Wu Dong, Hua Rong, Li Gang, Zhu Wu, Wu Yong, and Lin Chong are all in a palace in the center of the palace at the moment. Gongsun Sheng, Shi Qian, Dai Zong and others are also here.
Everyone sat at a round table and each reported on the situation of the year.
Li Gang was talking, and Li Gang said: "This year our various taxes have reached 23 million taels of silver! In addition, we captured Shangjing and Zhongjing, and we got more than 5,000 taels of silver from the Liaojin treasury in Shangjing and Zhongjing."
In addition, we also obtained more than 5 million taels of silver from several silver mines on Kyushu Island in Japan. All the silver in total exceeds 78 million taels."
Wu Dong nodded and asked, "How are the expenses this year?"
Li Gangdao: "We have spent a total of 43 million taels of silver this year, of which military expenditures are about 20 million taels, including military salaries, pensions, construction of military factories, production of sea ships, etc. The investment in Yanyun exceeds
15 million taels, Yan Yun has just returned, and now is the time to invest heavily. The rest is investment in the north, resettlement of disaster victims, etc."
Wu Dong frowned and said, "This year's expenses are really quite a lot!"
Li Gang said: "We have no choice. We fought for half a year last year, recovered so much territory, and introduced people. All of this costs money!"
Wu Dong said: "Excluding the gains from the Liao and Jin treasury in Shangjing and Zhongjing, our annual tax revenue is only more than 20 million taels of silver, and more than half of it is spent on war alone. Isn't this a good phenomenon?"
Li Gang said: "Don't worry, Governor, I can double the tax revenue within five years! Or even more!"
"Oh?" Wu Dong had a surprised expression on his face.
Li Gang smiled and said: "Our current tax revenue mainly comes from Goryeo! Because we occupied Goryeo first, and now only Goryeo has developed! But five years later, Yanyun will be able to develop! Yanyun's population and territory are far away
Far more than Goryeo, and it borders the Song Dynasty. The development potential here far exceeds Goryeo! At present, Yanyun is still in the investment period, and Yanyun’s agriculture
The development is too slow. We need to invest a lot of gold and silver every year to build water conservancy facilities. Yanyun's business also has many tax-free projects. It will take a few more years to wait until the development of the majestic city can collect taxes! This year, the tax revenue here is less than that of Goryeo.
One-tenth, next year I am confident that the tax revenue here will reach one-fifth of that of Korea. In five years, the after-tax tax here will definitely exceed that of Korea!"
Wu Dong nodded and said: "This is the best!"
Governing the country is extremely difficult, and it requires more than just winning a few battles! For a country, economic development is even more important! When he heard the string of numbers just now, Wu Dong was very worried, and now he is
Feel relaxed all of a sudden.
In fact, in addition to Yanyun, there are also large territories such as Shangjing, Zhongjing, and Liaodong, but relatively speaking, Yanyun is the focus of development now! Even if Shangjing, Zhongjing and other places can develop in recent years, they will probably only increase their population.
, agriculture is stable, and it will have to wait until Yanjing develops to fully develop.
After reporting on this year's situation, Li Gang began to report on next year's economic development plan! Regarding the agricultural investment, commercial investment, factory relocation, etc. in the Yanyun area next year, the investment in each project was explained one by one.
In addition, Li Gang plans to connect Yanyun with the northwest and other places next year! Liu Yanqing in the northwest has a large territory and a large population. They can conduct business between Yanyun and the northwest and build a huge
business network.
Later, Li Gang talked about the expansion of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. He planned to expand the number of civil servants in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and its subordinate agencies to 10,000 people.
Regarding this, Wu Dong agreed. Now the Ministry of Economic Affairs needs more and more manpower! Wu Dong believes that sooner or later, the Ministry of Economic Affairs can become a super organization as large as the Military Ministry! One day, the role of the Ministry of Economic Affairs will even surpass
Above the military.
Li Gang finished his report, and then Gongsun Sheng reported his situation.
"In the next few months, the number of immigrants we introduced exceeded 3 million! However, these immigrants can only be resettled in Zongzhou, Lizhou, Jinzhou and other places for the time being! Most of the cities in the north are empty cities and need to introduce people.
Zongzhou and other places are located at the junction of Yanjing and Tokyo, and they are also in urgent need of construction.
Places. Population migration in Zhongjing, Shangjing and other places can only be arranged until the next year. In addition, the road from Yanjing to Shanhaiguan has been opened. In the first half of next year, the road from Shanhaiguan to Zongzhou and Lizhou can be repaired. By next year
In autumn, our road can reach Liaoyang, Tokyo." Gongsun Sheng said.
Road building in ancient times was also a big project, requiring a lot of manpower and material resources. Those workers needed to transport fine sand and gravel by the truckload, and they needed to continuously lay layers of sand and stones, and there were people who pressed them on top.
.On the really good roads built in ancient times, although it is impossible to drive cars and tanks like modern times, there will never be any mistakes in marching, transporting supplies, etc., and the roads will not become muddy in heavy rain.
"How are the road construction workers treated? How are their emotions?" Wu Dong said.
