"Six people died the day before yesterday, and twenty-five died yesterday. There was another armed fight this morning, and more than a dozen people died." Yi La Chucai was very calm: "It has been chaotic for several days. Tomorrow at the latest, it is time to
There is a result.”
"These maritime merchants are indeed fierce and unruly. But, Jin Qing, are you just going to watch like this?"
"Otherwise?" Yila Chucai picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of light wine: "These people are not the people under the rule of the Dinghai Navy. They are just dog biting dog. Just waiting for the result of their bite, we
Only then can we arrange a meeting... Don’t worry, Commander-in-Chief, we’ll talk tomorrow!”
"That's it." Guo Ning nodded slightly.
When Yi La Chucai first defected to Guo Ning, he was still a bit bookish. But in the past few months, he has been exposed to more and more practical affairs and encountered more and more difficulties. When each difficulty was finally solved,
, Yiasa Chucai became an increasingly calm and experienced person in power.
Ding Haijun's strategy of establishing a foothold in Shandong was generally based on the calculations of Guo Ning and Yili Chucai. Among them, Guo Ning focused on the judgment of the general direction, while Yili Chucai was responsible for the specific planning and execution.
In the past few months, Dinghai Navy's military and agricultural sectors have begun to bear fruit by relying on the implementation of the military households' shadow household system. Excluding mulberry and hemp, military households are responsible for planting wheat and millet under the direct control of the military government.
There are more than 1.7 million acres of land growing alfalfa, and there are more than ten pastures and pastures where alfalfa is grown.
Taking advantage of the low-cost advantage brought by the large number of refugees who defected, the military government used the work-for-relief method to dispatch civilian workers and promptly repaired more than 100 water conservancy facilities, which irrigated thousands of hectares of farmland.
If there is no large-scale drought, such large-scale reclamation and cultivation will inevitably bring about a bumper harvest on the day of autumn harvest. Once food production takes effect, land rent and taxes will have a source, and the army will also have a foothold.
Now that agriculture has stabilized, the next thing to focus on is business.
Ding Haijun was able to quickly gain a foothold, first by plundering the local powerful tribes in Laizhou, and secondly by kidnapping the fourth prince Tuo Lei and blackmailing the Mongolian army, but these two things did not last long.
If a political power wants to have a firm foothold, it cannot rely solely on robbery. What is the difference between that and rogue bandits?
Guo Ning strives for strong generals and powerful soldiers, strong armor and sharp swords, and he cannot rely solely on the craftsmen he controls. The military government is bound to be unable to control everything, no matter how big or small.
Therefore, besides industry and agriculture, commerce is indispensable.
In this regard, the three states of Denglai controlled by Guo Ning have inherent advantages.
In recent hundreds of years, Shandong, especially the eastern coastal area of Shandong, has been one of the trade transshipment centers of various countries.
For example, during the rise of King Kong, there was a horse trade with the Song Dynasty, and the horse transit port was in Laizhou. Many of the ranches set up by Guo Ning in Laizhou today are relics from that time.
For another example, in the early years of the trade between Goryeo and the Song Dynasty, the largest trading port was also Laizhou. Later, the territory of the Song Dynasty shrank to Jiangnan, and the trading ports between the two parties also moved south. However, the ports in the three states of Denglai were still used by fleets for supplies.
must pass through.
During the previous decades of peace between the Jin and Song Dynasties, the Jiaoxi Foraging Market in Mizhou was the most important maritime trade hub between the two countries. Specialties of the Song Dynasty were continuously imported here from Mingzhou, Yuezhou and other places, and merchants
Generating huge profits here, Daikin's annual income from this business is as much as 150,000 to 200,000 yuan.
Generally speaking, the commodities traded by the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty included tea, spices, silk fabrics, medicinal materials, kapok, ivory, etc., while the merchants of the Jin Kingdom traded horses, furs, ginseng, northern pearls, etc.
Under special circumstances, such as where a major disaster occurred in the Song and Jin Dynasties, or which country adjusted the price of salt, grain and salt would also become hugely profitable bulk materials.
Of course, grain and salt must be smuggled. The scale of private smuggling business must also be larger than official channels. This is a matter of course.
In the Mizhou area, the imperial court relied on the Jiaoxi foraging field to supplement the growing embarrassment of the central government, so it often dispatched capable officials to crack down on smuggling. As a result, the Song Dynasty's maritime smuggling fleet continued to move northward.
