Luo Jian slept very well this night, and many thorny problems have been preliminarily solved, and last night he talked a lot to Shi Kefa, which will inevitably cause some thinking about the two, although it is impossible to fundamentally change the thinking of the two, but Luo Jian estimates that at least the two of them will have a deeper understanding of science and technology.

In the next three or four days, neither Shi Kefa nor Ren Minyu came to Luo Jian, which made Luo Jian wonder if they both went to retreat and cultivate.

Together with Liu Zhaoji, in the past few days, Luo Jian has stepped up the training of intensive training officers, and on the other hand, he has also pulled out the Gansu soldiers and surrendered troops in the city to make preparations for the construction of barracks, and the progress has been very smooth.

On the issue of building a glass factory, according to the preliminary budget made by Liu Weimin and Sun Laiyue on the basis of current prices, roughly three or four hundred thousand taels of silver will be needed. In recent days, the wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou have come to Sun Laiyue to ask for investment, which shows that the Yangzhou businessmen are very optimistic about the prospects of glass production, and the Yangzhou prefect Yamen has strengthened the confidence of these investors to ensure investment, and the contract is stamped with the big seal of Yangzhou Mansion, which is not reassuring, in this Ming Dynasty do not do business.

Based on these circumstances, Luo Jian decided to double the total number of shares to 2,000 shares after discussing with Liu Weimin. The funds raised in the past few days have reached 700,000 taels, which makes Luo Jian very excited, so that there will be no shortage of funds for the army's training for the time being.

In the past few days, Liu Weimin has begun to train some technicians, and Sun Laiyue has also begun to prepare for the construction of factories and workers' dormitories. Considering that a large number of green bricks will also be needed for the construction of the military camp in the future, Luo Jian simply called on them to build a brick factory by themselves.

Luo Jian and Liu Zhaoji rode on horseback on the road leading to the new barracks, which was almost paved with cinders. Luo Jian is now able to trot on a horse, and according to Lao Liu's words, "the progress is quite large."

Yesterday, he finally did the work of Lao Liu, and asked him to invest all the thousands of taels of silver left in the family into the glass factory, but Liu Zhaoji was not too optimistic about the prospects of this glass factory, he thought that in this troubled era, where would anyone have the heart to buy luxury goods such as glass and mirrors, and he paid this money purely for Luo Jian's personal friendship and sponsorship.

The day before yesterday, Liu Zhaoji was asked to send people to Guangxi and Fujian to buy sweet potato and corn seeds, and if it was as fast, he would be able to return in a month, and then the barren mountains that had been almost reclaimed would be planted. Luo Jian didn't plan to waste this month's time, let the soldiers plant some vegetables first, and they could always subsidize a little.

With the money in hand, the soldiers' food has improved to a certain extent, from two meals a day to three meals a day, which makes the soldiers have no more resistance to work, and the incentive mechanism adopted makes them more motivated.

In fact, this incentive mechanism is very simple, that is, to build roads, open up wasteland, cut trees, level camps and other work to do all the work, do a good job of meat to eat, do not do a good job of only gnawing the nest.

The meat was provided by Luo Jian, and there were not many canned braised pork, but the soldiers were already ecstatic to be able to find a small piece of meat in the dish, which made Luo Jian feel extremely uncomfortable.

In the past two days, Luo Jian was a little strange why there was no movement on the Qing soldiers' side, and asked Liu Zhaoji if there was any new situation reported to him, and Lao Liu said that it was the same as a few days ago, and there was no movement.

Duoduo has been waiting for news from Yangzhou City for the past few days, and he feels that if he doesn't get rid of the three people on the strange car, attacking Yangzhou City will only end up with the same result as last time.

In the past few days, I have to call Kong Youde over and ask him several times every day, so that Kong Youde has to change his underwear several times a day. There has been no news from Yangzhou City, and Duoduo is like urging his life, and every time he goes to see him, he is drenched in cold sweat.

Kong Youde also wondered why the news in Yangzhou City couldn't be spread suddenly, and in desperation, Kong Youde felt that he had to send someone into Yangzhou City to find out the news. This spies are sent into Yangzhou City, his heavenly help army is definitely not good, his hair has already been shaved, and there is a rat's tail behind his head.

Kong Youde ran to find Xu Dingguo. Kong Youde can only be inferior in front of Duoduo, but he can put off his majesty here in Xu Dingguo, who called him a traitor whose qualifications are much older than Xu Dingguo, and this still has the title of a prince, this prince is nothing in front of the Manchurians, but here in Xu Dingguo, he can put on a prince's shelf.

Xu Dingguo was a little flattered when he saw Kong Youde coming to visit in person, after all, he was also the second master. After sitting down, Kong Youde directly explained his intention and asked Xu Dingguo to send two people into Yangzhou City to find out the news.

Xu Dingguo said Lord Wang, you really came in time, if it was two days late, it is estimated that his team would also be able to shave their hair, and they could change it back after changing their clothes, but their hair would not grow after a day or two of shaving. After speaking, he complained to Kong Youde that the money for replacing the military uniform was still paid by himself, and he didn't know when Prince Yu would be able to allocate the silver, and the obedient meaning was that he wanted Kong Youde to go to Duoduo to help him say good things. Kong Youde said in his heart, I myself am anxious now, where do I still have the heart to help you speak.

