(Thanks to Li's vest for his generous reward, I asked everyone for a monthly pass, and the little tiger was only eighty short of us, and at his speed, there would be three or four days of monthly tickets to surpass us!) ）

"Is that the case?" Looking at the messenger in front of him, Yu Guozhen frowned.

The messenger hung his head, a slight hesitation. This is roughly the case with the enemy and us on Phi Island, but there are some follow-up events on my side. For example, Huo Yan still didn't hold back, and blamed Yu Dahai vigorously, thinking that it was because he arrived late that not only did the defense of Phi Dao not win completely, but also suffered heavy damage. Yu Dahai didn't argue much, but Huo Yan didn't give up, so he returned to Tamna from Phi Island under the pretext of supplies.

When I came again, it was Jiangan.

Seeing that the general arrived by Lianbo, Huo Yan was originally ready to make a big noise. He still has some confidence in his heart, Jiang'an has been away from Huwei for a long time, and it can even be said that Huwei has not done anything about Jiang'an. Of course, Huo Yan knew that this kind of quarrel might trigger Yu Guozhen's anger, but when things came to this point, he felt that there was no way back.

But to his surprise, Jiang An did not dwell with him about the Huaqing, but asked him with great interest about the people of Dongjiang Town.

Since Mao Wenlong opened Dongjiang Town, they have not fought many serious battles with Jianguo, but the population of all ethnic groups in Liaodong who have been rescued and accepted from Jianguo is enough to be one million. Even today, there are still nearly 200,000 people on large islands such as Phi Dao.

At the beginning, Lushun was lost, Xian was defeated, and Phi Island became a real isolated island, Shen Shikui wanted to abandon the island and flee, but was stopped by these people and had to stay. Now there are nearly 100,000 people on Phi Island, and some of the surrounding islands combined, there are more than 100,000 people.

His purpose was very simple, to pull these 200,000 people to Tamna Island, and then break them up and transport them back to Xinxiang in batches. He didn't intend to leave it entirely in Tamna, where Tamna's location was very important, so he discussed with Yu Guozhen that he would rather make Tamna a transit point than let people huddle on this island.

These things were naturally unclear to the messenger, all he knew was the dispute between Huo Yan and Yu Dahai. is also a tiger guard from the Xiliu Courtyard, he is somewhat biased towards Huo Yan, so he avoids the specific content.

He didn't say that Yu Guozhen also understood that Huo Yan couldn't say anything good.

Fortunately, Gu Jiaming has been sent north, counting the time, Gu Jiaming should have arrived in Denglai, where he will make a little supply, and the next step is to go to Phi Island, hoping that his actions can satisfy him.

At this time, it was already the middle of March of Chongzhen's tenth year, and after ordering the messenger to go down to rest, Yu Guozhen looked at Zhang Chi and Song Xiance: "What do you two think?" ”

Zhang Chi looked at Xinxiangcheng outside the glass window, slightly distracted.

He knew that he didn't need to rush to speak, naturally someone would speak, this kind of thing was not his forte, he just needed to pay attention to the details to fill in the gaps for Yu Guozhen.

Moreover, the news from Phi Dao made Zhang Chi think of another thing.

"My lord, in my old and foolish opinion, it's better to give up on Phi Dao." Song Xiance said: "As far as my Xinxiang is concerned, Phi Dao can be captured at any time, and now giving up and withdrawing manpower to Tamna can just solve the weakness of Tamna's lack of manpower." ”

"No, no." Hearing this, Zhang Chi finally spoke.

"Why not?" Song Xiance's eyes squeezed, and the pockmarks on his face lit up, his expression was ready for a big debate. However, there is an advantage here in Yu Guozhen, no matter how he argues, he will not give the other party enough right to speak, if he doesn't want to make Yu Guozhen unhappy or even criticized, he must let Zhang Chi finish his reasons.

"These days, I have been running around the workshop farm with Nanhai Bo, and I have been thinking about whether Xinxiang can be replicated." Zhang Chi looked at Song Xiance, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Brother Song, if you give you nearly 200,000 people in Dongjiang Town, can you make a new Xiang in Tamluo?" ”

"How is that possible?" Song Xiance didn't know why Zhang Chi's words were so sharp, and immediately denied it, if he admitted it, he didn't say that he was as capable as Yu Guozhen!

"If you don't make it, I won't make it." Zhang Chi said: "It's Nanhai Bo, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it in a short time!" ”

"Huh?" This is a point of view that both Yu Guozhen and Song Xiance find unexpected.

Zhang Chi sorted out his thoughts, in addition to helping Yu Guozhen deal with the case these days, he followed him everywhere to check, in Yu Guozhen's words, it was "going down to the grassroots", from the fifteenth day of the first month to the twentieth of March now, the whole two months were busy.

During this time, he gained a lot, especially after he came back, he debated with the "researchers" found by Yu Guozhen every day, and occasionally discussed with Song Yingxing, and gradually came to a conclusion.

"The imperial court is richer than us, and the southeast of the Ming Dynasty is richer than the imperial court, why can't the imperial court and the southeast of the Ming Dynasty be helpless, why can't anyone else train such a tiger guard except for Nanhaibo, and can't build such a new city?" Zhang Chi asked again.

"That's Nanhai Bo Scholar Heavenly ......"

"No, frankly speaking, the old man doesn't know much about practical learning, although Nanhai Bo is a temporary champion above practical learning, and the speed of Xinxiang's development is also related to practical learning, but this does not play a decisive role."

