"Exactly."
Zhao Jun praised, "With such high profits, I don't believe they wouldn't be tempted. But firstly, they don't have a navigation map, and secondly, they're unfamiliar with the conditions along the route. If they want the profits, they can either turn to Chen Haizhong or find the surviving sailors, but how come these sailors are controlled by the court?"
"Um."
Everyone pondered.
Yan Shu pondered, "So this is an exchange of interests. The court can let those sailors help them go overseas, but they must also stop drawing salaries without working, stop being responsible for arms sales, and stop having a certain private army?"
Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Yes, if you want to gain greater benefits, you will naturally have to pay a price. Otherwise, why would the court help you?"
If nothing unexpected happens, the whole of Bianliang will know about this tomorrow.
If the newspapers and official gazettes publicized it further, the entire Song Dynasty would probably soon know that Chen Haizhong had brought back more than three million taels of silver.
If the imperial court adds fuel to the fire and sells the maps, and allows sailors who have had experience to act as guides, it is estimated that in recent years, the entire Song Dynasty will be swept by a craze for sailing to the sea.
But there is a big difference between reality and ideal. In the ideal distant place, there is gold, silver and wealth everywhere. A boat trip can turn a poor boy into a wealthy man in an instant, directly crossing the class to realize his life dream.
But the reality is that with a coastline of more than 10,000 kilometers, even if it is not as dangerous as crossing the Pacific Ocean, it is still full of difficulties. Ordinary people simply do not have the ability and cost to accomplish this.
It was different for military officials, nobles and wealthy merchants. They had money and could hire more ships, more sailors and buy more goods.
Even if there were risks on the way, a rich man could invest 500,000 strings of cash, hire more than 20 large ships, and more than 3,000 sailors. It would be unlikely that all 20 large ships would be destroyed at the same time.
Even if only half of it goes to North America, the money brought back can be multiplied several times.
So, as I said before, the ability of wealthy people to withstand risks is much stronger than that of ordinary people. For the imperial court, this matter can expand foreign trade and collect commercial taxes. Secondly, it can also expand the route and stabilize this route.
The last and most important point is that persuading the generals and nobles to go can also solve the three redundancies problem, free up a large amount of financial expenditure, and ease the pressure on the treasury.
Killing two birds with one stone, the imperial court will make a lot of money.
I have a bold idea. Last month, I updated an average of around 9,700 words per day, almost 10,000 words a day, which caused me serious mental fatigue. The plot was sometimes fragmented, and I was just padding the word count for the sake of padding the word count. So I want to relax a little this month and polish the plot. For example, yesterday I updated 2 chapters of 8,000 words, and today I updated 4,000 words. That's two updates every 15 days, and one update every 15 days. I've calculated that even if I can only maintain exactly 8,000 and 4,000 words, it will be 180,000 words a month. And it's impossible to maintain that. It often exceeds 8,000 and 4,000 words, and there are often cases where a chapter is 5,000-6,000 words. So even so, 200,000 words a month, an average of 7,000 words a day, is more than enough.
Please give me a break, everyone.
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