In September of the third year of Jingding, the customs and taxation of goods from the South China Sea brought by the northbound fleet were finally completed, and Zhao Jiaren was finally no longer so busy.

In a blink of an eye, Zhao Jiaren worked in the position of Quanzhou Zhizhou for nearly three years. The grinding survey of the Great Song Dynasty was a normal official for a three-year term, and only those officials who committed crimes or made big mistakes would be polished every four or five years. In the first year of Zhao Jiaren's reign, because he exterminated the Pu family, he relied on the tax revenue earned from the sale of the Pu family's property to complete the task in terms of fiscal revenue. Got a good evaluation.

In the second year, because I failed to complete the tax, the evaluation was only in the middle.

In the third year of Jingding, after working hard to restore maritime trade, Zhao Jiaren once again completed the task of taxation. With the grinding standard of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Jiaren has completed the most critical task. As for local stability, because a large number of people who were seized were hired to go to Jeju Island to clear the land, the poor people in Fujian had a way out, and the social problems caused by the seizure of tenants every year did not appear. Under the rule of Quanzhou, it can be described as the peace of the country and the people.

Zhao Jiaren hoped that he could meet such a situation, but he couldn't. Qi Ye summarized the accounts and showed Zhao Jiaren that Zhao Jiaren's fleet was responsible for about 30% of Quanzhou's huge taxes. In other words, Zhao Jiaren, as an honorable taxpayer, was supporting the officials of the Great Song Dynasty with his own money.

Just when Zhao Jiaren felt uncomfortable in his heart, Qi Ye asked: "Zhizhou, now these eight companies are willing to take shares, aren't you worried that they will leave to work alone after learning our technology?" ”

Hearing this question, Zhao Jiaren smiled, "Brother Qi, you also know how much money we have spent on scientific research in the past few years. I remember you being scared and saying that this was a gold eater. ”

"That's right." Qi Ye has deep memories of that time.

"With this kind of investment, we are making more and more money. And the same technology, we are constantly improving. Older technology is being discarded. After they learn it, they leave, and at most they can learn a little bit of technology. It's far from understanding the whole system. What do we have to fear? Zhao Jiaren replied very confidently.

Those jaw-dropping techniques are piled up with real money, and Qi Ye can understand Zhao Jiaren's self-confidence. But if these technologies were easily taken away, he still felt panicked in his heart.

Zhao Jiaren felt that there was no way to make Qi Ye understand the power of the system. Once you enter the system, you can't get out of it at all. The result of leaving the system is to be crushed by the increasingly powerful organization in the system, and if you do not leave the system, you can only become a part of the organization. It's not about personal aspirations, it's an inevitable development.

Looking at Qi Ye's unhappy expression, Zhao Jiaren could only say: "How much is the monthly turnover of our money bank now?" ”

This question made Qi Yedeng's mood turn positive, and he didn't speak, just took out a list and handed it to Zhao Jiaren. It was a statistical list of turnover, and since its establishment, the main task of Qianzhuang has been to pay salaries to various units under Zhao Jiaren. It was not until the resumption of trade in the South China Sea that the turnover of Qianzhuang skyrocketed dozens of times.

"What's the profit?" Zhao Jiaren cares about this.

"Last year we didn't owe any money, and we had a balance of 5,000 yuan. We don't owe money this year, and we have a balance of 150,000 yuan so far. By the end of the year, with the addition of cotton, there will be a surplus of 250,000 to 300,000 yuan. If the ship built in Jeju Island can really be similar to the ship we built at Mawei Shipyard, we can save more than 100,000 yuan a year in shipbuilding. After enumerating these data, Qi Ye finally felt that he was also like a real money banker, at least he already had money to use for turnover.

These hundreds of thousands of guan are used to provide maritime trade, and you need to pay money to buy goods, and too many people do not have so much money in their hands, so they can only borrow money to buy a large number of goods in Quanzhou, and then transport these goods to Liangzhejiang Road and Lianghuai Road for sale. Lending them money is a lucrative business.

Just when Qi Ye was happy, he heard Zhao Jiaren ask: "If the people under our command change from the current forty or fifty thousand to four or five hundred thousand, how much will it cost?" ”

"What do you want so many people to do?" Qi Ye was a little confused by these words.

Zhao explained: "We must have a foothold in the South China Sea. That big island in the South China Sea needs to be guarded, and in the future, many ports in the South China Sea will also need to be stationed, and there will also be islands in the north that need to be settled. The size of the fleet is only growing. Those people, plus their families, four or five hundred thousand are only a matter of time. ”

Knowing the previous question, Qi Ye had a new puzzle, "But where are the four or five hundred thousand people available?" ”

Zhao Jiaren was very disdainful of this question, and he replied with some disdain: "There are about 7 million people in Fujian alone, and at least half of them are third-class households. Where do these people have land to plant? As long as they really believe that we won't fall, won't they go to our side just for the sake of their monthly salary? ”

Faced with this problem beyond his imagination, Qi Ye had no intention of giving in, he continued to express his opinion, "Brother Zhao, you will go to the capital at the end of the year. You're probably going to be a Beijing official next year. Without you in Fujian Town, would the officials in Fujian still work so hard? You say 70,000 or 80,000 people are possible, but 450,000 people will probably be in many years. ”

Few people dare to speak to Zhao Jiaren so bluntly, and of course Zhao Jiaren knows that he does not have the right to choose the place of office independently. The strong and weak branches of the Great Song Dynasty are that the imperial court holds the personnel power of local officials, so the appointment of officials is very unexpected. Zhao Jiaren has been working in Fujian for nine years, and according to the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Jiaren will not be allowed to continue in Fujian no matter what.

Since Qi Ye said it so seriously, Zhao Jiaren didn't argue with him. In such a quiet day, Zhao Jiaren has been a father for more than half a month. By October, the northern fleet had gone south. Nine ships came in one fell swoop, and it is said that nine more have already been put on the slipway, and it will not take long to be built.

This speed made Sima Khao of Mawei Shipyard decide to go to Jeju Island next year anyway. Where is this shipbuilding, is this simply a dumpling?

And with the fleet, there is also Liu Meng, the owner of Jeju Island. Liu Meng's term of office is two years, and he should also come back to report at this time. Zhao Jiaren warmly welcomed the cadre, and after Liu Meng spent four days debriefing, he told Liu Meng that he was going to send Liu Meng to Sado Island in the Sea of Whales (Sea of Japan).

Knowing the location of Sado Island, Liu Meng's face became not so good-looking. Zhao Jiaren didn't explain so much, but just asked Liu Meng to think about it first.

Liu Meng took his wife and children back to his hometown first. Two days after arriving home, when Liu Meng was talking to the elders in the village, he saw his niece Liu Hongxia running over with something and running to Liu Meng, Liu Hongxia said eagerly: "Uncle, don't let them kill this baby!" ”