Chapter 189 February Second Dragon Head Up
In February of the year of Yiyou, the weather basically warmed up, the ice and snow had already melted, and the flowers and trees began to sprout. The spring of the year began to quietly fly to the land of China. In the past few months, there has been no big war on the land of Kyushu, but small frictions have been continuous, especially between Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, as well as small battles between Wu Sangui and Nanming's army.
The Qing army in the north was very silent. Since the last time Liu Xia refused Dorge's request to redeem Azig, the Qing court has not moved. I don't know what he is planning. The court of the Southern Ming Dynasty is still singing and dancing, singing and dancing every day. Whenever he got the situation of Nanming, Liu Xia couldn't help saying: The warm wind made tourists drunk, and he turned Hangzhou into Bianzhou. Be sarcastic.
In January, Liu Xia established a Luoyang Bank, and then began to mint coins. Now Luoyang Bank has been removed from the jurisdiction of the Financial Secretary, so Liu Xia let Wang En serve as the Financial Secretary and also as the president of the bank. Liu Xia still feels that there are not many people who can make herself believe it now, so that those who used to follow her don't have many positions on their backs.
Not long after, Liu Xia's glass factory also opened. According to Liu Xia's requirements, this glass should be made into a beautiful mirror. Of course, some lenses should also be provided to make military telescopes. Of course, this mirror is sold. In this era, which of the royal family and nobles of Nanming in the Qing Dynasty is not rich? Which one is not rare, baby? Liu Xia can imagine that if his mirror is produced well, many people will come to buy it.
More than 40,000 soldiers are now in place, and those civil servants have also begun to go there to serve after the generals have cleaned up the local chaos. At the same time, Luoyang College and the Armament School have also begun to open for a long time. Among them, the Armament School began to open on January 16, and soldiers began to come to the Armaments School to sign up. Today is February 2nd. February 2nd is a good day. So Liu Xia decided to go to the Armaments School today to give a speech to the officers who entered the Armaments School in person.
The center of the armament school is a large lecture hall, which can accommodate thousands of people, and the scale of construction is not small. At this time, Liu Xia was standing on the high platform and giving a speech to the soldiers who had been promoted to officers because of their excellent achievements. Liu Xia combined the speeches of later generations, and then added some words to inspire the soldiers, which ushered in the warm applause of the soldiers from time to time.
"Well, that's all for my speech. General I hope that after you go out of this school, you will become more responsible, capable, educated, educated and courageous to fight for the great Han nation!"
"Papapa" suddenly there was a burst of applause below. Liu Xia smiled and went down to talk to the soldiers in person. Liu Xia's speech did not bring a speech. All of them were thinking about what to say, so it could infect the soldiers more.
"It's your awesome team. I've seen you." Liu Xia patted the big man in front of her. He really looked like that name, called Niu Er.
Niu Er didn't expect that Liu Xia would know him, and his face suddenly couldn't stop being so happy that he couldn't say anything excitedly. Liu Xia smiled, walked to another soldier and said, "You are Li Xu, a soldier of the third battalion of the former Lion Regiment."
Li said happily on his face, "General, general, I, I..."
Liu Xia happily patted Li Xu's shoulder and told him not to be nervous, but Li Xu suddenly cried and said, "General, general, I didn't enter the guard. I can't be your guard." At this time, Li Chu came from the original army to the armament school to study, and then was assigned to the Second Regiment of the Xiong Division as the squadron leader by the Military Division.
Liu Xia smiled and said, "It's okay. It's okay. Try to come back next time. Welcome to the Guard!"
When Liu Xia was talking to the soldiers in the Armament School, Wang En and Li Jingran were sitting in a room at this time, full of hundreds of people on both sides. All of them were businessmen in Luoyang and Henan Cheng announced that the political envoy had a face, and according to the investigation conducted by the personnel of the investigation, they were given Certificate of innocence.
Li Jingran stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Guys, calm down first. Listen to me. This is the general's strategy in order to make the currency circulate better and unify the currency. The government does not want your silver. As much money you can take out, the government will also exchange for you. Absolutely not less than one or two. At the same time, the Duke said that those who are willing to support the Duke will give preferential policies. Everyone knows that there are more than tens of thousands of merchants in Henan Province. Why do I only look for you? It's not that you are all innocent people and know the righteousness of the nation. Otherwise, I won't come to you.
After Li Jingran said, Wang En said, "This policy of the Guogong Government needs the support. Of course, if you don't support it, it doesn't matter. It's just that the preferential treatment on the policy is gone, and our logistics department will not give priority to any procurement in the future." Wang En talked about the procurement of the logistics department, which brightened the eyes of these merchants. After all, the logistics department purchases a large number of various things every year, which is a piece of fat meat.
A fat middle-aged man in his forties, his face was oily and said with a simple smile, "Support, how can we not support it? The Grand Duke is our hero, and he will not covet our little money. Today, I took out all the 20,000 taels of cash at home to exchange for the Duke.
Li Jingran suddenly smiled and hurriedly said to the document next to him, "Go and write down 20,000 taels of silver from Mr. Li, write down the name of Mr. Li on the roster, and notify me in time if there is a good policy in the future."
Wang En continued, "I heard that Li Yuanwai is in the fabric business."
Li Yuanwai said hurriedly, "Caomin is not only engaged in the cloth business, but also in the antique business."
Wang En said: "This year, 30% of the military uniforms of the army will be purchased in your store. Of course, you have to ensure that the fabric is strong. If it doesn't work, don't say that I won't give you priority. Mr. Li suddenly blushed and was very happy. He nodded and said, "That's right. If the adult finds that the cloth of the grass people is not good, he will burn it directly. In the future, the grass people will never do business again."
At a glance, Mr. Li only said one sentence and got 30% of the annual purchase of the military uniform factory, so they rushed to report their own property one by one.
"I'll take out 5,000 taels!"
"I'll pay 10,000 taels!"
"I'll pay three thousand!"
"Okay, thank you for your strong support. The government will remember your credit. If there is any good policy in the future, you will enjoy the priority. At the same time, the government will send you a certificate. With this certificate, if you commit some ordinary minor crimes in the future, it will be reduced."
After Wang En said, those businessmen smiled. Compared with the discount given by Liu Xia, this voucher was more important in their hearts, so they all thought in their hearts that there was no useless support.
Soon, everyone in the room said the silver they took out. According to the statistics, these people took out a total of 1.23 million taels of silver. Wang En and Li Jingran couldn't help looking at each other and smiling. After the merchants left, Li Jingran said, "Brother Wang, I don't know how many silver coins you have made."
Wang En smiled and said, "The 1.5 million taels of silver have now been converted into silver coins, and because of nine to one, we have 1.66 million yuan silver coins." Li Jingran smiled and said, "Okay, that's it. We have initially completed the task assigned to us by the general." Wang En said, "Well, I'll send someone to their house to bring money later, and then prepare to calculate. The war will begin next month, and our logistics department will give the soldiers the salary in February, so I'll go back first."
Li Jingran said, "Brother Wang, take your time."
According to the plan of the Military Department, troops will be dispatched to march on Shaanxi in mid-March. At the same time, the two brigades in Ruzhou and Guide have not been mobilized, constantly monitoring Wu Sangui's troops and the movements of the Qing army.