Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 236 Victory
At this time, Zhao Kuangyin had completely trusted his son Zhao Dezhao 100%.

Seeing that he was so sure, he asked again, "Since you are so confident, I can promise you that I will treat it as a loan for you to start a business, but after you said you just went to sea, not only will all the shipbuilding costs be returned to the treasury , and half of the shipbuilding cost will be donated to the national treasury as interest, is this true?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty! This statement is naturally true. I have estimated that this kind of giant ship, including construction, supplies, weapons and equipment, repairs and other craftsmen along the way, plus armed sergeants, the goods required for going to sea, and the purchase cost , the comprehensive cost of each ship is about 10 taels..."

hiss!
Shocked!

It costs 10 taels of silver to build a ship. I'm afraid it wasn't made of silver!
Even Zhao Kuangyin was taken aback. He expected it would cost a lot of money, but he really didn't expect it to cost so much.

This is really made of silver.

"I want at least five such giant ships, so the cost should be 50 taels of silver. After sailing back to sea, I will be able to donate 75 taels of silver to the treasury!"

Whoa!
Really, King Qi is too good at bragging!

Now at least one-third of the ministers did not believe it.

Tang Jixian was the first to stand up and question, "King Qi's words are too alarmist. Even if your five ships come back full of goods, I'm afraid they won't be able to sell 75 taels of silver! I firmly don't believe it."

"Second minister! Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty! My Great Song Dynasty has only been established for more than ten years, and now my annual financial income is only one million 10 taels of silver. The king of Qi will spend half of it at once, and he can earn back 75 taels of silver just once, which is too absurd... ..."

Zhao Kuangyin frowned, but there was nothing he could do. He could only look at Zhao Dezhao, hoping that he would defend himself.

The opposition from Zhao Dezhao and others gradually subsided, and then he said, "Although your worries are well-intentioned, they are superfluous. I have already said that the 50 taels of silver include the purchase of goods that need to be traded with Nanyang people at sea. "

"Once these goods arrive in Nanyang, it will be a disaster! I would like to ask you here, everyone has seen this Champa rice. If I succeed in the experiment in the capital, then the rice seeds will be sold to all states and governments, and every stone of rice seeds will be sold. Hundreds of taels of silver, I believe some people will buy it!"

"Champa rice is precious here, but when it arrives in Champa, it's just rice, and it's worthless at all. I am a country in China with rich products, and many things are also extremely precious when they arrive in Nanyang. I fill five large ships and sell them to Nanyang. Let alone selling 75 taels of silver, even 80 taels is not a problem."

Having said that, everyone immediately felt relieved.

Ma Zhi, Minister of the Household Department, immediately said, "King Qi! This Zhancheng rice seed, not to mention hundreds of taels of silver per stone, I think even 1000 taels of silver is worth it, and I would buy it instead."

These civil and military officials no longer worried about how much money they could sell, but began to worry that they would not be able to continue selling in the future.

"King Qi! If we really make money like this, then we should not sell rice seeds, but buy other things, otherwise they will have seeds, and we will not be short of them in the future. It is best that we can sell them every year."

"Yes! Your Majesty, I suggest..."

For a while, many civil and military officials spoke freely, hoping to completely open up the Nanyang market, and strive to sell a lot of things for them every year and make a lot of money every year.

Zhao Dezhao said with a wry smile, "Good intentions from all of you! I'm so pleased, I want to tell you that I've already thought of everything you can think of. After all, you've only thought about it for a while, but I've been thinking about it for a few months. In a word , please rest assured! This king will naturally do his part to create wealth for our Song Dynasty."

After saying these words, the court finally became quiet.

Zhao Kuangyin actually had a smile on his face, this scene was exactly what he hoped to see.

Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi was a little unhappy.

Because he already has a plan this year. To do some things well, it will cost money. Just like what Tang Jixian said, the state treasury of Song Dynasty is now empty and has no money.

Only 10 taels of silver can be used every year. His plans have been in preparation for several years, and it is finally his turn to pass the plans this year.

But now that Zhao Dezhao took the lead and booked half of the annual financial income, it seemed that his spending plan would be forced to postpone again.

At this moment, a person broke into the hall suddenly, with a face full of panic, holding a secret report in his hand.

This person is none other than Shi Jianzhi, the governor of the imperial city.

Shi Jianzhi rushed to the hall and reported, "Your Majesty! There is a secret report from Shuiluo City in Weizhou!"

Oops!

not good!

The Imperial City Division is directly under the emperor, and it is impossible to break in directly if there is no major event.

Could it be that Shuiluo City fell?Then Weizhou is over.

The Northern Han army is about to drive straight in, and the capital is in danger!

When all the ministers saw Shi Jianzhi's anxious appearance, they all had ominous premonitions.

And the most worried one is naturally the emperor Zhao Kuangyin.

"Whose secret report?"

"Wang... Wang Jien's!"

Zhao Kuangyin's heart sank, it's broken!I'm afraid the city is really broken.

Only Zhao Dezhao remained calm.

In fact, he was also very afraid, but out of his trust in Zhao Dezhao and Fang Zhengqi, he still felt that it was unlikely to fail.

At this time, Zhao Dezhao already had some prestige in the court, so many people saw that he was stable as before, and felt a little more at ease.
"You don't need to bring it up, you can just read it in your hand!"

Zhao Kuangyin knew that everyone was concerned about this matter, and he was also anxious, so he directly asked Shi Jianzhiwu to read out the contents of the secret report.

Shi Jianzhi originally wanted to hand the secret letter to the eunuch, but when Zhao Kuangyin asked him to read it out in public, he had no choice but to open the secret letter and read it directly.

The first part of the letter was full of complaints from Wang Jien, saying that when he arrived in Shuiluo City, he was under the threat of Zhao Yuanzuo, and he hadn't been idle for a long time, so he started to get busy non-stop.

Moreover, Zhao Yuanzuo always asked him to go out to be a villain and search for big families inside and outside the city. All gold, silver, treasures, food, and even livestock were all taken over by the government.

It was his desperate work that allowed Shuiluo City to save a large amount of food and other military supplies when the Northern Han army invaded.

Afterwards, in a very difficult situation, I resolutely assisted Zhao Yuanzuo in dealing with powerful enemies...

All the ministers were confused, what did Wang Jien say?Complaining or rewarding?

In the beginning of the article, I said such a lot of nonsense.

Zhao Kuangyin said impatiently, "You just read to the end! I want to hear the result! Who can listen to his long-winded words!"

Shi Jianzhi hurriedly turned to the last page, but his expression changed instantly, "...Fortunately, long live Long En! God bless you! The bandit Northern Han army was defeated at noon today and retreated to the north..."

(End of this chapter)