Song Beiyun

"Don't talk nonsense." Zuo Guogong stared, full of majesty: "You became an official to get rich? If you let Yushitai hear it, you will lose your morals if you have 10 points."

The man quickly agreed and returned to the Privy Council together, but just as they arrived, a notification came from outside, saying that the supplies from Chang'an had just arrived, and the warehouse needed to sign for them.

This matter was reported to Duke Ding soon. Duke Ding walked out the door curiously, but he saw that the courtyard in front of the Privy Council was full of carriages, and large boxes were being loaded from the carriages. Lift it down and put it neatly on the side.

The person in charge of the handover is making records in a hurry, while the escorts are counting items one by one.

"What are these things?"

Zuo Guogong stepped forward and asked, he had already found out that this convoy was the same one he saw at the corner of the street just now, but he was still at a loss as the Privy Council had never ordered such a large amount of supplies.

"Back to Duke Ding, here are 12 sets of winter and summer military uniforms, 1 quilts, [-] new-style tents, [-] catties of dried meat, and [-] bolts of cotton cloth."

"How much...how much?" Duke Ding couldn't believe his ears: "Say it again."

After the caravan steward reported the situation of the supplies again, Duke Dingguo made some calculations in his heart. The value here is at least 300 million guan!And this is still at the lowest price. If it is winter, the value of these things can double again.

He walked to a box, opened it and looked inside, only to see a set of brand new coats inside, as well as various other supplies.Each one has a size label on it, which looks quite pleasing to the eye.

Not long after, the entire Privy Council came out. Although they were all people who had seen the world, they were shocked at first glance.

"He's from Chang'an. This is the son-in-law's offering to Mount Tai."

"Stop talking nonsense, your mouth will be torn off sooner or later."

"It's something everyone in the world knows."

"Then you go and talk to Duke Ding."

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

Someone was whispering in the back, but Ding Guogong had good ears and could hear clearly, so he opened the box and checked it calmly.When he got to the jerky box, he took out one and chewed it in his mouth.

Excellent beef jerky!This is definitely grassland beef jerky. Although it is very hard, two sticks can cover a meal. Whether it is marching or fighting, or daily training, this stuff is much better than pancakes.

If the [-] catties are all dried meat like this, it can really be said to be a big deal.

"Are you from Song Beiyun?"

"Duke Huiding, no." The caravan steward said with a smile, "We are a private caravan."

While talking, the steward's eyes lit up: "Mr. Ding, our boss is here."

When Zuo Guogong turned his head, he saw a carriage coming from the front. The carriage stopped when it reached the square, and Zuo Rou jumped out of the carriage.

As soon as she jumped down, everyone around said hello to her, but Zuo Rou, who is usually silly, is wearing a fur coat and a white fox scarf, her hair is also coiled into a woman's appearance, like a rich flower in the world.

"Be careful, everything here is going to be distributed to the soldiers, so don't break it."

She walked all the way, graceful and graceful, as if possessed by a fox fairy, not the usual Zuo Rou at all.Even Ding Guogong was taken aback by such a daughter, and turned to ask the deputy beside him: "Is there any better witch in Jinling?"

"what?"

"never mind."

Zuo Rou went straight forward and bowed in front of Duke Ding: "Father."

The people next to him immediately started discussing, Ding Guogong is usually low-key, but today Zuo Rou's high-key is uncharacteristically, making people a little unpredictable.

"This is the material raised by the wealthy merchants in Chang'an to encourage the soldiers, and they donated it to the soldiers in Jinling through their daughters."

At this moment, the people behind exploded with a buzzing sound, and they talked a lot, although Zuo Rou said so, but they knew in their hearts that this was the son-in-law giving the father-in-law great face.

Others don't know, but this group of people have been in close contact with Song Beiyun, and know that this is his effective method.

Look at people... What a reward this must be. It just happened to be at this juncture to send supplies, and it was so generous.Is this the treatment that ordinary people can enjoy?

Anyway, without knowing anything else, Duke Ding felt that the people behind him looked at him with envy and envy. He straightened up unconsciously, and looked down at Zuo Rou: "Since you are a wealthy businessman at all levels, then Why are you alone?"

"Because the things donated by my daughter account for [-]% of the items here."

Whoa!Good guy.

