Wen Fangfei was already in Xuancheng at this time. Previously, Wen Fangfei had found a deputy general manager from Ruifuxiang Clothing, and brought a small team to be responsible for version design and specific production, but now the factory that was slightly transformed from the military camp in the city has been completed, the first batch of workers have been in place, personnel training is being carried out, raw materials have also been in place, large-scale production is about to begin, Wen Fangfei, the general manager, can not be absent, so after the preparation for the construction of the Hangzhou Hotel, he rushed over.

Wen Fangfei's pomp and circumstance were naturally much bigger than Xu Meilan's, and she went straight to the Guogong Mansion, and no one dared to stop her. Qingwen wanted to trouble her, but was blocked a few times by a few maids brought by Wen Fangfei from Hangzhou, so she didn't find a chance. And Wen Fangfei has been running the factory for the past few days, looking at raw materials, looking at sample clothes, and she is very busy. In the next few days, when I learned that the war in the East China Sea was about to start, I was a little uneasy. I'm not in the mood to find trouble with Qingwen.

On this day, when I was inspecting the factory, I saw a security guard hurriedly come in and handed her a note, but it was the handwriting of Changshi Tang Puze: "Your Excellency has won a great victory in the East China Sea, and you will return on the same day." When a heart finally landed, Wen Fangfei felt quite tired, so she decided to go home to rest.

Back in the courtyard of the Guogong Mansion, Wen Fangfei suddenly thought of something, so she asked the maid where Qingwen was, and then went straight to the main wing of the backyard.

At this time, Qingwen was spreading out a piece of paper in the lounge, and was about to write a letter to report the situation to Mrs. Huangfu. It's just that Jiang Guogong said that he went to inspect the counties, and it took more than half a month to leave. There was a lack of subordinates in the house, and after Xu Meilan moved to the right courtyard, if she hadn't left two maids for Qingwen, Qingwen wouldn't even have a subordinate to instruct. And those guards of the state mansion are like wooden people every day, which makes people feel scared when they look at it.

Qingwen wrote it several times, but she was not satisfied, so she tore it up and rewrote it. At this time, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching, leaned over to see, but it was Wen Fangfei who came.

Qingwen respectfully saluted Wen Fangfei, and Wen Fangfei snorted coldly: "Madam asked you to come to Xuancheng, do you know what's going on?" ”

Of course, I want to help Madame guard against you shameless women. Qingwen thought so in her heart, but of course she didn't dare to say it. just replied: "Back to the girl, the lady asked the slave to serve the adult." ”

"Did you let you serve?" Wen Fangfei said expressionlessly.

One sentence made Qingwen's face pale. Although Jiang Guogong was polite to Qingwen, he never let Qingwen serve, and several maids were staring at it.

"This girl is in a good mood today, so I'll tell you a story. I have set up a number of departments in Ruifuxiang, and each department has its own manager. Naturally, the employees of the department have to talk to the department managers, so I have to ask the department managers to move their positions regularly. Do you say, is the employee in that department going to talk to the old department manager, or is it going to turn around and talk to the new department manager right away? ”

After Wen Fangfei finished speaking, she didn't wait for Qingwen to answer. ordered someone to demolish Qingwen's room: "Adults like to work in this lounge every night, we think about it as adults, how can we change the lounge so small to wronged adults?" ”

At that moment, there were two maids to clean up Qingwen's belongings. These two maids were left by Xu Meilan, and they were only perfunctory to Qingwen on weekdays, but when they heard Fang Fei's order, they immediately turned their faces. Qingwen was alone, and she didn't dare to resist for a while.

Wen Fangfei didn't persecute too much, and only ordered someone to find another side room to house Qingwen's belongings. He said to Qingwen again: "When do you figure it out, when will you come to me again." ”

In the past, in the Jiangguo Mansion, the Huangfu clan was quite strong, which was also one of the reasons why the genuine Jiangguo Duke Li Congyi did not like the Huangfu clan. However, in essence, it is not how strong the Huangfu clan is, but in fact, Li Congyi, the Duke of Jiangguo, is just a sour scholar, who can only dance and make Moer.

