"The most urgent thing is that Lord Chen has sent an urgent report, they need to transport most of the miscellaneous horses to Lushun, and they also need more than 2,000 young and strong people to build the defense of Lushun, and Dong Yu needs the civil affairs to provide manpower."

Wollongong, southwest of Dengzhou City, is now the temporary base camp of the civil administration. In the largest tent, Mo Huaiwen was holding a large pile of documents and was reporting to Liu Minyou. His duty is to classify the documents reported by various departments, and then report them to Liu Minyou one by one according to urgent and important procedures, and generally put forward a handling opinion. It's just a secretary, but this kind of secretary has high requirements and a good relationship with the leader, and the future is very promising

Liu Minyou changed the institutional plan, and asked without raising his head: "Who will provide the monthly salary and food?" ”

Dong Yu didn't say anything.

"It's a defense facility, let the army out, and the manpower matter is called Xu Yuanhua to collect it among the tunhu and the displaced people, and let Dong Yu find it."

After Liu Minyou finished speaking, he raised his head slightly, "The farming is about to start, and everyone is looking forward to dividing the land, who wants to go to Liaodong at this time." ”

Mo Huaiwen said lightly: "At the moment, the land division has not begun, you might as well add a condition, someone in the family will go to Liaodong's priority land division, this time a lot of cattle have been seized, and the women in the family can also do ordinary work." ”

"Okay." Liu Min thought about it for a while and said, "But this is not a conscription, it must be voluntary, don't force them." ”

"Understood." Mo Huaiwen recorded Liu Minyou's opinions, and took out the second one, "This is the expansion plan of the tobacco factory, Wang Erya chose two places, please decide, the first place is outside the water gate in the northwest of Dengzhou City, so that you can use the wharf of the water city." She didn't have to build her own wharf, she wanted to ask Lord Liu and Lu Zhi to ask. Can you set up a separate place in the southwest of Shuicheng to dock merchant ships, and then open a door in the southwest corner of Shuicheng. From Yongfu Temple to the new cigarette factory via Laibaoqiao, there is no need to go through the Zhenyang Gate to detour, which can save labor costs. ”

Liu Minyou thought about it for a while, Shuiying and Shuicheng are now controlled by Lu Zhi, Chen Xin and Lu Zhi have a good relationship, but Chen Xin and Sun Yuanhua were also in love at the beginning, and in a blink of an eye, the two of them changed their faces faster than turning a book, and the cigarette factory is the most important means of making money, so it is better not to rely on Shuicheng.

"What about the other address?"

"On the west side of the water city, one mile by the sea. You need to build your own dock. ”

"West side." Liu Minyou stood up and looked at the map on the wall, "It doesn't seem to be very good to avoid waves there." ”

"Wang Erya's report wrote, solicit the opinions of the water division, Danya Mountain can block the wind and waves from the east, the north and the west are indeed worse, if the manpower is enough, you can dig a port by yourself, and the mud dug out can be used as a rammed earth city wall, which is worse than the water city. It's also a little bit of a top-notch thing. ”

Liu Minyou calculated in his heart that if he only moored the ship that came to transport cigarettes, he would not have to build the size of Dengzhou Water City, and the outer wall would not take too long if it was not covered with bricks. It just so happens that there is still a group of people affected by the disaster in Dengzhou, which can be used to do this. This earthen city has some basic defensive measures, and can be used as a backup base for the sailors in case of emergency. After Kong Youde's tossing. He also needs to think about the unrest from time to time.

"Then choose this place, what else?"

Mo Huaiwen put down the first one. Record Liu Minyou's "The second copy is still from the tobacco factory, and the filter requested by adults." The cigarette factory has come out, similar to the process of making cotton nails, which needs to be beaten repeatedly with water, and finally cut into small bags and packaged with a hydraulic hammer machine, and now the production process and manuals are being improved. Wang Erya said that the people from the trading company should be asked to determine the selling price and sales method as soon as possible. ”

This filter is made of cotton pressed tightly, so as not to get tobacco leaves into the mouth, Liu Min hopes to use him as a high-end product in tobacco.

This is the most promising business, in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, just in the Qing Dynasty, the annual tobacco sales reached three million taels of silver, the number of smokers at the end of the Ming Dynasty is also very huge, and the introduction of new products can accelerate the expansion of the market, and will become the most profitable business in Wendeng in the future, Liu Min took the report, Wang Erya wrote very organized, far from Lao Cai can compare, after reading it: "Wang Erya writes well, the process is basically there, but the packaging can not be according to the original, go to the bookstore to order new wrapping paper, It must be high-end, it must be tasteful, and it must be different from the original cigarette as soon as it comes out of the box. This kind of cigarette wants to earn those rich people, let the trading company get it according to the things played by the rich people along the canal, you can make some beauties to paint, it must be beautiful, you write a letter to Zhou Laifu in my name, the early publicity of the trading company can begin, print more leaflets to distribute, the core is ......"

