Chapter Seventy-Four: Rushing

The number of attendees of Ye Tao's "Group Studies" lecture continued to soar, so much so that by the time of the fourth lecture, only this place could accommodate an audience of up to 500 people. In addition to the trainee officers, supervisors and adjutants, the active officers of Dongping, there are also some outstanding sons of various families, some managers and even directors of large businesses, and some are local officials in Danyang. The content of each lecture will be recorded by a special person and then presented to the Imperial Review. Although the question claimed by the lord Tan Xiaopei has not come for a long time, this kind of actual attention is more obvious than the nominal question that Tan Xiaopei now attaches to Ye Tao.

Dongping does not have a formal large-scale military academy or the like, and military knowledge has always relied on those generals to pass on from generation to generation, but now, the Huoqi Army and the Fierce Blood Army led by the two armies have assumed some of the responsibilities of military science. When this institution, which combines teaching and practice, but is full of joy and incredibleness, becomes more and more mature in the eyes of everyone, Tan Xiaopei finally issued a secret decree, requiring the second marching chess open and the subsequent selection of trainee officers to have the strong participation of the military department and the forbidden army governor's office.

Under the personal attention of the lord of the state, the two armed forces, which have maintained extremely high training and teaching quality, have received strong support in the construction of the armed forces. The 3,000 men of the Fierce Blood Army were all made up of cavalry, of which 2,000 were light cavalry and 1,000 were archers. This structure, which Dai Yun emphasized and adhered to, was eventually recognized. In fact, Dai Yun's target was the 3,000 men, preferably elite men who could switch roles between light cavalry, heavy cavalry, and archers by changing equipment and horses, and who could serve as scouts, conduct surprise raids, or engage in large-scale battles according to the needs of the battle. In the ubiquitous competition within the country, in fact, some of Dai Yun's ideas have been carried out by some people.

The Fire Qi Army, on the other hand, is more specialized. Half of the three thousand men were expensive heavy infantry, and the other was a thousand longbowmen and five hundred catapults. The Fire Qi Army, which completely abandoned the light infantry class, was perhaps the most extravagantly equipped unit in this era, but due to the complete equipment of war horses and pack horses. Physical fitness and marching training were highly valued, and in fact, the speed of the Fire Qi Army's full-load march was no worse than that of the infantry units of the Forbidden Army.

In the autumn, when the two military offices were giving lectures on popularizing basic military knowledge, and when all kinds of courses and training began to develop in the direction of specialization, all the trainee officers were organized to conduct a topographic surveying and mapping competition. More than 200 midshipmen were divided into 20 teams and sent to various places to correct the existing military maps under the leadership of professional sergeants, and to convert the existing descriptive maps into more accurate contour maps as much as possible.

In fact, the Fire Qi Army and the Fierce Blood Army have been instilled with various knowledge for half a year. It has become an elite unit of professional officers with the most abundant and detailed theoretical basis of this era. The Ministry of War is seriously considering calling back those officers who have long since retired from the two armies to the troops, and calling into the army those young children who were not able to join the army for various reasons but are still young and still have room for development, so as to satisfy their dreams.

Perhaps this is the power of system learning. The two armies, which were regarded as a thing by everyone at the beginning, have emerged like this in more than half a year, and everyone really didn't expect it. In particular, the two armies have always maintained a strong morale and a strong atmosphere of competition, so that both armies are constantly growing at a very fast speed. Though. This kind of competition cannot be spread to the entire Dongping army, because behind this kind of competition is an extremely complex system, which requires an officer and non-commissioned officer class with a considerable cultural background, a continuous, good, and professional training and education, and an attractive incentive system. But there are some simple lessons learned from the success of the Fire Qi Army and the Fierce Blood Army, and there is nothing wrong with promoting them.

Unlike the two armies that were vigorously presented in front of everyone, the salon-style lectures in Princess Zhaohua's mansion that were quietly going on were much more low-key, and not many people even knew about it. But. If you want to say anything meaningful, it is by no means no less than the equivalent of establishing an alternative military academy for Dongping.

The lectures in the princess's palace are also held once every ten days, and only about 20 people participate. Among them, there are Dongping Prince Tan Weiming, Lin Chengze, the household servant, and several wealthy families and wealthy businessmen in Dongping. Tan Weixin didn't even dare to open Pandora's box more, but she only talked about the surface of modern economics and finance, and carried out a few simulated operations of ticket numbers, so that everyone could understand. It turned out that the money in their hands was such a terrifying force.

