After a while, Zhao Ji calmed down his anger before he asked again: "What did he say about the lack of use in the imperial court now?" ”

Zhao Gou smiled bitterly, his father took it for granted, as if he felt that Zhou Quan should give him advice, which was also a habit formed over the years. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

A thought suddenly came to him in his heart: Maybe his father would go to the Five Kingdoms City to have a look, it would be more beneficial to him.

This thought is unstoppable.

But he also understands that under normal circumstances, this is simply impossible, the emperor's departure from Beijing, since ancient times, only when the Zen is sealed, maybe you can leave Bianjing for a short time, but that is at most only to Mount Tai, by the way to Xuzhou to see, to go to Jeju Island, it is absolutely impossible.

"Why, he didn't say?"

"Erchen also asked him for advice, but he only said eight words, not in his position, and not in his own affairs."

Zhao Ji was angry: "Is he asking me for an official?" Do you want to be the head of the household department or the prime minister? ”

Zhao Gou couldn't respond, so he could only laugh there. Zhao Ji was irritable in his heart, and flicked his sleeves: "That's it, if he doesn't do it, forget it, I don't believe it, if the great Song Dynasty is gone, he won't be able to do anything without him...... Let Youzhang come to see me, this matter must be handled by the Tianshui Chamber of Commerce after all, or do things by your own family to make me feel at ease! ”

If Cai Jing was still in power, he would never let Zhao Ji be like this, but now that Cai Jing is retired at home, Cai You and others have no other skills, so Zhao Ji issued this order without any obstruction.

"What else do you have to say, the two times you went to see him, they all came back empty-handed?"

"No, he received the title of Duke of Jeguo from the imperial court, and in addition, he promised to sell artillery to the imperial court!" Zhao Gou said.

Zhao Ji suddenly rejoiced.

He actually muttered a little in his heart, after all, Zhou Quan had predicted that Tong Guan would lose, but Tong Guan was really defeated. Zhou Quan also predicted that the Jurchens would go south, and now that the imperial court is short of troops, if this really happens, only with the help of sharp weapons such as artillery can it be possible to stop their pace.

"Isn't it for sale, isn't it dedicated to the imperial court...... Well, I know, he's a profiteer! Rejoicing in his heart, Zhao Ji said in his mouth.

"Yes, yes, he said, you can sell eighteen cannons to the imperial court, all of which are huge, have a very long range, and are extremely lethal, which is suitable for the imperial court to use to defend the Jingshi. He also said that these eighteen cannons, which are rare in his place, are all used as the main guns of the fort on the fort of the Five Kingdoms City. ”

"So...... Did he really take the best cannon? Zhao Ji was a little unconvinced.

"Erchen was also a little unbelievable at the time, so he proposed to see the power of this cannon with his own eyes, so he arranged a test firing for Erchen, and sure enough, as he said, this cannon weighed more than 7,000 catties, and the cannon pellet was fired, which could shoot out four to five miles. Zhao Gou's eyes were still flashing with palpitations, he was really frightened by the power of this cannon at that time.

"The range is four to five miles, and the rocky mountains will all collapse...... Could it be that Zhou Quan is a loyal minister, and what Wang Hao said all day long is wrong? Zhao Ji was taken aback and muttered.

The Great Song Dynasty can also make cannons, but Zhao Ji knows very well that the range of the copper cannons made by the Great Song Dynasty is only less than two miles, which is still the longest range, and it is necessary to risk the danger of exploding the chamber to desperately stuff the medicine.

The range of these four to five miles can be said to be an era gap!

Zhao Ji was a little trembling excitedly, and Zhou Quan was also very caring, these more than ten cannons were used in the defense of Bianjing City, as long as the cityhead fort was erected, even if the enemy bombarded with the same cannon, they would have an advantage.

Doesn't that mean he can rest easy?

"Great loyal minister, Jiguo Gong is really a great loyal minister, Wang Huang is that fool, he assisted King Yun in the northern expedition is unfavorable, so he instigated the relationship between me and Jiguo Gong, thinking of using this to get rid of the crime!"

Zhao Ji, who was overjoyed, instantly felt that Zhou Quan's image was shining again, as for Zhou Quan's refusal to pay money to solve the financial crisis for the imperial court, of course, it was also very annoying, but compared with the cannon, it was a trivial matter.

"How much does this cannon cost?" After calming down, Zhao Ji asked again.

The imperial court has no money, and if this cannon is expensive, then Zhou Quan's loyalty will be discounted.

"It takes time and materials to build cannons, and the labor requirements are also high, so the cannons are expensive, 28,000 silver yuan per cannon...... Eighteen cannons, worth a total of 500,000 and 4,000 silver yuan, erased 4,000 odds, a total of 500,000 yuan. ”

Zhao Ji's brows suddenly furrowed: "I can get this 500,000 yuan in the treasury, but if I use this money to train the new army......

"Erchen also told Zhou Quan that there is no money in the country now, so he wants him to be cheaper, but Zhou Quan refuses to be cheap, but allows the court to pay the bill in installments."

"Pay in installments?"

"The imperial court will pay the first payment of 100,000 yuan at a time, and pay another 100,000 yuan before March next year, so that it will be settled in five years." Speaking of this, Zhao Gou said: "He also distributes ten twenty-pound heavy iron bullets for each cannon, and ten packs of gunpowder for firing. ”

Zhao Ji had no interest in firing gunpowder and iron bullets, but he didn't know that this was what Zhou Quan really wanted to sell him.

