() Chang Huaiyin and Sun Jin didn't have any ill feelings towards Ye Tao for waiting for them in Thunder Cliff for nearly ten days, but the old steward who had gone to Ye's workshop to help them drive was quite complaining. In the eyes of this old steward named Chang Yong, family background is everything. Although Ye Tao is a strategic envoy of Yunzhou, his family background is slightly cold, not to mention that he is comparable to the noble family background of the Chang family. And it is even more unreasonable to dare to throw aside the people who are the princess of Chang Huaiyin and wait, and do the work of those lowly craftsmen by themselves.

Chang Huaiyin said that he didn't like his old housekeeper, but he had worked for the Chang family all his life, and his status among the servants was quite high. And Sun Jin himself is one of the people with a humble family background who is despised by Chang Yong, and he usually has nothing to say to Chang Yong.

Although Ye Tao had to let Chang Huaiyin and Sun Jin and his party wait, he did not neglect them. Thunder Cliff has now become the most important operation hub in central Yunzhou, and the conditions are quite good in all aspects. Jinglue Mansion and the Dai family also arranged various visits and excursions for Chang Huaiyin, Sun Jin and even their two children, especially a pair of newborn lambs given to their daughter Sun Yue'er, and a pair of beagles presented to their infant son Sun Tingxuan, all of which made Chang Huaiyin, who was already a wife but still a little childliked.

And when Ye Tao finally came to Thunder Cliff, almost all the senior officials and lieutenant officers in Yunzhou also arrived, on the one hand, to discuss the changes and countermeasures of the Northern Liao, and on the other hand, to arrange the work for the time when Ye Tao was leaving.

Since Dai Yun and Tan Weixin did not leave Yunzhou with Ye Tao this time, there were two of them. In fact, most things can be assured. This meeting only explained some issues more clearly, determined the guiding principles for the tasks in all aspects, and avoided possible differences in future affairs.

After reading the reports sent one after another, Dai Yun said that the Northern Liao side should have no intention of launching an attack in the short term, and suggested that the Northern Liao side should take an active defense and maintain restraint. The policy of avoiding large-scale engagements as much as possible was recognized. There are indeed many young officers in the Yunzhou military, and they are brave and ambitious, but they also have enough ability and reason to judge when they are suitable for combat and when they are not. For Dai Yun's statement. Everyone also expressed their support.

The second is the construction and development of Yunzhou's economy and people's livelihood. Ye Tao is not even more worried about this, he didn't interfere with Tan Weixin's train of thought, he didn't take up a lot of her time to chat, mainly because he was not always cautious and looked forward and backward He was there to tie his hands, Tan Weixin may be more able to exert his ability. Maybe sometimes some of her actions will be more radical and violent, but with Tan Weixin's cleverness, she will naturally keep these things within a relatively normal range. And any move by Tan Weixin to let go of her hands and feet when Ye Tao is not there should not be attacked by anyone in the court. No one is stupid enough to do that.

Compared with the economy, things in terms of people's livelihood are more complicated, and Tan Weixin will naturally set aside enough resources for this part of the affairs, but how to make full use of these resources and maximize the effect is an arduous and cumbersome project. After some discussion, it was decided to set up two new departments, which were directly subordinate to the Jingluo Prefecture, that is, the First Civil Affairs Department and the Second Civil Affairs Department.

The Civil Affairs Department is mainly responsible for the renovation of houses, road construction, urban maintenance, and the construction of villages and towns in various parts of Yunzhou. Farmland water conservancy repair, etc., and the business of the Manufacturing Bureau, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau, and the Commerce and Trade Bureau have a small part of overlap, but it is more comprehensive, it is a platform for communication between two sides and even multiple forces to carry out construction work, and it is a department closely related to the daily life of ordinary people in Yunzhou. On the contrary, although the Second Civil Affairs Department is also related to people's livelihood, their business is disaster preparedness and emergency response. If the wind and rain in Yunzhou are smooth, they have little to do with the lives of the common people. Their job is to silently stock up on food, medicines, and other basic necessities, prepare various plans for climate disasters such as insect plagues, plagues, and snowstorms, and prepare relevant tools to keep the relevant personnel ready at any time. And the only thing that the Second Civil Affairs Department may often appear in front of ordinary people is probably the fire brigade they are about to set up in various towns in Yunzhou. In the future, the common people will be happy to see people in the first place of civil affairs, and they will be very unhappy to see people in the second place, and seeing people in the second place often means that something bad has happened.

