"Two million taels in ten years, 500,000 taels will be paid within three months from the date of the imperial court's order, another 500,000 taels will be paid before the end of this year, another 200,000 taels will be paid before the end of the eighth year of Yonglong, and the next 800,000 taels will be paid gradually in the next few years according to the amount of 100,000 taels per year,......"

Even if Feng Ziying stated this agreement again, it still made everyone present enthusiastic.

This year, one million taels will be able to arrive, which is simply a charcoal in the snow, and the concession fee is also agreed to be paid by the imperial court within three months, which is a net income of 1.8 million taels, so that the household can be much more relaxed all of a sudden.

This is much more comfortable than the tax and mine supervisors sent to collect the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and there will be no imperial history advice and civil criticism, and even the unanimous support of the gentry.

"......, but these people must also have requirements,...... Feng Ziying also unceremoniously put forward the conditions, "First, the local government must cooperate with the relocation, not only the development of salt farms needs to relocate people, but also the construction of docks, roads, warehouses and even small ship repair factories These basic facilities need to be relocated, in addition, they also hope that the reclamation of Longyou merchants and Anfu merchants can form a coordination with them, so that in the future, the local salt affairs in Dongfan can also be better than nothing,......"

Ye Xianggao stroked his beard and nodded, this is the proper meaning, businessmen must make these calculations clearly, even if they can earn an extra cent of silver, it is cost-effective.

"......, second, they hope that the Fujian Navy Division can be rectified and achieve the purpose of maintaining the safety of the East, and they are even willing to spend an extra 100,000 taels of silver to support the construction of the Fujian Navy Division,......"

"Just a sailor, not on land?" Qi Yongtai couldn't help but ask.

"On land, of course, they also hope that the imperial court can send troops to Dongfan, but the students refused, because in the face of the threat of mountain attacks and epidemic miasma, the imperial court may pay too much, and the army stationed in Dongfan in the short term is not worth the loss, so they only want to go to and from Dongfan sea route can be safe, land affairs, they hire themselves to prevent the folk dart line, fight to solve the problem."

This made everyone here breathe a sigh of relief, if you want to send a large army to Dongfan, then you have to think about it.

Even the mobilization and mobilization of tens of thousands of troops is not a small number, and it is hot and humid in the east, and it is also a plague for the army to adapt to it, and death due to illness is also the biggest problem in the army's attrition.

"......, the third is the government, this point is that they don't mention it, and the students will insist, if it is not appropriate to set up a prefecture and county now, then you can set up a patrol inspection department first, but this rule must be established first, establish the governance status of the government, there is no rule, there is no circle, let it be understood that this is the land of the Great Zhou, if the strength is not enough, you can let these salt merchants hire a dart bureau, play this kind of people to assist, but the government must lead the ,......"

In the eyes of the cadres in the DPRK and China, these are all trivialities, and if the problem of money is solved, there is no need to bring the rest to the court for discussion, which is the responsibility of the Chinese Calligraphy Department.

After discussing the matter of Dongfan salt affairs and reclamation, the cadres were a little tired, but for the sake of the silver, the cadres refused to rest and continued to discuss.

"Although the matter of opening the sea bonds has been affected by these salt merchants, there are some twists and turns, but in Weichen's estimation, the impact is not large, especially Dongfan Salt has absorbed two salt merchants with good performance to join, which gives these salt merchants a lot of encouragement, so according to Weichen's estimate, it is not a problem to sell 3 million taels of Kaihai bonds this year,......

This sentence made the entire court gasp, even if many of them were a little mentally prepared, but it was only between one and two million taels, but I didn't expect Feng Ziying to open her mouth to be three million taels, even if this guy would definitely follow up with a "but" or "but", but this is three million taels after all.

What does three million taels mean?

The Great Zhou Dynasty now adds up to less than 22 million taels of land and salt taxes and commercial taxes every year, compared to 18 million taels in the 30th year of the Yuan Dynasty, and then gradually declined to 15 million taels in the 41st year of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, the year before the accession of the Yonglong Emperor.

But just the military expenditure needs more than 9 million taels, and the salaries of officials need more than 4 million taels, and because the Great Zhou Dynasty has been established for a short time, the number of people in the clan is not large, only less than 600 people, and the cost is far less than the Ming Dynasty in Feng Ziying's previous life, but it also needs about 4 million taels, and the relief, river engineering materials, etc. are only 350,000 taels per year, and only 120,000 taels when it is less.

After Emperor Yonglong ascended the throne, he practiced strict frugality and open source and reduce expenditure, and to a certain extent, he also strengthened the rule of officials, and all the land endowments, salt taxes, commercial taxes, and mining taxes added up to more than 20 million taels, and the total financial revenue of Yonglong in six years, that is, last year, exceeded 21 million taels, of course, this is to cover the converted grain.

