"Second brother, our generals on Huai are all commercial, and their main business transactions are Huai rice, sea salt and north-south goods.↖ Among them, Huai rice is the foundation. There are few people and many lands on Huai. Who doesn't have thousands of acres of fertile land? The rice and grain grown must be transported to Lin'an for sale. This is not something that ordinary merchants cannot do, because there are countless tax cards on the canal from Lianghuai to Zhejiang. If they have to pay taxes according to the rules, the income from selling rice is not enough to pay taxes! When we arrive in Lin'an, there is still another one. Therefore, the one who can sell grain for thousands of miles is our generals. You are now the commander of the Pili Navy in front of the hall. With this status, you dare not make things difficult for tax cards along the canal. The transaction of rice and grain can be done.

Haiyan's business is a bit hot. The salt course has always been related to the country, and the court is very careful. Selling rice to Lin'an can reduce the rice price in Zhejiang, making it easier for ordinary people to live, and the court will turn a blind eye to evade taxes. However, private salt is different, even the generals of the two Huaihe River cannot get too much.

The goods from the north and south are where the generals of the two Huai Rivers really made a fortune. Although the Song Dynasty and the Northern Heroes had been killed for more than a hundred decades, the northern land had never been shorter than the silk, porcelain, and fur and medicinal materials from the south of the Yangtze River. However, the iron, sulfur, and flames of the south of the Yangtze River cannot be exported to the north, and the good horses from the north cannot be sold to the south. In the Song Dynasty, at least 80% of the goods from the north and south were from the Lianghuai Rivers. Our Chen family's Bencao tang was touched in the past, but now with the identity of the second brother, we can naturally become bigger..."

Guo Fu'er was happily in the cabin of the official boat, holding the account book and explaining the business affairs of the Lianghuai generals to Chen Dexing. She has been in Yangzhou for more than ten years and has supported her huge family business alone, which is really good at managing. She has long been able to understand the business affairs of the Southern Song Dynasty - that is, the background and the business!

Guo Fuer's original background could support a raw medicine shop, and it could occupy more than 1,000 acres of land outside Yangzhou City, but it is impossible to get involved in the big cakes of Huai rice transportation and trade between the south and the north. But now, with Chen Dexing's rampant official and his military head with ten thousand men, is there any business that Guo Ruren can't do on the ground of the two Huai Rivers?

The pretty mother spoke frantically, but Chen Dexing still felt a little bored. The economy and commerce of the Song Dynasty were a beautiful legend in his era. It seemed that the Song Dynasty in the Middle Ages was already an economic power standing on the threshold of capitalism. But in Chen Dexing's view, two more words must be added before this capitalist threshold - bureaucrats!

However, unlike the Ming Dynasty in history, the Southern Song court still had a way to extract some certain benefits from commercial activities that were almost controlled by bureaucrats to maintain the country and the army. Even if Chen Dexing was a head of a large army with ten thousand men, he could not completely escape the exploitation of commercial tax and Hepeng. Even if he could escape commercial tax and Hepeng, the Southern Song court had the last killer weapon to plunder wealth - issuing paper money! This is also the reason why the Southern Song Dynasty could resist Mongolia for more than 40 years, but the Southern Ming Dynasty quickly collapsed under the attack of the Qing Dynasty.

However, Chen Dexing now clearly felt that the financial resources of the Southern Song Dynasty court were approaching collapse! The military pay and official salary paid were all rapidly depreciated paper money, and the face value of twenty guan could not be used as copper coins. Fortunately, it could also be used to pay taxes and purchase prohibited goods (the foreign trade system of the Song Dynasty, some foreign trade goods needed to be bought by the government at a low price, and then resold to merchants at a higher price), so it could still maintain a certain value. However, in the case of excessive issuance of paper money, the value of the currency was still depreciated, and it would be a matter of time before it became waste paper.

Such a situation has its advantages and disadvantages for itself! On the one hand, the collapse of the Song Dynasty's finances prevented Chen Dexing's imperial thunder naval army from getting enough military expenses to raise troops and build weapons. Although the court will still provide military use at all costs to understand the dangers of Sichuan, once Mongolia retreats, it will become inevitable to lay off military expenses. Without sufficient military expenses, it is difficult to build and maintain a truly powerful navy.

But on the other hand, the Southern Song Dynasty court, which could not pay enough military pay, had also significantly decreased. The collapse of the defense line in northern Sichuan and the fall of the Chengdu plain were not so much caused by the strong offensive of the Mongolian army, but rather a sign of the loss of control of the Southern Song Dynasty court over the army! Chen Dexing, as the commander of the Pili Navy in front of the Primortes, also had a personal experience. The chief officers at all levels of the Pili Navy - commander, commander, general, general and general, were all Chen-like men from the artillery army, and the core were Qionghualou brothers. Although the court would definitely send some military officers to serve as deputy positions, the power of the Pili Navy must be firmly controlled by itself.

Such a situation would not be possible even in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty. If Yue Fei's control over the army could reach his current level, Emperor Gaozong would not dare to harm him no matter what.

However, if you want to firmly control the army for a long time, it is not enough to rely solely on the financial resources of the Southern Song court. Chen Dexing, who is still familiar with Chinese history, especially the turbulent times in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, is very clear that only warlords who can afford to maintain the army can firmly control their army. If you have stronger financial resources, you can even buy other people's troops...

If the officers and soldiers under their command work, it is not enough to rely solely on political and ideological work. Now it is the Southern Song Dynasty, but there is no GCD and no truth to liberate all mankind. They must be given real benefits!

Needless to mention the future expansion of the army, it is to feed the current 10,000 soldiers of the Pili Navy. At least 500,000 guan a year - not Huizi, but copper coins or property equivalent to these copper coins. If you build your own ships and equipment, you must establish a factory, purchase raw materials, recruit good craftsmen, and establish a system independent of the official handicrafts of the Southern Song Dynasty... This expense must be at least filled, and one million guan can be spent every year.

Although I could pull the team away to join Li Yan at the right time, how much financial resources does that Yidu husband have? Can he spend one million guan to raise his soldiers? It is impossible to think about it.

So I can only think of a million yuan in annual expenses! But what can I do? Otherwise... I'd better ask my pretty mother.

"One...one million guan of copper coins!" Guo Fu'er coughed a few times, "Second brother, can you treat copper coins? It's so easy to make money there! In the entire Song Dynasty, the only ones who can earn millions of coins per year are probably the Pu family in Quanzhou!"

"Quanzhou Pu family? Pu Shougeng?" Chen Dexing frowned slightly. He had heard of this name in later generations. "How did he make so much money?"

"Sea trade, spices!" Guo Fuer said, "The country's scent, sandalwood, agarwood, **, dragon fragrance, pepper and other things were transported from the Pu family's fleet from Nanfan. I heard that the Pu family's sea boats have less than 2,000 ships! It is naturally no problem to enter millions a year. How can we compare to the Pu family? They are a wealthy merchant that lasts for six generations."
Chapter completed!