He was moved by the convenience offered by Zhou Quan at this moment, and thought more and more that Zhou Quan was really a loyal minister.

Of course, this great loyal minister has his own careful thoughts, but as long as he does not rebel and does not stand on his own, he can not care about anything else.

Of course, he didn't know that selling this artillery to him seemed to show that Zhou Quan had no objection, but in fact, if Zhou Quan was really a rebellion, how could it be stopped by just eighteen cannons?

Zhou Quan didn't want to turn Bianjing into a battlefield, and it was never in his plan to storm Kaifeng, although the range of these eighteen cannons was long, although the power was great, but because they could only sit on the fort, they could not be used for field battles, so as long as they did not attack Kaifeng, they were dispensable.

What happened to the accident, when Zhou Quan needed to attack, how many shots could he fire with only the ten rounds of ammunition sent? After these gunpowders are used up, they can only use the gunpowder prepared by the imperial court itself, which is not powerful enough, and the range of the cannon will inevitably decrease, which may not be comparable to the field heavy artillery that Zhou Quan is now equipped with for the guards.

100,000 yuan, taken out from the treasury, presumably Tang Ke, who is now the head of the household, will not be wordy.

"Alas, it's a pity that he is unwilling to sell war bonds on his behalf......" Zhao Ji sighed again.

Then he saw Zhao Gou's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Why do you look like this, just say something if you have something, do you have a plan?" ”

"Although the sons have no plan, Jiguo Gong does have a plan." Zhao Gou hesitated slightly.

"Didn't you say he wouldn't give advice?"

"Although he refuses to offer a plan, his son has seen a plan in one of his books, please see it." After thinking about it, although he felt that it was not safe, in exchange for the favor of his father, Zhao Gou still submitted the book of "The Theory of Wealth".

Like the rest of Jeju's books, this book is also arranged horizontally in order to facilitate the writing of numeric symbols. Zhao Ji took it over, and first despised the calligraphy full of ingenuity.

"Father, please go to page 33, and the son has drawn a paragraph with a red pen."

Zhao Ji flipped over there, and then saw a few rows of small characters on it, which roughly meant that if the government had no money to promote infrastructure construction, it could consider using national credit as collateral to raise treasury bonds from the private sector. The person who acts as a specific collateral can be a state tax for a period of time, it can be the income of some national industry, or it can even be simply a pledge of land.

These are not new, the previous imperial court issued war bonds, using this method.

"Father, look at the next page." Zhao Gou reminded.

In the next page, an example is given, taking the Great Song Dynasty as an example, there are many kinds of national credit that can be used as collateral, such as the annual salt tax, which is a large amount of income, which can be completely collateralized by the salt tax and raised bonds from the private sector with a certain interest.

In addition to this, there is another way to issue bonds, which is to find a way from the treasury spending. For example, taking the Great Song Dynasty as an example, more than 70% of the fiscal revenue is spent every year for the salaries of officials and soldiers, but in fact, a considerable part of the salaries of officials and soldiers are not necessary for life, and the imperial court can convert them into bonds, promise high interest rates, and repay the principal with interest year after year, so that a large amount of funds can be raised.

When Zhao Ji saw this, he was immediately refreshed.

That's right, now the imperial court's annual expenditure on officials' salaries and soldiers' salaries is the bulk of the imperial court's expenditure, but in fact, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are very wealthy and wealthy, and some of them are temporarily kept, which has no impact on their lives. And since the Son of Heaven and the scholars rule the world together, now the Son of Heaven in the palace is still "thrifty", and they should also do something for this.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji patted his knee: "Sure enough, if you can take out one-tenth of the officials' salaries, it will be a huge amount of tens of millions of dollars a year, and the principal and interest will be repaid for ten years...... Clever plan, brilliant plan! ”

In Zhao Ji's opinion, this is an absolute clever plan.

Grabbing the book in his hand, Zhao Ji gently patted Zhao Gou's shoulder: "Wu'er sits well, be reluctant!" ”

Zhao Gou was overjoyed.

At this time, his position in Zhao Gou's heart is only afraid that he will rise in a straight line, and he is already close to King Yun, and he may surpass the crown prince!

Originally, he also wanted to say that Zhou Quan specifically proposed in the later chapters that this method of issuing treasury bonds must not be discredited, if it is dishonest, the official will resentment and hatred, and the foundation of the imperial court will be damaged.

It can be seen that his father is on the rise, he thought about it and decided not to do anything that ruined the fun.

"Father, the son thinks that the matter of giving marriage must be done quickly, and the son has a chapter here, please ask the father to approve it." He took out the piece he had kept secret.

This matter is very important, and in order to prevent the sender from leaking the secret, Zhao Gou did not send it in the letter.

Zhao Ji took a look, and when he saw Zhou Quan's sentence of "no heir", he slapped his thigh again: "Yes, yes, if it is my grandson, but why not make him the prince of the vassal country?" ”

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, he got up and turned around twice, not only that, the princess got married, Zhou Quan always had to show a little bit, and he, the emperor, gave up his face and asked for marriage, Zhou Quan couldn't refuse without giving this face.

"Zhao Cai Taishi entered the palace, this matter should indeed be fast rather than slow!" Zhao Ji finally made up his mind and ordered. (To be continued.) )