Qiming 1158

Chapter 85

Although the financial scale of Shengjie Army is not small, Su Yonglin has a lot to do.

With the current financial situation, it would be easy to just raise soldiers, but he also did a lot of other things, such as investing in rural construction.

It is a huge expense to provide farmers with cheap farm implements, help them prepare land, open up wasteland and build houses.

Building water conservancy to deal with possible floods, droughts and locust plagues is also a huge expense.

Several generations of emperors in the Northern Song Dynasty messed up and turned the Yellow River from the mother river to the unscrupulous stepmother river.

Jin Guo has been tossed and complained, Su Yonglin can even imagine that if he becomes stronger and stronger in the future, it is also necessary to spend a lot of effort to rectify the Yellow River.

It is difficult for his finances to have a slack moment.

Neither Lin Jingchun nor Zhao Guangsi made any mistakes in this matter.

But I have to say that in order to develop, it is necessary to spend money. The military needs to spend money, education needs to spend money, and agriculture needs to spend money. You must be willing to spend money in the early stage, and then you can get huge benefits later.

There are two main sources of finance for the Shengjie Army at present, one is the tax revenue from the rural areas, and the other is the war capture.

Thinking of this, Su Yonglin suddenly had an idea.

He called Lin Jingchun to his side.

"Jingchun, among the loot we seized, there are quite a few pearls, jade, treasures and rare antiques, right?"

"Yes, it's piled up all over the warehouse. Those gold thieves and dignitaries like this very much."

Lin Jingchun nodded.

Su Yonglin was very satisfied.

"Find a way to sell it and change it for money."

"what?"

Lin Jingchun was taken aback.

"I don't understand? Sell these things and exchange them for money. Can these things be spent as money? Obviously it's impossible."

Su Yonglin said, "These things are rubbish in our hands, and they are useless at all. What we want is copper money that we can spend. It's really not good. Gold and silver can also be used. At least some people want these things. Who wants it?"

Lin Jingchun nodded slowly, then frowned again and asked, "But, who should I sell it to? No one can buy these things except some rich and powerful businessmen, but we are rebelling now, where can we find rich and powerful businessmen to sell them? Give them these things?"

"Can the local landowners and squires be okay?"

"Not very good. Even if they are willing to buy it, they can't buy much. Only the real powerful can afford it."

Lin Jingchun shook his head.

Su Yonglin took a few steps back and forth, thought for a while, and suddenly raised his head to look at Lin Jingchun.

"How about selling it back to the south?"

"South?"

Lin Jingchun was taken aback: "Sell it back to the Southern Song Dynasty?"

"Yes, sell it back to the Southern Song Dynasty, what do you think?"

Su Yonglin looked at Lin Jingchun with bright eyes: "There are so many rich and powerful people in the Southern Song Dynasty, and they are very rich. The sales of these things are definitely very good, and Song Qian is very useful in Jin Kingdom. If we earn Song Qian, we can use it in Jin Kingdom. , the profit will be huge.”

In this regard, Lin Jingchun nodded in agreement.

The Jin Kingdom originated in a barren land, and its political level in governing the country was far lower than that of the Song Dynasty. Of course, it was not as good as the Song Dynasty in terms of economy. Therefore, for a long time, the economic operation of the Jin Kingdom relied on the old coins of the Liao and Song states.

They also issued their own copper coins, but this did not hinder the role of Song Qian in the economic circulation of the Jin Kingdom.

The Jin people overestimated the value of copper coins in the Southern Song Dynasty.

At that time, there was a term for the calculation of copper coins, called Dianmo, which means that less than [-] coins can be counted as [-] coins.

Usually, the coins minted in the Jin Kingdom can only be regarded as a coin until more than [-] coins, while the copper coins of the Southern Song Dynasty entered the Jin Kingdom, sometimes only [-] or [-] coins can be regarded as a coin, which can be used for commodity settlement.

This is actually quite normal.

It is equivalent to the exchange rate formed spontaneously by the market, which means that the people of Jin Dynasty generally believe that the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty is good, the value of coins is relatively high, and the international recognition is also high. Even if both parties use copper coins, Song coins seem to be better than money.

No matter how you look at this business, it is safe to make a profit.

But there is a problem.

"Alang, your idea is good, but how do we go back? We are not only rebels against the Jin Kingdom, but also rebels for the Southern Song Dynasty. We have no household registration, and it is inconvenient to walk, let alone do business. , this is even more difficult.”

Su Yonglin nodded.

"Of course there are problems."

"So I didn't recommend that we stop the private salt business completely."

Lin Jingchun looked at Su Yonglin with a look of grievance: "Don't stop, it's not easy to sell these things now, and you won't even be short of money. Selling private salt makes more money."

"You stupid, can you stop?"

Su Yonglin shook his head: "Sun Yuanqi is dead, no one will protect me, so I can still get a piece of fat from the private salt business? Believe it or not, we will continue to stay there. Are we uprooted?

Can you do a good job in the private salt business without a protective umbrella on your head?Do you think everyone is Fan Ruwei?And even Fan Ruwei was killed in the end?The hearts of those court officials are as black as the soles of your shoes. Can you see things that you can't get by yourself? "

"This……"

Lin Jingchun really didn't know much about these dirty things in private. He was just an accountant before.

"I guess the shares I occupied should have been divided up by now. As for how many people died, how many officials were unlucky, and how many officials were promoted, it is not my business. I have already withdrawn, and since ancient times, I can still withdraw from smuggling salt. Not much came out.”

Su Yonglin sighed and said, "So don't think about the matter of selling illicit salt, but these rare antiques we have are real, and it doesn't bother anyone, we have to find a way to make a move and replace it with Song Qianlai. use."

"Then what should we do? Can our relationship in the Southern Song Dynasty still be used? Who can I ask for help?"

"I don't know, but we have to try it, and we can't come forward. We have to find a middleman to change hands. This is the safest way and will not be detected."

Su Yonglin was walking back and forth, suddenly thinking of something.

"Don't tell me, I really remember someone."

"Who?"

"Yao Hongfang."

"Yao Hongfang?"

Lin Jingchun felt that he had never heard of this name.

"You don't know, he is a friend of my grandfather, from Jiaxing, and a smuggler of salt."

Su Yonglin said, "He has nothing to do with his grandfather, his territory is north of Lin'an, our house is south, and the well water never runs into the river, and he has some connections with the Jin Kingdom, so his grandfather used to be friends with him, and he was the earliest smuggler. When I was in the salt market, I asked him for advice on how to sell smuggled salt, and when I was a child, I went to his house with my father as a guest."

"Is this person... reliable?"

"Let's not say whether he is reliable or not. He has no interest connection with the Su family. After my father died, I never saw him again. It has been many years. I don't know if he still remembers me."

Su Yonglin thought for a while, looked at Lin Jingchun and said, "You can't be in charge of contacting him. I will let Changsheng take a trip. If this trip is good, our ships will be useful again."

Lin Jingchun nodded.

"I listen to Alang."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)