When Shi Lang, Huang Ting and others arrived in the capital of Chaozhou under the rescue of Zheng Chenggong, it was also when Chen Kai's vacation was about to come to an end.

Many things, on the way, Zheng Chenggong has had a preliminary understanding. When Shi Lang's headquarters arrived, two days later, Chen Kai was invited to participate in the military discussion.

Compared with the last time, this military discussion has fewer Chen Bao, Hong Xu, Chen Hui, Yu Kuan, Gan Hui and others, and more new generals such as Shi Lang and Huang Ting. Chen Kai, as the only civil official present, still sits in the lowest position, but no one present, including Shi Lang, can ignore his existence. Especially whenever there is a general direction for an issue, Zheng Chenggong will inevitably consult Chen Kai's opinion, and the other generals are all listening and thinking carefully.

This scene, in Shi Lang's eyes, was really frowned, but Chen Kai was happy to talk about those questions, and didn't care about Shi Lang's expression at all.

"Shi Shuai and Huang Shuai's department is new, and the subordinate officials inspected the baggage, armament and military uniforms yesterday, and the shortage is very large. In this matter, the subordinate officials should return to South Australia as soon as possible and urge the Ordnance Bureau to make up the vacancy as soon as possible. ”

"I'm not worried about this matter, with Chen's talent to join the army, it should be a difficult matter."

Zheng Chenggong said with a smile, Zhang Jin, Ke Chenshu and other generals showed a natural smile, but in the eyes of Huang Ting, Hong Xishan and others, they couldn't help but look at Chen Kai a lot again - because of the battle and walk along the way, there was not much replenishment in Chengxiang County, but it was a lot of losses in the city defense battles again and again. But in the eyes of these people, Chen Kai's methods are not a problem, even if they have heard about it when they came earlier, they still can't help but feel respect.

"This matter, Xia Guan is responsible for it. It's just that the following officers see that there seem to be many soldiers in the army wearing Tartar uniforms, but this needs to be solved immediately. The lower officials have sent people back to South Australia to send the latest batch of military uniforms, but it is better not to continue to stay in the army for these Tartar uniforms, so as not to be misunderstood by the gentry and the common people. ”

"What Chen Senjun said is very true, Shi Shuai, Huang Shuai, General Hong, when you return to the camp today, you will collect all the Tartar clothes on the soldiers, and what is in the treasury will be sent down to replace it as soon as possible, if it is insufficient, it is better to use the clothes of ordinary people than to use Tartars." Speaking of this, Zheng Chenggong didn't wait for them to get up and promise, and added another sentence: "Explain the matter clearly to the soldiers, if there is any trouble, Weier and others will ask." ”

"The last general will obey."

The new general got up and promised, and Zheng Chenggong said to Chen Kai again: "Chen joins the army, and the shortage of military uniforms is even greater than military equipment. In addition, now that it is the winter moon, new clothes will be issued in the first month, and this burden will also fall on Chen Senjun. ”

"Xia Guan must do his best."

The original army was expanded, the military uniforms had already been replenished, and there were even a lot of stocks. Do the math, the pro-ding, the left and right vanguards, the left and right guards, the middle and left three chong towns and the Houjin towns, and then count the garrisons in various places, together there are tens of thousands of troops. But this time, Shi Lang, Huang Ting and others brought more than 4,000 officers and soldiers at one time, and the army suddenly expanded to more than 15,000 people, nearly half of the original number. Chen Kai's job is not only to meet this extra part, but also to prepare New Year's clothes for the entire army as soon as possible, even if there is an earlier accumulation, it is also a difficult job.

The huge increase in production capacity and the rapid expansion of the occupied area are more likely to have a beneficial impact on Chen Kai's welfare system in the Ordnance Bureau.

In fact, there was not much talk about military actions such as aggressive and counterinsurgency, and the key was that the integration of this newly attached army was the most important thing at present. During this period, Shi Lang, Huang Ting and others also expressed some dissatisfaction and anger against Hao Shangjiu and the bandits in northern Chaozhou, and Zheng Chenggong appeased him a little, but the most important thing was Chen Kai's military replenishment work.

