"The Maritime Merchant is back!"

As a large number of sea ships following Tong Guan arrived at Dengzhou Port, the entire Great Song Dynasty business community was boiling.

Without him! Just because the profits made by the maritime merchants in the first two times were too amazing, this time, they naturally paid special attention.

Although the ships that came back this time only accounted for half of the ships that Tong Guan went to the Western Sea, the scale of this voyage was surprisingly large, even if only half of the fleet was enough to exceed the total fleet of all the ships that went to sea in the previous two voyages.

Inside the port of Dengzhou!

Once again, there was a huge scene of thousands of ships gathering, almost all the famous merchants of the Great Song Dynasty gathered here, and even more so, there were the merchants of Yelu Nanyin of the Liao Kingdom waiting here, just to get the first-hand, the best Nanyang goods.

"Occupy the city and treasure the country, two hundred cargo ships!" Fan Sanming shouted excitedly.

Today's Fan Sanming is coming on behalf of the Ministry of Commerce that is about to be established by the imperial court, although the Ministry of Commerce is still under construction, but it has a certain amount of power, and this maritime feast is when the Ministry of Commerce emerges.

This time, the Ministry of Commerce not only had to properly calculate the goods brought by the maritime merchants and ensure that they were sold at a high price, but also ensure that the municipal shipping department that was about to be transferred to the Ministry of Commerce collected more taxes.

With Fan Sanming's order, two hundred cargo ships loaded with the acquisition of the city of Zhancheng slowly docked, and a large number of laborers poured onto the deck and began to load and unload the goods.

Soon, the entire dock was piled up with a mountain of treasures.

Under the command of Fan Sanming, businessmen from all over the country stepped forward one after another, and a large transaction worth thousands of dollars was carried out without blinking an eye.

It didn't take long for two hundred ships to be sold out, and all of them were sold for high prices.

Just when both the buyer and the seller were satisfied, Fan Sanming suddenly said again: "Fan knows that many shopkeepers and shipowners do not fully maximize their interests, and here they can be guaranteed by the Ministry of Commerce, and you shopkeepers can order the goods you need from the shipowner, and the shipowner also avoids some risks, and the goods shipped back are not worried about the market, I don't know what you think?" ”

"The Ministry of Commerce guarantees the trading houses and shipping companies?"

After Fan Sanming finished speaking, everyone on the dock couldn't help but be stunned.

You must know that although the profits of the maritime merchants are huge, after all, the time is too long, and what the maritime merchants bring back, they can only buy something, for the maritime merchants, they are more worried that the goods they bring back will not be sold at a high price.

If the order is made in advance by the Great Song Commercial Bank, the maritime merchant is responsible for transporting the goods, so that the Great Song Commercial Bank can obtain a large number of desirable goods, and the maritime merchant can also reduce the risk.

"This is a great good!"

A group of businessmen nodded their heads one after another, and the Ministry of Commerce is now about to be established, which has already represented the position of the imperial court, and it is guaranteed by it, so naturally everyone can trust it.

At present, a number of commercial houses and maritime merchants have signed the next batch of contracts, in triplicate, and let the Ministry of Commerce be responsible for keeping the deposit.

Under the operation of Fan Sanming, one after another sea ships docked, and a large number of overseas treasures sold well all over the Song Dynasty, and at the same time, a large amount of orders were also harvested.

"The first battle of the Ministry of Commerce was a complete victory."

At the moment, Fan Sanming couldn't help but be excited when he looked at the massive taxes collected and the large orders that were half a year later.

He believed that when the news reached Kaifeng City, it would definitely make the entire court look at the unestablished Ministry of Commerce.

When Fan Sanming's twists and turns arrived in Kaifeng City, the first batch of overseas treasures had already been sent to Kaifeng City.

Kaifeng City is the richest place in the world, but also the final distribution center of overseas rare things, a large number of overseas treasures appear in Kaifeng City, the entire Kaifeng City is crazy.