Can't say tens of millions here?What is the concept of 800%? Donate [-] million supplies?What kind of luxury is this?

Wait... Is this still the mischievous young lady from the Zuo family?How long has it been since you left, and now it has become like this?

"What are you doing?" Duke Ding asked in a low voice, "Why are you messing around here?"

Zuo Rou rolled her eyelids: "Thank you, Duke Ding, for your compliment."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and said, "Move quickly, don't let things get wet with snow. After moving, go to the cashier to get a reward. Everyone has it."

The entire Privy Council watched them busy up and down all morning. The face-saving Duke Dingguo was expressionless the whole time, but when he stood there, his demeanor was different, and he was extremely upright.

Even colleagues from other yamen came to watch the excitement. When asked about this, Ding Guogong would always wave his hand and show a embarrassed look on his face: "My little girl is ignorant and messes around all day long. Look, this is a big mess." of."

Chapter 628: Sunny December 11, Five Years

It was late at night when all the goods were checked and put into storage.Duke Ding didn't go back today at all, and lived in the yamen.

In the whole year of Song Dynasty last year, except for the new army in the east and north, the total military expenditure was 720 million guan, which is already the peak in the past years, reaching nearly one-eighth of the tax revenue of the year.

This is already quite a remarkable thing, but it can be seen that there are nearly 70 troops in the entire Song State.In addition, the number of people who eat empty salaries and eat heads in various places can reach about 85.

85, 720 million.It's only around [-] guan if it's shared on everyone's head, and it's only about [-] guan per month, which also includes all food and clothing expenses, weapon maintenance and so on.

And most of them were taken by the forbidden army, and distributed to the frontier army, Xiang army, and Fan army, and there may only be one of them who is always in charge every month.

This time, the value of the supplies sent by Zuorou was about 330 million guan, which accounted for nearly [-]% of the annual military expenditure, and they were named for the [-] forbidden troops.

So Ding Guogong began to calculate an account in the yamen. These 10 people were divided into more than 1000 million supplies, and each person shared an average of more than 100 pieces. A dilapidated frontier army that can't even put on all the clothes can compare.

One of the military systems is disarmament, and it is precisely because of this that the reform of the military system has been stuck at that point. Most people think that every powerful country should increase its troops. How can it be disarmed?This is tantamount to digging their own grave.

But after calculating this account, Duke Ding is confused. Half of the military expenditure is used to arm about 500% of the troops, which can arm the troops to the soles of their feet. Everyone can wear light armor, everyone can carry muskets, and everyone can have a full meal.With such a team, it is not a big problem to fight 1000 people against 2000 people, and it is not a big problem to fight against 5000 people. It is more difficult to fight against [-] people, but it is not impossible to fight with the advantage of equipment.

Then if 40% of the military expenditure is used to arm 10 people, one area per [-] people, and the remaining [-]% is used to arm the forbidden army, what will be the combat power?

After careful calculation, Duke Ding threw the pen on the table and murmured: "It's strange, there are fewer people, and the combat power has increased."

In his calculations, if he wants to achieve the current state of Song Dynasty's military power, if he does not cut expenses, he only needs to be armed Less than 30 people can reach or even surpass the current military strength of the Song Dynasty.

The remaining 10 people can obviously be invested in local industrial and agricultural production, which not only reduces the burden on the local area, but also greatly improves the training efficiency. After all, the more people there are, the more waste there will be.

This is what it means to be an elite soldier with a streamlined army and a simplified administration.

Dingguo patted his forehead. He was also calculating in his heart that the disarmament might go wrong, but now it seems that if the disarmament policy is really implemented, the final result will definitely not be a weakening of the military power, but the entire Song Dynasty. elite.

"Hiss... little bastard, amazing." After all, he is the Duke of the state, and he was quite confused before, but now he has understood Song Beiyun's intentions.

It's impossible for my daughter to donate things. My daughter has such a temperament that it's fine if she doesn't move things from the yamen to the house. How could she spend so much money to donate materials to the Imperial Army.

This must be the order of that little bastard. Firstly, it is natural for him to have a good face here. Secondly, since he is stuck with supplies so deadly, it is exactly half of the military expenditure, which shows that he also intends to let himself count this elite soldier. Is disarmament a good deal?

