Chapter 137: The Human Heart
Wang Hengyue only thought that he had heard it wrong: "How much?" ”
"The first batch of silver, silver dollars, all kinds of jewelry, and utensils shipped are innumerable, and we have calculated them, which are worth more than two million taels, and Yu Lei said that the time is urgent, so we can only send the first batch of them, and in the future, there will be a large number of silver materials sent to Rong County!"
Wang Hengyue swallowed his saliva, did he hear it wrong? Or are you in a dream? Yu Lei has only been gone for a few days, and he sent himself two million?
What did Yu Lei do in Leshan?
How much money can you earn by working hard and saving money? What's more, now that the Qing soldiers are severely sealed, although the salt road has been opened, every tael of silver is exchanged for life. This Yu Lei doesn't seem to have to make much effort!
"And a lot more?" Wang Hengyue blinked his eyes.
"Yes, the exact number is being calculated for shipment"
"The dog said, let Yu Lei do the statistics department to give in, let him do business, that's appropriate, go, take a look." Wang Hengyue said stupidly.
The materials transported by Leshan were being unloaded, and a large box was transported off the car. Let people open it, and a low exclamation sounded on the side.
Silver ingots, broken silver, silver tickets, jewels, everything. Looking at the carriage behind, there are dressers, pear blossom beds, stools, vases, and even a few brand new toilets and a few night pots
Wang Hengyue's eyes were straight, whose belongings did Yu Lei bring to Lao Tzu? Toilet? Chamber pot? Do what? For Lao Tzu to get up at night?
And that's not all, on the last carriage, there were eight little girls of sixteen or seventeen years old!
"What is this?" Wang Hengyue touched his head.
"Hui Hengshuai, some officials can't get the silver for a while, so they use the maids at home to offset it." Yu Lei's subordinates, who came back with the car, said.
"Oh what?" Wang Hengyue's eyes widened suddenly: "What did you say?" ”
"Some officials can't come up with money, so they can only use the maids at home to offset the amount."
"Yu Lei, what is he crazy about?" Although he had long known that Yu Lei would inevitably make something happen to himself when he went to Leshan, who would have thought that he would do something to the Leshan officials without saying a word?
Okay, good, if you want to get all the property of the Leshan officials, Lao Tzu is really rich this time! Think about Yu Lei and Zhang Xu are really a "match made in heaven", one is responsible for sabotage and silver, and the other is responsible for cleaning up the mess and reorganizing Leshan.
Scratching his head, he glanced at Yu Lei's subordinate: "What's your name?" ”
"Hui Hengshuai, subordinate bell"
"I didn't ask for your nickname, my real name!" Wang Hengyue interrupted him.
"I" Bell hesitated: "Lu Xuan." ”
Wang Hengyue nodded: "What else is Yu Lei going to do?" ”
Lu Xuan hesitated again: "Commander Yu has already transferred Heitie to Leshan. A large number of merchants in Leshan opposed the revolution and sabotaged the revolution, and in order to complete the great cause of the revolution, Commander Yu decided to clean up these merchants one by one. ”
"Yu Lei, who is a dog, opens his mouth to revolution, closes his mouth to revolution, and the revolution has become his disguise!" Wang Hengyue laughed first as he spoke: "You go back and tell Yu Lei that if Leshan messes up with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will unscrew his head for a night pot!" ”
Who thought of Lu Xuan's words, but Wang Hengyue didn't know whether to be angry or laughing:
"Commander Yu said that sooner or later his head will be screwed off by Heng Shuai as a night pot"
Yu Lei brought Wang Hengyue a lot of belongings, silver and jewelry, but those furniture or something, he couldn't get rid of it for the time being, so he had to get another warehouse. There are also eight maids, which makes Wang Hengyue even more nerve-wracking.
Long before that, Wang Hengyue already had the idea of making silver dollars. Although I also thought about issuing paper money, but according to the current situation, it is impossible for the people to accept it, and the issuance of paper money, the circulation scope is only a few places under the control of their own forces, and the common people and gentry will definitely not accept paper money, but the issuance of silver dollars is very different!
Deng Yong and Chen Qifeng were called, and after discussing it, they all felt that this matter was feasible. Deng Yong even took out a drawing style of a silver dollar.
On the back is the words of the Chinese Revolutionary Army and Political Axe, and on the front is a bust of Wang Hengyue.
Wang Datou?
Wang Hengyue somehow suddenly popped up with these words in his mind.
"We expect to issue four silver dollars, one round, five cents, two corners, one dime, one nickel penny, and five copper coins. Two, one, five, two, one. With one dollar of silver as the main coin, the total weight of the library is seven coins and two cents, including six coins and eight cents of sterling silver."
Wang Hengyue didn't understand these either: "Anyway, you go and do it." The fineness should be sufficient, and the workmanship should be exquisite, so that the common people can accept it. Once the manufacturing is completed, the silver dollar will be used as a currency pair in Rongxian and other four places in the future."
