Orthodox twelfth year, at the end of February.

Liu Juntao only rested for more than half a month after the wedding, and then began to deal with the backlog of affairs.

After Tang Yu, Guo Yongzhong, Zhang Baigui, and Liu Zi'an received Liu Juntao's order, they immediately rushed to Liu Juntao's house.

Guo Muying also saluted everyone when she saw everyone coming, especially after talking to her father Guo Yongzhong for a while, she went to the backyard to prepare tea for everyone.

After everyone sat down, they started Liu Juntao's joke.

Tang Yu quipped: "Mr. Lian, after having an eldest woman in this family, it is different, but it is much cleaner than before!" ”

"I think it's pretty much the same, I'm not a sloppy person."

Zhang Baigui said with a smile: "I think Tang Yu is right, Jun Tao, you were not raunchy before!" Also, you haven't invited me as a matchmaker, Jun Tao, you have sent me a drink! ”

Liu Juntao laughed when he heard the words and said: "No problem, I think it's just today, after we finish discussing in a while, we will eat here at my place!" ”

Liu Zi'an clapped his hands and laughed and said: "I think it's better to forget it, now that Mr. Lian has just gotten married, let's not be an eyesore here, be careful that the heroine will blast us out." ”

Everyone burst into laughter.

At this time, Guo Muying came over with a tea tray, served tea to everyone one by one, and said with a smile: "How dare I, don't leave today, just eat at home, I'll go and prepare wine and food." ”

Guo Yongzhong looked at Guo Muying, who turned around and went out, and said to Liu Juntao in a serious tone: "Juntao, although the affairs of our Yushan Town are complicated now, you should not be too busy. ”

Zhang Baigui pointed at Guo Yongzhong and laughed, and said, "Let's take a look, it's still Old Taishan who loves his son-in-law!" ”

Everyone laughed non-stop, and Liu Juntao was also a little embarrassed.

"Of course!"

Guo Yongzhong's old god said: "Jun Tao naturally has to take care of his body, I am still waiting to hold my grandson!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao just took a sip of tea, and immediately squirted out, and his face turned even redder.

Seeing that everyone was laughing, Liu Juntao coughed and said, "Eh, I think let's talk about business." Mount Tai, now the Ministry of Civil Affairs has to pay close attention to spring ploughing. At present, there are hundreds of farms in various places, and there are tens of thousands of farmers and villagers scattered everywhere, which is not a small amount of work. ”

Guo Yongzhong also frowned slightly, and said, "It's nothing, it's just a little bit of effort." What is more difficult for the Ministry of Civil Affairs is that there is a lack of cattle and farm tools in various farms, and the newly built farms in various places have not had time to build irrigation canals and shafts! This will definitely affect this year's spring ploughing! ”

Liu Juntao also frowned after hearing this, and now the farms are short of cattle and farm tools, it is okay to say, at most, it is to spend more silver, and hurry up to buy it from the nearby cities, villages and towns. As long as the Ministry of Civil Affairs is willing to spend money, it will definitely be able to prepare it.

However, the irrigation canals and shafts that were lacking in the new farms were more difficult to build, and these water conservancy facilities not only cost a lot of money, but also took time and labor, and it was absolutely impossible to build them without three or two months and a large number of craftsmen to build them.

But now the Ministry of Civil Affairs does not have three or two months, and by the time the hydraulic facilities of the farms are complete, the spring plowing season has already been missed!

So, after thinking about it, Liu Juntao said: "Taishan, I think it's like this: let the Ministry of Commerce immediately allocate 50,000 taels of silver, and the Ministry of Commerce immediately purchase a large number of cattle and farm tools, and send them to various farms in the shortest possible time, don't miss the agricultural time!" As for the water conservancy facilities, the Ministry of Commerce also allocated 50,000 taels of silver to recruit craftsmen to start construction. ”

Guo Yongzhong shook his head and said, "If you buy ploughing cattle and farm tools now, you should be in time, but I'm afraid the water conservancy facilities will not work!" ”

"I know!"

Liu Juntao said: "This year can only be like this! If these newly built farms lack water sources, they can only rely on the strength of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to organize manpower and rely on manpower to carry water to solve the urgent need! ”

Looking at Guo Yongzhong's sad appearance, Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Don't worry too much about Mount Tai, as long as the hydraulic facilities around the country start to be built, the situation of the farms around the country will gradually improve, and the difficulties are only temporary, tell everyone to carry it!" ”

"Good!"

After listening to Liu Juntao's words, Guo Yongzhong's heart also felt brighter, and the gloom in his heart also disappeared.

Then, Liu Juntao looked at Tang Yu and asked, "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, what is the situation of the Ministry of Commerce now?" ”

Tang Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Lian, rest assured, the situation in the Ministry of Commerce is very good now!" ”

"Tell me more about it!"

