On July 22, the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, Qin Dui hosted a banquet for the famous businessmen and gentry of Tokugawa County in the most famous restaurant in Tokugawa Prefecture - Dekatsuju, and the businessmen were all proud of receiving Qin Dui's invitation, and some of them who did not receive the invitation even took the initiative to find Liang Qiming and others, requesting that they also be included in the invitation list, and Liang Qiming also met their requirements one by one, for Liang Qiming, the more businessmen who participated in the banquet, the better.

The hall of Deshengju was already very lively, with a total of more than 30 tables, and 300 people had already filled the hall, and the merchants and gentry had brought their wives and concubines to show their status. When Qin Du led his subordinate Tokugawa Prefecture military and political chiefs into the hall, everyone in the audience stood up, and the entire hall burst into warm applause.

This shows Qin Dui's position in the hearts of the merchants of Tokugawa Prefecture.

Originally, Qin Duan wanted to bring Liu Yan here, after all, she was his first wife, but considering that she was still in the Dai filial piety period, Qin Duan gave up.

Amid warm applause, Qin Duan began his opening remarks: "Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I would like to thank you for participating in this banquet, and I am deeply honored to have you here. Today, all of us gathered here are the elites of all aspects of Tokugawa Prefecture, who have made important contributions to the development of our Tokugawa, and let us toast to a better tomorrow for our Tokugawa! After speaking, Qin Duan took the lead in drinking the wine in the glass, and everyone in the hall also stood up and toasted each other.

"Yesterday, our new government office in Tokugawa Prefecture has been officially established and started to work normally, in order to promote the better development of our Tokugawa Prefecture, we have formulated a series of preferential policies to be implemented, and now I would like to ask Director Liang Qiming to announce these preferential policies for you." Qin Dui talked and laughed, and the upcoming policies were introduced.

"In order to promote the revival and development of Tokugawa according to the actual situation of Tokugawa. After studying, soliciting the opinions of some people, and submitting to the county keeper for approval, we will soon fully implement the following series of policies. ”

When Liang Qiming finished explaining the policies to be implemented one by one, the hall was already full of people. Businessmen exchanged heads and discussed the terms of the policy that affected their interests.

Qin Du and Liang Qiming had long expected this scene. He did not stop it, but let the merchants talk about it, and it lasted for a while before it calmed down. In the end, Zhao Dongcheng stood up, "My lord, this plan should be said to be quite detailed and realistic, and I and everyone here also believe that if this policy is thoroughly implemented, the revival of Tokugawa County is just around the corner." However, such a huge plan needs to be backed by considerable funds. As far as I know, the current financial situation of Tokugawa Prefecture is not optimistic, let alone supporting such a huge project. ”

Everyone in the hall also talked about it, and it was obvious that they were not ignorant of the finances of Tokugawa Prefecture, and it was really unbelievable where such a huge amount of money came from.

Qin Du signaled everyone to be quiet with a confident smile, and then explained unhurriedly: "I have already taken your worries into account. With the current financial situation of Tokugawa Prefecture, it is certainly impossible to implement such a plan, but please rest assured. I will be responsible for solving the problem of funding, and I will absolutely guarantee the implementation of the plan, and I will never give you a penny. The policy announced by Lord Liang has been clearly understood by everyone, and it is a great opportunity for you to make a fortune, and I attended your banquet some time ago, and I remember that many people expressed their support for my work. What I would like to ask for your support now is that you will move your business, your family and relatives back to Tokugawa Prefecture and expand your production, and that is the greatest support for me. ”

"There may still be people who are worried about the invasion of foreign enemies and the poor social security situation, and I am here to assure you. As long as I, Qin Duan, am in Tokugawa County for a day, this kind of thing will definitely not happen, and we are about to start the rectification of social security, as for the effect, I believe you will see it soon. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Du's words changed, "But according to the information I have, there are many people in our Tokugawa Prefecture who have close contacts with foreign enemies and bandits, in this case, can it be regarded as a collaborator, my Qin someone's county guard position is padded by the enemy's corpse, and the official hat is also stained red by the enemy's blood, I don't want my own people's corpses and blood to add color to my position." ”

Although Qin Dui's tone was careless, he finally glanced at everyone in the hall, making everyone feel a chill, and those who had ghosts in their hearts trembled and sweated coldly.

"I hope that those who have done these things before can go to Director Mu Ziqi and make it clear to them, I can not blame the past, if I try to be lucky, get by, or have new behaviors, then don't blame Qin's subordinates for being ruthless."

Suddenly there was silence in the hall.

"Of course, I'm not saying that you can't do business with people like the Humble Huns, but that you must have proper control over those materials that are related to the national economy and people's livelihood, such as weapons, armor, grain, salt, and tea, and that large transactions of such materials must be reported to the Interior Affairs Bureau for the record, and other scattered transactions are not subject to this restriction."

