Fengzhou's largest project so far - the Ordnance Division and Dongsheng Iron Works in partnership with the large-scale hydro turbine unit was finally completed and put into operation on the west bank of the Yellow River, before Han Lin and Na Mu'er in Manhan Mountain in accordance with the "Taixi Water Law" did a turbine rolling silver coins, iron, but compared with this guy is far worse - the unit consists of five turbines, each blade is more than a zhang long, using gear transmission to drive the bellows to blow iron smelting, or iron hammer rolling iron, for this hydro turbine unit, but also specially built reservoirs, dams, Hundreds of craftsmen and 3,000 young men were recruited from the western Xingtai, and it took more than half a year to complete the work.

Wang Zheng has spent most of his life and finally has the opportunity to show his skills - the water turbine unit has been completed, most of the 100 water wheels are planned to be completed, and the water conservancy project is also progressing smoothly, is there anything more gratifying than this? In addition to his excitement, he announced that he had another place at the confluence of the Yellow River and the Kundulun River, and that a larger hydro turbine unit would be built there next year. The old gentleman became a hero of Toyosu for a while, and everyone praised him, but he was very happy and sad, the old man was too lively recently, and he fell ill when he returned to Shenshuitan.

When Li Yu arrived at Wang Zheng's residence, Father Gao Yizhi and Chen Decai of Dongsheng Iron Works were also there, the old man was still not honest when he was lying on the bed, he smiled and pointed with a few drawings, and when he saw Li Yu come in, he waved him to sit beside him - this young man was kind-hearted and full of vitality, respected him like an elder, did not care about his military status at all, and often chatted with him in SX dialect, Wang Zheng had no children under his knees, and gradually thought of him as his son and nephew.

"Boss, you are almost seventy years old, you should take care of your body at home, your illness can frighten us, we really can't do it, we can only send you back." Li Yu complained as soon as he opened his mouth that he gave the old man the best house, and also equipped him with a vehicle and an entourage, and he was afraid that something would happen to the old man.

"Hermes-Epitek, you will understand when you reach the age of the old man, the older a person gets, the more afraid he is of not finishing the work, now he finally doesn't have to fight in the officialdom, it's time to do serious things, you just let the old man do it for a few more years." Wang Zheng smiled and waved his hand.

"Hermes-Epitek, the old man also wants to thank you, I have been preaching in the Ming Kingdom for decades, and it is the smoothest for you here, I am old, and I finally did a big thing before I died." Gao Yizhi also said with a smile.

Li Yu smiled and waved his hand, and glanced at Chen Decai by the way - this guy actually had a cross symbol of Western Religion on his chest, Chen Decai scratched his head and explained: "Grand Commander, I am also a member of Western Religion, and I was baptized into the Church in GD, I was still talking about it just now, it would be good if the Grand Commander was also baptized into the Church." ”

This guy is too big or small, Wang Zheng glared at him fiercely and said: "Although the Han people are not in my religion, but they are also my close friends, the first saint Moses once led sentient beings to escape from the evil government and create the land of the West of Bliss, Han Ming is a person like Moses, and his non-entry into the religion can help the development of my religion more than joining the religion." ”

"Liangfu is right, Hermes-Epitek is indeed not suitable for Christianity, Hermes-Epitek, I am going back to Guannai, this time I will go back, I will ask the Church of Jesus to send someone to Fengzhou, who will be responsible for spreading the teachings, and I must allow Fengzhou to engrave the Bible." Gao Yizhi is very proud, less than two years in Fengzhou developed more than 5,000 people, do baptism are too busy, this is the Ming Dynasty since the mission, unprecedented grandeur, and he and the Erji Lama met, the old lama did not care about his mission, Gao Yizhi felt that he should find Long Huamin to reason again - the Erji Lama is actually busier than him, the immigration out of the customs has already exceeded 150,000, the number of people who have converted to the Yellow Religion of the Lama is countless, Gao Yizhi just pulled some Han people who work and the desperate Lama Red Sect believers, He still doesn't look down on this person, but on the contrary, he plans to help Gao Yizhi so that he can use Western religion to resist the indoctrination of the Ming Kingdom.

