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Hu Guang turned around and told Wang Chengen beside him. After Wang Chengen turned and left, he said to Xu Guangqi: "The knowledge of the Western Yi can indeed make up for the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty. I don't have much time, so I only wrote part of the content about arithmetic. Please tell me. Take it to read, if there is anything you don’t understand, write a memorial to me after summarizing it, and I will give you the answers. I hope you and your students can make a difference in this area!"

Arabic numerals need to be promoted and the way of writing needs to be changed, otherwise the promotion of mathematics and physics will be empty talk. And these are best proposed by ministers like Xu Guangqi, and then supported by themselves.

Regarding this matter, Xu Guangqi naturally agreed, and left Beijing with mixed feelings, no longer caring about the messy affairs of Tang Ruowang and others.

In the afternoon, in Xuanfu City, there was a long line of carriages parked at the gate of Fan Mansion. After counting, there are seven vehicles in total.

In the meeting hall of the mansion, Fan Yongdou was sitting in the main seat, looking at the other seven people, with a serious face, talking about the situation he had grasped, and finally slapped the table and said decisively: "Everyone, this is the situation. Fan thought that for the sake of prevention, In case, the grain already in Zhangjiakou must be sent to Liaodong immediately. Other grain must also be transported to Zhangjiakou as soon as possible. Do you still have any doubts about this?"

The others looked at each other and were about to say something when suddenly the door to the assembly hall was pushed open, and a biting cold wind swept in, making the people inside shiver.

As the master, Fan Yongdou's face suddenly darkened. What happened to the butler? There is a guest here, so he is so panicked!

When he was about to scold him, he saw the butler bowing to the others, then quickly approaching Fan Yongdou, and reported in a low voice: "Someone from Shanhaiguan came and killed a horse. He said that Sun Chengzong had ordered Guan Ning's army to go out last night." Guan patrols the grassland and seizes any caravans..."

"What?" Fan Yongdou was surprised when he heard this. How could this be possible? He immediately asked, "What else?"

"There is also unconfirmed news that Belhaug, the son of the Great Jin Khan, has arrived with a thousand cavalry."

Fan Yongdou naturally knew that the only way to contact Shanhaiguan was by word of mouth, so after hearing this, he waved his hand and asked the housekeeper to leave.

Others saw Fan Yongdou's face changed drastically after whispering, and then lowered his head in thought. They couldn't help but become a little nervous, and asked one after another: "Brother Fan, what happened?"

"Brother Fan, if you have anything to say, let's discuss it together and solve it!"

"..."

After hearing this, Fan Yongdou looked up at them, briefly explained the situation, and then said: "It is too risky to send out food at this time, so we will not send it out for the time being. What do you think?"

"It's best to transport all the food first, and then transport it away at once." Wang Dengku responded with a smile.

But Jin Liangyu felt something was wrong. He said to Fan Yongdou: "Except for the Ming army in Yulin who might leave the border and go to the grassland, this has never happened in other places. This is strange!"

Fan Yongdou nodded after hearing this, frowning and said: "From this news, it seems that Daikin leaked the news, otherwise it would be impossible to know that Hauge Belle is coming and the specific number of people."

"It's okay, let Mr. Beile take the food away by himself. It will save us a lot of effort!" Huang Yunfa said nonchalantly.

Fan Yongdou did not agree immediately and listened to several other people talking there. After a while, he said with a serious face: "We have to guard against the previous risks. We will give up another 10% of the profits and put it in the name of Mr. Zhongcheng. In this way, even if the new commander-in-chief arrives, if he does not cooperate, , I don’t dare to be rude to Master Zhongcheng! Is this okay?”

When the business has reached their level, the risks must be something they have to consider. Although 10% of the profit has to be given away, it can be insured and can further shorten the relationship with the governor of Xuanfu. After some calculation in their minds, these big Shanxi merchants all agreed.

Hu Guang, who was far away in the capital, naturally did not expect to leave the food in the pass by accident. At this time, he finally heard the news he had always wanted to hear: the Baigan Army would arrive in the capital on the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year.

After Hu Guang thought for a moment, he secretly summoned Han Shengcai and Hu Zhengyan. Looking at the two cautious people, he smiled and said to Hu Zhengyan: "More than 400,000 taels of Ming Dynasty banknotes have been used and have not been exchanged for silver taels. This is a good start. However, the previous Ming Dynasty banknotes still had flaws. Don’t use this version!”

When Hu Zhengyan heard this, he was slightly startled. He spent a lot of effort on those banknotes and carefully checked them before printing. He was a little confused, so he bowed and asked for instructions: "I don't know what the flaw is. Please tell me, Your Majesty!"

When Han Sheng heard this, he realized that the person next to him was the one who printed such exquisite banknotes, and he couldn't help but admire him.

Hu Guang asked Wang Cheng'en, the fourth person in the palace, to hand over the samples on the imperial case to Hu Zhengyan, and said to him: "There is no need to print the name of the legal Yamen on the Ming Dynasty banknotes!"

"The Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty!" Hu Zhengyan couldn't help but read out loud after taking a look at the sample.

Hu Guang nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty! I will issue a decree to establish it in the near future, and you will be appointed as the first president of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty and the director of the Banknote Printing Department. It is a fifth-grade institution and is directly under the cabinet. "

Having said this, he turned to look at Han Shengcai and said: "Han Qing is the deputy governor of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty and the director of the Financial Department. He is ranked from the fifth grade. He mainly analyzes and studies the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, controls the circulation of banknotes, and controls finance. risk."

Seeing their confused looks, Hu Guang explained their respective functions to them in detail. Originally, based on what they were good at, Han Shengcai was the right candidate to be the president because he had a better understanding of finance, but unfortunately he was in vain.

However, Hu Zhengyan was born in Juren, and when he was mentioned as the top leader, he was more recognized by the officialdom. However, he is good at printing, and will spend more energy on the innovation of printing technology and anti-counterfeiting.

Such an arrangement was already overjoyed for Han Shengcai. But Hu Guang hadn't finished his words yet, "Admiral Cao Huachun of the East Factory rushed to Suzhou early yesterday morning. Your brother will be fine by then. I will see you later. If it is as you said, I plan to appoint He is the first president of Daming Construction Bank..."

Hu Guang knew that they could not understand, so he briefly explained the structure and operation, which was an eye-opener for Hu Zhengyan and Han Shengcai, and also made Han Shengcai very happy.

After Hu Zhengyan retreated first, Hu Guang suddenly said seriously to Han Shengcai: "We are about to take action. I need Han Qing to set out with the army and point out all the places where they hide their supplies. Can you do it?"