In July, Li Congyi formally formed three brigade headquarters, with Wu Feixing, Cui Feihu, and Yang Fei as brigade commanders. The brigade headquarters does not have other affiliated units, only a staff squad and a guard company, so it can be formed quickly, and the left and right are just clear brigade commanders, deputy brigade commanders, and brigade staff officers.

At the same time, the formation of the division headquarters was also put on the agenda. However, according to Li Congyi's plan, the division headquarters should have a cavalry battalion, an engineer battalion, and a baggage battalion, as well as a division hospital, and it would be difficult to accomplish these in one step.

In July, Li Congyi also held an all-army contest of the Ning Guojun. A brigade-wide rapid maneuver drill was conducted with the brigade as the unit and relying on the water battalion. The regimental unit was engaged in several long-distance raid drills.

Although it is more difficult to replenish war horses, it is relatively easy to replenish mules and horses. After deploying a large number of mules and horses, the marching ability of the Ning army was greatly enhanced. The large number of applications of wheelbarrows and two-wheeled vehicles also enabled the sword and shield soldiers of the Ning Guojun to form a support point for the attack or defense of squads and platoon-level teams around the above-mentioned vehicles.

After taking the regiment as the basic tactical unit, the three main battle battalions under the regiment were basically configured according to one battalion of pikemen, one battalion of crossbowmen, and one battalion of sword and shield soldiers. In mountainous areas or towns, the main force is sword and shield soldiers.

Several regiment-level offensive and defensive exercises, Li Congyi also invited senior officials of Xuanzhou Mansion to observe, and the scene of the drill made the senior officials of Xuanzhou Mansion very excited. Everyone no longer knows the soldiers, and they also know that this new army after the reorganization of Jiang Guogong is really a first-class strong army.

When Jiang Guogong started to engage in the east and west, Gao Jingtong only watched from the sidelines; When Jiang Guogong began to stretch out his hand to Ning Guojun, Gao Jingtong stayed away; But when Jiang Guogong revealed his ability to govern the army, Gao Jingtong couldn't help but feel a heart ready to move; When he saw that the new army of Ningguo was about to be trained, Gao Jingtong was naturally hot, Jiang Guogong relied on this to strengthen the army, and he may not be able to carry out the story of Song Zhao Chenqiao (referring to Zhao Kuangyin Chenqiao Mutiny)!

It is true that it is extremely ruthless to train this strong army and spend money, but Jiang Guogong's ability to make money is even more breathtaking. Now Jiangnan Bank has borrowed 200,000 taels of silver from Xuanzhou Government, and all this money has been smashed to Ning Guojun. However, only a dozen people in the state government know about this loan from the state government, and they have not reported it.

Gao Jingtong listened to Jiang Guogong and Tang Puze's chatter, and at the same time, he was thinking, how did Tang Puze realize Jiang Guogong's extraordinaryness at the beginning? Could this be the difference between me and Lord Changshi?

At this time, Li Congyi was saying goodbye to Tang Puze, Gao Jingtong and Xu Shiming at Xuancheng Ferry. Tang Puze and Xu Shiming went to Jiangzhou and Nanchang, Du Chengyin had already selected the address of the flagship store of Xuanzhou Commerce and Trade in Jiangzhou and Nanchang, and Xu Shiming also kept going back and forth between Jiangzhou and Nanchang, staying for a month to prepare for two branches. Xu Meilan is a woman after all, and this kind of preparation needs to deal with all kinds of people, so it is better for Xu Shiming to do this with the title of vice chairman of Jiangnan Bank.

Tang Puze went to Jiangzhou and then to Nanchang, and the trip took a month; Li Congyi was worried that the river would not be peaceful in September, so he asked Tang Puze and Xu Shiming to return to Xuanzhou via Raozhou and Shezhou. Of course, Li Congyi can't be a god, and he clearly said that Zhao Song would kill Tang in September. Li Congyi's reason is that the Yongshan Coal Mine near Leping in Raozhou is the first out-of-state coal mine opened by Xuanmei (it doesn't matter if Xuan Coal is on the surface of the coal mine opened in Huzhou), and Shezhou is the rear of Xuanzhou.

Li Congyi and Gao Jingtong also set off on the same day to inspect various counties. A group of staff officers will also set off, and they will bring a variety of drawing tools to draw maps along the way, and they will be used as training troops.

