For example: piston use, lever use, pulley use, and some basic physical science and so on.

Zhou Bo sometimes even imagined that perhaps in a few hundred years, the "Xiangyang Ordnance Technology School" would gradually evolve into Xiangyang University of Technology, surpassing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and becoming the world's oldest and most developed university in teaching.

That ton of steel was naturally sent to the Xiangyang Ordnance Institute, and after forging, only 500 steel knives were made for one ton of steel, and all the staff were allocated to the most elite battalion under Zhou Bo's command. The remaining surplus steel was used to create some small parts to replace the previous parts of the steam engine, making the steam engine more stable.

In addition to industry, there has also been a strong development in education. Of course, this aspect of education does not only refer to government schools, but also emphasizes the merger of the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education used to be a separate department, but later Li Xiaoyu felt that this department was in name only, so it was better to streamline the Ministry of Education and merge the Ministry of Supervision with the Ministry of Education. Hence the current Inspectorate of Education.

The nature of the Ministry of Education is the same as Zhou Bo's original idea, this department not only has the function of managing all educational institutions of the Guanghua Army, but is also responsible for supervising and purging government officials, government industries, imperial examinations, and other affairs.

To put it bluntly, the Inspectorate of Education is equivalent to the joint functions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Public Prosecutor's Office, and the Ministry of Education in the 21st century.

Because of the importance of this department, there is no general chief, only a sub-chief. The department does not need to be responsible to anyone, and only obeys Zhou Bo's orders alone. At the same time, this department stipulates that a public opinion poll will be held every year to judge whether there is corruption or bending the law for bribes from public opinion.

As early as the beginning of taking over the Guanghua Army, Zhou Bo was worried about the government's human resources, and recalled that a few months ago, only he, Li Xiaoyu and Li Xuzhong were the only three officials in the entire government, which was really an unbearable memory. Immediately after the establishment of the Inspectorate Ministry, a civil service examination was organized.

Because after all, it is an extraordinary period and there is an urgent shortage of talents, so the threshold for taking the exam has been lowered a lot, but anyone who can read and write can take the exam. The content of the exam was personally formulated by Zhou Bo, and the main assessment was the emotional intelligence of the personnel, Zhi ♀dǐng♀diǎn♀ small ♀ theory, .±.●os_ (); Secondly, as for the gender of men and women, the age of the old and the young, it can almost be ignored.

In the 21st century, Zhou Bo has seen many cases of recruitment of Fortune 500 companies, and knows that these large enterprises have always been based on the examination of emotional intelligence. Because emotional intelligence reflects a person's level of thinking, including moral sense, sentiment, beliefs, and the way of thinking about problems.

Ancient people were very simple, and the way of thinking about problems was also single, and because education was not popular, most people were still illiterate, so it was not necessary to assess their IQ. As long as you are a kind and attentive person, it is okay to spend more time teaching.

After a round of evaluation, the government appointed the first batch of 56 officials.

In order to better manage the officials, Zhou Bo also created a set of civil service systems. All civil servants have a rank, which is a measure of a person's salary, ability and seniority, and the position must be assigned according to the civil service rank. All civil servants must be promoted with reference to their competencies and qualifications. It is good to have ability, but having qualifications can mean that the person has good moral character, otherwise he would have been fired a long time ago.

This hierarchy from the lowest to the highest level is: probationary civil servants, regular civil servants, officers of the first class, officers of the second class, senior officials, regular civil servants, senior civil servants -

Although the Gwanghwa military industrial institutions are thriving. However, the ensuing financial crisis is becoming more and more apparent.

On this morning in early September, Zhou Bo was in the official office reviewing the financial report sent by the Department of Civil Affairs. Today, the Department of Civil Affairs has developed from Li Xiaoyu alone to a department of more than ten officials. After reading the official treasury expenditure records of the previous quarter, he couldn't help frowning, and his face was solemn.

"How can you make ends meet?" he muttered to himself, worried.

He carefully looked at the details of the accounts, studied them carefully for a long time, and finally found that more than 50 percent of the people's salaries in the Guanghua Army were paid by the government.

Zhou Bo couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and it could be inferred from this account book that among all the jobs in the Guanghua Army now, the government has recruited the most employees, so the salary paid is also the largest. He pondered for a moment, the current development of the Guanghua Army does have a significant prejudice, but this prejudice is only born by himself.

