"My lord is wise, the salt supply for each military general is based on seven kilograms of salt a year. In the past two years under your rule, Fanyang County's life has been much better than before. However, several members of a farmer's family have to eat a lot of salt a year."
It is not uncommon to find people with seven kilograms. According to common sense, a family of five should consume twenty-five kilograms of salt a year. In addition, the total number of kilograms of salt received this year can increase by seven times. In addition to boiling salt in salt fields,
In addition to the huge improvement in efficiency, it is also due to the great efforts of the adults to prohibit private activities."
Yang Kongchan's thinking was very clear and her logic was clear. Everyone nodded as she listened, and she continued, "When the salt affairs in various places are straightened out and the increase price is not reduced, the salt price can be further reduced. When the salt price drops to four
If it is less than ten yuan, the private gangsters will no longer be able to make a profit, and the cost of prohibition can also be reduced, and more than two hundred thousand taels of silver can be saved..."
Wang Junlin nodded. After the entire Fanyang County was completely controlled by him like a salt farm, and the method of boiling salt provided by Nie Xiaoyu was widely promoted, the price of salt in various places dropped to less than forty cents. Not that
A dream that cannot be realized. By that time, the profits of private smugglers from selling salt will plummet, but the risk of beheading will increase a lot, and there will not be too many people to engage in this low-cost business.
In addition, after the new method of boiling salt is promoted, the large tracts of grassland around the salt field can be cultivated by the laid-off salt households and salt workers. When the conditions are mature, two or three new ones will be built near Rongcheng County and Fangcheng County.
County, it’s not a problem.
"This year, after the 500,000 taels of salt and silver were handed over to the court, there is still one million taels of silver. It is beyond my expectation. I am already very satisfied." Liu Ziming said, he was worried about the increase in the price of salt before.
A sudden decrease to 11 would cause all the salt and silver to be lost. I didn't expect so much to be retained.
At present, General Wang Junlin has determined that he can recruit more than 40,000 Sui troops who stayed in Fanyang County. After digestion and reorganization, the total number of people under his command has exceeded 150,000.
Among them, there are already 100,000 in Fanyang County. However, in addition to the imperial establishment, those who must be supported by Wang Junlin himself include Yuchi Jingde's 20,000 cavalry, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong's 15,000 infantry each, and Luo Shixin's five
Thousands of people and Shan Xiongxin's 10,000 people, this is already 65,000 people.
In addition, Huang Shaoqiu's 30,000 navy troops were transferred from the DPRK
However, Wang Junlin estimated that the imperial court would soon stop providing support, and the fact that Zhao Chen was sidelined would not be concealed for long. In addition, there are county soldiers in eight counties, each with a thousand people.
After Xiongxin removed half of each county, each county would naturally make up a thousand people, but these eight thousand people would be borne by each county's own finances.
Overseas, there are 5,000 naval troops stationed on Snake Island for a long time. Luo Chunlai commanded 10,000 naval divisions on Dami Island and Bailing Island, 5,000 cavalry under Li Xuanba of Annan Kingdom, and 30,000 cavalry under Liu Yidong. In addition, there are
Twenty thousand Goguryeo puppet troops. This adds up to a full 70,000 people. They will be responsible for dealing with the entire Goguryeo. The pressure is not small. Annan's tax revenue alone is not enough. Wang Junlin's financial subsidies are also needed.
In addition, there are 40,000 pirates scattered on thousands of large and small islands, led by Gan Ziqi. These people will spend two years in batches on Snake Island for training. After that, according to Wang Junlin's plan, among them
Ten thousand people were given to Luo Chunlai, and his men and horses were increased to 20,000. He stationed 10,000 men on Dami Island and Bailing Island each, and the navy under Gan Ziqi was reduced to 30,000.
In addition, because the navy has too many people, according to Wang Junlin's plan, just like the previous navy on Daimi Island and Bailing Island, every naval officer and soldier must undergo infantry training.
Once they reach the shore, they are qualified infantry, and they are equally strong in sieges and field battles.
In short, Wang Junlin has a lot of financial resources, including the early Mingyue Perfume, Guoshan Wine, Xiaoyu Theater, Lihua Fragrant Tea, Fanyang County's Salt Shop, Saltworks Shipyard, and two maritime silk businesses that Yang Kongchan has established at sea.
Road, and finally adding the tax revenue of Annan Kingdom, the annual income is already much more than the tax revenue of Goguryeo. Even compared with the annual income of the Great Sui Dynasty, although there is still a big gap, it is actually not that far away, but
The total number of soldiers and horses maintained by Wang Junlin has reached nearly 200,000, and the amount of money and food consumed is unknown.
Two hundred thousand soldiers and horses, if only the military pay and food and grass need only five million taels of silver a year, but once a war breaks out, in addition to recruiting a large number of civilians to maintain material transportation, it will consume a lot of money, besiege the city and build forts, war equipment and armor, military merit
Rewards, casualty pensions, etc. are the bulk of the expenses.
The so-called "use the right combination to win the victory with the unexpected" means that when the war begins,
At the beginning, it is necessary to conduct a military confrontation with serious troops, find the key points to change the balance in the confrontation, and then implement strange strategies to achieve the final victory. All the efforts to achieve the correct outcome are financial and military strength.
Throughout history, there have been many wars in which both sides withdrew their troops. In the final analysis, they were still trapped by money and food.
"For thousands of years, every time in troubled times, we have competed in the world..." Wang Junlin shook his head and said, "The final winners are those who control enough money and food. For soldiers, without money and food, even the most elite and powerful army will
It will turn into a soft-legged shrimp in a few days."
Speaking of this, Wang Junlin thought to himself: "Right now, we have a thousand cartloads of money collected from Pyongyang, Goguryeo. As long as we don't expand the size of the army within a few years, the money and food will be enough. Later, when the money is really not enough, we can
I am considering setting up banks. Since ancient times, when banks appeared, banks have become the easiest way to make money. If you control the bank, it will not affect you even if you have no money. You can use the public's money to do your own things."
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Compared to Wang Junlin who was not short of money at the moment but was already thinking about the possibility of being short of money in the future, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had been worrying about money these days.
Since Liaodong returned to Luoyang in embarrassment, in early autumn, there was first a drought on Hedong Road, and then a locust plague in Guanzhong. The harvest season came more than a month ago, but there was nothing to harvest in both places. I heard that the food in Taiyuan City was all over.
It has quietly increased by ten cents. Compared with last year, it has increased five times.
The ancients said, "If the grain is cheap, it will hurt the farmers." Although Yang Guang's character has become more extreme, his whole person is actually a little abnormal. If he goes to see a psychiatrist in future generations, he will definitely be diagnosed with a serious mental illness or even a mental illness.
When he was a prince, he had already regarded himself as an emperor and studied hard.
So Yang Guang is very clear about this. If he wants to stabilize the world, the first condition is cheap food. Only in this way can he feed tens of millions of mouths in the world. Although he has never taken the lives of the people at heart, in his eyes
They are like ants, but when too many people don't have enough to eat, the country will be really unstable.