Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"Your Majesty, I know what you are worried about now."

As the Minister of Revenue, Qian Cai could naturally see the risks involved.

This is despite both parties having issued very high-margin IOUs.

But whether these IOUs can be redeemed remains unknown.

If their fight becomes intense, only one force will remain.

If the other party is beaten, all the bills will be invalidated.

Therefore, no matter which party puts the silver in its hands, there is an extremely high risk.

"Then why do you still talk about this?"

"Because I only want to receive the bill from one side."

Qian Cai chuckled and spoke to Qin Ming with great pride.

"Do you want to place a bet, or wait until their fight is over before collecting the IOU?"

Qin Ming probably guessed what he wanted to do.

Qian Cai explained:

"Once the battle is over and only one faction remains, I guess they won't issue the IOU. After all, they've borrowed so much money, they'll need to find a way to make up for the shortfall."

"Even though I can't buy them, I can collect the IOUs from the people. That way I can still make a lot of money."

Money still avoids some risks.

Only IOUs from the victorious party are accepted, and they are collected from the people.

In theory, this idea is relatively safe, after all, it is investing money to make money.

This kind of investment is definitely risky, but this risk is within their tolerance range.

After Qin Ming pondered for a moment, he suddenly said:

"No."

"Your Majesty, it's impossible to avoid taking any risks. Although we have made a lot of money recently, the losses we incurred from the previous wars are still considerable. I want to make up for it as soon as possible."

Qian Cai was also very concerned about the court, even though Qin Ming was fighting outside.

Created an unparalleled reputation.

But only a few people around them know the pressure and weight behind it, especially Qian Cai.

Qian Cai was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and witnessed huge amounts of silver flowing out every day.

But the amount of silver that flowed in was very small.

Qin Ming's battle lasted for nearly half a year. With such a huge expenditure, he, as the Minister of Revenue, had to find ways to make up for it.

"I know what you're thinking, but don't worry too much."

Qin Ming patted his shoulder, said a few words of comfort and prepared to let him leave, but Qian Cai seemed determined to do so.

Qin Ming disagreed and insisted on finding out the reason.

"Your Majesty, why don't you put some of the silver in? It's not like I'm putting all my silver in there."

Qian Cai's temper was also notoriously bad in the court.

Although he had restrained himself a lot in front of Qin Ming, he still couldn't hide his anger at this time.

Before Qin Ming left Beijing, he had been working with Qian Cai, so he naturally understood his temper.

It seemed that if I didn't explain it to him today, he would definitely not be able to get over this hurdle in his heart, so he sighed and spoke slowly:

"I can tell you, but this matter must never be spread out."

"Hmm? From what you said, this matter involves a lot of inside information?"

"Your idea is indeed correct. If you want to make money, you must take some risks. However, the risks you estimated are different from what I expected."

"Appreciate further details."

"Let me ask you, what if the Datong Sect wins? Wouldn't the IOUs between these two factions become worthless? Don't forget, there are three factions active in the Western Regions right now."

"This... is impossible. They are just a bunch of scattered soldiers. What hope can we have?"

Qian Cai's heart sank, but his tone was still full of doubt.

"Neither you nor I have ever come into contact with these people. No one knows what they look like or what methods they have."

"If you want to invest money in it, you have to include them in the risk."

"How is it? If we add a third party, is your plan still safe?"

Qin Ming spoke slowly.

At this time, Qian Cai, who was originally stubborn, also fell silent.

Although he has a straightforward temper, he has a clear mind.

Especially when it comes to major issues of right and wrong, he is very clear-headed.

Qin Ming has mentioned the third-party force and asked him to put it at risk as well, so he will think about it seriously.

After thinking about it, he immediately bowed to Qin Ming and said:

"Forget it, I'll just wait for the order after the three-day period they agreed on."

"Ah."

Qin Ming waved his hand, and Qian Cai turned and left.

After he left, Qin Ming called Chang Baishan in.

"Go inform Liu Yueli that you must report intelligence about the Western Region three times a day for the past three days."

"Yes!"

Chang Baishan quickly conveyed Qin Ming's order.

Qin Ming had arranged an intelligence network to ambush in the Western Regions early on, and quickly investigated everything that happened in the Western Regions and reported it.

The battle for silver between the rulers of the Western Regions and the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce was extremely fierce.

Although both sides arranged for many important figures to take part, they also mobilized the majority of the people.

But even if they fought desperately, the gap was not that obvious in the end.

Basically, the situation is that the two factions share the world.

Both sides raised tens of millions of taels of silver.

The silver was available, but how to transport it to Qin Ming was another challenge.

It was impossible for Chu Ying to ask the many kings of the Western Regions to transport the silver to Qin Ming within three days.

If they delay for three days, the deal they have made with Qin Ming will no longer be possible.

So on the second day, Chu Ying delivered all the gunpowder he bought from Daqian to the militia camp under his command.

These militia camps are wealthy businessmen from various places.

A group of ordinary troops trained by themselves in order to protect themselves and avoid being oppressed by those rulers.

These people are composed of many farmers.

Most of them have no combat effectiveness, and even when they hold muskets in their hands, their lethality is not strong.

Because most people haven't even practiced aiming and shooting.

In order to allow them to go to the battlefield, Chu Ying gave the order.

As long as they robbed the trains carrying silver from various places to Daqian, they could take all the silver on the trains.

This is already a falling out.

After the order was given, all the militiamen enthusiastically rushed towards the train with artillery fire.

In just half a day, more than a dozen running trains were stopped.

Some people can grab their entire life's wealth in just one morning!

Such crazy news, with Chu Ying's instigation, spread from ten to a hundred.

Many farmers who were originally unwilling to join the militia were now eager and rushed into the militia camp to participate in their looting wars.

Unfortunately, those who dreamed of getting rich soon suffered a major blow.

As soon as the afternoon arrived, the regular armies of the leaders of various countries had assembled and were guarding both sides of the railway tracks!