Katoya, the capital of the Kingdom of Wenji.

In Lu Yuan's view, although this Katoya is the capital of a country, it is actually similar to the third-tier cities in China, the flow of people is not very large, it is not very prosperous, and the gap between the rich and the poor is even greater, but the rich area can still be compared with Manhattan.

Lu Yuan sat in an extended version of Lincoln, escorted by Xiao Ying and an infantry armored company led by her to the Katoya Palace.

Along with Lu Yuan, there were also a number of executives such as Su Yuqing, Wen Qian, Yan Lu, Yao Wei, and Luo Liang.

Nu Wei, the king of the Wenji Kingdom, was already waiting in the palace square with the officials of the inner court in his formal attire.

When Lu Yuan and the others arrived, the inner court band played a welcome song, and the inner court guards also stood straight in the center of the square, keeping an eye on Lu Yuan and his party.

"Welcome, my Cabinet Chief. ”

Nu Wei stretched out his hand to Lu Yuan, and then took Lu Yuan's hand to the main hall of the palace, and officially announced to the prince of the inner court and the domestic and foreign media that Lu Yuan would become the first assistant of his cabinet and preside over the military and political affairs of the Wenji Kingdom.

Lu Yuan also shook hands with Nu Wei with a smile, and then under the leadership of the ceremonial officer, he officially took the oath of office as the first assistant to the cabinet of the Wenji Kingdom and began to speak.

The speech was written by Wen Qian for him, and it was basically some official words, so there is no detailed record here.

Next, there was a state banquet presided over by King Nuvi himself, and the officials and wives of the inner court toasted Lu Yuan respectively.

The day after the state banquet, Lu Yuan officially began to form a cabinet, Su Yuqing became the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Wenji Kingdom and the Minister of the Interior of the Cangwu Island Special Administrative Region, Xiaoying became the Minister of Defense of the Wenji Kingdom and the Minister of Defense of Cangwu Island, and Wen Qian became the cabinet secretary of the Wenji Kingdom and became Lu Yuan's senior staff.

"Boss, you are now the head of my cabinet, how are you going to help me build my country? ”

Nu Wei asked Lu Yuan, he knew that Lu Yuan was a big chaebol with a deep background, otherwise it would be impossible to help him end the domestic turmoil, and naturally he also believed that Lu Yuan could develop his country.

"Strengthen the construction of the Cangwu Island Special Economic Zone, let the economy of Cangwu Island take off, and then drive other areas of Wenji. ”

Lu Yuan said what he thought.

"Cangwu Island Special Zone?"

Nuvi thought about it, but there was no reason to refute it, so he asked again: "Then how does the boss plan to build?"

"If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and Yan Lu, the Minister of Transport and Foreign Affairs, told me that she has negotiated with foreign companies and will invest in technology to build high-speed railways for us, and we only need to pay for it. ”

Lu Yuan said.

"High-speed rail? This is really good, boss! Now the unemployment rate of the people in Wenji is high, and many people have no source of income, so even if the war is over, robberies and thefts often occur, if we can build a high-speed railway, so many people will have jobs, and the economy will develop, I think we have to build a high-speed rail from Katoya to the port first. ”

Nuvi said happily.

"First repair the seaport to Shendu, the capital of the Special Administrative Region. ”

Lu Yuan replied.

"Ah, why is that?"

Nouvi asked.

"First, the cost is small, and we can't get too much money now, and second, the development of Cangwu Island first is the top priority at the moment. ”

Lu Yuan replied.

Nu Wei nodded: "That's okay, boss, anyway, as long as Wenji can no longer have wars in the future, the people will no longer be chaotic." ”

Next.

Lu Yuan began to reform the closed system of the Wenji Kingdom, first issuing a decree allowing the civilians of the Wenji Kingdom to come to work in the Cangwu Island Special Zone after obtaining a special passage permit.

Thereupon.

The cheap labor force in the Cangwu Island Special Economic Zone has increased a lot at once, and the progress of project construction has also been accelerated a lot.

From then on, the introduction of talents in Cangwu Island was mainly to attract technical and managerial talents from China, while the ordinary peasant workers who carried out various agricultural activities and construction activities were mainly civilians from the Wenji Kingdom.

However, the talents introduced from China can stay here and become new residents, but the Wenji civilians who come to Cangwu Island to work can only come here to work to earn money and get short-term residence opportunities.

This is a good policy for everyone.

Highly educated talents from China can show their strengths here, and even normal students can work here as teachers teaching Chinese, and the salary is good, and they enjoy the treatment within the establishment of the special zone.

The civilians of Wenjiguo can earn more income when they come here, and after returning to their hometowns, they will also feel that they are people who have seen the world and made money, and feel that they have more face, and even envy those Chinese people in the SAR who communicate in Chinese and dress fashionably, and they are proud to be able to drag a few sentences in Chinese.

