Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Lecture Begins

When Li Zhi saw Zhang Zhimu coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "Mr. Zhang, there is a happy event." The people sent to Zhangjiakou have already taken root. Zhang Zhimu was very happy to hear it, he had been concerned about Zhangjiakou's affairs for a while.

It turned out that Li Zhi sent a five-person team to Zhangjiakou in accordance with Zhang Zhimu's instructions to focus on doing a good job in Zhangjiakou. These five people are four men and one woman, and the woman is the wife of the original third master of Wild Boar Ridge, her current name is Sun Yujiao, and the leader of this group is this Sun Yujiao. This man is literate and hyphenated, bold and careful. Before leaving, Sun Yujiao married one of the four named Wang Qisheng, and they fell in love freely while working in the Ministry of Intelligence. Li Zhi told Zhang Zhimu about the situation of the two, and Zhang Zhimu agreed very much. Before leaving, Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun personally organized a simple wedding for the two, because of the special nature of their work, all of this was confidential. Externally, it was said that Sun Yujiao's mother's family came to pick her up. The other four also left separately for various reasons. Zhang Zhimu personally arranged for someone to send them to Zhangjiakou. After these people arrived in Zhangjiakou, they lived in two inns, Sun Yujiao bought a small inn after understanding the basic situation of Zhangjiakou, and opened a husband-and-wife shop with her husband, and the other three people entered the store in the name of the guy they found. In this way, the group will be able to take root. After they had done everything, the flying pigeon passed the book and sent the letter back to the kiln. Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, pay close attention to the eight merchants in Zhangjiakou, my goal is to destroy them." Li Zhi felt a little chill in his back when he heard this.

Zhang Zhimu knew that since the siege of Kaifeng was lifted, the imperial court had less pressure and could go all out to deal with the Manchus in the north. Now it is necessary to get rid of the eight traitorous merchants who secretly transported military supplies and intelligence to the Manchus.

In his previous life, Zhang Zhimu hated these traitor businessmen.

The later eight imperial merchants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were Shanxi merchants Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the "Eight Great Families" of the Jin Dynasty manipulated the trade activities of Zhangjiakou and, in the name of Shang, secretly transported military supplies and intelligence to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They provided food to the Manchus during their most difficult times, and were famous traitor families. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, in order to "have wealth and wealth, and the country is not scarce", in the early years of Shunzhi, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa Eight meritorious businessmen in Shanxi were summoned to the capital, and they were given banquets, naturalized in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and named imperial merchants.

It would be unfair to blame the demise of the Ming Dynasty solely on these mercenary merchants. However, these people still played a certain role at a critical juncture in history, otherwise, would the Manchus have the strength to enter the customs while hungry?

These hateful businessmen were complete accomplices of the Manchus. Behind the Jin Ge Iron Horse of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they often followed these Jin merchants with long caravans transporting grain and grass. While they made war money, they also helped the Manchus achieve hegemony.

Zhang Zhimu felt that measures must be taken as soon as possible to destroy these unscrupulous businessmen, and also to deter those businessmen who still want to make enemies.

It just so happened that Lu Chengxiang also completed the clearance of the smelter, and also reformulated the financial system and rearranged the financial personnel for the smelter. Now it's back to the kiln.

Zhang Zhimu gathered the core figures of the kiln gang together and held a meeting with Li Zhi.

When Zhang Zhimu finished talking about dealing with these eight businessmen, Lu Chengxiang said: "Mr. Zhang, I have stayed in Zhangjiakou, and I know that these businessmen are not easy to mess with. Not to mention that each of their families is rich and rivals the country, they have relationships in the court, and their roots are very deep. With our current strength, we can't fight against them. Not to mention that these are eight, even one is not easy to deal with. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "But these people are about to lead the Manchu Qing into the customs." We are not yet full-fledged, and we have to buy ourselves a little time to develop. Even if there are two more years, we will not be afraid of anything. ”

This is the first time that Zhang Zhimu has semi-openly talked about his thoughts.

