The Ming army sent an additional iron cavalry to reach 50,000, and Ma Gui took advantage of the city wall and Chu Fan's three-eyed eyes, and for a time actually resisted an army of 400,000 in Wangjing.

Just as the army was preparing to besiege Magui for a long time, there was another accident at Toyotomi Hideyoshi's house.

The son that the concubine gave birth to for him died young.

At this time, the civil strife rose again, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's family recommended Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nephew to inherit the throne, and his wife's family recommended another nephew to succeed to the throne, this next time the political scene of Poland was turbulent again, and the people who fought on the front line were afraid that they would fight here, but they didn't even know that the master had changed after returning home, so the 400,000 army retreated without a fight, and Wang Jing was able to breathe for the time being.

But because the information was not smooth at that time, Ma Gui did not know about the retreat of the second wave army, so he thought that he was using his own soldiers like a god and scared away the people of the second wave country, so he relaxed his vigilance and swaggered to drink tea and mix military salaries on the city tower, anyway, the king of North Korea did not invite himself to leave, and the Wanli Emperor did not let himself withdraw, so he continued to stay.

In fact, it doesn't matter if the mixed army is paid, after all, the country is close to the country, maybe it will come one day, and maybe it will be able to fight again.

As a result, Ma Gui saw that the people of Cibo had no intention of coming back for a few months, so he quietly withdrew 30,000 people, leaving only 20,000 people on the front line, but according to the scale of 50,000 people, he asked the imperial court to reimburse the war salary.

Who knew that the political internal strife on the side of the country soon ended and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nephew Toyotomi Hideren was determined as the successor.

Immediately afterwards, just went home and changed into a set of clothes, and hurriedly led the troops back to Wangjing, and when Magui got the news, the people of the second wave were almost under the city, and the previous 50,000 people were still stretched thin to guard 400,000 on the city wall, and now 20,000 people are tantamount to sheep entering the tiger's mouth.

It was also refreshing to be a little expensive, and he threw down the two Korean princes, and smeared oil on the soles of his feet - slipped.

As a result, he was ambushed by Konishi Fei halfway, suffered heavy casualties, and basically wiped out the entire army.

The military newspaper reported to Wanli said that the enemy was outnumbered, and the words such as being invincible were all false, in fact, there was no frontal battle, and all of them were killed by the people of Cibo.

In fact, there were only more than 1,000 people who actually retreated to Pyongyang.

After scolding Ma Gui, the matter still has to be dealt with, this will be the main force of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry has lost more than half, and if you want to counterattack the past, you will have to transfer troops from elsewhere, and the cost will be higher than the original.

It was really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, when the country was most short of money, Wanli wanted to save some money, send fewer troops, and block the second wave army, but he didn't want to not only hold Wangjing, but also lose Liaodong

The main force of the Iron Cavalry, now that they want to fight back, they don't know how much money they will spend.

Summoned everyone in the military department to discuss countermeasures, and said nonsense, but no one had a way to solve it, after all, fighting a war is fighting money, and whatever they say, it will eventually fall to a point - silver.

The poor emperor Wanli is worried about holding his cheeks, where is the money. As for the 50,000 people brought by Magui, they spent more than 100,000 taels in less than eight months, and this amount of money was barely supported by the state issuing treasury bonds and borrowing Chu Fan's 150,000 taels of silver.

Now that everyone has discussed, if they want to form a team of 50,000 people, it will cost at least 300,000 taels of silver, the key is that even if these 300,000 taels are taken out, it is still 50,000 people against 400,000, how can they be sure that they will win?

Speaking of which, either you don't fight, you have to fight at least 100,000 people, or at least 600,000 yuan.

600,000, 600,000, half a year's tax revenue of the imperial court, where to get it?

"Your Majesty, didn't the joint-stock company in the household department raise a million taels of silver recently, do you want that money?" Shi Xing, the secretary of the military department, arched his hand and started Chu Fan's idea.

