Liu Zhilun was furious, he didn't expect the people to be so rude, not only did they not bow down, but they also dared to talk back to him, this is also a fart, and the good people in the customs have become unreasonable mobs here, and they are trembling with fear when they see the government in the gate.

"Zhou Yuji, instead of dispersing the mob, you forcibly dragged the official into the courtyard, what is your intention? Don't hurry up and drive them away with your soldiers. Liu Zhilun shouted angrily, Zhou Yuji and Ren Shouzhong had worked in Beijing, and they were barely his old subordinates, so they didn't have to be polite.

"There are no mobs in Fengzhou, the last general will use force against the people, it is Fengzhou rebellion, please Haihan, the last general is only ordered to protect the safety of the adults, and the others are not what the last general can do." Zhou Yuji replied with a serious face.

Liu Zhilun flicked his sleeves and ignored Zhou Yuji, turned around and shouted to the courtyard, "Wang Baozhu, get out of here", Namur, who was hiding behind a big tree, appeared-Liu Zhilun is the master, he can't help but care, but he is afraid of being caught and scolded, so he has been hiding in the yard and secretly looking out, and the master's sharp eyes still found him.

"This is the good thing that Li Hanmin and you did, they taught the people badly, and even the emperor and the court didn't pay attention to it, you went and called them to reform themselves." Liu Zhilun pointed at Namur and yelled.

"How can the disciple have this ability, you should go to Hanmin, Master Xu Guangqi of the Jingshi is seriously ill, and the disciple is going to go on a business trip to wait for his old man, so you can slowly educate them." Na Mu'er hurriedly shirked it, this is also the truth, a letter from the old man of the Beijing Division, Lord Xu was suddenly bedridden, and he was seventy years old, and he probably couldn't pass this level.

"Nonsense, Old Man Xu is sick, is it a big deal for me here? You don't want to slip away. ”

"Master, the disciple was taught Western learning by Master Xu, so naturally he had to rush to wait, and when you were seriously ill, the disciple would also be waiting for you."

"If you dare to curse the old man, I will kill you unscrupulous people." Liu Zhilun picked up a broom in a hurry, Na Mu'er screamed, pulled his legs and ran away.

Liu Zhilun drove away Namu'er, and ran into the courtyard next door, just now the common people were making a lot of noise around him, the academy only sent a few disciples to look at the wind, but none of the gentlemen came out to help him evaluate, this is still a fellow in science?

There are more than 300 disciples in Fengzhou Academy, and the empty courtyard finally has popularity, Gao Yizhi originally planned to follow the idea of "Western Learning" written by the Taixi priest Julius, and then integrate Chinese and Western learning, and set up four departments of literature, science, medicine, and law - Taoism and teaching involve Western theology, and he did not dare to blatantly stuff into the academy. There are no ready-made textbooks, and I don't know when the "Fengzhou University" and "Fengzhou Gewu" planned by the Ministry of Missions and Education will be available, but the "Western Learning Self-cultivation" and "Western Learning Zhiping" written by him, plus "The Outer Discipline of the Staff", "Taixi Water Law", "Geometric Original", etc., are enough for the time being. Although Song Tongyin, Lu Shanji and Sun Qifeng were born in science, they also agreed with "supplementing Confucianism with Ye", and they were not embarrassed by Gao Yizhi, and Fengzhou Academy started smoothly.

But it's troublesome to go down, the idea of teaching Western learning is very good, but there is a lack of necessary teaching, Han Lin is in Xinghe Wei Xiu Fortress, and he can't come back for the time being, Gao Yizhi is old, and his energy and physical strength are too busy, Na Mu'er and the people from the Ordnance Department and the Industry and Commerce Department can take a visit, but they also don't know anything about it. Song Tongyin and the three did not forget their duty to educate Fengzhou, seized every opportunity to explain the "Thirteen Classics" of Confucianism to their disciples, and warned their disciples that Western learning is only the study of the last technology, and reading sage books and examining the imperial examination is the right way, so that the teaching of the academy will be even more chaotic.

For example, after learning "the earth is like a ball, it is one as one, and there are five continents, one is Asia, one is Europa, one is Leviia, one is Amerika, one is Mova Waxia, and there are four oceans, one is the Atlantic, one is the Great East, one is the Small Western Ocean, and the other is the Ice Sea". The disciples of the academy have read "Fengzhou Primary School" and "Fengzhou Zhiluo" since childhood, and they like logical debate the most, and often quarrel over the conflict of knowledge, and the old gentlemen can't stop yelling and beat them with a ring ruler, but it seems to be useless, Zhang Zhiyao and Li Yao beat the most hard, and grinned and shouted, "I love my teacher, but I love the truth more", so angry that Mr. almost kicked them out of the academy.

