After having lunch with his mother and concubine Sun in the other courtyard, Qi Liang made an appointment with the scholar Li Ling and other important ministers in the side courtyard of the Pingxi Palace. Some of these important ministers have followed Wu Sangui all their lives, some have become monks halfway, and some have recently joined in, but no matter who they are, they are all strange and awe-inspiring to this newly returned Wu Yingxiong prince. Only one day after Qi Liang returned, he not only took over the security of the Pingxi Palace, but also took over the Great Seal of the Prison State in the hands of his son Wu Shifan.

"Good afternoon, everyone!" After returning to Kunming, Qi Liang completely relaxed, where he was the king, and he could not help but show his true nature from time to time.

"Meet the Son!" The ministers bowed.

Qi Liang looked at everyone with a smile and asked straight to the point: "Xiao Wang wants to build a road from Kunming to Panlong Valley, I don't know how much money the palace can get?" ”

What roads to build for no reason? Everyone couldn't understand it, Du Zhiqing, the bachelor in charge of the household department of the palace, was suddenly alert, and said bluntly: "Son of the world! The palace has no money to support! ”

Qi Liang's face suddenly fell, and he raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice: "How can the palace have no money?" ”

Du Zhiqing is a fiery temper, and Li Ling, the left-behind minister in charge, was afraid that Du Zhiqing would collide with the prince, so he took the first step to explain: "The son! At present, it is the time when the green and yellow are not connected, the field tax in various places has not been collected, and the inner treasury of the palace is vacant! "In ancient times, the land tax, also known as the agricultural tax, was the most important fiscal revenue of the state, accounting for more than two-thirds of the total revenue.

Qi Liang glared sharply and sneered: "But Xiao Wang heard that not long ago, the royal palace entered the treasury of 500,000 taels of salt tax, isn't it money?" "In ancient times, salt was the second largest fiscal revenue of the state.

Du Zhiqingmu was expressionless: "The 500,000 taels of salt tax that entered the warehouse King Zhou designated it as a special weapon for making weapons, and it cannot be used!" "Secretly frightened, the prince has only been back for less than a day, and he knows everything about the inner library!

Hearing that it was for the military and Wu Sangui's designation, Qi Liang didn't dare to make up his mind anymore, raised his voice and asked, "What about the taxes collected for mulberry tea and animal husbandry?" ”

Du Zhiqing raised his head and said: "King Zhou is fighting in the front, the military expenditure is huge, the entire palace is beyond its means, and all the taxes are not enough to spend, and the palace has no money to build roads!" ”

Qi Liang stared at the shriveled and thin old man in front of him, although he was angry and hateful, he admired his impartiality and duty, it was undeniable that he was a good official, but he didn't know what his ability was, whether he was a capable official?

"As the prince of the king of Zhou and the order of the Tianshuo Mansion, I will spend 100,000 taels of silver to the palace?" Qi Liang's eagle-like sharp eyes tightened more and more.

Du Zhiqing did not back down at all, did not bow to Qi Liang without being arrogant or humble, turned his head to the north and arched his hand: "Without the seal of King Zhou, no one can take a tael of silver from Neikuti!" He looked at Qi Liang fearlessly, paused for a moment, and especially accentuated his tone: "Even the son of the world can't!" ”

Qi Liang was furious and stood up, it was true that he wanted to build a road to the inner treasury today, but he also wanted to test the attitude of the ministers towards him, and he also wanted to see how much authority he had. Now it seems that all the power is still firmly in the hands of Wu Sangui, and things will be difficult to do in the future! The silver can only figure it out by itself!

The atmosphere was suddenly tense, and seeing that things were going to be bad, Li Ling hurriedly stood up, and said in a harmonious voice: "Shizi! The ministers still don't know where Panlong Valley is? You'll have to tell everyone what you're going to do and how long it is, so we can discuss! ”

Qi Liang stared at Du Zhiqing heavily, and said slowly: "Panlong Valley is near Biji Pass, ten miles southwest of the city, and this king wants to build a barracks there to train my Tianshuo Mansion soldiers!" He hated Du Zhiqing on the surface, but in his heart he sincerely admired and liked it tightly!

