Mother, I have returned to the throne.

Chapter 229 The Prince’s Family Assets

In the military camp, Song Yuan sent General Wei and Zheng He away, but he didn't take what happened just now to heart at all.

In a blink of an eye, he had walked out of the tent.

Prepare to find Huo Jianchuan and ask about the training of those special forces.

Long before, Situ Jing had carefully selected ten people from among those people according to Song Yuan's instructions.

In order to keep it secret, Huo Jianchuan took his men to a distant valley at dawn, where they began a unique training session.

According to Song Yuan's request, this group of people did not pursue martial arts alone.

Instead, we pursue the improvement of comprehensive capabilities.

Stealth, assassination, disguise, escape, this series of actions must be completed in one go!

According to Song Yuan's expectations, being able to accurately complete the assassination mission and escape unscathed in the end is considered a qualified quality of a special forces soldier.

And in some ways, each of them must be worth ten.

Under special conditions, by utilizing the existing environment, it is possible to slow down a large group of people.

This is what fits the character of a special forces soldier.

However, ideas are just ideas and there is always some conflict between them and reality. When Song Yuan arrived at the training ground, he found that even Huo Jianchuan's training had many errors.

He patiently corrected him and then returned to the barracks.

After a busy whole day, Song Yuan finally brought Situ Jing back to the palace.

Situ Jing still had the same personality and couldn't keep secrets from her mouth. As soon as she stepped over the threshold, she looked for her aunt and shared the arrangements about General Wei.

At the end, Situ Jing couldn't help but complain, "I'm afraid this Wei guy isn't a good person either. He's not doing this out of concern for safety, he's clearly out to get revenge!"

"By then, with over a hundred thousand men and horses, the wealth of that poor boy would be squandered in less than two months, right?"

When Ye Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This little girl is good in every way, except that she is sometimes too naive.

So in the end you don't even know how much wealth your man has, and you're still counting on your fingers!

"If you ask me, you're not willing to take care of the accounts when I ask you to. Isn't that a mistake?"

"Do you know how much silver we took with us when we left the Imperial City this time?"

"Ah?" When Situ Jing heard this, she immediately realized that something was wrong.

Could it be that Song Yuan possesses much more wealth than he imagined?

"There is... one million taels?" Situ Jing raised his finger with a somewhat uncertain tone.

She had originally overestimated Song Yuan's wealth, but she didn't expect that compared with the real reality, it was still vulnerable.

"What are you thinking? If it was only one million taels of silver, do you think your man would be so generous before?"

"Since we're on this topic today, I, the housekeeper, will simply give you a lowdown. To be honest, after we left the Imperial City, the businesses we took with us amounted to a whopping seven or eight million taels!"

"Just looking at this number alone should make you swallow your heart. A mere hundred thousand people can't bankrupt us!"

Even if the 150,000 soldiers who were engaged in farming were all assigned to Song Yuan, the monthly expenditure would be 500,000 taels.

Relying on Song Yuan's wealth to support them for a year is just a matter of gritting their teeth.

What's more, Song Yuan is not living off his savings.

Just based on Fatty Zhao's ability, how much wealth can he collect in a year?

If the business goes smoothly, I'm afraid that the mirror image on Fatty Zhao's side alone can make up for the consumption on Song Yuan's side!

With such a family background, he can be called a wealthy man!

"Ah? Why are there so many again?" Situ Jing, who learned the truth for the first time, couldn't help but widen her eyes. No matter what, she couldn't believe this reality.

After all, when she left, she saw with her own eyes that Song Yuan used only five coffins to transport the silver.

Even if you carry a lot of banknotes with you, how much are they?

"Let me tell you, where is the silver in those coffins?" Hearing Situ Jing's guess, Ye Xuan covered his mouth and laughed secretly as he told the final truth.

"Those five coffins are clearly filled with gold. The value of gold is far greater than you can imagine!"

According to the ratio of the Qin Dynasty, one tael of gold can be easily exchanged for one hundred taels of silver. In this case, what Song Yuan took out of the imperial city before was not five boxes of silver.

But five hundred boxes!

With such wealth, it is no exaggeration to say that he is rich enough to rival a country. However, Situ Jing really finds it difficult to understand. How long has it been since Song Yuan was favored by His Majesty and left the imperial city?

How did this guy get so much money?

"You should ask your husband about this matter. Apart from anything else, I think our prince has made a lot of money just from his dear third brother!"

At the end of his speech, Ye Xuan gave Song Yuan a cold look.

Facing such a look, Song Yuan touched his nose in frustration and said modestly, "It shouldn't be much, right? It's not as serious as you say!"