Chen Yufeng said: "We still have to use the power of the imperial court to get rid of them. This matter must be kept secret, and it is best to find a way to directly let the emperor know what these people have done. It must not be done through the officials below, otherwise it will soon leak out and they will know that we are dealing with them. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In this way, after we go to kill Hukou this time, we will go directly to Zhangjiakou." I'm going to see for myself how these people are not to mess with. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Now I have to prepare for going north, if I go early, I will rush back before the freeze." What to buy this time, when to leave, you have to decide a little earlier. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This time we are going to buy more horses, cattle and sheep. It would be better to buy 5,000 horses, 1,000 cows, 10,000 sheep. ”

Huang Yukun said: "What do you buy so many animals to eat in winter?" This drought and locust plague, grass is now very expensive. ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "Do you remember the straw I buried in the ground? That's winter feed. In addition, horses, cattle and sheep can be transported directly to the south while the Fen River is not frozen. It just so happens that you can also buy some autumn grain back. ”

Yan Boju said: "Even if you take half of it, your little feed is not enough." Besides, can the animals eat the stubble? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I'll answer your second question first. This straw can not only be eaten by livestock, but also because we adopt silage fermentation technology, the nutritional content of this straw will be greatly improved, and livestock are more likely to grow fat after eating. We don't have enough feed right now. But I found that on the other side of the river, the crops in those corn fields were no longer in the care, and they had been abandoned. The few poor corn cobs left have long since been taken off. We can contact the owner of the land, and we will help them harvest the straw, and they will save trouble, and we will have straw again. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "This is a good idea, I will contact it tomorrow." Those lands belonged to a large family in Qingxu, and there were more than 200 dumps of land on the banks of the river. Now there is no grain in the field, but the tax is not less. It's a big loss. ”

"If they sell it, we'll take it. Our manure is just right for use. Zhang Zhimu said: "When we leave, we have to bring two hundred more muskets to kill the Hukou defenders, and now there is war everywhere, don't let the Mongolian Tatars take the opportunity to make trouble, we still have to use the strength of the imperial court officials and soldiers to try to buy time." Now we are not short of money, what we lack is time and talent. ”

These people all felt Zhang Zhimu's ambition.

Lu Chengxiang reported: "Our soju will be ready in the next few days. The pot that came to us said, 'The water from our well is very good, and we will definitely be able to make good wine.' According to your method, they put the Sichuan wine koji and Sichuan wine you brought back from Tongguan and fermented them in the tank. In the past two days, the wine has been steamed. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "When steaming wine, you must tell me first, and I will bring a thermometer." Only by controlling the temperature can the wine not be picked up. ”

"Is the mixed steamed wine you are talking about really better than the wine we are burning in Shanxi now? The pots invited are all masters of brewing, and they are still skeptical, but they dare not tell you. ”

"Just do what I said, and you'll know if you burn the wine. It's useless to say anything now. Zhang Zhimu said: "In the next few days, I will give you a lecture, and you will have to worry more about other things and cultivate talents." There is no room for delay. ”

After the meeting, Zhang Zhimu followed Li Zhi to their office. Zhang Zhimu said to Li Zhi: "I'll talk to you first, it's not a class." It's just that everyone sits together and talks. ”

Li Zhi hurriedly called all his subordinates over.

Everyone sat around. Zhang Zhimu cleared his throat and said, "I don't need to talk about the importance of intelligence work. Everybody does this job, you know it. In fact, most people regard intelligence work as very mysterious. In fact, I would like to tell you that 80% of the sources of intelligence must be obtained from public information. Therefore, those engaged in intelligence work must have a broad range of knowledge. In this way, you can extract useful information from public information that people don't usually pay attention to. Of course, intelligence work still has its peculiarities. Confidentiality is the number one thing. Especially when passing on important information, it is even more important to pay attention to confidentiality. Let me introduce you to a method of ciphering. As he spoke, Zhang Zhimu took out a little milk he brought, and took out a dipping fountain pen. With a fountain pen dipped in water dipped in milk, he wrote the words "secret information" on a piece of paper. Then I put it aside, and after a while the milk dried up and the handwriting was gone.

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is a simple secret writing method. ”

"I can't see what is written, what should I do?" One asked.

Zhang Zhimu took out another candle, lit the candle, slowly approached the paper and slowly roasted it with the candle fire, and after a while, the handwriting with a little paste color slowly appeared. Everyone came to see it and was amazed.

