Taking advantage of the fact that Earl Elgin took office as the Governor of India, and there is still 400,000 pounds in India, Chuemon felt that he could rectify the shogunate itself.

Japan itself is a country prone to geological disasters. Even if Kata and Ezo develop in the future, they will be able to produce a large amount of potatoes, corn, and sugar. But Chuemon felt that he still needed to take precautions before it happened. When he was really hungry, no one would come to pull you.

The matter of conscripting the Indian army itself has been dealt with by the shogunate. The entire army was completely disbanded and ceased to exist, and things like pensions and salaries have also been settled. The 400,000 pounds allocated by Earl Elgin was considered to be a windfall, and the shogunate did not think that they would be able to get it back.

It happened that all the rice was bought in India, and then stored in the Mizo under the Edo and Osaka Castle as a reserve grain for disasters and famines.

Regarding preparations for war and famine, none of the ministers of the shogunate, even the most feudal people in their minds, could say badly. The shogunate itself should hold a batch of grain reserves, and when necessary, it can play a huge role in stabilizing social conditions and people's hearts.

Chuemon's goal is at least one million stones in Edo and half a million stones in Osaka. There are actually 300,000 to 400,000 stone in the Mizo in Edo itself. This is also the Mizo set up by Tokugawa Yoshizong, the former eighth-generation general, for disaster relief and disaster preparedness. It is said that the money borrowed from the Maeda family was used to buy and store rice.

Nowadays, Yumizo also provides the primary school students in Tianling with a daily lunch expense, so even if they reserve rice, they are not afraid that some old rice will expire. The officials of the shogunate would accurately guarantee that the rice that had been aged for more than two years was slowly consumed because of such expenditures.

Back to the topic, every year to add remedial barren rice, the sale of old rice must be at a loss. This is another sum of money. Where does the funding come from? The starting 400,000 pounds was given by Uncle Elgin, and Uncle Elgin will not give any more money later.

"Actually, the shogunate doesn't necessarily need to sell all the tribute rice now." Matsudaira Qi Xuan looked at Shimadzu's definition.

"What?" Chuyouemon knew that Matsudaira Qi Xuan meant something.

"At the end of last year, the customs closed the shogunate's Jinzang Pass with more than 3.2 million taels. In addition to paying for the salaries of the troops of the training team, even if the tribute rice is not sold, it is enough to support."

Last year, the customs surplus soared to 3.2 million taels of gold. The reason is very simple. Import and export trade has become more prosperous. The silkworms in France and Italy have died out, and all countries have come to Japan to buy raw silk. The price of raw silk has increased a lot, and it is strange that the export does not soar.

Three million two hundred thousand taels!

In fact, it has exceeded the shogunate's annual revenue before the customs revenue, that is to say, just relying on the customs surplus can cover the expenses under the shogunate's original system, and even have a surplus.

In addition to Chuemon's reduction of the Great Austrian, the shogunate saved hundreds of thousands a year, and these hundreds of thousands were enough to pay the first Edo division.

Speaking of raising a woman is really boring, the sixth-generation general Tokugawa Jiaxuan, the year of the eldest wife Tianyingyuan is 12,000 taels, and the year of the side room Yueguangyuan is 12,000 taels. The remaining side rooms are large, each with two or three thousand taels, to five or six thousand taels. The share of these dozens of women alone would be less than 200,000.

Counting the various expenses of 4,000 female employees in Dao, 500,000 a year may not be enough. You said that 500,000 yuan is enough for me to support the first Edo teacher, why should I raise 4,000 women who are "unusable" at all?

After saving the expenses, I got the Guan Yu. The more than 2 million Shigong rice actually collected by the shogunate last year no longer needs to be sold in large quantities to pay for various expenses.

Even now, many samurai of the shogunate no longer issue rice tickets, but directly issue the hasa of Naraya, because the money of the shogunate is not stored in the Binhaiguan. Nara Shigeru had to conduct large-scale transactions with foreign merchants every year, and it was too troublesome to exchange a large amount of cash back and forth, so the shogunate partially adopted the Yuzha issued by Naraya.

This is also one of the reasons why Chuemon sent three stockholders to open a bank before. They themselves were highly tied to the economic activities of the shogunate, and they also issued a large number of feather letters. The common people also admitted that this thing was unimpeded.

As for the line of buying Gongmi, in addition to Shigeru Nara, a big stock friend, there are also a few wealthy merchants recommended by the old Zhong and Mrs. Atsushi, who occupy the Miwen (ask is the Edo period guild organization), Mainly for the purpose of engaging in zacha activities.

That is, assisting samurai to exchange rice tickets, helping samurai to sell salaried rice and supporting rice, and at the same time granting loans to samurai. Lending is the main profit-making part, including the purchase of annual tribute rice, and if you want to make a fortune, you have to wait for disaster years and famine years. Although selling rice in the famine years makes a lot of money, there is no long-term flow of usury to make money every day.

Moreover, the samurai has a system, and the hereditary salary is irreplaceable. As long as the shogunate does not fall, this debt will not be repaid. Such a good lender, the shogunate shareholders are reluctant to let go.

To put it bluntly, selling rice is very important, but not as important as lending!

In other words, the shogunate's hoarding of rice will not make stock friends feel hurt, but if you don't let them lend money, they will make trouble.

Well, the bank can also lend in the future. It is nothing more than that these Zhacha changed their bodies and opened a bank.

"According to this, you only need to put the annual tribute rice into the Imperial Rice Store, no need for additional funding, and the shogunate will have a surplus this year?" Chuemon picked up the current year handed over by Tokugawa Keifu Budget table~lightnovelpub.net~ Really!

After the 3.2 million taels of gold was in place, the shogunate's first budget was compiled according to this figure. 1.2 million for the military, 700,000 for samurai stipends, 120,000 for the imperial court, 80,000 for gifts from temples and shrines in the world, and 100,000 for Dao and Chuemon himself.

In addition, there is an expenditure of 400,000 yuan for the construction and construction costs of Edo, and 500,000 yuan for the development of the navy that Matsudaira Qixuan strongly demanded. The remaining 100,000 will be used to hold the treasury, just in case.

Two million Shigongmi really doesn't count!

One is the first time the shogunate compiled a budget, which was very simple and did not have any details. The second is that the shogunate really hit a good time, and the finances have greatly improved.

"Yujiro, you are being dishonest." Chuemon and his father, Shimazu Chungyo, are righteous brothers who are closer than their own brothers. Even if they are sold, they have to pay more. Naturally, they can teach Shima a lesson by relying on the old man. Jin definition.

"I also never expected Guan Yu to increase by one million." Shimadzu has been working in the center for several years, and his face has been trained.

good attitude!

"The shogunate's annual revenue has increased year after year, and the civilian use is inexhaustible.