Fang Qiyi likes Xinxiang very much, and here, he feels a kind of ease that he has never felt in his hometown in Tongcheng or in Jinling, the capital of Liu.

A leisurely and comfortable life, like-minded young people with lively thinking, and a variety of wonderful equipment and experimental ideas that can only be found in the Xinxiang Research Institute. For example, he has only been here for a month, and he has already achieved the step of electromagnetic induction in the relevant electrical research experiments arranged by Yu Guozhen.

Of course, now Fang Qiyi has only done this experiment, and if he really wants to thoroughly understand the principle, he still needs a lot of time to study and accumulate, in this regard, Yu Guozhen can still give him some help, after all, this is only the physics content of junior high school in later generations.

Unlike Fang Qiyi, who was obsessed with the study of electricity, Fang Yizhi was very interested in the ongoing literature editing of Quanzi and others, and in order to edit a series of encyclopedias, Quanzi and others collected a large number of classics, and so many books directly made Fang Yizhi addicted to them and couldn't extricate himself.

In particular, he has a deep study of practical science, especially chemistry, which has given Fang Yizhi a lot of inspiration. And Thief Quanzi is also willing to be close to a beautiful young man like Brother Fang Yizhi, but his gaze at the two of them is a little weird.

Fang Kongzhi walked around very seriously, accompanied by Zhang Bingwen, who came here first, the two elders were together, and there was no need for Yu Guozhen to accompany him more, which allowed Yu Guozhen to spend more energy on handling general affairs.

But after wandering around for a month, Fang Kongzhi finally came to find Yu Guozhen.

"Uncle thinks it's good these days, the new Xiangxiang scenery is not similar to the Ming Dynasty, and the uncle is still used to it, right?"

Yu Guozhen is still very respectful and polite to him. This is what makes Fang Kongzhi very satisfied. He brushed his beard and said: "There is one thing, I don't know if Jimin already knows, when we came, we were berthing in Shanghai, and an incident happened. ”

Yu Guozhen was a little curious. Fang Kongzhi said cautiously, of course, it will not be a trivial matter.

"At that time, a widow in Shanghai hanged herself in front of a cloth shop selling new Xiangbu." Fang Kongzhi glanced at Yu Guozhen: "This matter is too small, you may not know, I heard someone talk about it at the time, but I deliberately inquired about it." ”

Fang Kongzhi's eyes. Compared with Zhang Bingwen, when he talked about this incident, his voice was somewhat deep: "I didn't know why the widow hanged herself at the door of the cloth shop, but later I learned that she had been widowed for ten years, and her mother-in-law was old and faint. She only survives by weaving cloth day and night. However, because of the impact of cloth from Xinxiang, her income from selling cloth was no longer enough to make a living, and later she couldn't even earn back the money to buy cotton huā, and her family was increasingly poor. In the end, they will only be able to kill themselves. ”

When he said this, Fang Kongzhi's eyes showed a look of unbearability, and then, he sighed: "Jimin, Jimin, originally I thought it was an accidental thing. But when you arrive in Xinxiang, you see that your factory is generally producing products. I know that the price of these products will become extremely low, and now the impact is only on coastal places such as Shanghai, and after some time, I am afraid that every corner of the Ming Dynasty will be flooded with these items, and then the source of livelihood will be cut off. I don't know how many! Jimin, this question. Do you have a solution? ”

Yu Guozhen pursed his lips slightly.

"Uncle, it was not our Xinxiang Zhibu who killed the widow, but the imperial court." He thought for a moment, and then said, "If it were Xinxiang, the widow would never die, she would have been recruited into the factory and supported herself by her ingenuity—no, she was killed by the imperial court, and she was wronged, and it was the ancient rites that killed her." Even if the imperial court opened factories in Shanghai and recruited female workers, they would not show up for fear of people like her. ”

Hearing Yu Guozhen's accusation of etiquette, Fang Kongzhi was originally a little disapproving, but after listening to Yu Guozhen's reason, he solemnly said yes.

Therefore, some of the rituals and religions must be observed, such as Huayi's distinction. Some descendants need to be abandoned, such as binding small feet, and women are not talented is virtue. 'Death by starvation is a small matter, and a loss of moderation is a big matter" was originally a requirement for scholars and gentlemen, but now some scholars and gentlemen are not ashamed of colluding with foreign countries and enemy countries, but want to force women and women to starve to death, which is a great hypocrisy and immorality! ”

Yu Guozhen skillfully pointed the finger at the hypocrites and false Taoism in Shilin, and Fang Kongzhi smiled bitterly. After Yu Guozhen finished speaking, he said: "Jimin, don't say the truth, don't trace the source, now it is indeed Xinxiang's products that have impacted the livelihood of the people, you have to do something for them, people's hearts are back, it is very important, if someone borrows this matter to make trouble, you can hardly defend yourself, I am afraid that it will be a great blow to Xinxiang's reputation!" ”

Yu Guozhen pursed his mouth, this is indeed a big trouble. What Fang Kongzhi can see, others can also see, more than 70 percent of the market of Xinxiang's products is within the Ming Dynasty, and the total value of goods sold directly or indirectly into the Ming Dynasty every year is not less than 20 million taels of silver, and the total value of raw materials and other products purchased from the Ming Dynasty is not less than 15 million taels.

