"Xiaguan Chen Kai, I've seen Uncle Hong."

"Chen joins the army, please get up quickly, don't be polite."

Sure enough, Chen Kai took advantage of the craftsmen's rest the next day to visit Hong Xu's office. Hong Xu was very polite, helped Chen Kai up with both hands, and invited him to the seat before he sat down to speak, which made Chen Kaipo a little uncomfortable.

"Uncle Hong, You Eryi case ......"

This time, Chen Kai came to ask for support. The expansion and expansion of the ordnance workshop all need the help of Hong Xu, the host of the general affairs of South Australia, not to mention the manpower and material resources, if there is no Hong Xu's approval, just relying on the manpower of the ordnance workshop, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

However, Chen Kai had just made a move, but Hong Xu shook his head and stretched out his hand to stop Chen Kai's follow-up speech: "Chen doesn't need to be like this when he joins the army, you and I are both doing things for the national surname and working hard for Zhongxing Daming." That guy relied on his relationship with me, deceived his superiors and subordinates, deducted ICBC, resold military rations, and Chen joined the army to chase him away, which is the right way. As for Benbo, if he is allowed to continue like this, I will be the one to blame for the great things that will ruin the country's surname. Speaking of which, I still want to thank Chen for joining the army for removing this hidden worry for me early and not making it a great evil. ”

"This ......"

Hong Xu said, he got up and bowed, Chen Kai had already speculated about Hong Xu's reaction, but he didn't expect it to be like this. Caught off guard, Chen Kai hurriedly returned a salute. On the contrary, Hong Xu seemed much more calm, and when he showed his attitude to Chen Kai this time, he greeted him with a smile, completely looking like he didn't take that incident seriously at all.

"This person, if he is not a person who hides a knife in his smile, is really aware of the general situation, knows the importance of the matter, and knows how to advance and retreat. Of course, no matter what, this Uncle Zhongzhen is by no means a simple character! ”

Having come to this conclusion, Chen Kai also replied to Hong Xu's greetings respectfully. It has been nearly two months since Chen Kai arrived in South Australia, Hong Xu asked if he could adapt to food and housing, Chen Kai returned to him with a national surname, and state affairs are more important than everything, and then explained to Chen Kai about the customs of this place, as well as the scenic spots, the atmosphere is harmonious, but I am afraid that it will surprise too many people after this.

Greetings bring each other closer, but Chen Kai is not here just to resolve misunderstandings and contradictions, as Hong Xu said, he is a person who can do things and wants to do things, and this time he came to seek the support of Hong Xu, the big housekeeper.

"Chen Senjun, please rest assured, after that month and a half, Ben Bo believes that if the silver is placed in Chen Senjun's hands, the role played by Yu Guo's career will be much greater. What is needed, even if he asks, Ben Bo who can do it is not ambiguous, even if he can't do it for the time being, he should do his best. ”

Hong Xu's attitude was as good as when he first entered the door, without the slightest misalignment. When Chen Kai heard this, he simply stopped weighing the pros and cons, and said directly to Hong Xu: "Tell Uncle Hong, the surname of the country has previously instructed the lower officials that the ordnance workshop needs to produce more weapons, not only in quantity, but also in variety. Xia Guan pondered, first of all, swords and shields are inevitable, and secondly, with the current production capacity of the ordnance workshop, artillery and guns cannot be done for the time being, so they can only hurry up to make bows and arrows to make up for the lack of long-range shooters in the army. ”

Chen Kai said that it is the current situation of this army, and Hong Xu also has a deep understanding of this. Previously, relying on Chen Kai's efforts, it was not easy to ensure that every soldier had weapons, but in terms of the ratio of troops, in addition to Qinding Town, the other four towns of the Lu Division were really ugly. Zheng Chenggong has already instructed this, Hong Xu is also actively preparing, and now Chen Kai mentioned that he also replied.

"Chen Senjun said, the surname of the country was also instructed before, and Ben Bo has been collecting people in the past few days. Sword, shield, bow and arrow, sword, sword, shield, rattan, bow. I have already sent someone to do it, but I am afraid that it will take a few days to arrive at the workshop one after another. ”

"It doesn't hurt to spend a few days, and these days the officials are also asking the craftsmen to build spears to meet the needs of Nanao Town."

