Originally, Chu Ning just wanted to find something for Feng Jiuqing to do, but she didn't expect that she actually found out the problem.

The personnel on both sides of the military and civilian affairs are splitting across the table, shouting for military expansion, and crying for insufficient money, and after a fierce quarrel between the two parties, they also concluded a key point - the population of Shepherd City is too small.

With a small population, it is impossible to reclaim land after building a house, and it is impossible to grow food after doing work.Therefore, the two sides agreed that after the new year and before the spring plowing, the first task of the Liaodong County Governor's Mansion is to send troops to other counties and cities to recruit refugees and refugees, so that they can live and work in peace.

In short, it is to dig a corner.

However, just as they were talking about poaching other people's corners, their own walls collapsed.

After hearing Feng Jiuqing's words clearly, everyone present looked at Chuning at the same time, and then at Qu Ruzhong.

"me……"

Qu Ruzhong stood up tremblingly. He didn't know what to say. He was the chief of the security department. He was usually responsible for the safety of the people in Muyang City. Now dozens of people disappeared for no apparent reason. Naturally, he must be held responsible. .

"Today we can lose dozens, but tomorrow we can lose hundreds. If the security department can't protect the people, then let them go." Liu Changgui was very angry. Seeing that he was about to go further, but at this critical moment, such a If Huo Yunshu and the others took this as an excuse, it would have to be dragged into the matter of military expansion. Therefore, Liu Changgui was not polite. Anyway, he was not familiar with Qu Ruzhong, so he didn't need to show any sympathy.

"Boss Liu, this is a bit exaggerated. The legs are on other people's bodies, and you can't stop them if you want to go." Huo Yunshu really lived up to expectations and took this reason: "It's just that you generals, you still need to spend more time recently. , don’t clamor for military expansion here, only to be dragged into the nest by Goguryeo and Xianbei later.”

So, the two sides began to shirk again.One side said that the security department did not act and let these people run away; the other side said that someone stole the lair and was killed...

Chuning just sat on the chair, looked at Bai Su for a while, and looked at the people for a while, without speaking, just listening to their quarrel.

It was a real quarrel, and the quarrel became angry. After all, in the entire Liaodong County Governor's Mansion, except for Chu Ning, the Liaodong County Governor, no other official positions have been awarded.If you don't quarrel now, it will be useless to quarrel in the future. There are only so many official positions, but there are many people.

It was also the first time Bai Su knew that the meeting could still be held like this.When she usually discusses matters with her subordinates, she is basically the one talking, and others are taking notes, and then follow what she said step by step...

Looking at Chuning's calm appearance, it was obviously not the first time she saw such a situation. She even asked Liang Chunhua to go out and brought everyone a cup of tea in.

I don't know how long the quarrel lasted until it gave Bai Su a headache. Seeing that those people were still going on, and seeing that Chuning didn't want to intervene at all, he couldn't help saying, "Actually, it's not impossible to expand the army."

When Bai Su said these words, her voice was not too loud, but what was strange was that all the people present stopped because of her words, and they became very quiet in an instant.

Bai Su glanced at Chuning, and sure enough, she looked helpless.

During the quarrel, on the military side, Liu Changgui and Sun Xing were the main force, Yan Lingge and Wei Jing assisted, and Li Wenyu, Tang Xin, Yang Houde and other Chu Ning's procuratorial chiefs fought together.As for the civil affairs side, Huo Wanqing, Xie Yunzhu and Zhu Erxi will play, and occasionally Huo Yunshu will come out to help, four against the crowd, the combat power is amazing.

Madam Yan's seniority is there, she is a bit higher than Huo Yunshu, so naturally she doesn't need to compete with these juniors, anyway, her qualifications and talents are obvious, Chu Ning doesn't need anyone, and she won't.

Now hearing what Bai Su said, Mrs. Yan quickly said: "I also ask Master Bai to give me advice."

Advice, hehehe, do you still need A Su to give advice?I'm afraid you and Uncle Huo, the old fox, have already had an idea, right?I just don't want to offend anyone.

It is indeed said to offend people. The sheriff Chu Ning did not say anything about the salary reduction, and Madam Yan and Huo Yunshu, the two right-hand men, naturally couldn't say it either. It is the first class sinner.

Therefore, Mrs. Yan wanted to use the people on the civil affairs side to speak, while Huo Yunshu wanted the people on the military affairs side to bring it up by themselves.

