"My lord, Chang'an is urgent, please open the treasury and release 100,000 stones of grain to help the workers near Chang'an." Chen Youyi first presented a transcription of the pigeon book to Liu Yi, and then presented another dossier, saying, "This is the additional account of Du Zhi Cao, if there is no new source of finance, the treasury will be overspent by 5.85 million yuan." ”

A year ago, the Relief Department ordered Yuan Xingzong to recommend Chen Youyi to Liu Yi as a scribe, and compared with a few years ago, he had a lot more calm air between his eyebrows. Liu Yi opened Du Zhicao's documents, the cost of building the gunboat of the naval division, the grain and grass for the Han army in Liaodong, the expenses of the Anbei Military Division and the Andong Military Division for attacking Xijing Road, and the rations and salaries for the mobilization regiment training in Guanzhong, all of which were not available in previous years. Coupled with the depression in the market in Guanzhong, Du Zhicao suddenly became nervous. In order to avoid making ends meet, Du Zhicao proposed to increase the tariff by 5 percent, or to sell 6 million yuan of bonds from the state treasury at an annual interest rate of 6 percent, to be repaid in ten years. As for the two ways of collecting money from the fields and scholars, that is the worst choice, and it will also cause the greatest criticism, and Du Zhi Cao Ti did not mention it.

Liu Yi thought for a moment, but decided to ask the treasury to sell the bond bills first. The severance of trade between the two sides of the Song State has already made the Chang'an market depressed, and if the tariffs are increased again, it will be tantamount to adding insult to injury, and even killing chickens and eggs. He looked up and asked, "Youyi, you have been working in the Chang'an Relief Department for several years. Let's talk about it, if the Hangu Pass is cut off for a period of time, how bad will the situation of the workshops and apprentices in the Guanzhong be? ”

Every time the Xia and Song Dynasty fought each other, the Song Dynasty would cut off trade with the Xia Kingdom as if it were a barbarian. At this time, it will lead to a depression in the Guanzhong market, and the workers who have no work to do will cause huge relief pressure on the state and county. And although the merchants of Kanto also suffered heavy losses, they had nowhere to shout about their grievances. Over time, whenever the Hangu Pass trade was cut off, the Xia court was always more anxious than the Song state, and was even willing to make some concessions. This is also the reason why the Anton Military Division is reluctant to start a war with the Kanto region easily.

Chen Youyi groaned: "If this continues, Luo tea can still be replaced by Shu tea, but the business houses that sell incense medicine and jewelry will probably be closed by half." Secondly, it should be a spinning and brocade workshop, the best cotton yarn cannot be transported to Kanto, the silkworm yarn in Kanto cannot be transported, and the brocade spinning cannot be started. Some workshop owners, even if the workshop is suspended, still boil gruel and vegetable leaves every day to feed the apprentices. Some workshop owners directly dismissed the workers, and these people did not have land, so they became homeless. Most of the workers supported by the Relief Department were dismissed from these spinning mills. ”

Liu Yi nodded, spinning and weaving were the most employing trades in Guanzhong and Shuzhong, because the trade cut off was also the hardest hit. Silk and white cotton are both hard currencies in the market. For ordinary people, cloth and clothing are also an important property, even after the death of the father. The white cloth woven by the Xia State Workshop is known for its durability, and the good white cloth is two copper coins thick, and the bow and arrow in the distance cannot shoot through. And no matter how much cloth is produced, there is no worry about not being able to sell it. Because there was not enough cotton in the Kanto region, some merchants bought cotton yarn from Guanzhong and sold it to farmers in the Heluo area, and then purchased cloth from these farmers on a regular basis. Similarly, the brocade workshops in Guanzhong need to use a lot of silkworm yarn, and the insufficient amount is also bought from the Kanto region.

Chen Youyi's eyes inadvertently revealed a hint of compassion. After the trade was cut off, the situation of the farmers in Heluo was even more miserable. The area around Heluo is the most densely populated place in the Song Dynasty, close to Bianliang, and the dignitaries and nobles buy the most land. The income from cotton yarn spun cloth made the peasants live a little more prosperous in the first few years, but it was followed by a significant increase in land rents by the landlords, all the while saying that it was just enough to bring the tenants back to their former subsistence level. Now that the cotton yarn in Kansai has been cut off, the peasant households have lost their income from spinning cloth, but the land rent will not be reduced, and I don't know how many peasant households will sell their sons and daughters again.

"This matter of apprentices, the imperial court is preparing to recruit musketeers in Chang'an to train and receive salaries, the initial number is about 50,000, I hope it can be alleviated." Liu Yi said slowly, "The matter of recruiting for group training will be undertaken by Chang'an Ling and the Relief Department first. ”

He seemed to be talking to himself, but Chen Youyi's heart chuckled. Song and Xia fought evil, and Guanzhong recruited and trained firecrackers. Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while. It is self-evident where these 50,000 group exercises will be used in the future. After all, Chen Youyi was born in Kanto, and his mood was suddenly a little low. Liu Yi looked at his back as he retreated, sighed, and his eyes were a little complicated.

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After drinking the porridge from the Relief Department, Bao Qizhang lay motionless on the bed, but his stomach still made a "growl-" sound.

