Chapter 141 Layout

"Hui Gongzi, our shopkeeper is making a new issue of food stamps, and when this issue is over, it will be launched."

Qian Tianen suddenly sat up excitedly and hurriedly ran to the counter, and his three brothers were not far behind, and surrounded one after another.

The boy asked, "Man, will the new issue of food stamps be sold for only a penny on the first day?" ”

The guy nodded hurriedly and said, "That's natural, there will also be a limit, and when the time comes, please come to line up early." ”

The young man took out some broken silver, one or two, handed it to the man, and said, "As soon as the new issue of food stamps comes out, you come to the Wu Mansion on South Street next door in advance to inform Young Master Ben, and say that you are looking for Young Master Wu!" ”

The guy took the broken silver and said enthusiastically: "Don't worry, Little Master Wu, as long as the food stamps for next month come out, the small one will report the news to you in advance." ”

The young man looked at a group of miserable people in the room, these people used to have a lot of money, and now many people's backgrounds are not as good as him, the young man smiled and said: "Don't be too discouraged, you still can't be too greedy, greed will always have problems, it's almost fine." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and one by one regretted not being at the beginning.

The young man said to Jia Ding: "Wu Ding, you take out the maltose, share a little for each person, and get some joy, we will come again next time!" ”

Jia Ding took out a package from behind him, handed over a piece of malt candy to each person, and everyone took it one after another, and said with a smile: "It's good luck to touch Young Master Wu, don't be so unlucky next time." ”

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Everything is ready, Uncle Tian arranged a shopkeeper surnamed Zhang, who is responsible for ten Daxing grain shops in Nanjing City, this shopkeeper is not young, he is the first batch of nationals, and he has been following Uncle Tian to do things, and his ability is okay.

Yang Xin took a large army to board the ship at the Nanjing dock, Fan Yuxuan was already waiting at the dock, as soon as the princess saw Fan Yuxuan, the princess, who has always been gentle, rolled her eyes several times, it was the enemy who met and was very red-eyed.

Yang Xin felt the princess's deep hostility towards Fan Yuxuan, but Fan Yuxuan pretended not to notice it at all, and came over to say hello with a smile.

"Hey, congratulations to Young Master Yang, I'm finally going back to my wife, the little girl must come to the door to ask for a cup of wine to drink."

Her news is quite well-informed, and she already knows that Chongzhen married the princess to Yang Xin.

Yang Xin looked at the two women who could hit the earth at any time, and her heart trembled, the princess had been forgiving Fan Yuxuan in the capital before, there was no way, but now it is different, the princess is a bright princess, and there is no need to hide her head and tail, naturally she will not be vain.

"Hehe, some people are really thick-skinned, they beat soy sauce from beginning to end, and when it comes to the penny, they run faster than anyone else."

The princess said unceremoniously.

Fan Yuxuan was not angry at all, and said with a smile: "This business depends on vision, and choosing the right business and choosing the right partner is the most important thing, who calls the little girl lucky?" ”

She didn't dare to ridicule each other, so as not to get burned, and thought to herself, when she got the money, she would definitely find a way to earn it back.

Yang Xin felt the smell of gunpowder between the two, and hurriedly played a round game, saying: "For the New Year, don't worry too much, let's get on the boat first, it's windy on the shore." ”

Yang Xin took the initiative to pull the princess onto the boat, and Fan Yuxuan hurriedly followed, not feeling embarrassed at all.

Yang Xin's fleet entered the sea along the Yangtze River, and then along the coastline to Weihaiwei Wharf, where Zhao Yuan and Xue Laosan respectively came to greet them with Weihaiwei's civil and military officials.

Yang Xin took the princess to visit the new city of the wharf, the camp of Weihai Weishui Division, and Guo Tianzhuang's Daxing musket workshop.

The new city is still under construction, tens of thousands of people are working on the construction site, and the sailors have recruited 8,000 people and are stepping up training.

Chen Damiang personally took Yang Xin to visit the Daxing musket workshop, due to the financial support of the Daxing firm, the musket workshop quickly expanded to the scale of 500 people, the door is guarded by two teams of sailors and small flags, Guo Tianzhuang personally took several workshop stewards to greet at the door, saw Yang Xin, everyone knelt down to see.

"Get up!"

Yang Xin personally helped Guo Tianzhuang up and said, "You are the shopkeeper, hehe, very good, young and promising, I don't know how you are treated now?" ”

Aunt Chen's face was suddenly full of embarrassment, Guo Tianzhuang glanced at Aunt Chen, and had to report it truthfully.

