When training troops, the first thing Wang Ju thought of was Liu Changzuo. However, Liu Changzuo was training troops in Hebei and could not come to the south. But Yan Da was not bad either, and he was also a good general.

Wang Ju was 100% at ease when using Yan Da to train troops, and Yan Da was not bad at ethics. Wang Ju was not very familiar with him before, and only knew that there was such a general who could fight. It was not until after Qingzhou that Wang Ju paid more and more attention.

There is no problem in training, but there is a problem there.

So Wang Ju changed his style and said, "Before coming to Guangnan, I sent someone to investigate."

"The prince is better than Guo Gong..." Yan Da didn't say anything further. Yan Da was the only one who made the contribution in the battle against Jiaozhi. Therefore, he was punished after the war, but only Yan Da was rewarded. Yan Da refused to accept the resignation and begged for the same responsibility. Such a gentleman would never deliberately step on his boss in order to curry favor with Wang Ju.

But the meaning also revealed that Wang Ju is better than Guo Kui, so he has to investigate before he fights at least.

Don’t say that the other party is a country or a group of bandits. If you don’t investigate and fight blindly, you will suffer a big loss if you don’t do it well.

"General Yan, I understand. Don't say anything about Guo Gong. Not only Guo Gong, but also Su Jian, don't say anything in the future. I will only talk about the reference of this battle. I will send someone to investigate. Previously, Su Jian sent someone to ask for help from Liu Yi, but Liu Yi used the imperial edict as an excuse to refuse to send troops. Then Liu Yi saw that the momentum was wrong and it was too late to send troops. Why, since the imperial edict ordered Guangdong and Guangxi to prepare for defense, Liu Yi also recruited some border troops. In addition, some Baojia, the number was almost 50,000. However, more than 30,000 local soldiers were controlled by the various major heads and great barbarian chiefs. When Liu Yi was about to send troops, Jiaozhi had already attacked the inland three groups. These main houses and great barbarian chiefs refused to obey Liu Yi's orders in order to protect themselves."

Not only were there barbarian leaders, but also large landlords of the Han people.

So Wang Ju said that the entire Guangnan West Road was like an independent kingdom.

"Therefore, the problem is one. If I prepare the armor and train the troops in large quantities, but I am inappropriate in the actions. It is not to train the troops for the court, but to train the troops for these leaders and barbarian chiefs. I will become even more rebellious and will not obey the court's mobilization."

"Prince..."

"Call the young master, this is more friendly." Wang Ju said. Now there are very few people who dare to call him Ming Gong, so almost everyone calls him Prince. This title makes Wang Ju feel very uncomfortable. I am not old yet.

"Okay, Wang Shaobao, you really need to pay attention to this. And they can't underestimate them. Jiaozhi has been attacking Yongzhou for a long time, so he divided 20,000 troops to attack Pennzhou. Wuyuan was defeated by these local tyrants. Jiaozhi had to turn around and return to Yongzhou City. After breaking through Yongzhou City, he massacred all the people in the city, and then divided the troops to plunder the people and property. He was also attacked by some tyrants and tyrants. Only then did Jiaozhi stop and robbed countless people and property back to Jiaozhi. Therefore, when I was talking to Yao Lin in the army, I said that if these tens of thousands of local soldiers obeyed Liu Yi's orders and had no mistakes in command, they might be able to defeat the 80,000 invading Jiaozhi army. Such a tragedy would not have happened."

This is impossible. There was no official in the Song Dynasty on Guangnan West Road that could have such prestige and command all the barbarian tribes.

Besides, can you guarantee that tens of thousands of local soldiers be handed over to Liu Yi for command?

In fact, the defeat in Yongzhou was mainly due to Su Jian's own martial arts, not another time and space. The time and space king reminded that the court also supported many weapons and armor. Then Liu Yi asked Su Jian to send his men to Yongzhou. Not only did Su Jian not take over, but he disbanded many local soldiers. He abandoned his martial arts, otherwise there would be enough weapons and armor in the city. With nearly 10,000 local soldiers of various colors to defend, how could Jiaozhi succeed?

But Su Jian is already dead, and Wang Ju also said that there is no need to catch a dead person.

"Wang Shaobao, if the court does not send a large army, Shaobao, you can't deal with these barbarian leaders like you do to the Murong clan, otherwise there will be a big mess. Also, the number of Shaobao recruits I am worried about is difficult to achieve, and the population of Guangnan West Road is indeed very sparse."

The number of households on Guangnan West Road, including the migrant people of Kapok Branch, is only more than 200,000.

Of course, the reality is not the case, otherwise Lu Shi would not have been able to recruit 50,000 local soldiers in Yongzhou.

However, Wang Ju rushed from Yongzhou to Guizhou, observed it deliberately, and then made some guesses. That is, the actual number of households on the entire Guangnan West Road, including Shengman, is only about 400,000 households, and will definitely not exceed 500,000 households.