Shendu is the name of the capital of the Cangwu Island Special Administrative Region, which was taken by Lu Yuan for more than a month, in order to hope that the capital of the Special Administrative Region would be as prosperous as Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty.

Like Harbour City, the Shendu area has now become a large construction site, where more than 100,000 people work every day, and many civil engineering students from China cannot find jobs in China, but they have the opportunity to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and use their professional knowledge to the fullest.

The high-speed rail from Shendu to the seaport has also begun to be designed and constructed, because of the technology investment from China, coupled with the cheap labor in the Wenji Kingdom, the high-speed rail construction is particularly fast, but the employment driven by this is also very large, and the domestic economic pull of the Wenji Kingdom is indeed great.

"The unemployment rate has dropped from 8.46% to 8.46%, which is nearly half the unemployment rate in neighboring Tunisia. ”

Nu Wei took the news with reverence and praised Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan smiled: "This is just the beginning, as the Cangwu Island Special Economic Zone becomes more and more developed, Wenji will definitely become richer and richer." ”

As Lu Yuan said, as the scale of the construction of Cangwu Island is getting bigger and bigger, the Wenji Kingdom needs to provide more and more sand, stone and various mineral raw materials, and many people in the Wenji Kingdom have made money by opening sand factories, brick factories, stone factories, etc.

However, it was Lu Yuan and his group who made the most money, because the auction rights of land resources and mineral resources in the Wenji Kingdom were controlled by Lu Yuan.

And Nuvi and the other princes also made a lot of money.

"The income of the common people has increased, the income of the princes and nobles has increased, and our Lu clan has even earned the most, this kind of trading by mining the resources of the Wenji Kingdom is simply the most cost-effective. ”

At the executive board meeting, Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"But no, now the country is willing to directly exchange the ore raw materials we have mined in the Wenji Kingdom for technology, not only in China, but also in other countries, I intend to suggest that the executive board allow me to find a few more exploration experts from China to explore a few more large mines in Wenji. ”

Yan Lu said at this time.

"I don't have an opinion on this", Su Yuqing said.

Wen Qian also smiled and nodded: "I don't have an opinion either." ”

"In that case, let's do it."

Lu Yuan nodded as he spoke.

"Okay", as she spoke, Yan Lu glanced at Lu Yuan, she didn't know why, why she and Lu Yuan now knew that they liked each other but they were still the same as before.

The conversation turned back.

During Lu Yuan's tenure as the chief assistant to the cabinet of the Wenji Kingdom, his career in the Ming Dynasty world was also in full swing.

"Now the number of our regular army is only about 1,800 people, including 500 in the guard regiment, 1,000 in the recruit regiment of the First Army of the People's Army, and nearly 200 in the guard battalion. ”

At the governor's meeting, Xiao Ying first told Lu Yuan about the number of troops in the Ming Dynasty world.

Wen Qian smiled and said: "Actually, as long as the army of about 1,000 is well-trained and well-equipped, it should also be able to attack cities and seize land on the southeast coast, although Qi Jiguang has reorganized his armaments in Jiliao over the years, and the Ming Dynasty still has a strong military strength in the north, but now the war has been over for a long time, and after the southern troops are transferred to the north and are not reused, the military affairs of the southeast coast are only afraid that they have been abolished again, otherwise, this coastal guard will not have discovered us until now." ”

"Wen Qian is right, but the problem is that if we take the initiative to attack, it will definitely alarm the Ming Court, and once the Ming Court mobilizes an elite naval army to encircle and suppress us, how should we deal with it?"

Lu Yuan asked, he didn't expect that he would one day be an enemy of these famous generals of the Ming Dynasty.

"We can only return to the urban world or the villa area, and the Hu'an Town under our rule and the 6,000 people who belong to us will all be dealt with by the Ming court for plotting rebellion. ”

Su Yuqing replied.

"It is true that it is not appropriate to carry out active military operations for the time being, but we need to launch an active attack on the Ming Court in the future, if the Ming Court does not take the initiative to attack, this is the consensus we have reached now, after all, we now need to increase the number of craftsmen and grain production. ”

Lu Yuan said.

"Actually, before the Ming court did not have the heart to slaughter us, we can take non-war means to achieve our goals, the Ming court has now abolished Zhang Juzheng's government, the corruption of officials has not been controlled, we have a lot of loopholes to exploit, you can think about how Shuangyu Island in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty became bigger step by step. ”

Wen Qian said with a smile.

