Ah Tian can understand Jiang Yu's intention to divide the original Alchemy Academy into three parts, which is not a weakening, but the expansion and construction of "industry".

Compared with the inefficient or even chaotic way in which the production and construction of all things are managed together, it is divided into three parts with relatively independent rights and responsibilities, which improves efficiency and is also a guarantee for production and construction.

Just like the pencils, paper, and ink that Jiang Yugang just mentioned, in the original Alchemy Academy, the production of these daily objects had a very low priority, and neither Lu Chong nor Dao Yunyue paid enough attention to their production.

In addition to the tasks they are mainly responsible for, the manufacture of such everyday objects is completely marginalized as if they have been thrown into a waste basket, and occasionally some are made, which is not enough for Jiang Yu to use for himself and himself······

Although the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became, Ah Tian still found the problem: "Brother Yu, originally the Alchemy Academy manufactured and produced, and the raw materials required were all obtained by themselves. ”

"Now that the Alchemy Academy is divided into three, is the Alchemy Academy still responsible for the raw materials needed by the Creation Academy and the Heavenly Gong Academy?" Ah Tian asked.

Jiang Yuyan couldn't help but be surprised when he heard her question, fortunately, Ah Tian was a person who had been in the Alchemy Academy, and he knew the things in detail, otherwise he would have been really negligent.

"There are a lot of raw materials needed, and now it seems that a department dedicated to providing raw materials is needed," Jiang Yuyan stopped and thought about it again: "Let's call it Mending Heaven Courtyard." ”

"Nuwa refining stones to make up the sky, the thing that mends the sky is the most important raw material in the world, let's call it this name, as for the person in charge, Ah Tian, who was in charge of the supply of raw materials in the original alchemy academy?" Jiang Yuyan asked again.

Ah Tian thought for a while and said: "As far as I know, he is a native of Luchuan, he was originally a hunter, familiar with the distribution of various minerals, wood and stones in the Mengyang area, and later because the life of the Alchemy Academy was much more stable than going out to hunt, so he has been following Lu Chong to do things." ”

"Okay, let him be the person in charge of this Heaven Replenishment Courtyard, inform Lu Chong of this matter, and let this person come to see me immediately." Jiang Yuyan nodded.

Ah Tian wrote down Jiang Yugang's instructions, and thought of one more thing: "Brother Yugang, if the Creation Institute is established to be responsible for the daily production of objects, there are still some things to rearrange?" ”

"Huh? What's the matter? Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment, but then remembered that all kinds of daily items produced by the Alchemy Academy were mostly connected with the Intelligence Department, and then sold to the nearby market.

Now that the Creation Academy, which specializes in the manufacture of everyday objects, has been established, the connection between the Alchemy Academy and the Intelligence Department will naturally be changed to the Creation Academy.

"Are you talking about docking with the Ministry of Intelligence and conducting trade?" Jiang Yu asked.

Ah Tian nodded: "Exactly, but not all?" ”

"Not all?" Jiang Yu asked.

"I was in charge of the previous trade arrangements, yes...... But after a long time, the scale of production of the Creation Institute must not be comparable to Lu Chong's sporadic output, and I am afraid that I will not be able to manage it at that time. Ah Tian tried his best to make his meaning more tactful, but he still looked up at Jiang Yuyan a little timidly.

Ah Tian can feel the trust he is under Jiang Yugang, on the one hand, because Jiang Yugang knows the secret of his identity, on the other hand, it is also because of the close relationship between the two, in addition, there is Jiang Yugang's recognition of his ability.

And because of this trust, she gets a lot of power. Although in the Ministry of Intelligence, Chen Ziyu is the prime minister and the first chief. But because Jiang Yu discussed everything with herself first, she actually became the first person in charge of the intelligence department.

The intelligence of all the intelligence officers was handed over to her for summary and processing at the first time, and she was also responsible for the information notification of the entire Manggu Mountain by the Intelligence Department, in contrast, Chen Ziyu was like her subordinate, responsible for some actual affairs.

It can be said that now she is the actual manager of the Mang Castle below Jiang Yu.

But problems also arise, trust brings heavy work, and the extension of various departments, such as the expansion of the army, the recruitment of craftsmen, the vetting of newcomers to the intelligence department, and even the trade of Mang Castle, the use of all kinds of goods, need to be responsible for her.

And some of the new things, such as literacy work, because there were so few people in Mang's castle who had read books, and in the end she was the one who took on the task.

Almost every day, she has to work from morning to night, and this intensity really makes her a little unbearable. Although he was worried that taking the initiative to express his limited ability to Jiang Yugang would disappoint him, Ah Tian still mustered up the courage to speak out.

Jiang Yu thought about it, and listed the things that Ah Tian was responsible for in his mind, and found that it was wrong, although Ah Tian was only nominally the co-director of the Ministry of Intelligence, that is, the adjutant and the nominal craftsman of the Alchemy Academy, but in fact he was responsible for a large number of tasks.

This is also because of himself, he must be steady and steadfast in everything, and in order to avoid accidents, he handed over too many things to Ah Tian, who was the most reliable for him, and caused Ah Tian's burden to be too heavy.

If she hadn't taken the initiative to explain the difficulties to Jiang Yugang before any serious consequences had happened, but reluctantly did it, the result would probably be that she would either make a mistake in some important tasks, or exhaust Ah Tian's body, which would be an unbearable outcome for Jiang Yugang.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuyan felt a trace of guilt in his heart and said, "Ah Tian, I've worked hard for you this time." ”

"Brother Yu, now that the Mang Castle has just been built, a large number of Luchuan locals have poured in, and I know that you can't find a reliable person to take care of things for a while." Ah Tian responded.

