Chapter 438: Preparing for the South

However, although he was leaving, Liu Ximing did not forget to leave a little back for himself.

He bowed to Cao Huachun and asked, "Gong Cao, what did Your Majesty think about Wen Tiren's friendship with Jingying last time?" ”

Cao Huachun smiled, "Sure enough, as Xin Amber said, Your Majesty is very wary of this, and is preparing to let me wait for the internal supervisor to lead the capital camp, and thank you for planning for me, otherwise how can it be done, our family has thanked you first." ”

As early as when he heard that Wen Tiren had reached out for the affairs of the Beijing camp, Liu Ximing had already begun to lay out this matter, and his advice to Cao Huachun was to try to incite Chongzhen's fear of foreign ministers, so that the major eunuchs in the palace could dominate the affairs of the military camp.

Now it seems that this thing is really about to be done.

Thinking of Jiang Deshen and other guards who had already mixed into the Beijing camp in advance, Liu Ximing raised the corners of his mouth, and begged Cao Huachun personally:

"Then congratulations to my father-in-law, Liu now has some fame, and there are more people who come to cling, there are quite a few Sichuan villagers in this Beijing camp, and it is not to take care of it, and it is not to take care of it, and there will be Cao Gonggong to lead the Beijing camp in the future, I think I will save a little trouble, hahaha."

Cao Huachun is also more sensitive to the affairs of the army, and as soon as he heard Liu Ximing say this, he immediately asked very vigilantly:

"I don't know if they are all the commanders of those soldiers and horses?"

Liu Ximing looked up to the sky and laughed, "Gonggong Cao thinks highly of me, I just entered the capital, where are there so many high-ranking officials and township parties, they are just some generals and sentinels." ”

Cao Huachun's heart suddenly relaxed, it turned out to be these people, so he didn't have to worry about Liu Ximing colluding with Jingying like Wen Tiren.

With these manpower, I don't know how many years it will take to get into a high position, let alone control the Beijing camp.

Cao Huachun looked at Liu Ximing with a smile, "I didn't expect Xin Amber to be so kind and charitable, and even these pickled people are willing to help." ”

Without waiting for Liu Xi's heart to beat, he directly waved the dust, "Okay, the left and right are just small people, and our family will take care of them." ”

Liu Ximing pursed his lips and smiled and didn't say much, Jiang Deshen and the others were all sent in by him with money, and the most he could buy a general official position, no matter how much he cared, it would be a little too much.

Regarding whether to arrange manpower in the Beijing camp, Liu Ximing has also been entangled many times, mainly because he is worried that Chongzhen will be suspicious of himself after learning about it.

But considering that in the next few years, Taqing will have to enter the customs several times, and the Beijing camp seems to be the best place to brush up on military merits, so he can only grit his teeth and arrange it.

On the second day of the first month of August, Liu Ximing arranged everything and finally embarked on the journey back to the south.

It just so happened that this day was also the son of Dou Yuquan, Chen Zilong and others who left Beijing, and dozens of people chanted poems in the Chang Pavilion outside Beijing, which had another sadness.

In order to protect Dou Yuquan, Lei Hong and others from taking office safely, Liu Ximing also specially selected a tun from each of the guard camps, a total of 150 people, and escorted five of them to the locality.

He himself, Chen Yiding, Ren Yuanjia and others who failed to make the list, took Li Biao and the rest of the guards, hurriedly went south along the Grand Canal, and returned to Sichuan through the Yangtze River again.

On the first day of September, Liu Ximing and his entourage finally returned to Liujia Village again.

This time homecoming can be called an honor to return to his hometown, after all, he is the champion of today's department, and he has been promoted to study in the Hanlin Academy, and he is already a political star in the court.

Ma Weizhang, the new governor of Shunqing Mansion, and other officials, all came to the door to congratulate in person, and many feasts were held in Liujia Village for this reason.

This kind of shape can make Liu Chen, Xie Chunxi and others happy enough, and the Liu family's momentum in Shunqing Mansion has reached its peak.

Most of the time is not there, and Liujia Village is still developing rapidly according to Liu Ximing's arrangement.

First of all, the population problem, after the news of Liu Ximing's high school champion came back, the Liu family took a much bigger step in recruiting displaced people.

According to the data collected by the government office of the three provinces, in the past six months, the population of the Liu family has expanded rapidly from 260,000 to 360,000.

Of course, this also brings a large number of problems, the first of which is the financial problem.

