Chapter 21 The Work of Princess Anping The work reported by Lu Bingyi

"Don't forget that pirate Zheng Zhilong, I heard that he can earn millions of taels of silver every year, but he feels distressed when he gives the imperial court a little. It was also heard that if a ship along the coast did not give them silver, that ship would be robbed by pirates. Zhimu must not let that guy go. "King Zhou still knows a little about Zheng Zhilong.

Zhang Zhimu corrected: "Zheng Zhilong's annual income is more than a few million taels, and it is said that there are tens of millions of taels every year. We have already arranged for someone to find out where Zheng Zhilong's gold and silver treasures have been placed. We don't want him to take them all overseas. Zheng Zhilong has thousands of ships and a large number of good sailors. There are also many people who are fluent in various Chinese languages, all of which are usable talents, and before moving Zheng Zhilong, it really takes some thought to do it. Neither gold nor silver nor talent can be let go. I'm afraid that as soon as Li Zicheng and them leave Zhejiang, Zheng Zhilong will be shocked, and if they transfer their belongings first, it will be troublesome. That's something I didn't think about. ”

"Now that Li Zicheng has made up his mind to make peace with us, I think he will solve Zheng Zhilong first and then solve Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu had nowhere to run. King Zhou analyzed.

"A year later, our warships are still far from enough to deal with Zheng Zhilong. Of course, it is no problem for our warships to defeat them, but we can't deal with them when a large number of their warships escape. Zhang Zhimu said, "But if we drag it out any longer, we won't be able to deal with the affairs in the north if we don't deal with the affairs in the south of the Yangtze River immediately." ”

The acting king said: "The matter in the north, there is no threat to us now, we can deal with them at any time, but if we don't deal with Zheng Zhilong and let this guy escape, it will be troublesome, it is better for us to solve it later in Jiangnan, drag Zheng Zhilong, and we will solve Zheng Zhilong first." Just when Zheng Zhilong didn't expect it, we suddenly made a move to see miraculous results! ”

"Oops! Listening to the words of the two princes, my thinking has also broadened a lot. I will seriously think about the advice of the two princes! Zhang Zhimu said this, and the two princes also felt very happy that they had finally put forward some useful suggestions.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Chen and Mr. Ouyang are back, and we will study it again." I will inform the two princes at any time of the results! ”

Zhang Zhimu's words made the two princes feel like they were drinking honey.

Regarding Zheng Zhilong and Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Zhimu really didn't think about it, due to the arrival of Li Zicheng, the original plan needed to be greatly adjusted. Neither Chen Yufeng nor Ouyang He had thought about these things thoroughly, but the time was not in a hurry, so Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were also in the mood to go to Hankou, maybe they would take a walk to calm their minds and think about the next step.

Whether it is Zheng Zhilong's matter or Zuo Liangyu's matter, the weight in Zhang Zhimu's heart is not as heavy as how to deal with Emperor Chongzhen's affairs. Zhang Zhimu really didn't think about how to deal with Emperor Chongzhen's affairs. This will need to be discussed in the light of future developments.

The acting king and the king of Zhou thought about it, and they didn't care about anything, they believed that Zhang Zhimu would treat them well, so they played as much as they were happy, and changed their way of life, feeling more and more young.

After talking about what to say, everyone's topic is much more relaxed. King Zhou said: "Zhang Dongjia, the Ferris wheel and parachute tower we are about to build will cost a lot of silver?" "Does it mean that it is necessary to build?

"These two things should be said separately. The Ferris wheel is purely for entertainment, just for everyone to play with. Zhang Zhimu said, "In the future, everyone can sit in the sightseeing warehouse of the Ferris wheel, rise to the sky, overlook the earth from there, and see the whole scenery of the kiln." I think not only children but also adults have this desire. This thing also has the advantage of further increasing the popularity of our kiln. Our next step is to build Yaogang into a cultural and entertainment capital. I dare to say that after the Ferris wheel is completed, you two princes will definitely be able to go up and have a look. ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!" The two princes said in unison, and then laughed "haha"!

