This time in Guangzhou played a great role Wei Lianli, did not get a promotion, because Zhou Lang felt that this guy was not suitable to be an officer at all, and because of the relationship in the Qinglou, he turned out to be literate, and he was proficient in writing, this proficiency does not mean that he has a deep cultural background, it is completely a kind of writing skills, because the people who go to the Qinglou are some literati and even officials, and they like to compose poems to pairs, and the Qinglou often conducts special training for employees according to this situation, and Wei Lianli, who grew up in the Qinglou, is so literate, and can do some limericks and the like. He doesn't read books like Zizhi Tongjian and Historical Records, but he can recite books like Shuowen Jiezi, Quantang Poems, and Quansong Ci. To put it bluntly, he did not study for the imperial examination, but as a skill to earn a living.

Such an adjustment, if everyone is satisfied, it is impossible, none of the old people under Wang Fuqian took up the position of senior officials, and they were the first to enter the army, more qualified than Zhou Lang's subordinates, when Zhao Wen and Ma Dalei had not yet arrived in Taiwan, they joined the army for military salaries, trained under Colin, and when Zhou Lang's men had nothing to do, they had already begun to attack the Qing army in Banping Mountain with Colin.

They participated in all the battles fought in Taiwan before the Battle of Guangzhou, including Chen Zhouquan's Northern Expedition to block the back road of the Qing army on Guanyin Mountain, and the battle to block the attack on the left camp by the Taiwanese naval division, but there was not a single officer of the rank of Qianzong among them, how could they be satisfied.

is different from amiability, after ensuring their basic status, at most someone complains, and they can only complain in private. This is a trade-off, but if Zhou Lang elevates their status, how can Zhou Lang's descendants be more loyal, there are advantages and disadvantages, and they can only be sacrificed to fulfill their cronies. Of course, after this reorganization, there is no difference between relatives and aliens, and whether to be promoted after that depends on real skills. It's just that their status has been unfair from the beginning, because no matter how a general manager makes meritorious contributions, the thousand presidents on his head will receive the credit, and it is difficult to surpass them, so the base points of the two sides have changed at this moment, but this can only be blamed on their bad luck.

While carrying out the reorganization, Zhou Lang is still building other systems, of course, they are all discussed with Wang Fuqian, at present, he only has this one person who can help, otherwise most of the heavy case work has to be done by him personally, and the workload is too great.

"This expedition to Guangzhou, although our army suffered little losses. But more than 50 people died in battle or died of disease. I have compiled files on the officers and men of the old battalion (Zhou Lang's old department) before, and I have also set the standard for pensions. The new battalion (3,000 recruits) has not yet been formed, and this will bother you. ”

Wang Fuqian said: "The law of the handsome man is very good! ”

Zhou Lang took out the officer and soldier files compiled in the past, and no soldier on it had simple information, including place of origin, age, time of joining the army, and the officers interviewed by Zhou Lang also had a simple evaluation, this kind of meticulous management, although Wang Fuqian had never seen it, did not prevent him from seeing the mystery, so Wang Fuqian praised again and again.

Zhou Lang didn't care how much of Wang Fuqian's admiration was sycophancy, and continued:

"The dossier of the new battalion will be handed over to you. In addition, I promised a war death pension, and you also wrote it in an orderly manner, so that everyone can understand it. After that, it was formulated into a book and publicized throughout the army. ”

Wang Fuqian wrote them down one by one.

Zhou Lang continued: "I also have another idea, I plan to build a hospital for the army, that is, to invite some Langzhong to accompany the army, and choose some helpers for them to be responsible for emergency treatment of wounded soldiers before the battle." ”

Zhou Lang's medical knowledge is not rich, but the knowledge of emergency rescue is still there, and he has even learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other first-aid skills many times, knowing that if the injured are treated as soon as possible, the chances of survival are several times greater.

"I would also like to ask some gentlemen to set up a school in the army. Teach officers and soldiers to read, and later literate soldiers and officers can be promoted first. ”

Zhou Lang already understands his current situation very well, whether he is rebelling under the banner of the Heaven and Earth Society, or developing as a Haikou, it is impossible to get the support of the intellectual elite at this time in a short period of time, and it is impossible for the scholar and doctor class who monopolize culture to take refuge in him, after all, there are too few people like Wang Fuqian, so it is unlikely that there will be a large number of scholars to be loyal to him for a long time, and he must train some subordinates who have mastered basic knowledge by himself.

More and more, I feel that he is like the Red Army of the past, and those who are willing to take refuge in him are some of the lowest people, and this class is often seriously uneducated, and some are only the most dissatisfied with society. It is no wonder that the Red Army went all the way and ran schools all the way, and it was also forced by the situation.

