The three words of industrialization are incomprehensible to the officials and craftsmen present at this stage - read the books of sages, at most read some books related to administrative calculations or "Da Ming Law" related to justice, officials are more just administrative management for craftsmen, and more hobby for science and technology, and they are also the kind of officials who have a hobby for this; As for the craftsmen, the craftsmanship passed down from their ancestors is working hard everywhere, and the place under Chen Kai's jurisdiction is more in terms of treatment, but it can't change the status quo that most of them are still illiterate, and it can't open their horizons.

Fortunately, these people have the ambition to understand a simple truth, that is, it is absolutely beneficial to follow Chen Kai to do things, and the former Ordnance Bureau is the best example.

Chen Kai was very satisfied with the progress of the Manufacturing Bureau, especially when Yu Feng Xifan moved the Ordnance Bureau to the Zhongzuo Institute, the craftsmen with the strongest ability in the Ordnance Bureau were all transferred, and the rest were just a group of characters with ordinary abilities. With these figures, according to the drawings, with the help of the quality inspection students, these machines can also be tossed out and effectively operated, which is even more rare.

This trip was very satisfying, at least more exciting than entertaining the envoys of the edict and watching cramming education in the quality testing school. Back to the governor's yamen, the former branch guard yamen was just changed with a plaque and transformed into a higher-level administrative office. Before that one foot stepped into the official room, Chen Kai sent Chen Song to read the recent official documents and records of the four counties of Dapu, Fengshun, Pingyuan, and Zhenping, as well as the strategic point of the Ming army in the north of Chaozhou, Sanheba, and several other places, and then carefully reviewed them.

"That self-defense thief is still quite trustworthy."

After going through several official documents, there were no relevant reports related to the harassment of the Qing army in Chengxiang Township. Since the end of the Second Lufeng Defensive War, to be precise, since Chen Kai repaired to Hao Shangjiu, the Qing army of Chengxiang has abruptly stopped attacking the areas controlled by the Ming army. On the other hand, Zhang Jin's side did not choose to be troubled after determining Chen Kai's established strategy, and the two sides became peaceful in that piece of intertwined places, which was also a strange thing in the Ming and Qing wars.

With the resumption of peace and trade, the waterway of the Han River, the ores, metals and other resources and goods of Chengxiang, the grain, tinware, sugar products, all kinds of cloth and even the tobacco leaves of Tai Po in the south of Chaozhou are also pouring into the area controlled by the Qing army through the mouth of Chengxiang. Once the goods are circulated, the government, merchants, and people on both sides will profit from it, and it will be a continuous profit.

"There is not much iron ore and iron material in Chengxiang."

After flipping through a few reports, with a little mental arithmetic, I recalled the approximate figures before the fall of Chengxiang, and there was a lot of difference between the two. Chen Kai asked casually, and he didn't expect to get an answer, but Chen Song was obviously prepared, and as soon as Chen Kai's voice fell, he bowed down and replied: "The lower official sent someone to ask, and the businessman from Chengxiang who came to Sanheba to trade said that trade was cut off in the past two years, and many mines and caves have been sealed, and the miners have been dismissed, and the mine owners and career changers abound. ”

The most important military goods of iron and food were used to make weapons and armor, and the other to feed soldiers. On these two points, Chen Song redoubled his attention, because he knew very well that Chen Kai also paid a lot of attention to this. At this moment, Chen Kai nodded and said, "I see", and sighed at Chen Song's diligence.

"Sure enough, it's condescending to let you be a little guy."

After Chen Kai said that, he no longer mentioned the matter, but asked about other things. On Chen Song's side, he originally planned to show his loyalty through the topic again, but seeing that Chen Kai didn't mention it, he had to shake up his spirit to reply to Chen Kai's other questions.

The war came to an end, and whether it was the military means of the southern front or the dual means of diplomacy and trade on the northern front, the eastern Guangdong region, which was once tense and full of gunsmoke, came to an end for the time being. This was only a short-lived peace, and as long as the Qing army was not driven out of Guangdong, the war would inevitably break out again.

This was a short gap period, and Chen Kai was ready to take this time to do more things, but before that, he had to go to the Zhongzuo Institute first, and he had to end the marriage.

After arranging all the necessary matters, Chen Kai took the official boat down the river and arrived at the transit station on Nanao Island. The person in charge here is still the loyal and brave Marquis Chen Bao, from the beginning of Zheng Zhilong's return to Fujian to serve until now, more Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and his son value their loyalty and trustworthiness.

When I got here, I naturally wanted to meet Chen Bao. Chen Bao had already received the news about the governor, and he already knew about it when Chen Kai came back to receive the order last time, but this time he didn't mention it again, only said that the envoy of the edict returned by boat. In addition, it is about some matters related to the South Australian Ordnance Agency.

