Chapter 334: Expanding the Army Again

Wang Yong left happily, looking at his back as he left with peace of mind, Liu Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info didn't expect that when things came to an end, he changed his mind again, it seems that he Liu Fan really has no qualifications for a hero!

According to Liu Fan's original idea, he wanted to push Wang Yong to the end, but Liu Fan finally arranged Wang Yong in the painless position of the Welfare Bureau for various reasons. No matter how he bears it in the future, at least now Liu Fan has pulled out the nail that Chongzhen arranged in his most critical place. Without Wang Yong's nearby surveillance, Liu Fan could do many things secretly.

In the evening, Liu Fan gently hugged Shuying and whispered, "Ying'er, now Wang Yong is no longer the director of the Military Intelligence Department." So I decided to re-identify the heads of several intelligence services. By the way, I want to make the back office division independent! ”

Shuying moved her ears to Liu Fan's chest, quietly listened to Ailang's heartbeat, and replied softly, "Well, it's good for the husband to make his own decisions about these things, anyway, the concubine's internal service department is also named, since the husband already has a candidate in his heart, it just so happens that the concubine can also be easier." To be honest, the concubine body also doesn't like any information, which always reminds me of the bad things about Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Originally, it was embarrassing enough for my father to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard in Nanjing, and it was really annoying that my husband wanted to do similar things as a concubine. ”

Liu Fan stroked his wife's smooth back, and said softly, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't let Ying'er take care of any internal affairs department." In the future, Ying'er can do whatever she likes, can't you? ”

"Well, the husband and concubine also want to share your worries like Sister Yao'er, but the concubine is not as shrewd and capable as Sister Yao'er, and she can't do such an important thing, do you say that the concubine is too stupid?"

Shuying raised her head as she spoke, looking at Liu Fan with sparkling eyes, and the self-blame in her eyes made Liu Fan feel pain. Looking at his wife's pitiful little appearance, Liu Fan hurriedly said, "There is a difference between people and people, Yao'er is from a military family, and of course she is more resolute in doing things." But Ying'er is not bad, gentle, virtuous and understanding, and is my most intimate confidant. ”

Shuying wrinkled her nose and said dissatisfiedly, "Husband, make me happy when you say something nice." The concubine doesn't care, since Sister Yao'er can, the concubine can also do a good job, so it's better for the husband to hand over the political school to the concubine to manage. It just so happens that Sister Yao'er and I are one by one, and we are impartial! ”

Liu Fan couldn't help but scratch Shuying's nose, and joked funny: "After talking about it for so long, it turns out that Ying'er is jealous, since Ying'er has a heart, then I also have an important task to hand over to you." Recently, I plan to divide the treasury into two parts: the inner treasury and the treasury, and in the future, the tax revenue of Jiaozhou and the income of the salt works will be placed in the treasury and used for Jiaozhou's financial expenditure. Perfume and other similar businesses are placed in the inner treasury, and the inner treasury will be responsible for the expenses of our house in the future. What about this inner library, how about handing it over to Ying'er in the future? ”

Shuying rolled her eyes and snorted coldly, "Don't you know that most of the proceeds from the perfume have been taken away by your father?" Hmph, that's a good thing to say, don't you want the concubine to get some benefits from her father, is the husband trying to make the concubine turn against her father? ”

Liu Fan hurriedly explained, "Ying'er, you misunderstood, the perfume was originally one of the dowry gifts I gave to my father-in-law. Since it is a dowry, how can there be any reason to come back? I mean let Ying'er take charge of our family's finances, if Ying'er doesn't like it, can we change it? ”

Hearing Liu Fan's words, Shuying's expression suddenly softened, caressing Liu Fan's face, and Shuying whispered softly, "Husband, in fact, the concubine is not competitive, but she doesn't want to be ignored by her husband." Since the husband still has a concubine in his heart, no matter what the husband asks the concubine to do, he has no complaints. Even if he is an enemy of his father, for the sake of his husband, he will not hesitate to take a concubine. ”

Liu Fan was greatly moved when he heard this, hugged his wife tightly in his arms, looked at Shuying's beautiful eyes affectionately, and said slowly, "Ying'er, don't worry, you are my wife, no matter what, I will use my life to take care of you!" I can't give you all my love, but you will always be the most important part of my heart! ”

Ailang's firm gaze, gentle love words, all of this fascinated Shuying, even if Shuying knew in her heart that this was just Liu Fan's coaxing nonsense, she couldn't control her feelings, she was like a moth who knew that although the firelight was dangerous, she still couldn't help but chase the light.

Gradually, Shuying's beautiful eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and her water-like eyes were almost dripping water. Looking at the lovely appearance of his wife, Liu Fan suddenly had a flame in his heart, and he couldn't help lowering his head and gently stabilizing his wife's cherry lips....

After enjoying a few days of leisure at home, Liu Fan began to prepare for the expansion of the army. The energy of this southern expedition and the northern war made Liu Fan clearly realize the lack of his strength. Therefore, Liu Fan desperately hopes to strengthen his strength to deal with the upcoming crisis.

However, the matter of army expansion cannot be solved with a single sentence, and there are too many problems involved. After several discussions with Wu Tao, Song Cheng and Zhang Yiheng, Liu Fan finally decided to recruit only 10,000 recruits for the time being. It's not that Liu Fan doesn't want to recruit more, it's that he doesn't have enough money. The Breaker Army originally had 20,000 soldiers. Coupled with the militia teams scattered everywhere, Liu Fan had to spend as much as 50,000 taels of military expenses in just one month. And that's not even counting the bereavement of fallen soldiers and the like. If you add all kinds of benefits, seventy or eighty thousand taels a month is not enough.

It is difficult to maintain a large-scale army with the profits of the salt works alone, and now Liu Fan can only minimize the number of new recruits and increase the share of reserves to increase his potential strength. When he has money, Liu Fan can consider increasing the number of soldiers.

Not only is military spending a big consumption, but the research institute is also a big money-eater, and the shipyard needs continuous investment, Liu Fan was surprised to find that he is now about to face a financial deficit.

And the most embarrassing thing is that he has no way to get money now. To be precise, there is no business that can make huge profits in a short period of time. Originally, Liu Fan also wanted to develop the maritime industry and make profits from the sea trade to fill the shrinking treasury, but it was wiped out by a fire from pirates.

The ancients said that if you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful. I didn't think that Liu Fan was a poor man now. Since the serious way cannot amass a lot of wealth, Liu Fan can only think of other ways. What's the solution? That is to rob, no matter how fast you make money, is it fast to grab money?

Liu Fan touched his chin and thought bitterly, where is it better to rob? Liu Fan couldn't help but set his eyes on the direction of Laizhou, he was the chief soldier of Jiaolai and the salt transportation division of Jiaolai, and Laizhou is now Liu Fan's own territory. It shouldn't be difficult to make some small moves on your own turf, right? (To be continued.) )