So, quarreling, no matter what the content is, how the process is... In short, I don't want to be this villain.

When Bai Su came to speak, Mrs. Yan and Huo Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief at the same time—how could they disagree with the expansion of the army?It's just that after the expansion, how to raise it is a big problem.

With such a small population in Muyang City, it is indeed impossible to support more than 1 soldiers and horses.

Bai Su said: "As long as you agree to hand over the gold mine to Jiuzhou Bank for exclusive mining and smelting in the name of Liaodong County Governor's Mansion after taking down Black Bone City, then Jiuzhou Bank can pre-fund and bear part of the Liaodong County Guard's responsibility." the government's military expenses."

"Master Bai, I don't want to listen to what you say." Huo Wanqing objected: "You want to trade part of the military expenditure for a gold mine? Why don't we dig it ourselves?"

"Miss Qing, you're wrong." Bai Su explained: "Part of the military expenses of the Kyushu Bank is just for the exclusive mining and smelting rights of gold mines. After the gold mines are mined and profitable, the profits will be shared with Liaodong County. Shoufu divided into."

Many people at the scene knew for the first time that they could sell the mining and smelting rights before they got the mine... Usually, it’s not that the army has laid down the territory and sent people to dig it?Why is something so simple, but in the hands of Mr. Bai and the others, it seems to be very complicated?

When most people looked confused, Bai Su said again: "If you mine and smelt by yourself, the labor and various tool costs in the early stage... It is equivalent to saying that all the risks will be placed on the Liaodong County Guard. government. Therefore, I suggest that the Kyushu bank adopt and refine.”

The Liaodong County Shoufu doesn't even have the money to expand the army, so how can it possibly afford the cost of mining and smelting in the future?

Huo Wanqing thought for a moment, then asked, "How will the profits be divided?"

Bai Su paused, thought for a moment, and replied: "Four to six points, Liaodong County Governor's Mansion will get [-]%, Jiuzhou Bank will get [-]%."

"It's impossible." Huo Wanqing just did some calculations, and said: "The Liaodong County Guard sent troops to attack Black Bone City, not only had to bear the cost of expanding the army, but also had to bear the risk of failure, as well as the compensation for military casualties and pensions. Only take [-]% of the profit... This is obviously not worthwhile."

"There is another way." Bai Su reacted quickly, and Huo Wanqing denied one plan, so she proposed another plan: "The Liaodong County Governor's Mansion can take out a sum of money first, and jointly form a mining and metallurgy business group with the Kyushu Bank. , Kyushu Bank can give up part of the profits and only take [-]%. The Liaodong County Guard takes [-]%, and takes [-]% or [-]% out of it, and has the right to use it as the victory reward and casualty compensation for the army under the command of the county guard..."

In this way, although the Kyushu Bank does not have the exclusive right to mining and smelting, the cost of mining is shared with the county government, and it is not a loss to give up some profits.

"So...it's feasible." Huo Wanqing looked at Chuning, and asked, "But where does the county guard's mansion come from for this money? At present, the mansion's accounts...don't have a budget for this money."

Chu Ning thought for a while and said, "Estimate the income and expenditure for next spring. If there is a surplus in the account besides the budgeted expenses for construction, land reclamation, etc., then take this opportunity to add a Retirement money."

Huo Wanqing lowered her head and counted, and the people who were dazed by Bai Su and Huo Wanqing finally had a chance to intervene. Madam Yan was one of them, and quickly took the opportunity to ask Chu Ning: "What is retirement pension?"

"Until now, no matter whether it is Daqing or the soldiers under my command, there are only salaries, rewards, and pensions. These money seem to be a lot when you hold them in your hand, but they are usually used for eating and drinking. I heard people say that a lot After the soldiers retired and returned to their hometowns, they were poor..." Chuning explained: "If we deduct [-] yuan from their monthly salary when paying their salaries, and then I will subsidize another [-] yuan from the county guard's office, the monthly income will be reduced by [-] yuan. Save [-] yuan for them to the Kyushu Bank, and when they retire from injury or get old, all of them will be distributed to them, so you don’t have to worry about them being old and homeless after taking off their armor.”

In this way, even if the infantry is expanded to [-] in a short period of time, about three to four thousand cash can be saved in the payment of monthly salaries. After a year, it will be about forty to fifty thousand... Although it will not be used in the short term It's a lot of money in cash, but it's also a big deal in the long run.

