Beast Summoner

Most people looked at the golden crystal card in Zhao Tianlong's hand with blank expressions. Not to mention that they had seen it before, many of them had never even heard of it.

In fact, except for Zhang Jinhui, the Minister of Finance, most people have never come into contact with the Golden Crystal Card. The Golden Crystal Card is a strange existence to most people.

The reason why I say this is because the gold crystal card will not be circulated in the market at all, almost no one has seen it, and very few people have heard of it.

Golden Crystal Card is often a stored-value card used for transactions between countries, and the transaction amounts between countries are often very large.

If you really use black crystal cards, you will need to take out 200 cards for 100 million, 2,000 for 1 billion, and 20,000 for 10 billion. This is really inconvenient, so the gold crystal card

And so it came into being.

A full gold crystal card contains one billion gold coins, and the eleven gold crystal cards in Zhao Tianlong's hand are worth 11 billion gold coins.

Jucaiyuan Chamber of Commerce is the only one in the world that can issue gold crystal cards. This is related to the fact that Jucaiyuan Chamber of Commerce can open branches all over the world. Of course, the most important reason is because of the economic strength of Jucaiyuan Chamber of Commerce.

This gold crystal card can only be accessed by people at the national level. Even though Li Zhenbang and the Jucaiyuan Chamber of Commerce have cooperated for so long, the black crystal cards are packed in boxes, but they still have not received a gold crystal card.

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"Your Majesty, these gold crystal cards of yours... don't seem to be from the treasury, right?" Zhang Jinhui looked at Zhao Tianlong in astonishment and asked with some doubts, but his tone was very sure.

In fact, Zhang Jinhui was very sure that these eleven gold crystal cards were definitely not taken from the treasury. Because each gold crystal card has a unique logo, he clearly remembers the logo of every gold crystal card in the treasury.

Chu, and he had never seen the logos of the eleven golden crystal cards that Zhao Tianlong took out.

"These gold crystal cards are mine. There are eleven in total. Each one is worth one billion. You can withdraw cash or spend directly at any Jucaiyuan Chamber of Commerce at any time."

Hearing Zhao Tianlong's words, everyone couldn't help but take a breath.

One billion gold coins is not too difficult for a wealthy noble to come up with, but this is 11 billion!

To be able to come up with so many gold coins at once is not something that ordinary wealthy nobles can do. Let alone ordinary wealthy nobles, even the vast majority of established wealthy families would probably be unable to come up with so many gold coins at once.

Not that easy.

Another thing is that no matter how old a wealthy family is, they have never owned a gold crystal card. Even a large number of people have never heard of it. There is actually a crystal card in this world that can store a billion gold coins. This completely overturns them.

cognition.

Many established families privately feel that their family's wealth has surpassed that of the country. Especially in recent years, the national treasury has been empty and fiscal revenue has continued to be in deficit. Some people even feel that their family has become supreme over the country.

But at this time, when they saw the gold crystal card they had never seen before, they began to feel guilty. A gold crystal card with one billion gold coins can be taken out at will without any care.

Zhao Tianlong, no matter who he was, made them fully understand what it meant that a skinny camel was bigger than a horse.

Zhao Tianlong had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions, especially those families that had been somewhat unruly in recent years. They seemed to have been shocked by his actions.

However, Zhao Tianlong seemed to have already guessed that this would be the result, so he did not show any surprise. However, the flash of pride in his eyes showed that he was not satisfied with the consequences of his impromptu step.

The effect is very satisfying.

"There are a total of 11 billion here. If I remember correctly, this year's military expenditure plus the military expenditure in arrears before, the total should be 10.735265424 gold coins.

, right?" Zhao Tianlong looked at Li Zhanfeng and said softly.

"Your Majesty... I... am guilty!" Before Li Zhanfeng could reply, Zhang Jinhui's body softened and he collapsed directly to the ground, shouting with tears in his eyes.

Zhang Jinhui knew very well that if he owed such a huge amount of military expenses, he would probably be punished by death. He just hoped that Zhao Tianlong could bear all the debt on his own head and not involve his family.

In fact, Zhang Jinhui knew very well that his arrears in military expenses must not be hidden from Zhao Tianlong, but he did this entirely for the Carlo Empire, and he had a clear conscience.

Since he took the post of Minister of Finance, he has not even spent a copper coin. The reason why he defaulted on military expenditures is because he really has no choice.

He also accurately calculated the amount of arrears in military expenditures. Each time the military expenditures were distributed, there was still a certain amount of surplus on the premise of ensuring that the soldiers could have enough to eat.

Although Zhang Jinhui was not born in the army, he also knew the importance of the army. He knew that he could not starve the soldiers. Otherwise, once a war broke out, how could a group of soldiers with yellow faces and skinny faces deal with an enemy that looked like wolves and tigers?

But he is not a god, he cannot turn stone into gold, and he really has no way to ensure the income of the soldiers because the national treasury is really out of money.