Duke Dingguo thought about it, so he picked up his pen again, and began to write a memorial at his desk. It was not that he supported disarmament. After all, he dared not and could not support this matter. King Fu is relinquishing his military power these days. If he comes at this juncture Mention disarmament, that is to mutiny.

But not being able to support it doesn't mean that he can't explain the way here. He wrote down the concepts of disarmament, military expenditure and armament level, and he wrote thousands of words like a paper.

Of course, although the little bastard is powerful, Zuo Rou really made him happy by giving him a face this time. How many parents in the world don't want their children to be great and promising.

Now all of Jinling and the whole country will know in a few days that when the ladies of those rich families were still at home embroidering flowers and admiring the moon and thinking of men, the daughter of Zuo Guogong's family had already donated more than 1000 million yuan in materials to the country.

What an honor is this?Compared with saying that the relationship with a certain person is unclear, this kind of behavior of spending half a year's military expenses at every turn is definitely more enviable and jealous.Too high-profile, too extravagant, too powerful, invisibly Zuo Rou has become the "other family's child" that those high-ranking officials in Beijing and China scolded their own trash.

At this moment, the news of Zuo Rou donating supplies also caused an uproar in the Shangshu Province. Although it was late at night, the entire Shangshu Province was brightly lit, and everyone from the Acting Prime Minister to the various ministers sat there and had a meeting.

"This time, we are feeding back Jinling for Chang'an." Yan Shu sat on the top and said to the senior ministers below: "It seems that Chang'an's money is frighteningly large."

"Let's send a message to the official in a few days and ask the official to transfer us to Chang'an as an official. That's a fat job."

Hubu Shangshu is a guy who has eyes for money, but this joke is obviously out of date. As soon as he said it, everyone in the room looked at him.

"Gludges, gaffes..."

"If you let the official hear it, he can scold you for three hours." Yan Shu said with a smile: "It's not as simple as a slip of the tongue. Why did Chang'an repay Jinling? Isn't it because you are worried that some people are chewing their tongues behind your back? If you say anything else, go to Chang'an as an official , what? Do you want to set up another small court, or do you want to embrace Song Beiyun as emperor?"

Yan Shu's words turned the face of the Minister of the Household Department pale with fright, and quickly shrank his neck: "I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong, it's just a joke."

"It's not a joke. Those who say it don't want to hear it, but those who want to listen to it. Master Guo likes to do it for himself." Yan Shu flicked his sleeves and continued, "Since Chang'an repays Jinling, the Six Departments will benefit if you think about it. This is Song Beiyun's work style, and he will never intentionally make things difficult for everyone here. Ladies and gentlemen, if you get benefits, Jinling can't be said to be at ease, otherwise it will be difficult to become king."

"Then Lord Yiyan's intention?"

Yan Shu laughed: "In the past two years, a large number of farmers have poured into the city-state due to public renting. Jinling is such a big place, but now it's a bit difficult. It's better for all the ministries to work hard and find a way to bring the southern states together. How about those people who flooded into the towns and moved to Chang'an?"

As soon as these words came out, all the people below showed treacherous expressions. This Yan Shu is a bad person after all.There are as many as 40 to [-], and as few as more than [-]. If you really want to move to Chang'an, it will definitely overwhelm Chang'an.

Or say that these literati are full of bad water, they pack up the best materials, and you are fucking better, pack up and send over the idlers who don't need it.

A few 10 people are hundreds of thousands of mouths, can Song Beiyun afford it?Of course he couldn't afford it, so in the end he had to open his mouth and ask Jinling for a living. The Northwest King was a joke.

Seeing the expressions of these people, Yan Shu probably knew what they were thinking, but he didn't say a word and sneered in his heart.

'You know what a fart! '

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Xing was rewarded with papers from both the military and government departments, but Zhao Xing only gave a reply to the migration of the population, saying that he did what he could.But Ding Guogong's "paper" said that it needs to be recalculated.

After going to court, Ding Guogong walked with the wind, and the person who walked up to him would tell him how amazing your daughter is, and the person who walked up to the front would say that he wanted Xiao Wan'er to help find his incompetent son. An errand to do.

In the past, they were all the daughters of the Dingguo family, but now they are all the daughters of the Zuo family.

Although the meaning of these addresses is the same, the context is completely different. After all, most of those people want to ask Duke Ding to forward a message to Zuo Rou, asking her to do a "small favor" or something.

