordinary people may go to worship. By the way, the money and materials needed are all allocated from internal funds."

After Wuxin bowed and agreed, Zhao Huancai then ordered: "Go and ask Prime Minister Li to come see me."

Fortunately, Li Gang did not cause trouble for Zhao Huan like Zhuang Chengyi. Instead, as soon as he saw Zhao Huan, he bowed with a smile and said, "My congratulations to the official family? Congratulations to the official family."

But Zhao Huan became alert.

Li Gang seems to be a gentleman on the surface, but this guy is definitely not a pedantic [Biquge www.biqugew.xyz] rotten? Now he is smiling and congratulating as soon as he comes up? I guess he has nothing to hold back.

fart.

As expected, after Li Gang sat down, he cupped his hands towards Zhao Huan and said, "I heard that there are copper mines in Myanmar?"

Zhao Huan hummed with a dark face and said: "The old man has told you? Yes? According to Suryavarman, there are indeed copper mines in Myanmar, but it is difficult to mine and transport them."

Li Gang grunted, nodded and said: "Stop the official's anger, when I come? I have already told Zhuang Butang - I, the Song Dynasty, are the Celestial Kingdom after all, how can I use such a ridiculous excuse as stepping left foot first?"

Besides, even if we don’t consider whether the national treasury can still support it, we should still think about the officials returning from the expedition. It’s time for a good rest, how can we conquer Burma again? However, I do have some ideas? Maybe we can get the Burmese copper mines without any blood.

.”

After finishing speaking, Li Gang quietly looked at Zhao Huan. Seeing the noncommittal look on Zhao Huan's face, Li Gang tried again and said: "Didn't the official say before that they would station troops in the various kingdoms? We just need to find out.

The location of Myanmar’s copper mines…”

Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "It is not difficult to capture the Burmese copper mines without a fight. Even if you don't need the excuse of garrisoning, you can directly go to Burma to rent the land where the copper mines are located, and give him two guan of gold coins a year as rent.

That’s it. The real difficulty is how to transport the copper ore out.”

"The officials are wise."

First, he patted the dragon's fart gently, then Li Gang chuckled and said, "Since the government wants to build a straight road from Yongzhou to Thanglong and Angkor, why can't they build a straight road from Dali to Myanmar?"

"I have already inquired clearly. Burma is a remote and remote area. I think that as long as we can provide a few good meals and pay a few wages, we can recruit a group of Burmese laborers to build the straight road."

"In this way, the treasury saves money on purchasing labor, the straight road is built, and Myanmar's copper can be transported out. If it is still too troublesome, you can directly mine and smelt in Myanmar. Apart from paying wages to the Myanmar people, the remaining

Wouldn’t it be much easier to cast the copper ingots directly and then transport them out?”

Then Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang like this.

You're all quite shameless, huh? The sage's book has taught you that you are such a gentleman?

However, what disappoints Li Gang is that Zhao Huan is not very interested in the copper mines in Myanmar. In other words, it is not that he is not interested, but that Zhao Huan feels that it is not worthwhile to invest too much energy in the copper mines in Myanmar now——

Is the Yuan Dynasty awesome? Is the Ming Dynasty awesome?

Both companies have invested a lot of energy in Myanmar's copper mines, but the output and returns are not proportional.

Not to mention that the current technology of the Song Dynasty is just like that. Even if Zhao Huan, a fool like Zhao Huan, is crazy about cheating, there is no way to bring the Song Dynasty into the industrial age immediately.

Rather than investing energy in the copper mines in Myanmar now, it is better to focus more on the Royal Academy - when there are sea ships that can sail far away, there will be real gold and silver that has been smelted overseas!

Or to put it more bluntly.
Chapter completed!