"These are things that can be overcome." Jiang Yuyan shook his head: "Now it seems that you have to find a way to share your pressure." ”

"Well," Ah Tian nodded obediently: "Let's talk about the person in charge of the output and foreign trade of the Creation Institute first, I think An Bai is a good candidate." ”

Jiang Yu remembered how An Bai mingled with the villagers in Nansang Village, and agreed: "He does have some skills in communicating with people. ”

"More than that," Ah Tian took out a few pieces of paper from his bag, on which were handwriting, although not beautiful, but quite legible.

Ah Tian introduced: "These are the trade orders submitted by Anbai, mainly the transaction records with the Ava merchants, all of which have been reviewed by independent intelligence officers. ”

The "review" in this is a rule set by Jiang Yu recklessly, as long as there is a possibility that a single person or a small number of people will be responsible for the behavior that causes favoritism and malpractice, it is necessary to arrange for the intelligence officer to repeat this behavior without the knowledge of the original person in charge, so as to achieve the effect of supervision.

For example, for each trade transaction, the informant must independently repeat the same but incomplete transaction as verification and corroboration, so as to ensure that the original person in charge did not make a profit.

Jiang Yuyan saw An Bai's achievements, and he also recognized it, after all, in the past few months, he had completed the work of an executive officer on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had made practical achievements in the responsible work of trade.

The results of trade between Mang Fort and Ava and Ayutthaya were a real thousand taels of silver, which was an achievement that could not be ignored.

"That's true," Jiang Yu agreed, "Let him be in charge of trade affairs, give him five intelligence officers as subordinates, and establish a new agency—just call it the 'Yuan Court'." ”

"You can always come up with some new names," Ah Tian wondered, "What does this 'Yuan Court' mean?" ”

"Everything is fateful, everything follows the law," Jiang Yuyan explained his own vision: "Trade is essentially a thing that exchanges one's own things with others to gain benefits, and this kind of behavior cannot be a zero-sum game——"

"—a zero-sum game?" Ah Tian was helpless, and thought: Brother Yu has started to explain something that he doesn't understand again. ”

Jiang Yuyan realized the problem and smiled slightly: "It is that the sum of the interests of the two is nothing, and the gains of one party are based on the damage of the other, and war is basically this kind of thing, in fact, from beginning to end, what has always needed strength is close to this." ”

"But good trade is not, both sides can benefit from it, just like we get the iron tools of Nansangzhai at a low price, but at the same time, the supply of grain solves their urgent needs, so that both sides can benefit from it." Jiang Yuyan continued to explain.

Ah Tian didn't seem to understand it, but he still tried to put forward his own understanding: "In my opinion, the 'law' in the word 'Yuanfa' refers to the trade contract we signed, and the 'Yuan' refers to the relationship between two or more parties·······"

"Huh? What you think is exactly what I want to express," Jiang Yuyan was a little surprised, originally he was a little worried that the name he came up with was too literary and incomprehensible, but he didn't expect that after explaining it in a few words, Ah Tian guessed the meaning.

"However, what trade seeks is to obtain benefits, is the relationship of 'edge' so important?" Ah Tian continued to raise his own doubts.

Jiang Yuyan shook his head: "You don't understand the deep meaning, common profit, based on relationships, if there is no suitable relationship to play a role, trade has no foothold." ”

"Taking the Nansangzhai incident as an example, if we rush forward without any preparation, will we be able to do business with the villagers?" Jiang Yu said recklessly: "It was An Bai who had already formed a friendship with the influential and well-connected grandmother in the village, which led to the later events. ”

Ah Tian heard Jiang Yu use the very real Nansang Village as an example, and he felt a sense of soberness: "In this way, what An Bai is responsible for is actually not only trade, but also the relationship with other places outside the Mang Castle? ”

"Exactly." Jiang Yu touched Ah Tian's head with satisfaction.

Once again, he felt lucky to have met a girl like Ah Tian on this plane.

In a place like Mang Castle, there are no more than two people with a modern primary school education level, which is the result of Jiang Yu's recruitment of a large number of craftsmen. It was very difficult for him to find someone who could communicate normally.

Like Ah Tian, who has been educated since childhood, is familiar with all kinds of miscellaneous studies; At the same time, because he is still young and has not participated in the traditional imperial examination, those who left their families when they were young and are not bound by ancient traditional thinking are gifts from God.

"I'll go to An Bai and ask him to come to see you." Ah Tian just put down the bag, and stretched out again because of tiredness.

Jiang Yuyan saw Ah Tian's hard work, his mind moved, and he stood up: "I'll go with you, in fact, there is still a department that needs to be established." ”

"Okay, Brother Yu." Ah Tian smiled, subconsciously wanted to stretch out his hand, and realized that this was inside the Mang Castle, so he quickly withdrew his hand with a red face, and asked again: "You said that there is another department that needs to be established, which one is it?" ”

"The departments that govern all the branches," Jiang Yugang said, "Now that the Manggu Castle is getting bigger and bigger, all kinds of branch management departments need to be established, so these scattered departments, managed by me alone, and assigning you to be in charge of various practical affairs is too much work, and it is necessary to establish a headquarters for it." ”

In fact, this kind of thing, in the Ming Dynasty, was similar to the cabinet scholars, and in earlier times, it was the extension and development of the prime minister's related powers, such as Zhongshu Province, etc., but now Mang Castle is not small, and it is not too big, and the management of power is far less complicated after it is established.

"I think it's better to call it the Cardinals." Jiang Yu said recklessly: "You are the actual person in charge, called the acting of the Cardinals." ”