It's no wonder that these courtiers, the official system has been reformed, and now Jiasai is no longer feasible. It's okay to say that if your children are capable, if they are idiots, even if they rely on their family's ability to get them to become officials, they will be killed by Yushitai at the end of the year. If it is picked up, it's just bad luck, maybe it will hurt the family.

At this time, the envoy doctor, who hated ghosts and hated ghosts, walked to Duke Ding calmly. He coughed twice at first, then glanced at Duke Ding and coughed twice again.

"Just tell me if you have something to do. I have worked with you for more than [-] years." Ding Guogong finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Is this troublesome?"

The doctor made a sneer, normally he would disdain to smile with these gangsters, but now it is different, because his useless son is really anxious to death.

"The dog at home... doesn't read books, and spends all day doing mischief outside. The dog has been following your daughter since he was a child, and keeps calling him sister. Only your daughter can control him in the world. Old man ... The old man wants to ask Xiao Wan'er to give her helpless younger brother a hand, he is no longer fit to be an official, this..."

"You just want him to learn business from Xiao Wan'er, and you feel embarrassed as a businessman?"

"No, no, no." Dr. Yushi waved his hands again and again: "How can it be shameful, now Da Song is supported by industry, agriculture and businessmen, so there is no shame...that is, he is not very sensible."

Don't mention how happy Dingguo is. Normally, the nostrils of these stupid scholars are almost flying to the sky. They don't even bother to deal with martial arts, but now they look like old dogs.

happy!

Dingguo raised his chin, didn't seem to be bothered to open his mouth, and said in a buzzing nasal voice: "This matter is easy to handle, but your son may suffer? Xiao Wan'er is very fierce."

"You can eat what you can eat, thank you Duke Ding."

"Small things." Ding Guogong laughed: "Come to drink at home when you have time."

"Good talk, good talk."

Chapter 629: On November 11th, Five Years

"Grandma, stop messing around..."

The former director of the Tongling Armory Factory is now the manager of the Jinling Workshop. Although he is not an official, ordinary officials dare not make mistakes in front of him. The high-ranking officials in the middle, generally the officials of the fifth and sixth ranks have to post posts in advance if they want to visit him.

But today he wished he could kneel down to the aunt in front of him, so he was so anxious.

"Grandma... this is molten steel, and if it gets on it, it will be a big piece of flesh, you can't touch it."

"Ouch! Damn. That's a pickling pool! Acid!!! Poisonous!"

There is no one in the world who can make an old fritter jumping in a hurry without panicking, except for his soft ears.

When Zuo Rou came to the workshop, although there were confidentiality regulations, everyone knew some things. Song Beiyun couldn't get in if Zuo Rou was here, but if he wasn't there, Zuo Rou had nowhere to go.

This is also the first time she has seen a steelmaking plant. Today's Jinling Iron and Steel Plant is no longer the small workshop it used to be. After several years of renovations, it has become the largest metallurgical center in the country.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that because of the existence of the Academy of Sciences, this place has become a cradle for training engineers of all kinds. Even the worst operators who have gone out of the steel factory will have to fight for their heads in the workshops and factories outside.No reason, just because no matter how bad it is here, you have seen the world when you go outside.Even if you can't hold back your shoulders and lift your hands, you can see at a glance which link is problematic.

Such people living among the people are treasures, and everyone knows it in their hearts.

"I heard." Zuo Rou has been obsessed with steel since she was a child, and she often went around looking for swordsmiths with Qiao Yun, so she is a typical type who doesn't like red clothes and loves armed forces. The steel factory is her favorite place.

It's just... Song Beiyun didn't let her care, saying that he was afraid that she would fall into the steelmaking furnace and be burned to slag if she made a fuss.

"Grandma, feel free to ask, as long as you don't pick up molten steel with a pole, I will answer whatever you ask."

Director Xiong is about to collapse. He really hurt Miss Zuo on his own territory. He doesn't even know how to write a report to Mr. Song...

"I heard that this wootz steel is better than our steel?"

"Damn it..." Factory Manager Xiong stopped talking halfway through the scolding: "No."

"Oh?" Zuo Rou walked to the wall and took down a steel ingot of Wootz Steel for display: "This is Wootz Steel?"