Yang Xin frowned when he heard this, and said: "Well, this treatment is too low, from today on, this king will give you two shares of national treatment, the monthly salary will be increased to fifty taels, and you will be given five more places, and you will choose five of the best stewards in the workshop and give them a share of national treatment." ”

Guo Tianqiang was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.

Yang Xin smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry to thank you, this king has given you such a good treatment, and the task is also very heavy, this king wants you to expand the scale of the workshop to 5,000 people within a year, and produce 5,000 muskets per month, can you do it?" ”

Guo Tianzhuang hurriedly said: "King Huixing, no problem!" ”

Fan Yuxuan on the side heard it suddenly, with such a large output, what does Yang Xin want to do? I'm afraid there will be nothing to do with her Fan family at that time.

"Yang Xin, do you need so many muskets?"

Fan Yuxuan couldn't help but ask, this is related to her Fan family's musket business, and she has to ask about it anyway.

Yang Xin smiled and said: "Miss Fan, don't worry, no matter how much your Fan family's workshop produces, I want it, it will not affect your Fan family's business, I have a small number of soldiers in the country, and this king wants to make all the people soldiers, and everyone has muskets!" ”

Fan Yuxuan's eyes widened when she heard this, what a terrifying number, although there are few people in Daxing, there are still two or three million people, if everyone has muskets, it will be an astronomical number.

I couldn't help but laugh.

Guo Tianzhuang also listened enthusiastically, but at this moment he knew that the woman next to King Xing was actually the young lady of his old club, the Fan family, and couldn't help but take a look at it, it turned out that the old enemy looked like this, and the people of Guojiazhuang silently made up their minds to compare with the Fan family, who made the musket fast and good.

Yang Xin followed Guo Tianzhuang to visit the workshop, the technology is still relatively backward, one person is responsible for the whole process of a musket, the quality of the production is uneven, the efficiency is low, and the efficiency is not as high as that of later generations.

Yang Xin is not in a hurry, and did not take the initiative to ask them to flow operations, Yang Xin believes that professional people, even the ancients, are more professional than themselves, assembly operations rely on output, as long as the output is large enough, craftsmen are not stupid, they will naturally find the benefits of assembly operations, there is no need for outsiders to help them, it is said that the production of weapons in the Qin Dynasty used assembly operations, it can be seen that assembly operations are not a Western invention, but a natural choice after the output reaches a certain level.

In a word, professional people do professional things, they come from later generations, and they know some general principles, but they have no role in actual operations, and it is simply meaningless to talk on paper.

Yang Xin only believes in one sentence, money is everything, when he walked out of the workshop, Yang Xin said to Mrs. Chen: "The monthly salary for ordinary craftsmen has risen to two taels, the price of good technology has risen to three taels, and the grassroots management personnel have all ten taels!" ”

Aunt Chen listened to it, such a high treatment is better than the treatment of soldiers, this Xingwang is really willing, although he is not very willing in his heart, he can only do it.

On the way back, the princess also had a lot of complaints, and whispered: "Brother Yang, is the treatment you give to the craftsman too high?" ”

Fan Yuxuan, who was on the side, hurriedly said: "It's not just too high, it's like raising a son!" ”

It's rare for the two to be on the same page.

Yang Xin patiently explained, "Madam, I give them a high salary, so naturally craftsmen from all over the world want to come to our workshop, then we can pick out the capable ones from among them."

Only the best treatment can recruit the best talents, with the best talents, you can make the best weapons, with the best weapons, although we are small in the country, and all the people are soldiers, no one dares to provoke, this is the fastest way to gain a foothold today. ”

The princess seems to understand whether she understands or not, but Fan Yuxuan understands a little, Yang Xin's purpose of opening the musket workshop is completely different from her, her Fan family is to make money, and Yang Xin is to fight the world, and the strategies adopted are naturally completely different.

Yang Xin returned to Laiyang, and the news that Daxing earned 20 million taels of silver in Nanjing City came out, the whole country was boiling, and Yang Xin's prestige was also raised to a new height.

Yang Xin took the opportunity to promote a large number of people, almost as many as 1,000 people, mainly from the grassroots of the army and the shopkeepers of Daxing business, because these two are currently the fastest developing, and even some good small flags in the army have been named a large number of people.

Therefore, although a lot of money was made, because of the sharp increase in the number of people, the occupation fee did not increase at all, and it remained around 12,000 taels.

