After getting a positive answer from Jiang Tian, Wu Yuan and Liu Baokai finally put their minds at ease, not only to explain to those relatives and friends behind them, but also to determine the support of wealthy nobles for Jiang Tian's reform @ reform in the future. It is precisely because it is beneficial to himself that this reform has made the nobles and Jiang Tian completely stand on the same front.

Don't look at the current aristocracy does not have much political power, but in terms of the influence of economic and social public opinion, at least there is still the power to fight with the civilian clique, coupled with the absoluteness of imperial power, it can be said that as long as the reform @ reform does not take the wrong path, it has basically become an established fact. It is nothing more than waiting for Jiang Tian to have good results here, and then set an example for the world and then promote it in an all-round way.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and then Wu Yuan noticed the new stationery in Jiang Tian's hand, when he was in the private school in the capital, Jiang Tian also made some things such as pencils and bamboo pens, but compared with the ones he has now, they are not at the same level at all. He didn't need to ask out loud, so he naturally picked up a pen and looked at it. Jiang Tian looked at him with an expression that he knew you would be like this, just waiting for the other party to ask him for advice.

Even Liu Baokai, who is not familiar with writing and ink, can see the extraordinaryness of these pens, although the tip of the pen is made of metal, but he can also understand that this is a dipping pen, but the barrel is as warm as jade but light and smooth as ivory-like material, and I don't know what it is when I scratch my head.

In fact, these pens are Jiang Tian ready to use new products for foreign trade, thanks to the production of nitrate @ chemical @ cotton, Jiang Tian can finally point out the plastic (celluloid) this scientific and technological line, and it is precisely because of the strategic value of nitrate @ chemical @ cotton, Zhang Tao is very concerned about the construction of smokeless @ fire @ medicine, but limited by the output of the two acids, the production capacity has not improved much, in addition to the preparation of a small amount of fixed ammunition, Jiang Tian decided to use a combination of military and civilian ways to raise money.

"In fact, the most important thing for these pens is the nib, and the material of the pen barrel is inferior." As he spoke, Jiang Tian picked up two dipping pens: "The structure of these two nibs is exactly the same, the difference is that only one uses ordinary wood as a rod, and the other uses novel plastic, do you know why I did this?" ”

Although the pervert classmate is not very literate, he still has a very unique vision of doing business, he immediately thought of something, and then asked tentatively: "Sir, do you want to ...... Differentiate your target customers? ”

It's rare that he can still remember such a professional word, Jiang Tian nodded approvingly: "Actually, if you want to make some money from a local tyrant, we can also replace him with a dazzling glass rod, and put a layer of gold on the tip of the pen, how much do you say such a pen will sell?" ”

Wu Yuan looked at the gentleman who fell into the eyes of money with some tears and laughter: "Do you still want to make a batch of limited editions in the name of the royal family?" ”

"Clever!" Jiang Tian sighed that his student had finally opened his mind. He and the current emperor Zhang Tao know that some industries related to the national economy and people's livelihood cannot all be handed over to the capitalists, so the factories invested and built in the name of the royal family are also in full swing, but even as the emperor, there is not so much working capital for opening factories in a large area, and the speed of training industrial workers cannot keep up.

While a few people were talking, they heard a servant at the gate of the courtyard shouting: "Master, His Royal Highness King Ji has arrived thirty miles outside the city, you should go and pick up the car quickly!" ”

King Ji is here? A few people in the courtyard were stunned for a moment, not knowing what His Royal Highness King Ji was doing, Wu Yuan and the others just wanted to say goodbye and leave, but they heard Jiang Tian say slowly: "I probably know what he is doing, you two just happen to go with me!" ”

It is said that it is thirty miles outside the city to meet, in fact, according to the latest reception etiquette, even if the emperor comes, he does not have to run so far, and he only needs to be at the gate of the city to greet the prince, but the king of Ji came suddenly, and naturally he has to give the local time to prepare, and he walked quite leisurely in these thirty miles, until the next person reported that the team to greet him had lined up at the city gate, and he only pinched the time to get to the city.

Fortunately, the new dynasty stipulates that the reception specifications are simple, Jiang Tian still dragged Wei Gang, who made up the number of soy sauce, to stand on the side of the road this time, making Lord Wei unspeakably depressed.

