Chapter 6 Jiangnan People's Hearts Plan Hainan

Due to Zhang Xianzhong's cooperation, Li Mao and Qin Peng led the team to take over the cities one by one, and the progress was very smooth. A steel-hulled warship in Yaogang opened the way, followed by tugboats with a string of barges, carrying a large number of soldiers and cadres, when they stopped in front of Yuezhou (Yueyang), not only Zhang Xianzhong's officials, but also the people of the city also flocked to the dock to welcome the Yaogang people to take over. This was a surprise to Li Mao, Qin Peng and others, during the war, the people were unable to hide from the army, but the people actually went out of the city to meet the Yaogang army, which shows that the influence of the Yaogang people has been very far-reaching, and the people have long known the Yaogang people, otherwise they would not dare to do this.

The boat docked, and as soon as Li Mao and Qin Peng came to the road, someone on the dock shouted: "Shopkeeper Li, I finally look forward to you!" ”

Li Maoxun went to the prestige, and it turned out to be the owner and shopkeeper of some merchants in Yuezhou. Li Mao hurriedly waved to them, these people were familiar with Li Mao, squeezed past Zhang Xianzhong's officials, came to the front of the boat, and said: "Alas! Shopkeeper Li, why are you here? We are all looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for you to come. ”

Some people also said: "Shopkeeper Li, we don't know what your identity is now?" Can I still drink with you? ”

Li Mao hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Everyone! We used to be good friends, and you are all good friends of my Li Mao in this life. No matter who I am, we must drink this wine. However, when I'm done with all the big things, I invite you to have a good drink. Now, please give me a face and invite our officials from Yuezhou to come over. ”

"Good!" Li Mao's words were affectionate and meaningful, and of course everyone responded and went back first.

Li Mao came to the dock, and Zhang Xianzhong's officials greeted him, and Shi Li said: "I have been waiting here for a long time by the emperor's order." ”

Li Mao also returned the courtesy and said: "I have also had a few interactions with the Eight Kings, and now everyone is friends, so you are welcome." ”

After the personnel of the two sides introduced each other, Li Mao led people into the city in the middle of the welcome of the people of Yuezhou. Subsequently, Qin Peng also commanded the army to take over the city defense. Zhang Xianzhong's brigade had already left, and the guards were all old and weak. The military appearance and military discipline of the soldiers in Yaogang opened the eyes of the people of Yueyang. They all said, "No wonder the Eight Kings handed over the place if they didn't fight with the kiln people." There is no need to fight, it seems that the people of Yaogang are different from the people of the Eight Kings. If you look at what people wear, the soldiers' complexions and spirits are different. ”

"This time! We can also set up new schools and hospitals here like Yaogang, and we can also watch movies and listen to the radio at home. ”

"What else do you know?"

"Hey! This is all said by those who have returned from the kiln. ”

Zhang Xianzhong's officials sorted out the account documents very clearly and handed them over to the officials brought by Li Mao. After completing these procedures, Li Mao did not expect that Zhang Xianzhong's officials came to Li Mao's room and knelt down together.

Li Mao was startled and quickly got up to help them up, but they waved their hands and said, "Li Gongzi, you let us finish talking and get up again." ”

"This ......," Li Mao had to let them speak first.

Zhang Xianzhong's appointed governor of Yuezhou said: "Gongzi Li, you have also seen it when you come to take over Yuezhou, and the people of Yuezhou are almost out of the city to greet you. Not only do the people of Yuezhou welcome you, but we also welcome you. In this world, only you can bring good life to the people. I dare to say that my deployment team also tried their best in Yuezhou, but when I look back, I still didn't do anything. The people welcome you, and we are ashamed of it. Now that we have handed over Yuezhou to you completely, we are also at ease. The people of Yuezhou finally saw hope. We have one more thing to ask you today, can you take us and let us do something with you kiln people? ”

"That's welcome!" Li Mao said, "Since this is the case, according to the rules of our kiln, except for the elders, no one is allowed to kneel in the future." Everyone arose and spoke. ”

These Zhang Xianzhong officials, when they got up, almost wiped their tears. They take things seriously, just hoping that the kiln people can reward them with a bite to eat.

