When a country fights a war, it is not only the morale and combat effectiveness of the army, but also the consumption and supply capacity of the army.

Since Huizong succeeded to the throne, Cai Jing and Wang Huang in order to consolidate their favor and their own status, let Zhao Ji build a Gen Yue Yunhua Stone to squander the treasury, plus a few years of destroying the party Xiang Square, has been the Great Song Dynasty since Xining changed the law after the accumulation of family funds are almost tossed, and now to the Liao State to use troops, but also when the money, in the face of the empty treasury, if not forced to Zhao Ji will never stretch out his hand to the Hua ticket number.

A few days ago, Tong Guan and the seed master Dao led the army to cross the river and go north, as the so-called soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, the army just started, and the money was spent like a boat of flowing water.

Before Lianjin invaded Liao, Zhao Ji did not expect that there would be a rebellion in the two Zhejiang, and the importance of the two Zhejiang to the Great Song Dynasty was well known to the world. The Liangzhejiang Road was an important source of money and grain for the imperial court, and the rebellion between the two Zhejiang provinces not only cut off the financial routes and grain, but also greatly weakened the financial resources of the imperial court.

At this time, how empty the treasury is, an emperor and a prime minister, Zhao Ji and Wang Hao know best in their hearts, but the joint Jin invasion of Liao is a national policy set two years ago, and now the Jin people are even more sent to criticize the Great Song Dynasty for not moving, and now the treasury is empty, and the Great Song Dynasty has to fulfill the covenant to invade Liao.

Although 13 million is far from 30 million, it can always solve the immediate need, but there is still a huge gap.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the treasury is empty, what can you do Aiqing?" Dan Qizhi, Zhao Ji asked anxiously.

Today is the great day, the Manchu Dynasty Wu stood in the palace, discussing the matter of the treasury, a group of officials heard the question of the Son of Heaven, and felt helpless.

Money does not fall from the sky, nor does it blow in the wind, everyone knows that it is difficult to make money, the imperial court will collect all the taxes that can be collected, and the issuance of things such as salt introduction, banknote introduction, and degree is far more than several times that of previous dynasties, and the restoration of the public land office, the Ying Gong Bureau, and the Huashi Gang has given birth to countless displaced people, the country is poor and the people are poor, and the people really can't squeeze any money in their hands.

When the officials were helpless, Li Gang came out and said: "Your Majesty, recently, in the Bianhe River, someone has invented a kind of thousand-mile boat that does not need to be driven by manpower and animal power......

"Lord Li, Your Majesty is asking about the treasury, don't mention irrelevant matters!" Before Li Gang's voice fell, Wang Huang, the head of the hundred officials, snorted coldly.

As long as the thousand-mile boat that does not need manpower and animal power is burned, it is spread in Biandu on the second day of the Bianhe River, and after the hype of Lotte's China Times, in just a few days, not only in Biandu, but also in the surrounding states and counties of Biandu are well-known things, and many people flock to Biandu to see this monster that can sail with smoke during the day and fire at night.

As a prime minister, how could Wang Hao not know these things, and even more so that the owner of this thousand-mile ship was Lotte. Seeing that Lotte lost ground in front of the Son of Heaven, how could Wang Huang, who was disgusted with Lotte, let Lotte have a chance to make a comeback, and before Li Gang finished speaking, he blamed Li Gang's report for his impropriety.

The voice was interrupted, Li Gang was not in a hurry, "Prime Minister Wang, what the lower officials are doing is related to paying taxes and money!" ”

The Son of Heaven also saw the news of the thousand-mile ship from the Yanhuang Daily, but now money is the most important thing, without paying too much attention, listening to Li Gang talking like this, and it involves taxes and money, signaling Wang Hao not to talk more, and asked Li Gang: "What is Li Qing's good plan for the matter of wealth?" ”

Li Gang played: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, Marquis Le has made a thousand-mile ship that does not need manpower and windpower, and only needs to burn coal to sail, this ship saves money and effort, and is not only optimistic about the world's future uses, but if Marquis Le builds this ship in large quantities, it will definitely make a profit......

Zhao Ji waved his hand: "This is a matter of the future, Li Qing mentioned it a little early!" ”

Li Gang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter is related to the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, and the minister has to continue!" ”

The world is the world of a family, and the emperor not only wants to see the present, but also thinks about the future, hearing Li Gang say this, the Son of Heaven nodded.

Li Gang said: "Your Majesty, this thousand-mile ship has been seated, and its movement in the river is extremely smooth, and the speed is more than two to three times that of ordinary ships, and the Marquis of Le once took the minister to see the cabin of the thousand-mile ship, saying that the ship was driven by a steam engine, and the Marquis of Le said during the banquet that he would apply for a patent to the imperial court and have the exclusive right to invent the steam engine......

