Autumn in Jinan is quiet, and the blue sky is like a blue mirror washed by the waves. In the autumn at the end of this century, the numb faces of Jinan people were more vivid, although there were no earth-shattering changes, but the days gradually improved. The woodcutter who sold firewood may have just picked it up outside the city gate and was ordered by the hotel guy to buy him firewood for half a month. The little daughter-in-law who went into the city to change eggs found that the amount of eggs in Jinan had increased greatly, and in the past, there was still a basket of eggs left in the palm lamp, which may only last a morning to see the straw, and then went to the market to pick some vegetables and leaves and go home to feed the pigs. The workers and the shops all feel that this year's days are taken care of, not as tight as in previous years, and they are looking forward to having a happy face at the end of the year, and those who can marry in the next year have a face. After returning home, the mother-in-law screamed and scolded and beaten, but at night under the oil lamp, the large intestine was braised and served on the table, and two cups of Jingzhi were drunk, and the third child of the hanging egg gang secretly squatted under the table, stole a large intestine segment from the hands of the father, and then licked the chopsticks dipped in white wine, grinned and smirked, and was kicked by the father and didn't know where to move, the fourth girl babbled and pushed the third brother, and also wanted to eat a meat, and Liu touched his bald head. Watching the child have fun, I can't think of what a better day would look like.

The yamen at the entrance of the yamen also smiled when they saw it, unlike when they saw people before, they owed three thousand hanging money, and even the grinning stone lion had a three-point smile. In the back hall of the governor's yamen, Governor Yuan Da, who was wearing a poplin robe, was comfortably tasting Lu'an melon slices, and Yang Shiqi and Xu Shichang, two staff members sitting opposite, and the bookkeeper commanded the little servant to just lift the general ledger book to the bar, and bowed and retreated. Xu Shichang copied the general ledger book above, and at a glance, Huo, the Spring and Autumn Taxes and Tian Fu that had been collected reached 2.8 million taels, which was more than one and a half times that of last year, and the autumn taxes of Jinan Mansion, Dongchang Mansion, and Wuding Mansion alone collected 800,000 taels, not only to pay off the accumulated arrears for many years, but also to surplus. This does not include the interception of local Taoist tax collectors, the loss of grain, and so on. When the Wuwei Right Army went out of Beijing, it received a favor and could raise military funds in Shandong, and the silver allocated by the Ministry of War was only 350,000 taels a year, which was not enough for people to eat and chew for three months, not to mention the consumption of arms and equipment construction. According to the usual practice, the military expenditure that the Wuwei Right Army can bear in the garrison areas of Shandong does not exceed 30 percent of the local revenue. If the 2,800,000 taels are calculated according to the 830,000 taels of the liberation of Beijing last year, plus the 30,000 taels of 1,180,000 taels, and then the local government expenditure of 500,000 taels is left leniently, the remaining 1 million taels of silver will be able to share the profit of 3.5 million taels in the right army of the Wuwei Army. Yang Shiqi also fiddled with his fingers on the side, pinched for a while and sighed, "I thought Shandong was a bitter place, but I didn't expect that there would be such a treasure land rich in Jiangnan less than 1,000 miles away from the capital." I just came over and met Pingqing and said that this year, my Wuwei Right Army moved to a new house, changed into new clothes, lived in a new house, and was about to marry a bride. "Haha," the three of them laughed at each other.

"Speaking of which, the Jinan Chamber of Commerce is really capable. Meng Luochuan won't talk about it, Wu Chenxuan, Miao Xingcun, and Le Jingyu are all handsome for a while, and they are all in Jinan Mansion, no, the entire northwest of Shandong is doing it. When the Wangfutai of Dongchang Mansion came to visit a while ago, he asked me to help dredge the joints, hoping that the standard factory could open a branch factory in Dongchang Mansion for the sewing machine factory and the repair factory, and also specially proposed to open a small viewing garden in Fucheng to activate the local business. According to him, the local big businessmen have moved to Jinan Mansion and joined the Jinan Chamber of Commerce, and the business is booming. Xu Shichang just said this, and Yuan Fatzi couldn't help but sigh.