It turned out to be only ten miles, and I thought it was a huge project that cost people and money! Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, although it was limited to King Zhou's strict order, but no one really wanted to really offend the prince, after all, the prince was the future prince.

Li Lingmei smiled and said: "The slave proposed a plan, do you think it is okay for the son?" ”

Qi Liang Seji: "Say!" He took the opportunity to sit down slowly.

"The matter of building the road can be handed over to the governor of Yunnan or the Yunnan government, and let them recruit civilian servants to build the road!" Li Ling looked at Qi Liang with a smile like Maitreya Buddha.

Qi Liang was noncommittal, but he secretly praised this Li Ling in his heart for being scheming and exquisite, no wonder he was entrusted by Wu Sangui to the important task of the left-behind responsible minister. "If this king wants to build Tianshuo Mansion, he needs to recruit 5,000 troops, and all kinds of ...... are used."

Li Ling said heartily: "Don't worry about this, the king of Zhou has an order, Tianshuo Mansion will spend money from the palace, and the inner treasury will transfer silver taels according to the approved amount of the generalissimo's camp!" Du Zhiqing did not object to this, thinking that the generalissimo battalion of Yuezhou had already transferred the approval document.

Qi Liang sighed secretly, it's King Zhou's order again!

Qi Liang returned to Liuying sullenly, the guards reported that Liu Xuanchu was coming, Qi Liang walked in quickly, Liu Xuanchu paused: "Humble and respectfully invite the prince Jin'an!" ”

Qi Liang showed a kind smile: "Lord Liu is in poor health, so he will not be able to kneel in the future!" ”

Liu Xuanchu's face turned red, and he said gratefully: "Xie Shizi is compassionate!" ”

"Zhengcheng! Arrange the accommodation of Lord Liu, and be sure to arrange it thoughtfully! Qi Liang instructed Chen Zhengcheng, who was accompanying Liu Xuanchu.

Chen Zhengcheng said with a smile: "Don't worry! The minions have already made arrangements! ”

The son of the world took care of everything one by one, Liu Xuanchu was warm in his heart, and he was grateful to Wan Duan and said: "The son! Slaves are here to do things, not to enjoy, just have a place to live. ”

Qi Liang bowed: "Lord Liu will go down with Zhengcheng to see a doctor first, and then talk about things slowly!" ”

Liu Xuanchu was grateful for Qi Liang's concern, and Zhi Entu reported: "There is no hurry to see a doctor!" I seem to be unhappy when I see the son, but something? From the moment Qi Liang entered the door, he found that Qi Liang had a reluctant smile on his face.

Qi Liang turned around and sat down on a soft chair, and sighed melancholy: "Xiao Wang wants to pay some silver taels from the inner treasury, but those ministers must have a warrant from their father to be willing to come up with a copper plate!" ”

You can't do anything without money, Liu Xuanchu knows the flavor of it, and comes up with an idea: "The prince can first apply for funds from the normal channel for positive reasons, and then do what he wants to do after the money is in place!" ”

This Liu Xuanchu will be flexible, but this kind of thing can only be one and the same, and the application through normal channels is time-consuming, and if you want to grasp the initiative, you have to have your own money. Seeing that Liu Xuanchu was not afraid of fatigue and had a strong desire to fight, he said: "What Lord Liu said is not a solution, but in the end, it can't completely solve the problem, and there are too many places where Tianshuo Mansion needs money in the future!" In this way, I am going to set up an economic department under Tianshuo Mansion to take charge of all commercial activities in Tianshuo Mansion in the area controlled by the Wu army, and this matter will be set up by Lord Liu! ”

Originally, the best person to be in charge of the Ministry of Economy should be someone from Dai Fu, but no one in Dai Fu is currently around. Thinking of the Dai family, Qi Liang couldn't help but think of Dai Mengmeng again, and his heart was full of anger, the woman with the watery poplar flower was nostalgic for her first love.