"With so many idle factories, you don't plan to recruit some craftsmen to restore the pattern?"

First of all, Zheng Chenggong seized the Zhongzuo Institute, and most of the administrative and maritime trade institutions that were originally in the Zhongzuo Institute were transferred to the past, and only those government offices in charge of local affairs were left here. Next, Feng Chengshi moved to the Ordnance Bureau, and a large number of craftsmen who originally ate the food of the Ordnance Bureau moved to the Zhongzuo Institute, along with the departure of their families and the unemployment of the locals in South Australia. Last year, Chen Kai transferred a large number of craftsmen from Nanao Island. Although this is already the weakest impact, after a few times, Nanao Island, which was once once prosperous because of Zheng Chenggong's attack on Fujian and Guangdong provinces with this as the center, and was briefly prosperous because of Chen Kai's single-handedly created the Ordnance Bureau, was forced to return to its original appearance.

Chen Bao has been sitting here for many years, and he has a deep affection for this place, seeing that the prosperity of Nanao Island is like a flash in the pan, and the living standards of the people will return to the past, he is also inevitably anxious. In his ardent eyes, Chen Kai made up his mind to develop hydraulic machinery, which was not suitable for the formation of a large-scale industrial zone.

"There's not a good way to do it yet, after all, it's not going to happen overnight."

"Hey."

With a sigh, Chen Bao couldn't do anything, and the matter could only be stopped for the time being. Saying goodbye to Chen Bao, Chen Kai returned to the workshop, where he saw the summoned rat beard. For a year, the life of the rat beard was very bad, and he couldn't get into the yamen on the charge of corruption, and the fine he paid last time wiped away his savings for many years, even if he was a deal. If it weren't for Chen Kai sending someone to help him every once in a while, there would be no way to live that day.

"The villain regrets that he shouldn't have listened to the teachings of joining the army at the beginning, and was greedy for those small gains, and now he is so degraded, he is really to blame."

Joining the army is one of Chen Kai's positions for many years, and it is also the old name of Mouse Beard and others, so it is more cordial. When he saw Chen Kai, the rat's whiskers slammed on the ground, and after a few clicks, there was already a faint blood on the floor. With a wave of his hand, Chen Kai lifted the rat's whiskers up, and then retreated, leaving only the two of them in the office.

"I hope you really repent."

"The villain will never dare to do it again, and he will never dare to do it again."

He had already stood up, but this time he fell headlong to the ground, as if this was the only way to show his sincerity in true repentance.

If kowtow is useful, why do you need the law? However, seeing this, it was inevitable that the rat's whiskers would die here, causing a human life, so Chen Kai said, "Get up", and the right should be believed. Subsequently, he asked him about the relevant matters mentioned by Chen Bao about Nanao Island.

"Back to joining the army, this matter is still the handiwork of the surnamed Feng. Several moves have led to more administrative staff and artisans, as well as their families, and the military. But the problem is that when the surnamed Feng moved to the military uniform manufacturing workshop, he strongly advocated only recruiting the female dependents of the military generals and soldiers, and all the local women in South Australia were dismissed. ”

The rat beard hated Feng Chengshi very much, and at this moment Chen Kai asked, of course he was shaking his spirits and telling the cause and effect of the matter, and he should vent his grievances. But in front of Chen Kai, he still restrained himself, because he knew very well what he wanted to say in that sentence, Chen Kai only needed to listen to one or two sentences to understand everything, and if he said too much, it was easy to be displeased by Chen Kai.

After saying this, the mouse beard was silent, just standing there and secretly watching Chen Kai's expression. On the other hand, Chen Kai naturally understood that what the rat beard was referring to was nothing more than Feng Chengshi's desire to be a good person in front of the officers and soldiers in the army, especially those officers, and to win their favor, so it led to a sharp increase in the unemployment rate of the people in South Australia and a decline in living standards.

In addition, there is no lack of indignation at Feng Chengshi's relocation of the Weapons Bureau. To put it bluntly, the reason why his greed for small and cheap things was exposed was because of the inevitable re-running-in of the process of relocation, otherwise he would still be living a good life at that time.

For the latter, Chen Kai didn't care, and he didn't bother to preach anything. On the other hand, he had also used this to win over the Zuo Xianfeng Town, aid Zuo Zhen and other those who were brought back by Shi Lang, Huang Ting, and Hong Xishan to join the Guangdong and Fujian armies, and the method used was also to recruit their family members to work in the workshop, so as to increase the income level and enhance the centripetal force of these soldiers, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone. It's good now, Feng Chengshi is not only transparent, but also relied on such methods to gain a lot of goodwill in the army in batches.

"It's still because the technical content of the garment manufacturing industry is too low at this stage, otherwise Feng Chengshi will not be able to find suitable skilled workers even if he wants to change people casually."

