There were heavy guards outside the small conference room of the general army of Dengzhou Town, and there were nearly ten people sitting at the circular conference table inside, and the men were all swallowing clouds, and the only woman, Wang Daixi, frowned and waved a few times in front of her nose, continuing her financial report.

"This year's fiscal revenue is divided into the following main aspects, and the Four Seas Trading Company is the largest income, and the profit expected by the end of the year is 4.9 million taels, of which about 2 million comes from the recent fluctuations in grain prices, and in addition to the needs of turnover and expansion of the scope of commerce, the maximum amount can be transferred 2.3 million taels. The second part comes from the previous combat captures, of which Zhangjiakou received 1.7 million taels, and the goods were converted into 500,000 taels of silver, and about 200,000 taels were captured in the first battle of Zhubokou; The third part is the military expenditure allocated by the imperial court, which should be 1.03 million taels in name, and after deducting the profits of the officials of the court and Denglai, the actual income is 630,000 taels. The fourth part is miscellaneous items such as sea trade, coinage, ironware, commercial tax, Denglai, private salt, and comprehensive stores, with a total profit of 530,000 taels, and the largest item is sea trade. ”

Chen Xin was proud when he heard this, and cocked the chair back, shaking slightly. In the past two years, there have been two major wars, one is the first battle of Zijinliang in Henan, 700,000 taels were captured, and the goods were discounted by 300,000 taels, and the second time was to fight Zhangjiakou this year, and it was really the fastest way to grab money. Chongzhen has no strong army of henchmen, and his life is much more difficult than Chen Xin's.

Wang Daixi was choked by the smoke and coughed twice, Liu Minyou glanced at the house helplessly, Dengzhou Town was counting on cigarettes to make money, so he and Chen Xin always said that cigarettes are only good, so that almost everyone smokes, even many women do not leave their cigarettes, fortunately, Wang Daixi hates the smell of cigarettes and does not get infected with this vice.

After Wang Daixi took a sip of water, he continued: "The four denominations issued by Qian Zhuang are currently one hundred and thirty-five taels. The main guò military pay and various workshops into the people, has been widely used in all parts of Denglai, for the time being, no new counterfeit pay tickets have been found, the small trade in various places basically use pay tickets, there are also some merchants to accept pay tickets, but the merchants generally do not keep for a long time, when leaving Denglai will still be exchanged for a ticket or cash. At present, the money bank has collected about 330,000 taels of bills, and the money bank has nearly one million taels of reserves. Sihai Qianzhuang has established credit along the canal, although many merchants do not come to Denglai. But they are also willing to use the Four Seas Ticket, and do not carry cash with them, which can be called by the money bank before it is exchanged for cash. Next year's plan is to continue the above business. It is to issue new gold and silver coins along Denglai and along the canal, each with four denominations, and the gold and silver content is 70%, and the interest on the money can be 30%. ”

Chen Xin carefully recorded that although the current profit of the money bank is not high, it is better because of the huge amount of funds, and the salary is mainly for Denglai. All the military salaries and salaries in Dengzhou are distributed through the Guò Qianzhuang, and the soldiers' salaries and silver are registered by the Military Affairs Department, and when they need to be used, they receive pay tickets from the Military Affairs Department, and the cash is managed by the Qianzhuang. Now there are fewer and fewer people who go to exchange the salary bills into cash, and this cash has become a part of the money that can be temporarily transferred.

Externally, it is mainly silver tickets and membership tickets, which also bring in a lot of money. When there was a food shortage, Wang Erya only spread rumors in the canal that Jiannu was going to enter the customs. Many Beijing officials of the Beijing division have deposited cash into various banks, and the most common is the Four Seas Bank. Because Sihai Qianzhuang has a very good background in the canal and Shandong, there are semicolons along the line until Nanjing, and there is a strong image of Dengzhou Town as the basis, which seems to be the most reliable, at least everyone believes that Denglai will not be captured by Jiannu, and there is still some interest to be taken in a single deposit of more than 3,000 taels, so in the first half a month of the rumors, the Sihai Qianzhuang in Beijing increased the deposit of 2 million taels, and most of the exchange points of the tickets are in Dengzhou and Yangzhou, obviously those Beijing officials and wealthy businessmen are ready to escape by sea or canal.

Because of the interest factor, once the deposit tastes the sweetness, no one will take it out in the short term, and after the bank has established credit, these people will not be bored enough to take out the interest-bearing silver and put it at home. This is the time when the money village can be called up for other purposes, so Liu Min has the ability to easily mobilize a large number of silver taels, and at the same time speculate on grain prices in the canal and the north, there is still room to raise the price of cotton cloth.

After the use of these funds was completed, Liu Minyou began to expand the cotton mill, building a new large-scale cotton mill in the north of Qingzhou Prefecture, and the cotton mill in Linqing was also being planned, all of which benefited from a huge amount of capital. Next year's gold and silver coins will be issued, will be widely popular among the people, the above "four seas of money" four words is the best advertising carrier, credit continues to improve, there will be more funds to enter, plus Zhangjiakou was hit, the overall credit of Shanxi ticket number has been reduced by one level, because maybe one day will be copied, so Chongzhen eight years of money may absorb more funds, forming a virtuous circle. Relying on the rich village, the price of the canal is under the control of Dengzhou, and the price of the canal changes, and the price of the Beijing division must also change.

In Chen Xin and Liu Minyou's planning, the eighth year of Chongzhen was a crucial year for Dengzhou Town, and the most important thing was to establish the absolute dominant position of cotton spinning and money villages, and to ensure this economic advantageous position, the military strength must also continue to expand to deter forces from all sides.

