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Just as Liu Zhiqiang was getting annoyed, a soldier reported from outside, "Reporting, sir. Young Master Wen Qilong requests an audience."

"Come in!" Liu Zhiqiang didn't understand why Elder Wen's eldest son was here.

In front of the door, there was a man dressed in white silk, who was about thirty years old, holding a book in his hand. He saluted Liu Zhiqiang with both hands and said, "Your subordinate greets the commander."

Liu Zhiqiang said, "Sir, please take a seat. If there's anything I can do for you, please take a seat." He thought to himself: Ever since Elder Wen went to the North to consolidate the assets of the Sun Moon Sect, he had only seen this person a few times. He was usually nowhere to be seen. Could something have happened to his business?

Wen Zhaolong said, "Thank you, sir." With that, he sat on the right side of the table and said after he had settled down, "Army Commander, my father has established a relationship with all the important figures of Ying Tian Palace, and he has also displayed the sample of the glass mirror. Promise that as long as the quality of the goods supplied is this high, and the price is more than a hundred times higher than the Guangdong Fujian 2. It's just that, I'm afraid our supply of glass is insufficient. We should not be able to take into account the glass we produce in Guangdong Province and Fujian, so I recommend that we set up more glass factories to increase our production. There's also the military commander. This is the details of the accounts for the past month. Please take a look. It includes the revenues of gambling houses, brothels, teahouses and taverns in Chengxiang, as well as the Blue Salt Polar (as Chengxiang Chamber of Commerce calls it), cement and ornate glass mirrors (for imported glass at a clearly defined time, the quality cannot compare with modern glass, but in terms of size and texture far surpasses the imported Italian glass at the same time) with a total of more than 8369548, of which 3 million is now in silver, with the balance being silver notes, and my Chamber of Commerce will expedite the conversion of the current silver as soon as possible, Commander, please take a look. " After saying that, he put both hands on Liu Zhiqiang's table.

Just then, Liu Zhiqiang was still lost in his thoughts and couldn't make out the numbers behind it. Suddenly, he understood and asked, "How much did you say?"

Wenzel repeated himself grandly.

Liu Zhiqiang was surprised. He remembered that his last month's income was less than 1.3 million silver. How could it suddenly increase so much?

This was the first time Wen Zilong saw the army commander's face changing unexpectedly. From the time Liu Zhiqiang saved his family to the time when the Sky Valve Army excavated everything, green salt, cement, glass, everything. Wen Zilong could feel that only the heavens could have such a great opportunity, and he didn't expect that even the Heaven Realm people would have such a surprised expression. Could it be that the leader felt that what we earned was not enough, and said, "Army commander, you don't know, although this glass is priceless, just the capital of two provinces alone is more than a thousand, but our factory can only give us as much as we made at that time. In addition, our production is already seriously insufficient, so we gave it away, otherwise it definitely wouldn't be this much."

Liu Zhiqiang swallowed his saliva and asked the reason. Originally, they had displayed the sample glass and exquisite glasses to various families and business groups, and had told them to supply the cash stock, and the more silver they deposited, the more glass they could get (like a modern tender). The families from Guangzhou, South Heqiang and other places that had just received the news did not think that there was anything good in this small place, and they had only casually used the Chamber of Commerce's sample glass in Chaozhou Mansion (instead, it was Fujian's Chamber of Commerce that received most of the supplies. He wanted the glass factory's factory manager, Chen Yuan, to work overtime to make it. But then he thought, why don't I just make you think that this glass is priceless?

When Liu Zhiqiang heard this, he looked at the account book and saw that the highest cost of glass and glass was these protective packaging, cotton and cloth, then he looked at the price of glass (it was different from salt, the Ming Dynasty glass products were not something ordinary people could afford, just like cement, because there was no similar market price, they were given to Wentworth and the others for pricing) and sucked in a cold breath, one of the medium glasses was priced at three thousand taels, which was the same price without an exquisite wooden frame.

"Reporting, sir. Please meet Minister Chen."

Liu Zhiqiang raised his head to look at the door and said, "Let him in!"

Wen Zilong said, "Army Commander, your subordinate won't stand a chance."

Because the Wen Family had always been loyal to him, Liu Zhiqiang said, "No need, let's talk about our own matters!"

Winslow nodded.

When Chen Ziwen came in and found Wen Zilong, he nodded at him and said to Liu Zhiqiang, "Army Commander, your subordinate found out this morning that a person from the direction of Fujian is actually familiar with the Army Commander. I'm really sorry."

Seeing that Liu Zhiqiang was silent, he continued, "However, sir, I just happened to notice something urgent and I was about to report it to you, that is …" Seeing that Wen Chi-long was present, he could only wait until this Wen Chi-long would allow him to go out on his own.

Wen Zilong was quite tactful and was about to leave.

Liu Zhiqiang said, "Is there something going on in Fujian? Everyone here is one of our own, so there's no need to hide. Just say it!"

