In the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Changshou and Zhou Ping'an stood at the door of the Lu Office where Xu Changqing worked. Looking at the mountains of official documents and letters, they felt that there was no place to get to the ground, so they had to politely decline Xu Changqing's enthusiasm for invitations.

"I was abrupt, haha."

Xu Changqing smiled awkwardly and spread his hands and said, "There is really no way. At present, the six major departments of the court are the busiest, and they need money everywhere. Every day when you open your eyes, you will find all kinds of official letters that urgently urge you to ask for money. Even at night,

There were all my hands reaching towards me. I was too busy. Some of these documents have been processed. There is really nothing left. You two, let’s go to the tea room next door to talk.”

Seeing Xu Changqing with a tired face walking out of the mountain of official documents, Zhou Ping'an said: "Mr. Xu, official duties are of course important, but physical health is also important. Judging from your complexion, is it worse than when I left Beijing before.

It’s only a few months old, but it seems like I’m two years older, so it’s better to take care of myself.”

Xu Changqing bowed to Zhou Ping'an and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhou for your concern, but there is nothing we can do."

Sighing, Xu Changqing said, "There is only a little money in the treasury, but there are too many places to use money. The government office below is not that I don't know how to share my worries, but I have no choice but to have only a little money I can allocate.

If the total number is small, it will naturally be more stingy and cautious when taking action. When I was rich, I would usually pay tens of thousands of taels of silver. I just need to make the decision by myself. But now the court only has a small amount of silver, which is a few thousand taels.

I have to discuss with the two ministers of the left and right before I can decide on the allocation, so the efficiency will naturally slow down.”

"But there are no need to pay for local money. They just send official letters to the capital, either urging or changing budgets. The efficiency here cannot be improved, and the efficiency there is more impatient because of the slow efficiency.

It just piled up.”

While talking, Xu Changqing had already brought the two of them to the tea room and ordered someone to serve tea. Xu Changqing hurriedly asked, "Is your highness okay?"

Zhou Ping'an nodded and said, "Your Highness is all right, and the war is still going well. In fact, if something happened suddenly in the money shop, your Highness would have planned to come back and deal with it in person, but the current situation is impossible to drag on, so

Let us both come back first.”

Xu Changqing said happily: "Can you bring back the money?"

Zhou Ping'an looked at Xu Changqing strangely and said, "Of course I brought the silver, otherwise we two brothers would beg for food along the street. We rushed to the capital and had about 30 or 50 taels on our body. Lord Xu asked this.

do what?"

Xu Changqing was stunned for a moment and smiled bitterly: "I was anxious and didn't say it clearly. Now the treasury is empty!"

"And the money loans that need to be made up for in the money house are too big. If there is no money, things will be very troublesome."

Speaking of this, Xu Changqing gritted his teeth and said, "To be honest, this run was launched in the Jingji area, but in fact, the southern, southwest, and south China have already started, but the journey is long ago.
Chapter completed!