Chapter 6885 Cheating!

Chapter 6885 Cheating!

Chen Xi still failed to convince Liu Tong in the end. After all, the logic that the other party came up with was outrageous, but it also made sense to some extent - although I don’t know why I have no money, it must be the God of Wealth’s fault that I have no money, so please give me money!
Faced with this situation, Chen Xi could only run away in shame. There was no other way. Compared to discussing logic, Chen Xi could come up with a set of logic that completely convinced Liu Tong. This kind of nonsense directly concluded that it must be the God of Wealth's problem that I had no money. How to say it, Chen Xi really had no way to defend himself.

Not to mention that Chen Xi himself was embezzling Liu Tong's living expenses. Although Chen Xi had his own reasons for embezzling this money, as long as you embezzle this money, you will be more or less in the wrong, and Liu Tong was obviously taking advantage of this weakness and attacking him hard.

After Chen Xi ran away in disgrace, Han Xin looked at Liu Tong with some curiosity and asked, "Your Highness, under normal circumstances, how much living expenses should Chen Zichuan give every year?"

"Because the Shaofu needs to deduct relevant living expenses, the year-end settlement should generally be around 200 to 300 million coins." Liu Tong explained casually after hearing this. Liu Tong actually agreed with this. After all, the operation of the palace, the salaries of the guards, and the expenses of some large banquets all have to be paid by the Shaofu, and Chen Xi is very efficient in spending money in this regard.

In addition, Liu Tong also noticed that Chen Xi was actually a decent person. For some reasons, she did not carry out comprehensive repairs on the palace complex in the Weiyang Palace at that time. But in the past few years, the Weiyang Palace that was earlier built by Xiao He, whether it was burned down or damaged and uninhabitable, was either rebuilt or repaired according to different situations.

You have to know that the annual expenditure of the royal family is a very huge amount. After Chen Xi took office, all related expenses were brought under management. Although from the logic of heaven, earth, emperor, parents and teachers in this era, Chen Xi's operation was a bit strange and very vulnerable to attack.

But in fact, all the old people who experienced the era of Emperor Ling knew that the so-called indulgence in luxury during the reign of Emperor Ling was far inferior to the so-called frugality of Chen Xi. The progress of the times led Chen Xi to cut a lot of unnecessary expenses. After adding some expenses that he thought were reasonable, the operation of the royal family became more reasonable and more decent and luxurious than before. Apart from anything else, the Weiyang Palace really provided everyone with meals, so everyone should remember it well.

If we add in the snacks that Liu Tong distributes every New Year, the theoretical cost of the current royal operation is definitely higher than that of Emperor Ling's reign. Under such circumstances, Liu Tong is actually very satisfied with being able to receive large sums of New Year's money or various strange things every year.

In essence, if many things can be said openly, it is not to overturn the table, but that the matter is actually acceptable and agreeable. Or even to put it more directly and bring it out to the public, just to ask if there is anything else that can be done. It is obvious that Chen Xi does not want to do anything else.

"Ah, in this case, I suddenly realize that the living expenses Chen Zichuan gives me are actually quite high." Han Xin and Bai Qi looked at each other. In fact, they had not paid much attention to this aspect and thought that Chen Xi gave a lot. As a result, after listening to what Liu Tong said, they found out that it was only two or three hundred million yuan a year.

You should know that Bai Qi received more than 1 billion yuan in tuition fees from Chen Xi. Although most of the money had been spent by Bai Qi on listening to music in recent years, Han Xin could always find some strange time points every year to get some money from Chen Xi.

Because Han Xin is sometimes a complete hooligan, he would actually ask Chen Xi to borrow money directly. For example, just now he wanted to go to the gambling house to bet on the ranking of the big martial arts team, and then he really asked Chen Xi for some money to spend. Chen Xi didn't think there was anything wrong with this kind of thing, so he just paid the money directly.

Even though Chen Xi clearly told Han Xin that this was all that was left after the year-end accounts, he still counted out eighty bills for Han Xin. Even if they were the kind that cost one hundred thousand each, this still amounted to eight million. In other words, Han Xin could get nearly ten million from Chen Xi just by showing his face.

Considering that this kind of thing can happen several times a year, and Han Xin also has a formal salary, to be honest, the money Han Xin got was actually only slightly less than Liu Tong.

"This is very strange. I run into Chen Zichuan from time to time and ask him to borrow some money. He will lend it to me and never ask me to pay it back." Han Xin said with some doubts, "And he is very generous. Sometimes he gives tens of millions of money directly, and sometimes he gives a few million."

"Because if you ask him directly for money, he would feel embarrassed to refuse. Chen Zichuan's personality makes him considerate of others in many things." Liu Tong thought for a while and said that he felt that with his moral integrity, he really couldn't do such a thing as meeting Chen Zichuan on the road and then stretching out his hand to ask Chen Zichuan for money. He could only do this during the Chinese New Year.

