Since Zhou Zhong changed the technical skills into civilian positions in the army, which was completely different from those rough soldiers, it immediately had an immediate effect, and many scholars who were unhappy in the imperial examination signed up one after another, and as a result, more than 300 people were recruited in just one month, and so many scholars added together, which was enough for the Nanyang Fleet anyway.

However, these more than 300 scholars cannot be directly arranged in the fleet, after all, they used to only die reading, and there must be no problem in writing articles, but if they are allowed to observe the sea situation, identify the direction, draw nautical charts, etc., these people can't do it anyway, so they must go through prior training before they can take up their posts, as for the people who train them, Zhou Zhong has already found them, some are some officers in the original naval division, and some are Portuguese prisoners of war, these people have their own strengths, and the knowledge they know is very practical, It's just right to teach these readers.

It can be said that all this was originally calculated by Zhou Chong before, but when the personnel were recruited and the teachers were about to be in place, Zhou Chong suddenly found that he could not find a place to teach these scholars in Shuangyu Port.

For example, taking Liuheng Island, the main body of Shuangyu Port, as an example, the places close to the port on the island are all shops and warehouses, and a little farther away is the residential area of the port, and now the population of the entire Shuangyu Port is more than 300,000, and the original Nanyang town has become a residential area, and as for the places left, they are all occupied by various factories, which are either rumbling constantly or have a pungent smell, and it is impossible to teach near the factory.

Seeing the huge Shuangyu Port, but there is not even a place for him to teach, this makes Zhou Zhong very helpless. After all, the main culprit for this is himself. If it was a few years ago. The entire island of Liuheng is a wasteland, even if he builds a large academy here.

In fact, it can be seen from the above alone that the development of Shuangyu Port has reached a limit, after all, the entire Shuangyu Port is only a small strait between two islands, and the land area is narrow, and this natural disadvantage limits its development. Even the current Shuangyu Port is already very small.

For this situation, Zhou Zhong has actually discovered it a long time ago, after all, Shuangyu Port was originally under the sea ban of the Ming Dynasty, there was a deformed product, although the waterways and ports here are excellent, but the scale is not very large, there is no problem to deal with the previous smuggling, but if it is really Shuangyu Port as a trade port, it seems a little stingy here.

"My lord, although Shuangyu Port is developing rapidly. But after all, the area is small, and now it has accommodated the development of the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas. Therefore, according to the opinion of the lower officials, it is better to choose another place as the governor's palace! In the Governor's Palace, Wang Shouren solemnly suggested to Zhou Chong that beside him, there were still Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai and others, and when they heard Wang Shouren's suggestion, they all nodded in agreement, although they had different positions, but they did not dare to be the slightest sloppy in official affairs.

Zhou Zhong also pondered for a long time when he heard this, and finally nodded and said: "Shuangyu Port is indeed no longer suitable for the governor's mansion, and recently I have heard many businessmen complaining, saying that the land price of Shuangyu Port is like gold, and it is impossible to open a shop here, it can be said that this has seriously affected the development of Daming Sea Trade, but the migration is not a problem, the question is where to move to where is appropriate?" ”

Seeing that Zhou Chong also agreed to move to the office, Wang Shouren and others were also happy, Shuangyu Port is Zhou Chong's place of origin, it can be said that this is the foundation of Zhou Chong, so whether it is public or private, Wang Shouren and they are worried that Zhou Chong will be unwilling to leave here, but they didn't expect Zhou Chong to agree, which made them all overjoyed.

"My lord, now under the rule of the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, there are three provinces of Taiwan, Malacca and the old port, among these three prefectures, Malacca and the old port are far away in Nanyang, although Nanyang is the center of gravity of the development of the Governor's Mansion in the future, but after all, it is too far away from my Ming Dynasty, and it is not easy to contact the imperial court, so I think I can't choose there, the only thing to choose is only the Taiwan Mansion, as far as the officials know, the Taiwan Mansion has found several natural excellent ports, and the Governor's Mansion is not short of manpower, material and financial resources, As long as we move the governor's office there, I believe that in a few years, a more prosperous port city will appear on the Taiwan side! Zhang Cai stood up at this time and said.

For Zhang Cai's suggestion, Zhou Zhong nodded again after listening to it, after thinking about it just now, he found that only Taiwan is the most suitable, and he also knows that Taiwan does have many excellent ports, such as Keelung, Tainan, etc. in later generations.