The acting king said: "What is new in the kiln gang that can be missing us? ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said: "That parachute tower is even more necessary. Not only can you parachute for entertainment, but also experience the feeling of falling from the sky. It is also necessary to conduct parachute training for our future air force pilots. Now, of course, let them grope for the regularity of parachutes through the skydiving tower. ”

"What do you say? And the Air Force? "King Zhou heard about the Air Force for the first time.

The acting king also craned his neck and waited for Zhang Zhimu's answer.

"Huh! When I get back to Yaogang, if I have time, I ask you to go and see our air force. We now have more than 20 people who can fly, and they have flown over the kiln several times and have taken pictures of the kiln from the air. We will soon expand the air force, and building an independent air force will be done in the future. Zhang Zhimu smiled and explained to the two princes.

"What? Can we really fly? "The Acting King can't accept it anyway.

"Haha! You'll find out when you go back and see. Zhang Zhimu said, "But this matter must be kept absolutely confidential." ”

At this time, Princess Anping came to the dining car, heard Zhang Zhimu laughing, and said that she wanted to keep it absolutely confidential, and deliberately shouted loudly: "What are you talking about?" So funny? And keep it secret, and keep it secret, and keep it secret here? ”

"You crazy girl! They all said they wanted to keep it secret, but you still shouted? King Zhou said angrily. King Zhou looked at this princess Anping very differently, because in times of crisis, among those children, only this daughter could bear it with him.

After hearing what King Zhou said, Princess Anping pulled a chair and sat down, and deliberately whispered: "Okay! Let me be quiet, tell me what secret you are talking about? ”

"Secrets are things that can't be said. We've made a mistake and we can't do it again! Zhang Zhimu said deliberately.

"Good! Zhang Dongjia, you are too uninteresting, and you will keep it secret from me. Princess Anping deliberately glared and said, "Okay! If you don't say it, you don't say it. Zhang Dongjia We are also old friends, should you arrange something for me to do? ”

"I remember one time when I was on a boat, on the Yellow River, you said that you were going to participate in the project of bringing water from the Yellow River to irrigate the land. I think it's time to do it. How are you going? Zhang Zhimu asked.

"That's not it, I can't leave the kiln, don't you see that my father didn't mean to leave when he came to the kiln?" Princess Anping was resolutely unwilling to leave the kiln.

"It's been a few days, don't you see what you want to do?" Zhang Zhimu was really a little stunned by this Princess Anping, especially when he didn't dare to look at her hot eyes. Zhang Zhimu didn't want to get into any more trouble.

"Oops! I just didn't think about what to do before I asked you. Xiao Hongyu and Sister Yulin have their own things to do, I'm in a hurry! "Princess Anping really wants to have something to do.

Zhang Zhimu thought for a while and said, "I think there are two things that need to be done now. One is that we have a women's working committee in Yaogang, there is this brand, although your sister-in-law and Yang Yulin and Xiao Hongyu are all members of the committee, but there is no full-time person in charge, this is a; On the one hand, I am planning to set up a film projection company, which has two tasks: one is to go to various places to prepare for the construction of movie theaters, and the other is to send people to the vast rural areas to screen open-air movies for the peasants. No one has done these two things, do you want to do it? ”

"Tell me first, what are you doing with these two things?" Princess Anping didn't understand and didn't want to make a statement.

"The main work of the Yaogang Women's Working Committee is to protect women's basic rights. Specifically, for example, girls are not allowed to bind their feet, the sale of marital human beings is prohibited, women are guaranteed equal rights as men, girls are allowed to go to school, and those who bully women are dealt with. Zhang Zhimu thought while introducing it, it was best for Princess Anping to do this. With her identity and vigour, it is very appropriate to do this.