He jumped out when he had a gap with Lotte and asked, "Lord Li, you said so many meaningless words, it's a waste of the official's time." ”

"Bai Qing don't want to say much!" Zhao Ji waved his hand, looked at Li Gang and asked, "What does the patent that Li Qing asked for mean?" ”

Li Gang said: "Returning to Your Majesty, the patent mentioned by the minister refers to someone who invents something that has never existed before, and then applies to the government, and after the government verifies the application, it will be recorded, and according to the application, a certificate will be issued to the inventor to record the content of the proof of the invention and creation, and a certain degree of recognition and legal protection will be given. ”

Wang Hao asked coldly, "What does this have to do with wealth?" ”

Li Gang continued: "When the inventor declares a patent to the imperial court, he has to pay a certain amount of money, and after the patent is recognized by the imperial court, the inventor has the patent right, and others have to pay the inventor a certain amount of money to use the inventor's patent, and the imperial court can collect additional taxes according to the income of the inventor to enrich the treasury!" ”

Zhao Ji was silent when he heard this, and his heart was thinking carefully about what Li Gang said, after all, patents are something that can only be understood by later generations, and it is definitely new for the Song people, and many people can't get around this bend for a while.

"Your Majesty, what Lord Li said is very true!" At this time, Chen Lingyuan came out: "The minister heard that the thousand-mile ship can travel 500 miles a day, and it is calculated that it will sail from Biandu to Chuzhou, even if it is a day and a night, it will take two and a half days at most to arrive.

Therefore, the minister attached to Lord Li to discuss that the ship and the ship's steam engine should be included in the secret of our Great Song Dynasty, and a patent officially recognized by the imperial court should be issued to Marquis Le; Moreover, the minister also believed that with the advantage that a thousand-mile ship could travel 500 miles a day, it would be possible to gradually replace the artificially driven ship in the foreseeable years, and such a large number would not only earn a huge patent income for Lord Le, but also that the Great Song Dynasty could also extract the patent tax income on a regular basis, and also collect a generous tax on the sale of steam engine ships, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. ”

Hearing Chen Lingyuan say this, Zhao Ji's eyes couldn't help but light up, the emptiness of the treasury at the moment is really a headache, but thinking of being able to collect a large number of tax thieves in the future, he even feels excited.

When Chen Lingyuan's voice fell, Yu Xuan also followed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Li and Lord Chen said is reasonable, and the minister seconded it!" ”

The courtiers are very clear, Li Gang, Yuxu and Lotte have a very good relationship, not to mention Chen Lingyuan, who is half of Lotte's teacher, and now the three of them speak out in unison, obviously they must have been approved by Lotte.

One of Lotte's old opponents, Hu Shi made an example: "Although the thousand-mile boat is beneficial to the country and the people, in the final analysis, it is just some skillful and ingenious work, and it is a cheap business that is operated by a lowly man for a living. ”

"Mr. Hu's words are wrong!" Yuxu waved his hand, and saluted Zhao Jishi: "Your Majesty, the two Zhejiang are long from Biandu, and Caoyun has a stone of grain and grass to Biandu after several months to remove the road to eat and steal losses, and only six or seven buckets remain, and in order to ensure that there is no deficit in the books, the officials of Caoyun often ask the people to pay four to five buckets more to ensure that there is no deficit since the levy of a stone of grain.

Now that the Marquis of Le has made a thousand-mile ship, if it is popularized in large quantities, the grain will be transported from Liangzhejiang to Biandu, and the time required before and after is only twenty days, during which there is no need to feed a large number of shipwrights, saving the suffering of the people, and reducing the loss of grain and grass more abundantly, which is really beneficial to the country and the people."

After speaking, Yu Xuan turned his gaze to a few Hu Shi and continued: "Marquis Le built a thousand-mile ship, although it can't be as virtuous as Kong Shengya Sheng, but its merit is to benefit all the people, such a move to benefit the country and the people, how can it become a skill in the mouth of Master Hu?" ”

Hu Shi was speechless by Yu Xu's question.

The Great Song Dynasty was defeated, and later generations said that there were many traitorous officials and mediocre ministers in the court, but in fact, the traitorous ministers were only ministers in power, and the rest of the officials bowed their heads and remained silent because of their power, and they could not speak if they were suppressed. Although these political elites standing in the court did not have the right to speak, a few people did not understand what kind of opinion the Thousand Miles Boat had on the Great Song Dynasty.

"What Master Hu said before was wrong!" At this time, Li Gang also followed, and said: "I was invited by Lord Le Hou to enter the cabin of a thousand-mile ship to take a look, and we can't understand the complexity of the steam engine that drives the ship, and it is really not something that can be explained by the knowledge of a saint. ”

"Lord Li's words are exaggerated, how can an institution that drives ships move to the level of being able to compare with the knowledge of a sage!" Listening to Li Gang dialing up Lotte like this, how can Bai Shi agree.

The propaganda of Zhangdi newspaper that the advantages of the thousand-mile boat are well-known, so when it comes to the thousand-mile boat, Bai Shi, Hu Shi and others obviously can't talk about Li Gang, Yuxu and others.

After taking over the conversation, Bai Shi had to change the topic and said: "The urgent need now is how to solve the empty treasury, not to discuss what kind of ship and what skill!" ”

"Don't be controversial!" At the time of the dispute between the two parties, Zhao Ji waved his hand and said: "The patent matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry for disposal, and it will be discussed in the future!" ”

After reading the newspaper, Zhao Ji didn't know the benefits of the Qianlichuan to the Great Song Dynasty, but at this time, solving the immediate tax was the most important thing.

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"What? Put the patent matter in the Ministry of Industry? Hearing the result of the court discussion, Lotte immediately shook his head, and said with a very resolute face: "The patent matter involves intellectual property rights, how to submit it to the Ministry of Industry for discussion, it is most appropriate for the Ministry of Rites to deal with it." ”

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