Wanli waved his hand and said: "No, no, it is to be used to buy land and lease land cheaply, and it must not be misappropriated." ”

Shi Xing did not relent: "Your Majesty, you can still buy low-rent land in the future, but once North Korea is lost, the people of Cibo will directly face me in Liaodong, and the border is in danger." ”

"This 。。。。。 It's really not good, how can I tell Chu Fan about this. Wanli was very embarrassed, he promised Chu Fan that he would not interfere in the matter of reform, and now let the emperor use Chu Fan's financing for reform to fight, obviously to disrupt Chu Fan's plan.

"Your Majesty, military affairs, can't be child's play, the ambition of the Japanese slaves, everyone knows, which is more important, please consider it."

Wanli also knew the importance of the Korean war situation, and it took hundreds of thousands of taels in the early stage to beat the people of the second wave out of North Korea, and now he is really unwilling to give up.

Wanli, who had been thinking about it repeatedly, said to Gao Huai: "Let Lord Chu come here." ”

Chu Fan rushed to Wanli, and after listening to what happened, Chu Fan said in his heart: "The feelings are these bastards, they are eyeing my stock money, go to your grandmother's, and one mouth is 600,000 taels, if this is."

I gave it to you, and I don't know how much your military department will hack. ”

I want to think about it, but when it comes to it, I still have to have some scruples, after all, I am now a villain who is angry with everyone in the world, and if I can not offend people, I will try not to offend people.

"Your Majesty, let the ministers plan this matter, and then report it to His Highness."

After everyone dispersed, Chu Fan quietly ran to find Wanli.

"Your Majesty, the money from this stock can't be moved, and the financing money must buy enough low-rent land, otherwise there will be no way to force the landlords to sell their land, if they don't sell their land, the tenants will have to bear higher rents, and there will be no way to change the tax system."

"I also know that this money can't be moved, but now the situation in North Korea is one-sided, and seeing that the Japanese slaves are about to fight Pyongyang, if we don't care about it at that time, the North Korean Li clan will inevitably fall to the Japanese slaves, and then our Liaodong will be really in danger."

"However, the emperor, not to mention the reform, we issued shares, to make money for the shareholders, we bought the land, rented out, how to say that it is also profitable, the shareholders are also assured to put the money in the Royal Joint Stock Company, if you take this money to fight, once someone knows that we have no money, it will immediately form a run, if we can't get the money, the credibility of the royal shares will be gone, the people will no longer believe in us, how to finance in the future? Without money, how can we reform in the future? North Korea's land can be lost, but the country's credibility cannot be lost. ”

Wanli paced back and forth in the study, and he was also very clear about Chu Fan's difficulties in his heart, but since ancient times, the king died Sheji, isn't the so-called Sheji the country? If you lose a piece of land in your own hands, it will be a stain on your life, and the stakes are very high. After thinking about it, he said to Chu Fan: "Aiqing has difficulties, I know, but now at a critical juncture, I still have to balance all aspects of the relationship." ”

Chu Fan gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, if this is not the case, I will take out 100,000 taels here, first reorganize the main force of the iron cavalry, and do not advance, just defend in Pyongyang, as long as it can withstand a year and a half, our low-rent land and the heavenly and earthly living hall have income, and the stock has dividends, I will organize the second round of stock issuance, and if I do a good job at that time, I should be able to take out some more money to support the war, what do you think?" ”

"Alas, that's the only way to go, you allocate funds to the Ministry of War."

In fact, Chu Fan is hated, in addition to cleaning up the officials, another point is that he is rich, whether personally or at the national level, Chu Fan is an out-and-out rich man.

Chu Fan himself runs the Heaven and Earth Complex in Nanjing, the Soho Wine Store in Beijing, clothing stores and other businesses, and also owns a super mansion in Nanjing, and in the end there is enough money to borrow from the state, do you hate you or not? The income of people who have been officials for decades can't catch up with the results of your tossing for a few months, do you say that people are angry?

At the national level, now which department and province of the whole imperial court are short of money, not only lack money, but also set various tax targets by the Ministry of Household in accordance with the taxation law set by Zhang Juzheng, and they will be held accountable if they fail to complete it. But the household department, easily playing with a stock, got the country's tax revenue for most of the year, and Chu Fan can spend it casually, use it casually, do you say it's annoying?

