Chapter 224: Fate and Secret Joy
Zhao Xin felt that something was wrong, as early as the beginning of the handover and when he received the will of the imperial court, Zhao Xin felt that things were not as simple as he imagined, if it was only at this level, there was no need for Cheng Qian to appear.
Who is Cheng Qian, as early as 15 years ago, he was the head of the state capital, and he was promoted to the position of transfer envoy over the years, and it can be said that his qualifications are very old.
Besides, it is not an ordinary official to make a road transfer, this is the highest official in the local area, it can be said that the head of the local officials, not to mention the road like Huainan East Road, because there is a core area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the strength of Huainan East Road is relatively strong.
There are rich states such as Yangzhou and Taizhou, and there should be a lot of opportunities before the journey, and there is no need to come to Haizhou for a small Yuntai Mountain Island.
Zhao Xin will not have the luxury of expecting, Cheng Qian is here to burn the cold stove, just look at his age, he is 63 years old this year, he can be on Huainan East Road for another term is already the limit, there is no reason to burn the cold stove at all, even if the cold stove is burned, it will be 20 years later, at that time, he will either be in the ground, or simply old and unable to move.
Zhao Xin's true identity, Cheng Qian knew, was the second prince, even if he lost his identity, but he was only four years old, even if it was to win the heir, it would take more than 10 years, and at that time, Cheng Qian would have died of old age.
There is no love for no reason in the world, and there is no hate for no reason, so that a high-ranking official of such a level of transfer envoy ran hundreds of miles to the remote Haizhou, just for a prince, that is a joke, then there must be a plan, and the plan is not small.
At this time, Zhao Xin couldn't determine what kind of picture this picture was, but after thinking about it carefully, since he was so polite, he didn't look like a sinister person, it should be the right thing to do, as long as it was the right thing, there was always a solution, and it was the reason why he had the confidence to sit here, maybe a bad thing would become a good thing.
"Transporter, please!" Zhao Xin did not directly answer Cheng Qian's words, but pondered a little before speaking.
Cheng Qian heard Zhao Xin's promise, he was first overjoyed, he was afraid that Zhao Xin would not even give him a chance to speak, so he gave a brief introduction, mainly to introduce the situation of the disaster.
Huainan East Road is very large, there are also rich places, but 8 states, 4 military states, skilled more, there are Yangzhou like this, there are Haizhou like this, between the two years, Huainan East Road disaster a lot, if it is not Yangzhou behind the support, a few years ago, there was a problem, and now finally can not hold on.
Zhao Xin listened to it a little, although he didn't show his expression, but in his heart, he almost woke up laughing.
He really fell asleep, someone sent a pillow, he started from Miaojiazhuang, from Baozhou, from the craftsman, and even put his mind on the body of Xiang Jun, what is the purpose, isn't it for people.
Especially the Xiang Army, for a person who has abdicated, he can get involved in some special areas, but he can't easily get involved in the army, even if the Xiang Army is the same second-line army, it will always give people a bad idea.
Zhao Xin's future plans are very big, he should be quiet now, as a transparent person, developing in secret, what really shines out will be the general trend and irresistible.
But in order to gain more population, he has already ignored it, 30,000 Xiang Army, on behalf of these 30,000 young and strong, but also on behalf of these 30,000 families, as long as the operation is good, the treatment is a little better, can be hundreds of thousands of people in it, this is a huge foundation.
If you want to build a miracle city, the site is only a foundation, and even the technology is also, just like Zhao Xin, even if a person has three heads and six arms, how much can he get under the premise of no one helping.
If it weren't for the nearly 3,000 people in Miaojiazhuang, if it weren't for the hundreds of thousands of people in Baozhou, would he be able to earn more than 1,000 net profits a day?
Now, he is ready to build a larger-scale city, ready to build a belonging to the Northern Song Dynasty, or a miracle beyond this era, no one is absolutely impossible, his conditions, most of them are born from one thing, that is, population, if you can solve 50,000 households in the early stage, about 600,000 people, and then gradually develop, some poor fishermen on the seaside, some people at the bottom to attract a part of it, and initially let Dinghai become a large city with a population of one million, His plan is only preliminary.
He was thinking hard about this, but now Cheng Qian sent it, in Cheng Qian's opinion, this is 300,000, or even at most 600,000 people waiting to be fed, and as long as Zhao Xin agrees, he can still pay a little price, as long as it is not too high.
You must know that Huainan East Road, almost all of the eight states and four armies, almost all of them are rich and densely populated, and the population is more than million, for them, it doesn't matter if they don't have these 600,000, but these are what the Dinghai Navy urgently needs.
