Become a feudal king from today

The sun rises above the willow branches.

Zhao Xu slept until he woke up naturally, then got up to wash and dress.

Yang Susu got up earlier than him and was chatting with Feng'er and Luan'er.

Seeing Zhao Xu, Feng'er and Luan'er covered their mouths and chuckled, while Yang Susu rolled her eyes at him.

After traveling south for a long time, he was greeted by the rain after a long drought, and he played the role of a man for nine times last night.

After breakfast, Zhao Xu chatted with the three of them for a while.

The palace gatekeeper informed Liu Fu and Yang Feng that they were here, and Zhao Xu got up and walked to the front yard.

"Your Highness, we are going to Yancheng Women's School." At this time, Yang Susu and the other three also got up and walked to the front yard.

Zhao Xu nodded and smiled.

Yang Susu is both a student and a teacher in a women's school.

Since she got involved in this matter, she, Feng'er, and Luan'er have become very interested in it.

Zhao Xu was naturally happy to see this.

First of all, it is much better to have something to do than to have a few women stay in the palace and talk about family affairs.

Secondly, although there has been some improvement in girls' enrollment in school, there is still a long way to go.

Increasing the female enrollment rate is related to the future comprehensive national strength of Dasong and must be taken seriously.

Otherwise, Dasong will lose nearly half of its high-quality labor force.

When they arrived at the front yard, the three of them left alone, and he saw Liu Fu and Yang Feng in the meeting hall.

"Congratulations to Your Highness on the great victory in Jiangnan. This time, only Bazhou, Yizhou and Yunzhou are the only places where the powerful clans are entrenched. This is the end of the war. Your Highness's civil and military skills are truly unparalleled in the world. No one has been able to imitate them since ancient times. One or two..."

As soon as Zhao Xu arrived, Liu Fu immediately burst into laughter, followed by a slap in the face.

Yang Feng shook his head, feeling ashamed.

Back then, he didn't know how to flatter Zhao Heng, and now that he's serving King Yan, he still doesn't know how to flatter him.

And he has always been extremely disgusted with those who are good at flattering others.

But he couldn't dislike Liu Fu.

Because he knew that Liu Fu's horses were almost a joke to King Yan and were not real horses.

Moreover, Liu Fu was also a down-to-earth prime minister.

When Zhao Xu went south, he handled all the affairs in Jiangbei very well.

"That's almost it." Zhao Xu smiled softly, "Since I'm here, let's get down to business and report on the affairs in Jiangbei during this period."

Liu Fu was in charge of government affairs, and Yang Feng was in charge of military logistics.

The two of them came together, naturally, to make a small report and at the same time pick out difficult issues and discuss them with him.

Hearing this, Liu Fufang stopped, dragged a document into his hand, and said: "During His Highness's trip south, all matters, big and small, were carried out according to His Highness's plan. The excavation of the Yanfan Canal has been completed for two hundred miles, and there are still eighty miles left. Then the Fanyang Canal can be opened, and I ordered them to complete it before November."

"The Yanjin Railway has been laid to Ningcheng and is being laid to Jinzhou. I ordered them to complete it before March next year. The Yanjin Railway has passed Feihu Pass and is still five hundred miles away from Jincheng. It can be opened to traffic before December. The southward railway It extended to Pingyuan City, but had to be interrupted due to the Jin River, and was laid southward from Qizhou on the other side, waiting for the steam locomotive ferry."

"The construction of workshop districts in Jiangbei counties is also proceeding normally, such as Lucheng, Jincheng, Luocheng, Xiangcheng and other workshop districts. They basically have workshops in Yancheng workshop district. At present, these The governors of various states are planning workshops in counties and counties. During this period, the output of commodities in Jiangbei has increased significantly, which not only meets the needs of the people in Jiangbei, but also the import of goods to Goryeo and Northern Japan is also increasing. "

After a pause, he said, "But based on the current trend, in less than two years, the Korean and Japanese markets will probably be saturated, and we need to find the next market."

Zhao Xu nodded frequently at the beginning, very satisfied with the achievements in this short period of time.

Hearing this, he frowned slightly.

Liu Fu's meaning is clear. The expansion of the steam industry has greatly increased the production capacity of goods.

Due to market problems, overcapacity will become a key issue to be resolved in the future.

This is also a problem that all industrial countries will face in this era.

Therefore, they will fight to the death for the colony.

"I have just conquered a big market. After we deal with the powerful clan, I will find more outlets for our products," Zhao Xu said.

The big market he was talking about was naturally Jiangnan.

This market is larger than Korea and Northern Japan combined.

Enough to feed Jiangbei's workshop for a while.

However, when workshops sprout up all over Jiangnan, especially after the popularization of electricity and the explosion of industrial production capacity, this market will soon be saturated.

By then, Dasong's business will have to extend to farther places.

Then, Liu Fu talked about other government affairs.

Generally speaking, Jiangbei's wounds are healing after the war, and due to the development of the steam industry, it is more prosperous than before.

After all, for agriculture, as long as people cultivate with peace of mind, it can recover in one or two years.

With the addition of industry, it becomes even more powerful.

However, what Zhao Xu is most concerned about is the wealth acquired from outside.

After all, the internal business is to make money from Dasong people and spend it on Dasong people.

This is a closed loop.

Only by obtaining wealth from outside Dasong can Dasong get rid of involution and move towards real prosperity.

So he asked, "How much profit was there from the trade with Korea and Japan during this period?"

"So far, according to the book statistics, there is a net profit of 12 million taels." Liu Fu said.

"Well, not bad." Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction.

It only took more than half a year for him to completely control Korea and half of Japan.

In this way, it should be no problem to make a profit of more than 20 million taels a year.

In the past, Dasong's annual tax revenue was only about 62,000 yuan.

Of course, if it was normal trade, he would not be able to obtain such huge profits from Korea and Japan.

Mainly, the contracts he signed with the lords of Goryeo and Japan basically controlled their economies.

Only then can there be such huge profits.

Liu Fu reported his story, stood to one side, and made way for Yang Feng to speak.

There are not many affairs in the army, just the installation of muskets and artillery, the transportation of grain and grass and other sundries during this period.

The most critical one is the sale of muzzle-loading rifled guns.

This was something he had handed over to Yang Feng before he went south.

"After negotiation between the minister and the Goryeo envoy, they purchased 80,000 front-loading rifled guns. The cost of purchasing the rifled guns will be paid in silver, grain, ore, silk, etc." Yang Feng said.

Clearing his throat, he continued, "As for the four Japanese vassals, they purchased a total of 160,000 muzzle-loading rifles. They paid mostly in cash and some grain to offset the expansion of production."

Zhao Xu smiled with satisfaction after hearing this.

During this period, Japan was rich in silver, so it was normal to have a lot of silver.

In this way, the front-loading rifles they replaced with the Qin-style rifles were basically sold.

The remaining 50,000 to 60,000 muzzleloading rifles can be handed over to the rural soldiers and Wuhou who maintain law and order.