Chapter 3212 Attract more people to the boat

In December, Liu Zhi arrived in Lianzhou (next to Guangzhou) to settle down, Su Zhe arrived in Leizhou, and Liang Tao arrived in Huazhou (next to Leizhou).

Zhao Xing spent Zhengdan on the road, and after Li Zhiyi of Lianzhou settled Liu Zhi, he immediately went on the road to chase Zhao Xing, and after he blocked Zhao Xing on the road, Zhao Xing knew that he had missed the Zhengdan in 1095.

Since coming to Guangzhou, Zhao Xing found the Gregorian calendar chronology, when on the road, he habitually used the Gregorian calendar to calculate the itinerary, a moment of negligence, actually missed the festival of Zhengdan.

After Li Zhiyi finished telling about the placement of Liu Zhi, she immediately pleaded with Zhao Xing: "Leave people, Lord Liu has arrived, when will your official road be repaired, I heard that Huizhou has almost been repaired, and when Huizhou is finished, will it be our turn, Lord Liu, I have already settled, just wait for your road repair army." ”

Li Zhiyi caught up with Zhao Xing at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Guangxi officials who accompanied Zhao Xing did not know why Li Zhiyi was so eagerly waiting for the road construction army, and the Guangdong officials who escorted Zhao Xing explained to the Guangxi officials in a low voice, and their explanations were very vague and plausible, and the Guangxi officials only understood one truth from their explanations: Priority should be given to road construction, school construction, resettlement of displaced people, and priority to ...... And all this does not require a copper plate from the local government.

Zhao Xing haha: "Okay, this time the asphalt from Shaanxi has not arrived for a long time, and I have to build roads in Huizhou, and the materials often have to wait." And now, even if the manpower is transferred to Lianzhou, I am afraid that it will not be possible without materials. Uncle Duan. Let's wait until I go to Nanyang, there is a big oil mine in Nanyang, and like Yan'an Mansion, oil is coming out of the land by itself, and it is easy to mine. When I get my hands on the mine, the materials will be able to supply ......."

Li Zhiyi glared at Zhao Xing dissatisfied, and argued loudly: "Leaving people, it is winter idle now, and we will start construction after the beginning of spring, and everyone will farm and reclaim the wasteland." Will there still be enough manpower to build roads? The asphalt is not enough, we can pave the gravel road first, and when your asphalt arrives, then pave a layer of tartar sand on the gravel road, isn't it? ”

Zhao Xing heard this, and replied happily: "How much money, how much do you need to build the stone road yourself?" ”

Li Zhiyi slapped her thigh, and her voice was also very loud: "300,000 guan, you give me 300,000 guan." I recruit people to pave the way myself. ”

Zhao Xing said to Wan Qian: "Give it to him!" ”

Wan Qiyong hesitated and hesitated, reluctantly took out an account book from his arms and asked Li Zhiyi to sign, and then issued the appropriation with Zhao Xing's seal. Behind him, Wan Qianyong cautiously warned Zhao Xing: "My lord, the number of 300,000 is too high, and the road to Lianzhou has been calculated." It costs up to 130,000 kan. ”

Zhao Xing nodded: "I know." But the number reported by Li Zhiyi is not out of line. Because I have a large number of students in Huizhou, these students are practicing histology. The beauty of histology lies in saving management costs, and Li Zhiyi does not have our group of talents who are good at organization and management, so his management costs have increased by at least 50%, which is understandable.

In addition, our engineering calculations are very detailed. A project to do for a month. The calculation and planning work in advance may take three months, and Li Lianzhou (Li Zhiyi) does not have the planning talent on hand, so it is understandable that the cost will be doubled.

