In addition to ordering the Jingshi Tsing Yi Wei to investigate strictly, Xu Liang had no other way.

It's just that although Feng Suqin was given the fourth order, he accompanied him in Ciqing Palace, and if he wanted to leave the Beijing Division, he couldn't do it for a while.

Xu Liang had no choice but to order the Jingshi Tsing Yiwei to step up his infiltration into the palace and strive to install people in the Ciqing Palace.

On this day, Xu Liang led the envoy Deng Shuiqing, the political envoy He Zhun, Qi Chu, the tax secretary Luo Baiguan, and the political counselor Wang Qinian to inspect the grain storage situation in the tuntian of the Qianhu Institute in Chang'an.

After several of the most powerful officials in Shaanxi inspected the warehouses of Qianhusuo and saw the grain piled up in more than half of the warehouses, Xu Liang nodded slowly, and expressed his approval of Deng Shuiqing's ability to handle affairs.

"Lord Deng, after the Thousand Households restructured the Tuntian, did the soldiers in the Thousand Households have any opinions?" Xu Liang asked with a smile.

Deng thought for a while, shook his head affirmatively, and said: "Lord Governor, last year, when all the thousands of households under the name of the Governor were restructured into tuntian, the lower officials according to the governor's will, those who were unwilling to continue to stay in the office were all distributed, and let them find their own way out. These people have tasted the sweetness, and now they can't get rid of it. ”

"Not only that, but after those who had left heard about this situation, many of them ran back to the lower officials and asked to be reclassified into the army." Deng pressed the envoy and smiled.

This situation, Xu Liang thought about it, and asked: "For those who want to return after leaving, how does Lord Deng arrange it?" ”

Deng Shuiqing said: "My lord, speaking of which, these people were originally soldiers in the institute, and they want to come back, as long as there are vacant acres of land in the institute and can be resettled, the lower officials will try their best to arrange it." ”

Xu Liang nodded, and then raised Luo Baiguan towards the Taxation Department and said: "Luo Baiguan, although the Commander of the Envoy and the Governor Yamen do not distinguish each other, but the army uses grain, and the grain is extracted from the Metropolitan Command Envoy, and it is still necessary to pay it according to the agreed price and full silver. ”

Luo Baiguan said: "Yes, Xiaguan and Lord Deng have always done this. ”

Deng Shuiqing said again: "Lord Governor, there is another problem here, although the Liang army has expanded its army again and its strength has greatly increased, but the grain accumulated by the commander of the envoy is enough to supply 200,000 troops every year. At present, there are less than 100,000 officers and soldiers in Shaanxi, and even if the army's food orders are all supplied by the commander's envoys, there is still a large amount of food that has nowhere to digest. ”

Xu Liang glanced at Deng Shuiqing and asked indifferently, "What does Lord Deng want to say?" ”

Deng Shuiqing sneered and grinned: "The lower officials are thinking that these extra grains are also stored in the warehouse, which not only takes a lot of manpower to take care of, but also easily attracts rats." Rather than this, it is better to sell these grains to the outside world and convert them into cash. ”

Xu Liang said approvingly: "Lord Deng's idea is very good. When you turn around, the official has called Wu Side, the shopkeeper of Liang Kee, and he will discuss with you how to export these grains. ”

Deng Shuiqing listened, and swallowed back the words that originally came to his throat, in fact, Deng Shuiqing also had his own little abacus, his original intention, as long as Xu Liang agreed to export these grain orders, Deng Shuiqing planned to be directly sold by the capital command envoy. However, Xu Liang insisted on Liang Ji's Wu Side, and Deng Shuiqing had no more ideas, so he could only endure it and conform to Xu Liang's wishes.

Xu Liang inspected several other warehouses, then left satisfied, returned to the governor's yamen, and ordered someone to call Liang Kee's shopkeeper Wu Side.

"Your Excellency." Woodsted came in and bowed respectfully.

As the power in Xu Liang's hands became more and more stable, Wu Side himself couldn't tell when he started, and he would actually feel awe when he faced Xu Liang.

"Hmm, shopkeeper Wu is here." Xu Liang took his eyes off the books and fell on the shopkeeper Wu, for this senior shopkeeper of Liang Ji, Xu Liang handed over the major business of the Xu Mansion such as honeycomb coal, soap cream, and well salt to him, and it turned out that this shopkeeper Wu took care of several businesses in an orderly manner and never let himself down.

