Chapter 94: A deficit of 40 million taels
"I brought Xiao Yang in. Originally... I promised to bring him in... to have a full meal!
Two days ago... He even said to me with a smile...
He has saved up a lot of military achievements and can go back and take his mother to live a good life!
…”
Mi Xi held the captain's medal with three fingers, and she cried in tears.
The same is true for the people around.
Men don’t cry easily, but they are not sad.
At this time, how can everyone suppress the sadness and sorrow in their hearts when they look at their surroundings, whether they are physically disabled or no longer present?
There are many brothers in the world who rebelled against each other, but how many are they rebelled against each other?
How can we not cry when we have a life-and-death relationship?
Jiang Hao looked at him, his emotions were very complicated, and his eyes were red.
"Huang Liqing, exterminated Li Zicheng's army, personally killed Li Zicheng with special merits, and recovered Tang Weilong's army with special merits...
Now awarded the rank of lieutenant general!”
No matter how sad the lower part was, Bi He and the others who stood above were still reading the military rank chart in their hands with tears in their eyes.
Awarded merits to the rest.
The award ceremony was read from morning to night. It was not until the moon was high and the incandescent lamp was lit for more than two hours before all the personnel were awarded the award.
Jiang Hao twisted his nose and made a final summary on the awarding platform with a hoarse voice.
After the summary was completed, the awarding ceremony was announced and everyone was informed to go back tonight and have a good rest and have to attend the second national highest meeting the next day.
At this point, the commendation and awarding ceremony ended.
The staff gradually dispersed, either going back to the guesthouse or living in different restaurants arranged by the government for them.
As soon as people left, the conference hall, which had just been built for less than a year, suddenly seemed so empty that it was scary.
"You are crying too!"
Jiang Hao was taking out a tissue and blew his nose when he heard Bi He's voice coming from behind.
Ignore it, waited until the snot was twisted, then turned around and said, "Isn't you the same!
Your voice is still hoarse!”
"Please, I have to read so many names from morning to night, it would be strange if my voice is not dumb!
Ahem!"
Bi He said in a hoarse voice, coughed twice, then sat next to Jiang Hao, sighed, and asked in a long voice:
"Oh~~
You said, are our choices right?
For some reason, looking at the dead and injured comrades, I felt sad, a little pain, and a little regretful.
Perhaps, if we had not raised our army, their lives would be harder, at least they could live."
“You know, where were the droughts still last year?
Are there any places where floods are still there?”
Jiang Hao did not answer directly, but asked Bi He in some ways, whether he knew where there were droughts and floods.
“Is there any?
Wasn't the harvest last year quite good?
Not to mention the harvest of sweet potatoes and potatoes, the yield of wheat and rice is also quite large. I heard that some places are higher than the previous yields!”
Bi He was a little puzzled.
Seeing that the logistics is so abundant, he always thought that the weather has been good in recent years.
Jiang Hao laughed:
"Oh!
That is because we intervene, because we are constantly building water conservancy measures, conducting astronomical observations, and allowing them to plant according to the weather environment.
I'll just tell you this!
The drought in Shanxi this year is not inferior to that of the year we revolt!
If I hadn't spent three million taels of silver to dig wells and open channels, would you really think they would have a good life?
Or, do you think the court in the past could take out three million taels of silver to dig a well?
The harvest last year was piled up with money.
Last year, the total fiscal expenditure reached a total of 60 million taels of silver, but the total of 60 million taels of silver that were not embezzled.
This does not include the food allocated to the army and some daily merit volumes that have not yet been fulfilled."
"Sixty million taels of silver, you can spend money!
Oh my god, I can’t even think about this number, how did I use it!
You will have spent all the treasury!"
Bi He's focus is not on the difficulty level at all, but on 60 million taels of silver.
There is no way, this number is so big that it is shocking.
"Do you think your army's food, drink and food fell from the sky?
Not to mention the military's military equipment, it takes nearly 10 million taels of silver to add up to daily food, food, and military pay.
And do you also have various weapons such as cannons, incendiary bombs and other weapons you use to fight, don’t you have to spend money?
The amount of those firearms costs about 10 million taels.
It takes three taels of silver to dig a well, but it may not be successful. There is a certain chance of being scrapped.
Last year, I dug nearly one million wells and built more than 30,000 ditches across the country.
Because labor has been abolished before, it costs money to hire people to dig wells and build ditches.
The total cost of this part is nearly 10 million taels!
In addition, there are education expenses, government department personnel expenses, subsidies for casualties, etc., which one does not need money?
If many things were not operated by national factories, as long as the cost was charged, the cost would be more than that!
If it is replaced by a private workshop and go to a private workshop to buy some basic materials, the cost will be even more terrifying."
Jiang Hao gave Bi He a blank look and then made the same reconciliation as him.
He didn't think he was spending too much money.
Who doesn't want to do everything well without spending a penny, but is it possible?
What are so many good things in the world?
"That's right, but this number is a bit scary!
What about taxes?”
Although Bi He doesn't know much about political and financial matters, he also knows the balance of income and expenditure.
If the income is not too much, it will not take long to go bankrupt.
"this……
It's probably only about 20 million taels!"
Speaking of income, Jiang Hao himself was unlucky because the imbalance between income and expenditure was too serious, with a fiscal deficit of up to 40 million taels of silver.
If it weren't for the fact that the big plunderers had plundered more than one billion taels of silver during the war, relying on the fiscal revenue of that year, it would have gone bankrupt in minutes.
Bi He also had a toothache when he heard it:
"This income and expenditure data is unreliable no matter how you look at it!
If this continues, we will go bankrupt sooner or later!”
"Don't worry too much, there is still money in the treasury!
I'm not a person who doesn't count either.
Next year, your military expenditure will be reduced by 10 million taels, and you don’t need to continue digging wells and ditches. At most, you can repair and repair them slightly, fill in the gaps, etc., and it won’t cost much.
In this way, there will be 20 million taels less.
Moreover, last year's fiscal revenue mainly came from the north, and there was no time to collect taxes or just two months!
So according to my estimate, if there is no accident, the national fiscal revenue will be about 30 million to 40 million next year. When the national economy recovers in two years, the income will be more.
Maybe there will be a surplus at that time!"
Jiang Hao can only use the prospect to comfort Bi He at this time!
Chapter completed!