Li Zhi said: "This method must be kept secret, and it can only be used if there is important information. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I am not afraid that this method will be discovered by others in the future." ”

Zhang Zhimu took out the codebook again. This time, the literati sorted out a total of 3,000 commonly used words. Zhang Zhimu encoded each character with four Arabic numerals, that is, four digits can represent a Chinese character.

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the future, you can replace the written words with four digits. It's the numbers that others can't understand. After getting the information, I will translate it according to the codebook. In this way, it is safer to pass on information. ”

Li Zhi said: "Once the codebook is obtained, the codebook must be rewritten. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's not necessary, the password we write can be encrypted with reference to the codebook, that is, the two parties can agree, and the numbers can be added and subtracted according to the position and order of the words." And then the one who gets the information is doing the opposite. In this way, even if someone else has a codebook in their hands and does not know the agreement between the two of you, they will not be able to translate the information written in cipher. For example, if we write a text and translate it according to the codebook, we can add one to the first number, add two to the second number, add three to the third number, and so on. When you get the information, it's doing the opposite. So that others don't know about this agreement. There's no way to decipher the code. Of course, you can also come up with more complex encryption algorithms as needed, and you can also encrypt as many times as you want. In that case, the security is higher. ”

When these intelligence workers heard this, they were very excited. They know what these things are for.

Zhang Zhimu saw that this person was so interested in these, so he talked a little more. "In fact, information can be transmitted not only on paper, but also in other ways," he said. For example, the simplest flag language only needs to code the number from 0 to 9. A flag gesture that represents a number, so that the four gestures represent a Chinese character, and the text is slowly transmitted. There is also the use of drums, the interval is three short for 1, two short and one long for 2, short for 3, short for 4, long and short for 5, long and short for 6, long and short for 7, long and long for 8. In addition, the continuous fast knocking is 0, and the continuous slow knocking is 9. Of course, you can also work out better ways to deliver it. For example, the interval between the light on and off can transmit information. ”

Zhang Zhimu almost told the binary. But the things he introduced were a great eye-opener for these people, who accepted and digested them and quickly applied them in their work. Moreover, continuous improvement and innovation have formed a set of effective methods.

When Zhang Zhimu was giving Li Zhi a lesson, two more guests came outside, and these two directly asked to see Zhang Zhimu. But because Zhang Zhimu was in class, he was directly blocked by Yang Yulin.

It turned out that these two were the two people who came to Yaogang when Zhang Zhimu and them went south.

This Taoist priest, whose Taoist name is Qingfengzi, is a cultivator who has attained Taoism. His lay disciple was called Li Shoutan.

The master and apprentice were very unwilling to find the stranger who was born on March 18 last time, but there was no other way, so they had to go to him again. In the past few days, I happened to return to Haotian Temple near Jinyang, and went to meet the Xuan Zhenzi who practiced in the Longshan Grottoes. The two told Xuan Zhenzi about the process of finding a stranger in the early days and not being able to find it. Xuan Zhenzi said: "This is the subtlety, if this stranger who has entered the world can be found so easily, then it is not an alien." I've been keeping an eye on what is happening in that direction all this time. Sure enough, there have been many incredible changes in that direction since the first purple light appeared on March 18. It is said that the kiln hill north of Xiurong was originally a dry and harsh place, but now it is prosperous and people come and go, and now pedestrians will stop there to see the scene that is different from other places. ”

Xuan Zhenzi's words aroused the curiosity of Qingfengzi's master and apprentice, and they decided to visit again. Xuan Zhenzi said: "The two of you go to search again, don't mention the matter of visiting strangers, maybe there will be gains, otherwise you will return in vain." ”

Qingfengzi said: "Thank you for the real person, I remember the words of the real person." ”

Before these two people went to Yaogang, they carefully inquired about the situation of Yaogang from their fellow Daoists in Xiurong City. Based on the information obtained, the two knew that Zhang Zhimu was in charge of the kiln. So the two decided to go to Yaogang to meet Zhang Zhimu first, and the two of them thought that with Qingfengzi's status in the Daomen, this Zhang Zhimu would definitely meet them.

In fact, Zhang Zhimu doesn't know much about the Daomen in this era. It's just that I practiced qigong with those qigong masters for a few days in my previous life, and out of curiosity, I also read a little bit of Taoist books, so I can be regarded as having some understanding of Taoism.

