Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 357
In Bianliang, Zhao Ji is inspecting a construction site with his hands behind his back.

Two years ago, he started to build Shangqing Baolu Palace in the east of Bianliang City. This is a Taoist temple specially for his use. It collected rare treasures from all over the country, and began to collect flowers and stones for this purpose.

In the past few years, Hua Shigang has been harvesting well, even if the Shangqing Baolu Palace has been built, Zhao Ji doesn't want to give up, he finds that this is a good way for him to enrich his small treasury.

Although in theory he expropriated so much money to build a palace, it is almost impossible for a palace to spend more money, so Zhao Ji moved it to other uses.

Not to mention that Zhao Ji didn't want to give up, Cai Jing and other officials also didn't want Zhao Ji to divert his mind from building gardens. They had already begun to cultivate their own peptide bonds to be familiar with Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji is not a stupid person either. On the one hand, he is wary of Cai Jing, but on the other hand, Cai Jing's reforms have indeed increased his taxes a lot, so Zhao Ji clearly knows that Cai Jing's plot to monopolize the government is also using Cai Jin to collect money for himself. In this way, both defense and fighting.

The Shangqing Baolu Palace has been completed, and Zhao Ji started a bigger plan.He planned to build a garden next to the Shangqing Baolu Palace, named Longevity Mountain. According to the original history, this project would last for a full 20 years. Until the Jingkang Incident, this project was still in the final stage.

I found a gazebo on the construction site and sat down. Among the eunuchs serving, Zhao Ji opened the letter sent by Sun Xin. When he saw that the monthly profit of the Bank of the Supervisory Committee was [-] guan, Zhao Ji couldn't help but groan. Say a few good words.

"This Sun Xin is indeed capable! Good!"

He originally thought that it would be enough for a landlord like Sun Xin to earn him a few hundred to nearly a thousand dollars a year. Zhao Ji is not a person who does not eat fireworks in the world. He has opened many royal stores by himself. The level must be understood, otherwise how can you make money?
Zhao Ji calculated the tax level of Dengzhou, and felt that Sun Xin would not be able to recover the money so quickly based on the experience of collecting Huashi Gang, but now Sun Xin's money-making efficiency far exceeded his expectations, which naturally made Zhao Ji very happy.

In conversion, Sun Xin's level of money collection has surpassed that of Zhu Xi in Hangzhou. In Zhao Ji's view, this is an expression of Sun Xin's ability as a local snake.

Zhao Ji didn't care whether Sun Xin got the money by oppressing the people, just like using Zhu Xie, Zhao Ji naturally knew Zhu Xie's behavior of oppressing the people, but as long as Zhu Xie could help him get benefits, Zhu Xie's bad deeds could be avoided. Give Zhu Xie personal virtues, and then you can push it to Cai Jing who promoted Zhu Xie. If you want to blame him, Zhao Ji is still several floors away.

Zhao Ji originally thought that it would take at least a year and a half for Sun Xin's bank to earn back tens of millions of capital, but he didn't expect to get a profit of [-] yuan in a month.

Zhao Ji said that he used the Huangdian as an investment of [-] guan, but Zhao Ji knew that he only earned [-] guan a year in the Huangdian in Dengzhou. This deal is really worth it.

And Sun Xin also winked. The eunuchs sent by Zhao Ji are still on the way, and Sun Xin has already sent him the money. Zhao Ji is very satisfied with his cooperative attitude.

"Pass me an oral order to ask Jing Zhaoyin to carefully check whether anyone is currently pirating "Chuan Xiaolang's Resurrection of the Tang Dynasty" on the market. Once found, they will be severely punished!"

"Let the Dengzhou government commend Sun Xin's righteous deeds, and we must greatly publicize his behavior of practicing Baojia and assisting the soldiers."

"What else?" Zhao Ji thought about how to repay.

Sun Xin had already expressed to Zhao Ji in the letter that he did not want to be an official. Zhao Ji agreed with this very much. Zhao Ji was a young man of literature and art. People are actually very disgusting, and a character like Sun Xin who can write "The Resurrection of Chuan Xiaolang in the Tang Dynasty" is already an artist worthy of correspondence with him in Zhao Ji's eyes.

Zhao Ji thinks that the reason why Sun Xin doesn't want to be an official is because he is too lazy to get involved in these official affairs and wants to be a rich man in his hometown of Dengzhou. Zhao Ji sometimes fantasizes about Sun Xin's leisurely life in Dengzhou, and even feels very envious, of course, in his fantasy It's just that, if he really wants to give up his rights, he is unwilling.

Sun Xin didn't want to be an official, so he only asked Zhao Ji for an official position as a general, saying that it was convenient for him to help the soldiers to encircle and suppress bandits, and to protect the environment and the people. In Zhao Ji's view, this is what Sun Xin wanted to do in the local area. Just a little pursuit.

At that time, Zhao Ji asked Sun Xin to give him a profitable business in exchange, but he didn't expect that the business Sun Xin gave him would be so lucrative. This made Zhao Ji feel that he owed Sun Xin even more. up.

Zhao Ji will basically tolerate Sun Xin's unruly behavior in the future, unless Sun Xin's behavior really hurt Zhao Ji's roots.

