Chen Ying hesitated for a long time and whispered. "There is something I don't know if I should say..."

"When did you and my monarch and minister become so old?" Li Yuan looked at Chen Ying and said with a smile.

"Then I'll just say it. If Your Majesty is displeased when he hears it, he will be the minister who is talking nonsense."

When Chen Ying said this, Li Yuan frowned and suddenly woke up. Li Yuan had realized that Chen Ying must have nothing good to say next.

Sure enough, Chen Ying said angrily: "Your Majesty, you are not practicing Chidao. You are taking my life. Although 500,000 chunks are not enough, it is far from enough to cultivate such a Chidao. Although my family has saved some money, compared with the cost of cultivating Chidao, it is not even a drop in a bucket. Even if I sell myself, I can't afford to cultivate this Chidao..."

Li Yuan looked at Chen Ying and looked at Pei Ji who couldn't help laughing around him. Pei subconsciously closed his mouth. Li Yuan's face suddenly changed and he shouted sternly: "You don't joke. Since my golden mouth is open, how can I take it back? Let me break my trust in the world. Can you take this responsibility?"

Chen Ying pretended to be blushed and lowered his head without saying a word.

Li Yuan enjoyed this feeling very much. Chen Ying was like a sharp sword. It was nothing to quell the rebellion of the side of the land. He defeated the Turkic formations in a row and quelled the rebellion in Hedong with one force. This forced Li Yuan to be cautious. He was not a generous person himself. Seeing Chen Ying holding on, Li Yuan was very happy.

Li Yuan knew that even if the Hou Mo Chen family had the strength of the whole clan, they might not be able to cultivate such a way of cultivation. However, Li Yuan really didn't want to let Chen Ying go so easily. Li Yuan held his hands and glanced at Chen Ying sideways, and said in a stiff tone: "I seem to remember that Xiu Chi Dao was volunteering and recommended by yourself. Why, do you want to break your promise and become fat?"

"I dare not, but I am afraid I will let down Your Majesty's expectations."

Li Yuan's face was a little slow, and he said reluctantly: "Since that's the case, I will tell you for the sake of Ling Zu."

Chen Ying couldn't smile bitterly. It seemed that he had shot himself in the foot this time. It was not that he didn't want to build this Chi Dao, but he just asked Li Yuan to agree to build a money house, using 500,000 jin of start-up funds to build the money house first, and then use the overdraft function of the money house to build a Chi Dao system of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan said with a hand: "Young people should not think that after a few battles, they will look down on everything and underestimate the heroes of the world."

Chen Ying nodded repeatedly and said yes. Li Yuan told Chen Ying about his plan to cross the river secretly, and then told Chen Ying." "Although you are smart, your mind is really smaller. What you see is only the way of Chi Dao, but what I see is the world." Li Yuan paused and smiled and said, "Don't worry, this Chi Dao is just to be like. I will allocate 50,000 people. Even if you don't build Chi Dao, you can repair the official road from Chang'an to Tongguan. As long as you can confuse Wang Shichong and stabilize Li Gui, you will be a great achievement."

When Chen Ying heard that Li Yuan really wanted to act, he was very anxious. If you don’t practice Chi Dao, who else would I make? Of course, Chen Ying never thought about getting enough for his personal pockets. He just used legal means to practice Chi Dao, and he could earn 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. And he would ensure that no one could say anything. But if Li Yuan gave up this idea, he would be the one who suffered the biggest loss.

Chen Ying stood up, and Li Yuan's eyes narrowed.

Chen Ying didn't even look at Li Yuan's sharp gaze, and walked to the desk inside the hall, looked at the wine on the desk, poured a glass of wine, and brought it to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan reached out to take the wine glass and raised his eyebrows: "How is it, you didn't expect this plan?"

"I am not as good as your majesty!"

He wears all the things, but only flatters are not worn. Chen Ying gave him a flatterer in time, and Li Yuan's eyebrows immediately stretched out.