However, it doesn't matter whether you raise the retirement pension early or late. Anyway, you have to take it out sooner or later. If you take this opportunity to raise it now, if it can be implemented smoothly, it will avoid dissatisfaction and troubles when deducting money in the future.

Fortunately, the wounded and retired soldiers and the elderly will not get together. Even if they take cash with them when they leave, it will not have a big impact on the short-term finances. Reduce the burden of [-] to [-] strings.

Everyone thought that the only way to achieve the goal of expanding the army next year was to reduce the salary, but they didn't expect that Chuning was going to increase the salary in a different way.

Huo Yunshu knew that Chu Ning was spending money in the future in advance, so he couldn't help but wonder: "Your Majesty, if you live like this, it will last for a long time..."

"Let's talk about the long-term things. The expansion of the army must not be delayed. Besides, maybe next year, the envoy will come up with other ways to make money?" Chuning knocked on the table and concluded his statement: "Today's meeting, there are three main things Things. First, after the New Year’s Eve, the Department of Civil Affairs immediately sent people to other counties to invite more people to come back, not to mention 20, but 15... I hope that by this time next year, I can see this A population report. Second, Mr. Qu, after going down, it’s best to find out how those people were lost, don’t wait for the Civil Affairs Department to invite them back, and lose them again in a blink of an eye..."

"Thirdly, it is about expanding the army." As Chuning said, he glanced at everyone present: "The army must be expanded. But about the deduction of monthly salary, after you go down, you must explain it clearly to the soldiers below. I Chuning has never been a person who deducts military pay and drinks blood from soldiers. Let them choose voluntarily. If they are willing to deduct it, they will deduct it. If they don’t want to deduct it, they can’t force it. It’s the same with you. "

Of course, Chu Ning was not a person who drank the blood of soldiers. Everyone present knew that if it wasn't for the fact that there was no money to expand the army on the books, they would not bring this matter up to embarrass everyone.And as far as they are concerned, as long as Chuning supports the expansion of the army, they are willing to deduct some salary. Anyway, the expansion of the army means that they will be promoted, and this small amount of money will be returned later.

After Chu Ning finished speaking, Ambassador Liu Changgui asked, "Your Excellency, we can't... each of us only deduct two hundred dollars, right?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning asked back: "Liu Si always thinks, how much deduction is appropriate?"

Liu Changgui is probably still thinking about it, but Wei Jing said the number: "Two times?"

"Pfft...Deputy Director Wei, you've done a good deal." Zhu Erxi pinched his fingers and said, "After one year, it will be 48 points, and after ten years, it will be 480 points."

"Actually, there is another way to make the soldiers earn more money." Bai Su glanced at Chuning, and seeing a clear look in her eyes, she said, "First, the Kyushu Bank will take out a sum of money and send it to Liaodong." The Governor's Office purchased the exclusive right to mine and manage the gold mines, and from the money, the Governor's Office of Liaodong budgeted in advance the retirement funds of all the soldiers next year... and then used the retirement funds to purchase the Universal Merchant Group in the name of the soldiers. Shares. In this way, the soldiers can not only get back the pension accumulated year by year after retirement from injury, but also get profit dividends from the Universal Merchant Group every year..."

The Four Seas Merchant Group is currently the most profitable business group under Bai Su. Although the total assets of the entire business group are not as large as the current principal of the Kyushu Bank, the profit this year is several times higher than that of the Kyushu Bank. With a tax rate of one percent, the net tax paid by the Four Seas Business Group this year also accounted for the bulk of the entire Muyang City's business tax.

In other words, if the retirement funds of the soldiers are enough to buy [-]% of the shares of the Universal Merchant Group, with reference to this year's profits, each soldier will be able to receive at least one or two yuan in bonuses at the end of the year, which is equivalent to making up for Liaodong The pension deducted from the officers and men by the Sheriff's Office.

However, most of the people present were stupefied by the calculation again. They didn't understand why they would calculate and calculate it when they were obviously short of money to expand the army, but they increased their income.

However, even if the account is not clear, everyone present knows what the Universal Merchant Group's dividend means.

Under the leadership of Liu Changgui and Wei Jing, not only the military officials, but also the civilian officials present, and all the people present signed the agreement.

