This year's budget meeting is very important, from the intelligence point of view, this year will be the first year of direct confrontation with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the front-line army, the rear supply equipment can not be the slightest mistake, so the funds must be guaranteed to be sufficient.

Now Zhu Hongsan actually controls those prefectures, and the other prefectures are only based on the king of Chu, Luodingzhou in the south and Ding Kui and Chu in Guangxi, as well as Zhaoqing on the border with Guangxi, because Zhaoqing has become increasingly rich in the past six months, the Ming army in Guangxi is very envious, and has crossed the border to rob a few villages of displaced people, and it has been reported below, hoping that the king of Chu will allow him to go to war with Guangxi. The Chaozhou government in the north did not recognize Zhu Hongsan's legitimacy, and the Huizhou government was still stationed with a new army because it was far from Dongguan, so Huizhou's attitude was ambiguous.

Zhu Hongsan sat on the top and thought about his own affairs, and the cabinet attendants below had already begun to set up the venue. Two long tables are placed in the middle of the hall, and four embroidered piers are placed on the side, which are the seats of the four elders of the cabinet.

A table was full of the previous year's payments, the items were categorized, and the various files were piled up like a hill. On the other table is the budget submitted by the six ministries and localities this year, which is the money to be spent.

After the arrangement of the servant, Chen Zizhuang, the first assistant of the cabinet, began to read the expenses of the previous year. Zhu Hongsan sat on the top and listened quietly.

Chen Zizhuang has just taken over for less than a month, and he is not very clear about the actual situation, but he is also shocked to see Guangdong's income this year.

The overall income was 15,630,04,216 taels of silver, of which the Canton Prefecture was the main contributor. The 200,000 acres of Guangdong small commodity distribution center outside Dongguan County has been built, and the income from buying a piece of land is 5 million taels, and most of the development zones in the south of Guangzhou have also been built, and various stalls and shops have been rented out and sold in exchange for 4 million taels of silver.

Next is the sale of sugar and salt in Leizhou Prefecture, and now the sugar and salt have been bought in the northern provinces in exchange for a large amount of silver. The white sugar produced in Leizhou is only five taels of silver and one stone, but in the north, it is bought for ten taels of silver and one catty, which is already a huge profit, similar to the drugs of later generations. Table salt is not as profitable as white sugar, but table salt is a necessity and is required in countless times the amount of white sugar.

Leizhou salt field has now formed industrialization, the ex-factory price of salt per stone is only one tael of silver, to Guangdong will become eight taels of silver, to the north will become fifteen taels of silver, this is still the wholesale price, to the hands of the people is one tael of silver a catty.

Last year, the Leizhou government sold 200,000 stones of sugar and 3 million stones of salt, and Leizhou's income alone was 4 million taels. Now Lianzhou and Qiongzhou have also seen the sweetness, and the local prefect has already put on the book and is preparing to open several salt farms this year.

The steel mainly shipped out of Qiongzhou Prefecture, because the steel production enterprises in Guangdong are now under the name of Zhu Hongsan, so the steel production enterprises in Qiongzhou Prefecture are not independent accounting, and the specific amount cannot be calculated, but the steel production in Dongguan has specific figures.

Last year, Dongguan's steel mills produced more than 7,800 tons of steel and 56,000 tons of ductile iron, most of which were for their own use. In addition to its own use, there are 20,000 tons of production of various farm tools and knives, and now there are knives produced in Dongguan all over the country, and many local blacksmiths have been unable to survive, and have gone bankrupt and closed down, joining the team of fleeing famine.

In the past three years, Zhaoqing Prefecture has resettled a total of 3.18 million displaced people, reclaimed 5.6 million mu of wasteland, and reclaimed all of it as mulberry fish ponds according to the orders of the king of Chu. Now the mulberry fish pond reclaimed a few years ago has begun to produce silk, this year's output of raw silk 200,000 quintals, accounting for one-third of the total number of raw silk exported by Guangdong, is expected to increase to 500,000 in the next two years. The rice produced was 16 million stones, and at the cost of one stone of grain per person per year, the displaced people in Zhaoqing Prefecture alone could feed the entire population of Guangdong.

In fact, with the productivity of the Ming Dynasty, the yield of rice per mu was only more than 100 catties, that is, more than one stone. However, there are a large number of desert islands off the coast of Lianzhou that produce struvite, which is a natural fertilizer, and it is precisely under the drive of this chemical fertilizer that the yield of rice in Zhaoqing Prefecture is more than 300 catties per mu.

Except for some salt production, Lianzhou has no other income, and the population of Lianzhou is too small. The population of the whole state is less than 100,000, mainly concentrated around Hepu County, and the population problem is a major problem restricting the development of Lianzhou.

The Viceroyalty of Nanyang now had two possessions, Luzon and Hongji, and since Luzon had just been recovered in November, it produced nothing but a few million taels of silver from the Spaniards, but all of this silver was used for local construction. Now Luzon has transported 50,000 displaced people to the north, and the wasteland is being reclaimed there. Luzon's climate is very warm, and four seasons of rice can be planted every year, which is much higher than the two-season rice yield in Zhaoqing.