Gao Yizhi, Song Tongyin and others also had a dispute at the end of the three days, and the lawsuit went all the way to the Grand Commander's Mansion. Li Fugui came out and couldn't get together with the mud, so he was simply divided into two subjects: middle school and Western studies, those who wanted to take the imperial examination to learn middle school, and those who wanted to make money learned Western studies. Li Fugui also came up with a bad idea, isn't there no one to teach Western studies, this is easy to do, copying a book once is like reading ten times, copying a book ten times is like reading a hundred times, reading a book a hundred times is naturally self-taught, the Propaganda Department just has a collection of more than 200 Western books, and they are copied ten times. Song Tongyin immediately selected nearly a hundred disciples, including the naughty but talented Zhang Zhiyao and Li Yao, and the others pitifully became copyists, and every time they copied a copy, they were taken away by the Department of Missions, Song Tongyin was very suspicious that Li Fugui took advantage of the child, but in this way, the academy was quiet, and Gao Yizhi also took the time to go back to SX at this time and made up his mind to get some more books back.

There are only Song Tongyin and Lu Shanji in the official room of the academy, and Sun Qifeng is still teaching - Song and Lu are old, they can't walk, and their eyes are a little flowery, and more often they are drinking tea and reading articles, and Sun Qifeng, who is only fifty years old, has become the actual head of the academy, and he is busy inside and out. Liu Zhilun came in angrily, and when he opened his mouth, he complained that no one came out to help, causing him to be blocked in the governor's mansion by a group of ordinary people, as if he was at a loss.

"Yuan Cheng, this matter is something you did wrong, the imperial court has not yet issued orders, what are you anxious about, the food and clothing of the people of Fengzhou is still a big deal, how can there be extra food and livestock for you? It's also fortunate that people have left a face, otherwise something would have happened! Song Tongyin said disapprerovingly.

"Brother Xianzheng, how can I not be in a hurry, they still have something to eat, but the people in the Guannei are so hungry that they rebel, and the state is in danger, since they are subjects of the Ming Dynasty, they should do their best for the country, and they all blame Li Hanmin for spoiling the people." Liu Zhilun stomped his foot and replied.

"Li Hanmin has done a good enough, stabilizing Fengzhou is the greatest credit, Yuan Cheng, here are Yi people and displaced people, they regard themselves as Fengzhou people, and do not admit that they are the people of the Ming Dynasty, how can they be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, it is a great luck not to rebel," Lu Shanji shook his head lightly, patted a few books on the table and continued, "You know why we tolerate Western learning to enter the academy, because here Hu and Han live together, they hate the imperial court, only by introducing Western learning, they are willing to read Chinese books, learn Chinese dialect, and accept our education, this is the reality, Hermes-Epitek is your disciple, you should understand him, support him, and it will take time to change Fengzhou! ”

Liu Zhilun sneered and said: "But what did he do, lawlessness, putting the cart before the horse, and what kind of freedom, equality, and benevolence, this set of small countries and widows may be okay, but it is contrary to my Daming." ”

"What's wrong with a small country and a widow, do you want him to be ambitious and dominate the world? Then he will really become the scourge of the Ming Dynasty, there are such people in the Guannei, fortunately Li Hanmin is not, he also has a full stomach for his dreams. Song Tongyin said mockingly.

"But the Ming Dynasty is declining, the people can't survive in the pass, maybe they will go out of the pass to survive, Fengzhou's strength has swelled to a certain point, and no matter how honest people are, they will sprout ambitions!" Liu Zhilun shouted.

"If it comes to that point, Da Ming will run out of energy," Sun Qifeng walked in and said to Liu Zhilun seriously, "Yuan Cheng, that day is really coming, we are willing to Li Hanmin enter the customs, at least the world will not fall into the hands of ambitious heroes." ”

"No, that day will never come!" Liu Zhilun's face turned pale and sat on the chair.