To put it bluntly, it is caused by Xinxiang's own narrow market.

"The only way is to increase the inflow of population and adjust the industrial structure." Yu Guozhen thought for a moment, and then replied.

This is still avoiding the truth, and Fang Kongzhi didn't delve into it, just nodded, didn't say anything more, but diverted the topic to another place.

The industrial impact caused by Xinxiang is inevitable, and for Yu Guozhen, perhaps this impact is more violent - those bankrupt peasants and small urban producers cannot come to him from afar to find trouble, and if they want to survive, they still have to target the Ming court. In other words, Yu Guozhen indirectly dug a pit for the Ming court.

After seeing Fang Kongzhi, the next person who came to ask to see was Wang Chuanyu.

One month was enough time for him to complete the handover with Chen Zilong, but he was not in a hurry to leave Qin'zhou, and Chen Zilong did not urge. Yu Guozhen knew that he was making a difficult choice, and at this time, he could be regarded as having made up his mind.

"Nanhai Bo, I'm here to beg for food."

As soon as he saw Yu Guozhen, Wang Chuanyu opened his mouth without any image, Yu Guozhen was also familiar with him, knowing that he was not formal, he said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I will order the kitchen to prepare some good dishes, which can be regarded as a promotion for you." ”

Wang Chuanyu was suddenly annoyed: "Is it easy for me to make up my mind, you still come to trick me!" ”

"Haha, didn't you say it yourself to beg for food?"

"What I want is a long-term job, you think one meal is enough." Wang Chuanyu glanced at him: "Which research institute, give me a position, or I will go to the Electric Power Research Institute and give Fang Zhizhi a hand?" ”

"Fang Zhizhi doesn't dare to use your hands." Yu Guozhen smiled and waved his hand.

Wang Chuanlu is dedicated to practical research, and in terms of attainments in the synthesis of practical studies, among the people Yu Guozhen knows, he can be ranked third after Song Yingxing and Jiang Youzhong. For him, who is a half-way monk and relies on reading some notes from Yu Guozhen, this is very remarkable. Originally, Yu Guozhen also intended to ask him to preside over the affairs of the electric power laboratory, but all along, his official position as the governor of Qin' Prefecture was very important to Xinxiang, so he put it on hold.

Now that he brought up the old matter again, Yu Guozhen thought for a while: "Brother Wang, you can't ...... for the time being I need someone to manage Keelung's civil affairs for me, this matter is extremely important, I intend to ask Brother Wang to be the governor of Keelung and preside over Keelung's government affairs, what does Brother Wang think? ”

Wang Chuanyu suddenly sat up straight.

With such a close relationship with Yu Guozhen, of course he knew where Keelung was referring to, the good port in the north of Taiwan Island, Yu Guozhen thought the name "chicken coop" was not good, so he changed the name to "Keelung".

It has been more than two months since Yu Guozhen seized Keelung and Manila, and Hu Jingshui has been appointed governor of Luzon, and at the same time, Yu Dahai is the commander of the First Fleet in the South China Sea, stationed in Luzon City, that is, the original Manila City, with Meng Guangren as the commander of Luzon's city defense, and there are 3,000 tiger guards stationed, which is equivalent to half a brigade, but the establishment of the entire brigade is only to be supplemented after the new recruits are trained. However, the position of governor of Keelung has not been decided, Yu Guozhen was initially inclined to his uncle Yu Yixuan, but Yu Yixuan saw that the family was prosperous, and he felt that his talents were limited, and he was afraid that he would miss Yu Guozhen's major event, so he insisted on resigning from the matter.

Therefore, Yu Guozhen is having a headache for the governor of Keelung.

Wang Chuanlu's ability was not a problem, and the Qin' Prefecture had developed equally rapidly over the years, and he used extremely ingenious means to connect the old Qin' Prefecture officialdom with the new Xiang system, which not only made those officials jealous and troublesome, but also restrained them from reaching out indiscriminately. The original dilapidated and small Qin'zhou city was also renovated by Wang Chuanyu, although it is not as full of new air as Xinxiang, but it also has a look. And he is also quite prestigious in the Xinxiang system, and many people in the Xinxiang system regard him as their own, so even if he is promoted to the governor of Keelung, no one will say that he is lucky.

Wang Chuanyu himself understands this, and after all, he is really the only one around Yu Guozhen who is the most suitable for this position.

He was silent for a while, and then said, "How many years?" ”

"This ...... Until someone can replace you, at that time, I will set up a special research institute for practical learning, mobilize elite soldiers and strong generals for you, and make up for all the burdens that have been put on for all these years, how about it? ”

"That's it." Wang Chuanyu pondered for a long time, and then said helplessly.

"That's all it takes."

"What is the most urgent thing in Keelung right now?" Since Wang Chuanyu agreed, he entered the state and asked Yu Guozhen about his specific strategy.

"Emigration, building cities, mining mines." Yu Guozhen said: "Also, after Keelung is built, its jurisdiction will include Ryukyu and the whole of Taiwan. ”

"All of Taiwan?" Wang Chuanyu was taken aback: "Isn't this going to be a war with the Zheng family and the Dutch?" ”

(To be continued)