After everyone sat down separately, Li Mao said: "Seeing that everyone has governed Yuezhou in an orderly manner, I know that you are very capable of doing things." But as you know, what we kiln workers do is very different from what we did in the past. So, if you want to do things with us, you have to go to training. After passing the training, they must also serve as assistants to experienced officials, and only after passing the qualifications can they independently go to a local place to become officials. We will set up a training academy in Hankow right away, and you can all go there for training. From the beginning of the training, even if you join the team of the kiln, your file will begin to record everything about you for you. ”

"Can we go to the kiln for training?" Some officials seem to know a lot about the kiln.

"Yes!" Li Mao said, "It's good if you are willing to go to the kiln to have a look." However, you are familiar with the situation here, so would you please help our new officials familiarize themselves with the situation first? ”

"That's no problem," Zhizhou said, "are we from the kiln?" ”

"Sort of! However, you are not qualified in training, and you are not allowed to wear the cadre clothes of the kiln post. We can send you some casual clothes. Li Mao said.

"In the future, are we going to carry pistols too?" An official asked.

Li Mao knew that these literati were very taboo about wearing pistols on their bodies, so he laughed and said, "Haha! I understand you. The officials with pistols were just like you, and at first, they couldn't accept the pistol. There are also jokes during training. I can't graduate because I can't pass the pistol shooting. There are many people who are qualified for everything else, but this one is not qualified, and they have no choice, so they start to practice shooting. Now ask them, if they don't have guns, what are they going to do? A man, whether you are a literati or a military general, must have the ability to protect himself, with a pistol on his body, you will have courage, and your waist will be hard. This thing has saved the lives of many officials. ”

Li Mao's words, everyone nodded straightly.

Zhizhou's words made Li Mao very touched, he said: "You haven't gotten the place yet, but the people's hearts have been obtained." The people's hearts are available! ”

Li Mao also sent this sentence back to the command center.

Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He were also very emotional after reading the telegram.

Ouyang He said: "Mr. Zhang, the soft power you said has worked. ”

"We've won the hearts and minds of the people." "It seems that we can pick up the pace." Don't let the people down. ”

"Uncle Chen and Mr. Ouyang, you have all watched the movie "Love in the Fenhe", and the two actors in it only learned culture after they arrived in Yaogang. Now we have a large number of workers in the kiln gang who have a very high level of education, and after the assessment, they have obtained a very high level of certificate. Many of them have already served as cadres at various levels in the factory. I don't think we can recruit officials from among workers with a good level of literacy and then train them. Although it will have some impact on the factory, we will not recruit technical backbones. In this way, we can train a large number of cadres. Although they do not have as much political experience as the original officials, they are more hard-working and hard-working, and their work ability can be trained and tempered. ”

"I agree with Mr. Zhang's suggestion. In this way, we will be able to organize a large number of cadres. It's best to solve all the things in Jiangnan at once. Ouyang He said.

"Hmmm! It's a good idea, our workers have another advantage over the literati, they have worked in factories for many years, and it is still their advantage to organize production at the local level. Chen Yufeng said.

"I didn't expect Li Mao and Qin Peng to go so smoothly." Zhang Zhimu said, "On the other side of Wuchang, before we passed, they themselves sent someone to invite us over. Zhang Xianzhong is still very knowledgeable. I think let's let Hanzhong start trading with them! What they need, what Hanzhong doesn't have, we can also help them get it. People are so interesting, we can't be too stingy. ”

"Huh! I think Zhang Xianzhong also has such a meaning, that is, leave Sichuan to him, and we don't want to go. Ouyang He analyzed.

"Then we will not move Sichuan for the time being, and we will also stress righteousness." Chen Yufeng said, "When we finish cleaning up all the places, let's go and send a letter to ask Zhang Xianzhong to come over and enter the Senate." How good it is for you to see the two princes living freely? ”

At this time, the staff officer sent in a telegram, and Ouyang He's face was not good after reading it, and he said, "Our cargo ship is likely to have been robbed!" ”

Zhang Zhimu took the telegram, read it, and handed it to Chen Yufeng.

