When Feng Ziying came home from the middle school department, she saw that her father also happened to get off the carriage, and it was estimated that he should have just returned from the military department.

"Father." Feng Ziying behaved politely.

"Sir." When a few maids who came out saw Feng Tang, they all hurriedly bowed down with some fear.

Feng Tang glanced at a few girls in his son's room, didn't speak, only nodded.

Yunshang he naturally knows, after years of not seeing, it seems that he has grown up a lot all of a sudden; The tall, fair-skinned, already a little little woman-like girl is afraid that she was sent by the Jia family to call Jin Chu'er, and her physique looks like a child who can be raised, and her appearance is quite handsome.

The girl behind who lowered her head and didn't dare to raise it was in moderate shape, well, there was a scarlet rouge mole in the center of her forehead, I am afraid that it was Xiangling that the Xue family gave to her son, and she seemed to be an honest person.

Seeing the old man and the old man walking together, Jin Chu'er, Yunshang and Xiangling hurriedly came to the side.

"Dad just came back from the military department?" Feng Ziying accompanied her father into the atrium of the mansion.

"Well, Zhang Jingqiu and Chai Ke are impatient, urging your father to hurry up and take office." Feng Tang didn't have the impatience of the previous two days at this time, so he took a moment to say: "What did I say in a hurry, I am not familiar with the two towns of Jiliao, so I took office so abruptly, and I didn't give any benefits to the subordinates, who knows about me?" ”

Feng Ziying smiled.

This is also the rule, you don't bring a little soldiers, horses, food, grass and silver to take office, I'm afraid that those big soldiers below will have to coax you out of power, especially like Daddy and Ji Liao, who has no contact with each other, no matter how famous you are in Yulin Datong, who will recognize you as a bandit?

"What do you two say?"

"I said 800,000 taels of silver plus enough grain, Zhang Jingqiu was silent, Chai Ke came to discuss with me, saying that the imperial court can't afford it, and you didn't bring so much silver back from Jiangnan, unlike the outside world that is rumored, saying that you brought back 10 million silver, is there such a thing?"

Feng Tang was also curious.

He knew that his son had gone to Jiangnan three times, and he had been running between Jiangnan and Jingshi City day and night, so he naturally came back to get money for the imperial court.

In the past few days, he has also heard a lot, and said that there is only one million taels of income, some say that the Kaihai bonds alone were sold for 5 million, and some say that the Dongfan package was sold to salt merchants, Longyou, and Anfu merchants for 10 million, and some said that the concession money was only collected for hundreds of thousands, and it was the imperial court that deliberately slapped the swollen face and became fat, and there were different opinions.

In the end, this Chinese calligraphy department is responsible for opening the maritime affairs, and how much silver is brought back for the imperial court this time, it is estimated that except for a few people in the court, everyone else is blind and touches the elephant.

"Ten million silver? The son has that ability, it is estimated that Lord Zheng can't sit still, how can it be. Feng Ziying shook her head with a smile, "Three or five million taels can come back one after another, but compared to the current hole in the imperial court, it is just a momentary urgency, where can it be helped?" ”

Feng Tang's face changed slightly, "So I still have less than the 800,000 taels of silver?" Then it will cost 1.2 million taels before I can go to Liaodong. ”

"Huh?" Feng Ziying was taken aback, "Dad, ...... you are?"

"Hmph, you said that there can't be so many after the fold, if I don't bite the first bite, I will be trapped in Liaodong in the future, just rely on a letter lawsuit with the Ministry of War, who will pay attention to me?"

Feng Tang shook his head, and when he saw his son's depressed face, he laughed even more.

"Ziying, you'll know in the future, this border guard is not a simple martial arts, there are many doorways inside, who knows what I can see when I go to Liaodong? It is said that Li Chengliang is strict in governing the army, I don't believe it very much! Just because he raised a large group of Li Jiajun, it is impossible to be very rigorous! Rigor also requires silver to speak, you raise your own people to be fat and strong, what about other people? Why do you expect others to be as strict as you are? The people below are all going to eat. ”

Feng Ziying was speechless.

Strategically, I can talk about one, two, three, because of the help of the memories of my previous life, but in this era, I really don't understand how to govern the army and lead the troops, and I can't compare with my father, a veteran who has been immersed in the border for decades, even He Renlong, who is not a few years older than himself, is not much better than himself.

However, aren't all the civil servants of this era like this, it is not important to govern the army and lead the troops, the key is that you must be able to know the soldiers and generals, and be able to serve the generals.

You need to know the characteristics of each army under your command, know the ability of their leading generals, and you must have enough prestige to deter the generals to control them, and if you do this, you will be considered a qualified leading minister.

This is also some of the truths that Feng Ziying slowly figured out with Chai Ke when he went to the Western Xinjiang, although Chai Ke is a civil servant, but he can grasp the scale well, and bring a large amount of rewards, so he can naturally let the generals work for him, and even his father obediently obeys his orders?

