At the beginning of the month, the training of the army was in full swing, and Chen Kai also had a new round of system adjustment in the ordnance workshop, and began to be officially implemented.

First of all, due to the establishment of the ten-month holiday system and the popularity of Zheng Chenggong, Chen Kai suddenly had a concern about whether the fixation of public holidays would lead to double pay for overtime. Driven by the bloodthirsty and profit-seeking demon of capital, Chen Kai found that his psychological positioning of himself had become closer and closer to the direction of capitalists. This is not a good thing, at least he did not intend to force the socialist movement out in advance, which would be too far ahead of his time and easy to lose control of the process of industrialization.

Of course, this is just a joke. However, there is a problem that every day of the middle of the day, in addition to the guards and miscellaneous servants, Kuding, the new factory area is empty, there is no sound of striking iron is naturally a good thing, at least less noise, the problem is that once the weapons in the army are damaged, Chen Kai is not good to let the craftsmen come back to work overtime, so they can only throw the damaged weapons in the warehouse, and wait until the end of the break to repair.

This was ultimately inconvenient for the army, so Chen Kai decided to make a schedule and adjust the date of each craftsman's day off. To put it bluntly, it is to completely separate the craftsmen on the ten days of each decade, and ensure that the vast majority of people go to work every day to ensure that they have a break every ten days. Just like the sales industry in later generations, weekends are the peak sales season of the week, but no matter how few customers are on weekdays, they can't let go, so it is a principle to simply change to rest on one to five days, and separate personnel to ensure that sales are carried out smoothly on each day.

This reform of the system has no effect on the people in the arsenal, it is just a matter of adjusting the day. But the other two systems have really increased the amount of their labor.

The first problem is the unification of weights and measures. Chen Kai found that the weights and measures used by various craftsmen in the ordnance workshop, whether it was a ruler for measuring or weighing, there were more or less gaps. In this, due to the relationship between master and apprentice, the brothers and the master are better, and the local differences are not large, but if Zheng Chenggong brought back a few blacksmiths from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou this time, as well as those bird gun craftsmen, there are more obvious differences in the weights and measures they use.

Chen Kai used a seemingly standard basis to re-compare every once in a while, and strictly prohibited the substitution of tools in this area from the outside, so as not to cause differences in size and weight, and cause unnecessary trouble.

What is needed for this is a system that is to be implemented on a permanent basis and to be strictly enforced, and the key to another reform is also the same.

"Each group of artisans has an individual number, and all personnel will be recorded. From now on, the name of the manufacturer will be marked on the completed weapons and armor, and the damage rate of the weapon will also be recorded. The relevant rewards and penalties will also be published here. Gentlemen, the quality of weapons is related to the life and death of the soldiers, and even affects the victory or defeat of the war. ”

It is true that the craftsmen of the armory workshop are full of energy, and these craftsmen are also satisfied with their higher welfare treatment than ordinary people, so they will do their best. However, just like Zheng Chenggong said, people's greed is endless, with the continuous expansion of the arsenal workshop, Chen Kai also needs to formulate a more standardized system to restrain and manage, just by man, it is far from enough.

The regularization process of the ordnance workshop continues, and the production capacity has not decreased because of this, which is what Chen Kai is most satisfied with. In this way, it shows that since he took over, while the output has increased significantly, the quality of weapons has also not decreased, and there has been no such thing as sacrificing quality for production.

Half a month later, it was approaching the end of the year, Chen Kai was on duty as usual, but he had not yet been on duty on this day, and in the afternoon, the general town government sent an order, saying that he should go over to participate in the military discussion.

Since that night, whenever Zheng Chenggong has any affairs, he will always consult with Chen Kai and listen to his opinions and suggestions. Although it was not Guan Erye, the relationship between the two has indeed changed substantially since then. However, like today, it was the first time that Zheng Chenggong openly sent someone to invite Chen Kai to attend a military meeting where all the generals gathered.

"Since returning to the division in October, our army has been regularized in all aspects such as the expansion of the army, training, replenishment of grain and grass, and production of ordnance. What is lacking is nothing more than the ear of time. ”

What Zheng Chenggong said is the truth, the current army is much better than when it was just formed in Layue last year. It is not only the number of soldiers and the size of the occupied area, but mainly because of the encouragement of military victories, with Chen Kai's efforts, this army has glowed with a different light, and it is really much stronger than the army in the same period in history.

"Now that it's almost a year old, it's time to rest and recuperate. However, the country is in danger, and the Han family is in danger of sinking again, and we can't afford to slack off. Today, the commander invited you to come here to discuss the strategic direction of our army after the turn of the new year. ”

This is undoubtedly a major event related to the future of the army, and all the generals are you look at me, I look at you, talk to each other, whisper, and even soon break out into disputes.

Chen Kai sat on the tailseat and didn't say anything, but carefully observed everyone's expressions. After a while, the opinion of continuing to march to Zhangzhou and Quanzhou prevailed. Quanzhou is Zheng Chenggong's hometown, and it is also the hometown of the vast majority of the generals here.

However, Zhang Jin is the elder brother under Zheng Zhilong, Chen Kai's efforts for more than half a year have greatly strengthened the equipment strength of this army, and he is also a civilian official, and there is no substantive conflict of interest with the generals, but it is of great help, and it has also been accepted by this military group composed of Hokkien people.

Everything that happened now was not unexpected by Chen Kai, and even when Zheng Chenggong sent someone to invite him to participate in the military meeting, he had already guessed the current situation.

"Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, but two prefectures, we have six or seven thousand soldiers and horses, and we have to guard Nanao Island and Tongshan, we must set a practical goal before we can take action!"

Zheng Chenggong set the tone, and the generals said a word to me, and they spoke one after another. Soon, they targeted the western part of Quanzhou, the county seat of Tong'an, which is adjacent to Zhangzhou Prefecture, in their words, if they take Tong'an, they can cut off the contact between the Qing army of the two prefectures in Chaoquan, and the matter of Wang Jin that was out before will not happen again, and they can also encroach on the territory of the two prefectures respectively, and gradually increase their power.

I have to say that this is indeed a reasonable goal. Once Tong'an County is recovered, then Zheng Chenggong will be able to control the Anping Town Sea Trade Center that Zheng Zhilong tried to develop more effectively, and the sea trade income of the army will inevitably be greatly improved.

The general goal was basically determined in Zheng Chenggong's gradually determined gaze, although the specific time of sending troops has not been decided, and if the situation changes, there is still a possibility that it will have to be changed, but strategically, it is probably so decided.

However, at this moment, Chen Kai, who had not said a word from beginning to end, straightened his clothes, stood up on the seat of the Tiger Festival Hall, bowed his hand to everyone, and then said an astonishing word.

"Xiaguan Chen Kai, oppose sending troops to Tong'an County!"