After reading it, Chen Yufeng said, "Now, I can't be sure who did it?" ”

It turned out that a telegram was sent from Quanzhou, saying, "Over there in Nanyang, we have chartered a boat and brought back a lot of rubber and a large amount of kapok. However, Quanzhou did not wait for this ship, and it was not seen through telegrams, inquiries in Guangzhou and various ports along the coast. When asked again about the Nanyang side, they said with certainty that the ship had already been sent and should have arrived. There must have been no strong winds at sea on Quanzhou's side, and the ships behind them have already arrived in Quanzhou.

They asked the shipowner, who could not hear from the ship. The shipowner asked Zheng Zhilong about them, and they said that several boats had gone missing recently. Suspecting that the Francophiles had come out to do evil again, they had quelled the resistance of Luzon and began to put their hands out to sea again. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I don't feel sorry for the silver, but I feel sorry for the rubber." Originally, we were nervous about rubber, and we have always used it sparingly. The kapok in the South Seas is also of very good quality, and after blending with cotton, the fabric is breathable and water-permeable, which is very suitable for use in the south. However, for the time being, we can't take care of Shanghai's affairs. Mr. Lin, they are on the Zhenjiang side, and they can build a 5,000-ton lucky boat this year, but one boat can't play much role. ”

"Zheng Zhilong shouldn't watch this kind of thing, right?" Ouyang He said.

"Humph! The Francos killed a lot of Han Chinese in Luzon, and Zheng Zhilong's father and son tried to send troops several times, but they didn't succeed. I don't think Zheng Zhilong can do anything about this. Chen Yufeng said.

"Be as careful as possible!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Send a telegram to Quanzhou and Nanyang, and let them continue to search for the whereabouts of the ship." In addition, the things that this ship carries are mainly rubber and kapok, which can only be used by us. If we find someone selling it, we can find clues. Anyone hijacks a ship to exchange things for silver. ”

"We've been coming and going by sea for a long time, and sooner or later something will happen." Ouyang He said, "Now fate cannot be grasped in our own hands. ”

"There are two things we have to consider now, one is to strive to build a larger warship in the Zhenjiang shipbuilding base, not a steel-hulled warship, but also a steel-armored wooden ship. Prepare us for going to sea. Our battle with Zheng Zhilong was indispensable for naval battles. Besides, we should think about the matter in Qiongzhou. The climate there is more suitable for the growth of rubber trees. It takes many years for rubber trees to be planted, but if we don't plant them now, we won't see results in a few years. This rubber is a strategic substance that restricts our development. We have to look at this strategically. Zhang Zhimu said.

"When it comes to shipbuilding, I think we should do more about it. Even our main shipbuilding base in the future should not be the Lingshui wharf, only shallow water ships can be built here. The big ship is still on the other side of the Zhenjiang River. I think Director Lin's focus should be on Zhenjiang. Chen Yufeng said, "We don't know what happened to the rubber trees in Guangzhou. ”

"I heard Li Jing say that the trees are alive a lot, all over the mountain, and the Guangzhou branch has also spent a lot of effort there, but it is not time to tap the rubber. Rubber plantations have to scale to solve the problem. Zhang Zhimu said, "I think we should arrange a person, mainly responsible for buying mountain land in Qiongzhou to grow rubber, and arranging a pioneer for our future." ”

"I agree with Mr. Zhang's opinion," Ouyang He said, "It is really unsafe for our rubber to rely entirely on the Nanyang side, if we can plant a large rubber forest on the Qiongzhou side, after so many years, we will have a reliable source of rubber." I still have an idea, when we march into Jiangnan again, there will be more prisoners, and we can send them to Qiongzhou to plant rubber. ”

"Mr. Ouyang said well, the captives from the south will be sent to Qiongzhou in the future." Chen Yufeng said, "Is there also kapok in Qiongzhou?" In that case, we can also harvest kapok at the same time. ”

"Of course, there is kapok, in fact, there are a lot of kapok in Guangdong, and you can also let the Guangzhou branch collect kapok. In this way, we can have textile raw materials, and the local people can also turn waste into treasure and increase income. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Zhimu, what you just said, I think it's a good move to start in Qiongzhou. We don't just want to plant rubber trees in Qiongzhou, we can also establish ourselves there first. If we didn't consider the affairs of the imperial court, we would have directly sent a team to occupy Qiongzhou. Chen Yufeng said, "Since we don't want to turn against the imperial court now, we can't send too many troops over when we march into Qiongzhou." But I think we should send a general. ”

"Huh! Uncle Chen must have someone in his heart? Zhang Zhimu said.

