Song Qingming returned to the lobby of the Thousand Households, which was only a pile of wooden planks for the time being, pulled a wooden bench and sat down, Chen Ji caught up from behind, glanced around, and sighed: "It's really cold!"

Song Qingming was angry, "What are you doing here?" ”

Chen Ji raised his eyes, walked to the "table", sat on it, and almost collapsed, shaking a burst of smoke and dust.

"The terrain here, the camp of the sailor should be located on the Bijiang Mountain next to it, and the stations of your thousands of households will have a lot of autonomy, in your opinion, where should you choose?" Chen Ji actually bypassed the previous topic directly and became serious.

Song Qingming said: "I don't have the right to ask about the main three thousand households, so the location of my location here is naturally in front of me."

"Exquisite?"

"It's very dilapidated, no one wants it, the place is big, and if you want to make a martial arts arena or something, you can directly demolish the current houses. In addition, this location is relatively hidden, and you also said that the big camp will be in the mountains, and some of our things are not easy to leak out. ”

Chen Ji paused, and he didn't know how sincere he was, and exclaimed: "Insightful."

"There is another reason, there is a decayed berth down here, and after it is cleared, it should be able to accommodate ten 200 warships. Personally, I think that it is difficult for the sailor to make any achievements as a whole, and he has to rely on himself for everything, so that he can't take advantage of others in vain. ”

Chen Ji's eyes widened: "An army within an army?"

Song Qing rolled his eyes clearly: "Isn't this what you have always hoped for?"

Chen Ji cried with a sad face, and said helplessly: "Who said that is what I have always hoped for?"

Song Qingming didn't bother to argue.

Chen Ji pulled the topic back again. This time, I sat down in a more appropriate place, groped around for a while, and finally grabbed a cloth bag and threw it over, "This is a rough upfront budget I made, and you can make a reference later." For a period of time, my home stadium still has to be in Qingzhou, where business has just picked up, and it is easy for some people to target, although I don't have to stare at it every day, but I still have to play the role of a mascot in a timely manner. If possible, I plan to lead the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and here I have to follow the Cai family, and the Qi family has just been on the front. I heard that Cai Cheng and Qi Yu have been very close recently, and they are about to wear a pair of pants, and then the Lin family from the south ......" Chen Ji paused and said, "It's your mother's Lin family." ”

Not surprisingly, he received a big slap from Song Qingming.

Chen Ji didn't care, continued to blush, and said: "Anyway, it's just a muddy pond, and some grind."

Song Qingming spread out the cloth bag, which was actually a cloth painting manual. Song Qingming is literate, but he doesn't like those strange numbers.

Chen Ji didn't force Song Qingming to make any effective response immediately, and pulled some jokes that he heard, let's just ridicule Song Qingming, who has now become a fragrant glutton, between the lines, Song Qingming gradually heard a little tired. At a certain moment, it finally broke out, and the table in front of the table that was slapped apart got up and scolded angrily: "Chen Ji, are you still human?"

Chen Ji said indifferently: "I'm just concerned about my friend's lifelong events, why am I not a person?" Don't you know, Little Grandpa Song has seen me several times, and eight out of ten sentences want to mention you. The entire Guogong Mansion is heartbreaking for your second son's family affairs. Besides, from my point of view, if you kid is unwilling to get married, how can you focus on leading soldiers. It's those soldiers under your hands, whether they get married or not, are afraid of stabbing you, the official, so what kind of combat effectiveness do you talk about? ”

Song Qingming sighed and said: "If you dare to love me or not, you can still influence such big things."

Chen Ji didn't hear the ridicule between Song Qingming's words, and said: "An army, there are many reasons that affect combat effectiveness, family harmony, and no worries are an important part of it.

Song Qingming's hatred for Chen Ji was not made of steel, and he sat back in his seat for a while, reminding: "How about my family, I don't need to worry about my family, and I don't need you to worry about it."

"Heh, you kid really plan to make a career and get married again?" Chen Ji sneered, "Just look at this kind of thing in the book of Fenghou and Xiangxiang, do you really think that a good woman in the world will grab a handful?" Will it be waiting for you? Brother, in the current situation, if you want to fight, it will be at least three or five years later, whether it is a rogue or a prisoner, how can you make a move at such a time? Although the court has been in full swing in recent years, Xu Gelao's retreat, the compromise between all parties can at least be stable for a while. In short, you have to wait for the war, when the time comes, you are an old man, you are tired of military achievements, you are really embarrassed to play the trick of the pear blossom pressing the begonia? ”

Song Qingming raised his eyes and looked a little puzzled.