No matter how many overseas goods can not fill the huge market of Kaifeng City, no matter how many precious treasures in Kaifeng City can not stir up a trace of waves, they will be quickly digested.

At the same time, Fan Sanming's twists and turns also arrived in Kaifeng City, which also caused an uproar, no one thought that the Ministry of Commerce would have such a wonderful use, but it was only a guarantee between the commercial bank and the maritime merchants, which actually increased the tax of the Great Song Dynasty out of thin air.

"The official family is overjoyed, the return of the Nanyang fleet this time has brought back a large amount of taxes for the Great Song Dynasty, and this year is just over half, and the local cities have already collected more than two million yuan in taxes."

In the vertical arch hall, the household Shangshu Fan was pure with joy and reported the good news to Zhao Xu.

With the continuous expansion of the scale of the Western Ocean, the tax of the City Shipping Division has also expanded, becoming the most important source of wealth in the imperial court, and it is all additional income.

But who would have thought that Fan Sanming, on behalf of the Ministry of Commerce, would have such a surprise, according to this, this year's tax payment of the city will definitely be able to reach a new high.

"Good! The fact that the Ministry of Commerce has just made such an achievement in a small test really makes me feel very relieved. Zhao Xu said happily.

Since he succeeded to the throne, he pursued the policy of opening the border, consuming a lot of money every year, and the large amount of income of the Municipal Department of Commerce every year greatly relieved his pressure.

"Qi Qi official, the tax of the city has skyrocketed, the largest is Dengzhou and Quanzhou, just because Dengzhou is the starting point of the East, Quanzhou is now the starting point of the South Sea, if the Great Song Dynasty gets the Western outlet to the sea, it will make the Great Song City of the city of the sea will be more than several times." Fan Zheng said proudly.

In addition to the three prime ministers, there were still many stubborn officials who were quite dissatisfied with Fan Zheng's proposal to open up the Western outlet to the sea, and now the rise of the two cities of Dengzhou and Quanzhou is enough to make the officials make up their minds to open up the proposal of opening up the Western outlet to the sea.

Recently, the envoys of Dali were sent to Kaifeng City by Zeng Bu quickly, and kept visiting the hundred officials of the imperial court, while showing loyalty to the Great Song Dynasty, while promising benefits, coupled with the Great Song Dynasty after a series of wars, the war-weariness was high, and for a while, the opposition to Dali sent troops to the folds more.

Fan Zheng just took advantage of the advantages of Dengzhou and Quanzhou, the two starting points of the sea, so that the Great Song Dynasty paid more attention to the Western sea.

"Western Outlet to the Sea!"

Many officials with conservative personalities couldn't help frowning when they heard this reason.

They took advantage of the opportunity of Dali's weakness and prepared to persuade the officials not to use swords and soldiers, but they did not expect that instead of success, the Great Song Dynasty was more determined to capture Dali, and the next war was scheduled for the Great Song Dynasty.

"Isn't it just an outlet to the sea, how can it determine the national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty!"

Many old-fashioned officials were dissatisfied, believing that Fan was being alarmist.

"The ministers agreed, if the Great Song Dynasty obtained the Western access to the sea, I am afraid that going to the Western Ocean will be like going to the Eastern Ocean, a round trip for a few months, which can not only double the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, but also make the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty all over the world." Su Shi praised.

With the rise of the Great Song Dynasty, coupled with the influence of Tong Guan's voyage to the West, overseas countries continued to pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty, which made Su Shi quite proud.

"To go to the West, you must defeat Bagan, according to the envoys of overseas countries, Bagan is not a small country, but a powerful country in the West, far from being comparable to Dali." Yang Wei frowned.

Other conservative officials also spoke out one after another, stating the disadvantages of the expedition to Bagan, in a vain attempt to dispel Zhao Xu's thoughts.

Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning, Bagan has a strong national strength, and it is located in the land of the West, the road is far away, and the Song army has a long-distance expedition, and the water and soil are not adapted.

Even if you conquer Dali, Dali is initially decided, I am afraid it will be difficult to reuse Dali's soldiers and horses.

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "No matter how strong Bagan is, it can be stronger than Western Xia and Liao, and at that time, the Great Song Dynasty will rely on the aftermath of defeating Liaoxia, and the strong generals in the country will gather and go south to defeat Bagan, which is the proper meaning." ”

"The Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, once upon a time, troops were sent out from all sides, and wars were repeated, and your evil doctor Fan Zheng was the culprit." Yang Wei pointed at Fan Zheng and scolded angrily.

When Fan Zheng heard this, he was not ashamed but proud: "Then you say that Fan's evil recipe made the Great Song Dynasty stronger, are you willing to go back to a few years ago and be wantonly bullied by Liaoxia." ”

The court officials couldn't help but be silent, although the current actions of the Great Song Dynasty were contrary to their ideas, it was undeniable that it felt good not to be bullied by others, and even better to bully others.

"Qiyu official, Weichen once said in the imperial court, those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment, those who do not seek the overall situation, are not enough to seek a domain, after going back, Weichen tossed and turned, unable to sleep at night, and found that if the Great Song Dynasty does not seek eternity, I am afraid that there will only be less than a hundred years of national fortune!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Less than a hundred years of national fortune!"

All the officials couldn't help but be stunned, looking at Fan Zheng in disbelief, Fan Zheng is just a five-grade official, and he usually has more doctors than officials, and he actually asserted that the Great Song Dynasty was less than a hundred years old, which was simply alarmist.

Fan Chunli's face changed, and he scolded angrily: "Rebel, what nonsense are you talking about?." ”

Fan Chunli was suddenly angry, although the official family had a lot of love for Fan Zheng, but I am afraid that Fan Zheng still couldn't tolerate Fan Zheng pointing fingers at the Great Song Dynasty.

Fan Zheng stiffened his head and said: "The child is not talking nonsense, but the fortune of the Great Song Dynasty is less than a hundred years old, and it has a great relationship with the doctor." ”

"Something to do with the doctor?"

The hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but be stunned, no one thought that Fan Zheng would take the initiative to take the blame on himself.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but be stunned and said: "I'm curious, what did the doctor do that would damage the fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Oh! The face also listens. Zhang Dian said with a smile.

He didn't believe that Fan Zheng would take the initiative to confess his guilt, in his opinion, Fan Zheng must be repeating his old tricks and messing with evil methods.

The other hundred officials thought the same, looking like they were watching Fan Zheng's performance.

Fan Zhengyi gritted his teeth and said: "Now that the Great Song Dynasty has completed the change of the mu into the mu, Weichen once calculated the grain output and population of the Great Song Dynasty, and found that with the current acres and output of the Great Song Dynasty, even if it is constantly cultivated, it can feed 20,000 people at most, and now the medical skills of the medical family are booming, and the birth rate and survival rate of babies have increased greatly, and it can reach as many as 20,000 people in 20 years at most." ”

Baiguan frowned, Fan Zheng had already talked about the threat of population growth in the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect Fan Zheng to talk about it in public again.

"In 20 years, the people of the Great Song Dynasty will reach 20,000, and in 40 years, the people of the Great Song Dynasty will reach 40,000, and in a hundred years, I am afraid that it will reach as many as 100,000. Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"In a hundred years, the population of the Great Song Dynasty will reach 100,000!"

When the population of the Great Song Dynasty exceeded 10,000, everyone in the Great Song Dynasty cheered, thinking that the Great Song Dynasty was coming, but when Fan Zheng predicted that the population of the Great Song Dynasty would reach 100,000 in a hundred years, there was no trace of joy in the hearts of the 100,000 officials of the Manchu Dynasty, only fear from the bottom of their hearts.

