After not seeing him for a long time, Liu Ximing naturally couldn't restrain his Lushan claws, and was shocked by a coquettish smile in the room.

Listening to the beauty lying on her chest and talking about the things that have happened during this period of time, Liu Ximing's mood can be regarded as completely relaxed.

Li Xiangjun originally only thought that the husband he had finally chosen was at most a wealthy family, but when he got Shunqing, he found out that such a family is rarely compared even in Jiangnan.

There are tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and there are tens of thousands of tenants belonging to the Liu family (Li Xiangjun's own understanding), coupled with Liu Chen's kind attitude, Li Xiangjun is even more concerned about Liu Ximing, and the young couple is more intimate.

It's just that Liu Ximing was a little strange during the dinner at night, Liu Chen actually called Dong Xiaowan's mother and daughter together, these two people really have such strong communication skills, can they coax their mother around?

Dong Xiaowan naturally noticed Liu Ximing's smiling eyes, but now she didn't dare to look at Liu Ximing.

The mother and daughter sent people under the fence, and Li Xiangjun originally joined Liu Chen's family to pinch them every day.

Now that Liu Ximing has been named an earl again, it is even more of a high-ranking figure, this kind of young man is of course extremely attractive to Dong Xiaowan, who is just starting to fall in love.

However, Liu Ximing's energy could not be put in his backyard, and he couldn't wait for the next day, and the managers at all levels of Liujia Village were called over for a meeting that night.

Most of the year was absent, although there were carrier pigeons to exchange news, but the family still saved a lot of affairs to wait for Liu Ximing to determine.

He had no choice but to put most of the things down first, wait until later, and listen to the detailed reports of various departments tonight.

Although Liu Xi's life was not there, the system of Liujia Village was still in good order, and after almost an hour's effort, he sorted out the things during this period of time.

"Everyone has worked hard, in my absence, thanks to your concerted efforts, we can ensure that our family is thriving, I thank you in advance."

Liu Ximing looked at Chen Yiding, "When I go back, I still ask Ding Fang to take the lead and make a summary of the people and things in the past six months. ”

Chen Yiding smiled, "I wrote down what Uncle said, and I will let Ding Fang implement it after I come down." ”

Hearing Chen Yiding's reply, Liu Ximing smiled slightly in his heart, sure enough, he was the only outsider of this generation.

Although I have been talking about the way of Datong for so long, as soon as I heard that Liu Ximing was made an earl, such as Chen Yiding, these people subconsciously changed their calibers, and I have to say that the power of habit is really strong.

After the reward and punishment, Liu Ximing gave orders on the points he was most concerned about at the moment.

"How is the expansion of the Longxiang Brigade doing?" , he first looked at Yu Yongkai.

Yu Yongkai confidently got up and replied, "Second brother Hui, the fourth and fifth battalions have been formed, and they have been trained for three months in accordance with the training code. ”

Liu Ximing smiled and bowed his head, "That's good, by the way, how did the personal problems of the soldiers of the Longxiang Brigade solve?" ”

"Anyone over the age of sixteen has basically found their blind date, and now I'm waiting for the second brother to come back and make a strategy, can you still do the group wedding you said before?" , Yu Yongkai asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.

"it, of course you have to do it", Liu Ximing looked excited, "It's been so long since the construction of our family's ancestral hall was completed, and we haven't done such a happy event." ”

"Teacher", Liu Ximing looked at Zhou Liangcai, the deacon of the school, "I would like to ask the teacher, Deacon Chen and other elders who are familiar with etiquette to discuss a marriage process for this collective wedding in our village." ”

"There are already regulations for weddings and funerals, can we just adopt them?" , Zhou Liangcai pulled his beard and asked with some doubts.

Liu Xi's head shook like a rattle.

"Otherwise, the rituals used by the people are too simple, the rich and noble families are too cumbersome, and there are too many anachronistic things in them, so we have to make a rule by taking advantage of this opportunity."

For these funeral systems, Liu Ximing has long had ideas to change.

Although Emperor Hongwu has made all the regulations on the eating, drinking and Lazar of the common people, but now it is a troubled time, and the court is too busy to take care of itself, so how can there be time to take care of this.

What's more, the Liu family is not what it used to be, Liu Ximing believes that he only engages in these small actions at home, and no one dares to say anything nonsense.