Liu Xuanchu was both surprised and delighted, Shiziguo is a person who does great things, and asked excitedly: "What is the arrangement of Shizi for the Ministry of Economy?" ”

Qi Liang took it for granted: "Do whatever you make money!" He asked, "What does Master Liu think is the most profitable now?" ”

Liu Xuanchu pondered for a moment and said, "Of course it's selling salt!" ”

Qi Liang shook his head: "We don't do anything that is forbidden by the palace!" "This Liu Xuanchu really dares to think, his head is flexible, he is informal, and he can do big things. But if this kind of person is selfish, he is the most prone to make mistakes and the most dangerous! glanced at Liu Xuanchu's pickled vegetable skin-like face, I hope he has no selfishness.

Liu Xuanchu is also testing Qi Liang, if the prince agrees, then the prince will be small, and he will only become a hero, but it is impossible to become a "saint" in Jingzhonghua! "Why is the prince the most profitable?" I was satisfied, and I was still smiling.

Qi Liang said: "The things that women need are the most profitable, and the things that the upper class needs are the most money-worthy!" This is the experience of the Hereafter.

Liu Xuanchu was puzzled, Qi Liang said confidently: "Tianshuo Mansion will establish a glass mirror factory, a cosmetics factory and a cigarette factory!" After the establishment of the Ministry of Economy, it was mainly busy with this matter! ”

In the Ming Dynasty, mercury glass mirrors appeared, but all of them were imported from the West, and the manufacturing technology was only in the hands of a very few countries such as France and Venice. However, this kind of mercury glass mirror manufacturing technology, which is called the divine mirror by the Oriental people and kept extremely secret by the Westerners, is as simple as child's play for Qi Liang, who studied science and engineering in later generations, and the key technology lies in the silver mirror reaction of silver nitrate solution with ammonia and grape glucose solution.

The cosmetics of this era are rough and simple, and now Qi Liang wants to make perfumes, and with perfumes, he will definitely be popular all over the world!

Cigarettes are also profiteering, and the people in this era smoke dry tobacco and hookah, and the pipe is as big as a blowing stick, which is inconvenient to carry and the smoke quality is inferior. If you can formulate a unified standard like later generations, use paper rolls, and use boxing, you will definitely be able to make a fortune, and think about it!

Liu Xuanchu opened his eyes, he didn't seem to understand these things, his face was full of confusion, Qi Liang smiled: "Lord Liu, don't worry!" I will guide when building a factory, and I will also guide when manufacturing! ”

Do these sons of the world understand? Liu Xuanchu looked at Qi Liang differently, and Qi Liang said again: "While Lord Liu is building the Ministry of Economy, I also hope that Lord Liu can do another thing at the same time!" ”

Liu Xuanchu asked curiously: "What's the matter?" ”

Qi Liang said solemnly: "Prepare to build the Zhonghua Newspaper and publish the Zhonghua Daily!" ”

Newspaper is a new thing, Liu Xuanchu was stunned, what is this? Qi Liang explained in layman's terms: "It is to tell everyone about some of the things that happened that day, and put some good articles on the board for everyone to read, just like a book, but this newspaper is only one or two pages, and it is updated and published every day!" ”

Liu Xuanchu already understood most of it, and marveled at where did the son of the world come from so many wonderful ideas?

Qi Liang continued: "The newspaper can appropriately publish some news of the victory at the front, which can enhance the people's confidence in the royal palace; It is necessary to vigorously propagate some ideas of loving the people and opposing the Qing Dynasty, which can unite the hearts of the people; You can also publish some life knowledge, strange people and strange things, etc., which can add more fun! Qi Liang, who came in later generations, deeply understood the importance of mastering public opinion.

Liu Xuanchu admired the foresight of the prince, but what he didn't know was that Qi Liang had another purpose - to raise a platform for the products he would produce in the future!

"Lord Liu! You need to do these two things quickly! Qi Liang ordered, and then turned to Chen Zhengcheng, who was stunned to the side, and ordered: "Zhengcheng!" You take Lord Liu down to familiarize yourself with the situation in Tianshuo, I hope everyone will work together to get Tianshuo Mansion on the right track as soon as possible! ”

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