In this way, he quoted 300,000 yuan, which is already a very self-denying offer. Well, you prepare another 100,000 for him---- anyway, he builds the road himself. This money fell into the hands of the people of Lianzhou. When the people of Lianzhou have money in hand, they can live a prosperous life. In this way, it is not in vain that Li Lianzhou came to this barbaric place from the capital. ”

Wan Qianyong nodded, no longer entangled in this topic, and the Guangxi official opposite opened his mouth and muttered to himself: "300,000 guan, Lianzhou's annual municipal tax is not 300,000 guan, now Lianzhou can be regarded as getting rid of poverty and becoming rich." ”

Officials in the Song Dynasty did not yet know about the "stone-throwing effect" and did not know the mystery of the "deficit economy". They didn't understand Zhao Xing's method of throwing a large amount of money, and they were only shocked by the amount of money...... Then, they stepped aside and immediately delivered the relevant news to Guiyang. The new content is only a few words: "Zhao Liren has a lot of money and is generous!" ”

Zhao Xing was an official of Guangnan East Road, but he also had the official title of being promoted by the Coin Minting Division, so he was also qualified to set foot in Guangxi. Greeted by Guangxi officials, he walked all the way to Guiyang, and halfway through, the Guangxi officials who got the news could no longer sit still, and they set out to meet Zhao Xing, and the officials of the two places met in Daozuo.

Guangxi officials are not alone, just the pacification envoy came three, the former "Jingjiang Military Jiedu, Dadu Governor, Zhiguizhou Chongguang South West Road Soldiers and Horses, and the Road Strategy, Pacification Envoy" Zhai An has just stepped down, but Li Hong, who succeeded him, was immediately dismissed due to party disputes, and the current place "Guangnan West Road Soldiers and Horses are under the jurisdiction of the Commander, and the current place is Zhang Tian. This person is also an acquaintance, he is a descendant of Zhang's generals, and Zhang Yong and Zhang Cheng are relatives.

Zhang Tian and Zhao Xing have never met, and the two have never even heard each other's names, but Zhang Tian picked up the relationship as soon as he came up: "Lord Zhao, in Xia Zhang Tian, is the cousin of Zhang Yong, the training envoy of the Mizhou regiment, and the cousin of Zhang Cheng in the preparation of the soldiers and horses in Gyeongju. ”

Acquaintances are easy to talk to, Zhao Xing looked at Zhang Tiandi's eyes and suddenly became much kinder, he laughed and greeted: "Lord Zhang said that it was funny, the population of my Guangnan East Road is only 780,000, and the population of your Guangnan West Road is twice that of me, and I will have to rely on Lord Zhang to take care of it in the future." ”

Guangxi Tiangao Emperor is far away, and he is accompanied by either retired officials or degraded officials, Zhang Tian made no secret of it: "Lord Zhao said that half of the world's coinage is in my Guangnan Guangxi." Last year, the amount of money minted by the two roads was about 3 million. In addition, the world's wealth comes from the southeast, and the total amount of wealth paid by Guangnan East Road in the highest year is more than 17 million, during this period, how much is the fire consumption of 20 percent ---- incalculable. In the future, I Guangxi will rely on Lord Zhao. ”

Zhao Xing dodged his words: "Lord Zhang smiled. Seventeen million is the maximum. This amount also includes the sum of all the financial endowments of the city shipping department, the money department, the tea department, and the salt department, and in recent years, the city tax has decreased year by year, but this thing is the largest part of the tax, and the city tax has dropped by one percent, and the imperial court will reduce the revenue by 700,000 yuan, and other places can't make up for it. It's still good in Guangxi, it's easy to do things with more people, and it's good to be an official with stable taxes. ”

Zhang Tian waved his hand: "Lord Zhao said that the population of Guangxi is not a problem. It's all barbarians, and they don't need it at all when they should be used. And our land tax is only 30% of Guangnan, and the perennial war continues, either this village and that village have disputes, or one clan of Yi people and another clan have a blood feud, this knife soldier matter, as soon as it moves, it is a bottomless pit, our money is stretched, and we have to rely on the support of Lord Zhao. ”

The two went around in circles for a long time, and finally talked about money. Zhang Tian vaguely knew Zhao Xing's character from Zhang Yong, and since he had ripped off his face, he was no longer polite, so he said unabashedly: "Lord Zhao has a lot of money, I know this, I heard that Huizhou has spent hundreds of thousands of yuan to build roads, and the people recruited are also about 100,000 yuan just from the Central Plains to Guangdong...... I know that Guangnan has a lot of money, and I also know that Lord Zhao is good at turning money from his left hand to his right hand. Countless amounts of money have been added out of thin air, and we are good families, so I'm welcome.

