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"Ten copper coins for a pirate?"

Hearing this, the ministers were startled, and then their expressions changed.

"Your Majesty, how can there be so much money in the national treasury now? As soon as the killing of Japanese pirates comes out, the people on the coast can stop farming and just kill the Japanese pirates directly."

"My lord, I'm afraid the treasury won't be able to come up with so much money!"

At this moment, everyone spoke one by one, with a bit of urgency in their tone.

"On the silver side, I will find a way, you don't need to worry."

In the current situation, we still have to go through this hurdle first.

The Japanese pirates raging on the coast must be suppressed, and these Japanese pirates must not be made to feel that the people of the Xinghan Empire are easy to bully.

"But even so, the common people may not be the opponents of the Japanese pirates."

With the lure of money, the common people would naturally dare to attack, but the combat power might not be of the same level, and they would just die in vain.

Chapter 725 Profit

This is also a problem.

"The Ministry of War will open the arsenal and distribute some equipment to the people on the coast, so that they can protect themselves."

Lu Chensheng thought for a while, and prepared to hand out some weapons.

"This, the Holy Majesty has never had such a precedent before, not to mention the weapons in the arsenal are all extremely advanced. If this is distributed, what should we do if the people have objections?"

The ministers were all in a hurry, this was unprecedented, and the distribution of weapons would pose a great threat to the rule of the dynasty.

"It's a big deal for the common people to use some weapons to defend themselves? What's more, what effect can such a little weapon have?"

Lu Chensheng didn't care, how could the common people rebel so easily.

Basically, it was because they couldn't get enough to eat and couldn't make it through, so they rebelled.

"But my lord, the issuance of weapons does not mean that the people will have absolute fighting power."

The minister continued to persuade.

"Then find some strong men from various villages, train them, and then give them weapons. These people are considered as army reserves. If they can be called into the army at any time during a war, is this feasible?"

After the ministers thought about it carefully this time, they felt that there was no problem this time.

They are all soldiers who have been trained by themselves, and they are only stationed in the village when they are given weapons.

During the day, if there is no war, you can continue to farm in the village, and if there is a war, you can directly take up weapons to defend the village.

Moreover, this is still their village, and it is basically impossible for them to escape.

The ministers had no objections this time, and they all praised the saint for being wise.

As for the training, let the people in the military department draw up the candidates themselves, and then send them to train at that time.

"It's a matter of money"

Li Daifu was still a little worried, and asked about it.

"I asked people to issue some national bonds. Presumably, I can recover a lot of money and solve the urgent need."

"National bonds?"

Li Daifu was a little puzzled.

"It is to borrow money from the people in the capacity of the country. At the end of the year, the bonds can be exchanged for money, and some extra interest can be earned."

Lu Chensheng explained that there is not much money in the national treasury now, if you want money, this is a way.

The ministers were all stunned.

We all know that money has never seemed to be a big deal to the Holy Majesty, and the Holy Majesty can always think of some ways to earn money.

And listening to it now proves this point.

Although you will have to pay more interest in the future, relatively speaking, the money you get in this short period of time is very important.

With this sum of money, you can temporarily tide over this difficulty.

In addition, if you have a lot of money, you can use this money to make other plans.

Li Daifu's face was full of joy, and he was already thinking about how to use the money.

"My lord, how should this matter be handled?"

"Just let the fifth day do it. The bank will be responsible, and the household department will write a notice to cooperate."

Li Daifu's face collapsed, "My lord, isn't this money for the household department?"

"Naturally, it's just that it's more convenient for the people in the bank to collect."

Lu Chensheng looked at Li Daifu a little speechless, what was this guy thinking, thinking that he was holding this sum of money and using it for himself?

As for the people in the bank who are responsible for collecting money, it seems to be nothing.

Just thinking of Qianzhuang, the ministers were stunned for a moment.

Having said that, isn't this bank owned by the Holy Majesty?

Now that the bank is getting bigger and bigger, I'm afraid there is a lot of money in it.

In fact, the Xinghan Empire has never reached a crisis point, and the Holy Majesty's private money is still there!

The ministers suddenly realized that they hadn't thought about this aspect before, but now that they thought about it, they didn't dare to ask casually.

The emperor's private money, if they say it outright, it would not be good to offend the emperor.

"If there's nothing else, just leave first."

Lu Chensheng waved his hand and said.

The ministers looked at each other, and then they all left.

"Call the fifth day to come."

Seeing the ministers leaving one after another, Lu Chensheng said something.

Gu Zhifang hurriedly responded when he heard the words, and after a while, he came to the imperial study on the fifth day of the lunar new year.

"Son."

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, she stood in front of Lu Chensheng and called out.

"There is no money in the treasury. You issue some national bonds to see how much money you can get. If there is not enough money, buy some from the bank. Anyway, this business will not lose money."