With this as a starting point, it is not 600,000 people, 600,000 people represent 600,000 propaganda points, represent 600,000 contact points, as long as word of mouth comes out, as long as the treatment comes out, even if these people do not relocate, come to work.
The population that Zhao Xin wants is not a household registration, as long as someone is working, it doesn't matter where its household registration is.
As soon as Zhao Xin's mind turned, he knew why Cheng Qian wanted to make such an idea, the reason was very simple, that is, the establishment of the Ding Navy, and the people who followed the Ding Navy
Money, this is the key, 300,000 guan, for Huainan East Road, is not a big number, sitting in a state like Yangzhou, 300,000 guan is not a big number, but where there is money, it does not mean that the finances are healthy.
In the entire Northern Song Dynasty, there were 25 provinces and hundreds of military prefectures, and the annual fiscal revenue was only 20 or 30 million yuan.
Not to mention, now the summer grain is not yet ripe, and the summer harvest has not been carried out, which is just the season of green and yellow, at this time, suddenly there are more than 100,000 Guanding Navy, which is still so close, it must be the best choice, maybe, this young prince is still very easy to fool, maybe, it will solve a problem.
I figured out everything, Zhao confidence has the bottom, negotiation and trading, the most afraid is not to know the other party's hole cards, now through analysis, Cheng Qian's requirements and hole cards, has been in Zhao Xin's grasp, the final result, must be different.
Sure enough, under Zhao Xin's requests and discussions, Cheng Qian retreated step by step, and what he said about the 300,000 victims of the disaster eventually increased to 600,000, and even included a huge team of craftsmen including 5,000 shipwrights and 15,000 crews, as well as nearly 100 ships of various types.
Of course, this is not directly given by Huainan East Road, involving thousands of ships, or even tens of thousands of ships, and they are not so generous before the journey, and these money are to be given, but they have to be paid in installments.
Give in installments, this is a new term, Cheng Qian still doesn't know a little, Zhao Xin explained, Cheng Qian understood, that is, take it away first, and then give money.
This point, for the general workshop, is a catastrophe, itself, there is a revenue and expenditure, there is an account, you hold it for a few more years, how can it be done, but for Cheng Qian, these are the rich forces of Huainan East Road, most of them still need to be maintained and maintained, and a bunch of sailors are raised, and it is no problem to give Zhao credit for nothing, let alone pay back the money.
In any case, as long as the money is given, the finances will be balanced, and for him, it is just a gesture, and even the craftsmen and boatmen are generously given, which is equivalent to saving his costs.
In this way, the two sides have different cognitions, so that such a business that seems a little unreasonable has been solved smoothly, and everyone is happy.
Zhao Xin has been thinking about the ship for a long time, and when he was on the island, he also thought about whether to go to Jiangnan, the shipbuilding industry in Hangzhou is very developed, and he can buy some boats, which is a must.
Yuntai Mountain Island, isolated overseas, this is a benefit, but also a weakness, a city, it is impossible not to communicate with the outside world, raw materials to come in, finished products to output, this is an inevitable process, no ship, for them, is a great constraint.
Now, the problem of the ship is solved, the personnel are also solved, the only restriction is the money, although the pre-trip generosity can be paid in installments, but the first money, as well as the cost of hiring the boatman and craftsman, still have to be paid, this one, a lot.
Walking out of Haizhou Mansion, Zhao Xin's expression was complicated, he was very happy, he had obtained so much labor at once, and he had reached a satisfactory level, and it was false to say that he was unhappy, with the support of these manpower, the development of the Navy must be several times more than before.
But the pressure is in vain, money, the speed of development is several times faster, but the initial investment, as well as the maintenance cost, and even the cost of industrial and commercial transformation, will also increase rapidly.
Even a transfer envoy on Huainan East Road can't solve the problem, this is not a matter of 300,000 yuan, if there is no Miaojiazhuang industry as a backing, Zhao Xin can't open this mouth at all, because this disaster victim alone crushed him to death.
Hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, the amount of food eaten in a single day is an astronomical amount, at least more than 10,000 stone per day, not to mention other expenses, it is difficult to accommodate an island that is poor and white, and does not even have a place to live.
Cheng came for the purpose of not wanting to solve it completely, he was more under the advice of Ye Qingchen, come over to turn the fate, you are afraid of turning into a small part, giving the victims a way to live, this is the best, who would have thought that Zhao Xin would take everything in such a big package.