After a long time, Zhang Zhengchen spoke first.

"After listening to the words of the Grand Governor, the lower officials were deeply touched! I can't stay in Nanjing City, in Nanjing City, every day like being choked by someone's neck, I can't breathe, Metropolitan Governor, Supervisor, can I come to Yangzhou to do things? ”

"Yuhou, aren't you on an errand in the Ministry of Rites?" Shi Kefa asked.

"Inspector, the Ministry of Rites is now patting the Manchu envoys, I really can't get used to their humble faces, so I found an errand for Qin, and no one wants to come anyway." Zhang Zhengchen said.

"Okay, what is Brother Yuhou doing in Yangzhou?" Luo Jian asked.

"I just heard what the Metropolitan Governor said, and the lower officials have deep feelings, I want to do investigation and research first, investigate the situation that the Metropolitan Governor said, and ask the Metropolitan Governor and the Inspector to arrange what to do." Zhang Zhengchen said.

"Okay, then ask Brother Yuhou to take people all the way to conduct research first, and you can choose which direction to go." Luo Jian said happily.

"Then you have to resign from the court in advance." Shi Kefa said.

"Inspector, they wish I wouldn't go, there are so many officials in Nanjing City, there are seven or eight of them in this Ministry of Rites, if I don't go back, I guess no one will ask at all." Zhang Zhengchen said with a smile.

A few people were talking, and soon it was going to be dark, Steward Luo had already arranged dinner, and walked up to the hall to invite everyone to dinner, and everyone was about to get up, and Liu Lan came back.

"Brother Luo, are you back? Everybody's there? Liu Lan greeted everyone.

"Brother Luo, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Huang Zongxi Taichong, you must have heard of it, right?"

When Luo Jian heard this, this thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties who was as famous as Gu Yanwu, the last time Liu Lan looked for Ruan Dacheng, why did he only arrive now?

"Mr. Taichong, I've admired the name for a long time, welcome!" Luo Jian stepped forward and said with his fist clenched at Huang Zongxi.

"Don't dare, don't dare, Zong Xi still has to thank the Metropolitan Governor for his rescue!" Huang Zongxi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Luo Jian.

"Come and go, I'm annoyed, I'm hungry, let's talk while eating." Liu Lan shouted.

"Let's go, let's eat."

The crowd went to the dining room and sat down.

"Liu Lan, didn't Mr. Fang Yizhi come?" Luo Jian asked.

"I came here a long time ago, stayed in Yangzhou for a day, and then went to Guazhou, and now I'm messing with Liu Weimin." Liu Lan said with a smile.

When Luo Jian heard it, this is Fang Yizhi, it seems that celebrities in history do have their special places, otherwise they would not be famous in history.

Everyone continued to discuss things at the table, and everyone talked very lively, but the meal was put on the back burner.

Huang Zongxi listened quietly on the side and didn't talk much.

After eating a meal for more than two hours, Steward Luo asked people to heat up the dishes several times.

"Metropolitan Governor, Governor, Zongxi has a reluctant request, I don't know if it's okay?" Huang Zongxi listened to it for a long time and thought for a long time before he spoke.

"Oh, Mr. Taichong, please have something to say." Luo Jian said.

"Zong Xi also wants to investigate all over Yangzhou, I wonder if the metropolitan governor and the supervisor can take Zong Xi there?" Huang Zongxi was a little embarrassed to speak, everyone else was a court official, but he was still white.

"Good! I'm worried that there is no one, Brother Yuhou can only go in one direction, how about asking Mr. Taichong to go in the other direction? Luo Jian said.

"Then let Gu Yanwu go too, anyway, I don't have time to get the newspaper now, so I don't have to do it behind closed doors at home, Brother Luo, what do you think?" Liu Lan said.

As soon as Luo Jian heard this, there were people in the three directions of Anqing, Fengyang, and Huai'an, so he immediately agreed to come down and let Gu Yanwu come over early tomorrow morning to make specific arrangements for the investigation.

It was not early, and everyone dispersed after eating.

"Liulan, how is your textile mill? The cotton clothes in the army have not yet been settled, and I see that winter is coming. ”

"It's about to be put into production, and the raw materials are almost in, so you can rest assured that you won't make a mistake." Liu Lan said confidently.

"How about you work overtime tonight too? Prepare for the knowledge of finance and accounting, and tomorrow I will have to train the personnel who will go down to investigate and research, and I will also have to prepare. Luo Jian said.

"I said Brother Luo, you are really 10,000 years too long, just seize the day, you just came back and didn't rest for a day?" Liu Lan said with a smile.

"Our time is very tight, and now we are competing with the Manchu Qing Dynasty." Luo Jian said.

"I see you've lost a lot of weight, you have to pay attention to your body, if your body collapses, you won't be able to do anything." Liu Lan said distressedly.

"I'm fine, I'm still in good spirits." Luo Jian said with a smile.

Both of them ran to Luo Jian's study, turned on the generator and computer, and this overtime was made until more than eleven o'clock in the evening, Luo Jian was really sleepy, so the two went back to sleep.

