When he got up this morning, Li Zhi was about to get dressed and go to the second hall, when Cui He suddenly said, "Husband, I have it!" ”

Li Zhi was stunned and said with a smile: "Are you pregnant again?" ”

Cui He nodded and asked, "Do you say it's a man or a woman?" ”

Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "I think it's a daughter, so Huan'er will have a sister!" ”

Cui He nodded, touched his stomach and said, "You have to be well-behaved, grow up obediently in your belly, and give birth obediently!" ”

Li Zhi pinched Cui He's face and chatted with Cui He for a while before going to the second hall to work. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After becoming the chief soldier, Li Zhi's case work greatly increased. Before, Li Zhi was only a general, and all kinds of paperwork were still limited, but now Li Zhi is already the chief soldier of the town guarding side, and the paperwork that needs to be handled has increased linearly. Although Li Zhi has been familiar with traditional Chinese over the years, he still feels that it is not cost-effective to spend several hours a day processing paperwork.

Li Zhi decided to recruit a group of staff members to handle the paperwork for himself.

The requirements of the staff are to be honest and reliable in the rules of the article. Li Zhi thought about it and felt that the best candidate was Cui He's younger brother Cui Changwu.

Cui Changwu is Li Zhi's brother-in-law and the uncle of his eldest son Li Huan, and he is very reliable politically. Moreover, Cui Changwu won the show last year, which shows that Baguwen is well written, and there is naturally no problem in handling documents. If some staff members are recruited led by Choi Changwu, their workload will be greatly reduced.

Li Zhi asked Cui Changwu to summon him and asked, "Brother Wu'er, would you like to be a staff member in my shogunate, I will let you be the head of the clerical staff, and I will apply for a military attache position for you in the future." ”

Cui Changwu smiled and said, "My brother-in-law is so gracious, my younger brother is naturally willing." ”

Listening to Cui Changwu's words, Li Zhi's face was happy. Cui Changwu agreed to Li Zhi so easily, obviously he had wanted to do it with Li Zhi for a long time.

Nowadays, the army is in chaos, and the road to the imperial examination is getting narrower and narrower. Although the practice of civilizing and defending the military is still there, the generals have become more and more domineering. For example, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, who suppressed thieves, didn't take Yang Sichang in their eyes at all. Instead of continuing to study hard in order to jump over the dragon gate, Cui Changwu should follow Li Zhi as a military attaché.

Li Zhi nodded, touched his chin and said, "Okay, in the future, you will be the ambassador of my Shogunate Copywriting Hall, with a monthly salary of ten taels, you will first take over all the copywriting of the General Military Mansion." If you don't understand, you can ask me and ask Zheng Hui. ”

Choi Changwu was very happy to see Li Zhi appointing him as an ambassador, and said, "I see that there are only a few people in my brother-in-law's shogunate, and we really need to expand the talent in time!" ”

Li Zhi asked casually: "Does Brother Wu have anyone to recommend to me?" ”

Cui Changwu nodded and said, "I know a talented hero. If he goes to work in his brother-in-law's shogunate, he will be able to help his brother-in-law. ”

Li Zhi said: "What I lack here is talent. Call him to come, and I'll be waiting for him. ”

Cui Changwu sang a song and immediately went to call someone.

In the afternoon, Cui Changwu came in with a thin literati in his thirties. The literati wore a Japanese knife on his waist, and although he was thin, he had thick eyebrows and big eyes and a beard, and he looked very energetic.

As soon as he entered the second hall, the literati knelt on the ground and sang loudly: "Student Gao Ligong has seen Master Taibao!" ”

Li Zhi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Mr. Gao sits!" ”

The high meritorious service sat down. However, he didn't dare to hold it up, and only sat on the chair with half of his ass, and his expression was a little restrained.

"Is Mr. Gao famous?"

"A student is a student."

"I see!" Li Zhi said with a smile: "My brother-in-law Cui Changwu praised Mr. Gao's talent, and if I see Mr. Gao today, I must ask Mr. Gao for advice." ”

"Students don't dare to speak up!"

"Mr. Gao is not afraid, there are no outsiders here, and nothing will be spread out!"