Opposite the governor's mansion is the newly built Governor's Palace, it seems that in order to keep a distance, the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion are far away, leaving a large vacant land in the middle, and merchants are encouraged to buy to build shops, but no one dares to build a house between the two mansions, this time the Toyosu Chamber of Commerce (now it should be called the Toyosu Council) is embarrassed - the merchant's nest is built magnificently, and it is a three-story pavilion, which happens to be in the shape of the finished glyph of the Admiral's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion that stand against each other, fortunately, the Fengzhou officials do not care about anything to avoid except envy that they are rich, The merchants were bold enough to move in.

A room on the third floor is very chic, and when you enter the door, you can see the portraits of Li Yu and Wulan and Wu Langha hanging on the wall, and there are also portraits of Buddha, Confucius and Western Saint Aristotle on the other walls. There are also mahogany tables and chairs in the room, there are exquisite tea sets on the table, and a group of leaders of the council are sitting in it, drinking tea and laughing, while looking at the scene outside the governor's mansion through the window, Sun Tingyao and Shen Shoulian, who have just arrived at naturalization, are also in the middle, but the speaker of the parliament, Lao Dabu, is not there, he dozes off as soon as the old man has a meeting, and he usually doesn't bother to pay attention to these sneaky guys.

"This vacant land is well left, it can accommodate 10,000 people, and it is enough to hold a public assembly, and the people can't figure it out, and they scold people here and get angry, and things are almost settled, find someone to level the ground, and call it here 'square' in the future, such a large vacant land is the most appropriate word for this word." Li Jianji looked triumphant, turned his face to Zhang Mengcun, Wang Fang and Bi Lige, pointed to the governor's mansion and said, "The governor knows how powerful the people of Fengzhou are, and there will be no change here!" But that's not enough, you have to send some people to the governor's palace every day to demonstrate, and it's better to keep the governor out of the house, because he doesn't have anything serious to do anyway. ”

"Give money, your chamber of commerce doesn't dare to come forward, you know that the people who call our farming and animal husbandry associations, we can't do it in vain." Zhang Mengcun immediately stretched out his hand, since he had the council, he was like a demon, and threw the affairs of the government to the capable Ma Shiying, and he ran into the council twice in three days.

"Lao Zhang, if you can't do something, you need money, there must be a rule, in fact, if we don't say anything, you will also make trouble, and the most afraid of the court is your gang of thieves." Shen Tingyang said disdainfully, a few days ago, the two were fighting endlessly over the allocation of seats for councilors, and they were almost about to fight.

"What is there to be afraid of Lao Tzu's rotten life, it is a big deal to rebel, the governor does not accept your affection, he wants to move the money in the treasury, and he has to seal the iron factory and salt factory, you are the most afraid!" Zhang Mengcun sneered at each other.

"Don't quarrel, everyone is their own people, from now on, we must be sincere and unanimous to drive the forces of the imperial court out of Fengzhou." Li Jianji hurriedly persuaded him, some time ago, the Chamber of Commerce did keep flattering Liu Zhilun, and the Grand Commander's Mansion was still very unhappy about this, but Liu Zhilun turned his face and used a knife at the businessmen, forcing them to fight back, which made people blush.

Wang Fang snorted: "Li Erzeng, you have to do what you say, no one will help you half-heartedly." ”

Li Jianji immediately said with a smile on his face: "We will give money, and the cost of the agricultural and animal husbandry association will be doubled this month." ”

"Li Erzeng, what should we do with the two of us?" Sun Tingyao crossed Erlang's legs and asked unhurriedly, during his and Shen Shoulian's absence, the power of the Chamber of Commerce grew stronger and stronger, and both of them felt that they had to share some benefits from it.

"It's easy to talk about our brother's business, I'm afraid I have to wait for Brother Boxi's business, but you proposed to produce a million catties of iron, and Brother Yongnian's plan to open a woolen mill has a huge response, Li Xiangli will find us these two days, the two talents are indispensable to be reused, Brother Yongnian doesn't want to be an official, it's best to do it, brother's position in the Council is given to you, Lao Dabu is illiterate and doesn't care, the Council will be yours in the future."

"Then our brothers will wish Brother Erzeng a higher level." Shen Shoulian smiled and bowed his hand to Li Jianji, but in his heart he was scolding this guy for being too addicted to officials, and he actually went to Fengzhou to have a dream of entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister.