There is less population, so many places have accumulated a large amount of stagnant, so the so-called smog is heavier, and the Han people are unhappy to migrate here. The local barbarians lack communication, backward civilization, slash-and-burn farming, and difficulty in life. Therefore, the smaller the population, the smaller the number, forming semi-closed tribes.

The three states that were injured were Yongzhou where the left and right rivers meet. Qinzhou has the Qinjiang Delta, Lianzhou has the Yanshuiyuan, and the latter two states are still close to the coast, not to mention Yongzhou, including Jiaozhi in the south and Dali in the west. If Guizhou does not have Lingqu, the business will not be as developed as Yongzhou. The level of enlightenment in these three states is relatively high, but most of the people in these three states are either killed or captured. This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of recruiting troops.

However, Yan Da still believed in Wang Ju's wisdom quite well, so he only raised this difficulty and did not question it.

Wang Ju smiled and said, "General Yan, don't worry. I sent someone to carefully calculate that for every soldier, they will give him a price of about 30 cents a year. One is the commercial goods that they are short of, and the other is the one discount. If the business is properly managed, I can actually make a cost of about 20 cents, which is equivalent to saving one-third of the cost. And when given money, some tribes are backward, and their daily transactions are barter, and the people do not know the value of the money they always have."

"Some areas are indeed very backward." Yan Da sighed, as he was so backward that he was unexpected.

"But I have no way to hand over these merchant goods to the family members of the local army one by one, including the future transactions, they are traded with their leaders, and they are also handed over to their leaders to distribute them. General Yan, guess what will happen? In fact, the leaders are good, officials are the same. Some leaders do care about the people in their villages, but there are very few such leaders. Most leaders will deduct the goods at the distributors' merchant goods fair?"

Yan Da vaguely caught something.

Wang Ju didn't keep it in a slight way and said, "As long as they deducted them, they would be equivalent to reaping a large amount of wealth in disguise. One soldier deducted half of it, which would be equivalent to deducting fifteen stakes of commercial goods in a year. What about one hundred soldiers and two hundred soldiers? Then it would be 3,000 stakes a year. You have also seen the living conditions of some underdeveloped villages on Guangnan West Road, and it is not even as good as some backward counterfeit villages in Huanzhou. 1,500 stakes or 3,000 stakes. And in these four years, so much will be deducted every year. Do you think these leaders will be moved?"

"That's right, human lives are even cheaper here. To put it bluntly, you can buy a life without fifteen stakes of money."

"Secondly, as long as they persuade the Ding Zhuang in the hands of each village to come and be local soldiers, if we have the ability, we will be transferred out for training. Then we will tell these situations in a vague way. Without the leader of the deck, we will have no way to deal with them. However, no matter how backward they are in their minds, they can still love the people in their villages. If the deck and the soldiers let us carry us into a group to train, will they be as loyal and supportive as before? Then I will pick dozens of people, or one or two hundred more bad leaders, severely punish them as a deterrent. As a deterrent, will the situation of Guangnan West Road change?"

"This seems to be a solution, but where to train? It is best not to prevent them from going back within a year or two. If they deduct too much, they can cause serious evil to their respective leaders."

Yan Da asked by this question.

"This is the current difficulty. If the troops are fewer, it will not be able to destroy Jiaozhi. However, the troops are too many, and the military expenses are not expensive. However, the financial resources of Guangdong and Guangxi are limited. Even the Kapok Branch transports Kapok to the north for sale and the sales proceeds are transported to the treasury of the Sansi in the capital. In fact, it is the income of the Sansi in the capital. Guangdong and Guangxi use other income to subsidize the resettlement costs, water conservancy costs, house cultivation equipment costs, and grain loan costs in the first year. Although the Kapok Branch is generally profitable, it has put Guangdong and Guangxi in turn on its financial pressure."

However, Wang Ju did not object. If the court could not benefit, he would not pay attention to the south.

Just like at the beginning, many ministers also opposed migration. Some were bewitched, some had ulterior motives, and some did come from public intentions. No matter how they were settled, such a large-scale migration would inevitably lead to some bad phenomena.

But as Kapok's profits increase, the opposition became less.

It can be said that without Kapok Branch, the imperial court may not agree to him coming to the south and preparing to operate Jiaozhi.

But in this way, Wang Ju's financial resources will be even more nervous.

"The powerful people in various places ignore the majesty of the court and do their own things, just like an independent kingdom. The court's government orders are not smooth, so this situation is not well trained, but these powerful people are unable to get rid of their ranks. Both of these problems are very serious, so after thinking about it, there is only one way to solve it."

“What method?”

"You will know when you go to Yongzhou right away. By the way, the first priority now is to build the forts and checkpoints ahead first. Although Jiaozhi suffered heavy losses this time, and the south was in trouble with Chameng, they were finally the same country with tens of thousands of soldiers."

"Wang Shaobao, this is also difficult. What laborers are coming at this time?"

"I have arranged the labor affairs for you, and you and the general manager should check out all the dangerous checkpoints with confidence."

"What's the way?"

