One Piece of Song Dynasty

Ma Kuo stepped forward and patted Zhang Xiaochun on the shoulder to comfort him: "Everything is over. In the future, we will have many opportunities to seek revenge from the Jin people. We will not only seek revenge from the Jin people, but also beat them back to their hometown."

Zhang Xiaochun asked: "Is it really possible?"

Ma Kuo replied firmly: "Yes, my lord is very powerful. Let's not mention the current foundation. Zhang Xuanfu, did you know that among the Jin soldiers who attacked Taiyuan, there were spies of my lord. "

Zhang Xiaochun said in shock: "You said that among the Jin soldiers who attacked Taiyuan, there were Lord Li's secret spies?"

Ma Kuo nodded and said: "Yes, otherwise how would I know the detailed process of the Battle of Taiyuan? I can tell you clearly that there are lord's secret spies not only in the Jin people's east and west armies, but also in the Jin people's mainland. Secret spies, the lord sent secret spies to the Liao region a few years ago. After several years of hard work, they all penetrated into the Jin Kingdom. We got the news very early on the Jin people’s decision to attack the imperial court twice. Think again, how could you have been rescued and come here without the help of spies."

Zhang Xiaochun frowned and asked, "Have those secret spies ever done anything to harm the people?"

Ma Kuo said: "This, I can tell you responsibly, no, not only did they not do anything to harm the people, they also secretly let many people go, and some babies were also rescued by them."

Zhang Xiaochun stood up and clasped his fists and said, "I admire what Mr. Li has done."

Li Xin said: "Okay, since you all know Liu Shuai and Zichong, you will take Mr. Zhang and others to visit Xinghan. After the visit, I will listen to the decision of Mr. Zhang and others. .”

The two clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

After a few people left, Li Xin asked: "Liangsi, in the year since I left, how many people are there in Xinghan now?"

Zhao Liangsi replied: "My lord, the current population of Xinghan is about , including in Xinghan City, in Jilong City, in Yilan City, in Taoyuan City, in Hualien City, Hsinchu City has , Tongxiao City has , and the construction of Fenglin City has not yet started.”

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, I understand. After the construction of Fenglin City starts, the next step is Chiayi City, kilometers south of Tongxiao City, and Xingdong City, kilometers south of Fenglin City. Liu will be notified then. Shuai, continue to expand our control area to the south. Okay, go and call Liu Yi and Zhao Fei."

Zhao Liangsi cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

After Zhao Liangsi left, Li Xin said to Yu Liyan: "Yu Liyan, everything is fine here. You can go down with Zhu Lian. They just came to Xinghan and haven't had a good visit yet. You can go out and have a good time together today." Let’s go shopping.”

Yu Liyan nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Sister Zhu, let's go."

After Yu Liyan and Zhu Lian left, Li Xin came to a room. This room could only be entered and exited by Li Xin alone. There were several large locked boxes in the room. The boxes contained treasures written by Li Xin in the past few years. , Li Xin pulled out a few stacks of paper and left.

Liu Yi and Zhao Fei came over soon after getting the news. When Li Xin saw them, he first asked: "Zhao Fei, how is the matter at the salt farm?"

Zhao Fei replied: "It has been in production for two months. There is no problem with the production and quality of the salt. It is better than the salt we bought from Da Song Dynasty. We have already stocked up a lot of salt."

Li Xin said thoughtfully: "Okay, what is our salt cost?"

Zhao Fei thought for a while and said: "There are now ninety acres of salt fields in Tongxiao City. If the weather is good, it can produce one thousand tons of salt every three days and ten thousand tons of salt a month. There are a total of one craftsman in the salt field." There are people, and the wages of these craftsmen are six guan per month. In addition to the wages, they include the cost of raw materials for filtration and packaging. In this way, our cost of producing salt is about guan a month."

Li Xin did some mental calculations. Assuming that each person consumes six grams of salt per day, there are people in Xinghan. The monthly salt consumption is only tons, which means that the monthly output is tons. More than enough, at cents per catty of salt, Xinghan's monthly consumption of tons, excluding the fixed investment of guan, can earn guan per month, which can still maintain the operation of the salt field. But what if all the remaining salt is sold to the Song Dynasty or other countries? Think about it. In addition to leaving a thousand tons of spare salt, if the remaining tons are sold, it will be Fifty thousand thousand guan, which is million guan a year. Even if the transportation costs are deducted, the profit is still very considerable. This is still yuan per catty. The cheapest salt in the Song Dynasty costs yuan. A pound of gold, good ones, even more than a hundred pounds per pound. No wonder the ancient government had to sell salt exclusively, but private salt was still banned. This is an absolute huge profit.

You have to take out food, but you can't sell it with much fanfare at the beginning, and the quantity you sell can't be too large. After all, Cai Jing has fallen. Although the relationship with the local government is not bad, Li Xin has no one in Zhaogou, and the sales are too high. It's easy to attract people's hatred if you have too much. Of course, apart from the Song Dynasty, it can also be sold on the territory of the Dai Jin Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Li Xin said: "Then we will start selling it in Xinghan and Jeju first, forty coins per catty. After I have established contact with Hui'an and Yanjing, I will start selling it in the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty." The land is for sale, and I have ordered that the next city construction plan after the construction of Fenglin City starts is to continue to advance kilometers south to Chiayi City and Xingdong City. After the construction of Chiayi City starts, the salt works will be moved to Chiayi City. Chiayi City is just south of Tongxiao City, which is more suitable for drying salt. After the salt farm is moved to Chiayi City, the scale will be expanded to acres."

Zhao Fei cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Master."

Li Xin said to Liu Yi again: "Liu Yi, I plan to build two new universities in Yilan City and Taoyuan City. Among them, a journalism school and a drama school will be built in Yilan City, and a police academy and a geology school will be built in Taoyuan City. This matter You are responsible."

Liu Yi replied: "Yes, Lord, what kind of talents are the Police Academy and the Journalism Academy mainly used to cultivate?"

Li Xin explained: "The Police Academy is used to train talents who are dedicated to maintaining security in the city and solving crimes; while the Journalism School is used to train talents who collect various types of private information. After the Journalism School is built, we will also build a The daily newspaper is called Xinghan Daily. The daily newspaper is tentatively scheduled to publish a newspaper every five days. This newspaper is made of paper and can publish various private news or news released by our government. And this private newspaper The news is collected by talents from the journalism school, and these talents will be called reporters from now on. I have a detailed introduction to newspapers and reporters. You can take it back and read it carefully. "

Liu Yi nodded and said: "Yes, Lord."