The war is imminent, Li Congyi is not worried about what moths will come out of the counties, but if Li Congyi can't go this circle, the effect will be different. Moreover, Li Congyi had also drawn up a plan with the General Staff Office of the Guogong Mansion, once the Tang and Song Dynasty wars broke out, Wang Damu would immediately take the lead in organizing the conscription of 10,000 recruits from the three brigades in Jingde, Jingxian, Nanling, and Taiping counties, which had not been conscripted before, as reserves or supplementary troops. At that time, if the county government fully cooperates, the efficiency will naturally be higher.

Xuancheng County is the lifeblood of Li Congyi, and Li Congyi's industry and commerce, especially heavy industry, are all in Xuancheng. Ningguo County, on the other hand, is close to Xuancheng and connected by the Shuiyang River, so it has undoubtedly obtained the economic spillover effect brought by Xuancheng, a strong industrial county.

Wang Wei's Ningguo lime and Ningguo bricks and tiles rely on the mountain and stone resources of Ningguo County, so the factory site is 20 miles north of Ningguo County. With the establishment of two companies and the construction of roads and dedicated roads here, a town was formed. In order to curb Wang Wei's influence in this place, Wu Wenyan of Ningguozhi County set up a township here, named Liuxi Town, and set up a comprehensive management office, a finance and taxation office, and a village and town construction office under the town. After the implementation of the overall land collection, storage and sale in Xuancheng Dukou Street, Wu Wenyan was also greatly inspired, and painted gourds in Liuxi Town, which also achieved good results.

There is no shortage of capable people in the world. Xuanzhou Construction engaged in BOT to build a reservoir, or from the county government to outsource the construction of a reservoir, this kind of thing ordinary people can't do, but learn the real estate development model of Xuancheng Dukou New Town, this is simple. There are now several new real estate development companies in Liuxi Township that have bought land from the county land reserve bureau and are preparing to develop terraced houses.

Li Congyi and Gao Jingtong traced the Shuiyang River upstream, and the first stop to Ningguo County was Liuxi Town. Wu Wenyan, the county magistrate of Ningguo, had already brought a group of local figures with heads and faces to greet him.

Liuxi Town can be said to be a product of Li Congyi's new policy, and it is also the most economically active place in Ningguo County. The value-added tax paid by a town every month is enough to cover the land tax of half of the county in that month.

Li Congyi's schedule in Liuxi Town is also quite close, and in the morning, he first listened to the reports of the mayor and deputy mayor of Liuxi Town on the current situation in Liuxi Town, and the situation was of course very good. Then he had a discussion with the people of various companies in Liuxi Town. At the beginning, he was still restrained, and he chose some good things to say to Jiang Guogong. However, when someone came forward, asked the question first, and got a positive response from Jiang Guogong, everyone opened the conversation.

Liuxi Town can be said to be an emerging industrial and commercial town, but it seriously lacks various supporting facilities, infrastructure is not in place, and there is no planning for urban development. Compared with the ferry street in Xuancheng established under the personal guidance of Li Congyi, there is naturally a big gap. Officials in Ningguo County and Liuxi Town didn't realize it, but the executives of each company often went to Xuancheng, and they personally experienced the difference between the management of the two places.

Li Congyi planned to set up the Xuanzhou Cadre Academy in order to raise the quality of local officials in developing the local economy. Li Congyi summed up his speech and summarized everyone's demands, except for a very small number of problems that were assigned to counties and towns to solve on the spot, most of them could not give answers for a while, and could only say that they would go back and come up with policies and measures.

Even so, for the chairman or general manager or actual controller of each company, it is already an amazing feeling that a national prince and the governor of a state can listen to everyone's speeches in this way and respond positively. Even Wang Wei has to admit that Jiang Guogong is both lofty and approachable, and he only used one symposium to grasp people's hearts to death.

The run on Jiangnan Bank did not bring damage to Jiang Guogong, but gave Jiang Guogong's silver dollar an assist, and Wang Wei did not remove his position as chairman of Ningguo Lime and Ningguo Zhuanwa, after all, there was a knot in the founder's heart, and he was reluctant to give up power. This will also rush to Ningguo County.

In the afternoon, Li Congyi went to inspect Ningguo Lime. Ningguo Lime is now the largest taxpayer in Liuxi Town, but it is a necessary trip. Wang Wei accompanied and explained the whole process, mentioning the optimization and improvement of Ningguo Lime in kiln design, single kiln capacity, maintaining kiln temperature, and fuel from wood to coal, Li Congyi was quite happy, and instructed Wu Wenyan, the county governor of Ningguo, to encourage Ningguo Lime to become stronger and bigger.

Wang Wei knew that Li Congyi's instruction was actually a hint that Jiang Guogong did not take the run on Jiangnan Bank to heart. However, Wang Wei thinks more than that.

