During the first month, officials take a month off according to the regular rules, and only 20% of the officials in the yamen of the various departments and governments stay on duty, but they can get double the usual salary, and the yamen of the boss's office can open a small stove in the year.

However, during the current war, all vacations have been cancelled, but it is possible to stay on duty. Unless it is a major event, most officials can work from home during the Chinese New Year, except for the officials on duty, but cannot return to their hometowns.

On the day of the first lunar month, King Xian set up a banquet in the Hong'en Hall to entertain the envoys of various countries in the Lingling, the chief officials of the various departments, the relatives of the emperor and the salt lords who stayed behind, etc., the prince and the princess were no exception, and the Gudappa and Figos families were also invited, but they were arranged in the side hall.

The officials of the various divisions were not invited, and during the first month, King Xian was "specially allowed" to return to his hometown to reunite with his relatives, and was escorted back to his hometown by the forbidden army.

The seats are based on the high and low relatives and relatives, and the right side of the Xianwang is the prince Jiang Yu, the crown princess Xihuan, and then the Lu Hou, the Ding Yang Hou, the Xuanting Hou, and Baili Yan.

At this time, the music rang in unison, and more than a dozen brightly dressed dancing girls in the center of the hall showed their graceful posture, attracting everyone's attention. Bai Liyan had no intention of appreciating the dance of the beauties, and always paid attention to the interaction between Tao Yong, Gongliangxiu and the envoys of various countries.

At this time, Xuanting Hou Qiaolian put down the beef that had been started, grabbed a handkerchief and moved it to Bailiyan's side and said:

"Virtuous son-in-law, the matter of crowdfunding Tianbao mentioned last time, I have already drawn up a detailed draft of the charter, and I am thinking about launching it after the first month."

"Oh, so fast. Can the father-in-law bring it? ”

Qiao Lian took out the charter and the grass was more than a finger thick, compared to the modern insurance law, it was just a small thing. Bai Liyan casually read a few pages, there are very few types of insurance, but the price is extremely high, and ordinary people can't afford it at all.

"Father-in-law, in this drought and flood, each household is insured with five stones per year, and the compensation is only nine stones, which is too tricky!"

"Son-in-law, this is the account calculated by the Qianfang and the Tax Division, the population of the five places of Shanling, Yongxing, Zhongxing, Longsheng, and Tailai is only one and a half million, and the farmers are only one million.

"Alas......" Bai Liyan sighed, thinking that what Qiao Lian said was not wrong.

The smaller the insurance coverage, the higher the basic payment, especially the current poor technical conditions, high disaster rate, drought and flood failure of the identification standards are different, a little tight can earn more, the people are unlucky. Kathon is a little unlucky, and the people can collect more, and the grasp of relaxation is very important.

However, the premium of five stone for a household is too high, and with the current productivity, even in the Shaling area, before the autumn harvest of the first year and the autumn harvest of the second year, the peasant households have no less than five stone of grain left over in a year, and the reasonable price is at most half a stone.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Liyan put away the charter and said:

"I'll go back and carefully consider this matter, and I'll reply to my father-in-law later."

"That's good, but don't lower it, it's too low, and those guys from the Tax Department will definitely not let it go."

"Don't worry, father-in-law, business always has to make money, where can you lose money."

At this time, Bailiyan plans to suspend the implementation of insurance, and wait until the situation in Ganfu, Shangguan, Wanchuan, and Pengyuan is stable and the economy recovers.

First, the population base in Shanling and other places is still too small, the cost of insurance is too high, and the occurrence of disasters has the consistency of the same time, and the standard of compensation is ambiguous, and the means of payment are mainly grain and grass, but the hoarding of grain and grass is limited, and the total amount of grain and grass that can be hoarded by officials and private individuals in Xianguo is also limited.

Second, the issuance of new currency is still insufficient, far from enough to meet domestic demand, and the large amount of cash spent can easily cause a shortage of currency, triggering a rapid depreciation of the currency, and causing a bad impact on foreign trade.

Finally, what Bai Liyan is most worried about is that the National Money House has no autonomy, and any adjustment of profitable projects must be approved by the Department of Taxation, and after the approval of the Department of Taxation, it must be submitted to the cabinet for discussion and approval before it can be implemented.

This is like the central bank adjusting interest rates, which requires a vote from senior officials and the central government to pass it, which is obviously not feasible and lacks market and policy flexibility.

While Weng and his son-in-law were talking, Gongliangxiu set his eyes on the envoys of the Song State in Chenling.

In 634 of the Shengyuan Dynasty, Bailiyan gave Sima Kuangshuo a lot of benefits to the Song Kingdom, but as expected, he was blackmailed by Wang Yanfei, and the total value of the loss was not one million inches of silver, but also seven or eight hundred thousand, and for a small country like the Song Kingdom, which was sparsely populated, he could not save seven or eight hundred thousand inches of silver in twenty years.

According to the past practice, the first month of the first month of the Xianwang feast, the civil and military officials have some rewards, since the Black Turban Army after the financial constraints, the happy money for the New Year's festival is gone, only the first month of the first year of the first year, after the Xianwang got the treasure, in order to calm the grievances of the nobles and the bureaucracy, there was a reward, and then there was no reward of any non-war merit nature.

The rewards of the New Year's holidays are like year-end bonuses and festival awards, and everyone in the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military honors and nobles has a share, and it is also an important means for the monarch to consolidate his personal relationships.

However, in order to maintain his prestige and family relations, the total expenditure of the reward ranged from a few thousand acres of gold and silver, tens of thousands of silk and tens of thousands of cotton cloths, and tens of thousands of gold and silver tens of thousands of acres of land, tens of thousands of silk and hundreds of thousands of cotton cloths, and the cost was very large.

