Chapter 266: Try more people to board the ship

In December, Liu Zhi arrived in Lianzhou (next to Guangzhou), Su Che arrived in Leizhou, and Liang Tao arrived in Huazhou (next to Leizhou).

Zhao Xing spent the official career on the road. After Li Zhiyi from Lianzhou settled Liu Zhi, he immediately went on the road to chase Zhao Xing. After he blocked Zhao Xing on the road, Zhao Xing realized that he had not only missed the official career in 1095.

Since coming to Guangzhou, Zhao Xing has found the calendar of the Gregorian calendar again. When he was on the road, he used the calendar to calculate his itinerary. He was negligent and missed the festival of Zhengdan.

After Li Zhiyi talked about the resettlement of Liu Zhi, he immediately begged Zhao Xing: "Li Ren, Lord Liu has arrived. When will your official road be repaired? I heard that Huizhou has been almost done. Will it be our turn to finish the repair of Huizhou? Lord Liu, I have settled it, and I will wait for your road construction army."

Li Zhiyi caught up with Zhao Xing at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi. The Guangxi officials who accompanied Zhao Xing did not know why Li Zhiyi was so eager to wait for the road construction army. The Guangdong officials who escorted Zhao Xing whispered to explain to Guangxi officials. Their explanation was very vague and specious. Guangxi officials only understood one truth from their explanation: where there is a demotion, the construction of roads is given priority, the construction of schools is given priority, the resettlement of refugees in the land reclamation, and the priority... Moreover, there is no need for the local government to issue a copper coin.

Zhao Xing laughed: "Okay, okay, the asphalt in Shaanxi has not been shipped for a long time. I have to wait for the materials to build roads in Huizhou. Now, even if I transfer people to Lianzhou for work, it is probably not possible to have no materials. Uncle Duan, wait until I go to Nanyang to talk about it. There is a large oil mine in Nanyang, which is like Yan'an Prefecture, and it is easy to mine. Only when I get the mine area, can the materials be supplied..."

Li Zhiyi stared at Zhao Xing with dissatisfaction and argued loudly: "It's winter now. Now we're free to start construction after spring. People have farmed and reclaimed land. Can we still have enough manpower to build roads? There is not enough asphalt. We can pave the gravel road first. When your asphalt arrives, then pave a layer of asphalt sand on the gravel road. Isn't that true?"

After hearing this, Zhao Xing answered readily: "How much does it cost? How much does it cost to build a stone road by yourself?"

Li Zhiyi slapped her thigh and her voice was also very loud: "300,000 yuan, you give me 300,000 yuan, I will pave the way myself."

Zhao Xing nodded to Wanqi Yong: "Give it to him!"

Wan Qiyong hesitated and hesitated. Unwillingly took out an account book from his arms and asked Li Zhiyi to sign it. Then he signed the appropriation letter with Zhao Xing's seal. Li Zhiyi took the appropriation letter without hesitation, bowed his hand, and left. Behind him, Wan Qiyong carefully warned Zhao Xing: "Sir, the amount of 300,000 guan is too high. We have calculated the road to Lianzhou, and it will cost up to 130,000 guan."

Zhao Xing nodded: "I know. But the number of Li Zhiyi reports is not out of line. Because I have used a large number of students in Huizhou, these students are internships in organizational learning. The beauty of organizational learning is to save management costs. Li Zhiyi does not have our talents who are good at organizational management, so his management cost increases by at least 50%, which is understandable.

In addition, our project calculations are very detailed. A project can take three months to do it for one month, and the prior calculation and planning work may take three months. Li Lianzhou (Li Zhiyi) has no planning talents at hand, so it is understandable that the cost will double again.

In this way, his offer of 300,000 yuan is already a very self-reliant offer. Well, you can prepare him more 100,000 yuan - no matter what, he built his own roads, and the money was in the hands of the people of Lianzhou. Only when the people of Lianzhou have money can they live a wealthy life. In this way, it is not in vain that Li Lianzhou came from the capital to this barbaric land."