Yes, everyone stared at Chu Fan's money bag and blushed, the Ministry of War had such a legitimate reason, of course, he also wanted to knock on a sum, 600,000 is just a statement, but if he really wants to win the second wave country, there are no three or four hundred thousand taels, it will definitely not work, but the result is waiting and waiting, under the coordination of the emperor, the household department only gave 100,000 taels, and the Ministry of War Shangshu Shi Xing was disappointed, and he stomped his feet angrily, not only could he not be greedy for money, but now he didn't even have enough basic expenses.

But it is better to give than not to give, let's take it to deal with the war first, at least keep Pyongyang first, and not let the second wave army advance again.

But Shi Xing made a serious mistake.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the defeated are responsible, and the responsibility this time is very obvious, that is, Magui is careless, of course, Magui will not admit that he embezzled military salaries, which led to defeat.

Since Ma Gui is responsible for the defeat, then he should be punished, but Shi Xingqian should not have done anything wrong, he actually attacked Ma Gui, who was still defending in North Korea, and sent Tie Lin, the general soldier of Shaanxi and Gansu, to North Korea to replace Ma Gui.

Ma Gui was greedy for money, so he secretly reduced his troops by 30,000, which led to failure, and he came back either beheaded or removed from his post for investigation, in fact, if he was given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, he would not dare to be greedy anymore, and he would definitely fight more attentively, but Tie Lin, the new Shaanxi and Gansu general soldiers, did not think so.

Shaanxi and Gansu have been remote and poor since ancient times, and it is really impossible to make much money as a general soldier there, and in recent years, in addition to a small-scale peasant uprising, there is basically no war, and Tie Lin, the general soldier, has nowhere to be greedy.

It's good now, transferred from Shaanxi and Gansu to Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and still fighting, Tie Lin almost woke up from his dream with a smile, and went to Pyongyang to take office, look at the posture, where is the war? It's clearly going to dig for gold.

The 100,000 snowflake silver of the imperial court soon followed Tie Lin's appointment and allocated it to the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and Tie Lin chose the principle of meeting and dividing half, and only used less than 60,000 silver to reintegrate the original left-behind team of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry plus the soldiers who ran back from the defeat of Korea, and made a team of more than 20,000 people and pulled it to Pyongyang.

Although it was less than 100,000 taels, it did not have much impact on Chu Fan's great cause of reform, after all, 100,000 taels was not a big hole compared to the business of the Beijing Heaven and Earth Comprehensive Life Hall.

Since the opening of Beijing Heaven and Earth, the degree of business is far better than Nanjing, because there are many officials in the capital, there are many relatives of the emperor and the country, and the level of consumption is actually higher than that of the rich Jiangnan, and the goods operated by Chu Fan in the capital are also significantly higher than Nanjing, because in addition to the rich people here, there are more people from official families, these noblewomen and sons have higher tastes than those rich people in Nanjing, and they are more willing to consume, and they are more willing to consume, which is more than half higher than the profits of Beijing Heaven and Earth.

In order to speed up the development of the company, Chu Fan in addition to buying land, but also bought a large piece of private houses in the capital, built a building, more than a dozen six-storey residential buildings rose from the ground, each building has three units, the large house type inside has five rooms, the small one has two, each set has a new style of toilet and kitchen, through Chu Fan's design, the top of each floor is set up with a large water tank, residents living here can directly open the faucet from the kitchen, there is water outflow, the toilet is no longer a dry toilet, but a water-flushing ceramic thatched pit, after going to the toilet, Press the water tank to flush the poop away.

"High-end life starts from a residential area on heaven and earth."

China's first real estate advertisement was born in Beijing.

As people came to the model room in the residential area and listened to the introduction of the shopping guide, many people began to pay for the subscription.

After all, the draught is not picky, the toilet is not smelly life, for the middle class of society, is too tempting, higher buildings, the sun is more bright and bright, so that people who live in the bungalow all the year round, for the first time at home and the sun have intimate contact. Buy a big house, not so much money, buy a building, cost-effective, as long as you don't pay attention to the courtyard garden pomp, living here can be described as extremely convenient, comfortable to talk to

With the completion of Building No. 12, the first batch of subscribers have lived in the building, which can be said to be unknowing, a hard to live, not to mention decent, comfortable or uncomfortable, this kind of high-tech lifestyle, it is enough to make the middle class who are not enough to be more than the top and more than the bottom to boast for a long time.

