Although it is a newly built house, the courtyard wall made of blue bricks does not even have eaves, and it is so bare and pointing to the sky; The courtyard doors of each courtyard are also made of logs, not to mention that they have not been painted, and the bark on the door panels has not been shaved clean; Whether it is on the road or in the courtyard, the muddy ground, and even the path in the prison mansion is much better than this, it is carefully spelled out of pebbles......

This is the outer study in Xiao Zhu'er's eyes, not only is it not magnificent, but it is simply ...... Shabby! Yes, it's a little shabby!

Is this really the supreme and incomparably mysterious outer study in the mouths of the little sisters in the house?

I heard that the fate of all the people on this Tamna Island, and even the fate of those who were inextricably linked with the East India Company in the Ming Dynasty, was all decided by this outer study, to be exact, by the master of the prison who worked in this outer study. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In Xiao Zhu'er's imagination, this outer study should be a towering building, gold bricks and yellow tiles, even if it is not more magnificent than the Tamna Palace across the wall, at least it should be almost the same, how can you try such a simple and rough appearance?

muttering in her heart, Xiao Zhu'er couldn't help but hesitate a little at this foot, and in the end, it was the guard's inquiry that made her somewhat dispel some of her doubts, and began a secret letter from yard to send pigeons.

The size of the courtyard is different, and the courtyard gate is marked with different font sizes such as "military industry", "business", "army", "water division", "Tamna government affairs" and so on. There were not only officers in military uniforms but also Confucian students in fluttering robes, but no matter what their identities were, they all looked like they were preoccupied and walked with their heads bowed, which made the already solemn atmosphere of the outer study even more tense.

Xiao Zhu'er was already timid, seeing the situation more and more cautious, the atmosphere did not dare to come out, all the way to the end of the trot to deliver the secret letter, only the last small box remained, but the label on it was "emergency military affairs", she turned around a few times to find the small courtyard hidden in the innermost.

The courtyard is not big, there is a wing room with a locked door on the east and west compartments, and there is only one main room on the north side, but the door is hidden.

I saw that the furnishings in the room were similar to those in the other courtyards: two bookcases with drawers were put together face to face, and a circle chair was placed behind them; In front of the wall behind the bookcase stood a bookcase to the top, which was divided into a grid and filled with all kinds of documents and files; The lattice was covered with notes, and Xiao Zhu'er couldn't see it from a distance, only vaguely seeing place names such as "Nampo", "Busan", and "Nagasaki"; In addition, there are no other superfluous furnishings in the room, only the green pothos vines at the head of the bookcase are particularly conspicuous.

There was only one person in the room, but it was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, lying on the bookcase and writing something intently--to Xiao Zhu'er's surprise, she was in the other courtyards to deliver the secret letters, all of them were elderly, and even if there were young men, they were all located in the corner, and at a glance they knew that they were following the study of affairs; How can it be like this courtyard, there is only this young man, could it be that he is the head of this "emergency military affairs"?

Looking closely at the bookcase in front of the young man, there was a hairy notebook, in which he was concentrating on what he was writing, and the blank space of the note was densely filled, and the reason why Xiao Zhu'er saw it so carefully was because he was curious about the pen in his hand - it was a quill pen!

Xiao Zhu'er had long heard that a new kind of stationery was now popular in the boys' camp, and that was this quill pen. It is said that it is made of the big feathers of the goose to sharpen the bottom and cut the air sac, and the ink is abundant, and the writing is fast, which is much more convenient than the little wolf, but she has never seen it. Now that I have seen it suddenly, I naturally have to take a good look at it.

"Squeak~~"

She stared at the quill and knocked on the hidden door in front of her, which alarmed the young man, who raised his head sharply, and a pair of lacquer-like eyes were firmly fixed on Xiao Zhu'er, so that she could not help but feel the deer in her heart.

"Who are you? How dare you ......" The young man frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice, only half of the words were asked, and his eyes fell on the letter box in Xiao Zhu'er's arms, and he immediately stopped. Then he smiled to himself, stood up, straightened his clothes and arched his hand, "It turned out to be the sister of the pigeon, Haoran is rude!" ”

Saying that, he had walked to the door, and said with a smile while reaching out to receive the letterbox, "Don't dare to ask the girl's name?" …… Sister Cuiyu thinks there's something going on, and she works hard. ”

Xiao Zhu'er hurriedly stuffed the letter box into his hand, but her eyes didn't dare to look at his eyes that were as deep as an old man's, and she stammered and replied, "My name is Xiao Zhu'er, and I don't have a surname...... Sister Cuiyu is sick, and I help her run errands...... I'm leaving. ”

Looking at her back as she left in a panic, the young man couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle, and returned to the back of the desk with the letter box and sat down.

The boy is none other than Dong Haoran, the most top-notch student in the first phase of the boy boy camp, and the youngest of the four people in the military affairs department on duty - the other three are all from the old guards.

Don't look at the fact that there are only four people, but this military affairs department is the core department of the outer study, and there is no one.

The Outer Study is essentially a huge secretarial organization.

All the core affairs of the three major parts of the Liao Army, the East India Company, and the Tamluo Royal Court must be decided by Chu Fan himself. But any of these three major parts of the affairs are piled up, if Chu Fan is allowed to handle them one by one, he will not do anything else for a day, and he will be exhausted just by reviewing documents - he is not Zhu Yuanzhang's model worker, who can work to the death without eating, drinking, or sleeping.

So as early as the end of the Yingzhou War, Chu Fan began to form his own secretary team, and the accumulation to this day is this foreign study.

The outer study is similar to the Ming cabinet and a ceremonial supervisor - each department has a corresponding office in the outer study, and all the documents and reports that need to be seen and made by Chu Fan are all gathered here, and the summary is transcribed after being sorted out by each department, and the handling opinions of the department are attached to Chu Fan; After Chu Fan approved it, those who agreed to deal with the opinions were directly handed over to the seal office for implementation, and those who did not agree were sent back to various offices for redrafting.

There are three seals in the seal office, all of which are Chu Fan's private seals, corresponding to the three major systems - "the mountain is high and the moon is small" is the Fuliao army; "Houde Zaiwu" is the East India Company; "Jingwei" is the Tamna royal court.

Now all those who have a little status in the three major systems understand that everything that involves personnel, finance, and materials, or is more sensitive and special, it is not enough to have their own seals on the document, and if you can't see these three private seals, anyone can and must disobey!

If the three major systems are a big net all over East Asia, then this outer study is the net rope for Chu Fan to collect and release this big net!

And the Military Affairs Department is the thickest and strongest of this net rope -- the Military Affairs Department deals with the most urgent, critical, and deadly military affairs!

In such an important department, Chu Fan chose Dong Haoran to be on duty, first, this child is extremely smart and can be of great use; The second is that the boy camp is really the most important institution for Chu Fan to cultivate his henchmen.

Of course, Dong Haoran has not been on duty in the Military Affairs Department for a long time, and it has only been ten days, but this kid has already touched the work of the Military Affairs Department, and now he is smoother than the three veterans, which really gives Chu Fan a long face!

After reading Suosuo's opening of the secret letter and browsing it, Dong Haoran frowned suddenly. (To be continued.) )