Liu Yan smiled and asked Chen Xun to sit down and asked, "What, do you have any ideas about these two thousand acres of cultivated land?"
Chen Xun nodded and said, "I wonder if Commander A has a strategy for allocating this farmland?"
"I do have a preliminary idea, and you just happened to be back, come and help me with the details."
Then Liu Yan said in detail: "Now we have a population of more than 2,000 in Dapanbao, but the reclaimed land for military settlements is still not enough. Even if there are soap workshops and salt drying fields to divert the population, it will not change the situation of more people and less land. situation."
"So I plan to give away all the more than two thousand acres of cultivated land, but instead of dividing it equally among everyone, I will only give it to the military households in the fort who have no land or little land. How about it?"
Chen Xun said slightly excitedly: "Captain Jia is wise. This time I was entrusted by my brother Dunjun to come here to give advice to Commander Jia."
Liu Yan also became energetic and said, "Oh? Please tell me what the situation is."
"There are still many military households in the fort who are struggling to make ends meet. They are only allocated ten to eight acres of arable land, and the food they produce is not enough to eat. If they could not find some odd jobs in the fort to make ends meet, they would probably have been unable to solve the problem long ago. Chief Jia has a kind heart, and although the distribution of these two thousand acres of cultivated land may not be enough, it can give hope to the military households in the fort."
Liu Yan nodded and said: "We need to work harder over there in Juntun. It's winter now. We need to reclaim a lot of farmland before the heavy snow comes and the land freezes. Then next year's life will be much easier." . As for money, you don’t have to worry, our Dapanbao family is still very rich now.”
Chen Xun cupped his fists and accepted the order.
Later, Liu Yan and Chen Xun discussed some details of the land division, formulated a specific plan overnight, and handed it over to Chen Xun for implementation.
A few days later, more than 2,000 acres of cultivated land were all distributed. The military households in the fort who were allocated cultivated land cheered. The military households who were not allocated cultivated land were not greedy. Instead, they actively reclaimed wasteland under the leadership of the flag officer Chen Xun. , there was a lively scene up and down the Dapanbao, and everyone's face was filled with hope.
Just that evening, Chief Flag Officer Jia Hongyu arrived at Dapanbao and brought good news to Liu Yan.
"Haha, congratulations to Mr. Liu."
Liu Yan placed tea in the flag hall and asked with a smile, "I wonder if I have anything happy to say. I would like to ask Brother Jia to teach me."
"It's like this. The two oil mills and a grain store that the Xu family burned down before are still abandoned. The management team leader asked me to bring over the land deeds of those three properties. He said that in the future, these three properties will be handed over to them. Let Mr. Liu take care of it."
Liu Yan smiled. Wang Wenzhen was really smart. These three industries were already in ruins. If he wanted to make money, he had to invest money in rebuilding them first. However, Wang Wenzhen didn't want to spend the money, so he just left it to himself. Got it.
"Since the Captain is so kind to you, I will accept that brother and thank the Captain for me when I get back."
Then Jia Hongyu took advantage of his happiness and chatted with Liu Yan again.
"Mr. Liu Qi, you don't know that the Xu family actually has several shops in the Inspection Department of the ancient town and the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village. This is the house deed that the management team found after searching the Xu family's house again. !”
Liu Yan was also a little surprised. He didn't expect Wang Wenzhen to have an unexpected gain: "Haha, this is because the leader of the team is lucky and should accept it."
"Hi! The management team leader is not interested in several shops elsewhere. After all, it is beyond our reach. Some time ago, the management team leader went to the Qianhu House in front of Xiahe Village and gave several properties from other places as gifts to Xiahe Village A group of Shangguan from the former Qianhu Office, I heard that after those Shangguan from the Qianhu Office worked hard, they blocked Dai Baihu's mouth, which was considered to have covered up the whole matter."
