Chapter 161: Venture Capital

Unlike Zou Shuangwen, Dai Yun, who had an in-depth conversation with Ye Tao in Thunder Cliff, was born and raised in Yunzhou after all, and spent his ignorant time on the grassland. Although this experience made her skin a little rough compared to those who grew up on a "normal" path, although she grew up into a heroic and decisive generation of famous generals, she has always been behind the aura that makes people look at it, carefully preserving the softness of her heart. The question she was most concerned about was what kind of policy the imperial court would have towards Yunzhou, the Dai family, Yunzhou and the northern tribes, and the people living in this land with many relatives and friends, and how long would this policy of leaning towards Yunzhou continue......

"General Xu is a real person, but he doesn't care much about anything except military affairs. How was Yunzhou before, and how is it now. Even if they were the first batch of officials to enter Yunzhou, General Xu's order was to let them temporarily just count and verify various basic data in Yunzhou, such as population, such as the production quality and output of some government-run workshops. …… However, General Xu didn't know whether he really didn't understand government affairs or didn't want to commit the taboo of tyrannizing the government with the army, and if he only took care of military affairs, he would probably miss the first wave of opportunities to revitalize Yunzhou after the war. Dai Yun said with some sorrow: "Yunzhou was originally attacked on three sides, and before it became one with Dongping, even in order not to give any interface to the surrounding parties, some troops were also placed on the border line of Dongping. With the strength of Yunzhou Prefecture, a total of 50,000 Tieyun cavalry were raised, less than 20,000 elite soldiers of various ethnic groups, and about 35,000 to 40,000 people from the city defense army, Tuntian army, outpost border army, etc...... Coupled with the cavalry of about 100,000 cavalry that can be gathered at most on the Wolf Plain in the north of Yunzhou, in fact, once Yunzhou is fully mobilized, a total of more than 200,000 soldiers of all kinds can be recruited. And the population of Yunzhou ...... It's not a lot, is it? It can be said, it can even be said. There is not a family that is not related to the military. The fierce temperament of the people of Yunzhou has also been formed. ”

"Pastures, workshops, etc., first of all, to ensure that the land is once there is something in Yunzhou, the supply to the army, because the grain production in the south of Yunzhou is only enough for daily consumption, the first thing that the local government treasury guarantees is the grain stored in the defense facilities at all levels such as cities, towns, villages, villas, and castles. After integrating with Dongping, many problems were solved, but many new problems arose. ”

"First of all, the imperial court's strategy of ruling Yunzhou in three steps can be said to be extremely stable. Once the Yunzhou Economic Strategy Mansion is set up, it will indeed allow Yunzhou to respond to various situations more flexibly. But that's only in the long run. His Majesty's 30,000 Tieyun cavalry, 40,000 infantry troops, 30,000 trained and equipped tribal cavalry, and 20,000 city defense troops are indeed a very suitable number, and the strategy of strengthening the Yunzhou tribe with a flexible hand and controlling the northern tribe can make the Benwolf Yuan the best barrier to deal with the northern tribe in the next few years. However, His Majesty's goblin strategy actually reduced the number of local soldiers in Yunzhou, which was greatly reduced. In the past, Yunzhou has always developed various strategies around how to deal with the various threats around it. Therefore, although Yunzhou is rich in products, it has not been well developed. After reducing a large number of Yunzhou troops, there is no need for the ordnance workshops in the relevant places to keep running at full speed, and. Due to the fact that Yunzhou is too far behind the Eastern Plain in various technologies, there is actually no need for many workshops to exist. The retrenched sergeants were left without their salaries, the craftsmen in the workshops were without their wages, and the sergeants were in their families. What about families with so many craftsmen? ”

"My lord, you did bring some discerning businessmen with you this time, but this is not the first time these businessmen have come to Yunzhou. They are engaged in the trading of salt, grain, horses, furs, timber, medicinal herbs, etc., but how much can Yunzhou benefit from these transactions? What Yunzhou needs now is a large number of industries that can house veteran soldiers, and a large number of businesses that can bring wealth to Yunzhou. Especially the kind that can turn clay into fine porcelain. And those businesses, Yunzhou people don't understand. If there are businessmen who are willing to come to Yunzhou to set up various industries, and are willing to teach the people of Yunzhou all kinds of skills and business experience, money is never a problem. You also saw how rich the tribal chiefs and elders were, and how much gold and jewelry. I can't spend it in Yunzhou. For the revitalization of Yunzhou. If the imperial court is not taboo, my Dai family is even willing to take out all the gold in the cellar. ”

"But now. Merchants would not go anywhere but a few large bazaars and cities, and even if they were willing to wander around, they could not quickly discover the products and business opportunities of various places, and all they saw was the post-war withering. If you can guide the businessmen well, you can find that Yunzhou is promising. And these things, I have already told General Xu, but...... General Xu didn't seem to have any reaction. ”

Dai's children are all so powerful, or are the opportunities, circumstances and current situation that make Dai Yun go to the next level under the heavy grind? It is by no means an easy task to be able to summarize the interaction of military, economic, technological, and so on in such a concise manner. There is so much experience and knowledge that is required.

