As far as the geographical location of Ningxia Town is concerned, it is indeed the best cooperation between Jin businessmen. Especially now that the white-clothed army has taken control of Yansui Town, opened up the connection with Shanxi, and the Jin merchants have exchanges, it can be said that there are basically no obstacles. It's a pity that, for the time being, Jin Shang will not throw himself into his arms so quickly. They have too many choices, and there is no need to "collude" with the "anti-thieves" right away. Even Sun Dakun, who has always had a good relationship with him, has disappeared. It is speculated that he should have been hiding for the time being, secretly observing the development of the situation.

Sun Dakun is gone, and Liu Zhiqiang is nowhere to be seen. This Liu Zhiqiang seems to have disappeared mysteriously, and until now, there is no accurate news about him. Until now, the Kwai Yuen Building is still empty and has not been opened. Su Mupu said that there was no news for the time being, and he didn't know where he was hiding. In fact, Xu Xingxia knew in his heart that they hadn't really disappeared. They just quietly hid, watched from the sidelines, and waited for the situation to change. If the situation develops in favor of the white-coats, they may still appear. However, definitely not now.

Only those merchants who have no other way out will be desperate to cooperate with the White Army. For example, the Lin family. The current situation of the Lin family is indeed quite embarrassing. They don't have much strength outside of Ningxia Town. Their connections are not outside. If they leave Ningxia Town, they will have to start from scratch and start from scratch. Therefore, as long as there is the slightest possibility, they are willing to continue to stay in Ningxia Town for development.

Obviously, if the Lin family wants to continue to operate, they must rely on the white-clothed army and Xu Xingxia. Only when both sides cooperate sincerely can we make progress hand in hand. Judging from Lin Feirong's appearance in Baihuze, this has been fully proven. Since the Lin family sent it to the door, Xu Xingxia naturally would not refuse it. He must consciously and heavily use the Lin family. In the future, the commercial activities of the White Army, to a large extent, will have to be endorsed by the Lin family.

Other businesses will only take the initiative to come when they see that the Lin family is safe and sound, or when they make a lot of money. In other words, at this stage, Xu Xingxia must support the Lin family well, let them set an example for other businesses, and attract other businesses. As long as the temptation of profit outweighs the fear of danger, merchants will go forward.

Of course, it would be better if you could use the power of the Lin family to indulge other merchants. Among the major business groups in the late Ming Dynasty, the Jin merchants had not yet been fully formed, and they were not a united whole. On the contrary, the strength of Huizhou and Zhejiang merchants is very large, and a great force has been formed. Whether it is in the imperial court or the people, Huizhou businessmen and Zhejiang businessmen have a wide range of contacts. To put it simply, the strongest merchant groups at that time were concentrated in the southeast half.

And this part of the merchant group, with the Donglin Party as the background, has the largest number of merchants and the most powerful. The most powerful thing about the Donglin Party is that it controls the imperial court and the implementation of national policies. There are a large number of courtiers to cover from it, and those merchant groups, as long as they comfortably cross Erlang's legs, there is a large amount of silver in the account. Relying on the cover of the courtiers, they also spared no effort in tax evasion, and they all gathered rich net worth.

When it is temporarily impossible to use force against them, it is also a good way to indirectly adopt some commercial means to suppress them. A considerable part of the wealth of the world is concentrated in their hands, and they must find a way to get a part of the silver out of their pockets. As long as thirty percent is taken out, it will be enough for the development and growth of the white-clothed army. Can't let those people feel that they are invincible and unscrupulous.

"I know, I'll be visiting you later." Xu Xingxia said in a deep voice.

He accepted the invitation, and as for when he will come to the door, he has not yet decided. The two mothers and daughters of the Lin family are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they will not easily commit themselves to coming over. It is estimated that when they meet, they will also put forward some conditions. Grinding the skin of the mouth is definitely necessary. Alas, in the final analysis, the temptation of profit is greater.

…… Xu Xingxia and his entourage came to the governor's yamen. Well, now it's supposed to be called the chairman's residence. Although the Xu family did not move over, the title had already spread. The place has been cleaned by the steward's council, and all kinds of furniture and utensils are neatly arranged. The steward's council also arranged more than a dozen trustworthy servants, all of whom came out of Weizhenbao for Xu Xingxia to summon. They are all die-hard members of Xu Xingxia, and they are the most trustworthy, and there is absolutely no problem with security.

