Li Ze leaned on the Taishi chair, his feet were raised high on the big case in front of him, and Xia He stood behind him, as before, while gently massaging his neck and shoulders, while reporting the financial income and expenditure during this period of time in an orderly manner.

"So, we're actually through the hardest time!" Li Ze squinted his eyes, and his whole body relaxed to enjoy the gentleness of the beauty.

"Yes, the grain brought by Jin Mantang has allowed us to stabilize the situation and control prices, this month, the second batch of grain from Jiangnan has arrived, although the other party has sold the price of new grain with the old grain of previous years, but for us, it is indeed timely rain, and the autumn harvest will begin in more than a month, and after the autumn harvest and taxes are sufficient, the entire finance will slowly become richer." Xia Ho Road.

"It's more expensive, it's only two months." Li Ze opened his eyes, held the palm of the beauty behind him with his backhand, and said: "The new money we minted is in Jiangnan, and it has slowly opened up the market, and the profits here are extremely high. ”

"That's right, when the second batch of grain arrived, all the proceeds from the sale of grain were bought this kind of cotton cloth, which led to the rise in the price of cotton cloth on our side, and once let the merchants not get out of stock, until the supply and marketing cooperatives intervened and released a large number of warehousing goods, which stabilized the price." Xia He smiled: "There is also silk, our tussah silk, compared with the quality of silk in the south of the Yangtze River, is indeed a little worse, but some time ago I went to Zhu Yi, they have increased the efficiency of the jacquard machine several times, can weave more complex patterns, after the efficiency is improved, the cost will be greatly reduced, which is very helpful for our original plan to vigorously develop sea trade." Haixing had already come to Haixing some time ago, and he took away a whole 10,000 horses of this silk at one time, which was one-third cheaper than his purchase price in Jiangnan, but as long as he transported it safely to his destination, the price he sold would still be the original price. ”

"I'm going to reward Zhu Yi and them well." Li Ze said with satisfaction: "In the past few years, they have been doing research work in obscurity, but the benefits brought to our Wuwei are no smaller than those on the battlefield. ”

"Zhu Yi is not uncommon to be an official or anything, he has always hoped to be like Li Hao, Li Han, and Li Mi to get your surname." Xia Ho Road.

"It's easy!" Li Ze smiled: "But the official still has to be the official, this is what he deserves." ”

"Because of the improvement of the efficiency of the jacquard machine, now the silk on our side cannot keep up with the speed of production, and the silk workshop is ready to purchase raw silk from Jiangnan."

"That's a good thing!" Li Ze said with a smile: "Bring in the raw materials, and then we will sell them after processing, and we will get more." However, the last time I heard you say that there have been a lot of problems in the weapons workshops in Texas, will these large workshops controlled by the supply and marketing cooperatives have the same problems? ”

"Of course, there will be." Xia He smiled: "But I'm ready to start making improvements, and I've been discussing it with Wang Mingyi for a long time." As you mentioned earlier, one is the incentive mechanism, and the other is the competition mechanism. ”

"Well, what are you going to do?"

"The first one is to give a certain stake to the management team of these workshops, and the more they earn, the more they get. Second, we are going to open such jacquard machines to the private sector, just like printing and dyeing technology, with competition, there will naturally be vitality. None of these activities involve the fundamentals of the country, but they are not afraid to open up to the people. Xia He said.

"These things, you give Wang Mingyi and them a heads, and then let them do it, you are the future head of the household, don't involve too much in these affairs." Li Ze reminded.

"I know. But as you said, they need to lead the way, on the road, how fast they can run, whether they can outrun others, then it's not up to us to decide. Xia He smiled.

Li Ze nodded, but changed the topic: "By the way, after I came back this time, I heard from my wife that you have already talked to her, and you have talked very well?" ”

"Madame is very generous!" Xia Ho Road. "I'm a little flattered."

"It's my greatest blessing that the two of you can get along harmoniously." Li Ze said slowly: "You are in power, and your wife is also very influential in the army, if the two of you don't get along well and have an awkward relationship, I will be in big trouble." ”

"Childe, Xia He has been following you since he was seven years old, how can he embarrass you! Put your heart in your belly! Xia He said softly.

Gently patting Xia He's palm, Li Ze nodded with some relief.

Xia He grew up with him, a lot of things that he never said to others, confided in his heart, but Li Ze never hid it from her, and Li Ze also taught Xia He a lot of knowledge and ideas that this era did not have, intentionally or unintentionally, over the years.

In essence, Li Ze is lonely, he needs someone who has a common word with him, someone who can pour out his heart, and Xia He is undoubtedly the most suitable person. But Xia He, who has learned this, has qualities that women in this era do not have, whether it is in his own ability or in his thoughts, which is also what Li Ze is worried about.