At this time, everyone indulged in the pleasure of wine, meat, dance and music, and the king and the prince of Xian mingled and drank with the salt lord and foreign guests from time to time. At the banquet, the division of labor between the king and the prince was clear, the prince was in charge, and the ministers and relatives were entertained, and the king of Xian was outside, and the salt lord and envoys from various countries were entertained.

The amount of wine of the king of Xian is very good, more than 50 degrees of liquor can drink a pound without getting drunk, even so, considering that the king of Xian is more than half a hundred years old, and the day when he is unable to cope with political activities sooner or later, Bailiyan then customized a batch of special wines, this kind of wine is thick, with more tin, pasted with gold and silver foil, inlaid with pearls and gemstones, it is very beautiful, but the volume and appearance are no different from most wines, but the wine can be less than half.

The salty king's wine is also re-blended, with more fruit wine and low-degree fermentation and filtered beer, the degree is only about 20 degrees, the taste is mellow and unique, slightly sweet and sour, which is very suitable for the salty king's appetite. Usually, you can not get drunk with a thousand cups, but with a customized wine jue and wine, it is no problem if you don't get drunk with 10,000 cups.

Bailiyan drank wine and chewed meat, and her eyes never left Gongliangxiu. I saw that the face of the envoy of the Song State was uncertain, and the envoy of the Jin State on the side was angry, although I don't know what Gongliangxiu said, but it seems that the provocation is very successful.

While he was engrossed, Xu Zheng, the envoy of Qiguo, came to Bailiyan with a shy face, and his smile was disgusting.

"Yongxing Hou, this envoy is polite."

"It turned out to be an envoy, and Ben Hou is also polite." Bai Liyan knelt down and returned the salute, and said lukewarmly: "I don't know what the envoy has to teach." ”

"Hehe, my king misses Yan Shizi very much, I don't know when Yongxing Hou will be able to reunite with my king to relieve my king's worries."

"The envoy refers to the eldest grandson Huimeng, my king has never gotten going, Benhou has gone, where is my king. It is better to let the king of Qi come to my Xianguo, my king will treat each other with courtesy, and will never lose the courtesy of the king. ”

In 634 years of Sheng Yuan, King Xian added the title of Baili Yan Yongxing Marquis, Qi King Baili Lu sealed Baili Yanjin Yanghou, removed the previous envoy Liu Chensi in Chenling, and sent Wang Wenxu as an envoy to Xianguo, trying to persuade Baili Yan to return to Qi Guo, but Baili Yan categorically refused, causing Qi Wang Baili Lu to be dissatisfied, so Wang Wenxu was replaced, and Xu Zheng was sent to Xianguo to continue to persuade Baili Yan, Xu Zheng did not harass Yongxing Hou Mansion in two years, and every time he ate closed doors, even so, Xu Zheng still did not make trouble.

"Yan Shizi, as the saying goes, brothers work together to break gold, Xianguo is already rich and strong, how can Yan Shizi bear to see his mother country withering and abandon my king, the king is the brother of the prince."

Xu Zheng pretended to be sensational, but Bai Liyan disagreed:

"I said that the envoy, Ben Hou in the Xian country a year to get a lot, the gold and silver of the country several times huge, my brother Wang is to sell the throne, not to the Hou a year of income, the envoy thinks that Ben Hou wants to return to the country, is it not that the country of the country today is given by the Hou of the hand, the Hou should owe the king of Qi, or that the Hou is full of food to support, and the country is far away to suffer from the Jin State and the defense of the country."

"Yan Shizi's words are wrong, no matter how poor and bitter he is, the country is your mother country, not to mention that the son of the world is the bloodline of the first king, and the bloodline of abandoning it is ignored, and forgetting the righteousness of the interests of the world, the son of the world is not afraid of being spurned by the world."

"Humph!" Baili Yan angrily put the chopsticks on the case, and said unhappily: "Seeing that Li forgets righteousness is not Benhou, it is my brother Wang, Benhou can hear that the news of Benhou's death was transmitted back to Qiguo, and the happiest person was Brother Wang, so he attracted the Jin Kingdom." If you want to say that Benhou forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, it is also due to Baili Law. Speaking of bloodline, Ben Hou was hostage in the Jin Kingdom, and he endured humiliation for the Qi Country, did anyone think about saving Ben Hou.

Now seeing that Benhou is profitable, they all want to get a piece of the pie, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world. Don't say anything more, please go back. ”

"It's all heartfelt words, don't think about it, and regret it for life."

"If you don't want to increase the price of iron next year, you just need to say two more words, say a word, Ben Hou will rise by one percent, presumably it will not be my brother Wang who will regret it at that time, but you Lord Xu."

Bai Liyan was aggressive, Xu Zheng wanted to say something, but when he thought of saying a word, he couldn't help but sweat profusely on his forehead in the not cold weather, so he had to stop.

Qi Guo did not produce iron, and Wei Guo imposed a strict blockade on Qi Guo, and at the same time ordered the countries of the West Sea not to trade iron tools with each other, which made it extremely difficult for iron tools to flow into Qi Guo, and the main sources of iron tools in Qi Guo were Liang State and Changsun State.

After the Jin State garrisoned Qiguo, it sold inferior pig iron to Qiguo at a price three times higher than the market price every year, which was actually the impurities that were removed from the molten iron after iron ore smelting, and pig iron with more impurities.

After the Xianguo produced a large amount of iron, it was able to expand its trade in the West Sea, and the pig iron and wrought iron produced in Xian were able to enter the West China Sea countries in large quantities, and the price was relatively cheap.