After breakfast the next day, more than 30 people arranged by Shi Kefa and Ren Minyuhe arrived at the Dadu Governor's Mansion.

In the conference room of the General Staff, Luo Jian played the computer slide, and suddenly a line of words appeared on the screen, "The wind of investigation and research is greatly enhanced."

"What do I mean by calling this training today an interactive training? It's not just me who listens, everyone has questions, ideas, good opinions and suggestions, you can put forward, everyone thinks I am wrong, you can also directly refute it, but you are reasonable, we will listen to you. Luo Jian made an opening remark.

"Without investigation and research, there is no right to speak, and everything should be based on reality, and this should be the fundamental basis for our decision-making." Luo Jian began the training.

"So how do you go about investigating? When you go to a county, accompanied by the county officials, listen to what they have to say, then go to the restaurant to eat and drink, and when you come back, you write an empty report and hand it in. Apparently not! ”

Luo Jian talked in detail about the content and methods of this investigation and research, the content was so meticulous, and the requirements were so strict that everyone below was shocked when he heard it, obviously the Metropolitan Governor was not joking this time, but wanted to find out all the situations in the entire Jiangbei region in all aspects.

"Xinghua, with so much content, it can't be completed in a short period of time." Shi Kefa asked with a frown.

After Shi Kefa started, the following people also raised a lot of questions, and Luo Jian answered them one by one.

"That's the sampling method I'm going to talk about next." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"In fact, we used this method before, when officials collected grain, they did not check every catty of grain, but only took a part of it for inspection, which is also a kind of sampling survey."

"For example, if we want to investigate the living conditions of farmers, we are not required to go to every household in a county, we can select dozens of various types of farmers to conduct research, and then after analysis, we can roughly find out the living conditions of farmers in a place."

After introducing the method of sampling survey in detail, seeing that everyone was thinking, Luo Jian continued:

"As I have just emphasized, in this survey, we don't need empty words, but concrete numbers, and I hope everyone will remember this."

"Another point is that our investigation should be carried out separately from the investigation of officials at all levels, and should not be confused, and the conclusion of our investigation is not only the supervision of the results of the investigation in each prefecture and county, but also a comprehensive consideration of the overall situation in Jiangbei. Therefore, when you go down to the prefectures and counties this time, I suggest that you do not have direct contact with the government, but can directly investigate in the name of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. ”

After Luo Jian said about the same, Liu Lan trained everyone in some basic knowledge of accounting and accounting, and the new bookkeeping method gave everyone a refreshing feeling, and even Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu nodded frequently when they heard it.

The morning passed quickly, and finally Luo Jian said solemnly:

"In this investigation, the inspector and I have great expectations, hoping to find out the most real situation in the Jiangbei area, first to say hello to everyone in advance, everyone's accommodation costs are all borne by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and we are not allowed to disturb the place, let alone disturb the people. If you find that someone is colluding with local officials and deceiving your superiors and subordinates, you should be ready to go to Luzhou to mine. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, the documents requesting the investigation and research of the prefectures and counties were sent to the prefectures and counties by speed, and some of the nearby prefectures had already begun to move.

"Xinghua, is this movement too big?" After eating at the Dadu Governor's Mansion, Shi Kefa did not go back, waiting to go to Guazhou with Luo Jian.

"Brother Xian, I just want to make a big noise, and I want to go up and down in Yangzhou into a kind of truth-seeking wind." Luo Jian said firmly.

"Xinghua, we are really getting farther and farther away from the imperial court now!" Shi Kefa was a little worried when he said this.

"Brother Xian, do you still have confidence in the imperial court? It is estimated that the imperial court will cut off the supply of Yangzhou within half a year, and we must be mentally prepared for this. Luo Jian asked with a smile.

"Alas, the court is so stupid, the foolish brother doesn't know what to say." Shi Kefa sighed, and then said: "As long as the imperial court supplies Yangzhou military salaries for another half a year, I estimate that there will be no problem for us to be self-sufficient." ”

"Yes, I'm also in a hurry, although the harvest in Yangzhou is good this year, but the three places of Fengyang Mansion, Anqing Mansion and Huai'an Mansion have been looted by the Manchu Qing Dynasty very badly, and it will take time to resume production."

"By the way, Xinghua, Shi Ze told me yesterday that the Yangzhou government has collected more than one million taels of silver in industrial and commercial tax this year, which is unprecedented! If the other provinces are like Yangzhou, we will not worry. Shi Kefa finally had good news, which made Luo Jian very happy.

"Brother Xian, this is just the beginning, and it will get better and better in the future. Let's go, let's go to Guazhou to see how the shipyard is prepared. ”

"Xiao Liu is very tight, I also sent someone to Fujian to ask for a shipbuilder, I'm afraid it will take a while to invite back."

The two walked out of the mansion as they spoke, and went towards Guazhou with the guards.

PS: I'm sorry everyone, it's late today, the computer system crashed, and it was just done.