"Is this matter of setting up a patrol and arrest bureau an occasional thought, or has he thought about it for a long time?" After Guo Jingzhi retreated, Li Xiaocun couldn't help but hesitate to ask.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, and said, "This official is going to extend its regulation to all provinces, prefectures, and counties, what does Mr. think?" ”

Li Xiaocun said with trepidation: "How dare you take on the word Mr. in front of Grandpa Guo?" Grandpa killed the little one. ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Mr. hasn't answered me yet." ”

Li Xiaocun hesitated and said: "Local cultural governance, which is separated from the military revolution, is a symbol of social progress. What's more, the grandfather of the country is far-sighted, I look at the books of the Western countries, and there is no reason to serve the place as Mr. said, you can think about it carefully, the grandfather of the country is really a small word, if the soldiers have the heart of serving the place, why worry about the people's uncertainty? ”

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "It is said that the official will benefit one party, if you want me to say, if you think about benefiting the people and seeing yourself as your parents, it is not appropriate after all, it is high, maybe it can relieve the worries of the people, it is low, and good things are done badly, and there are also people who are in the opposite direction." Officials should also respect the people and serve the people, so that even if their talents are mediocre, they will never do some foolish things. ”

Li Xiaocun was shocked, although he had a lot of contact with Westerners, read more Western books, and gradually saw a new world in front of him, but the words of the Guogong still shocked him, and he was even more puzzled.

Ye Zhao was in his heart, some officials in later generations did not understand this truth, not to mention that now, his own ideas are too advanced, even if he accepts new ideas such as Li Xiaocun, it is tantamount to playing the piano to the cow. If the officials of this world can dedicate themselves to public service and make less money, then it will be Amitabha.

Smiling slightly, Ye Zhao said: "In short, the people are noble and the monarch is light, and the world is reasonable." ”

Li Xiaocun sighed and said: "Grandpa Guo, it's better to see than to hear, how lucky is the villain?" can see such a great talent as Grandpa Guo, and the words of Grandpa Guo, although the villain is a little incomprehensible, he must remember it in his heart and grind it all the time. ”

Grandma Jiner, who had been sitting silently on the side, looked at her cousin in surprise, but she knew that her cousin was arrogant and arrogant, and her surname was arrogant.

Jiner's grandmother was surprised, Li Xiaocun was actually surprised when she looked at her cousin? When did you become so familiar with Grandpa Guo? They went in and out together. With the support of the grandfather of the country, who would dare to seek your family property? Li Xiaocun never imagined that with a talent like Grandpa Guo, he would come to steal his cousin's net worth.

"What does the gentleman think about a rich country and a strong army?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

Li Xiaocun said lightly: "The long-term strategy is to open up the wisdom of the people, run schools and educate them, and catch up with Western science and technology." ”

Ye Zhao thought that he would say something to encourage the development of private industry and commerce, but he didn't want to say something surprising and even win his own heart, but opening up people's wisdom is not just as simple as running a school, and the development of industry and commerce can most intuitively increase the knowledge of illiterate people.

Think about it now, I really have a lot of things to do, run a school, run a hospital, run a factory, etc., etc., but no matter what I want to do, I must have silver in my hands.

The urgent need is three or four million taels, but the fact that Uncle Nine and others are making such a fuss in the Li family makes Ye Zhao have an idea and have an idea.

"Will you sir, work for me?" Before Ye Zhao left, he asked Li Xiaocun with a smile.

Li Xiaocun didn't hesitate at all, and immediately bowed down and said, "How fortunate is it to be able to serve my grandfather?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled, turned his head to Grandma Jin Er and said, "Let's go, go eat." ”

Jiner's grandmother felt slightly embarrassed, in front of her cousin, she went in and out with a young man, drank and ate together, what is this like? But fortunately, this wicked man has a transcendent status, and others will only envy him, but no one dares to chew the root of his tongue.

…… Nancheng Jinyun Lou Kunzi room, Debin has been waiting for a long time, Ye Zhao and Jin'er Grandma were yawning when they came in, Zhang Wow was in tears, obviously addicted to smoking.

"Brother!" Seeing Ye Zhao Debin, he was in good spirits, and he hurriedly stood up, and then saw the bright lady behind Ye Zhao, Debin made a joke: "Sister-in-law! Grandma Jin Er's face turned red and she was extremely embarrassed.

Ye Zhao knocked him on the head with a smile and said, "Friend, your brain should be tonic and tonic, and men and women will not necessarily be husband and wife in the future!" ”

Debin smirked.

Sitting down to taste tea, Ye Zhao turned his head sideways and said to Jiner's grandmother: "Ming, you will go to Foshan." "The furnaces and machines of the iron factory have been hoarded on Hong Kong Island for almost a year, and Grandma Jiner has only heard that the stove has arrived in Hong Kong, but she has never seen it, and her heart has always been restless, who knows if this wicked person is lying to herself. In the eyes of others, he is a high-powered commander, a famous general who fights against foreign enemies, but he can occupy his own small family property, how dirty is it? If you want to lie to people, you can't do it.

Listening to Ye Zhao's words at this moment, Grandma Jin Er finally breathed a sigh of relief and bowed her head gently.

Seeing Debin yawning again, Ye Zhao sighed softly, took out a cigar and handed it over, and said, "Come, use this to refresh yourself." He took out a match again, helped Debin light it with his own hands, patted him on the shoulder lovingly, and Ye Zhao always felt that he was his own brother.

Grandma Jin Er looked at this scene in surprise, she had never seen a wicked person so gentle and so kind to people.

Ye Zhao lit a cigar by himself again, and Debin stammered and asked, "Brother, this, this choking nose, no, it's not as good as Fushou cream, it's delicious." ”

Ye Zhao glared at him: "I don't know how to enjoy it, right?" What's so good about Fushou cream, let me tell you, kid, haven't you reduced the dosage now? That scourge people, slowly give me a quit in the future! ”

Although Debin traveled with the army, he spent most of his time in Fogang, and he was naturally very safe, but after the war ended, Ye Zhao also asked for merit for him and was awarded the title of "third-class auxiliary general".

Ye Zhao is ready to make him the head of the Patrol Bureau, of course, there must be a deputy to really manage the affairs of the Patrol Bureau.

Debin lowered his head and kept silent, obviously unwilling to quit smoking, but knowing that Brother Ah was all for his own good, and he listened to Brother Ah the most, he could only look aggrieved and not squeak.

Ye Zhao smiled, at this time, when various dishes were served, Ye Zhao helped Debin sandwich a piece of grunt meat, and said, "Try it, it's different from the way it is done in the capital." ”

"Grandpa, you can rest assured that the iron factory will be handed over to Jin Feng, Jin Feng will go to Foshan tomorrow, and contact Grandpa by letter in the future." Grandma Jin's face was indifferent, but she was greatly relieved in her heart, and finally she didn't have to be summoned by this wicked person to come and go, and she was quite happy to escape.

Although Ye Zhao knew that Grandma Jin Er must have a bad impression of herself, she didn't know that she was a plague-like existence in the hearts of others, so she nodded and said: "Well, when you get a telegram and a train in the future, you will go back and forth from Foshan and Guangzhou, but you will be in the same place." ”

When the telegraph line from Hong Kong to Guangzhou is erected, correspondingly, a telegraph network will be slowly formed from Guangzhou to Foshan, Shaozhou, and other important towns, and even if foreign businessmen do not participate in the telegraph line connecting some important military areas, they still have to find a way to get it up.

Ye Zhao said casually, but Grandma Jin Er was stunned when she heard it, and the red cherry between the ivory chopsticks fell on the table with a click, rolling a few times and falling to the ground.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Isn't it strange? In the future, don't say that from Guangzhou to Foshan, even to Hong Kong and Shanghai, you can come overnight. I don't know that in the ears of Jinji's grandmother, it's more like the narration of "You can't escape my clutches".

Speaking of this, Ye Zhao remembered that he finally had time to meet two inventors from Britain two days ago, and sure enough, as he expected, the idea was strange, one wanted to invent a kerosene lamp fuel-saving system, and the other didn't understand the invention idea for a long time.

Although they have no future, they still have good food, good drink, and good hospitality, after all, when they return to London, it is also a propaganda, and their Xiguan Inventors Club still relies on them to create a brand.

The most helpless thing for Ye Zhao was that one of the "inventors" was probably entertained, and even asked to stay in Guangzhou to work for the general. Although he is preparing to run a secondary education school, this inventor is obviously not a suitable teacher, and some of his crazy theories may stimulate the imagination of students, but today's Chinese people have to learn the most basic theories according to the rules.

After tasting the wine, Ye Zhao couldn't help but think of the newly formed "Guangdong Naval Division", which was actually the right wing of the Flag Guard Battalion as a naval division, ready to equip its elite with Angela 1856 rifles. As for the water division pipe band, he thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to be appointed by Ma Dayong, and the former right wing commander Zhao Sanbao was transferred to the Zhenjiang camp pipe belt.

Zhao Sanbao fights bravely, but his head is tendoned, he is rarely flexible, and his ability to accept new things is insufficient.

Now under his command, seven battalions of firearms soldiers, two thousand sailors, and the left and right wings of the flag guards based on the four thousand cold weapons retained by the reintegration of the brave queens, plus the long husband team, there are always more than 10,000 people, which is the maximum limit that he can support the soldiers now, even if he wants to equip the left and right wings of the flag with firearms, he can only take his time.

Ma Dayong and the sailors have gone to Hong Kong with the new army adviser Peter, and the Duke of Ivey will be renamed Dinghai, although it has not yet been completely repaired, but in the face of the real thing, the sailors can enter the role faster, and Pashali also promised to appoint a team of instructors to help him train sailors, which is in the attached terms.

In addition to the Dinghai, it is also necessary to buy a few steamships or giant sailing ships for the sailors, and tie them to the artillery to make up the number, which can mainly transport soldiers. Second, even if the money is turned into, he is taking care of his own development of the sailor instead of using it to exterminate the bandits, which will inevitably fall into the hands of others, and he is worried that the capital will order the sailor to enter the Yangtze River to bombard Tianjing, if there is really an order, he can only find some excuses to prevaricate, or he will not work hard at that time, and now he will go all out to break the Taiping Army, which is not beneficial to himself, not to mention the danger in Nanjing and the forts, a third-class ship will go, and most of them will not be pleased. What's more, in this life, perhaps because of the prestige of his Liao Yong to the Cantonese soldiers, I heard that the Taiping army was equipped with firearms very quickly, and Britain and France did not sign a peace treaty to help the Qing army break the thieves as in their previous lives, so it was not strictly forbidden to trade firearms with the Taiping army. Similarly, the Hunan army and the Beijing forbidden army are also replacing their firearms, so it is no wonder that Wells wrote a letter that it was imperative to build an arsenal in Hong Kong.

Whether it is the development of the navy or the army, Ye Zhaodu is convinced that only one step at a time can he walk steadily, and if he becomes a fat man in one go, he will most likely suffer from indigestion.

(To be continued)