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The envoy Hu Tu reported in detail the financial situation of the rebel army.

The money of the rebel army came from looting in the war.

Now the rebel army occupies nine prefectures and counties, and the population of these nine prefectures and counties is only more than 100,000 households, mainly farming and animal husbandry, with a lack of handicrafts and commerce, and extremely low tax revenue. With the sudden influx of nearly 100,000 troops and 500,000 people, eating has become a big problem. The current fiscal revenue of the rebel army cannot maintain the survival of the army and the people.

The fastest and easiest way to increase income at present is to return to Yi at sea, use the fleet of Yun Haijun to go to the Song Dynasty, Goryeo and Jin Kingdom to make it back to Yi.

During the battle of several months, the rebel army plundered a lot, especially in Longhua, Xingzhong Prefecture and Jinzhou, including camels, horses, cattle and sheep, brocade silk cotton, horse harness and fur, gold, silver and jewelry, salt, wine, medicinal materials and iron utensils... These things can be used to make things easy, especially horses, salt, fur, silk, and medicinal materials, which are all items needed by the Song people and can be exchanged for the food that the rebel army urgently needs.

"But..." When Hu Tu said these two words, Li Hu and several coaches couldn't help but feel numb.

However, the sea-going Yi is just a temporary measure. The plundered materials are sold out, and the output of the Liaoxi Corridor is very limited. The rebels have no things to do the Huiyi, so where can they make money? What to exchange for food? Of course, the rebels have a pirate fleet in their hands, which is the capital to make money. The pirate fleet can travel back and forth between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty and Goryeo to make Huiyi, earn the difference, and then use money to buy urgently needed rice, wheat and other food. But in addition to food, the rebels also need weapons and various war materials, otherwise what will the rebels use to defend this only place of survival? Therefore, in the short term, the rebels can barely support the sea-going Yi, but it will not work after a long time. In other words, the Liaoxi Corridor is just a place to rest and a place for the rebels to rest. If they want to survive, they have to go south and fight south.

Li Hu hesitated for a long time and asked, "Can the current financial resources of the General Administration maintain a 100,000 army?"

Going south requires war, and war requires army, and the army depends on money to support it. It is absolutely impossible to have no money.

Hu Tu stretched out three fingers, "can maintain the demand for a hundred thousand troops for three months."

The salary of a 100,000 army is a huge number, and with various military supplies, the military expenditure is extremely amazing.

In order to stabilize the army, Li Hu implemented a salary system. This system played a decisive role in the rise of the rebel army. However, as the rebel army, there was no territory and stable financial income, this system undoubtedly quenched thirst. The salary system stabilized the army, created the myth of Li Hu's invincible battle, and helped the rebel army pass the hurdles and defeat the generals during the breakout south, and was invincible. However, today, the disadvantages of this system have emerged, and will directly determine the life and death of the rebel army.

The soldiers have no lofty ideals and live a life of stagnation. For them, as long as you give me food and money, I will work hard for you. Once you have no money, you can tell what the result is. Now, at least 80% of the soldiers in the rebel army are captured by the Liao army. In the past, they only rely on meager salary to live, but when they go to the rebel army, they still live with their salary. This is the main reason why they live with the circumstances. If there is no salary to get, the morale of the army will be in chaos and the morale will be low. On the battlefield, they will definitely collapse.

The salary system caused the Liaodong Rebel Army to rise suddenly, and at the same time dragged the Liaodong Rebel Army into an abyss of defeat.

"In your opinion, we will go south to attack Youyan in June, right?" Li Hu asked.

Hu Tu's eyes couldn't see the two eyes on Hu Tu's face. He hummed for a long time and said that it depends on the result of the sea return to Yi. There are markets and markets on the borders of various countries. According to the principle, the profits of sea return to Yi are very rich, but the key problem now is that due to the continuous war in Liaodong and the extremely rampant pirates, the sea return to Yi has been paralyzed in recent years. In addition to smuggling, normal officials, businessmen and civilians have given up on sea routes. Therefore, if you want to make money from the sea return to Yi, it not only takes time, but also needs to rebuild the confidence of merchants. Otherwise, even if the rebel army has a fleet, it is useless, because Yun Haijun is a pirate, who dares to do business with the pirates?

Li Hu was too lazy to worry about this kind of thing, and Hu Tu would find a way to solve it himself, otherwise what would he do if this entourage was going to do? Li Hu just wanted to know whether the rebel army had to go to war in June.

Li Hu asked again. Hu Tu was forced to say the truth, "Under the current circumstances, normal sea routes can't make a lot of money, only smuggling, but smuggling is very dangerous. The main force of the Song Dynasty's naval army was deployed in Dengzhou, with two battalions of Chenghai naval army and two battalions of Pinghai naval army. Yun Haijun could not defeat them, so I was indeed not sure to make a lot of money unless I found a way to bribe the Song Dynasty naval army."

