"Old Wu, the Goryeo Kingdom and the Jurchens fought for eight years, and they were defeated in battles and their national strength had been wasted. Last year, they were defeated in the front line of Helandian and Qianli Great Wall. Xuande Pass, Dingzhou and other places in the northeast of the Thousand Miles Great Wall were lost, and the gateway to Pyongyang in Xijing was opened. The Liao people used the strategy of driving tigers and swallowing wolves to tempt the Jurchens. The Jurchen tribe alliance was determined to seize the land between the east and west Goryeo and the east to facilitate direct contact with us. So we had to follow up and perform on the Goryeo Peninsula. However, I also knew that the Goryeo Kingdom was small and poor, and there was no oil and water. So I asked you to discuss it with you..."

Wu Haogu, who was still a little seasick, sat in the cabin with a pale face, and was seriously discussing with Wu Yanen how to squeeze out oil and water from the small and poor Goryeo Kingdom.

It's really embarrassing to say that the Youzhou Republic regime, which Wu Haogu had worked hard to establish, could not escape the bourgeoisie's pursuit of profits. The Youzhou Republic regime would not fight that kind of aggressive war of no cost, and it really could not afford it.

Although the army of the Youzhou regime is basically a feudal army, and the maintenance cost is not high. However, it still costs a lot to send an expeditionary army to the land of the Goryeo Kingdom. According to the military service system of Youzhou, feudal soldiers must receive sufficient military pay for any outbound combat, and the treatment is the same as that of mercenaries of the same level.

Staying in this country to defend the country is one thing. If you don’t have money, you have to fight. If you defeat the landlords and bullies, you can’t be regarded as a bully. However, if you don’t give benefits to going abroad to fight, you will be a hooligan. You either give money, or you will be a distribution of land, or you will be given an official position.

If you cross the sea to conquer Goryeo, you won’t get any land. Wu Haogu would not be the King of Goryeo, so naturally you don’t have an official position. How can you give less money?

In addition, the navy in Youzhou was hired and also had to build expensive gunboat warships for them! Even in the peace era, tasks such as training, patrol, preparation for war, visits, bandit suppression, and escort were all arranged. Each task was cost a lot, and it was a gold-swalking beast!

It is precisely because of the too much money that Wu Haogu sold out more than 100 galleys and sailboats one after another, but they have not yet been sold out. The navy personnel have also divided half of them to Ji Yi, and now there are only more than 10,000 people left. Next, they plan to transfer all the assets of the Penghu Inspection Department to Su Che, Su Shi and his son to reduce expenses.

In addition to the Navy and Army, the Youzhou Republic Government has now established a bureaucratic team with graduates from Yuntai Academy as the core. It is responsible for managing the Republican government and the three governments below, Tianjin Prefecture, Yanshan Prefecture, and Dalian Prefecture. It also needs to send officials to the Nanyang Protectorate and four overseas commercial cities through the Maritime Supervision Bureau. The distribution of subsidies to overseas commercial cities may not necessarily make a profit. Over the year, it will cost a lot.

In addition, the Youzhou Republic government has to allocate a large amount of education funds every year... because Youzhou implements a free compulsory education system for citizens!

It sounds very high-end, right? But only the children of citizens can enjoy it. Including the knights, the military families, the children of civilian families who pay a certain level of tax, as well as the children of the intellectuals of Yuntai, they can all enter the public primary schools and primary schools of the Republic's Prefecture for free and receive a nine-year education. If they can be admitted to public academies or colleges, they can also receive free education.

Moreover, because Youzhou and the court were furious, the "diploma" of Yuntai Academy was no longer popular, and many Yuntai graduates lost their jobs. Therefore, no "caizi" was willing to spend a lot of money to study. At the same time, in order to retain talents, Yuntai Academy had to pay high salaries to professors and lecturers, and also give them political treatment. Therefore, education expenses have now become a burden on the Youzhou Republican government.

Finally, the infrastructure expenditure of the Youzhou Republic government is also quite large. Wujiakou City, Dalian Guancheng Town Dongguan Great Wall, Dalian Prefecture City is located at the foot of Daheishan Mountain outside Dalian Pass, Zijing Pass, Guancheng, Yuguan City, Road Network between the prefectures of Youzhou, the border river and the embankment of the Yellow River. The Youzhou Army occupied the narrow area east of the Yellow River in Qingzhou and other projects are quite expensive.

Even if you save money on the four major expenses of military expenditure, government affairs, education and infrastructure, you will have to spend millions a year. If you spend a little extravagant, you can spend tens of millions.

It’s really like a flow of money! Looking at the account book sent by Mi Youren and Zhang Xizai, Wu Haogu felt distressed!

Therefore, Wu Haogu, who was the leader of the country in Youzhou, had to make careful calculations and live a tight life. Even if he launched an evil war of aggression, he had to settle the accounts first. He could not learn from Emperor Yang of Sui and could not get along with Goguryeo at all costs.

