When the emperor arrived, Li Han made new tea for the emperor, and then told what Liu An told him.
Liu An added: "Uncle, the best teams in all Song dynasties have a super showdown every three years. Think about it, it is the wind of prosperity and the whole nation will have fun."
The four words "The whole nation has fun together" made the emperor very happy.
However, the emperor soon frowned. The emperor asked Liu An: "Where is the money."
Liu An was puzzled: "Uncle, this is a matter of making money."
The emperor shook his head: "No, this is a matter of spending money. If all the states and counties are practicing football, then soldiers should eat at least one more bowl of rice every day than usual. Not to mention more, the current registered soldiers in the Song Dynasty are 1.2 million, which is 1.2 million bowls per day. If a bowl of rice is not more than two liang meters, how much is this? Some strong people may have to eat some more meat."
It turned out to be this, and Liu An immediately followed: "Uncle, this little money is not a problem. Take Qin Fenglu as an example. They are responsible for transporting goods to Lingzhou every year, and they can still make money here. Now it is said that not all the soldiers who play basketball are playing, they just choose the people who are good at playing basketball."
The emperor shook his head because the rest of the people did not have this expenditure.
Liu An stood up and said, "Uncle, I want some ways to make them earn this ration. This game is really interesting. Playing ball just in Bianliang is so boring."
Li Heng added: "Don't talk empty words, you need a solution."
Liu An said: "The championship was rewarded with 50,000 guan, and the championships of each country were rewarded with 10,000 guan."
"The states and prefectures will handle it, but the treasury cannot have such expenditure." The emperor still disagreed. This is not a matter of money. The emperor was worried that some nobles would lend money to each battalion and get too close to the soldiers in the army, so this matter cannot be allowed.
In a word, the emperor did not want noble money to penetrate into the army.
The emperor was not worried about Qinfeng Road, Yongxing Jun Road, and Hedong Road. Because the army had its own income, Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Jun Road transported the business roads in Lingzhou, and the protection income was quite good. It was not happy to leave too much money to the emperor, so it was good to let them spend it.
Hedong Road is very rich recently because Hedong Road manages the Bingzhou Carboniferous Mine.
But what about the others?
Unless the army can make money on its own and prevent foreign money from infiltration, the emperor will not agree with Liu An's suggestion.
If only a few routes were chosen and the rest were not allowed to participate, the emperor could not allow this matter because it was unfair.
Li Weng helped Liu An: "It's better to list it and see if there is a chance. I think there is no problem with Jingxi North Road and Jingxi East Road. Spices must be transported in, cloth will be sold, transportation and escort will also make money."
"Yes, yes, list it." Liu An quickly went to get the paper.
Porcelain in Huainan, Bujin in Bashu, tea in Jinghu and north and north, and ports and medicinal materials in Guangnan.
In the end, there are only three unsolvable ones.
There is one that may be solved, but someone needs to be sent to do it. It is Fujian Road.
Although Liu An knew that Quanzhou was a major port for future water transportation, he didn't know what was going on now.
The other two are completely unsolvable.
Hebei East Road and Hebei West Road. These two roads are the border between Song and Liao, and there is no trade between Song and Liao. These two roads are already very hard for the Song Dynasty to protect themselves, and there is free money to do such things.
The annual military expenditure is the largest in these two ways.
Liu An was thinking whether he should have given out the money spent on these two games. There is no chance to make money at the moment.
Just as Liu An was thinking, the emperor carefully read the form and suddenly asked, "An Ge'er, how much income can Bashu have in a year."
Liu An immediately flipped his bag and took out his own plan: "My uncle, as long as the Bazhou wharf is built, he can transport no less than one million linens of linen and 100,000 silk to the river in a year, plus the grain of the Bashu Tianfu Kingdom, medicinal materials, and various local products, and the income is amazing."
Li Heng said: "You are all based on the fact that Chameng can ship in large quantities."
"Mr. Li, the shipments in Chameng will be very amazing."
“How amazing?”
Liu An has a data in his heart.
At the peak of maritime trade in the Song Dynasty, the commonly used sea boats were about 35 meters in length, loads about 200 tons, and displacement was about 300 tons.
Liu An believes that under his own push, this data can be doubled.
Let’s talk about freight volume, more than 400 goods exported, and the tax revenue was about 3 million guan. Liu An believed that he could increase this amount by ten times.
Faced with Li Han’s question, Liu An answered confidently: “In one year, the goods transported from the river from Bashu will not be less than five million guan a year. This number will increase to ten million guan within three years.”
The emperor also said, "It depends on the other side of Chameng."
"Chancheng must be in the hands of my Song Dynasty."
The emperor nodded: "Well, the cost of transporting and guarding for 5 million guan is about 10%, and the net profit should be 100,000 guan. So, make up for the two routes and the money will come out of the palace. Mr. Li, you will go to court tomorrow. This matter will be settled. I like to have fun with the people."
"Yes, the official." Li Heng did not object.
It's not about fighting, it's just about playing basketball, there's nothing to object to this matter.
The emperor only thought of one thing, Fengshan.
He was calculating that this matter would definitely be beneficial to his Fengshan. All the people would be prosperous and their reputation as emperor should be greatly improved.
Take Bashu as an example. Not to mention that tens of millions of guan are transported out of Bashu in a year, even if only five million guan, it is still rich. Bashu's cloth and grain can supplement the relatively lack of grain, some prefectures in the middle reaches of the river, mainly mulberry, tea and porcelain.
At this time, the highest grain output in the Song Dynasty was the capital, and then the second Zhejiang. The worst was the Hebei two routes. Due to the harassment of the Liao people, the grain output of these two routes was the worst. Hedong route was also not good. Fortunately, there is the Bingzhou Carboniferous Mining Area, which will attract a large number of merchants to transport the grain over and replace it with carbide back.
Jiangnan West Road is mountainous and the grain output is insufficient, but it is better if the population is relatively small.
The three people in the study stopped talking.
The emperor was also silently thinking about how much impact this time of Chameng City had on the Song Dynasty, and whether it would make the Song Dynasty richer in the next ten years and increase the income of the people significantly.
What Li Ying thought was that it was very lively, but what if the losses were huge, what if the soldiers did not make money by transport and guards, how could there be a follow-up solution for this matter?
Liu An, now he is still looking at the opportunity. Should he raise the issue of overhauling the Hangzhou Wharf? At least it is not suitable for the moment. The emperor seemed to be thinking about something, and Li Wen was also thinking. Liu An said intently, or wait.
Chapter completed!