Xu Liang looked at Wu Side and said in a deep voice: "In the morning, I went to see several warehouses of the Commander of the Embassy, and Deng Shuiqing still had some achievements in presiding over the Tuntian of the Guard. At present, the garrison of the capital command and the envoy department cannot be fully digested by the officers and soldiers of Shaanxi alone. Deng Shuiqing wanted to dispose of the excess grain takeaway. However, this official did not want Deng Shuiqing and his Metropolitan Command Envoy to interfere in the grain and grass business again, so I told him in the morning that Liang Ji would take over the surplus grain takeaway business of the Metropolitan Command Envoy Division. When you go back, you will contact Deng Shuiqing and negotiate these things. ”

Shopkeeper Wu nodded and said, "My subordinates know." I don't know what special requirements the adults have for the price of food for the commander's envoys? ”

Xu Liang smiled slightly, waved his hand casually, and said: "Although it is the food of the commander, there is no need to take special care of it, everything is just according to Liang Ji's purchase price." ”

Shopkeeper Wu nodded, stood in place and pondered for a long time before he said in embarrassment: "My lord, with all due respect, under the governance of adults in Shaanxi Province over the past year, the lives of the people in all provinces have tended to be stable, and basic food and clothing can be guaranteed. Thinking about it, the subordinates must have commanded a lot of food in the envoys, and it may be difficult to digest all of them in Shaanxi Province. And if it is shipped back to the south, there is no advantage in the selling price. ”

Xu Liang looked at Wu Side encouragingly, "Go on." ”

Wu Side gritted his teeth and arched his hand: "My subordinates are thinking, since this province and the south are not easy to deal with, can we sell this grain to the west?" Chijin City and Shazhou City in Turpan have been occupied by our army, can we transport these grains to Chijin and Shazhou and sell them to those people in the Western Regions? ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he suddenly felt that his eyes lit up. Wu Side's words made Xu Liang can't help but remember that now Chijin City and Shazhou City have fallen into his hands, and looking at the appearance of Tulu Pan Sutan, there is no strength to recover Chijin City and Shazhou City within three or two years. The Western Regions forces bordering Turpan still include Yilibari, Yeerchao, Tumut, Tatar and so on. These forces have always envied the rich goods of the Ming Dynasty, and if Chijin and Shazhou were built into special zones for trade with the forces of the Western Regions, they would use the materials of the Ming Dynasty to earn money from these forces, so as to strengthen Xu Liang's own financial resources.

Why not do such good things? Moreover, the Suzhou Pass, which is connected to Chijin and Shazhou, is still under the control of the Liang army, and it is not difficult to transport materials from within the Ming Dynasty to Chijin and Shazhou!

The more Xu Liang thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible, and immediately laughed, which made Wu Side stunned.

Xu Liang laughed happily for a moment, and then said to Wu Side with a smile: "The words of the shopkeeper Wu just now reminded the official. Now Chijin and Shazhou have fallen into the hands of Liang Jun, and those two cities are untapped markets. Shopkeeper Wu, you have a very good idea, so you can transport these grains to Chijin City and Shazhou City, sell them to the people of Tulupan, and make their money. ”

Seeing that Xu Liang did not object, Wu Side put his mind at ease, immediately surrendered his hand to Xu Liang, and then went out to discuss with Deng Shuiqing how to take over the stored grain.

Xu Liang then excitedly called Luo Baiguan, the tax collector, and said excitedly: "Baiguan, the only taxes in the Governor's Yamen Taxation Department are local taxes and commercial taxes, and customs duties will be levied at the border in the future." The first place of tariff collection is located in Suzhou Customs. The Taxation Department drafted a charter, and ten days later, it should be officially implemented in Suzhou Customs. ”

Luo Baiguan was stunned when he heard this, and was a little at a loss in the face of Lord Xu's sudden idea, and couldn't help muttering: "The territory of Tulupan is broken and poor, and the wind and sand are still big, who would bring goods to that kind of place to do business......"

Xu Liang smiled, corrected Luo Baiguan, and said seriously: "Baiguan, if you think like this, you are very wrong. Let me tell you, in the future, Chijin and Shazhou will be the special economic zones of Shaanxi! ”

"Special Zone? What is this? Luo Baiguan scratched his head and asked.

Xu Liang coughed lightly twice and said, "Special Zone, it means special area." The special location of Chijin and Shazhou is really the best choice for the establishment of special zones. ”

What Xu Liang decided, he hated to come true immediately. I locked myself in my study, wrote and painted for a while, and even ate dinner in it.

The people who did this on the first night and still did not go out the next day, and did not reopen the study until the evening, immediately improvised and ordered someone to summon all the high-level officials of Shaanxi to the governor's yamen for a meeting.

At the meeting, Xu Liang took out in public the concept of Chijin and Shazhou Special Economic Zone that he spent two days formulating. Facing the blank eyes of his subordinates, Xu Liang tried his best to explain again and again, until everyone had no doubts, Xu Liang made a final decision: "Then, from now until the next year, your task is to maintain the stability of Shaanxi and speed up the training of new soldiers." The second is to push Chijin and Shazhou to the road of special economic zones as soon as possible. ”

Although your subordinates have no doubts, they are skeptical of Xu Liang's so-called special zone.

