What's going on!

What? Are you really going to fight the Northern Expedition?

When the prince Zhao Dun heard his father say this, his heart immediately became cold! My dear father, the word "Northern Expedition" is light, but is it that easy to fight the Northern Expedition? The Jin soldiers are very cruel! Let's talk about it for ten or eight years, and in another twenty years, it may not be possible to succeed in the Northern Expedition.

Alas! It seems that before the father's funeral, there is no need to expect to abdicate himself. Zhao Dun's mood can only be described as being very hurt. Once upon a time, the father had at least a few times expressed his abdication in front of others! How could he change it at any time! However, the shame of the Northern Expedition to Xue Jingkang was the source of justice, and Zhao Dun's face could not be revealed.

Zhao Shen never mentioned the Northern Expedition again for many years. This was the first time that Zhao Shen had clearly mentioned the Northern Expedition again in so many years since Yu Yunwen's death.

Whether it is the prime minister or the governor, he was very excited when he heard this. However, Ge Bi's mood was a little complicated, both excited and felt a little regretful for the prince. It seems that before the Northern Expedition was completed, the prince had no hope of ascending the throne as soon as possible. As Zhao Dun's former subordinate of the Eastern Palace, Ge Bi expressed sympathy for the prince. During this period, the legendary officials in the market might directly pass the throne to Zhao Jian, but Ge Bi believed that Zhao Dun had not made any mistakes, it was just a baseless rumor in the market.

Zhou Bida was not surprised that the officials re-proposed the Northern Expedition today, because from various signs, over the past year, especially after taking Taiwan, the attitude of the officials changed. Not only did they return to the track of diligence, but they also became more energetic. As good news came from Taiwan, it was only a matter of time before the officials re-proposed the Northern Expedition again. Now that the officials said this, Zhou Bida was of course sincerely supporting him and immediately expressed his opinion:

"I reported to the official family, and the old ministers thought that they could restore the Central Plains by just sleeping on firewood and tasting gall, and within five years of their lives, they could hope to restore the Central Plains. The old ministers believed that the Northern Expedition would be successful, and the old ministers were willing to pay this old bone for the Northern Expedition."

Wang Lin was also excited about the officials' ambition to fight the Northern Expedition, but he was not without worries:

"I have reported to the officials, and I hope that the Northern Expedition will last for a year! I have sent troops in full and spent a lot of money. I think I need to obtain ten million truces before I can raise troops to attack Jin."

Wang Lin just saw the prince's expression and felt that Zhao Yan's current limelight seemed to be a bit threatening to the prince. When Wang Lin thought of the recent discussions of some officials in the court, he reminded him:

"What I am worried about is that my Song Dynasty tax may not be accepted! It is like the commercial tax of the Quanzhou Municipal Commission for the Commercial Bureau, which is a major tax source for our Song Dynasty. However, recently, the Kaohsiung Special Zone and Quanzhou are in a big fight. Foreign merchants gathered in Kaohsiung, and Quanzhou's sea trade was in danger. In this way, the commercial tax of the Quanzhou Municipal Commission for the Commercial Bureau was damaged, and there was no tax to collect at Kaohsiung, so I deeply felt that I was worried!"

At first glance, Wang Lin’s concern is reasonable. The official approved the Kaohsiung Special Administrative Region for three years and Kaohsiung robbed Quanzhou’s business, which means that the tax revenue of Quanzhou Maritime and Vehicles will be greatly reduced.

Zhou Bida smiled slightly and said:

"There is gain and loss. The old minister thinks that the account can be calculated. The profit of Taiwan-Song and sea trade in sea trade in Taiwan was 240,000 guan in three months, and 800,000 guan a year is not difficult. The production of Kaohsiung is all goods that cannot be produced in Quanzhou and even other places in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the sea trade in Quanzhou will inevitably be damaged. If the gold produced in Taipei is added, it will be no less than 12,000 guan, and one tael of gold and thirty-five guan, this will be 420,000 guan. Perhaps next year, Taiwan will be able to contribute 1.5 million guan to the court."

When Zhao Dun heard Zhou Bida's calculation, although he was unwilling to admit it, he had to admit it. Maybe it would take less than three years to win the bet with his father next year. It didn't matter if Mao Geng won, but this would make Zhao Han free, which made people quite unhappy.

Liu Zheng did not forget to add:

"I think that landmines and matches must be included. Moreover, the power of gunpowder produced by Kaohsiung is greatly increased, which is really beneficial to the Northern Expedition. I think that the gains are far greater than losses."

Zhao Shen felt a little proud. It seemed that taking the risk of taking down Taiwan was a big profit, so he smiled and said:

"According to what Zhou Aiqing and keep her account calculated, taking down Taiwan will become a big profit and special transaction. Haha!"