Fortunately, Xia He was not completely taught by him to look like a woman of his time, but perfectly integrated the advantages of a woman of this era and a woman of his time, and Li Ze could only say that his luck was really good.

There was a gentle knock outside the door, and then Li Kang's voice came in: "Taifu, Mr. Gongsun and President Yang are here." ”

"Invite them in." Li Ze put down his upturned feet, sat up straight, and said.

At the door opening, Gongsun Changming and Yang Kai walked in one after the other, clasping their fists and bowing: "I've seen Taifu." He turned sideways slightly and said to Xia He: "Hello Director Xia." ”

This is in Li Ze's mansion, and when they call Xia He his official position, and if it is in Li Mansion, they will naturally call Xia He his wife.

After Xia He returned the salute, he went to pour a cup of tea for the two, and the two took the tea with both hands and thanked them, and then sat down in Li Ze's greeting, and Xia He also sat silently on the other side.

"Mr. Gongsun, let's talk first!" Yang Kaidao.

Gongsun Changming nodded: "Okay, Taifu, I have made preliminary contact with Jing Xiang, judging from his attitude, Zhu Wen is sincere in wanting to stop war with us." The first is that he needs time to integrate the Heluo and Guanzhong regions, and the second, Cao Huan and Zhu Youzhen have been continuously defeated by our army, which has hit him hard, and he needs time to breathe. ”

"Well, that's to be expected."

"Jing Xiang's meaning is that their focus will be on the south next, and this is also to detect whether we want to try our best to run the north, in his opinion, the two sides are now not in the well water, each of them will exert their own efforts, and then fight to the death." Gongsun Changming said. "He also revealed an important news, that is, they are ready to select a person from the clan in Chang'an to be the emperor."

"Really?" Li Ze laughed: "But I received another news, in Chang'an, there is already another huge momentum that is pushing Zhu Wen to stand on his own, mainly Zhu Wen's two sons." ”

Gongsun Changming was surprised and said, "There is such a thing? Is that a good thing for us? ”

"Nature is a good thing. Don't let Jing Xiang know about this news first, and at the same time block the news to prevent Jing Xiang's partner in Chang'an from sending him a message, if Zhu Wen is really self-reliant, I think Jing Xiang's face will be very exciting, Mr. Gongsun, the negotiation with Jing Xiang is slowly dragging on, and he will be delayed in Wuyi for a little more time, and this is the only thing we can do to help Zhu Youyu and them. Hahaha. ”

"Zhu Wen is not self-reliant, maybe he can still find a large number of supporters in the south, once he is self-reliant, those festival towns in the south will have to be considered. This is self-digging! Gongsun Changming said coldly: "From tomorrow, I will arrange for him to meet Cao Huan first, as for Zhu Youzhen, the injury is a little serious now, let's wait a few days and arrange for them to meet." ”

"Madame has gone a little too far in this matter, and sent someone to treat Zhu Youzhen's injuries well." Li Ze shook his head and said, "A dead Zhu Youzhen is worthless. ”

"Understood." Gongsun Changming said: "The second thing, I also talked to Ding Jian. ”

"Now his mind has changed?" Li Zedao: "This person is Mr. Zhang's proud disciple, and he is also very capable, and he is even more famous in the Jingxiang area, if he can completely transform, it will be an important bargaining chip for us in the future." ”

"His thinking should have changed a lot, especially the changes in Yizhou in the past two years, which have had a great impact on him, but he still thinks that the wealthy family can be integrated into Taifu You's new policy. Come to think of it, the Ding family itself is a wealthy family, you want him to change his life, how difficult is this? Gongsun Changming smiled: "This person can be used, but it can only be used to a limited extent." ”

Li Ze pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "After the town is withdrawn from Hezhong, Gao Lei will enter the court as an official, I have already asked for his opinion, and he agreed." It seems that he doesn't want to get into the muddy waters this time, and what he exchanged with me is a first-class noble official position, and he is ready to live in Wuyi to retire. Let Ding Jian go to the river to be a thorn history, there is a wealthy family in charge! ”

Gongsun Changming smiled and said: "Childe, this is trying to use the river as an experimental field, and let Ding Jian touch the ashes?" ”

"Yes!" Li Ze laughed and said: "I still want to save this person, let him go to the river to experiment with his wealthy family can be integrated with my new policy, if he really succeeds, he will also open a new road for us, but nine out of nine, he will hit his head and bleed back, if he can't change his mind at that time, then it can only be usable and not useful." If we can change it, we will add another general. ”

"What if he makes trouble in Hanoi?" Gongsun Changming was worried.

"Tu Lichun is there, what kind of mess can happen? It's really a big mess, what's the good thing! Li Ze said coldly: "Revolution is never about inviting guests to dinner, and when necessary, the knife must also be raised high. ”