Feng Ziying turned around, "Uncle Fang, I do want to do something, we can all see the situation in the imperial court, the situation is not good, I really want to do many things quickly, like opening the sea is just one of them, but I also know that rushing to achieve it will only backfire, and it will be difficult for me to achieve it alone,......"

"Ziying, this is exactly what Junyu and I want to tell you." Fang Youdu's eyes were a little more insistent, "We all know that you have a big game of chess and plans, and we all want to help you, and we all know and recognize some of the ideas you have revealed before, but if you can't tell us these ideas and plans, how can we help you?" ”

Feng Ziying did not answer this question for a while.

Fang Youdu's tone was even more sincere, "I remember that everyone collecting firewood and the flame is high is a sentence you said to me, and there is also a sentence that one person counts short and everyone counts long, unless you think that our people will not agree with your ideas and practices, otherwise what can't we tell us?" ”

Feng Ziying smiled bitterly, "Uncle Fang, your words are too big, so I have to respond." Well, I do have some ideas, but they're not mature yet, and you know that we haven't really decided on our career yet, and we won't have any results until next year, and there are some other reasons, so I've been thinking about it,......."

Fang Youdu shook his head and disagreed with Feng Ziying's point of view: "Ziying, immaturity means that these ideas are still in a gestation stage, I believe that most of our classmates from Qingtan Academy should have similar ideas and views, including the current predicament faced by the imperial court and various local shortcomings you mentioned, how to solve and change, you also said that we need our generation to realize, but first of all, we should first achieve a unity of views and ideas, at least to achieve basic consistency, Without this foundation, it would be impossible to achieve the better court and place that we want. ”

Feng Ziying understood what Fang Youdu meant, and nodded, "Uncle Fang, do you mean that even if it is an immature idea or viewpoint, it should be put forward and let everyone discuss it and discuss it together?" ”

"Yes!" Fang Youdu's eyes were blazing, "Our department, we all know that you are a genius, even Jun Yu admires you very much, Da Zhang, Mengzhang, Ke Xuan, Lu You, Fei Xiong, they are all unconvinced, but are they not convinced by you?" Outside, Yang Sichang is so bullish, Huang Zunsu is pretentious, and Hou Sui is strong, but I see that when they talk about you, they also have to be polite, so what do you have to worry about? Are you afraid that we people are not compatible with you? Or are you afraid that one of us will steal the limelight from you? I see that there are a few people around you who are helping you with things, but they are doing specific things, not ,...... the way."

This party has a degree!

Feng Ziying couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

The observation is quite strong, and he noticed that Wang Wenyan, Cao Yu, Duan Xigui, and Jia Lian were helping him do things, but he also thought that these people could only help him do some things that could not be put on the table, such as Haitong Yinzhuang, his so-called avenue was probably something to change or achieve from the level of imperial court policy.

However, Fang Youdu didn't think about it, even if his group could be gathered together, would it be able to change the Imperial Court Avenue much?

Look at Qi Yongtai and Guan Yingzhen, these teachers and respecters have not yet occupied a dominant position in the imperial court, let alone their own junior characters?

And Feng Ziying believes that once these people are gathered, then many contradictions and differences in views will gradually appear, and more importantly, they may not be consistent with the views of people such as Qi Yongtai and Guan Yingzhen.

Politics is compromise, throughout the ages, everything is like this, if you don't understand this, it is difficult to get things done, Feng Ziying, who has been rolling on the career for decades in her previous life, has already had this awareness, but can they have this consciousness like Fang Youdu?

But what Fang Youdu said is also right, if they can also participate in the entire brewing and discussion process, it will undoubtedly be able to better strengthen the cohesion and centripetal force of this cadre, and at the same time, it will also allow them to more effectively promote these views and opinions and even form policies in the imperial court in the future.

Of course, there must be a premise here, that is, he needs to firmly grasp the direction of the entire ideological faction, and at the same time firmly grasp the dominance of the entire group, unable to do this, Feng Ziying would rather slow down, let something be more mature, or use the success of some things to strengthen his position and prestige.

