"Xinghua, we need to organize more caravans like this in the future." Shi Kefa said with a sigh.

"Let's not rush to make a decision, wait tomorrow to hear the opinion of success, he is an expert in naval combat, and Weisheng is not very familiar with these. My opinion is that we will organize the sea after the 'Weiqing' goes to sea. Luo Jian said.

Shi Kefa thought for a moment and nodded yes.

"Then my old man has to hurry up, I can't delay your big business." Song Yingxing said beside him.

"Tomorrow morning, we will send someone to inform the manufacturers as soon as possible, so that they can quickly send someone to bring back the silver they deserve, these people don't know what the hurry is now." Shi Kefa said.

"I think it would be great if we could get a fleet of steam ships to go to sea, next time we go to the South Seas, the fleet will go to the South Seas, and we can't come back empty, there are too many supplies we need in that place." Luo Jian said, and Lu Wei nodded hurriedly when he heard it.

"Weisheng, do you still want to go to sea?" Luo Jian looked at it and asked strangely.

"Governor Dadu, I have gained a lot of knowledge when I go to sea this time, wouldn't it be a pity that I don't need to use these knowledge, I can do more things for Yangzhou, I can't ask for it, this is much better than being an official in the local area." Lu Wei said.

Luo Jian, Shi Kefa, and Song Yingxing all looked at Lu Wei with appreciation.

"Why don't we find a place to sleep?" Luo Jian asked.

"Just find a place for Song Lao and Wei Sheng to sleep, and we won't sleep, right? How about you have a good chat with me? Where can I sleep? Shi Kefa said to Luo Jian with some embarrassment.

"Okay, you chat, the old man is old, this heart is steady, and he sleeps well, and he has to work when he goes back tomorrow, so I won't chat with you." Song Yingxing said, and ran to the cabin to find a place to sleep.

Lu Wei also had to accompany them, and was driven to sleep by Luo Jian, he had really worked so hard this way, I am afraid he had not slept a solid night.

"Xinghua, you've been here for almost a year, haven't you? You tell me the truth, if you hadn't come, wouldn't it be my death in a few days? Shi Kefa and Luo Jian sat on the deck, and the guards were all driven into the stern and cabin, and the two of them spoke quietly to the starlight in the sky.

"Do you really want to hear it?" Luo Jian said with a smile, he didn't tell Shi Kefa about this specific history, and what didn't happen, Luo Jian didn't want to say it at all.

"Xinghua, you can tell the truth." Shi Kefa insisted.

"Okay, if we don't come, Duoduo will use the red-clothed cannon to blast open the wall of the south gate of Yangzhou City, Brother Liu, they died in battle, you were captured and unyielding and killed by the Qing soldiers, Duoduo felt your loyalty, and let go of your righteous son Stilwell to clean up your bones, I still remember the suicide note you gave to your wife." Luo Jian said softly.

"So?" Shi Kefa looked up at the starry sky after hearing this, and didn't speak for a long time.

"Then what's going on with Yan Yingyuan? Why did you go to Jiangyin to invite him? Shi Kefa then asked.

"Brother Xian, what didn't happen, what will never happen again, let's not talk about him, okay?" Luo Jian didn't want to say it.

"Xinghua, just talk about it, it's just in my ears." Shi Kefa said.

"After the Qing soldiers captured Yangzhou, they immediately came to Nanjing, Ma Shiying fled with Zhu Youxiang, was scattered on the way, Zhu Youxiang fled to Huang Degong's camp, Lao Huang committed suicide after being shot, Zhu Youxiang fell into the hands of Duoduo, and was later killed, Ma Shiying later insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty and died."

Luo Jian took out a cigarette from his pocket, Shi Kefa took one from Luo Jian's hand, looked at Luo Jian leisurely, and waited for him to continue.

Yan Yingyuan led 60,000 righteous people, faced with 240,000 Qing army iron cavalry, more than 200 heavy artillery, trapped in the lonely city for 81 days, so that the Qing army broke three kings and eighteen generals in a row, and 75,000 people died. Brother Xian, how can I be willing to bury such a hero? Luo Jian said with emotion.

"Liheng is too strong for me!" When Shi Kefa heard this, he was bored for a long time, and then said sincerely.

"Brother Xian, you can be loyal and unyielding, and you are also the hero in Luo Jian's heart!" Luo Jian said.

"Xinghua, don't say this anymore, I'm already ashamed." Shi Kefa said.

"Brother Xian, this is what you asked me to say, I said that you don't have to be careful, there is a specialization in the art industry, and Brother Xian's talent is not in the military, so he was forced to push to that position, and the result can be imagined." Luo Jian explained.

"Yes, to tell you the truth, since you came, Xinghua, I have been learning from you, but the more I learn, the more I feel that the gap with you is getting bigger. Over the past year, I've also read a lot of books, and Liulan's mobile phone is about to be damaged by me, but this thought always feels like it can't keep up with you? ”

"Brother Xian, the two of us have completely different educations, and our growth backgrounds are completely different. In our time, what is happening in Beijing, we can see it at the same time, we call it the era of information explosion, which is unimaginable for people today, the more you see, the more you hear, the more your vision will be a little different, I think the most important thing is that the way of thinking about problems is different. Luo Jian thought for a while and said.

"Think differently?" Shi Kefa repeated, lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said:

"Yes, if you think about it carefully, you and Liu Lan always think about problems from the perspective of solving problems, and we always want to prevent problems from happening, so we are always afraid to do things."

"Hehe, Brother Xian, you are always looking for differences between us, do you want to keep your distance from us? We should find more common ground, right? ”

"What do we have in common?" Shi Kefa asked suspiciously.

"Yes, for example, we all hope that our people can live a good life, our nation and our country will no longer be bullied, and we can all work hard and struggle for our ideals, aren't these all our common denominators?"

"Yes, with common ground, we can work together and strive towards a goal, and it is precisely because of these that I feel that I have inexhaustible energy in this year, because I see hope." Shi Kefa said with some excitement.

"Brother Xian, let's talk about something specific, do you want to hear my next step?" Luo Jian said.

"Okay, Xinghua, tell me about it."

"Brother Xian, I said that you are not allowed to be angry, let's also consider it a kind of discussion, okay?"

Hearing this, Shi Kefa glared at Luo Jian and said, "If we can't say anything, you can just say it if you have something to say." ”

"I want to set up a government in Yangzhou, improve various government agencies, lay an organizational foundation for entering the country in the future, and also cultivate some talents." Luo Jian slowly said his thoughts.

"Forming a government? Isn't there a metropolitan governor's mansion and a Yangzhou mansion now? Why do you want to set up a government? ”

"The functions of the government are far beyond the responsibility of the current government government."

Luo Jian then explained the functions of the government to Shi Kefa in detail, and Shi Kefa listened and pondered for a long time without speaking.

"We also have to come step by step, the action is too big, I think we can set up the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Education in the early stage, so that these departments can be a model for the departments to be established in the future." Luo Jian continued.

"Xinghua, don't worry, when you go back, you can find me a few books on this subject and read them first, and I will delay when I can save it."

"Okay, that's fine."

Luo Jian raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was already one o'clock in the morning, and the river breeze was blowing on the river, bringing a slight chill.

"Brother Xian, it's not early, it's calm down now, hurry up and go to sleep for a while, there will be more things tomorrow."

"Okay, Xinghua, you go sleep for a while."

Fortunately, the sailor's ship was large enough, and both of them got into the cabin, found a bunk, and lay down in their kimonos, and after a while they both fell asleep.

Several people were woken up by the trumpet on the river, Luo Jian and Shi Kefa turned over and got off the bunk, looked at each other, and the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

Song Yingxing obviously slept well last night, and he was stretching his waist on the deck, when he saw Luo Jian and Shi Kefa walking out of the cabin, he said with a smile: "I thought you two really talked all night." ”

"Alas, I'm getting older, I can't stand it, so I went to sleep." Shi Kefa also smiled.

"How old are you? You're still young, work with Xinghua, you can't say you're old. Song Yingxing glared at Shi Kefa and said.

Shi Kefa is just forty-five years old this year, which is the golden age for his career, and he is indeed not old.

"Yes, Song Lao is right, Brother Xian is still young, you can't blame me for everything, you have to pick half of it." Luo Jian continued Song Yingxing's words.

Luo Jian looked at the merchant ships in front of him and asked Lu Weidao, who had just walked out of the hatch, "How did you arrange it today?" ”

"Governor, there is no arrangement, just go back to Yangzhou." Lu Wei replied.

"That's good, let's go home!" Luo Jian said loudly.

Looking at the black smoke rising from the chimney on the ship, Lu Wei asked suspiciously, "Dadudu, is this a steamship?" ”

"Yes, let's go back and report a message first, so that everyone can be happy first. Inform them and get ready to go. Luo Jian beckoned to the sailor general on the ship.

The steamship moved slowly, quickly turned around on the river, and headed for Yangzhou with all its might.

Lu Wei stood on the deck and looked at the riverbank that was constantly falling backwards, and said, "Our warship is also equipped with a steam engine? ”

"Yes, in a little more than a month, our battleship will be launched." Luo Jian said happily.

"That's great, wait for our warship to get to the sea, see who dares to provoke us!" Lu Wei gritted his teeth and said.

Rao is steamer was at full power, and it was not until the evening that it arrived at the Guazhou wharf, and a large group of people such as Liu Weimin and Chen Zilong were already on the wharf.

Luo Jian raised his hand and made an "OK" gesture to Xiao Liu, Liu Weimin suddenly jumped up with joy, and Shi Kefa was surprised to see it.

Zheng Chenggong has run many times in this section of the Yangtze River, and he is already very familiar with it, and decided to sail overnight, and it is estimated that he will be able to arrive in Guazhou early tomorrow morning.

Luo Jian and Shi Kefa went to Guazhou and slept well, and when they arrived at the dock early the next morning, the first merchant ship had slowly docked at the edge of the dock.

Except for a few boats of saltpeter, the fleet did not bring back much, and the empty ships did not stop, and headed into the distance, giving way to the ships loaded with saltpeter behind.

It took hundreds of days just to unload these ships of saltpeter, and the steward of the gunpowder factory was so happy that he couldn't even see it.

Lu Wei took the account book and settled with the manufacturers one by one, and the manufacturers who had finished the settlement went back to the factory with the silver in a carriage, and Luo Jian also specially asked Wang Qiang to send officers and soldiers from the garrison division to escort them all the way.

Liu Lan also rushed to Guazhou early in the morning, and was very happy to hear that her perfume was selling very well.