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Chapter 1436: Robbery [asking for monthly ticket]

"Brother Chu?"

"Good brother?"

"Just give me a definite answer."

Su Shiyilu kept pestering Chu Jie and kept calling him brother.

Chu Jie was so nauseated that he couldn't recover for a long time.

Just imagine, a big man who smells of sweat, has a thick beard, is over two meters tall, has a sturdy back and a slim waist, is pestering you and calling you brother in a hoarse voice. He is also your enemy for many years... How shocking is this scene?

Chu Jie covered his eyes with one hand: "Stop shouting."

He was so sick that he wanted to vomit.

Chu Jie's lieutenants were also stunned by Su Shiyilu's shameless behavior. They never dreamed that one day Su Shiyilu would act so "shy": "You are a general after all, how can you be so shameless..."

They couldn't find the right adjective for a while.

Su Shiyilu also took the risk.

He put his hands on his hips and said, "What else can a general seek if he doesn't seek merit?"

He took the initiative to lead so many Wuzhou troops here because of the profit he could make. Wouldn't it be a huge loss if he didn't take advantage of it?

Several people were choked by his words and could not refute.

The generals did ask for meritorious service, but the way Su Shiyilu asked for it was too challenging for them. He was so pretentious that he didn't even have the courage to appreciate it. General Jiang was well-informed and was not led astray by Su Shiyilu, and still had a sour face.

"It's all right to ask for merit, but is it right for you to instigate the marshal?"

Chu Jie really did what Su Shiyilu wanted, and this matter could be a big deal or a small deal. At the smallest, it was just a normal troop deployment, but at the largest, Chu Jie mobilized troops without authorization. Military commanders who are more powerful than their masters often have a bad ending. When the monarch and his subjects get along well, a little transgression will not cause any waves, but once there is a rift, these can be used as handles for future reckoning. Su Shiyilu has no good intentions.

General Jiang winked at Chu Jie.

I hope my general can be more rational and not be led astray.

The most taboo thing when leading troops into battle is a "sudden inspiration".

I would rather have no achievement than make mistakes!

"If you think so, there's nothing I can do about it."

Su Shiyilu spread his hands. Just when he was feeling unhappy and wanted to greet General Jiang in his heart, Chu Jie said, "I know."

Su Shiyilu thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly Chu Jie stood up with his long sword and ordered the entire army to rest for a quarter of an hour before setting off.

General Jiang: "...Marshal!"

The corners of Su Shiyilu's mouth were about to fly up to the sky.

Chu Jie patted Su Shiyilu on the shoulder, and a bit of mischief appeared on his usually serious face: "Although it's disgusting to call you brother, I like to hear you call me brother. If you can, call me brother more often."

What could be more interesting than watching your enemies being pretentious?

Chu Jie was curious about how far this beast could go for the sake of the military.

For example, wearing women's clothes, dancing, and twisting the waist.

Su Shiyilu's face turned black: "Ugh!"

In order to avoid any evidence, Chu Jie sent someone to pass the news to the central army, and led his troops to intercept the reinforcements of the central allied forces. When Shen Tang learned about this, he was almost furious. Chu Yao was a little surprised when he learned the news, and repeatedly confirmed the truth of the content with the messenger.

No wonder Chu Yao questioned the news.

But based on his understanding of this childhood friend, Chu Jie would not take the initiative to do anything out of the ordinary - Chu Jie would not refuse to do anything within his responsibility, and would never get involved in anything beyond his scope, in order to prevent being criticized. If it were not for this caution, Chu Jie would not be able to sit firmly as the head of the military generals of Kang State and hold military power without being criticized.

Such a person, suddenly went crazy this time?

Faced with Chu Yao's questioning, the messenger hesitated.

It took a while before he uttered a few words, which opened Chu Yao's eyes. Shen Tang was also stunned: "I didn't expect that this old guy Su Shiyilu also has some potential to be a disaster."

Shen Tang really couldn't tell.

Chu Yao: "My Lord, this matter..."

Shen Tang waved his hand, interrupting Chu Yao's remaining words, and said generously: "I am not a petty person, so how could I hold my own marshal accountable for such a small matter? However, I will still give Su Shiyilu a hard time later to teach him a lesson."

"You dare to plot against my military merits, and turn against Tian Gang."

However, Shen Tang also knew that with her current bad luck, the military merit would not fall into her hands unless it was intercepted by Chu Jie and others.

Chu Yao: "..."

It's a bit funny, but also a bit helpless.

It is said that what the superior does is what the subordinates follow. If the lord had not been obsessed with making achievements all day long, the civil and military officials of Kang State would not have been so obsessed with making achievements.

Chu Yao said: "My Lord is the ruler of a country."

The whole world belongs to the master, and no matter how much merit she has made, it is just a matter of passing it on to her. Such persistence is really puzzling. Shouldn't making achievements be what the ministers pursue?