"Uncle Fang, what you said also makes some sense, but I'm a little narrow-minded." Feng Ziying thought for a while before saying: "I will sort out some of my ideas for your reference and consideration, and you are also welcome to discuss, but I want to remind you first, some of my ideas may be deviant or a little extreme in the eyes of many people, and they may not be in line with some of the policies of the current imperial court, so we must be prepared for this thought, but I also want to be unclear, and we can find common ground in the end, and we can always do it if we seek common ground while reserving differences, right?" ”

Fang Youdu laughed, "Ziying, you have to believe in yourself, in Qingtan Academy, except for Boya, you are the youngest, but everyone knows that you have the right idea, and everyone recognizes you, why is it that in the past few years, you have traveled south and north, your reputation is growing, and you have seen more, but you are becoming more cautious and modest?" ”

Feng Ziying smiled, but didn't explain much.

Can the situation of the college be the same as after entering the official career?

Like Han Jing, who has already parted ways with everyone, like Xu Ji, who was once very close, is also drifting away, if there are differences in some basic worldview values from the beginning, and then when it comes to interests, it is difficult to come together.

Seeing that Feng Ziying didn't want to say more, and he finally succeeded in persuading Feng Ziying, Fang Youdu didn't say much.

The reason why Fang Youdu started this is that the people have also considered it.

Lian Guoshi is an earlier revision than Feng Ziying, and he is from a champion background, although he has a close relationship with Feng Ziying, but everyone is worried that it will make Feng Ziying uncomfortable.

Like several other people, they don't have the eloquence to convince Feng Ziying, or they don't have a close personal relationship with Feng Ziying, only Fang Youdu has a close personal relationship with Feng Ziying, and he is at the end of the top three in the Spring Festival, plus his eloquence is good, so he is the best lobbyist.

To be precise, this is not lobbying, but more like an initiative to get closer and "ask the organization to accept".

Feng Ziying could feel some of this attitude, which also made him feel a little more comforted, at least this group of people still hoped that the Great Zhou would be better and the imperial court would be better, with such a foundation, many things could be done and discussed.

"Master Feng, congratulations." Zhuang Limin's arrival surprised Feng Ziying, and she rushed to Jingshi City from Guangdong for her marriage, which was a bit of a big favor.

"Mr. Zhuang, it's too polite, it makes Feng a little embarrassed, thank you for ,......" Feng Ziying raised her hand to signal, looking at Zhuang Limin's eyes, she should have something to say to herself.

"Lord Feng is young and promising, and Zhuang is naturally going to come to this marriage." Zhuang Limin nodded, Feng Ziying simply introduced him into the study room of the middle courtyard, except for Feng Ziying's classmates and relatives, basically no outsiders are accepted, but Zhuang Limin is more special.

"Thank you so much." Feng Ziying motioned for the other party to take a seat, "My father has already sent a letter, and he has already received the goods for the three thousand birds, the standard is really not bad, Mr. Zhuang, you also have to work hard." ”

"Lord Feng, the Japanese Bird Gun is the master of the production technician, and it is also earlier than us in the history of production, and the Japanese have always been accustomed to using the bird gun, which is far better than the bow and arrow, especially in the past ten years, as far as Zhuang knows, the popularity rate in the army under the command of the major names and generals is increasing day by day,......"

Zhuang Limin has always spoken crisply and neatly, and he never dragged mud and water, which is also something Feng Ziying admires.

"Then where is the gap between the fire guns here in Foshan and the bird guns produced by the Japanese people?" Feng Ziying asked a key question.

Although there is still no sign of large-scale intervention of the Japanese in the Great Zhou War, the infiltration of Japanese spies into the White Lotus Sect a few years ago still made Feng Ziying very vigilant.

There have been some deviations in history, just like his father's letter, because he became the governor of Jiliao as soon as he brought Shuerhaqi and his son over, and now Shuerhaqi and his eldest son Altuna, son Amin, and third son Zasaktu have been protected by the Liaodong military town, broke free from Nurhachi's hands, and survived.

Although the army in his hands is still small and far from being able to compete with Nurhachi, this is a very good sign.