"I think Mr. Zhang must have someone in his heart." Ouyang He said, "None of us should say it, how about writing it out on paper?" ”

"Good!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Get a pen and paper!" ”

The staff officer took a pen and paper, Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He each wrote a name, and it was shown at the same time, and the three of them wrote "Liu Chenghuang".

"Hahaha!" The three of them laughed heartily.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Let General Liu start from Qiongzhou, and it will be his task to solve the problems of Annan Laos in the future." Our General Liu will be a pillar of our southern sky. ”

"Just because Qin Peng was above him all of a sudden, he didn't even have a word of complaint, it's really rare." Ouyang He said.

"Liu Chenghuang is handsome!" Chen Yufeng said, "In the future, we will guard the south, and we will have a lot of business." Historically, it has been a tricky matter for the north to attack and disturb the south. When Liu Chenghuang enters Qiongzhou, he can buy land in various parts of Qiongzhou, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, and we can also send people in batches to train jungle troops there. The army that will march into the Lao Kingdom of Annam will come out of them. However, for the time being, they still have to plant the trees. ”

Ouyang He said: "Then transfer Liu Chenghuang back to study it well, he will take a team to enter Qiongzhou in the name of building a branch." This matter has to be discussed with Mr. Lu, he has to send out a team, and he has to transfer a few people from the Guangzhou branch. ”

"Then transfer a team from Li Jing that has been trained in Guangdong to follow Liu Chenghuang." Chen Yufeng said, "They want to build a decent wharf in Qiongzhou, and then build a navy there in the future." ”

"If this matter is decided, I will send a telegram to Liu Chenghuang tomorrow to ask him to come back. He also sent a telegram to Li Jing in Hankow, asking him to be prepared. Ouyang He said.

"Li Jing, this kid is going to feel distressed again." Chen Yufeng said, "However, he will carry out the order." ”

"I'll see it! I'll talk to Mr. Lu about it later. Zhang Zhimu said.

At this time, Yang Qinglian called over. Yang Qinglian asked on the phone: "Mr. Lu Bingyi called to ask, the guests we invited from Guangzhou have arrived, and there is a foreigner, I want to invite them to dinner tonight, ask if you will participate?" ”

"Tell Mr. Lu that I'm participating." Zhang Zhimu said.

This time, Zhang Zhimu asked the people of the Yaogang branch to spend a lot of money in Guangzhou to invite a foreign speaker to give a lecture at the Yaogang Language Institute, and the ordinary Guangzhou people were reluctant to leave Guangzhou, they did not like the climate in the north, but some people preferred the silver in the north. There are two things that move the heart under the heavy money. There was also an Englishman, who heard that so much money was given, and took the initiative to find someone from the Guangzhou branch to apply. The people of the Guangzhou branch didn't expect that foreigners would also come to apply, so they sent a telegram to their home to ask, and Zhang Zhimu heard it and said that there was no problem, and it was better to have foreigners to hand over foreign words.

In fact, the elementary English confidant Zhang Zhimu wants to teach to students, but I don't know how the current English is different from what I learned in my previous life, and I don't have so much time to say it. It would be great to be able to invite foreigners to give lectures now. Afraid that there would not be enough people, and he was also afraid that these people would talk nonsense, Zhang Zhimu also asked the people of the Quanzhou branch to invite some generals to work in the kiln gang in Quanzhou. However, it has not been decided yet.

In the evening, Zhang Zhimu and Mr. Lu Bingyi, the dean of Yaogang Language College, invited these guests together. The three of them had obviously heard of Zhang Zhimu for a long time, but they didn't expect Zhang Zhimu to invite them to dinner in person.

Zhang Zhimu deliberately arranged the banquet in the Cantonese restaurant, so that the guests seemed more cordial.

