Chapter 1365: Deception

Zhao Xu is still a little uncomfortable with the efficiency after the restructuring, but he is generally satisfied with the team.

He has spent a lot of effort on this matter, and he is naturally proud of himself for being able to achieve the current results.

The great victory in foreign wars, the great discovery of cultural undertakings, the great deepening of changes from economics to politics, the great turning point in the rise of national power, and the overall pattern of three provinces and six ministries were the magical start of the five years of Yuanfeng.

And Suyou started to write again, asking the country to put disaster relief and prevention first, and not to destroy this hard-won good situation because of disasters.

The biggest disaster in the Song Dynasty was the Yellow River. Now that all the sandy areas of the Yellow River have been included in the territory of the Song Dynasty, a joint plan to regulate the Yellow River upstream and downstream can begin.

Now Su You is a young master.

Shaoshi, Shaofu and Shaobao are collectively called Sangu, or Sanshao, from the first rank.

Its responsibilities are to assist the emperor, assist in the management of yin and yang, and promote the economic development of the country, which is very important.

There is no fixed number of staff and no special professors. They are the palace officials who teach and assist the prince.

Even without the bonus of the Duke of Shu, this position is higher than that of Shangshu's left and right servants. Coupled with its huge influence on Zhao Xu, some officials are now calling Su You the "hidden prime minister" in private.

Suyou is also very satisfied with the current situation, especially with the development speed of Ningxia No. 3 Road. He is very, very satisfied.

The great advantage of the military government is its integrity and efficiency.

If you want to be clean and efficient.

Of course the disadvantage is that it produces warlords.

To develop, you must first have money, and to start business, you must first have currency circulation. Su You's first step was very simple. He established the Huangsong Northwest Bank in Lanzhou, Xingzhou, and Liangzhou.

The bank's first batch of treasure banknotes was based on green salt, a large product readily available in Xixia, and three million banknotes were issued.

The second step is industry.

Salt, coal, iron, precious metals.

Salt is the simplest. Ningxia green salt is famous all over the world for its sweet taste. In order to attack Xia salt from entering Shaanxi, Suyou spent hundreds of thousands of yuan every year on price control and used economic means to deal with the smuggling trade.

In this way, we can only draw a tie, but cannot block the channel.

Nowadays, the road has changed from congested to sparse. This stuff basically does not need to be refined and processed. It is money in the bag. It is a labor-intensive industry and is suitable for recruiting local people from Ningxia to work.

The Qilian Mountains are a treasure house of minerals. Just one hundred and sixty miles northwest of Lanzhou, there are huge gold, silver and copper deposits.

In later generations, the place was directly named after the precious metal, silver. There used to be a name called "Copper City".

The independent gold deposits in this area are mainly alluvial, sloping and residual placer gold deposits and conglomerate gold deposits, which means that they are very convenient to develop.

The miners there are prisoners of war who have been reformed through labor, and the management is strict. Sitong Company is responsible for blasting and crushing materials, and the rest of the work is left to the prisoners of war.

Xixia lacked currency, and Su You had no time to develop metal currency. After the first batch of gold and silver ingots came out, Su You directly deposited it in the bank as a treasury and continued to issue treasure banknotes.

Because the demand for currency along the next Silk Road is huge, five million Guandu may not be able to satisfy it.

When Ouyang Fa and the Little Heavenly Master came to Lanzhou, Su You was receiving the envoys here.

In addition to the Khotan envoys who had always been in contact, there were also the Black Khans, two groups of Uighurs, Caotou Tatars, White Tatars, and even the Qiangtang Tibetans, Khorezm and Black Khans who were further away.

The trade terms offered by Suyou are simply outrageously generous. I don’t care how you fight with dogs outside the territory of the Song Dynasty. As long as you arrive in Shazhou, you will immediately be under the protection of the Song Dynasty army.

The Song Dynasty will not care about the conflicts between you. As long as you arrive in Shazhou, you will be treated equally.

For the caravans entering Shazhou, the Song Dynasty will allocate troops to escort you along the way to Lanzhou, which will become the largest market in the northwest and provide you with sufficient goods.

Now this market has just been established, and its name is "Bafan Street". The Song Dynasty allows you to set up a post station on Bafan Street and respect your respective national and religious habits. As long as you abide by the laws of the Song Dynasty, the post station will be your business office.

meeting.

These guilds are under the management of Lanzhou City Yisi. At the same time, we will set up the Lanzhou Business Guild Hall here for consultation, and the Huangsong Bank responsible for financial lending.