Later, the ticket number was established as a joint venture between the government and large merchants, and a special team was set up by the household department to supervise it, and the initial business was nothing more than a membership-based settlement in different places, exchange and strictly controlled credit with a very limited amount.

By the time the snow began to fall this year, he had already moved out of the garden that Tan Weixin had gifted. Moved into the well-designed "Zheng Garden", which is more practical and beautiful in every aspect. It has become the name of Danyang and even the entire Dongping. No one doubts the strength of the Ye clan who is making money every day. And Ye's now has a growing influence in officialdom in shopping malls. However, Ye Tao was a little depressed.

IKEA and Tissot Watch are always running out of capacity. As far as IKEA is concerned, Yicheng at least maintains the high-end mid-end and low-end markets go hand in hand, but in Danyang, IKEA has completely become synonymous with high-end home. Mirror lacquer and gold and silver painting are the most popular, and although these techniques are still so mysterious to other woodworking workshops, within Yip's Workshop, there are so many opportunities to practice that even the local apprentices recruited by Yip's Workshop after its entry into Danyang have become proficient. Tissot Watch Lines, although there are finally several types of products such as table clocks with anchor escapements, clockwork-powered wall clocks and timers with pintooth escapements, it seems that the requirements of the whole market for clocks are becoming more and more flamboyant, rather than more accurate...... In the case that IKEA and Tissot Watch Company do not develop new products, but emphasize production capacity and product quality, Ye Tao does not have to care about these two businesses at all.

Under the circumstance that the Yi Zhan Building was concerned by the Dongping military and was regarded as a "patriotic education base" and a "reserve officer training base", Ye Tao could only let the matter of the Yi Zhan Building go.

Every few days, there would be a letter from Yicheng explaining to him the progress of the clock tower in the Yicheng port area. When the new year came, the bell tower had broken through the height of one hundred and sixty feet, and it continued to climb upwards at a speed that made Ye Taodu jaw-dropping. The use of cast iron frames, the use of lighter and more durable bricks, the use of cement, not only in terms of design, in terms of construction difficulty, is also superb in terms of all aspects of cooperation and project management. Stimulated by the Yicheng Bell Tower, the Danyang Bell Tower also began to organize the foundation, prepare materials and other preparations in advance.

Across an artificial river from Zhengyuan, it is now a hot Danyang New Town. Walking out of the front gate of Zhengyuan, standing on the street near the river, you can see the horse-drawn carriages transporting various building materials on the opposite bank one after another, and the workers and gardeners shuttling back and forth. There are no regulations on civilized construction, almost one-third of the city-sized construction sites are free of dusty and noisy scenes, and in this era without strong lighting, it is more able to leave quiet nights for everyone, Ye Tao does not need to be surprised by such a scene, which he has long expected.

However, he sighed at his current embarrassing status. Is he an architect, a designer, a businessman, a civil official, or a military general? He was a little confused. He was associated with the rich and powerful. The number of times he went in and out of the princess's mansion was too many for him to count. And almost two days and three days to come to Zhengyuan to play with him, ask him for a gift of the embroidered princess Tan Weiying, to his "brother-in-law" who has spread throughout Danyang and even farther, is a clear sign of his favor. Not to mention, the contact between the prince and the little prince is not much less, and it is not so easy for those wealthy businessmen in Dongping to ask Ye Tao once.

However, Ye Tao was a little dissatisfied. What are you now? He did follow his dreams, wanted to make himself and the people around him live better, and tried to make this time and space feel a little familiar and intimate...... He has given a lot to this goal. He is not giving anything to bring himself closer to power, by no means.

Sometimes, Ye Tao even began to feel that his life was too boring. But he was a little helpless. He understands that his current busyness is not because of anyone, but because of himself and Tan Weixin, who is from the same time and space as him. The harder they work, the deeper they will become entangled in the whirlpool of this era. Everything they do and want to do requires more and more power as a basis that will keep them busier and busier.

Sometimes, Ye Tao even feels that in this world, the most considerate of himself, who will never urge his own steps or delay his own steps, probably, is only Sophie who gently caters to him every day. He now often holds Sophie's beautiful face and kisses it, or paints a few sketches and watercolor portraits of Sophie, who is always complying with his various reasonable or unreasonable requests. Until one day, Ye Tao suddenly realized that his current state, this feeling of burnout, how could it be so much like the state in the era he was familiar with, when he was tired of work, tired of serving customers, and tired of office politics? Burnout? How is this possible?