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She said dejectedly, "What else can we do? I can try my best to supplement it. If not, we can only go and urge the emperor again."

"If you don't stay for a few years, the Central Plains wouldn't be too good either. It's either a drought or a water disaster. Royal Brother is both a disaster relief and a water cure.

"I know."

She knew it was difficult for him, so she didn't want to bother him with it. She wanted to shoulder the responsibility herself, but in the end, she discovered that she didn't have the ability.

Since ancient times, asking for money was always the hardest, she once again raised the salary in the imperial court, with the words of 50 million, she was the first to be refuted by Lin Jing.

"Your majesty, there are frequent floods in the south, and hundreds of thousands of disaster victims have been displaced and homeless. Right now, they are all fleeing towards the capital, and this subject believes that hundreds of thousands of disaster victims need these silver taels more than the hundred thousand soldiers at the border."

After Lin Jing finished speaking, sounds of agreement rose and fell.

Zhou Leping clenched his fist, the smile on his face could not be held back any longer.

Lin Jing continued, "Among these hundreds of thousands of victims, many of them are the parents and family of the soldiers of the border, General needs to know that water can carry boats, and the people are water, the Sovereign is the boat, which is which is light, General should be able to weigh it clearly, right?"

Zhou Leping really wanted to fiercely punch him in the face. The military pay had been delayed for two years, wasn't he afraid of the soldiers revolting?

Without them in the front bathing and fighting bravely to kill the enemy, would an old man like him be able to talk back?

Zhao Deng stood by her side, afraid that she would say or do something out of line to make him fail, quietly pulling on her sleeve, "This old thing is purposely provoking you, you better not be fooled."

This time, she was obedient and didn't fall for the trap, but she did it in an aggrieved manner.

The military salary was a huge problem. As long as she could not raise any money, she would not be able to sleep until the next day. She had a headache from settling accounts in the middle of the night, so she brought wine to the courtyard to cool the wind.

Zhu Guanliang also couldn't sleep, it was inconvenient for him to go down to the fields during the day, so he only came out at night to take a walk.

She sat in the pavilion, one leg crossed over the stone bench, leaning on her head, humming a song.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a nursery rhyme.

Shame, dig, you say, wave, he put out his hand.

It didn't sound like a tune, but it was still quite loud.

When she was done, she scratched her hair and drank.

Without warning, Zhu Guanliang suddenly spoke out from behind her, "You want to use the wine to dispel your worries?"

Zhou Leping turned his head. Seeing that it was him, he could not help but hold onto the bottle of wine in his hands.

"Why are you out wandering when you haven't slept in the middle of the night? "You've recovered from your injuries?"

"This is exactly what I wanted to ask the general. Who gave you permission to drink? "

"I need permission to drink? My injury is already fine, you should just take care of yourself. "

Zhu Guanliang covered his waist and walked slowly, but he was not in a rush, he slowly walked to the front of her and sat down, "It's more worrisome to drink, if the general is unable to sleep, I have a sleeping pill for the general."

"There's no need. Even if you apply the medicine, I would still be able to wake up."

Since she said that, then Zhu Guanliang should ask her why she was worried.

She waited for a long time, but he didn't come. She looked over and saw that he was looking up at the stars.

"Why don't you ask me what happened?"

Zhu Guanliang looked at her in confusion, "To be able to make the general so anxious that he can't sleep at night, the only thing that can make him worry is the soldier and the soldier. Since the general has already agreed to the soldier, then the only thing to worry about is the soldier's salary."

"How do you know?"

"Everyone knows that."

"The method you mentioned last time might work, but it's not like you can get up in an instant and earn a lot of money right away. By the time the shops are built up, the yellow flowers would have turned cold."

Zhu Guanliang laughed, "Are you asking my opinion or testing me?"

Zhou Leping placed a hand on his shoulder, and patted his chest as if he was a good brother, "Don't hold a grudge like that, you saw it too, there were so many people trying to kill me, I don't care anymore, but right now, doesn't it seem like you are innocent?"

Zhu Guanliang took off her hand, "I am a doctor, it is not convenient for me to interfere in the matters of the imperial court and the military.

"There's no one else here, so what's the harm in telling me? If I can't trust others, then can't I trust you?"

It wasn't her style to change her opinion of him so quickly, or perhaps she was just believing him on the surface. She was secretly rubbing doubts in her heart.

He was silent for a moment, then asked, "You really want to know?"

Being curious, Zhou Leping could not react so quickly, and could only nod. "Hurry and tell me."

"It's easy to say. There are records in the ancient books that there were countless treasures in the tombs of the nobles who dug up the tombs and stole the tombs. Moreover, each and every one of them is a legendary treasure. With those, the military salary would not be a problem."

Zhou Leping rejected her without even thinking, "Digging graves and robbing them would harm my merits, how could I do such a wicked thing? No!"

Zhu Guanliang knew that she would not agree, "Then there's only one way left."

"What?"

"Fundraising."

"Raise funds?" Who do you want to collect funds from? "

"A hundred civil and military officials, distinguished officials, wealthy merchants, and landlords and gentry."

Zhou Leping waved his hands at him, "This is better left as soon as possible. All of the people you're talking about are people that you can't find anything good even if you dig between their fingers. When we find them for donations, by the time we collect the military salary, the soldiers in my side will already be starving!"

Zhu Guanliang cast a sidelong glance at her, "That's your way of doing things."

"It's not like the imperial government had never done this before, but when the time came, everyone tried to explain that they had no money. Even if they donated money, it would be worth at least a hundred gold taels. What are they going to do with it!?"

After lying on the bed for the whole day, he hadn't been sitting there for long. The wound caused him to be unable to support his waist, and he leaned forward to lean on her. He seemed to be talking to her.

Zhou Leping took off her mask before she went to sleep. When she was alone, she did not even think about wearing it when she came out to drink. When he suddenly approached her, she could see the light in his eyes that was less than an inch away from her.

There was a moon in the sky, and it seemed as if there was a moon in his eyes. It was shiny, and had a strange attractiveness to it.

"In the imperial court, officials abhor being rich the most. If you dig too much, you will easily be crowned as a corrupt official. A truly greedy official would not dare to give too much. A clean and honest person would not be able to give so much."

His words were clear and straightforward, causing Zhou Leping to become lost in thought.

Zhu Guanliang suddenly reached out and flicked her head, then pulled back to sit up straight, "Does the general understand what I mean?"

Zhou Leping was stunned by his sudden outburst, and was about to yell at him for being bold, but when she suddenly heard him ask about it, she was stunned again, "Understand what?"