Living in a building and enjoying convenience has become a fashionable way of life, but anyone who lives in a small attic or a small courtyard house wants to move into a clean and bright building one day.

Since then, the real estate branch of the Royal Joint Stock Company has become another important pillar of the joint stock company.

If it is said that the living hall is a monopoly on everyone's daily consumption, then the real estate branch is equivalent to starting everyone's idea of coffin board, and making almost all your life savings at one time.

In terms of earning power, it far exceeds the living hall project.

Seeing that the various businesses of the Royal Joint-Stock Company are getting more and more popular, the price of the outstanding shares of the Royal Shares is also rising, from one tael of silver to four taels of one share, and the entire company's projects are booming.

On this day, Chu Fan took the summary accounts and reported to Wanli.

"Your Majesty, the first round of financing plus the principal of the imperial court totaled 1.1 million taels, and later the Ministry of War borrowed 100,000 taels, which is equivalent to a total of 1 million taels for us at that time, and now the rent recovered through the purchase of land and rental, the living hall project, the heaven and earth residential area project, etc., has made a total profit of 600,000 taels."

Wanli looked at the accounts, nodded frequently, and said: "Sure enough, I didn't mistake you, I have achieved results in just half a year, that means that you now have 1.6 million taels in your hand?" ”

Chu Fan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the case, because the investment property has not been sold, the hoarded goods have not been sold, the stocks circulating in the market have not been hedged with the internal additional issuance, and the purchased land is still being rented, these are all invisible assets, not real money, and now in my hands, it is only 500,000 taels of silver, but our total assets have reached 1.6 million." ”

"Then if you say that, aren't we at a loss? You had a million taels at the beginning, and now you have 500,000 taels left? ”

Chu Fan said with a smile: "No, the emperor, how can I explain it to you?" The land we have now is worth 600,000 taels, and the value of the unsold buildings and living houses has reached 1.6 million. ”

"Well, I see, but what's the point of us issuing shares? Just to borrow money? ”

"No, no, no, the power of the stock has not yet been reflected, but now our outstanding shares have quadrupled, as long as the results are announced next month and the dividends are paid to shareholders, we can immediately start the additional issuance, and when the time comes, the cash on hand can immediately triple it."

"Oh, okay, I don't understand anyway, so you just watch the toss."

"Yes, I will obey the emperor's will."

Back at the house, Chu Fan went to Shen Wei's room, picked up his second daughter Chu Tingting, and looked at Shen Wei who was doing the accounts tenderly.

Shen Wei's production went smoothly in the first few months, and she successfully gave birth to another daughter for Chu Fan, Chu Fan named her second daughter Chu Tingting, and Shen Wei, who was out of confinement, was a lot richer, and while breastfeeding the child, she also helped her husband take care of the company's finances.

"Xianggong is back?"

But it wasn't Shen Wei who asked, but Zhang Yutong also entered Shen Wei's room from the outside.

Zhang Yutong took the hand of her eldest daughter Chu Pingping and stepped into Shen Wei's room, Chu Pingping ran over and hugged Chu Fan and shouted, "Dad, you're back." ”

Chu Fan hugged his second daughter in one hand, and put his eldest daughter on his lap with the other, and said with a smile: "God really blessed me to have two such lovely daughters, and the two ladies are fortunate." ”

Shen Wei was still a little shy, and said: "You are busy with political affairs all day long, and my sister came to help me take care of the children, so I thought about buying some good jewelry for my sister, but my sister first bought Tingting such a big longevity lock." ”

As she spoke, Shen Wei opened a jewelry bag on the case and took out a pure gold longevity lock.

Seeing this longevity lock, Chu Fan was startled at first, and suddenly remembered the scene when the emperor came to the door to deliver the longevity lock, longevity lock, longevity lock, can really make children live a long life? Or are you here to ask for your life?

"Well, then put it on for the child, Wei'er hurry up and make the plan for the second round of financing, I think the time is almost right, and before the first dividend, prepare the additional issuance plan in advance." Chu Fan said, took Zhang Yutong's hand and walked out of the house together.