Yang Bo, who was focused on internal affairs, suddenly received a secret letter from Wen Tiren, asking him to divide the elite soldiers and horses to prepare for the stationing in Tongzhou, and wait for the military department to dispatch the order to start together, and must arrive in June, the letter also mentioned that Yan Kunzhi was promoted to the governor of Jiliao, but Yang Bo was most concerned about who would take over the post of governor of Denglai but was vague, presumably Emperor Chongzhen was still weighing the pros and cons in his heart......

After receiving the letter, Yang Bo did not dare to slack off, it takes two or three days to take a boat from Lushun to Tianjin, rest for a day or two in Tianjin, and then take a land route from Tianjin to Tongzhou, it will take at least a month, this time Gongwei Jinggi can not send too many people, otherwise the logistics consumption is a bottomless pit, the scale can not be too small, or no one can afford to go wrong, the most headache is, who should be sent? Sending troops must have added value, and this added value includes many meanings, so it requires that the generals who lead the troops not only have the military quality to command the battle, but also need to have the ability to take charge of the battle, and most importantly, absolute loyalty.

Several stewards held the account books and followed the chief officials of the Commerce and Trade Department into the General's Mansion, and they wanted to report to Yang Bo on the recent financial situation.

Xiao Yulan said a little frustratedly: "The expenditure in February alone is nearly 50,000 taels of silver, all of which have been replaced by ginseng and fur, which is the largest payment, and the divisions, especially the Tuntian Division and the Tun Affairs Division, have been increasing the budget, we are now short of nearly 20,000, and when Gao Hongzhong and them come back, it may not be until the end of May and June, if it goes well, it is expected to bring back goods worth 120,000 taels, if you want to mobilize two battalions of 2,500 people, you may have to embezzle some from the Xie Bai Trading Company." ”

Yang Bo smiled and said: "Then embezzle first, let the golden shopkeeper return the payment for a batch of liquor first." If you can't do it, ask the distributor to pay for the reservation and tell them. At present, the production cannot keep up, and whoever pays the reservation money will guarantee their supply first. ”

Xiao Yulan said: "Yesterday, the Tuntian Division submitted a greenhouse plan, and the Tuntian Division will go to the lime factory, the coke factory, and the Science and Technology and Industry Department will set up a printing factory and a textile factory. Everyone is pulling your tiger skin and reaching out to ask for money......"

Seeing Yang Bo smiling and silent, Xiao Yulan complained again: "I have set up so many factories and made no money." It's all about sticking money, let's just say that the quilt factory, except for the army's two sets of clothes and bedding every year, every family's clothes are made by tearing cloth and sewing by themselves. Who will patronize the quilt factory? There are also carpentry factories. Farm tool factory, all spend money to raise"

Yang Bo laughed when he heard this, got up and turned around a few times and said to Xiao Yulan, who was puffing up: "It's okay, I found a cornucopia for you, Xu Jingzhai, hasn't the shareholding plan of Xie Bai Trading Company been submitted yet?" ”

Xu Jingzhai was not as presumptuous as Xiao Yulan, he quickly stood up and said respectfully when he heard this: "If you go back to your lordship, you will be letting the wind go out one after another during this time." As far as the current feedback is concerned, the news is good, and the reputation of adults is the best guarantee. In addition, the Veterans Welfare and Security Department invested the pension into the Jiebai Trading Company, which has been making steady profits every year, which alone has made many people moved. ”

Yang Bo nodded, the army has a lot of people involved in handicraft business, although it is a small fight, like monopolizing the right to operate a certain or several Tunpu grocery stores, but blocking is not a good way, since it can't be blocked, it is better for everyone to invest in business, but can firmly tie these people together, Xie Bai Trading Company is currently in short supply of several fist products, and there are some new products that will be launched one after another, after the news is released, Lushun news is flying all over the sky, the army is using violence to open the way for goods, many middle and low-level officers want to invest in it, It can also be regarded as a plan for the future.

Yang Bo thought for a while and said: "Your finance department has recently finalized the detailed rules for equity participation, let's study it together, and I initially planned it like this." ”

Hearing Yang Bo's words, many people in the Finance Department hurriedly picked up paper and pen and began to record.

“…… I use fixed equipment, assets, products, channels, etc. to invest in 50% of the equity, in addition, the size of the lady each invested 100,000 shares, also accounted for 10% of the equity, the division and the army accounted for 20%, the other 20% was used to absorb other rich businessmen, such as the Yao family and the Wu family, etc., and then put some rumors out, so that they don't stare at the fields, business is more profitable than farming, there are many displaced people, are you afraid that you can't find people in farming? Tell them that if they want to buy shares, they have to make up their minds early, and I can guarantee them the earnings of the next ten years."

