"Guan family, the main force of the gold thieves has withdrawn. The main force of the gold thieves is withdrawing eastward! We won... the entire Yan region is now our territory of the Song Dynasty!"
On a temporary wooden platform on the top of the Immortal Platform in Jieshi Mountain, Guo Tiannu's excited and uncontrollable cheers rang out.
Zhao Kai, who was holding a telescope in the mountains in the north and trying to search for Wanyan Zongbi's troops, also quickly turned around and looked eastward with his telescope.
Only a huge five-color military flag and a red and black military flag of the same size were seen, slowly moving eastward and gradually getting smaller in the eyepiece.
Zhao Kai knew that the two flags were the Dajin military flag and the military flag of Zhahemengan. Now only the left deputy marshal Wanyan Zongqian and a few "Zhen Wanyan" Jiedu envoys had their own Zhahemengan.
In order to show his special status, Wanyan Zongqian had his military flag made extremely large and eye-catching on the battlefield.
Surrounding these two big flags, there are also many golden soldiers with bright uniforms, eye-catching flags and neat formations.
Of course, Zhao Kai didn't care at all about this superficial glamor. But it's not that he didn't care about anything, otherwise he wouldn't have walked out of Shuiyan Temple and climbed to the top of the platform to watch the battle.
What really worried him was the Golden Thief's Camel Cannon!
He has now received He Ji's military report and knows that Xiao Heda was killed by the Jin soldiers with "hundreds" of camel cannons!
Moreover, Han Shizhong also sent a military report, saying that when his troops attacked the gold thieves army near Yanghe Village, they were bombarded by gold thieves' camel cannons, and the attack was frustrated for a time. However, after investing 5 kilograms of cannon, they were able to repel the gold thieves' camel artillery and captured dozens of camel bronze cannons weighing around a hundred kilograms.
After Zhao Kai learned that Han Shizhong had seized the camel cannon, he immediately ordered him to send several to Shuiyan Temple.
The camel cannon hasn't been delivered yet, but Zhao Kai can already roughly guess what kind of weapon it is.
Camel cannons, or large muskets attached to the backs of camels, have existed in history. It seems that Central Asia likes to use these. The Qing Dynasty also seems to have used camel cannons!
I didn’t expect that the golden thieves would come up with this thing now... We really can’t underestimate the creativity of these Tatars!
In addition, Zhao Kai now believes that the gold thieves have a large number of camel cannons! If the number was not large, how could Han Shizhong seize dozens of them at once?
I don’t know if there are camel artillerymen around Wanyan Zongqian? It seems that we have to be more careful in pursuit... But the outcome of this Yuguan battle is no longer in suspense!
Da Song has won!
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai put down the telescope and finally showed a relaxed expression on his face. He smiled and said to Guo Tiannu beside him: "I won, but winning is not easy! And it's very expensive..."
Hearing Zhao Kai call "Gui", Guo Tiannv also put down the telescope and frowned slightly. She is Zhao Kai's closest confidant, and of course she knows that Zhao Kai's court is a bit poor... In fact, before the Northern Expedition, Zhao Kai was the poorest among the three major powers: the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Great Jin Kingdom. The presence!
The reason why the Northern Song Dynasty was "the poorest in the world" was of course the Fubing system designed by Zhao Kai to "share the world with Fubing".
Under this system, the soldiers and utilities were not "hired" by Zhao Kai, but were "minor shareholders" of the Northern Song Dynasty established by Zhao Kai - this was an "employee stock ownership" dynasty!
And since Zhao Kai, the "big boss", doesn't pay much, the ratio of "employee stock ownership" is very high!
The big guys didn't take any money when they followed Zhao Kai to conquer the east and west. Some people even gave money to buy equipment and horses.
But after winning, they will get their money back with profits!
Therefore, although the Northern Song Dynasty now has a total of nine roads including Hebei Road, Hedong Road, Shaanxi Road, Jingxi Road, Hexi Road, Datong Road, Beijing Road, Sichuan Road, and Jinghu Road, among them, only the transshipment road used to collect money is There are two Sichuan Road and Jinghu Road, and the other seven roads are either Yingtian Road or Transfer Road.
The former is mainly a "dividend" for the soldiers. Most of the land is allocated to the soldiers, so it is good to be financially self-sufficient. The latter is a "way to lose money". It is not enough to allocate it to the soldiers, and the court has to pay more.
Where did the court's money come from? Previously, Sichuan and Jinghu provided money, and Zhao Huan returned 6 million yuan to Zhao Kai a year.
But now... Sichuan and Jinghu are still the ones providing the money. Zhao Huan "fired" Zhao Kai again, not allowing him to be the emperor's younger brother, and of course not giving him an annual salary of 6 million. .
And there may be two more “ways to lose money”!
There is no camp field envoy road on Datong Road. Zhao Kai plans to set up a Jiedu envoy road there to deal with the troubles in the northern grasslands - there are no threats, but there will be no shortage of troubles!
Although Beijing Road is a camp road, the next step is to build Shuntianfu New City, deploy defenses at Shanhaikou and Yanshan, and relocate some of the soldiers to be resettled around Beijing... all of which will cost money. !
