Chapter 189 Get rich overnight!Big conscription! The Yanmen warriors and Youwuwei guarded the northern border in the middle from the south to the north, blocking all threats from the outside.
At the same time, Zhang Qin, the great steward under Chu Jiang, also rushed to Beiliang City from Liangshan City and began to take over the treasury left by Beiliang Prince's Mansion. Basically, all the good things in the entire northern border were in Beiliang Prince's Mansion. .
There are three states in the northern border, but when it comes to the background, Beiliang Prefecture has [-]% of it, and the remaining two states each have [-]%.
The area and cultivated land of the three prefectures are similar, but [-]% of the annual tax revenue needs to be handed over to the Northern Liang Palace, which will be distributed by the Northern Liang Palace and issue military pay to each army, etc. The remaining [-]% is reserved for the government's own use. .
The Northern Liang Palace is supported by the three northern states. Northern Liang Prefecture alone cannot support the two armies under the Northern Liang Palace.
"Your Majesty, this is the situation of the Beiliang Prince's office supplies."
In the study room of Beiliang Prince's Mansion, no, it should be the current Liangshan Prince's Mansion, Zhang Qin placed an account book on Chujiang's desk.
Seeing Chu Jiang pick up the account book, Zhang Qin below said: "The silver and grain stored in the Northern Liang Prince's Palace are about twenty times that of Liangshan Prefecture. If the situation in the Northern Liang Prince's Palace is based on the previous situation, even if the entire northern territory is completely It can last for two years without any income.”
"Resources such as iron ore and timber are about fifty times that of Liangshan Prefecture. In terms of medicinal materials, the inventory of Beiliang Prince's Mansion far exceeds that of Liangshan Prefecture. There is no comparison between the two. Outside Beiliang City, there is also Beiliang Prefecture. The royal palace’s special medicinal field can produce a large amount of medicinal materials every year.”
"In addition, there are two iron mines, three salt fields, and four weapon casting workshops under the Beiliang Prince's Mansion. The land directly belonging to the Beiliang Prince's Mansion is [-] hectares, which can provide Beiliang Prince's Mansion with massive amounts of water every year. of food.”
"Below the Northern Liang Prince's Palace, there is a business called Tongtian Company, which monopolizes [-]% of the industry in the entire northern region. Whether it is transactions with the Northern Barbarians or with Dayan in the south, Tongtian Company is responsible for all transactions."
"The Tongtian Company will exchange grain from the Northern Barbarians for furs, medicinal materials and other items, and then resell them to the Great Yan at high prices. There are also many items unique to the North that will be brought to the Great Yan and sold at high prices. The entire Tongtian The business brings nearly [-] million taels of silver to the Northern Liang Palace every year!"
Putting down the account book in his hand, Chu Jiang's eyes suddenly lit up. With nearly 600 million taels of silver, the Beiliang Prince's Mansion has mastered reselling. You must know that there are 1000 million people in the entire Liangshan Prefecture, and the tax for ten years is only seven. [-] million taels of silver.
The number of fields and population in Beiliang Prefecture and Qishui Prefecture are about the same, and the tax revenue is also similar. The annual tax revenue of the entire northern border is only 3000 million taels of silver, and by reselling from the north to the south, the Prince of Beiliang can earn nearly [-] million taels of silver. , which is basically more than three times the land tax.
No wonder the King of Northern Liang was able to raise two armies of warriors who looked like gold-swallowing beasts.
The cost of raising an army of warriors, even at the lowest level, is ten times that of an ordinary army of the same number. The cost of supporting 40 Xiliang Jingqi is no less than the cost of supporting an army of [-]. .
And the price required for five thousand unparalleled iron cavalry is even greater!
Not only did the food have to keep up, but the soldiers' pay also had to keep up. The corresponding weapons and armor also had to be upgraded. The price required was even much greater than the military pay. Just like the white tiger colt under the unparalleled cavalry, each one had to be upgraded. Not cheap.
The two armies of Guang Wushuang Iron Cavalry and Beiliang Jingqi Cavalry totaled 5 people, and the resources required to support them far exceeded the 45 armies of Liangshan, Beiliang, and Qishui Prefectures.
If the Northern Liang Palace had no extra income, it would not be able to support these two armies. With the current situation in the north, it would be the limit to support 45 state troops. In any case, it would not be able to support the Wushuang Iron Cavalry and the Northern Liang Jingqi.
Knowing the financial situation of Liangshan Prefecture at that time, Chu Jiang was also curious about why the Northern Liang King wanted to be independent. The financial situation in the northern territory could not support the consumption of the entire army. When the time came to leave Dayan, the Northern Liang Prince's Palace might not be in need of financial support. Jiang had forgotten about reselling from the north to the south. Smuggling and reselling was already very profitable. In addition, most of the things in the Northern Barbarians could not be found in Dayan, and the things in Dayan were also needed by the Northern Barbarians.
With such luck, the profits of the North and South will increase at least ten times. No wonder the King of Northern Liang is so confident.
"Give all the medicinal materials to the Medicine King, and all the alchemists in the entire Northern Liang Palace will be assigned to the Medicine King to be responsible for refining the elixirs. All kinds of elixirs need to be refined. As long as the medicinal materials can be gathered, Medicines, all trained for me.”
"Among them, body tempering pills and various pills for breaking through to great realms are the main ones. The rest of the pills should be placed at the back. Those pills that are of little use should not be refined." Chu Jiang tapped his fingers on the table.
"Yes!"
"Also, allocate the food needed for the 40 warrior army. In the future, the three armies in the north will be reduced to 40. The food in the army will be supplied according to the warrior army!"
"Yes!" Zhang Qin's expression remained unchanged and he bowed.
40 troops is the upper limit of the army that the right military attache of an army can command. In this case, Chujiang simply only needs 40 army must be in one's own hands no matter what. With a die-hard summoned character, letting the summoned character lead the army is the best choice.
Now there are 45 regular troops in the three northern states, and 90 young men stationed at the border. Chujiang is also recruiting new soldiers from the counties and counties of Liangshan are probably more than two million reserve troops in the entire northern border, which far exceeds the 40 troops needed by Chujiang.
Chu Jiang thought for a moment and then said: "Give me an order to recruit soldiers in the cities and villages of Beiliang Prefecture and Qishui Prefecture, and double the salary of the army. Let Cheng Yaojin recruit troops from the three prefectures and government troops, From among the young and strong, as well as those from the northern border who are interested in joining the army, 40 troops will be selected!"
"Those who come to join the army and are not selected, the palace will give one tael of silver as travel expenses."
The army must be elite. To be honest, Chu Jiang did not like the three armies in the north at all. An army composed of ordinary people was of little use in this world with monks.
If you want to practice, then you need to refine an army of warriors. Chu Jiang plans to build this 40-strong army under his command into an army of warriors who are loyal to Chu Jiang and personally commanded by the Youwuwei military attache.
After this conscription, the number of people under Chu Jiang who want to join the army is at least 200 million. 40 people are selected, which is one person out of five. Those selected in this way must be elites. .
Entrusted to Youwuwei to be trained according to the training methods of the Tang Dynasty, and with the assistance of Sun Simiao's elixirs, this army will surely become an army of warriors.
With an army of 40 warriors, when Chu Jiang goes south to attack Dayan in the future, he will have people to follow and garrison the city behind.
Moreover, there is no need to temporarily recruit surrendered soldiers on the battlefield. People who surrender cannot be trusted by people who have been trained by themselves.
"Yes!" Zhang Qin bowed again.
(End of this chapter)