Although Zhu Hao is not very short of money now, it is always good to take precautions, if there is the support of the Wang family, it is almost equivalent to the support of more than half of the Hui businessmen, in fact, it can be regarded as the support of the entire business class, which is a considerable help to his career! I just don't know what attitude Chen Xiyao and Liu Ru have. After all, he is a later generation, unlike men in the Ming Dynasty who have the final say in everything. called Chen Xiyao and Liu Ru over.

"Is there anything you are worried about?" Chen Xiyao saw that her husband was a little unsettled, so she asked.

"Well, this, my business is not a bad thing for me, but it is not a good thing for you, how can I say it?" Zhu Hao was a little stumped.

"If your husband has anything to worry about, just say it, my sister can resist anything." Liu said so.

Forget it, you have to say what needs to be said!

"That's right, today I met with the eight major businessmen, you all know, among them, several of the Wang family are the most powerful." Zhu Hao set up an ambush first.

"I know the Wang family, the famous Hui businessmen, in terms of strength, our previous Chen family is not comparable, and they have a great influence in Jianghuai." Chen Xiyao was born in a merchant family and has some knowledge.

"Alas, this is what makes me embarrassed, today the head of the Wang family came to me again after the meeting and said a big call to me, basically as long as I promised him one thing, his Wang family will use his influence to support me unconditionally!"

"Well, this is a good thing, why is the husband so embarrassed, is it that what he said is difficult to do?" Liu Ru was puzzled.

"It's embarrassing, this Wang Jingwen said, saying that as long as I marry his sister, I will ......"

Zhu Hao said half of his words horizontally, and then carefully observed the expressions of the two ladies.

Liu Ru fell into deep thought, and Chen Xiyao was eyes rolling, and his heart trembled.

"Hey, what should I do, of course I have to promise him, it's a fool not to agree to such a good thing of both people and money." Chen Xiyao said happily.

"Madame, aren't you angry?" Zhu Hao exclaimed in surprise.

"What's so angry about that? I've seen that Wang Suxian before, it's called a flower and a moon, you don't suffer at all if you marry her! Besides, this is a great help to your career, how can I not support it, can you still be considered a good wife? Chen Xiyao pouted.

"My sister is right, for the sake of my husband's career, my sister is not careful, my husband can come to ask for our opinion, my sister is already very happy." Liu Rushi also said with a strong smile.

"Alas, it's really hard for the two beloved wives, don't worry, no matter how many women I marry, my heart for you will never change!"

Zhu Hao hurriedly sighed, Chen Xiyao was quite moved at first, but when he suddenly saw Liu Ru laughing, he reacted, twisted his arm, and said fiercely: "Say, how many more women do you want to marry?" ”

Wang Suxian's forced marriage was settled, Zhu Hao took the time to find Wang Jingwen and talked about the details, and then started to be the shopkeeper, letting the Wang family and Chen Xiyao sisters handle it, making Chen Xiyao pout: If you marry three rooms, you have to handle the big house yourself, it's unreasonable!

The army began to expand recruitment in a planned way, and the reserve forces were also arranged to be organized into regular troops, and Zhu Hao, who was in poor condition, thought of a way to send them to various factories to serve as factory guards.

The military establishment was unified, and Zhu Hao "invented" the new military uniform and abandoned the old armor according to the military uniform system of later generations. The new military uniform is a cotton military uniform, dark green, equipped with an armed belt and a large-brimmed hat, and the soldiers are also issued cowhide boots, which are of course regular dresses, and there is another set of combat uniforms for training and combat, which is similar to the regular dress, but replaced with cloth shoes and leggings, and the military uniform is a light armor vest, which can effectively prevent cold weapons from slashing and assassinating.

Although the new military uniform has changed the norm, it is indeed powerful and handsome, and it has won the unanimous welcome of the soldiers as soon as it was released, and the new army soldiers walking on the street have also been sought after by countless young men and women, making the momentum of joining the army high.

The army has been expanded to 30,000 people, except for the independent cavalry regiment and artillery regiment, each division has a strength of 10,000 people, except for Luo Yunqu as the commander of the first division, the commanders of the second division and the third division are all determined through fierce assessment and competition, Wang Boda won the commander of the second division, Xiao Maoce defeated Zhao Yuansheng and won the commander of the third division, Zhu Hao comforted Zhao Yuansheng and asked him to temporarily serve as deputy chief of staff, saying that after the formation of the fourth division, let him be the division commander. However, the second and third divisions were basically new recruits and did not form a large combat effectiveness, so Zhu Hao declared that it was still the first division of the new army to avoid arousing suspicion.