Liu Yan felt relieved after hearing this. It seemed that people like Wang Wenzhen had to come forward to operate in the officialdom. Although he could handle these things himself, he still had to put some thought into it.
Later, Liu Yan inevitably held a banquet with wine, and took Jia Hongyu to have a drink, and then handed over twenty taels of silver for "errands". Early the next morning, Jia Hongyu returned to Wangjiazhuang with two servants.
Liu Yan then called the flag officer Miao Shao, told the addresses of the three properties again, and then said: "Hire some craftsmen and rebuild all three properties as soon as possible. There are still two oil mills, It's a grain store, you make an order for the money you need, and after I read it, I go to Manager Zhao's office to withdraw the money."
"yes."
Less than half a month later, two oil mills and a grain store were rebuilt. However, Liu Yan was not in a hurry to recruit workers. Instead, he took Miao Shao, the flag officer, and the two rode to Wangjiazhuang.
"Chief A, are we going to the Baihu Government Office?"
Liu Yan shook his head and said, "Go to Wanfu Oil Shop."
After a while, the two dismounted outside the Wanfu Oil Shop. Miao Shao was very sensible and did not follow him in. Instead, he stayed outside to look after the horses. Liu Yan strode into the oil shop alone. Upon seeing this, a clever clerk came up to him with a smile. He greeted Liu Yan and walked towards the backyard.
"Is Shopkeeper Wang here today?"
"Yes, Mr. Liu Qi will go to the backyard to drink tea first, and I will go and call shopkeeper Wang over now."
In the main room in the backyard, Liu Yang just took a sip of hot tea when he saw Wang Jing striding over with a smile. As soon as he came in, he pulled Liu Yan and kept talking.
"Haha, Mr. Liu is an honored guest. He can't leave today. We have to have a good talk."
Liu Yan said a few words with a smile, and then looked outside intentionally or unintentionally. Wang Jing saw it and said with a smile: "Haha, what a coincidence, my daughter went to buy bean feed with a few guys today. , I went out early in the morning and haven’t come back yet. I guess I should be back by the time, right?”
Liu Yan coughed to cover up his embarrassment, and then talked to Wang Jing for a while.
At this moment, a voice like a silver bell came: "But General Liu Qi is here?"
Liu Yan looked up and saw Wang Yunhe, wearing a red cotton coat and a wind-protecting cloak, walking quickly with a look of surprise on his face.
"It's really Mr. Liu Qi."
With that said, Wang Yunhe said a thousand blessings, and Liu Yan returned the gesture with clasped fists.
Then Wang Yunhe said: "Mr. Liu, please sit with my father for a while. The little girl will prepare the food. Today, Mr. Liu will listen to my arrangements!"
After saying that, Wang Yunhe ran away with a smile. Liu Yan didn't know what Wang Yunhe was thinking. At this time, he thought to himself: "Should I find an opportunity to ask someone to propose marriage to Shopkeeper Wang?"
Wang Jing smiled and asked Liu Yan to sit down, and then said: "Mr. Liu Qi came to visit today, but have you learned anything?"
Liu Yan then took out three house deeds and said, "Shopkeeper Wang must have heard about the Xu family, right?"
Wang Jing said: "I heard it. Speaking of which, Mr. Liu Qi has eliminated a harm to our Wangjiazhuang!"
On weekdays, the Xu family bullies and dominates the market inside and outside Wangjiazhuang. Wang Jing and other merchants hate and fear the Xu family, and it can be said that they suffer greatly from it. Now that the Xu family was destroyed, Wang Jing was very happy from the bottom of his heart.
Liu Yan pointed to the three house deeds and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, look at these."
Wang Jing took it and took a look at it, and said doubtfully: "Are these the original two oil mills and a grain store of the Xu family?"
"That's right,"
Liu Yan said: "Now these three shops belong to me, but I don't have the energy to take care of these businesses at the moment, so I want to get shopkeeper Wang to join us and we can run it together."