This is not an unexpected joy, Chen Kai knows very well that Zheng Chenggong will definitely tell Hong Xu about this, needless to say. Chen Kai deliberately showed surprise on his face, Hong Xu seemed to be infected, and then said: "Nanao Town is newly built, and it is not possible to go ashore to Chaozhou to collect it for the time being. On my side, I sent people to Nanyang and the Wa Kingdom, there are Chinese businessmen in Nanyang, but the help is not much, and the Wa State side will not be difficult with the relationship between the grandfather of the country and the brother of the country surname. I am afraid that the shogunate will interfere and prevent craftsmen from going to sea. ”

Zheng Chenggong's mother, Tian Chuansong, is also known as the daughter of the Weng family, because she is the stepdaughter of Weng Yihuang, a blacksmith from Quanzhou, who lived in Hirado. Emperor Weng Yihuang used to forge knives for the lord of the Hirado domain, and he was also a well-known knife smith in Japan. However, this person has passed away the year before last, but there is still Zheng Chenggong's half-brother Tagawa Nanazaemon who has passed out, and there is always something to do with it.

It's just that as Hong Xu said next, the relationship between the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan and the Zheng family is complicated. At that time, the Tokugawa shogunate closed the country, affecting the interests of maritime trade, including Chinese maritime merchants, and the great pirate Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong, Chen Xinji, Yang Tiansheng and other 28 pirate leaders in Japan bowed to the secret to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, and even had the support of the Japanese upper echelons behind it, but in the end because of the leakage of the news and was forced to go south to Taiwan for development.

Later, the sea merchant Li Dan died of illness, followed by the death of Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong successively seized and inherited a large number of ships, goods and troops of the two in Taiwan as Li Dan's righteous son and Yan Siqi's son-in-law, and became the new leader of Yan Siqi's group, and soon dominated the sea, and then accepted Zhao'an, with the official background of the Ming court.

But even so, Zheng Zhilong successively sent Zheng Zhiyan and others to pick up Zheng Chenggong's mother and son, but they were still rejected by the Tokugawa shogunate. After several times, he even relied on the threat of declaring war, so he reluctantly received Zheng Chenggong and Mrs. Weng, and as for Tagawa Nanazaemon, he was still detained in Japan by the Tokugawa shogunate. With such a precedent, it was feared that the resistance of the Tokugawa shogunate would be even greater if craftsmen were allowed to go abroad.

Hong Xu told these secrets, although Chen Kai had heard some of them before, but it was by no means as detailed as Hong Xu knew. However, according to Chen Kai's memory, the Zheng family and the Tokugawa shogunate were not only these, and going to Japan to beg for teachers was also another way of presenting communication, and the complexity of the relationship between the two sides could not be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

"In this case, the Wa country does not dare to be too extravagant. It is best to succeed, but if you can't, you can do as many things as you have with people and resources in your hands. It is better to let weapons wait for people than to let people wait for weapons. ”

As soon as Chen Kai spoke, Hong Xu also stroked his palms and smiled: "As Mr. Chen said, the national surname is fighting outside, and those of us who are ordered to take care of the family naturally have to work harder." When the national surname returns triumphantly and a large number of recruits enter the camp, preparations in advance can form combat effectiveness faster. ”

Chen Kai and Hong Xu chatted very speculatively, and even at noon, they were left by Hong Xuqiang for lunch. The matter of the craftsman has been negotiated, and Chen Kai's planned expansion work has also been supported by Hong Xu, in Hong Xu's words, it is not a problem to ask for people, money, materials, and land!

Things went very smoothly, and Chen Kai returned to the workshop in the afternoon and started to prepare. In the afternoon, the first batch of personnel and materials were delivered to the workshop, and the title deed of the left area was also handed over to Chen Kai.

"Things are going too smoothly, and now the worst may be to kill, and this is exactly what I am not afraid of!"

After years of hard work in the workplace, Chen Kai firmly believes in a truth, that is, people should not look at what they say, but how they do. Judging from Hong Xu's current performance, it is extremely rare, and it is difficult to get something that Chen Kai is not used to. Of course, he won't jump to conclusions, because it's just the beginning.