In front of them were two teams of eighteen beautiful girls, all wearing long white gauze dresses and carrying orange lanterns. In the soft halo, they were like a group of fairies flying from the sky.

Seeing that Pei Ying liked the back garden very much, Yang Feiyu stepped forward and said to Lu Qi: "Master, I want to take Yingmei to have a trip first. You can have two glasses of wine first, and we will be back soon."

Lu Qi was obedient to his wife, and he quickly smiled and said, "It's okay! You can also take Mrs. Zhang to make up the makeup, we will make arrangements ourselves."

The two girls laughed a few times, and then accompanied by several maids. Lu Qi and Zhang Huan came to a flower pavilion where the banquet was held. The entire pavilion was covered with flowers, and there was no brick or tiles, as if they were all made of flowers.

The two sat down and a maid served them tea. Zhang Huan took a sip of the tea slowly and asked inadvertently: "I heard that the financial situation of the court is not optimistic. What exactly?"

Lu Qi smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "The court is rich, but unfortunately he can only see it but not use it."

"What does this mean?" Zhang Huan asked in discomfort.

"The money is not in Chang'an but in Guangling. The more than 5 million stag of salt tax collected in various parts of the Jianghuai area two years ago and last year are still in Guangling. Unfortunately, it is not transported to Chang'an. There are more than 8 million stones of grain, which are also piled up in Guangling and Danyang areas."

Lu Qi couldn't help but sigh, "The canal transportation was cut off by Cui Qinggong, and the court was in a hurry and there was nothing we could do!"

"How much money Zuo Zang has to save now?" Zhang Huan asked reluctantly.

Lu Qi glanced at him, as if he understood something, but he still said truthfully: "Tell me this way! Zuo Zang's savings are only enough to last until the end of this month. Pei Jun tried every means to get some money and could only last until mid-April. If the problem of canal transportation cannot be solved by the end of April, I am afraid the court will really be unable to sustain it."

Zhang Huan didn't speak for a long time. He had long heard that Pei Jun was overwhelmed by the money and food problems. Even the salaries of the officials last year were delayed for several months, but these were just hearsays. Now the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said it personally, that is the real problem.
Chapter completed!