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"Lin Aiqing..."

Just as Liu Lie was about to open his mouth to award the reward, the ecstasy on his face quickly faded and was replaced by a deep sadness.

He sat back on the dragon chair slumpedly and let out a long sigh.

"Alas..."

Lin Mo raised his eyebrows slightly: "Your Majesty, you have won a great victory, why are you sighing instead?"

Liu Lie pointed to the strategy on the table and said helplessly: "The strategy is a good one, but it's a pity... I don't have any money!"

"The key to the treasury is still in the hands of that old witch."

"She suffered such a big loss today, how could she allocate a penny to me?"

"I just sent someone to the Ministry of Household Affairs to press for questioning, but the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs said that the treasury is now empty, and even the military salaries of the imperial guards in the capital can hardly be paid out, and not a single copper coin can be produced!"

The more Liu Lie talked, the angrier he became and punched Long An.

"I also thought about asking the noble merchants in the capital to donate money, but they all cried out to me about poverty!"

"They are afraid of the Queen Mother and don't dare to invest money in me!"

"Lin Aiqing, what do you think we should do?"

“The most important thing about this work-for-relief program is to first give money and food to the victims, so that they can see hope.”

"If within half a month, the first initial amount of money and food is not received, hundreds of thousands of victims will immediately gather in the mountains and forests and become rogue bandits once they become desperate!"

“By then, this work-for-relief scheme will become a big joke!”

"The Queen Mother can still use this as an excuse to directly destroy me!"

After saying that, he closed his eyes with a look of despair.

Wang Xi and others were dumbfounded after hearing this.

They thought they had gotten out of the desperate situation, but they didn't expect that there was a bigger pit waiting ahead.

Unexpectedly, after listening to this, Lin Mo not only did not look sad, but smiled calmly.

"Your Majesty, the treasury has no money and the merchants don't donate. In fact, it is not a problem."

Liu Lie perked up: "Oh? Aiqing has another clever plan?"

"It's not a clever plan, it's just a way to make the merchants from all over the world cry, shout, and scramble to get the money into our hands."

Lin Mo walked up to Liu Lie and lowered his voice.

"Your Majesty, we can hold an auction for the royal franchise of Daqian!"

"Added by something called disaster relief welfare coupons, it's a two-pronged approach!"

"Franchise? Welfare coupons?"

Liu Lie was confused. He had never heard these words before.

Wang Xi and others also looked at each other in confusion.

Lin Mo explained patiently, "To put it simply, it is to put some businesses that only the imperial court could do in the past to a public auction!"

"For example, after the water conservancy in the south of the Yangtze River is repaired, there will definitely be a lot of fertile farmland along the coast."

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