1668
After listening to Du Runiang, Xiao Ruo fell silent.
In the past two or three years, Xilin Country's economy has grown somewhat compared to previous years, but war is a money burner. As long as the war between Xilin Country and Great Zhou doesn't stop, the treasury can't be full.
The Ministry of Revenue's people are very tight-fisted, and they put all the silver towards the Northern Lands. Even if there's surplus silver, they won't let it out unless Du Jingcheng has someone in the Imperial Court to push the Ministry to release the funds.
If her father were still in the court, she might have been able to help, but now that her father has retired, she feels helpless.
As for her own husband, Xiao Ruo knew he must be troubled by what the King of Cangming had said, so she couldn't bother him with this matter.
