Dad, this seems to be the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 210

For Zhao Guangyi, the word war is his eternal pain. As long as it is related to the war, he can't talk, because no matter what he says, it seems that as long as he says something personally, you have never fought. He just said nothing.

This seems to be a strange circle. He is the governor of Kaifeng, the emperor's younger brother who has not been formally canonized, and he is also a civil servant leader. After all these years, he is no longer the ignorant dude he was back then. He has been studying hard. , has been growing desperately, but no matter where he grows, as long as it involves military issues, he will definitely lose to Zhao Pu, because he has never fought.

How absurd this is, how ridiculous this is, tell me, is there any major event in the world at this time that has nothing to do with war at all?
But he has no choice but to endure. Even if he is ten thousand times better, he still hasn't fought a war. What can he do?

So let's talk about something else.

"Back to the official house, I still feel that this matter is inappropriate. I don't understand military matters, so I won't talk about it. Let's talk about the cement itself. Although the imperial court has built some cement in various places. factory, but the main production of cement is still in Luoyang. The output is about [-] stones per month. We must use these cements ourselves, at least [-] yuan. In Luoyang, the price of a stone of cement is It costs about two pennies, but if it is shipped to Kaifeng, at least one penny and a half. If it is shipped to Qinzhou for sale, five pennies may not be enough. How much is a horse on the market now? Even if it is Good horses from the Northwest, twenty guan, I am afraid it is enough, plus the cost of burning bricks, plus we have to send people to build them for them in the Song Dynasty, if this is regarded as a business, then where is the court earning? gone?"

All the officials nodded their heads when they heard the words. Is what Zhao Guangyi said very reasonable? It is not an exaggeration to say that the price of cement is one stone of cement and one stone of copper. This horse is not impossible to buy, so why is it so expensive? How about replacing the cement that is actually not so expensive?

"Besides, when it comes to commerce, my brother may deal with merchants more than you on weekdays. Merchants are all profit-seeking. If merchants are really allowed to dominate border commerce, they are really so willing to exchange for war horses. what?
At what price will the imperial court collect it from the merchants?The price is too high, the court can't afford it, how low is it?What are the merchants trying to do? Wouldn't it be good for them to exchange some animal skins?Even if the Hexi Corridor can be opened up in the future, the value of the two war horses is not as good as a Persian carpet. Why do they sell horses?Is it useful to issue an order from the imperial court? "

Everyone nodded when they heard the words. They are very clear about the virtues of businessmen. Some people do the business of beheading, but no one does the business of losing money. If horse trading does not make money, I am afraid that there are not many businessmen in the world who really have such a sense of family and country. goods.

Cao Bin suddenly stood up and said: "When I returned to the official house, I thought that what the two kings said was wrong. The matter of cement has always been under the control of the minister, so I feel that I can talk about it."

"Speak."

"Everyone knows that the price of cement in the world is almost equivalent to that of copper. That's because most of the cement produced is for military use, and there has been very little flow into the private sector. Then you can know that when cement first came out, it was sold in the private sector. , it is almost equivalent to silver?"

"I don't think the price is calculated in this way. If I send more cement to the people tomorrow, believe it or not, the cement will depreciate ten times in less than a month. Now except for Luoyang, the imperial court is in Xiangyang. Cement plants have been built in Cement, Langzhou, Yangzhou and other places, but the scale is small and they haven’t had time to start production. When they start production, how can the cement be worth so much money?”

"To tell you the truth, the real cost price of cement is only a few pennies per stone."

"Let's talk about the other costs of building the city. I think it's not a burden, but an opportunity for me in the Song Dynasty. If the new army is to be reorganized, it needs to create good job opportunities for the military members. Recently, I have been having a headache. This loyal army is the first to enjoy the new The military treats the ministers with a hundred approvals, but how can the ministers give them such an opportunity?
It's okay for those who don't have families, they can be transferred back to Kaifeng, but what about those who have already formed families?Even if Qinzhou's such an important strategic position is to destroy Hou Shu, does it really not need to keep troops to garrison it?Seeing this excerpt today, I suddenly felt that the problem that has been troubling me for a long time is no longer a problem at once. I invite the officials to judge. "

Everyone felt that this seemed to make sense.

Even Zhao Kuangyin was a little confused. In fact, things in the court are often like this. It is often that the public says that the public is right and the woman says that the woman is right. He was inclined to agree. He was about to make a decision, but he suddenly paused, thought for a while and said, "Where is Sun Chunming? Is he going up?"

The civil and military officials looked at each other and found that he was really not there. Zhao Guangyi said: "Sun Chunming is still in Kaifeng Mansion now, and he will only be there for the three major court meetings every month."

"Didn't you say last time that you want him to join the Kaifeng Mansion? Didn't I already agree, and this matter hasn't been implemented yet? Why is the efficiency so slow?"

Hundreds of officials are speechless, this system of constraints is set by you, and you haven't figured out how inefficient the appointment and dismissal of officials of this level is.

"Call me Sun Chunming, and I will come again in the future. Don't be his bullshit pushing officials. From now on, everything will come to Kaifeng Mansion according to the authority, and all the formalities will be filled later."

This is what Zhao Kuangyin can say. If his descendants dare to do this, the ministers will kill him, but who is the founder of the country?

So, half an hour later, when Sun Chunming walked in with the new identity of Quanzhi Kaifeng Mansion, even he himself was dumbfounded.

Didn't you just report it?Get it done so quickly?I haven't done anything earth-shattering recently.

"Sun Chunming, here is a brochure sent by Guangmei from Qinzhou, which proposes to use cement to buy horses from the party, and to develop economic and trade in the five prefectures of Dingnan, and even to attack the Hexi Corridor. Everyone has their own opinions, and I can't make up my mind for a while, you made this cement thing, and you are the number one merchant in the Song Dynasty, so tell me, what do you think about this matter."

Hearing the words, Sun Chunming quickly took over the book, what the hell is Zhao Guangmei's book, he knew it was his son who did it just by hearing the punctuation marks, and with the tacit understanding between the father and son, he didn't even need to read it You can guess what his son wants to do.

On the contrary, Zhao Guangyi coughed lightly and said: "Sun Chunming, don't be nervous. It is the nature of businessmen to seek profit. The imperial court will not deliberately let you do business at a loss, let alone bite the bullet for the sake of the so-called loyalty to the emperor and patriotism." The merchants of the world promised that if they do it, they will do it; if they don’t, they won’t do it.”

This is already Chi Guoguo's hint. After all, Zhao Kuangyin just said that the Koreans, Chinese and Wu were arguing endlessly, and didn't say who was in favor of what. Zhao Guangyi was reminding him.

But Sun Chunming read it all at once, first glanced at Zhao Guangyi, then raised his head and said firmly to Zhao Kuangyin: "I think this strategy is good and feasible, and there is no problem in terms of practical operation."

(End of this chapter)