Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 853

[Chapter 853]

sun rises above the willow branches.

Zhao Xu woke up naturally after sleeping until he got up to wash and get dressed.

Yang Susu got up earlier than him and was chatting with Feng’er and Luan’er at the moment.

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

He has been going south for a long time, he is a long drought and rain, and last night he played Jiujiro for a night.

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

The officials of the Wangfu informed Liu Fu and Yang Feng that they had arrived, and Zhao Xu got up and walked to the front yard.

“Your Highness, we are going to Yancheng Women’s School.” Yang Susu and the other three also got up and walked to the front yard at this time.

Zhao Xu nodded and smiled.

Yang Susu was both a student and a teacher in the women’s school.

Ever since she got involved in this matter, she, Feng’er, and Luan’er were very caring.

Zhao Xu was naturally happy to see this.

For one thing, it’s much better to have something to do than a few women to hide in the palace and talk about family matters.

Second, although the schooling of girls has improved, there is still a long way to go.

The matter of improving the enrollment rate of women is related to the overall national strength of the future, and it cannot be ignored.

Otherwise, it means that Dasong has lost nearly half of its high-quality labor force.

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

“Congratulations to Your Highness for the great victory in the south of the Yangtze River. This time, only Bazhou, Yizhou and Yunzhou are left where the powerful clans are entrenched. It is the end of the battle. Your Highness’s martial arts and martial arts are truly unrivaled in the world. Since ancient times, no one has been able to imitate them.” One, two…”

As soon as Zhao Xu arrived, Liu Fu immediately burst into smiles, followed by a flattering pat.

Yang Feng shook his head, feeling ashamed.

In front of Zhao Heng back then, he didn’t know how to flatter, and now he serves King Yan, he still doesn’t know how to flatter.

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

But he couldn’t hate Liu Fu.

Because he knew that Liu Fu’s horse was almost a joke with King Yan, not a real horse.

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

During Zhao Xu’s trip to the south, he handled Jiangbei’s affairs very well.

“It’s almost enough.” Zhao Xu smiled lightly, “Since we’re here, let’s get down to business and report back on Jiangbei’s affairs during this period.”

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

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

Hearing this, Liu Fufang took it away, dragged a document in his hand, and said: “During your Highness’s southward journey, all affairs, large and small, are being 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 to come.” The Fanyang Canal can be opened up, and the minister ordered them to complete it before November.”

“The Yanjin Railway has been laid in Ningcheng and is being laid to Jinzhou. The minister ordered them to complete it before March next year. There are still five hundred miles left, which can be opened to traffic before December, and the southward railway extends to Pingyuan City. Due to the Jin River, it has to be interrupted, and it is laid southward from Qizhou on the opposite bank, waiting for the steam locomotive ferry

. The construction of the workshop area in the county is also proceeding normally, such as Lucheng, Jincheng, Luocheng, Xiangcheng and other workshop areas, and some workshops in the Yancheng workshop area, they basically have. During this period, the output of goods in Jiangbei has greatly increased, not to mention meeting the needs of the people in Jiangbei, and the import of goods to Korea and Dongyingbei is also increasing.” After

a pause, He said, “However, based on the current trend, within two years, the Korean and Japanese markets may be saturated, and we need to find the next market.”

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

Hearing this, he frowned lightly.

Liu Fu’s meaning is very clear. The expansion of the steam industry has greatly increased the production capacity of commodities.

Due to market problems, overcapacity will become a key issue 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.

“This king has just established a big market. After the powerful clan is resolved, this king will find more outlets for the products.” Zhao Xu said.

The big market he was talking about was naturally Jiangnan.

This market is bigger than Korea and Dongyingbei combined.

Enough for Jiangbei’s workshops to eat for a while.

However, when workshops bloom everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, especially after the popularization of electricity and the explosion of industrial production capacity, this market will soon be saturated.

At that time, Dasong’s business must extend to farther places.

Then, Liu Fu talked about other government affairs.

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

After all, as far as agriculture is concerned, as long as the people can farm with peace of mind, it can recover in a year or two.

Adding industry is even more powerful.

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

After all, the internal business is to earn 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 said, “What is the profit of the business with Korea and Dongying 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 in satisfaction.

It took him more than half a year 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, Da Song’s annual tax was only about 62 million.

Of course, in normal trade, he would not be able to make such a big profit from Korea and Japan.

Mainly, the contracts he signed with the lords of Korea and Dongying basically controlled their economies.

Only then will there be such huge profits.

Liu Fu reported his own affairs, stood to one side, and made room for Yang Feng to speak.

There are not many affairs in the army, it is nothing more than the installation of guns and artillery, the transportation of grain and grass and other sundries during this period.

The most critical of these is the sale of front-loading rifles.

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

“After the negotiation between the minister and the Korean envoys, 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 feudal clans of Japan, they purchased a total of 160,000 front-loading rifles. Most of the payments they paid were in cash, and some grain was also used to make up for it.”

Zhao Xu was satisfied when he heard this. smiling.

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

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

The remaining 50,000 to 60,000 front-loading rifles can be handed over to the township soldiers and Wuhou who maintains law and order.

(end of this chapter)