In history, Feng Ziying had the impression that in addition to Shulhachi's son Amin who was lucky enough to be killed by Nurhachi, Shulhaqi and Altuna and Zasaktu were all killed by Nurhachi.

But now Shuerhaqi and his son have escaped with their lives, and have fled to Heitumu, which is close to the Liaodong Army, even if he is very weak now, but this sign and meaning are extraordinary.

At the very least, the Horqin people were greatly shocked, and the Great Zhou actually directly intervened in the internal affairs of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and even openly sheltered a person who was determined by the Jianzhou Jurchen Khan as a traitor and intended to be killed, and survived, which made the Horqin people doubt Nurhachi's control.

Because of this, history has deviated, and Feng Ziying can't believe that Tokugawa will see the current situation in the Great Zhou and have other ideas, and he can't guarantee that Nurhachi will take the initiative to connect Korea and Japan when he sees Shulhaqi and Korqin people starting to turn under the suppression of Liaodong Town, which is hard to say.

Therefore, the natural vigilance against the Japanese brought from his previous life made him subconsciously want to figure out this problem, and even solve this problem, so that the quality of the fire gun of the Great Zhou Dynasty is better than that of the Japanese birds.

"In many ways, there are still some gaps in the quality of Foshan iron, and there are still some problems with our iron-smelting process, but we are also trying to improve it, in addition to the process of making firecrackers, as far as I know, we are still very inferior to the Franc machine man and the red haired man, and the Franc machine and the red hairman have been gradually eliminating this kind of firecracker, as you said, the self-generated firearm has increasingly become the mainstream of the Xiyi war."

Zhuang Limin's face was also a little troubled and embarrassed, "We are already helping us recruit technicians and craftsmen through the Francophone people in Sulu Luzon, but this is not something that can be done in a short period of time, and it is expected that a batch will be recruited next year, but to really do it ourselves, it is estimated that it will take two or three years to see if we can, and it is said that the Xiyi people are already using some faster and better production devices, unlike our side that is still purely using hammers, drills, and grinding, the speed is too slow, and the effect is much inferior to ,......"

Feng Ziying didn't expect Zhuang Limin to be keenly aware of this.

In the early seventeenth century, Western Europe, such as the Netherlands, England, France and Germany, already had the technical reserves of the early stage of industrialization, such as some basic simple machine tools, such as lathes, boring machines, and grinding machines, but they were mainly used in industries such as clocks and watches, but shipbuilding and munitions manufacturing should definitely be used in large quantities now.

"Is there any hope that we can buy some of these devices from there, including hiring some artisan technicians who can operate and use them?" Feng Ziying looked at Zhuang Limin and said, "I think that since Mr. Zhuang has realized this, I'm afraid that it's not just a simple thing to say, envy, right?" ”

"Lord Feng, I have a feeling that I find that you are particularly interested in the technology of the Xiyi people, even more than the fire gun itself, I don't know if I feel right?" Zhuang Limin asked.

He was also very interested in this aspect, although he was interested in the past, but Da Zhou's lack of attention to the fire gun made him interested but not much motivation, but now the Liaodong side attaches great importance to the fire gun and even the more advanced self-generated fire gun, which makes him feel that he has a chance.

When the 3,000 bird guns were delivered, the Liaodong side hoped that the cannon could also be improved, in short, it was lighter and easier to transport, had a longer range, and was more powerful, and it was clearly pointed out that it would also be used in the future sailors, which made Zhuang Limin see a farther hope.

If Liaodong Town and Jizhen Town, the two major military towns, had to replace the firecrackers and self-generated firecrackers on a large scale, Zhuang Limin had a preliminary estimate that it would be at least a million taels of silver to make a living.

If you add in the refinement and equipment of the artillery, the total cost will be even greater.

And Liaodong and Jizhen will be the center of gravity of the Great Zhou's defense in the future, as well as the equipment of artillery on the fleet of the sailor, which makes Zhuang Limin can't help but be excited, you must know that if the sailor is equipped with artillery, it means that it is from scratch and immeasurable.