However, in Zhao Ji's view, a rich landlord like Sun Xin can't do anything to hurt him fundamentally.

On Sunjiazhuang, Mrs. Le got out of the car and said a few words with Lehe, then entered the inner room with Miss Gu.

Sun Li also got off his horse, took out a handful of banknotes and stuffed them for his son, and sent a soldier to protect him to go shopping in the Sun Family Market, and then smiled at Sun Xin.

Sun Li saw that his son ran away with a soldier. He no longer needed to carry a large string of copper coins as before. The pace of the two soldiers who followed him was much easier. Sun Li smiled happily at Sun Xin: "The protective banknotes issued by you are now used by many people in Dengzhou City. It is much more convenient than carrying copper coins."

Le He smiled and said, "Fortunately, the officials are willing to form a joint stock with us, otherwise, I wouldn't dare to issue this banknote rashly. This thing is a bit taboo."

He is also very happy that the banknotes can bring so much income to the Bank of the Supervisory Committee. You know, only 5.00% of the income is 3 coins. Solved the operating expenses of the supervisory committee for one or two months.

Sun Li was an official, and Sun Xin did not tell him about the issue of banknotes at the Supervisory Committee, but after learning the news, Sun Li also found a way to find out from familiar officials what happened to Jiaozi in Sichuan. , after some understanding of the various advantages of this banknote.It can be regarded as having some experience, and I am more and more appreciative of my brother's wonderful move.

After applauding the good idea of ​​issuing banknotes, Sun Li talked about the encirclement and suppression of Liangshan.

"Su Yuanjing took another trip to Qingzhou two days ago. I heard that the bandits on Mount Liang still have a lot of opinions about being recruited. I'm afraid they really want to fight."

Sun Li shook his head, he was standing on the outside, seeing things very clearly.

"This group of Liangshan bandits will definitely be recruited in the end. Although they have harassed many counties and even entered the state capital, they have never occupied a place and established a long-term rule. It can be seen that there are no ambitious people in this group. , just want to grab it and run away."

When he said this, he looked at Lehe quietly, thinking that Liangshan had no intention of occupying the state capital to rule, but his younger brother's supervisory committee might be different.

"Since these Liangshan thieves have no ambitions, all they want is to kill and set fire to be recruited. Now they are fighting again for better conditions."

Sun Xin nodded in agreement. This was completely consistent with the information from Wu Song and the results of the discussion at the Supervisory Committee, and also in line with the impression he got from the novel.

Having never fought a battle to let the court know how powerful Liangshan is, the bandits on Liangshan would naturally have murmurs about how they would be treated after being recruited.

"What's the attitude of your Supervisory Council now?"

Sun Xin replied with a smile: "Of course it is to help the court loyally and strive to wipe out all the bandits in Liangshan in the first battle!"

Sun Li was taken aback, "Destroy Liangshan? Do you really think so?"

Both Sun Xin and Le He nodded together. This is already the result of discussion by the supervisory committee.

It is in the best interest of the Supervisory Committee to help the court to destroy Liangshan.

If Liang Shan was recruited by the court, then the power vacancy left by Liang Shan would naturally be filled by court officials, and the supervisory board would not even be able to eat a bone.

And if the supervisory committee can take down Liangshan, then the supervisory committee will have a lot of room to operate in it. He can directly establish his own sphere of influence around Liangshan, and at the same time deter the entire Shandong.

After Sun Li heard their decision, he was stunned for a long time, "I also said that you are just talking nicely, but you don't want to actually do it..."

He thought for a while and couldn't help reminding: "The soldiers are dispatched, the money is not a small amount, can your little Dengzhou support it?"

From Sun Li's point of view, even if Sun Xin and the others made a lot of money by issuing banknotes, it was still a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of sending troops to fight. For large-scale military operations, the imperial court dispatched troops from the Privy Council, dispatched officers from the Taiwei Mansion, and asked various places to donate food and salaries along the way. It gathered the strength of several states and counties to Qingzhou to supplement. The scale of dispatching troops was more than 3. Up to one hundred thousand, even so, the imperial court has prepared for two or three months and has not dared to raise troops easily.

Sun Li thought how could Sun Xin and the others rely on a Dengzhou supervisory committee to fight?
Wen Yanlehe blinked at Sun Xin, and when Sun Xin nodded, he smiled and said, "Brother, I'm afraid I don't know how much capital our Supervisory Council has now?"

Le He folded his fingers and counted with Sun Li: "There are only 40 people in the entire Terengganu Prefecture, and there are more than 30 men and women under our supervisory committee."

"The business tax of Dengzhou Prefecture is more than 20 guan, and the grain is more than [-] shi. The tax grain and grass under our Supervisory Committee are no less than this figure."

Sun Li was dumbfounded when he heard that, he never imagined that Sun Xin's supervisory committee would actually collect more taxes than the state government.

In fact, Lehe has not revealed the actual situation. What he said is no less than this, meaning that the tax revenue of the Supervisory Committee last year reached more than 5 yuan, and there are still more than 50 shi of grain in the grain depot.It is fully twice the total tax collected by the Terengganu government!
(End of this chapter)