The Military Affairs Department has also arranged a guard detachment of 50 people here to serve as a long-term security guard. This guard detachment, which is part of the White Army Guard Battalion, is responsible for guarding all important areas. The craftsman workshop at Fort Wytown and the cannon casting workshop at Fort Rayford were also in charge of guarding. Regardless of whether Xu Xingxia is in Ningxia City or not, this guard team is always stationed. If Xu Xingxia was in Ningxia City, the chassars would also send people into the city. Of course, the main force of the chasers was still stationed outside the city. The main purpose is to avoid disturbing the people.

In addition, in the Chairman's residence, there is another mysterious guard unit, which is said to be directly led by Tessna. All of its members were women, mainly for the convenience of the guards of the female family. However, this unit has not yet appeared in public for the time being. Tesna also quietly disappeared from the public eye. Xu Xingxia has never disclosed relevant information. Therefore, everyone is curious, but they don't know anything.

"Not bad! Thank you! Regarding the arrangement of the stewardship, Xu Xingxia was not polite and accepted it happily. He walked around the official residence and felt quite satisfied, and then held a meeting at the chairman's residence to further understand the affairs of Ningxia City.

Previously, Xu Xingxia set up several departments in Ningxia City, all of which were under the jurisdiction of different institutions. These departments include the Secretary for Administration, the Department of Ordnance, the Department of Economy, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Justice, the Department of Military Affairs, etc. Among them, the Department of Military Affairs, the Department of Ordnance and the Department of Foreign Affairs are all under the direct jurisdiction of Xu Xingxia. The Administration Department, the Economic Secretary and the Legal Affairs Department are all under the jurisdiction of the Board of Governors. The main role of these divisions is to centralize and manage all different affairs.

Xu Xingxia actually knows very well how many catties and taels he has. Except that he is a traverser, he is not very outstanding compared to others. His archery skills are purely God's favor and cannot be counted. He was even worried that his archery skills would suddenly disappear mysteriously one day. Since his archery skills are mystically possessed, it is naturally possible for him to mysteriously disappear suddenly. Who can stop what God is doing?

In the dead of night, Xu Xingxia also calmly summed up himself, but regrettably found that he had serious deficiencies in politics, economy, military, diplomacy, science and technology, and culture. Compared with the strongmen of this era, he is actually full of weakness. He estimated that it was absolutely impossible to win the battle by relying on one-man combat. It has to be done by people. In layman's terms, it means that you must do things for yourself through the power of others.

Lu Bu's ability is powerful enough, right? The final end is sad, and I don't know who snatched Diao Chan in the end. Is Liu Bang very capable? Not really. In terms of papers, he is not as good as Han Xin, Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Chen Ping, and Cao Shen. In terms of martial arts, he is not as good as Fan Xu, Zhou Bo, Peng Yue, Yingbu, and Xiahou Ying. He may not even be as capable as his wife. However, in the end, he became the Emperor of the Ninety-Five Dynasty and established the Han Dynasty.

Why, because he knows how to use people, and he is willing to use people! Charging into battle, from birth to death, it is others who rush ahead. How comfortable it was for him to watch from behind! On the other hand, Xiang Yu, no matter how powerful he is, what can he do? Take the lead in every battle, what can you do if you are born and die? In the end, it's not Wujiang who killed himself, farewell to my concubine? If Xiang Yu knew a little about employing people and could rely on the abilities of others, it is estimated that he would not have fallen to such a tragic point.

Zhu Yuanzhang's rise process is actually similar. What he is most powerful about himself is not his kung fu to kill enemies, but how to use people. The Zhu dynasty basically relied on Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Tang He, Li Wenzhong, Deng Yu, Mu Ying and others. It can be seen that for those who are superior, finding talents, discovering talents, and using talents are the key to all problems. It doesn't matter if you don't have the skills yourself, if you can bring out the skills of others and do things for you, that's amazing.

At the end of the day, if you want to improve, others will also improve. If you rob others of their credit, they will not be grateful to you. You should let your subordinates do more things like meritorious service, so that they will feel that you are a good boss and have a future with you. As for the reward or something, you can't be stingy. Meritorious service should be rewarded, and mistakes should be punished; this is the most basic principle. This is directly manifested in that Liu Bang is very generous, Xiang Yu is very stingy, and their respective subordinates naturally have different senses for them.

The same is true of the architecture that Xu Xingxia is setting up now. Committees at all levels, as long as they make achievements, can definitely be rewarded. He will never be stingy with this reward, even if it is a feudal territory, it is no problem to give you a fiefdom. Of course, the land given to you is definitely not within the scope of the Central Plains, maybe in the Western Regions, maybe in the north of the desert, maybe in Tianzhu, maybe in Annan, if you have the ability, go and grab it!

If you have enough ability to knock down Europe, then there is no problem at all in carving a large fief out of Europe for you. This fiefdom will definitely not be smaller than the Kingdom of Italy or something. Of course, it could not be as big as the Kingdom of Spain or the Kingdom of France. At present, Europe is enjoying the huge profits brought about by the Age of Discovery, and the combat effectiveness of the army is still relatively strong. Spain, in particular, is still the world hegemon for the time being!

"Chen Denglong, how is our commercial trade?" Xu Xingxia asked slowly.

"It's not very good, some of the goods, it's starting to be in short supply. The prices of silk, cotton, sugar, and medicine have all risen to varying degrees. Chen Denglong's tone was a little obscure.

Originally, the commercial trade of Ningxia City was mainly to communicate with other countries, including the nomads of various kingdoms and steppes in the Western Regions. Goods from the Western Regions or the Great Prairie were assembled in Ningxia City and then sold to the interior. Those caravans across the desert or the prairie are more or less related to Ningxia City. The goods from the mainland are also assembled in Ningxia City, and then distributed to the surrounding areas to complete the whole cycle process.

Most of the mainland's main sources of goods came from Jin merchants. They controlled most of the market in Ningxia Town. Now the disappearance of the Jin merchant collective has suddenly cut off the source of inland commodities in Ningxia City, and the price has naturally increased. It seems that cotton cloth and sugar, which are not produced by Ningxia Town itself, are naturally the first to reflect. Silk and medicines, a little better.

In fact, Ningxia City is already very good. At the very least, there is no shortage of food, no shortage of salt, no shortage of linen. With these three things, the people can barely get by. Of course, in the long run, we must continue to open up trade ties with the outside world, continue to exchange goods, and exchange goods. Long-term shortages of cotton, sugar, and medicines will also cause problems. Medicine, in particular, was urgently needed by the White Clothes Army in battle, and there was no shortage of them.

Besides, the furs and medicinal materials produced by Ningxia Town cannot be sold, and the people cannot get the benefits of the real surname, so they will also have to scratch it. There are so many furs, so many wolfberries, it is impossible to digest them all in Ningxia Town! We have to find a way to sell it! Even some tough measures are necessary.

Chen Denglong said a little helplessly: "Jin Shang is very distrustful of us and has not responded to our request. Sun Dakun also seems to have a prejudice against us and avoids it. There is news that the Jin merchants have been warned by the imperial court that they are not allowed to do business with us, and they do not know whether the news is true or false. Also, it turned out that the merchants of Xi'an Mansion had also disconnected from us early. Guyuan Town strictly controls the entry and exit of materials at all checkpoints. ”

Gao Zhengcheng added: "In my opinion, if you want to really open up the situation, you have to take Xi'an Mansion." The people in Xi'an Mansion are so annoying. Let's take down all the four towns in the northwest! Only when the place of control is larger, can we have more goods circulating within us. Even if we don't buy goods from outside, we can be self-sufficient ourselves, and we don't need to look at other people's faces. The first step is to take down Guyuan Town and approach Xi'an Mansion. ”

Regarding Chen Denglong and Gao Zhengcheng's complaints, Xu Xingxia did not take it to heart. The movements of the white-clothed army are so big, if the Jin merchants don't have a little prejudice, it is absolutely impossible. Changed you, the hard-earned family property was confiscated overnight, can you continue to be calm? As for taking Xi'an Mansion, it is inevitable. However, this one is not in a hurry. The white-clothed army must control the rhythm and be steady, and it is no good to rush forward.

(To be continued)