Before Xu Lu'an's microscope was built, Chen Mu received an urgent letter about the procedure.

The letter stated that this year's merchant navy had sailed from Daming to the Heishui Jiantai Islands, and that the three counties of Majiagang, Jincheng, and Jiejie, which were skilled in receiving ships, were doing their best to settle them, and at the same time, all counties were trading with merchant ships.

Chang Sheng not only wanted to greet them, but also sent a letter from Daxi Port, Yang Ce, who had fought in France for half a year, led his troops to divide into two routes from the sea, one of the men and horses sailed north to the island of Ireland with Zhu Xiaoen, the king of Alan, and the other came to Daxi Port from the sea and applied to enter Changsheng.

"Fuck it!"

Chen Mu threw the letter on the table in the study of the military government's yamen, and his complaint was obviously not aimed at Yang Ce, who was leading his loyal subordinates to march on the official road, but because he found that after reading the letters sent from China and the information from Majiagang, he would disappoint the civil and military generals waiting in the room.

Most of the people in the room came from Zongmu University, art teacher Xu Wei, large juicer installation foreman Zhao Shizhen and installation instructor Zou Yuanbiao, and of course, Wufu Juniper and chief military officer Fu Yuan.

They were all waiting for the follow-up news of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, their eyes widened, and they didn't seem to want to miss every slight change in expression on Chen Mu's face.

Seeing Chen Mu throwing a letter and scolding, everyone's hearts rose to their throats, Juniper and Fu Yuan glanced at each other, and asked in a low voice: "Dashuai, lost?" ”

"Lose a fart."

Chen Mu said angrily: "Are you so looking forward to losing?" No, the imperial court didn't send a letter to Dadongyang, and the people on the ship didn't know much about us! ”

This is the root of Chen Mu's fuck-up, this year, the imperial court did not send Beiyang recruits, nor did it send a letter to Dadongyang, all of them were businessmen and people who wanted to come to the New World to make a living.

As he spoke, Chen Mu raised his hand and shook the letter on the table, and said angrily: "No, Ma Shuai's letter said that Shang Jia told him as if he knew some big secret, the emperor raised troops, transferred the second guard of Beiyang to garrison Xuanda, and Qi Shuai was ready to go on the expedition...... When did this happen? ”

Chen Mu has not yet returned from Muye, and the imperial court has successively sent two messages to him by land from the north.

The latest news is that Qi Jiguang has sent the fourth battalion of the general to the north.

Juniper is the most concerned about the intelligence of the northern battlefield, he was originally a northerner, and he had a grudge on the northern border for so many years, I heard that the emperor was forging ahead, and the imperial court was going to send troops to the north with great fanfare, even in Muye, he couldn't sleep happily, at this time, after listening to Chen Mu's words, his eyes widened, and said: "It's been a few months together, and the imperial court has finally been hard and retracted?" ”

"No, I estimate that there is a war in the north, but the imperial court doesn't care about informing us of the military situation, can't take care of the report, can't take care of the report." Chen Mu said, paused and said, "It's just that the battle situation is not bad." ”

In Chen Mu's view, with the emperor's temperament of not giving up if he can't do anything, Zhang Juzheng's control over the imperial court, and the current financial situation of the imperial court, once the war in the north is not fought well, the first thing that will be mobilized will never be the southern guards, nor will it be the Nanyang military government that brings the most income to the imperial court.

As long as the Nanyang Military Government is operating normally, its own Beijing transportation of silver, grain, grass, and goods, and the transfer of silver, grain, grass, and goods of the Western Military Government will be able to fight a big battle without hurting the muscles and bones, and the Dongyang Military Government, which brings the least direct income among the Sanyang Military Government, must be the best candidate to send troops.

However, the situation is not bad to a certain extent, and the troops of the two armies in the east and west, which are far away, will never be easily mobilized.

