Chapter 178

Tell everyone that there is still the First Emperor in this world!

If we don't send them off, wouldn't that be too shameful?

We must send them off!

Everyone follow and see them off for twenty li!

Until watching Han Xin's vast army's retreating back, Ying Su waved from afar.

At this moment, to be honest, he felt somewhat reluctant to part!

A hundred thousand troops!

These are his own heart and soul!

This is the first army under his command!

And Han Xin, Wang Jian, Zhou Yafu, Fan Kuai, Li Yuanba, every single person in this army, was someone he liked the most!

They were leaving!

But Ying Su also thought it through!

They were going to annihilate the Xiongnu!

Once the Xiongnu are destroyed, there will not be a single powerful foreign enemy around the Great Qin for hundreds, even thousands of years!

This is a major event!

Speaking on a small scale, this is a hundred-year and thousand-year plan for the Great Qin!

Speaking on a large scale, this is a hundred-year and thousand-year plan for the entire Huaxia civilization!

Similarly, it is also Ying Su's unparalleled merit!

With the merit of annihilating the Xiongnu, he would be enough to secure his position on the throne!

In the future, no one in the court would dare to disobey him!

However, at this moment, watching helplessly as Han Xin's hundred thousand troops and Li Yuanba left, countless people were excited!

Zhao Gao, with a face full of excitement, looked at Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, an opportunity! An opportunity!"

He shouted, and at this moment, his eyes were practically shining with light!

091. Summoning reinforcements! Frantically summoning reinforcements! All are fierce men!

Golden autumn, the eighth month!

It is precisely the season busy with the harvest!

And in a few more days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival for family reunions.

Wait... does this era have a Mid-Autumn Festival?

No!

Or rather, not exactly no!

Before the Qin and Han dynasties, it was a very niche festival!

By the Tang Dynasty, because Li Shimin dream-walked in the Moon Palace, and it happened to be on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, so this day was designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival!

By the Song Dynasty, this festival began to become popular!

At this very moment, the hundred officials in the court had long since dispersed!

Even Ying Zheng had left!

Beside Ying Su, apart from Chong Xin, there were only Li Cunxiao and some other close attendants; no one else was around!

And as he walked on the road returning to Outside Xianyanggong, he felt a certain emptiness in his heart!

When Li Yuanba was always by his side before, he didn't feel Li Yuanba was so important, but now that he is gone, he feels somewhat reluctant to part.

And Han Xin, Wang Jian, and others; he didn't usually meet with them much, but... now they suddenly left, and instantly he felt his heart extremely empty!

"Sigh!"

Ying Su sighed!

And just at this moment, Chong Xin kicked away a tree branch blocking the road for him and said to Ying Su: "Your Majesty need not worry; General Li Yuanba and General Han Xin have only left temporarily. When they return, they will bring Your Majesty the good news that the Xiongnu have been destroyed!"

He spoke these words.

And Ying Su glanced at him; at this very moment, he could not help but sigh that Chong Xin still understood his thoughts!

However, he said nothing, but instead headed towards the Prime Minister's Mansion in Xianyang City.

Going there wasn't for any specific matter; he just felt he hadn't sat down and chatted with Li Si for a very, very long time.

Nowadays, the sales situation of tea, paper, books, and everything else was not very clear!

The current him just wanted to find a close person to sit together and chat!

Not long after!

The Prime Minister's Mansion arrived!

And when Ying Su arrived here, he surprisingly discovered that Xiao He was also here!

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing Ying Su approach, both were startled and immediately bowed down to Ying Su!

Ying Su waved his hand: "Nothing, nothing!"

"What are you two doing here?"

He asked, looking at the large pile of paper and bamboo slips and such things on the table!

Li Si bowed down and said: "I am reconciling accounts with Xiao He!"

"We must turn over all the Qian Cai obtained from tea, books, paper, and other items to the state treasury!"

Ying Su said: "Didn't I ask you to manage it? Why turn it over to the state treasury?"

Li Si smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, the amount of Qian Cai is far too great. Keeping it with me is not only unsafe, but with the busy state affairs, I simply cannot manage the burden!"

Facing Ying Su laughed, "How much money is there that you cannot even manage it?"

Li Si did not answer, but directly handed over an account book, "Your Majesty, this is the record of sales for paper, books, tea leaves, and all other items. Your Majesty might as well take a look?"

Facing Ying Su waved his hand, "No need to look, just tell me the total sum!"

Li Si said, "As of the end of July, a total of thirty-five million nine hundred thirty-five thousand eight hundred Qian Cai worth of books have been sold!"

"As of the end of July, a total of fifty-two million one hundred eleven thousand six hundred Qian Cai worth of paper has been sold!"

"As of the end of July, a total of twenty-one million two hundred one thousand Qian Cai worth of tea leaves has been sold!"

As he spoke, his eyes shone with light!

And with these words spoken, even Facing Ying Su was greatly shocked!

"This... this... actually so much?"

"Is this net profit? Or the total amount?"

He was utterly shocked.

At the same time, he took the account book to examine it!

Li Si said, "This is the total amount, but... the costs did not cost much money!"

"The total cost comes to about ten million Qian Cai!"

"Eight million Qian Cai of that was spent on tea leaf collection fees!"

"The remaining two million was used to buy ink, paper materials, and so on!"

"The net profit is roughly ninety million Qian Cai!"

As he made the report, at this moment, he was simply beaming with joy!

Ninety million Qian Cai!

This has already surpassed the peak annual treasury tax revenue during Seeing Ying Zheng's reign!

He was very proud!

Because, all of this, was entirely his merit!

And just as he was feeling proud, Kill Xiao He bowed to Facing Ying Su and said:

"Your Majesty, this year, not only did paper, books, and other items earn huge amounts of Qian Cai for the treasury!"

"But, this year is also a great harvest year!"

"The harvest in the Guanzhong lands this year is very good!"

"If taxes are truly collected at a rate of fifty percent, I suggest building six granaries immediately!"

"Otherwise, the tax grain collected from various regions may not fit in the treasury!"