However, when Zhang Zhimu saw the two, his heart moved. I thought it would be better to have a good chat with them, through them I can also have some understanding of these Taoist people in this era, and they may have some different insights when they travel around. However, because I have to give lectures to Li Yunhe and Lu Bingyi in the evening, and I have to hurry up to prepare for class, I don't have time to talk to them today.

After introducing each other to the two, Zhang Zhimu said: "The two of you came from afar, and they are our distinguished guests in the kiln. I also want to have a good chat with you and ask you for advice. Anyway, I'm going to give a lesson to my staff tonight, and I haven't finished the class yet. So let's stay with both of you, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

Qingfengzi said: "No problem, we are just trying to disturb here for a few days, Zhang Shizhu has something to do, please take care of yourself." But I heard you say that you are going to give a lecture tonight, I wonder if my master and apprentice can go and listen to it? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "No problem, in our kiln, everything is free. You are welcome to come to my class in the evening. ”

Zhang Zhimu asked people to arrange the two of them to rest in the guest room. As soon as the two of them entered the room, they felt fresh, and this place was different from other places. First of all, there is a toilet in each guest room, and the toilet in the toilet is automatically pumped. There is also a sink with running water in the bathroom. The service staff who led them into the room introduced the supplies in the room and introduced them for a while.

Like children, the two of them would turn on the faucet to wash their hands. After a while, pull the toilet again to flush the water. After a while, he was on the spring sofa again, and he tossed his buttocks. The master and apprentice opened their eyes.

In the evening, the dining room tables were moved to one side, and more than fifty desks were set up. The modified biogas pipes have made it possible to light several biogas lamps on the walls around the restaurant at the same time. These biogas lamps illuminate the restaurant without any dead ends. In front of the dining room, there is a large blackboard, and there are two people sitting behind each desk, and the desk is not enough. However, in order to take care of Qingfengzi's master and apprentice, as soon as the two of them came in, someone took them in front of the desk specially set aside for them. The two masters and apprentices were very moved when they saw that there were still so many people without desks. I thought that the arrangement of this kiln man was still very careful.

Most of the people who came here to listen to the lecture wanted to hear Zhang Zhimu talk about some real knowledge, and some of them had nothing to do to come and see the excitement, anyway, the kiln gang is free. As long as you don't do bad things, no one cares about you. There are also some people who think differently, such as that little Hongyu, she comes every time Zhang Zhimu gives a lecture. Her mind was to come and see Zhang Zhimu. However, this little Hongyu is talented and intelligent, and she can vaguely understand what Zhang Zhimu says. Yang Yulin was disgusted when she found that Xiao Hong came to listen to the class, she put Zhang Zhimu's teacup on the lectern and looked at Xiao Hongyu fiercely. This little red jade was not angry at all, and the corners of her mouth smiled slightly, thinking, it's useless for you to be angry, I'll seize the opportunity when the time comes, I won't be in a hurry if I don't have a chance, and the good life will pass slowly. This is an incredible woman.

Because there is a large difference in the education level of the people who attend the class. Zhang Zhimu started with Arabic numerals. The expressions of Arabic numerals are introduced, and the addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and open square operations of Arabic numerals are introduced.

Zhang Zhimu knew that he had said too much at once, and it was impossible for everyone to accept it. But he really didn't have time to talk about it bit by bit. After talking about more things, let's let everyone digest it slowly.

Then he talked about fractional operations, general fractional operations, etc.; He also talked about what polynomials are, the addition of polynomials, the common factors of polynomials, and the decomposition and synthesis of polynomials.

Zhang Zhimu felt that he had talked about this a lot at once, and I am afraid that most people would not be able to accept it at once.

Zhang Zhimu finally said: "That's all for today. Maybe you don't understand it very thoroughly, but don't be afraid, we can digest it slowly. To be honest, when I started studying, I didn't understand it all at once, and there is a process to understand this. In the future, you can ask me any questions at any time, everyone should communicate with each other, ask each other if you don't understand, and tell others if you understand is also an opportunity for yourself to improve. Because when you tell someone about it, you deepen your understanding once. ”

The Qingfengzi master and apprentice below listened to Zhang Zhimu's class and had a different feeling from others.