As long as a small amount of money is deducted every month, you can get a bonus for nothing every year. After war injuries, war deaths, and retirement, in addition to rewards and pensions, there is also a retirement pension accumulated over the years, not to mention them. It is not difficult for those ordinary soldiers to make a fortune in the future.

Of course, the premise is that the Governor of Liaodong County, or Chu Ning and Bai Su, can live with them for a long, long time.

After detailed deliberations and calculations, everyone agreed on the spot that all those at the level of the head of the department and the head of the inspection department will be deducted twice for retirement; the general level of the bureau will be deducted for the same time; Two hundred will be deducted below.

In this way, as long as more than [-]% of the soldiers agree, the Liaodong County Governor's Mansion can buy [-]% of the shares of the Four Seas Merchant Group. As the Four Seas Merchant Group grows bigger in the future, each soldier will get more dividends every year. It can range from three to five guan, and as many as tens of hundreds or even thousands of guan, especially for people at the general level like Huo Yunshuyan's wife Liu Changgui, the more deductions, the more points will naturally be given.

After the meeting was held overnight, they all rushed back to mobilize. After all, it is the shares of the Universal Merchant Group. Even if they don't know how to settle accounts, they still know that it is a golden baby that can make money.

In the morning of the next day, Chuning went to the barracks and personally explained to the officers and men the difficulties of the Liaodong County Guard's Mansion, the retirement system and the business group's dividend distribution process.

Regarding the retirement system, most grassroots soldiers were not very enthusiastic. It was not until Chuning stated that relatives could inherit, which caused some repercussions.Those soldiers without families and relatives are not very concerned about this. They are well aware of the dangers of war, and no one knows how long they can live. Way.

Although they don't have a good opinion of the pension, and think it is because Chuning is going to drink the blood of soldiers, they like the shares and dividends of the Universal Merchant Group very much. The dividends from the business group are paid every year. Although I don't know how long my life will be, it should be possible to live another one, two or three years, right?Divide two or three pennies every year, even if it is not enough to marry a wife and settle down, but it can still make an appointment in Shepherd City!Maybe you can save a seed to die?

Worst of all, I can get back the money deducted by the Sheriff's Office every year!If the governor of Chu County really wants to drink the blood of soldiers, these soldiers can't do anything about it, but the Four Seas Merchant Group is different. The office building of the merchant company is located in Muyang City. Do you still need to do business?

Thinking about it this way, the atmosphere suddenly became heated.The foundation of the Weimin Army started in Donglai, and they have been following Chuning since last year. Most of them have saved a lot of money, and many of them were married before this year's spring farming.However, the Zhaoyi Army is composed of defeated troops and refugees, most of them have lost their families and relatives, and they have been with Chuning for a short time. All of them are very rich.

Under Chuning's intentional or unintentional guidance, and under the temptation of the business group's dividends, the deduction and refund of the pension went smoothly. In the end, the Liaodong County Sheriff's Office received more than [-]% of the consent, and Chuning and Huo Wanqing stepped forward and signed a contract with Bai Su to purchase [-]% of the shares of Sihai Merchants in the name of Liaodong County Governor's Mansion.

Therefore, the Liaodong County Governor's Office first budgeted for the retirement funds of more than [-] troops next year, and bought [-]% of the shares from the Universal Merchant Group.Immediately afterwards, the Four Seas Merchant Group deposited the money into the Kyushu Bank, and the Kyushu Bank took out the money to make up [-] guan, and purchased the exclusive mining and smelting rights of the Black Bone Gold Mine from the Liaodong County Governor's Mansion.

In other words, the money returned to the accounts of the Liaodong County Governor's Mansion after a circle, and there was tens of thousands more in cash.

And the extra money can be used to buy food and make ordnance first, in preparation for the expansion of the army.As for the source of soldiers and the salary after the three-month training period, these are the things that Chuning will worry about next.

"Although the embezzlement of this money has solved the first problem, if there is no large amount of income in the future, the finances of my county government will only be dragged down." Sending Huo Wanqing away, Chu Ning couldn't bear it. Zhu Gangao said: "Ah Su, you are really a genius. After making such a round, the Kyushu Bank bought most of the gold mines for less than [-] yuan."

The most important thing is this exclusive mining and smelting right.In other words, even if the Liaodong County Shoufu wins the Black Bone City in the future, the Liaodong County Shoufu itself cannot mine and smelt, and it can only be mined and smelted by the Kyushu Bank under the name of Bai Su. Take dividends.