However, the tide rises to a higher boat, and military spending alone has soared from 9 million taels in the 30th year of the Yuan Dynasty to 12 million taels, and last year due to the suppression of the rebellion in Ningxia and the pacification of the two towns in Ningxia and Gansu, military spending is expected to exceed 16 million taels, which has also become an unbearable burden for the imperial court.

If we can't find a suitable way to open source, the imperial court will really collapse.

This is also the reason why officials from Emperor Yonglong to the Six Ministries are so enthusiastic about the strategy of opening the sea, and even suppress many opposing voices.

"......, but there is a problem involved here, this is a bond, not a concession money, not only to calculate interest, but also to repay the principal, involving the issuance period and the mortgage ability of the sea tax, for example, three million are ten years ago, so from ten years later, even the principal and interest will be paid at one time three million principal plus interest, which may be as high as seven or eight million taels, can the imperial court take out so much silver to repay at one time?"

This issue is indeed a difficult problem, but it has been discussed by the cabinet before, and in the face of such a difficult situation in the current imperial court, the proceeds of this bond must be obtained no matter what.

But how to operate specifically, they now prefer to listen to some of Feng Ziying's suggestions and opinions, which have never been encountered before.

Short-term temporary loans, the imperial court is not unprecedented, three and a half million taels, three or five months, no interest, but the merchants are forced to borrow for some unavoidable reasons, such as this kind of long-term loans for three years, five years, or even ten years, there has never been.

To put it bluntly, they are all things that Feng Ziying's kid came up with in his head, and no one has ever encountered it, how to operate it, even Zheng Jizhi, the old household secretary, didn't know it in his heart.

"What do you mean, Ziying?" Fang Congzhe also asked rarely.

"It depends on the current situation of the imperial court, if all of them are sold with ten-year open sea bonds, the first interest may be higher, and the second will also make businessmen have some doubts, worried that the court will not be able to repay, I personally suggest that you can take a combination of sales, such as a three-year open sea bond of one million, five years ago open sea bond of one million, ten years ago one million, so that on the one hand, to eliminate the inner worries of these businessmen, but also to reduce unnecessary interest, and if the income of the sea tax next year is considerable, we can also consider continuing to sell open sea bonds, At that time, the merchants saw that the sea tax revenue was considerable, and their confidence was greatly increased, and these were not problems. ”

The first half of Feng Ziying's advice is nothing, even Ye Xianggao can think of it, but the second half of the sentence makes everyone's hearts brighten, which means that it seems that this kind of operation can be continued next year?

From the changes in the eyes and expressions of these people, Feng Ziying could figure out the thoughts of these people, including Qi Yongtai, without exception, their eyes were a little more hot.

Ye Xianggao coughed lightly and glanced at Qi Yongtai, and Emperor Yonglong also leaned back slightly, his eyes also fell on Qi Yongtai, and the other people were smiling at the corners of their mouths, but they didn't speak.

Qi Yongtai sighed lightly in his heart, a group of old and important ministers and the emperor, their eyes were all pierced into the eyes of money, but they were also unavoidable, and they were forced by the reality of the dilemma.

"Ziying, according to what you say, these bonds can be sold every year, and you don't have to wait until ten years later, after the imperial court has finished repaying and cashing them out?"

Qi Yongtai's words asked everyone's hearts, although they hadn't fully understood the mystery, but Feng Ziying could say this, which meant that there was definitely a way inside.

"Your Majesty, my lords, in fact, this problem is not complicated, of course, it is not necessary to pay and repay before you can continue to sell, and even selling twice a year is not a problem, these are not critical, the key is whether you can let people buy it." Feng Ziying knew that they needed to instill in them some awareness of the credibility of the country (the credibility of the imperial court).

"Your average sea tax in the next ten years will only be two or three hundred thousand taels a year, and you will sell three million bonds at once, so how will you repay it then? Unless the imperial court raises funds from other places to repay, it can be mortgaged by sea taxes, which is clearly stated, so it is difficult for businessmen to believe that if you sell this year and sell again next year, no one will definitely buy it, and it may even trigger distrust among the people about the first batch of sea opening bonds,......"

"If the sea tax is only 200,000 taels in the first year, but in the second year due to the growth of foreign trade, the sea tax will increase to 300,000 taels, and in the third year it will increase to 500,000 taels, then out of optimistic expectations about this situation, businessmen may be willing to buy the second and third batches of open sea bonds,......

Feng Ziying talked eloquently. "......, this is just one aspect, let me give you another example, for example, the imperial court sailors occupy Ezo Island, and find that Ezo Island is rich in fur and has a developed fishery, then at the moment with the fur and fishery income of Ezo Island as collateral, sell Ezo bonds, and occupy the spice islands in the South Seas, where spices are abundant, and the annual income from the sale of spices may reach one million taels, then the imperial court can also sell Spice Islands bonds,......"

"The reason for this is not when to sell bonds, how many times a year, how much to sell each time, these are not important,......, the key is whether the businessmen can believe in the imperial court, whether they believe in the imperial court, whether they believe that the imperial court can repay the exchange on time, this is a question of credibility,......