Chapter five hundred and sixty-eight official business
Guan Shigu raised a finger and said, "The military salary of ordinary soldiers is the same amount of money."
"No way!"
Jiang Yanxian was surprised and said: "The Puppet Qi State is extremely exploitative of its people. According to our calculations, the military salary of soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army should be three to four thousand yuan."
Guan Shigu smiled bitterly and said: "Most of the money exploited is used to support the Jurchen soldiers. The Jurchen soldiers are extravagant and extravagant every day, and the waste is staggering. How can we get the soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army? The soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army only give them the same amount of money.
Then there were layers of exploitation, and in the end the soldiers only got five to six hundred coins, so the army of 100,000 collapsed without much fierce fighting, and the root is here."
Chen Qing nodded, "The art of leading troops is a great knowledge. Let's discuss it in detail when we have the opportunity. Let's continue today's theme. Regarding the development of financial resources, I have always believed that the key is to vigorously develop business and sell our rich resources.
Go out and exchange for the supplies we need. With enough supplies guaranteed, the soldiers can buy things with the money they have. Susushi, come and tell us about the information we collected."
Su Sishi is Su Ji, the chief official of Hucao Division. Su Ji is about thirty years old. He was the magistrate of Longxi County before and served as a local official for eight years. He has rich experience and strong ability. He is in charge of Hucao, population, land, and houses.
, docks, warehouses, etc., the population and real estate are all managed by Hucao, and commerce is also managed by Hucaosi.
Su Ji stood up and said to everyone: "A month ago, I was ordered by the Economic Envoy to start a serious investigation of the bulk goods that we can use for trade. The first is salt. Now the salt lake in Xining Prefecture produces a lot of salt, and it is currently transported by water.
Come here, from the Huangshui River to the Yellow River and then to the Taoshui River, and then use the Wei River to transport it to Jingzhao. The cost can be controlled at about ten Wen per catty. We can sell the salt to the government on Hedong Road for fifty Wen per catty.
They resell it at a higher price."
“Will the officials on Hedong Road buy it?”
"It should be so. The puppet Qi court sold it to Hedong Road for 100 cash per catty, and the local governments on Hedong Road sold it to the people for an additional 30 cash. In fact, the majority of the salt tax was taken away by the puppet Qi court, and the people still complained.
, if the Hedong Road official buys our salt for fifty cents, and the same price increases by thirty cents, and sells it to the people for eighty cents, which is a full reduction of fifty cents, the people will definitely be grateful and make the same money, but the people's hearts will be lost.
Well, why would Hedong officials not do this?"
Jiang Yanxian smiled and asked: "This is tantamount to affecting the vital interests of the puppet Qi State. Will Liu Yu spare the officials in Hedong?"
Su Ji shook his head, "Liu Yu's home base is in Shandong. How many years has he ascended the throne in Bianliang? He even has weak control over the states in the Central Plains, let alone Hedong, which has always been very independent. Although Hedong is nominally a puppet Qi
country, but the local officials are basically supported by the gentry, and the puppet Qi State cannot reach in."
"Besides salt, what else is there?" Chen Qing asked again.
"In addition to salt, there is also coal, sheepskin, wool, livestock, medicinal materials, and wine. These are all produced in large quantities and we cannot use them. They can be sold to Sichuan and then shipped in cloth, oil, and tea cakes."
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The officials discussed for a day and finally decided to establish a commercial office, directly under the supervision of the chief minister Jiang Yanxian. At the same time, an official trading house was established to be responsible for official trade, and all resources and elite soldiers were mobilized to start operations.
At dusk, Chen Qing, Jiang Yanxian, Zhang Xiao and other senior officials came to the Tianranju Restaurant on East Street for dinner.
Chang'an County in the Song Dynasty has basically lost the shadow of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. It has been completely urbanized. There are no square walls. There are various shops in the streets and alleys, and the business is prosperous.
East Street and West Street were the most prosperous places in Jingzhao City during the Song Dynasty. Among them, East Street Wazi was also the largest in Jingzhao, with more than 300 large and small shops. There were all kinds of shops, so it was naturally the largest.
The restaurant is located on the left side of Wazi Gate.
You must know that this restaurant is one of the three major restaurants in Jingzhao City, and the chalcedony wine it brews is also the best sake. A pot of wine costs a lot of money, and most people cannot afford it, so most of his customers have
status person.
The shopkeeper enthusiastically invited five senior officials to the private courtyard in the backyard, and arranged for musicians and singers to play and sing.
Everyone sat down, Chen Qing waved his hands and said with a smile: "I'm treating you today, so don't argue with me."
