A meeting is being held in the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the work needs to be reviewed in stages for a period of time, and the next step of the work must also be planned and arranged.

Only then did Luo Jian discuss with Shi Kefa and summoned everyone back.

In the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, two rows of long tables are arranged into a long long table, everyone sits around the table, the generals in the army on one side, the local officials in Yangzhou on the other, and the Metropolitan Governor and the Governor sit on the top position, this form makes everyone feel quite fresh.

Under the current situation, military preparations are naturally the top priority, and Huang Degong, Liu Zhaoji, and other generals in the army first reported on the training situation.

The military training situation of several divisions, in fact, Luo Jian knows very well in his heart, although he doesn't have so much time to go to the army often, but he still goes every three or five times, not to mention that now a group of staff officers in the staff department have slowly matured, and the research report written is very illustrative.

Luo Jian is most satisfied with the morale of the troops is very high now, since the northern soldiers were invited to the military camp to preach, the atrocities of the Manchu Qing in the north made the soldiers full of righteous indignation, and they asked the Yangzhou army to take the initiative to attack the Tartars.

The second is that the military discipline of the troops has been extremely strict, and for such a long time, there have been occasional cases of non-commissioned officers leaving the camp to violate discipline, but all departments have severely punished them, and now there have not been one or two incidents of violation of discipline in the past 10 days.

The lectures of the scholars in the army have also been fruitful, and the officers and men have understood the principle of loving the country and the people, and the relations between the military and the people have also been greatly improved.

Even for the Xuzhou Army back then, the current Second Division, the people of Yangzhou also gave a thumbs up, saying that this was a good team, which made Li Chengdong very proud in front of Liu Zhaoji for a while.

The overall physical fitness of the troops has made great progress, and now it is no longer a problem to march forty or fifty miles, and Huang Degong has already pulled his three divisions from Yangzhou to Liuhe several times, and the changes in the ranks are so great that even the old Marquis of Jingnan is speechless.

Luo Jian didn't understand the technique of this army formation, but he just heard Liu Zhaoji say that under the condition that the soldiers have sufficient physical fitness, the combat effectiveness of several divisions in Yangzhou is not far behind that of the Qi family army back then.

The problem of firearms in the army is still a long-standing and difficult problem, Luo Jian arranged for all divisions to concentrate all firearms for use very early, and now each division only has about half a regiment of firearms battalions, and after using the gunpowder of the Yangzhou Gunpowder Factory, many firearms were directly exploded, but fortunately, they were prepared in advance and did not hurt anyone.

Luo Jian didn't prepare to recast bronze cannons and iron cannons at all, but just gathered all kinds of artillery in the army and asked the craftsmen to seriously repair and reinforce.

Now that a special artillery unit has been set up, some of the observation and sighting methods of modern artillery have also recruited some literate and literate soldiers to study, and Luo Jian himself has taken time to explain, which is Luo Jian's own specialty.

Although it is not needed now, the necessary knowledge and talent reserves must be carried out as soon as possible.

Li Chengdong stroked the telescope that had just been issued in his hand and listened to Luo Jian's summary and comment on the overall training of the troops.

Looking at Luo Jian's eloquent conversation, Li Chengdong's mind actually thought of the previous situation in Gao Jie's army.

At that time, the team was really a day-by-day, eating hard if there was food, grabbing what was not eaten, and starving if it was not grabbed. is obviously the army of the Ming Dynasty, but in the land of the Ming Dynasty, it has become a street rat that everyone shouts and beats.

Thinking about the big sign outside the Yangzhou barracks, "The army and the people are united as one, try to see who can be the enemy in the world", how did the governor come up with it?

I remember that my team asked for leave to go to the city to buy things on holidays, but some merchants did not charge money, saying that everyone had worked hard to guard Yangzhou, and this thing was worth nothing.

Of course, the money must be paid, didn't the governor say that "don't take a stitch from the people", and besides, the salary is paid in full, and the soldiers are not short of this bit of silver, right? But the change in the people's attitude towards their own team made Li Chengdong feel warm in his heart.

Now the wife of the family has followed Mrs. Xing in the printing factory to take charge, I heard that the monthly income is higher than herself, and her son has also been sent to school in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and he has not seen him for a few days.

It's just their own second division, oh, no, it's the second division of Yangzhou, this team belongs to the country and the people, but it can't be said to be their own as before, there is still a big gap between these two divisions and the first division, this is not in yesterday's confrontation training, didn't the second regiment of the second division lose to the second regiment of the first division?

This made Li Chengdong very unconvinced, didn't you follow the metropolitan governor a few days earlier? Squinting at Liu Zhaoji, Li Chengdong said in his heart, your first division is now training like a life, don't think that your first division can do it, and our second division can also do it!

It's just that Li Chengdong didn't figure it out a little, that is, the governor of the capital has never said in the army that he wants everyone to be loyal to the court and the emperor, and I heard that the governor also has a lot of complaints about this, but the governor said that it is not for the country and the people that it is also for the court and for the emperor?

It makes sense to think about it, it used to be said that "under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." But the Metropolitan Governor did not seem to see it that way, and the Metropolitan Governor did not say at the public trial meeting that day, "The world is the world of the people under heaven, and China is the China of the Chinese!" "It's still nice to hear.

"Senior Commander Li, what difficulties do you still have in your second division?" Luo Jian's words woke Li Chengdong up from his thoughts, and he quickly stood up from his seat.

"Report to the Metropolitan Governor, there is no difficulty in the second division, we must train hard, and beat the Tartars fiercely in the future."

Seeing Li Chengdong's somewhat embarrassed appearance, Luo Jian was a little amused, knowing that this guy must have been distracted again, he raised his hand to let him sit down.

The generals were very satisfied with the current situation and the current situation of the troops, but they all said that they asked the Metropolitan Governor to distribute firearms as soon as possible.

Liu Weimin next to him wanted to stand up and speak, but Luo Jian raised his hand to let him calm down, and then sat down again.

After talking about the military issue, Ren Minyu also made a detailed report on civil affairs.

Today's Ren Futai has also learned the style of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, holding a detailed report in his hand, and no nonsense, all using some data to illustrate the problem.

Shi Kefa was more interested in these, and listened extremely carefully, showing some smiles on his face from time to time.

After all, it is a prosperous place, and now the glass factory and cement factory have attracted many merchants to come, and the inns in the city are even sometimes difficult to find.

It's just that these businessmen are quite dissatisfied with the taxes collected by Yangzhou, thinking that Yangzhou's income is too heavy, Ren Minyu's report explains this issue in detail, and Luo Jian listens to it and thinks about it seriously.

Now that the land around Yangzhou has been cultivated, this year's climate seems to be much better than in previous years, the wind and rain are smooth, and the crops are growing well.

Since the Metropolitan Governor cleaned up Zhang Zezhi in Jiangdu, officials at all levels are now much less sloppy and slow in government, and everyone can only do their jobs conscientiously, and Ren Minyu Renfutai has extremely strict data requirements, and he often goes down to supervise and inspect, which is not sloppy, and some must go down to investigate in person to know.

The meeting was extremely successful, and through summing up, the military and political people all had a relatively sober understanding of the current situation and were extremely satisfied with Yangzhou's good development momentum.

After the meeting, Ren Minyu reminded Luo Jian that some crops were already ripe in more than a month, and it was necessary to prevent the Qing soldiers from going south to loot again, which made Luo Jian wake up.

But Luo Jian thinks that the most urgent thing now is to go to Nanjing, if you don't go, the Nanjing court is afraid that there will be a lot of misunderstandings about Yangzhou, which will cause some unnecessary contradictions, and internal unity is the most important thing at this time.

The buffet after the meeting made everyone very curious, and said while eating, this method is good, you can eat whatever you want, you can eat as much as you want, there is no waste at all, Shi Kefa is still satisfied.

After lunch, everyone dispersed, and Luo Jian asked Shi Kefa, Liu Weimin, and Chen Zilong to stay, knowing that Liu Weimin's steel mill still had something to say.

"Chief, we've made a small mountain cannon." Liu Weimin said proudly.

"Oh, front or rear? What is the caliber? When Luo Jian heard this, his spirit suddenly perked up.

"The imitation 75 mountain cannon is rear-loaded, but it is still more troublesome, and the locking device is still a little up to standard, and the craftsmen are trying to find a way. Even so, it is several times faster than the front-loaded. There is also the shell production is not easy, there is no machine tool, only manual production, the speed is too slow, the next step I want to get some simple machine tools out, this does not need to check the information. ”

"Xinghua, this thing is much more powerful than the previous cannon, what kind of red-clothed cannon is a scum in front of it." Chen Zilong said excitedly to Luo Jian, many words were learned from Xiao Liu.

Today's Chen Zilong no longer looks like a poet, but like a workshop director.

"Brother Xian, this is great news, are you interested in taking a look?" Luo Jian was excited, and he wanted to pull Shi Kefa to Guazhou.

"Well, I want to see it too, but I can't stand riding a horse on this hot day." Shi Kefa said with a sigh.

"That's okay, let's drive, now the road to Guazhou has been basically repaired, soon." Luo Jian persuaded.

Shi Kefa agreed, and several people ran to the courtyard to get into the car, and as soon as they got in the car, several people hurriedly jumped down again.

The sun at noon in July made the car hot, Xiao Liu hurriedly got in the car and turned on the air conditioner first, and after a while, everyone got in the car again.

Only then did Luo Jian remember that he had to repair a garage for the warrior car.

"Xinghua, why is it so cool in the car now?" Shi Kefa asked puzzled.

"Hehe, that's the power of technology." Luo Jian smiled and explained vaguely.

There are only a dozen kilometers of road, and the warrior car will be outside the steel mill in a while.

The current steelmaking plant is very different from the last time Luo Jian came to see it, the long fence has enclosed the entire factory area, many factories have been built, and the dormitories of the workers next to them should be completed in the next few days.

The heat wave outside made Shi Kefa, who had just gotten out of the car, very uncomfortable, and turned his head to stare at Luo Jian and asked, "What kind of Dao method did you use in the car?" ”

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