Sun Baili felt a little hesitant. After all, Zhao Tai was not a Song official and was not bound by the Song Dynasty.

If Zhao Tai was restrained by Song Ting and took advantage of others, he could sue and let Song Ting punish him.

Commerce was developed in the Song Dynasty. For more than a hundred years, various industries had commercial guilds, which could influence the government.

Zhao Tai was not an official in the Song Dynasty, but a warlord. He moved the shipyard to Haizhou. If Zhao Tai wanted to take it as his own, wouldn't he lose all his money?

Zhao Tai has a shipyard on Donghai Island, but it is very small and does not have the technology to manufacture ocean-going ships.

Although the shipyard is small, if it can build ships, it can become Zhao Tai's bargaining chip.

Sun Baili coveted the benefits of shipbuilding, but he was worried that Zhao Tai would not keep his promise, so he was very hesitant.

Zhao Tai wanted to tell him that if he didn't agree, he would support his shipyard.

In this way, when his shipyard is built, Sun Baili's business will definitely be affected.

However, when Zhao Tai saw Sun Baili's expression and thought about it carefully, he understood his concerns.

Zhao Tai thought for a while. In order to attract businessmen from the Southern Song Dynasty to set up factories in Haizhou, he must first make them believe that there is no risk in coming here.

Businessmen have a trade-off between interests and risks. For such businessmen, making money is very important, but the stability of the place and the quality of the business environment are also important factors to consider.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tai changed his tone and said, "Uncle Sun, you have been operating in Haizhou for a while and you should understand how Gu treats businessmen. Gu has always been honest and will never ruin the reputation of the feudal government because of your shipyard."

After hearing what Zhao Tai said, Sun Baili reluctantly gave up his worries and saluted Zhao Tai, "Your Majesty, the common people are willing to set up a workshop in Haizhou!"

Zhao Tai was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately said: "Hahaha~ OK! Since you agreed to come to Haizhou to set up a factory, then the lonely king will naturally give you the most favorable policy. Magistrate Zhou!"

"Your Majesty is here!" Zhou Rong saluted quickly.

Zhao Tai instructed: "Yuanwai Sun came to Haizhou to invest in building a shipbuilding workshop. The county must provide Yuanwai Zhou with the land he needs, and in addition, tax exemptions must be given!"

Zhou Rong nodded, "I will definitely do it!"

Zhao Tai looked at Sun Baili again and said, "In addition to Mr. Sun, the vassal government has used land and tax exemptions as capital for capital investment, and has guaranteed to order at least five 5,000-ton sea-going ships every year. Do you have any opinion?"

Sun Baili was a little shocked. This meant that Zhao Tai would give away 60% of his shares if he didn't pay a penny.

This is completely empty handed!

But if you think about it carefully, it is wrong to say that Zhao Tai has done nothing. He has contributed to land, tax policies, and brought in large orders.

Mr. Sun thought for a while and said, "The common people have no objection!"

It's not that Zhao Tai doesn't want to pay, it's mainly because he doesn't have any money.

In the past two years, he established an army and fought in various places, spending a lot of money. In addition, he moved people to Shandong and spent a lot of money on food.

Now Zhao Tai's treasury can be said to be cleaner than his face, and he can't even pay out the rewards for this expedition.

Therefore, Zhao Tai had no money at all to invest in building a shipbuilding workshop, so he recruited Sun Baili to invest.

Now Zhao Tai has no money, and the people under Zhao Tai's control are also extremely poor.

They were moved to Shandong by Zhao Tai, and when they settled down, it could be said that they were all impoverished.

At this time, if Zhao Tai wanted to develop and engage in business, the fastest way was to find wealthy people to invest.

If Sun Baili agrees to build a shipbuilding workshop, he will need to hire masons, carpenters, painters, and a large number of craftsmen.

This will not only help him build warships and ocean-going merchant ships, but also provide thousands of jobs for Haizhou. These employees will be separated from agricultural production and after receiving their salary, they will buy food and cloth, which will lead to a large number of small businesses.

If merchants are engaged, the economy of the entire Haizhou will develop rapidly, and the income of the feudal government will naturally increase.

Zhao Tai saw that he agreed and said happily: "Okay, in that case, let's build the workshop as soon as possible and start building the ship immediately."

Sun Baili said: "Your Majesty, this workshop is easy to build, but the ship cannot be built in a short time."

Zhao Tai frowned, "Why is this?"

Sun Baili explained: "Reporting back to the king is mainly the raw materials for shipbuilding.

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It needs to be processed, especially wood, which cannot be used immediately after being cut down."

Zhao Tai remembered that it seemed that the wood for shipbuilding needed special treatment to ensure that it would not rot even if it was soaked in water for a long time after the ship was built.

"How long will it take?" Zhao Tai asked.

Sun Baili said: "It should take three years!"

Zhao Tai immediately shook his head, "Three years is too long!"

Within three years, Zhao Tai had already gone bankrupt.

