"Master Ji, you're back! What does the traitor say? What exactly does he want to do? ”

Ji Yi was really in the limelight, and under the gaze of a group of frightened and trembling Song officials and businessmen, he retreated from the enemy!

Although he didn't retreat far, Wu Haogu took the army to Nanpi Shang City, which was full of unfinished buildings, and stationed there, and also sent a large number of cavalry to wander around Nanpi County, blocking the official road outside the county.

But after all, Wu Haogu did not attack the city, nor did he chop Ji Yi with a knife, which is already very remarkable. So when Ji Yi returned to the city, he was treated like a hero. The officials and businessmen of the whole city greeted each other in the north gate of Nanpi New Town.

As soon as Ji Yicai entered the city, Wu Haowen, the good brother of Wu Haogu, went up and grabbed the reins, and asked with a sad face.

"Traitor?" Ji Yi was stunned for a moment, "Now it's Lang Lang, the sun and the moon are clear, and there is the Holy Son of Heaven in the court, what kind of traitor is there?" ”

"My big brother......"

"Nonsense!" Ji Yi's face was flat, "Wu Chongdao is a hero of Kefu Yandi, and he is very loyal, how can he be a traitor?" If he is a traitor, will the official family send you and me north to canonize him as the king of Beiping? Is the official family confused? ”

Wu Haowen was also speechless when he said this.

At this time, Yang Jian, Wang Boyan, Wang Hao and others also surrounded them, all of them with expressions on their faces that were the rest of their lives.

Ji Yi raised his voice and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay...... The Youzhou army is here to welcome Ji and others to the north, and there is no other meaning, so don't panic. ”

Fortunately, all the profiteers present breathed. I was thinking about it in my heart, and I immediately packed up and left. You can't stay in the land of right and wrong in Nanpi!

Ji Yi glanced at them: "However, the Youzhou army will temporarily block the four sides of Nanpi County to prevent the envoy, Wu Wangdao, and Yang Daguan from being killed by a small group of Liaokou." Those of you who are in the city cannot leave for the time being. ”

Besieged?

A bunch of profiteers have changed their faces to cry.

It's okay to be surrounded, so what's wrong? Is it okay to be caught by Wu Haogu's soldiers and cut off his head?

Ji Yi smiled and beckoned to the profiteers: "Let's go, let's continue to drink, if there is anything, let's talk while drinking." ”

He's got to ask for money! 5 million! It's not a small amount of money, and it takes a lot of spitting stars to get it.

However, it is worth spending this little money to get out of Tianjin and invest capital in Shanghai, which has a bright future.

……

"Jie Shuai, how is it?"

At the same time, Wu Haogu was also discussing with his henchmen in the big tent of the Chinese army that had just been set up.

"It's 5 million!" Wu Hao Gu said, "In addition, Ji Yizhi is willing to use an annual offering of 3 million taels of silver in exchange for a republic system on the territory of Srivijaya City...... Hmph, this guy wants to follow our example! ”

"Jieshuai, 3 million taels of silver is a lot." Zhang Xizai frowned and said, "If we start a war with Ji Yi, although we can win, we are afraid that this expenditure will only scare people to death, and after we win, we will have to spend a lot of money to maintain the situation." One in and one out, there may not be 3 million taels a year! ”

"Yes," Ma Zhengdao, the chief military aircraft who followed Wu Hao Gu Nan, "the navy can swallow gold...... It's all military recruitment, and a boat will cost tens of thousands of dollars a year just for military salaries! A hundred ships is three million! It is also necessary to build warships and purchase wargear. If this money is spent on land, it can raise at least twenty or thirty thousand soldiers. ”

Of course, the military expenditure of the Navy is very scary, and three million is only a personnel cost, not counting the cost of warships.

In the past, the Sea Route City Ship Control Division controlled by Wu Haogu did not need to maintain a war on land, and of course it could spend a little more at sea.

But now the situation is different, on the one hand, the war has already started on land, and the scale of the war is very large.

On the other hand, Wu Haogu also lost the dispatch of the Hailu City Ship Envoy, although the Jiehe City Ship Division is still in his hands, but the Jingdong City Ship Division is really gone, and the income of the Jiehe City Ship Division and Tianjin City is also likely to decrease.

Therefore, the finances of the Wuhaogu Group will definitely have a relatively difficult period. It is almost impossible to maintain both the Continental Army and the Navy.

This time, I was able to get 5 million yuan from Ji Yi, but it could relieve the immediate financial pressure. But in the long run, we still have to find a way to open up sources and reduce expenditure!

"But once the navy is cut, will Ji Yi still give us 3 million taels a year?" Wu Haogu's other "big butler", Su Dalang, the next governor of Tianjin City, shook his fat head and said, "Ji Yiken gave this 3 million, just because we have hundreds of oars and sail warships on hand. Once it is gone, even if it is reduced by half, I am afraid it will change, right?

And we want to cut the navy, Ji Yi may build a navy. As soon as we enter and exit, our maritime strength will become Ji's! ”

"If you don't cut the navy, we don't have enough money to spend!" Zhang Xizai said, "Since last month, the Hebei Metropolitan Transit Envoy has not given us a penny of military expenses. Lian Kefu's reward for Yanjing was all money taken from the account of the shipping department of Hailu City.

