Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 261 Premeditated military exploits (3)
Murong Ning let out a sigh of relief, looked at his grandson solemnly and said, "This girl...is really not easy!"

After thinking for a while, he stood up and walked to the wall on one side of the study. On the wall hung a map of the territory of the Suye Dynasty.

With his hands behind his back, he stared at the waterways on the territory map, unable to speak for a long time.

Murong Yu stood beside him, "The amount of work to dig the canal is too great, and it can't be completed in a year or so. It can only be done in summer every year. In any case, it can't keep up with this war."

Murong Ning shook his head slowly, "No, this war may not be over within a year."

"Then what do you mean..." Murong Yu looked at his grandfather in amazement. He was trained by his grandfather. He thought he could understand his grandfather's thoughts. When he heard his grandfather's words, he instinctively realized what was going on. .

Murong Ning narrowed his eyes and said, "If we can dig a few rivers through, and then widen the narrower rivers, so that we can use large ships, it will be much easier to transport food and supplies to the border in the future..."

"But..." Murong Yu hesitantly raised an objection. "The national treasury is empty, even if the emperor agrees, there is not so much money!"

"But you are rich!" Murong Ning's words left the grandson speechless.

"But that money is used for great things." Murong Yu was reluctant to take out all the silver left by his grandmother, because he didn't know if the 50 yuan was enough for the construction of the city wall to protect the country at the border.

Although Gu Qingmei said that if it is not enough, she will subsidize herself, but her business has just started now, and she has no money at all. For things like building fortifications, no matter how much money is thrown into it, it is not enough.

"Besides, now that I am ordered to build the city wall to protect the country, it is time to employ people. I am afraid that millions of corvees will be conscripted. Where can I find so many people to dig canals? Also, there is a war and a conscription. , How many people can use Suye Dynasty?" Murong Yu's worry is not unreasonable.

The population base is shown here. The Suye Dynasty has a total population of only tens of millions. Excluding the elderly, women, and children, there is only so much strong labor available.

It can’t be because of the war and the construction of fortifications that no one will farm the land. These strong laborers still have to farm the land to ensure the supply of food, and they have to conscript corvee to build the city wall to protect the country. Give enough manpower.

Murong Ning suddenly smiled, "Go and ask that girl from the Gu family to see if she has any ideas."

"Okay!" Murong Yu nodded in agreement, not feeling ashamed at all for relying on a woman for her ideas.

He chatted with his grandfather for a few more words, then left, and turned around to go to his parents' room.

Murong Hui and his wife had just set up a meal and were eating. Seeing him come back, Jiang Wanruo hurriedly told the maids, "Go quickly, and bring a pair of bowls and chopsticks for the young master."

A little maid brought water to him and washed him hastily.

He sat down at the table, took the bowls and chopsticks handed by the maid, and said, "Father, mother, I want to get married!"

Murong Hui and his wife were stunned for a moment, but in an instant, smiles appeared on their faces, and Jiang Wanruo took the lead to ask, "Is that Miss Gu?"

Murong Yu smiled lightly and nodded, "It's her! I've already told my grandfather about this, and my grandfather agreed to let me leave the marriage to my mother."

Murong Hui nodded, "Yes", "Since this is the case, Wanruo, you can send someone to Gu's family to marry him later. It is best to marry him within a month."

"One month?" Jiang Wanruo said awkwardly. "What is enough for one month? Although the bride price has been prepared long ago, many of the jewelry looks outdated. It takes time to make new jewelry, and I have to tidy up my son's new house."

Murong Yu said: "There is no need to tidy up the new house. I don't get married at home, I get married in my general's mansion. Although I don't live in the general's mansion that the emperor gave me, I asked craftsmen to renovate it before."

"That month was too hasty, just a decent groom's suit, and I have to work on it for a while."

Murong Yu smiled and said: "Mother, I have prepared everything, and the wedding dress for her is also ready, you just need to send the betrothal gift over there."

From the day he decided to marry Gu Qingmei, he secretly ordered people to prepare these things, but no one told them, not even Gu Qingmei knew.

Jiang Wanruo couldn't help complaining: "You child, you are too fond of making your own decisions. You don't discuss such a big matter with your parents in advance. If your parents don't let you marry, what will you do?"

Murong Yu hurriedly picked up her mother's favorite dish and put it in Jiang Wanruo's bowl, "Mother likes her a lot too? Why don't you want me to marry you?"

"Okay, don't be courteous to me anymore, mother let you marry me?" Jiang Wanruo couldn't help teasing his son when he saw that he was courteous to him.

Murong Yu bared his teeth and smiled, his mood suddenly became brighter, he lowered his head and slammed the rice into his mouth.

Early the next morning, he came to the other courtyard again, went to find Gu Qingmei who was polishing the crystal stone in the back seat, and explained the results of the discussion with his grandfather yesterday.

Gu Qingmei pondered, and said: "Nowadays, there are only two biggest problems for you, one is money and the other is people."

Murong Yu nodded, "That's right!"

"I have an idea, but I don't know if it's feasible." Gu Qingmei said hesitantly. "Let's talk about money first. I heard that your family's business still has a bank?"

"My father is in charge of the bank business, and my grandmother left it to him." Murong Yu said obediently.

"I have also dealt with the bank a few times recently. Under normal circumstances, the silver taels are exchanged for bank notes in the bank. Instead, you have to pay the money to the bank, don’t you?”

Murong Yu nodded, "That's right, aren't all banks like this?"

Gu Qingmei suddenly laughed, "So, ordinary people, even if they have spare money, will not deposit it in the bank."

Murong Yu showed a puzzled expression, "Is there any problem?"

Gu Qingmei knew that he had long been accustomed to this kind of operation method of the bank, so he didn't take it seriously.

"Of course there is no problem, but I think, is it possible to start a new business, let the common people compete to deposit silver taels into the bank, and after a certain period of time, the bank will pay the interest to the common people, which is regarded as a kind of business with the common people. Borrow the money and use the money to build the fortifications."

Murong Yu frowned tightly, and for a moment couldn't figure out what was going on inside, "Then, wouldn't the loss of the bank be too great? What about those firms? They used to deposit large sums of silver in the bank , if you give them interest, it is not a small amount."

(End of this chapter)