However, just when Zhou Chonggang wanted to nod in agreement, he suddenly found that Jiao Fang and Wang Shouren did not express their opinions on Zhang Cai's suggestion, but instead lowered their heads as if they were thinking about something?

"Lord Wang, I don't know where do you think the seat of our Governor's Mansion should be moved?" Zhou Zhong saw that Wang Shouren and the two did not express their opinions, so he took the initiative to ask.

"This ......" I saw Wang Shouren ponder for a moment, but then he smiled and said, "Lord Qiyu, the lower officials feel that the location of the administrative office is an extremely important matter, and it is not something that can be decided in a day or two, so it is best to think in the long run!" ”

As soon as Wang Shouren's words fell, Jiao Fang, who didn't speak just now, also nodded in agreement: "Lord Wang is indeed an old man, and the matter of governing the office is very important, and we must report to the imperial court, if we don't choose properly, we will probably be vetoed by the imperial court, and everyone's face will not look good at that time, so it's better to be cautious!" ”

Although Wang Shouren and Jiao Fang did not explicitly oppose Zhang Cai's proposal, they have already made their positions clear in and out of their words, that is, they do not agree to move the governor's office to Taiwan, after all, sometimes there is no need to say everything in officialdom, at least to save a little face for the other party.

Seeing that Wang Shouren and Jiao Fang were opposed, Zhang Cai's face also showed a little displeasure, but he didn't dare to argue with the two anymore, because he also had his own selfish motives in making this suggestion, and Wang Shouren and Jiao Fang had obviously seen through his selfishness.

Zhou Chong didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhang Cai's suggestion, after all, no matter how smart he was, he couldn't compare to the three big and small foxes in the officialdom in front of him. But it doesn't matter if Zhou Chong doesn't understand, he has an advantage that he is as good as a stream, and since the last conversation in Wanghai Garden, Jiao Fang has become his personal advisor, so Zhou Chong believes that soon Jiao Fang will find himself to explain the reason.

The matter of moving the governance office has been determined, but as for the location of the new governance office, it still needs to be considered for a while, and then Zhou Zhong discussed the formation of the three fleets with Jiao Fang and the others.

"My lord, there are more than three hundred scholars who have been recruited, and now these people are all placed in Shuangyu Port, because there is no place for them to study, so these people have been idle now, but the Governor's Mansion recruited them not to eat idle meals, so Xia Guan thinks, is it not to find a place for the time being, let them start to learn some knowledge that they need to use in the future, so that they can also enter the Nanyang Fleet as soon as possible?" Jiao Fang suddenly said at this time.

"This is a good proposal, although those scholars write first-hand articles, but they are of little use to the fleet, they still need to learn a lot of things, can be a day in advance, but now Shuangyu Port really can't find a place, or send them to Taiwan, build a special study place there, recruit students on time every year, and the talents that the fleet needs in the future can also be recruited from there!" Zhou Chong thought about it and said.

In fact, if you want those more than 300 scholars to start studying, it is not difficult to find a place in Shuangyu Port temporarily, but Zhou Zhong does not plan to arrange those more than 300 scholars so casually, because in his plan, those scholars are just the beginning of his military academy concept.

For the military academy, Zhou Chong wanted to open it a long time ago, but unfortunately there was no time, and there was no manpower, so it couldn't be run at all, but now the Governor's Palace has entered a period of balanced development, so the construction of the military academy has been put on the agenda, this time by taking advantage of the opportunity of the expansion of the three major fleets, he is ready to open the military academy, the three hundred scholars are in the navy in need of human skills, in addition, he is also ready to open a real naval combat study class in the military academy, Let the young admirals in the navy enter the military academy for systematic study, and at the same time strengthen patriotic education to ensure the loyalty of these generals to the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Zhong wants to choose the location of the military academy at the beginning, and then build a majestic military academy, which will be the cradle of the Ming naval generals in the future, and even if possible, he also hopes that Zhengde can also open an army school in the capital, so as to ensure the inheritance of the Ming generals. It's a pity that Shuangyu Port can't find a suitable location to build a military academy now, so Zhou Zhong thought about it for a while before deciding to put the military academy in Taiwan.

However, as soon as Zhou Chong's words fell, he saw that Wang Shouren spoke again: "Your Excellency Governor, I think that it is indeed a good thing for you to establish a study place dedicated to cultivating naval talents, and this kind of place is also extremely important to the Governor's Palace, it is best to be in the governor's palace, but the location of the governor's office has not yet been determined, so this matter also needs to be considered in the long run!" (To be continued......)