Since the beginning of this month, the Jingdong City Shipping Division has not handed over a penny to the Hailu City Shipping Division! ”

"How much income do we have a month now?" Wu Haogu asked.

Zhang Xizai said: "Tianjin's commercial tax can be maintained between 25,000 and 50,000 yuan per month, 25,000 yuan in the freezing season, and 50,000 yuan in the rest of the season. It's hard to say that if Ji Yi can really ensure that the trading of 'North Grain, North Wood, North Medicine, and North Malaysia' remains unchanged, it may be able to reach millions a year.

In addition, Jiehe City and Tianjin also hold shares in many commercial banks, such as Tianjin Shipyard, Tianjin Bank, Tianjin Ordnance Institute, Tianjin Gunpowder Institute, City Ship Division Commercial Bank and so on. If there is no military order from Ji Yi, the dividends that can be obtained every year are all in the hundreds of thousands to one or two million...... How much it depends on whether the imperial court will embarrass our firm.

As for Jieshuai's own trading house, the situation is similar. And it also depends on how the real estate market in Kaifeng Mansion is......"

The finances of the Wuhaogu Group now rely on industrial and commercial income. If agriculture depends on the weather for food, then the income of industry and commerce has to go with the market, and it has to rely on the market for food.

Unfortunately, the market is mainly controlled by the Song Dynasty! Therefore, Wu Haogu's financial revenue may have a major deficit at any time.

Even if there are no major problems in the market, Tianjin's commercial tax is about 500,000 yuan a year, and the tax is almost 1 million, and if there are no large military orders, it would be good to have 2 million in income. Even if you count the dividends of the privately owned commercial houses in Wuhaogu, it is between five million and five and a half million a year. As for other aspects of income, it is basically negligible.

For a trading house or merchant family, this income is really not small, and it is not false to say that it is rich and rivals the country. But now it has become a separatist regime, and it is surrounded by enemies on all sides. These more than 5 million are really unspent!

It can also be seen that Ji Yi's promise of 3 million taels a year, plus the unchanged trading of "Northern Grain, Northern Wood, Northern Medicine, and Northern Malaysia", is very important to Wu Haogu.

"It looks like the Navy has to be cut!" Wu Haogu sighed, "Let's go back and sell half of the warship to Ji Yi...... The sailors and warriors on the ship can also have a way out. ”

"To Ji Yi?" Ma Zheng, who advocated the reduction of the navy, also frowned, "Ji Yi must build his own warship, and the Ji family already has warships...... If we give him half of our warships, won't Ji Yi be in charge of the sea? ”

Wu Haogu shook his head, "It's not a matter of how many ships have to win...... You have to tell the truth! We have the truth, but Ji Yi doesn't! So his 3 million taels have to be given all the time! ”

Truth!

Weighing 3,000 pounds of truth!

This weight was too heavy for the army and difficult to use as a field artillery. But for a Navy ship, 3000 catties is really nothing. It's only 60,000 catties for a boat with 20 doors, almost 600 stones.

However, the warship in Wu Haogu's hands was not designed as an artillery battleship, and it is difficult to say whether it can withstand the recoil of 3,000 pounds of cannon fire, and most of the warships have to be redesigned and built.

Of course, once the age of artillery is entered, the number of naval warships can be reduced even more. If there are more than 30 artillery battleships, it can maintain about 10 battleships in the South Seas, and it will be able to maintain sea power. As long as the sea power is in hand, of course Ji Yi will have to make offerings to Wu Haogu year after year! And the Nanyang Republic is not so easy to become Jijiapo.

Moreover, artillery battleships do not have such high requirements for speed, they can be driven by sails, and they do not need many hand-to-hand combatants, so the number of personnel on board will be reduced.

……

"Brother Yizhi, my eldest brother is really, really a loyal minister?"

In Nanpi City, Ji Yi has successfully apportioned 5 million "life money" and began to deal with Wu Haogu and Yang Jian.

The apportionment went very smoothly. Who would dare not give it? Not only offended Wu Haogu by not giving money, but even Ji Yi was offended. offended these two, and the ancestral surname didn't matter anything.

"Really, really!" Ji Yi nodded, "Why isn't he a loyal minister?" If he is not a loyal minister, who will help the court fight against Liao? ”

"Then our method of pushing grace ......"

"It's all right, it's over. Three days later, let's go north to Tianjin Mansion and announce the decree in Tianjin Mansion! It is estimated that Wu Chongdao will invite all the heroes of Yandi to Tianjin Mansion for the New Year, and we will announce the decree at that time, and by the way, discuss the battle situation after the beginning of spring. ”

"After the beginning of spring?" Yang Jian suddenly remembered that he was still Lao Shizi and controlled the soldiers and horses of Yanshan Road, and his brows furrowed again. Why is it that the official family is not exempt from his own dispatch? Could it be that you have forgotten?

Ji Yi nodded, "Yandi still lacks a Yizhou!" And the imperial court also has to recover the lost territory of Hebei West Road! Yang Duzhi, you are still in charge of the Yanshan Road soldiers, right? Can the military of Yizhou, Dingzhou, and Qizhou be recovered without your participation? ”

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