Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 510 Zhao Si can call the parents!

According to the information sent back by Ye Tiaoguo, the total population of the Mauryan Dynasty was even larger than that of the Qin Dynasty.

This is actually normal. After all, the Qin Dynasty has just been unified and has just entered the stage of recuperation. The Maurya Dynasty has been unified under the governance of King Ashoka for a long time, and it has been passed down to King Jucha for the third generation.

The distance is far away, and he is old but not stiff. To be honest, Zhao S really doesn't want to have any conflict with the Maurya Dynasty.

When the opponent's market is quite huge and the logistics distance is very long, war is the worst method.

Zhao Si's requirements and instructions to the Aviation and Trade Military Government have always been to open up trade channels with the Maurya Dynasty and exchange needs. It is best to pursue peaceful diplomacy.

It's a pity that things didn't go as planned, and the other side detained the envoys of Great Qin...

With the giant car king's thinking, issuing a letter of credence and condemning him will not have any effect.

"Ah San is Ah San..."

"Non-violent non-cooperation, right..."

Zhao Si spat in thought, this is really a strange place.

"The grain output in Fusang and other places is... set up granaries... surplus grain..."

Ji Zhou still felt a little magical in his heart.

March all the way until the Aviation and Trade Military Office is established in Xianyang.

"Don't be nervous, it's just an example. Just like Great Qin and the Maurya Dynasty, there is no need to go to war. Whether there is mutual communication is a good thing for both Great Qin and the Maurya Dynasty. Mutually beneficial things are free of charge, and the other party does not If you are willing to do it, you have to come to the door to cooperate, otherwise it will only cause trouble..." Zhao Si sighed.

After everyone heard the sound and looked at each other for a few times, they came out one by one to report.

"Do you think it is necessary for Da Qin and the Xiongnu to go to war?" Zhao Si asked.

Even gold and silver were not currencies in the strict sense in this era.

A journey of thousands of miles would be difficult even for the Huns to sustain...

"I probably understand..." Ji Zhou nodded.

Of course, this does not mean that the Hangmao Military Mansion has 800 million copper coins. It just means that the Hangmao Military Mansion currently has this amount in its treasury.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the current balance of the Aviation and Trade Army's treasury is about 400,000 yuan. In addition, the gold and silver mined every month is about 50%...but these treasury will be transferred to the national treasury after it is sealed..."

Fusang and other places, as the new places of Da Qin, have naturally used Da Qin's high-yielding grain seeds.

After hearing this, Zhao Si rubbed his eyebrows...

Move troops...

To be honest, not much... Mainly because the Air Trade Military Government has to pay money to the treasury, and the balance is cleared every year... The reason why there is so much balance is simply because it cannot be spent.

"The Huns have no intention of going against the Qin Dynasty!" Jizhu quickly defended after hearing this.

There is no need to consider inflation in the short term. A large business like the Aviation Trade Military Mansion is entirely maintained by Fuso's gold and silver mines, and it is even quite profitable, supplying a lot of gold and silver to the national treasury.

Is this Da Qin?

"Non-violence and non-cooperation?" Ji Zhou repeated it with doubts.

Basically, the coolies who work in mining and land development and city construction have barely enough food to eat, but there is no surplus.

The Mauryan Dynasty was thousands of miles away, or even more than ten thousand miles away. This was a country that Ji Zhou had never heard of.

Inside the Hangmao Military Mansion, all the subordinates greeted each other in unison. Most of them were disciples of the Yin Yang family. They were no strangers to Zhao Si. After all, Zhao Si had been the immediate boss of the Hangmao Military Mansion from the very beginning. .

but……

Almost four million strings...

After Zhao Si's simple popular science examination, he also realized the strange operation of the giant car king of the Peacock Kingdom.

"I have heard about what happened in the Peacock Kingdom. Today I am here for this reason. No need to be polite." Zhao Si waved his hand and sat down.

Da Qin had traveled thousands of miles to conquer Donghu and Yueshi. As a prince of the Xiongnu, he naturally knew the logistical pressure of marching and fighting.