But Qingwen stayed in Xuancheng for a month, how could she not know that now not to mention that Xuanzhou Mansion is run by Jiang Guogong like an iron bucket, which is the many businesses of this Guogong Mansion, which one is not a huge wealth, and which one is not the only one Jiang Guogong? At this time, Jiang Guogong is no longer what he looked like when he was in Jinling, and he really called Shibei for three days, and he should be impressed. At this time, if you want to use Mrs. Huangfu to pinch Jiang Guogong, Jiang Guogong may be able to give some affection at the beginning, but how long can he last? What song to sing on what mountain, this is the meaning of the story told by Wen Fangfei.

Qingwen cleaned up her mood and went to find Wen Fangfei. Seeing that Jingwen turned around so quickly, Wen Fangfei was also slightly surprised.

"Miss Meilan is the left arm of the adult, and is now the president of Jiangnan Bank, which is actually known as the God of Wealth of the Guogong Mansion. What do you say should be done? Wen Fangfei said.

"The slave maid will go to confess to Miss Meilan today, and ask Miss Meilan to go back to the main courtyard to rest no matter what." Qingwen replied.

Wen Fangfei nodded: "The adults are going back to the house in a few days, what are you going to do?" ”

Qingwen lowered her head: "Of course, the slave maid listens to the arrangements of Miss Fangfei and Miss Meilan. ”

Wen Fangfei snorted coldly, "If you had figured out this truth earlier, why bother to make everyone unhappy." He added, "This matter in the house has always been arranged by Miss Meilan." Go ahead. ”

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By June, the finances of the Jiangguo Mansion had improved considerably. At this time, June had not yet ended, but the Jiangnan Investment Control Planning and Finance Department under the leadership of Xu Meilan took out the forecast data for the second quarter. The smooth progress of Jiangnan Bank has enabled the enterprises controlled by the Jiangguo government to have no worries about the rupture of the capital chain, and they have set off a new round of large-scale expansion and construction.

Changshi Tang Puze informed Xu Meilan of the results of the East China Sea naval battle, and Xu Meilan was still worried about money at this time. In fact, relying only on the taxes of Xuanzhou Mansion alone, it is simply unable to bear the expenses of Ning Guojun's 10,000 new army.

In this era, taxes were collected twice a year for summer grain and autumn taxes. The summer grain has been collected in May, and excluding the new taxes in Xuancheng County, the summer grain tax in Xuanzhou Prefecture is only 150,000 taels, that is, 150,000 taels. After deducting the part handed over to the court and the government for their own use, what can be supplied to the Ning Guojun is no more than 50,000 taels. If it was the former Ning Guojun, the money would be enough for half a year. But with 10,000 new troops, this money is far from enough.

Compared with the current situation in Xuancheng County, the state-owned government holding enterprises have paid nearly 10,000 taels of value-added tax in June alone, and it is expected that the profits and taxes will easily exceed 120,000 taels throughout the year. Sure enough, as the Lord Guogong said, only heavy industry and heavy business can get rich.

Now Tang Puze, Gao Jing and others mean that according to Jiang Guogong's words, the value-added tax of Xuanzhou Mansion will be used as a pledge, and Jiangnan Bank will borrow from Xuanzhou Government. And Xu Meilan is the president of Jiangnan Bank, and this decision needs to be nodded by Xu Meilan. Of course, Xu Meilan will not object, but with the sensitivity of financial professionals, that is, the model of government borrowing, will it be like releasing a devil?

"Can Xuanzhou Mansion still pay this loan?" At the office meeting of Xuanzhou Mansion, Du Zhengchu also asked this question that he had been asking for a long time.

The minimum requirement for Jiangnan Bank's shareholding is 50,000 taels, and Du Zhengchu has never been a state and county chief, so he has no chance to make a lot of money, and all of this net worth is not so much. But now all the state and county deposits in Xuanzhou Mansion have entered the treasury of Jiangnan Bank, if Jiangnan Bank goes bankrupt and fails, this Xuanzhou Mansion may also go bankrupt.