In this regard, the landlord poison pills led by Li Anbo had a lot of complaints, but Yang Xin's prestige was flourishing at this time, and their voices did not play a big role.

Finally a perfect New Year, Daxing's internal operations are basically stable, as soon as the princess arrives at the palace, she will start to grasp the finances, for this, she still according to the previous operation, first of all, Xu Sheng and Zhang came to talk, learned about the accounts of Daxing Qianzhuang, and asked them to report to themselves regularly.

Then it was Bai Youcai's turn, she had to know where Bai Youcai spent his money, in the Daxing Imperial Court, the big expenses were basically set by Yang Xin, and the daily operations were managed by Bai Youcai's political envoy Denglaib.

In the end, it was the turn of Uncle Tian and Mrs. Chen, although the two of them did not operate the Daxing business for a long time, but the development speed was extremely fast, such as gold, in addition to more than 100 shops in the capital of the Qing Dynasty, Daxing grain shop in Nanjing City, Daming Nanjing City, all kinds of shops in Denglai and the two places are the most rapid development, after all, in their own territory, there are rich people, it is a matter of minutes to open a shop, not only that, but also sent a caravan to Goryeo to do business, has not yet received the news of how to do.

In this way, just do these, the small days in the first month passed in an instant, and Yang Xin rushed into the barracks, continuing to train the army, with the princess, his daily work was reduced by half, and he could spend more time on the army.

Entering February, the new palace was built in less than two months, after all, the scale is not large, the silver of Daxingkai is high, and it is in the agricultural slack period, and there is no shortage of manpower.

It's finally a little bit better, Jin Lianmei is in a slightly better mood, after all, people who are used to living in mansions, let her live in a small dilapidated house, and the boss in her heart is unwilling.

On this day, Daxing ushered in a major court meeting of the year, and all the high-level officials attended the meeting, including Jiao Xuewen, who was far away in Goryeo, and Guan Changfeng, who entered Shandong to play the role of a thief, were also transferred back, and Sun Liang, the commander of the Military Intelligence Department in Nanjing, was also transferred back to Laiyang.

The new palace was used for the New Year, although it was a little smaller, and the mood of the ministers was much better.

Hundreds of civil and military officials gathered together, the princess phoenix crown and Xia Wei, sitting on the side, the mother of a country was full of momentum, and even Jin Lianmei was taken to the court by Yang Xin and sat in Yang Xin's right-hand position.

As usual, Xu Sheng first reported on the financial situation of Daxing Qianzhuang, and the current private deposits of Daxing Qianzhuang are steadily increasing, but because of the eight million taels of silver each given to the king of Goryeo and Li Zicheng, only one million taels of silver remains, and the increase is relatively stable, while the silver in the treasury has increased rapidly, and has exceeded 40 million taels.

Then Bai Youcai first summarized last year's work, and made reservation arrangements for this year's work, analyzing and discussing one by one, which took the most time.

In the end, Bai Youcai concluded: "King Huixing, the most important event in Daxing in the near future is King Xing's wedding, which has been notified to various countries and is scheduled to be held in the middle of this month. ”

Yang Xin nodded and said, "You can go back and deal with the princess in this matter!" ”

Bai Youcai promised to step back.

At this time, when it came to the main event, Yang Xin said to Sun Liang: "The Military Intelligence Department will report on the recent major events that have happened outside!" ”

Sun Liang hurriedly stood up and said: "King Huixing, the recent behavior of the Qing Dynasty is a bit strange, the two armies have stagnated, and what is even more strange is that they have stopped the production of all muskets and sent the Haoge army into Jinan Mansion, which may not be good for our Daxing." ”

The ministers were in an uproar, and Li Anbo stood up and asked, "Commander Sun, is there a problem with your intelligence?" I, Daxing, have always been friendly with the Qing Dynasty, and they jointly marched into Goryeo a few years ago, so why did they suddenly have an intention on me? ”

Sun Liang said: "There is no problem with the intelligence, the Haoge army has indeed entered Jinan, but whether it is aimed at me Daxing, I am not sure yet." ”

Daniel Zhang immediately stood up and said, "King Xing, then we should step up the expansion of the army, the main forces that can currently be on the Qingzhou border are not enough to deal with the Qing army." ”

The ministers all seconded the proposal, and now the Daxing treasury is sufficient, there is no shortage of grain and grass, and there is no pressure to expand the army.