This situation made Chen Mu raise his hand and knock on his head with some annoyance, and said to everyone: "If the imperial court doesn't send a letter, our Oriental military government will do our part, what can the counties transport back for the imperial court this year, have you calculated it?" ”

"Dashuai, I Changsheng County ...... this year" Zou Yuanbiao was about to answer first, but was intercepted by Zhao Shizhen at the beginning of his speech: "Dashuai, the county transportation has been successively loaded into the military government station. ”

Zhao Shizhen and Zou Yuanbiao glanced at each other, and then continued: "This year's annual income is still Jincheng, transporting 4,300 catties of gold, 120,000 catties of copper, 120,000 catties of iron, 5,000 pieces of wood, and 23,600 pieces of tanned skins of various colors in Majiagang County, and more than 70,000 boxes of various medicinal materials; Compared with last year, the skin is flat and the gold, wood, copper and iron are rising by three percent. ”

"Well, that's good."

Chen Mu is very pleased with the income of the three northern counties this year, which shows that his business in North Asia has achieved initial results in the past few years, showing a trend of increasing year by year, which is not only real money, but also the most intuitive embodiment of the mission carried out by these ministers of the Oriental military government.

"Youjing Panama commercial tax, road tax, plantation tax totaling 19,600 taels, the same county spent military spending, road repair, tuntian cultivation, etc., a total of 36,000 taels of Tongbao, and also supported Lautaro to raise troops to spend 1,400 taels, the military government needs to allocate another two silver Tongbao, in addition to the preparation of the canal construction money, the initial plan is to need 30 million Tongbao per year, and the site for the construction of Chaotian Palace is also preliminary, and the same is to invest 12 million Tongbao per year."

Zhao Shizhen paused and said, "The total deficit is fifty-two thousand eight hundred taels." ”

Chen Mu raised his eyebrows, this was nothing, he knocked on the table and said, "Go on." ”

It is not surprising that Ukyo had a deficit in finance, and with the exception of the first year of the war, when the Spaniards had gained a lot of money, the best geographically best trade routes in central Asia were almost completely abandoned by the war.

The Spaniards didn't have a chance to use it, and neither did the Ming people, until late last year, when they converted a number of merchants into joint-stock companies in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, which brought the road back to life, but it was not suitable for transporting large quantities of goods...... The poor road environment made the merchants lose some donkeys and goods every time they transported large goods, and the rare goods of the Great Oriental Ocean were sold at extremely high prices.

The merchant would rather spend an extra month and a half transporting from the Changsheng official road to the Gulf of Mexico than bear the cost of transporting the lost goods.

Although Deng Zilong is repairing, the investment in infrastructure construction is not immediately rewarded, and the trade road is not repaired today, and businessmen will come tomorrow.

It is difficult to increase revenues, but expenses are increasing, and whether it is the construction of the Chaotian Palace or the Panama Canal, Ukyo's fiscal deficit is inevitable and will continue for many years.

"The former Overseer's residence in Chile is much better, the Westerners left five cities there to be taken over by the Ming Dynasty, Shao Shuai is also good at indoctrination of the original tribes, the main income of the local is the struvite of Lautaro Island and the coastal reef off the coast of Arauco and the saltpeter mines in the desert, struvite is purchased by the imperial court, one hundred catties and one thousand treasures; Saltpeter mines are directly under the imperial court, there are four, and another three are under construction, which requires an annual labor cost of 16.9 million Tongbao. ”

"This year, 1.3 million catties of Changsheng struvite and 700,000 catties of saltpeter were delivered."

"As for Chang Sheng......" Zhao Shizhen didn't mention Zou Bald's words, and everyone present saw Zou Bald's eagerness to try it through, and after asking Chen Mu, Zhao Shizhen smiled and said: "Please also ask Zou Zhixian to say it himself." ”

"Ahem!"

Zou Yuanbiao cleared his throat, with a huge smile and a sense of accomplishment on his face, raised his hand and swept it in front of him, and then arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, Chang Sheng has nothing else, and the Tongbao they spend is all taken from us...... This year, Changsheng has an import tax of 30 million, a field tax of 30,000, and a commercial tax of 63,000 yuan, and the silver and income of the Western currency are the same, and in addition to the silver reserves, there are still 970,000 taels of silver returned to the imperial court. ”

If you get a bald cow, you will be off the waist.