The Liu family's previous annual income was only about 1 million taels, and with Liu Ximing's production capacity due to space expansion, it is expected that the annual income can reach about 3 million taels.

Fortunately, at present, Hengshun cotton cloth in Liujia Village has opened up some sales channels on the original business road, and the shipment volume can reach 800,000 horses a month.

Because of the war, the price of cotton cloth has skyrocketed, and the fine white cloth has risen to two dollars and two cents, and the coarse cloth has risen to one dollar and two cents.

The climate in Guanzhong is not the most suitable area for growing cotton, so even if there are cotton seeds screened by Liu Ximing, it can only be regarded as a good ordinary cotton, and the clothing percentage can barely reach 2.5.

About half of this cotton can produce fine white cloth, and the other half is just cheesecloth.

However, the Liu family has an armed escort, so the shipping price of muslin and cheesecloth can reach six cents and eight cents per horse.

This batch of goods alone brought the Liu family an income of 96,000 taels of silver per month, and the income of the Liu family could increase to 4 million taels per year, and the Liu family's silver root was further alleviated.

But now the expenses of the Liu family are getting bigger and bigger, just the nearly 30,000 regular troops under the jurisdiction of the Long Xiang Division and the Fubo Brigade, plus the supply of military salaries, equipment, materials, etc., will cost at least 3 taels of silver a month, and 1.08 million taels of silver will be spent on the Liu family in a year.

Coupled with the reserves of the Rogge Brigade and Liujia Village, as well as the expenses of the workers in various villages, the pressure on Liu Ximing's shoulders was very huge.

The Qin army under Sun Chuanting still asked him to pay for it, and the feeling of having to think about how much he spent every day when he opened his eyes really made him a little flustered.

However, at this time, the role of Liu Ximing in setting up the money ticket bureau in advance was revealed, and the expenditure of more than three million taels of silver a year was all replaced by money tickets, and most of them had to be locked and recycled by real estate.

However, it is still very urgent to open overseas sales channels for his own goods, which is why Liu Ximing insists on opening the sea.

The third problem is that in terms of military strength, with the increase in personnel and villages, the original 26,000-strong Longxiang Division and Fubo Brigade are once again understaffed.

For this reason, Liu Ximing has ordered the Military Committee to form a separate 6,000 Huben Brigade, and at the same time upgrade the Fubo Brigade to a division, and expand the manpower from 6,000 to 10,000.

The fourth aspect is the fleet, which was originally changed to the production of cruisers and frigates under the arrangement of Liu Ximing after the shipyard built 7 third-class battleships.

In the past six months, the shipyard worked overtime to build a total of 12 cruisers and 24 frigates, and the fleet strength grew rapidly.

This is also the reason why the Fubo Brigade was expanded into a Fubo Division, which required 420 naval soldiers for a third-class battleship, 200 for a cruiser, and 100 for a frigate.

Only after the expansion of the Fubo Division can the entire fleet be fully equipped.

Throughout September and November, Liu Ximing has been busy preparing for various matters to go south.

Of course, during this period, he also took a little space to complete some other things, and looked at the beauty in his arms, Liu Ximing felt a burst of joy in his heart.

This year, he has turned eighteen, Xie Chunxi and other little girls are also fifteen or sixteen years old, and under the urging of Liu Chen's many times, Liu Ximing successfully completed the historical task of sharing a house.

Under the nod of the satisfied Xie Chunxi, in the name of being away for a long time in the future, in order to let the Liu family spread out faster and keep the family business, Liu Ximing brought Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan and Yu Qiaoman and other little girls into the house in one fell swoop.

In a few months, he has lived a life without shame, as the so-called "the waiter is powerless, and it is the time of the new inheritance".

Under the concentrated output of his firepower, when everything was prepared in November, good news continued to come out in Liujia Village.

Xie Chunxi, Li Xiangjun and others have become pregnant one after another, which can put Liu Chen and others at ease, who have been chattering.

The news spread to Liujia villages all over the country, and hundreds of thousands of people cheered in unison.

To this end, Su Jin, Xun Bowen, Liang Yizhi and others in Shaanxi, Huguang and other places also held many celebrations, and the cohesion of the Liu family was greatly improved again.

To be honest, even Liu Ximing didn't expect that his woman being pregnant could have such a big influence, and he obviously underestimated the status of family inheritance in the hearts of Chinese.

But then he can also take the team away naturally.