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"King, Goryeo is really poor! A country with millions of people does not have to be richer than Tianjin and JD.com. Even compared with our private pockets, it is not too old or too young. I don't know if there is a million yuan in income a year? And for us, the truly valuable ones are wood, fur, medicinal materials. But fur and medicinal materials mainly come from the east and west of Goryeo. Once it falls into the hands of the Jurchens, we will deal with the Wanyan family. Build a small island in the Datong River near Xijing to build a market, and there is everything.

In addition, we also have a stronghold in Liaodong. With Dalian City in hand, you can directly buy fur, wood, and raw medicine from the Ma family and the Jurchens of the Hosu Pavilion. Even if there is no Xijing Shangshi City..."

On the Truth, Wu Yanen was talking about the oil and water of Goryeo with Wu Haogu in detail.

"If the Jurchens are born along the Xijing and Datong River, then the rest of the country of Goryeo is Silla maids, wood and a little yellow rice, at most a little sea goods, and a few good ports that can lead to Japan and the Whale Sea. There will be no others."

It was the northwest wind at this time, and the Truth of the Shinsai was not slow, the wind and waves on the sea were not small, and the ships were fluctuating and were very turbulent. However, Wu Haogu's thoughts were all about the word "money", so he distracted his mind and was not very uncomfortable.

"This battle mainly depends on the efforts of the Jurchens, so let's dispatch the navy," Wu Haogu thought, "The navy has been operating for many years, and it is all mercenaries, so there is no need to add any extra money. As long as there is no loss, there will be no money. As for land, one general must be mobilized, and another battalion of knights may be added. Including engineers, artillery, and baggage troops, there are always a thousand people, and at least ten thousand horses need to be recruited. It is expected that we will stay in Goryeo for a year, and food and grass can be raised locally, military pay, road expenses, rewards, pensions, loss of artifacts, and loss of horses. We must prepare 2 million yuan for any loss.

How much is a Goryeo Haizhou worth? Although Goryeo is mountainous, Haizhou is a good place. It has good harbors and fertile fields, which is no less than that of Haizhou in our Song Dynasty! There are always hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile fields in a state? Is it always hundreds of thousands of stones a year when planting rice and wheat? Isn’t it worth 2 million chunks?”

"Of course 2 million yuan is worth it, but this place is not something that the Wu family can eat!" Wu Yanen said lightly, "If the king wants the Wu family to come forward to clean up the end of Goryeo, the Wu family has to raise hawks and dogs. All aspects must be settled, and all kinds of expenses will be gone. The income from Haizhou is not enough to be paid in!"

Wu Haogu invited Wu Yanen to come and fight for the cannon. His real purpose was to get the Wu family to pay.

From now on, Nan Goryeo will be the world of the Wu family's shogunate. If you spend 2 million yuan to buy a shogun, why don't you lose money?

But Wu Yanen's account is not calculated like this. He calculates it as "cash flow", not book assets. The "company" of Goryeo has a lot of assets, but the cash flow is too low. Moreover, the Wu family cannot rely solely on Wu Haogu's support to stabilize the situation. They have to spend money in it!

Wu Yanen said slowly: "The Wu family is an outsider in Goryeo, not a first-class family. If you want to hold the emperor, the princes will not be able to convince the public. Moreover, Goryeo also has patriotic righteous men. If our Wu family becomes an internal supporter, in the eyes of Goryeo, it is undoubtedly a traitor... how much money will it cost to win people's hearts?"

"I have a way to do the matter of being a great name. I can't let Wu Yanpeng be a traitor, right?" Wu Haogu said, "Gory's Xijing is in the north, Nanjing is in the south, and the real Wang Jing is in the middle. The Jurchens took Xijing, and the Youzhou soldiers took Nanjing... Then the two sides surrounded Kaijing and forced Wang Shimin to surrender!"

"Shimin" is a fan of Wang Ya, the Goryeo Ruizong. Needless to say, she is also a fan of Li Shimin. However, she does not have the ability of Li Shimin and is defeating wars all day long.

"The king wants to destroy Goryeo?"

"Immortal!" Wu Haogu waved his hand, "It's just that Goryeo has the crisis of destroying the country. Only then can this Wu Yanchong stand up and lead the heroes of the Wu squad to eliminate the traitors and revive the court!"

Wu Haogu thought very thoughtfully.

"This is what..." Wu Yanen thought for a while, and his face hurt, "The Wu family has paid 500,000 yuan."

This old profiteer is so stingy!

Wu Haogu complained inwardly, but he still looked like he was kind and wealthy in terms of face.

He really has no choice but to do anything to the Wu family in Haizhou. They have situations in Jingdong Commercial City, Shanghai Commercial City, Mingzhou, Quanzhou, and Nanxin Island. The willingness to move the "headquarters" to Tianjin is a great support for Wu Haogu. Moreover, the Wu family Maritime Merchants also have hundreds of sea ships, which can be used to supplement the maritime heroes who lack military strength in Youzhou.

As long as Wu Haogu intends to establish hegemony at sea, he must talk to the Wu family well.

"500,000 is too little," Wu Haogu shook his head, "at least 1 million... Mr. Wu, the situation in Goryeo is not our final say. Wanyan Wuyashu's army may have already rushed to Xijing. If we hadn't sent troops, we might have destroyed it! The situation in your Wu family in Goryeo will be gone."
Chapter completed!