Although the financial scale of Shengjie Army is not small, Su Yonglin does have a lot to do.
Judging from the current financial situation, it would be easy to just raise troops, but he has also done many other things, such as investing money in rural construction.
Providing cheap agricultural tools to farmers to help them prepare land, clear wasteland, and build houses is a huge expense.
Building water conservancy projects to cope with possible floods, droughts and locust plagues is also a huge expense.
Several generations of emperors in the Northern Song Dynasty turned the Yellow River from a mother river into an unscrupulous stepmother river. The number of breaches increased greatly and frequent flooding caused disasters, which greatly hindered the agricultural development of the Central Plains.
The Kingdom of Jin was already complaining endlessly about being tortured. Su Yonglin could even imagine that if he became stronger in the future, he would have to spend a lot of effort to regulate the Yellow River.
It is difficult for him to have a comfortable financial time.
Neither Lin Jingchun nor Zhao Guangsi made any mistakes in this matter.
But I have to say that if you want to develop, you have to spend money. The military has to spend money, education has to spend money, and agriculture has to spend money. You have to be willing to spend money in the early stage, so that you can get huge benefits later.
The Shengjie Army's current financial sources mainly come from two sources, one is tax revenue from rural areas, and the other is war seizures.
Thinking of this, Su Yonglin suddenly had some ideas.
He called Lin Jingchun to his side.
"Jingchun, among the trophies we captured, there are quite a few jewels, jade, and rare antiques, right?"
"Yes, it's piled all over the warehouse. Those gold thieves and dignitaries especially like this."
Lin Jingchun nodded.
Su Yonglin was very satisfied.
"Find a way to sell it and get money."
"ah?"
Lin Jingchun was stunned.
"Don't understand? If you sell these things and exchange them for money, can these things be spent as money? It's obviously impossible."
Su Yonglin said: "These things in our hands are just scrap metal and are of no use at all. What we want is copper coins that can be spent. If that doesn't work, gold and silver are also fine. At least there are people who want these things. Apart from the knowledgeable, Who wants it?"
Lin Jingchun nodded slowly, then frowned and asked: "But, who should I sell it to? No one except some powerful and wealthy businessmen can afford these things, but we are in rebellion now, where can we find powerful and wealthy businessmen to sell them?" Give these things to them?”
"Can those local landowners and squires do it?"
"It's not good. Even if they are willing to buy it, they can't buy much. Only the real rich and powerful can afford it."
Lin Jingchun shook his head.
Su Yonglin walked back and forth for a few steps, thought for a while, and suddenly raised his head and looked at Lin Jingchun.
"How about selling it back to the south?"
"South?"
Lin Jingchun was stunned: "Sell it back to the Southern Song Dynasty?"
"Yes, what do you think about selling it back to the Southern Song Dynasty?"
Su Yonglin looked at Lin Jingchun with burning eyes: "There are so many rich and powerful people in the Southern Song Dynasty. They are very rich. The sales of these things are definitely very good, and Song money is very easy to use in the Jin country. If we make Song money, we can use it in the Jin country." , then the profit will be huge.”
Lin Jingchun nodded in agreement.
The Jin Kingdom originated from a barbaric land, and its political level of governance was far inferior to that of the Song Dynasty. Economically, it was certainly not as good as the Song Dynasty. Therefore, for a long time, the economic operation of the Jin Kingdom relied on the old coins of the Liao and Song Dynasties.
They also issued their own copper coins, but this did not hinder the role of Song coins in the economic circulation of the Jin Kingdom.
The people of the Jin Dynasty overestimated the value of copper coins of the Southern Song Dynasty.
There was a term for calculating copper coins at that time, called short mo, which meant that less than one hundred copper coins could be counted as one hundred coins.
Usually, the coins minted by the Jin Kingdom can only be regarded as a mo if they have to be more than seventy Wen. However, when the copper coins of the Southern Song Dynasty enter the Jin Kingdom, sometimes they can be regarded as a Mo if they are only ten or twenty Wen, and can be used for commodity settlement.
This is actually quite normal.
It is equivalent to the exchange rate formed spontaneously by default in the market. It means that people in the Jin Dynasty generally believe that the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty is good, the value of coins is relatively high, and the international recognition is also high. Even if both parties use copper coins, Song coins seem to be better than money.
No matter how you look at it, this business is a guaranteed profit.
But there's a problem.
"Alang, your idea is good, but how are we going back? Not only are we rebelling against the Jin Kingdom, we are also rebelling against the Southern Song Dynasty. We have lost our household registration and have difficulty walking, let alone doing business. , this is extremely difficult.”
Su Yonglin nodded.
"Of course there are problems."
"So I didn't suggest that we completely stop the private salt business."
Lin Jingchun looked at Su Yonglin with an aggrieved look: "Keep selling, it's not easy to sell these things now. You won't even be short of money. You can make a lot of money selling smuggled salt."
"You're stupid, can you stop falling?"
Su Yonglin shook his head: "Sun Yuanqi is dead and no one is protecting me. How can I have a turn when the private salt business is such a huge piece of fat? Do you believe that if we continue to stay there, it won't be long before other companies join forces to take over?" Shall we uproot ourselves?
Can you run a private salt business well without a protective umbrella over your head? Do you think everyone is Fan Ruwei? And even Fan Ruwei was killed in the end? The hearts of those court officials are as black as the soles of your shoes. How can they watch you get things that they can't benefit from? "
"this……"
Lin Jingchun really didn't know much about these dirty things in private. He was just an accountant before.
"I guess the shares I occupied should have been divided up by now. As for how many people died, how many officials were unlucky, and how many officials were promoted, that is none of my business. I have already escaped. I have been able to escape from smuggling salt since ancient times. And not many come out.”
Su Yonglin sighed and said, "So don't think about selling smuggled salt anymore. But these rare antiques in our hands are real and won't bother anyone. We have to find a way to get rid of them and exchange them for Song money." use."
"Then what should we do? Can our relationship in the Southern Song Dynasty still be used? Who can we ask for help?"
"I don't know, but I have to try. And we can't come forward. We have to find a middleman to change the hands. This is the safest way and will not be noticed."
Su Yonglin was walking back and forth, and suddenly thought of something.
"Don't tell me, I really remembered someone."
"who?"
"Yao Hongfang."
"Yao Hongfang?"
Lin Jingchun felt that he had never heard of this name.
"You don't know, he is my grandfather's friend, a native of Jiaxing, and a private salt dealer."
Su Yonglin said: "He has no dispute with his grandfather. His territory is north of Lin'an and our home is south. He has always been in harmony with the river. In addition, he has some connections with the Jin Dynasty, so my grandfather used to be friends with him and was the first to engage in smuggling. When I was a kid, I even asked him for advice on how to sell smuggled salt, and when I was young, I went to his house with my father as a guest."
"Is this person...reliable?"
"Not to mention whether he is reliable or not, he has no interest in the Su family. After my father passed away, I haven't seen him again. It's been quite a few years. I don't know if he still remembers me."
Su Yonglin thought for a while, looked at Lin Jingchun and said, "It's not your responsibility to contact him. I'll let Changsheng make a trip. If this trip goes well, our ships will be useful again."
Lin Jingchun nodded.
"I listen to A Lang."
"good."
