Xiaorenfang in the south of Lin'an City is adjacent to six departments of three provinces in the north, and Heningmen in the south of Lin'an Imperial City, so the place Li Yue chose for the headquarters of Daliang Bank is here.

The widow Ting, dressed in men's clothes, was holding a thick pile of official documents, and walked towards President Li's signature room.

Widow Ting has now been appointed by Li Yue as the vice president in charge of deposit and loan business, which is a powerful figure in Daliang Bank. This morning, Zuo Shilang, the six-grade household, came to the bank to handle the loan, and he actually had to pay a smile to her, a woman.

Widow Ting now feels more and more that this Li Yue is terrible, and she has made such a bank come to the door to ask for a loan.

Walking to Li Yue's signing room, Widow Ting knocked on the door gently. Then came a voice she knew all too well:

"Please come in!"

Widow Ting gently pushed open the door and walked in, in addition to Li Yue, Chang Yuanshan and Liang Youtian were also in the house.

"You may be seated!" Li Yue put his fingers together, palms facing upwards and pointed to the chair next to him.

After the widow Ting sat down, Li Yue said: "Daliang Bank has been in business for half a month, and I invited all the shareholders here to let everyone hear the business status of the head office and branches during this time. Next, I would like to ask the vice president of our women's bank to introduce the situation to you. ”

Widow Ting immediately looked at the documents and said, "At present, the head office of Lin'an and the five branches have been established and officially opened. Yangzhou and Jiankang branches are operating in the best condition, with basically daily deposits of more than 30,000 yuan. Many strong and reputable merchants have applied for loans, so the loans and deposits are basically the same. The daily deposit amount of the head office has also reached more than 10,000 yuan. However, the imperial court has just withdrawn a loan of 50,000 yuan from the head office, so the amount of private housing loans in the head office is relatively small at present. ”

After listening to the widow Ting's words, Chang Yuanshan and Liang Youtian's faces bloomed with joy. If this pattern continues, it will not be long before the bank's deposit and loan business will be accepted by all the people. The performance of the Yangzhou and Jiankang branches was even better.

Li Yue was a little puzzled, shouldn't the capital have the most wealth and resources in a centralized country like Daliang, so he asked a little strangely: "How can the performance of the two branches of Yangzhou and Jiankang be so much better than that of the head office?" ”

The widow replied, "The governor doesn't know that Yangzhou and Jiankang are close to the border, and there are trade grounds for Youguo. A large number of businessmen from the two countries gather all year round, and the volume of deposit and loan business is also normal. And ......"

When the widow Ting was a little hesitant, Chang Yuanshan took over and said: "And many businessmen do business that is not visible!" ”

As soon as Chang Yuanshan said this, Li Yue was relieved, he knew that Chang Yuanshan was referring to someone engaged in smuggling trade in these two places, and smuggling was profitable no matter which dynasty it was, so it was natural for the deposits and loans of these two branches to be larger.

Although the logic made sense, he still felt that something was wrong with what was better, but he couldn't say it for a while. So he had no choice but to say: "I think it's better to be cautious, notify Yangzhou and Jiankang branches, and control the amount and speed of loans." The identity of the loan object should be strictly reviewed, and the loan must have corresponding assets as collateral. Remember, it's best to choose the collateral for the loan that is easy to realize. Then let the two branches each transfer 50,000 yuan to the head office, and the loan of the household department must not be delayed. ”

Widow Ting quickly took notes on some of the points Li Yue had said, and then they discussed the issue of establishing a separate exchange business in Sichuan, Lianghu and Guangnan, which is far away from Lin'an, and launching a foreign exchange business as soon as possible.

Chang Yuanshan's business spreads all over the country, and there is also a carrier pigeon system covering all places, so Li Yue immediately appointed him as the vice president of Daliang Bank in charge of remote exchange business.

After everything was finished, it was almost lunch time, and Chang Yuanshan suggested that he go east to Tianjian Tower. Li Yue still didn't give Boss Chang face this time, because he had to rush to the ordnance prison in the afternoon.

Looking at the backs of the two bank shareholders of Liang leaving, Li Yue is really a little envious of their unofficial and light days, but who makes us a court official with the world in mind.

"Don't you envy them for drinking flower wine?" The widow Ting on the side deliberately sprinkled salt on Li Yue's wound.

Li Yue didn't answer her, but took out the white handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to the widow Ting, saying, "Give this back to you!" ”

"Oops! Just don't like my stuff so much? Isn't it good to keep it for yourself? ”

"I can't afford it!" Li Yue pointed to his right ear without holding the handkerchief and said, "For your handkerchief, my ear was almost pulled off." ”

Widow Ting took the handkerchief and let out a silver bell-like laugh.

Li Yue didn't care about the laughing widow Ting, opened the drawer and took out a drawing and rushed to the ordnance prison.

The ordnance supervisor was located in the north of the city, and Li Yue walked in a carriage for half an hour before arriving at his destination.

Knowing that it was Li Yue coming, Feng Chaozong, the chief of the ordnance superintendent, and Jiang Hongfeng, the director of the Firearms Administration, both came out to greet him in person.

Needless to say, Lao Jiangtou's support made him turn from a craftsman to an eight-rank court official, which he never dared to think about in his life. And although Feng Chaozong is now a seventh-grade supervisor, and Li Yue is also a grade, but without Li Yue's recommendation in front of the emperor, he doesn't know how long he will stay up in the position of the eight-rank order, so he doesn't dare to hold it up.

Li Yue didn't think of himself as Engong, so he hurriedly walked inside, and Feng Chaozong and Jiang Hongfeng hurriedly followed behind him.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Li Yue took a sip of the teapot on the table, and then asked, "How is the response of the earth-shaking thunder and the son-or-mother?" ”

Feng Chaozong immediately replied: "The Heaven-Shaking Thunder has been equipped with the Five Saint Protectors, and the generals in the army all think that there is such a divine weapon, and the Northern Shadow Cavalry is not to be feared. is that the production cost is too high, and a sky-shaking thunder costs fifty times. ”

"You don't have to worry about money, I propose to Your Majesty to set up a bank, one of the purposes is to raise money and food for the purpose of rearmament and war." Li Yue waved his hand lightly and said, "How is the son?" ”

"It is true that the gun can increase the reloading speed of the gun, but there is still a big problem to solve if this gun is to be promoted. It's that the barrel is easy to explode. This kind of technical question, sure enough, the answer is Jiang Hongfeng.

"When casting the barrel, you can add the right amount of tungsten." Looking at the puzzled expressions of the two, Li Yue slapped his forehead and said, "Yes!" You should call tungsten a 'heavy stone', which will greatly reduce the probability of the cannon exploding. ”

"The smelting of heavy stone is quite complicated, and the output is extremely limited!" The wrinkles on Jiang Hongfeng's face doubled in an instant.

"If I apply to the Ministry of Industry, it shouldn't be a problem to supply the ordnance supervisor and cast cannons." Feng Chaozong, like Lao Jiangtou, did not suspect that there was a problem with the plan proposed by Li Yue, and only considered how to implement it.

"Then do as it is!" Li Yue nodded, then took out the drawings and spread them out on the table and said: "I call this thing a musket, if it can be successfully manufactured, it will be the end of the cavalry of Youguo." ”

Feng Chaozong and Jiang Hongfeng immediately surrounded them.