The age structure of the main officials in Fengzhou is extremely unreasonable, the older generation of Ortai, Li Fugui, and Liu Xingzuo are over 50 years old, and the life span of the grassland people is generally short, and they may not be able to do it in a few more years, while the younger generation of Li Yu, Batu, Li Huai, Yunrong, and Namur are only about 30, and they still need time to experience, and there is obviously a fault line in the middle, Li Fugui has praised Li Jianji in public more than once for his outstanding ability and great use, and he is so happy that he doesn't even want to go home, and he has made up his mind to live in Fengzhou to be a big official. Since this guy has had the dream of Fengzhou, he is full of energy like a chicken, and he has learned to greet craftsmen and farmers, and he also asks others to call him Mr. Li, not Boss Li in the past.

The next day, the three of them were invited to the study of the prime minister's government affairs Li Huai, Li Fugui, who was in charge of government affairs, Yun Rong, who was in charge of agriculture, animal husbandry and industrial and commercial affairs, and Cai Ruxun, the secretary in charge, were also there.

Sun Tingyao was obviously confident, patted his chest and said, he didn't dare to boast about this Haikou before taking Baoketu and Ordos, but now he is sure. He spread out a map and proudly told everyone that the mineral deposits outside the gate can be hidden from others, but they can't hide from the merchants, and they can always find out the real situation through various channels - Dongsheng, Xuande, Xinghe, Chahan Naoer Siwei and the old Wuchuan County north of Fengzhou Mansion are extremely rich in coal and iron reserves, and there are also copper, lead and even silver, and it is easy to mine, the Great Commander really has a treasure land!

"Money is not a problem, my Dongsheng Iron Works is strong, Wang Re-Kaixing and the Iron Works have the support of Jin merchants, Lao Shen also plans to invest in Xuande Iron Works, with these three iron works as pillars, plus other small iron works, there is no problem with Fengzhou's annual iron production of two million catties of iron within three years, and it is likely to greatly exceed." Sun Tingyao said confidently.

Cai Ruxun shook his head slightly and said: "Mingguo Zunhua Iron Factory has reached an annual output of more than 700,000 pig iron, but it took almost a hundred years, and the current annual iron production in Fengzhou is only about 500,000 catties, more than 2 million catties, three years is too short, I'm afraid ten years will not work, and iron can't be eaten as food, and it can't be used to build weapons and farm tools." ”

"We can be the government for 20 years a year, we can sell more iron, Fengzhou has been a trade route since ancient times, Jinguo, Khalkha and Oirats as long as we give money, we will sell, and the north of the Ming country is drought, war, the south is flooded, hail, pig iron production has declined amazingly, and what is more terrible is that the businessman has lost confidence in the Ming country, you should guess where the money in our hands comes from, I dare to say that it will not be long before the Ming Kingdom will become our big buyer." Li Jianji added.

"So what does the Grand Consul's Office need to do? You must have the conditions, please feel free to say so. Yun Rong asked contemplatively.

"It's very simple, free trade, wherever the Fengzhou army fights, we must be allowed to do business, and similarly, where our business is done, the Fengzhou army will be ready to fight." Li Jianji said with his chest straight.

Li Huai, Yun Rong, and Cai Ruxun exchanged glances with each other, and they were silent, but Li Fugui glanced at Li Jianji approvingly, and slowly spoke: "Fengzhou has developed to this day, we never know what is waiting for us in front of us, we only know that we must be strong to survive, and we can't take a step back, so you can do it boldly." ”

"And my woolen mill, the Great Commander's Mansion must prohibit others from counterfeiting and allow my Shen family to enjoy its exclusive benefits." Shen Shoulian also made a request.

Yun Rong shook his head and replied: "Old Shen, Fengzhou is not allowed to do domineering business, your cloth has not seen a shadow yet, why should you be allowed to patent?" ”

"Spinning cloth with wool is a unique skill that my Shen family has worked hard to figure out, and it is my business whether I can do it, but I just can't figure it out if I let others pick up the cheap for nothing."

"Okay, let's not meddle in things we don't understand, you sort out the charter, and hold a public meeting in the spring of next year, if everyone accepts, the Grand Consulate will agree, in fact, as long as your chamber of commerce reaches a tacit understanding, others will not have the strength to rob you of your benefits." Li Fugui waved his hand and said.

Shen Shoulian remembered his new errand, and then asked, "What about our council?" The Reichor has never admitted it, and everyone is talking about it. ”

"Arrange the constitution and discuss it at the public meeting," Li Fugui was impatient, waved his hand and pointed outward, "The Grand Commander's Mansion doesn't care about your affairs, and the opponent in the east is still staring at us." ”