Traditionally, the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau's expenses have been covered by the treasury of Guangdong and the financial subsidies given by the Zheng Group. As a government-run enterprise, to be precise, a factory mainly engaged in military manufacturing, this is a normal thing. It's like the workshop under the Ministry of Industry in the Ming Dynasty, just like the Ordnance Bureau that Chen Kai once presided over, it's just that a special situation has emerged in a special environment.

In terms of financial subsidies, although Zheng Chenggong's side can't be helped, it's not much worse. On the Fujian side, first, the financial and resource resources are not rich, and second, the time is tight, and no matter how good the equipment is, the non-commissioned officers will not be able to use it, and the officers do not know how to command, and they are not familiar with the weapons and the cooperation between the arms, so they will not be able to give full play to the effectiveness of the weapons. It's like an army of cold weapons accustomed to swords suddenly throwing them a bunch of Gundam to go to war, and the effect is not as effective as using swords, guns, swords, and halberds.

It may be an exaggeration to say this, but from a military point of view, there is no problem with Zheng Chenggong's punishment. At this point, when Chen Kai trained the Iron Man Army and Grenadier earlier, he never intended to use them as the main force, but gave them the intention of killer weapons, and they also went through long-term training. The Iron Army, in particular, almost missed the battle.

Since there is no need to count on financial subsidies too much, Chen Kai can only hope for the domain. The source of the revenue of the feudal treasury is basically the traditional sense of taxation - Tian Fu Ding Yin is the first to bear the brunt, they are the most important financial income of feudal society, and they are also the most in line with the structure of feudal society. Secondly, there are also income from salt class, fish class, tea class, market ship, commercial tax, etc. And the last one is the addition of the notorious Liao Gang and the like in later generations.

"The Tianfu of Guangdong, according to the standard of the sixth year of Wanli, the summer tax wheat rice is 6,122 stones, 8 buckets, 9 liters, 9 he, 7 spoons, 309 stones, 8 buckets, 9 liters, 9 he, 2 spoons, and 0 silk folded rice, 9 buckets and 3 liters; Autumn grain rice 993,824 stone 8 buckets 1 liter 1 in 9 spoons 0, change the silk folded rice 9 buckets 4 liters 7 in 9 spoons 0 ......"

Wang Jiang memorized these numbers backwards, and Chen Kate invited him over here, and he was also helpless about such a question. As for the reason, first of all, he knew very well that Chen Kai was not completely ignorant of these, even if he couldn't remember it clearly, it was enough to flip through the archives in the governor's yamen. And the other, and most important, point is that he is more aware of the current situation in Guangdong.

"I don't dare to collect such a tax, because if it were collected according to the law at that time, the popular uprising would definitely be indispensable. It is estimated that Chaozhou and Qiongzhou are barely acceptable, and other prefectures and counties don't need to think about it at all. ”

The governor's yamen and the political envoy yamen issued a task, and the officials of the prefectures and counties below had to continue to divide the taxes. In peacetime, it was inevitable to pass on and corruption, and now it is also unavoidable, even if Chen Kai is strict in the governance of officials, Wang Jiang is also a well-known and capable official, and at most it is just a little more alleviated. And now, the war has led to a sharp decline in population and the abandonment of land, and it is still collected as before, the denominator remains the same, but the numerator has decreased, and the distribution will definitely provoke the people's revolt, and then it will return to the vicious circle at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

What Wang Jiang said, Chen Kai is very clear. After more than 10 years of war, Guangdong has long been ruined and landless. The situation of Chaozhou and Qiongzhou is better, because one has the sea as a barrier and is less affected, while the other Ming army is the earliest to recover, and the recovery period is more aimed at quelling civil unrest and restoring order, which is the foundation for a long time. In the past few years, the Ming army has recovered Guangdong, and the recovery of people's livelihood has been uneven and different in various places, but on the whole, it is developing in a good direction. It's just that it was too damaged earlier, and the problem with the bottom line is not that it can be restored to the same as before.

Tian Fu is like this, and Ding Yin is even much inferior. Because as long as the policy of encouraging land reclamation is in place, there is still room for improvement in the field endowment directly affected by the number of acres. But it is precisely the person who is dead, and he is gone, and if he wants to restore Ding Yin's number, he will have to wait for a good man after 18 years.

Chen Kai naturally knows all this. However, Wang Jiang did not act like the magistrate of Shunde, and always complained openly and secretly that the Shunde silk weaving workshop planted mulberry and silkworms after buying land in the local area, instead of planting some grain, resulting in Shunde County, which has always been fertile, becoming a place where grain is not produced. He was a political envoy in Guangdong, and he knew very well that these silks were subject to normal taxes. Height and ability often affect a person's vision and pattern.

"In the past few years, except for the state capitals in western Guangdong, I have tried my best to recover the salt farms, and now the local salt tax in Guangdong has a lot of income, in addition to the consumption of the province, it is still being sold to other provinces. As a joke, if the salt transportation in Jiangxi is suddenly cut off, the captives there will be uncomfortable for a few days. ”

Chen Kai is full of confidence in Wang Jiang's financial management ability, which is based on years of understanding. Guangdong's salt income has basically recovered to the level before and after Jiashen, although there is still a gap from the time when it was really peaceful, but it is quite rare in troubled times.