"Shandong is a treasure land, but Shandong's mountains and rivers are not as good as outstanding people. To say that most of the past half a year has been smooth, the Wuwei Right Army has Lao Jiang, Zhiquan, and Pingqing, and they can be regarded as well-trained, well-paid, well-armed, and high morale, and there is no strong army in the region that can be compared with our Wuwei Right Army. There are Xingcheng and chrysanthemum assistants in government affairs, and the government is harmonious and the officials are accessible. Originally, the old man should be content and happy, but there is a big regret that has to be said. ”

"Oh, let me guess." Yang Shiqi's eyes lit up, "Could it be that the proprietor is sorry for the tax package system of the Jinan Chamber of Commerce, if it is not for the promise of their group of businessmen to cover the tax, with their business prosperity for most of the year, it will not be a problem to charge an extra three or five hundred thousand taels, and maybe even the funds of our Wuwei Right Army next year can be solved." ”

"It's better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, I'm afraid that the proprietor regrets not these white silver, but the young man who turned stones into gold." Xu Shichang saw that Lao Yuan was twisting his beard and did not nod, so he guessed that Lao Yuan's pattern would not put money and silver in his eyes at all, and talent was the treasure that Lao Yuan could see in his eyes.

"Juren really guessed it, and I regret that I can't recruit a national scholar like Chenxuan. The ancients said that "the Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix Chicks have a chance to settle the world", and I see that a Chenxuan is better than the Wolong and Phoenix Chicks who have a false name. Lao Yuan had a deep expression that won my heart.

"Is the proprietor too persistent, he wants to take the Wu family boy is a clever person, and he has learned a lot of clever things from foreigners. But I look at the big idea, I'm afraid that the two scheming guys Meng Luochuan and Miao Xingcun are behind the scenes, and they should bring a young person to the stage, so that they can secretly make profits. ”

"Xingcheng should not underestimate the heroes of the world. This Wu Chenxuan is one of the most difficult to understand among the young people the old man has ever seen, not to mention his skills learned from the West, but the design and construction of the South Gate Barracks, the difference between the front and back is 100,000 taels of silver, no matter how capable you are, I am afraid that you have to weigh one or two to take over this matter, Meng Luochuan at the banquet entrusted Wu Chenxuan with carte blanche to take this matter, and although this kid shirked in every possible way, he dared to accept it on the spot, and it turned out afterwards that this person was not a person who deceives the world. Such a difficult project, handed over to the old man is afraid that he will also sit on wax, and now the old Qingliu in the household department just doesn't believe that the old man used less than 70,000 taels of silver to build the South Gate military camp with two Nanyuan camps on top, but the iron camp does not allow them to guess arbitrarily. There is also the Grand View Garden, which opened last month, not to hide the two, and the old man also secretly patrolled in plain clothes, and the scene of thousands of merchants gathering, and the scene of two prosperous transactions is rare. After many battles in the old man's journey, he was really a little confused in the garden. But then I went to their Chenguang Tea House and listened to the cross talk, and drank the spring water chrysanthemum tea of Baotu Spring, but I woke up. You see, at this hour, there are thousands of people visiting the Grand View Garden, that is, drinking a bowl of bean curd, buying a piece of cloth, at the end of the day, I am afraid that the flowing water of all the stores in the Grand View Garden is also three or five thousand taels of silver. I heard that the hotels in Beitou have become the base of trade between the big merchants and foreigners north of the Yangtze River, and I met three waves of foreigners and two groups of merchants from Shanxi and Kouwai when I passed by downstairs. How many transactions can be made at the end of this day, even if they are all passing gods, they can leave a little bit of it. The accumulation of time is not a decimal number, and now Jinan Mansion is already the largest dry wharf in Jiangbei, I heard Xingsun say that the buyers and sellers of Tianjin Wei have been led to my Shandong, so that their Tianjin Mansion is almost out of business. This Chen Xuan, just seeing his God of Wealth methods, don't you know that his ability to mobilize people, financial and material resources, and be good at taking advantage of the situation to build momentum, can really be called a national warrior. In these years, it is not enough to have a clever plan, but also to be good at co-ordinating and building momentum, and to seek the general trend with yang and be invincible. I heard that Lao Liu of Jinan Mansion was deflated in the hands of Zhang Buzheng, and this matter probably has to fall on Chen Xuan's head, this kid is using the power of the Chamber of Commerce to force Lao Liu to interrogate, and the scene of an autopsy actually suffocated the means prepared by Zhang Buzheng to the point that he didn't let go, hehe, and look at it, even if we don't interfere, I'm afraid that Old Man Zhang may not be able to make up for it from Chen Xuan's head. ”