Hongji Port has now become the coal base of Guangdong, except for some coal production in Qiongzhou, ninety percent of Guangdong's coal depends on Hongji. There is also the rice of Annam, which is also four-season rice, and it is only seven coins of silver and one stone to buy in Annam, which is much cheaper than the rice in Zhaoqing. However, due to the short production period of Annam's rice, the taste is not very good, so most of the rice in Annam is shipped to Nanzhili to help the displaced people who fled to Zhoushan.

Only the Zhoushan Islands in Nanzhili are under the control of Zhu Hongsan, and there is no output, just a single input.

Chen Zizhuang said: "Your Royal Highness, now we have a total of 7.8 million people under our rule, if you count Huizhou, Nanxiong, Shaozhou, Gaozhou, Luoding Prefecture and other prefectures, there are 12.18 million people in Guangdong. The above is last year's income and expenditure, the account books are here, please check the country! ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, he knew that last year's income of fifteen or six million yuan did not count the output of his farm, and Zhu Hongsan himself had a farm of 200,000 mu in Dongguan, but the sweet potatoes and corn planted were not good things. But Zhu Hongsan has dozens of farms in addition to these, including more than 50,000 pigs, more than 10,000 cattle, and hundreds of thousands of chickens, which are very valuable. In addition, one-third of the factories in Dongguan are Zhu Hongsan's industries, and there is also his own fleet, which is responsible for transportation. Zhu Hongsan estimated that his income last year should be five or six million taels of silver.

Seeing that Zhu Hongsan had no opinion, Chen Zizhuang began to report the money spent last year. Naturally, the military is the big one.

Last year, the Navy produced six warships, three of which were 1,000-ton ships, and each of them needed 110,000 taels of silver for all fully equipped weapons and personnel, and 40,000 taels of silver for each of them. Eleven merchant ships were produced, each costing fifteen thousand taels of silver. These merchant ships are all produced according to Zhu Hongsan's intentions, and they can become warships when they are loaded with cannons, so the cost is naturally high.

The army spent less, but Nanzhili was fighting, and the words of gold 10,000 taels were not in vain when the cannon sounded, and Nanzhili's five-month war cost a total of 5 million taels of silver. Each cannon is one tael of silver, and you can calculate it yourself.

At the beginning of last year, the king of Chu ordered an increase of 20,000 troops, and the equipment and weapons of these soldiers were about 100 taels each, which was nearly 2 million taels.

There are also soldiers' expenses, pensions for deceased soldiers, expenses for daily training, and awards for soldiers' meritorious service. Last year's war between Nanzhili and Nanyang, including the cost of garrisons in various places, cost a total of 8.9 million taels of silver. The second item is the officials' salary, Zhu Hongsan changed Zhu Yuanzhang's meanness towards officials, and after coming to power, he raised the salaries of all the officials under his command. Like Chen Zizhuang, the cabinet minister of Zheng Erpin, he already has more than 8,000 taels of silver a year, and the lowest-level Qipin county order also has 320 taels of silver a year, which does not look like much, but Zhu Hongsan has already ordered that all officials in the county be assigned to the state finance, that is, the establishment is recognized. Such a county would cost more than 300 people. The lowest-ranking clerk also earns fifty taels a year.

Taking Dongguan County as an example, there are a total of 768 people in the county who need to be supported by the imperial court, and the annual expenditure is 51,000 taels of silver. At the beginning of last year, the king of Chu had already ordered a pilot project to be carried out in 18 counties in Guangzhou and Zhaoqing, and these two prefectures spent 650,000 taels of silver on each other this year. If it is rolled out in all 89 counties in Guangdong Province, it is estimated that 2.9 million taels of silver will be needed.

Last year, Dongguan built a small commodity distribution center covering an area of 200,000 acres, but the cost of land occupation and construction was advanced by the Chamber of Commerce, which was not included in the expenditure. There is also Guangzhou Nancheng Development Zone, covering an area of 50,000 acres, leveling 20,000 acres of land, building five new wharves, as well as roads, drainage pipes, public toilets and other infrastructure, a total of 560,000 taels of silver.

Last year, a total of 910,000 displaced people were resettled, most of whom were resettled in Zhaoqing, and only 50,000 were sent to Luzon, Nanyang. Each homeless household in Zhaoqing can be allocated 20 mu of cultivated land, and each household in Luzon can be allocated 50 mu of arable land. Every fifth household can use one cow, so it cost 1.6 million taels to resettle the displaced people last year, not counting the value of the land.

In the first two years, because of the peace of Nanzhili, the people of Liumin came from Huguang and Jiangxi. Last year, there was a war between Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and there was a trend of increasing number of displaced people. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty goes south this year, the number of displaced people will increase even more, and the amount of silver that needs to be spent will also increase.

In the end, Chen Zizhuang concluded: "Your Highness, as of the end of last year, a total of 13.59 million taels of silver had been spent, and the treasury balance was 2.04 million taels of silver. ”

Zhu Hongsan has read the detailed data many times, and today's meeting is mainly to study this year's budget, so Zhu Hongsan didn't say anything, and signed his name with a red pen on the revenue and expenditure of Hongguang's first year, and asked the Military Aircraft Department to stamp the seal of the prison country, which is the end.