Three million guan. Guan Zi said: Cang Liao knows etiquette. Jun-Zi-Tang Guangxi is poor, but copper and silver mines are abundant, and the mining of these mineral deposits can also make the people of Guangxi rich. These deposits are now under the jurisdiction of Lord Zhao. I don't want more. I only ask you to give me 3 million yuan, and I will hire people in Guangxi to pay them enough to repair the roads leading to each mining site so that you can transport them out of the mines.

I don't want to immigrate, the situation here is complicated, and there are constant disputes between Hanli, Hanmiao, and Hanyi, mostly over land issues. The scramble continues. I can't settle your outcasts here. You give me 100,000 square feet, and I will hire another 200,000 people from Guangxi. Help you build all the roads to ensure that you can transport ore unimpeded next year. ”

Zhao Xing glanced at Wan Qianyong, smiled and shook his head: "Three million guan, I have to do this job, and the money is about the same." If you come to do it, three million yuan will not be able to build a road. It's better to allocate 1 million yuan for you to help me hire migrant workers in the local area, and I will implement the whole road plan...... Guangxi is mountainous, the road is tortuous and changeable, if the construction is not legal, let alone 3 million runs, 30 million runs, you can't repair the road. ”

Zhao Xing is exaggerating here, in fact, if you really have the intention to embezzle, you can repair the road with three dollars. For example, two pennies to buy pen and ink, and one penny to hire someone to draw a road for you on paper, which can be regarded as the completion of the construction of that road. And after that, because Guangxi and Guangdong belong to two systems, Guangxi put Zhao Xing's money for road construction in his pocket, and Zhao Xing could only go to the court to fight a lawsuit, which would be troublesome.

Therefore, Zhao Xing can give the money to Li Zhiyi, but he resolutely does not give the money to Guangxi.

"Money is in the pocket, power is in the hand---", this is an eternal and unchanging simple truth, Guangxi saw this piece of fat, even if Zhao Xing threw out a million for them to rob, it would fill the bottomless pit of dissatisfaction with officialdom.

Zhang Tian was a little disappointed, and after thinking for a moment, he asked again: "How can Lord Zhao allocate this million yuan?" ”

Zhao Xing smiled innocently and said: "The exemption law has been implemented, and Zhang Xianggong has allowed me to make slight changes on Guangnan East Road, so this money is exempt money, and I plan to allocate 200,000 yuan to Guangxi first, and Guangxi itself will allocate it to the townships." Mr. Zhang just said that he planned to give the people of Guangxi a good salary, and I agreed. This generous salary will be submitted for approval by you, and I will allocate the actual amount, with a limit of 1 million, and please use your own exemption money to make up for the excess.

In addition, in order to speed up the progress of the project, I also have a set of rewards and punishments there. For those who work hard, I also have double the reward, and in total, the bonus is three times higher than the salary of the local hired men in Guangxi.

Didn't Lord Zhang say that there are constant disputes between Hanyi? Then don't let them sit idle, and go to work. There is money to earn, and we are controlled by military law, how can the villages that Qingzhuang take away fight? I hired a few workers to measure the amount of work and earthwork. Whoever comes to participate in the road construction project will ensure that he can get fair treatment, so that even if they finish their work, they have been disciplined by the Great Song Dynasty and received the favor of the imperial court, so they naturally know the rules of the imperial court and know the good of the imperial court......