Li Chengliang is strict in governing the army, I am afraid it can only be said that it is limited to his own private army, of course, this is the foundation of Li Chengliang's survival in Liaodong, he will always only satisfy his descendants first, as for more other non-descendants, naturally he can only eat some leftover soup.

When you Li Chengliang is invincible, these people can naturally only swallow their anger and listen to you, but when your performance is difficult to satisfy the court, what will happen to these people?

Therefore, Li Chengliang is undoubtedly the wisest move to take care of his illness early, but he left a mess for his father.

"What is Daddy going to do?" Feng Ziying couldn't help but ask.

"What to do? Still not like that? Of course, I have to ensure the supply of food and salaries for my own people, because I can trust them, I know that they can fight, as for the others, I don't care if you are Li Jiajun or someone else, you have the ability to show me the truth, and see the real chapter on the battlefield with the Jianzhou Jurchens! can make my surname Feng's recognition satisfied, of course I will not hesitate to give silver, food, salary, supplies, and even make a wish, but if you are still like that, I will not give anyone a second chance! ”

Feng Tang's cold and calm answer made Feng Ziying also deeply aware that this world is like this, if you want to earn your head, you have to work hard, no one will give you more charity.

Feng Ziying knows very well in her heart that her father's approach is the most reliable and realistic measure, and to be honest, her father's attitude is already much stronger than Li Chengliang's, at least give these side people a chance.

It's a mule or a horse, pull it out and walk it, okay, you should go, if you can't, you should die, being a soldier on the battlefield, no ability is the original sin.

"By the way, what are the merchants looking for you?" Originally, he was going to go back to his yard, but Feng Tang asked as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Dad, what do you mean about those Shanshan merchants?" Feng Ziying hesitated, "They have looked for their son a few times, originally hoping to see if there is a chance in Kaihai, but it is not suitable, and they have also invested in Haitong Yinzhuang, but they don't have many shares,......

"That's it?" Feng Tang frowned, "These businessmen aren't so idle, are they?" ”

"Also, my son talked to them about mining and smelting." Of course, Feng Ziying has nothing to hide from her father, "I asked them to recruit a group of craftsmen, and in addition, we will explore and select whether there are suitable mines in Beizhi and Shandong, Haitong Yinzhuang is willing to vigorously support our iron-smelting and steelmaking industry in the north, and we can't let Foshan specialize in ,......beauty."

Feng Tang looked at his son and said after a while: "Ziying, is this mining and iron smelting so simple?" Can you get started with a few businessmen? What do they do? ”

Seeing that her father was full of disbelief and depression, Feng Ziying knew that no matter how she heard this, she felt unreliable, and even she felt a little unreliable.

Mining and iron-making in the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty is nothing new, and there are all in that province and every prefecture, which is nothing more than the scale and technological level and even the quality of the iron wrought iron produced.

But no matter how unreliable it is, you have to try it, otherwise such a big Haitong Yinzhuang will be carried out, and the share capital will be millions of taels, which is not counting the silver taels that have been saved, and such a large sum of silver is placed here, so you can't do nothing, right?

If you don't even dare to take a risk, then you are too inferior as a traverser.

Think about those traversers in other people, which one is not the era of hanging and beating, calling the king a tyrant and a lonely widow? How can you be so cautious as yourself?

I didn't say anything about the slightest bit of gold, I just relied on my family background and luck to rely on a few bigwig teachers to play with a six-pin mix, and even if I wanted to sleep with a woman I fancied, I had to find ways to get a name, not to mention aggrieved, but there must be a sense of gap.

"Dad, there are actually a lot of iron ore mines in our northland, but the most important thing is that they are decent craftsmen, and in addition, we have not formed a decent scale industry in the north, Qi Shi and Qiao Shi are a little worried, thinking that this strategy of opening the sea is naturally good, but the beneficiary is Jiangnan, even if the waterway is opened on this side of Liaodong, it is also for the entire Great Zhou court, for our northland provinces, there is not much benefit to opening the sea,......"

Feng Ziying's words are probably the unanimous view of many Beidi scholars at the moment.

As soon as the sea trade was opened, the silver, such as silk, porcelain, tea, and even medicinal materials and iron materials exported overseas, were all produced in the south, silk, porcelain and tea were mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, and the medicinal materials and iron materials were mainly in Liangguang, plus the lakes and Guang in the south of the Yangtze River and Liangguang were the main grain producing areas, and the people did not say how good they were, but as long as it was a good year, they could basically ask for food and clothing, but what about the north?

This sense of urgency and anxiety made these Beidi scholars, including Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, restless.

Although they may not understand the saying that the economic base determines the superstructure, but the south is becoming more and more prosperous and prosperous, and the north is becoming more and more withered, and the slightest flood and drought disaster is the displacement of people everywhere, and if it is not done well, it is full of smoke.