"The official family," Guo Tiannu whispered, "this time we captured Beijing Road, most of Hebei Road, and Datong Road... Among them, there are 56 land on Beijing Road and most of Hebei Road alone. There are tens of millions of acres, so we don’t need to divide them all, right? We might as well keep half of it to collect rent, and if we collect two or three bushels per acre, we can have several million dan a year.”
Zhao Kai shook his head and stamped his steps on the top of the Immortal Platform, while Guo Tiannv followed behind him, looking considerate and reliable.
Zhao Kai sighed, "I still owe people some land!"
still owe?
Guo Tiannu said in her heart: The emperor is rich all over the world, how come you are completely in debt?
"Guan Jia, who do you still owe?"
"I owe it to the heroes..." Zhao Kai turned back and glanced at Guo Tiannu, "I owe it to you too!"
"What do you owe me?" Guo Tiannu blinked her eyes, seeming to ask: How much do you owe me?
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Goddess, you are also a hero! Every time I go to battle these years, you have followed me, taking care of my daily life and being my most reliable guard... Your contribution can at least be Make a marquis!"
Marquis?
Guo Tiannv already understood that Zhao Kai was ready to fulfill his promise to knight the hero.
Zhao Kai has been very generous to the soldiers in recent years, but he is not very generous to the heroes... So far, he has not knighted any of the heroes.
Therefore, great heroes like Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are now "senior doctors"... However, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are good brothers of Zhao Kai. Of course they know the difficulties of being an older brother - being poor!
Moreover, Zhao Kai is a very down-to-earth person. He will not use empty titles to deceive people, and use a bunch of routines of real and false titles. Even if it is a real title, it is not really a "house", but a real title. The household is given 25 Wen per month. If you can get 1,000 households to be sealed, it will only cost 25,000 guan a month... If you don't know Mo, it will only be 25 guan, which is only 300 guan a year.
Zhao Kai would not deceive the heroes like that. Of course, he didn't intend to actually seal a piece of land to the heroes and let them rule as many households as possible.
His solution is to give land... to Juetian! Let the heroes collect rent from the landlords.
Before the disaster of Xuanhe, a marquis with a settlement of 1,000 households had about 400 households, with a monthly income of 10 guan and an annual income of 120 guan. You can't even buy half a hut in Kaifeng City... How much credit it takes to become a marquis!
Just 120 strings a year... isn't this too shabby?
Although the Song Dynasty paid quite a lot of salary to officials, the tradition since ancient times (with the exception of the Song Dynasty) was that no reward should be given for no merit!
Those who are granted the title of marquis are all meritorious officials, and those who hold the title of official do not have to be meritorious officials... This arrangement of the Song Dynasty actually underestimated military merit and emphasized bureaucrats!
Zhao Kai can't do this. He has to emphasize meritorious officials and despise bureaucrats. Because his rule was based on the government soldiers, the government soldiers were small heroes. They could not be awarded a title, but could only get a title.
He plans to distribute 10 acres of land to each household. A Marquis of 1,000 households can get 4,000 acres of land. The rent will be 3 dou per acre, which is 12,000 dou a year, which is almost 1,200 guan!
Then, "4,000 acres" is used as the standard, decreasing by 1,000 acres to the next level, and increasing by 1,000 acres to the upper level.
Zhao Kai also planned to establish five titles, including duke, marquis, uncle, son and male, on top of the title of doctor. The Duke was the largest and was granted 5,000 acres of land. The youngest baron was given 1,000 acres of land...
With this letter, Zhao Kai, who is so special, has become really poor!
In recent years, Zhao Kai's reopening of the Song Dynasty has grown from nothing to strong, how many heroes are there?
Where can we seal every 20 million acres?
At least 20 million of the land for the government troops must be given out, plus 40 million for the land... How much is the total land in the occupied areas of Beijing Road and Hebei Road?
After sealing off 40 million acres, how much surplus will there be?
Can Zhao Kai be saved from poverty?
"The officials..." Guo Tiannu also became anxious, "How about we discuss it with King Wu again... and ask him to give another six million a year?"
Zhao Kai smiled and said without comment, but said to Guo Tiannv: "Let's talk about these things later... I always have a great victory now. Goddess, are you ready for the celebration banquet? Tonight, I am going to The heroes can only rest after getting drunk!"
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When Zhao Kai, the poorest official in history, was happily preparing to celebrate his victory, Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Xiebao and others were leading more than 100,000 defeated troops, slowly heading east... one step at a time. Look back!
Sadly!
Such good places like Hebei, Jingdong, and Yanyun are all lost!
What will happen to the Kingdom of Jin in the future? Where can we go?
Wanyan Xiebao, the crow's mouth, is still relatively optimistic at this time. He is still encouraging Zong Qian, Zong Fu and others: "The current situation is just the same as before we invaded the Song Dynasty... Although we have died a lot People, but what they gained was quite rich! Not only did they get countless treasures and silks, but they also plundered the land of Yan, Hebei, Gyeonggi, and Jingdong of Song State, with a population of no less than 2 million. They also learned the art of making firearms and refining gunpowder. .
Next, we only need to march east to Goryeo, west to the grasslands, and south to Jinling and Lin'an to trap Zhao Kai. Although Zhao Kai was strong, all he occupied was a ravaged wasteland, his financial resources were exhausted, and he was short of money... If he wanted to solve the problem, he could only go east to the south of the Yangtze River and steal Zhao Huan's family business!
Then we can reap the benefits! "
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