Chapter 293: The Sea of Stars

In the palace, Renzong is in the palace of Miao Guifei, because of Zhao Xin's matter, Renzong has undergone some changes, he originally loved beautiful women, otherwise he would not favor Zhang Shuyuan, but Zhang Shuyuan's matter sounded a wake-up call for him, he didn't expect that in the palace under his absolute control, the combination of inside and outside would be so terrible.

When he thought of Zhao Xin, from birth to the present, he secretly blamed himself, no wonder, he only had a daughter growing up, that is, a daughter, without any threat.

It's too late to say anything now, Zhao Xin has become the Marquis of Dinghai, and he knows that the Dinghai Navy has gone, although he is very confident that Zhao Xin's future development will be better, but he is more or less sad.

Instead of taking the shortest path, he took a more difficult path, and in this regard, his father was a little unqualified.

Renzonggui is the emperor, especially now, he has been in politics for more than 20 years, and he has been in charge of the court for more than ten years, and his understanding of the court and human nature can be said to be very deep, more than 30 people, what beauties have not been seen, or guard these concubines.

To be able to stay now, especially after the Great Purge, he is sure that he is in the palace, silently controlling, waiting for the moment when Zhao Xin rises.

However, now, Renzong has enjoyed the benefits of Zhao Xin, and he has also heard of that huge auction, Ye Qingchen, Han Qi, and Cao Di, these three can be said to be one of the few figures in the Northern Song Dynasty, and they participated together, and the specifications of this auction are very high.

Not to mention, there is such a treasure as 800,000 guan.

In fact, Renzong is very angry, he is an emperor, plus Ye Qingchen is a third envoy, he is always troubled by funds, and sometimes, in order to embezzle hundreds of thousands of funds, he is exhausted and anxious.

But in the people, the funds in the hands of these big businessmen are so terrible, 800,000 yuan of playthings, they say that they will give money, and they are so refreshing.

Angry is angry, Renzong is not a dumb king, he will directly intervene in these wealth of the people, but he is just a little depressed.

You are the emperor, and the world is his, but he is the poorest.

When Ye Qingchen came back from the Daimyo's Mansion, he came to visit him mysteriously, thinking that Ye Qingchen was going to report some things from the Daimyo's Mansion, who knew that Ye Qingchen would bring such a big gift.

2 million guan, this can't be said to be a huge wealth that Ren Zongjian has never seen, but it is also a wealth that is enough to move him.

Let the Liao State regard it as the lifeblood, and even use force every year to obtain the New Year's coin, at the beginning, it was only about 300,000 guan, and later Fu Bi increased by 200,000 guan to 500,000 guan in order to break the joint attack of Western Xia and Liao.

In this way, the Liao State was ecstatic, and even for this reason, he did not hesitate to tear his face with the Western Xia, before Fu Bi sent an envoy, the Western Xia was ready to attack the Northern Song Dynasty with the Liao State, and wanted a piece of meat on the Northern Song Dynasty, but Fu Bi sent an envoy, just took 200,000 yuan, and solved the problem, which seemed to be groveling, but in fact, the problem that could be solved with money was not a problem for the Northern Song Dynasty.

Perhaps, for the Liao State and the Western Xia, the cost of mobilizing a war is not high, but for the Northern Song Dynasty, a medium-sized war will cost more than 8 million, not to mention, the perennial war with the Western Xia, the military expenditure in the northwest has rapidly increased to 20 million, or even more.

Money can't solve all problems, but money can solve most of the problems, since the expansion of Zhao Xin's influence, Zhao Xin has been imperceptibly changing the pattern of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Iron material is only one of them, but such a simple iron material allows the third division to save 8 million to 10 million yuan, which is not a small amount of money.

I thought that this was Zhao Xin's best efforts, even if he could make money, he didn't make much, and he might only want the name of this official businessman before supplying iron materials to the imperial court, not making money.

All of a sudden, the price of iron material was reduced from about 80 wen to 35 wen, and there should not be too much profit in such a large transaction.

But Zhao Xin still gave a profit of 2 wen a catty, and this money, under the gathering of sand into a tower, actually became such a huge number as 2 million yuan.

Ye Qingchen's purpose, Renzong is quite clear, over the years, Ye Qingchen has changed from a bachelor of Hanlin to a person with white hair who is avoided by the ministers, the reason is very simple, he is a miser of the Great Song Dynasty, and he has worked hard for the finances of the Great Song Dynasty.

Now, with the money saved by iron materials, coupled with such 2 million guan, it can be said that the financial situation of the entire Northern Song Dynasty will change significantly.

