Traditionally, the expenses of the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau have been borne by the financial subsidies provided by the Guangdong vassal and the Zheng Group. As a government-owned enterprise, or to be precise, a factory mainly engaged in military manufacturing, this is normal.

It’s just a matter of course. It’s just like the workshops under the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, just like the Ordnance Bureau that Chen Kai once chaired. It’s nothing more than a special situation in a special environment.

In terms of financial subsidies, although Zheng Chenggong is not helpless, it is not much different. Apart from mentioning other things, it is only said that the preliminary digestion after large-scale production will only be carried out by Guangdong, and Fujian.

It's because of finances and lack of resources. Secondly, it's because of time constraints. No matter how good the equipment is, the soldiers don't know how to use it. The officers don't know how to command and are not familiar with the weapons. The cooperation between the arms cannot bring out the effectiveness of the weapons. It's like

An army accustomed to using swords and cold weapons suddenly threw a bunch of Gundams at them and asked them to fight. The effect would probably not be as effective as using swords, guns, swords and halberds.

It may be an exaggeration to say this, but from a military point of view, there is no problem with Zheng Chenggong's decision. On this point, Chen Kai had never planned to use them as the main force when training the Iron Man Army and the Grenadiers.

It is used by the troops to give it a killer weapon, and it has been trained for a long time. Especially the Iron Man Army, it almost missed the battle.

Since there is no need to count too much on financial subsidies, Chen Kai can only place his hope on the vassal treasury. The source of revenue for the vassal treasury is basically taxes in the traditional sense - Tian Fu and Ding Yin are the first to bear the brunt. They are the most important members of feudal society.

Important fiscal revenue is also the form of income that is most in line with the feudal social structure. Secondly, there are incomes such as salt tax, fish tax, tea tax, market shipping, commercial tax and so on. And the last one is notorious in later generations.

The addition of Liao's salarymen.

"The land tax in Guangdong, according to the standard of Wanli six years, the summer tax on wheat and rice is 6,122 shi, eight buckets, nine liters, nine combined, seven spoons and zero, and the mulberry rice tax is 390 and eight buckets, nine liters and nine combined, two spoons and zero.

, and the remaining silk can be converted into nine buckets of rice and three liters; the autumn grain rice can be converted into nine hundred and ninety-three thousand eight hundred and twenty-four stone, eight buckets, one liter, one combined into nine spoons and zero, and the silk can be converted into nine buckets of rice, four liters and seven combined into nine spoons and zero...

"

Wang Jiang knew these figures by heart, and Chen Kai specially invited him here. He also looked helpless at such a problem. As for the reason, first of all, he knew very well that Chen Kai was not completely ignorant of these, even if he was memorizing

For those who are unclear, just look through the archives in the governor's office. Another point, and the most important point, is that he knows the current situation in Guangdong better.

"I don't dare to collect such a tax, because if we follow the tax collection method at that time, civil commotion will definitely be inevitable. I estimate that Chaozhou and Qiongzhou can barely accept it, and other prefectures and counties don't need to think about it at all.

."

The governor's yamen and the chief envoy's yamen have assigned tasks, and the county officials below will continue to distribute the tax revenue. In peacetime, transfer and corruption were unavoidable, and they are also unavoidable now. Even if Chen Kai is strict in the administration of officials,

Wang Jiang is also well-known as a capable official, and at most it can only be alleviated. But now, the war has caused a sharp decrease in the population and the waste of farmland, so the harvest will still be the same as before. The denominator remains the same, but the numerator has been reduced, and the sharing will definitely be

If the civil unrest is provoked, it will return to the vicious cycle of the late Ming Dynasty.

Chen Kai is very clear about what Wang Jiang said. After more than ten years of war, Guangdong has been devastated and landless. The situation in Chaozhou and Qiongzhou is better, but the reason is that one is blocked by the sea and is less affected, while the other

The Ming army was the first to recover, and the recovery period was more aimed at quelling civil unrest and restoring order as a long-term foundation. Over the past few years, the Ming army has recovered Guangdong, and the recovery of people's livelihood has been uneven in various places and in different forms, but overall

Everything is developing in a good direction. It's just that the damage was too severe earlier. The fundamental problem is not that it can be restored to the original state.

The land tax is like this, and Ding Yin is even worse. Because as long as the policy to encourage land reclamation is in place, there is still room for improvement in the land tax, which is directly affected by the number of acres. But it is precisely people who die, they are gone. If you want to restore Ding Yin

We have to wait until there is a good man eighteen years later to tell the number.

Naturally, Chen Kai knows all this very well. Wang Jiang, on the other hand, is not like the county magistrate in Shunde, who always complains openly and secretly about the Shunde Silk Weaving Workshop's massive acquisition of local land to plant mulberry and raise silkworms.

Instead of growing some food, Shunde County, which has always been fertile, became a place that did not produce food. He was the chief envoy of Guangdong, and he knew very well that these silks were taxed normally. Height and ability often affect a person

vision and structure.

"In the past few years, I have tried my best to restore the salt fields except those in the western Guangdong states. Now the local salt fields in Guangdong earn a lot of money. In addition to the consumption of the province, they are also selling to other provinces. To put it bluntly, if

If the salt transportation in Jiangxi is suddenly cut off, the soldiers there will be miserable for a few days."

Chen Kai is confident in Wang Jiang's financial management ability, which is based on his understanding over the years. Guangdong's salt class income has basically returned to the level before and after Jiashen, although there is still some gap between it and the real level.