Shen Tang: "It is because I am the Lord that this is the case."

Shen Tang had no intention of hiding anything from Chu Yao: "No reward for meritorious service? No money for reward? Your master is penniless now, and Han Zhang is tirelessly adding to my debts. How can I pay so much?"

This is like a small factory owner screwing the screws himself. Any labor cost saved is a good thing, which can be considered as reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

If Shen Tang makes more contributions, others will make fewer.

When it comes to rewarding people based on their merits, she can pay less.

"I have my own reasons. Just thinking about conquering the Central Continent and rewarding the three armies gives me a headache." Shen Tang patted his thigh and sighed, saying, "The world is difficult, and it's not easy to be a lord these days. Is this true, Wu Hui?"

If you weren’t so poor, who would want to work so hard?

Chu Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "My Lord, what you said is very true."

There was a reason why the lord always led the way because he was poor, and he could not directly tell the outside world about his difficulties. He told the civil and military officials to do less meritorious deeds and give her the opportunity, because his family was too poor to afford the reward... After careful consideration, he had known the lord for so many years, but he had never seen her have enough money.

Financial problems have plagued her for more than ten years.

"Alas, it's because the southwest is too poor. We lost the war."

The Southwest War was profitable, so she could be more financially comfortable.

But after this war, Shen Tang still lost money after calculating over and over again. According to her original plan, she would make some money by operating in the southwest for a few years, but the central region did not give her a chance and dragged her into the war again. In other words, Shen Tang is now fighting a war with a fiscal deficit. She did not tell the public about this news, for fear of affecting morale, and she had to swallow the bitter fruit by herself.

Chu Yao painted a rosy picture for her: "There must be money in the Central Continent."

Shen Tang made a bitter face: "I hope so."

Not seeking to make money, but seeking to balance the accounts.

"Look at you, you are such a loser..." Although Wei Lou had some understanding of Shen Tang's financial situation and knew that she was poor, he didn't expect her to be so poor. Who could believe that the master led the army in person and led the troops in person, and the biggest motivation was to save money.

It's so funny to tell it to others.

Shen Tang ignored the presence of Lao Deng next to him.

"Money is the courage of a hero. I have no money, so of course I have no future."

Wei Lou was choked by her self-righteous attitude.

Shen Tang: "Has your predecessor never worried about money?"

She knew best how hard it was to start from scratch, and she didn't believe that Ji Sun, who had left the Gongxi clan alone, was financially well off.

Wei Lou smiled: "Of course not."

"I don't believe it. Where does he get so much money?"

Even if Ji Sun was a succubus who bewitched the elders to work for him for free, it was impossible for everyone from top to bottom to pay for it, right? Wei Lou thought about it carefully and counted several families on his fingers.

The minimum donation was 200,000 or 300,000 taels of silver, and the maximum donation was over one million taels of silver.

The first lord was best at confiscating property and exterminating clans. When he was short of money, he would just ask the rich for money, because the latter had no ability to resist anyway. He would give the docile and obedient people some sweet treats, and kill the disobedient ones directly. In addition, the situation of Wu State at that time was different from that of today. Ordinary people who followed the first lord had no way to survive, otherwise they would not have taken the initiative to take poisonous insects and become strongmen.

If you don’t even want to give up your life, how can you talk about money?

Kangguo suffered the loss because it was too reasonable.

"Is it reasonable to find a reason to confiscate the property and exterminate the clan?" Wei Lou said confidently, "The country is poor but the family is rich, so they deserve to die!"

Wu State's conquest of the world was a large-scale burglary.

You will never lack money no matter what you lack.

Shen Tang went door to door to conquer the world, she deserves to be poor.

Shen Tang: "..."

and so--

Conquering the world requires conscience, but can you conquer faster without conscience?

Shen Tang thought she could get some nutritious talk from Wei Lou, but she didn't expect the other party to say the most bandit words with a serious face. She also thought she was shameless enough, but she didn't expect the Wu Kingdom to be even more shameless, a den of bandits.

"…Um, aren't you worried?"

Wei Lou sneered, "What are you worried about? Are you worried that a group of ants with no ability to resist can shake the towering trees? They just have money, not power or force. They only have money, and this money is just temporarily in their hands. Why do you think you are the owner of this wealth just because you have it for a short time?"

If you are not afraid of death, you can try to see whether your neck is harder or the knife is harder.

Shen Tang: "..."

Wei Lou called in the soldiers and brought them writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.

He picked up his pen and drew a simple topographic map.

Shen Tang didn't quite understand: "What is that?"

Wei Lou said: "The Wu Kingdom's treasure house."

Shen Tang: "..."

Chu Yao: “???”

Wei Lou frowned and thought for a long time. Seeing the dull expressions of Shen Tang and his ministers, he said disdainfully, "Why do you look like that? They are called several treasure houses, but in fact they are just several money houses that were buried on the spot because they could not spend all the money and could not take it away. Maybe there is still some left."