At this time, King Zhou interjected: "Zhang Dongjia, if you emphasize the status of women too much, you will attract many people's opposition!" ”

"Don't be afraid! I think most of the people who oppose me are the kind of men who have no confidence in themselves, who not only have to bind the feet of women, but also the thoughts of women, and become their appendages, so that they can find self-confidence. Doesn't it mean that women are virtuous if they are not talented, women are talentless, and only those men can have self-confidence. Do we need to care if such people are opposed or not? ”

After Zhang Zhimu finished speaking, Princess Anping slapped her face and said, "That's right! Joyfully! ”

Zhang Zhimu continued: "Like Princess Anping, although she is a woman, she is smart and smart, and how many men can compare to her." Why should we let half of the population spend half of our children at home? ”

Although the two princes couldn't accept what Zhang Zhimu said, they couldn't find a reason to oppose it. But Princess Anping said, "Oh! Zhang Dongjia has a clever mouth! I really want to say, no wonder Sister Yulin and Xiao Hongyu are as obsessed with you. What do you mean by that movie projection company? ”

"Our film is not only to entertain the public, but also to educate and influence the public while entertaining the public, so we must pay attention to this form. First of all, we must build movie theaters in all major states and counties, so that our screening theater line can cover major states and counties, and then we must organize screening teams to go deep into the countryside, so that the vast number of farmers in the rural areas can also have access to films. The purpose of this is also to educate and influence the vast number of farmers. ”

Princess Anping said: "These two jobs are very important, and I haven't figured out what I'm suitable for. I have to think about it! ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is a serious matter. You should think about it! ”

The two princes did not intervene in Princess Anping's matter, they knew that it was best to let Princess Anping choose this kind of matter, such an opportunity was very rare for her.

After returning to Yaogang, Zhang Zhimu first wrote a secret letter to Emperor Chongzhen, meaning that I am now going to study the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the enemy who threatens us the most. However, we don't know much about the situation in Liaodong, and we hope that the emperor can provide some information about the deployment of Liaodong and the situation in the mountains, rivers and seas.

When Emperor Chongzhen received Zhang Zhimu's letter, he was very conflicted. First, Zhang Zhimu and his kiln gang people were ready to deal with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the most threatening opponent, and he was happy in his heart, because over the years, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had broken through the wall and plundered the customs several times, and threatened the capital several times, causing very serious and bad impact and damage. But on the other hand, this shows that the kiln people in the south of the Yangtze River have won the battle. In addition to these, the Manchu Qing Dynasty can be regarded as the opponent of the kiln, and there is no longer the power to contain the kiln gang. I don't know how the kiln people will deal with themselves. Now the imperial court simply does not have the strength to resist the kiln gang people. According to the Dongchang report, even the officials of the imperial court who participated in the Yellow River Project are now trying their best to curry favor with the officials sent by Yaogang. People's hearts have been completely inclined to the Yaogang people, which makes Emperor Chongzhen often feel empty. Although he was really unwilling, he also knew that the Ming Dynasty's qi was about to run out, otherwise those princes of the Zhu family would not have gone to the kiln, but Emperor Chongzhen believed that no matter what, Zhang Zhimu would not want his own life.

Emperor Chongzhen asked the military department to prepare a copy of all the maps and original defense materials related to Liaodong, as well as sea charts, and sent a team of men and horses to Yaogang in person after wrapping them.

When he came to pick up the secret letter written by Zhang Zhimu to Emperor Chongzhen, Li Zhi said: "Meng Si'er and Mr. Lu escorted all the things back, you know!" I gave Meng Si'er a few days off. ”

"I heard Huang Yukun say that all the gold is in storage, which can be regarded as a matter of heart. However, there is not much gold in this treasury, so it is not necessary to have at least three treasury, and it will not suddenly come out of the fourth treasury. I don't think we can relax about this yet, and someone needs to keep an eye on it. Zhang Zhimu said, "In addition, you should not relax about the affairs of Qiankun Gate." This is a group that specializes in killing people for others to earn money, and it can't leave a bane! ”

"It should be in the north of Henan, and we are narrowing the area." "Don't worry, we'll find them sooner or later." ”

Before Li Zhi left, Lu Chengxiang and Huang Yukun came over, Li Zhi nodded with them, and went out with the secret letter written by Zhang Zhimu.