Those workers were all prisoners of war, some from the Liao Army and some from the New Affiliated Army! Wu Dong had not inspected the road construction situation in the past few months or met these prisoners of war, so he was a little worried about the situation there.
"The treatment is good. You can rest for two days every month. In addition, for prisoners who have served for more than a year, we will give them two taels of silver every month! Also, among the prisoners of war in the Liao army, because many of them have performed well, we have
Allow them to return home! In a few years, if you want to carry out such a big project again, you will probably need to recruit workers. By then, the treatment will not be too bad, at least it will not be worse than farming in the countryside!" Gongsun Sheng said.
"That's easy to say." Wu Dong laughed.
"How is the construction of the port going?" Wu Dong said after laughing for a while.
"Tianjin Port has been basically built, and now a small city has formed there. The permanent population there has exceeded 10,000, but they are all business people! There is a lot of land there, and we are now encouraging farmers to go there! The Governor
, this is the port construction plan for next year. Next year we are going to build two new ports.
Mouth! One is in the peninsula area south of Liaoyang, and the other is in the northernmost part of Goryeo near the sea. Both places have extremely important functions, not only for civilian use, but also for military purposes! With this
With the two ports here, it will not be a big problem to deter the entire North Sea and protect the entire north." Gongsun Sheng said.
"These two places... are very good!" Wu Dong just looked at the map and nodded.
The reason why he nodded so readily was mainly because he knew these two places! In later generations, these two places were also famous military ports! One was called "Dalian" and the other was called "Vladivostok", both of which had strategic roles.
Port! Dalian belongs to future generations
China and Vladivostok were originally Chinese. The Chinese have set foot there since the Han Dynasty. Later, the Liao, Jin, Ming, and Qing Dynasties all came under the jurisdiction of China. Unfortunately, the Qing Empire declined and the place was occupied by the Russians! Now, naturally, there is
No one will rob it.
"The Governor, Lu Junyi, and Chai Jin want to buy our 'treasure ships' and form two huge fleets. We have already discussed with the military department. We can sell some small treasure ships to them. In addition, they want to buy artillery.
It is said that we need to deal with pirates on the sea. We are still discussing this.
Medium. Some small artillery with limited range, I think can be sold to them. But every artillery must be registered, and they must not transfer it to others. In addition, they are not allowed to use this artillery at will. Each artillery shell is used for
Wherever they go, they have to report to the military headquarters." Gongsun Sheng said.
"Okay." Wu Dong thought for a while, then looked at Hua Rong and saw Hua Rong nodding, so he agreed.
Then Zhu Wu reported the situation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The focus of diplomacy now is still the Song Dynasty. Many officials of the Song Dynasty in Hebei were bribed by Zhu Wu and others, and it was these people who brought the people of Hebei. But in Shandong, Zhu
However, Wu's progress was extremely slow. Zhang Shuye of Shandong was a wise minister. After discovering the emigration, he paid great attention to it and even wrote to the court asking the court to issue an edict to prohibit the emigration. However, the court did not
Just take it seriously. In addition, now in Bianliang City, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty are building a new palace. In addition to Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and other treacherous ministers, there are also Taoist priests in the Song Dynasty, Luo Zhenren, Wang Laozhi, Lin Lingsu
,open
Xu Bai and others all hold great power. Especially Luo Zhenren, he is really capable. In just a few months, he actually became the "National Preceptor" of the Song Dynasty. He actually started fighting with Cai Jing, and Cai Jing even used him.
There is no way.
In addition to these, the Forbidden Army and the Western Army of the Song Dynasty also invested in the construction of the palace. The new palace needed countless supplies, and many Forbidden Army and Western Army officers and soldiers were sent to find those supplies.
"Hmph, let the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty continue to build the palace. It is best that this palace will never be built." Wu Dong snorted coldly.
"Next year, our main focus in Liangshan will be development, but in the process of development, we have to clean up Xixia! Xixia people, it's time for the city to punish them! And Japan, after destroying Xixia, they will be next
!Before attacking the Song Dynasty, we must achieve complete peace in the north!" Hua Rong said.
Hua Rong feels a little helpless now. In fact, Liangshan's military strength is now extremely strong. Such military strength is enough to sweep all surrounding countries! Just destroying a country, digesting its territory, people, etc. will take time, manpower, and material resources.
Invest! These all restrict the military from starting a war immediately.
The Mongols of later generations annexed the world very quickly! However, the Mongols mainly relied on "killing" to rule the world. If they resisted at all, they would massacre the city! Wherever they went, the local population was greatly reduced, and the population of the Song Dynasty was reduced by 5,000.
Thousands, it’s obvious! If they do this, they will naturally annex the world very quickly. Those who dare to resist will
They were all killed, and the remaining ones did not dare to resist them at all! Liangshan could not adopt such a method. After Liangshan annexed a place, it must completely digest those places and truly turn those places into a part of Liangshan, from the people's hearts to the economy
The culture has to be integrated into Liangshan, so the speed is naturally far slower than that of the Mongols.
"This is a plan to destroy Xixia! We are still researching and improving," Hua Rong said.