Furthermore. There are also Yi soldiers, I have a mountainous Guangdong, dense jungle and sparse population, so I need a group of Yi people who are proficient in jungle warfare and mountain warfare. The specific number is: 1,000 regular soldiers, 5,000 auxiliary soldiers, please send people who are proficient in Yi to recruit in Yi Village, and those who choose will be awarded the official position of general, with a preferential salary, and ensure that the service is completed. Teach them Chinese characters. ”

Zhang Tian's eyes flashed. Zhao Xing used Song Taizu's means to recruit the brave and ruthless people into the Xiang army to control it, and this money was given by Zhao Xing, which was to help him pacify the bandits in Guangxi. Originally, he still wanted to fight for more power and money, but when Zhao Xing said this, he was a little embarrassed, arched his hand to express his gratitude, and Zhang Tian changed the topic: "I heard that Lord Zhao has not yet determined the location of the yamen, and I don't know where Lord Zhao plans to build it." ”

"Hong Kong", Zhao Xing said for the first time: "I am now preparing to build Hong Kong County in Yanzha, Hainan. In the future, Guangxi's coinage will be transported to Hong Kong by sea nearby, and then loaded in Hong Kong and shipped to Hangzhou, where it will be converted into a river vessel and arrive in Bianliang, Tokyo. The use of this mode of transportation not only reduces the midway links, but also facilitates a large number of transportation. And it's fast.

The original mode of transportation was: from here to Qianzhou, and then from Qianzhou to the area of Beijing, it takes half a year before and after, and countless guards and horsemen are used on the road. The shipment from Hong Kong can be directly transported to the mouth of the Hangzhou Canal, or it can be directly handed over to Yangzhou, saving a lot of money and reducing a lot of intermediate links. ”

Zhang Tian is a family of military generals and heard Zhao Xing's words. He pondered for a moment. immediately said the key: "If the Lifting and Casting Division is located in Hong Kong, I Guangxi will need to increase the official road leading to the seaside port, and also, the sea is vast, you transport money to Yangzhou, it is inevitable that the rumors will leak, in order to prevent others from robbing, I am afraid that many naval warships will be needed to escort ---- Guangdong warships?" ”

Zhao Xing glanced at the two retiring officials. Honestly answered: "Not enough!" And it's expensive to raise a sailor. So I'm planning to pull sponsorship and build a utility fleet like Michigan. What's the matter, Zhang Jingluo has no interest in investing in a few boats. ”

The water keeper is very expensive, this is Zhang Tian's common sense before, but Zhao Xing mentioned Mizhou, mentioned that he should "invest" in the utility boat, Zhang Tian immediately thought of Zhao Xing's precedent in Mizhou----Well, perhaps, there is another way to feed the water master in this world, this method of feeding not only does not lose money, but makes money every day.

Zhang Tian touched his chin, glanced at the two former Guangxi officials beside him from the corner of his eye, and thought with annoyance: "Why do you say I'm so stupid, obviously I want money, obviously I have a good family background with Zhao Liren, why do you have to pull two wastes together, what's the secret?" ”

After waiting for a while, Zhang Tian saw Zhao Xing impatiently raising his legs and walking, and hurriedly said, "My lord, here, how much does a sailor boat cost." ”

Zhao Xing nodded, and said lightly: "I plan to build as many ships as possible, each ship carries enough ordnance and ammunition, and there are five hundred free space to accommodate them to carry some goods with the ship, such as copper coins and silver coins minted every year." Three million copper coins can fill the spare weight of one or two ships. If this cargo is transported by civilian ship, I am afraid that the freight alone will be a sky-high price......"

When Li Hong heard this, he couldn't help but interject: "My lord, the sea is vast, what if the cargo ship loaded with coins escapes to another place by boat?" ”

Zhao Xing glanced at Li Hong, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I found out that you are a complete pessimist---- you don't want to think about it, using sea ships to transport coins, the freight can be reduced by twenty times alone, and the time can be shortened by six times." According to this method, even if one boatload of coins is abducted for every twenty boats transported, the imperial court can still protect the capital.

What's more, it's man-made, can't we think of a way to prevent the crew from escaping? You're right, the sea is vast. But in the vast sea, one person can't drive a big ship, and if you want to abduct a heavy ship loaded with money, it takes dozens of people to rebel together, which is not an easy thing.

Seafarers pay attention to team spirit and cooperation in the vast sea. Sailing is not a hoe. When hoeing the ground, the hoe can swing wherever you want, and when driving the ship, the sail is off, and the whole ship may float to the depths of the sea, including the helmsman himself, and drown in the sea, so the boat is especially disciplined, and strict rules and regulations are followed in coordination and discipline.

