Seeing Du Zhongxiao bring Chen Xiliang in, Tian Jing and the others hurriedly got up to salute. Du Zhongxiao said to Chen Xiliang: "This is this road Caoxian, Bao Longtu." I've seen it. It was not early, and when everything was done, we went to the back office for a banquet. ”

Everyone said yes. After finishing the ceremony with Bao Zheng, he went out of the transfer envoy yamen together, and the back yamen received the wind for the officials.

It is said that there are two yamen, but in fact they are close together, the place is small, and they share the back yamen. Du Zhongxiao's official office is the marshal's mansion, Bao Zheng's transfer envoy is the constitutional department, and the constitutional department is the supervision of hundreds of officials, which must be separated, and the officials must meet separately.

Walking to the road, Wen Tong whispered to Chen Xu: "Your accommodation has been arranged, and the soldiers have already led their entourage over to clean up." When the feast is over, you can go back. ”

Chen Xu said: "Push the official, dare to ask what are the rules for drinking?" Will you get drunk? ”

Wen Tong shook his head: "As long as you control yourself, you won't get drunk." Neither Jie Shuai nor Long Tu are good drinkers, as long as they are lively and enjoyable, they will not force people to drink. Now that everything is so busy, the marshal sometimes invites people to drink, just to relax. ”

When several people heard this, they were all relieved. In recent days, Du Zhongxiao's prestige has spread all over the world, defeating the Khitan and the party in a row, expanding several states, and many places can stop children crying at night. They all know that he can fight and have unparalleled military achievements, but they don't know who he is, so they can't help but feel apprehensive. The Song people drank alcohol and drank in officialdom, and there were often things where the boss did not stop if he was not happy, and he was not allowed to leave if he was not drunk. The most famous ones are like Kou Zhun, who likes to drink heavily, and when they gather to drink, they are surrounded by a large curtain, and they must be drunk like mud.

Du Zhongxiao also often summons his subordinates to drink, as a relaxation, and the drinking style is good. I rarely get drunk, I don't discourage alcohol, and I don't force others, just have fun every time. For subordinates, it is a good thing to look forward to.

When I arrived at the back office, a wine feast had been set up under the big tree in the courtyard, and several soldiers were busy.

The guests and hosts sat down, and Du Zhongxiao said: "The new land of Hequ Road, all things are complicated, and the extreme north is bitter cold, and it is not easy to be an official here. We should have fun in the midst of suffering, and often get together for a glass of wine and relax. As I said earlier, when I drink, I don't like to be drunk, I don't like to be persuaded to drink, and I get together to talk and laugh, it's enough. If you are not used to it, bear with me for the time being, and you will have fun again in my absence. ”

The crowd was busy and didn't dare.

Bao Zheng didn't speak on the side, with a straight face, looking very serious. Today's subordinate officials are new, and Du Zhongxiao himself is very serious, and he has some sense of authority. At present, Hequ Road is a mess in both military and political affairs, and these people cannot let go when they take up their new posts.

The soldier poured the wine, and Du Zhongxiao said: "This is the wine produced on Hedong Road, which is cool and delicious to drink in summer, which is the most suitable." When I came last year, the Yellow River was still frozen for thousands of miles, and I ordered people to take a lot of ice and put it in the cellar. Originally, I thought that after the year, there would be a railway here, and the good fish produced in the nearby rivers, lakes, ponds, and marshes, as well as the mutton here, could be stored in the ice and sold to Bingzhou and the Central Plains to make some money and subsidize the military. I didn't want the party to make a mess, so I had to fight another battle, and everything was delayed. There was enough ice in the cellar to use it, and this wine was all put in ice, which was very delicious. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao said: "Everyone, have a drink!" ”

Everyone stood up and toasted and drank it all. The wine is sweet in the mouth, the flask is in the ice, and the stomach is refreshing.

They all sat down, and Du Zhongxiao said to Tian Jing: "Deputy Zhang Jingluo is in Fengzhou, and the judge is an official in the northwest with him, and they are familiar with each other, and they will go to Fengzhou tomorrow to help him deal with the military affairs of Fengzhou." Wait until the DPRK sends the governor of Fengzhou and the official of the shogun, and then make arrangements. ”

Tian Jing stood up and said yes.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Newcomers, let me tell you about the Hequ Road, you know." Hequ Road is a vast area with sparse population, and now several cities are built, and the population is also arranged near the city. There are several large states, here Shengzhou, northeast along the Jin River to Yunnei and Shazhou, west to Fengzhou and Hezhou. Except for these states, the rest of the military cities and counties are only stationed with soldiers and horses, and no households are arranged for the time being. Now there are 130,000 troops stationed on Hequ Road, and about 30,000 more will come in the next two months. According to the deployment of the imperial court, it was divided into three armies, which was roughly the same as the pattern of soldiers and horses on the previous Hequ Road. Of course, the first army had only 10,000 men a year ago, but now it has expanded to 50,000. The affairs in the army are heavy, not only to expand the army, but also to reorganize training. There are not many households, and before sending people to camp the fields, there are only less than 5,000 households in Hanfan, which are placed around the city, and the rest of the places are empty land. Now there are more than 30,000 households of the Xiangjun army and more than 7,000 households of the common people. Depending on the deployment, it will be dispersed around the above-mentioned states, either farming or pasture, and properly resettled. ”

