In February, the weather is basically warmer, the ice and snow have already melted, the flowers and trees have begun to sprout, and the spring of the year begins to quietly fly to the land of China. In the past few months, there have been no major wars in the land of Kyushu, but small frictions have been constant, especially the friction between Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, as well as the small battles between Wu Sangui and the Nanming army.

The Qing army in the north was very silent, and since the last time Liu Xia refused Dolgon's request to redeem Azig, the Qing court had not moved, and it was not known what was being planned. In the Southern Ming Dynasty, it was still a song and swallow dance, singing and dancing every day. Whenever he got the situation of Nanming, Liu Xia always couldn't help but read: The warm wind makes tourists drunk, and Hangzhou is Bianzhou. Be sarcastic.

In January, Liu Xia set up a Luoyang Bank and then began to mint money, and now that Luoyang Bank has been separated from the jurisdiction of the Financial Secretary, Liu Xia made Wang En the Financial Secretary and the general manager of the bank. Liu Xia still feels that there are not many people who can make him believe now, so that those who followed him before are now carrying many positions.

Not long after, Liu Xia's glass factory also opened. According to Liu Xia's request, this glass should be made into a beautiful mirror, and of course, some lenses will also be provided to make military telescopes. Of course, this mirror is for sale, which of the royal family and nobles of the Qing court and Nanming in this era is not full of money? Which is not a rare baby? Liu Xia can imagine that if his mirror is produced, many people will definitely buy it.

More than 40,000 soldiers are now all in place, and those civilian officials have also begun to rush to the past to take up their posts after the generals have cleaned up the local chaos. At the same time, the Luoyang Academy and the Armaments Academy have also begun to open, of which the Armaments Academy began to open on 16 January, and soldiers have begun to come to the Armaments Academy to sign up. Today is the second day of February, and the second day of February is said to be a good day for the dragon to raise its head. So Liu Xia decided to go to the Armaments Academy today to personally give a speech to the officers who entered the Armaments Academy.

At the center of the Armaments Academy is a large lecture hall that can accommodate thousands of people, and the scale of the construction can be described as not small. At this time, Liu Xia was standing on the high platform to give a speech to the soldiers who had been promoted to officers because of their outstanding military exploits. Liu Xia combined the methods of those speeches of later generations, and then added some words of encouragement to the soldiers, and from time to time ushered in the enthusiastic applause of the soldiers.

"Okay, that's all for my speech, General Ben hopes that after you walk out of this academy, you will become more responsible, capable, educated, educated, and courageous to fight for the great Han nation!"

"Papapa" There was a burst of applause below, Liu Xia smiled slightly, and walked down to talk to those soldiers in person, Liu Xia's speech did not bring a speech, all of them were thinking of where to speak, so it was more able to infect the soldiers.

"It's Niu Er of your Fengyun Brigade, I've seen you." Liu Xia patted the big man in front of him, he really looked like that name, called Niu Er.

That Niu Er didn't expect Liu Xia to know him, and his face suddenly couldn't stop being happy, so that he couldn't speak with excitement. Liu Xia smiled slightly, walked up to another soldier, and said, "You are Li Xuan, a soldier of the third battalion of the former Lion Regiment." ”

Li Xuan said happily on his face: "General, general, I, I ......"

Liu Xia happily patted Li Xuan's shoulder to signal him not to be nervous, but Li Xuan suddenly cried and said, "General, I didn't enter the guards, so I can't serve as your guard." At this time, Li Xun came to the armament academy from the original army to study, and then was assigned to the second regiment of the Xiongshi Brigade as a squadron leader by the Military Division.

Liu Xia smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, try to come back next time, the guards welcome you!" ”

When Liu Xia was talking to the soldiers in the armament academy, Wang En and Li Jingran were sitting in a room at this time, and there were hundreds of people sitting on both sides, all of whom were businessmen with heads and faces in Luoyang and Henan Chengxuan's political envoys, and after the investigation by the personnel of the Investigation Department, they were all given proof of innocence.

Li Jingran stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Everyone, calm down first, calm down." Listen to what this official has to say. This is a strategy carried out by the general in order to make the currency circulate better and carry out a unified currency, the Guogong Mansion does not want your silver, how much silver you can come up with, the Guogong Mansion will also exchange for you as many silver coins. Definitely no less than a tael. At the same time, Grandpa Guo said that those who are willing to support Guogong will give preferential policies to Guogong, and everyone knows that there are more than 10,000 businessmen in Henan Province, why did the official only look for you? It's not that you are all innocent people, and you know the great righteousness of the nation, otherwise the official will not look for you. ”

Li Jingran said, Wang En said: "This policy of the Guogong Mansion needs to be supported, of course, if you don't support it, then it doesn't matter, but the preferential treatment on the policy is gone, and what procurement our logistics department has in the future will not be prioritized." Wang En talked about the procurement of the Logistics Division, which made the eyes of these businessmen light up, after all, the Logistics Department purchases a large number of various things every year, which is a piece of fat.

An obese middle-aged man in his forties, his face was oily, and he said with a smile: "Support support, where can you not support it, Grandpa Guo is our hero, how can he not covet our little money." Today, I took out all the 20,000 taels of silver in my house and exchanged them for the king. ”

Li Jingran suddenly had a smile on his face, and hurriedly said to the clerk next to him: "Go and write down Li Yuanwai's 20,000 taels of silver, and record Li Yuanwai's name on the roster, and notify you in time if you have a good policy in the future." ”

Wang En continued: "I heard that Li Yuanwai is in the fabric business. ”

When Li Yuanwai heard this, he hurriedly said: "The grass people are not only engaged in the fabric business, but also in the antique business. ”

Wang Endao: "This year, the army's military uniforms will be purchased in your store. Of course, you have to make sure that the fabric is strong, if not, don't say that the official doesn't give you priority. Li Yuanwai's face suddenly turned red, he was happy, and nodded with a face: "That's that, if the adults find that the grass people's cloth is not good, they will burn it directly, and the grass people will never do business again." ”

When others saw it, this Li Yuanwai only said a word and got the annual purchase of 30% of the military uniform factory, so they rushed to report their family property one by one.

"I'll take out five thousand taels!"

"I'll give you 10,000 taels!"

"I'll give you three thousand!"

"Okay, thank you for your strong support, your merits will be remembered, if there is any good policy in the future, you will enjoy priority, and at the same time, the government will send you a certificate, with this certificate, if you commit some ordinary minor crimes in the future, you will be relieved."

Wang En said, those businessmen all smiled, compared to the discount given by Liu Xia, this certificate is more important in their hearts, so they all thought in their hearts, these are not in vain.

Soon, all the people in the room told the money they had taken out, and after counting, they had taken out a total of 1,230,000 taels of silver. Wang En and Li Jingran couldn't help but smile at each other. After the merchants left, Li Jingran said, "I don't know how many silver coins you have made, Brother Wang." ”

Wang En smiled slightly: "The 1.5 million taels of silver have now all been converted into silver coins, and because of the relationship between nine to one, we have 1.66 million yuan of silver. Li Jingran smiled and said: "Okay, that's good, we have preliminarily completed the task assigned to us by the general." Wang En said: "Well, I'll go to their homes to bring the silver in a while, and then I'll prepare to calculate, the war will start next month, and our logistics department will also send the soldiers the food and salary for February, so I'll go back first." ”

Li Jingran said: "Brother Wang, walk slowly. ”

According to the customized plan of the Military Division, troops will be dispatched to Shaanxi in mid-March, and the two brigades in Ruzhou and Guide have not been mobilized, and they are constantly monitoring Wu Sangui's troops and the movements of the Qing army.