Prior to this, Qin Duan had discussed and analyzed with Liang Qiming and Mu Ziqi that the Huns and horse thieves and bandits had been rampant in this area for many years, and they must have colluded with some illegal businessmen in this area, so he also took this opportunity to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger to remind these people.

"In short, I hope that all of you here can abide by the law, make a lot of money, make a fortune, and contribute to the creation of a prosperous new Tokugawa County!"

The feast began with the end of Qin Du's words and thunderous applause, but many people, who were not willing to eat, were worried about whether they would go to the Internal Affairs Bureau to report after the banquet.

In the next few days, Qin Dui negotiated with Zhao Dongcheng and Wei Dongchen, and Liang Qiming came out to borrow 10 million taels of silver from the two families, and the two said that they could support it free of charge, but Qin Dui politely declined, and agreed to return it within three years, and calculate the interest according to the current market interest rate, but asked the two to take the lead in expanding production and operation, and move all their families, relatives and industries back to Tokugawa County, and the two also promised to take the lead and actively do the work of other merchants.

At the same time, Mu Ziqi's internal affairs bureau also had many businessmen to report to the report, Mu Ziqi also adhered to Qin Dui's opinion, did a good job of registration and filing, only need to pay a fine of 10,000 taels, this matter is considered to be in the past, and encourage these people to put down their burdens, expand business production, the government is not responsible for the past, but in the future must be reported first.

Tokugawa Prefecture's policy of attracting investment and encouraging immigrants soon spread throughout the empire and the mainland, and it was soon reflected, and many homeless vagrants, peasants who lost their land and could not survive, bankrupt small producers, and craftsmen, technicians, and workers eager to work all came to Tokugawa Prefecture one after another, although the number was not very large, but after all, it was a good start.

The training of the troops proceeded smoothly under the strict requirements of Qin Duan, and the commanders of each division and regiment personally went to the field every day to supervise and inspect, and the training of the soldiers achieved remarkable results. The wounded and sick have also basically recovered, and with the exception of some who have lost their combat effectiveness due to injuries, all others have been restored to their units.

The work of intelligence gathering was unusually smooth, and because the local people had long hated foreign enemies and horse thieves and bandits, they actively cooperated with the government and enthusiastically reported and reported suspicious people's and suspicious affairs, and achieved very good results.

"My lord, a fat sheep is coming."

When Mu Ziqi walked into Qin Dui's study in a hurry, Qin Dui was worried about how to complete the task of "fundraising" in the capital, although it looked easy at the banquet, but it was really not easy to complete this task.

First of all, he has to do the work in front of His Majesty the Emperor, which Qin Du still has a certain degree of certainty, but then he will get the Hubu Shangshu of the Great Qin Empire Mida is not an easy person to dismiss, although he is not a member of the Donglin Party, but if he doesn't do his job, otherwise he will give you a sentence Now that the treasury is empty and there is no money, it will be troublesome.

There are also those of their own sworn opponents, and the Donglin Party will let themselves get the money so lightly, these are very nerve-wracking things.

"What fat sheep?" Qin Duan angrily asked Mu Ziqi, who interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey, hey, hey~~"

Mu Ziqi laughed wickedly, laughing so much that Qin Dui's heart was furious, "What kind of fat sheep?" Make it clear to me, I see you're fucking like a fat sheep! ”

Looking at Mu Ziqi's short and fat man, Qin Duan asked again.

Maybe it was because he was in a good mood, Mu Ziqi didn't seem to hear Qin Du's sarcasm at all, "There is reliable information that there are people in our Tokugawa Mansion who have colluded with the Huns and bandits, and this person has quite a lot of assets, so he has not yet reported to me." ”

"Oh?" Qin Duan was also interested when he heard this, "Who is it?" Is the message reliable? Is there any money at all? ”

Now it's really a headache for money, and now that someone has sent money, it's no wonder that Qin Duan is not excited.

"There should be no problems with intelligence. This man moved to Tokugawa Prefecture from other places more than ten years ago, and lived in a village where Tokugawa Prefecture was about to border with the Hungarian State, and usually did not have much contact with these merchants in Tokugawa Prefecture, and I heard that the village was controlled by him alone, and he himself had more than 1,000 private armed men, and he did not come to this banquet, but he came to the previous celebration, and his name was Hamas. Mu Ziqi said, his eyes flashing with excitement, as if he saw money in a place.

"What about the source of intelligence? Make no mistake about it. ”

Although he is eager to gain something, Qin Duan is still extremely cautious, because if he makes a mistake in this kind of thing, it will greatly damage the image he has built up so hard, once the image is broken, it will be very difficult to remedy it, and Qin Duan does not want to make a big loss because of a small loss. (To be continued......)