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Lu Chensheng had just finished speaking, when Li Daifu from the Ministry of Accounting asked to see him.

Seeing this, Gu Zhifang immediately stepped aside.

Li Daifu met Lu Chensheng smoothly.

"Subordinate, I have seen the adults."

Li Daifu was about to kneel down when he saw Lu Chensheng, and Lu Chensheng accepted the other party's salute.

"It's just gone, why are you here, do you want to have some porridge together?"

Judging by the other person's appearance, he probably hasn't eaten yet.

Lu Chensheng beckoned and asked Xiaoyu to serve another porridge.

Li Daifu was about to refuse, but when he saw that the porridge had been served in front of him, he held it in his hand after thanking him.

"My lord, there is no money in the treasury!"

Li Daifu began to complain at the first sentence, that there is really no money in the treasury.

The military salary of the army, the salaries of hundreds of officials, plus the enthronement ceremony that is about to be held now.

These places cost money, and the budget was fine, but the army sent out a few days ago attacked the Chengzhou Kingdom.

It is gratifying and congratulatory to win the Chengzhou Kingdom, but the expenses involved immediately made him feel that he was young and his hair was going to be gray.

With the sudden extra expense, the expenses for the enthronement ceremony were suddenly not enough.

"Why are you short of money again?"

Lu Chensheng's hands trembled.

This year, there is not much money in the treasury. In order to save a little money, Lu Chensheng even bought less granaries.

He also knew that it would cost too much money this year, so he did this.

But after saving so much space, why is the money still so wasteful.

"Your Excellency, even the matter of mobilizing troops and horses, is done without telling the ministers, and the money and food are all spent. This sudden extra gap, the subordinates really can't account for it!"

When Li Daifu said this, there was a bit of resentment in his eyes.

Lu Chensheng who saw it smiled sarcastically, in order to conceal the traces of the army before, Cheng Zhou was taken by surprise.

Lu Chensheng almost concealed all the ministers.

The guards on Qianliang's side were all Lu Chensheng's personal guards, so it was very easy to hide a minister of household affairs.

It's just that it inevitably made Li Daifu feel a little resentful.

After all, he was also the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so Lu Chensheng could bypass him and even concealed matters in this regard.

It's all right now, it's true that Chengzhou Kingdom has been defeated, and everyone is happy.

But in the face of a gap that suddenly appeared, even Li Daifu, who was called gray hair, could hardly make up for this gap.

Recently, his money over there has been cut a little bit, and the money over there is being cut a little bit.

In order to be able to satisfactorily collect the money for the enthronement ceremony.

But no matter how to get it together, the money is still missing too much, which makes him completely helpless, so he can only come to find Lu Chensheng in private.

If this matter was said in the main hall, it would really embarrass the minister and Lu Chensheng, so he didn't say it in the main hall.

Lu Chensheng rubbed his forehead, too.

Originally, other people's money was calculated, but he embezzled a large amount of money, so it's no wonder that the other party couldn't calculate it.

"Chengzhou Kingdom was destroyed, so no silver taels were found in the imperial capital?"

Lu Chensheng thought for a while, then asked Gu Zhifang.

Gu Zhifang was stunned when he heard the words, "My lord, when Cheng Zhou was still there, there were not many people there, and even Wei didn't know about it."

"Let's inherit the snow."

Although wars cost a lot of money, but after destroying a dynasty, there should be some gains.

Cheng Xue was quickly called.

When she came, Li Daifu was drinking porridge, he was not in a hurry at this time, anyway, the adults were willing to solve the money gap, so he could relax.

"Chengzhou Kingdom was destroyed, so the palace didn't collect any money?"

Lu Chensheng asked directly.

Others may not be clear about this matter, but it is impossible for Chengxue to not be very clear about it.

"In Cheng Zhou's palace, there is indeed nothing valuable. After selling some of the jewels inside, I'm afraid it's only a few thousand taels of silver."

When Cheng Xue heard the words, she immediately responded.

Cheng Zhou Guo was too poor, she looked at the account books of the household department, and her life was indeed miserable.

Where does it look like today's Xing Seoul City, it seems that there is not much money, Li Daifu, the Minister of Household Affairs, withheld it, but if someone really takes down this Xing Seoul City, the money can be collected casually and scraped out a lot.

Lu Chensheng frowned when he heard that, Cheng Zhou Guo didn't have any money, could it be that he was asked to use other methods to raise some money for the Ministry of Households?

Thinking of this, Lu Chensheng felt a little helpless.

"However, the feudal lords from all over the place collected a lot of silver and came back. It's just that they are still on the way now, so Chengxue didn't tell the lord."

Cheng Xue went on to say something, which immediately turned Lu Chensheng's cloud into a cloud.

"Why didn't you say it before?"