"Can you bribe the commander of the Song Dynasty's naval army?" Li Hu asked.

Hu Tu nodded. As long as you have money, what can’t be done?

"You send someone to do it, and you'll do it right away." Li Hu didn't hesitate. "They must bribe them. Since smuggling can make a lot of money, you have to be willing to spend money, otherwise how can you make money?"

Hu Tu's eyes opened immediately, his eyebrows were flying, and he agreed repeatedly. The profit was amazing when he used a huge pirate fleet to smuggle. As long as he took a little bit of it, he would never enjoy it in his life.

The families of the various army gather together and have a guaranteed life. To some extent, they can prevent the generals of the army from turning against each other. However, these are all the benefits seen from the above. In fact, the real purpose is to implement foolish strategies and use the old camp to earn money from the soldiers. After the old camp merger, on the one hand, it can help the general's mansion firmly control the money, and on the other hand, it can also minimize the expenses of the general's mansion.

Nowadays, many soldiers of the rebel army are alone, some of whom cannot go home, and some are homeless. These people are in danger of being safe and can enjoy it if they get their salary. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the old camp also needs to open a large number of local e-commerce halls, brothels, and wineries... If you make some of these people's money back, it will certainly be beneficial to alleviate the financial shortage of the General Administration.

However, now Hu Tu not only needs to use the old camp to earn the salaries of the soldiers, but also use the craftsmen, civilians and troops stationed in the old camp, as well as ordinary people who have no land to grow or livestock to herd in order to earn more money.

The vague money-making plan is a variety of ways, which makes Li Hu and a group of generals dazzled. Some methods are unheard of. I really don’t know how this person has a brain. Could it be that he is thinking about the technique of making money in his dreams when he sleeps?

To put it bluntly, the humble method is very simple. It is to use the craftsmen's skills to open workshops, use the free labor of military soldiers and the people to make money and earn their hard-earned money.

There are many types of workshops. The workshops that Hu Tu want to build can make money, first of all, the iron smelting industry.

In Liaodong, who are the best iron smelting craftsmen? Bohai people. Bohai people were good at iron smelting during the Tang Dynasty. The Khitans' iron smelting technology was introduced from the Bohai Kingdom. After the Khitans destroyed the Bohai Kingdom, the iron ore and craftsmen of the Bohai Kingdom immediately became the tools for the Khitans to make money, and now they have become the tools for the Jurchens to make money.

There are many craftsmen in the Bohai Sea in the rebel army, and this is thanks to Li Hu's strategy of "using the enemy to control the enemy". It is precisely because of his advocacy that since the Longhua massacre, the rebel army began to learn the highest level of killing people and not killing them. From the beginning of the battle of Wild Bison, the rebel army captured prisoners, including craftsmen and followers of the military and civilians. The subsequent battles of Targasus Mountain, the Chengzhou, and the Jinzhou.

There were also many craftsmen in the old camp of the resentful army, most of whom were refugees who escaped from the Northeast Luzhou Prefecture. In addition, they also arrested a group of them from Xingzhong Prefecture.

Let Bohai iron smelting craftsmen use their expertise to build iron smelting workshops.

They can make weapons, and the rebels themselves need them. They make farm gear, fishing gear, and the people and fishermen want to make iron. This thing is similar to steel. The weapons made of iron are very sharp and hard, and this thing can be sold at a high price. As for iron ore, they can be purchased from the Liao and Jin Dynasties. Of course, the main way to purchase is smuggling. If you want to buy it, others may not be willing to sell it.

The second is gold and silver smelting.

In the Liao Kingdom, the craftsmen of gold, silver and mineralogical were mainly Han people, and the Bohai people and Khitan people also had superb skills, and these craftsmen were mainly concentrated in the Huanghe and Liaohe areas. Longhua was near the Huanghe River, and the rebels fought around Longhua. You can imagine how many craftsmen they snatched.

There is no use in gold and silver smelting, and it also requires mines, but Hutu means not gold and silver mining, but gold and silver utensils, which are easy to sell. As for gold and silver, the rebel army plundered a lot in Longhua and other places. In addition, they can also smuggle from the gold and silver mining areas of Huanghe and Liaohe. Horse harnesses and chariots are also a large workshop. The saddles made by the Liao people are gorgeous and exquisite, and the Song people like them and call them the world's number one. The Bohai people and the Xi people are good at making cars, and the kings and nobles of all kings and nobles like them very much, and the price is even more expensive.

Others include salt, pharmaceutical, leather, porcelain, silk weaving, paper and other workshops.

In a word, use it to the best of your ability, and do not use it in vain. To make money, you must use any trick.
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