Sun Yuanhua came to vote, Zhang Bin couldn't help but be overjoyed, he really didn't expect that less than ten days after his letter was sent, this Sun Yuanhua came.

After copying Gao Cai's mansion that day, Zhang Bin wrote four letters, ordering the post station to be sent to Jinling, Shanghai, Shanxi, and Shaanxi for 800 miles, and inviting Bi Maokang, Sun Yuanhua, Song Yingxing, and Wang Zheng to come to Fujian to take up their posts.

Bi Maokang's reply had already arrived, he was not much interested in going to the capital to take up a post, Zhang Bin asked him to help, he was very enthusiastic, in the reply he had already stated that as long as he received the order, he would come to Fujian immediately.

However, Zhang Bin is stuck at this time, because the political envoy is an official under the jurisdiction of the ministry, he wants to get rid of Wang Ruoji and Guo Xiyu and replace them with his own people, he must go through the ministry, Wei Gonggong has not stepped down yet, it is impossible to get rid of these two eunuchs, this matter has to wait for Wei Zhongxian to step down.

Fortunately, it is already October at this time, and Wei Zhongxian's days are numbered, and if there is another month, he will be able to get rid of Wang Ruoji and Guo Xiyu, and find a way to transfer Bi Maokang to Fujian.

Sun Yuanhua came at the right time, the city of the city of the department to raise Gao Cai has been arrested by him, the other two deputy of the city department and the official Qiu Jiucheng were also sent to the left of the center with him, the construction of the moon port can already be launched.

The shops and warehouses of those merchants can leave it alone for the time being, but this cannon foundry and gun factory need to start as soon as possible, Sun Yuanhua came just in time, and the cannon foundry was just handed over to him to build.

Zhang Bin still attached great importance to these weapons experts, and when he heard that Sun Yuanhua was coming, he immediately ran outside the city to greet him, and took him all the way to the governor's yamen.

This governor's yamen is the original mansion of Gao Cai, because there are millions of taels of silver in the secret room under the main building, Zhang Bin had to move here, personally guarded, this move over he found that this place is quite spacious, so he simply changed this place to the governor's yamen.

At this time, Gao Cai's mansion has changed greatly, and the family and the nursing home who entered the courtyard have already been arrested and sent to the Zhongzuo Institute, and now the four elite teams of Qijiabao live inside.

The maid and old mother of Erjin were also dismissed by him, and now there are cronies such as Zhang Cha and Qi Changshan living inside.

Sanjin was transformed into an office and accommodation place by him, and Gao Cai's three wives and four concubines had already been dismissed by him, and now they live in Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Qi Yuanfu, Qi Yuanbi, Qi Fanghua and others.

As soon as the two of them came to the study of the main building and sat down, Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but be curious: "Lord Zhang, this turned out to be the mansion of a big family, right?" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Well, how did you see it." ”

Sun Yuanhua looked around and commented: "This kind of yamen must have a lobby, a dining hall, a guest house, a silver warehouse, a grain depot and other ancillary buildings, but you don't see any of them here, so the students dare to guess that this is not a yamen in the first place, but a mansion of a large family." ”

Zhang Bin couldn't help but ask with interest: "Oh, do you still have any research on this?" ”

Sun Yuanhua hurriedly bowed his hand and said modestly: "It's just a little research, at the beginning, Master Sun Chengzong, the superintendent of Jiliao, had asked the student to be responsible for the construction of Ningyuan City, and the student found some books related to the construction of the city and studied it, just a little bit of skin, which made the adults smile." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help clapping his hands and said: "That's just great, this official is trying to expand Yuegang City, but he has not been able to find an expert in this area, but I didn't expect that the famous Ningyuan City in Liaodong was built by you, and it just so happened that this month the Port City will be handed over to you to be responsible." ”

Sun Yuanhua hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "It is an honor for students to share their worries for adults. ”

Zhang Bin laughed and said: "Okay, good, what do you need to build the city, you say, the official has asked you to prepare." ”

Sun Yuanhua thought for a moment, and then arched his hand: "My lord, the most important thing in building a city is to have people, other things such as hoes, shovels, hammers, shovels, wooden saws, etc. are very commonly used, and they are bought everywhere, and the students will make a list for you, and you can send someone to buy them." ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "What people do you need, how much do you need, you can tell me." ”

Sun Yuanhua said with a little embarrassment: "This depends on how big the city needs to be built, and how long it will take to complete it." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he slapped his forehead and said embarrassedly: "This official's memory, he hasn't told you how big the city is, you wait, the official will bring you a sketch." ”

After that, he stood up, ran to the bookshelf and turned out the sketches he had drawn before, spread it on the desk and introduced: "This Yuegang New City is probably like this, with the current Yuegang as the center, expanding in the west, south and north directions, covering an area of about 30,000 acres, the middle is the street, the south is going to be used to build a cannon factory and a gun factory, and a new wharf is going to be built near the mouth of the river, which is specially used to dock the naval warships, and the old wharf in the middle will also be expanded, and the north side will be empty first. ”

Sun Yuanhua looked at the map and nodded frequently: "Well, the student understands, dare to ask the adults how long do you want it to be completed?" ”

Zhang Bin thought about it, then looked at Sun Yuanhua with a little hope and said: "This official has already told the major merchant gangs that they will come to build businesses and warehouses in the next year, and in two months, have you seen enough?" ”

Sun Yuanhua estimated: "In two months, at least one hundred carpenters, two hundred stonemasons, two hundred masons, and twenty thousand laborers will be needed. ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he frowned and said: "Carpenters, stonemasons, and bricklayers are all easy to handle, just go to Fuzhou to recruit them, and it is easy to arrange food and accommodation for 500 people." It's just that this labor, there are only more than 10,000 people in Yuegang, and the labor force is probably less than 2,000, if you go to other places to recruit, it will be difficult to arrange the food and accommodation of more than 10,000 people. ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he asked cautiously: "I don't know if the Tunwei gathered outside the city will go to war a year ago, if there is no need to fight, it is quite appropriate for them to build the city, Ningyuan City was originally built by recruiting Tunwei." ”

That's right, use the tunwei, Zhang Bin heard this, nodded again and again: "Okay, just use the tunwei, they haven't fought a few years ago, because the weapons and equipment are not fully equipped, the official came to you, isn't it just to make a cannon for him." ”

As soon as these words were said, the two of them were stunned at the same time, and invited someone to cast the cannon, but they didn't mention the matter of casting the cannon for a long time, but they were discussing the construction of the city.

Zhang Bin thought about it and said embarrassedly: "By the way, there is also the matter of casting cannons, Chuyang, you see." ”

Sun Yuanhua hurriedly replied: "This also depends on what kind of cannons the adults want to cast, how many of them are needed, and how long it will take." ”

This Zhang Bin had already thought about it, and he said without hesitation: "If you cast a cannon, just cast a Franc cannon, and other styles of artillery will be changed to a Franc cannon in the future, such as the Tiger Squat Cannon, which will be changed to a Franc cannon of about fifty catties, and make four hundred guns first; The bowl mouth gun was changed to a Franc cannon of about 100 catties, and 800 guns were made first; There are also the main guns of medium-sized warships, which are changed to 500-pound Franc machine guns, and 400 guns are made first; The main gun of the Fu ship used a thousand catties of Buddha Lang machine guns, and two hundred guns were made first. ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, his eyes were about to fall out, making nearly 2,000 artillery pieces at a time, or the most troublesome Franc machine gun, this, at least ten years!