Everyone understands the importance of developing the Northeast, and if the Northeast is stabilized, the threat of steppe nomads will be greatly reduced, and the Cabinet members certainly understand this.

Despite some controversy, the policy of "filling the northeast from Huguang" was finally settled, largely modeled on the later Manchu immigration policy, and the Nanjing government added many preferential conditions on this basis, such as the free provision of agricultural tools and seeds.

After the policy was decided, an official document was issued to the southern provinces, so that the provinces could start to make some preparations, and the real start of immigration would not be until the end of the year.

It's almost the Chinese New Year, everyone has a lot less things on hand, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is usually very idle, has now become the busiest department.

Just after the Wehrmacht basically restored the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Shi Kefa arranged for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inform the surrounding countries that had dealings with the Ming Dynasty before, and the New Year was approaching, and according to the custom, these countries would send envoys to China.

The head of the Japanese mission this time was Wang Qiang's old acquaintance "Laochu" Sakai Tadatsu, and there were quite a few people, seventy or eighty people.

Other larger countries, such as Korea and Annan, also sent at least 30 missions, and even the Burma Division sent a delegation of more than a dozen people.

However, none of these missions surprised Luo Jian, but Yili sent envoys to Li (now Xinjiang) and Wusi Zangdusi (now Tibet), which surprised Luo Jian, but Tatar and Tile Thorn did not appear on the list of missions.

The Hongyuan Temple, which used to be deserted, is now even more lively, and I have to say that the merchants in Nanjing have really grown up a lot, under the organization of the Nanjing Chamber of Commerce. They actually applied to the government for a large piece of land outside the Hongyuan Temple. Set up a color tent and set up an exhibition.

Tadashi Sakai is hanging out here with a few retinues now. Although Sakai was visiting China for the first time, Sakai was no stranger to China, and since the last time the Edo Treaty was signed with China, Tokugawa Iemitsu arranged for him to study the situation in China.

Although Sakai has been familiar with China for several years, Sakai was still surprised by the ships shuttling along the coast since the ships entered the coastal area of China, and he knew that the Ming Dynasty had suffered natural and man-made disasters a few years ago, and that the Nanjing government had changed from the Ming Dynasty. He also knew that he didn't expect that in just a few years, the situation had changed so much.

After boarding the dock from Nanjing, Sakai's shock had turned into worry, and the prosperity and power of the country had far exceeded his imagination.

The goods at the trade fair are basically not beyond the scope of Sakai's cognition, these goods have already arrived in Japan by sea, and as far as the half-human-high glass mirror is concerned, Sakai has several pieces in his house, but when Sakai stepped forward to ask the price, he suddenly gasped.

This half-human-high glass mirror costs 500 taels of silver to buy a piece in Japan. It must be 5,000 yuan in Chinese dollars, and I want to buy a piece here. But it only costs 500 Chinese dollars.

"Baga, these businessmen's consciences are greatly broken." Sakai scolded in a low voice, but in a blink of an eye he said to his entourage, "Yours, buy all these mirrors back." "He also wants to go back to Japan and make some money.

The service of the Bank of Nanjing is very considerate, and they even prepared a special exchange point for Chinese dollars at the exhibition site, where you can easily exchange gold and silver for Chinese dollars, and then it is much more convenient to buy goods, even if you don't have gold and silver, you can use jewelry, and there are special jewelry price appraisers here.

When he returned to the post house from the fair, the first thing Sakai did was to go to the interpreter specially assigned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nanjing government, and wanted to ask him if his request to visit the Metropolitan Governor had been approved, but this time Sakai was still disappointed, and the interpreter said that the Metropolitan Governor was not in Nanjing now.

"Jose, since he is not in Nanjing, it is much easier for us to do things." Sakai waited for the interpreter to leave, and said to the entourage beside him.

Sakai greeted his entourage and called a dozen or so rented carriages to the front of the post house, and after a while, a group of Japanese girls came out of the post house, and the girls got into the carriage one after another.

After the girls got into the car, more than a dozen carriages drove from the post house to the streets of Nanjing, and one of them actually drove towards the governor's mansion.

Luo Jian is indeed not in Nanjing City at the moment, but he is not far from Nanjing City, and as in previous years, he is in the military factory outside the city.

When Luo Jian found Chen Zilong, he was discussing things with Fang Yizhi in the office.

"Xinghua, are you here? You sit down first, and I'll talk to you after I've finalized this matter with Miyuki. Chen Zilong pointed to the sofa in the office and said.

"Brother Mao, shall we stop for a while?" Fang Yizhi looked at Luo Jian with a wry smile and said to Chen Zilong.

"Xinghua is just here to see, it doesn't matter about his business, our business matters." Chen Zilong pointed to a pile of drawings on the table, and said without raising his head.

"What's so important? Tell me about it, and maybe I'll be able to give you some advice. Luo Jian walked to the table and said with a smile.

