Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Hopefully, they can become self-sufficient.

But the reality is that they may not be able to do this.

It is for this reason that Qin Ming can only make preparations in advance.

It would be bad if something goes wrong later.

After hearing what Qin Ming said, Liu Chuang nodded.

"I see... But Your Majesty, their reconstruction efficiency is truly inefficient. If you continue to subsidize them like this, it will become a bottomless pit."

"I'm checking the accounts recently."

Qin Ming nodded slightly.

He had noticed something was wrong some time ago.

The reconstruction of the Western Regions is a huge project.

Such a huge project requires a lot of silver.

After this money is put in, it will pass through the hands of officials at all levels.

There is no need to say much about their integrity, but what if someone wants to take advantage of them?

If you use up 100% of your silver, the effect will only be 30% or 40% at most.

To avoid this situation.

Qin Ming specially arranged a group of people to check the account books in various places.

If anyone dares to spend money on reconstruction, Qin Ming will use thundering means to make an example of them.

"Okay then. I'll leave first."

Liu Chuang didn't know much about these things, and he felt sleepy when he saw the military account books.

"Go tell Cao Chuan to come over from the border of Western Shu."

Qin Ming gave him one last instruction.

"You don't need to transport your gold in yet. Just transport it to the edge of the Western Regions."

"I understand. You don't even need to mention such trivial matters. I will never let anyone find out."

Liu Chuang waved his hand and turned to leave.

After he left, Cao Chuan, who received the news, quickly withdrew from the defense line in the Western Regions.

Recently he has been leading people to rebuild various cities in the Western Regions.

Now we have pushed the projects along this line to the edge of the Western Regions, and the results are very good.

Among the generals, his construction efficiency is the highest. If Qin Ming wants to check the accounts now, he needs to call such professional talents over.

Only Cao Chuan knew how much silver he would need to complete the construction of the projects along his entire line and the cities included in it.

"Your Majesty, you are looking for me."

The next morning, Cao Chuan came to Qin Ming with a few of his men. They all looked exhausted.

First, he rushed back directly after receiving Qin Ming's telegram yesterday.

Qin Ming glanced at them.

Cao Chuan's men immediately left the room in disappointment. After they left, Qin Ming poured a cup of tea for Cao Chuan and asked in a low voice:

"Do you know why I called you back?"

"The project is finished, are you planning to give me something new to do...?"

Cao Chuan scratched his head.

He has been a workhorse lately.

Every day when I wake up, I am either working or on the way to purchase materials.

Only he, who was originally in charge of military affairs, could coordinate the military affairs of all parties in a high-intensity manner and allow the people in the construction corps to lead the local refugees to work in peace.

"The governments in the Western Regions are no longer able to maintain their finances."

"Because of the reconstruction work?"

Cao Chuan was a smart man and quickly understood the meaning of Qin Ming's words.

But after saying this, he stopped.

Then he frowned, rubbed his chin and thought carefully for a long time, staring at Qin Ming with a strange look on his face.

"If you have something to say, just tell me directly. There's no need to hide it from me."

Qin Ming spoke lightly. He had already noticed that Cao Chuan seemed to have something he dared not say.

After getting Qin Ming's permission, Cao Chuan was extremely restrained and only uttered one word.

"enough."

"enough?"

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows.

At this moment he thought of many possibilities.

If Cao Chuan, who is in charge of military affairs and has successfully promoted a construction route, says this, then he should turn around and investigate his own problems.

"Yes, I've seen the ledger. What you gave me is definitely enough."

Cao Chuan was reluctant to say it just now, mainly because he was thinking about his brothers.

Both the old friends from the Wuwei Camp and the young generals who graduated from the military academy participated in this construction.

If Qin Ming wants to investigate the problem of financial shortage, it is very likely that they will be implicated.

After all, it was these brothers who led the troops and civilians to carry out the construction.

If they were really corrupt, they would definitely be caught by Qin Ming.

That was a situation that Cao Chuan absolutely did not want to see, so he didn't dare to say much at this time.

"Do you think it's possible for them to split the money?"

"This one……"

Cao Chuan was speechless for a moment.

A lot of silver fell from the court.

It's absolutely impossible to say that I'm not moved at all.

Even Cao Chuan was moved for a while at that time.

But later on he was too busy and he was too lazy to look for opportunities to benefit from it.

But it is difficult for other generals to have the same integrity as him.

In addition, the military officers at all levels below will handle this money.

No matter how nice they say it, they will definitely break up.

It’s just a matter of how much to get.

Cao Chuan has been following Qin Ming to conquer the world for several years. He knows very well that if he tries to fool around at this time, he will definitely not be able to hide it from Qin Ming.

He simply didn't say anything, because even if he didn't say it, Qin Ming could figure it out.

Looking at the silent Cao Chuan, Qin Ming thought for a long time without saying anything. The two of them just sat facing each other in silence.

After a while, Qin Ming suddenly said:

"By the way, what's going on with Xishu, which recently took over the territory you planned?"

Qin Ming discovered two days ago that Xishu had never communicated with him.

As for the reason, he couldn't think of any.

Although the two sides have experienced rounds of friction, peace has now returned after negotiation.

If they really have resentment in their hearts, at least they should take some practical actions.

Only Qin Ming can understand their thoughts.

But since the peace agreement was reached, Xishu seemed to have disappeared from the stage. It was not that it was doing anything against them, but that it was doing nothing.

"They are already very poor and are waiting for this round of taxes from the court to arrive before they can do anything."

Seeing that Qin Ming had changed the subject, the pressure on Cao Chuan was immediately relieved.

At this time, he hurriedly began to explain the situation in Western Shu to Qin Ming.

"Ever since they started the war, the Western Shu court's finances have been in deficit. After several setbacks, they have very little money left, and even maintaining the normal operation of the court is difficult."

"It's not that they don't want the land they were given, but they can't afford it right now, but they're too embarrassed to ask for it. They can only hold on like this for now, and they won't come over until the next round of tax revenue comes in."

Cao Chuan had just returned from the border area between West and Sichuan, and brought back the latest information.

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming immediately held his forehead and sighed.

"Excuse me, isn't this just a way of saving face and suffering?"