According to Chen Kai's instructions, the mouse beard hurried away, hurriedly returned, and came to Chen Kai's office with a large pile of books and copywriting.

"The roster officer has seen it, and you will take it back for filing in a while. Now, there's still some time until lunch, and I'll tell you about the recent production......"

After a long time, near lunchtime, the mousebeard withdrew from the office. Out of the official room, Ke Chenmei, who Chen Kai had summoned someone to invite just now, was already waiting at the door. The rat beard saluted, and then returned to the left wing where these files were stored, but before he entered the house, he was called by You Er at the gate.

"What did Chen Senjun say to you?"

You Er was a personal soldier of Zhongzhen Bo Hong Xu earlier, Hong Xu was responsible for the civil affairs of the entire South Australia, and also took care of the sea trade, so the ordnance workshop with only a dozen craftsmen took care of it relatively little on weekdays, so he would send a trustworthy person to act as a supervisor here to monitor the operation of the workshop. However, this overseer has now become a tyrant in the workshop, and he is very powerful. Now that Zheng Chenggong has appointed Chen Kai to be in charge of the weapons workshop, he feels threatened, so he consciously wants to cut off Chen Kai from the rest of the workshop, so as to facilitate his continued efforts.

However, Chen Kai is not the kind of nerd who doesn't listen to things outside the window and only reads the books of sages, this method is also very common in later generations, if he can't even see this little bit of cattiness, then it will be strange. Because of this, the first stage of attack and defense just now was over, and Yuji couldn't wait to get some words from the rat whiskers.

The rat beard looked at You Er, and then secretly looked back at the official room, making sure that no one came out there, and then answered You Er's question slightly: "It's nothing, just let me take those account books over, and by the way, tell him what weapons have been made in the past few months, the specific number, and how many have been made by each craftsman, and let me go back after speaking." ”

"Nothing else?"

Chen Kai and Mouse Beard chatted in the room for a long time, and You Er couldn't figure out the details of Chen Kai, so he seemed a little puzzled at the moment. However, Chen Kai really didn't say anything else with the mouse beard, and even if the latter wanted to say it, he couldn't say it.

"So, what did he say to Team Leader Ke, can you hear me?"

"You have to ask Team Ke about this, how do I know."

Ke Chenmei is Ke Chenshu's younger brother, and the latter is a person who can speak directly in front of Zheng Chenggong, who has the surname of the country, and he doesn't dare to do it to others. Hearing this, You Er was angry in his heart, on weekdays, how could this bookkeeper dare to talk to him like this. With this change, it was clear that Chen Kai's appearance made the people in the arsenal workshop begin to despise him, and the hatred in his heart was even more serious.

"You Er, I advise you, I'm afraid this Chen Senjun is not a good character, you'd better ......"

"You don't have to worry about this."

As she spoke, as soon as the door of the official room moved, Ke Chenmei bowed and retreated. Seeing this, the two didn't talk much, and hurriedly separated. However, You Er didn't dare to really go to Ke Chenmei to inquire, so he went back to continue working.

When the time for lunch came, the preparation of the meals in the room on the side of the small courtyard against the courtyard wall had not yet been completed due to the delay of Chen Kai's Buda.

There were already a lot of people gathered in front of the room, all of them holding dishes and chopsticks and waiting for them. They were still waiting, but Chen Kai had a lunch sent by Zheng Chenggong here, which was more sumptuous than when he was in the mansion. However, abundance is abundance, Chen Kai didn't use food, and he didn't even let the little guy leave, but he was still waiting for something.

The only woman in charge of the room is You Hong, the only woman here, who came here to take charge of the food of the workshop after You Er drove away the original partner. The workshop does not occupy much area, but there are more than a dozen craftsmen, more than 20 guards, and a large group of people such as supervisors, account offices, men, and miscellaneous servants. On weekdays, You Hong's specially fried food for the "management" such as the supervisor, the account room, and a captain and a deputy captain, and most of the others are just pointers and handymen.

When the meal was cooked, You Hong took the three miscellaneous servants of the house from the craftsmen and miscellaneous servants gathered around the door and walked directly into the small courtyard.

The space of the workshop is limited, the rooms and workshops outside the courtyard, the official rooms and warehouses in the courtyard, usually the craftsmen eat in the workshop, the handymen eat in the walls and corners of the workshop, and those "management" eat in the place where the mouse whiskers work, only Ke Chenmei eats under the corridor of the small courtyard with other guards who eat in shifts, and probably has the meaning of sharing weal and woe with his subordinates.

