Shi Kefa's name is "Supervisor" to control the four towns, and his political status is second only to the first assistant Ma Shiying, but the general soldiers of the four towns are more difficult to serve than one another, they are the "Founding Fathers of Decision", with the help of the emperor on the horse, no one else, and the army in hand, completely do not put Hongguang and the courtiers in his eyes, do everything from their own interests, if there is a cheap, the work of the work will be handed over, and Shi Kefa will be a pig Bajie looking in the mirror - not a person inside and outside.

And the general soldiers of the four towns are also full of contradictions, and they support the troops and respect themselves.

Gao Jie and Huang Degong are fighting to the death, these two people have a battle scene in Yangzhou, Gao Jie sneak attacked Huang Degong who went out, killed his 300 relatives, Huang Degong escaped alone, for this Huang Degong sued the emperor in front of Zhu Youxiang, coinciding with the death of Huang Degong's mother, Gao Jie took out a thousand gold for Huang's mother to funeral, and then ended this grievance.

There was even more internal struggle within the Jinling court, such as the Donglin Party, who boasted of being clear but only cared about the interests of their own small group.

During his reign, Zhu Yousong was very mediocre and decadent, only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, indulged in wine all day long, and ignored the government. Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and others, who held the real power of the imperial court, were also drunk and dreamed of death, and used the power in their hands to make officials fat. Ruan Dacheng openly used bribery as a financial trick.

After Gao Junshan learned about these situations, he asserted that he could break Jinling in less than a year.

He said to Tian Zhengchun, director of the Operations Department of the General Affairs Bureau in Huguang: "If you have new information, you should report it to Cao Wenzhao in a timely manner. ”

Tian Zhengchun reported: "The supervision director around Cao Wenzhao is our person, and in addition, we have also set up a liaison station in Cao Wenzhao's camp. ”

Gao Junshan said instructively: "You have mobilized all the personnel in Jiangnan, carried out work in an all-round way, publicized our political propositions, and told the people in Jiangnan that we will not use military means to solve the problems of the Southern Ming Dynasty, so that the people can rest assured and rest assured; The key is to tell the people of Jiangnan a mediocre and decadent person who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, indulges in wine all day long, ignores the government and Zhu Youxiang, and tells the people of Jiangnan, so that the people of Jiangnan can see the true face of the Jiangling court; You have to tell the people the truth about Zhu Youxiang's rise to power, and tell them that the Jinling court is a pseudo court, and even this emperor was born under the struggle of their interest groups, and Zhu Youxiang is only the emperor of these interest groups, not the emperor of the people. ”

It took a whole day to summon Tian Zhengchun, mainly to listen to his report and guide his work.

In the evening, Gao Junshan summoned several responsible persons of Caoyun, and the purpose was also to let them publicize their ideas to the people in Jiangnan.

Because the night was busy until the third watch, the sun rose to three zhang high the next day, and Gao Junshan got up. After breakfast, he asked Sun Kewang to prepare the car and prepare to go to the large shipyard in Wuchang by the river.

Accompanying Gao Junshan to the shipyard were Zhou Wenjiang and Li Jiuhua, both of whom were core figures in the Admiralty.

Zhou Wenjiang and Li Jiuhua were already waiting at the door.

Gao Junshan is wearing a casual dress today, although he often eats a lot of fish and meat after crossing, and there is no shortage of rice, due to more than ten years of life on a horse, his figure is still so strong, and there is no fat on his body.

Dressed like this without wearing a yellow robe, it is not because he wants to be fashionable, nor is he afraid of being recognized as the emperor, but because he is going to check the problem of the steam engine, and he is going to go down to the front line of production in the shipyard.

The two admirals were dressed neatly, with blue and white military uniforms on the top, blue breeches and combat boots on the bottom, and a wide belt around their waists, which was very similar to the style of later generations of soldiers.

Sun Kewang had already prepared the carriage and waited for Gao Junshan to get on the carriage. The coachman put down a small stool for stepping on his feet, Gao Junshan stepped on the stool, and after getting into the carriage, Sun Kewang also got into the carriage and sat next to the coachman.

Zhou Wenjiang and Li Jiuhua took another carriage and followed Gao Junshan's carriage to the large shipyard by the river.

Wuchang Shipyard can not only build large ships, but also has a large factory area, with four branches and five or six thousand workers.

When you approach the factory, you can see the erected chimneys, and you can also hear the clanging sound of striking iron and various labor horns. After entering the factory, you can see the platform that the workers are moving, transporting the cut timber to the dock by the river, and looking at the dock by the river, there are seven or eight warships under construction in a row of docks by the river.

One of the largest ships, which looked like it was ready to be launched, was very out of harmony with the other ships under construction, and the other ships were busy with workers, carrying all kinds of iron and wood back and forth, but this ship, there were not many workers working in Lingling Qingqing.

This ship is Wuchang No. 1, and when you approach the hull, you can see the four big characters of Wuchang No. 1 are eye-catching engraved on the outer wall of the ship, and the block red characters are very good-looking.

The carriage stopped at the dock closest to Wuchang No. 1, Gao Junshan got off the carriage, raised his eyes and looked at it, his heart was dissatisfied, he turned around and asked Zhou Wenjiang who caught up: "This is Wuchang No. 1, right?" ”

"Exactly."

Due to dissatisfaction, Gao Junshan said sarcastically: "Grandiose, too magnificent!" ”

Li Jiuhua didn't hear Gao Junshan's sneer, he explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, when you get on the boat, you will experience the difference with Jia Neng." ”

Gao Junshan's anger was finally revealed: "Paralysis! Which expert designed this boat? Look at this chimney, do you think it's your stove? Lao Tzu didn't want to go up when he saw this chimney! ”

"Chimney?" Li Jiuhua, who had never seen a steam engine ship, didn't think there was anything wrong with the chimney.

"His grandmother's, it's strange that such a boat can be driven!" Gao Junshan was very dissatisfied.

Zhou Wenjiang hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, you better get on the boat first and have a look, Your Majesty is invited to come to solve the problem that this ship cannot be launched!" ”

Although Gao Junshan was angry, he didn't mean to blame anyone, none of these people had ever seen a steam engine ship, and it was inevitable that the things made would be nondescript, he knew that after getting on the ship, there would be a lot of designs that made him cry and laugh, wasn't the purpose of his visit this time to correct these mistakes? Thinking of this, his anger also disappeared by half, and he followed Zhou Wenjiang and Li Jiuhua to the deck along the gangway.

When he got on the boat, he didn't see any big problems, Gao Junshan proposed to go to see the steam engine first, so the group went down to the bottom warehouse.

The entire bottom room is a steam engine room, which can be seen to be deliberately cleaned, and everything is clean, even the boiler room is spotless.

Except for a few navy guards, not a single worker was seen, and Gao Junshan judged that it had been a long time since the work had been stopped.

He came to the furnace in the boiler room, he didn't find any problems, the top and bottom were very clean, Gao Junshan held the handle of the furnace with his hand, it was also very clean, and there was no dust on his hands.

"Let's go take a look at the host!" Li Jiuhua proposed.

"Wait!" Gao Junshan reached for the handle of the hearth again, and he pulled the iron bolt and opened the door of the hearth, and a stream of ash poured out of it.

It turned out that the workers in charge of cleaning only cleaned the appearance, and the ashes burned in the furnace were not cleaned.

Zhou Wenjiang and Li Jiuhua's faces were extremely nervous.