After Xu Guangqi left Beijing, it was heralded that the war in Liaodong would start at least one month, and Wang Qi would receive reports from Liaodong almost every day during this time, about the use of troops, about the dispatch of generals, about the layout of the war, and about the deployment of troops in Houjin.

Although far away in the capital, Wang Qi still controls the progress of the war in the entire Liaodong, almost all the Liao affairs are sparse, without going through the cabinet, but the celebrant supervisor, all the excerpts, the secret letter must first go through the special military department, after Wang Qi's approval, before entering the inner palace and arriving at the imperial table of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

At this moment, in the study, Wang Qi lowered his head and was flipping through the three letters sent from Liaodong.

The first letter, Xiong Tingbi's handwritten letter, explained why it was decided to choose Zu Dashou as the vanguard officer, when to use troops against Houjin, and at the same time gave a detailed interpretation of Houjin's troop arrangement, and at the end of the letter, a pair of jasper Xianluan was offered to apologize.

The second letter was a letter written by Zu Dashou to greet Lang Guogong respectfully, which vaguely mentioned that if Wang Qi did not allow it, he would not take the initiative to serve as the chief soldier of the Jin Qianfeng.

As for the third letter, it is Qin Erbao's letter, which is mainly an introduction and description of the recent situation in Liaodong, and he has no complaints about whether to serve as the vanguard commander, after all, Wang Qi has already written to warn him that Liaodong is deep and cannot be greedy for merit.

When Wang Qi was in the office, in the study, there was a woman in a plain skirt and a silver hairpin, who was sitting not far from Wang Qi, holding the account book in her hand, quietly looking at Lang Guogong not far away.

After a while, Wang Qi raised his head: "Why don't you read it?" ”

Wang Nan came today to report to Wang Qi on the business situation of the Beijing Commercial Bank, and in the rest of the month, the Sihai Commercial Bank has opened three commercial houses in the capital and the entire Shuntian Province to connect the commercial trade between Shanxi and Shandong, as well as the Gyeonggi region.

It can be said that it is a daily income and a lot of profits.

"Your Excellency, you don't seem to care much about these things." Wang Nan frowned, she didn't like the feeling of being ignored.

Although she is a woman and was sent to the capital by her uncle to help Lang Guogong deal with business matters, Wang Nan asked himself that in business, this famous Lang Guogong is inferior to himself.

And he has only been in Beijing for more than a month, and he has already earned nearly 5,000 taels of silver for Wang Qi's mansion, which is not revenue, but pure net profit.

"With your sister and brother here, I don't have to worry about anything," Wang Qi touched his chin and continued to look down at the letter, he was going to reply to Xiong Tingbi and a few people in a while, and Lu Yu and a few officers in charge of the military department would come to the door to discuss the issue of soldiers' armor and weapons, as well as the cultivation of war horses and horses, there were too many things, and Wang Qi sometimes couldn't care about Wang Nan.

"Don't you have anything to say?" Wang Nan is not the kind of beautiful and glamorous woman, but she is unusually heroic, wearing the robe of the left, she is the beautiful son of the turbid world, at this moment, a pair of beautiful eyebrows are slightly twisted, obviously unhappy.

Wang Qi raised his head again and looked at this arrogant woman: "The opening of the commercial bank, in addition to paying attention to maintaining the relationship between the upstream and downstream, should also pay attention to attracting several local merchants in the capital to form a business alliance, it doesn't matter if we make less money ourselves, but the market share of the entire business must be maintained at a balanced node, and other families must be given a way to live, and they can live a long time if they have money to earn together." ”

"With your name here, who else in the entire capital dares to stand out?" Wang Nan was a little incredible.

"You also know that it is because of my identity that I have achieved such an achievement," Wang Qi smiled and asked.

"This" Wang Nanqiao blushed.

"The name of my grandfather will not be useful forever, but interests can closely unite everyone and tie them together, no matter how the government and the opposition change, interests will always be the most real," Wang Qi changed his head and added: "Shandong's grain, official salt, silk, seafood, the source of these goods, you must tell your family clearly, not too profit-seeking, to leave room for survival and development in the upstream, so that we can live for a long time." ”

Regarding Wang Qi's words, Wang Nan nodded thoughtfully: "Got it." ”

"If you don't have anything to do, go back first, I may not be able to entertain you here, you can do the affairs of the business house yourself, if you have any ideas that you can't take, or problems that can't be solved, come to me again," Wang Qi had already issued an order to evict customers.

"The slave family said goodbye." Wang Nan slowly got up and saluted Wang Qi.

After a while, Wang Nan walked out of the house and glanced back at the window. The candlelight silhouette reflected Wang Qi's figure a little blurred, and with the shaking of the candle flame, his figure also had a hint of jumping.

Retracting his gaze and hiding the helplessness in his eyes deeply, Wang Nan left slowly.

In the study, Wang Qi drank a small bowl of porridge with vegetables and shrimp, thought for a while, and began to write back.

Around the end of Shen Shi, Wang Shouxin's voice sounded outside the door: "My lord, Lu Yu and several officials from the military department have arrived and are waiting in the front hall. ”

The candle flame was beating, Wang Qi had already received several letters, the pen stopped, and he rubbed his eyes before saying, "Bring them over." ”

"Xiaguan see Lang Guogong!"

Lu Yu was in front, with a few military chiefs, and paid homage to Wang Qi.

"Sit down," sitting on the chair of Huanghuali, Wang Qi slowly drank the tea after eating.

"Grandpa Guo, judging from the current situation, the military department will be able to gather 3,000 pairs of armor, 50,000 arrow clusters, and nearly 1,000 good horses in a month, which is the biggest limit," Lu Yu first looked at a few colleagues before reporting to Wang Qi.

"I don't mention the armor and good horses, but the arrow clusters are far from enough," Wang Qi shook his head: "The Arsenal Clearance Division of the Ministry of War, the Frame Division can be robbed, cheated, and borrowed, but after a month, I want 200,000 bow clusters"

"Two hundred thousand?"

Cold sweat immediately broke out from his forehead, and he swallowed his saliva before saying, "Grandpa Guo, 200,000 arrow clusters, just rely on."

"I don't care what method you use, in a month, 200,000 arrow clusters will be sent to Liaodong!" Wang Qi looked at a few cold sweaty military department directors: "You can borrow the treasury, military equipment, and guard stocks in various places, you can use the name of the military department, you can use my warrant, but if you borrow and return, you can return it within a year, and I can ask you for it." ”

In fact, in recent years, the Ministry of War has made great progress in the iron casting process and cooling and sealing process, but it is still far behind the Yiren of the same era in terms of scale and process.

Taking advantage of this Liaodong war, Wang Qi could justifiably intervene in the various divisions of the treasury frame of the Ministry of War.

Wang Qi and Xu Guangqi discussed, and when the affairs of Liaodong were completed, they would submit it to the Imperial Court, and propose that the Imperial Court establish a new scientific and industrial association under the Yamen under the Ministry of War, to specialize in the study of artillery and firearm improvement methods.

War has always been a catalyst for the progress of productive forces, and Wang Qi is convinced of this.

(End of chapter)