In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 571 Li Boyuan, You Are Getting Old and Confused
The policy of freely cultivating new fields in the Song Dynasty had not yet been officially launched internally. It was only implemented in a small number of areas at that time, especially in areas with little land. The cultivation of new fields in other places was all planned uniformly after evaluation by the court, because Zhao and Rui wanted to leave land for their descendants, and according to the current population and output of the Song Dynasty, it was currently sufficient.

Jia Sidao's idea was the first to cultivate new land in the Song Dynasty, but it certainly had its drawbacks.

There are several issues that many colonies have considered and that the court has raised before.

For example, will there be disorderly expansion of farmland, and conflicts may arise between the people over the adjacent newly cultivated land?

There will also be cases where the land is cultivated first but not planted, and the land is mainly occupied, and only the land is owned, but no taxes are generated.

There are also people who cultivate the land first and then build houses, or who only grow cash crops and not grain, just to make money.

There were quite a lot of questions like this, and someone immediately raised them to question Jia Sidao.

Jia Sidao answered them one by one without any hurry.

"Between the same group of people, the head of the group shall act as a witness for the newly cultivated fields of farmers. Both sides shall draw clear boundaries and distinguish the locations. They shall not fight over them. If both sides are dissatisfied, they shall report it to the chief of the group for justice. If they still are not satisfied, they shall report it to the village chief, town chief, county magistrate--" Anyway, if the two sides cannot reach an agreement, they will report it to the higher levels one by one.

According to Jia Sidao, the higher the report goes, the longer it takes to handle. The people are unwilling to wait and will most likely compromise in the matter.

When it comes to fighting over land, as long as both sides benefit, they generally won't fight to the death.

At the same time, there must be clear regulations that the cultivated land area cannot differ too much for similar labor forces to prevent disorderly farming.

In addition, in order to prevent the shortage of grain fields and the increase in cash crops from affecting grain production.

Jia Sidao added: "For those who cultivate new land, for every acre of cash crops, they must have two grain fields to complement it."

This will prevent the situation where everyone is only thinking about making money instead of growing crops.

Now the three provinces of the Song Dynasty have enough food, and the people are not short of food. The selling price of the grain they grow is not as good as its economic effect. If you let them cultivate new land, they will definitely work hard to grow other cash crops.

After Jia Sidao finished speaking, someone asked, "The people have too much grain in the fields. What should we do if we can't eat all the grain?"

"The court purchased it." Jia Sidao proposed a strategy similar to that of later generations: "to prepare for war."

"Our Song Dynasty is now building granaries everywhere. For example, our three provinces have not started yet. Please ask the King of Han to make preparations early and store up grain to prevent a harvest failure."

There was an uproar all around.

In recent years, Zhao Yurui has built granaries all over the country in the Song Dynasty and stored countless tons of grain.

But among the overseas colonies, except for Persia, no orders were issued to build granaries.

The construction on the Persian side was mainly to prepare for the war against Mongolia, and it had just started in the past two years.

Now Jia Sidao asked Zhao Qi to build a large number of granaries in the three provinces of Xin, Po and Han. What do you think?
If it were Zhu Yuanzhang, he would have stored up grain and slowly declared himself king, right?

But Zhao Qi obviously hadn't thought about this question. He thought about it and said with a smile: "This is OK."

Although the grain tax in these three provinces is small, the commercial tax is relatively high, so they are still relatively wealthy. They can indeed use the extra money to store grain. Of course, this matter has to be reported to the court.

"But this matter must be reported to the court and approved by my father."

None of the officials said anything. It was obviously not a good idea to hoard grain privately, but Zhao Qi took the initiative to report it to Zhao Yurui. It was a matter between father and son.

Then someone asked, what if someone only plows the fields but doesn't plant anything, that is, he would be occupying the arable land first.

Jia Sidao established taxes.

The imperial court will issue an order that after you have plowed the fields, you must pay taxes the next day: 25% for grain fields and 35% for commercial taxes.

Economic crops such as spices and sugarcane in the Song Dynasty were subject to heavy taxes, with a tax rate of 35%.

Despite this, most people still want to grow these cash crops because of the higher profits.

This method is also very good. If you just occupy the land and don’t want to grow crops, you still have to pay taxes, which forces them to stop cultivating land.

Everyone spoke one after another, and Jia Sidao responded one by one, and soon all the problems were solved.

The only remaining question is whether Zhao Yurui will agree to let the three provinces use their surplus money to collect surplus grain and then stockpile it.

Zhao Qi then asked Yu Hui: "How much tax did we pay to the court last year?"

His territory is actually quite rich. With the development and expansion in recent years, it has become like a complete national dynasty.

In the second year after Zhao Qilai came to power, a cannon factory was built in Borneo, followed by a shipyard. Later, sugarcane and rubber were planted. In the 13th year of Yuanzhen, a flintlock factory was built, and he now had all the supporting factories and equipment of his own.

