Lord of the House

Except for a few counties in Hailing and Huai'an, which were brutally devastated by the war, most counties did not directly experience the war. Even so, the investment in reclamation, water conservancy, roads and bridges in these counties is enormous.

The counties around Xuzhou were all captured during the Huaisi War, and the city of Xuzhou was besieged and flooded for half a year, and it was almost deserted.

In order to limit Chen Hansan's power for several years, Xuzhou has been severely blocked. Today, the city is disabled, and the households are ten rooms and five empty, and a lot of land is abandoned.

Restoring people's livelihood is not that simple.

The land has been abandoned for three to five years, with overgrown shrubs and weeds, and ditches, roads, bridges, rivers and lakes are almost deserted. Re-cultivation is not much different from cultivating wasteland and raw land. It requires a lot of farm tools, cattle and seeds. and stubborn food.

Xuzhou wants to recuperate and to carry out large-scale tax reduction and exemption, but Xuzhou has 15 counties under its jurisdiction, and it has to be barely maintained.

Almost all of the revenue and expenditure of the military division was used to support the army. He did not allocate money or rice from Xuzhou, but he could not come up with a large amount of money to support the recovery of people's livelihood in Xuzhou. In the end, he decided to put the idea on the head of Huaidong Qianzhuang.

Zhou Guangnan, the chief shopkeeper of Huaidong Bank, rushed to Xuzhou before the Chinese New Year, and the land of Xuzhou was covered with white snow.

"Three million taels of silver, borrowed in three years, with an interest rate of 8%, with the local taxation of the fifteen counties in Xuzhou as a guarantee, from the third year onwards, the principal and interest will be repaid in ten years," Lin Fu said, "In order to ensure the local government of Xuzhou The ability to repay the principal and interest, the military division will not levy money and grain from Xuzhou within three years, and after the fourth year, the money and grain levied from Xuzhou will not exceed 40% of the total tax - such a condition, I think Huaidong Qianzhuang can accept it. "

"If you can raise 3 million taels of silver from Xuzhou, and borrow 3 million silver in three years to restore people's livelihood in Xuzhou, of course there is no problem." Zhou Guangdong said that this time he came here, in addition to collecting money, he also came to raise money.

"Aren't you thinking of a white wolf with empty gloves?" Li Wei laughed angrily, "Why, at the end of the day, the bank won't pay a penny."

"The qianzhuang is a business, and operates with gold and silver as goods. The qianzhuang itself does not produce gold and silver, so where can you lend it if you don't raise it?" Zhou Guangnan said, "Xuzhou is located at the center of Huai Si, and it is the center of the north-south waterway. Jiangning and Huaiyang are also known as the most prosperous in the world. The city of Xuzhou was dilapidated, but it was not plundered. The poor people are waiting to be fed, but the rich merchants and noble gentry in Xuzhou city should still have a considerable amount of gold hidden in their cellars. Silver. Gold and silver are dead things, buried in places and cannot satisfy hunger and thirst. Only when they are used in the market are they valuable. This is also the purpose of the lord's original establishment of the bank..."

Lin Bie smiled slightly. The establishment of credit takes a long time, but the collapse is in the blink of an eye. He always refrained from interfering in the affairs of the bank, and even asked Zhou Guangnan to resign from the post of Lijin Bureau to be in charge of the bank.

Only if Zhou Guangnan does not respond to the military secretary, can he win the credit of Caidong better, and the bank can develop and grow more independently.

Li Wei has a bitter face. If Xuzhou city is surrounded and searched from house to house, the gold and silver goods will definitely be more than three million taels of silver. can be done in between.

After all, Qianzhuang is a new thing, and Xuzhou has experienced wars, and everyone lives in peace. Thinking from the overall situation, depositing gold and silver in the bank, the Huaidong Military Division can be deeply rooted, and Xuzhou will restore people's livelihood, and naturally it will be safer. But more people's minds, even if the life-saving straw, is more hoped to be in their own hands.

"Qianzhuang will borrow one million taels of silver to Xuzhou first, and we will deal with it next year." Lin Fu couldn't let the situation stand still. Li Wei wanted to be a good official who was diligent in government and protecting the people, but in the current situation, he did not What a good strategy, "It's a big deal, I'm in Xuzhou, shouting loudly for the bank, and making sure that the bank can raise enough money from Xuzhou next year..." and said to Li Wei, "Xuzhou government should also advertise for the bank. The money owner will be gold and silver. Incorporated into the qianzhuang, and then the qianzhuang branch will lend it to the local government to restore people's livelihood. The local government will collect taxes in the future and then repay the qianzhuang. Do we have to forcibly ask for donations and forcibly apportion..."

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, but once you take root and gain some credibility, it will be much easier," Ye Junan said, "Even if Qianzhuang just arrived at Mingzhou, the families just put together 80,000 to 90,000 yuan to perfunctory things, but to this day , each family repaid the sweetness, and the bank raised money in Mingzhou, the total number is probably more than two million taels, right?"

"Exceeding this number," Zhou Guangnan said, "Xuzhou, for the time being, we will act according to the advice of the adults - but we have to negotiate a condition with Mr. Li?"

"Please speak." Li Wei said.

"The remaining silver in the treasury of Xuzhou and the county under its jurisdiction needs to be deposited in the bank; however, the bank will set up semicolons in all counties to ensure that the prefectures and counties can use the silver at any time." Zhou Guangnan said.