Salt has always been one of the financial support points of all dynasties. From Guan Zhong's proposal of "Guanshan Hai", the Shang Dynasty reform of the tyrannical Qin, to the salt and iron monopoly of Sang Hongyang during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, has always been the case. Salt is sold by the government, and there are explosive profits in it, so the smuggler salt dealer has always produced rebellious talents. This is a digression, but the corresponding iron, in the Ming Dynasty was taxed, not officially sold, Wang Jiang's look here, according to Chen Kai's understanding of him, probably thought of this point, but also thought of the consequences of once the iron monopoly system was implemented.

"Don't worry, uncle, I won't do iron monopoly."

gave Wang Jiang a reassurance, and Chen Kai unexpectedly saw the expression of relief from nervousness. The monopoly of salt and iron is an existing system in ancient times, but it is not suitable in today's Guangdong.

In today's Guangdong, the production of iron products is mainly in Chaozhou and Foshan, the former is the main source of raw materials in Fujian, Chengxiang and Xingning, while the latter is Luodingzhou and northern Guangdong. On both sides, there are a large number of Chen Kai's supporters in all links of Chaozhou's iron products industry chain, and the Guangdong Business Alliance has a great influence among Chaozhou's members, so Chen Kai has no need to dig into his own corners. In northern Guangdong, the iron ore in Qingyuan Mountain is in the hands of Wang Han, and Wang Han stands under Chen Kai with a clear banner. As for Luodingzhou, Wei Yingdeng and Ye Biao tended to cooperate for profit, so they could maintain the supply of iron to Foshan. Once the iron monopoly is sold, the final result can only be a soldier.

The iron monopoly will definitely increase the income of the domain, but it will cause huge damage to Chen Kai's long-term layout, and it will definitely be more than worth the loss. Wang Jiang can realize this truth, and Chen Kai is naturally not bad.

Aside from this problem, the rest, such as the fish class, were greatly affected by the sharp decline in population, and Wang Jiang was also a clever woman who could not cook without rice. The cash crops of the Tea Class, and the resulting commercial tax, have seen great growth in recent years, stimulated by the Guangdong-Haihai Business Alliance, especially in Shunde County, where the silk industry has paid a large amount of commercial tax that has allowed Wang Jiang to eat two more dry meals.

The two chatted for a long time before Wang Jiang left. It's just that during this period, the two of them have always avoided talking about the income of the market, and they have a tacit understanding.

In fact, they have long been tacitly aware of this. As for the reason, it is very simple, the existence of Zheng's group's salary in Fujian and Guangdong provinces has made the income of the city to the point that even if it is properly collected, it will affect the enthusiasm of maritime trade. And this enthusiasm has a direct impact on the income of the Zheng Group and the salary of the army.

Chen Kai and Wang Jiang are facing this problem, and Lu Ruoteng of Fujian is also inevitable. The Zheng group had actually collected the municipal tax on behalf of the two provinces, which had already begun when Zheng Zhilong became a major member of the Chongzhen Dynasty. In terms of use, at least Zheng Chenggong's salary is used to raise soldiers and recover lost territory, which is better than using it to buy officials and sell at a price, and it is not a little stronger.

"Come to think of it, there is probably no more lucrative business in this world than robbery and cheating, right?"

Lying on the bed, his eyes were not closed, but he looked at the light yarn vacantly. Chen Kai said so, Zheng Xiyuan couldn't help but widen those big shining eyes, and then sneered: "It's a shame that the husband is still a civil official, if he is a military general, he will probably have done it at this time." ”

Do it at every turn, it's more about the actual situation. Chen Kai also smiled when he heard this, but after laughing, the problem was still not solved, Foshan needs a lot of follow-up financial support, and in terms of funds, Guangdong still needs to operate normally, so what the treasury can give is only start-up funds.

The situation and its impact were beyond his expectations, and plans began to be unable to keep up with the changes. Chen Kai fell back into contemplation,

At this time, all of this is in Zheng Xiyuan's eyes. She had always wanted to be a qualified helper, because she knew very well that her husband was a man of great ability. And at this point, she asked herself that she had never let Chen Kai worry about family matters. Except for the initial marriage, but that wasn't her problem.

Seeing this, Zheng Xiyuan thought about it for a while, and then said to Chen Kaiyan: "Husband, concubine, I heard that some members of the Guangdong Business Alliance are planning to operate ticket numbers......

Zheng Xiyuan said this quietly, originally with the intention of sharing worries for Chen Kai. As a result, with just one word, Chen Kaiteng sat up all of a sudden, immediately turned his head to look at the pillow person who was already startled, leaned over, and directly imprinted it on Sakura's lips, kissing her so much that she could barely breathe.

"The lady has a great idea!" Loudly praised, then Chen Kai turned to ask, "What are they going to do?" ”

The sudden kiss made Zheng Xiyuan have some brain hypoxia for a while, fortunately, it was not the first time she was frightened by Chen Kai like this, and she quickly eased up: "They ...... It is said that they planned to do the same as other ticket numbers, issuing silver tickets, issuing flying tickets, and charging a fee......"

The ticket number already existed at this time, and most of the financial services provided were similar, which could not be compared with later generations, but it was also very convenient for customers who needed related services.

Zheng Xiyuan said so, but Chen Kai shook his head after hearing it, and was very dissatisfied with this: "No, no, no, what kind of life will it take to make a lot of money, this is how it works." ”