Since the Yuejia army repelled the Qi army of Xiangyang Prefecture five months ago, the common people of the Guanghua army have not had any income.

Most of the government's income comes from taxes, and although Zhou Bo operates a lot of government industries on his own territory, for now, these industries are in the investment stage and have no income.

Now the 10,000 taels of silver he brought to Lin'an have only a few thousand taels left in a few months.

"No, we must strive for more economic income. Zhou Bo said very seriously, and then shouted to the officials outside the door, "Who, go and call me the chief and deputy director of the Civil Affairs Department, quickly." ”

Now that there are more people in the yamen, it is naturally a lot more convenient to call, unlike before, if you want to find Li Xiaoyu, you have to go to the Civil Affairs Department in person.

The clerk at the door immediately answered, and then ran to the lobby of the Civil Affairs Department next door.

After a while, Li Xiaoyu and a young man hurried over. This young man is the newly promoted deputy director of the Department of Civil Affairs, named Wang Yun, who has studied under Li Xiaoyu's father, Li Fuzi, for many years.

After Li Xiaoyu and Wang Yun walked in, they saluted Zhou Bo. Now that the government has regulated, it is a mandatory regulation for subordinates to salute their superiors, although this makes Li Xiaoyu feel very unaccustomed, but so many people in the government have complied with it, and she has no choice but to comply with the regulations.

After the two of them came in, Zhou Bo asked them to sit down on the seats below the lobby first, his face was slightly calm, and asked, "I am so anxious to come over, I believe you also know what the problem is." This quarterly financial report was sent by your Civil Affairs Division, so you must know why. ”

Li Xiaoyu and Wang Yun glanced at each other, of course they all knew what Zhou Bo was talking about.

Regarding the financial loss, Li Xiaoyu and Wang Yun both felt that this was a very serious problem, and after sending the report, they were also discussing the strategy with the officials of the Department of Civil Affairs. Now the two of them have come to see Zhou Bo, but the department still hasn't stopped discussing.

Li Xiaoyu sighed slightly, pursed his lips and said, "Zhou Envoy, we have known this question for a long time...... We are currently actively discussing a solution...... It's just that this loss is too big, of course...... The fastest way to solve this problem is to ......"

Zhou Bo was a little impatient, Li Xiaoyu was in a hurry before, and he was not like this mother-in-law and mother at all. He sighed and said solemnly: "What is it? If you have something to say, you might as well say it bluntly, but now we are discussing the problem, not something that makes you embarrassed!"

Li Xiaoyu glanced at Wang Yun, and Wang Yun had no choice but to take over and say: "The meaning of the Li family's lady, the fastest way to solve the problem is to lay off employees." We will quickly start laying off employees in a single industry under the jurisdiction of our government, which will greatly alleviate the financial crisis. ”

Zhou Bo shook his head slowly, and didn't say anything for the time being, but only asked, "How many industries are under the jurisdiction of our government now, and how many workers are employed in total?"

Wang Yun immediately replied: "At present, there are four industries in the name of the government, thirteen porridge farms, iron mines, smelting workshops, and Xiangyang Ordnance Institute. In addition, strictly speaking, the official school, the Guanghua Army Army Stick School and the Xiangyang Ordnance Technology School should also be counted. ”

He paused, counted a little in his heart, and then said: "At present, there are 2,100 workers who are paid by the government, and of course there are some odd and broken projects. ”

Zhou Bo sighed, he didn't expect the Imperial Mansion to bear the wages of so many people, no wonder spending money is like running water. Suddenly, he regretted some of the orders he had given, especially the introduction of a monthly salary system, which required monthly pay. If the monthly wage system is not implemented, wages can be temporarily suppressed, which can also greatly alleviate the financial problem.

"Zhou Zhijun, in fact, in addition to the above-mentioned industries, some industries independently formed by the people, to put it bluntly, are also supported by the government. Therefore, it can be said that most of the wages of the ordinary people currently working in the Guanghua Army are released from the government treasury. Li Xiaoyu added another sentence after Wang Yun finished speaking.

"What? yes, yes, I remembered. Zhou Bo's face became even more ugly.

The first textile factory established by the people was not seen before, because the common people had no money, so all the clothes were bought and sold on credit. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, anyway, there is a government guarantee. However, the guarantee is a guarantee, and the silver used by the textile mill to purchase raw materials is only a sum of money that cannot be shortaged, and in fact it is lent to the owner of the textile mill at the expense of the government.