Zhao Si stepped on Ji Zhou's back and got out of the car. Ji Zhou handed the carriage and horse to Li Chen and followed Zhao Si all the way to the side.

"Four hundred million dollars..." Zhao Si touched the case number.

"Just like the Huns in Da Qin." Zhao Si smiled and asked.

But what he didn't expect was that it was already so weird during the Mauryan Dynasty.

"See Your Highness..."

But gold and silver are not food after all...

If you expect to farm, you will definitely be unable to make ends meet, but fortunately there are highly productive gold and silver mines.

Obviously, the distance of such a war was beyond Jizhu's imagination.

"Tell us the specific situation of the Aviation Trade Military Mansion..." Zhao Si spoke softly.

"Now the officials under the jurisdiction of the Aviation and Trade Military Mansion...salary expenses..."

Jizhu thought silently and drove with peace of mind under Zhao Si's instructions.

"It's not that the Huns have any intention of going against the Qin, but that the Xiongnu now can't take the initiative to attack the Qin, and the Qin has no desire to attack the Xiongnu. There is no conflict between the two, so they can sit down and sign an alliance. ." Zhao Si smiled.

"The Maritime and Trade Military Mansion has a total of 50,000 naval soldiers..."

As for the rest of the manpower for overseas affairs, the navy soldiers under the Shipping and Trade Military Mansion are all supported by Da Qin.

As for food, there is no food here in the Aviation and Trade Army. The only grain-producing areas have to maintain the supply of the coolies and developers.

If troops are mobilized, food will definitely have to be paid from the treasury.

Four million dollars seems like a lot...

But in exchange for food, it would only cost 400,000 dan...

This is also due to the high grain yield in Daqin today, so the price of grain can be as low as ten cents per stone.

Daqin has just gone through turmoil, and there are still many places where production tools and farming levels cannot keep up. If it takes a few years, the price of grain may drop to five cents per stone and then remain within a stable range.

Four hundred thousand grains were definitely not enough to raise an army for an expedition. People ate horse chews along the way, and the grains were all gone before we even reached the end of the road.

Although the total number of naval soldiers in the Aviation Trade Military Palace is just over 50,000.

The main reason is that the distance is too far... The sailors of the Aviation and Trade Army are distributed offshore, and it will take several months just to recruit and integrate them.

Then go on an expedition across the sea... and then go to a certain place and stay in a stalemate for a while...

The key is... now the Aviation and Trade Army has money, not food.

"Speaking of which... there is no food in the Hangmao Military Mansion, right..." Zhao Si rubbed his eyebrows.

"There are new lands overseas, and it is quite difficult to be self-sufficient... The aviation and trade military government has always relied on the national treasury to allocate its food and grass."

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"We have enough ships and soldiers... We can only find a way to get food from the treasury." Zhao Si sighed.

"The treasury will be sealed for the time being, and the gold and silver transported back in recent days will also be sealed." Zhao Si thought for a moment and said.

"Naji Aunaishi's side..."

"I won't hand it over! I won't hand it over to anyone!" Zhao Si said in a deep voice.

Zhao Si was only the supervisor of the country, not the real emperor.

Just as the First Emperor did not give Zhao Si the military power to command the world, similarly, Zhao Si did not have the financial power of the treasury.

Running schools and freeing slaves is a free thing. Zhao Si just does it, appoints and mobilizes personnel. As long as it does not involve a lot of financial expenditure, it is useless even if the three ministers and nine ministers complain.

But if he wanted the other party to spit out the food, Zhao Si really didn't have the ability.

He is not qualified to open the treasury to allocate grain and grass...

Either find a solution from your elder father, or find a solution yourself. But no matter what, the money of the Aviation and Trade Military Government must be kept first. Only when you have money can you have confidence. If you don't have money, wouldn't you be a beggar?

Zhao Si didn't want to bother his eldest father with a trivial matter, so he asked Jizhu to drive directly to Zhisu Neishi.

"Chen Ping Yangma meets His Highness!"

In charge of grain management, Shi Qing, in charge of grain goods... can probably be understood as the general person in charge of logistics in Da Qin.