"Fengzhou takes freedom, equality, and benevolence as the policy of governance, and advocates 'the same race and different customs', which also includes 'the same race and different religions', whether it is Buddhism, **** or Yassanism, as long as it teaches people to be kind and conducive to the stability of Fengzhou, we welcome them all, and allow them to preach freely." Li Yu smiled faintly and said in an official tone, of course, this is also a red line for a few people present, Gao Yizhi smiled and nodded again and again - he is here to grab territory, and of course it is beneficial to the Western religion to be allowed to preach freely. Li Yu then changed the topic: "Father Gao has been of great help to me in Fengzhou, we can trust you, the door of Fengzhou is always open to you, you are old and your legs and feet are not good, it is natural to enter the customs to recuperate, and if you want to come back, we will send a car to pick you up." ”

"I can't bear to you either, it's just that there are some things in SX that I have to go back to deal with, but I'm sure I'll be back." Gao Yizhi also sighed a little, and then talked about his plan, go back to raise a sum of money to naturalize and build a cathedral, and there must be a library and a school in the church to spread Western learning.

Chen Decai also came over and boasted that Dongsheng Iron Works will produce 300,000 catties of iron this year, and after the start of construction of Baoketu Iron Works next year, he will strive to produce 500,000 catties of iron from two iron factories and reach 1 million catties within three years, in addition, he also revealed a news, Fengzhou Iron Works was acquired by Wulang Hahatun, Wang resold the shares of Fengzhou Iron Works, resigned and went to Xinghe Weikai Iron Works, and shouted the slogan of 200,000 catties of iron from Xinghe Iron Works next year, Fengzhou Iron Works was merged with Xuande Iron Works after being acquired, and the strength was still relatively weak, but also put forward the goal of 150,000 catties of iron next year, Dongsheng Iron Works has competitors in the future.

Li Yu was stunned, he always thought that it was enough to have enough food at home, he had never taken care of the affairs of the family, when did his family become so rich, he actually opened an iron factory, the family has always been the master of Wulan, and the master of Wulangha, they must have hidden a lot of things, and they have to ask carefully when they go back. Li Yu suddenly remembered another thing, asked Gao Yizhi to help buy some clairvoyance, it is best to invite some Taixi glass craftsmen to come to Fengzhou to open a factory, which can make Gao Yizhi worried, clairvoyance can still find a way to buy, but the glass making method is in the hands of Taixi merchants, and it is strictly confidential, and the glass craftsman has no way to find it, he only knows that glass is made of sand, and he doesn't know anything else, but Tang Ruowang of Jingshi wrote the book "Long Mirror Theory", maybe he knows a little more, and he can let Na Mu'er ask him for advice.

Li Yu saw that Wang Zheng's health was fine, and after chatting for a while, he said goodbye, and now he was anxious to go back and ask about the family. Wulan has been staying in Shenshuitan with Li Jin and Skylark's two children, Li Yu told the truth as soon as he asked - in recent years, their sisters have made some money in the business of Chahar people, but it is not too much, and the fortune is mainly based on the Xuande Iron Factory, and at the beginning, they were also ruthless, gritted their teeth and stook most of their net worth, and Liu Wenzhong, the eunuch of Datong Surveillance, each gave 10,000 taels of silver to open the Xuande Iron Factory, in addition to selling iron in Fengzhou and Chahar, they mainly made a fortune by relying on a few official summons brought by Liu Wenzhong. This time, the purchase of Fengzhou Iron Works was also a coincidence, the population of the naturalized Jianfu increased suddenly, and it was not suitable to smelt coking and smelting iron in Baita Village, and the cost of buying iron ore from the mountains was already large, so Wang felt that it was better to choose another place to build a factory.

"Our family didn't take advantage of anyone, it was Wang Chong, the major shareholder of the iron factory, who came to the door by himself, he only invested 3,000 taels of silver in the iron factory, but our family gave 5,000 taels." Ulan said.

"Our family is so rich! Why didn't you tell me earlier, I want to grow cotton, and you can give me some money. Li Yu immediately reached out and asked for money.

"If you don't give it, you will die as much as you plant cotton, and you want our family to lose money!" Ulan smiled and turned away.

Both of them are fans of wealth - Li Yu snorted, leaned on the table and began to write a letter to the Grand Commander's Mansion - at present, Ordos is developing smoothly, but he must stay a little longer, so as not to repeat, what worries him more is the situation of naturalization, the forces of the Ming Kingdom have come in, the forces of the Western religion have also come in, plus the original Lamaism and **** forces, and even the forces of the White Lotus Sect, the situation is complicated, and Fengzhou is poor and weak, and there are strong enemies outside, it is very important to maintain internal stability, and adhering to the principle of checks and balances is the only way. Li Yu reminded the Commander's Office that the Ming Kingdom was already decaying, and its policy of governing the country was absolutely unacceptable, but we still couldn't see the future of Fengzhou, and as long as all kinds of sects and forces were willing to put themselves on the table, they should try to accept it, and maybe they could find a way to develop.