At the end of the military discussion, Chen Kai was still waiting for the exact number, so he went to the left and right of the military camps to take a turn. Unexpectedly, the Lin brothers followed closely with two teams of soldiers, and Chen Kai had already asked Du Hui to ask them back. After half a year of military career, they not only made up for the general rank, but also lost their temperament to the same mountain people and hunters as they used to be, and it was obvious that Du Hui had put no effort into their training.

The two led the team to follow, just following silently, not daring to make the slightest movement, lest it disturb Chen Kai's train of thought. The group walked through the military camps of Huang Ting's department and Hong Xishan's department, and it was not until finally that they came to the camp where Shi Lang's department was temporarily stationed in the south of the city.

Looking from afar, the donkey cart was pushed into the camp, and there were soldiers who threw the faded Qing army uniforms on the cart, and took advantage of the situation to receive the Ming army's uniforms from the donkey cart behind. After the donkey cart that replaced the military uniform, the damaged weapons were also handed in, but this time there was no corresponding replenishment, not because the arsenal was not full of weapons, but because Zheng Chenggong did not plan to make the necessary replenishment for this newly attached army as soon as possible.

After seeing the scene in front of him, Chen Kai turned back to the main town mansion, and chatted with Zheng Chenggong after nightfall, and did not mention any major military affairs, but was laughed at by Ye Yiyun because of his matchmaking.

However, ridicule is ridicule, Zheng Chenggong still said that he would choose a suitable woman for him at the right time, and would never insult Chen Kai's ambition and talent. Early in the morning of the next day, Chen Kai set off directly, went down the Han River, and returned to Nanao Island to continue to preside over government affairs.

After leaving for only a few days, everything was still the same on Nanao Island, Chen Kai went back to the workshop of the Ordnance Bureau first, and just used a sentence to finish the production task of the Ordnance Bureau.

Last year, Zheng Chenggong returned to the division, and Chen Kai had completed the military manufacturing tasks brought about by the formation of Zhongchong Town, Zuochong Town and Youchong Town ahead of schedule. In March of this year, he set off for Chaozhou and returned in April, during which the manufacture of weapons never stopped, and it was these weapons that continued to support Zheng Chenggong to form the town of Houjin and the garrisons in various places, and completed the task of expanding the eight towns from 500 soldiers to 1,000 people.

Since April, and now, more than half a year, the armory workshop has continued to produce weapons, some of which are used to supplement and expand, and others are sent directly to the arsenal. Now that Shi Lang's department has arrived, he may not dare to say that he will be able to completely meet his needs, but there are very few vacancies.

Relying on the original craftsmen alone, it is indeed a little unlikely, but after taking Chaozhou, Zheng Chenggong selected some craftsmen with excellent craftsmanship from those craftsmen controlled by local tyrants in batches, and the current Ordnance Bureau is also further expanding with the continuous expansion of Zheng Chenggong's occupied area.

Due to Chen Kai's existence, and more importantly, Nanao is located on the sea, with the Ming army's dominant naval division as a barrier, and the series of workshops of the Ordnance Bureau have not been changed. Nowadays, not only the raw materials purchased through sea trade have to be transported to South Australia for processing, but even the local production of Chaozhou has to be transported here, which is already the largest military production base in Zheng Chenggong's jurisdiction and even in the whole of South China.

Of course, when it comes to the number of craftsmen, there is no way to compare it with Xiamen, Guangzhou, and the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry of the Yongli Imperial Court, but when it comes to efficiency, they are not even qualified to shine the shoes of the Ordnance Bureau.

The bustling sea ships bring in goods and carry away finished products, which is what Chen Kai would like to see the most. The continuous expansion of the Ordnance Bureau has also brought more job opportunities, and a large number of mountain people and islanders have come down the mountain and crossed the sea to work hard here, seeking a chance to support their families in the troubled times. It's a pity that Chen Kai is now only in charge of the three islands and the Ordnance Bureau, and the new industry has a lot of problems due to the strategic environment, so he has to temporarily shelve the plan, just to expand employment with the Ordnance Bureau, and by the way, to improve production capacity and train skilled workers, so as to lay the foundation for the next step of industrialization.

This time, Zheng Chenggong assigned a new task, and it will probably become a practice to give clothes in the first month. In this case, a new round of expansion can be justified.