Yang Xin nodded and said, "Okay, the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion will each double the number of troops, and each battalion will reach 16,000 people, and the fourth battalion will remain unchanged for the time being." ”

Daniel Zhang was stunned and asked, "King Xing, the main battlefield in the future may be in Shandong, why is the number of the third battalion of sailors expanded the same as that of the first battalion and the second battalion?" ”

Yang Xin said with a smile: "In the future, the main battlefield will not be in Shandong, we will mainly defend the Qingzhou border, and the main battlefield may be in Goryeo, which is the territory of the naval division." ”

The ministers were in an uproar and there were many discussions, and the people of this era were relatively conservative, and their goals were all focused on the country.

Yang Xin waved his hand and said, "Let's not discuss this matter first, General Jiao, you just came back from Goryeo, tell me how the current battle situation in Goryeo is?" ”

Jiao Xuewen looked helpless and said: "King Huixing, although Li Zong has our financial support, he has raised 300,000 troops, and there is enough food and grass, but their officials are corrupt, the soldiers' salaries are seriously deducted, the military discipline is slack, the battle in front is losing and retreating, and Wang Jing and a large area of land have been lost, and the main force has retreated to the area of Seoul. ”

Yang Xin shook his head when he heard this, sure enough, it seems that money can be used to fight a war, sometimes it is not possible, as the saying goes, barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, and barefoot troops often have a much better will to fight than troops wearing shoes.

The ministers immediately calmed down, Gao Li is a big customer of Daxing, and he can't let Li Zong fall, otherwise the eight million will be lost, and no one will object to Yang Xin's words just now.

When Jin Lianmei on the side heard this, she suddenly became anxious, and said: "King, what General Jiao said is very true, this Li Zong is too unlucky, and he has to send troops to help." ”

Her Jin family's family background is under Li Zong's rule, so she is naturally afraid of Li Zong's downfall.

Yang Xin thought for a while and said: "Mr. Jiao, the training of the sailor is not easy, and the time is still short, rashly put into the battle, I am afraid that the loss will be inevitable, and it will be unfavorable to my Daxing, so let's do it, Ma Tao, the commander of the conscription department, you go back to draw up a recruitment plan, and recruit people from various countries with more than one year of civilian combat experience to go to Goryeo to participate in the battle, with a monthly salary of three taels, if you can make meritorious contributions in the battle, have the opportunity to join the people of Daxing, spread the news, raise 10,000 mercenaries as soon as possible, and after a month of intensive training in Weihaiwei, you will hand over to Jiao Zongbing to go to Goryeo." ”

Things that can be solved with money, Yang Xin doesn't want to fill with human lives, if he has to sacrifice, he doesn't want to sacrifice the people under the rule of Daxing, 10,000 people are paid three taels a month, plus all kinds of military supplies, the monthly expenses are estimated to be about 100,000 taels, which is a lot of money, but for the current Daxing, it is insignificant.

The most important thing is that Daxing's army really does not have enough training time, it is completely different from the other three countries, it is trained from scratch, other countries have elite veterans, with the modern training mode of training, it is easy to become an elite soldier, Daxing is completely blind.

The next step was to discuss how to recruit troops and use them against Goryeo.

Despite this, Haoge's army moved and entered Jinan, and it could not be ignored that Yang Xin left Sun Liang and Guan Changfeng behind and carefully inquired about the situation in Shandong.

Sun Liang said: "King Xing, Weichen's Military Intelligence Department can't enter the high-level of the Qing court for the time being, although he can know their actions, but he can't detect the intentions, King Xing wants to investigate more clearly, it is better to call Miss Fan to ask, it may be clearer." ”

Yang Xin thought about it, felt that it made sense, and said: "But you still have to think of a way, try to break into the high-level of Daqing and Dashun to understand their movements, Daming you did a good job before." ”

Sun Liang thought for a while and said, "King Xing, Weichen has a proposal, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

Yang Xin felt strange and said, "But it's okay to say it." ”

Sun Liang nodded and said: "King Xing brought some Goryeo maids with him, it is better to give a few to Weichen, train them, and then send them to the high-level of Daqing and Dashun, as our eyeliner, it is estimated that the effect will be good, they are from Goryeo, my Daxing's control over Goryeo is increasing day by day, I believe that in a foreign country, they are not easy to betray us Daxing." ”

Yang Xin heard it suddenly, this Sun Liang was still as vicious as ever, but he didn't care, and said with a smile: "This is no problem, I will ask Jin Shanxi-hee to take them to your military intelligence department to report in a while." ”