Chapter 1,375 Shen Kuo’s Introduction

Su Hu shook his head: "No, it's a loan of 10 million guan, plus the initial investment of 5 million guan from the court, the total should be 15 million guan."

After saying that, he handed over to Su You: "Uncle Yao, the court's margin and currency issuance ratio should also be changed. From this operation, it seems that it is very safe to issue 10 million yuan of treasure notes with a principal of five million yuan.

Well."

Su You shook his head: "That won't work. This hole cannot be loosened now. If there is a loophole in the banking business, the risk will be too great. Except for the special circumstances of Sanlu this year, it is not necessary to open this hole yet."

"Wait... wait!" Shen Kuo stood up in fright, not paying attention to his exposure: "How about letting the court know?! My lord, you owe Huangsong Bank 10 million yuan, and you owe the court 500 yuan.

Wan Guan! Why do you act like nothing is wrong?!"

"It's okay!" Su You spread his hands: "Didn't I just say that the total investment this year is 23 million guan, and I only owe Huangsong Bank 15 million guan, so what's left over?

What is eight million strings?”

"Profit!" Shen Kuo was also very quick in thinking. He sat down in the bathtub with his legs weak: "You, you, you... you made eight, eight, eight..."

Su Fu looked at Shen Kuo and said seriously: "Eight million strings, half a year."

"However, 3 million of it was interest that should be paid to the bank, but I added it to the investment as shares. The real profit was only 5 million."

Shen Kuo suddenly felt that the water in the swimming pool was a little hot, which made his head feel dizzy: "Oh my God..."

Su You said: "What are you confused about? These all belong to the country, His Majesty, Huangsong Bank, and Sitong shareholders."

"I am the transfer envoy of the three roads. What I value is the tax revenue brought by these investments and the stimulation of people's livelihood in the three roads."

"However, the pace this year is a bit too big. The gap between investment and income is too large. The imperial court is not used to this kind of approach of doing things at the same time, so I am worried about causing criticism."

"But this does not mean that my investment is not profitable. So the problem now is how to reduce the reported investment amount, so as not to scare the bosses in the DPRK and China... It turns out that we have been talking about it for a long time and you still don't understand.

What are you talking about?"

Shen Kuo was floating in the pool and said feebly: "Now...somewhat...understand..."

Su You said: "Fifteen million guan, after excluding the income, there are still 7 million guan, which is still too much. Let's find a way to suppress it..."

Zhang Qi said: "Otherwise, if we move some infrastructure investment to this year for accounting purposes, we can say that 2 million of the 7 million guan are prepared for the Shalan Line, and the remaining 5 million guan will be offset.

Sent to the Summer Palace in Bianjing to seize it, is it almost ready for delivery?"

Su You slapped his forehead: "Yes, yes, there is also a reserve fund for cotton and wool. These are running water, and they are easy to keep accounts! That's almost it!"

Shen Kuo got up from the bath and sat down. In the blink of an eye, he escaped again. These few people had made 23 million yuan in their lifetime!

This is the Kingdom of Shu. If someone with evil intentions had this ability, the Song Dynasty could be emptied out in a few years!

After finishing the annual report, Su You felt relaxed, so he started talking about the Song-Liao peace talks: "The Liao people finally agreed to issue more silk banknotes. It's not easy..."

After saying that, he handed over his hands to Chao Buyi: "Wu Jiu and my clan uncle have been wronged."

Chao Buzhi smiled slightly: "Serve the country, thank you so much for allowing Buzhi to participate in this important event that will leave a mark in history."

At this moment, Shen Kuo really felt that he had entered a blind spot of knowledge. He was really stupid: "What is it about leaving a name in history? Is the biography of a traitor very glorious?"

"Hahahaha..." Su You and Chao Buzhi laughed wildly together. After laughing for a while, Su You wiped away his tears and said: "I find that Cunzhong, you are just a weakling here, and your intelligence is about the same as Yelu Hongji's.

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Seeing that Shen Kuo was still confused, Su You said: "What did the Liao Kingdom gain from this peace negotiation?"

Shen Kuo felt that he was facing a group of idiots: "Port, books, observatory, calendar, silk banknotes..."

Su You also felt that he was facing an idiot: "The Song Dynasty originally wanted to build these two ports so that our ships could dock and dump our goods."

"How much help will the Jingshizi Collection of Buddhist scriptures and the like do to the national strength of the Liao Kingdom in the short term?"

"The observatory does cost money, but it is a joint venture. We funded 70% of it. It was announced to the outside world as 3.5 million guan, but in fact the cost was only a drop of 500,000 guan. The rest was a drain on Liao's capital reserves, 1.5 million guan!

The Liao Kingdom’s three-year annual income is equal to us earning one million yuan from them!!”

"The knowledge of calendars is relatively profound. We can let them know what is happening but not why. How can they rely on the calendar to deduce the science of science and engineering?"

"If we help print the five hundred thousand silk banknotes, we will also receive a handling fee."

"If we cut off Wanyan's trade, will Wanyan be obedient? That's because the Liao people are causing trouble for themselves."

"With the opening of the Liao-Xia border, we can now legitimately win over the Tatars;"

"If the old army of 70,000 is replaced by the new army of 35,000, will the military strength decrease or increase?"