You Hong and his entourage entered the small courtyard, first took a food box from a handyman, and walked straight to the official room of the main house. Chen Kai joined the army, and there was a difference between the upper and lower classes, and You Hong's family also worked hard. However, since Chen Kai already has the food sent by the general town government here, these are naturally just out of politeness.

The food box went as it was, and when it returned, You Hong took another food box from the handyman's hand and sent it to the room of the mouse whisker, and then began to distribute food to the guards.

After the meals in the courtyard were distributed, it was the turn of the craftsmen and handymen outside the courtyard. Unexpectedly, You Hong's front foot went out of the courtyard, and Chen Kai took the Zheng family's little servant out of the room, looked at the guards' food under the porch and walked out of the small courtyard, even Ke Chenmei, You Er, Mouse Beard and others who were eating, were also shocked, and followed closely behind.

The craftsmen and handymen had already gathered here, and when You Hong's family returned, the handymen of the house carried out the food. It had been some time since it had been cooked, and the temperature of the meal had dropped, but the craftsmen and handymen had apparently become accustomed to it—if nothing else, the other day, it cooled faster in winter and early spring, and it was not like this every day.

Two large buckets and a small bucket were lifted out, and You Hongshi began to distribute the meal. The artisan's quota is a bowl of multigrain rice plus a few pickles, while the handyman's is a bowl of vegetable porridge, and that's it.

Sharing the meal here, Chen Kai took the little guy and paced over slowly. Seeing Chen Kai, everyone hurriedly put down the things in their hands and saluted. The meal was forced to pause, but he did not signal to continue, but walked to the vat step by step and looked at it carefully.

"It's good to have rice and soup."

Chen Kai smiled slightly, it seemed that it was just a joke. At this time, Ke Chenmei immediately added: "Chen joined the army, and the bucket was vegetable porridge." ”

The reaction of the captain of the guards really surprised everyone present, and then Chen Kai took a chopstick from a handyman and inserted it directly into the big bucket of vegetable porridge. As soon as I let go, the chopsticks poured into the vegetable porridge without hindrance, like those vegetable leaves floating on it, floating in the rippling green waves.

"It's also called porridge?"

Chen Kai shook his head, and at this moment, the gap in a vegetable leaf caught his attention, and he simply snatched the horse spoon from the handyman's hand, and after scooping it a few times, he scooped out a cooked fat vegetable worm, which was probably the only meat in the three buckets.

"No wonder so many handymen get sick, is this for feeding pigs?"

Hearing this, You Hong hurriedly fell to the ground and claimed to be a capital crime. Seeing this, You Er had no choice but to come up and explain to Chen Kai: "Forgive me for joining the army, it was the negligence of the people below, and the villain will ...... for a while."

What You Er is going to do in a while is nothing more than to take those handymen who help the cook, it is self-explanatory, but Chen Kai turned his head to look at him, but he frowned, and snorted coldly: "Did the official ask you?" ”

As soon as Chen Kai said this, You Er was immediately stunned. Chen Kai made it clear that he wanted to make a fuss about this matter, but You Eryi didn't have any way to do it for a while.

was caught off guard, Chen Kai didn't give everyone time to react, threw the horse spoon in the bucket, turned around and looked at a young craftsman apprentice, pointed to the lunch that had just been beaten in the apprentice's hand and asked, "After eating, can you refill the bowl?" ”

Refill?

When these words came out, everyone was immediately stunned. However, Chen Kai didn't care, touched the apprentice's head, and then said: "Half a child, eat Lao Tzu, it is the time to grow your body, I think when the official is your age, eating two bowls at noon will be suspected by Xianci if the food is not appetizing." You are heavy physical labor, a bowl of rice, three or two pickles, and you are not allowed to refill the bowl, God does not allow it! ”

"Mr. Cai, this official remembers that it is clearly written in the account book that the food standard that the surname Guo allocates to the ordnance workshop every month is how much grain is for each craftsman?"

Chen Kai suddenly asked the rat whiskers, the latter was startled at first, and then suddenly realized: "If Chen joins the army, the national surname is sympathetic, and the daily food standard of each craftsman is five taels of grain and two taels of vegetables. Among them, the grain was transported daily from the treasury of the town government, and the vegetables were purchased in silver. ”

According to the nutritional standards of later generations, a heavy manual worker needs to consume 3,600 to 4,000 calories a day, while five taels of rice can provide only 600 to 750 calories, and if you count vegetables and vegetables, that is, 750 to 1,000 calories. This intake is definitely not enough, but the workshop only provides such a meal at noon every day, and the craftsmen can eat at home in the morning and evening, plus the wages of the craftsmen, and the relatively low grain prices in the south and the grain production area near Chaozhou in South Australia, although it is a little hard, but it can still be barely supported.

