There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 363 Lack of Money

Han Huan and his son had arrived in Jiangling, and Li Chu immediately became the hands-off treasurer and handed over the entire government affairs of Jiangling City to Han Huan.

At the same time, Li Han was appointed as the governor of Jiangling area, temporarily taking over the military arrangements and appointments of the entire Jiangling and Xiangyang areas. Lu Junyi stayed in Jiangling and was temporarily Li Han's deputy general, working together to be responsible for the security of Jiangling and the suppression of bandits around Jiangling.

To suppress the bandits, it was some bandits and bandits on the mountain that were suppressed.

Now that Jiangling has belonged to the Qilin Army, then this kind of bandits can no longer be used under this rule. After Wang Qing beat Jiangling, he only focused on expanding his territory, and some bandits on this territory took advantage of this opportunity Rise and grow, this is what Li Chu does not want to see.

At the same time, Yang Zhi was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition Army, commanding the Qilin Army Infantry, Liangshan Army Infantry, Mo Army, and Yingshui Army, and went west to destroy Wang Qing's main force in Xizhen.

Be sure to capture Wang Qing alive.

Li Chu returned to Rufen Town.

After defeating Jiangling, his role was exhausted, and he was no longer needed for the following things.

Mainly to the west of Jiangling, there are mountains and rivers, not only mountains and rivers, but also many rivers. The road is very difficult, even more difficult than the Yanchang County side.

Li Bai once said in a poem that the road to Shu is difficult, the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to climb to the blue sky.

Although the road to Shu in his poem refers to the road from Chang'an to Shu, isn't the road from Jiangling to Shu also the same?

The terrain on both sides is similar, and walking is very difficult.

The Leopard 1 tank is a medium-sized tank. In this case, there is no place to walk there, and its role is negligible. It is because Li Chu did not participate in the battle there.

Now that Xiangyang and Jiangling have been taken down, in order to strengthen the control of these two places, the asphalt road must be built. Even if the asphalt road is not built, the concrete road must be repaired.

Now less than one-tenth of the asphalt road project has been built. The engineering team provided by the system is repairing the road in Nanyang area. It seems that it will still take a long time to build the road here.

When returning to Rufen Town, Li Chu went to these places to have a look.

The result is very satisfying.

Since the start of recruiting road construction apprentices, there have been a lot of applicants. Apart from being a little rusty at the beginning, they have been studying with the road construction factory team in a short period of time and have learned a lot. When Li first arrived here, The side is very lively.

There is no rush for the road. We can only wait for this group of apprentices to graduate. At that time, so many people can form several engineering teams. The speed and plan of this team's future road construction will be much faster.

After returning to Rufen Town, Li Chu immediately summoned brothers Shi Tianyi and Su Qing and Su Mu.

In the government office, Li Chu mentioned the government-run factory plan to them.

During the last lottery draw, Li Chu gathered a lot of industrial foundations and some ingredients.

The formulas of cement and glass can be distributed to the folks, so that private merchants can operate them.

Especially the glass one, you can put it down with confidence.

As for cement, since this thing can play a huge role in military warfare, although it is deliberately intended to be decentralized to the private sector, considering that the military and the Qilin Army have not yet grown, this matter is still discussed and handled by the government.

Officially, it means that the official side of the Kirin Army invests in the construction of factories for production, and there are strict regulations on sales targets and use.

Cement and glass are easy to talk about, but what worries Li Chu the most is the steel factory, lathes and drawings.

In this lottery draw, the system gave Li Chu one of the most steadfast basic industries in the empire.

Steelworks can only be run by the government.

The problem is that there is a huge problem that bothers Li Chu.

That is, there is no money...

This money is not custom currency.

It's money, gold, silver and Xiaoping money.

The capital of Li Chu's family was raised by collecting the deposits of some big families in Xiangcheng County for hundreds of years, but now it is different. very low.

The biggest expenditure among them is military expenditure.

Originally, the Kirin Army had only [-] soldiers, which was enough no matter how much it cost.

But it's different now, with the Liangshan Army and the Yingshui Army, some of Wang Qing's surrendered troops will be invested in the Qilin Army in the future.

This is not critical.

The key is that the salary of the Kirin Army is very high.

Ordinary soldiers 3-4 times a month.

As for the Liangshan Army and the Yingshui Army, soldiers from the imperial court were originally mixed with bandit soldiers from Liangshan in Song Jiangyuan. Before, they were paid about the same as soldiers from the imperial court, but now they have joined the Qilin Army. But it was a world of difference.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, this salary must be raised.

It is not required to be the same as that of the Qilin Army, but it should not be too different.

And now, building a factory is also a lot of money.

Although the factory has been extracted in the system, labor is still a huge expense and consumption.

Where do metal minerals come from?
Mining, there is a mine map, who will mine?
It is too late to set up factories and build glass to buy.

If it was ok a month or two earlier, if it is done like this now, the speed of his capital return and profit cannot keep up with the development speed of the Qilin Army.

The two brothers Su Qin and Su Mu are now the business leaders of the Qilin Army.

So Li Chu could only ask them to discuss this matter with Shi Tianyi.

Li Chu also talked about the drawings and the factory, but it was still the same set to the outside world. This is the latest equipment produced by Lumen.

The key is to build a walking tractor, which is a big project.

Once this is done, the territory of the entire Qilin Army will be half cleared.

At the same time, if a tractor is built here, the price of other engines in the customization system will also be lowered. At that time, automobile engines, motorcycle engines, and even aircraft engines will all be customized. .

Not only the engine, but also other aspects of this tractor.

Anyway, as long as the engine is built, it is equivalent to unlocking a lot of new customization items, and then reducing the price of a large number of customization items.

At the same time, it is also a great boost to the development of the Kirin Army.

But, no money.

"Lord, how about we pretend to pay taxes?" Su Mu suggested.

Increase taxes?

"No."

Before Li Chu could speak, Shi Tianyi and Su Qing rejected the proposal first.

Shi Tianyi felt that increasing taxes would increase the burden on the common people, while Su Qing felt ashamed. As a businessman, he was reduced to the point of raising taxes, which was a shame.

However, given the current situation of the Kirin Army, it is indeed difficult to obtain such a large sum of money in a short time.

Money is not difficult for Su Qing.

The difficulty lies in how to get the money in a short time, this is the biggest problem.

"The lord can open up some privileges for private fundraising. I think some businessmen will be very interested in this."

In the end, Su Qing had to come up with such a bad idea.

(End of this chapter)