Wang Hengyue thought for a moment: "How about I want to set up a bank?" ”
"My lord, the time is not yet ripe to set up a bank." Chen Qifeng said: "Not to mention the capital, just talk about the current war period, rashly set up a bank, the credibility is not high. To say that Heng Shuai is not happy to listen, the people have deposited money in our bank, but Rong County has been broken every other day, and the military and political axes are gone, what should the bank do? What to do with the money that people keep in the bank? ”
Wang Hengyue nodded slightly, the idea of setting up a bank was indeed a little anxious: "Let's wait for this matter, and first handle the matter of the silver dollar as soon as possible." ”
The two responded, and Chen Qifeng immediately said: "Heng Shuai, there are two salt merchants in Artesian Well and Gongjing who want to sell salt wells. ”
"Sell salt wells?" Wang Hengyue was stunned.
"Yes. Now that the salt road is cut off, the only way to come up with salt is to sell it to us, but the price is very low, and it often produces a batch of salt, and it does not earn a few taels of silver. And most of those salt merchants are worried, what if the military and political axes can't withstand it? Even if they can withstand it, the long-term lockdown will make it unbearable for them. Besides, this salt well is very different from the other one, a cannonball flies, destroys the salt well, and clears the silver used for excavation, which is enough to open a new one. ”
I thought that with Heng Shuai's surname, there was such a good thing, and I would try my best to buy it at a low price. But I didn't expect Wang Hengyue to be silent there for a long time:
"Go and tell the salt merchants who want to sell salt wells that the military and political axes will definitely be able to hold on, and this salt road blockade will only take two or three months, just hold on. If you really don't believe that we can hold on, then mortgage the salt well to us first, and we will give them cash. When the revolution is victorious, they can redeem it again, without interest on a tael of silver. ”
"What does Heng Shuai mean?" Chen Qifeng was a little puzzled.
Wang Hengyue smiled: "The people of Rongxian County believe in us, but the artesian well and Gongjing have not been included in our scope for a long time, and it is not surprising that the people there lack confidence in us. If you want to achieve great things, people's hearts come first. We will use this to establish our credibility and status in the hearts of all people. The military and political axes are benevolent and righteous, not taking advantage of the people, but also protecting the people and protecting the interests of businessmen as much as possible! ”
Chen Qifeng understood: "When the war is over, those businessmen take back the salt well, how can they not be grateful to the military and political axes and support Heng Shuai?" At that time, whoever wants to get their hands on our territory will be the first to rise up against it! ”
"Actually, Heng Shuai doesn't lose at all." Deng Yong also laughed on the side: "It is said that there is no interest, but in fact, the salt merchant mortgaged the salt well to us and let us mine for a few months in vain, isn't this more generous than the interest?" ”
Wang Hengyue's heart was seen through, and he laughed.
It is really not easy for this "constant marshal" to be a "constant marshal", and he has to consider both military and political affairs, and now he has to worry about the economy. Fortunately, I knew what was going to happen in the future, otherwise I would have taken a risk there.
As he was talking there, there was movement outside, and after a while, Ma Yunxin walked in, with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Heng Shuai, those students from the Army Academy want to see you at the door." ”
"The Army Academy wants to see me?" Wang Hengyue stood up: "Let's go, take a look." ”
There were already students of the Army Academy standing in the courtyard, and Wang Mingzhang and several people stood at the front, and when they saw Heng Shuai coming out, they all stood up and saluted:
"Hello Headmaster!"
"Yes!" Wang Hengyue returned a military salute: "Wang Mingzhang, what kind of fame?" ”
Wang Hengyue's chest straightened: "Report to the principal, the Qing army attacked my Rong County, and our comrades of the Chinese Army all fought bloodily to defend Rong County and defend the revolution!" We are waiting for the students of the Military Academy, and we are willing to go to the front line, sacrifice our lives to die, defend the revolution, and defend the military and political axe, please ask the principal for approval! ”
"Nonsense!" Wang Hengyue's face sank: "Who picked the head?" ”
"Report to the principal, Wang Mingzhang!"
"Rao Guohua, Li Jiayu, Xu Guozhang!"
"Okay, it's the four of you again." Wang Hengyue looked at them with a straight face, and after a while, his tone softened: "Students, I can understand your feelings. But war is not something you have to do now! Your main task now is to give me a good study, and when you come out of the army academy in the future, you will not be an ordinary soldier, but you will be an officer, to command the soldiers to fight, and you should not treat yourself as an ordinary soldier! ”
As he spoke, his face became serious again: "Be a soldier, pick up a gun and fight the enemy, martyrdom to the death, anyone will!" But to be a good officer, it's not so easy. It's easy to die, but it's hard to win! I tell you, every single one of you is my treasure. Rong County can't hold it, so I'll transfer you to the artesian well! If the artesian well can't be guarded, I'll transfer you to Leshan! In short, if you don't learn your skills well, no one is allowed to go to the battlefield! ”
His eyes stared at Wang Mingzhang and the others: "Do you understand?" ”
"Report senior, understood!" Wang Mingzhang led the students to reply loudly together, and then lowered his head like a child who had made a mistake: "Principal, we were wrong. ”
Wang Hengyue had a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Since you know that you are wrong, don't let Lao Tzu go back to the school to study!" ”
(To be continued)