Chen Ying thought for a while and said, "I want a money house. Use this money from Chidao to build a big money house!"

When Li Yuan heard this, he put down his wine glass and said expressionlessly: "Do you want to lend money?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Lending is only one of the functions of the money house. The biggest function of the money house is to connect the world."

"Great the world?"

Li Yuan became confused, and Pei Ji smiled leisurely: "Do you only talk nonsense?"

Li Yuan's eyes were about to squint together, and he asked word by word: "What is the connection between the world?"

"To give the simplest example, the Tang Dynasty will unify the world in the future. If our Tang Dynasty stationed 30,000 troops in Guangzhou, wouldn't that be too many?"

Li Yuan thought for a while and nodded, "The 30,000 army can barely intimidate the petty and unscrupulous officials of Jiaoguang."

"According to the military system of our Tang Dynasty, a 30,000 army requires at least twenty Zhechong Mansions, one hundred regiments, including twenty Yue cavalry regiments, four thousand cavalry, and the rest are infantry. Each war horse consumes three stones and three dou of grain in a year, which is thirty-nine stones and six dou of 6 dou of grain in a year, which is 158,400 stones. Each soldier eclipses three liters a day and nine dou of lunar eclipses. In a year, it is ten stones and eight dou of stones, and 324,000 soldiers are 3.24,000 stones. If 500,000 stones of grain are transported from Chang'an to Guangzhou, it is probably not possible to transport one stone. In Chang'an, at least two million stones of grain is needed to prepare at Chang'an, which may be barely enough. In addition to food, there are also sauces, vegetables, salt, and military uniforms. It is not counted as weapons and armor. It is only material consumption. A soldier costs about four thousand coins, and a war horse requires 3,960 coins, which is about fifty thousand coins."

Chen Ying bowed to Pei Ji, who was beside him and said, "Pei Xiang also has been in charge of the Civil Affairs Department, so he naturally knows how much it is, right?"

Pei Ji nodded.

Chen Ying continued: "If the military supplies are handed over to the local government, regardless of whether the local government has the ability to bear the expenses of the 30,000 troops, it is a very big problem for the army to escape from the control of the court!"

Chen Ying's words suddenly reached Li Yuan's heart. In the national policy formulated, Li Yuan was weak and strong. The main force of the Tang Dynasty was actually the Sixteen Guards. Each Guard had 12,500 troops, and a total of 200,000 troops. Of course, most of the Sixteen Guards were missing at this time.

When Chen Ying had thousands of soldiers, Li Yuan was not worried. However, when Chen Ying's troops were under him, the Lingwu Left Army, the Lingwu Right Army and the Shuozhou Army had a total of 50,000 or 60,000 troops, Li Yuan had to be afraid. At this time, the left and right armies of Lingwu were split by Li Yuan and were organized into the 16 guards in the form of a Yue cavalry regiment. As for the Dingyuan Army, it did not move because it had to undertake the combat mission of defending the Eastern Turks.

The Shuozhou Army was reorganized into Hedong by Li Yuan. Among the Bingzhou Army and the Right Martial Guard Army, they were worried that the branches were strong and the poles were weak and that they would break the balance.

However, the examples given by Chen Ying are real problems and cannot be avoided. If you transport two million stones of grain, without calculating the consumption of the people, the consumption of grain on the road alone will be as high as more than 1.5 million stones. Even if the transportation money is 150,000 jin, it is equivalent to more than 700,000 jin, which is also a arduous task.

If you use an ordinary carriage, you will need at least two or three hundred vehicles. The transportation cost is not low. Of course, the most important thing is that wealth is moving. Wherever you put such a large amount of money, there will definitely be no fewer people who take risks along the way.

Pei Ji asked, "What does this have to do with the money house?"

The questions Pei Ji asked were actually the questions Li Yuan wanted to ask.
Chapter completed!