Standard, Chen Kai had already checked it when he asked the rat whiskers to get all the account books just now. The rat beard obviously also thought of Chen Kai's previous intention to hide his true intentions, and once he woke up at this moment, he would recognize the situation clearly.

The mouse whiskers are very familiar, and Chen Kai has no need to continue to waste time: "Then what do you send to the workshop every month?" ”

"Chen joins the army, you and I have no grievances in the past and no enemies in the near future, why bother to force each other!"

Before the rat beard could answer, Yu Er stood up with an angry face. Clear-eyed people can see very clearly, five taels of grain, two taels of vegetables, now each craftsman can only eat a bowl of rice plus a few pickles, and the handler is obviously greedy for more than half of them. And who is the person who handles it, I don't know it.

"Tell Chen to join the army, the villains are all sent to the gang, and they will never dare to have the slightest greed for ink."

When the catastrophe came, the rat whiskers did not hesitate to clear up the relationship. Most of the craftsmen, handymen, and even the guards present also showed anger on their faces, but You Er was very powerful on weekdays, and he didn't dare to attack.

"Mr. Cai, please, the official was still a little suspicious of you, but what Supervisor You said just now really has no reason, but it has also clarified some of your relationship."

Chen Kai had already found the target from the beginning, and the rat's whiskers were lifted high and gently put down, feeling relieved. However, when You Er heard this, it was like falling into an ice cellar, because Chen Kai had already laid out the carriage and horse, and this time he was going to cut him!

"You Hongshi, the housekeeper, is greedy for grain and vegetable silver, and the supervisor You Er, who is a supervisor and a husband, has poor supervision and is suspected of being the mastermind. This official has no power or responsibility to interrogate crimes, but the armory workshop is an important place in the military state, and dogs and men like you must not be allowed to continue to do evil here. From now on, the two of you are no longer from the armory workshop, so get out of here now. ”

Chen Kai quickly cut through the mess, and it was quiet when he boarded up in front of the room. Chen Kai was like this, You Er was also very angry, and when he heard this, he shouted and asked: "Lao Tzu is Uncle Hong's person, you dare to chase me?" ”

You Er has been able to be powerful here for half a year, and who is behind him, there is no one in the armory workshop who does not know. There is a way that eggs don't touch stones, Zhong Zhenbo Hongxu is almost the first person under Zheng Chenggong's generals, You Er is like this, and no one dares to touch him. It was already time for the sabre rattling, and he did not hesitate to show his hole cards. However, Chen Kai was not moved by this at all, but smiled, as if he was ridiculing You Er's stupidity.

"Oh, since you are Uncle Hong's person, then you can have the appointment of Uncle Hong's handwritten seal?"

In the ordnance workshop, in addition to Ke Chenmei and the deputy captain, there are also military positions, such as supervisors and account offices, which are just positions. In the yamen, their status is not even a clerk, at most they are some officials, or even just helpers, where did they get the appointment of Zhong Zhenbo's handwritten seal?

On the contrary, Chen Kai has this thing, and it was issued by Zheng Chenggong, the commander of the army with a higher status than Hong Xu, and it was seen by the whole workshop with his own eyes most of the time ago.

Seeing You Er stunned on the spot, Chen Kai sneered: "You don't have this official material, I'm not afraid to tell you, when the country surnamed Ye appointed this official to take full charge of the affairs of the weapons workshop, he asked Uncle Hong's opinion." ”

Hong Xu's skeptical gaze at whether he could complete the target as promised, Chen Kai would not say this more. From this point of view, these words are here, and no one will believe that Hong Xu has an opinion on Chen Kai being in charge of the weapons workshop.

The craftsmen, handymen, guards, rat beard and Ke Chenmei all thought so, and You Er and You Hongshi were even more so, and even the latter couldn't bear this psychological pressure anymore, and cried out with a wow. Seeing this, everyone's faces were full of contempt and contempt, looking at You Er, they were completely looking at the appearance of an abandoned child.

"Team Leader Ke, what are you still grinding for, don't you still need this official to do it himself?!"