But Zhao Shen then looked dim and sighed:

"Oh! The Northern Expedition is all about money! What a pity! It's a pity that the Northern Expedition can make sure to make a profit without losing money!"

There was always a lot of enthusiasm for the Northern Expedition, but the people were actually not enthusiastic about regaining their hometowns. Because the Northern Expedition in Longxing (1163) caused a big hole in the finances, so they had to add a meeting. The first time Gaozong (1160) was 3 million guan, and then he continued to issue more. By the second year of the Gandao (1166), a total of 28 million guan was issued, resulting in a sharp rise in prices and depreciation of the Huizi. Of course, the additional issuance was not only to make up for the holes, but also to continue the Northern Expedition. However, in this way, the people became afraid of the Northern Expedition, worried that not only would have to spend money on wars, but even if they took back their hometowns, they would probably have to support the people of the Central Plains. Therefore, ordinary people were not only not enthusiastic about the Northern Expedition, but were more worried.

Zhao Shen felt that his hard work could not be understood by the people, and the Northern Expedition, which was ashamed of Jingkang, could not be understood and supported by the general public! This hurt Zhao Shen very much. However, Zhao Shen had to admit that the Northern Expedition was indeed a matter of burning money, and burning money might not necessarily lead to winning. This is the fact.

Of course, that was the past. If the Northern Expedition could not only not lose money, but also make a big profit. What would that be!

Of course, that's a dream.

Zhao Shen was originally extremely frustrated. Zhao Shen understood that it would be unreliable to rely on the courage of the Song army to rely on his two legs to defeat the Jin army cavalry. Fortunately, Mao Geng now provides a new option, that is, super weapons are born one by one. Even if the Song infantry without war horses do not have strong fighting will, once they have super weapons, the Jin cavalry may not be so terrible, and it is entirely possible to win in battle.

Cannons and iron ships seem to be counting on them.

Others present didn't know that Zhao Shen had turned so much thought away now. Ge Bi followed Zhao Shen's words just now and suggested:

"The official family, although the Northern Expedition was very expensive, but I think it is not impossible to increase the income of the court. When things are urgent, you can also issue additional copies of the case. In addition, it is not difficult to provide them with more copper, iron, and charcoal to them, or you can collect more than two million guan a year."

"The additional issuance must not be given."

Zhao Shen had already learned a lesson back then. At the beginning, he issued additional additional issuances indefinitely, which made him happy. But in the end he had to take out 2 million taels of silver, recycle 5 million guan and burn the 5 million guan on the spot, which stopped the momentum of price surge in Huizi. You should never do anything to do in the excessive publication of Huizi.

"In the opinion of the old minister, it is feasible to supply more copper and iron and Taiwan. Although copper production is less than 10% as in Yuanfeng, there are mines everywhere, so it is not difficult to double copper production, and the same is true for smelting of iron. As for coal, I heard that Jiang Kui rented a large concession in Annan and was constantly digging carbonite. We should not worry about carbonite."

It is no secret that Jiang Kui dug coal in Annan, and Annan is happy to see it. At least Halong Bay is famous all over the world. After the coal was dug out, a group of pirates specially transported coal to Qiongzhou Island. Qiongzhou Island is a transit station between Kaohsiung in Annan. The coal is now piled up like mountains and is being transported to Kaohsiung one after another. It seems that there is no need for the Emperor and Minister of the Song Dynasty to worry about it.

Not to mention the output of copper, copper pipes and faucets, the copper gap in the boiler alone is very large. With copper materials, it can indeed create higher benefits.

As for the reduction in copper production, Zhao Shen knew even more that it was purely because of the fireworks and cast iron coins, which intentionally reduced the copper production.

When the Song Dynasty cast copper coins, they lost as much as they were cast. In Bianjing, they had to cast even if they lost. At least three million jin of copper coins were cast in a year. The Shenzong Dynasty even exceeded five million jin. Six jin of copper coins were consumed, and the market price of one jin of copper was more than one hundred jin. The copper consumed from casting the coins was no less than five jin of coins. After the southward crossing, it rose to ten jin of coins. It can be said that the Song Dynasty had been casting copper coins at a loss.

Zhao Shen's family was not strong at all, and he was determined to restore the Central Plains back then, so he had to resolutely reduce the amount of copper coins castings.

It happened that the copper output was affected after the southward transition and was later restored. However, the smart Zhao Shen decided to reduce the copper output again. On the grounds that the copper material was insufficient, he only cast 150,000 jin of copper coins each year.

Therefore, it is not difficult to increase copper production, but it is not easy to recover quickly after being wasted for so long.
Chapter completed!