Wang Jing suddenly became excited and asked hurriedly: "Mr. Liu, please make it clearer how we can operate together?"
Liu Yan thought for a while and then said: "I am going to hand over the one grain shop and two oil mills that I have been allocated to Shopkeeper Wang to run. Shopkeeper Wang has the final say on the daily management and operation of these three businesses. Every month I will send someone to check the accounts at the end of the month.”
"If these three businesses lose money, each of us will guarantee 50%. If these three businesses make money, then I, Dapanbao, will only make 30% of the profit. But shopkeeper Wang also knows that these three stores are all funded by Dapanbao. The grain was rebuilt, and these are all investments, so I need Wanfu Oil Factory to provide 800 kilograms of soybean oil and 2,000 kilograms of sorghum to Dapanbao every month starting from next month. The specific price must be the cost price, and no price increase is allowed."
Wang Jing has been doing business for many years. He can tell immediately whether the plan proposed by Liu Yan is good or bad. This is a business that is sure to make money without losing money!
"With those two oil mills, not only can we make a lot of money from the demand for soybean oil in Dapanbao in the future, but we can also expand our oil business to the Inspection Department of the ancient town and thousands of households in front of Xiahe Village. Not to mention the grain shop. Yes, that’s the only grain store in Wangjiazhuang, and such a business is a guaranteed profit!”
Wang Jing was overjoyed and agreed immediately. Liu Yan then asked Wang Jing to find pen, ink, paper and inkstones. The two wrote the contract on the spot and signed and pledged it without mentioning it.
After the two of them finished signing, Wang Yunhe walked in and was slightly startled when he saw the contract on the table. Wang Jing smiled and said, "My dear daughter, Mr. Liu has given our family a mountain of gold! I feel really grateful when I think about it. Mr. Liu first helped us keep the Wanfu Oil Shop, and now he has given us such a big business. How can we, my father and our daughter, repay this kindness?"
After saying that, Wang Jing looked at Wang Yunhe with a smile. Wang Yunhe was so embarrassed that he lowered his head and said nothing after a long time: "Oh, the food is ready, but dad still hasn't asked Mr. Liu to come over for dinner!"
After saying that, Wang Yunhe turned around and ran away.
Wang Jing laughed and said, "Mr. Liu Qi is laughing at me. Although my daughter looks careless, she is very capable in the oil shop every day, but she is still very shy on the inside."
Liu Yan repeatedly said yes. Although he was decisive in killing Dapanbao, facing such a scene, he really didn't know how to answer the question, so he had to smile and go to the side hall to eat with Wang Jing.
After a while, the two of them sat down in the side hall. Miao Shao, the flag officer, was also called in by the waiter and sat down to eat together.
Then Wang Yunhe brought a jar of wine to the three of them, and said to them with a smile: "This is the jar of wine for today, and it will be gone after drinking it. You three can eat more."
Liu Yan smiled and said, "Thank you, Miss Wang."
Wang Yunhe said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, there is no need to be polite."
With that said, Wang Yunhe came over to pour wine for the three of them.
Wang Jing was naturally very calm, while Liu Yan stood up and thanked him with a cup in both hands.
When Miao Shao arrived, he had already heard the discussion about Wang Yunhe, and now saw Wang Yunhe's friendship for Liu Yan. Miao Shao did not dare to let his future mistress pour him wine, and hurriedly said: "How can I be so busy?" It’s a sin, a sin, for the Lord’s mother to pour her own wine!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yunhe blushed with embarrassment, glared at Liu Yan angrily, turned around and ran away. Wang Jing didn't say anything, he just sat and laughed at Miao Shao's embarrassment.
Liu Yan glared at Miao Shao and said angrily: "You started talking nonsense without drinking. Look, Miss Wang is gone!"
Miao Shao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Is the commander angry that his subordinate said the wrong thing, or is he angry that Miss Wang left?"
Liu Yan was suddenly speechless, while Wang Jing on the side couldn't help laughing.