Zhang Xiao pretended to be surprised and said: "Of course it's the manager's treat. Do you still expect us to pay for it?"
Everyone laughed and said, "The manager refuses to increase our salary. We are all paupers. How can we have money to drink chalcedony wine?"
Chen Qing also smiled and said: "A treat is a treat, but I have never treated you badly. Go ahead and don't call me poor in front of me!"
At this time, the bartender served them wine and food like water. Two beautiful wine girls were responsible for pouring wine for them. Chen Qing picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Come on! Let's drink this first!"
Everyone drank it all in one gulp, Chen Qing waved his hand for the Jiuji to step down, and they poured the wine themselves. Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "Speaking of which, I should indeed give some property income to the civil servants. The soldiers all have two hundred acres of land, so what about the civil servants?
It's all about making a contribution, so I'm considering allocating land to civil servants. In the past two days, Hu Caosi has been sorting out the acres of land in Guanzhong, and we will discuss a plan after the sorting is completed."
Zhang Xiao raised his glass and said with a smile: "This decision made by the envoy will win the unanimous support of the officials."
Jiang Yanxian smiled and asked again: "If the imperial court knew about this, I'm afraid there would be an upheaval in the imperial court."
Chen Qing snorted coldly, "What's so surprising? I didn't make the job and field system. Imperial officials all have it, so why don't our officials have it?"
Jiang Yanxian originally wanted to say that this was tantamount to a small imperial court in disguise, but he still held back. Chen Qing had long ignored the imperial court. It was normal to divide the fields, so why should he make a fuss?
Jiang Yanxian changed the subject and asked with a smile: "Does the envoy think the imperial court will know about our capture of Shaanxi Road?"
Chen Qing nodded, "In fact, I have sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhang Jun. Of course the court knows about it. It is estimated that there will be news in the next two days."
Everyone was stunned, "Jing Lue Envoy still wants to reconcile with the imperial court?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "I won't seize a piece of land and want to make myself king. We are still the Song Army and still recognize the imperial court. Of course, the premise is that the imperial court will not interfere with us and the imperial court will also make some statements.
Okay, for example, you can help us pay for part of our military expenses. Bashu is so rich and rich, so it doesn’t make sense both emotionally and rationally if it doesn’t support us!”
Everyone heard it in disbelief. It was just a title, and they had to spend money to support the army. This was so shameless!
Zhou Kuan gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "I admire the shamelessness of the governor the most. What is this called? This is to gain face for the court, and for us to gain face, each of us can get what we need!"
Chen Qing chuckled, "Your sentence is so shameless, why does it sound like you are praising me!"
He picked up the wine glass again and said, "To be shameless, let's drink another drink."
Everyone finished the drink. At this time, an old woman suddenly yelled from next door, "Do you still have credit? Do you know how to write the word shame? We have signed the contract, but you sold the store to
Are others bullying me, an old woman who has no backer?"
Chen Qing was stunned. Isn't this Li Qingzhao's voice?
When Chen Qing walked out of the hospital gate, he saw a lot of people gathered at the door of the neighboring hospital. A middle-aged man separated from the crowd and hurried away. Li Qingzhao chased him out of the yard, pointed at his back and cursed: "You are a hypocrite with no faith or righteousness.
You are a villain who is unjust for profit, you will get retribution sooner or later!"
There was a young woman behind to persuade Li Qingzhao, it was Zhao Qiaoyun.
"Auntie, Qiaoyun, what happened?"
Li Qingzhao turned around and saw that it was Chen Qing. He was suddenly shocked, "Why is this high official here?"
When Zhao Qiaoyun saw Chen Qing, his face turned red with embarrassment and he quickly hid behind his master.
"A few colleagues and I are eating here, Auntie, what happened?"
"Hey! It's hard to explain in words."
Everyone was familiar with Li Qingzhao. Jiang Yanxian quickly smiled and said: "We are next door. Mr. Yi An, please come and sit with us!"
When Li Qingzhao saw that everyone was acquainted with Ganquan Fort, he nodded, "I'll make you laugh, Qiaoyun, let's go sit next door."
Zhao Qiaoyun looked at Chen Qing, who smiled and nodded to her. Zhao Qiaoyun immediately became happy and followed his master to the next door. Everyone rearranged their seats. Li Qingzhao intentionally or unintentionally arranged for Zhao Qiaoyun to sit next to Chen Qing.
Zhao Qiaoyun is Li Qingzhao's close disciple and her favorite disciple. How could she not understand his disciple's thoughts?