"The ministers greet the king of Ji Chitose......"

Zhang Qianduan sat on his horse, and it was not until Jiang Tian and the others had made enough etiquette that he said: "Zhongqing doesn't need to be polite." But he immediately found that there were two acquaintances in the procession that greeted him, but he could not ask for it because of the occasion, so he had to ride into the city first.

Still looked at the armaments in the city as usual, and then sent Wei Gang away noncommittally, and then got to the point: "Lord Jiang, Your Majesty has ordered the Zongren Mansion to take over the royal property with full authority, and you are also on temporary duty in the Zongren Mansion, this time the king is here to see the new factory you made!" ”

"I understand." Jiang Tian bowed his hand and said, "Please also ask Your Highness to move to the suburbs......"

It is said that it is a factory, in fact, it can only be regarded as a small workshop now, there are many such workshops in Tianjin's emerging industrial zone, but whether it is engaged in building materials or textiles, it is larger than this stationery factory under the emperor's name in terms of scale alone, not to mention that there are few workers in this factory.

Seeing that King Ji's face was wrong, Jiang Tian took the lead to stand up and explain: "Your Highness doesn't know, this is only the assembly plant where the final finished products are made, and the real raw material supply factories are all elsewhere. Therefore, although the planning area is not small, there is no need for large-scale construction for the time being. ”

"This is what you call the Four Treasures of the New Study?" Zhang Qian played with a finished plastic dipping pen in his hand, and tried it himself: "This pen is very different from the usual brush, what are the advantages and disadvantages?" ”

"Your Highness doesn't know." Jiang Tian said and took out a simplified version of the wood: "This pen is not the first to be created by the minister, as early as the Song Dynasty, there was a bamboo pen with the same principle, after the minister improved, it is more suitable for writing, the biggest advantage of this pen is that it is easy to carry, and is good at calculation, statistics and other sketches." ”

Regardless of whether he understood it or not, Zhang Gandu pretended to nod his head: "It is indeed a delicate handwriting, but since it is only improved, why do you account for 30% of the shares of the factory?" ”

Jiang Tian smiled slightly, thinking to himself, Your Royal Highness, a dignified prince, has been running so diligently here recently, it turns out that you are worried about money. It's ridiculous that you act like a Confucian general, and you have to deal with me, a subordinate.

Wu Yuan and Liu Baokai, who were standing aside to accompany the inspection, couldn't help but worry about Jiang Tian, although King Ji had always been approachable and had a reputation as a polite and virtuous corporal, this question was really difficult to answer.

I saw Jiang Tian unhurriedly picked up a pen, and then pointed to the tip of the pen and said: "Your Highness, please see, although the bamboo pen of the Song Dynasty has figured out this principle of mine, the steel tip made by the minister is not only wear-resistant, but also easier to write, and the water output of each stroke is also more accurate. ”

Zhang Qian looked at his arrogant face and endured his anger and was embarrassed to say anything more, he didn't know how difficult the technique of this nib was, but he knew that this was a cash cow that made money every day, although it was not his private wealth, but it was also the property of the royal family! It's just that in front of the two juniors, he still can't pull his face down to bargain with Jiang Tian.

Jiang Tian knew that he wanted to monopolize this project, and sighed that this prince might be a good hand at fighting, but Zhang Tao was still more than one level behind in governing the country, thinking of this, Jiang Tian had no choice but to move his brother out and suppress people.

"Your Highness doesn't know that the reason why Your Majesty did not buy out the minister's patent at one time is to set an example for the people of the world, so that the people of the world can see that even if it is a royal industry, it can share its benefits with the grass people, so as to encourage talented people with wonderful ideas to serve the country!"

Of course, Zhang Qian knew what the purpose of this was for, and only by buying horse bones could he attract real horses, but when he thought that every time he had a good business, he had to share the account with Jiang Tian, and he was not happy. Because nowadays, the royal treasury has to take out a large amount of money every year to invest in internal affairs.

After thinking about it, Zhang Qian also knew that he had not been instructed by the emperor, and it was impossible to make the person in front of him obedient, but fortunately, the royal factory was not only this stationery factory, and he sent people to stare at the point, if there was a good invention, the royal family would be the first to get it.