Although there is a drought this year, it is not worse than in previous years, and after the rainy season enters in mid-May, there is no heavy water - the water conservancy built over the years has played a role, and the harvest of 10,000 hectares of farmland should be good. The situation outside Fengzhou is also good, the general easily defeated Chahar and kept Ordos, the worrying Jin State did not move until the end of June, the two sides are still doing business in Ulan Hada, the possibility of its westward invasion is greatly reduced, as long as the autumn harvest is survived, even if the year is spent safely, no one will run to Fengzhou in the cold winter to ask for hardships.

There are no internal and external troubles, but the interior of Fengzhou is not calm, Liu Zhilun stepped on the ground, but also reflected on himself - it is indeed inappropriate to implement the Ming national system in the uncivilized land, according to the Liaojin precedent to implement the "one country, two systems" is more in line with the actual situation of Fengzhou, the people here are simple and simple, the people are industrious, and they can still be educated over time, but the orthodoxy in the world is only the Ming court, and the co-lord of the world is only the Ming Emperor, and the signs of Fengzhou's self-reliance must not be allowed. In accordance with the principle of "one Ming Dynasty", Liu Zhilun is determined to bring Fengzhou back to the correct road of "agriculture-oriented", and the parallel development of agriculture, animal husbandry, industry and commerce can no longer continue, which will make the people of Fengzhou become corrupt and mercenary, in fact, they have already done this, refusing to pay taxes, privately opening iron factories and salt works, corrupting Ming officials, wantonly smuggling and selling smuggled goods, and even the sworn enemy of the Ming Dynasty - Dongyu, which must not be tolerated.

At the beginning of July, Liu Zhilun summoned the officials of the Great Commander's Mansion to the Governor's Mansion, and said that "under the whole world, all are princes and ministers, and within the four seas, they are all kings' land", and clearly told the officials of Fengzhou that the Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, raising hundreds of millions of people in the world, and all the subjects of the Ming Dynasty should serve the country, Fengzhou is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of Fengzhou are also the subjects of the Ming Emperor. Liu Zhilun demanded that the iron factory and salt factory be re-issued, and the iron tax and salt tax should be collected, and the military household land and acres must also be re-measured, and the tuntian grain should be collected, and the war horses, cattle and camels are urgently needed in the army, and should be handled in accordance with the policy of the imperial court, and should no longer be sold privately.

Liu Zhilun finally reprimanded sternly: "This official sees that your silver treasury has hundreds of thousands of taels of silver all year round, but you are still reaching out to the imperial court, it is really insatiable, since you have money and food, then this official will be used for state affairs, from now on, you should follow the official to reorganize the armament, obey the edict of the imperial court and be loyal to the country, and the Ming Dynasty is also the state of your parents!" ”

"Ming Guoguan Lao Tzu's", "How did Lao Tzu become the court to feed Lao Tzu when he was bleeding and sweating", ...... there was a murmur among the officials, Liu Zhilun's eyes were about to be angry, Li Fugui said with a smile: "The governor said that we have money in the treasury, which is indeed true, but it is private money, used to redeem silver money at any time, we dare not move, and I am afraid that my lord will not be able to move it......"

"Privately issuing money is also a felony, so what if you do? The official wants to see who dares to speak out. Liu Zhilun waved his hand to interrupt Li Fugui's words, Li Fugui snorted and stopped talking, the Fengzhou officials looked at Liu Zhilun like a fool, what he said was a lie, Treasury silver is the lifeblood of Fengzhou, unless you have the ability to rob it, don't want to touch it.

Ortai coughed and spoke: "The governor is ordered by the imperial court to pacify the army and the people, then please ask the lord to issue a decree, we do not have the official position of the imperial court, and the general military office has no right to intervene in government affairs, so we can't help the lord, but we don't interfere, please take care of yourself." ”

"This official believes that the people of Fengzhou know the righteousness and their hearts are TC, so they won't trouble you," Liu Zhilun replied coldly, he has not been idle this year, he has pulled people everywhere inside and outside the Guan, and he has some teamwork, and he is confident that he can fight, and he turned a blind eye to Jin Sheng's eyes, and directly ordered Han Dagong, the governor of the Inspection Department, "This official has prepared a notice and ordered the scribe to copy it, and the Inspection Department immediately sent people to post it everywhere, so that the people know." ”

Han Dagong was so frightened that he hurriedly set his eyes on Ortai, Li Huai and Li Fugui, Li Huai waved his hand disapprerovingly, and Han Dagong was trembling and took his order.