Shen Tang was stunned: "...I can't spend all the flowers, can't take them away?"

Wei Lou, who had been so confident just now, began to be vague and evasive when it came to this part - Wu State was not Kang State. The former was founded on bloodshed from the beginning to the end. To support war with war, wouldn't it be necessary to bloodbath the city's money after conquering a city? The Ji Sun family did not make things difficult for the common people, and they knew that they could not squeeze much money out of them, but they were not soft-hearted to the rich families in the city. If you voluntarily hand it over, you can save your life. If you refuse to understand, then kill them one by one.

No matter right or wrong, good or evil.

All the treasures collected were stained with blood.

Sometimes when there was so much money, people would just dig caves on the spot to hide it.

I'll have a chance to dig it out someday.

The Wu State had a lot of money, but there was no time to use it.

Wei Lou was Ji Sun's confidant, and he knew the locations of all the treasure houses, perhaps even more than Ji Sun himself. Later, Wu State was divided up, and part of the treasure house was taken away as inheritance.

Shen Tang was a little unconvinced: "Still here after all these years?"

Wei Lou was certain: "It should still be there."

The prerequisite for dividing the inheritance is that they know what the inheritance is.

Some inheritances are unknown, so naturally there is no way to divide them.

The uncle and nephew Wei Lou had been trapped in one place for more than a hundred years, with no place to spend money. They were bored and founded the Eternal Life Church, and the believers paid tribute to them. They lived in seclusion in Kangguo and received various welfare benefits from the local government. They had no time to lack money, so they naturally did not need to dig the treasure house left by the first lord. Wei Lou did not want to tell them, but seeing Shen Tang was so poor, he thought it was a poverty alleviation.

Shen Tang looked at the drawings with a struggling expression.

He clapped his hands and sneered: "I am very pleased, I will reward you with three or five treasure houses."

Shen Tang: "...Do you really think you are rewarding a beggar?"

Lao Deng's few words made her heart burn with anger.

She wanted to refuse with backbone, but then she thought that she was the sacred object of the Gongxi clan, and it was reasonable for her to spend the inheritance of the Ji Sun family. What was wrong with accepting it? Shen Tang folded the drawings and asked tentatively: "How much is buried?"

If it is too little, the labor costs cannot be recovered.

"At least three to five million, right?"

Shen Tang: "...How many families did Wuguo rob?"

From what Wei Lou said, three to five million is just a drop in the bucket?

"Who can remember the defeated general from more than a hundred years ago?" In fact, this was something Wei Lou couldn't understand. Kang State was now larger than Wu State in its heyday. How did Shen Tang become so poor? He once thought she was being abstract.

Shen Tang was still a little confused until Wei Lou left.

Pointing at himself: "Wu Hui, is this really my problem?"

Is it her own fault that she is poor?

Chu Yao had never seen the scene that Wei Lou described, and said, "The ruler of Wu State follows the path of kingship and hegemony, which is different from the master's path."

There is no need to compare everything.

Your Majesty, this is very good. It is a thousand times better than that of Ji Sun.

Chu Yao didn't know what the quality of life of ordinary people was like under the rule of Wu State, but he was sure that it was definitely not as good as that of Kang State.

"The Lord seeks long-term stability rather than overnight gains and losses."

It is true that the Wu State's behavior can make a living in troubled times, but the consequences are huge. As long as they don't die on the way, the war will end one day. How can those civil and military officials who have been aroused to animal nature be content with peace? This is where the hidden danger of division is buried.

Chu Yao had a hunch that even if the gods did not interfere with the Wu Kingdom, this forced unity would not last long.

On the other hand, Kangguo is different. Chu Yao is confident that one day Kangguo will unify the entire continent, and the civil and military officials in the world will be able to find their own positions, rather than being unable to make a living without war. Everyone will cherish the precious peace and prosperity. Because Kangguo has eliminated the biggest hidden danger that affects peace in its infancy from the beginning, Kangguo will go further and more steadily than Wuguo.

Chu Yao dared to speak because Wei Lou was not there.

"Even if Wuguo has a lot of money, he still has no life to spend it, right?"

When Shen Tang heard this, he instantly felt balanced.

“That makes sense!”

Fighting a war does not affect Shen Tang's fortune, let alone making a windfall. Send someone to deliver the blueprint given by Wei Lou to Xu Jie and ask him to find someone to dig. Why find Xu Jie instead of others?

Of course, it’s because the money will be put into the private treasury.

The Kangguo treasury is not poor, it is she, Shen Youli, who is poor: [We must do it secretly, and never let the news leak out to Hanzhang. ]

If Xun Zhen knew about this money, we would be doomed.

The Ministry of Revenue will definitely compete with her for money.

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As I was writing, the whole community suddenly lost power. I thought the computer case had burned out. Fortunately, I was using the Writer's Assistant and the manuscript was not lost.