To put it bluntly, at present, the clothes purchased by the common people on credit have been paid for by the government in advance.

"You just said you were going to lay off employees, right?" Zhou Bo was silent for a while, and then asked again.

"Yes, Zhou Yuanjun, after our preliminary calculation, if we lay off 600 people now, the financial support can be supported for three more months, and if we lay off 1,000 people, it can be maintained until seven months later. Wang Yun said immediately.

"Support for three months? Support for seven months? I want to hear the solution, how can the Guanghua Army's finances continue to flow, instead of maintaining a pitiful number of days! Is it true that our Guanghua Army does not have any financial revenue at present?" Zhou Bo asked sharply.

Wang Yun suddenly didn't dare to say more, and glanced at Li Xiaoyu pitifully, at this time, he, a newcomer, could only count on his boss to stand up and speak.

Li Xiaoyu sighed, and said to Zhou Bo in a serious tone: "Zhou Envoy, at present, the biggest financial income of our Guanghua Army is land tax. However, when the "New Land Law" was promulgated, it was clearly promised to all ordinary people that no taxes would be collected for a year. What's more, it is not the cultivation season, and the harvest season is missed, and the common people have no way to pay taxes. We'll have to wait until this time next year at the earliest. ”

Zhou Bo took a deep breath, of course he knew the reason.

"But what about the other incomes, the ones that can be seen now?" he asked again.

"At the moment, there is nothing but transit taxes, income from the sale and purchase of land, and rental of land. Moreover, 90 percent of the people who rent out their land will not be able to pay rent for the time being, and they will have to wait until next autumn to pay the rent. Although some wealthy families who migrated from other places spent money to buy or rent 'government land', it was also pitiful, and the total amount of silver in this area in the past five months was only 4,300 taels. Li Xiaoyu said helplessly.

"4,300 taels, I think 3,000 taels of them are still silver for the black caravan to buy land. Zhou Bo said.

"Yes. Li Xiaoyu didn't intend to hide it at all.

At this time, Wang Yun added: "Actually, there is also a diǎndiǎn income in animal husbandry. ”

Zhou Bo thought that he had sent people to hunt in the mountains, captured many live animals, and then handed them over to the common people to keep in captivity. Half of these captive animals will still be used by the government.

Wang Fu continued: "The common people have raised a large number of wild animals on their behalf. Some of these pheasants, ducks, wild geese and other animals have laid eggs one after another. Of course, half of the eggs continue to be hatched and kept as seeds to feed. The other half is paid as tax profits. ”

Zhou Bo looked helpless and said, "Are these eggs worth when they are paid?"

Wang Yun hurriedly said: "Actually, I had an idea earlier to put these eggs in the porridge field and sell them as extra food. Those workers earned money and could use their wages to buy these eggs to eat. So, there's some income in this area. ”

"How much do you earn?" Zhou Bo asked.

"In the past three months, all the eggs have been sold, and the total income is fifty-three two thousand two hundred and seventy-four yuan!" Wang Yun memorized the number in one breath.

"Alas!" Zhou Bo sighed, he didn't want to lose his temper, no matter what, Wang Yun still thought about the problem with his heart, and it was an income to increase fifty-three taels of silver. It's a pity that such a diǎn silver can solve any problem? At most, it is only enough for a month's salary for the workers of the Xiangyang Ordnance Institute.

There was silence in the lobby again.

After a long time, Zhou Bo expressed his feelings: "In other words, if we continue like this, our government will go bankrupt? If we can't survive next year and the people start paying taxes, then we really want the government to be ruined and the people will die?"

Zhou Bo became stubborn because of some eagerness and the way his mind thinks about problems. Of course, after saying this, he immediately woke up again, in fact, even if all the silver in the treasury was exhausted, it would not reach the point where the government was ruined and the people were destroyed.

Because the purpose of ordinary people's survival is very simple, as long as they can eat and have a place to sleep. At present, the Gwanghwa Army still has enough grain in stock, even if the treasury runs out of money in a few months, it is just that it will not be able to pay the workers' wages. These workers may complain, but it won't take long for them to understand the government's difficulties.

When the time comes, these workers can either stop working or continue to work, giving the government a chance to pay arrears. Anyway, the thirteen porridge farms supported by the government are still there, and there is a free supply of food every day, so they will not starve to death. And the wages they receive, to be honest, are of little use in the Guanghua Army at the moment. (To be continued.) )