"A pear blossom pressed begonia, a good poem sent by a great writer when a friend got married, teasing his friend for being seventy or eighty, and actually married an eighteen-year-old daughter-in-law."

The corners of Song Qingming's mouth twitched, and he laughed in his throat for a while, "Heh, reader." ”

Chen Ji was about to say something more, but Song Qingming waved his hand and said: "With this idle time as a matchmaker, it is better to think about how to earn silver, Lao Tzu is short of money to spend."

Chen Ji shook his head, "Rude, Piff. ”

Scolding and leaving Song Qingming, Chen Ji finally arrived at Bijiang Mountain not far away, compared to the shabby Song Qingming, there is already a bit of the momentum of the command post camp here. Originally, it was also the summer retreat of a wealthy Penglai man, Chen Ji was very shameless to use the relationship between the embroidered clothes and guards, and the power behind Fang Jingyu, this manor was half sold and half donated to the Denglai sailor at a very low price. also found a "official body" of the general banner for his son, and suddenly became a eater of imperial grain.

Chen Ji was stopped at the door, and he was immediately angry, hating these officials who were playing music. The words were entangled for a long time, Chen Ji was defeated and failed to enter, and what was even more angry was that Chen Ji lowered his voice and begged for help to hand over a sticker, but in the end he refused with a sneer.

Chen Ji couldn't help but ask, is he really like a poor relative who clings to a developed relative?

I'll go.

Chen Ji cowered under an ancient tree to the side, thinking about whether to find a commanding height, throw stones at the manor, or roar a few times.

In the end, I felt that I had lost my identity as a scholar, so I gave up.

Not long after, Fang Jingyu was late.

Seeing Chen Ji for the first time, Fang Jingyu hesitated for a moment, fixed his eyes and confirmed for a while, and then slowly walked over. Ding Jia, the soldier who had stopped Chen Ji earlier at the door, immediately turned gray, and listened with his ears pricked up from afar.

Fang Jingyu squatted down next to Chen Ji, and then felt that this posture was indecent, so he changed to a sitting position.

Chen Ji smiled and said, "General Fang, what a busy man."

Fang Jingyu saw too much of Chen Ji's yin and yang weirdness, and didn't pay attention to it. Seeing Chen Ji looking at the doorway behind him defiantly, he probably understood something, and laughed knowingly.

"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and they deserve praise." Fang Jingyu muttered in his heart, and then asked Chen Ji: "The letter said that it would take a while to arrive, why is it suddenly here for me?" Then again, it's really better to get chilly in front of my door. ”

Chen Ji rolled his eyes, "Master, I can fly, do you believe it?" ”

"I'm not sure what the title of the little master you are talking about, in my family, my little master is now doing imperial history in Beijing."

Chen Ji's heart and liver throbbed.

Fang Jingyu turned around, serious.

Chen Ji directly skimmed over the topic, his gaze extended to the door, and he handed several small "you wait" glances to the guards at the door. While saying: "For a while, I can't interfere in the affairs here, and I can't do anything." I also know that everything is difficult at the beginning, so this time I will help you think of as many ways as possible, anyway, first pull up the framework of the sailor. As for Song Qingming, for the time being, you can completely let go. Of course, a hundred people will keep it for you. ”

Fang Jingyu turned his head and glanced at it, but did not speak.

"Scolding the guy who is indiscriminate, don't worry about it for the time being. The information that should be available is ready, and when it is really a last resort, I don't want a whole year's dividends, and I will let the people on that line help, and I can't kill them? The top priority is recruitment. Not to mention logistics and infrastructure, at least 3,600 people in 3,000 households must be recruited, right? The leader of the soldiers is not the same, we can still change it, there are no soldiers, that is really making people laugh off their big teeth. ”

"In other aspects, you can press it back for the time being, I have asked Lao Guogong to come forward to release the news, and I will not do anything excessive in a short period of time, as for the Yangtze River Water Division, the whip is beyond the reach of the whip, and you can ignore it."

"I estimate that you can come forward to entertain the gentry of Penglai and call on everyone to contribute, even if it is to crowdfund a water division first, we can afford to raise our heads."

Fang Jingyu said leisurely: "They are all guys in the eyes of money, can they be willing to give up?"

Chen Ji pursed his lips and said, "Isn't this big mansion willing?"

