Ning Yu has been thinking about it since he planned to make a consortium by himself, for him, the real urgent task at the moment is not this, this thing has developed to the sky, that is, he can let himself fall into an idle chess, and he can better intervene in the construction of industry and commerce in the future.

But this is not really something that he should focus on, Ning Yu sees everything about himself very clearly, the key to his current situation is still the army, as long as he holds the military power in his hands, other things are not a problem, but if the military power is not grasped, it is really a big thing.

Therefore, Ning Yu naturally will not put all his time on this, he will return to Anqing at the end of April at the latest, and then plan the Eastern Crusade, before that, for the current consortium plan, Ning Yu hopes to find a suitable person to manage, and this person's thinking must be open-minded enough.

Originally, among the people Ning Yu knew, the most suitable person was his third uncle Ning Zhongjing, but now he is already the right senator of the political affairs hall, and he is also in power, so it is too big to use it to do these things. As for the rest of the Ning family, Ning Yu thought about it but felt that something was wrong.

After thinking about it, Ning Yu found that since he couldn't rely on the Ning family, his relatives seemed to be able to use it to balance it, so he went straight to ask Cui Ji, who was reading.

"Lady, it is said that the Cui family is also a big family, but why do you rarely hear your father-in-law mention it?"

Although Cui Ji was a little unclear about this issue, after all, it was related to her family, so she said softly: "My father actually had some discord with the Cui family because of some problems. ”

Ning Yu nodded, but said with a smile: "My father-in-law is also thinking about avoiding suspicion in my heart, but if it is like this, it is a little too unkind, and it will inevitably be blamed, so I have to persuade my father-in-law in this matter." ”

Cui Xi doesn't know anything about these people's sophistication, although she is talented and intelligent, but it is only for learning, and she is curious at the moment: "Husband, my father naturally has his intentions in acting, if he rashly moves the Cui family, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble." ”

Ning Yu smiled, "In this world, things are big and big, and small are small, if my father-in-law is willing to move the Cui family here, in fact, there will be no chaos, the key is that we lack a trustworthy helper at the moment." ”

"Helper?" Cui Ji was a little puzzled.

Ning Yu sighed, reached out and pinched Cui Xi's cute little face, and said with a smile: "Haven't we all thought about earning some rouge gouache money for the lady, but now I have more important things to do, if someone in the Cui family can pick up this burden, the husband is extremely relieved." ”

Cui Ji's heart was sweet, but her face showed a little arrogant appearance, and she said coquettishly: "My husband is joking again, but seriously, my Cui family is not a real heirloom of poetry and books, and my grandfather's generation is indeed in business.....

Ning Yu knew in his heart that it was not easy for the gentry family in this year to support a scholar, so to speak, just a showman, it would take more than a dozen people to support him to be able to afford to read, let alone a lifter, or even a jinshi.

In addition to providing for these gentry families, they naturally do not ask for returns, but the returns are quite rich, that is, when the scholar who supports them becomes an official, they can shade the family in all aspects, which can be called a quite explosive rate of return.

Because of this, after Cui Wancai was admitted to the Jinshi, he actually returned to his hometown instead of being an official, which damaged the interests of the family to a large extent, so he was also rejected by the family.

Cui Ji smiled on her face and said softly: "I don't know much about the Cui family, but I have also heard my father mention that the Cui family is a business talent, if the husband is interested, it is better to talk to my father directly." ”

Ning Yu sighed and said, "You really can't just tell the teacher about this matter, otherwise he will definitely oppose it." ”

Cui Ji had some doubts: "If it is really like what my husband said, my father has no reason to object, after all, this also eases the relationship with the family......."

Ning Yu shook his head slightly, in fact, the reason is very simple, that is, at this time, Ning Yu pulled the Cui family in, not so simple, but to let the Cui family intervene in the internal power balance system of the entire Fu Han Army, which is very beneficial to Ning Yu, but for the Cui family, it is almost roasted on the fire.

