Donat broke out in a cold sweat, how could this young man from the Far East know so clearly? He raised his eyes to look at Ludwig and Heinrich who were standing beside Song Youliang, "Could it be that these two damn Germans have exposed my tricks?" Donat became more and more nervous

Although Ludwig and Heinrich were Europeans, they were also dismissive of Donat's approach. Ludwig looked at Donat and knew what Donat was thinking, and he said: "Deception is not the best business method!" ”

Song Youliang was very angry, but for the time being, there was no one else to replace Donat, so he said sternly: "If there is a next time, I promise that you will be hanged at the top of the dock like a pirate!" ”

"It's a misunderstanding~~ It's a complete misunderstanding, I'm also a victim, I've been deceived by the damn Spaniards!" Donat made a not-so-clever excuse.

"Your family is an engineer at the Royal Portuguese Arsenal, will you be unable to tell the difference between a rifle and a carbine?" Song Youliang unceremoniously exposed him

Donat was speechless, "I swear by God that I have been seduced by villains and the devil, and there will be no next time!" ”

"It's better to be like this~ These carbines were taken as a gift of apology, and I accepted them!" As soon as Song Youliang waved his hand, a group of workers immediately stepped forward to pick up the wooden box containing 400 carbines and left

"This~this~this~" Donat was speechless for a long time

As soon as the matter here was dealt with, Father Thomas found Song Youliang to protest, "Alexey, I want to protest to you!" ”

Song Youliang only felt that his head was big, "Father, what are you going to protest about?" ”

Thomas said solemnly, "Sun and Lu have treated me and Father Bergin unfairly, and now the students in the school are learning their lessons. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Song Youliang sighed secretly, can't you let me be loose? So Song Youliang rushed to the church school with Thomas non-stop. After carefully inquiring about the ins and outs of the matter, Song Youliang became more and more big

It turned out that the illiteracy rate of the military and civilians in Haiyangwei was extremely high, and among the officers, there were only a handful of people who could distinguish between "Lu" and "Yu". They can't read all Chinese characters, how can they learn the Western studies of Thomas and Bergine? So Lu Wenzhou asked Sun Heding to help him teach the people in the health center to read and write. It seems that the plan to train Western scholars is slowing down, and Thomas and Berg can only focus on teaching theology first.

After returning home, his father Song Qianjin found Song Youliang, "Son, there were a lot of casualties in this battle, I think this year's New Year will be a big deal, and I will rush to this sorrow." ”

"Listen to my father!" Song Youliang smiled and took out a jar from his back, "This is the most famous restaurant in Jinan Mansion, the New Year, my son will honor his father with this jar of wine!" ”

As soon as he heard that there was good wine, Song Qianjin's eyes lit up, Haiyangwei is located by the sea, the climate is humid, and the people here are good at drinking to drive away the cold, so everyone is addicted to alcohol. It's just that he used to be so poor that he couldn't afford to drink alcohol, but now that he is rich, Song Qianjin has a few taels of wine every day, and he is living a good life.

Song Li smiled: "Son, your father is not young, he should drink less wine, why are you still filial to him?" ”

Song Youliang smiled again and took a piece of silk and a small box from outside the door, and presented them to his mother with both hands, "Mother, this is the silk of the most famous silk village in Jinan!" As he spoke, he opened the small brocade box again, "This is a bracelet, hairpin, earrings~"

Song Li was also full of joy when he saw his son being so filial, "This child, you can't spend it like this when you have money, your mother is so old, and she still wears such bright satin clothes?" Still wearing jewelry? Saying that, Song Li carefully put the things away, "My mother will save it for you, and I will use it for my daughter-in-law in the future!" ”

Speaking of marrying a daughter-in-law, Song Qianjin also nodded and said, "Yes, you are twenty people, it's time to take a daughter-in-law." Saying that, Song Qianjin got down from the kang and put on his shoes and was about to walk out

"Daddy, where are you going?" Song Li asked busily

"I'm going to find Mrs. Liu~" Song Qianjin turned his head and replied

"Look at you stupid cow, can you go empty-handed for the New Year?" Song Li scolded with a smile

"Yes, yes~~" Song Qianjin touched his head and smirked a few times, returned to a small cabinet by the kang and grabbed some broken silver before going out

Song Li pulled Song Youliang again and said, "Son, in fact, a few matchmakers have already come to tell you about matchmaking, this~~"

As soon as Song Li was about to elaborate, he heard Xu Erduo shouting outside: "My lord, someone from Jinan Mansion is here, I want to see you!" ”

Song Youliang quickly got up and said, "Mother, let's talk about it later." I have official business~~official business~~"

"Hey~hey~" Song Li couldn't force it, so he could only shake his head with a smile and sigh, "This kid! ”

The person from Jinan Mansion was none other than Chen Yuyun, the same acquaintance of Jinan Mansion, Chen Yuyun was in charge of Tuntian and grain affairs, and as soon as he came, Song Youliang instinctively felt that nothing good happened.

