The next day, Ren Pingsheng delivered the medicinal materials to Ruan Tang and brought two female guards with him.
They are all elites in the Night Owl organization. They have also practiced martial arts to Mingjin. They are very skilled in using rifles and pistols. Together with the high-power revolvers that are difficult for ordinary people to control due to their large recoil, they can exert great influence.
combat effectiveness.
In the future, the secret guards who secretly protect and monitor Ruan Tang will be withdrawn, leaving only the female guards on the surface. In addition, Ruan Tang has now awakened the electromagnetic power. As long as she does not leave the scope of Qingshui County, her own safety will be guaranteed.
There is no problem with safety.
"By the way, in the Hanlin class, you can come and be a guest teacher when you have time. The students there are all selected from a hundred, some of them are flexible and smart. There should be many talents in this batch after graduation."
Ren Pingsheng was about to return to the county town. Before leaving, he told Ruan Tang.
"Okay, I'll go take a look when I have time."
Ruan Tang nodded and looked at him with some reluctance.
When it was hot, she was a little reluctant to leave.
"The road from Qingcheng Town to Chengguan Town will be repaired soon. If you have anything, come to Qingshui County to find me."
Ren Pingsheng held Ruan Tang's hands and kneaded them. They were soft and comfortable to touch.
"good."
At the entrance of the small courtyard, Ruan Tang nodded lightly.
If it weren't for Qingshui's existing industrial base, which was right here in Qingcheng Town, she would have preferred to leave with Ren Pingsheng. However, as Ren Pingsheng said, Qingshui Town is not far from the county seat, and if you want to meet, you can make an appointment at any time.
"I will buy a new energy vehicle some time later. I heard that the current battery life of new energy vehicles can reach thousands of miles, and the driving time will only be ten or twenty minutes at most."
When Ren Pingsheng went back this time and was watching short videos, he saw that some high-end new energy vehicles had semi-solid lithium batteries that could last for thousands of kilometers. This suddenly put gasoline vehicles at the bottom.
This is just convenient for Ren Pingsheng.
After all, Qingshui County does not yet have the ability to extract oil, so if you buy a gasoline vehicle or a diesel vehicle, you still have to worry about purchasing gasoline.
Charging is much easier.
Ruan Tang eagerly sent Ren Pingsheng to the street, and reluctantly watched Ren Pingsheng's carriage and escort leave.
It wasn't until the carriage turned around the end of the long alley and disappeared onto the road to the West City Gate that Ruan Tang returned to the small courtyard in a daze, feeling very lonely.
When the carriage arrived at the West City Gate, Lu Yingying and others were already waiting here.
"Lord! In the past few days, Guangming took some textile factory owners to Zhoujia Market Town in Yanyan County, Guyi County, where they inspected the planting of cotton. I just came back today, and my lord has to return, so I was unable to listen to my lord's teachings.
, I’m really ashamed.”
Seeing Ren Pingsheng get out of the car, Lu Yingying quickly raised her hands and bowed in salute.
"It is my good fortune to be bright and serve the public wholeheartedly.
I have been walking around Qingcheng in the past few days, and Qingcheng is developing well.
But you, through your hard work, have lost a lot of weight during this period."
Ren Pingsheng looked at the thin Lu Yingying and said.
Lu Yingying shook her head and said sincerely: "Thank you for the compliment, my lord. You are bright and don't care about the hard work. I just dedicated my whole life for the development of Qingcheng."
Ren Pingsheng patted Lu Yingying on the shoulder to show encouragement and asked casually: "How was the itinerary and results of this inspection?"
“We now have 70 or 80 textile factories of various sizes in Qingcheng Town, and the demand for cotton is very strong.
However, due to the policy of the county government, cotton planting in the county cannot be encouraged, so we organized the factory owners to go to Zhouji Town in Yanshi County. Because planting cotton is profitable, the landowners and rich farmers here have switched to cotton planting to supply supply.
Our textile factory.
However, these gentry were extremely cunning and actually hoarded cotton in order to take advantage of the opportunity to raise the price. This time we concentrated our purchases and divided them up to drive down the price of cotton, ultimately costing more than 10,000 taels.
The results are also very good. We have already signed a contract with some large cotton-growing gentry over there. We have also agreed on our purchase quantity and the price of cotton next year. These are contracts signed by both parties, and neither party can go back on it.
"
Lu Yingying said.
"Um."
When Ren Pingsheng heard the words, he pondered for a while.
This has already begun to take shape in the form of futures.
"Don't give up on Guangming. I see that you are diligent in official affairs and working for the people."
Ren Pingsheng waved his hand at Lu Yingying, and with him seeing her off, he got on the carriage and left Qingcheng Town.
But on the carriage, Ren Pingsheng was still thinking about the next economic development.
Banks, stock exchanges, and commodity exchanges are all important tools for economic regulation.
Stocks and futures, these two things are not urgent yet, but banks urgently need to launch them.
Banks can not only use monetary policy to regulate economic operations, but also provide storage, financing, and payment for factories and individuals.
It is also a propeller for the development of the factory.
Of course, the most practical significance and most important role of banks now is to provide storage and payment.
It is very difficult to go out to do business at this time. The large amounts of money and silver used to do business are often transported by cart. Like this cotton purchase, once it involves the purchase of thousands of taels of silver,
, you need to load the car one by one!
At this time, the road is not smooth. Walking through the market like this is not only inconvenient, but also very easy to attract the covetousness of robbers and bandits. White knives come in and red knives come out at every turn. Going out to do business is a high-risk occupation with your head in your belt.
.
Even hiring an escort from an escort agency is a big expense, which adds a lot of burden to businessmen.
However, the Qingshui regime, which only covers an area of one and a half counties, seems to have failed to promote the credibility and authority of banks.
Xiaowan looked at the young master's frown because of bank matters, and said: "Master, since you said that the bank needs credit support, but it does not necessarily rely on the forcible promotion of the regime to operate, I think under the current situation
, or real money is more impactful.
As long as you have enough gold and silver and win the trust of businessmen and people, it will be fine. Moreover, the imperial court has just appointed the young master as the commander-in-chief of Wuzhou. I think, at least in Wuzhou, it is not difficult to open a bank.
of."
"you're right."
Ren Pingsheng praised Xiaowan, saying that her understanding was beyond praise.
"Banks issue currency, just like the official bills and Jiaozi issued by the Jing Dynasty. They were all credit-endorsed by the imperial court, but in the end they had no good results.
In my opinion, it is better to hoard gold and silver. Currency issued by banks is directly linked to gold and silver. As long as we control the quantity of currency issuance, there will be no big problems.
Moreover, the gold and silver we reserve can be publicized to everyone in the world, so that trust can be established and it will be less likely to be cheated in the end."
Xiaowan continued.
These were among the books she had read, and one of the chapters introducing the Brinton Woods system introduced these.
"You are right."
Ren Pingsheng is a Chinese major, but he also has a broad understanding of the economy after many years of work, and he knows that what Xiaowan said is quite the same.
Moreover, he had just forgotten the official position of "Capital Commander" that he had just been awarded, which provided favorable conditions for him to promote the establishment of bank branches in various parts of Wuzhou.
"Xiaowan, we are small now and the boat is small enough to turn around. I will leave the bank matters to you.
However, the bank's affairs can affect the whole body, so we must insist on government-run banks and hold them firmly in our hands, and do not let private capital get involved."
Ren Pingsheng waved his hand and handed this task to Xiaowan, who was not yet fifteen years old. If it were on earth, this would be considered child labor.