"Mr. Lian, now the shops of the Ministry of Commerce in Shandong have entered the right track, except for the new shops in a few places that are still losing money, most of the shops are now profitable! Moreover, after the expansion of the Yushan Workshop with a large amount of silver invested in the expansion of Yanshenggong, it was also a surge in income; Cui Ye's caravan has increased to thirty-one, and now he not only takes the trade route north to Shanxi and Shaanxi, but also opens up the trade route to Sichuan and North Zhili, which can be described as a big profit! ”

Everyone was excited when they heard it, the Ministry of Commerce is the cornucopia of Yushan Town, the God of Wealth! As long as the Ministry of Commerce can earn enough silver, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of the Military can make great achievements and do a lot of work!

Liu Juntao's eyes also lit up, and he asked, "Then how much income does the Ministry of Commerce have in January?" ”

I saw Tang Yu stretch out one finger and nodded, then stretched out three more fingers, and said, "One million and three hundred thousand taels of silver!" And after deducting the share distributed to Yan Shenggong, and after deducting the money sent to Zhengzhi County in Dong'e County and Tianzhi County in Ningyang County, our net profit in Yushan Town! ”

Hearing this number, everyone, including Liu Juntao, was stunned, and everyone had a feeling of getting rich overnight in their hearts, and they couldn't believe their ears!

Liu Juntao suddenly burst out laughing, and said loudly to everyone: "Okay! All right! Now that the economic foundation of our Yushan Town has been built, I think it's time to plan the superstructure! ”

When everyone heard this, they were a little confused, and they didn't understand what Liu Juntao meant by the economic foundation and superstructure, and they all thought that Liu Juntao was going to build a big house.

At this time, Liu Juntao also went over with a haha, and did not explain anything carefully.

After asking in detail about the affairs of the Yushan Workshop, Liu Juntao asked Zhang Baigui: "Master Zhang, now that the Ministry of Commerce is rich, I think the Yushan Military Bureau can be expanded a little more!" ”

Zhang Baigui naturally couldn't ask for it, and said: "Okay! Now there is also a large area of wasteland that can be used on the side of the Yushan Military Bureau, and it can be expanded again! ”

After speaking, Zhang Baigui smiled at Tang Yu and said, "Then Minister Tang has to support him strongly!" ”

Tang Yu naturally patted his chest and said: "Master Zhang, rest assured, as long as Mr. Lian approves Master Zhang's expansion plan, my Ministry of Commerce will definitely allocate the money as soon as possible!" ”

At this time, Liu Juntao said: "By the way, Master Zhang, I see that while the Yushan Military Bureau is preparing for expansion, all kinds of lathes, tools, and steelmaking furnaces should also be ordered, and strive to realize the expansion of the production of orthodox nine-year-old bird guns and all kinds of armor as soon as possible!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Baigui frowned and said: "Jun Tao, there is something I want to tell you, after the expansion of the Yushan Military Bureau, the output will definitely increase, but it will never increase too much, you have to be prepared for this!" ”

Liu Juntao asked suspiciously, "Why is this?" ”

"Ore! The supply of iron ore can't keep up! ”

Zhang Baigui sighed and said, "Now the Yushan Military Bureau has ordered almost the iron ore of the entire Yanzhou Mansion, which has attracted the attention of some local officials!" No matter how much we have, we won't be able to buy it! ”

Liu Juntao was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed and said: "Then in Master Zhang's opinion, if we want to buy enough iron ore, what else can we do?" ”

"Xuzhou Xu family!"

Zhang Baigui said with an unkind face: "Now the only one who has the ability to supply our Yushan War Bureau with enough iron ore is the Xu family in Xuzhou!" ”

Speaking of which, Liu Juntao's face is not very good-looking, after all, Yushan Town has just destroyed the Kong family in Ningyang County, and has just passed a down-to-earth New Year, Liu Juntao is thinking that he can live a stable life for a period of time, but he has developed the strength of Yushan Town in a down-to-earth manner.

But I never expected that Yushan Town would be hooked up with the Xu family in Xuzhou so quickly because of iron ore!

"I can't think of it!"

Liu Juntao shook his head and said, "I really didn't expect that our Yushan Town would have something to do with the Xu family in Xuzhou so soon!" ”

Zhang Baigui also sighed and said: "Jun Tao, in fact, the monthly output of our Yushan Military Bureau is still enough now, at least it can stably supply the military equipment consumption of the escort team, and it is okay to expand it later!" ”

Liu Juntao pondered for a while and asked: "Now the 5,000 recruits who are training in the escort camp will be able to be integrated into various departments in two months, and at that time, the War Bureau will provide equipment to these 5,000 recruits, and it is estimated that the treasury of the War Bureau will basically bottom out!" ”

Zhang Baigui also nodded and said, "It's just that I haven't seen the bottom, and it is estimated that there is not much left!" ”

"That's right!"

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "In my plan, as long as the conditions permit, our Yushan Escort Team will be expanded on a large scale every year, and when the young people are training, the orthodox nine-year-old bird gun will also be consumed, how can the Yushan Military Bureau not expand its production capacity?" ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, they didn't expect Liu Juntao's enterprising spirit to be so big!

Liu Juntao didn't care about everyone's expressions, but said to Liu Zi'an: "The Investigation Department immediately organized people to go south to Xuzhou and make every effort to investigate the situation of the Xu family in Xuzhou!" ”