Chapter 758 Monetary System

The autumn wind blows, and the dead leaves rustle and fall.

After resting in Qinghe County, Zhao Xu returned to Yanzhou with the royal army.

When passing through Rangcheng, the King of Goryeo, together with his ministers and generals, knelt on the ground in front of the south gate to greet him.

"Congratulations to Your Highness on your triumphant return. Your Highness's valor and wisdom truly make the sun and moon eclipse..." The King of Korea kept flattering.

The Eastern-Turkish Allied Forces were defeated, and he got the news immediately.

The strength of the Yanzhou army shocked him deeply, making him full of fear of King Yan.

"No courtesy." Zhao Xu'an sat on the horse, glanced at the King of Korea condescendingly, and said calmly: "Don't forget what I once told you."

He was not planning to stay in Yangcheng. During these days of fighting, he must have accumulated a lot of matters that he needed to go back to deal with.

The King of Korea responded yes, got out of the way and stood on one side of the road.

Zhao Xu and his army continued to go north.

After another ten days of trekking, Zhao Xu and his party arrived in Yancheng.

"Your Highness..."

Back at the palace, before Zhao Xu could enter, Yang Susu came out to welcome him, with a look of joy on his face, as if he had a thousand words to say.

A breakup was better than a wedding. If there wasn't a servant by his side, I'm afraid she would just fall into his arms.

On the other hand, Feng'er was always excited. She covered her mouth and laughed for a while, then dismissed the palace servants and took Luan'er with her.

"This little girl..." Yang Susu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and her face was full of shyness.

Zhao Xu comes from contemporary times, and is quite thick-skinned compared to the ancients.

He directly picked up Yang Susu and walked towards the bedroom with a wicked smile on his face, "It's been more than a month since we've been apart. Does the princess miss me?"

"I don't want to." Yang Susu buried her head in Zhao Xu's chest, feeling ashamed to death.

Zhao Xu laughed twice and said, "Hmph, I'll make you admit it right away."

After that, he quickly returned to the dormitory.

In an instant, the spring mood faded in the room.

Happy, Zhao Xu slept until noon the next day.

When he woke up, he did not immediately summon the ministers to inquire about government affairs.

Instead, he and Yang Susu walked in the palace, enjoyed the scenery outside the city, and rested for a few days.

During this period of marching and fighting, he was suddenly bumpy and exhausted, which made him very tired.

After calming down, he called the prime minister Liu Fu over and ordered him to report on the situation in Jiangbei during this period.

"It's a coincidence that Your Highness is back. These four major businesses will officially open in two days. During this time, I also asked Mi Wen's Propaganda Department to publicize it through newspapers. Everyone in the county or the countryside will know about it. ." Liu Fu looked excited.

After a pause, he continued: "Many merchants and ordinary people even came to inquire about the relevant matters, wanting to deposit money in the four major banks or borrow money to start workshops."

Zhao Xu laughed softly when he heard this.

Banks are the foundation of the financial system. Only by making banks sound and impressive can we further stimulate the industrial and commercial development of Dasong.

After thinking about it, he said: "Yes, not only in Yanzhou, except for the Royal Bank, which is only located in Yancheng, the other three major banks should bloom throughout Jiangbei, and should be present in every county to facilitate people's savings."

"I have already ordered this matter and it is being implemented." Liu Fu replied: "In addition, Yanzhou Daily is also being implemented simultaneously. However, due to the different distances between states, I am afraid that the content of Yanzhou Daily will be different. It’s a pity that the response has been delayed.”

Zhao Xu nodded.

Liu Fu now realizes the benefits of the newspaper office.

With the newspaper, the court's policy communication will be very convenient.

But even so, due to communication reasons, the content published by the newspaper today will probably take ten and a half days to be known to the entire Yanzhou.

If it is in places like Ningzhou, it will have to be delayed, and it will take more time to transmit it to the countryside of Ningzhou.

"I have a solution to this problem." Zhao Xu thought of something and smiled.

"Your Highness, what can you do?" Liu Fu shook his head, "His Highness has built a telescope and has clairvoyance. Could he be able to create something else, such as ears for the wind..."

He was just joking casually, but when he saw King Yan's confident face, his heart skipped a beat, "No way."

Zhao Xu chuckled twice, "Just wait for good news on this matter, and let's continue talking about government affairs."

After Liu Fu heard this, he calmed down and continued to report on the changes in Jiangbei during Zhao Xu's war.

"The eight thousand Japanese prisoners who were escorted back from Goryeo were handed over to the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works handcuffed them and took them away to lay the railway from Yancheng to Jinghai." Liu Fu said, "There are also those who came from Goryeo. The first batch of 30,000 young men, according to His Highness's instructions, although they were not treated as prisoners, they were not given any money. They were only given food and went to lay the railway. "

"Well, another 20,000 Japanese prisoners will arrive in Yanzhou soon, and they will be handed over to the Ministry of Works to be used to build the railway. As for Goryeo, another 270,000 people will arrive in Yanzhou as corvees. There are enough people to build the railway. Let them build cement roads and dig canals," Zhao Xu said.

In the last battle of Goryeo, many Japanese soldiers who could not escape chose to surrender.

As for the surrender of troops by the Dasong clan, it is still the old policy.

Let the Propaganda Department correct their thinking first, and if they don't want to stay, let them leave on their own.

Through these several wars, this policy has been effective.

Once the war is frustrated, there are still many powerful soldiers willing to surrender, which saves them a lot of effort.

Then, Liu Fu talked about the situation of farm distribution in Jiangbei.

At present, the division of land among states is basically over.

According to the responses from state pastoralists in various states, the people who were allocated land were very grateful to the palace, and their trust in the palace was unprecedentedly high.

In addition to this is the construction of workshops in various counties.

Each workshop in Yanzhou selected a group of old craftsmen to go to each state to guide the construction of the workshops, and at the same time recruited workshop craftsmen in each state to teach the craft.

Afterwards, Liu Fu reported back the production and sales of each workshop in Yanzhou, the livestock and farming conditions in Guanzhuang, and the construction of agricultural machinery workshops and engineering machinery workshops.

Although some things here belong to the direct jurisdiction of Yang He and Wang Chong.

But he is the prime minister, and when he is not there, he still has to report to him.

After listening to Liu Fu's report, Zhao Xu was generally satisfied.

Everything was going according to his plan, and it was not delayed because he went to Goryeo to fight.

Let Liu Fu leave, Zhao Xu called Yang He over.

After the Goryeo War, Goryeo officially became a vassal state of Dasong.

Next, he will completely control it from the three aspects of politics, military and economy.

There is no need to talk about politics and military. The Goryeo King and Yin Boming are his puppets, and the military is to leave two thousand garrisons.

Economically, Yang He can openly import goods from Yanzhou to Goryeo.

Not only that, the Goryeo court has to provide all kinds of conveniences.

"From luxury goods such as fine wine, perfume, pocket watches, pendulum clocks, to cloth, cement, soap, etc., all are sold to this king." Zhao Xu ordered.

"Your Highness, just wait and see." Yang He smiled.

In the past, Goryeo was a half-covered woman accompanied by a pipa for the merchant, but now it is a naked woman, so naturally they have to make a lot of money.

Zhao Xu nodded, this is just the first step.

His real killer is actually the Royal Bank.

Soon, he will let the Royal Bank launch a currency system, and then he will let Goryeo join this system.

Control it from a financial perspective.