Inviting Langzhong this kind of thing, Wang Fuqian didn't think it was new, and the Qing army expedition also recruited some ulcer (traditional Chinese medicine and surgery) doctors to accompany the army, but for the soldiers' schools, Wang Fuqian felt that this kind of thing was very fresh. Because from the Chinese military books and the art of war that he could read, there was basically a consensus that the more simple the soldier, the better the soldier. So everyone likes rural soldiers, and there are very few examples of recruitment in the cities.

But at this time, Wang Fuqian felt that he had not been working for Zhou Lang for a long time, and although he really planned to do so, it was still difficult to oppose it directly. In addition, he also felt something different from Zhou Lang's design, that is, Zhou Lang is not like the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society, most of them want to be promoted and make a fortune, but have a long-term plan. With this kind of person, I am afraid that you can do great things.

The navy does not need to move, and it cannot be moved, except for Harald's ship, the other five armed merchant ships are directly transferred from the fleet of the East India Company, the captains are all British, the sailors are Europeans and Indians, they are fully organized, I am afraid that all the captains are like Harald, thinking that they have absolute power, and they cannot mix sand with them at all.

The navy is a technical branch of the armed forces, and it takes a longer time to form combat effectiveness, so preserving the integrity of the fleet is also to ensure the current combat effectiveness.

Zhou Lang was already planning to take action against the very threatening Donggang, and these six armed merchant ships would play a decisive role, so he appointed Harald as the commander of the fleet, and he could command the fleet, and he did not ask these British and Indians to be fully loyal.

The army is still training, the navy has already begun to move, Harald sent people to reconnoitre, and once the decision is made to attack the eastern port, the fleet will be responsible for blocking the port, and even directly storming the port batteries if the situation permits.

The only ship in the fleet that Zhou Lang could fully control, that is, Xie Qinggao's Lucky, had already gone to sea.

The first thing Zhou Lang did after returning to Taiwan was to send Xie Qinggao to the sea, carrying his report to the company's board of directors and a private message to Henry Pitt, a shareholder.

It is inappropriate for Zhou Lang to return to Taiwan and ignore such a big matter as the Battle of Guangzhou. So write a letter to the board of directors of the company to report and summarize, or rather, let the British East India Company read.

The first told them that the company's involvement in the Battle of Canton was due to the seizure of the company's ships (Harald was betrayed by Wei Lianli) and the cooperation with the actions of the British East India Company. At that time, it was because after the Guangzhou government closed the Guangzhou office of the East India Company, Magalny sent a request for help to Colin, and Colin asked Zhou Lang to agree and act together, so nominally Zhou Lang was an ally with the British East India Company in this incident, and as an opportunity, Zhou Lang hoped that the board of directors would continue to strengthen cooperation with the East India Company in India. To put it bluntly, it is to express to the British East India Company that Chinese companies can cooperate with them, and this incident is a proof of this, and they hope to continue to cooperate.

The second was to ask Henry Pitt to help with some technical forces, and the East India Company had sent some technical assistance to Colin before, but mainly to help build ports and forts. Zhou Lang hopes to get more valuable technicians this time, for example, he hopes to get some port managers, the port of Dagu has been stabilized, and the next step is to attract merchants to trade, whether it is Chinese merchants or Western merchants, as long as they come to trade, there will be stable tax revenue, and it can also promote the development of local production.

But more importantly, to continue to increase hard power, Zhou Lang has recruited more than a dozen shipbuilders from Guangzhou, they can build old lock ships, if Henry Pitt can help invite some authentic European shipbuilders, Zhou Lang is more willing to build battleships directly; The shipbuilders were still secondary, and Zhou Lang hoped that Henry Pitt would definitely recruit a group of weapons manufacturers, and he would very much need to forge cannons and produce rifles himself.

In the letter, Zhou Lang told Henry Pitt that he had established a firm foothold in the fight against the stocks, which was a stable commercial base, a port with excellent geographical conditions, and had also established the basic force to protect the base, but if you want to run the base for a long time, you need to have a certain technical force. And to Henry Pitt said that the continued development and growth of the Chinese (East India) Company was beneficial to the British (East India) Company.

Zhou Lang hoped that this time Henry Pitt could persuade the East India Company to cooperate, after all, to recruit these technical forces in India, it was impossible to bypass the British East India Company, and even these technical forces themselves belonged to the British East India Company. For example, the shipyard that was able to build battleships was the East India Company, and as for the production of weapons, the East India Company also purchased them directly from the British.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of Henry Pitt, Zhou Lang revealed to him the news that he planned to open a new, more valuable commercial base within a year, and this time he would directly establish a commercial base in the tea-producing area, and this would require sufficient military strength to ensure it. He described the prospect that once the company had a base near the place of production, it would have a trade advantage not only over all European countries, but also far over the British East India Company.

But these things, just send someone to go, why send Xie Qinggao, a cronie.

Because Zhou Lang did not put his hope entirely on the East India Company, who is Cornwally Zhou Lang has seen it, this kind of old politician, old fritters, is not something that a young magnate like Henry Pitt can deal with.