Lu Yuan nodded as if he had understood: "This is also reasonable, Hu'an Town is no different from Shuangyu Island today, Hu'an Town also appeared because Yan Jiansheng and other overseas Chinese businessmen live here to do smuggling business, thus attracting displaced people, or the displaced people themselves migrate here, plus after the great geographical discovery, the global economy of this era was opened, the silk weaving industry in the Ming Dynasty was developed, and Hu'an Town prospered like other Jiangnan towns, if we want to continue to make Hu'an Town continue to grow, we can still achieve our goal by doing smuggling trade." ”

"This is also true, as far as I know, the merchants who had the status of gentry in the late Ming Dynasty were very powerful in smuggling, especially represented by the eight Jin merchants, and now we can also use this to continue to develop first. ”

Su Yuqing also echoed and said: "The most important thing now is two points, one is to recruit craftsmen and homeless people, and the other is to buy land and food, which can make Yan Jiansheng, the only one who is still doing business in Hu'an Town, be responsible for this matter." ”

"You can make him responsible, but our ultimate goal is to overthrow the Ming court and push the world and establish the Han empire in this world, so we have to strengthen the military management of all important materials, and the foreign trade business must be controlled in the hands of the Governor's Palace. ”

When Lu Yuan said this, Wen Qian also glanced at Lu Yuan approvingly.

"yes, I understand!"

Su Yuqing nodded.

"Xiao Ying", Lu Yuan looked at Xiao Ying again at this time.

"Brother Lu Yuan, what are your orders?"

Xiao Ying straightened up and asked.

"We must continue to pay close attention to training, once the shortage of craftsmen is filled, the Ordnance Bureau will immediately expand the scale of production of flintlock pistols and corresponding weapons, and when the time comes, you must immediately start training the People's Army in the Mandarin Duck Formation that we have discussed before. ”

Lu Yuan commanded.

"Xiao Ying understands, Brother Lu Yuan, don't worry. ”

Xiao Ying replied.

"Good!"

After Lu Yuan said this, he looked at Wen Qian and Su Yuqing: "I still have a private matter to tell you, you are now a member of my executive board and a person who is very close to me, so you need to know these things about me." ”

That day, Su Yuqing had already asked him, but he did not answer, and said that he would talk about it at the governor's meeting.

Hearing Lu Yuan say this, Su Yuqing and Wen Qian both listened carefully, and even Xiaoying obediently folded her legs together and sat on the sofa stool.

"I have someone I like, her name is Yan Lu, except for Xiaoying, you all know each other. ”

Lu Yuan replied.

As a result, the air froze for three seconds, and the hall of the villa fell silent.

"What a good thing!"

After a while, Wen Qian laughed first, picked up the wine on the coffee table next to her, and poured a glass: "Congratulations on this matter." ”

Su Yuqing also smiled and took a goblet: "Sister Qian is right, congratulations on this matter." ”

Xiao Ying pursed her lips and did not speak.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan only smiled faintly, and took a glass of wine from Wen Qian's hand: "Thank you!"

"Why be polite, I just want to say that this person is just different from others, and some people just have a good fate. ”

Wen Qian looked at Xiao Ying as she spoke: "Little sister, do you want a drink?"

"Sakura doesn't drink. ”

Xiao Ying shook her head, and then asked Lu Yuan, "Brother Lu Yuan, is Yan Lu doing well?"

"It's not perfect, but she does make your brother Lu Yuan want to fall in love", Lu Yuan replied with a smile.

Xiao Ying didn't ask Lu Yuan again.

Here, Wen Qian laughed: "In this case, let's drink it for the three of us." ”

However, at this time, Su Yuqing had already dried herself, cup after cup.

Seeing this, Wen Qian couldn't help but persuade: "Yuqing, it's not interesting to drink like this." ”

"I like it! hehe. ”

Su Yuqing smiled, then drank again, and glanced at Lu Yuan.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but touch his nose, and only said, "Okay, it's late tonight, so let's disperse." ”

Wen Qian returned to the urban world.

However, Su Yuqing did not leave, and rested overnight in the villa area in the space of Lu Yuan's territory, and the next day, after Lu Yuan got up, he saw that she was already busy in the office.

Lu Yuan also walked over and asked, "Are you better?"

"What do you say again?"

Su Yuqing smiled and said, "I have already talked to Yan Jiansheng, and he is willing to become the director of the comprehensive store and the director of the temporary external liaison office of our Hu'an Governor's Mansion, responsible for purchasing grain from abroad, recruiting craftsmen, and dealing with Ming Dynasty officials in various places. ”

"Director of the General Store and Director of the External Liaison Office?"

Lu Yuan asked.

"Yes, after you sign it, these two institutions will officially come into effect, the comprehensive store is a department store and supermarket that will sell firewood, rice, oil, salt and other necessities to the people in the ruling area as a public enterprise of the Governor's Mansion in the future, which is equivalent to a supply and marketing cooperative, and an external liaison office, so I don't need to say more. ”

As she spoke, Su Yuqing handed Lu Yuan two documents and two letters of appointment.

Lu Yuan looked at it and said, "I thought about it, I think we should have some doubts about the reliability of Yan Jian Sheng." ”

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