"Since this person is so good, if he can't be used by the proprietor, he might as well deal with it as soon as possible, since Zhang Weixian wants to make a move, we might as well help him secretly." Yang Shiqi's triangular eyes flickered, and he was always keen on eliminating possible opponents because of his habitual intrigue. It's a pity that he is destined to be difficult. Sure enough, Lao Yuan was slightly happy, "Xingcheng, don't worry, although Chen Xuan has not been used by me now, he only has one British nobleman from the Montagu family overseas as an ally, and he does not have any power in the court." The foreign devil just took a fancy to his talent and products, and he was not a real backer. Now that this South Gate military camp has become the focus of attention of Qingliu and Li Zhongtang in the court, plus I continue to send Zhiquan and them to help train the insurance regiment, if he Wu Chenxuan has nothing to do with our Wuwei Right Army, I am afraid that Qingliu will not believe it if he is killed. Except for Qingliu and Lao Zhongtang, I don't think those yellow belts have such vision and strength to accommodate this kid, and he Wu Chenxuan may have been labeled as the right army of Wuwei in the eyes of others. ”

"Yes, even if these things aside, Meng Luochuan and their right army of our Wuwei have an old relationship, and now the proprietor is enveloping them in many ways, if Zhang Weixian makes a move, we can pretend to be neutral on the surface and help secretly, so as not to worry about not being able to win over this group of management talents for the proprietor. Moreover, Zhiquan and Pingqing are so close to Wu Chenxuan's insurance group, in addition to business matters, it can be said that the hole cards of the Jinan Chamber of Commerce are clear to us at a glance, and such a frank attitude is not more trustworthy than any vote? Xu Shichang couldn't get used to Yang Shiqi's face, and he was jealous and unscrupulous, that is, he had defected to Xiangcheng a long time ago, otherwise he might have coveted his position.

"Yes, in fact, although I didn't say it, from the outsider's point of view, Wu Chenxuan and they have long been the old man's people. Xingcheng, you can relax, not only can't deal with them, but also take care of them as nephews in the next life, and sooner or later it will be of great use to me. Don't let a trivial matter damage a member of our Wuwei Right Army. Yuan Xiangcheng knew that Yang Shiqi was gloomy, and he was afraid that he would be submissive on the surface, and secretly plotted against Wu Chenxuan, and one of the talents he liked would be lost in the hands of his own military advisor in vain, so he simply picked out the topic.

"But the proprietor" Yang Shiqi was about to refute with a stalk of his neck, but was interrupted by Wang Shizhen, who hurriedly pushed the door in. On weekdays, Zhang Xun is reckless and reckless, but Wang Shizhen is calm and capable, and he can be said to be a Confucian general. The three of them looked at Wang Shizhen, who was panting, and Wang Shizhen calmed down.

"Proprietor, something is wrong, Wu Chenxuan went to the insurance group this morning to deliver ordnance, was assassinated on the way, the vehicle was destroyed, the personnel are missing, and I still don't know if he is alive or dead. Now the more than 400 people of the insurance regiment are fully armed, and under the leadership of the left and right captains, they will blockade Jinan Mansion, Dasuo the whole city, dig three feet into the ground to find the murderer, and find Wu Dong's house. Meng Luochuan and all the big proprietors of the Jinan Chamber of Commerce changed their official uniforms and went to the Yamen of Jinan Mansion to complain, but they were afraid that they would go to the governor's yamen in a while. ”

"Ahh Yuan Shikai and Xu Shichang subconsciously looked at Yang Shiqi, Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly, and said in his heart I don't know how to do it, how can I just have an idea and arrange an assassination, where is this. Of course, Yuan Xu and the others reacted immediately, I'm afraid that this matter will have to fall on that Zhang Buzheng, I didn't expect this person to do this, he didn't pay attention to the rules of officialdom, and resorted to the next three indiscriminate tricks of buying * murder * killing * people, and fighting snakes does not die but suffers from it, I am afraid that there will be no good life. What's even more odious is that you have the consciousness of being a good man and doing things well, and you even involve Boss Yuan to carry the black pot together. The silence of the three of them made Wang Shizhen not know what to do. Suddenly, there was a commotion of neighing horses, and there was a faint sound of gunfire in the distance. Lao Yuan stood up suddenly, pointed at Wang Shizhen and said, "Quick, go to the South Gate Barracks to mobilize a sub-command into the city, and wait outside the governor's yamen." ”