In this case, even if the captain wants to rebel, as long as there is a crew member on the ship who is unwilling to follow and destroys it slightly, he will not be able to drive the ship ....... On the other hand, there are thousands of mountains and rivers on the land route, and there may be more accidents than on the sea. Therefore, what you just said is purely unfounded---- and it is ridiculous. ”

In fact, Zhang Tian, as a traditional army general, was a little skeptical about the role of the sailor just now, but Li Hong asked his question first, and after listening to Zhao Xing's answer, he was a little glad that his mouth was half a beat slower.

If you do what Zhao Xing said, the sailor will no longer be a collection, on the contrary, it will take the initiative to attack and frequently escort. Every time during the escort process, the free space is used to carry some merchants and goods, can this still lose money, is it simply a money grab.

With the strong protection of the naval warship, even if the sailor asks for a higher freight, the merchants will give priority to carrying the naval warship, so that sponsoring the Guangzhou naval division has become an "investment".

"10,000 yuan---- usually this money can buy three big ships. However, the boat that Liren said may be more expensive, but it must be more worth the money, the eunuch bag is shriveled, so he can only take out such a small amount of money, and he will look at it, anyway, I will hand it over to you to manage, and the sailor will be established, and the move of the lower official can be regarded as contributing something to the country and the people", Zhang Tian calculated his own property, put on an impassioned look, and said hypocritically.

The retired predecessor Guangxi Jingluo Zhai An didn't speak just now, and interjected at this moment: "I was going to go to Jingshiting, but I have been feeling unwell recently, and I plan to sue for illness." It just so happened that the eunuch still had a little money to spare, and Zhang Jingluo funded three warships for Guangnan East Road, and donated money to build an army according to this amount, I don't know what Lord Zhao wants. ”

Li Hong is a degraded official, waiting for the disposal of the imperial court, this kind of beautiful thing can't be spread on his head, he is a little annoyed, and the rest of the people get Zhao Xing's response, laughing happily.

Who is Zhao Xing? The first "gold hand" who will make money in the whole Song Dynasty, and the people who have partnered with him have all earned a lot of money, and now, our family has the opportunity to hand over the money to him to operate, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and there will be no store in this village...... Haha, what business will you take care of in the future, you can mix with Lord Zhao!

In January, Zhao Xing arrived in Hainan by ship from Guangxi after inspecting Guangxi. The current envoy of the Hainan Changhua Army is Du Guangyuan, and when Zhao Xing landed on the island, he was eating and drinking in Qiongzhou County (Haikou), and received a summons from Zhao Xing, and hurriedly rushed from Qiongzhou County to Jin to see Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing is inspecting the Zhanzhou wharf, which has been winding for more than 20 kilometers and contains a huge shipbuilding dock and continuous berths. The berths are now relatively empty, with only a few ships entering the port, and on the shore, more than 10,000 migrant workers are busy in the roaring shipyard.

After Du Guangyuan gave up his hand to Zhao Xing, he stood beside Zhao Xing and waited for the inquiry, Zhao Xing went around and asked slowly: "How many ships can the port build in a year now?" ”

Du Guangyuan was the former commander of the Changhua Army, Zhang Wan, who was trained from the local area, and later no one was selected by the governor of Qiongzhou, so he became the highest official in Hainan, the "place of finger shooting", and successfully became the governor of Qiongzhou. After Zhang came to power, because he was a cadre promoted in the first year, he was belittled...... But for this Hainanese, being relegated to the interior is a promotion, so the New Party had to demote him to the Changhua Army.

The Changhua Army has only a few hundred households in the household registration, and usually no one is too lazy to come and take a look, who would have thought that there are 10,000 hidden people in this port alone. Therefore, although Du Guangyuan was belittled, his answer was very proud: "I don't know the specific number, but I heard Cheng Baitian say that since the new gantry crane was built, they have a shipbuilding capacity of 100 ships per year." ”

Zhao Xing wanted to ask him not this, but after he finished answering, Zhao Xing asked again: "No one has come here to investigate in recent years?" Has anyone leaked the news to the other side? ”

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