"Master Ji, you're back! What do you say about the thief? What exactly does he want to do?"

Ji Yi was really in the limelight. Under the gaze of a group of scared and trembling officials and businessmen in the Song Dynasty, he retreated to the enemy!

Although he didn't retreat much, Wu Haogu led his army to Nanpi Shang City, where unfinished buildings were everywhere, and also sent a large number of cavalry to wander around Nanpi County, blocking the official road outside the county.

But Wu Haogu did not attack the city after all, and he did not chop off Ji Yi with one knife. This was already amazing. So when Ji Yi returned to the city, he was treated like a hero. The officials, great merchants and merchants in the city were greeted at the north gate of Nanpi New City.

As soon as Ji Yi entered the city, Wu Haowen, the good brother of Wu Haowen, went up to pull the reins and asked with a sad face.

"Rebel thief?" Ji Yi was stunned, "Now it is a bright world, a bright sun and moon, and there is a holy emperor in court. What rebel thief is there?"

"My big brother..."

"Nonsense!" Ji Yi's face was stern, "Wu Chongdao is a hero who defeated Yan land. How could he be a traitor? If he was a traitor, would the official family send you and me to the north to enthrone him as the King of Peking? Are the official family confused?"

Wu Haowen was speechless when he said this.

At this time, Yang Jian, Wang Boyan, Wang Fu and others also surrounded him, and each of them had a look of a life-long life on his face.

Ji Yi raised her voice and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay... The Youzhou army came here to welcome Ji and others to the north. There is no other meaning, don't panic."

Fortunately, all the profiteers present breathed a sigh of relief. They were thinking in their hearts and immediately put on some clothes and left. They can't stay in Nanpi, a place of right and wrong!

Ji Yi glanced at them: "But the Youzhou army will temporarily block all sides of Nanpi County to prevent our envoys, Wu Wangdao and Yang Daguan were killed by a small group of Liao bandits. You all in the city cannot leave for the time being."

Surrounded?

A group of profiteers have changed into tears.

It’s okay to be surrounded, so what is there? Is there something wrong with Wu Haogu’s soldiers arrested and beheaded?

Ji Yi smiled and waved to a group of profiteers and said, "Let's go and have a walk, let's continue drinking. If you have any problems, let's talk while drinking."

He has to ask for money! 5 million! It's not a small amount of money, it takes a lot of spit to fool him.

However, it is worth it to spend this little money to get out of Tianjin and invest capital into Shanghai, which has a bright future.

...

"Jingsai, how about it?"

At the same time, Wu Haogu also discussed matters with his confidants in the newly-built tent of the Central Army.

"I got 5 million yuan in charge!" Wu Hao Gu's ancient trail, "In addition, Ji Yizhi was willing to use 3 million taels of silver annually to exchange for the republican system in the territory of the Sanfoqi Maritime Warehouse... Humph, this guy also wants to learn from us!"

"Jie Shuai, 3 million taels of silver is a lot." Zhang Xizai frowned and said, "If we start a war with Ji Yi, we can win, but this expense is probably scary. And after the victory, we have to spend a lot of money to maintain the situation. Once in and out, we may not be able to earn 3 million taels a year!"

"Yes," Ma Zhengdao, the general military machine from Wu Haogunan, "The navy can swallow money... It's all recruiting soldiers. A boat alone costs tens of thousands of military pay a year! Hundreds of warships are three million! And they also need to build warships and purchase combat equipment. If this money is spent on land, it can raise at least 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers."

The Navy's military expenditure is of course very scary. Three million is just a personnel expense, and the expenses of warships have not been calculated yet.

The Hailu Maritime Control Department, which was controlled by Wu Haogu in the past, did not need to maintain a war on land, so of course it could spend a little more on the sea.

But now the situation is different. On the one hand, the battle has started on land, and the scale of the war is very large.

On the other hand, Wu Haogu also lost the dispatch of the Hailu Maritime Mansion Commander. Although Jiehe Maritime Mansion was still in his hands, Jingdong Maritime Mansion was really gone, and the revenues of Jiehe Maritime Mansion and Tianjin were likely to decrease.

Therefore, the finances of Wuhaogu Group will definitely have a relatively difficult period. It is almost impossible to maintain the continental army and the navy at the same time.

This time, the 5 million yuan stolen money can be eased from Ji Yi. But in the long run, we still have to find a way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure!

"But once the navy is cut, will Ji Yi still give us 3 million taels a year?" Wu Haogu's other "big housekeeper" and the next Zhi Tianjin City Su Dalang shook his fat head and said, "Ji Yi is willing to give this 3 million because we have hundreds of galloping warships on hand. Once it is gone, even if it is reduced by half, it will probably change, right?

And if we want to lay off the navy, Ji Yi may build a navy. Once in and out, our maritime strength will become Ji's surname!"

"If we don't lay off the navy, we won't have enough money to spend!" Zhang Xizai said, "Since last month, the Hebei Transportation Commander has not given us a penny of military expenditure. The rewards for recapturing Yanjing were all the money taken from the Hailu Maritime Control Department.