"But since he can lend me tens of millions of dollars a year, a few hundred million shouldn't be a big deal to him, right?" Han Xin asked in some surprise.

"I don't know about that. His understanding of some things is different from ours." Liu Tong shook his head and said, "It seems that my living expenses will be greatly reduced again this year."

That being said, the smile on Liu Tong's face proved that she didn't take it to heart. But that's true. When she ascended the throne a few years ago, she hadn't adjusted yet. Now, it doesn't matter if it's more or less. It won't affect her future life.

On the other side, Chen Xi put away the seal of law given by Bai Qi and walked out of the palace gate. For Chen Xi, today was a day when Liu Tong caught her weakness. But on this matter, Chen Xi was still very determined. As long as Liu Tong continued to save money, Chen Xi would not give her too much living expenses.

Unlike the small peasant economy in the classical era where men farmed and women wove, Chen Xi's existence has greatly elevated the economic framework and system of this era, causing the current Han Dynasty's economy to begin to reverse in the logical direction of consumption and production in later generations.

Simply put, the things produced must be purchased by someone, forming the circulation of money to maintain the prosperity of the national economic system.

To simplify this thing to the extreme, the bills of exchange issued by Chen Xi must enter the transaction link, and it must be a high-speed circulation link, in order to effectively promote the national economy.

The faster the circulation, the more valuable the redemption notes issued by Chen Xi will be. This may sound outrageous, but in fact, when paper money is traded at high speed, it is constantly repeating the logic of credit. When a sum of money is constantly circulating in the market, the benefits that this money can create are greater than the money itself.

This is also when the consumption side is improving. The government's money poured into the market can bring more value to the country as a whole than the money itself. At this time, even a slightly excessive investment is beneficial to the country, because this money is really participating in production and consumption and strengthening economic flow.

Chen Xi didn't like to give Liu Tong a large amount of New Year's money, but when Han Xin came to ask for money, no matter what outrageous reason he had, this was why Chen Xi usually gave it to him on the spot.

As long as Han Xin got the money, no matter how much it was, he would spend it quickly, no matter what the money was spent on, whether it was on something he bought, or a service he purchased, or even on listening to music or paying for it on a whim, at least the money flowed into the market and was put into circulation.

In other words, the way the money is used is completely in line with Chen Xi's economic logic.

Liu Tong's operation is another one. Once he gets the money, he seals it up, which means that part of the money does not flow into the market directly.

Although several hundred million or even billions of dollars did not flow into the market, it would not cause an impact on Chen Xi's current plate. Even if Liu Tong suddenly needed to spend money one day and billions of dollars rushed into the market together, the Han Dynasty could actually hold on with its current plate.

But Chen Xi still has to say that this kind of operation, which locks the money in a certain link and prevents it from entering the consumer end, will kill Chen Xi's economic logic.

For Chen Xi, after market calculations, he concluded that it doesn't matter to whom the printed money is used. No matter which link the money is allocated to, as long as it is consumed, the result will be the same. But if the link to which the money is allocated is not consumed, but instead settles, and the amount of money settled becomes more and more, then it will be very fatal.

After all, Chen Xi cannot print money indiscriminately. Even in the eyes of Han Xin and others, Chen Xi is printing money based on his feelings and may print money whenever there is a shortage. But the actual logic is not like that. Chen Xi must use the market environment and currency circulation as a reference.

It’s just that the current monetary tools have some problems. When Chen Xi prints, it is inevitable that sometimes there is too much and sometimes too little. But the overall market is moving upward. Chen Xi can be relatively bold when printing money, and the market can digest it.

Based on this logic, when too much wealth is accumulated in a certain link and no consumption is carried out, large amounts of currency cannot enter the market, and the underlying circulation rate is insufficient, even if the country is rich as a whole, the consumption link will decline dramatically, dragging down the production end, causing the overall environment to become sluggish.

Liu Tong's actions would not have such a big impact, but Chen Xi considered many aspects and still felt that Liu Tong should not be allowed to do so. This was also the reason why Liu Tong's New Year's money became less and less, gradually turned into physical objects, and even sucked Liu Tong's New Year's money away.

Of course, this is only the case with Liu Tong. If it is replaced by other guys who only take in and never give out, over time, Chen Xi will have to consider other means to redistribute wealth. Of course, these are just policy operations. If it still doesn't work, he can only use some violent means to forcibly split and cut the money so that this part of the currency can enter the market and circulate.

As for whether this operation is right or not, to be honest, from a legal and human perspective, this behavior is indeed wrong at its root. But from a national and national perspective, directly killing the big guys, exploding their gold coins into the market, and releasing the potential of this blocked currency is actually correct in a closed, internally circulated economic operation.