Originally, Bai Su wanted to use [-] guan to buy the mining rights, but after Huo Wanqing fought for it, he finally talked about [-] guan, and the profit became [-]/[-] cents.

Kyushu Bank takes [-]%, and Liaodong County Shoufu takes [-]%.

"Most of the gold mines...Wenhe's words are not appropriate." Although the gold mines are still in the hands of Goguryeo, Bai Su is in a very happy mood. While keeping accounts, he said: "In the future, mining and Smelting also costs a lot of money..."

"Cost... Ah Su thought, I don't know what you plan?" Chu Ning coveted Bai Su: "If you turn around, you can use the words 'exclusive mining and processing rights' to earn back all the cost. "

You don't need to think about Chuning to know that Bai Su will definitely not let the Kyushu Bank to work hard to mine, she will go to the Donglai Merchant Group or other merchants, use the exclusive mining and mining rights to attract people to join, and then draw the profits If the big pie is divided and others contribute money and efforts, the Kyushu bank doesn't even have to pay the cost. At most, it will supervise in the middle like the county governor's mansion and enjoy its benefits.

Before the construction of Muyang City, all the expenses under Chuning's command were paid out of the profits from the cooperation between Chuning and Bai Su, which belonged to Chuning's private account expenses.

Since the construction of Shepherd City and the collection of commercial taxes, these expenses have been transferred to the public account. Chuning's current private account is only the profit share of the Kyushu Trading Company.Kyushu Bank under the name of Kyushu Trading Company, and the three major business groups of Sihai, Bafang, and Liuhe, which are invested and controlled by Kyushu Bank, must pay taxes to the Liaodong County Shoufu at the normal tax rate. They are not directly under the Liaodong County Shoufu, but are equal cooperation relationship, because these three major business groups also have shares of other merchants.

The income of the Liaodong County Guard's Mansion, in addition to the military spoils and taxes, also includes the profits of cement, porcelain, liquor, woodware... and other workshops.

Chuning knew that only by separating the public accounts of Liaodong County from her own private accounts, could Liaodong County be able to grow, expand and achieve healthy development.If Chu Ning has been disregarding public and private affairs, and the entire Liaodong County Mansion will develop a bad habit of coming to her without money... then she will basically have no way to live a peaceful life.

In the history of the previous life, Chu Ning is familiar with the tragic situation of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty - the court's finances went bankrupt and the treasury was empty; , and deceived the superior and the inferior, filling his own pockets.

Chuning would rather listen to his subordinates quarreling and find a way by himself, rather than repeat the same mistakes and make himself exhausted.

"I really want to thank A Su this time." After Bai Su finished writing the bill, Chuning went to hug her, kissed her, and said, "If it wasn't for A Su, the pay cut would not have gone so smoothly. "

Huo Yunshu and Mrs. Yan must have thought of reducing the salary, but they didn't want to be villains, so they didn't mention it.

Of course, Chuning couldn't even mention it.Once the resentment of the soldiers is aroused, although no one will rebel against her immediately, the credit image she has built up with great difficulty may be shattered.

To Chuning's surprise, Bai Su used commercial means to solve this thorny problem ingeniously.

First, he bought a "gold mining and smelting right" that did not exist, and let the Kyushu bank share the financial pressure of the county government.Then he sold a share of the shares of the Four Seas Trading Company, which transferred the contradiction of the county guard's salary reduction.Finally, use the "mining and processing power" to attract more merchants and funds, and completely transfer the risk and pressure to more people.

That's why Chuning said that he wanted to thank her.

Bai Su Anxin enjoyed the gratitude from the Governor of Chu, and finally said: "Wenhe, what is the sincerity of this gift of thanks?"

A hug, a light kiss, this sincerity is naturally not enough.

Bai Su's favorite thing is to hold people in his arms, hug and kiss casually, hug and kiss as much as he wants.

"If you just want to thank the head of the county for transferring the risk for the sheriff's mansion, this thank you gift is acceptable." Bai Su held him in her arms and said, "But the matter of the shares of the four seas is not just about helping the sheriff's mansion. Turned the contradiction of salary reduction."

It also increased the cost of betrayal for the entire Liaodong County Shoufu, from the officials to the soldiers.Even if individual generals defect or rebel, ordinary soldiers will not rashly follow.

Therefore, Bai Su felt that this also needed the gratitude from the Governor of Chu.

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