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Upon hearing this, Xiao Ruo was quite surprised.
Could such a maneuver really exist?
Xiao Ruo suddenly thought of the empty promises the late emperor made to Gao Yanpeng: "Brother Fu, what if the Ministry of Revenue takes the war horses but doesn't give the silver in return?"
Exchanging an IOU for countless war horses is definitely something that group of stingy people at the Ministry of Revenue could do.
"They won't." Fu Hanwen said with certainty, "Whether it's Big Brother Du or those in the Northern Lands, they're all in need of good war horses. If Big Brother Du can breed good war horses here, they wouldn't dare not to pay up."
No matter how tightly the Ministry of Revenue hoards the silver, it can't be as important as their official positions. The consequences of delaying military opportunities are no joke, and they cannot afford such responsibility.