Yang Bo glanced at Xu Jingzhai, who wanted to speak, and said, "Do you think that I am too full of words, and once I can't fulfill it, it will damage my reputation?" ”

Xu Jingzhai nodded and said: "Yes, the villain has thought about it carefully, at present, the sales channels of high-grade wine and glass products are very narrow except for Liaodong and Jiangnan, and the Yao family has warned us several times that our cup bracelets with bubbles can't be sold at all if they are not sold at a low price, and they would rather spend a lot of money to buy things shipped by the Francophone people......

Yang Bo said: "Don't worry, Xie Bai Trading Company still has many projects on the ground, mirrors, textile machines, printing, sugar factories, etc., don't worry about sales, those gentry think that with capital, control channels, and backed by rights, they can monopolize their children and grandchildren forever, but unfortunately these are all jokes in front of the army, I really don't want to scare you for ten years." ”

Yang Bo looked at Xiao Yulan and said: "In the future, you don't have to worry about these things such as the financial budget, just promote a few assistants to come up, you can concentrate on the operation of the Jiebai Trading Company for me, the Jiebai Trading Company has concentrated the wealth of our army and civil affairs owners, and the trading company will grow into a behemoth that will sweep all over the Ming Dynasty in the future, and I don't worry about handing it over to others." ”

Xiao Yulan smiled and nodded in agreement, her ability is not outstanding, and the young master's trust is enough to make her happy.

Yang Bo asked Xu Jingzhai again: "How is your bank's preparation?" ”

Xu Jingzhai shook his head: "I am still looking for craftsmen who are proficient in printing, and there is still a paper problem that has not been solved, and it is definitely not possible to issue tickets." ”

Yang Bo thought for a while: "Those who stay until the future to solve it slowly, first set up the bank, many of the soldiers are alone, and there is no place to save money, I heard that there are also people who bury silver under the bed, you carry out a deposit business, provide low interest, even if there is no interest, they are willing to deposit, with my credit guarantee, what are you worried about?" ”

Several members of the Preparatory Department said in unison: "Yes"

Yang Bo added: "At present, in addition to absorbing deposits, banks are also very important ways to lend and private money. There is a lot of private money, so there is no need to mention it, in the future, we in Lushun except for the military industry. All kinds of other civil and related raw materials will be open to the people, banks provide low-interest loans to them, you pay attention to support a number of models, let these typical merchants drive others, three hundred and sixty lines, which line can not do? Wood. Farming implements, mining, smelting and casting. Transportation, animal husbandry, and many other industries that grow the medicinal herb ginseng. Breeding fox marten. That's right, they are bigger, we can even directly order them to be shipped to Japan, things shipped to Japan are in short supply, they don't have to worry about sales at all, in addition to Japan, next year we are also ready to expand the trade of other Western countries, the overseas market is so big that you can't imagine. You do a good job of supervising and taking their pulse. It's not to give them the silver and don't do anything, and then force people to hang themselves when they can't repay the loan, that is absolutely not allowed, every loan must be able to withstand supervision, some people say, the management is too strict, then I don't ask for merit but ask for no fault, I don't lend it? I'm telling you, no, this should be included in the daily personnel evaluation......"

"As an intermediary with the military, the Veterans Welfare and Security Department can set up a security company to match these merchants, and there is Xiao Mochou in Shandong, so you don't have to worry about any rogues, cards, and local protection issues, even if the merchants want to be trafficked to the south and the north, what are you worried about? We will send troops to escort him, as long as he can afford the promotion fee, in order to encourage them to do business, we can set the commercial tax a little lower in the first two years, compared with the future harvest, this tax is nothing......"

Yang Bo looked at everyone and said solemnly: "Lushun has land under his name, although we encourage the people to do business, but food is the foundation of our life, we must not relax, we can do business, but the land under the name can not be abandoned, must be subcontracted out to do business, we should not levy the grain of the merchants can not be converted with silver, must be planted in their own land, this policy will not change in ten years......