"In this case, Your Majesty naturally has Your Majesty's reason, and at this time, you will do it according to the will of the Holy Lord, I don't know how the other factories are prepared?"

Hearing him change the topic, the two people who accompanied him breathed a sigh of relief, he was a teacher who was good at everything, just for the sake of money, he dared to settle accounts with the emperor, which was really flattering.

When it comes to the construction of the factory, Jiang Tian can't be asked, there is no one in the world who understands industry better than him, so he started with the military-related enterprises urgently needed by the Northern Expedition and reported it carefully.

After listening to him for a long time, Zhang Qian couldn't help frowning: "In other words, without a year's work, these factories can't support the Northern Expedition?" ”

"Yes!" Seeing that King Ji's face was getting more and more ugly, Jiang Tian still gave a positive answer: "Although the plant is easy to build, it is difficult to find qualified workers. ”

Once the topic came to the military aspect, Zhang Gan's eyes became sharp: "How do you guarantee the use of the Northern Expedition?" ”

"Buy!" Jiang Tian did not wait for the other party to ask questions before continuing: "The brand-new logistics system needs to be built step by step, and the time will inevitably not catch up with the recent combat plan, but according to statistics, because the battle situation has changed, the large-scale consumption of ammunition and the possible withdrawal of the wounded have not appeared, but the consumption of food and medicines for common diseases has increased greatly, so the original ordnance reserves are enough to cope with this year's combat use, unless ......."

"Unless what?" King Ji regretted this as soon as he said this, which made him feel so uncomposed.

Fortunately, Jiang Tian didn't mean to laugh at him: "Unless there is an unpredictable problem, or someone is so happy that he will expand the front without authorization, and push the control area forward to the north of Yinshan or the west of the Hetao!" ”

Zhang Gan, who was born in the military and knew the thoughts of those generals, pondered for a moment, this situation is not impossible, and the possibility is still very high, in the face of the military exploits at your fingertips, the huge fame of expanding thousands of miles, it is impossible not to be moved, who doesn't want to change the title of wife and son back.

But in front of Jiang Tian, King Ji could only grit his teeth and refuse: "Our army's military law is like a mountain, if anyone dares to start a war, the military law will not tolerate mercy!" ”

"That's good." Jiang Tian nodded appreciatively: "In this way, the urgently needed materials are some dual-use things for military and civilian purposes, and even many of them can be taken locally and handed over to civilian transportation." When the rear layout is completed, it can support the army to continue to move forward. ”

This set of strategies, which was also drawn up by the cabinet and agreed upon by all parties, is that if the country wants to gain a firm foothold in the newly occupied areas and not repeat the cycle that the previous dynasties have been able to fight and undefend, in addition to propagating the legal basis of ancient times, it is also necessary to win the hearts and minds of the people and establish local administrative organs at the level of political cadres of later generations.

Therefore, the army's food and medicine consumption this winter exceeded expectations, as long as they admit that they are Chinese people, regardless of nationality and creed, the Chinese army has the obligation to help, and this rule set by Zhang Tao is now well implemented.

It is conceivable that in the course of time, the local herdsmen will turn their hearts to wherever they want, and in addition to the fact that non-military materials will be purchased by the private sector, and with the profit-seeking nature of the merchants, they will inevitably sell the commodities necessary for daily life to areas with good public security, and the high profits will also cause the population to shift to industry and commerce.

It is precisely because of this prediction that Jiang Tian is not worried about the urgency of the transportation of materials for the Northern Expedition, but his judgment makes King Ji very anxious, because the whole country is not only reforming the @政@治@体@ system, but also the military@thing@body@system, even when the foreign war is being carried out, Zhang Tao has not stopped attacking the army.

It is precisely because of this that people in the army are afraid of the order to dismantle or merge at any time, and they do not have the courage to learn from those military towns in the late Ming Dynasty and set up separate mountains, so many people pin their hopes of staying in the army on military merits.

Zhang Qian already has deep connections in the army, and there are many old protégés, so naturally some people come to him for help, but how can he help when he can't change the national policy? The best thing to do is to help them get a chance to go on the road.