Chen Xu arched his hand: "In this way, only the 5,000 households that were originally resettled this year will have output?" ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Not bad." Except for the 5,000 households, the rest of the families were raised by the imperial court. Tens of thousands of families, like this, do not do things but fear of causing trouble, so they are arranged by the Economic Strategy Division to build bridges and pave roads. The most important roads are the railway to Shazhou and the railway to Hezhou. Next month, the railway in Shazhou will be opened, and the box army that will come to Yingtian will be arranged to go there. It was the party captives who paved the way there, and when the road was built, these people had nothing to do. Now the plan is for the states to build prison cities and divide them into states. If you want to build bridges and roads, or build cities, you can let them do it. In the autumn, the railway to Hezhou was built, and the general layout of the road was basically decided. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao said to Chen Xu: "Now there is a difficult matter that Chang Pingsi needs to solve." The Duzhi Division gave the road a lot of money, and the printing machines were all shipped, and the plates would be made soon. The money is printed, it is easy to spend it, and the purchase of goods and wages is not a small amount. For example, the manpower to repair the Hezhou Railway was said to be paid on a daily basis, but it was only recorded in the account and no money was paid. Once printed, it will be sent to them first. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao paused for a moment and said: "It's easy to spend money, but it's not easy to make the people who receive the money have no complaints and are willing to use it." The simplest way is to use all the taxes of the imperial court to attract money, and not even collect cash, and the people will naturally be happy to use it. But this cannot be the case here on Hequ Road, and the imperial court has exempted money and grain for three years. If you want the people to be happy to use it, you have to rely on the Tsunehei Division. ”

Before Chen Xu came, he knew that his main task was to recover the money sent by the Economic Strategy Division. Xiang Du Zhongxiao bowed his hand and said: "Before the lower officials left Beijing, the prime minister and the household department gave a special explanation, and the most important thing was to bring the money sent out and exchange the goods back to the court. Xia Guan thought all the way, there are too few households on Hequ Road, and if you just set up a shopping mall, you are afraid that there will not be much recycling. The garrison with the largest number of people, their food, clothing and housing are all supplied by the imperial court, and they do not need to go to the shopping mall to buy goods. There are only tens of thousands of households, how can they spend so much money? The only way to do this is to let the merchants who come here to trade. ”

Du Zhongxiao said to Bao Zheng: "Long Tu and I think the same way. It is not difficult to trade with Hu merchants, but it is not easy to get them to use money to lead. Chang Ping is more attentive, and he has to come up with a way in the near future. Otherwise, when the money is triggered, too much and too much, and the money is heavy, the people's will will be unstable. ”

When the population is small, the market is small, and too much money is sent, and inflation is inevitable. Once there is inflation, the economic strategy department will continue to use money to buy private materials, distribute wages, and depreciate money, which will form a vicious circle and finally become out of control.

The Department of Households is the key to ensuring the value of the money, on the one hand, the use of money for taxation and the credit of the money. On the other hand, through official commercial activities, money is recovered with goods. As long as the recovery of money is smooth, and there is no situation in the market where you can't buy things with money, everything will go smoothly.

Hequ Road has a congenital defect, and the imperial court has been exempted from taxation, and the household department cannot rely on this to provide imperial court credit. On the other hand, the population is too large and the market is too small, and the recovery of money from commercial activities is limited. Neither way passes, and when the money is printed, a lot of it becomes waste paper.

This problem cannot be solved in a few words, so let's not talk about it, let's drink together. Seeing that the atmosphere was too serious, he suppressed his official business and gossiped about it.

After three rounds of drinking, Du Zhongxiao said to Chen Xiliang: "Dai Zhuang, the recorder, has not yet arrived, and he signed the judgment to serve as the first recorder to join the army." The day after tomorrow, I will go to the new city, inspect the place, choose a suitable place for camping, and prepare to arrange for people to camp in the field. Also, after the new city is built, how to arrange it in the city, you can draft a pleadings and submit it to me. The station is there, and it will be easier to move there early. ”

Bao Zheng said: "This matter is important. Now that the grain is being transported and then transported to the old city, it consumes too much manpower, and the sooner the better. ”

Chen Xiliang said yes.

Du Zhongxiao said: "In addition, the Economic Strategy Division wants to run some industries to subsidize the cost of the army." Judge Li and Chen Tiju discussed together which industries to run and where to do them, and made plans in advance. ”

What must be done here is the wool industry. Du Zhongxiao discussed this matter with Li Fugui and had a general idea. Now that the people of Tsunehei Division have arrived, they can start preparing. Industry and commerce can only make up for the shortcomings of the small local population. Immigration, this is easy to say, but it is not easy to do, first the place can make money in order to attract people.