Chapter 720 Let's start with a small warm-up
Since it would take some time to dismiss the people, Zhou Xu still slept in the General's Mansion of Jie Liancheng that night.
The next morning, Li Bowen brought a group of officials from the old dynasty and came to ask for a meeting again.
"I am Li Bowen, the humble man, and I am here to see the king!"
As he spoke, a group of officials from the old dynasty followed Li Bowen and knelt down.
"No need to be polite."
After getting permission, Li Bowen stood up and respectfully said...
"Your Majesty, these officials of the old dynasty have been persuaded by me and are willing to serve our Great Zhou."
At this point, Li Bowen paused.
"At the same time, yesterday I said that I would use all my wealth to support the king. Now I have ordered the servants in the mansion to transport all the money in the house, as well as some food for the disaster victims."
At the same time Li Bowen said this, the sound of moving things was heard outside the lobby.
At this moment, the servants of the General's Mansion were helping to move large boxes of things into the courtyard of their General's Mansion.
Those large boxes required two or even four people to move. The dull sound made when the boxes fell to the ground further proved that the boxes were not light. The contents of the boxes were naturally self-evident.
Looking at these big boxes, Zhou Xu smiled happily.
"Bo Wen really cares about the people and is a pillar of the country!"
"Your Majesty is wise. I was also inspired by your call to make this decision!"
"Ha ha ha ha!!"
Zhou Xu laughed out loud when he heard this.
If he had not seen Li Bowen's attribute panel and knew that he was indeed an outstanding talent, he would have suspected that he had gained the position of prime minister by flattery.
Looking at Li Bowen, who was about to become a favorite of the new king, the officials of the old dynasty who followed him were unwilling to lag behind and spoke up one after another...
"We are also willing to spend all our wealth to help the king's new policy and do our part! We have brought everything with us this time!"
Needless to say, those who came with Li Bowen this time were all officials from the old dynasty who formed a united front with the other side and advanced and retreated together.
After submitting to him, this group of people will most likely band together and form an internal party. This is the team brought by Li Bowen himself.
What's the next step for this clique? To pursue personal interests! From the perspective of a ruler, it is definitely not a good thing for his subordinates to form cliques and pursue personal interests.
However, facing these officials from the old dynasty who came to offer money and serve him, even if he wanted to deal with them, it would definitely not be now.
"Good, good, good! It is a blessing for our Great Zhou to have wise ministers like you! Don't worry, our Great Zhou will never mistreat our meritorious ministers!"
While giving generous praise and painting big rosy pictures for a group of officials from the old dynasty, Zhou Xu also quickly activated the "Eye of Secrets" to confirm their panels one by one.
Yan Sheng's method of selecting officials was very simple and crude.
Anyway, he just arranged things, those who could do it well would get promoted, and those who couldn't would be kicked out.
Although the means are simple, the effect is quite good. Those who can reach a high position in the end naturally have certain abilities.
[Wow, besides Li Bowen, there is also a 3-star intelligence player and three 3-star spirit players!]
[Although the remaining ones are all two-stars, their talents are all suitable and they can play a greater role than ordinary two-stars in these positions.]
[It’s just that the loyalty of these guys is really just above the passing line! ]
[As for Li Bowen, is it because of what we talked about yesterday? His loyalty has risen to 63 points now, which is a good sign. ]
In summary, although these guys are not good people, they are indeed capable and not useless.
As I said before, as long as you have the ability, you should use it.
Although these guys are not very loyal, as long as the Great Zhou is not in chaos, Zhou Xu is not afraid of them causing any trouble.
At the same time, judging from Li Bowen's situation, you can still try to increase your loyalty. If it reaches more than 70 points, you will have a certain level of loyalty.
After sending all those people away, Xie Liancheng ordered his men to close the door of the mansion, and then turned his gaze to the huge boxes that had been piled up like a mountain in their courtyard.
"Open it and see?"
Xie Liancheng looked at Zhou Xu excitedly, and it was obvious that he couldn't wait any longer.
Zhou Xu was not surprised by this.
"open!"
Almost at the same time when Zhou Xu said the word, Xie Liancheng raised his hand and opened a box in front of him that was much smaller than the other big boxes.
"Start with a small warm-up, hahaha..."
In an instant, under the sunlight, Zhou Xu and Jie Liancheng felt that they were dazzled by a burst of golden light, and then they uttered that word in unison.
"Grass!"
At this moment, what was in front of them was actually a box full of gold! Under the sunlight, it was really golden and dazzling! Although Xie Liancheng was stripped of his military power as a general, he was still treated very well. In this era, he belonged to the wealthy class who could afford to live in a large mansion, hire servants, and had no shortage of money on weekdays. However, he had never seen so much gold, let alone Zhou Xu.
"Damn, is it so exciting right from the start?"
Xie Liancheng clicked his tongue.
A whole box of gold, in modern society, would be enough to make people go crazy with excitement, and even now, the impact would still be quite significant.
Looking at the box of gold, Xie Liancheng couldn't help but roll up his sleeves and try its weight.
"Get up, I will!"
As a result, he hugged the box and exerted force. After the box was barely off the ground, it immediately fell to the ground with a "thump".
"Shit! I'd guess there's probably 500 kilograms here!"
Although the box is small, the density of gold is very high. The weight of the same volume of gold is almost three times that of iron! No wonder it took a strong adult to move this small box.
At the same time, this also made Zhou Xu and Jie Liancheng basically certain that the small box contained gold and the large box contained silver.
There were three boxes of gold! In addition, the amount of silver was even more exaggerated, with eighty-seven boxes, filling up the courtyard of the General's Mansion. This was probably not all, and those guys must have kept a lot for themselves.
Looking at those huge boxes of gold and silver, Xie Liancheng felt a little scalp-tingling.
"These guys are too greedy, aren't they?"
Zhou Xu might not be particularly clear about it, but Jie Liancheng was relatively familiar with the income and prices here.
It is no exaggeration to say that this room is probably worth several years of tax revenue for the whole country! He couldn't even imagine how these guys managed to embezzle so much gold and silver.
Later, after changing his mind, Xie Liancheng suddenly realized.
We have been fighting all these years!
Zhou Xu's mind worked faster than Jie Liancheng's, so he naturally guessed this earlier. He just shook his head, not knowing what to say.
"Anyway, load them all onto a truck and send them to the palace and lock them up there. Then take them out and use them when you want to mint coins."
(End of this chapter)
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