What surprised the guests, Lu Bingyi, and the dean of the Yaogang Language Institute was that Zhang Zhimu was able to talk to the Englishman Allen in foreign dialect. Zhang Zhimu found that the English spoken by Alan now is very different from what he learned in his previous life, but he can still understand some of it, and he can understand the meaning even by comparing and speaking. At least the numbers are the same, no change.

As soon as these three people arrived at Yaogang in the afternoon, they knew that they had come to Yaogang to come to the right place, they didn't expect Yaogang to be so prosperous, for them, a lot of it was fresh. The Yaogang Hotel, where they were temporarily resting, shocked them. There are many things in the hotel room, which were patiently explained by the waiter for a long time before they understood.

When they were having a good time, the two colleagues said to Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, if necessary, we will immediately write to other generals in Guangzhou and introduce them to him." Many of them are listening to us, too? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's great! However, I suggest that you get acquainted with the environment at the school and then write to them, so that your friends can know more about our kiln and why we are so hungry. ”

The Englishman also said: "Mr. Zhang, if you need Francois to be a teacher, I can also invite you to do so." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "We very much need Francois to be teachers, only if our people understand the language of Franco, we can communicate with them." If Mr. Allen can bring in Franc Man, I will reward you heavily. ”

"That's good! I've got your reward. "Alan is still very realistic. Because he came for a lot of money.

In fact, there are still many missionaries in Beijing, and they also very much want to come to Yaogang, but Emperor Chongzhen ordered that they will never be allowed to go to Yaogang. Therefore, those missionaries could not leave the city of Beijing.

Xiao Hongyu's house has been renovated, and Zhang Zhimu is invited to go over and take a look. But Zhang Zhimu hadn't left the office yet, and Li Yunhe sat downstairs in the car and asked Zhang Zhimu to come down. Zhang Zhimu came downstairs and said to Li Yunhe: "It's just right, use your car to send me to Xiao Hongyu's house, her house has just been finished, let me go over and have a look." ”

"What house do you still have the heart to see?" Li Yunhe said, "Our delta wing can fly into the sky by itself, and I will take you over to see it." ”

"Oops! That's great! Zhang Zhimu said, "I want to take a look." But as soon as I put off the phone, I had already promised Xiao Hongyu to go over and have a look. You also sent me to Xiao Hongyu's house to say hello first, and then we left. Fortunately, it is not far away. ”

"Hmmm! All right. Li Yunhe asked the coachman to go to Xiao Hongyu's house first.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu get down from the carriage, Xiao Hongyu, who was waiting at the door, said, "It's so far, are you still going to come by car?" ”

"Hey! It was Li Yunhe's car, and he was about to pick me up and take me to the shooting range. Zhang Zhimu said, "I'll take a look at your house and leave immediately!" ”

As soon as Xiao Hongyu heard this, her face changed, "Oops! When you repair the house, you don't care at all. It's repaired, please come and see how hard it is. ”

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly closed the door, hugged Xiao Hongyu and said, "I know, you have worked a lot. Am I not busy? I didn't expect that as soon as I went out, Li Yunhe was waiting downstairs. I wanted to come over and keep you company. ”

"Hmm!" Little Hongyu let out a sigh and said, "You can take a good look at how the house really is?" ”

Zhang Zhimu looked around and said, "Not bad, not bad!" I'm relieved to get married. ”

This finally amused Xiao Hongyu, "Who dares to marry a man as big as you!" Since the movie came out, I haven't done anything, just made this home. ”

"How? Looking forward to marrying me! Zhang Zhimu pressed Xiao Hongyu's chest against his chest and said, "I can't wait." ”

Xiao Hongyu hugged Zhang Zhimu with her arms and said, "Wait a little longer! We'll be together in no time. ”

Zhang Zhimu kissed Xiao Hongyu and said, "I can't stay too long, Li Yunhe is waiting in front of the door!" ”

"Go ahead! Be careful on the road. Little Hongyu said.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu coming out, Li Yunhe asked with a smile: "Mr. Zhang came out so soon." I thought I'd have to wait a little longer? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You stinky boy, hurry up!" ”

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