Liu Minyou stopped suddenly, at this time, doctors and civilians thought that it could drive away cold and dampness, but he knew that tobacco was harmful to health, and indiscriminate publicity would definitely make business better, but it would make more people become smokers because of fashion. He frowned and thought for a while, Mo Huaiwen thought he was thinking about a strategy, who knew it was because of this.

"The core is to be able to drive away cold and dampness." Liu Minyou finally chose high profits, "On the cover, the words 'noble enjoyment' are written. ”

Mo Huaiwen took out the third book, "This is the five-year flintlock pistol that the military factory applied for finalization, and made certain improvements to the original flintlock pistol, canceled the safety machine, and changed to two bayonets on the bolt machine, one state is loading, and the second is firing, simplifying thirteen parts, reducing the cost of three dollars. Only the problem of bayonets remained unsolved, and the production was low. ”

"There is still an eight-pounder cannon sample cannon that has been completed, but the army has not yet been established accordingly, and it is not said whether it will be ordered or not, and Tang Kun sent a message asking whether to continue to make improvements to the mass production type."

"Then let him continue to improve, sooner or later it will be used, and the money used in the trial production will also be accounted for in the cost. In the future, this kind of thing will be directly confirmed with the army, and the army will continue to improve if it determines the need, and there is no need to bring it to me for approval. If the army is slow, rush them. Liu Minyou knew that Chen Xin would definitely continue to expand the army, and larger field artillery was needed, and the four-pounder gun was well received in the army, and after two appearances on Shenmi Island and Dengzhou, it might inspire Houjin or other forces, and maybe this kind of field artillery would also be made, and Chen Xin's countermeasure was to use larger and more artillery to suppress the other party.

Xu Yuanhua sent a message to inquire, most of the more than 1,000 women refused to return to their hometowns, and there were more than 900 people left. The newly built cigarette factory only needs about 500, and how to dispose of the other 400 or so. ”

"This is the intelligence agency's application to take away some of the fine jewelry. Lord Chen has already approved it, and it still needs to be countersigned by adults. ”

"This is the corn planting conditions reported by Wen Xianming. The suitable place for planting in Wendeng has been roughly determined, and tens of thousands of acres of cultivated land can be expanded, and there can be more than 100 catties per mu of defending the city......

"This is this year's budget that Wang brought good news, and the army's has tripled, and she believes that the army's pension should be deposited in the bank, and it is better to increase the reserve of the bank than to save it in the military department."

"This is a silver application from Song Wenxian. He is going to build a foreign affairs office in the barracks, and he needs to prepare personnel and funds, buy some tables, chairs, and stationery, and he wants to transfer 30 students from the literacy class......"

"This is the application for the payment of the civil administration monthly salary for the next month, and the amount is basically the same as in February, and the only extra thing is the material preparation ...... for chūn farming......

After Mo Huaiwen finished reporting the matter, an hour had passed, and Liu Min rubbed his face exhaustedly. There are dozens of miscellaneous things, and the stall is indeed more complicated than the original, unlike in Wendeng or Weihai before, where the problem can be solved on the spot. If you have an urgent matter, you can ride a horse for a day, but now you can only rely on paperwork.

It was already urgent to establish institutions with clear responsibilities, and Liu Minyou raised his head and asked Mo Huaiwen, who was also a little tired, "What else is going on?" ”

Mo Huaiwen hurriedly put down the teacup. "There is no urgency, and there are only some things left to build a school and expand science and technology classes......"

Liu Minyou interrupted him and said, "Don't slow down the matter of building a school. If you build a tunpu, you will build a school, and what we just dealt with is an urgent matter. But don't let up on the important things either. Just like the order I have mentioned, urgent and important things need to be dealt with first, but between pure urgency and pure importance need to be carefully weighed, just like the new institutional plan, although we can still operate at the moment, but we are no longer suitable for such a vast territory, if we only deal with urgent matters forever, and repeatedly delay important things, then these urgent things will become more and more, and in the end we will be tired and unable to do things. ”

Mo Huaiwen was taught: "Master Chen and Mr. Liu are both very people, and they can always say something unique and useful. ”

Liu Minyou happened to say this, so he asked Mo Huaiwen: "This time the division of the new organization, Huaiwen, do you have anything to remind me." ”

Mo Huaiwen and Liu Min have been together for a long time, and they know that this Shangguan actually has no shelf, and putting forward his different opinions reasonably will not only not be disgusted by him, but will be valued by him.

