Lu Xiufu understood what the little emperor meant, that is, to use the destruction of salt farms in the coastal areas to cause a sharp decline in the production of sea salt, so that the southeast and southwest regions will be short of salt, if the transportation from the north will not only increase the cost of a large increase, but also cause a shortage of salt in the north, so that the price of salt in the Tatar-ruled areas will skyrocket. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIf the Tartar court intervened in the price of salt, it could only reduce the salt tax, then it would greatly reduce their fiscal revenue; If left unchecked, the majority of the people would not be able to afford salt to eat, which would provoke the wrath of the people and shake their rule.

At the same time, Qiongzhou is vigorously developing salt production, as for the new method of increasing production that the little emperor said, Lu Xiufu still does not know, but he must be sure of his confident appearance. Most of the salt consumed in Qiongzhou will be dumped at a price lower than that of the occupied areas, thus further cracking down on the already fragile price of salt, and finally making it impossible for them to sell even if they have salt, but Qiongzhou can make huge profits from it, and fundamentally improve the situation of the imperial court's finances beyond its means.

Of course, things will never be as simple as imagined, their money bags are stolen, and the Tartars will definitely not give up, and the two sides will definitely have a fierce fight. However, Lu Xiufu saw that the current coastal enemy naval divisions were all heavily damaged, and for a time he did not have the strength to compete with the Qiongzhou naval division, because he knew that the battle in Yashan was only less than thirty percent of the strength of the Qiongzhou army, but it played the role of the sea god needle.

According to the little emperor's idea, the victory of the water war enabled the Song court to control a large area of the southeast coast, and as long as the waterways for various countries to trade were blocked, another important source of finance and taxation for the Yuan court could be blocked. Lu Xiufu also knew that the violence of overseas trade would not end because of the war, and they could take advantage of the favorable conditions of Qiongzhou's four seas to attract overseas merchant ships to come here and vigorously carry out trade.

Lu Xiufu has been in the government for many years, and has experienced the battle of Song and Mongolia in the past 20 years, so he naturally knows that fighting a war is to burn money, and in addition to eating horses and chewing horses, there are also expenses such as the consumption of weapons and rewards and pensions after the war, which are all calculated in millions, and the family of the Great Song Dynasty was exhausted in the southern invasion of the Mongols again and again. Now the little emperor's strategy is tantamount to the opposite, grasping the economic lifeline of the Mongols into his own hands, but the more money he makes, the more he will be able to drain the Mongols in a few years, and he can recruit troops and horses to strengthen his strength if he has the money, so there is hope for the restoration of the country......

Standing at the height of nearly a thousand years later than the current history, he naturally sees more than Lu Hidefu, and he knows that the greater the pressure, the greater the strength of the rebound. The financially strapped Mongols will certainly intensify their looting of the ruling areas and increase their exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so that everyone will no longer be able to eat, and they will inevitably remember the benefits of the old dynasty. Of course, the Great Song Dynasty is not a good thing, there are as many taxes as a cow, especially at the end of the reign, but this is afraid of comparison, at that time it can still fill the stomach, so that the convenience of the people can be used, at least they will not forget the Great Song Dynasty, and they still hope that Wang Shi can come to the rescue.

If someone can't survive, of course, they will find a way, in addition to uncovering the rod, they can only find another place to settle down, so as long as the propaganda is in place, Qiongzhou, which is still occupied by the imperial court, has become the Garden of Eden for the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and will inevitably try to cross the sea to vote, which is conducive to the increase of Qiongzhou's population, and can also obtain more labor and soldiers, so as to solve the current population shortage problem.

Zhao Yu knew very well that his actions might not completely destroy the economic foundation of the Yuan Dynasty, after all, it covered an area of thousands of miles and was the largest empire in the next thousand years, and its resources were not comparable to that of the small Qiongzhou, but it would definitely have a huge impact on the economy of the Yuan Dynasty. As long as his plan succeeded, he might force Kublai Khan to recognize his status, because the status of merchants in the Yuan Dynasty was much higher than that of all previous dynasties, and several prime ministers were occupied by merchants. And the mercenary nature of the merchants must have led them to try to exert pressure on them, to influence their policies towards the Song, so that the ****** would have a respite and room to expand.

Of course, Zhao Yu knew that peace was achieved by war, and if he wanted to complete his vision, he would have to go through a fierce battle to completely defeat the Yuan army's naval division, and finally gain control of the sea. And he also knew that to fight against the entire Mongol Empire in Qiongzhou, it was completely a battle between ants and elephants, and all he could rely on was the scientific and technological knowledge of his previous life, and he had to build an army armed with more than the current level of technology to have a chance of winning, which also required the support of huge funds.

So Zhao Yu also needs money, which coincides with Lu Xiufu's worries. But Zhao Yu did not reach out to him to ask for money, but gave Lu Xiufu an idea, which was by no means to show off his ability, but actually to obtain his cooperation. Don't underestimate that this is just another way of saying it, if you forcibly implement the order, not only violates the agreement reached between yourself and the ministers - meddling in political affairs, and will be questioned in a thousand ways, even if it is implemented, it is a passive implementation, and the enthusiasm can be imagined.

But Zhao Yu and the form of the chat was revealed to Lu Xiufu, it was another matter, this is just an idea to solve his worries, whether he does it or not is all on his own, but this idea is too tempting, coupled with the current poor financial situation, it has been forced into a corner, and he is not worried that Lu Xiufu will not take the bait. Then it will become its own solution to the problem, and it will be actively implemented, and there will be much less resistance from the ministers. However, Lu Xiufu naturally knew that if he wanted to solve the problem, he also needed the cooperation of the army, so they would naturally reach a tacit agreement between the monarch and the minister, and allow His Majesty to intervene in government affairs moderately, so as to promote the implementation of this plan.

Although Lu Xiufu has not yet expressed his position, nor has he asked him about the way to increase salt production, Zhao Yu is very interested in his appearance, and discusses the details of the plan with himself and several ministers, and obviously has accepted this model of solving financial problems by fighting and raising war. Then I just need to wait patiently, and don't worry about him coming to my door to ask him to help solve key technical problems. And politics is no different from doing business, it is all about bargaining and compromising with each other...... (To be continued.) )