Because of limited professional knowledge and resistance to new things, these people not only failed to catch up with the opportunity of the expansion of the navy, but also failed to stand out in the selection of the new army.

What can Zhang Qian do in the face of these old subordinates, he himself has handed over all the military power, but at this moment, Dolgon is very cooperative to play the east and west, and the national strategy is forced to turn to the north, and these old fritters in the army see that the opportunity has come.

Although the first battle was fought by the new army, the occupation and consolidation of the rear required a larger number of ordinary troops, and they took the opportunity to enter the security garrison not only to mention, but also from time to time to win over the generals of the new army, and to encourage them to expand their achievements in exchange for greater military achievements.

Although some people were very impressed by this proposal, they found that in recent times, all the supplies were civilian materials, and there were no ordnance and ammunition, and the existing stocks were only enough to maintain defensive operations and could not carry out large-scale attacks.

Others don't know, but they themselves know very well that although the combat effectiveness of the new army is strong, this is based on the premise of sufficient ammunition, otherwise they are not as good as the light cavalry on the grassland, and the lifeline of ammunition replenishment happens to be in the military factories on the edge of the Bohai Bay, where there are mountains of all kinds of materials, but which of these things is transported first and which later, it is Jiang Tian, the person responsible for establishing the new logistics system, who has the final say.

So King Ji came, so he was quite dissatisfied with the inefficiency of logistics, so he was speechless by Jiang Tian's analysis, especially in front of Wu Yuan, how could he force Jiang Tian to listen to himself? It can't be said that Jiang Tian is blocking others from being promoted and making a fortune!

After being silent for a long time, he could only say helplessly: "Since Lord Jiang is confident, this king is also too worried. ”

Jiang Tian also made a contemplative gesture, and then said with emotion: "Your Highness is too modest, you have experienced a hundred battles, and your thoughts and worries must be more thorough than those of Wei Chen, and the minister should adjust the supply order of materials in a timely manner." ”

Zhang Qian thought that this time it would be in vain, but he didn't expect that although Jiang Tian was unforgiving, he made concessions, which can be regarded as giving himself a face, although he did not achieve the expected goal, but this is already the best result at present, after all, Jiang Tian is not a person who can be suppressed with the title of prince.

Even if he is unwilling, as a prince, he can't say anything more: "The Qing family is really the pillar of the country, and the lonely king will return to Beijing first to restore his life." ”

After speaking, he didn't look at Wu Yuan and them, turned around and left. It wasn't until King Ji's car drove away that Jiang Tian and the others, who had always maintained a state of respect, breathed a sigh of relief. After returning to his courtyard, Jiang Tian suddenly had a bad taste, turned to Liu Baokai and asked, "Do you know the true meaning of King Ji's trip?" ”

may be because he has been exposed to his ears and eyes since he was a child, and Liu Sapery has always been so-so in other disciplines, but he has a keen eye for military issues, and he has long thought clearly about King Ji's intentions, but what should he say? At worst, it is said that King Ji intends to take care of the old ministry for personal gain, and at worst, it is said that it is ......

Not to mention the pervert, even Wu Yuan next to him was in a cold sweat, if it weren't for the fact that the saint took good care of the only remaining brother, otherwise he would be put on a book by someone with a heart, this is a big crime of colluding with the side general to rebel.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Baokai had to say what he didn't ask: "I finally understand now, why my father would rather give up military power and be a guard by His Majesty's side." ”

This emotionful answer seemed nonsensical, but it let Jiang Tian and them know that Liu Baokai really understood it, Wu Yuan was afraid that this was a trap for Jiang Tian to ask the Liu family to express his position, and hurriedly said: "The Liu family is a loyal martyr, and it is really a model for my dynasty warriors." ”

I don't know what Jiang Tian's intentions are, anyway, Liu Baokai first handed Wu Yuan a grateful look, but he heard Jiang Tian say as if talking to himself: "The new army is strong, not only because the weapons, training, and tactics are different from the old-fashioned army, but also because the soldiers know why they are fighting. But the weakness of the new army lies in the fact that it relies too much on logistics supplies, so even if you can hit the Arctic Ocean, can you hold it? At that time, let alone military merits, it would be good not to deal with the provocation without permission. ”