Chapter 67: Worrying about money
"I don't want this morning's incident to happen again, and I've called you here to make an announcement. Under the post of 1,000 households, another post of supervision envoy will be set up, and the supervision envoy will be in charge of discipline, and the war will still be under the control of 1,000 households. I will not pursue what happened today, and in the future, the inspector will be responsible for any disciplinary problems. Lu Zhan summoned the officers and announced the new directive.
Historical experience led Lu Zhan to decide to create a position with the function of political commissar to strengthen discipline.
When the officers heard the news, they did not object, after all, the military power was still in their own hands, and there were disciplinary problems in the future, and the inspectors would take the blame.
The flagpole with the head of the person proclaimed the ruthlessness of military law to all the soldiers, and after today, the strict discipline of Lu Zhan's new army also spread among the people. This tactic has proven effective in the long course of history, and since then few people in the new army have dared to violate discipline.
"The lord is really strict in governing the army, and this kind of discipline is afraid that only the elite of various countries can achieve it." Duan Xiaohan had already called Lu Zhan the main prince at this time.
"The army is not much more expensive. Don't underestimate these 4,000 people, after half a month, the source of soldiers collected in the county will be expanded to about 7,000 people, and I will use the military salary of more than 10,000 people to support these 7,000 people in the future. Lu Zhan said confidently to Duan Xiaohan beside him.
The policy of elite soldiers was believed in by Lu Zhan, and in history, there was a white-robed general Chen Qingzhi who ran rampant in the Northern Wei Dynasty with thousands of people, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria won the world with more than 100,000 people.
Lu Zhan looked at the vigorous and trained soldiers, like a farmer looking at the growing green seedlings, and seeing that the army had gradually entered the right track, Lu Zhan's mind began to come alive again.
"Xiaohan, you said I want you to help me build a group of masters for my use, okay?" Lu Zhan asked Duan Xiaohan beside him.
"Back to the lord, martial arts are difficult to achieve quickly, but simple training is still feasible. Duan also has some friends in the rivers and lakes, and he can come to help if he needs it. ”
"Duan Xiaohan, I now appoint you as the commander of the secret guard, responsible for the task of defending, hinting, and obtaining information, are you willing?"
"Minister Duan Xiaohan takes the order." Seeing that Lu Zhan finally gave him an official position, Duan Xiaohan was excited.
"The personnel and money needed to establish the secret guard are all spent from me, and I will pick a batch of personnel from the Lu family's personal guards, and don't be stingy with the money." After Lu Zhan finished speaking, he patted Duan Xiaohan on the shoulder.
Forming an intelligence organization that can only compete with the Tang family is Lu Zhan's long-cherished wish when he comes out of the capital, and he has suffered from not having a suitable person to lead him. Lu Zhan's ideal intelligence organization is the Cheka and KGB in the Soviet era, which is one of the four major intelligence organizations, and if he establishes the intelligence organization like the KGB, then he will have peace of mind in terms of intelligence.
Considering the reason for concealment, the funds for the formation of the secret guard were not spent from the treasury of Yanzhou, but by Lu Zhan using the money from the mansion.
Jing Nian, who was in charge of the family's finances, couldn't help frowning when he looked at the money spent like flowing water, and if he continued to spend money like this, it wouldn't be long before the family would be completely out of money.
Looking at Jing Nianshuang, who was frowning, Xiao Yezi asked with concern, "Is there anything worrying about my sister?"
"Look at Lu Lang, since he met Duan Xiaohan, the expenditure in the house has been increasing day by day, and if we don't think of a way to open source, we can only drink the northwest wind in the future." Jing Nianshuang held his chin and looked at Xiao Yezi and said worriedly.
What Jing Nianshuang was thinking about was also what Lu Zhan was worried about, and Lu Zhan remembered some novels and TV series where the male protagonist made glass and soap to get rich. But Lu Zhan is an art student, and although mathematics, physics and chemistry are not bad, he can't make these chemical products. 、
Lu Zhan secretly sighed: The raw material of glass is sand, but he only learned the most basic principles when he was in chemistry, and he didn't know anything about the rest. What other ways to make money now?
Lu Zhan suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, he didn't know how to do business, but he could find someone to partner with. As for the administration of Yanzhou, it can adopt measures to encourage business to stimulate business, and at the same time, it can also increase tax revenue.
As soon as he thought of this, Lu Zhan sent someone to call Wang Tao, the chief bookkeeper, and after a while, Lu Zhan saw Wang Tao coming over.
"Master Wang, I want to partner with your Wang family to do business, I will pay to participate in the Wang family's business, how about the Wang family give me dividends?" Lu Zhan looked at Wang Tao with straight eyes.
After hearing this, Wang Tao couldn't sit still, in Wang Tao's opinion, Lu Zhan made it clear that he wanted to take advantage of the Wang family.
Lu Zhan looked at Master Wang's hesitant expression and knew that Wang Tao had misunderstood him, and it was not until Lu Zhan exhausted his words that Wang Tao expressed his willingness to go back and discuss with the patriarch Wang Hai.
After seeing the king go out, Lu Zhan smiled heartily, doing business with the Wang family is equivalent to Lu Zhan supporting the Wang family behind his back, and it is naturally much more convenient to do business after having a backer. Considering some external factors, Lu Zhan decided not to cooperate with the Wang family in business on the surface, and secretly gave convenience to the Wang family.
The Wang family agreed to Lu Zhan's request for cooperation the next morning, and the Wang master, who came to inform the news, also vaguely asked Lu Zhan if he had any intention of marrying the woman of the Wang family as a concubine.
After the Wang family agreed to join him in business, Lu Zhan decided to convene a meeting of officials in Yanzhou. Master Wang happily came to the Yanzhou official office, looked at Lu Zhan, who had been waiting for a long time, and then sat in his seat.
"You should all know that there is no stability without agriculture, and there is no wealth without business. So this is Benjue's way of encouraging business, so let's take a look. After speaking, he waved his hand and asked the official to hand each person a copy of the plan written by Lu Zhan.
Eliminating taxes on small goods can improve people's livelihood and promote market vitality, although a small amount of money is lost, but the overall profit is gained. Then by subtracting some taxes on other goods to attract foreign merchants, Yanzhou is already an important transportation area, and the transportation direction is extremely convenient.
"My lord, this emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce is particularly strict in the implementation of the Qin State, and all the countries in the world except for the Qi State that attaches importance to business are basically heavy agriculture and suppress business. We encourage business here to increase our income. I think it's possible. The Wang family, represented by Wang Tao, has been doing business for generations, so they naturally agree with Lu Zhan's policy.
"The king's book is wrong, if you encourage business, then the people will not all give up their fields and turn to business, there is no food, and no amount of money is useless." An official retorted.
Seeing the people under his hands expressing their opinions and debating, Lu Zhan found it very interesting. In the end, it was Lu Zhan who made the decision to officially implement the policy of supporting business in Yanzhou.
Although it is said that businessmen value profits over their families, business has historically proved that it plays a huge role in promoting the country, and Lu Zhan wants to use the power of capital to strengthen himself.
At a time when all countries were implementing heavy agriculture and suppressing commerce, Yanzhou began to rise as a commercial city.