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As Guo Ning and Yizai Chucai have already found out, there are many private harbors in the three Denglai prefectures from the coast to the north, from Jimo County in Laizhou to Mouping in Ninghai Prefecture, Wendeng County, and Penglai County in Dengzhou. Under Guo Ning's nose
Laizhou Sanshan Port and Haicang Town Private Port also rely on private smuggling trade to collect money.
However, the money that the private port itself can receive is not very much. They can't collect taxes, so they can only get some scattered benefits by replenishing water. The Jurchen Muke'a, a subordinate of Xu Jin, the Recorder,
Lu Han, who dominated the private port of Haicang Town back then, was still extremely poor.
So, where did the money go? Who earned it?
In the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, behind the larger smuggling fleet were big figures who could not be known to outsiders. They made a lot of money.
On the Jin Kingdom's side, it is the same. The fleets that obtain supplies from private ports along the Shandong coast and then transfer them to Zhongdu for sale are almost all under the names of giant merchants from Zhigu Village. Behind the giant merchants, there are many big gold merchants.
Noble people, they have also made a lot of money.
Fortunately, most of the giant merchants in Zhigu Village now maintain good relations with Ding Haijun. When Zhigu Village faced the threat of the Mongolian army before, some businessmen even chose to go south to Shandong to take refuge.
After Guo Ning took control of the salt fields in the three states of Denglai, he could get a share of the smuggling of grain and salt by virtue of local output.
Previously, Guo Ning had taken advantage of Hu Shahu's rebellion and the deaths of all the clan kings. Guo Ning had used ruthless tactics in Zhigu Village. The fleets in the hands of many giant merchants were now controlled by Guo Ning.
Those fleets were originally used by Guo Ning to transport troops and civilians. They once went deep into Jinan Prefecture along the Xiaoqing River. At this time, the boatmen could finally resume their old business and travel to the sea between Zhongdu and Shandong.
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Recently I heard that the Mongolian army has been stationed under the city of Zhongdu for more than four months. It has gradually become exhausted and has begun to gradually withdraw its troops to the grassland.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Once the Mongols leave, the business of Zhongdu Daxing Prefecture and even the entire Daikin will soon recover. Those nobles who have been trapped in the city and have been frightened for a long time will
People probably want to consume in revenge.
According to the custom of maritime trade, when the southeast wind blows in early summer every year, it is when the fleets of the Song people from the Southern Dynasties begin to head north. In March and April, merchants come to Shandong front station to make preliminary preparations for transactions.
Therefore, in the past half month, many noble people in Zhongdu have inquired from Ding Haijun about the transaction through various channels.
Ding Haijun is naturally positive about this.
This is not only due to the military government's goal of making money and prospering the place. Considering the external environment, Guo Ning is completely a rebel in Shandong.
The news about Yang An'er's face-to-face negotiation of terms has already reached Zhongdu. Why is it that Zhongdu still turns a blind eye until now?
Of course, there are regrets that we cannot reach, and there are difficulties that we have to tolerate. Another important reason is that there are too many people making money from the coastal smuggling business.
As long as Ding Hainan can ensure that everyone gets rich, it doesn't matter if everyone is open-minded or closed-minded about some things. Over the years, there has been more than one incident of open-minded or closed eyes in the court.
At the end of February, Yizai Chucai sent people to many private ports in the three states to publish notices, inviting merchants who were originally scattered everywhere to go to Sanshan Port to meet their new hosts.
Firstly, if we all become familiar with each other, we can work together to make a fortune. Secondly, Ding Haijun himself is a big merchant in Zhigu Village. Naturally, there is no need to travel to various private ports as thieves like in the past;
, you can put it under Laizhou City and have an open and honest discussion.
These smugglers are all from the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, but they are not a group. They are not good men and women. They used to be scattered in various private harbors, which is fine. Now they gather together and they are constantly conflicting with each other. Yesterday, there was a fierce fight.
, someone actually set fire to the ship, which alerted several surrounding military forts and sent troops to the scene to suppress it.
The dispatch of the army attracted Guo Ning's attention. Today he came here specifically to take a look. He also wanted to urge the removal of Chu materials and quickly let the merchants stop so that everyone could make money.
Guo Ning was very happy to hear that Yila Chucai said that formal negotiations could begin tomorrow.
Then he asked again: "So, last time we talked about finding a suitable one among the maritime merchants of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty... will Jin Qing gain anything?"
"I didn't see anyone suitable at first, but after the merchants fought with each other in the past two days, I finally had someone to choose from. Where's Commander Jie? We also have to pick out available people on hand, right?"
"Yes, yes. It will be decided in the next few days."