But maybe the people in the second department can be less depressed, because there is a more unpopular civil affairs department, the third civil affairs department is the internal affairs organization of Yunzhou, and they are the "Independent Commission Against Corruption" in Yunzhou. Responsible for supervising the review officials and all projects running in Yunzhou, who are only accountable to the Yunzhou Economic Strategy. If you see people in three places, it means that no matter what is good or bad happening to you or to yourself, something is wrong.

Governing Yunzhou was a difficult and not interesting task at all, and the extremely interesting thing for Ye Tao had to start in his absence. That is the new city that Yunzhou is about to start construction.

The site finally selected for the new city is east of Snow Wolf Lake, and the location of the current Ye family's workshop and the Dai family's Tianling Fort form a fairly standard equilateral triangle on the map. This place was chosen first of all because this location can meet all the functional positioning of this new city, no matter in terms of transportation, geological and hydrological conditions, etc., this location is ideal. Once the newspaper city is completed and begins to gather a certain popularity, Yunzhou will basically form a circle around the Snow Wolf Lake, with Thunder Cliff, Ningyuan, Suiyuan and Xincheng as the fulcrum, becoming the center of gravity of the entire Yunzhou, whether in terms of military mobilization or material transportation, it is quite convenient. But in the end, Ye Tao made up his mind to build a new city in this place, and the most fundamental thing was that this place had extremely unique geomorphological characteristics, which reminded him of a magnificent and gorgeous city in his memory, which made people enthusiastic every time they thought of it.

The blueprint has been made. Ye Tao's pencil lines on the paper depict a city that has never been seen before, and the characteristics that Ye Tao listed in the design plan for the new city made the first people who could see the sketch have the urge to pinch themselves to see if it was really true.

After the site selection was completed, the personnel of Keryefu and Yip's Workshop Oita have begun to conduct detailed exploration of the site and its surroundings. Since this land has no owner, even the negotiation of land purchase is exempted, and those farmers or herdsmen who spontaneously cultivate the land or pass by from time to time will receive a little compensation, and those farmers will become the first batch of workers recruited by the Xincheng project team to start the preliminary preparations. Two roads, one in the south and one in the north, have begun to extend from Tianlingbao and Ye's Workshop to the site of the new city, and all quarries and lumberyards in and around Yunzhou have received large orders.

In addition, another thing that will make Ye Tao feel very interesting, and now I am afraid that I can only see the results is that Ye's Workshop spent two million taels on the side of Ye's Workshop, with Ye Tao's current studio as the core and expanding Ye's Research Institute. It was the first professional organization of this era to develop science and technology and transform technology into concrete products. The initial task of this institution was to place the glass craftsmen and alchemists sent by the Samir family, comprehensively consider Ye Tao's idea of developing technology and the original working habits of the alchemists and glass craftsmen, and make full use of the existing technology of Ye's workshop to form two departments with considerable research and development capabilities in the shortest possible time.

The general structure of the laboratory buildings is no different from that of the factory, except that the interior is more spacious. The various equipment is not arranged according to the needs of production efficiency, but according to the needs of research...... If Ye Tao could stay in Yunzhou to personally handle the various affairs of this research institute that was basically set up for him, and start relevant project research as soon as possible, then he would be very happy. However, now it seems that when he returns to Yunzhou, I am afraid that the first batch of glass products from Ye's workshop will have already rolled off the production line. And without Ye Tao's active intervention, in these absences, this chemical laboratory, which is based on alchemists and joined the already well-developed dyeing and finishing workshop of Ye's workshop, can make something. or toss some mess, Ye Taoke is completely bottomless. Truth be told, he was tired of not being able to control everything now more than ever. In particular, it seems that these tasks can only be done by him.