Finally, Xu Dingguo selected two personal soldiers named Wang Si and Feng Erbao, saying that they were very clever on weekdays, and arranged for these two to sneak into Yangzhou City to inquire about the news, and as soon as the news came back, he immediately reported to Gongshun Wang.

On the Qing soldiers' side, Kong Youde was anxious to arrange spies to enter the city to find out the news, and Luo Jian was also troubled by the intelligence of the Qing soldiers.

In the afternoon, when he came back from outside the city, he had just walked into the courtyard, and Zhao Quan, the commander of the guards, ran over. After Wang Zecheng was driven by Luo Jian to participate in the training camp, the original deputy commander Zhao Quan was directly promoted to commander. Zhao Quan is also a young and clever young man, and he also participated in the temporary "sapper" outside the city, according to Wang Qiang, he admired Luo Jianna very much.

"Luo Tian..." As soon as Luo Jian heard that the angel was about to come out of Zhao Quan's mouth again, he quickly interrupted, lowered his face and said, "Stop!" How did Wang Zecheng shout before? ”

"Brother Luo Luo..."Zhao Quanquan broke out in a cold sweat. Luo Jian looked at it, and he was really helpless, thinking of the "chief" that Xiao Liu said when he reported outside the city, he felt that this title was still to be dealt with, and now people can understand it and accept it.

"You call the chief in the future, isn't it embarrassing?" Luo Jian said helplessly.

"Sir Qiqi, Lai Fu, who the chief caught from outside the city, has been locked up in the room, and he has been calling to go out for a walk for the past two days, saying that his leg is almost good, and he is about to suffocate in the house, may I ask the sir, what should we do? Why don't you just kill it? Zhao Quan said.

When Luo Jian heard this, he said in his heart, you should kill a chicken, but it reminded him of the original intention of bringing Lai Fu into the city. At the beginning, he brought Lai Fu into the city to set an example for the Xinfu Han army outside the city, but he didn't expect the Qing soldiers to retire so quickly.

After thinking for a while, he said to Zhao Quan: "After dinner, you bring him to my study, just you, try not to let many people see it." ”

Liu Weimin didn't come back for dinner, and Steward Luo said that he had already asked people to come back, and things were too busy, so he didn't come back for a few days.

Although I really hope that Xiao Liu and Xiao Wang will mature as soon as possible and be able to stand alone, but it has only been a few days that Xiao Liu has been burdened with such a heavy burden, and Luo Jian is still a little worried. After thinking about it for a while, he told Steward Luo to send two servants to take care of him, and asked Zhao Quan to send two skilled guards to follow.

There was one less person at the table to eat, and the three of them all felt as if something was missing, and they didn't talk much.

Liu Lan couldn't stand this silence a little, and finally spoke: "Brother Luo, a few days ago you promised Xiao Liu Jun to take his family out to play, this kid has to tell me every day now, when do you think you have time?" I'm almost a week away from classes here, and it's time for them to take a day off. ”

Luo Jian glanced at Liu Lan a little dotingly, "You also want to go out to play, right?" Okay, Brother Luo promises you, tomorrow we will have a day off, and let's go to see the West Lake! "This little girl is very understanding, knowing that Luo Jian has been busy these days, and she never comes to trouble him.

Liu Lan was happy now, put down the bowl and stood up and said, "I'll let people go to Brother Liu's house and let them get ready." After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Brother Luo, can you say it's okay for me to wear that day's clothes tomorrow?" ”

"Okay, but you'll have to ask the guards to send these boys home early tomorrow morning." As Luo Jian spoke, he remembered that he had promised Shi Kefa to find an old master to teach him the "Way of the Sage", and thought that he had to find a gentleman as soon as possible, so that even if Liu Lan had something, she would have someone to replace her.

"Xiao Wang, what are you going to do tomorrow?"

"Chief, go ahead, I have to take them to train tomorrow, now they are very enthusiastic about training, and they can't relax." Wang Qiang's enthusiasm is also very high now, and after a few days of training, these grassroots officers have been very convinced of him, and of course his deeds of killing hundreds of enemies by himself have also played a great role.

"Okay, you organize training at home, contact me with the walkie-talkie in time if you have something, and try how far the walkie-talkie is by the way. Take the time to teach these officers the song of the three major disciplines, and this concept of discipline cannot be relaxed at all. Luo Jian thought about it and explained to Wang Qiang. Wang Zecheng's walkie-talkie was returned to Luo Jian since he participated in the training, and Luo Jian handed it over to Xiao Wang to use.

Wang Qiang leaned in front of Liu Lan again and whispered, only to see Liu Lan blushing and stretching out her fist and hitting Wang Qiang. Looking at the two of them who were making trouble, Luo Jian thought to himself that it was fortunate that he didn't come to the Ming Dynasty alone.

He called Steward Luo over again, and asked him to invite a master tomorrow, don't be respectable, most of these people are more rigid in their thinking, and they are not easy to deal with, so it is better to be younger.

After eating, Liu Lan ran to arrange for her students to go, and Luo Jian asked Wang Qiang to call Zhao Quan and Lai Fu to the study.

The four of them muttered in Luo Jian's study for nearly an hour before they saw Zhao Quan walking out with Lai Fu in his arms. Lai Fu, who was walking a little limp, had a strange light on his face, and he looked extremely excited.

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