Wan Qi Yong nodded and no longer got involved in this topic. The Guangxi official opposite opened his mouth and muttered to himself: "300,000 guan, Lianzhou has not had 300,000 guan in a year's municipal tax. Now Lianzhou can be regarded as getting rid of poverty and becoming rich."

Officials in the Song Dynasty did not know the "stone-casting effect" or the secret of the "deficit economy". They did not understand Zhao Xing's method of spending a lot of money, and were only concerned about being shocked by the amount of the money... Then, they retreated aside and immediately quickly passed the relevant news to Guiyang. The new content was only a few words: "Zhao Liren is rich and generous!"

Zhao Xing was an official from Guangnan East Road, but he also had the title of minting money, so he was also qualified to enter Guangxi. With the reception of Guangxi officials, he walked all the way to Guiyang. Halfway through, the Guangxi officials who received the news could no longer sit still. They set off to greet Zhao Xing, and the officials from the two places met on Daozuo.

The Guangxi officials came not only, but there were three people who came to the position of the military and military commander of the Guangnan West Road, and the military commander of the Guangnan West Road, and the military commander of the Guangnan West Road." Zhai An had just stepped down, but Li Hong, who took over, was immediately dismissed for party struggles. The current "the military commander of the military commander of the Guangnan West Road, and the military commander of the Jujingwei Company, was appointed as the official of the Qingche Duke, and was given a purple gold fish bag" was Zhang Tian. This person is also an acquaintance. He is a descendant of the Zhang family's generals, and is both relatives of Zhang Yong and Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Tian and Zhao Xing had never met each other, and they had never even heard of each other's names, but Zhang Tian had a relationship as soon as he came up: "Mr. Zhao, I am going to Zhang Tian, ​​who is the cousin of Zhang Yong, the cousin of the army and military preparations of Qingzhou, and Zhang Cheng, I heard my cousin talk about Lord Zhao's tricks. In the future, Guangxi will rely on Lord Zhao to take care of him."

The acquaintance is easy to talk to, and Zhao Xing's eyes at Zhang Tian suddenly became much more friendly. He laughed and greeted: "Mr. Zhang was joking. My Guangnan East Road population is only 780,000, and your Guangnan West Road population is twice that of mine. In the future, I will rely on Lord Zhang to take care of him."

Emperor Tiangao of Guangxi was far away, and the ones accompanied by either resigned or demoted officials, Zhang Tian did not hide it: "Mr. Zhao was joking. Half of the money minted in the world was from Guangnan Guangxi. Last year, the amount of money minted in the two routes was about 3 million chunks. In addition, the world's wealth came from the southeast. The total amount of wealth paid in Guangnan East Road was more than 17 million yuan per year. During this period, the amount of fire consumption of 25% - it is uncountable. In the future, I will rely on Lord Zhao."

Zhao Xing dodged his words: "Mr. Zhang laughed. 17 million guan is the highest amount. This amount also includes the total amount of taxes in the Maritime Commission, the Money Commission, the Tea Commission, and the Salt Commission. In recent years, the municipal tax has decreased year by year. However, this thing is the big part of the tax. If the municipal tax has dropped by 10%, the court will reduce the revenue of 700,000 guan. If you want to compensate, you can't make up for it. It's better to have more people than to do things, and it's easier to be an official."

Zhang Tian waved his hand: "Master Zhao said that the population is not a big deal. It is all barbarians and barbarians, and they are not available at all when they should be used. Our taxes are only 30% of that in Guangnan, and there are constant wars all year round. Either this village and that village are having disputes, or one clan and the barbarians have blood feuds with another clan. This war is a bottomless pit when it moves. Our money is short of money, and we have to rely on Lord Zhao to support it."

The two of them spent a long time in circles and finally talked about money. Zhang Tian vaguely knew Zhao Xing's character from Zhang Yong. Since he had pulled his face away, he was no longer polite, so he said without any concealment: "Master Zhao has a lot of money. I know that I have spent hundreds of thousands of guan to build roads in Huizhou. The people recruited were about 100,000 guan just from the Central Plains to Guangdong... I know that Guangnan has a lot of money, and I also know that Lord Zhao is good at turning the money on his left hand and adding countless money out of thin air. We are a family-friendly family, so I'm not polite.