The caravan paid a 15% customs duty in Shazhou and received tax stamps, and no taxes were collected along the way.

After arriving in Lanzhou and entering the market, the tax is also 15%. Officials of the Song Dynasty will stamp your tax stamps there, and then you can sell by yourself in the market.

The Song Dynasty would not interfere in any way. On the contrary, it encouraged such behavior.

The same process was followed when goods from the Song Dynasty were put out for sale.

Another thing is that if the goods you entered the Song Dynasty in Shazhou and sold in Lanzhou were sold within the Hexi Corridor of the Song Dynasty, that is, between Sha, Gua, Su, Gan, and Liang, then

The remaining taxes on this part of the goods will be reduced or exempted by Song Dynasty.

In other words, the Hexi Corridor is a free trade zone, and merchants can get huge discounts in this narrow strip.

For example, if you carry wine worth a thousand guan and pay a customs duty of 150 guan from Shazhou, you can enter the Song Dynasty.

If you sell all the thousand wines before arriving in Lanzhou, then the prosperous city of Lanzhou in the Song Dynasty welcomes you to visit, and you do not need to make up the 15% when entering Lanzhou.

stamp duty.

During the intermediate journey, your caravan can also provide transportation services for other caravans and local governments. You can negotiate the cost yourself, and the Song Dynasty will not interfere.

However, the people and livestock entering the customs must be included in the management system of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, documents must be obtained in Shazhou, and the Recruitment Department and the Municipal Yi Department of Lanzhou of the Song Dynasty must conduct random inspections at any time.

In addition, as long as you have money, Song Hexi is your paradise.

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire tent was flooded with cheers and shouts.

Then a large group of barbarians of all kinds rushed out of the tent, greeted their pack team in various languages, and rushed outside the tent. They wanted to rush back and report the good news to their king as soon as possible.

Ouyang Fa, who had just arrived, was shocked: "What's going on?"

Wang Zhongzheng, who accompanied him across the river, smiled slightly: "The Duke of Shu is fooling again."

When they arrived at the door of the big tent, a young man in purple robe ran out, holding his nose. As he ran, he ordered: "If there are any meetings like this in the future, they can only be held in the open air. This smell is so... so much."

Who can stand it when Tibetan and barbarian people get together!"

Ouyang Fa couldn't stop laughing when he saw it, and said to the Little Heavenly Master: "This is the Grand Bachelor of Jixian Palace of my dynasty, hahaha, I still have my innocent heart..."

When Su You saw a few people, he quickly straightened his clothes and came over: "If they didn't put spices on them, I would have been in a pigsty, and it wouldn't be a big deal. But the smell of this fragrance makes it hard to use my head..."

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"Let's go, change tents and talk again."

After changing to the tent of the mining headquarters, Su Youcai said with lingering fear: "I almost vomited just now. That was a huge disgrace. Brother, Brother Ouyang, Master, you have worked hard all the way."

Monk Dao Chong had a very good impression of Su You. Although the boy had always shamelessly depended on Daxiangguo Temple for food and drink, his contribution to Daxiangguo Temple was huge.

The Daxiangguo Temple can now be regarded as a model for Buddhism. It has transferred all its profits to business that is not visible or exposed. All registered fields are taxed in accordance with the law. This year, Daolong also set aside five hectares of fertile land as a "safe return field" for charity.

, the money is used to bury poor people who cannot be buried in Bianjing City, and those who died in a foreign land without anyone to bury them.

Coupled with the regular distribution of preventive medicines to citizens, as well as the very low-charge security "Rich Pharmacy Bureau" for the poor, Daxiangguo Temple has an increasing number of believers and has a huge influence.

So when he saw Su You, the great monk Dao Chong agreed: "The Duke of the State is really my Buddhist protector. The Dunhuang Sutras are vast and magnificent. If they can see the light of day again and are properly protected, the name of the Duke of the State will surely be like that of Master Xuanzang."

, flowing through the ages.”

Su You said: "Now there are several more Buddhist caves opened there, and there are no less than 80,000 scriptures. Among them are the carved plates of the Diamond Sutra from the Tang Dynasty, as well as exquisite illustrations."

"These things belong to the country, not to the Daxiangguo Temple family. How to keep and store them depends on His Majesty's wishes."

Dao Chong said with a smile: "It seems that the Duke is still worried about the big conch?"
Chapter completed!