In fact, Zhang Jinhui has always had a clear conscience, sitting in such a lucrative position, but he can hold the bottom line and not be greedy for the slightest bit. Looking at the entire empire, how many people can do it? But arrears of military expenses are not a glorious thing after all, so

He worked diligently and cautiously.

Naturally, he would not dare to take the initiative to openly talk to Zhao Tianlong about such arrears in military expenses. Therefore, under normal circumstances, even if Zhao Tianlong knew about the arrears in military expenses, he should not know the specific amount of arrears.

But Zhao Tianlong not only knew it, but he was also accurate to the point of not missing a gold coin. This was really terrifying, and it became the last straw for Zhang Jinhui, causing him to completely collapse.

"Zhang Aiqing, please get up! I know your character very well, and I don't mean to blame you. But... I hope you can discuss this kind of matter with me in the future before making a decision." Zhao Tianlong did not.

He called Zhang Jinhui by his first name instead of Zhang Aiqing directly. This shows that Zhao Tianlong was not angry with Zhang Jinhui, but the last sentence was obviously meant to hit him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Jinhui kowtowed like a pound of garlic. His forehead was already bleeding, and he kept kowtowing.

"Okay, Zhang Aiqing, you go down and get bandaged up and have a good rest! Today, as an exception, you are allowed to leave early." Zhao Tianlong thought he was humorous and made a joke.

"Your Majesty, I still have something to say. What I am delaying is not just..." Zhang Jinhui raised his head and looked at Zhao Tianlong, blood flowing down his forehead.

"Zhang Aiqing, you go down first! What you want to say, I will meet you alone after the morning court is over." Zhao Tianlong waved to Zhang Jinhui, interrupting Zhang Jinhui, indicating that he could go down.

"Yes, the guilty minister has resigned first!" Zhang Jinhui went down to bandage it with the help of the eunuch.

After Zhang Jinhui walked out, Zhao Tianlong looked at Li Zhanfeng again, "Is what I said about the total amount of military expenditures owed correct?"

"This... Your Majesty, I don't know." Li Zhanfeng took a step forward, lowered his head, cupped his fists and cupped his hands, and responded with some embarrassment.

Zhao Tianlong frowned and his voice couldn't help but grow a little louder, "As the deputy minister of the military, how come you don't know the specific military expenditures?"

"Your Majesty, I am guilty! The main reason is that the military expenditures in arrears in the past few years are too much. The soldiers guard the happiness and dignity of the country and the people. We cannot let them shed blood, sweat and tears, even the most basic guarantees are guaranteed.

Can’t do it?”

"So our Red Maple Leaf family tried every means, even saving money and paying for it out of our own pockets. However, our family's strength is really a drop in the bucket and we can only provide the soldiers with the most basic protection. Alas!" Li Zhanfeng shook his head and sighed.

, seems to be very remorseful.

"We know that the country is in a difficult situation right now, and we don't expect to get this money back, so we don't keep accounts. We don't know the total amount of military arrears, but I know how much money our country still owes our soldiers.

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"Oh? Then tell me, how much money does our Carlo Empire owe the soldiers in your account?" Although Zhao Tianlong had known these things for a long time, he was still a little moved after hearing Li Zhanfeng say it himself.

"The total amount owed is 6,659,423,173 gold coins." Li Zhanfeng said decisively without any hesitation.

"So, your Red Maple Leaf family has advanced more than 4 billion gold coins for the empire?" Zhao Tianlong said softly.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know. If there is no problem with the total military expenditure you mentioned, by comparison, it should be about the same!" Li Zhanfeng was also secretly shocked. He didn't expect that his family had already advanced so many gold coins.

Others don't know it, but he, the patriarch, knows it very well. In fact [ www.biquga.info ], a considerable part of these gold coins were contributed by Li Qishan, and the reason why Li Qishan was able to contribute so many gold coins had a lot to do with Li Zhenbang.

relation.

To be precise, these gold coins were contributed by Li Zhenbang to the family in another situation. Although the family did not give Li Zhenbang much help, Li Zhenbang still had family in his heart, and it could even be said that he was extremely benevolent to the family.

Li Zhanfeng had secretly made a decision in his heart. No matter what, he would protect Li Zhenbang with all his strength, even if the deputy military minister quit, or even if the clan leader quit, he would still keep Li Zhenbang.

Zhao Tianlong nodded, "This is 11 billion gold coins. The excess should be regarded as a compliment to your Hong Maple Leaf family for being loyal and patriotic!"

Li Zhanfeng was dumbfounded, and at the same time his heart skipped a beat.

This is equivalent to getting more than 200 million gold coins in vain. Is this a disguised form of compensation for Zhao Tianlong with 200 million gold coins? With the compensation of 200 million gold coins, what exactly does Zhao Tianlong want to do to Li Zhenbang?