"Playing a decisive role" is a short sentence learned by Zhang Chi and Yu Guozhen, in Yu Guozhen's view, everything changes have a decisive key, as long as we grasp this key, we can get twice the result with half the effort. Thinking of this, Zhang Chi no longer hesitated, and spit out another word: "The key is efficiency, every two taels of silver, every person, Uncle can make it play to the maximum efficiency, for example, most of our Xinxiang's income is used to improve production, improve people's livelihood, oh, and enhance the combat power of Tiger Guard." But as for the imperial court, most of the income of the imperial court is used to raise a group of waste and corruption. Then put it in the entire Ming Dynasty, the wealth of the entire Ming Dynasty, most of which were embezzled by corrupt officials, such as the so-called rich southeast, who is rich? They have refined these riches into silver balls and hid them in the cellars, but is it still useful? ”

Zhang Chi said so much, Song Xiance was a little impatient: "Brother Zhang, this is the law obtained by the Emperor of the South China Sea." ”

Zhang Chi shook his head, he said very sincerely: "Brother Song, I think that this is because Nanhai Bo has a group of people trained by Nanhai Bo himself, Nanhai Bo is far-sighted, Chongzhen has been dormant for three years, so he began to start for today, until now, there are about 3,000 people trained by the Xiliu Academy, of which 571 people have been transferred from Huwei to other industries, such as Jiang'an, Jiang Youzhong, Liu Minghui, Jing Chu, Qin Ziming, Lei Dafa, Lei Faxuan, etc., are now all leaders......

Song Xiance's expression began to become serious.

He hadn't seen Jiang An yet, but he knew the rest of the people very well. That is, a person like Zhang Chi who pays attention to details will notice such a detail, and the skeleton of the Xinxiang system is all from the Xiliu Courtyard without exception.

Although Jiang Youzhong is only fifteen years old, he is now the leading teacher in Xinxiang Primary School, he is much more powerful than Xiaolian, if he is not to use him to bring more students, Yu Guozhen will even directly appoint him as the director of the Institute of Mechanical Physics, instead of letting Song Yingxing take this position. Liu Minghui is two years older than Jiang Youzhong, he is the head of the Longmen Shipyard, and Lei Faxuan is his assistant. Jing Chu is from Hoi An, an assistant to Hu Jingshui, and whenever Hu Jingshui talks about him, he calls him "terrible in the future". Qin Ziming broke off an arm on the battlefield, and then became a deputy official of the Xinxiang Municipal Office and an assistant to Yu Guowei.

These people, without exception, are all cultivated by the original family school and the current Xinxiang Primary School, and they have formed a kind of classmate relationship with each other.

"What does this have to do with the 200,000 people in Dongjiang Town?"

"It is precisely because of these people cultivated by Nanhaibo that Nanhaibo has a strong control over Xinxiang, and he can rely on Nanhaibo's prestige to change some ...... Some evil! Zhang Chi finally thought of an accurate word: "It is the accumulation of evil, the appearance of the Ming Dynasty now, that is, the accumulation of evil and the difficulty of returning." I have heard a little about the affairs of Dongjiang Town, although they can endure hardships, but at the same time, they are also gambling, aggressive, and mutiny at every turn, if these people are in one place, we will send hundreds of people to rule them, but we are afraid that they will be infected and become what they are! ”

Song Xiance shrugged his brows and looked at Zhang Chi with some surprise. He no longer looked down on this person who was a reporter with him, but now he found that he was going to be impressed by him.

Obviously, he saw the secret hidden in Yu Guozhen's heart.

The Ming Dynasty has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, not only in the court, but also in the people. Therefore, a storm of change is needed, which will have a huge impact on the people, and only then can they abandon some of their bad habits and be reborn.

"The messenger also said that Dongjiang Town, both military and civilian, is demoralized and complaining, and some people even think that it is better to take refuge in Jianyu, which is the case, our best disposal is to transport it back to Xinxiang in batches, but it is also a little difficult for Xinxiang to accept 200,000 people in one go.

When Zhang Chi said this, he couldn't help but glance out the window again.

When he said about expanding the land, he meant the Lanshui Delta. After the Lantern Festival, Yu Guozhen took the two of them to explore by boat, and the vast plains, fertile land, and the environment with water and heat close to the same time made this place like the south of the Yangtze River, with the potential to become a big granary.

"Accumulate grain, build high walls, and slow down to become king", whether it is Song Xiance or Zhang Chi, they are very clear about Emperor Taizu's strategy of being able to stand out and replace Meng Yuan. And today, the chaos has been born, although Yu Guozhen didn't say it, but Zhang Chi and Song Xiance both felt that if there was an uncontrollable appearance, then Yu Guozhen was the best choice. Therefore, the grain is not bad for the important surname of Xinxiang.

"Not only that, we have more and more mines, and Nanhaibo is also preparing to set up an iron mine in Shilu, which requires a lot of labor. Song once talked with Qin Qinsheng, and he said that the Japanese were the best miners, quite able to endure hardships, and needed little, so he suggested that they should be taken captive or attacked, so that the Japanese would come to mine. ”

Yu Guozhen laughed silently, this Qin Qinsheng did not forget to go back to the country from time to time.

"Nanhai Bo named Tamna New Port Yicheng, I'm afraid it also has the intention of attacking the Japanese country, right?" Song Xiance asked again.

Yu Guozhen's heart moved.

(To be continued)