"Many horse-drawn carriages are used to escort the transport. After the subordinates want to arrive, they will tell the adults."

What Cheng Xue said seemed to want to surprise Lu Chensheng, but Lu Chensheng was speechless.

However, it is a good thing that the matter of Yinzi has been resolved.

Chapter 679 I'm here to ask for money

Qi Shizhong was the escort for the silver.

When Cheng Xue came back, she mentioned that Qi Shizhong performed particularly well in this battle.

This time, there is also a part of the Qi Shi.

"Wait until the silver deposit is sent back, you go and verify it."

Lu Chensheng said to Li Daifu.

Judging by Cheng Xue's appearance, the money in the silver should be enough for the household department to use when it was sent back this time.

Li Daifu nodded quickly when he heard this.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Lu Chensheng waved him back.

"My lord, your student asks to see you."

Li Daifu was about to leave when the attendant hurried in again and spoke.

Lu Chensheng's students haven't come to see him for a long time, and they don't know what they have been tinkering with these days.

Lu Chensheng waved someone to bring him in.

Immediately, I saw Lu Chensheng's student walking in with something like a cylinder.

"This is?"

Seeing what the other party was holding in his hand, Lu Chensheng couldn't help but slightly raised his brows, and said curiously.

"Sir, this is the telescope you speak of!"

Lu Chensheng was taken aback when he heard this, did all this stuff come out?

"How is the clarity?"

This thing also pays attention to a quality.

"Students have never seen a very good one, but this is the best one made by the students."

Hearing this, Lu Chensheng's student scratched his head and said something.

They don't know what the standards are, and what they have is the best they can do.

Lu Chensheng thought about it and felt right.

Although I don't know what the effect of the one they made is, but it's pretty good to be able to make it.

"Well, you did a great job, keep working hard!"

Lu Chensheng appreciated it, and while talking, he held it in front of his eyes for an experiment.

It was still daytime at this time, so there was no way to watch the stars at night.

However, at a cursory glance, the clarity is pretty good, but I don't know how it will be when it is used to watch astrology at night.

Send it to Daoist Yunsong later.

Lu Chensheng thought for a while, and put this thing aside. By the way, he wanted to go to Taoist priest Yunsong to have a look.

Hearing Lu Chensheng's praise, the group of people seemed quite happy, but after looking at each other, they didn't leave just like that.

Lu Chensheng also saw that they seemed to have other things, and was a little strange immediately.

"If you have anything, you can say it directly, don't be afraid."

Lu Chensheng waved his hand and said something.

Hearing this, several people were immediately happy, "Sir, our research over there seems to be unable to keep up with the research fee, and I want to be able to allocate more funds."

Li Daifu from the household department hadn't left yet. Hearing what these people said, he immediately took a breath, feeling that his breathing was a little unstable at this moment.

He just had a little silver taels on his side, and now that it's all over, there are a few guys who want silver taels again.

"The national treasury is empty, and the current silver taels will be spent on the enthronement ceremony! There is no other silver taels!"

Li Daifu was in a hurry, and before Lu Chensheng could speak, he spoke first, indicating that he really didn't have much money.

When several students heard this, they looked at Li Daifu full of dissatisfaction.

"Do you know how important our research is, if you break the other people's silver, you will lose it, but how can you break our silver?"

"Yes, you can break the rest of the silver taels, but you must never break our silver taels!"

A few students spoke as silently as you, with a sharp tone and no politeness at all.

In fact, this is indeed the case in their view. They know how important their research is, and they don't talk about the rest.

How can I let the other party cut off these silver taels casually? This is a big deal!

Li Daifu was short of breath, what kind of talk is this!

"There's a lot to say, and there's no more silver in the treasury!"

Li Daifu simply cocked his neck, and said bluntly, he didn't want to talk so much anymore, no money means no money.

This thing is for sure!

The students didn't talk to him anymore. Anyway, the person who made the final decision was still my husband, so I should go to my husband for this matter.

Therefore, the students looked at Lu Chensheng and continued, "Sir, you know how important our research is. The money for this research has been cut off for a long time. If there is no money, then we have no way to continue."

"The most important purpose of cooperating with you to send this thing is to ask for money."

Lu Chensheng touched the telescope at the side, feeling a little helpless.

He said why these students suddenly came to the door and sent an item, which turned out to be for the matter of money.

The students also had a bit of shame on their faces when they heard this, but they didn't just deny it.

After all, they did come for the money.

"How much money were found in those vassals' territory?"

Lu Chensheng rubbed his forehead and asked Cheng Xue.

He didn't ask just now, because Lu Chensheng felt that the money was enough, but now looking at it, it seems that there should be more money in it.

"Returning to the adults, I estimated it before, and it is about 200 million taels of silver, but I didn't calculate it carefully. I need to tap it after the escort back to know the specifics."

Cheng Xue replied.