Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 187: Conspiracy for the World
  After Xu Guangqi left Beijing, it indicated that the war in Liaodong would begin within at least a month. During this period, Wang Qi would receive reports from Liaodong almost every day, regarding the use of troops, the dispatch of generals, the war layout, and the strength of Hou Jin's troops. layout.

Although he was far away in the capital, Wang Qi still controlled the progress of the entire Liaodong war. Almost all the memorials on Liao affairs were not reported to the cabinet, but to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. All confidential messages had to go through the Special Military Department first, and then After Wang Qi reviewed it, it could be presented to the inner palace and arrived at Emperor Tianqi's table.

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

The first letter is Xiong Tingbi's personal letter, explaining why he decided to choose Zu Dashou as the vanguard officer, when to use troops against Hou Jin, and also gave a detailed explanation of Hou Jin's military deployment. At the end of the letter, he presented a pair of Jasper Xianluan. , to express my apology.

The second letter was a letter written by Zu Dashou to respectfully greet Duke Lang. He implicitly mentioned that if Wang Qi refused, he would not take the initiative to serve as the commander-in-chief of the vanguard to destroy the Jin Dynasty.

As for the third letter, it was Qin Erbao's letter. It mainly introduced and described the recent situation in Liaodong. He had no complaints about whether to serve as the vanguard general. After all, Wang Qi had already written to warn him that the water in Liaodong was deep. , don’t be greedy for merit.
  While Wang Qi was working, there was a woman in the study wearing a plain skirt and a silver hairpin, sitting not far away from Wang Qi, holding an account book in her hand and looking quietly at Duke Lang not far away.
  After a long while, Wang Qi raised his head: "Why don't you read it?"

Wang Nan came to report to Wang Qi today on the business status of the commercial banks in the capital. In more than a month, Sihai Commercial Bank has opened three commercial banks in the capital and the entire Shuntian Prefecture to connect the commercial trade between Shanxi, Shandong and Gyeonggi.

It can be said that you make money every day and make huge profits.

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

Although she was a woman who was sent to the capital by her uncle to help Duke Lang handle business matters, Wang Nan asked herself that in business, this well-known Duke Lang was not as good as herself.

Moreover, he had only arrived in Beijing for more than a month, and he had already earned nearly 5,000 taels of silver for Wang Qi's house. This was 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 read the letter. He would reply to Xiong Tingbi and others, and Lu Yu and several officers from the Ministry of War would visit him later. There were so many things to discuss about soldiers' armor and weapons, as well as the cultivation of good war horses, that Wang Qi sometimes couldn't care about Wang Nan.

"Don't you have anything to say?" Wang Nan is not that kind of beautiful woman, but she is extremely heroic. Putting on the left-hand robe, she is a handsome young man in troubled times. At this moment, her beautiful eyebrows are slightly twisted, and it is obvious that Feeling unhappy.

"Um" Wang Qi raised his head again and looked at this extremely arrogant woman: "When opening a commercial bank, in addition to paying attention to maintaining upstream and downstream relationships, we also need to pay attention to attracting several local merchants in the capital to form a business alliance. Let's make less money ourselves. Money doesn’t matter, but the market share of the entire business must be maintained at a balanced node, and other companies must be given a way to survive. Only by making money together can we survive for a long time.”

"With your name here, who else in the entire capital dares to come forward?" Wang Nan was a little surprised.

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

"This" Wang Nan blushed.

"My title as the Duke of the country will not always be useful, but interests can closely unite and bind everyone together. No matter how the government and the opposition change, interests will always be the most real," Wang Qi said After a turn, he added: "Shandong's grain, official salt, silk and satin, marine goods, the source of these goods, you must make it clear with your family, you can't be too profit-seeking, and we must leave room for survival and development for the upstream, so that we can survive long."

Regarding Wang Qi's words, Wang Nan nodded thoughtfully: "I understand."

"If you have nothing to do, go back first. I may not be able to entertain you here. You can handle the business of the trading company yourself. If you have any problems that you can't make up your mind or can't be solved, come to me again." Wang Qi has already issued an eviction order. . "I say goodbye." Wang Nan stood up slowly and saluted Wang Qi.

Not long after, Wang Nan walked out of the house and looked back at the window. The candlelight silhouette made Wang Qi's figure somewhat blurry, and as the candlelight swayed, his figure even jumped a little.

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

In the study, Wang Qi drank a small bowl of vegetable, shrimp and meat porridge, thought for a while, and then began to write a reply.

At about the end of Shenshi, Wang Shouxin's voice sounded outside the door: "Sir, Lu Yu and several officials from the Ministry of War have arrived and are waiting in the front hall."

The candlelight flickered. Wang Qi had already collected several letters. He stopped with his pen and rubbed his eyes before saying, "Bring them here."

"I'm here to see Duke Lang!"

Lu Yu was in front, leading several officers from the Ministry of War to pay homage to Wang Qi.

"Sit down." Sitting on the huanghuali armchair, Wang Qi slowly drank the post-dinner digestion tea.

"My lord, judging from the current situation, the Ministry of War will be able to gather 3,000 pairs of armor, 50,000 arrow clusters, and nearly 1,000 good horses in one month's time. This is the maximum limit," Lu Yu First, he looked at several colleagues before reporting to Wang Qi.

"Not to mention the armor and good horses, but the arrow clusters are far from enough." Wang Qi shook his head: "The Ministry of War arsenal cleans the official department and the carriage department. You can rob, deceive, and borrow. But in a month, I want 200,000 bows. cluster"

"Two hundred thousand?"

Cold sweat immediately broke out on the forehead of the head of the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War. He swallowed before saying: "My lord, two hundred thousand arrow clusters, just rely on..."

"I don't care what method you use, one month later, 200,000 arrow clusters will be sent to Liaodong!" Wang Qi looked at several heads of the Ministry of War who were sweating coldly: "The treasury, military equipment, and garrison inventory of various places, You can borrow it, you can use the name of the Military Department, you can use my warrant, but you can pay it back if you borrow it, and you can return it within a year, and I can ask for it for you."

In fact, the Ministry of War's iron casting technology and cooling and sealing technology have made great progress in recent years, but it is still far behind the contemporaries of the Yi people in terms of scale and process.

Taking advantage of the Liaodong War, Wang Qi could legitimately join the Treasury and Vehicle Frame Departments of the Ministry of War.

Wang Qi and Xu Guangqi discussed that after the Liaodong affairs were completed, they would submit a memorial and propose to the court to establish a new Scientific and Industrial Association under the Yamen under the Ministry of War to study the improvement of artillery and muskets.
  War has always been a catalyst for the advancement of productivity, and Wang Qi firmly believes in this.

(End of this chapter)