Zhi Su Neishi was basically responsible for all the grain hoarding, mobilization and expenditure as well as agricultural work in the world.

It is not appropriate to talk about the treasury, because strictly speaking, Da Qin did not unify the treasury.

In this era, there is a system of three ministers and nine ministers. Let’s not mention the three ministers for the time being, that is the general person in charge.

Jiuqing is an organization with real power, with numerous subordinate departments under its jurisdiction, and the division of powers and responsibilities is very clear.

Many of these departments are in charge of their own finances.

For example, Zhi Neishi is in charge of grain, and is responsible for the annual grain output of the country's land and grain and grass taxes.

In addition to being responsible for production, the general will also have the right to collect taxes on mountains, rivers, and rivers, and be in charge of fortifications and taxes on salt and iron.

Therefore, most of the money will be made by the generals who will be the Young Masters. Food and grass must be found from the management of internal affairs. It does not mean that there is a separate treasury. What you want can be mobilized directly from the treasury. You have to find the right department.

For example, the servant is responsible for riding horses and raising them. If you want to dispatch them, you have to go to the servant. It is useless to go to other departments.

The three ministers and nine ministers belong directly to the First Emperor. As far as the emperor is concerned, there is no so-called treasury. Whoever needs it is responsible.

The Third Duke's position is higher than that of the Nine Ministers, but it is more about personnel deployment and administrative rights. If it really involves hundreds of thousands of stones of food, the Third Duke cannot make the decision.

Zhao Si holds morning meetings every day, and the three ministers and nine ministers are present, so he is not too unfamiliar with Ping Yang.

He was short in stature, with white beard and hair, and his face was full of wrinkles. Zhao Si's impression of him was that he spoke very little.

Basically, I never saw him make any suggestions. He just reported the situation honestly. Other than that, he was never too busy.

Zhao Si didn't show any pretense. After entering, he stepped back and got straight to the point and handed the report to Ping Yang.

After Ping Yang took over the military report and studied it for a long time, his brows slowly wrinkled, and then he seemed to be indignant.

"We, the Qin Dynasty, came here to make good friends, but this king of giant chariots arrogantly detains our envoys. He is really bullying me too much!"

"Sir, do you think we should send troops to conquer?" Zhao Si asked.

"It should be like this!" Ping Yang said seriously.

"You need food and grass when you launch an army..." Zhao Si smiled.

Ping Yang nodded and fell into silence, as if his mind was wandering.

"To be honest, the food and grass for the Hangmao Military Mansion has always been allocated from Zhi Su Neishi. It is impossible to expect the Hangmao Military Mansion to mobilize troops alone, so we have to allocate food and grass from here before we can mobilize the troops." Zhao Si said.

"This year's autumn harvest has just passed. The old man can't tell me that there will be no food in Zhi Neishi now, right?" Zhao Si said with a smile.

Autumn harvest is a harvest season for the people, and it is also a season for the Qin Dynasty to collect taxes.

There is no whip law these days, and most of the taxes levied are on current grain. Except for the special treasury, the grain governor has the right to mobilize the grain hoarded in various places.

"I can only bring out 50,000 shi of grain..." Ping Yang frowned and seemed to have been thinking about it for a long time.

"Too few..." Zhao Si shook his head.

"I don't dare to deceive Your Highness. Longxi has just been expanded, and cities have been built, and fields have been opened and expanded. Soldiers from all over the world, food and grass must be mobilized, grain management must be prepared, and food must be prepared to prevent famine. Now the food output is indeed high, but The tax is only 11%. To be honest, there is really not much food left over. If His Highness wants food and grass, he can only impose an additional tax..." Ping Yang said.

Additional levy?

Zhao Si does have this right. After all, he is the supervisor of the country.

He could not touch the treasury, but he could launch corvees and raise taxes.

If it were handled by one of our own people, the food and grass would naturally fall into our own hands.

But... Zhao Si knew that what the other party said was not entirely truthful.

Although Da Qin now consumes an astronomical amount of grain each year, with its extremely high grain yield, it is not necessary to tighten its belt and only produce 50,000 shi of grain.