Three million guan. Guanzi said: "If the granaries are full, you will know etiquette." Guangxi is poor, but copper or silver mines are rich. The mining of these minerals can also make the people of Guangxi rich. Now these minerals are under the jurisdiction of Lord Zhao. I don't want to give me three million guan. I hire people in Guangxi and give them enough wages to repair the road leading to each mine so that you can transport the minerals.

I don’t want to immigrate. The situation here is complicated. There are constant disputes between Han Li, Han Miao and Han Yi, and there are constant disputes over land issues. I cannot place your refugees here. Please give me 100,000 occupants. I will also hire 200,000 people from Guangxi to help you build all roads and ensure that you can transport ore unimpeded next year."

Zhao Xing looked at Wan Qi Yong, smiled and shook his head: "Three million guan, I have to do this job, and the money is almost the same. If you do it, three million guan will not be able to build a road. Why not do it like this? I will allocate one million guan to help me hire migrant workers in the local area. I will implement the entire road... Guangxi is mountainous and the roads are tortuous and changeable. If the construction is not legal, let alone three million guan, you will not be able to build a road well."

Zhao Xing spoke exaggeratedly here. In fact, if you really have to be greedy, you can build the road with three cents. For example, if you buy a pen and ink for two cents, you can hire someone to draw a road for you on paper, which can be considered as completing the construction of that road. Moreover, since Guangxi and Guangdong belong to two systems, Guangxi put Zhao Xing’s money for road construction into his pocket, so Zhao Xing had to go to the court to sue, which would be troublesome.

Therefore, Zhao Xing could hand over the money to Li Zhiyi, but he would never hand over the money to Guangxi.

"Money is in your pocket, power is in your hands" - this is an eternal and unchanging simple truth. When Guangxi saw this piece of fat, even if Zhao Xing threw out a million for them to snatch it, he would fill the bottomless pit of the officialdom.

Zhang Tian was a little disappointed, and thought for a moment and asked again: "How can Lord Zhao pay this million trump card?"

Zhao Xing smiled honestly and said, "The exemption law has been implemented. Mr. Zhang allowed me to make a little change on Guangnan East Road, so this money is exemption. I plan to allocate 200,000 guan to Guangxi first, and I will allocate it to each township by myself. Mr. Zhang just said that he planned to give the people of Guangxi a generous wage, and I agree. You will apply for this generous wage by you and I will allocate it to the real amount, with a limit of one million. Please ask Guangxi to use your own exemption money to subsidize it for the excess.

In addition, in order to speed up the project progress, I have a complete set of rewards and punishment regulations. For those who work diligently, I have double rewards. In total, the bonus is three times higher than the salary of local employed workers in Guangxi.

Didn’t Lord Zhang say that there are constant disputes between the Han and the Yi? Then don’t let them be idle and work. If you have money, and we use military laws to control them, how can the villages drawn by the young and strong? I hired a few workers without any Han and Yi, and calculated based on the project volume and earthwork. Anyone who comes to participate in the road construction project can ensure that they can receive fair treatment. In this way, even if they finish the work, they have been governed by the Song Dynasty and favored by the court. They will naturally know the rules of the court and know the goodness of the court. If the chieftain wants to deceive and incite, I am afraid...

In addition, there are also Yi soldiers. Guangdong is full of mountains, dense jungles and sparsely populated, so I need a group of Yi people who are proficient in jungle warfare and mountain warfare. The specific number is: 1,000 regular soldiers and 5,000 auxiliary soldiers. Please send the tongue-in-law who is familiar with Yizhai to recruit. Anyone who is selected will be awarded the official position of "General", and the salary will be superior, and the service will be guaranteed to be completed, and they will teach them Chinese characters and Chinese."