Looking at Lu Chengxiang with a smile on his face, Zhang Zhimu also smiled and said: "I see that you are from the golden pretense, and you are a few years younger when you look at it!" ”

After Lu Chengxiang and Huang Yukun each found a place to sit down, Lu Chengxiang said: "I'm looking at gold, even if I don't eat for three days!" It's just joy. ”

Huang Yukun said: "It's been fully booked!" It is a total of 500,000 taels, and there are more than 5,000 taels of odds. ”

"I think it's true, the gold moved by Sister-in-law Xu's Gao family is a fraction of the outside. Round them didn't move. Zhang Zhimu said, "They know that it is not a good thing to move too much gold and let people outside know the secret, and they do not easily touch the gold in this vault when they do not have to." It's not easy to do this, and it's hard for ordinary people to overcome their greed! ”

"In that ghost place, it's really not easy for the Gao family to get gold once." Lu Chengxiang said, "One or two people can't enter the gold cave at all, and too many people will easily expose the gold treasures here." Therefore, the Gao family will not easily go in to get the baby. It's really like Meng Si'er said, the gold we got back this time is more than the gold we saved before. This time, Mr. Huang specially vacated a place for this batch of gold in the vault. ”

"I don't see the difference between having more gold and not having it?" Huang Yukun said: "What should we do or what are we not doing? ”

"This is different, when the conditions are ripe, we will tie the kiln coin and the gold together, and disconnect it from the silver. At that time, gold was the strong hard currency. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Mr. Zhang has long asked us to collect gold and put silver as much as possible, just to prepare for this day, but the gold is still too slow to return." Lu Chengxiang said.

"With this gold, we can also issue 100 million kiln coins." Zhang Zhimu said, "We will strive to get Zheng Zhilong's gold and silver in our hands, so that we can control the world's financial market." One day we stopped circulating silver and gold in the market as money, and completely circulated with kiln coins. You can also recover a lot of copper coins for copper. ”

"I don't understand what you said, I just came with Mr. Lu to confirm that the gold is completely in storage." After Huang Yukun finished speaking, he got up and left.

Huang Yukun left, and Lu Chengxiang said: "Mr. Zhang, my next step is to build department stores in our place, all places above the state capital." Not necessarily as big as Yaogang and Yangzhou, but there must be a certain scale. In this way, the goods of the world can really circulate. Department stores not only sell things, but also collect local specialties and ship them to sell elsewhere, and as long as the goods flow, all places will benefit. ”

"What I am concerned about is to build the telegraph and telephone network in the places we are running as soon as possible. So that we can manage these places well. Zhang Zhimu said, "The second step is the economic construction you are talking about. ”

"You can rest assured! In the places we occupy, there are no telegraphs and telephones, and our own officials do not do it! Li Zicheng said, "We have telegraph and telephone calls from the Jiangnan side to the Lingqu side. However, it was too far away to make some inaudible calls, and it was very difficult to speak. ”

"Hmmm! No matter how the current line amplifies the signal, the noise is inevitably louder. It would be nice to have fiber optics in the future. Zhang Zhimu said.

"What light?" Lu Chengxiang didn't understand.

"Hey! I can't say it clearly, I'll let Yangchang and them study it slowly! Zhang Zhimu said, "If the phone and telegram are all connected." You can quickly build a network of department stores. If there is a department store where people can see it, they will clearly feel that life is different from before. And that will really do them a real benefit. ”

Lu Bingyi, who rushed back from the Yellow River diversion site, came to Zhang Zhimu without resting.

After seeing Lu Bingyi and giving up his seat, Zhang Zhimu asked: "What does Mr. Lu think about the progress on the Yellow River construction site?" ”

"I'm satisfied, no, I should say it's more than I expected. Now those officials of the imperial court are working very hard, and they all want to show themselves in front of our people. Lu Bingyi said, "I was also about to talk to you about this." Don't we need officials now? Those officials who have performed well, I think that after the completion of the project, they are willing to work with us, so it is better to accept them. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Zhimu said, "We can promise them now." At present, Li Yunhe and his colleagues have transferred a group of young cadres from the factory who are willing to participate in the management work, and there are several thousand of them. We are preparing for training in batches in preparation for next year's large-scale entry into Jiangnan. It's best for these cadres with different experiences to work together! ”