"You will know when you arrive in Yongzhou," Wang Ju said again.

With Yan Da's personality, he may not be happy, but let Yan Da slowly think about the importance of it, and there must be a choice. Yan Da will finally agree with the heavy ones on this side and the light ones on the other.

Yan Da left with a lot of questions.

Wang Juze lay down on the table and wrote the second melody.

This commentary has nothing to do with military affairs, and it refers to Kapok and Maritime Affairs.

The price of cotton is falling even harder now. A pound of lint is only about 200 cents. In fact, this is still a high price. It will only take thousands of households until a pound of lint costs 30 to 50 cents. However, it will take a long time to fall to that amount. After all, cotton is only planted in the south and gradually spread to the north of the Five Ridges, which is still far from the Yangtze River Basin. Let’s not talk about the north. There is a cotton seed evolution process.

Although the profits have dropped, the volume has increased, so Kapok's profits have almost reached nearly 6 million jin of revenue last year.

So Wang Ju couldn't figure out where the money he made over the years went?

In fact, it is simple. As income increases, military use is a little extravagant. The armor is more complete than before, and the rewards and pensions are also more. The salaries of grassroots officials have increased slightly. Then the treasury expenditure has also increased. In addition, his people-oriented letter, the imperial court transported a lot of grain from Bashu to the southeast. Although many people in the southeast were allowed to survive, the transportation cost a lot of money.

There are more and more children of the royal family, and they are all in captivity. When the inner treasury becomes rich, the salary is slightly increased, and the inner treasury spending increases.

Once you squeeze, you will have a lot of money left in a year. Once you loosen, you will have a lot of money spent in a year.

Because Wang Ju is not in the court, he is not very clear.

Of course, the financial situation of the Song Dynasty has basically improved from this year, even if there is a drought again.

Wang Ju is talking about this Kapok.

Let’s talk about first not kapok, but grain. The population is increasing. Although Wang Anshi initiated the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, which allowed many people to feed them, the fertile land in the north is ultimately limited, and the grain output in the north is very low.

The more food is short of food, the court now relies on the supply of the southeast, but the people in the southeast are growing faster. Therefore, we must turn our attention to Lingnan. As more people migrate, these people also planted a large amount of rice when they planted cotton for the court.

Although the scale of migration is not as large as before, some people are still flocking to the south to survive. And maybe the imperial court has obtained Jiaozhi. If a capable minister manages Jiaozhi, where is the land of fish and rice, and the crops can be ripe three times a year.

But it is not easy to transfer food to the north, at least you cannot slowly move from the Lingqu Canal to the north, as it would consume too much. Therefore, the court could find a way through the sea.

It’s not that there is no ship now, but that the ship is a hateful destruction.

Grain is also a commodity. If it is a sales nature, it will be removed from Guangnan and the Maritime Bureau. One tenth of the food will be removed when it is unloaded in Mizhou or Hangzhou. One tenth of the food will be removed. If it is handed over to the merchants, they will have to pay one tenth of the food. In fact, there is a huge price difference between rice per stone and rice from Guangnan and the north. Calculated in the capital, the price difference per stone is about 250 cents, and in other regions, the price difference is about 200 cents.

If there is no such deduction, some sea ships load grain from Guangzhou, arrive in Hangzhou or Mizhou, and then unload the southern goods and grain for sale, and then bring the northern goods to the south. Although the profit is low, if the ship is not fully loaded, there are still maritime merchants who are willing to transport some grain to the north. Even the imperial court can use taxes or purchases to transport the grain along the developed waterways of Guangnan to Guangzhou Port, and then hire sea ships to pull them to the north to regulate the price of grain and give the people more life.

However, because of this hateful withdrawal, freight, loss, and the destination is not reached by the Maritime Port, but also by carriage or river boat to the sales location. There is almost no profit left.

Wang Ju also gave an example. In the sixth year of Xining, Wang Ju asked the maritime merchants to prepare food for the court and also raised some food from Lingnan. However, before loading it on the ship, the Maritime Bureau removed one-tenth of the Maritime Bureau. Fortunately, after arriving in the north, there was no Maritime Bureau removed it.

This is a disaster relief food, and it also needs to be excreted.

So I hope the court will consider this issue.

Furthermore, this extraction itself is not grain, but other commercial goods are even more so. The individual extraction seems not high, only one-tenth, but the fact that the Lingnan goods were brought to the north was actually paid 30% of the extraction in disguise.

Because in order to escape this retrieval, some merchants are unwilling to do this, or smuggle at sea without passing through the hands of the Maritime Bureau.

Wang Ju hoped that the court would adopt his approach in Quanzhou, which would mean that the draw rate was reduced by half in disguise, but the drop rate was reduced by half, which would have to reach a certain amount. This also stimulated the maritime merchants to collect goods in disguise. Although the draw rate decreased, the quantity was increased, and it also cracked down on some tragic events caused by smuggling. Communication between the north and the south was also conducive to the development of the economy in various places.
Chapter completed!