Lu Chensheng was talking with Chu Wu.

"My lord, if you really don't have much money, there are quite a few in the bank."

Chu Wu heard the words and quickly said, Qianzhuang has made a lot of money in the past few years, but it hasn't moved a cent yet.

If Lu Chensheng wanted to, he could use it.

"That's the last resort, you can't move it easily."

Lu Chensheng waved his hand and said, "What's more, it's also a sum of money from the Lu family. How can we do it if we don't keep a little?"

He never thought about using this sum of money lightly. If he really encountered difficulties, Lu Chensheng might only use the money.

Chu Wu understood, nodded and responded, "I'll do it later on Chu Wu."

"The bank, how much profit is it now?"

Speaking of the bank, Lu Chensheng still doesn't know how much money the bank has.

"The current profit is 400 million taels."

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, I thought about it and replied.

The 400 million was earned over the years. After collecting some money, I lent it out. I also used it to invest in many projects on the fifth day of the fifth day of the lunar new year.

The 400 million taels of silver are just silver, not including houses, shops, and land that have not been discounted.

If all discounted, you can also exchange a lot of money.

I have been following this young master for a long time, and I know that I can use this money to make money on the fifth day of the first day. I have been in business before, and I am more familiar with these things.

In a short period of time, it is not surprising that he earned these 400 million taels of silver.

When Lu Chensheng heard the words, he praised that when the bank was first opened, it didn't give Chu Wu much money, but now it has 400 million taels of silver.

If the 400 million taels of silver are spent on the household department, it may not take long before it will be gone.

But in fact, the 400 million taels of silver is still a lot, and Lu Chensheng was not disappointed when he was in charge of the bank on the fifth day of the lunar new year.

"You did a good job. Don't spread the news that the bank has made a profit, lest the people in the household department will be tempted one day."

Lu Chensheng reminded Li Daifu that the national treasury was empty every day, and told him to know about it, then it would be troublesome.

The other party may know that the bank has money right now, but they can restrain themselves if they don't know the exact amount. If they know that there are millions of taels of silver, they may not be so calm.

Chapter 726 The Storm

The waves piled up layer by layer, and the accumulated waves climbed to a height of several meters, slamming down on the ships in the sea.

The fleet was hit by the waves, and it was extremely bumpy. The crew members in the ship were even more unstable. If they hadn't tied themselves up early, they might have fallen into the sea at this time.

The sky was still dark, and it was daytime at this time, but at first glance, it looked like a pitch-black night, with no light at all.

There is no light, and the wind and waves are too strong, so it is impossible to communicate with other ships.

All they can do is to ensure that their ships will not capsize.

If the ship capsized under such circumstances, no one would be able to rescue them.

Inside the boat, the faces of the Wu family disciples were full of fear.

He has experienced this kind of storm many times, but he is still not used to it. He still has a deep sense of fear when he sees this storm.

And this endless sea, how many days and months has it been since the boat sailed out?

But there has been no mainland, but a few deserted islands have been found.

After replenishing fresh water and finding some fruits to replenish, we set sail.

Counting the last time it was replenished by the island, it has not been replenished for a long time now.

Looking at the sea, which is much vaster than the land, everyone felt a deep sense of fear in their hearts, as if they could never go back in this lifetime.

Fortunately, there are soldiers brought in the ship now.

Each of these soldiers is an elite, and has experienced inhuman torture during previous training.

Therefore, when sailing in this vast sea area, it is still possible to remain calm and stabilize the current situation on the ship.

Otherwise, the hearts of the people in the ship are now floating, and something may have happened already.

In the pitch-black clouds, thunder and lightning that seemed to be like horned dragons were constantly shuttling.

Finally, when the sea gradually calmed down, the dark clouds began to slowly dissipate, and a little bit of golden light began to shine down.

At this time, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, great, they have overcome this difficulty again!

Everyone was very grateful. The captain of the ship immediately began to order the deck to be cleaned up, and then lightly pointed out the losses. By the way, he contacted the rest of the people and reported the situation.

After some light tapping, the three ships were unlucky, with several holes in the hulls, and the sails of the two ships were not put down in time, and they broke directly.

In addition, there were more than ten ships, and a lot of supplies were lost.

After the statistics came out, everyone's faces were not very good-looking.

Especially those family disciples who followed.

Originally, staying on such a small ship every day without seeing land for several months was already extremely tormenting.

Nowadays, the supplies on the ships are constantly being lost, which is even more unacceptable.

The loss in this ship is all the money of their aristocratic families!

In my heart, I basically made it clear.

I also said that if you don't see the land soldiers and crew for a long time, you will be upset and prone to trouble.

If the matter is really out of control, allow him to use means to suppress it.