After all, the gold coins that come out from killing a big guy are better than the gold coins that come out from killing a bunch of poor people.

Conversely, if this money is taken out and circulated within the internal economic system, then it does not matter to the country who the money is given to, because it will all be included in the circulation. The only difference is who gets it first and who gets it last.

If we ignore human nature and simply consider it from the perspective of mathematical transmission, it is really the same. But the essence of economics is actually people, not mathematics, so this is helpless.

After going over all these messy things in his mind, Chen Xi had already left the Weiyang Palace. After getting on his carriage at the door, Chen Xi had someone take him to a small military training ground in the south of the city, where his team of six was.

"That looks like the carriage of Lord Chen." Zhao Da was driving to the General's Mansion to visit Huangfu Song, and happened to see Chen Xi's carriage when passing by.

"Lord Chen?" A woman's voice came from inside the carriage.

"Yes." Zhao Da said with a smile, "I have seen his carriage before. I didn't expect that this time his carriage is still the same one. Lord Chen is indeed a nostalgic person."

"Brother, my embroidery needle is also from ten years ago. Why don't you say this?" Zhao Man's smiling voice came through.

"That can't be helped. Different people will have different opinions on the same thing." Zhao Da warned realistically, "Sometimes, you should be critical of the matter and not the person, and sometimes, you should be critical of the person and not the matter."

"When you are not dealing with people, use it to praise them. When you are not dealing with people, use it to deal with things?" Zhao Man's chuckle came out. "Okay, brother, don't delay. Let's go to the general's mansion. The head of the family asked us to visit the general first when we arrive in Chang'an."

Zhao Da said nothing after hearing this. He whipped the horse whip twice in the air, and the carriage that had stopped started moving again. On the other side, Chen Xi opened the window with some curiosity and took a look at the carriage leaving the side. There was no other meaning. Chen Xi sensed a spiritual talent.

Although Chen Xi was not like Zhuge Liang who could sense the spiritual talents and legionary talents of all friendly forces regardless of distance, it would be strange if Chen Xi could not sense the two chariots, one heading south and the other north, which were only ten steps apart.

"The Zhao family of Xuzhou?" Chen Xi took two glances at the carriage and knew which family the other party came from. The Zhao family was a real aristocratic family in those days. According to official history, they migrated south to Jiangdong because of the Xuzhou Rebellion. Later, due to problems such as acclimatization and epidemics, they no longer had the prestige they once had. But even so, they still had a legitimate daughter who was chosen as a concubine by Sun Quan at that time.

In those days, marriages among big families were basically political alliances, and families like the Zhao family, which were able to marry into Sun Quan's family after migrating south, were definitely local families with a prominent position. But as I said before, things like prominent position are only for people, and for typhoid fever, they are completely ridiculous. The typhoid fever at the end of the Han Dynasty killed countless aristocratic families. Although the Zhao family was not wiped out, it was almost wiped out.

However, in this life, Chen Xi suppressed the plague during the Xuzhou Rebellion, so the Zhao family of Xuzhou did not move south. Later, they followed Liu Bei and did their duty, and gained benefits. Now they are granted a fiefdom in the south of Media. After picking up a wave of corpses from the Zhen family, the Zhao family has become powerful again.

There was no way. There were many famous counties in Central Asia. Although the Zhao family was considered a big family in Xuzhou, it was just so-so within the Han Dynasty. But who could have thought that the Zhao family would be able to fight back, kill the bandits, infiltrate Media, squeeze a large sum of money out of the Zhen family, and completely revive.

Other families were extremely envious of this, but they could not change it. The Zhao family relied on the Zhen family's money and materials to further consolidate their foundation. Currently, among the group of unfortunate children in Central Asia, the Zhao family has a stable foundation and is developing very well.

"Is there someone with spiritual talent in the Zhao family?" Chen Xi closed the car window and said with some doubt, "Well, it seems that they survived the plague."

They drove further and further away until they reached the training ground in the south of the city. Chen Xi got out of the car and pushed open the door, and saw six people, all sweaty, with trembling hands and legs, doing weight training.

"My goodness, the intensity of this training is too high." Chen Xi greeted Hua Xiong, then looked at Zhou Wu and others and asked.

"The food is good too, all of it is made from the essence of heaven and earth, and I take medicinal baths every day, and I also have secret medicine from Anxi. Otherwise, how can I stimulate these things without training like this?" Hua Xiong said as he looked at Yu Fu, who had changed to a bigger axe. "To be honest, it's a big improvement, but it's still not enough. I found a group of people to compete with before, and I barely won."

Since Chen Xi had a lot of things to do every day, he had to ask Hua Xiong to help train this group of people. After all, Hua Xiong was the captain of Chen Xi's personal guard. Although Chen Xi basically never asked Hua Xiong to protect him, it was better to instruct Hua Xiong for things that required help from officers.