Later, during the expansion, they plundered captives and used them for mining, thus forming a self-supply of metal mines. After Jia Sidao came, they also built a bank.

Currently, it has all the functions except the inability to print money.

With the occupation of Malacca and the monopoly of spices here, income continued to increase.

Last year, Zhao Qi's total income was 84 million guan (including 20 million in grain taxes), which is equivalent to the former Southern Song Dynasty, but of course it cannot be compared with the current Song Dynasty.

Although it has the smallest population, its economic income is quite high.

The main sources of income include self-operated white sugar, spices, past maritime trade taxes and local business taxes.

After deducting the expenses of the ten armies and 60,000 troops in the three provinces, the expenses of all officials and servants, and the money for various local construction and expenses, there was still 39 million strings of cash left.

"Among them, nine million will be retained by this level, and thirty million strings of cash will be handed over to Zhongyang." Yu Hui said at last.

They used up about half of it last year. Finally, the court allowed them to keep 9 million strings of cash for themselves and deposit them in Jia Sidao's bank as a reserve for all levels of the three provinces. They also handed over 30 million strings of cash.

It's only February now, and they haven't started using the 9 million strings of cash yet.

As soon as Yu Hui finished speaking, Jia Sidao continued, "We did a lot last year, including fighting a war (pacifying Java)."

"There will be no war this year. After conquering Java, the spice business will grow bigger and bigger."

"We will have more money this year, so we can ask the court to buy grain and build warehouses for 10 million strings of cash."

There was another uproar all around.

There is no shortage of food here, and the price of food is still low within the Song Dynasty, about 900 wen per stone in the market.

Jia Sidao said that with 10 million strings of cash, at least 5 million shi of grain could be stockpiled, and another 5 million strings of cash could be used to build warehouses.

Why hoard so much food?
There is no shortage of food here, so won’t there be more and more every year?
But Zhao Qi had already been tempted by this matter, and no one knew what to say. Anyway, it was Zhao Qi who would ask the Emperor for instructions.

Zhao Qi heard this and turned to Yu Hui: "How many important plans do we have this year?"

Yu Hui said: "In the first half of the year, the major events that cost more than 100,000 guan include -"

In Java, a government office and government offices at all levels need to be established, as well as a wave of garrison camps to appease the newly conquered people. The expenditure is estimated to be around two million guan.

Local water conservancy construction also requires a huge investment. The Javanese do not attach importance to water conservancy when cultivating land, so the imperial court must provide guidance.

Java also needs to build a naval camp, a ship repair shop, etc., which is another expense.

Yu Hui briefly introduced that this year's important engineering projects are all in Java, and it is estimated that the minimum cost is 10 million.

But compared to last year, it is obviously much less. The military expenditure for conquering Java last year was a huge expense, and the post-war pensions and rewards also cost a lot of real money.

Thinking about it this way, it is just as my uncle said, I should have a lot of surplus money this year and can do a lot of things.

"It's settled. I will ask the court to build a granary and allow the people to cultivate the land on their own to increase the cultivated land area and grain production in our three provinces."

Following Zhao Qi's final words, no one objected and everyone just watched Zhao Yurui's reactions quietly.

Will Zhao Yurui agree?
If Zhao Qi built a granary and stored grain, his fiefdom would be basically complete and have everything.

It is very important to know not to hoard food.

Suppose Zhao Qi rebelled without storing up food, the Song army would blockade him from all sides, cut off his trade routes, and the war would affect his farming. It wouldn't be long before he ran out of food and grass.

But if we store food for a few years, even if the war lasts for ten years, we may not lack food, at least the army will not lack food.

More than two months later, the imperial court sent an imperial edict from Lin'an, agreeing with Zhao Qi's decision and allowing Zhao Qi to build a cement factory in the territory. The court also sent craftsmen to provide support.

Officials at all levels in Zhao Qi's territory were shocked.

Cement was a new commodity in the Song Dynasty and was designated as a strategic material by Zhao Yurui. It was operated by official factories of the imperial court and private individuals were not allowed to and would not imitate it.

The cement factories of the Song Dynasty have not even been fully operational. Currently, there are only a few important places such as near Lin'an and Yanjing.

Persia was allowed to start construction last year because of its vast territory and rich resources, and because it was the front line against the Mongolian army. Moreover, the cement factory was equivalent to a state-owned enterprise and was not under local management. Even Zhao Yi had never been inside.

This time, the three provinces of Xinjiang, Poyang and Han are planning to build a cement plant. Zhao Yurui has let Zhao Qi be fully responsible for it. This is relatively important information.

Zhao Yurui also allowed Zhao Qi to sell the extra cement to the people to make a profit.

Persia's cement factories are currently mainly used for military purposes and are not sold to other countries. There is a clear difference between the two sides.

At the same time that Zhao Qi received the official approval from the court.

His younger brother Zhao Yi, who lived not far from home, also celebrated his sixteenth birthday.