On the one hand, the current Fu Han army is not fighting alone because it started out, which is destined to have a very complicated internal relationship, first of all, the three major families of Ning, Cheng and Zheng, although the Ning family occupies an absolute advantage and initiative, but it cannot deny the status of the Cheng family and the Zheng family, because at the beginning, a lot of money, food and soldiers were provided by them.

In addition, there is also a distinction between the Huguang Group and the Jiangxi Group within the Fuhan Army, if Jiangnan is taken in the future, there will be a Jiangnan gentry group that needs to be wooed, in this case, Ning Yu cannot be able to do the power in his hands all at once, so at this time, he must ensure that the military power is in his own hands, and there is also a cordon within the Fuhan Army.

However, this cordon cannot be served by the Ning family, because in Ning Yu's imagination, even the Ning family will not obey their own ideas in everything, and at this time, the civil officials are not credible, and there are no so-called eunuchs in the Fu Han army, so the only potential support object is the Cui family as a relative.

Ning Yu smiled, "This matter is really not that simple, if it passes through the hands of my father-in-law, it will be a proper collusion between officials and businessmen, and we can't give someone a handle." You send someone to inform the Cui family and ask them to choose a representative to come out and talk to me. ”

"Yes, husband."

Cui Ji understands her husband's temper, and he is extremely gentle and elegant on the surface, but it does not mean that he has no opinions, on the contrary, as long as it is a matter of Ning Yu's decision, it will not have any effect if the king of heaven and Laozi comes.

The next day, Ning Yu was not idle, with a few guards, but all the way to the gun factory in Hanyang, after half a day of running, only to see the original wasteland outside Hanyang City, now it has become black smoke, and several big chimneys are emitting a large amount of polluting gases unscrupulously.

If it is placed in the future generations, this scene will definitely be regarded as an illegal emission enterprise and punished for bankruptcy, but in this era, this is a powerful symbol, and no one dares to say more in front of Young Master Ning.

Of course, today's Wuchang is still 108,000 miles away from the scene of London in the future, but this does not affect the pride and pride in Ning Yu's heart, no matter what, this is the country that he has personally defeated.

When everyone walked to the gate of the gun factory, Lei Huozi was already waiting there, and after seeing Ning Yu get off the horse, he took the reins with a courteous face, with a sensual smile on his face: "The Metropolitan Governor can be regarded as coming back......

Ning Yu glanced at him and said with a smile: "In the past, when I came to you, I always had a stinky face, what's wrong with today?" What tricks do you want to play with Pontus? ”

Lei Huozi was blocked by these words, his old face turned red, and he was a little embarrassed at the moment, but he didn't know what to say. The apprentice on the side took the initiative to explain, which prevented the thunder camel from being unable to get off the stage.

It turned out that the problem was very simple, earlier under the guidance of Ning Yu, Lei Huozi invented the sharp weapon of the rocket of the Fu Han Army, and at that time he was quite looking forward to the power of this rocket, and he was bent on whether he could establish miracles on the battlefield. But since he sent his apprentice last time to send the rockets, there has been no news for a long time, which makes Lei Huozi wait a little anxiously.

Now that he saw Ning Yu coming back, Lei Huozi was overjoyed in his heart, so he wanted to come and ask how the rocket worked, but he was blocked by Ning Yu.

Ning Yu touched his nose, smiled embarrassedly, and then pulled the thunder camel and walked all the way forward, "Master Lei is really a genius in the sky, but the power of this rocket is quite impressive. However, there is still a lot of room for improvement. ”

When Lei Huozi heard the news, he laughed out loud and said softly: "It doesn't hurt if it is improved, although this rocket has also been tested many times, but after all, it has not been in actual combat, since the actual combat performance is acceptable now, then we can include the rocket in the official armament in the future." ”

"It's nature."

Ning Yu and Lei Huozi walked all the way along the factory, looking at the busy and orderly production area, and they were also quite proud, which is also thanks to him telling Lei Huozi about the streamlining process and zonal production, so that today's gun factory has become so neat and efficient, and it is no longer the messy appearance it once was.