Thinking about this, Chen Kai thought about it, and reminded the rat whisker of the words about "It's okay to scream like this in front of him, and you can't do it when you put it aside". is this reminder of the rat's beard's name for Feng Chengshi, even if he has reaped the gratitude of the rat's beard, at least in his opinion, this reminder is clearly for his own people.

With this sense of intimacy, the rat whiskers know everything he knows, especially about the Arms Bureau, which highlights a person who knows everything and says everything.

"When the Ordnance Bureau was relocated, the layout of the Ordnance Bureau of the Central Left Institute was demarcated by the surname Feng, and there were factories, administrative areas, and storage areas, but there were no living areas. The craftsmen eat in the shed every day, and there is no place to rest after eating, and they are urged to work before the hour every day......"

"When you were in the Ordnance Bureau, you set a lot of rules, and according to the shallow wisdom of the villain, you know, they are all to make the craftsmen work better. But the surname Feng is different, and he has to play his official authority everywhere, such as kowtowing when you see Shangguan, and you replace it with a forehead salute when you work in the old system, which also makes that guy recover, and you have to quickly put down half of the work that is busy, and you have to do a sin of sneing Shangguan if you are late......"

"At the end of the year before last, just a few days before you came back, the man surnamed Feng took down the position of head craftsman of Lin, saying that it was temporary, but it was not restored. In the past year, the craftsmen you appointed have been taken down by him, and replaced by a group of supervisors, that is, Wang Fugui's group of people to act as the craftsmen, saying that this is better to control the craftsmen and prevent the craftsmen from being lazy. Think about when you were still in charge of the Ordnance Bureau, which craftsman dared to be lazy, which craftsman would be lazy, and it was not one by one to do their best to complete the quota, but now it's okay......"

“……”

The official position was stripped down, the silver was issued, and he was beaten a lot, and he spent more than a year thinking behind closed doors in his hometown on Nanao Island, living a life of being blinded day by day, and even the old man and mother-in-law, as well as those relatives who still respected him, did not want to see him at all. The world is hot and cold, which makes the rat beard have a deep resentment towards Feng Chengshi, he has nothing else to do during this time, just thinking about the matter of complaining to Chen Kai, the rhetoric has been in his mind countless times, and it poured out like the water that broke the embankment, and the steaming resentment almost gave Chen Kai a heel out.

"It seems that you still have a lot of eyes and ears in the Ordnance Bureau."

To put it mildly, when even the resentment of the rat's whiskers was cut off, the latter swallowed his saliva and hurriedly replied: "Joining the army, when you were in charge of the Ordnance Bureau, you were confident in everyone, and did your best to make everyone's life better, so everyone wanted to join the army, and even the villain was stained." And the perverse behavior of the surnamed Feng is unpopular, everyone is looking forward to the Ordnance Bureau being able to return to the jurisdiction of the army, and they are afraid that it will interfere with the business of joining the army, so they have more communication with the villain......"

To put it bluntly, most of the people who were treated unfairly by the Ordnance Bureau in Feng Chengshi's personnel changes, or those who lost power in the changes, were the earliest group of figures, and most of them were natives of South Australia, and they had a friendship with the rat's beard, and now they are even more sympathetic, so they naturally want to report to the group to keep warm.

Chen Kai listened carefully, he already had some clear concepts about this, he had been busy on the battlefield in eastern Guangdong for the past year, and he couldn't take care of the Ordnance Bureau far away in the center and left, although he still couldn't take care of it now, but for this chaos, it was inevitable that there would be dissatisfaction.

"A layman commands an insider."

If you do well in the exam, you don't necessarily have to be as good in practice, because some people are just good at the exam. What's more, the imperial examination is not administrative ability, and there is a woolen relationship between the imperial examination and the administrative level.

However, this stems from the dominance of Confucianism itself, and it is difficult to shake it. Although Confucianism's own power and trend of change arose in the Ming Dynasty as in other eras, the turbulent times of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and the obstruction of the stubborn old forces made it difficult. Especially in the era of my Qing Dynasty, I was directly cut off by the waist, because I never needed real Confucian scholars in the Qing Dynasty, as long as it was a group of slaves!

"It's not going to happen overnight."

Chen Kai said this sentence to himself, and also said to the rat whisker, the latter is not in a hurry, as long as Chen Kai pays attention to the affairs of the Ordnance Bureau, he will take action sooner or later, he believes in his understanding of Chen Kai, but what he believes more is Chen Kai's uncompromising attitude towards the forces that hinder the development of productive forces!

Leaving Nanao Island, the sea ship went all the way to the east, which is the most familiar route, but also the most unfamiliar route. Because for Chen Kai, he didn't know if Zheng Chenggong at this moment would have a grudge against his position as governor.