Chen Ziwen sighed. "The army commander is a man of God. What happened this morning may have been a misunderstanding, but this afternoon, I heard that there was a man in the prefecture of Huanjian who changed his horse at several relay houses. He seemed to be sending a report to the court." This subordinate just found out that Lord Xiong of Fujian had sent a message to our Governor of the two provinces, Wang Zunde. " They looked at Liu Zhiqiang and Wen Zilong and said, "Yes, our Governor, His Excellency Wang, is secretly imitating us here in Chengxiang!" Liu Zhiqiang did not ask any further questions. Only Wen Zilong wondered why the Lord Governor of the two provinces would come from his own territory.

Chen Ziwen thought about it and said, "According to the news, this Sir Wang seems to be prejudiced against our actions in Cheng Village, but from Fujian side, he has taken a liking to our Tian Feng Army, wanting to eat us, and our two great governors are also willing to let us perish!"

Wen Zilong was astonished. This Zheng guy, it was none other than Zheng Yi and Zheng Zilong. He was a difficult opponent to deal with. In fact, in the past three years, Eighteen Ganoderma had killed so many soldiers that no one dared to fight against them. Only those who were rich could force the pirates to retreat.

Although the current Chen Ziwen was very calm, he was actually not as anxious as Wen Zilong. In the past, the entire surface of Cheng Xiang knew that Chen Ziwen's family was a small landowner (as previously introduced), and since his ancestors were from Quanzhou, they had to pay some money to send him off. Otherwise, he would have long been able to roam the streets like he was, but he was still a bit late, and after taking over the intelligence department, he could vaguely guess that Liu Zhiqiang had intentions towards building a house in Guangzhou.

Just when the two of them were getting anxious, they heard Liu Zhiqiang say, "Is the news that the court will not interfere with our affair with this Zheng?"

Chen Ziwen replied: "Yes, Army Commander, I heard that Sir Wang indeed has such considerations, and wanted to borrow the Zheng Family's power to destroy my Heaven Valve." He felt that it was strange that the commander's news was even faster than his own.

Wen Zilong was alarmed and could not help but say, "How can Sir Wang just stand by and watch? We are helping the refugees and clearing the peace in Cheng Village; we are doing a little compensation for our losses! "Besides, Cheng Xiang has obviously become more prosperous recently, and we haven't done anything that hurts the heavens and cuts the earth. How can Sir Wang be like this …"

Chen Ziwen thought: We relief refugees in some understanding of the idea, definitely not to help the court, it seems that Young Master Wen does not have much political wisdom.

"Humph." With a sound, Liu Zhiqiang said, "If the court doesn't care about us, then that's what I want to see. If Zheng dares to come, then I will make sure he never comes back."

When Wen Zilong and Chen Ziwen heard this, their hearts were also set. Wen Zilong was different from his father, he was one of the villagers who had been saved by Liu Zhiqiang that night. When Liu Zhiqiang led the heavenly army and brought the blood of heavenly soldiers, he had given him an unprecedented shock and impact, which was also why he was so loyal. One must know that the money he paid Liu Zhiqiang was his due, but it was also his due to him (he was born into a merchant family, so Shang Jia's lecture was not very early, even though Liu Zhiqiang had already given his father a salary of five hundred silver a month, while he was paid three hundred silver a month). However, compared to the large amount of money he had earned, it was simply a drop in the bucket), he treated Liu Zhiqiang like a man from heaven, because he was the same as the other rescued villagers, and that was because he treated Liu Zhiqiang like a man from heaven. However, the current commander of the army, the Heavenly Soldiers, was not here (To him, the commander of the army did not include the refugees from the north and the citizens of Cheng Village. For his current life, he felt too happy. Not only was he revered by others, he was also an influential figure in Cheng Xiang Chamber of Commerce. He did not want to lose this, so Liu Zhiqiang's excavation was really too important for him.

Liu Zhiqiang said, "Right now, I am still not stable, so I will need all of you to do your best. In addition to your operations and your salary, Mr. Wen, take half a silver tael to open new factories and recruit workers! The other half will be kept in the treasury. "

Wenzhou Long said, "This, commander, this is where I should go to do my work, this subordinate will do his job as much as he can. I will do it now, and take my leave first."

Liu Zhiqiang said, "It's been hard on you, Mr. Wen. You should go back to your work now! "Thank you."

Chen Ziwen watched Wen Zilong leave and said, "Commander, then your subordinate …"

Liu Zhiqiang said, "Zi Wen, you have to be more careful when creating new factories. As for Zheng Chilong, you just need to keep an eye on their movements and that black faced bald guy you followed this morning? "Where did he go? Remember, don't hurt him."

Chen Ziwen said, "After this person left Laixiang Pavilion, he went to the market to buy horses. After that, Instructor Liu also followed them. As for now, they should still be at the Dark Immortal Stone Temple. "

Just as Liu Zhiqiang was wondering, a report suddenly came in from outside the door, "Military Commander, Instructor Xia (Xia Yuan Yi, the meaning of being the head instructor), Instructor Liu, please meet him!"

Since Liu Zhiqiang was a member of the Sun Moon Sect, the upper echelons of both forces had yet to give a detailed introduction of him. They nodded and said, "Of course. You can go back to your work now."

Chen Ziwen said, "I will take my leave."