Chapter 439: Opportunity

In addition to the documents, Zheng Zhe also attached his own views on the research and development of Dongping's airship, as well as the observation report of the type of airship used for the shipping route that he and his spies compiled in just two days. Zheng Zhe was not proficient in drawing drawings, but he still attached as detailed observation maps as possible, and from those details of appearance, he was able to make people who have studied airships a certain amount of clues what clues.

Jiang Yan naturally saw this document at the same time, and the eyes of the Lord of Chunnan looked at him, obviously wanting to ask for his opinion. Jiang Yan sighed and said, "Your Majesty, even if it is to consolidate the Western Front, these two million taels of silver will be obtained." ”

Just one sentence made the Lord of Chunnan let out a sigh and nodded.

They didn't know that Dongping took out these things and was willing to sell them to Chunnan, it must be because of the birth of the two new airships that Jiang Yan's spies drew a sketch of the appearance, which made the value of those old airships lower and lower. How could they not know that even if the value of these things is so low, it still makes Dongping, who has mastered airship technology, qualified to offer such a sky-high price. And Chunnan, only by getting this batch of airships, can he further study the newer things on the basis. It is true that the ingenuity of the craftsman alone has made the airship, but that kind of thing cannot be compared with Dongping's airship in terms of speed, height, stability, and practicality, even if the first generation is actually put into use. However, he made the airship, after all, it gave the lord of Chunnan a little confidence in his heart, and he naturally agreed that this was a considerable credit, thanks to the son who was now trying to bring down his eldest brother.

"You run Danyang once, Ye Tao, although he has always been very thoughtful and not conservative, he is a sentimental person. The money for the purchase of airships and the training of pilots is transferred from the internal currency, and you can see if you can get something else from Ye Tao. It's best to get that signal machine too, although I'm different from Tan Xiaopei, I'm not the lord of the country who rose up in the army, so I've watched it for so many years, and I know a little bit about it. This stuff works. You brought a group of people over, and directly took the airship to Chen Xujing to set up the camp, Da Nanguan is really a little uneasy. ”

Jiang Yan nodded and responded, "Weichen must do things well." ”

The lord of Chunnan was very helpless, and since last year, in front of the Great South Pass, which had been silent for a long time, the Xiling army began to move again. Perhaps it is accustomed to being attacked by Dongping in these years, and several passes that originally bordered Dongping have fallen into the hands of Dongping, and the remedial measures have become more and more skillful, in the face of the second pass of Xunshan Pass formed, after the completion of the defensive camp construction of Bauhinia Pass and Changshi Pass, the three huge camps facing Da Nan Pass also began to be built, and quickly took shape. Chen Xujing asked several times to increase a part of the troops from the rear, so that he could fight a few battles in front of Da Nan Pass, destroy this defensive posture of Xiling, and maintain the attack posture and pressure on Xiling, but they were overturned by the surging opinions of the ministers of the court, and the most frustrating thing for the lord of Chunnan was that the two sons were against this, and what they wanted was to recall Chen Xujing, an old general who did not belong to either side, to disarm and return to the field, and then replace him with someone from his own side. This kind of infighting has reached the point where it can ignore the interests of the country, and it has made the lord of Chunnan more and more chilled. The lord of Chunnan was indeed ready to recall Chen Xujing as they wished, but he wanted Chen Xujing to be in charge of all the military forces of the capital Yuhang, and then prepared to let his younger brother Chang Hongquan take charge of the defense of Da Nan Pass. Although Chang Hongquan has always been friendly with Dongping and Ye Tao, if Chunnan fights with Dongping in the future, he probably won't have a good face, but he can count on Xiling's side. Chang Hongquan, the king of Juxian, is certainly a prince of peace, but he is not incapable. And now it seems that this prince, who has always been very low-key but very smart, is much more reliable than the two princes.

After Jiang Yan came to Danyang again, after talking to Ye Tao a few times, he had to leave the airship crew to train in Tiecheng and do some other things by himself. Of course, he wanted to get the training of airship crews to be complicated, but he didn't expect it to be so complicated. Although the airships sold to Chunnan are not advanced, most of them are a little old, but they are all very well maintained and there are no problems at all, and at least Dongping did not cut corners in the training of pilots. There were even many courses that could not be carried out by the old airships, and those trial pilots from Chunnan were allowed to board newer airships, even snow owl airships. The entire intensive course will take two and a half months to complete, and then Dongping will send a few instructors to Chunnan to continue to guide the training of the airship unit for about half a year. Jiang Yan also knew that these airship instructors might be the most professional personnel sent by Dongping in military cooperation with Chunnan, and they could also be the last major military cooperation between the two sides. Now the Chunnan military is obviously still lagging behind Dongping a lot, but they don't know where the arrogance comes from, and they are beginning to become more and more impatient with the guidance of Dongping's officer corps. And the officer corps in Dongping naturally did not have the habit of having a hot face and a cold ass, and they took the initiative to leave those troops who were impatient with them. Now, the officer corps is mainly engaged in training in Yuhang, which is no less intense than when they were in Dongping, while eating, drinking, and having fun with high subsidies abroad.