When Gao Ligong heard Li Zhi's words, he said to Li Zhi: "Since the general asked the student, the student dared to say it directly. The students thought that the current general was in the shape of a dragon trapped in a pool. ”

Li Zhi was stunned and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Gao Ligong arched his hand and said: "Now the generals are strong and strong, and they are stationed in Tianjin. Tianjin is the center of north-south transportation, merchants gather and trade is prosperous, it seems to be a blessed land, but in fact it is a place where the Son of Heaven pays attention day and night, just like the pond of the trapped dragon. ”

"For example, today's situation is corrupt, beacons are raging, and the general has repeatedly made military exploits, and it is at the time of employing people, and the Son of Heaven has not yet doubted the general. But how can another man sleep peacefully in a couch? As long as the border is stable and the situation is slightly better, the Son of Heaven will definitely be suspicious of such a strong army in this key place of the capital. ”

"If the Son of Heaven doubts the general at that time, how will the general advance and retreat? How can I grow my business? When the time comes, won't it be in vain for the general's sincere heart to serve the country loyally? ”

Although this Gao Ligong looked a little nervous, he was very bold when he spoke. Even the thoughts of the Son of Heaven dare to discuss. If it wasn't Li Zhi but a pedantic official who was facing him at this time, it would be possible to blast him out.

Li Zhi smiled and asked, "What is Mr. Gao's good plan?" Breaking this dilemma? ”

Gao Ligong arched his hand and said: "I am willing to help the general take the small Liuqiu in the southeast, open up the wasteland and colonize it there, and become a situation where you can advance and retreat." ”

Li Zhi touched his chin and groaned.

Xiaoliuqiu is the island of Taiwan, which is sparsely populated at this time and is called Xiaoliuqiu. There are now Dutch castles and Zheng Zhilong's small settlement on Xiaoliuqiu, but in general it is still barren and needs to be developed urgently.

Li Zhi said: "Xiaoliuqiu is too far away from Tianjin, and it is inconvenient to go back and forth. ”

Gao Ligong shook his head and said: "I heard that the general's steam engine ship can go to Hirado, Japan in six days, so that it can reach Xiaoliuqiu in ten days, and it can go back and forth in twenty days. How far is this? Even if there is a round-trip transportation between Tianjin and Beijing, it takes five days to go back and forth. ”

Li Zhi didn't expect that this Gao Ligong even knew the information of his own ship. However, it is no secret that Li Zhi's three boats run the sea day and night on the route between Dagu and Pinghu.

Li Zhi groaned and said: "I only have three boats now, and if one boat can carry 300 people, three boats can only transport 1,000 people to Xiaoliuqiu in a month. When will this develop Xiaoliuqiu? ”

Gao Ligong said: "The general only has three ships, but because there are not enough shipbuilders? ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "I only found a group of shipbuilders in Tianjin, and I can only build one ship in two and a half months. ”

"It's easy, I've been to sea a few times a few years ago. I know that there are many shipwrights in Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places. To build a pointed ship like the Nova, you can contact multiple groups of craftsmen in many places to build five ships together, and you can build five ships in three months. ”

"Adults recruit troops, which is easy to arouse the suspicion of the Son of Heaven. But now that the sea ban has actually been opened, and if you build a few big ships as an adult, the Son of Heaven will not suspect anything. ”

This Gao Ligong also ran across the sea, and he still knows a shipbuilder? It's not a talent who can only talk about it, Li Zhigao glanced at him, pondering the feasibility of colonizing Taiwan.

Gao Ligong said: "If the general is still worried about the shortage of ships, he can buy ready-made merchant ships for renovation. As far as I know, Chayunke's four ships were parked in the harbor, and two ships of Zhang's family, another maritime merchant in Tianjin, also stopped running to sea because the price of raw silk was too high, so adults could buy their boats. The shipwright on board can also be hired together. ”

"There are six medium-sized ships of Chayunke and Zhang's family, and then five large ships will be built in Dengzhou, and one large ship will be built in Tianjin, and in three months, adults will have nine large ships and six medium-sized ships, which can transport more than 3,000 people to Xiaoliuqiu in a month, and tens of thousands of people in a year!"

"When the time comes, the reclamation of Xiaoliuqiu will become a royal paradise of my Han people." (To be continued.) )