What can 50,000 shi of food be enough for? The food was all eaten up before the soldiers and horses could gather together.

"I don't want to trouble my eldest father with this kind of thing... Since my eldest father has given me the responsibility to supervise the country..." Zhao Si frowned.

"If I don't want to, it's really difficult..." Ping Yang looked bitter.

With the power of the treasury and the power of soldiers and horses, even if someone changes, it is impossible to directly surrender to Zhao Si. Everyone knows this.

"I won't make things difficult for you..." Zhao Si shook his head.

He didn't intend to embarrass Ping Yang. After all, he was just a minister, and it would be difficult to do things if he was caught in the middle.

"You will be responsible for the logistics provided by the Hangmao Military Mansion, the grain management, and the logistics of the expedition to the Peacock Kingdom. After going to sea, there will be someone from the Hangmao Military Mansion to take over." Zhao Si said.

"The Peacock Kingdom is thousands of miles away from the Qin Dynasty. It would be unwise to launch an army rashly. Your Highness is also familiar with military affairs. You should know that even if one hundred stones of food are sent to the front line so far away, not even one stone will be left... ..." Ping Yang said.

"The Hangmao Military Mansion can come up with 400,000 yuan... This is not a lot of money, and it is definitely not enough, but the old gentleman should know the profits of the gold and silver mines. Gu has already sealed the treasury. How much food will Zhi Neishi give? No matter how much gold and silver you get, there will only be a lot more for the Aviation Trade Military Mansion. As for the vacancy of food in the millet, with gold and silver in hand, you don't have to worry about not being able to exchange for food. What is missing is time and manpower... As for overseas, You can also buy grain and grass from Ye Tiaoguo. Generally speaking, the pressure on the management of Su Nei Shi will not be too great. The old man should consider it carefully." Zhao Si said.

"This..." Ping Yang frowned.

There is definitely no loss in exchanging grain for gold and silver... It is even less likely that gold and silver cannot be exchanged for grain.

It's just that Zhao Si's request was too large and time was tight, so he could only find a way to treat Su Neishi.

There is no rush to control the internal history of millet. It is indeed not difficult to turn gold and silver into food again.

Nowadays, the grain output in Daqin is very high. Every household has a warehouse full of surplus grain, and there is gold and silver. There are ways to get enough grain without expropriating land.

Back and forth, in and out, there will definitely be no shortage of oil and water.

You will definitely make money, but in Ping Yang's position, you have to consider more than just whether you make money or not.

He is the general person in charge... Profit and loss are of little significance to him.

"If I go to the eldest father to explain the pros and cons, what will be the result?" Zhao Si saw Ping Yang's hesitation and asked with a smile.

Ping Yang was stunned for a moment...

Yes, what if Zhao Si goes to ask His Majesty?

If the Peacock Kingdom did such a thing, I’m afraid His Majesty wouldn’t tolerate it given his character, right?

As the dearest grandson of the First Emperor, Zhao Si... Ping Yang felt that Zhao Si had a high probability of persuading the First Emperor.

At that time...it will be Wang Ling...

Treat millet internal history and provide food honestly...

Firstly, he offended His Royal Highness the Grand Sun of the Supervisory State, and secondly, he lost all the oil and water that came in and out...

"I...understand!" Ping Yang nodded heavily.

A long smile appeared on Zhao Si's face.

"Thank you very much, old man!"

After that, Zhao Si took Jizhu away with a smile.

"Go back and write a letter." Zhao Si muttered, smiling brightly and stepping on Jizhu's back to get into the car again.

He is not stupid, how could he not know how to call his great father for such a big matter?

If it's not done, it's asking for help... If it's done, it's different. But when it comes to mobilizing troops, even if Zhao Si can get the money, food, troops and horses by himself, those who should be notified must be notified.

As the saying goes, we are all a family.

You can make a big deal on your own, or you can make your own decisions, but you can't do it without even giving an explanation or notification to your family.

Zhao Si knew what the First Emperor was thinking. If he wanted to do it himself, it would be better to follow his old man's wishes.

(End of this chapter)