"You're not looking for Zhang Long, Zhang Bao and their group, are you?" Chen Xi guessed who Hua Xiong was looking for after a little thought. If it was Zhang Yong's group of strong men, no matter if it was just by luck or something, as long as they could win, they would be the seeded players of the competition, so it could only be Wu Xi's group.

"I originally wanted to find Zhang Yong's group, but they are conducting an assault reinforcement in Shanglinyuan, so I can only look for Wu Xi and the others." Hua Xiong nodded and said.

"By the way, what are Zhang Yong and the others strengthening?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

"Use the secret medicine to strengthen the body." Hua Xiong said casually, "But it feels a little different from the secret medicine you have here."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Currently, the secret medicine of rest cannot be put on the assembly line. It can only be rubbed by hand, and there will be some differences. Look at the secret medicines used by the six of them, sometimes there are differences." Chen Xi was somewhat helpless about this kind of hand-rubbed thing, but there was basically no hope of standardizing this new thing that had not yet been tested, so let's just use it this way for now.

"I'll go back and bring Huatai over as well." Hua Xiong suddenly said.

"Okay." Chen Xi nodded. He also heard that Huatai had made it and returned from the Ganges.

To be honest, considering Zhang Fei's character, even if he arranged a good position for Huatai because of his relationship with Hua Xiong, Huatai was able to achieve the state of internal energy leaving the body after only a few years. It was clear that he must have done something tough and this stimulated Huatai's potential.

"Do you have a marriage partner?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

"Someone did tell me, but I was fighting in Central Asia a few years ago. After I came back, I exiled this naughty boy to the Ganges. He came back this year after he broke through the internal energy and left his body." Hua Xiong was also a little embarrassed. His child was almost twenty years old, but he still had no partner. It was indeed time to reconsider.

"Then is there any candidate?" After all, Chen Xi is the elder, so he is naturally willing to lend a hand in such matters.

"My wife and Xiu'er's aunt are making arrangements recently." Hua Xiong thought for a while and said, "But I think it's uncertain, so I'll just have to find a concubine first."

Huatai is an extremely amazing guy. Because of Cookie, he is the only one among all the young generation who grew up eating crops made from the essence of heaven and earth. No one else has this treatment.

There was no way. Cookie didn't have any children at the time, and Huatai's father was away from home for a year. The relationship between the two generations was good, so Huatai climbed over the wall every day to eat Cookie's rice. He ate it for many years. Then Huaxiong came back and found Huatai farming in his own yard. His strength had not improved yet, so he beat him up!
After the fight, they found that Huatai seemed to be fine after just a couple of roars, so they sent Huatai to Zhang Fei, and asked Zhang Fei to take him to the Ganges. Then in the Ganges, Huatai digested the nutrients accumulated in his body over the years, and directly became a refined internal energy leaving his body.

"I see. I'll ask someone to help me look for someone suitable." Chen Xi thought for a moment and said, "I want someone who is easy to give birth to, right?"

"Find someone from a wealthy family so she can have children and raise them." Hua Xiong didn't care much about these things. In his opinion, a widow was better. As for the saying that she would bring bad luck to her husband, that was a joke. My son has practiced internal energy and is very strong!

"Oh, I'll ask someone to take care of it, too." Chen Xi thought for a moment and said, then looked at the six people who were still training, "Zijian, let's see what kind of ranking they can get in this martial arts competition."

"It's hard to say. I went to Wen Hou's place two days ago, and that guy actually found six Bingzhou Wolf Riders who had completed the decathlon twice." Hua Xiong said with a rather unpleasant expression, "Zichuan, you also know what the hell is this talent of completing the decathlon twice."

"And there's Big Beard. He formed a new group of six people, and Wang Fu is not among them. You know Wang Fu, he was actually eliminated." Hua Xiong said very seriously.

Wang Fu had followed Guan Yu since the Taishan years, and his seniority was similar to that of Zang Ba and the others. Moreover, when Zang Ba led three thousand men, Wang Fu also led one thousand men. The difference was that Zang Ba was young and had internal energy out of his body, while Wang Fu was older, but he was a highly skilled person.

When Liu Bei went south, Wang Fu was among the top ten veterans. However, Wang Fu had already entered a period of decline at that time. The oath could not hold back Wang Fu's idealism, and now he is completely finished. His combat effectiveness has declined significantly. But even so, Wang Fu, who is not yet sixty years old, is considered to be at the top level among the six levels!

"Plus those teams that you knew had hopes of winning the championship..." Hua Xiong was speechless. This was really too much.

"Is that so..." Chen Xi had a complicated expression when he heard this. "If that's the case, then you can't blame me. They are so outrageous, so I can only choose to cheat."

As he was speaking, Chen Xi took out the seal of law given to him by Bai Qi. Cheating!

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