Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 410 Expenses
The spring breeze blows, carrying the fragrance of flowers, rushing to the face head-on, as if plunged into the ocean of flowers.The peach blossoms are already in bloom, one here and one there, all pink.Five or six magnolias are in full bloom against the wall. The huge flowers look like fairies in the sky.

Wang Xiaolie took a sip of tea and said, "I called a few people here today to discuss what to do next. How to make enough money to support an army of 12. On such a good day, when hundreds of flowers are in full bloom, it should be Going out to enjoy the flowers. It’s just that there are too many things to delay everyone.”

Chen Qiudao said: "What is the governor talking about? For the money and food for raising soldiers, I can't sleep well these days, how can I be in the mood to enjoy flowers!"

Wang Xiaolie said with emotion: "Yes, each of us has a lot of things to do now, and we are really not in the mood. When will the golden captives be driven away, the Central Plains will be restored, and the world will be peaceful, that would be great."

After hearing this, several people were silent.In the past two years, several victories have been fought, so that everyone can see the hope of victory.But no one dared to think about the real victory.The Jin army is still strong, unimpeded in the world, but its own strength is still weak.

Li Yanxian said: "I heard these days that the prefectures under Zhenfu's rule are all in good weather. There is no shortage of food and grass. What is lacking is money. The Zhenfu doesn't want to collect money from the people. Where does the money come from?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "In the past two years, we have cracked down on local tyrants, weeded out gangsters and eradicated evil, and many persistent officials have been dealt with. Now the locality is dominated by small farmers. According to our statistics, about 60 acres per household Land. Although there are some senior officials who have more than a thousand mu of land, and some customers rely on helpers for a living, it does not affect the overall situation. A household has 720 mu of land, and one mu receives three buckets of tax and grain, and one household is twelve shi. Based on 12 households , that is 100 million shi grains. In recent years, the price of grain in Xiangyang is relatively low, about 600 yuan per bucket, and about 300 yuan per shi. The average consumption of soldiers in the army is about [-] shi grains per person per year, [-] An army of ten thousand is about [-] million shi. There are [-] million shi left, which can be sold for money, which can be exchanged for about [-] million guan.”

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie shook his head helplessly: "But the problem is, it's really not easy to sell the grain!"

Chen Yuyi said: "If both Zhejiang and Jinghu are short of food, we can find a way."

Wang Xiaolie said: "How can Liangzhe Road be sold? Where the food is sold, they will give it to the meeting. What is the use of us asking for it? Jinghu Road is full of thieves now. Thieves will not buy it, the officers and soldiers will only want it. It’s just impossible to do business.”

Li Yanxian said: "From this point of view, it is difficult to exchange money even if there is food."

"Yes. Judging from the situation of grain sales last year, even if major grain merchants are willing to contribute, it is rare to be able to sell 100 million grains a year." Wang Xiaolie felt a little helpless. "In other places, there is no waterway, and business is even more difficult."

Speaking of these things, Wang Xiaolie felt upset.Under his own rule, the production relationship was gradually straightened out, and the weather was smooth and the harvest continued, but selling grain became a problem.Jinghu this year is more chaotic than last year, making business more difficult.

Wang Ruohai said: "The world is like this, what can be done? It's just that the grain harvested must have a place to go, and it cannot be left to rot in the warehouse."

Wang Xiaolie said: "In addition to the food for disaster prevention, the only way I can think of now is to brew wine, raise poultry and livestock, and replace the food with other things. I heard that many people like our food in the two roads of Hedong and Hebei. We should make as much shochu as possible this year and sell it for money. Even if we know that selling it under Liu Yu’s rule will save them food, we still have to sell it.”

Several people nodded.After much deliberation, that's all I can do.Never let the grain rot in the warehouse.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Based on this calculation, the money that can be exchanged for food is at most 200 million foot guan. For a 12 army, five soldiers have one official, and there are about 36 soldiers, and the money needed is about 200 foot guan. The rest For military officers, the salary needs to be nearly 200 million guan. In addition to the salary of soldiers, the cash money needed for other expenses in the army is about 250 million guan. The gap in money is about [-] million guan.”

Chen Qiudao said: "This is the money that is lacking in the army. What about the salaries of the officials? In the past, the officials had no salaries, and the town governor thought it was impossible, so they all set relatively rich salaries. This is not a small number. More than 400 officials, about The salary is more than 30 guan. There are more than 4000 officials, about 60 million guan. The sum of the two is about 100 million guan.”

Li Yanxian opened his mouth, and couldn't help but said: "Including the money that is lacking in the army, it is 350 million yuan!"

Wang Xiaolie breathed out lightly, and said: "It's not that we can't get 350 million guan. It's just that the distribution of salary in this way will affect the development of the local area. If the local area does not develop, the money will only become more and more insufficient. This is a dilemma. what!"

Chen Qiudao said: "These days, for the more than 300 million yuan, I don't think about food and drink, and I can't think of a way. Listen to the town governor, this matter is not difficult? If it is not difficult, why should we bother!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "This matter is very difficult to say, but it is actually easy to say. We have banks, but the people are short of money. The cash collected from doing business with other places can be deposited in the bank as the foundation of the meeting. In addition, there are many money-making places such as supply and marketing cooperatives, shopping malls, etc., and more than 300 million yuan can still be collected. It’s just that the money is in the bank, and the bank can lend it. First, the bank collects interest. The second is that local governments can do many things with cash. For example, building bridges, paving roads, opening canals, and building ponds are all beneficial to the future.”

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie said: "Forget it, nothing is bigger than raising soldiers. This is the case, first ensure the use in the army, and then find a way in the local area. As long as the business is doing well, the money can still be paid for. "

The others nodded and said nothing.Wang Xiaolie said that the money is enough, what else do others have to say?
In fact, the officers are mainly lower-level officers, and their salaries are less than 200 million guan. Just now, everyone counted on Duo Li.However, in military expenditures, soldiers' salaries are a small amount, while other equipment and training are the bulk.The army now has enough food, and some of these can be offset by food.

In the land of eight states, several million stones of grain were produced, which is a huge number that other warlords dare not imagine.The main one is that Wang Xiao's hunting does not disturb the people, and the official provides preferential supply of cattle, farm tools and seeds, and the output is relatively high.Another thing is that the grain tax of Sandou is indeed heavy. In the Song Dynasty, only the prefectures and counties with the heaviest taxes had this figure.It can be implemented, the most important thing is that the large households in the local area have been eliminated, and various additional taxes have been cancelled, and the actual burden on farmers has actually been reduced.There is another one of them, not to collect money from farmers.

Among the official income of the Song Dynasty, the money tax in the two agricultural taxes accounted for the majority.It varies from place to place, and in some places it is very heavy.The output of farmers is food, and once money is collected, it is a very heavy burden.Not to mention the Song Dynasty, it is the new China of later generations. In the 90s, the rural areas received more money, which was difficult for farmers to afford, and various problems arose.

Wang Xiaolie does not need the high accumulation of later generations, nor does he need heavy taxes to support the city and a large number of civil servants, mainly to raise soldiers.After the food is sufficient, the army has a basic guarantee, and the rest is how to make the lives of officers and soldiers better.

After carefully calculating all the expenses, Wang Xiaolie felt that they should be within his reach at the moment, and he was in a much happier mood.In the past, China was in a state of lack of currency for a long time, and the use of meetings could actually support it for a period of time.Following the development of industry and commerce, the orderly recovery of currency is realized, and the industrial tax should be able to support government spending.

(End of this chapter)