Zhang Tian's eyes flashed. Zhao Xing used Song Taizu's method to recruit brave and fierce people among the barbarians into the wing army and restrained them. The money was paid by Zhao Xing, which was to help him quell the bandits in Guangxi. Originally, he wanted to fight for more power and money, but Zhao Xing's statement was a little embarrassed and bowed to express his gratitude. Zhang Tian jumped to the topic: "I heard that Lord Zhao's 'Duda Tidians' has not yet determined the location of the yamen, and I don't know where Lord Zhao plans to build it."

"Hong Kong", Zhao Xing made his first statement: "I am now preparing to build a Hong Kong county in Yanzha, Hainan, and intend to set up the Guangnan Guangxi Tuozi Coin Cash Division in Hong Kong. In the future, the minted coins in Guangxi will be transported to Hong Kong by sea nearby, and then shipped to Hangzhou in Hong Kong, and converted into an inland boat and directly to Tokyo Bianliang. This method of transportation not only reduces the halfway link, but also facilitates large-scale transportation. It is also fast.

The original mode of transportation was: it took half a year to transport it from here to Qianzhou to the Jinglu area. It took countless guards to use their power on the way. When loading ships from Hong Kong, they can be shipped directly to the canal estuary in Hangzhou, or they can be handed over to Yangzhou, which saves a lot of money and loses a lot of intermediate links."

Zhang Tian is a family of military generals. When he heard Zhao Xing's words, he pondered for a moment and immediately said the key point: "If the Shijuan Money Cashing Department is located in Hong Kong, I, Guangxi, need to repair the official road leading to the seaside port. In addition, the sea is vast, if you transport money to Yangzhou, it is inevitable that the wind will be leaked. In order to prevent others from robbing, I am afraid that many naval warships will be needed to escort the warships in Guangdong - are there enough warships in Guangdong?"

Zhao Xing glanced at the two officials who had retired and answered honestly: "Not enough! And it's very expensive to raise a navy, so I was planning to attract sponsorship and build a utility fleet like Mizhou. How about it? Zhang Jinglei is not interested in investing in several ships."

Raising a navy is very expensive, which is Zhang Tian’s common sense before, but when Zhao Xing mentioned Mizhou and asked him to "invest" the utility ship, Zhang Tian immediately thought of Zhao Xing’s predecessor in Mizhou - Well, maybe, there is another way to support a navy in this world. This method of feeding a navy not only does not lose money, but also makes money every day.

Zhang Tian touched his chin and glanced at the two former Guangxi officials beside him with the corner of his eyes, while thinking in annoyance: "Why do you think I am so stupid? I obviously want money, and Zhao Liren and I have a good family background, so why do you have to bring two wastes together? What's the secret?"

After waiting for a while, Zhang Tian saw Zhao Xing lifting his legs impatiently and quickly said, "Sir, how much does a navy ship cost about this."

Zhao Xing nodded and said lightly: "I plan to build large ships as much as possible. Each ship carries enough weapons and ammunition, and a vacant cabin of 500 materials, which can accommodate them carrying some cargo along the ship, such as copper coins and silver coins that are cast every year. Three million sprigs of copper coins can fill the vacant load capacity of one or two ships. If this cargo is transported by civilian ships, the freight alone is probably a sky-high price..."

When Li Hong heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt: "Sir, the sea is vast. What if a cargo ship carrying coins fled elsewhere by privately?"

Zhao Xing glanced at Li Hong, and a smile appeared on his lips: "I found that you are a thorough pessimist - you don't think that shipping coins by sea boats can reduce the freight costs by 20 times and the time can be reduced by six times. According to this method, even if every twenty ships of coins are kidnapped by someone, the court can guarantee the capital.

What's more, the matter is caused by man. Can't we think of ways to prevent the crew from escaping privately? You just said that the sea is vast. But in the vast sea, if a person cannot drive a large ship, and if he wants to kidnap a heavy ship with money, it will take dozens of people to rebel together. This is not an easy task.

