The successful trial production of the Flowering Bullet not only gave the general's army a large killer weapon, but also made Zhao Bing's thinking wide.?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

The prospects are beautiful, but Zhao Bing has to face the dilemma of steel shortage. Although Dutianling Iron Mine has started production, there are too many places to use iron now. Not to mention the construction everywhere, now you can't let people dig the ground with empty hands. You have to give them a shovel and a hoe! The army is even more expensive. In the Battle of Qizhou Ocean, only in the Qizhou Ocean, the army fired nearly 500,000 arrows, and the more than a thousand rockets fired by rocket ships were all made of iron, and the losses of other weapons were not counted.

If the flowering bullet is modified, even if each flowering bullet of three kilograms does not count the loss in production, it will require one and a half kilograms of pig iron, and eight kilograms of pig iron for ten kilograms. With Dutianling's ability to produce 10,000 kilograms of pig iron every month, it cannot support the consumption of a small battle, so other varieties can only be put on hold and produce a part of the flowering bullet for testing and training. The solution can only be to solve the problem of insufficient supply by improving the iron ore smelting capacity and purchasing from the outside. The plan to make metal-body cannons can only be hidden in Zhao Bing's heart.

Although it is not enough to supply the entire army in mass production, this test shot undoubtedly played a great role in boosting morale, especially after seeing these generals in the army, their confidence in defending Qiongzhou has increased greatly. And their worship of His Highness the Mingzhe Wang Wei, who was blooming bullets, was to a higher level. If everyone had not often met and knew that he was a mortal, they would have worshipped him as a god.

After the test fire, Zhao Bing saw that his purpose had been basically achieved and ordered all personnel not to disclose what they saw today. He ordered Zhou Xiang to expand it into a fire workshop based on the rocket workshop, specializing in producing rockets, flowering bullets and fuses, and trial-producing related derivative products. At the same time, he was asked to further strengthen the security work of the gunpowder workshop. Of course, he understood it. These craftsmen might have to live a period of isolation from the world.

In order to solve the problem of shortage of materials, Zhao Bing asked the Maritime Bureau to negotiate with them when the trade winds arrived and merchant ships from various countries passed through the border to buy copper, iron, grain and other urgently needed materials. Zhao Bing knew that merchants would not get up early without profit, and would dare to do it as long as the profits were enough and they would lose their heads. Now he also has a territory, so he can set up a checkpoint to collect aisle fee. Some things can be exchanged for power without paying a big boy.

At this time, the Maritime Bureau is equivalent to the modern General Administration of Customs. Its main responsibilities include: based on the goods declared by the merchant, the personnel on board and the places to go, that is, the sea permit; sending people to the ship to inspect to prevent the entrainment of weapons, copper coins, women's mouths, fugitive soldiers, etc.; the ships returning to the port are to send people to block (seal the goods) on the way back to the port and escort them back to the port; after arriving on the shore, the officer will move all the goods into the warehouse and search and inspect all crew members to prevent privately entraining the ship.

Of course, those are not all in vain, that lays the foundation for collecting money. In the Song Dynasty, the import and export goods were divided into two colors, that is, the goods were divided into two colors, and the government extracted several portions in a certain proportion. This was actually a kind of physical form of market tax. The goods collected must be transferred to the capital (discharge); some goods transported by ships (produced) at the prescribed price (produced); after the draw, the remaining goods must still be given to the public according to the standards of the Maritime Bureau before they can be transported and sold to other places.

At that time, there was no customs declaration system, and taxes were collected manually. Of course, there was no modern tax rate. The fine color (prime goods) was collected according to one ten, and the coarse color (general goods) was collected according to the standard of one fifteen. Later, it was changed to the fine goods and two in the coarse goods. In addition, the ship tax was collected according to one fifteen. Only then did the sealed goods be returned to the shipper for sale on their own. For foreign merchant ships who came to China for trade, the Maritime Bureau also adopted a similar management method. Because the Maritime Bureau had a lot of income, it was even more so for the Song Dynasty after the south migration. Tariffs occupied an important position in fiscal revenue. People at that time said, "Maritime income is the capital of the military and the country."

The policy issued by Zhao Bing is very simple. Merchant ships can use grain, iron and copper to tax, and enjoy a low tax rate of one for one for one for the fine color and one for one for one for fifteen. Of course, this is conditional. Only if the same batch of goods is taxed for more than a thousand stones and copper and iron can be enjoyed by more than a thousand kilograms. If you come to Qiong to sell grain and iron, all tariffs will be exempted and free trade with other merchant ships are allowed, you only need to pay the ship tax according to the standard of thirty-one. Zhao Bing knows that this policy is not known to outsiders and it is difficult to achieve immediate results, but as long as it is widely publicized, the effect should be seen next year...

After all, he was not forgiving his age. Zhao Bing, who had been tossing in the workshop for five days, returned to the coach's mansion, was exhausted. He took a shower and ate something. He was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes and just wanted to go to bed and have a good sleep. But he couldn't. It was time for Liu Zhu's fleet that raided Qinzhou and Hepu to come back, but there was no news yet, and it was not known what the outcome was, which was quite heartbreaking. The mission that went to the court to pay his respects to Jiang Wanzai had sent people back the news, and he was invited to ask about the situation.

Now the Empress Dowager, Zhang Shijie and others have realized that Chen Yizhong, who was heading to Chameng for two months, was impossible to come back. He temporarily served as the right prime minister to preside over the government affairs. Zhang Shijie was the deputy envoy to preside over the military affairs. Jiang Wanzai's son Jiang Zhen temporarily led the imperial guards in front of the palace. They ordered the soldiers to quarry, log wood, build stone walls, and build palaces, and planned to temporarily settle on the island of Qizhou. However, Jiang Wanzai's body has not been found, and now he can only sacrifice clothes and clothes. His death match, which is in a storm, can be said to have lost the Dinghai Sword Needle, resulting in unstable morale in the army, and the soldiers often have a life of escape.
Chapter completed!