Shaanxi political counselor Wang Qiqing coughed and said, "My lord, although the lower officials and others are also very supportive of the construction of adults...... Uh, special economic zones, it's just, Xia Guan listens to this, if you want to establish two special economic zones, it seems that you need a large number of businessmen and shops to enter Chijin and Shazhou City, right? Well, right now, Chijin and Shazhou have just experienced the war and are in the recovery period. The situation was not stable enough, and at this time, Xia Guan suspected that not many businessmen would agree to do business there. And once there are no businessmen, I am afraid that Chijin and Shazhou will soon be depressed. ”

Xu Liang thought for a moment, and had to admit that Wang Qinian was telling the truth, since it is a special economic zone, how can you talk about the economy without businessmen?

Merchant? Where do you gather so many merchants? Xu Liang pondered, and suddenly thought of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. Although Feng Suqin, the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, is still far away in the palace of Beijing, there is still a vice president in Shaanxi Province, and that is Liang Yinxian of Jingzhou.

Xu Liang thought about it, smiled slightly, and said to himself: "It seems that it is time for the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce to hold an annual meeting." ”

Three days later, Liang Yinxian, an old man of the Liang family who was recuperating in his hometown of Jingzhou, Pingliang Prefecture, suddenly received a letter from Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, inviting President Liang to the governor of Chang'an City to talk about it.

The dignified governor of Shaanxi personally invited, Liang Yinxian was a lot older, but he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly accompanied by his son and Liang Ziqi, and rushed to Chang'an City in a hurry.

When Liang Yin first rushed to the Yamen of Chang'an City Governor and saw Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, Xu Liang was very polite, holding the hand of the old man Liang and asking for warmth, very enthusiastic.

Liang Yinxian was a handful of years old, and he was so kindly held by a young descendant that he couldn't stand it for a long time, so he smiled awkwardly, quietly withdrew his hand, and then asked sincerely: "Lord Xu, the old man and the son have been friends with Lord Xu for a long time, and the old man is in a hurry to call the old man, there must be something important for the old man to do." You are also polite to the old man, just ask for anything. ”

Liang Ziqi also followed: "That is, Lord Xu, my father and I both regard Lord Xu as the most loyal friend of the Liang family. Before friends, it's not good to see too much. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he sat back in his place, and then beckoned Liang Yinxian and his son to drink tea. In order to hide his embarrassment, he took several sips of tea, and when he looked up and saw Liang Yinxian and Liang Ziqi both looking at him, he smiled wryly and said, "Originally, the official also wanted to arrange for Old Man Liang and Ziqi to play in Chang'an City for a few days, and after Ge Qiao came over from the south, he would talk about this matter together." ”

"My lord is saying that Vice President Ge will also come over?" Liang Ziqi asked in surprise. The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce has two vice presidents, and Ge Qiao of Tongtianxia Logistics is another vice president. Hearing that Xu Liang also called Ge Qiao over, Liang Yinxian father and son exchanged glances, and immediately understood that what Xu Liang was going to order next was definitely not simple. Both of them sat upright and looked at Xu Liang seriously.

Xu Liang sighed helplessly and said, "Since Elder Liang and Brother Liang are so anxious, then the official will say it in advance." After that, Xu Liang told the two of them about the idea of building a special economic zone in Chijin in Turpan. At first, Xu Liang wanted to build Chijin and Shazhou into special economic zones together, but after Wang Qinian's reminder, Xu Liang felt that it was better to get Chijin City first, and then start to build Shazhou after Chijin City formed a stable scale.

Liang Yinxian and Liang Ziqi listened carefully to Xu Liang's explanation, and after half an hour, Xu Liang finally explained the concept and assumption of the special economic zone, and the Liang family father and son fell into deep thought.

To say that the comprehension ability of the Liang family father and son is not ordinary, a cup of tea, the Liang family father and son both raised their heads and looked at Xu Liang, Liang Yin first said with admiration: "Lord Xu, if the truth is really as the Lord imagined, through the place of Chijin City, the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions will be restored, what a feat it will be!" Not to mention anything else, just with the courage of adults to be the first in the world, the old man was convinced. Now Lord Xu called the old man, presumably because he was worried that the merchants in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty would not dare and refused to go to Chijin City to set up a point to do business, so he asked the old man and President Ge to come forward and persuade the merchants of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce to eliminate their worries and boldly open the shop in Chijin City! ”

Xu Liang stroked his palm and said, "That's exactly what this official meant." (To be continued.) )