At that moment, Mo Huaiwen said boldly: "The subordinates are also quite powerless when they are here, the original divisions are just doing their own things, there is no clear responsibility, many things have to be decided by Lord Chen and Mr. Liu, otherwise they will stop there and be at a loss." The subordinates think that this time they should be clear about the scope of what they can handle, and they can do most things if their duties and powers are in line with each other, but it is better than asking adults about everything. All Mr. Lau needs to do is set their goals, let them submit their own plans, and finally check whether they are fulfilling their responsibilities and plans. ”

Liu Minyou smiled and nodded: "It's good that you can have this idea, you can't do it according to the original thing when it's big, but sometimes it seems easy, and it may not be so smooth to implement." This time the organization is also divided according to functions, some things may not be clear who is in charge, there will be no less things to do, I can't be present at everything, I am ready to let you be my deputy, handle some affairs alone. ”

Mo Huaiwen stood up excitedly and thanked him, Liu Min meant that he would become the number two person in civil affairs, with a status higher than that of the heads of various departments, and speaking of which, in the first batch of literacy classes, his status was no less than that of Huang Side.

Mo Huaiwen thought of Huang Side, and hurriedly pulled out the bottom piece of thick paper, "This is the second issue of the military newspaper, and I just got it today." ”

Liu Minyou took it and took a look, the typesetting on it was not bad, it was probably designed by Chen Xin, and it was similar to the newspaper he originally read, but it was written vertically according to the habit, and the paper was much smaller.

The headline is "Dengzhou Suppression Heroes Commendation", the following line of bold small characters, is a seven-word poem written by Chen Tingdong "Wen Chen General Regains the Second Guard of the South", the writing is very good, and it looks very uplifting, which is suitable for the style of the military newspaper.

The small characters below are the content of the commendation, about the eldest brother, Li Tao, Luo Ya and other outstanding soldiers, and also commended a group of collectives such as the special service team and the 3,000 headquarters, and specifically wrote the heroic deeds of Guan Dadi and others. But there was not a word about the specific matters of the Intelligence Service and the Special Service.

Liu Minyou felt that the writing was not bad, this was a kind of honor for these soldiers, and it could also establish an atmosphere of striving for honor in the entire Wendeng camp system.

This was followed by a notice of punishment, which mainly punished the soldiers who retreated from the battle and embezzled military salaries, and wrote down their names and the tunbao to which they belonged, and the military judge pronounced the sentence that he was shot, and then recovered the fields that had been distributed to his family, and his family members in factories and schools were all dismissed.

Liu Minyou was slightly dissatisfied with Huang Side's approach, and he was punished according to military discipline, but now it is a joint sitting system, which has cut off their family's way of living, and it has also been widely advertised, so that their family members can't raise their heads.

He saw the end a little later, and suddenly slapped his palm on the table and scolded loudly: "What is Huang Side doing, encouraging everyone to report to each other whether someone has embezzled military salaries." ”

Mo Huaiwen took a jump, he had also read that one, and he also felt that something was wrong at the time, but there was no such big reaction from Liu Min.

"He wants to investigate the embezzlement of military salaries, which is the duty of military judges, how can they encourage each other to report. From the beginning of the establishment of the Wendeng Battalion, General Chen has always encouraged the friendship between soldiers and generals. I also guided in the tunpu, which is also one of the reasons why the soldiers are willing to fight to the death for the Wendeng battalion, he is good, to do this, under the mutual report, how can there be trust and friendship between the tunpu, in the long run, what kind of atmosphere will be in the army and in the tunpu? This is a real damage to the combat power of the Wenden battalion. ”

"This ......" Mo Huaiwen didn't know what to say, and he didn't want to go so deep, but Liu Minyi did have some truth in what he said.

Mo Huaiwen said in a low voice: "If Mr. thinks it's inappropriate, we can send a document to each tunpu, so that the tun chief and the school can't read this article, those tun households are illiterate, and there is only one military newspaper in each tunpu, and you can even not read it, Huang Side doesn't necessarily have to check it next to you." ”

"Why don't you see, didn't he set up another mission department, the discipline team ran its own literacy class, and each tunpu had to assign a missionary, and if the tun chief and teachers didn't read, they would read it."

Mo Huaiwen frowned and said: "I don't know where Huang Side went to find the silver, he has been recruiting students from the Dengzhou disaster victims recently, getting that literacy class to train, and then he came out and sent to various tunpu, and he is still engaged in what kind of literary and artistic team, I don't know where he got the silver." ”

"Literary team?"

PS: Regarding the question asked by a book friend why there are retained spears, it has already been written that bayonets have high requirements for standardization and are not easy to manufacture. On page 184 of Dupuy's The Evolution of Weapons and War, it is stated, "The flintlock pistol was a more complex and expensive weapon than the arquebus, and each gun had to be made according to a standard-sized jīng heart in order to fit a bayonet fastened with a ring sleeve." "The infantry in Europe also gradually reduced the spear configuration, from the invention of the flintlock pistol to the establishment of the first pure flintlock pistol unit in France, it took more than 60 years, not in one step.