Yu Bendao of the Veterans Welfare Department interjected with a smile: "Don't worry, adults, they all know in their hearts that food is expensive in troubled times." ”

Yang Bo said solemnly: "I'm not worried about the present, but worried about the future, you must know that it is not easy to release this commercial monster and want to put it back, you remember a sentence, capital comes to the world, it is to eat people, it is unreliable to rely on consciousness, we must take precautions and formulate countermeasures for various restrictions." ”

Everyone was attracted by the prospect depicted by Yang Bo, and they couldn't help but secretly think in their hearts, if the adults were not in a corner of peace, but controlled half of the country, sitting on hundreds of thousands or millions of people, what kind of beautiful situation would it be?

"The future is limitless!" A few people muttered to themselves.

Yang Bo looked at Yu Bendao and said: "As I said just now, your veterans' welfare and security department can't passively wait for me to take care of it, you have to use your brains to find a way, at present, there are no retired veterans in the army except for the disabled, but what will happen in six years?" How are you going to solve the problem of a large number of retired soldiers? In addition to matchmaking, you also have some ways to expand, what are your advantages? Your advantage is the spokesperson of the military system, many strategic military products must be bought through you, such as the cement that has just been successfully developed, and the steel that is ready to be developed, just these two things are enough for you to eat and drink without worrying, for example, you buy cement to repair bridges and pave roads, and it will be more convenient for carriages to travel in the future. For example, when our territory expands, you are responsible for building post stations and wharves in various places, and in the future, merchants will go to sea to trade, and you will sit on post stations and wharves to collect money, okay? Also, the armor, war horses, firearms, and even artillery veterans replaced by the army can be bought, and the Tartar slaves call the robbery of the Ming Dynasty to rob the west, and we will also rob the west, and after recovering Shenyang, we will also rob the Tartars, rob the northern captives, and rob them all the way to their hometowns, can't you organize people to bring their own weapons to rob the west with us? The army is responsible for defeating the main forces of the Tarnus and the Northern Captives, and who are the other small tribes who are the opponents of your well-armed and well-trained veterans? Their wealth, women, cattle, horses, and sheep are all dishes on the plates of your veterans, take them with the slave traders, and resell them whatever they grab, right? ”

Yu Bendao's face was full of shame, and he suddenly knelt down and said: "The villain thanked the adults for their kindness in advance for those disabled and retired veterans......"

Yang Bo's face softened a lot, and he nodded: "Get up, each department has its own position, you have to make more suggestions for the future of your own company, how can I take care of it alone?" ”

Everyone was shocked. Yang Bo made no secret of his hatred for the Tartars and the Northern Captives, and even used the word slave trader!

Everyone took a deep breath, even imagining the future. In front of them were countless well-equipped Thunder Division soldiers rushing towards the main Tarnon force, followed by countless veterans, reservists, and peasant soldiers with weapons in their hands, who swept through the small tribes of the steppe like wolves, leaving only scorched earth ruins everywhere they passed......

Yang Bo waited for a moment, and then said, "After this meeting of the Ministry of Commerce." Some things are about to start to be implemented, such as the ...... of your equipment division."

Yang Bo pointed at a somewhat shy woman and said, "Aunt Qin, the efficiency of the clothing factory under your equipment division is not good. Have you ever wondered why? ”

Qin Xianghua wanted to get up and explain, but she didn't dare, she just lowered her head with a flushed face, and almost lowered her face under the table.

Yang Bo smiled and said, "Aunt Qin." That's the atmosphere in which we meet. Say whatever you want, and you'll get used to it later. ”

“…… Yes, you say that I am like this in the Ming Dynasty, and ordinary military households can't wear a few sets of new clothes a year, at most they tear a few feet of cloth for the women in the family to sew, right, but why don't we focus on other people, like Lushun. Many of those who served in the army had not yet started a family, and they had some money to spare. As long as you make clothes with new styles, good fabrics, and reasonable prices, why shouldn't they buy yours? ”

Yang Bo said: "The clothing factory will not be contracted out, because the clothing factory can not only drive a large number of downstream industries, such as cotton, textile, dyeing and printing industries, but also the clothing factory will be one of the pillar industries of our Lushun. ”

Qin Xianghua had always thought that Yang Bo was the name on the immortal tablet, a figure who was like a fairy, and it was the first time she participated in a meeting hosted by an adult, and when she heard the gentle tone of the adult, she let go of her apprehension and said, "Yes, okay." ”