"By opening a bank in Suzhou, the Liao people handed over the economic lifeline of the southern states to us."

"Hahahaha, I really didn't expect that the peace agreement could be reached so smoothly. I have always been worried that Shi Chun would be able to see through this. It seems that Zhang Taiju was deceived by a woolen mill. Hahahaha..."

When Shen Kuo thought about it, it turned out that the Song Dynasty had basically lost nothing. Even if there were losses, compared with Ningxia No. 3 Road's annual income of more than 10 million yuan, this business was a profit.

I couldn't help but said angrily: "After all, it's an advantage for them, and it doesn't do them much harm, especially when silk money is popular. According to "On Finance"..."

Su You smiled and said: "Cunzhong, you are so smart, why haven't you turned around yet? Every treasure in the Song Dynasty is mortgaged, do the Liao people have it?"

Shen Kuo said: "They also have it, 250,000 pieces of silk every year..."

Suddenly he came to his senses: "Silk is a consumable! The Liao people must use it, and the silk banknotes are still increasing at 250,000 guan per year... No, now they are increasing at 750,000 guan per year! They are on the sand

Set up a tower! Sooner or later the silk money will turn into a piece of waste paper! Sooner or later their finances will collapse!"

"Then we have to wait until the end of the Year of the Monkey..." Su You asked meaningfully: "Cunzhong, let me ask you, why hasn't it turned into waste paper yet?"

Shen Kuo was smart after all. He just lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head with a look of horror and shock on his face: "I am the Great Song Dynasty! It is me, the Great Song Dynasty, who has been absorbing silk money on Zhangzi Island!"

Su You smiled and nodded: "Congratulations to Cunzhong, you are getting started in finance."

This bathhouse meeting completely refreshed Shen Kuo's economic outlook. The Duke of Shu used a principal of 5 million guan to invest 23 million guan, which amazed Shen Kuo, who had always thought that the Song Dynasty was living within its means.

But Su You then earnestly warned him that investment is risky. The reason why he dared to do this was because he had the strong technical strength of Sitong and the abundant resources of Sanlu, which could guarantee the success of every investment.

success.

In addition, he had no constraints on Ningxia Third Road, and the Third Road itself was like a blank sheet of paper for him to draw on, so he was able to create such a miracle. In fact, this is also a model that is difficult to copy.

But no matter what, this hurdle has finally passed, those investments have begun to bear fruit, and the next step is the harvest period.

The economic prosperity of the Three Roads will definitely bring about the improvement of people's lives. People's hearts will definitely unite towards the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty's radiation to the surrounding areas will inevitably increase greatly. The rich mineral deposits and massive livestock and land of the Three Roads will eventually become

This war brought huge dividends to the Song Dynasty.

Seeing that the weather was getting colder, now was the best time to travel, so Su You prepared a lot of gifts to give Zhongwu some warmth.

From Xingzhou to Baoketu, you can take a cowhide warship and arrive there in seven days.

The Liao people suffered from lack of knowledge. They did not know that the Song people had such artifacts as cowhide warships and were still using the same methods to defend against the Xia people.

Therefore, even if Su You only used the old army to respond to Wuyuan from Keyi Gate in the north of Xingqing Mansion, it would only take three days by water.

This time the fleet was very large, with three hundred rafts.

After the raft is upgraded, with the addition of rubber, cowhide can be eliminated.

A raft is one hundred square meters.

Transporting wool to the grasslands was a joke, so the rubber tires were stuffed with medicines, feed, winter clothes for soldiers, and grain.

On the raft are various new products, tools, and machinery.

After drifting for a day in Xingqing Mansion, we arrived at Keyi Gate. After the fleet stopped, we had to walk backwards to get back to the north entrance of the Dacheng Valley.

Renduo Baozhong was startled by this elusive itinerary. He thought it was the Tatars coming, but the scouts came to report that they were a condolence group from Yixi Weishe.

It’s not surprising that he is Yixi Weishe. It is said that he can fly Renduo Baozhong and everyone believes in it.

When we arrived at the north entrance of the Dacheng Valley, we saw a fifty-man New Army cavalry troop heading this way surrounded by a purple-robed official.

The raft can't carry many horses, that's all.

Renduo Baozhong rolled his saddle and dismounted: "The last general will see Yixi Weishe."

Su You waved his hand: "You can call me Duke, or Du Shuai. Renduo, you are also the official of the imperial court now. You have to follow the rules."

Ren Duo chuckled, this strong Dangxiang man was now the guard general appointed by the Song Dynasty to guard Tanliang City after the Chaoshun Army Jieduliuhou.

Further north of the Great Depression Valley is the famous Great Salt Pond. In later generations, there was a large salt industry base with an annual production capacity of 1.3 million tons of salt, 250,000 tons of alkali, and 50,000 tons of sodium.

But that’s not where Jiangsu Oil wants to base its salt industry, because even with salt alone, Ningxia’s Third Road is not considered to have advantageous industrial resources.

However, it is more than enough to meet the domestic needs of Xingqing Prefecture, Wuyuan, and Tatar.
Chapter completed!