The Chinese etiquette system has been passed down from Zhou Li to the present day, and many of them are still remnants of slave society, which cannot meet the needs of the future industrial age.

Liu Ximing's initial idea was to refer to Western practices, so that weddings and funerals should be both simple and solemn.

This is also the reason why he insisted on building the ancestral hall of the whole village at the beginning, and the people of the country do not believe in one god, but must worship their ancestors.

If there is a large ancestral hall, it is equivalent to having a church-like existence, and the temple in the ancestral hall is equivalent to a priest, so many activities can be carried out.

Hearing Liu Ximing's initial thoughts, Zhou Liangcai, Chen Yiding and other old scholars listened to it and pulled their beards.

But Liu Ximing has always framed these thoughts of his own under the general framework of respecting ancestors and taking simplicity as beauty, and Zhou Liangcai can't find any other excuses except to find two sentences that are not in line with the ancestral system.

Now Liu Ximing in Liujia Village is the only one, and such a small voice was naturally pressed directly by him.

Ignoring the tangled expressions of several old men, Liu Ximing looked at Yu Yongkai.

"This matter should be done as soon as possible, at the moment there is a shortage of people in Shaanxi, after doing this, the fourth and fifth battalions can prepare to go north and go to Shaanxi to change their defenses, and at the same time recruit 8,000 strong men from the displaced people in Shaanxi to come to Sichuan for training, let's take this opportunity to reorganize two more brigades."

Yu Yongkai and You Degao suddenly cheered, "Wan Sheng." ”

If two more brigades are formed, wouldn't it be time for the Longxiang Brigade to be upgraded again, how can these sub-officers not be happy.

Liu Ximing waved his hand and pressed it, and said with a smile: "Don't be too happy, the new Jiading Guard Team must first be politically competent, and if there is no suitable grassroots non-commissioned officer, it may not be formed." ”

Yu Yongkai and You Degao stood up, beat their chests with their right fists and saluted, "Second brother, rest assured, Long Xiang Brigade must be able to pass the ideological test and have a stable position." ”

The corners of Liu Ximing's mouth Wei Yang nodded, and after walking in the Central Plains, he deeply felt that time was not waiting.

Anyway, now that their own forces are scattered everywhere, and these officials of the Ming Dynasty do not have a national response and communication mechanism, who can know how many soldiers and horses they have raised.

If you calculate carefully, there are 100,000 homeless people in Guanzhong alone in Shaanxi, and 30,000 newly recruited in Hanzhong.

The managers here have all been tested for a long time, and now that the Liu family is in full swing, Liu Ximing is not afraid that they will leak secrets.

Of course, in addition to these, he has a bigger dependence, and that is finance.

"Helper Su, how did you do with the news that I came back to do business with the Jiangnan families?"

Liu Ximing asked Su Yan, the director of commercial housing and the current assistant.

Su Yan was less than forty years old, and his face was full of the enthusiasm of a middle-aged man.

"Uncle Hui, my subordinates have sent people to get in touch with Jiangnan, and they are now preparing to communicate with the towns of the Yangtze River, and they can send the first batch of goods to Jiangnan after they are ready."

Liu Ximing smiled evilly, "Communicate with a hammer." ”

"The order goes down, the Longxiang Brigade sends a naval escort, and along the road they will play my banner, and those who dare to make things difficult will be directly sunk."

Su Yan reacted instantly, "Hahaha, my subordinates have forgotten about this stubble, our family is already noble, why should we suffer from these angers in their place." ”

A group of executives in the room burst into laughter.

Su Yan smiled with a smile on his face, "Uncle, if we follow this method, our family's profits can be increased by at least twenty percent." ”

Liu Ximing nodded with satisfaction, which was the reason why he dared to recruit again.

He had calculated the general ledger before, plus the income from Jiangnan, Sichuan, and Huguang, the Liu family's annual income was about 900,000 taels.

But now with the identity of New Amber, the goods shipped to Jiangnan alone can increase by about 100,000 taels, and the total income of the Liu family can also exceed 1 million taels a year.

In this way, the formation of two new brigades does not seem to be too much of a problem.

"If you work hard in the commercial house, our family's finances will count on you, and when the cotton from Shaanxi comes out, the family's income will be further improved, and everyone's welfare will also rise."

Liu Xi's fate did not forget to draw a big cake first, which attracted the joy of everyone in the conference room.