When sailors are in the vast sea, they pay attention to team spirit and cooperation. Driving a boat is not hoeing the ground. When hoeing the hoe, you can swing the hoe anywhere. When driving the boat, the sails are deviated at one point, and the entire boat may float deep into the sea, including the helm himself, drown in the sea. Therefore, driving a boat is especially disciplined, and strict regulations and coordination and compliance with discipline.

In this case, even if the captain wants to rebel, as long as there is a crew member on the ship who is unwilling to follow and has a little damage, he will not drive the ship... On the contrary, passing thousands of mountains and rivers by land, there may be more accidents than at sea. So, what you just said is purely worrying about - it is ridiculous."

In fact, as a traditional army general, Zhang Tian was a little suspicious of the role of the navy just now, but Li Hong asked his question first. After listening to Zhao Xing's answer, he was a little grateful that he was a little relieved, but fortunately he was half a beat slower.

If we do what Zhao Xing said, the navy is no longer a collectible. On the contrary, it takes the initiative and escorts frequently. During each escort, it uses the idle cabin to carry some merchants and goods. Can this still be a loss? Is it simply a robbery?

With the powerful force of naval warships, even if the naval warship asks for a higher freight, merchants will give priority to carrying naval warships. In this way, sponsoring the Guangzhou Navy has become an "investment".

"Ten thousand guan - this money can usually be used to buy three large ships. However, the ships mentioned by Liren may be more expensive, but they must be more valuable. The official's bag was dry and he could only take out such a little money. Liren will do it. Anyway, I will leave it all to you. The navy wants to be established, and the official's move can be regarded as a contribution to the country and the people." Zhang Tian calculated his own property, and said in a pretentious manner.

The retired former Guangxi Zhengli Zhai An hadn't spoken just now, and he interrupted: "I was going to go to the capital court, but I have been feeling uncomfortable recently and planned to retire after I took the disease. It just so happened that the Guanzan still had some extra money. Zhang Jingluo sponsored three warships for Guangnan East Road, and I donated money to build the army according to this amount. I don't know what Lord Zhao wanted."

Li Hong was demoted and was waiting for the court to deal with it. Such a good thing could not be exposed to him. He was a little annoyed. The rest of the people received a response from Zhao Xing and laughed happily.

Who is Zhao Xing? The first "golden hand" in the Song Dynasty, all the people who have worked with him have made a lot of money. Now, our family has the opportunity to hand over the money to him to run. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After passing this village, there will be no such store... Haha, what business matters will be in the future? You can get along with Lord Zhao!

In January, Zhao Xing finished his inspection tour of Guangxi and arrived in Hainan by boat from Guangxi. The current governor of the Changhua Army in Hainan was Du Guangyuan. When Zhao Xing landed on the island, he was eating and drinking in Qiongzhou County (Haikou). After receiving a summon from Zhao Xing, he hurried from Qiongzhou County to Jin to meet Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing was inspecting Zhanzhou Wharf. The wharf had winding for more than 20 kilometers, including a huge shipyard and continuous berths. The berths are now relatively empty, with only a few ships entering the port, and on the shore, no less than 10,000 migrant workers were busy in the roaring shipyard.

After Du Guangyuan bowed to Zhao Xing, he stood beside Zhao Xing and waited for inquiries. Zhao Xing walked around and asked slowly: "How many ships can the port build in a year now?"

Du Guangyuan was the chief secretary trained by Zhang Wan, the former commander of the Changhua Army, from the local area. Later, no one was appointed to the Qiongzhou magistrate, so he became the highest official in Hainan, the "pointing place" and successfully became the Qiongzhou magistrate. After Zhang Dun came to power, he was demoted because he was a cadre promoted during the Yuanyou period... But for this Hainanese, demoted to the inland area was promotion, so the new party had to demote him to the Changhua Army.

The Changhua Army had only a few hundred households in its household registration, and they were too lazy to come and see them. Who would have thought that this port alone would hide 10,000 people. Therefore, although Du Guangyuan was demoted, his answer was very proud: "I don't know the specific number, but Cheng Baitian said that since the new gantry crane was built, they have the ability to build ships of 100 ships a year."
Chapter completed!