Sun Baili said: "If we purchase materials from the Song Dynasty, the cost will be extremely high. It is better to build it directly in Taizhou and then buy a ship and sail back."

Zhao Tai stared at Sun Baili and saw his eyes dodge a little, knowing that he still wanted to build it in Taizhou after getting the order.

In this way, since he has made money, he will not worry about the workshop being controlled by Zhao Tai.

Zhao Tai estimated that the cost of purchasing raw materials from the Southern Song Dynasty and transporting them to Haizhou was indeed higher than that of building in Taizhou, but it would not be outrageous.

"No!" Zhao Tai said solemnly: "The raw materials can be purchased from Song Dynasty, but the ship must be built in Haizhou."

What Zhao Tai wants is not just a ship, but also the ability to build seagoing ships.

Seeing that his plan failed, Sun Baili could only say: "The market price of a sea-going ship built in this way is at least 30% more expensive than buying it from Taizhou."

Zhao Tai waved his hand, "It doesn't matter! As long as you build it, King Gu will pay you immediately!"

Zhao Tai actually had no money on hand, but he pretended that he was not short of money.

When Sun Baili saw this, he just thought he had met a big customer who didn't care about money, so he happily accepted it.

At the moment, Zhao Tai, led by Sun Baili, visited the shipyard again.

In fact, there wasn't much to see, it was just a larger workshop. Zhao Tai walked around and returned to Haizhou.

Haizhou County Government.

Zhao Tai came back to eat and summoned Zhou Rong to discuss the matter.

At this time, Zhao Tai stood in front of a map of Haizhou with his hands behind his hands. Zhou Rong came behind him and said, "Your Majesty!"

Zhao Tai came back to his senses, walked back to his seat and sat down, smiling and saying: "Sit down!"

Zhou Rong immediately took his seat, and when Zhao Tai took a sip of tea, he asked, "I wonder what the king has ordered when he summoned me."

Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "I have an idea and I need you to realize it."

Zhao Tai paused and continued: "You should also know something about the current situation in the vassal government. Although Gu now controls the five states of Yan, Teng, Pi, Hai, and Yi, with a population of more than three million, the annual taxes are not

Too much, and it cannot satisfy the army’s consumption and campaign.”

Zhou Rong nodded: "Now the land tax that the feudal government can collect is limited, and it all depends on the goods produced by a few workshops to support the consumption of the feudal government. And then there is the assistance from the Song Dynasty. Now that the Jin Kingdom has been destroyed, if the assistance from the Song Dynasty

Stop, the taxation of the vassal government may not be able to support so many soldiers and horses."

Fighting is extremely expensive. Zhao Tai was able to maintain an army of 30,000 people and fight continuously, mainly relying on the assistance of the Song Dynasty, the goods he tinkered with, and the investment income in the Southern Song Dynasty to maintain the operation of the regime and the army.

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Now that the Jin Kingdom was destroyed and the Southern Song Dynasty occupied Kaifeng and faced Mongolia directly, they would definitely not continue to provide aid to Zhao Tai as before, or even stop aid directly.

Under this situation, there will be a huge gap in Zhao Tai's finances, and Zhao Tai will have no place to borrow money if he wants to.

Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "Most of the people under Gu's command have just migrated here. They reclaimed the land and were exempted from taxes for the first two years. The people who were assigned to the guard station did not have to pay land taxes. Therefore, the land taxes must not be able to meet the expenses of the feudal government.

"If we want to maintain an army to fight against the Mongols, and if we want to make the country rich and powerful, we can only develop commerce."

Zhou Rong understood what Zhao Tai meant, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely urge Sun Baili to build a big ship as soon as possible to facilitate the vassal government's trade out to sea."

Zhao Tai shook his head, "We really need to push for shipbuilding. However, we cannot leave all shipbuilding matters to Sun Baili. I am planning to set aside a piece of land in Haizhou specifically for attracting investment. Today you will bring

The piece of wasteland I went to see is good. It is large enough and close to the dock. It can be set aside for businessmen to invest in and build workshops."

"Invite investment!" Zhou Rong thought about this new word.

Zhao Tai explained: "Just invite more Southern Song Dynasty businessmen to come to Haizhou to build workshops. In this way, Haizhou's business will develop rapidly, and the feudal government will

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Taxes will go up."

The Southern Song Dynasty in the south was one of the few dynasties in history that did not suppress commerce.

The hesitant founder of the Song Dynasty was not in the right position. In order to win over scholars and keep them from gossiping, the rulers did not suppress annexations from the very beginning of the dynasty.

This led to serious land annexation in the Song Dynasty, and a large amount of land was in the hands of the gentry and nobles, many of whom did not have to pay taxes.

Therefore, the Southern Song Dynasty court needed to open up new tax sources and could only make a fuss about business.

With a big country like the Southern Song Dynasty that focused on commerce, people could see the influence of commerce more clearly than in previous dynasties.
To be continued...