Jinling, Longjiang Shipyard, with the continuous injection of funds, this super-large shipyard with a history of more than 100 years is once again full of vitality.

The reservoir area, which had long since collapsed, has been renovated now, and all kinds of timber for shipbuilding have been slowly piled up in all the warehouses from scratch.

The dock waterway, which had been clogged up with sediment, has long been cleaned up now, and both sides of the waterway are full of busy craftsmen.

The first dockyard to start construction had already completed the keel frame of a Fufu battleship, and the bottom and sides of the ship, including the cabins above, had begun to slowly reveal their rudimentary shape.

Yang Cong stood not far away, looking at the honeycomb-like cannon door, and couldn't help but show a relieved smile on his face.

At this time, there are not many super gunboats like this, even the European continent countries, a few so-called powers, all the super gunboats together are more than 100 to die, and their shipbuilding capacity is not very good, like this super gunboat, they can build a few a year is amazing.

That is to say, in a few years, when the number of Fuchuan warships reaches about sixty, the Daming Naval Division will be the strongest force on the sea, and when the time comes, hehe, it will ...... at that time.

He was thinking about the future there, when a personal guard suddenly walked up to him and said softly, "My lord, Zhang Ping has something to ask to see." ”

Zhang ping?

This local snake helped him a lot in the investigation of the Longjiang shipyard at the beginning, so he paid a lot of attention to it, and this guy was also quite eye-catching, as long as it was something he confessed, this guy worked hard to rectify it, and at this moment, this guy seemed to have become his cronies.

During this time, he asked Zhang Ping to investigate the corruption of Yan Maoqing, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, of course, this so-called investigation is just a secret stalking, he doesn't want Yan Song to find out that Yan Maoqing has been targeted by him here, and it is difficult to pull Yan Song down from this corruption matter, the reason why he acted secretly is mainly to grab more evidence, and when the time is ripe, he will take it out and disgust Yan Song.

Zhang Ping came to ask to see him at this time, it must be that Yan Maoqing has made great progress, this guy, what did he find, he came to offer treasure in such a hurry.

Yang Cong smiled slightly: "Take him to the temporary duty room." ”

With that, he raised his feet and walked in the direction of the shipyard yamen.

At this time, he has nothing else to do anyway, most of the time, he either stays in Longjiang Shipyard, or goes back to Fujian, and goes to Yongning Acropolis and Nantai Shipyard to go around, so his duty room is arranged in the shipyard yamen at this time.

The Governor of the Southeast, that is a great feudal official, logically speaking, even if he builds a new line of several hundred acres, his duty room is just an ordinary study room of less than 100 square meters.

He is rich, but he doesn't pursue pleasure much, just a place to work, he can handle political affairs, and he doesn't need to be too luxurious, like those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, whether it is living or eating, or even an office place, it is extremely luxurious, and he can spend as much as he can, and he can do as much as he can, just like a nouveau riche.

These people, the money they are greedy for is basically used for personal pleasure, and Yang Cong, not only is not greedy, but also tries his best to make money, subsidize the expenses of the imperial court, and even pay out of his own pocket to develop new warships and weapons for the imperial court, I have to say that these people are simply different from him.

Zhang Ping stood in the simple duty room, looking at the prosaic decorations around him, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

is also an official, why is there such a big difference, Yan Maoqing's guy, greedy for money, that is scared to death, the temporary mansion and the household duty room are also luxurious and scary, but that guy has never taken out a penny to repair the dilapidated treasury of the household department, let alone like the governor, he paid for so many craftsmen to develop new warships for the imperial court.

Sometimes, people and people, it's really incomparable.

When Yang Cong came in, his reverence was not pretended, he genuinely admired this governor.

This guy, did he take the wrong medicine or what's wrong, so restrained?

Yang Cong still smiled and said: "Everyone is an old acquaintance, why are you so polite, what's the matter, hurry up, don't pay so much attention to hypocrisy." ”

When Zhang Ping heard this, he was a little embarrassed and said: "Lord Governor, it's like this, a cronie arranged by the villain in the household department occasionally saw a letter yesterday, this letter was written by the Governor of the Northwest, Xianning Marquis Qiu Luan to Yan Maoqing Yan, the tone seems to be quite unkind, the villain estimates, these two must be in conflict. ”

This guy really has a set, what occasionally see a letter, can other people's letters let you see occasionally?

He must have ordered someone to keep an eye on Yan Maoqing all the time, and even ordered someone to secretly check other people's private letters!

Yes, really good.

Yang Cong asked with interest: "Oh, why did Xianning Hou Qiuluan lose his temper with Yan Maoqing?" ”

Zhang Ping said a little proudly: "Judging from the meaning of the letter, Xianning Hou Qiuluan should think that the food and salary allocated to him by Yan Maoqing Yan is too small, and what he wants is the food and salary of 90,000 horses, and Lord Yan has not even given enough food and salary for 60,000 horses." ”

These guys are really insatiable, it would be good if Hou Qiuluan of Xianning could have 50,000 horses under his hands, but he even asked for 90,000 horses, this mouth is too open.

Yan Maoqing's side is also yes, Xia Yan was in Japan at the beginning, but he asked the Nanjing household department to urge the major salt farms to work overtime, desperately produce salt, and strive to supply the food and salary of the 180,000 army in the northwest, at this time Yan Maoqing did not order anyone to reduce production, that is to say, he may not be able to make up the food and salary of the 180,000 border army, 90,000 or even 120,000, and the food and salary of the 150,000 army, he should be barely able to make it up.

So, the question is, where does this money go?

Yan Maoqing didn't even allocate enough food for 60,000 horses, so where did the remaining half of the salt or salt go?

Thinking of this, Yang Cong couldn't help asking: "It seems that the salt has doubled at this time, Yan Maoqing can't even allocate enough food and salary for 60,000 horses, shouldn't it." ”

When Zhang Ping heard this, he couldn't help but mock slightly: "My lord, don't you know how greedy Yan Maoqing is, originally when Master Zhang Shiche Zhang was appointed as the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, the salt quotation share was no longer exchanged for silver, he not only needed silver to exchange, but also had to help him sell salt." ”

Help him sell salt?

A few meanings, could it be that Yan Maoqing, the head of the household, still sells salt by himself?

Yang Cong was a little curious: "What kind of door is this, there are quite complicated procedures for salt to be replaced with salt, can he directly let the salt lead to salt, and then order someone to sell it?" ”

Zhang Ping couldn't help but joke: "This, the villain also asked someone to investigate, the salt guide he is sending now is double, that is to say, originally a salt guide can only take 500 catties of salt in the major salt farms, but the salt guide he sent can take 1,000 catties of salt in the major salt farms, of course, the extra 500 catties are not given to those salt merchants, but to let those salt merchants take to sell, and the money from the sale, he and the officials of the major salt farms split in half. ”

, these corrupt officials and corrupt officials are really unguardable, you can think of this method!