Zhang Chu led the fleet into the port of Liuheng Island, and then sent a small boat to inquire about Zheng Zhilong's movements. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zheng Zhilong really wanted to cry in the face of his beaten broken fleet, he resisted the urge to fight with the security army again to take revenge, and returned to southern Fujian with the fleet, because at present, he did not have any good tactics to defeat the Western warships owned by the security army. He decided to think of a way to find a way to break the enemy after he found a way to break the enemy, and he must avenge this revenge.

Zhang Chu breathed a sigh of relief at this time, because in his plan, now is not the time for a decisive battle with Zheng Zhilong, time is on the side of the security army, and now several sail warships are under construction in various shipyards of the security army, and they are about to be completed, and in a few days Zhang Chu will be able to have a more powerful fleet, and then there is no need to be afraid of Zheng Zhilong.

After settling the wounded in this battle, Zhang Chu took Yang Liu to inspect Liuheng Island, and Yang Liu excitedly introduced Zhang Chu to the factories and various facilities on the island, which were built in a barren area after Zhang Chu brought them here last time, and it was Yang Liu who led the construction.

Rokuyoko Island is now lined with factories, roads, and a strong fortress on the perimeter, and the harbor is full of ships. The busyness is full of upward atmosphere.

Rokuyoko Island is not only home to textile factories and iron factories that produce goods, but also a complete arsenal that can be built on the island, from bayonets to large artillery. In the past few years, according to Zhang Chu's order, the production of the factory has not stopped. In addition to the large artillery produced by the arsenal, which was installed on castles and warships, other weapons were stored, and these weapons were enough for the security army to expand tens of thousands of horses in Jiangnan.

Zhang Chu looked at these weapons with more confidence, and he firmly believed that he would succeed in this trip to Jiangnan.

"Yang Liu, your ability is not small, you are a great hero of our security army to build a desert island so prosperously." Zhang Chu said from the bottom of his heart.

"It's all up to the guidance of the big handsome." Yang Liu hurriedly said modestly.

"Hehe, let's not praise each other, I'm really happy to see you grow from a young man in a village to a person who can manage one side and can lead troops to fight. There is always a group of people in this world who are instilling a theory in people, which is called meritocracy, believing that only a small number of social elites can govern the country well, and they do not take the common people in their eyes, or even the emperor. They think they are the ones who are in control of this society, and practice has proved to be very wrong. As long as anyone is willing to work hard, they can also achieve a career if they have the opportunity, and I hope that there will be more talents like you in our security army. Zhang Chu actually has a lot of feelings about the problem of talents. Due to social development, China's low-level workers do not have cultural knowledge, which makes their experience unable to pass on and their ability to receive information is also poor, which has caused many difficulties for them to participate in the management of society. Rulers could only rely on a few feudal literati to manage society. And the literati were born to serve the families and other wealthy people who had cultivated him, so it was just a show to talk about the hunger of the people in the court. It is up to the poor themselves to change the fate of the poor. Zhang Chu worked hard to promote pinyin and simplified characters in the security army, so that everyone could read, in order to provide some opportunities for more people.

Zhang Chu left Yang Liu to strengthen his combat readiness on Liuheng Island, ready to meet Zheng Zhilong's attack again at any time. He himself wanted to take advantage of this rare battle break to go to Jiangnan again, and of course he was accompanied by Yue Yue, who was full of yearning for Jiangnan after listening to Zhang Chu's introduction.

Zhang Chu found that he couldn't talk too much, and in order to show his knowledge on the boat, he talked to Yue Yue about the scenery of Jiangnan, now it's okay, where does Zhang Chu go, Yue Yue must follow, Zhang Chu's plan to find Jiangnan girls will definitely fail.

Can't go to Jiangnan to pick up girls, Zhang Chu decided to do practical things first, and Zhou Jialin Zhang Chu, who was sent to Jiangnan, has not seen him for several years, he decided to go to Ningbo first to see Zhou Jialin's situation, and then decide what to do next.

Zhang Chu took people to Zhou Jialin's manor outside Ningbo, and Zhang Chu asked Zhou Jialin to build the manor and factory outside Ningbo, one is to use the flow of water from the stream outside the city, and the other is to not attract people's attention.

But now Zhou Jialin can't even attract the attention of others. Zhou Jialin has now become a very famous businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, the grain he purchases every year and sells the materials are big deals, especially the cotton yarn and cloth produced in Zhou Jialin's factory, which gradually occupy most of the market in the south of the Yangtze River with good quality and low price, the factory of the Zhou family manor has been expanded again and again, the number of workers has increased, and the area where the workers living and living in the factory has formed a small town. People come and go and prosper abnormally, and people know that this is Master Zhou's industry.

"Okay, that's great." Zhang Chu watched the flow of people coming and going along the way, and applauded Zhou Jialin, who came to pick him up.

Zhou Jialin introduced to Zhang Chu that most of these people were workers and family members in his factory, and in the factory in Jiangnan, Zhou Jialin did not forget the new way of life advocated by Zhang Chu, built baths in the factory area, renovated roads, and recommended new clothes designed by Zhang Chu to the workers. So all of these people are dressed very plainly, but they are also simple and clean.

The factory pays the workers more than other factories, so that the workers have a stable life, and everyone's face is many times better than the hungry people Zhang Chu has seen before.

"How? Are you still comfortable being a big boss? Zhang Chu asked Zhou Jialin jokingly.

"I'm not a big boss for you, for the security army. I've had a hard time in the past few years. Zhou Jialin couldn't help but complain.

"Why do you still want to go back to be your eldest young master?" Zhang Chu remembered Zhou Jialin's idleness in the past, drinking and visiting brothels with fox friends and dog friends every day.

"I can't go back, after following you, my heart has become wild, and I am no longer satisfied with living comfortably, and I always want to toss something about it. I couldn't have imagined these industries of the security army in Jiangnan before, but I still think that they are not big enough, and I am still thinking about how to expand them. Speaking of industry, Zhou Jialin's eyes shone again.

"Okay, I'm here to do a big job in Jiangnan this time. Expand our industry a hundredfold or a thousandfold, and then you will be busy. Zhang Chu cheered Zhou Jialin up.

"This is a good thing, but if we expand our production, we will really have to go head-to-head with the local businessmen in Jiangnan, and they will not let us succeed easily." Zhou Jialin said worriedly. (To be continued.) )