But for Dai Yun's problems, Ye Tao couldn't figure it out at once. In particular, he had no way of judging what prevented Xu Jingtian from adopting Dai Yun's insights and actively taking action. Although the influence of the old general Xu Jingtian in the army and the DPRK has gradually declined as he grows older, most of it is due to his own humble retreat. Although the veteran general has been rooted in the army all his life and somewhat ignores other things, he is by no means the kind of person who can only see the military. At the beginning, the old general was willing to take charge of the negotiations with the Northern Liao, but later quickly adjusted the negotiation strategy with the changes in the war, so that the temporary agreement reached with the Northern Liao was more favorable to Dongping and Yunzhou, which is a clear proof.

Ye Tao pondered for a moment and said, "Dai Yun, I'll go and talk about the old general." Maybe even if General Xu was aware of the problem, he didn't think about the problem so seriously and profoundly. The old general has a lot of things in his hands now, and if he didn't have a comprehensive charter, the old general would probably be unwilling to do it. But...... You have a point, but you don't have a comprehensive plan. ”

Dai Yun's brows tangled. She thought for a moment and said, "There's really nothing that can be done now, and it's really impossible to spread it all out." Not to mention that we don't have a detailed understanding of Yunzhou's products and various other resources now, even if there are businessmen who are willing to come and do business, I'm afraid ...... At present, the magistrates everywhere are not able to do things steadily. ”

Ye Tao said: "As for the consolidation of resources, we want to go together. I told Bi Xiaoqing yesterday and asked him to send out the guards to find out the basic situation in Yunzhou. I will go and talk to General Xu Lao to slow down the pace of army reorganization a little and allow a certain amount of time for the simultaneous resettlement of retirement. As for the rest...... My friendship with Kyushu Trading Company and Nanami Trading Company can still be moved. As for the funds that you said can be mobilized locally in Yunzhou, I think it can be like this. As long as there are businessmen who are willing to carry out business in Yunzhou, we will give convenience in various ways. For those who have ideas, technology, and sincerity to establish industries in Yunzhou, they can be given funds in different forms of joint stock and investment. Local businessmen in Yunzhou, as well as those who want to develop industries, can also provide convenience in this way. In the short term, this approach solves many people's concerns, some small and medium-sized businesses get opportunities and diversify risks, and in the long run, if we can rigorously evaluate individual projects, although some of them will still fail for various reasons, this part of the capital has great potential to add value in the long run. As long as this fund can be used well, I am afraid that the Dai family will be able to live a very prosperous life in the future just by drawing dividends every year. ”

"Of course, after a few years, the situation in Yunzhou will be better. You can negotiate with those cooperative merchants to convert shares into cash, or you can convert loans into shares, and there are a variety of ways to operate. If you feel that you may be attacked by someone if you do so, you may want to pull the inner house along. On behalf of Yip's Workshop, I will be the first to apply for investment. Of course, I would like to make a suggestion that we can join forces to set up a leading accounting and auditing organization to evaluate and audit the operation of various applications and projects. Only in this way can the healthy development of assets be ensured. There is only one professional accounting and auditing institution in Deloitte Accounting Firm, and Xin'er has been complaining for a long time. In any case, having only one such institution is a hidden danger of unfairness and black-box operation in the long run. ”

Dai Yun had a variety of ideas about the development of Yunzhou, and the Dai family's different opinions on spending money to develop Yunzhou also caused Dai Yun to think a lot. The Dai family's feelings for Yunzhou are so deep and strong, and they have no resistance to the huge plan that is jokingly called "send Yunzhou out and buy it back". But for the Dai family, their future survival and development is no longer their own one-acre and three-point land, there are many places that need to be admired by the Dongping royal family, although the Dongping family is a good family, but the Dongping court still has all kinds of disputes and wrestling, they are afraid that in the future, because of all kinds of things, accidentally involved in the power whirlpool of Dongping, which has become a huge empire.

However, if you do it this way. The risk is much smaller all of a sudden. For the Dai family, their first concern is not how much they can gain or how much they will lose in their investment, but how they can safely withdraw with relatively small losses. And the gold, silver and jewelry stored in the Dai family can also enter the circulation channel in this way and then return to the Dai family, and the blood of the original accumulation of this part of the capital will be wiped out with the flow of funds. "Money laundering" ...... This word suddenly jumped into Dai Yun's mind, which made her really startled.

"Lord Ye......" Dai Yun stood up, then knelt on one knee on the ground, and said to Ye Tao reverently: "Thank you for being so bothered about Yunzhou and the Dai family. ”