“…… Our generation of soldiers do not sacrifice for it, who sacrifices for it, the horse leather shroud, die as it should be, succeed in becoming benevolent, and write righteousness in the Spring and Autumn Period. With the heroic spirit of our soldiers, the Chinese fortune will not end......"

Liu Minyou finished reading in a low voice, and looked at Wu Youdao in front of him, "This was written by Lord Chen?" ”

"Yes, Huang Side asked the bookstore to print it out as much as possible and distribute it free of charge everywhere in Denglai, and also asked the trading company to take it to other places with the goods."

"Could it have been written by the gunman you were looking for?"

"My lord, Huang Side never asks soldiers to write."

Liu Minyou waved his hand, "I'm not talking about that kind of gunman. ”

Wu Youdao looked at him curiously, not knowing what the gunman was.

Liu Minyou didn't bother to explain, and said in a low voice: "This guy seems to really plan to fight with Huang Taiji." ”

Wu Youdao couldn't hear clearly, and continued to Liu Minyou: "Lord Chen still wants to transfer troops, and Dong Yu came over to ask for an increase in the supply base of grain and grass according to the number of people. ”

"Transfer the Guards Battalion? He slapped a large chunk of Lushun, can he fit so many people? ”

"Who said no, but there are two cities, there are no households in them, and people can be stationed in the earthen walls, and they can still be loaded, which is much better than Ningyuan back then, and there are thirty or forty thousand people in Wuli City every week. In addition to the second division of the guards to transport away, it is also necessary to transfer the headquarters of Jimoqian to Dengzhou to standby. ”

Liu Minyou took the pen and calculated, he used Arabic numerals to calculate, Wu Youdao was confused, and after a while, Liu Minyou looked up and said: "Tell the Department of Industry and Commerce to think of a way to see if you can borrow some from those businessmen temporarily." There are also a few ships of the trading company, and the fleet of the trading company has been exhausted recently, has Zhou Laifu complained about it? ”

"He complained, he seemed to want to lower this year's performance appraisal, and now the ships are all drawn, and we used to be promised to transport. Nowadays, the guests have to find their own ships to transport, and the delivery is delayed a lot, and the freight has to be paid out of the original payment. ”

Liu Min sighed helplessly, his financial plan for this year was about to be affected by the war, and he had purchased more than 10 ships from Fujian this year, but he still couldn't make up for the gap in transporting the Dongjiang River, and Chen Xin also thought of some ways to even rent a boat from the Dengzhou water camp.

Their own shipyard in Weihai has been relocated to Jinghaiwei and is now able to build bird boats. But the timber for shipbuilding still needs to be sold from the south, and the main channels for outsourcing are Fujian and Qingjiang shipyards, Qingjiang's ships are mainly cao boats and flat-bottomed sand boats, and Fujian is a fortune boat style, Zuo Changhao also helped find a few shipwrights from Guangdong. The Canton ships are also better used to make war ships, but their plate requirements are higher.

Liu Minyou frowned and thought for a while, with the current capacity, it was okay to only transport tobacco before, if you want to transport cotton cloth, it will be too far, and he looked up and said to Wu Youdao: "Add an advertisement to the military newspaper." ”

"Advertising?"

It means to advertise widely. In addition, you send a notice to the Department of Tun Affairs and the Department of Industry and Commerce, and the businessmen or coastal Tunpu are willing to set up shipyards. Write an application, select three places to build a shipyard, and we will send someone to help guide it, as long as the quality of the ship is qualified. We will take it all, and we will take care of the safety of the shipyard. ”

Wu Youdao hurriedly wrote it down. He hesitated: "It's not difficult to say that this shipyard is difficult, if it is simple, a hole can be dug in the beach, and there is no need for those merchants to come in." ”

"Let them try this, they can do it all on their own, and there may not be many ways, as long as we agree to purchase, those businessmen will think of their own ideas, and it will be good on the territory of Denglai. In the future, the stall is big, don't think about making all the money yourself, especially spinning, and then dyeing, cutting, garment, transportation, etc., we have to let go of the private businessmen to do, and the tunpu with the right conditions can organize a small joint venture by itself, specializing in one of them. We only need to control the two major items of spinning and weaving and mechanical manufacturing. ”

Wu Youdao couldn't understand it for a while, his idea was to make money by himself. Liu Minyou didn't say much to him, and sent him away after asking a few words, and an assistant came to report after a while, saying that Xu Yuanhua came to visit.

Xu Yuanhua also brought a tall man with gray hair, Liu Minyou has also seen it, but he can't remember the name, Xu Yuanhua sat down and introduced Liu Minyou: "My lord, the former Xiao Heling went to the textile factory, this is the new deputy director of the commercial department Chen Jingdan, he is from Pingdu, and later did some business in Dengzhou, after being harmed by Kong Youde's rebellion, he threw himself into our Dengzhou Town, and has always done things safely, and he made up for it this time." ”

Chen Jingdan bowed his hand according to Dengzhou etiquette, looking more calm, the people in charge of business are specially selected people who have business experience, and they are more relaxed than other divisions. The Department of Industry and Commerce also has frequent personnel changes, and few people who come out of the literacy class have experience in this area, Xu Yuanhua often recruits some shop apprentices or small businessmen in order to do things well.

Liu Min remembered that he had approved this personnel appointment, nodded politely to him, and encouraged him a few words, and then Xu Yuanhua asked Chen Jingdan to start reporting, Chen Jingdan opened his booklet, and said to Liu Minyou: "The last time my lord let the Department of Industry and Commerce understand the situation of the dyeing workshop, Lord Xu specially sent the villain to go to Nanzhili with the ship, and there are three large merchants operating in the dye business, and the subordinates have a general understanding, and they can be divided into the following ............