Jiang Yan went to see the training of the officer corps more than once, and every time he would sigh that except for a few troops, he didn't know what qualifications the vast majority of troops had to put on a show in front of these people. It is true that Dongping does not send officers of sufficient rank, but the young officers who have a solid foundation and have a promising future in the army are all leaders in the army.

After flying the route from Danyang to Thunder Cliff several times, Jiang Yan finally decided to stay until the inauguration ceremony of Gondor and then return to Yuhang. And after he revealed this to Ye Tao, he immediately became the guest of honor at the inauguration ceremony of Gondor with Zheng Zhe. In most people's minds, Gondor was actually completed long ago, and now there are more than 50,000 people living in Gondor City, many of whom are artisans and people who participated in the construction of the city, as well as their families. Many officials in Yunzhou have also moved into Gondor, and have begun to move the political center of the entire north to Gondor, and departments such as the Transmission Bureau have begun to operate with Gondor as the core, after all, the facilities in all aspects of software and hardware are much better.

But Ye Tao didn't think so, his explanation of Jiang Yan was: "The surrounding green vegetation and sketch landscape have not been restored, the outside of the city wall is sandy, ugly and dead, such a city can be regarded as completed?" This explanation made people laugh and cry, but Ye Tao insisted on waiting for at least most of the greening projects to be completed before carrying out the ceremony, but Tan Xiaopei and the others finally had a chance to break Ye Tao's idea of simply making a ceremony pull down. It was the first time that Ye Tao was attacked by the Manchu civil and military forces because of this matter. In the past, the most he could do was to impeach him. Ye Tao wants to be simple in this regard, which seems really unforgivable to everyone. The cost of building the city of Gondor was almost 27 million taels of silver, most of which was distributed through land auctions, pre-sales, and many other means, and did not cause much burden on the state treasury. Due to the full planning, the various specifications for the private construction of houses and gardens, the full interaction between public facilities and the private environment, and the consideration of all aspects, Gondor has become the most advanced and practical city in this time and space, and because the appearance design of Gondor is so gorgeous, I am afraid it is also the most beautiful city in this time and space, and because of the terrifying density, the outrageous degree of advanced layout of the echelon of city defense equipment and the mature airship technology and tactical use, I am afraid that Gondor is still the most unbreakable city in this time and space.

Jiang Yan stayed in Gondor for a few days. He lived in a courtyard built by a big Chunnan merchant after buying land, and because the merchant had limited financial resources, the courtyard was not too extravagant. What makes Jiang Yan convince is not these courtyards, but the feeling of this city. Walking out of the small courtyard, there must be a public green space within a quarter of an hour, and there must be a public service station in each block. The service station is mainly for employees who maintain the public facilities to rest, whether it is street cleaning, sewer cleaning, street tree maintenance, there are special personnel in charge, and the residents pay a monthly public management fee to share these costs. Due to the sparse population of Gondor now, this part of the cost is mainly paid in advance by the Northern Xinjiang Economic and Strategic Government, but in the future, this part of the business self-sufficiency should not be a problem. Although he had to pay, he could see a clean and intact city after paying a small amount, and Jiang Yan was not dissatisfied at all.

The city has been divided into 12 internal sub-districts, each with its own administrative yamen, where people can complete all kinds of registration matters and taxes, and even complete all kinds of civil and criminal cases in one place. Each district has a special person who is responsible for helping the illiterate and arithmetic people to deal with various things, is quite patient, and basically treats everyone who comes to do things. Jiang Yan personally went to pay the public service fee, originally wanting to experience the governance of Yunzhou, but he queued up for a while, although an officer who lived nearby recognized Jiang Yan, but accompanied him in line, and neither of them was particularly taken care of.

The tax collectors in Yunzhou have a good attitude, especially Jiang Yan can't understand it. And the attitude of the people to take the initiative to pay taxes is really surprising. Jiang Yan later learned that in Yunzhou, any increase in taxes or an increase in the proportion of any tax collected by the local government had to go through layers of examination and approval, and had to go through hearings with the participation of the people. The people of Yunzhou are indeed wealthy now, but the proportion of tax revenue is really not low, basically, it has reached 15 percent of the family income, and each family is slightly different. But these taxes are used very transparently in various aspects of Yunzhou, and the Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy Mansion actually announces governance expenses every six months, which is not seen anywhere else in the world. The people feel that their taxes are being used where they should be used, and they feel that they can also benefit from them, so they naturally take the initiative to pay their taxes.

Jiang Yan couldn't imagine what kind of city this was, what kind of system this was. He saw only the part that ordinary people could see. And he can't help but sigh, to look forward to, hoping that he can live in such a city. Jiang Yan can understand very well why Ye Tao will be attacked by everyone, it is too normal. Even if he is as indifferent as Jiang Yan, I am afraid that he wants to take this opportunity to show off and declare to the whole world: "Come and see, this is what you can't do." ”