The workers hauled the goods along the wide and neat cement road, and saw the small carts they were pushing in their hands, which were moving without obstacles, but they were much stronger than the normal road, not only quite fast, but also very smooth, not as crooked as the ordinary road.

"This cement is a good thing, today's Hanyang Gun Factory has been completely made of cement, it can be said that it is not only a gun factory, but also a strong fortress, the Qing army's ordinary artillery do not want to bump a little skin!"

Lei Huozi had a look of pride on his face, he was quite attentive to this gun factory, and when it was built, he applied for cement from Ning Zhongyuan. At that time, other places were fighting fiercely, and the demand for cement was also quite large, so Ning Zhongyuan was reluctant to give cement to Lei Huozi at first.

However, Lei Huozi was also stubborn, and he kept dragging it stubbornly, but he finally got some cement and went back. Later, during the construction of the gun factory, cement also came in handy, which turned the Hanyang gun factory into a real fortress.

Lei Huozi's face was full of pride, he waved his arms, and pointed to the factory building, "Today's Hanyang Gun Factory can be regarded as truly achieving its original purpose." And I would like to add that it has now completely surpassed the goals set at that time! ”

"Today's Hanyang Gun Factory, there are more than 18,000 workers alone, and it can achieve a monthly output of 5,000 Hanyang flintlock pistols and more than 100 artillery pieces of various types.

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Ning Yu drank a lot of wine, his mood was so happy, it seemed that the anger that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time was finally released, with the Hanyang Gun Factory, the Hanyang Iron Factory, the dozens of mines, and the 100,000 army, the dream began to get closer and closer to him.

Lei Huozi pouted his tongue and said drunkly: "You kid is really not bragging, I was in ..... back then." When I was in Xiaogan, I knew that you kid was not simple, and now ..... Now it seems that it is not easier than I thought! ”

"If you become the emperor one day, I will ...... My thunder camel can also brag with others, and the emperor has drunk with my thunder camel! ”

After a hangover, Ning Yu didn't do nothing, he sent people to set up a military restricted area for the entire gun factory and iron factory, and arranged for some troops to be stationed here, with only one purpose, no one was allowed to enter, and no one was allowed to come out at will. For everyone to enter and exit, there must be a decree from the Chu Palace, or a token from his Ning Yu.

Ning Yu would never joke about this matter, he knew in his heart that the current gun factory was also the place that the Qing army, the White Lotus Sect and even Zhu Yigui wanted to know the most, those strange and powerful weapons could find answers here, so even if there was a little negligence, it would bring Ning Yu a considerable loss.

In response to the needs of the gun factory itself, Ning Yu naturally did not be stingy, and soon allocated another 200,000 taels of silver as a special research and development fund, responsible for improving rockets and some other weapons. The money was an unplanned expense, so it would not be used for the day-to-day production of firearms.

After dealing with this matter, Ning Yu took someone back to Wuchang City, but not long after he went back, Cui Ji came with a news that the Cui family had sent someone to wait in the gatehouse, this person was Cui Ji's cousin, named Cui Yu, and he was also the current principal of the entire Cui family.

Ning Yu said in his heart that this person came fast enough, but this is a good thing for him, which fully illustrates a problem, that is, the entire Cui family is probably also looking for such an opportunity to cooperate.

Now everyone understands that the rise of the Fu Han army has become inevitable, and the losses of the Qing army are second after the previous battles, and the key is to lose everyone's confidence in the Qing Dynasty. In this case, the Fuhan Army has become a good choice, and Ning Yu himself, as the future successor of the entire Fuhan Army, is a potential stock among potential stocks.

Ning Yu thought of this in his heart, but he didn't rush out, but took a bath first, washed off the smell of wine, and changed into a loose scribe's shirt, the whole person looked no longer so aggressive, but looked a little more elegant and easy-going.