Since the closure of Qiu's workshop and the promulgation of the "self-discipline law of workers and apprentices" by the Zhu Guofu, wages in Guanzhong have risen sharply. Bao Qizhang came and went, and it was better to do it here for another two years, and then take his wife and children to the west to receive the field. He saved all his annual wages and sent them back to Kanto to use as a coil for his wife and children to cross the river. Who would have expected that this year would be an unlucky year. Many workshops were closed, and the first to be found was the Kanto worker, who went every day to receive gruel from the Relief Agency, then went back to the shed, lay down in bed, and minimized his activities, otherwise he would wake up hungry at night.

"Brother Bao, Brother Bao." Guo Hong walked in, holding half of the torn steamed bun in his hand, and said loudly: "Give!" ”

"Huh?" Bao Qizhang took the steamed bun and said strangely, "Isn't the Relief Department just gruel?" How can there be steamed buns? He was so hungry that he swallowed his saliva, but he didn't eat it, looking at Guo Hong, for fear that he would do something illegal, so he got this steamed bun.

Looking at Guo Hong, who was also hungry and thin, Bao Qizhang felt very sorry for him, this brother, if he hadn't been going to advance and retreat with him, he would have gone to Shishan to receive the field. Although Guo Hong has no family drag, there seems to be a hole in his pocket, and the salary paid at the end of the year was almost used at the beginning of the year, but as soon as the workshop went bankrupt, he was still starving like Bao Qizhang.

"Let's eat, big brother," Guo Hong seemed to see Bao Qizhang's doubts, and said with a smile, "I joined the fire battalion for group training, including food and housing, and I still have twenty yuan of salary a year," he sighed, "At the door of the Relief Department's recruitment, the steamed buns are piled up like a hill, as long as you join the army, you will be given a steamed bun." ”

"You can't shoot arrows and you can't ride horses, how can you join the army?"

Bao Qizhang was puzzled, after staying in Guanzhong for a few years, he didn't want to confuse a sergeant with a thief with an army, but Guo Hong, who had no long skills, could actually join the army, which made him feel incredible.

"Hehe, this time it's different, as long as you're not deaf or blind, you can tell the difference between left and right." Guo Hong's eyebrows danced and said, "Brother Bao, you can't find any work to do left and right, so you can also join the army!" ”

"The crockpot will inevitably be broken," Bao Qizhang hesitated, "Eating military rations is to carry your head and sell your life......" Before he finished speaking, a rough voice shouted outside: "Bao Qizhang, come out quickly, your Hun family is looking for you with a doll!" Bao Qizhang's squinted eyes widened suddenly, he jumped up, and when he went out, there was Fu Qing who had been dismissed from the same workshop standing outside, and Fu Qing was surrounded by a ragged and unkempt woman, and behind him was a little beggar-like doll. Bao Qizhang looked at it, isn't it his own Hun family Pan and his child? He looked at them in disbelief, his lips trembling, "Son, how did you ,......, find you?" ”

When Pan saw her husband, before she could speak, tears flowed down first, and then she pulled the child timidly and shouted "Dad", and then she talked about the reason. It turned out that in the past two years, the silver money sent home by the seven zhang trustees was forty or fifty yuan. When it was known, the owner of the tenant land also had to pay the rent. The bully also came to the door to blackmail, otherwise he would go to the yamen to denounce it.

Pan had no choice, so he had to escape with his children overnight. The frozen Yellow River has been flowing for more than half a month, and he has not dared to cross the river. Fortunately, she met the people who crossed the river, and she took out all the money, and when they saw that she was pitiful, they helped their mother and son cross the river together. This is also a coincidence, a few days after she crossed the river, the Song State blocked the riverbank. After crossing the river, they searched all the way, ate from one shed of the Relief Department to another, and finally reunited with the family.

There was nothing to do, Fu Qing and Guo Hong stood next to each other, smiling and watching the family see each other with a handful of snot and tears, and after a while, Bao Qizhang came over, gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Guo, this way to join the army, can you first receive money to settle down with your family?" Guo Hong's face was embarrassed, obviously he didn't know. Fu Qing next to him said: "I know this, as long as you press the fingerprint and draw the pledge, you can receive half of the salary as a settlement fee." ”

Bao Qizhang hesitated for a moment, looked back at the mother and son who were still wiping their tears, and suddenly stomped his feet and said, "Surrendered!" ”

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A few days ago, Zhao Xingde received a document from the military government and ordered him to report on the establishment and tactics of the firearm battalion, and at the same time, these were included in the military plane, and once leaked out, it would be regarded as a rebellion and collaborator. Zhao Xingde was puzzled, since he was transferred to the Dragon Tooth Army, why did he have to take care of the affairs of the Fire Gun Battalion. According to the usual saying, the Dragon's Tooth Army has elite archers, and there is no need to equip them with firearms.

In the past few days, most of Zhao Xingde's energy has been spent on selecting pro-soldiers and preparing for the report. And after Li Ruoxue learned the news that she was leaving, she was ready to pack, and inevitably said goodbye to Han Ningshuang. Since that conversation with Han Ningshuang, the two have been embarrassed for a few days, but fortunately, after the embarrassment gradually faded, they eliminated each other's knots.

"After many years, I don't know when we will be able to meet, my sister follows General Zhao, and there is no maid by her side. General Zhao has been handsome all the year round, and it is inconvenient to take care of him. Han Ningshuang's eyes flashed with a complicated light, she concealed her depressed mood, and then smiled, "There is nothing else in Liaodong, that is, women are not allowed to shave their eyebrows, I will choose two clever maids for you, they are good, and they can take care of people, they are both loyal and reliable girls." Let them stay with their sister. ”