This action really scared the little guard at the door for a while, and Chen Ji saw the other party's panicked appearance and felt interesting.

"When you see the benefits for them, they are willing. Moreover, the Sand Boat Gang currently has a lot of tricks in our hands, and it is understandable that the few big families standing behind them refuse to nod, but if they stand up and make trouble, we will also find trouble with them. Recently, I heard that there will be an inspector in Kyori to inspect the operation of the Terrai Province after its establishment. ”

Fang Jingyu said: "It's just that a cabinet minister has come, and what the place doesn't want to be seen, naturally won't be seen."

Chen Ji smiled, "The patrol imperial history we sent over this time doesn't eat much of this." ”

Fang Jingyu couldn't help but be curious: "Who is here?"

"Zhou Firewood."

"Weekly salary?"

Chen Ji smiled and said nothing, and continued the previous topic: "Anyway, you organize the bureau first, and I will also visit these big clans in private, some things you say in the hall, but many things need someone to say at the bottom." Anyway, you just have to let them know that you can give them what they want. ”

"At least there's a place to start, right?"

"The Zheng family."

"The Zheng family?"

"Hmm." Chen Ji slowed down and said, "The real owner behind the Sand Boat Gang is the Zheng family. Shen Zhenyu is just a superficial person who pushes it out. And the sand boat gang is holding nearly ninety percent of the Beiyang business, and the gentry from all over Denglai give the Shen family a lot of money every year, especially in recent years, there have been many wanderers, and the land route is even more unsafe. ”

"Any alliance is nothing but a clash of interests. The reason why the Sand Boat Gang is so powerful is only because it is backed by the Zheng family, and the relationship between the Zheng family and coastal pirates is not something that cannot be explained. ”

Chen Ji got up, patted his buttocks, and laughed: "The Zheng family's net is too big, and they originally sent some silver to various prefectures and counties every year, but they have learned to make IOUs over the years, and he has been sitting on the ground for official luck, so he really thinks the court is afraid of them?" It's just that everyone dares to light this fire. And this is just a breakthrough for us, of course, a behemoth like the Zheng family can't eat a bite, it can only be eaten little by little. The Sandboat Gang is just the beginning. ”

"Denglai Mansion is newly established, the main officials are vacant, and the imperial court is bound to add a group of people to come, which gives us an opportunity. Before these officials are corrupted, let's break hands with the Zheng family. ”

Fang Jingyu was still a little worried.

Chen Ji comforted: "I'll come with these conspiracies. However, any conspiracy is based on a strong military force, so please. ”

Fang Jingyu listened to Chen Ji's weighty sentence of please, and nodded solemnly.

Chen Ji returned to his cynical face, "It's really time to do it, but you have to pull people out." ”

……

After Dengzhou Port was designated as a special port for sailors, the original civilian ships began to evacuate, and those who could not be evacuated were chopped for firewood. The noisy, angry, scolding and crying are endless, which is a little different from the busy in the past.

As a result, no one noticed that a small fishing boat had quietly gone out to sea. Song Qingming watched the boat leave, and he was actually very worried in his heart, but he wanted to achieve something big, and it was difficult to give up and separate. He can only wish all success.

A place full of houses has now been divided into a forbidden area, and there are newly recruited soldiers patrolling all around, and a few floors inside, the officers and soldiers of the Dengzhou Inspection Office who are in charge of guarding the task are earlier. In the mud-walled hut in the center, the drawings are being spread out and practicing various arguments, and often a group of people are spitting around a drawing.

This is the "Beiyang Shipyard" that Chen Ji asked Xu Guogong to set up, and it is the sign of the Dengzhou Inspection Division.

Compared with the intrigue outside, this is where the current Denglai Sailor is really operating. Of course, as an institution jointly built with the Terlei Prefecture, it is difficult to operate normally because of the support of the Dorai Mansion.

In the same way, Chen Ji knew that Chen Xiujie, the prefect, would be in office for a long time, so that he would not have to worry about the replacement of key officials, which would make his plan fall through. In the end, if it really doesn't work, then this "gradual privatization of the imperial court institutions" is enough.

After a whole day of shopping, Chen Ji has seen all the places he wants to see, and some things have to wait for him to completely stabilize the rear of Qingzhou before he can really start.

The sun was setting, Chen Ji was about to go home, suddenly remembered something, and then climbed the mountain again, and arrived in front of Fang Jingyu's gate.

Still a familiar guard, Chen Ji walked over with a grin.