Dad, this seems to be the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 193 Sun Chunming's Abilities

It's still Xiaochaohui.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Zhao Kuangyin was as happy as that, holding Zhao Dezhao's memorials in his hand, showing off to these nobles one by one, the complacent look on his face could be clearly seen by anyone who wasn't blind.

"Look, everyone, my son is not bad, 17 guan, but it has played a big role. This is a solution to the urgent need."

Zhao Pu stood up with a smile and said: "Your Highness is filial, this is the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty. I think the most urgent thing right now is to exchange the 17 guan of property into food as soon as possible."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded when he heard the words: "That's right, that's the reason. Gold and silver things can't be eaten by the hungry or drink. If they can't be exchanged for food, they are useless after all. Kindness, you must make sure that you make the best use of it, and you must not be skimped by corrupt officials, let alone hoarded by unscrupulous profiteers to make profits, do you have any ideas?"

Zhao Pu smiled and said: "I think, since the money was obtained by His Highness, it is also his wish, how about handing over this matter to His Highness?"

"This... Zhao'er is still a little young, and she is responsible for this matter independently, will she..."

"I don't think it's a problem. Your poor disciple Sun Yue is only eleven years old. Since His Majesty can raise this money, I think he still has the ability, but he lacks some practical management experience. Now this matter is just right. It's an opportunity."

Zhao Kuangyin was still a little confused when he heard the words, so he couldn't help but glanced at his younger brother Zhao Guangyi, and found that Zhao Guangyi's face today was as usual, without any expression, just like an old monk in meditation, and he felt very comforted for a while.

After all, this second child has grown into a city mansion. If it was normal, even if he didn't say anything, his face would be no different from Zigua's.

"Second boy, tell me, what should I do about this matter?"

"Going back to the official's house, my brother thinks that it is not a good idea to use the money to buy food."

"Oh?" Zhao Kuangyin wondered: "This is the money donated by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. It is the money that was collected with great difficulty. It is the wishes of the officials of the court for the refugees in Huainan. Can it be used for other purposes?"

"Officials, I don't mean that, I also think that the money must be spent on the victims of Huainan, but they shouldn't go to buy food. The court borrowed food from Nantang a few days ago. It is not very meaningful to buy food after solving the urgent needs of the victims. In addition, there is a lot of food in the world, and this year is not good. It's not a good harvest either, I think it's better to spend the money elsewhere."

"Spent elsewhere? Like?"

"I feel that it is better to take this opportunity to use work as a relief to conscript the victims in Huainan to build water conservancy and river embankments. They are free now because they have no farming work anyway. If they don't find something to do for them, they will easily cause chaos. If you think about the suffering of floods, you will be more patient when you do your work, so that the merits will be in the present and the benefits will be in the future."

Zhao Pu burst out laughing in the courtroom when he heard the words, Zhao Kuangyin didn't look very good, but he gave Zhao Pu a hard look, but Zhao Pu didn't seem to see it, and said to himself: "Second King , do you know how much money it takes to build a river embankment of this size?"

"How many?"

"In the fifth year of Xiande, there was a flood in Kaifeng. Emperor Sejong personally went to the embankment to supervise the repair. It took five months and cost a full 270 million guan. Di...hehe, Second Great King, you can’t talk about this political matter just by slapping your head, it’s better to talk about it after you actually understand it.”

Zhao Guangyi's expression remained as usual, and he said with a smile: "It turned out to be only 270 million. I thought it would be more than 300 million at least. Officials and ministers also have notes."

"Oh? What are you trying to beat up for?"

"Sun Chunming, a wealthy businessman in Kaifeng City, took the lead and united almost all the wealthy people in Kaifeng City. A total of 310 million yuan of wealth was raised, which was used to build the water conservancy embankment in Huainan. This is a detailed report. My brother thinks This matter is feasible, but after all, my brother is inexperienced, and he was not sure about it for a while, so he didn't dare to answer him, so he brought it to the court and asked my brother and Privy Councilor Zhao to guide it."

Zhao Kuangyin's eyeballs were about to fall off. Zhao Dezhao raised 300 yuan, and he was already very happy. After all, it was for charity. No one's money was blown by strong winds these days, but when Zhao Guangyi touched his upper and lower lips, [-] yuan How much?

"Sun Chunming told me that the 310 million and 500 yuan is just for Kaifeng. If it is not enough, as long as we continue to raise donations in the Jianghuai area, if we think about it, it will be no problem to raise [-] million yuan."

Not only Zhao Kuangyin was stunned, but even Zhao Pu was in a daze for a while, and he pinched himself hard to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

But how is this possible? 300 million, the imperial court fought against Jingnan Lake = Nan and the two countries did not spend so much money in total, he had seen a larger amount, but it was a war, how many merchants donated such a large sum?Did you put a knife around someone's neck and force you to donate it?
"Second Great King, the military and state affairs are not trivial. People in Kaifeng City who have more than 300 yuan say more or less. I dare not say that they know each other, but at least they know that they are close to each other. How could they donate [-] million? Is it a waste of money?"

But Zhao Kuangyin held the booklet and said, "Hehe, it's really a waste of money. These businessmen and powerful people don't just pay for money and produce things. Here, there are still design drawings of water conservancy projects attached to it. If it is built in this way, not only can it be Solve the century-old flood once and for all, and also reclaim tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. What the second brother means is that the ten thousand acres of fertile land will be distributed to them according to the amount of investment. Huainan Water Town has always been They are all granaries in the world, and they are not losing money on this deal, and it is also said that after the water conservancy is repaired, they will repair a section of the canal by the way, and reproduce the grand scene of Yangzhou with all sails coming. Give them, collect part of the toll, and also contract the wharf, pay off the fee after ten years, and then return the canal to the imperial court, if this can be done, they will actually make a lot of money."

Zhao Pu's face turned black, and there is such an operation?The canal is contracted to private individuals and charges for tolls?Isn't this giving the merchants the right of the imperial court to levy business taxes?

Zhao Guangyi said with confidence: "My brother thinks that this does not seem to be a loss to the imperial court. It is really difficult to get more than 300 million guan in a short time. Besides, the project in the picture seems to be bigger than our Kaifeng one. Some, I am afraid that 300 million is not enough, so borrowing money from the people, repaying with more cultivated fields and canals that have not yet been seen, seems to be a good thing for the court and the people, and the ministers think that they can also take advantage of it. Attracting businessmen from Jinling to invest, the officials may not know that after the minister came forward to guarantee the matter, the businessmen in Kaifeng City went crazy. , so how different are the merchants in Jinling City and those in Kaifeng City?"

"Okay, what the second child did is really beautiful. Hehe, Sun Chunming, indeed, he has a son and a father. Come, dear friends, take a look at this memorial and discuss it."

(End of this chapter)