Hearing Du Zhengchu ask this question, Hou Hongye, who was attending the meeting, couldn't help but look at him.

Li Congyi set up a public council in the Guogong Mansion. People like Tang Puze, Xu Jianzhang, Hou Hongye, and others attended this meeting early, basically at least once every ten years. The meeting both informed and discussed; It was Gao Jingtong who also pledged his allegiance to Jiang Guogong after the military parade at the East Gate. Only this Sihu Du Zhengchu, although Hou Hongye hinted several times, but there has been no response. Du Zhengchu was not uncooperative, or he contacted Jiang Guogong's beautiful maid Xu Meilan, and he was also respectful, but he refused to take the last step, so he was never included in the members of the public government meeting by Jiang Guogong, and there were some secret plans, which were difficult for Du Zhengchu to know.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Du Zhengchu understood that he had asked another stupid question.

"This money, or this kind of loan, the Xuanzhou government has not considered repaying the principal, as long as it can afford to repay the interest. Or some people think that this is Yin eating grain, the reason is similar, but it is not exactly the same. On the one hand, a large part of the money and grain will flow into the people in the form of monthly salaries for officers and soldiers and equipment procurement, which will become the tax base of Xuanzhou Government. Jiang Guogong said this truth before, and Du Zhengchu also discussed it with Hou Hongye.

However, what Tang Puze said later is fundamental: "Besides, when the Ning Guojun is strong, it can protect the wealth of Xuanzhou Mansion, and it is possible to use the sword as a ploughshare to earn wealth for Xuanzhou Mansion." ”

"Ploughshares with swords!" Du Zhengchu immediately remembered the Dongmen Ferry military parade. That is, after the military parade, Du Zhengchu felt that Gao Jingtong was also alienated from him, and it turned out that everyone thought like this. The so-called "fight a bicycle into a motorcycle, bet on the public to become a Land Rover", Jiang Guogong wants to bet, why don't you bet? If you win the bet, everyone is from the dragon's ministers, and if you lose the bet, you also have Jiang Guogong in front of you, everyone is a civil servant, and the left and right are a problem of transformation, and it may be just a ruin to eliminate disasters.

Tang Puze had already said this, Gao Jingtong also coughed, and said: "Lord Du may not understand for a while, you can think about it for a few days, and after Lord Jiang Guogong returns home, you can also report your experience to Lord Guogong." ”

Du Zhengchu is also a rare talent, and he is quite cooperative at work, but for some reason, he doesn't express his position left and right. Gao Jingtong also knew that Du Zhengchu had no background, but everyone followed Jiang Guogong to do these things, although it was only tacit now, but he couldn't stand it and there were more and more disagreements with the imperial court in the future, and Jiang Guogong might not be able to tolerate Du Zhengchu at that time.

Du Zhengchu actually had already admired Jiang Guogong's five-body throw, so when it came to Jiang Guogong's work, he had always only fully cooperated, but there was always a pimple in his heart, and it was inconvenient to share it with others, so he was just silent at the moment.

After the meeting, Du Zhengchu returned to the office and gradually immersed himself in his work. At this time, Gao Jingtong suddenly walked in and said, "Lord Du, Lord Guogong has arrived at the Shuiying station, and Lord Tang said that please accompany him to meet your lordship." ”

In May, it is the time when the summer grain tax is paid in each county, and May and June are also the busiest seasons for Sihu to join the army at the beginning of Du Zhengchu. In the past two months, Du Zhengchu almost soaked in the yamen, accounting and checking the summer grain. didn't come to the ferry, and when he saw the situation near the ferry, Du Zhengchu was dumbfounded. It is said that things are not people, and it will always be many years later; Under the rule of Jiang Guogong, in just two months, it was already earth-shaking.

It was to board the cabin, Du Zhengchu still stared at the scene of the ferry, saw the blast furnace spewing smoke, the waterwheel lined up, and the horizontal and vertical houses lined up, straight like in a dream.

Isn't Jiang Guogong, who is as straight as an immortal dotting gold, the virtuous monarch that my generation dreams of?