Gao Mengnan didn't expect Gao Pragmatic to give himself so much power.

According to the authority given to him by Gao Pragmatism, in fact, what he has to do is not just what Gao Pragmatism just mentioned, because these are only the "foreign-related" parts, and there are more internal responsibilities that he also needs to bear.

Commander-in-Chief, what is Commander-in-Chief?

Not to mention anything else, just Gao Mengnan already knows, the iron ore in Hehua Mansion must be vigorously developed, and Gao Pragmatic has decided to establish an ordnance factory here, but the production personnel are all mobilized and recruited from China.

The ordnance factory only needed iron to produce muskets, which was relatively easy to do, but because the artillery factory used bronze, it needed Cen Ling, the envoy of the western part of the city, to provide copper ore - Gao Shishi had already told Cen Ling that his Xinghua Xuanfu Division had enough copper ore to mine.

As for the tin mine, it is easy to manage, Gao pragmatic said, there is a large tin mine in Kwai Prefecture in Yi'an, which is dozens of miles northwest of Yingdu Province.

All the coal needed for iron, copper, and musket and artillery production was provided by the Anbang Xuanfu Division, which was controlled by the Huang family.

Gao Mengnan knows the habit of running an industry in a pragmatic manner, and since this Hehua Mansion is also an iron factory and an ordnance factory, it must be a key place and must be properly mastered. Therefore, he must not only consider the development of these industries, but also make proper arrangements for defense, and in case of an attack and cannot resist, the destruction of relevant production equipment and materials, the retreat of personnel and other plans must also be done, and none of them can be missing.

In terms of the golden port, in addition to gold, the most important thing is the construction of commercial ports and military ports, as well as immigration. Gao pragmatic introduced to him the general direction of the development of the golden port, after the construction of the port, a shipyard will be built, responsible for shipbuilding and ship repair - since this is a base for the south, how can it be less to support the fleet?

Therefore, as the commander of the three towns, he has at least one key development city in the south and one in the north to take care of in terms of internal affairs, and the task is still very arduous.

Power corresponds to responsibility.

However, this power is still too great, Gao Mengnan feels that the three towns combined, not to mention the importance in Annan, even if they are placed in the Ming Dynasty, they are equivalent to a military road, in charge of the three prefectures, he can't accept it so simply.

"Truth-seeking, Brother Fool is very grateful for your trust, but this responsibility is too great, I'm afraid that there will be people in Jinghua who think you are nepotistic, and I need someone to help me share one or two."

"If you don't appoint people, do you still let people neglect?" Gao pragmatic waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about this, second brother, Jinghua is my private property, and it is normal to use my clan." However, since the second brother feels that someone needs to share the burden......"

He pretended to think about it, frowned, and said: "That's it, I'll let the service help you - in fact, it can't be helped, this kid is not very successful in reading, I have read the articles he wrote, it is estimated that it is the future of a student, it is better to come and learn and exercise with the second brother, and work in Jinghua in the future." ”

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the students are not bad, but it depends on who is in the eyes of Gao Pragmatic, the six champions...... Naturally, it's not worth mentioning.

Gao Mengnan didn't dare to doubt Gao Pragmatic's ability in the imperial examination, since Gao Pragmatic said that Gao Pragmatic "is a student's future", then Gao Pragmatic's level is probably here.

He thought about it, although Gao Shiqin probably couldn't help him, but Gao Shiqin was right, anyway, he didn't study well, he came to Jinghua earlier to do things, study and exercise, maybe the future will be a little better - isn't this equivalent to being a soldier?

Besides, if Gao Shiqin comes over, he can indeed share his own pressure, not that he can do much, but he has the identity of Gao Shishi's younger brother, and he has his name in front of him, so he doesn't have to worry about being suspicious when he does things by himself - suspicion may not necessarily come from Gao Pragmatic, now Jinghua is already a big interest group, and many of the important family members under Gao Pragmatic are also in important positions, and they also have the right to speak.

Gao Mengnan expressed support for Gao's pragmatic decision, and said that if the old lady and the old lady in the sixth room disagreed, he could also persuade one or two.

Even if this major matter is talked about at this point, Gao Pragmatic's adjustment to Guangzhou Port, Tianjin Port and other places was also mentioned to Gao Mengnan by the way, so that he didn't have to worry too much.

Gao Mengnan felt that as long as Guangzhou Port was not chaotic, everything would be easy to say, so he did not express any opinions.

However, after talking about the matter, Gao Mengnan suddenly remembered a trivial matter, and also reported it to Gao Shishi, he said: "By the way, truth-seeking, when I was in Guangzhou, the head of the Buddha Lang Machine of Haojing looked for me many times, and I had to introduce them to them. At that time, didn't Guangzhou Port have a task to understand some of the construction and manufacturing methods of the Franc machine sea ship, and even some of the technology of the Franc machine artillery, and I couldn't keep shirking it, so I ......"

"That's not called a monk, second brother, you should call them missionaries." Gao Shishi interrupted with a smile.

Gao Mengnan was a little surprised: "They said the same themselves, but I thought they were just putting gold on their faces...... A group of monks, can they be called 'scholars'? ”

Well, you're really focused...... It's a big deal.

Gao pragmatically briefly introduced Gao Mengnan to the social status of the European priests, and then asked, "They want to see me?" Do you know what's going on? ”

Gao pragmatic is not like many of his predecessors, as soon as he heard about the missionary, he hurried over and promised to exchange various privileges for some advanced European technology.

Because he knew that there were not many things that could really be called advanced technology in Europe at this time, and even if they did, they didn't need to obtain them in this way - they didn't have any technical barriers at all, as long as they had the means and were willing to spend money, they could get it casually.

And all European countries, as long as they have that ability now, are eager to come to Daming to do business, and they basically admire, fear and envy Daming at this time.

For example, Elizabeth, a key figure in the rise of England and the "Virgin Queen", once wrote a handwritten letter to Emperor Wanli, but unfortunately England was still exploring shipping routes at that time, and the letter was not successfully delivered, and it was not until nearly 400 years later that Queen ****** delivered it to the then president when she visited China.

The original text of the letter does not need to be elaborated, but just look at the head of the head to know the European perception of the Ming at that time:

"Elizabeth, the queen of England, France and Ireland who inherits the grace of God, and Elizabeth, the guardian of the faith, salutes His Majesty the greatest, powerful and invincible Emperor of the Ming Dynasty" - England at this time has a claim to France, so there is a title of Queen of France in it, of course, this is not important.

Great, powerful, invincible.

This is how Westerners now think of Da Ming.

So, what do these missionaries do with me? Gao Pragmatic was also a little curious.