Wang Daixi said that the content of Qianzhuang is relatively brief, in fact, Liu Pojun, Zhou Shifa, Song Wenxian and others present did not understand too much, the people in this room are the core people in Dengzhou, but they really don't understand the role of Qianzhuang, in short, they understand that Lord Chen can use it to make money.

After listening to this, Chen Xin raised his head and smiled: "After listening to Daixi's report, the official is much more sure in his heart, so every time there is a meeting at the end of the year, he wants Daixi, who is in charge of the money bag, to say first that it is good to have money." ”

Everyone else laughed playfully, and after Chen Xin finished speaking, he said to Zhou Shifa and Song Wenxian diagonally opposite: "It's a good thing to have silver, but not all silver can be transferred and used, and we have more and more to deal with. ”

Song Wenxian asked Zhou Shifa to say first, Zhou Shifa stood up and bowed to Chen Xin and Liu Minyou and said: "My subordinates will talk about the latest information in the near future, the most important one is the news from Beijing, according to Zhang Dahui, the emperor has found Liang Tingdong, and wants to set up a permanent Shandong general army in Jinan Mansion, Shandong, and set up a battalion of strange soldiers, and wants to expand the river defense troops originally stationed in Dezhou into a reinforcement battalion. It's just that the Ministry of War has not yet found the source of the soldiers' salary, and the analysis department believes that Xu Congzhi was frightened by Geng Zhongming this year, and if Xu Congzhi learned the news, it might contribute to this matter. But at present, the difficulty is still money and food, the imperial court now has rogues and Jiannu to deal with, in order to guard against our men and horses in Linxian, and set up guerrillas in Zhending Mansion, it is difficult to draw out money to strengthen the troops in Shandong. Therefore, in the short term, it is impossible to build all three battalions, and the threat to the west of Denglaiqing is low, but once the Liukou are wiped out, there may be 5,000 to 10,000 men and horses transferred to Jinan Province or along the North Canal. ”

Several military personnel showed some disdainful expressions, even if there were 10,000 border troops, the actual soldiers would not exceed 5,000, and the elite soldiers would not exceed 1,500, and they might not even be able to defeat a tunbao, the only thing they were afraid of was that they would harass Qingzhou Mansion with cavalry or cut off Shandong's trade routes.

Song Wenxian raised his head and asked Zhou Shifa: "After the incident between Zhangjiakou and Jiang Yuegui this year, has the imperial court been wary of our people in Beijing?" ”

Zhou Shifa said calmly: "That's for sure, some hidden piles have appeared near Zhang Dahui's residence, and the intelligence bureau's eyeline covering around his residence has also found some people who may be Jinyiwei." These people's skills are mediocre, far inferior to Jiang Yuegui and Li Yongfang. Later, I heard the news from Jinyiwei that the emperor did ask Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing to watch Zhang Dahui's movements, and Luo Yangxing deliberately found some mediocre hands to do this, but Jinyiwei's current masters were not many. ”

Chen Xin told Zhou Shifa: "Does the Intelligence Bureau have any countermeasures? ”

"In the short term, Zhang Da will reduce his actual activities, but he will go out as usual, and he will play how he usually plays, and he will show the emperor in the Ming place, the intelligence line is disconnected from Zhang Da Da, and several contact points have changed places, and his subordinates are ready to let Zhang Dong temporarily go to Jingshi to be in charge of the intelligence line, my lord ......" Zhou Shifa turned to Chen Xindao, "His subordinates think that Zhang Da should be transferred back to Denglai, he has been in Beijing for many years, and many people in Jinyi recognize him, judging from the current form, it may be dangerous for him to stay in Jingshi." ”

Wang Daixi raised her head, Zhang Dahui was with him to ask for food to enter the customs, and now that the sea dog is dead, she heard that Zhang Dahui may be in danger, and her heart immediately lifted.

Liu Minyou frowned and said, "Will the court turn its face against him?" ”

Zhou Shifa said respectfully to Liu Min: "It is possible to deal with Zhang Dada, Zhang Dada himself has no official position, just a military household registered in the guard, although many people in the officialdom of Beijing know him, but there is no clear affiliation with Dengzhou Town." After Jiang Yuegui's incident this time, Dongchang still lost face, Cao Huachun's attitude is currently unknown, but suddenly I don't see anyone from our Dengzhou, and I no longer accept gifts, so if Dongchang wants to save face, the most likely thing to deal with is Zhang Dahui. ”

Liu Minyou thought for a moment and said to Chen Xin: "Zhou Shifa has some truth, we and the imperial court have not torn their faces, if Dongchang is really unfavorable to Zhang Dahui, we are really not good to deal with, and we can't even find a reason to retaliate." ”

Chen Xin's fingers tapped lightly on the table, Wang Daixi looked at him intently, Chen Xin said after a while: "There should be no problem for the time being, the conference has been in Beijing for many years, and I am most familiar with the situation." The situation in Jingshi is complicated, the forces of all parties are mixed, and the shape is changing rapidly, Zhang Dahui has been doing well, and many details cannot be conveyed to the successor, and he still needs to continue to stay in Jingshi. However, it is really inappropriate for him to make his activities public, so let him go to the dark line. ”

Wang Daixi was a little disappointed, her eyes turned to Liu Minyou, and she pouted slightly, Liu Minyou gave Wang Daixi a little embarrassed, and said that she would talk about it later. The relationship between the two was set by Chen Xin privately, and no one else knew about it, so they maintained the same appearance in front of them.

When the two were eyebrows, Chen Xin suddenly turned to Liu Minyou and said, "Minyou, it's time for you to talk about the affairs of the Civil Department." ”

"Huh?" Liu Minyou was startled, hurriedly looked down at his booklet, coughed and said to the people present: "Then I will talk about the main work of the civil sector this year." ”