After implementing this series of arrangements from Yunzhou, Ye Tao took Dai Qiuyan and Sophie away and embarked on a journey to Danyang first, and then from Danyang to Chūn South.

In addition to coming to Danyang for the first time, Ye Tao will always encounter a stronger lineup every time he returns to Danyang, which is indeed the reason for Ye Tao's growing status. But Ye Tao himself prefers to understand it as the kindness and earnestness of those friends. Maybe it's just a kind of self-deception, but for Ye Tao, who longs to be indifferent, Boiling Teng Literature is quite effective. This time, Ye Tao was not too worried that the status of the person who greeted him would be too high, after all, Tan Weiran had already been left in Yunzhou by him, and in his absence, he acted as the prince as the envoy of Yunzhou. Although Tan Weiran's agency may inevitably be hollowed out by Tan Weixin and Dai Yun from both military and political aspects, it is clear whether the Hakka family is from the top and bottom of the Jingluo Mansion or Tan Weiran himself that this kind of agency is far more important than borrowing his political strategy. That's a normal thing for him to be hollow. And in the world, Tan Weiran has to work hard to take care of Jingyunqi. I don't have time to cāo heart Yunzhou's huge and complicated local affairs.

Since it was impossible for Tan Weiran to appear in the team to greet Ye Tao, Ye Tao was also very calm. In normal times, Tan Weiming might have run out in a hurry, but now that the Chūn Southern Mission and the Chūn Southern Forbidden Army who came to greet Concubine Lian were stationed in Danyang, as the crown prince, he must remain reserved. As for Danyang's other friends coming to greet him, no matter who it is, it won't make Ye Tao feel too embarrassed and grand.

Ye Tao's prediction was indeed right, and it was the current Blood Qi Army Overseer Zou Shuangwen who came to greet him. The hunting military flags were spread out on both sides of the road, and the sergeants of the Blood Qi Army, especially those veterans and senior officers, could not have seen their respect for Ye Tao on their faces.

"Brother Zou, long time no see. This year's recruits are doing a good job. Ye Tao and Zou Shuangwen straddled the horse and patted each other on the shoulder, looking at the epaulettes of the surrounding sergeants, Ye Tao congratulated him sincerely.

"It's been a long time. You won't let Suo Zheng come back and get together with everyone. You've got an interesting show this time. Zou Shuangwen squeezed his eyes at the car driver of Chang Huaiyin and his party who was following behind, implying that there might be some incidents between the Blood Qi Army and those Chūn Southern Forbidden Army, so he was waiting for Ye Tao to come back and join in the fun.

Ye Tao smiled knowingly and said, "It's me who is not good, it will be late as soon as there are too many things, and I will have to set off again after staying in Danyang for a few days." He lowered his voice and asked:

"Don't delay, right?"

Zou Shuangwen shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Anyway, you just wait and see." We...... is still very knowledgeable, and he will definitely not miss Concubine Lian's itinerary. ”

Ye Tao pursed his mouth, and when he was very interested, Zou Shuang suddenly said, "But it's ...... Ye Jingluo, there are some things to remind you, there are many people in Danyang who are dissatisfied with you now. Be careful, don't get out of your way. ”

Ye Tao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is that?" I don't hear anyone say it. Is it ......?"

Zou Shuangwen has always maintained high-frequency contact with Tanjia and Ye Tao, and has also heard a little about constantly exchanging various situations. Although Ye Tao is in Yunzhou, all kinds of personnel changes in Danyang, all kinds of court topics, all kinds of battles in the Ming and all kinds of hidden undercurrents are known very clearly, even better than many people in Danyang. Zou Shuangwen smiled extremely weirdly and said, "Your Majesty will definitely not tell you these things. ”

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