The soldiers are all clothed, fed, and sheltered, live-fire training, plus allowances consume a lot, spend money like running water, and also take into account the livelihood and construction of the three mansions of Xu Huai, which is another huge expense, no less than military spending, although Zhu Hao's family has a big business, it is also a little unbearable.

Looking at the daily ledger, I was also a little confused. Fortunately, the manufacturing cost of ordnance and equipment has been reduced a lot, which has allowed him to alleviate his financial difficulties a little.

Xuzhou Commercial Corporation planning soon, Zhu Hao is facing the problem of recruitment, now most of the experienced workers are working in their own factories, the new company needs a large number of excellent workers, in order to form an industry in a short period of time, Zhu Hao plans to establish a workers' school, specializing in training skilled workers, he also plans to develop this school into a comprehensive school, specializing in teaching science and technology.

Zhu Hao convened a meeting to discuss matters related to finances and the school, and let everyone give their opinions. Luo Yunqu and Zhao Yuansheng participated on behalf of the military.

At the beginning, everyone was talking about some old-fashioned ways, all of which were used by Zhu Hao when he was in Yangzhou, and later Zhao Yuansheng proposed to open a casino, which caused everyone to bombard.

Open a casino? Zhu Hao's eyes lit up, the casino can't be opened, and lottery tickets can be issued! Why didn't I think of the lottery as a big killer! However, the issuance of lottery tickets is simple, but the difficulty is how to get the people involved?

Zhu Hao immediately told everyone his thoughts, and everyone thought it was a good way to solve the gambling problem, but also increase income, and most importantly, increase the credibility of the Marshal's Mansion. But how to carry out it is a little worrying.

Zhao Yuansheng patted his thigh and said, "Hey, big marshal, how do you think about it in the army first?" But all the soldiers have some gambling vices, so the issuance of lottery tickets, not only can accumulate wealth, but also solve the soldiers' gambling addiction, can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ”

"Okay, you kid reacted fast enough, that's it!" Zhu Hao said happily.

Lottery things in Zhu Hao personally held open,Due to the lack of development of ancient information,At the beginning, it was set to be issued once every five days,First in Xuzhou Mansion trial,Xuzhou's issuance and trial in the army,Lottery tickets are uniformly printed by the Marshal's House,With a number,To prevent fraudulent claims,Each is worth five dollars,What thirty choose seven、Twenty-three choose five,And so on all in accordance with the future generations,Public lottery. The top prize is 10,000 taels of silver.

In the military, it is issued every two days. After the trial,After the training of the boring soldiers to get the opportunity to relax,Soon became popular,The army's lottery income alone has two or three hundred taels a day,And then the institutions and factories affiliated to the marshal's mansion are also in full swing involved,Lottery income of more than 10,000 taels in a month,More than 2,000 taels of bonuses are paid,More than 5,000 taels of surplus in addition to costs!

The people of Xuzhou are also quickly familiar with the lottery industry, more and more people are involved, three months later, when a poor charcoal seller won the jackpot of 10,000 taels in one fell swoop, the whole Xuzhou went crazy! Almost everyone went out to buy lottery tickets! In less than half a year, the lottery opened branches in Yanzhou, Huai'an and other places, with a net profit of more than 100,000 silver per month, which has become an important industry for Zhu Hao to generate income.

However, Zhu Hao said before the issuance of the lottery,Lottery issuance is mainly of a welfare nature,The so-called from the civilian people,He was originally the governor of the three provinces,Not only the army,A lot of civil things also have to be invested,So use the lottery money to invest in the people's livelihood,You don't have to spend money,You can also buy people's hearts,It can be described as killing two birds with one stone!

Chen Xiyao and others admired his vision and means of throwing himself into the ground, Wang Jingwen also made a special trip to visit him, admired his vision, and urged him to hurry up and set a date, Zhu Hao promised to contact him immediately after asking his parents in Yangzhou.

After the people's livelihood finances were settled, almost all of Zhu Hao's income was invested in the army, so that his military expenses were at ease.

Zhu Hao specially took out a part of the money from the lottery profits, selected a good piece of land, and built a university hall, called Xuzhou Workers' School, recruiting young people from poor families to teach all kinds of knowledge, during the construction of the school, he pondered that he had to recruit some scientific talents, strengthen the force.