But it is quite rare in troubled times.

Salt has always been one of the financial supports of all dynasties. From Guan Zhong's proposal of "Guan Shan Hai", to Shang Yang's reform in the Qin Dynasty, to Sang Hongyang's salt and iron monopoly during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this has always been the case. Salt is the official source of salt.

Those who sell it have huge profits, so private salt dealers have always produced rebel talents. This is a digression, but the corresponding iron is taxed in the Ming Dynasty, not sold by the government. Wang Jiang's expression here,

Based on Chen Kai's understanding of him, he probably thought of this, and even thought of the consequences once the iron monopoly system was implemented.

"Don't worry, Uncle Chang, I won't do Iron Monopoly."

After giving Wang Jiang a reassurance, Chen Kai saw his nervousness relieved as expected. The salt and iron monopoly is an ancient system, but it is not suitable for Guangdong today.

In today's Guangdong, iron products are mainly produced in Chaozhou and Foshan. The former's main sources of raw materials are Fujian, Chengxiang, and Xingning, while the latter's are Luodingzhou and northern Guangdong. On these two sides, Chaozhou's iron products industry chain has various industries.

There are a large number of Chen Kai's supporters in every aspect. The Guangdong Business Alliance has great influence among the members of Chaozhou. Chen Kai has no need to poach his own corner. In northern Guangdong, the iron ore in Qingyuan Mountain is controlled by Wang Han.

In his hands, Wang Han stood clearly under Chen Kai. As for Luodingzhou, Wei Yingdeng and Ye Biao tended to cooperate to make profits, so they could maintain the supply of iron materials to Foshan. Once the iron monopoly, the final result

, I guess it can only be a military encounter.

The iron monopoly will definitely increase the revenue of the vassal treasury, but it will cause huge damage to Chen Kai's long-term layout. It is definitely a loss that outweighs the gain. For this reason, Wang Jiang can realize that Chen Kai

Naturally it's not bad either.

Putting this issue aside, others such as Yu Ke and others are greatly affected by the sharp decline in population, and Wang Jiang is also a clever woman who cannot make a meal without rice. The cash crops of Cha Ke and others, as well as the resulting business taxes, are in

Stimulated by the Guangdong Business Alliance, there has been great growth in recent years, especially in Shunde County, where the large amount of commercial taxes paid by the silk industry has allowed Wang Jiang to happily eat two more mouthfuls of rice.

The two chatted for a long time before Wang Jiang left. However, during this period, the two of them always avoided talking about the income of the merchant ship, and they had a tacit understanding.

In fact, they have already tacitly acknowledged this. As for the reason, it is very simple. The existence of the Zheng Group's rates in Fujian and Guangdong provinces has made the shipping revenue reach a point where even if it is collected appropriately, it will affect the enthusiasm for sea trade.

And this enthusiasm directly affects the Zheng Group's income and the military pay of the army.

This problem is faced by Chen Kai and Wang Jiang, and Lu Ruoteng in Fujian is also unavoidable. The Zheng Group has actually collected the municipal shipping tax on behalf of these two provinces, which had already started when Zheng Zhilong became powerful in the Chongzhen Dynasty. And since then.

In terms of use, at least Zheng Chenggong collected the royalties to raise troops and regain lost territory, which is better than using it to bribe officials and sell them for a price, and it is not even a little bit better.

"Think about it, there is probably no business in the world that is more profitable than robbing and cheating, right?"

Lying on the bed, her eyes were not closed, but she was looking blankly at Qingsha. As Chen Kai said this, Zheng Xiyuan couldn't help but widen her big bright eyes, and then she chuckled: "Fortunately, my husband is still a civil servant.

If he were a military general, he would probably have taken action by now."

Whether or not to do it depends more on the actual situation. Chen Kai also smiled when he heard this, but after laughing, the problem was still not solved. Foshan needs a lot of follow-up financial support, and in terms of funds, Guangdong still needs to operate normally.

Therefore, all the vassal treasury can provide is only start-up capital.

The development of the situation and its impact were beyond his expectation, making the plan unable to keep up with the changes. Chen Kai fell into deep thought again.

At this time, all this was in Zheng Xiyuan's eyes. She had always wanted to be a qualified virtuous wife, because she knew very well that her husband was a man of extraordinary ability. And at this point, she had never asked herself

Chen Kai has never worried about family matters. Except for the initial marriage, but that is not her problem.

Seeing this, Zheng Xiyuan thought about it for a moment, and then said to Chen Kai: "Husband, I heard that some members of the Guangdong Business Alliance are planning to operate a ticket account..."

Zheng Xiyuan said this quietly, with the intention of sharing Chen Kai's worries. As a result, with just these words, Chen Kaiteng sat up immediately, and immediately turned his head to look at the person on the pillow who was already startled.

He leaned down and placed a kiss on her lips, kissing her so hard that she could hardly breathe.

"My lady gave you a good idea!" Chen Kai praised loudly, and then Chen Kai turned to ask: "What are they going to do?"

The sudden passionate kiss caused Zheng Xiyuan to suffer from a lack of oxygen to her brain. Fortunately, this was not the first time that she was frightened by Chen Kai, and she quickly calmed down: "They...it is said that they are planning to

Just do what other ticket numbers do, issue bank checks, issue flight tickets, and collect fees..."

The bank account already existed at this time, and it provided mostly similar financial services, which were incomparable to those of later generations, but it also greatly facilitated customers who needed related services.
Chapter completed!