"After all, we are brothers. Let me think about it...it should be no more than 300,000 taels of silver, right?"

"Three hundred thousand taels? Just by leaving the Imperial City, you earned that much in exchange for that envelope. Furthermore, you've cheated your third brother more than once before. Let me tell you, your brother alone has contributed six hundred thousand taels of silver to you!"

"In a way, this guy can really be considered your brother!"

At the end of his speech, Ye Xuan couldn't help but make a joke.

Giving away six hundred thousand taels, even if they were brothers, I’m afraid they wouldn’t be so generous, right?

Situ Jing, who was standing by, heard what the two were thinking, and all the doubts she had before were finally cleared up at this moment!

No wonder when I accompanied Song Yuan before, every time I saw the Third Prince, he always looked gritting his teeth.

After being tricked so much by Song Yuan, it was already considered good-tempered that he didn't fight on the spot.

If this happened to him, and he saw Song Yuan beating him again and again, how could he bear it?

The family was almost emptied by Song Yuan, and just staring blankly was already a great mercy!

Perhaps he felt a little guilty after someone criticized his family background, so he quickly stood up.

"Okay, stop counting the money here. We have more important things to worry about right now!"

"What are you afraid of if you have money?"

"What's there to be afraid of if you have money? I'm afraid that even if I have money, I can't buy enough meat!" Song Yuan frowned and looked a little sad at the end of his words.

"Think carefully, how much meat can be produced in the surrounding area of ​​Mohai City?"

"Before, we only had a few tens of thousands of people, which was enough to barely cope. But now the number has increased fivefold. Even if we pool all the meat around us, we may not be able to be self-sufficient in the short term!"

"If we can't buy enough meat, all the money will be wasted!"

The meat consumed by hundreds of thousands of people every day, piled together, would definitely be a small mountain.

For example, if each person eats 4 taels of meat a day, for 150,000 people, that would require the consumption of 60,000 kilograms of meat!

If one sheep weighs 60 kilograms, the daily consumption is more than a thousand sheep.

Given the output around Mohai City, it would definitely be a huge trouble, so we must prepare for it.

"Hearing you say that, I suddenly remembered that the logistics officers had previously reported that just supplying meat to our northern and southern camps was a bit of a burden!"

"Now the number of people has increased several times, I'm afraid I'll have to think of a solution later!"

"And it's not just meat. The daily consumption of refined grains is definitely a major problem. These must be addressed one by one, otherwise it will inevitably become a problem!"

Ye Xuan immediately nodded in agreement with Song Yuan's statement.

Fortunately, in just a moment, Song Yuan had already thought of a solution.

"If you ask me, we should just reduce the meat supply. But we won't be shortchanging them. The money we spend on this every day will be directly distributed to them when the time comes!"

"However, when distributing the money, you must make it clear that these are just rewards, not salary!"

It's just a reward, not a tool to win people's hearts.

My subordinates perform well, so what if I spend my own money?

In this way, even if others wanted to control Song Yuan, they would not be able to find any excuse. For a moment, Ye Xuan nodded repeatedly and praised softly.

"This is a really good idea. Just spend the silver directly so that we don't waste our efforts. More importantly, sometimes silver can inspire people more than meat!"

After all, meat is just food, but there are thousands of ways to spend money once you have it.

As long as they have money, isn’t it up to them to decide how to spend it in the future?

Which of the two things is easier to accept? If you think about it, you will get the final answer.

After solving this problem, everyone present showed a hint of joy on their faces.

These are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. Even if most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, we can still spare at least 30,000 to 40,000 young and strong fighters!

Even the old, weak, sick and disabled are useful. Whether it is logistics or workshop construction in the army, these people can be of great use.

Who could have imagined?

Song Yuan had only been at the border for half a month when he suddenly transformed himself and had so much capital.

This is definitely a good start for everyone!

However, in order to prevent Song Yuan from becoming too anxious, Ye Xuan hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke to wake him up.

"This is a good thing for us, but we must not get carried away. Don't forget, according to General Wei's previous statement, he will come here for another inspection in three months. If we can't shut him up, we might end up doing something wrong!"

Even Ye Xuan could imagine that the final initiative of the agreement between the two parties would ultimately be in the hands of General Wei.

The other party only needed one sentence to expose Song Yuan's contribution and take back all the hundreds of thousands of people.

However, in Song Yuan's opinion, the three months left to him was enough.

"Don't worry. Three months from now, even if the general comes in person, I'm afraid others may not listen to me even if I agree!"