Yang Bo no longer paid attention to her, and turned to the others: "At present, a batch of businesses that do not have much technical content are contracted first, such as the wood factory, the army's orders such as the wooden frame of the firecracker, the waterwheel of Tunpu, whether these lists are enough, if they are not enough, they can also make other daily utensils, there are many channels, and they can even be sold to the Jiangnan area through the Yao family, and for example, the iron factory, our orders from Tunpu alone are enough for them to do a good job for a few years, right?" There are also quarries, brick kiln factories, and the iron ore recently discovered in Beiguan, which can also be contracted to merchants for mining, and the iron materials we need alone are enough for them to be busy, and you complain that these factories don't make money, and now I will contract them out, and you can see how others run them? Sometimes I don't want to scold you, you guys are begging for food with a mountain of gold, you know? We have long said that in the future, we will repair the tunpu to Shenyang and the prairie, how much business can be done in a tunpu? Waterwheels, farm tools, stone bricks, walls and wells, you treat these factories as a burden today, and don't regret them in the future. ”

Everyone laughed, and some of the division's faces hesitated and swayed, Yang Bo waved his hand: "It's okay to send out the contract, we used to use the plan to operate, but now we can't keep up with the situation, and the craftsmen of the Weapons Division can also be liberated to concentrate on the production of ordnance, I warn you first, since the contract is out, it has nothing to do with your company, except for paying the necessary contract fee, no matter how the merchant operates, you can't interfere, understand?" ”

Yang Bo was secretly amused when he saw the regretful expressions of those people, and said: "Recently, the grain price in Lushun is a little inflated, the key reason is that many small farmers want to save more grain to feel at ease, and if they don't want to consume, they have to buy more grain to rest assured, this can't blame them, but as soon as the grain price is high, other things will be high, so it can't go on like this, your grain reserve department has to open a warehouse to sell grain and stabilize prices." ”

Liu Meng, who was dressed as an old farmer, stood up and said with some unwillingness: "My lord, the current stock of the Grain Reserve Division is nearly 80,000 stones, which is still a lot short of the 150,000 stones required by the adults, how many are you going to let go?" ”

Yang Bo smiled and said: "I chose you to be the head of this division is really the right choice, only willing to go in and not out, but to look forward, in the past, grain had to be transported over, naturally it was desperately accumulated, now the Isthmus of Jinzhou is everywhere, the safety stock of the Grain Reserve Division can be appropriately lowered, so how much is the current Lushun grain?" ”

Liu Meng said: "Jimo is one two four, Lushun wants one two seven eight"

Yang Bo waved his hand and said: "First put 20,000 stone out, the price is set at one, two or four, and then you organize people to push it with a rooster cart for a few days, and post a notice to calm the people in each tunbao to calm people's hearts, these grains can only be sold to local soldiers and families and their families, and it is absolutely forbidden for foreign merchants to buy them, even if they are Dengzhou, Dongjiang, and Jimo." ”

Yang Bo saw that the things that had accumulated recently were almost resolved, so he waved his hand and ended his recollection: "In order to build southern Liaoning into a prosperous place in troubled times, Taoyuan Township, please work with me!" ”

Everyone was excited, and they all shouted, "Follow your lord's orders!" ”

I have surplus food in my hands, and I don't panic in my heart......

Yu Xuezhong commanded the three coats to put on the ox cart, sat in the handlebar position, waved the whip and walked in the direction of Xiuyan City, he carried the fifty taels of silver given to him by the master in his arms, and prepared to go to the shop in Xiuyan City to sell some gold and sun for the master.

"I've never heard of buying wine and paying for silver, but also exchanging food, I don't know which dog's day came up with an idea, isn't this a rectification person?" Yu Xuezhong scolded angrily, and looked at the three bags of wheat in the car with some reluctance.

Three coats Yu Xuezhong left one to follow him, two and two sent them to continue hoeing, in addition to the fort gate, Yu Xuezhong looked at it carefully for a moment, and then gently whipped the cow's back, recently the Ming army has moved a lot less, it is rumored that it is because the Dajin Emperor is angry with the Ming army at all times, and personally brought two yellow flags to defeat the Ming army in Jinzhou, and won countless victories, Yu Xuezhong is convinced of this, at least recently I have not heard that there is a Ming army sentry in Xiuyan.

Except for Huangjiabao, the road was still rugged, and the wooden pole wheels made a painful squeak, Yu Xuezhong looked back, and the coating actually took a nap in a moment

"Eat like an animal, and sleep like a pig!" Yu Xuezhong scolded indignantly, since his brother said something to him, he has been inexplicably restless in the past few days, as if there is a stone blocking his heart, and he wants to scold people all day long.

Yu Xuezhong was in a daze, and a loud whistle suddenly sounded on the roadside mound...... (To be continued......)