"Yes, so many." Li Gui opened his mouth and said: "Fufuhao in Fujian sells silk, porcelain sold by Xingshenghao, utensils sold by Jin and Silver Guihao, bowls and dishes produced by Yangjiang stone kilns, cloth from Yazhou. Of course, our Ruifuxiang is the largest one, and we sell everything."

When he talked about Rui Fuxiang, his face was full of pride and he even gave a thumbs up to the sky.

Li Gui made an indelible contribution to Ruifuxiang's ability to become a nationwide renowned business in the Song Dynasty today. Ruifuxiang was like a child he raised himself. Watching it grow up slowly and become a towering tree, Li Gui's heart was naturally filled with joy and pride.

"So have you ever wondered why things from such a distance from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian can be sold to Yanjing thousands of miles away? What does this mean?" Changsun Hong was very tempted.

"Uh..." Li Gui couldn't close his mouth when he opened his mouth, and stared at his eyes dull: "...what does it mean?"

Changsun Hong smiled even more happily, and raised his chin and said, "It means that the money of the Song Dynasty relies entirely on industry and commerce!"

"The Song Dynasty has established its country for more than two hundred years. It has fought against the Liao Kingdom, Jin Kingdom, Xixia Kingdom, Mongolia, and even almost fought against Dali. After fighting, it was as stable as Mount Tai, and its land area was getting smaller and smaller, but it was not as destroyed as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. What did you rely on?"

He rubbed his two fingers in front of Li Gui: "It's up to you to be rich!"

"Foreign troubles are endless, let's look at the domestic situation. Let's not talk about it from afar, just talk about the Lizong Dynasty. It has been fifty years since the Song Dynasty's official family ascended the throne. In these fifty years, how many civil rebellions have occurred and how many rebellions have occurred, do you know?"

Li Gui opened his mouth and shook his head again.

"There are about 300 people in the scale of more than a thousand people, and there are each one, but there are only a number of times. More than 300 times, Gouzi, if it were any previous dynasty, it would have destroyed the country, but the Song Dynasty did not. Do you know why?"

Without waiting for Li Gui to answer, he rubbed his fingers again: "Because Dasong is rich!"

"If the foreign enemy fights, they can't beat them, so they will pay the money and pay them. The northern barbarians will not come again after taking the money. After all, their lives are life. They fight to grab things just to grab things. Of course, they will go back if they have money. Why not do it?"

"Internal troubles are swarming, and the government can't defeat them, so they will lose money. If you use money to urge them, why do the people rebel? Isn't it just that they can't survive without money? The court uses money to urge them, but who will follow the leader to fight for their lives? This internal troubles will naturally calm down. Wherever there is something wrong, you will use money to quell it."

"Do you understand? In the face of astronomical wealth, internal and external troubles are not a problem. Everything in this world can be settled with money, and money can buy peace. It is precisely through this move that our Song Dynasty officials have firmly maintained the country for two hundred years."

Li Gui touched his chin, thinking about something.

Changsun Hong further said: "So where does the money from the Song Dynasty come from? It won't fall from the sky. You can't just rely on digging food in the ground to grow so much money. The Song Dynasty relies on industry and commerce, trade, and inexhaustible taxes."

"Every year, the money transported by the transshipment envoys from all over the country was as high as 160 million guan before Jingkang. After Emperor Gaozong hunted south, he was now in charge of the official family. Although it was a lot less, it was enough to cope with the current expenses and even surplus."

"Even if the factor of currency depreciation is taken into account, this number is still amazing. The prosperous Tang Dynasty cannot compare to the richness of the Song Dynasty today."

"What supports half of the wealth of the Song Dynasty is the sea and maritime trade. The tax and silver contributed by the eight major maritime departments account for almost half of the annual income of the imperial court, among which Quanzhou is the most, and the income of Quanzhou accounts for one third of the eight major maritime departments. This is the current financial tuition of the Song Dynasty."

Changsun Hong Balabala said so much, then smiled and looked at Li Gui with a sudden appearance, took a sip of tea, and said, "So, if we want to seize power, we don't have to rely solely on violence. As long as we seize the financial power that the Song Dynasty relies on for living, it will be twice the result with half the effort."

Li Gui was smart and became more clever and wise after years of training outside. When he heard this, he couldn't understand it. He couldn't help but applaud: "It turns out that my elder brother was planning to Quanzhou a few years ago, and sent Tang Sect and Rui Fuxiang to open up the situation there, and asked Lin Laosi and others to travel across the ocean to Mantajia. At that time, I thought I was asking them to go out to avoid it, but I didn't expect that there was still this deep meaning inside!"

Changsun Hong stood up, walked to the window, stared at a tree with leaves falling out, and said quietly: "The affairs of the world are left to the people of the world. Lin Laosi licked blood in his knife's mouth for the whole life, and it would be bad for him to hide in the shadows. He would get sick. Letting him go to sea to be a pirate is just in line with his personality. I have kept this matter secret and didn't tell anyone. I just told the outside world that they wanted them to go to Southeast Asia to avoid the limelight, just to prevent him from failing, which would affect Rui Fuxiang."
Chapter completed!