The spring breeze blows, carrying the fragrance of flowers, and it rushes towards the face, as if it has plunged into the sea of ​​flowers. The peach blossoms have already bloomed, and each tree here and there is a pink tree. Five or six white magnolias are all blooming against the wall, and the huge flowers are like fairies in the sky.

Wang Xiaoli took a sip of tea and said, "Today I will summon some people to discuss what I will do next. How to make enough money and support a 120,000 army. On such a good day, flowers are in full bloom, and I should have gone outings to enjoy the flowers. But there are too many things, which has delayed you."

Chen Qiudao said: "What are the things that the polite polite said? In order to raise the soldiers, I have been sleeping hard these days, so I can't feel at ease, so I can't enjoy the flowers!"

Wang Xiaolie sighed and said with emotion: "Yes, now each of us has a lot of things, and we are really not in the mood. How great would it be when we drove away the Jinlu, restored the Central Plains, and the world was peaceful."

After hearing this, several people were silent. After winning several victories in the past two years, everyone saw hope for victory. But no one dared to think about the real victory. The Jin army is still strong, and it is invincible, but its own strength is still weak.

Li Yanxian said: "I heard these days that the states under the ruler have good weather and good weather. There is no shortage of food and grass, but what is lacking is money. The ruler does not want to collect money from the people, so where does this money come from?"

Wang Xiaoliu said: "In the past two years, we have cracked down on local tyrants and eliminated evil. Many unyielding officials have been dealt with. Now the local farmers are mainly small farmers. We have counted that about one household has an average of more than 40 acres of land. Although there are also more than 1,000 acres of land outside the country, and some customers make a living by servants, it does not affect the overall situation. A household with forty acres of land, three dou of tax grain per mu, and one household is twelve stones. In the past few years, the price of grain in Xiangyang is relatively low, about fifty cents and five hundred cents per stone. The soldiers in the army consumed, and an average of about eight s of grain per person a year, and a 120,000 army is about one million s. There are still six million s, and the grain can be sold for money, which can be exchanged for about three million s."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaoli shook his head helplessly: "But the problem is that it is not easy to sell the grain!"

Chen Yuyi said: "If both Zhejiang and Jinghu are short of food, we can find a way."

Wang Xiaoliu said: "How can Liangzhe Road be sold? When they sell grain there, they give it to Huizi. What's the use of us? Jinghu Road is now full of thieves. Thieves don't buy it, but the government army only wants it. This business is really impossible."

Li Yanxian said: "It seems that even if you have food, it is difficult to exchange for money."

"Yes. Judging from the grain sales situation last year, even if major grain merchants are willing to contribute, it is rare to be able to sell one million yuan a year." Wang Xiaoli was a little helpless. "There are no waterways in other places, and business is even more ineffective."

Speaking of these things, Wang Xiaoli felt upset. The production relations were gradually sorted out under his control, and the weather was good and the harvest was continuous, but selling grain became a problem. This year, Jinghu was more chaotic than last year and business was more difficult to do.

Wang Ruohai said: "The world is like this, what can I do? But when I collect the food, I always have to go to it, and I cannot decay it in Curry."

Wang Xiaoliu said: "In addition to disaster prevention food, the only way I can think of is to make wine, raise poultry and livestock, and exchange grain for other things. I heard that many people like our soju wine in Hedong and Hebei Road. This year, we should try to brew as much as possible and sell it for money. Even if we know that it will save their food under Liu Yu's rule, we will sell it."

Several people nodded. After thinking about it, they could only do this. They could not let the grain rot in Curry.

Wang Xiaoliu said: "In this way, the amount of money that can be exchanged for food is only 2 million guan. The 120,000 army, five soldiers have one official, about 100,000 soldiers, and about 360,000 guan. The remaining officers' salary is about 2 million guan. In addition to the salary of the soldiers, the remaining money in the army also costs about 2 million guan. The gap in the money is about 2.5 million guan."

Chen Qiudao said: "This is the money that is short of in the army, and the salaries of officials? In the past, officials and officials did not have a salary, but the governors thought it was not possible, so they all set a relatively rich salary. This is not a small number. More than 400 officials need a salary of more than 300,000 yuan. More than 4,000 officials, about 50,000 yuan and 600,000 yuan. The two add up to about 1 million yuan."

Li Yanxian opened his mouth and couldn't help but say, "In addition to the money lacking in the army, it's only 3.5 million guan!"

Wang Xiaoliu let out a sigh and said, "It's not that I can't get it out. Just paying the salary in this way will affect the development of the local area. If the local area does not develop, the money will only become less and less. This is a dilemma!"

Chen Qiudao said: "For these days, for the more than three million guan, I have no idea about food and can't think of a solution. I heard from the polite politely, this matter is not difficult? If it is not difficult, why bother us!"

Wang Xiaoliu said: "It is very difficult to say this matter, but it is actually easy to say it is easy. We have banks, but the people are short of money. The cash collected from doing business with other places can be deposited into the bank for the National Development Association, which can be several times more out of thin air. In addition, many places where money is made, such as supply and marketing cooperatives, shopping malls, etc., can still be collected for more than three million yuan. However, this money is in the bank, and the bank can lend. First, the bank collects interest, and second, the local government can do many things with cash. For example, building bridges, paving roads, opening canals, and building ponds are beneficial to the future."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolei said: "Forget it, nothing is more important than raising soldiers. This is the case. First, ensure the use of the army, and then find a way. As long as the business is done well, the money can still be obtained."

The others nodded and didn't say anything. Wang Xiaolie said that the money was enough, what else could others say?

In fact, the main officers are officers below the level, and their salary is less than 2 million guan. Just now, everyone calculated the salary of the soldiers in the army. However, the salary of the soldiers is small, and other equipment and training is large. The army now has sufficient food, and some of these can be offset by food.

The eight states made millions of stones of grain, which was a huge number that other warlords dare not imagine. The main reason was that Wang Xiao did not disturb the people, and the official preferential supply of oxen, farm tools and seeds was high. Another thing was that the three dou of grain was indeed heavy, and the prefectures and counties with the heaviest taxes in the Song Dynasty had this number. The most important thing to implement was to destroy the local large households and cancel various additional taxes, and the actual burden of farmers was actually reduced. Another one was that they did not collect money from farmers.

Among the official incomes of the Song Dynasty, the tax on the agricultural tax accounted for the majority. There were different places, and some places were very heavy. The output of farmers was grain, and once they collected money, it would be a very big burden. Not to mention the Song Dynasty, it was a new China in later generations. In the 1990s, the rural areas were more expensive, so farmers could not bear it, and various problems arose.

Wang Xiaoli did not need the high accumulation of later generations, nor did he need heavy taxes to support the city and a large number of civil servants, but mainly to raise soldiers. After sufficient food, the army has a basic guarantee, and the rest is how to make officers and soldiers live a better life.
Chapter completed!