"100,000,000 people."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but gasp, that is 100,000 mouths, how much food is needed to fill it, as an emperor, he naturally knows what the consequences are if the people of the world can't eat, I'm afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will be full of wolves and rebellions, not to mention 100,000, that is, 40,000 people, and the Great Song Dynasty will also struggle to feed.

If it is developed according to normal, I am afraid that after forty years of the Great Song Dynasty, it will not be able to feed so many people.

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng, the world really didn't call you by the wrong nickname, you really have a bad heart and are alarmist." Cai Jing reprimanded angrily.

Fan Zheng looked at Cai Jing and sneered: "Fan Mou's mind is not right, Fan can clearly tell you that the Great Song Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, and the population has grown from 30 million to today's 10,000,000 people, you can calculate for yourself, how much will the population of the Great Song Dynasty reach after a hundred years of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

The other officials looked at Fan Zheng with a look of jealousy, Fan Zheng was simply a devil, leading the Great Song Dynasty to a completely different path step by step, and what made the ministers even more helpless was that what Fan Zheng said was not wrong at all, as long as they knew a little bit of arithmetic, combined with the number of newborns per year counted by the household department, they could guess that what Fan Zheng said was true.

Thinking that the Great Song Dynasty would have to feed 100,000 people within a hundred years, the Manchu Dynasty and hundreds of officials couldn't help but feel a chill for a while, and it was impossible to achieve the current acres of land and grain output in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Even if the Great Song Dynasty is lucky enough to avoid the first hundred years, what about the second hundred years?" Fan Zheng said again.

The entire court suddenly heard the needle dropping, and only the gasps of the hundred officials of the court continued.

"Shut up!" Fan Chunli couldn't bear it anymore and scolded angrily.

Hearing Fan Chunli angrily reprimanding Fan Zheng, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not have a trace of happiness, but broke out in a cold sweat one by one, the population of the second hundred years of the Great Song Dynasty may be more, to feed such a large population, there must be more land, and at that time the Great Song Dynasty has only two choices, either perish, or that is to take the initiative to seize more land for the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

"And according to the news sent back by the maritime merchants, the countries of the South China Sea are the chosen land, the four seasons are hot, the rice is all year round, and the people can collect endless fruits from the woods without farming.

Now the Great Song Dynasty has tens of thousands of people, and the domestic food has been a little overwhelmed, if the Great Song Dynasty has the land of the South China Sea, let it be used as a grain production area, it is not impossible to feed 100,000 people, and at that time, who is the opponent of my Great Song Dynasty in the world. Fan Zheng looked around the court and said proudly.

Zhao Xu took a deep breath, slowly got up and said: "What Fan Taicheng said is reasonable, those who do not seek eternity are not enough to plan for a while, you Aiqing, we must prepare in advance for the crisis caused by the population explosion in a hundred years." ”

Baiguan nodded helplessly.

Don't look at the Great Song Dynasty now defeated Qingtang Tubo, even Dali is at your fingertips, and even in the future, even if you destroy the Western Xia and Liao Kingdom, and double the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, but these places are not all suitable places to live, and it can even be said that most of them are barren lands, which cannot feed more people at all, and the only ones that can make the Great Song Dynasty feed more food are the countries of the South China Sea, and the only thing that can bring huge wealth to the Great Song Dynasty is the Western Estuary.

"The Ministry of Rites immediately controls the Dali envoys, don't let them talk nonsense, and then send an order to Fan Sanming, so that he can issue a large amount of Nanyang rice to the maritime merchants in the name of the imperial court, if the Great Song Dynasty wants to plan for a hundred years, it must start from now." Zhao Xu said solemnly.

"Your Ministers obey!"

Hundreds of officials responded one after another.

Baiguan knew that the battle of Dali had been decided several times.

This battle is not only to be fought, but also the Great Song Dynasty is determined to win Dali, and it is also necessary to plan the countries of the South China Sea. (End of chapter)