Since this month, JD Maritime Service has never handed over a penny to Hailu Maritime Service!"

"How much income can we earn in a month now?" Wu Haogu asked.

Zhang Xizai said: "Tianjin's commercial tax can be maintained between about 25,000 and 50,000 yuan per month, 25,000 yuan in the frozen season, and 50,000 yuan in the remaining seasons. It is hard to say that the tax (tariff) can be over. If Ji Yi can really ensure that the transaction of "Northern Grain, Beimu, Beiya, Beima" remains unchanged, and it may be millions a year.

In addition, Jiehe Shipbuilding and Tianjin also hold shares in many commercial banks, such as Tianjin Shipyard, Tianjin Bank, Tianjin Ordnance Institute, Tianjin Gunpowder Institute, Maritime Shipbuilding and other trading companies. If there were no military orders given by Ji Yi, the dividends they could get were hundreds of thousands to one or two million... How much does it take depends on whether the court will make things difficult for our commercial banks.

As for Jieshuai’s own business, the situation is similar. And it depends on the real estate market in Kaifeng Mansion…”

Wuhaogu Group's finance now relies on industrial and commercial income. If agriculture relies on the weather, then the income from industrial and commercial income must be followed and the market must be relied on the market.

Unfortunately, the market is mainly controlled by the Song Dynasty court! Therefore, Wu Haogu's fiscal revenue may experience significant deficits at any time.

Even if there is no major problem in the market, the commercial tax in Tianjin is about 500,000 yuan a year, and the tax exceeds about one million yuan. If there is no large military order, it would be good to have two million income. Even if the dividends of Wu Haogu privately owned commercial banks are included, it will be between 5 million and 5.5 million a year. As for other income, it can basically be ignored.

For a business or a family of merchants, this income is really not small, and it is not a waste to say that it is rich but can rival the country. But now it has become a separatist regime and is attacked from all sides. The more than 5 million is really a waste!

It can also be seen from this that Ji Yi promised 3 million taels a year, plus the unchanged transaction of "Northern Grain, Bei Wood, Bei Medicine, Bei Horse", is so important for Wu Haogu.

"It seems that the navy has to be cut off!" Wu Haogu sighed, "Let's go back and sell half of the warship to Ji Yi... The sailors and soldiers on the ship can also have a way out."

"Give it to Ji Yi?" Ma Zheng, who advocated cutting the navy, also frowned. "Ji Yi must also build his own warship, and the Ji family already has warships... If we divide half of our warships to him, wouldn't it be Ji Yi's command on the sea?"

Wu Haogu shook his head, "The things on the sea are not something that can win if there are more ships... I have to tell the truth! We have the truth, but Ji Yi doesn't! So he has to keep giving it to him!"

truth!

The truth that weighs 3,000 kilograms!

This weight is too heavy for the army and is difficult to use as a field gun. But for naval ships, 3,000 kilograms are nothing. A ship can only be 60,000 kilograms on 20 doors, which is almost 600 kilograms.

However, the warship in Wu Haogu's hand was not designed as an artillery battleship. It is hard to say whether it can withstand the recoil of a 3,000 kilogram cannon fire. Most of the warships have to be redesigned and built.

Of course, once the artillery era enters the age of artillery, the number of naval warships can be reduced. With more than 30 artillery battleships, which can maintain about ten battleships in the South China Sea, it can maintain sea power. As long as the sea power is in hand, Ji Yi will of course have to offer Wu Haogu year after year! Moreover, the South China Republic is not so easy to become Ji Jiapo.

Moreover, artillery battleships do not have that high speed requirement. They can be driven by sails and do not require many hand-to-hand combat troops, so the number of personnel on the ship will be reduced.

...

"Brother Yizhi, my elder brother is really, really a loyal minister?"

In Nanpi City, Ji Yi has successfully distributed 5 million yuan to "buy life money" and has begun to deal with Wu Haogu and Yang Jian.

The levy went very smoothly. Who dared not give it? Not only did he offend Wu Haogu without giving it, but he also offended Ji Yi. After offending these two people, the ancestors' surnames were useless.

"Really, really!" Ji Yi nodded, "Why is he not a loyal minister? If he were not a loyal minister, who would have helped the court fight against Liao?"

"Then our way to give grace..."

"It's okay, this matter has passed. In three days, let's go north to Tianjin Prefecture and announce the imperial edict in Tianjin Prefecture! I guess Wu Chongdao will invite all the heroes from Yan to Tianjin Prefecture for the New Year. We will announce the imperial edict at that time and discuss the battle situation after the beginning of spring."

"After the spring?" Yang Jian suddenly remembered that he was still trying to control the Yanshan Road soldiers and frowned again. Why can't the official family avoid his own dispatch? Could it be that he had forgotten it?

Ji Yi nodded, "Yan land is still missing one Yizhou! And the imperial court has to recover the lost territory on Hebei West Road! Yang Du Zhi, you should do the military affairs of Yanshan Road? How can you avoid participating in the military affairs of Yizhou, Dingzhou and Qizhou?"

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