"Good! Let's inform Duan Jingzhong and Shi Xiu of this matter as soon as possible," Lu Bingyi paused and said, "I am in a hurry to come back and want to tell you that this section of the railway from Tongguan to Luoyang, Zhengzhou, and Kaifeng is very difficult to repair. It is from Tongguan to the west that you can turn a big bend to the east. On the way, it is said to be walking along the Yellow River, but in fact, it is all walking in the mountains. The amount of work is not ordinarily large. This section of the road can be compared with the section from Datong to Zhangjiakou. It is impossible to rely entirely on ordinary migrant workers. My suggestion is that if you want to build this section of the railway, at least let Li Wei's sappers send a regiment. There are so many places there to be solved with **. ”

"Li Wei's engineering unit has been expanded. The technical backbone of the blasting in the Hutuo River was also assigned to various regiments. I see the railway from Datong to Zhangjiakou, and I can't get on it for the time being. When the project of diverting water from the Qinling Mountains could not be carried out to repair the reservoir on the mountain, Li Wei and his team were asked to send two regiments to this section of the railway construction site. However, our engineering company that repairs the railway must also have fixed personnel. Let them send people to learn the blasting techniques from the sappers. I'll talk to Li Wei about this and ask them to pay attention to cultivating people from engineering companies. ”

"I think we will set up several professional railway engineering companies, which can have their own technical strength and their own blasting experts. There are many roads to be built in the future. Lu Bingyi said simply.

"I think it's okay, the technical backbone of the company, the salary should be increased, so as to retain people. Completing a project also rewards everyone. It is also necessary to equip them with more construction machinery, and to have a few teams that can fight tough battles. Zhang Zhimu said.

"There is also news from Hanzhong that their project to dig up the Heishui River and Hanshui will be completed next year. If this waterway is opened. We need to build the first barrage dam in the upper reaches of the Jialing River. The construction of this dam is not very difficult, and it is likely that it will be completed before the first level of the reservoir on the Weishui side. If the dam is completed, the power problem in the entire Hanzhong area will be solved for the time being. It brings great convenience to the next project, and with sufficient electricity, many things are easy to do. ”

"It's up to you to do these things, I'm a hundred at ease." Zhang Zhimu said with relief.

"There is another thing, I want to tell you, the Yangtze River is basically in our hands now. But we also have more to do. There are some dangerous waterways on the Yangtze River, and I think we should send someone to dredge them. Some places, such as the Three Gorges, sound good, but navigation is very dangerous. Are we sending a navy to blow up the dangerous reefs there? There are also some shoals that I'm going to send sand dredgers to dig up. The navigation signs should also be erected. Lu Bingyi said.

"I think we're going to set up a management committee for the Yangtze River waterway, and they're going to manage it. For the time being, this committee is still in your hands. Wait for Tang Jingyao to withdraw, and you are handing it over to him. Now, Fan Chengkun and the others have been in Hankou, and I sent him an order to organize people to inspect the Yangtze River waterway, and then put forward a complete waterway rectification opinion. Strive for the smooth passage of the waterway to Sichuan. In this way, it will be easy for us to enter Sichuan. Zhang Zhimu said.

"That's the best!" Lu Bingyi heard several opinions from himself, which were all adopted by Zhang Zhimu, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did your disciples do the mechanical analysis of building a suspension bridge that I told you about last time?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"I made several models. They all think it's very feasible to build a bridge the way you said! They are interested and have put a lot of effort into it. Lu Bingyi said.

"I want to build a suspension bridge on the narrowest bank of the river in that part of Baode, so that they can have time to visit Baode. Let's look at it and see if we can come up with a workable solution. If there is a breakthrough in this, there will be one more option to build bridges in the future. Zhang Zhimu said.

"It's a good thing, they've wanted to try it for a long time." Lu Bingyi said.

As soon as he returned to the kiln, he was busy for a day, and before getting off work, Zhang Zhimu was a little tired from leaning on the sofa.

At this time, Xiao Hongyu came in, and Zhang Zhimu saw that it was her, so he didn't move. Xiao Hongyu knew that Zhang Zhimu was tired and didn't speak, so she came over to massage his head, Zhang Zhimu enjoyed Xiao Hongyu's gentle massage, and suddenly Xiao Hongyu asked softly: "Do you remember what you promised me?" ”

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