In the early years, the Han family had two copper mines in Xuanzhou, but after the founding of the Chu Kingdom, they were requisitioned by the Internal Affairs Bureau. All the copper mined and smelted were collected by the Internal Affairs Bureau and used to mint coins. After that, they mainly ran farms and raised slaves.
Accumulate family property.
During the previous turmoil, the Han family's property had gone through many twists and turns, and their servants were dispersed. The foundation was far less solid than that of the Feng family before the Imperial Mausoleum case.
It was already late September, and the Han family had spent nearly a year supporting the construction of the Tangyi defense line. Nine out of ten houses and properties that could be sold in Xuan and She states were newly added to the houses and pawn shops in Jinling in the past two years.
Most of them were sold and exchanged for japonica rice, bacon, wood, medicinal materials, mules, horses and cattle, which totaled more than 800,000 yuan and were shipped to Tangyi.
It can be said that the Han family has been squeezed to the limit at this time.
The money and food that can still be used at present is the more than 300,000 yuan that Han Daochang recently persuaded Qiao Weiyan, Chen Zhiyong, and Han Duanzheng's maiden family, Zhang, to continue delivering scarce supplies to Tangyi.
Even if Xuzhou can acquire 800,000 pieces of cotton cloth and 4 million kilograms of seed cotton from the cotton weaving industry this year in addition to salt profits, taxes and the surplus of the Bureau of Industry and Manufacturing, with the Han family's unwavering support, it will only be enough
It can barely support Tangyi's expenses.
Build large and small forts along the Chu River and Fucha Mountain, build more and more sophisticated armor and war machines, and warships to strengthen the military equipment of Tangyi soldiers.
The supply of more than 20,000 elite generals must be sufficient, and their families must be able to settle down in Tangyi to ensure that the morale of the generals is high and they do not fall into a trough.
The construction of the seven counties in Tangyi, headed by Donghu, is also in full swing.
Even if Tangyi had hundreds of millions of money and grain harvests, they would all be swallowed up like running water.
Without the support of such a large amount of money and food, what confidence would Han Qian have to ignore the military threat from the elite Shouzhou Army and build and manage Tangyi into a foundation?
However, because of this, Xuzhou's inherent financial resources and the Han family were squeezed to the limit.
The reason why they were able to agree to lend one million coins to Prince Shou's Mansion and Huaidong this time was mainly because Han Qian sent Xi Xunqiao and Qiao Weiyan to convince various weaving mills in Xuzhou to lend the money equivalent to about two million coins.
Cotton cloth and cotton thread are directly converted into corresponding money and deposited in the Xuzhou Official Money Bureau.
The currency value of cloth at that time was no less than that of copper coins and precious metals such as gold and silver.
Using cloth to pay taxes, bringing cloth to the market in exchange for food and other daily necessities, and officials using cloth as rewards or salaries to reward courtiers were commonplace in the world.
However, just as large-scale investment in money will cause inflation and significant currency devaluation, when a place's fabric production surges but lacks effective and stable sales channels, it will also cause great chaos.
Xuzhou can currently produce more than 400,000 pieces of cotton cloth every month, of which more than 80,000 pieces of cotton cloth are turned over to the state government as taxes, and there are also more than 60,000 pieces of cotton cloth produced in the weaving factories directly under the Industrial and Construction Bureau, totaling 150,000 pieces.
Han Qian will go directly through Tan Yuliang
As well as the Wuchuan Salt and Iron Supervision Institute controlled by Xuzhou, it was sold to Yuzhou via the Qianjiang River Waterway, and was fully taken over by Changxiang Hou Wang Yong at a relatively low price.
Afterwards, it was transported to the outskirts of Sichuan and Shu states and counties via the warehouse secretly controlled by the Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong.
In addition, there are almost 2.56 million pieces of cotton cloth every month, which are owned by various weaving workshops and family weavers, and they have to contact the shipyards and warehouses to sell them to other places.
Not to mention that Xuzhou, as a vassal, was subject to great restrictions on the import of bulk goods into the mainland. At that time, the local prefectures and counties were mainly based on the manor economy controlled by aristocratic clans. How could the circulation of goods be as free as that of later generations?
Through various efforts, Han Qian opened up trade to central Guizhou, Nanzhao and Gyeonggi. Last year, the export of millions of pieces of cotton was already the limit.
Any increase this year will be quite limited.
Therefore, starting from this year, various weaving workshops have a large backlog of cotton yarn and cotton cloth.
Han Qian said that he wanted to cleanse the woodcutter. Qiao Weiyan tried his best to persuade and not to force him. But in the current situation, where is the need for persuasion and force?
The Xuzhou Official Money Bureau approved the cotton yarn and cotton cloth and converted them into corresponding money and deposited them. The cotton yarn and cotton cloth piled up in the warehouse of the Official Money Bureau.
In terms of capital, the Xuzhou Official Money Bureau previously only had a capital of 200,000 yuan.
This is mainly due to Han Qian's accumulation in Xuzhou over the years, coupled with the interest income from external borrowing over the years, there is not much deposit that Han Qian expected.
The power of tradition is too great.
Even the generals in Xuzhou were accustomed to hoarding money and food at home or burying it in their yards. Where is the concept of "depositing in a bank"?