"Yes, why did I forget that Xinghua is also an expert? Xinghua, come and see, they have now made a lot of changes to the machine tool, we have several factories want to replace this new machine tool, but to replace all of them, the money spent will go to the sea, I am not discussing with the secret, to see if the original machine tool can be transformed, so that it can save a lot of money. Chen Zilong said.

I was going to inspect the production of the military factory, but I didn't expect to come to participate in a morning of technical seminars, but Luo Jian was extremely happy, and finally determined the machine tool transformation plan, and the efficiency of the machine tool after the transformation will be greatly improved, especially the bullet production line, some links can already be replaced by machines, which gives Luo Jian the idea of getting the machine gun out.

However, Luo Jian did not spend too much time in the military factory, and returned to Nanjing after having a hasty lunch with Chen Zilong and Fang Yizhi.

Just returned to the mansion, Luo Jian saw that Lai Fu was already waiting in the living room.

"Lai Fu, what's the situation?" Luo Jian asked.

"Governor, we have sent quite a few people to secretly monitor the missions of various countries, and most of them have returned to their duties, that is, the Japanese and Korean missions are visiting our officials everywhere," Lai Fu said, handing a folder to Luo Jian.

"And what is their purpose?" Luo Jian briefly flipped through the folder, looked up and asked Lai Fu.

"From what we know, the North Korean mission lobbied our officials to restore the borders of the previous Yuan Dynasty, and the Japanese mission wanted us to open up our technology to them, so that they could send more students to study at Nanjing National University." Lai Fu said.

"By the way, Grand Dutman, the Dutch have also sent envoys." Lai Fu saw that Luo Jian was deep in thought, and then added.

"The Dutch are here too? That's just the right time to talk to them about the Taiwan issue. When Luo Jian heard this, it was easy to save trouble, and he was thinking about solving the Taiwan issue, and the Dutch themselves sent it to the door.

"Governor, we have already bought off an official of the Japanese mission, and according to what he told us, the Japanese mission wanted to buy some of our rifles this time, but they had been copying them for a long time, and they didn't use them at all, so they thought they wanted to buy them from us." Lai Fu continued.

"Okay, I know all these things, and I have to report any new situations at any time. You go and get busy first, and the work must be done carefully, and pay attention to the ways and means. Luo Jian said.

Not long after Lai Fu said goodbye and left, Shi Kefa's voice came from outside the door, "Xinghua, you don't care about this matter?" ”

"Brother Xian, what do you want me to take care of?" Luo Jian let Shi Kefa into the house.

"This Japanese give gifts everywhere, and they all send them to my house, Xinghua, do you know what they give me?" Shi Kefa said with a frown.

"Brother Xian, what are you going to give? They won't send you a bunch of flower girls, will they? Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Hey, Xinghua, you are really right, a Japanese envoy sent me seven or eight." Shi Kefa said with a wry smile.

"Brother Xian, then you can accept it, you are not shallow!" Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Xinghua, what are you talking about? I was in the office when they went, and before I could enter the door, I was beaten out by the old lady with a cane. Shi Kefa said, and Luo Jian sneered when he heard it.

"Xinghua, can you still laugh? I've heard that a lot of people have accepted it. Shi Kefa said angrily.

"Brother Xian, you don't have to worry, I know it in my heart." After Luo Jian finished speaking, he handed the folder that Lai Fu had just sent to Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa looked down for a while, his face became even more ugly, and he threw the folder on the coffee table, "These moths!" ”

"Brother Xian, don't be angry, there are such people all the time. Let's go, we'll have a meeting in the afternoon. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Oh, I'm so angry with these people, I forgot about coming to you for a meeting." Shi Kefa slapped his head and stood up.

"Brother Xian, don't worry, it's too late." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Xinghua, why don't I think you care about this at all? Did you receive a 'gift' from the Japanese? Shi Kefa looked at Luo Jian suspiciously.

"Huh? Received, how many dozens, do you believe it? Luo Jian said with a smile.

"I don't believe it. What are you going to do about this? Shi Kefa said.

"It's time for our government to clean up, isn't that right?" Luo Jian said with a smile.

The two of them took a carriage to the front of the Wuying Palace, and before going out, Shi Kefa remembered to bring the folder just now.

There were quite a few people attending this afternoon's meeting, and the Nanjing Government did not have such a large conference room, so it had to temporarily set up a table in the Wuying Hall for a meeting.

"The main content of our meeting today is to discuss how to receive the missions of various countries, this is the first time that our Nanjing government has been established, we must do it well, so as to lay the foundation for future diplomatic activities."

Today it was Luo Jian who presided over the meeting, and after sitting down, Luo Jian told everyone about the topic of the meeting.

"I informed you a few days ago, everyone must be prepared, right? Let's just talk about it, in the future, we will have more and more exchanges with foreign countries, how to carry out diplomatic activities normally, everyone talks about their own ideas, today we have found so many people to hold a meeting, just to brainstorm, any ideas can be put forward. Luo Jian continued.

As soon as Luo Jian finished speaking, the following began to talk about it, Shi Kefa opened the folder in front of him, looked down carefully, and looked up from time to time in the seat below with his eyes. (To be continued.) )