The county government treasury is only used for people's livelihood in Beixi County and cannot be misappropriated privately.
One hundred and twenty-five thousand taels of silver is not a lot, but there are only 35,000 people in the entire Beixi County. Each person can share three to four taels of silver equally. You must know that during the peak period of Daliang, the average annual expenditure of each household was only One to two taels of silver.
If all the money could be used in practical ways, the living standards of the people in Beixi County would be comparable to those of the people in Kyoto.
Lin Quqi was very proud of the money in the county government's treasury.
After all, every penny of this money is clean.
As a result, Qin Feng had great objections to the money in the county government's treasury: "Is it just this little? What is it enough for?"
"Those kids from Kyoto squander hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at every turn. We have 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and civilians in Beixi County. How can this little money be enough? If you ask me, just transfer it directly from the Tianjiying treasury to the county government treasury. A few hundred thousand taels of silver, let’s round it up to five hundred thousand taels of silver.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Quqi couldn't believe his ears.
This Qin Feng was very capable when fighting, but when it came to matters involving money, he was easily confused.
Yes, Qin Feng was rich, but he couldn't bear to spend so much.
Lin Quqi waved his hands repeatedly: "You can't use that much. We have to wait until the end of the national war to put this money to use. After all, the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation are all provided by Tianji Camp. When the people need to be self-reliant, Only then will it begin to consume the county government’s finances.”
So it turned out that Qin Feng secretly sighed in his heart that he was really not suitable to be a county magistrate.
According to his character, when encountering problems, he would definitely give priority to throwing money. However, in the long run, people all over the world may think that the people of Beixi County are stupid and waste money too quickly. When the time comes, he will not be able to bear another wave of refugees.
In addition to the county government treasury, Lin Quqi also counted the money in Tianjiying treasury.
"Currently, Tianji Camp has a total of 3,756,000 taels of silver, and the rest will not be counted."
Hearing the deposit from Tianji Camp, Li Zhang couldn't wait for Qin Feng to react.
"How many?!"
"County Magistrate Lin, did I hear you correctly? Three million seven hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver... How can Tianjiying have so much money? I know that candy and other industries generate a lot of money, but Beixi County has been spending money abroad. After spending so much time with Beidi, I still have so much money!"
Before this, Li Zhang had been worried, fearing that one day Beixi County would run out of ammunition and food.
Not only can one county fight against the Beidi army, but there are still so many people to feed in the city, and Qin Feng is dealing with political opponents in Kyoto, so these expenses are indispensable.
The most critical point is that when Qin Feng built his army, he spent a lot of money. The cost of the three thousand black cavalry alone was enough to feed an army of fifty or sixty thousand people.
Tianji camp, which is supposed to make ends meet, is still extremely rich, which is incredible!
Not to mention the shocked look on Li Zhang's face, even Qin Feng was shocked: "What?! Only 3.75 million taels of silver?"
As soon as the word "talent" was spoken, Li Zhang wanted to strangle Qin Feng to death.
What kind of family doesn't even care about more than three million taels of silver?
You must know that the annual allocation for the entire northern border military and people's livelihood is only this amount.
"Brother Qin, in your opinion, how much is enough?" Li Zhang couldn't help but be sarcastic.
Qin Feng shrugged his shoulders and said matter-of-factly: "How can you ever have enough money? Let alone three million taels, even if it is thirty billion taels, I will take it all. But having said that, with my respect for If you know the many industries in Tianji camp, you have to have more than ten million taels of silver in your bank account to be able to count."
Li Zhang almost laughed angrily.
Ten million taels, are you kidding me?
With so much money, it is enough to support the Northern Territory and fight with Beidi for another two years!
Just when Li Zhang was about to refute Qin Feng's daydreaming, Lin Quqi's exclamation sounded next to him.
Lin Quqi looked at Qin Feng with admiration in his eyes: "Brother Qin, have you really been in Kyoto during this period? Did you sneak back to Beixi County and investigate secretly?"
Qin Feng looked confused: "Why do you say this?"
Lin Quqi's eyes became more and more strange: "Otherwise, how could you know so much about Tianjiying's income?"
"According to the second lady, excluding military expenses and consumption of people's livelihood, Tianji Camp should have a balance of 10 million taels. But right now, only the profits from the candy industry are continuously shipped to Beixi County. And white sugar , bookstores and other industries have yet to be cashed in."
Royalties?
Li Zhang felt that his brain was a bit insufficient. This was the first time he heard the word "royalty" in his life.
Puzzled for a while, he quickly asked Lin Quqi: "County Magistrate Lin, what's the explanation for this patent fee?"
Lin Quqi also secretly admired Qin Feng's whimsical idea. He couldn't help but smile and explained: "The Tianji Camp was indeed on the verge of collapse. At the most stressful time, the food stored in the city was less than half a month's consumption. In order to help Beixi County tide over the difficulties, Brother Qin sold all his properties, including sugar and bookstores, for cash.
"Despite this, Brother Qin still has absolute say in these industries. After all, the source of production is firmly in Brother Qin's hands.
"The so-called patent means that this matter cannot be solved without Brother Qin.
"For example, sugar, after those businessmen bought the property, their capital and profits had nothing to do with Brother Qin, but they were required to pay a patent fee of one million taels to Brother Qin every six months."
Li Zhang vaguely understood something.
He whispered softly: "In other words, you sold the sugar industry twice?"
Qin Feng drooped his head and put on an irritating face: "What do you mean selling twice? I developed the sugar, and the production process is strictly controlled by Tianjiying to ensure that the sugar finally delivered to the customer is of the highest quality. Excellent. I’ve worked so hard, what’s wrong with collecting some royalties?”
Speaking of this, Qin Feng couldn't help but feel distressed and cried: "If Beixi County hadn't suddenly had a large influx of hungry people and almost collapsed, I would have been reluctant to sell the sugar."
Selling the sugar industry has always been Qin Feng's obsession.
Qin Feng’s dream is to become a sugar tycoon and hold all the sugar-related industries in his hands. Nowadays, candy is prosperous as a luxury product in the celebrity circle, but sugar, a livelihood commodity, is missing. After all, Qin Feng, a sugar tycoon, is not perfect.
Qin Feng sighed secretly, thinking that he was doing charity, and immediately looked up at Lin Quqi: "Based on days, the patent fees should have been collected long ago, why haven't they arrived yet? Are those businessmen thinking? Is it Qin Feng’s fault?”
Facing Qin Feng's question, Lin Quqi smiled bitterly: "It's true!"
"I heard from the second lady that the merchants had prepared the money, but when they heard that the war started, they took the money back."