However, this time, various weaving yards and even private weavers took cotton yarn and cotton cloth as deposits and brought them into the official money bureau. The total capital of the Xuzhou official money bureau suddenly increased four to five times.
This time, Han Qian planned to use the Xuzhou Official Money Bureau to use this batch of cotton yarn and cotton cloth as financing for the loan of Prince Shou's Mansion and Huaidong.
However, Han Qian would never reveal the details of the Xuzhou Official Money Bureau and the Xuzhou Cotton Weaving Industry to Prince Shou's Mansion and Huaidong at this time, so in order to deceive others, the money would be nominally said to be provided by the Han family.
Of course, how to exchange cotton yarn and cotton cloth worth millions of dollars into a currency that is easier to pay, apart from mortgages, interest payments and attracting landless refugees to enter Tangyi, Han Daoming and Feng Liao came here to discuss matters with Yang Zhitang.
Conditions for negotiation.
In other words, in addition to Huaidong, the Shou Prince's Mansion must actively support the Chishan Society's merchant ships to directly enter Hongzhou, Yuanzhou, which are the traditional sphere of influence of the Shou Prince's Mansion, as well as the prefectures, counties, and cities in the Youlong Military Army's assisting defense areas.
To carry out trade in the town, we must suppress various obstructions from local forces...
As long as Prince Shou's Mansion can agree to these conditions, the required warships and corresponding high-quality war equipment will be sent to the Aoshan Island Navy Camp in three months, and the follow-up supply procurement of high-quality war equipment and warships will even take place in Xuzhou.
You can give it another 20% off and sell it to Youlong Wujun at the cost price; after three to five months, when the Han family sells part of their land and house, you can even sell it at a lower price.
Money interest, borrow money from Prince Shou’s Mansion...
As for the borrowing of Huaidong, Xuzhou plans to purchase 20,000 to 30,000 japonica rice per month from the merchant ships of Chishan Hui directly from prefectures and counties with relatively abundant grain production, assisted by Youlongwu Army.
The requirements for Huaidong are simpler, which is to continuously divert hungry people to Tangyi for resettlement. The loan period of this money and food can be extended longer, and the interest on the money can also be calculated at half - after all, Huaidong will be in a state of shortage of money and food for a long time.
, even if there is no subsequent large-scale war in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, it will still take four to five years before extra money and grain can be saved to repay debts.
Of course, these conditions will be that when Feng Liao accompanies the longevity king Yang Zhitang to Yangzhou to propose marriage, he hopes that Yang Zhitang can help with the work in Huaidong.
Han Daoming and Feng Liao put forward these conditions, and Yang Zhitang and his subordinates also pondered for a long time.
The imperial court cannot come up with more money and grain, and even the salt farm was seriously attacked, which will directly affect the salt profit income. The Han family can spend millions of money and grain, which can be said to solve their urgent needs with Huaidong. This is doomed that they cannot fundamentally solve the problem.
Overturn the conditions imposed by Xuzhou.
However, this does not mean that they will limit it as much as possible
The first is that the scope of the Chishan Society's commercial activities is limited to the prefectures and counties where Yuan Hong and Youlong Wujun are stationed. Yang Zhitang's reason is that in these prefectures and counties, the officials are appointed by the imperial court, and the prefectural and county soldiers also obey the orders of the imperial court, and they will more or less obey them.
Acting on the orders of the Central Council Secretary.
However, many towns and ports located in important land and water areas are mainly controlled by local clan clans. Local clan clans even recruit brave people to train rural soldiers to manage local security. If Chishanhui merchant ships are allowed to directly enter the towns and ports, they will have to communicate with local townships.
If conflicts and contradictions arise between the clans, it is beyond the capabilities of Youlong Wujun to coordinate.
The second is to require Chishan Society's trade in prefectures and counties to be supervised by the Salt and Iron Envoys in various places.
This involves the collection of overtaxes and city parking taxes. Even if Yang Zhitang does not raise any objections, the Salt and Iron Envoy will definitely use this as an excuse to do everything possible to undermine the cooperation between Xuzhou and Prince Shou's Mansion.
The third is to allow some generals of Youlong Wujun to enter the Tangyi soldiers' camp to observe combat and training.
Although Hongzhou is adjacent to Dongting Lake, there are also a group of generals and military attachés who are familiar with naval warfare. However, this requirement, in addition to further strengthening the training of naval generals, is also mainly for naval military attaches to observe the operations of the Tangyi Navy at close range and train the main officers.
After comparison, we can quickly confirm whether there are any ill-intentioned concealments in terms of performance and maneuverability of the ships built by Xuzhou.
The fourth is that Yang Zhitang hopes that Han Qian can directly squeeze out a group of elite warships from Tangyi. Yang Zhitang also specifies that he first needs two galleys with a maximum size of four thousand stones to supply the navy of Youlong Military Army.
Start training at once instead of delaying the delivery of the first batch of warships until a month later.
Neither Feng Liao nor Han Daoming had the right to agree to these conditions for Han Qian. They only said that they would send people across the river to see Han Qian early tomorrow morning. An accurate response would be available as soon as the day after tomorrow, and by then the longevity king Yang Zhitang might have to directly
