Chen Kai, the former governor of Zhangzhou Prefecture, applied for promotion to the Senate of Fujian according to the Inspectorate Department, and the Zhangquan Branch Patrol Road and the Governor of Zhangzhou Prefecture were sent to Wuzhou at the fastest speed.

Guangzhou has fallen, and no one dares to ensure whether it is still in Wuzhou. However, it is certain that it is only a sub-patrol from the fourth grade, and it has not even been upgraded in grade, and the imperial court will not deny Zheng Chenggong's request, because that would not be in line with the way the Ming court and the feudal town get along in this period.

"It's not Zheng Chenggong who asked me to be the king of Qin, Du Yonghe will oppose it if he wants to oppose it, and the princes of the court will not pay attention to him."

Chen Kai thought about it, and estimated that Zheng Chenggong had not thought of this earlier. The official position will take time, but no one will think that the imperial court will veto it, so Zheng Chenggong has already issued an order for Chen Kai to form a standard camp on his own.

"The specific number of troops is set at five hundred, and the officer in charge is a general, follow your Lin Dezhong and ask him to go through training."

"The lower official thanked Lin Dezhong for his surname."

The patrol standard battalion, mostly two hundred soldiers, appointed a garrison commander. With a wave of Zheng Chenggong's hand, a battalion of 500 people came out, which is not arrogant. It must be known that under Zheng Chenggong's department, a town is usually two associations, the association is equal to a battalion, the battalion has 500 soldiers, and a town is normally 1,000 soldiers and horses.

In this way, Chen Kai's performance in the capture of the capital city of Chaozhou, the battle of Pantuoling, and this time in Guangzhou proved that he was not an ordinary civilian official who was limited to the military and the advantage of his tongue. If you have the ability, you have to give full play to it, Zheng Chenggong has always been very realistic, and he is even more important to those who can be trusted. However, Lin Dezhong's days in the army were short, and he mostly followed Chen Kai to do things, and Zheng Chenggong did not rush to promote him to deputy general, but only promoted him to a level on the basis of guerrilla generals.

It's not too early to talk about this. Chen Kai had a long journey, and Zheng Chenggong couldn't drag him to talk at night. The four servants of the family got the news early and went out to welcome the master home.

The hot water had already been boiled, Chen Kai didn't need to wait, took off his clothes, and blended into the slightly hot water. The personal maid came in and poured a round of hot water, rolled up her sleeves, and took the loofah to wash Chen Kai's arms.

The night was cool, but the bathroom was hot, and the steaming water vapor was like a fog. After a while, thin beads of sweat had appeared on the maid's forehead, and a pair of lotus root arms were splashed with droplets, but the movements in her hands did not pause in the slightest. After wiping her arms and back, Chen Kai didn't move, she didn't speak, she tried the water temperature by herself, and when she saw that the temperature was acceptable, she sat on the small stool next to her.

The maid tilted her little head, let her elbow on her lap support, and looked at Chen Kai with a pair of eyes flashing, and was silent there. In her eyes, the old man is a figure like Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen, and the things in his head are so powerful, so he is always thinking about something. didn't dare to interrupt his thoughts, so he was habitually silent, waiting for Chen Kai to react, or if the water temperature needed her to do something.

Serving like this, Chen Kai has long been used to it. Sitting in the bathtub, thinking about what happened today, I also have some expectations for tomorrow, but I have never been less to do. Of course, based on these feudal bureaucrats, it is rare for a workaholic like him to be rare, and it is okay to take care of his physical and mental health a little, as long as he doesn't delay his business.

After bathing, I changed my clothes, as if I had changed people. Chen Kai didn't go back to his room to sleep, when he came to the study, the place he saw was still spotless, and he picked up a copy of "Measurement Law" brought back from Guangzhou and read it carefully. I watched it like this for half an hour, and I was a little sleepy, so I went back to my room to sleep and slept until dawn.

Early the next morning, Chen Kai called Kuang Lu to visit Nanao City. Kuang Lu didn't twist, he called and left, the two of them went around a big circle in the city, the Ordnance Bureau Workshop, the Gunpowder Manufacturing Workshop and the Military Uniform Manufacturing Workshop did not enter, but they also watched a different atmosphere on the left.

"In these places, I have ordered a system, and if Zhan is new to the city, it is not easy for me to take you in." Chen Kai is a person who sets the rules, so naturally it is not good to take the lead in violating them, Kuang Lu nodded, and then Chen Kai pointed to a not very big academy in the distance: "There, it's fine." ”

"At the beginning of man, nature is good. Sex is similar, Xi is far away......"

Lang Lang's reading sound, this familiar feeling came, Kuang Lu's complexion slowed slightly, as if he recalled some old things. This was a rare touch in recent times, but after a while, his brow gradually furrowed, and he walked quickly towards the classroom in the far part of the courtyard, until he got out of the noise from the other classrooms, heard the sound clearly, and stood on his feet.

"This is, "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic"?"

Kuang Lu turned his head, looked at Chen Kai suspiciously, waited for a positive answer, thought for a moment, and then relieved: "It's good to let these children learn to do math, these years are better than poetry for this country." ”

As a well-known talent in Guangdong, Kuang Lu is literary and talented, and is most famous for his poetry and calligraphy. However, this exit is a denial of his own talent, which is desolate, even Chen Kai can empathize.

"Doing something more useful for the national economy and people's livelihood, whether it is born in troubled times or prosperous times, is more useful than those icing on the cake."

Ignoring Kuang Lu's surprise, Chen Kai said categorically: "When I was a child, I was a student, and Mr. said that the sage admired the pipe. Later, it was learned that Guan Zi was rich and strong, and there were princes of Huan Gong Jiuhe. If you want to enrich the country and strengthen the army, you can write poems, calligraphy and paintings, all of which are bullshit. The most important thing in Daming is to write a few eight-strand essays and feel that he is invincible in the world, everything is just a fool waiting for idle things, there are too many stupid things, it will only ruin national affairs, or there must be some people who can do things and can do things. ”

Chen Kai's deviant statement is not once or twice, the one who has the most contact is Chen Ding, and now he is not as good as he used to be in Chaozhou Mansion, and he always has to talk about some nonsense that has nothing to do with Bagu to feel more comfortable, which can be regarded as polluted. But even if some of the nonsense is just what he thinks and feels, it may not necessarily be right, Rao knows that this is the case, and he always feels much more interested than just talking about how to write some eight-strand essays.

"Respect the king's ......" However, when he heard these words in Kuang Lu's ears, he frowned tightly, looked at Chen Kai in disbelief, and then asked with a trembling voice: "Actually, do you want to be a pipe, want to be the surname of Huan Gong, and want to be the king of Zhou today?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Kai shook his head, and then said with a smile: "Zhan Ruo, the book is not read like this, and you shouldn't think like this, you think too much, but too little." I'm not a tube, I'm just a fool, just a madman. ”