"Lord Guogong, the villain has an idea and wants to hear the adult's guidance." Wang Wei said: "Xuanzhou Construction has set up a new cement company, and this cement is countless times stronger than the use of lime. If Ningguo Lime and Xuanzhou Cement can be combined, cement can be directly produced in Liuxi Town, and then marketed in Jiangnan, which can be more in line with the concept of 'win-win' and 'win-win' that Guogong often says. ”

This Wang Wei has quite an idea. Li Congyi said: "This morning, listening to the companies talking about the problem, my father thinks that for the rapid development of Liuxi Town, there must be two things to do urgently, one is that the road from the kiln to the wharf needs to build a double line, and open transportation to all families, and allow each family to build branch line access. To do this, you need to set up the road as a single company, and each company uses the road for transportation, and each can pay the freight. Second, the wharf is reconstructed and expanded, and at the same time, it is also necessary to build gantry crane facilities like Xuancheng Ferry to facilitate the transfer between the wharf and the cargo ship, and it is also necessary to build various warehouses around the wharf for transshipment and storage. It's just that behind these two things is silver. ”

Li Congyi paused for a moment, and said: "Cement production is inseparable from power, and with waterwheels as the driving force, it is necessary to build waterwheels, which requires the construction of factories by the riverside." This one requires a lot of silver. Which of these three places should not invest tens of thousands of silver? ”

Li Congyi looked at Wang Wei: "Chairman Wang, who is also the president of the Hubu Bank, if he can bring a loan of more than 100,000 taels of silver to Ningguo County and do these major things, this joint establishment of Ningguo Cement Company is a trivial matter." He added, "Chairman Wang has also been in Ningguo County for many years, and Ningguo County can be regarded as half of his hometown, right?" Contributing to the economic construction of the hometown is also a great thing for the country and the people. ”

Gao Jingtong and Wu Wenyan were half a step behind, and at this time they suppressed their steps and did not let others follow, and they were also secretly shocked when they heard the conversation between Wang Wei and Li Congyi.

Wang Wei wants to partner with Jiang Guogong, others may be shocked, but Tang Puze has already explained it to everyone. After the run on Jiangnan Bank, Tang Puze talked about his thoughts at the regular meeting of the Guogong Mansion: "In my opinion, Zhang Xun's rectification of this matter is not really about what to do to Jiang Guogong, but to put on a show for the Guogong to see." ”

Tang Puze woke up at this point, and Gao Jingtong suddenly became enlightened. First, Zhang Xun had engaged in a run, and he started too early, and at this time, the business volume of Jiangnan Bank had not yet risen, and it was easy to be discovered if there was a slight change; The second is that Zhang Yifei is so vigorous and mobilizes many businessmen and wealthy families, although it has created momentum for Hubu Bank, but in the end it is Jiangnan Bank that profits. Tang Puze also felt that Zhang Xun's plan this time was not level, and it turned out that this was also a plan.

understood this, and listened to Wang Wei's suggestion at this time, and felt that it was indeed the case.

Jiang Guogong's reaction is interesting, he actually asked the Hubu Bank to lend a loan to Ningguo County, and it was not less than 100,000 taels. The bank has not yet issued a decent loan, after all, it is not easy to find a loan object. The Hubu Bank has already done some usury business in Qianzhuang, and it may have put a lot of money, but if it puts usury in Jinling City, it will eventually be able to have a scale of tens of thousands of taels.

Wang Wei secretly thought in his heart: Jiang Guogong's request is more like pulling the bank of the Ministry of Accounts.

From Ningguo Lime Company, the next visit point is a company called Du Qian Real Estate Development, in order to meet Jiang Guogong's inspection, the house has just been built, but the sales office can be neat. Looking at the planning map above, Li Congyi was stunned: "One household? ”

Li Congyi doesn't know what the strength of Duqian Real Estate Development Company is, but it must be related to being listed in Li Congyi's itinerary. But in any case, if you can innovate on the basis of Li Congyi's townhouse, instead of copying it, you are a talent.

The so-called one-family building is a small villa built on the street. Compared with the terraced houses, each household has its own small front yard, with the main entrance facing the avenue and the back door having an alley. Without a large fence, the street is a public road, which is actually more in line with the needs of medium-sized families today, and the cost is not much more than that of terraced houses.

"One household?" Hearing Jiang Guogong's new term, everyone didn't react for a moment, and then they all applauded. This house is called a house, but it seems to be boastful; Follow the Xuancheng Ferry New Town to call it a townhouse, which is not quite right. However, although the word "one-family construction" is a bit awkward, it can quite reflect the characteristics of this type of room.