"Okay, okay, as long as the bank borrows money, I can deliver tea and water to Zhou Caidong." Li Wei couldn't stand Zhou Guangnan's scruples, and hurriedly begged for mercy.

Lin Bie laughed and settled the matter.

In addition to replenishing the principal, the bank went to Xuzhou to raise money, and the deeper meaning is:

Once the wealthy villagers in Xuzhou put a large amount of gold and silver into Huaidong Bank in the form of principal shares, it will be closely related to Huaidong Bank and Huaidong Military Division from then on - in order to ensure that the future taxes in Xuzhou can be used to return The principal and interest of the bank must also hope that the fifteen counties of Xuzhou will always be under the jurisdiction of Huaidong.

Under the authority of the king, Xiongjie became feudal lords, usually relying on his personal prestige and the power and influence of his clan.

Compared with building personal reputation and strengthening cohesion, through the operation of a series of means such as banks, it can fundamentally consolidate the cornerstone of Huaidong and stand on its own outside Jiangning.

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When he was in the refugee army, Ma Lantou was in charge of money, grain and support. He claimed to be a capable person who knew political affairs. However, during this period of time, he was hanging out with Gao Zongting, Sun Jingtang, Ye Junan, Li Wei and others, and only then did he realize that governance is also divided into superior and inferior. In addition, occasionally laughing at himself: "If you don't lead troops to fight, maybe it's reluctant to go to the place to serve as a county magistrate..."

After returning from the discussion, Ma Lan felt dizzy, and asked her mother-in-law to warm a pot of wine, cut two catties of meat, and consoled herself in the room.

It didn't take long for the door attendant to report: "The eldest miss is here..."

Although Liu Miaozhen served as the deputy envoy of Xuzhou, the Huaiyang army still called him the eldest miss.

"What are you doing here, Miss?" Ma Lan scratched her head, stood up and greeted her at the door with her mother-in-law.

"Uncle Ma." Liu Miaozhen came over in a carriage in casual clothes, got out of the carriage and bowed to Ma Lantou.

Ma Lantou and Liu Miaozhen's uncle Yang Quan were of the same age, and only when Liu Miaozhen came to talk about private matters, there was no formality, and they set a brazier in the big mansion, invited Liu Miaozhen to speak in the house, and asked as they walked, "Miss, is there anything here? What do you want to order?"

"I want to ask you about pensions and merit awards," Liu Miaozhen said.

During the battle in Xuzhou, the Huaiyang Army had accumulated more than 3,000 casualties.

At least until now, the Huaiyang Army has maintained a relatively independent position.

The Huaidong Military Division is responsible for the treatment of the wounded, but the pension and merit awards involve the independence of the army. Lin Fu gave Liu Miaozhen, Ma Lantou, and Li Liang their autonomy, and Huaidong was responsible for the necessary financial support.

In the past, meritorious generals were rewarded with some money, but after having been in close contact with Huaidong for so long, Ma Lantou knew that the previous approach was too rough, but he didn't know what to do for a while. a decision.

Hearing that Liu Miaozhen came for this matter, Ma Lan frowned, unable to answer.

Madam Malantou interjected, "Miss, haven't you eaten yet, why don't you eat here together?"

"Trouble auntie." Liu Miaozhen said.

Ma Lantou's mother-in-law has been in charge of the women's camp for a long time, and she was an important female general in the refugee army~www.readwn.com~ qualified to participate in the discussion, ordered to go down, sat down next to Ma Lantou, and said: "This battle is still to be fought. Going down, but compared to the past, not only have a place to live, but other aspects are also very different. It is said that people must have a stable place to stay. Who is willing to run away? Even if the generals are fighting outside, they are eager to The family can live and live in peace - to discuss pensions and awards, I think it is best to naturalize the Tianan family..."

"Good is good enough, but how can there be such a field?" Ma Lantou said, "Xuzhou has land owners, even if it is a barren beach and lake, if it needs to be converted into a grain field, how can it be done without two or three years of management? According to Huaidong The army's awards and pensions will cost 80,000 to 90,000 mu of grain fields this time. Xuzhou has more people and less land, and one mu of cultivated land costs 10 taels of silver. Ninety thousand acres of ripe fields?"

Ma Lantou's mother-in-law ignored Ma Lantou's complaints and asked Liu Miaozhen, "What are you hesitating about, Miss?"

"This burden has been on the shoulders for all these years. Miaozhen is a weak woman, and some of them can't bear it. Now everything is stable, and everyone doesn't have to suffer from hunger, so they just want to unload the burden. If it wasn't for Uncle Ma You come to be this family, and Miaozhen will be your deputy?" Liu Miaozhen said.

"How can I do it?" Ma Lantou hurriedly refused, and then he wanted to understand Liu Miaozhen's intention, and then asked, "What does the eldest miss mean to completely hand over the burden to Huaidong?"

"What does Uncle Ma think?" Liu Miaozhen asked.

Ma Lantou fell silent, and after a while, he said, "Speaking from the heart, Li Liang and I, even if we join Huaidong, will not be treated badly, and there will be a clear goal in the future; but what do you do, eldest miss? What will he do, Young Master?"

"Miaozhen would like to marry Lin Fu as a concubine!" Liu Miaozhen said decisively. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter