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Chapter 205 Encouragement to do business and build factories
"You said."

Zhao Cheng moved forward and owed a debt.

He attaches great importance to Ma Zhuguo and intends to cultivate him.

This person has given many practical suggestions to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history.

On the one hand, he had prescient ideas in the historical environment at that time, and on the other hand, as a Han Chinese, he dared to raise different opinions under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

All are rare.

After getting Zhao Cheng's permission, Ma Zhuguo said:

"Marshal, the lower officials have different opinions on the matter of slaughtering cattle and sheep."

Ma Zhuguo's voice was serious.

He looks bold, but in his boldness, he is actually somewhat sure.

In history, he dared to disagree with Huang Taiji and Dorgon because he knew that both Huang Taiji and Dorgon were considered "Masters" in a certain sense.

Although they are tyrannical, although they are very murderous.

But they can listen to different opinions.

As long as it is for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, even Han people can listen to their opinions, and there are many Han people who are in high positions.

At this time, he had not been with Zhao Cheng for a long time, but he could also see that this handsome man would not be punished with his words.

"It is true that our expeditionary army does not lack cattle and horses, but the officer believes that we should not be limited to Shengjing.

Our conquest army is strong and strong, able to defeat the main force of the Jurchens, the entire Liaodong is already in our pocket.

We should look at Liaodong, and even plan for the whole world..."

Ma Zhuguo talked eloquently, and everyone nodded.

Everyone has seen how powerful the conscript army is.

As soon as the artillery fired, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and even ghosts and gods felt timid when they saw it.

This is simply not something human can stop!
It is only a matter of time before the conscript army wins the whole world... This is almost the consensus of everyone.

"Liaodong has a population of one million. And before the Tartars plundered and killed them, there were even millions of people. The commander loves the people like a son, is good at economics, after recuperating and recruiting refugees, Liaodong has returned to its former prosperity, and it is even more prosperous. Sooner or later.

At that time, with a large population and the development of cultivated land, more cattle and horses will be needed.In addition, although we have defeated the Tartar army, their main force is still there, and there are still threats outside.

We have to defend Liaodong, but also conquer the remnants of the Tartars, and even deal with the threat from the Ming Dynasty, so the conscript army will inevitably expand its recruitment.

At that time, we will not have more war horses, but fewer.It is easy to slaughter cattle and horses, but it is extremely difficult to breed them.

Cows can only breed when they are two years old, and they can only give birth after ten months of pregnancy; calves can only be cultivated after they are two years old...

The required years are too long.I only hope that the commander-in-chief will be cautious! "

After Ma Guozhu finished speaking, he bowed deeply.

This time, not to mention everyone in the hall, even Zhao Cheng couldn't help nodding his head in admiration when he heard it.

I have to say that in terms of the reality of this era, what Ma Zhuguo said is indeed very accurate.

"Ma Guozhu, your views are very good."

Ma Guozhu listened, just when he was overjoyed, he heard Zhao Cheng continue:
"However, when I do this, I naturally have my own ideas. Next, our military government has two priorities.

The first is to continue the conquest and use our guns and cannons to lay down more land and resources for our people.

The other one is to do a good job in production and infrastructure construction within our jurisdiction.

You are thinking about it from the perspective of our production.You don't have to worry about this.Before long, you'll find that your worries were unfounded.

And our strong army needs a lot of rations if we want to go out to fight and fight on all sides.Jerky is one of the best military rations, it is easy to eat, and even people on horseback can eat it while on the road.

Therefore, the supply behind us must keep up.We should encourage the common people to set up workshops for dried and dried meat.

Now, the situation in Shengjing has stabilized, and next, the Shengjing Branch of Zhao Ji Bank will open.

Zhaoji Bank is a money bank, but its business is more extensive, and you will know it later.

Ordinary people have no money in their hands, and those who want to open workshops can go to Zhaoji Bank for loans.

Ma Guozhu, as a financial envoy, you must cooperate with Zhaoji Bank and support Zhaoji Bank. "

Zhao Cheng warned.

Ma Guozhu raised his head and looked at Zhao Cheng with some surprise.

He is a financial envoy!
He could tell that Marshal Zhao had the appearance of a hero.

Not to mention anything else, just the strength of the conscript army is invincible.

Ma Guozhu is not a useless scholar who does not listen to things outside the window and only reads sage books. He often cares about military affairs.

He could tell that it was a chaotic world that would only happen once in hundreds of years.

Whoever can fight is the king.

Marshal Zhao has a great chance of winning the world in the future.

And his position as a financial envoy should be about the same as that of the Minister of the Household Department of the imperial court.

Marshal Zhao loved the people like his son, and was very close to the soldiers, Ma Guozhu knew this.

But that Zhaoji Bank is just a bank!
Ma Guozhu studied since he was a child. In his cognition, the status of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen is the lowest.

If an important official goes to the farmland and encourages farming, then he is a good official who loves the people like a son and will be praised by all ages.

But if he goes to collude with the wealthy businessman, he will be stabbed in the back!

There must be contacts between officials and merchants, but they generally dare not make it clear.

The marshal actually asked him to take care of this bank?

Zhao Cheng naturally understood Ma Guozhu's thoughts and smiled lightly.

This is not Ma Guozhu's fault, but the limitations of the times.

Ma Guozhu is a talent that can be made, but he needs to be cultivated well.

"We need to change our minds. It is also very important for merchants to sell goods. Only by the circulation of merchants can we bring wealth. In the future world, agriculture-based will not be able to survive. We must be industry-oriented and business-oriented.

When we conquer the military and military government, we must focus on commerce and industry.The world is much bigger than you imagine.As long as our industry develops well and our army builds up well, all the land in the world will be ours. Are we still afraid of food shortage? "

Zhao Cheng's words, to Ma Guozhu, were like five thunderbolts, completely different from his previous cognition.

All the new ministers in the hall, you look at me, and I look at you.

All along, they thought that the handsome man was very wise.

But now, what the commander-in-chief said, isn't it crazy?

Heavy commerce, heavy industry...

As long as the industry develops well and the army builds up well, will we not be afraid of food shortage?

They didn't think so, but no one dared to refute Zhao Cheng.

"Marshal, this is a thief's thinking!"

Ma Zhuguo gritted his teeth and said with a determined expression.

He was ready to offend Zhao Cheng and be questioned by Zhao Cheng.

But he couldn't help it.

The commander-in-chief treated him well, promoted him exceptionally, and directly entrusted him with important tasks. He must be in his position and seek his own government.

"Thieves' thinking must continue to fight, and use the wealth plundered from the newly occupied lands to raise troops. But the land in the world is limited, once the country is established, there is no place to fight, and it will perish!
Your Excellency has a strong army in his hand, and the whole Liaodong is already in his pocket. This kind of refugee thinking is terrible! "

Ma Guozhu stepped out of his seat, knelt down on the ground, weeping blood every word.

For a moment, there was a dead silence in the hall, and a needle could be heard.

Zhao Cheng looked at Ma Guozhu, but the more he watched, the more interested he became.

This Ma Guozhu actually knows the thoughts of refugees?

"Ha ha!"

Zhao Cheng smiled.

"In your eyes, the so-called production is actually agricultural production. If you don't give priority to agriculture, in their view, you don't care about production.

In fact, this is a very ridiculous thing.Agriculture is certainly very important.But if our army can capture enough land for our people, then agriculture will not be so important. "

While talking, Zhao Cheng stepped forward and helped Ma Guozhu up.

Among other things, there are now large tracts of unowned land in Oceania, as well as in North and South America!
Well, since Columbus discovered the New World, Europeans have been plundering large areas of land in North and South America, squeezing the living space of locals.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the land conflicts in the Ming Dynasty were sharp, the people were in dire straits, and the gentry desperately squeezed the people's living space, they didn't know that on the other side of the ocean, there were many times more fertile land than the entire Ming Dynasty's arable land.

Now that Zhao Cheng is here, those lands and mineral resources all belong to Daming...well, they belong to the conscripting army!

"Shengjing has a certain industrial foundation. When I entered the city, I saw that there were many handicraft workshops, most of which were making weapons, leather armor and firecrackers.

Cold weapons, cotton armor, we don't need so many, those workshops can switch to related industries.

Our military government must do practical things.What is a real thing?Going deep into the grassroots, visiting those workshops, seeing what difficulties they have, and guiding them to change careers, this is doing practical things.

Remember, you are not parents and officials. You don’t need the people to thank you for doing these things. You should thank the people for giving you this opportunity, because they produce things and feed you. "

Zhao Cheng said calmly.

Every word he said was subversive to Ma Zhuguo and others.

Zhao Cheng didn't care whether they could accept it or not, he still had to say what he should say.

If you talk too much, they will naturally accept it.

It doesn't matter if anyone really can't change their minds... The military government doesn't need such people, just clear them out.

Zhao Cheng's military government must be a military government with modern new ideas, and it must be a military government that serves internally.

Fight for hegemony externally and serve internally.

This is Zhao Cheng's goal in building a military government.

"There are far more places to fight in this world than you can imagine. The Education Department must hurry up and implement the schools and literacy classes in Shengjing as soon as possible.

All the staff of the military government have to go to school to study, geography, ideology and morality, mathematics... You have to learn these basic subjects. "

The staff of the military government must master basic scientific knowledge.

Only by mastering certain scientific knowledge can we respect science.

Next, Zhao Cheng arranged the work content in detail with the various departments.

"Security Department, the most important thing for you is to arrange the patrol posts and fixed-point posts in the city. Every big intersection must have a guard box. As security guards, you can't sit in the government office and wait for cases to be handled. , you must take the initiative to attack and protect the environment and the people."

"Civil Affairs Administration, you must do a good job of population statistics, you must ensure that every Ding population is included in the statistics of our military government, regardless of men, women, old or young, they must be registered in the register.

There is a very serious problem in Ming Dynasty, that is, the regime does not go to the countryside.Our military government absolutely cannot have this kind of problem.The Civil Affairs Department is responsible for dividing the urban area and setting up a management board in each street.

Members of the Pioneer Society must go down to the grassroots level, serve on the management board, and take on leading positions.

This is true in the city, and it is also true in the villages outside the city.From the very beginning, we must put an end to the hidden danger of the government not going to the countryside. "

"In addition, the Civil Affairs Department must also pay attention to sanitation work and destroy the basis of disease transmission. These days, there are continuous wars. After the war, there will often be a major epidemic. We must pay attention to strictly guarding against it. This is another war."

Zhao Cheng's voice was serious.

Miao Xu took a small notebook and memorized it seriously.

This is Zhao Cheng's request.

During meetings, subordinates must hold small notebooks, each with a small notebook and a pen, and write down important content and to-do items to prevent omissions.

At the same time, it also shows the attitude of doing things.

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Chao Kee Bank Shengjing Branch.

A large sign hangs on a wooden post with bright and beautiful fonts.

Ma Guozhu couldn't help but leaned forward to have a look. I don't know what material this brand is made of.

However, he was not surprised either, and took it for granted.

Since Mr. Zhao entered Shengjing, he brought too many rare items.

This was originally the residence of Daishan, the owner of the Zhenghong Banner. Not far from the Dazheng Hall, the yard is spacious and beautifully built.

Now, it is occupied by Zhaoji Bank and has become the property of Zhaoji Bank.

This Zhaoji Bank seems to have a strong background!Could it be...

Ma Guozhu suddenly thought of a question.

Zhao Ji Bank... Since it is Zhao Ji, the owner must have the surname Zhao.

The commander-in-chief is also surnamed Zhao!

Ma Guozhu slapped his forehead.

"Why didn't I think of that!"

No wonder the Marshal wanted to take special care of him and asked him to come to Zhaoji Bank in person to take care of Zhaoji Bank's business.

Could it be that the owner behind this Zhaoji Bank is the handsome?
It's just that the commander-in-chief is already rich in the world, so is it necessary to do this?

This is not the posture of a hero!
For a while, Ma Guozhu thought a lot.

"Old Ma, you are finally here."

Just then, a familiar voice sounded.

Ma Guozhu turned around, and immediately trembled slightly, subconsciously wanting to kneel down.

"Old Ma, you're doing this again. As I said, our Marshal's Mansion doesn't like this." Zhao Cheng's voice sank.

"Hey, I'm used to it! Marshal, I made you laugh." Ma Guozhu laughed dryly.

"Don't think too much, this Zhaoji Bank is indeed mine. But I asked you to come to Zhaoji Bank to promote the business of Zhaoji Bank, not out of personal affection."

Zhao Cheng didn't talk nonsense, and walked ahead, directly cutting into the topic.

Ma Guozhu followed behind.

The two arrived at the living room one after the other.

Tea was immediately served.

"Banks are very important in social life. For example, if people have extra money, they can deposit it in the bank and receive interest on a monthly basis."

Ma Guozhu was the financial envoy of the military government, and Zhao Cheng spared no effort to spend more time explaining to him what a bank was.

(End of this chapter)