Zhao Yi came to Persia in February two years ago. Now, two years have passed in a flash. Not only has he gotten married, but he has also become more mature.

At the age of sixteen, he is still a freshman in high school in later generations, but Zhao Yi's skin has become darker in the past two years, his appearance has become more majestic, and he looks more mature.

Early this morning, he was playing with the newly sent Type 15 rifle from the court in the palace.

The Type 15 rifle developed in the 1819th year of Yuanzhen was already as powerful as the M rifle in the th century, or even slightly better.

However, due to the limitations of the mechanical technology at the time, it took two years for mass production of parts to show some improvement.

Even so, Zhao Yurui's Song Dynasty now has an annual output of less than 20,000 guns, and about 50,000 sets of related accessories.

The industrialization process is a bit slow, which affects the quality of firearms, so the biggest difference between the Type 15 rifle and the M1819 is that there are more replacement accessories.

More than two months ago, the imperial court sent 15 Type rifles to Daming Province, allowing Daming Province to replace a general's new gun.

This was the first full deployment of Type 15 rifles in Daming Province.

A general in the Song Dynasty had about 3,000 heads, 3,300 rifles (some had more), and related accessories.

So Zhao Yi immediately asked the commander-in-chief Li Boyuan for one to play with.

Li Boyuan was a surrendered general of the Jin Dynasty. He had no powerful backing and was successively led by Wang Shixian, Liu Zheng, Wang Jian and others. However, he is old and will probably retire after a few more terms.

When Chen Xiaodao was transferred away and Li Boyuan came to take over at such an old age, Zhao Yi was still very depressed.

Li Boyuan was an early Song general. In Zhao Yi's eyes, he and people like Meng Gong, Liu Zheng, Wang Jian, and Lu Wende belonged to the traditional faction.

Zhao Yurui's confidants and the young men who started out were considered the new generation.

These are two completely different factions from Chen Xiaodao.

When Zhao Yi learned that new guns had arrived, he immediately sent someone over to get two new guns to play with.

If Chen Xiaodao were here, he would definitely send the gun first and then consider the procedures.

But Li Boyuan didn't do that. He asked Zhao Yi to wait, and then sent someone to Lin'an to ask His Majesty the Emperor, saying that Prince Zhao Yi wanted two new guns. Would you give them to him? Would you like to go?

So Zhao Yi waited for more than two months.

Then Li Boyuan gave it to him, but sent someone to complete the formalities and told Zhao Yi that it was a loan from the court and that he could play with it for a few days and had to return it.

Of course, someone from the military would come to check every few days, mainly because they were afraid that you would give it to others to forge.

As for how often they come, of course they won't tell you in advance. It will definitely be a surprise inspection, and your gun must be at home. It must be at home.

Zhao Yi was so angry that he laughed. This is my own Zhao family's empire, who can I let to imitate it?

Li Boyuan, are you getting old and confused?

But of course he didn't say anything on the surface, thinking that these old guys were about to retire and it was time to make way for others.

Traditional people are really no good. They are very methodical and serious in doing things.

However, he only played with it for an hour on the first day and was having a lot of fun. Suddenly, Li Boyuan sent someone to say, "No, you can't let King Ming keep it at home for fear that it will be lost. If King Ming wants to play with it in the future, he will send someone to deliver it to his door, and after playing with it, he will take it back."

I saw that Zhao Yi was furious, but he remained calm on the surface, nodded in agreement, and wrote a letter to his father, praising Li Boyuan for his cautiousness and being a good general.

Today Zhao Yi wanted to play a joke, so he reported it to Li Boyuan yesterday according to the procedures. This morning Li Boyuan sent someone with two guns.

Accompanying him was a captain named Quan Daisun.

This is the son of Song general Quan Zicai.

He was responsible for teaching Zhao Yi how to shoot.

Of course, Zhao Yi had learned it a long time ago, and today was not the first day. It was called teaching, but in fact it was just surveillance. The gun had to be taken away immediately after the shooting.

Zhao Yi was very angry with Li Boyuan. Did I want to rebel and make guns privately? I don't have so many machines and craftsmen.
Besides, I am the prince of the Zhao family.

Li Boyuan was guarding against him like a thief, and Zhao Yi had already begun to hate Li Boyuan.

Quan Daisun was standing behind Zhao Yi at this time. Zhao Yi was holding the Type 15 and shooting at the target in front of him.

This gun can hold five rounds. He fired five shots in a row, all of which hit the target, but the score was not high. Quan Daisun immediately cheered.

"What a good gun! I didn't expect that the guns of our Song Dynasty could shoot so far?" Zhao Yi also praised excitedly.

The Type 15 rifle can fire at a range of to steps, but the distance of his palace was limited, so he could only fire at steps. He really wanted to try firing at steps, but unfortunately, the space in the palace was too small.

"Ming Wang, there is a bird." Qin Zhonghu suddenly said happily behind him.

(End of this chapter)