However, Renzong couldn't help but think of the previous auction, if he was really the emperor sitting on the four seas, that auction, would it be easy to get that treasure.

Desire is an instinct that people are born with, before Renzong, it was because of responsibility and position, but now, there is a son who can make such money, although he doesn't know how much Zhao Xin can earn, but the business is so big, it will not be less than him.

Ye Qingchen didn't get what he wanted on the spot, and he also understood Renzong's thoughts.

From the beginning, he never thought that he would get this money at one time, Renzong has been poor for so long, and he didn't have it at all before.

Now, the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty has changed for the better, as long as the money saved by iron materials is deducted, the income of nearly 10 million yuan is enough to wipe out the entire deficit, and even a few years, accumulate a part, and start large-scale projects.

However, with an additional 2 million, there will be an immediate effect.

After all, these savings can only be saved in years, or even several years, and the increased expenditure in the middle, or even the changes caused by saving, will make the final laugh a little discounted.

Now, for the three divisions, instead of falling, spending has increased.

The reason why Ye Qingchen is so cheerful is because there are regulations for these money, and if it is spent now, it is equivalent to no expenditure in the future, in fact, after a month, such expenditure has been gradually reduced, and Ye Qingchen can also withdraw funds ranging from 200,000 to 500,000 yuan.

It's just that this speed is too slow, 2 million, if it is in place at one time, he can start the big project of Yellow River governance, and even improve it.

Ye Qingchen has long wanted to start the Yellow River Project, the most important river in the Northern Song Dynasty, only the middle section, in the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, but it is the most important, passing through the most cities.

After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang was flooded countless, in the historical dynasties, the capital was flooded, and it was a special case of the Northern Song Dynasty, or once every few years.

Governing the Yellow River has become the top priority of the Northern Song Dynasty, not to mention the Beijing-Hebei region, where the population is increasing, and the land must buy grain from outside under the premise that it cannot carry so many people.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which runs through several major water systems throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, has also become an important waterway between the north and the south, which has alleviated this situation to a certain extent, but with the increasing weight of the water transport, this kind of impact has begun to appear, and if the canal becomes the canal, the others will be affected.

Whether it is political, economic, or people's livelihood, the Yellow River governance is imperative, a breach, the loss caused by the Northern Song Dynasty is unbearable, every time, it takes a long time to be able to alleviate it.

Before, there was no money, and all governance was focused on how to save and how to do great things with the least amount of money.

But now, there are 2.5 million guan started, plus a monthly increase of 50-800,000 guan, this money does not have to be fully invested, even if a part of the investment is enough, it is enough to solve this problem, at least, it can ensure that the Yellow River is in the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, and disasters will occur once in four or five years, to once in 10 years, or even once in 20 years.

Renzong didn't know that Ye Qingchen had already made such an idea in advance, and the 2 million yuan was destined to be warm in his hands.

Daimyo's Mansion, Zhao Xin is close to leaving, and for more than 20 days, in addition to making the card system and constantly making Dinghai coins, he is smoothing out some things.

If before, just leave, then it doesn't matter, the industry of the Daimyo Mansion can only rely on Wang Song and the established direction, and slowly adjust, and now, with such more than 20 days, he can come step by step.

First of all, the problem of arranging personnel, Niu Dali must be taken away, such a professional researcher, for iron smelting, can give Zhao Xin a lot of help.

It seems that the sum of civilian and military products, more than 800 million catties of terrible amount, for Zhao Xin, is just the beginning, steel for the change of the entire era, especially the many uses of steel in the military, will completely change the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty, even if the impact of the climate, more barbaric nomads, from the north, steel can also give the Northern Song Dynasty enough confidence.

In addition to high-end talents like Niu Dali, some professional talents must also be taken away, before, just prepared to delineate a certain range for Wang Song to do, and now it can be done more carefully.

These can be said to be the first batch of professionals, from Miaojiazhuang, the famous blacksmith workshop, after several months of training, this is finally prepared, Zhao Xin can even make adjustments, for example, the future industry, by that group of people.

Industrialization is not as simple as steelmaking, and the blacksmith's workshop is a workshop at best, even if some modern methods are used, it cannot change the essence of the handicraft workshop.

The basis of industrialization is power, and perhaps, when the navy, iron smelting and various handicrafts have advanced to a certain extent, power such as steam engines or electric motors can be considered.

These are all visions, what he can rely on now is the Daimyo Blacksmith Workshop, relying on it, a steady stream of funds and resources, at the same time, Dinghai Currency has also become a new source of wealth, with Dinghai Coin, the future development of the Dinghai Navy, can be self-contained.

A financial giant centered on Daimyo and Dinghai will set sail, and his future will be a sea of stars.