After a few polite words, Chen Yuyun said goodbye: "This official is here, first to congratulate Song Shoubei for coming!" ”

"Daoga? What can I congratulate? Song Youliang asked questions

"Song Shoubei still doesn't know?" Chen Yuyun was surprised, "Song Garrison has been promoted to guerrilla because of his meritorious service in guarding Jinan City, and I am afraid that the official document of the Ministry of War has already left Beijing City at this moment!" ”

"Hai Duong is a rural place, and news spreads slowly!" Song Youliang hasn't gotten the news yet, and I hope it's true

Chen Yuyun said with a smile: "Although Haiyang is located a little remotely, under the management of Song Shoubei, this official seems to be very prosperous, especially the matter of Tuntian. Chen Yuyun stretched out three fingers and asked, "Is there 300,000 mu of tuntian in Haiyang?" ”

In fact, according to Song Youliang's development plan, the second phase of the tuntian work will be carried out soon, and it is expected that about 300,000 mu of wasteland will be reclaimed, so that the cumulative land reclaimed by Haiyangwei can reach 600,000 mu. However, Song Youliang still said vaguely: "I heard from my subordinates that all the acres of land reclaimed are about 2560,000 mu!" ”

Chen Yuyun said with a smile: "That Song garrison seems to have been deceived by his subordinates, and this official has come all the way, at least more than 300,000 mu." ”

Song Youliang was so depressed in his heart, he couldn't help it anymore, and asked bluntly: "Lord Chen, I'm a rough person, if you have anything to say, please say it directly!" ”

Chen Yuyun was stunned for a moment, and after being embarrassed for a few seconds, he immediately returned to normal, "Don't hide the Song garrison, when the Qing troops besieged Jinan, the people around Jinan Mansion poured into Jinan. Now that the Qing troops have retreated, the prefect intends to repatriate them to their homeland. But these people are all alone, if they are repatriated like this, I am afraid that it will cause trouble, so ~~~" Chen Yuyun was a little embarrassed to speak

"So you want to get me a batch of food and seeds to settle these displaced people, right?" Song Youliang said what Chen Yuyun was embarrassed to say

Chen Yuyun hurriedly said politely: "Song Shoubei can share the worries of the imperial court, that's the best!" ”

Song Youliang sighed and made a look of worrying about the country and the people, "It is my Song Youliang's blessing to be able to share the worries of the country!" After that, Song Youliang bowed to the north

Chen Yuyun almost laughed out loud, thinking that he didn't have such a pedantic foolish loyalty, why did you have a military household who didn't know a few big words~~~ But Chen Yuyun felt that since he could borrow food, it was a good thing. So he praised: "Song Shoubei is really my Ming loyalty, the mainstay ~~~ (omitting a hundred words here)!" ”

In the end, Chen Yuyun pulled five thousand stone of grain and left happily.

finally sent away the autumn breeze, and Song Youliang convened a meeting of the managers of various departments in his home to summarize last year's achievements.

First of all, the head of the tun house reported the grain harvest, and after some summarization, a total of 400,000 stone of winter wheat was harvested, which was worth at least 800,000 taels according to the purchase price sold to grain merchants. In fact, the two outside have already sold a bucket of grain and a tael of silver, and if the 400,000 stone grain is calculated at this price, it is worth at least four million taels. It's just that Song Youliang didn't want to make money with a bad conscience, so he agreed with Gu Yushan and others that if any of them sold grain to a high price like a thousand dollars in doumai, he would immediately cancel the underwriting right. As a result, the grain in the Dengzhou area is half cheaper than that in other parts of Shandong.

The Xing brothers reported on the situation of the ranch, "2,155 fat pigs are produced, and 50 sows have a total of 700 litters. The cattle pen produced 1,500 fat cattle, more than 2,900 rabbits, and more than 50,000 fish of more than one pound were fished out of the fish pond. There are 7,000 chickens and ducks, and 3,000 eggs are provided every day. ”

Song Qianjin smacked his lips when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Are you guys doing tricks?" ”

Everyone laughed, and the room was filled with cheerful air

Zuo Anming, who was in charge of the Civil Equipment Institute, Sun Hedou and Shen Buqi of the Military Bureau, Shen Lusu of the Mining Bureau, and Deng Liansheng, a shipbuilder, also recounted the situation last year. The Civil Bureau earned more than 30,000 taels of silver last year, and the Mining Bureau earned 130,000 taels of silver a year because of its salt works and other businesses. The shipbuilding bureau sold more than 1,000 fishing boats and earned nearly 20,000 taels of silver, and the first new warship jointly built by Deng Liansheng and Western shipwrights was about to be launched; Since the Military Bureau does not sell to the outside world, it is a department that spends money directly and does not make money, and last year it used up 80,000 taels of silver. However, according to Sun Hedou and Shen Buqi's returns, the craftsmen of the Military Bureau have been able to skillfully start crafting Westerner rifled guns, so the production of Jie-style rifles has begun to stabilize at 150 per month, and the quality can be guaranteed.

Sun Hedou said: "My lord, Brother Shen and I have summed it up, and the reason why the military bureau has such a large expense is because the iron and coal are bought from outside. If we could invest in iron and coal, we could save at least half the money. ”

"But~" Jiang Huairen said: "My old Jiang has been in Haiyang for most of his life, and I haven't heard that there is coal and iron in the boundary of Haiyang!" ”