As soon as Liu Zhilun's announcement was issued, it immediately caused an uproar, and at this time it had entered the autumn harvest season, and the common people were busy in the fields.

"Brother, what did the official from Guannai say? It seems to be a reckoning with your crops. The Mongol, who had come to help with his cattle, asked.

"The dog official didn't harm us enough in the pass, and he also went to harm people outside the pass, saying that we planted their emperor's land, and we had to pay the tuntian grains, and each household had to pay six stone of grain, and we didn't let people live!" The northern Shaanxi man gritted his teeth and replied.

The Mongolian gasped and said, "What are the grains of Tuntian?" You can't live if you pay so much food, your emperor is really dark enough, fortunately we don't farm. ”

SX people said next to him: "You go to be a soldier, the court gives you thirty or fifty acres of land, and the public grain handed over to the guard every year is the grain of Tuntian, and in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than eighteen stone grains per household, and then there were more military households who fled, so it was changed to six stones, and my land was not given by the imperial court, so I didn't pay it!" Don't be complacent, your brother doesn't get complacent, the court hasn't forgotten you, have you heard of Ma Zheng in the Ming Kingdom? In the future, your livestock will not be yours, it will be designated for you by the imperial court, and you will have to hand it over when you want it, and you will have to compensate for your injuries and death. ”

"Fart, I'm not from Ming, I'm from Fengzhou, why should I hand over livestock to the Ming court, whoever dares to touch my livestock, I'll fight with him!" The Mongols immediately burst into flames.

The common people cried out: "If you don't pay, you don't pay!" ”

"This is chaos, we have the "Naturalization Oath", we have the Grand Commander's Mansion, and the court governor is a fart! Don't even want to take away a liter of rice and a sheep," Han blacksmith appeared in the crowd, he was the head of the 5,000th household farming and animal husbandry association in the Naturalization Mansion, the villagers listened to him, the old man waved his hand and shouted, "We are not from the Ming Kingdom, their emperor can't scare us when he comes, the governor of the Ming Kingdom doesn't want to bully people, let's reason with him." ”

There has been a commotion in front of the governor's mansion, thousands of people are blocking the gate to ask for explanations, and some people are constantly coming, Liu Zhilun is standing in front of the door shouting, but few people pay attention to him, but recite the "Naturalization Oath" loudly over and over again, and some people also take the lead in singing "Let's fight, Fengzhou, Fengzhou conquers the world, Fengzhou people will never, never, never be slaves".

The inspectors lined up on the wall with a smile, separating Liu Zhilun from the people, Han Dagong was so anxious that he was sweating, when Han Blacksmith arrived with people, he saw his son standing guard for the Ming State officials, and felt very faceless, scolded a few stinky boys, picked up the crutches and beat them, Han Dagong was so frightened that he hugged his head and ran away, causing the people around him to laugh. Jin Sheng also came to accompany his good friend, but he was not as hysterical as Liu Zhilun, but sat in front of the door with a few old men who came to demonstrate, laughing and smashing walnuts to eat - this is just a farce, there will be no big incident, the old friend is too arrogant, he claims to be a saint in Beijing, and the courtiers hate him, and he wants to play prestige outside the gate, so he should take a lesson.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, you are all subjects of the Ming Dynasty, you must believe in the emperor, believe in the court, and hand over more grain and livestock today, just to live a good life in the future!" Liu Zhilun was still shouting hoarsely, he found that the people who came only moved their mouths and did not move, and they were much more courageous, but unfortunately none of the three gentlemen from Fengzhou Academy next door came out to help him reason.

The common people did not admit his account, and immediately retorted:

"You're still lying to us, you officials eat our flesh and drink our blood, and if there is enough scourge inside the customs and run away from the calamity outside the customs, we won't be fooled."

"Shameless, I'm embarrassed to say that the court feeds us, we feed you with our backs to the loess, and when we starve to death, where are your emperor and the court?"

"You also said that Fengzhou is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, fart, this is the place where our ancestors have grazed for generations, we are poor and can't write, but the poor also have a place to live, and the Ming Kingdom dares to rob our land, then we will fight."

The common people were still theorizing with Liu Zhilun, Zhou Yuji hurried to the front battalion of the infantry army with a sentry who was loyal to him, and pushed Liu Zhilun into the courtyard, and then closed the gate, and the people scolded outside.