Half an hour later, Xu Yuanhua took Chen Jingdan out, he said to Chen Jingdan as he walked: "Old Chen, you just said it in an orderly manner, Lord Liu finally told me that I was satisfied with your report, you have to work harder, now the trading company is moving everywhere, to get the cotton spinning to the trading company, it all depends on Lord Liu, we can do a good job to leave the cotton spinning in the Department of Industry and Commerce, you have done shipping and shops before, and you are very proficient in business, use more brains, do this thing, and your prospects will be better in the future." ”

Chen Jingdan has gray hair, but his skin is not bad, and his face is relatively ruddy, it can be seen that he used to live a good life, but now that he has entered the Department of Industry and Commerce, there are not many business veterans in it, and he has climbed quickly with many years of experience, and his salary is also very high.

"My subordinates understand, thank you Lord Xu for your care." Chen Jingdan responded respectfully.

The two talked as they walked, their residences were outside the city, and it was close to lunch time, and they did not go back to the official room, all the way home.

After saying goodbye at the intersection, Chen Jingdan buried his head and went home, his house was outside the east gate, and the Sanjin staff without a garden was also vacated when Dengzhou was in turmoil, he slowed down at the door, and it seemed that it was not easy to go home. Menzi saw him coming back and hurriedly came to greet him, Chen Jingdan shook his hand, and entered Sanjin by himself, but did not go to the main house to eat, but went to the side room, where a bamboo curtain was hung on the window.

He hesitated at the door, then knocked rhythmically a few times.

"Come in!" A man's voice came from inside.

Chen Jingdan pushed open the hidden door, the light inside was dim, and the bright light outside cast his own figure on the ground, forming a shadow.

Chen Jingdan walked in slowly, and then closed the door.

A figure wearing a hat walked out of the shadows inside, and he walked up to Chen Jingdan and raised his head, and it was Li Yongfang, the Fushun horse.

"What's the matter with Dengzhou Town today?"

"Liu Minyou, the chief soldier of the regiment, wants to buy some dyes ......"

"Chen Yijing, you are in front of the official, don't play these tricks, the things you did with Wu Changchun back then were enough for you to Ling Chi a few times, if you still want to be at both ends of the first mouse, do you want to understand the consequences yourself?"

Chen Jingdan coldly raised his eyes and looked at Li Yongfang in front of him, he was Chen Yijing, a Pingdu businessman who passed information to Liaodong with Wu Changchun, but he saw that the opportunity was not good, and he ran fast, so he avoided the suffering of Ling Chi, and hid in Dengzhou for many years, doing some small business incognito, and after avoiding the limelight, he thought that he should be able to spend the rest of his life peacefully.

Who knew that Li Yongfang would come to Dengzhou in person, Li Yongfang received information in person many times in Niuzhuang and Haizhou, and was very familiar with Chen Yijing, and actually recognized Chen Yijing in Dengzhou, and after learning his current identity, he personally came to the door to threaten him, and he had taken a lot of information from him, and his appetite was getting bigger and bigger, and he even asked him to go to the Military Command Department to steal documents.

Chen Jingdan's heart flashed with countless thoughts, the Li Yongfang in front of him was already old, and he had some problems, and his body was very weak, but such a weak old man now put himself in an extremely dangerous situation. Once his true identity is revealed, the imperial court will delay him, Dengzhou Town will also deal with him, and maybe even Jiannu will deal with him. These are the most powerful forces in the world, especially the intelligence bureau in Dengzhou Town, Chen Yijing works in the Department of Industry and Commerce, and his status is not low, he has heard more or less about the affairs of the intelligence bureau and the trading company, and the methods of those people will only be more ferocious than the imperial court.

Chen Yijing touched the handle of the dagger in his sleeve, he dared to do these things back then, and he also had kung fu in his hands, it was not a big problem to kill Li Yongfang, but a person of Li Yongfang's status would definitely not come to Dengzhou alone.

Li Yongfang's sense was also very keen, he looked at the tall Chen Yijing coldly, "Since the official dares to find your house alone, there are other backhands to deal with you, don't think about being able to escape, I have laid eyeliner near you, unless you are willing to leave your whole family, then the old man really wants to praise you for being a hero." ”

Chen Yijing released the handle of the dagger in his sleeve, and said to Li Yongfang: "Lord Li is serious, the villain's life was sold to adults back then, and now he has lived for all these years, and he has also earned it." The villain just doesn't understand one thing, Lord Li has been coming to Dengzhou for a long time, can't he see that as long as a few years pass, no one in the world is the opponent of Dengzhou Town, and Lord Li has never thought of changing the stage to sing? Why bother to hang yourself from a tree. ”

Li Yongfang smiled slightly, "Whether this Dengzhou town is strong or not, it has nothing to do with the old man, the official was reduced to the old Khan, and he has already cut off the way to retreat." The old man is old, and at most he will only have a few years, so he should fight for some future for his children and grandchildren, otherwise why do you need to come to the den of the tiger and wolf in Dengzhou. ”

Chen Yijing shook his head, "Master Li also figured it out. ”

Li Yongfang knew that Chen Yijing was still afraid of him, turned around and found a chair to sit on, and said to Chen Yijing: "It's good to figure it out, now tell the old man what I want to know." ”

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs sent a letter today, asking the Department of Industry and Commerce to help requisition merchant ships, to transport an additional batch of grain and grass to Lushun, the 3,000th headquarters of the main barracks has been transferred to the school field, that is to say, the first general remaining division will be transferred immediately, and another batch of grain transported from Jiangnan will be stored in the warehouse of Weihaiwei, ready to be used to buy Dongjiang Town ......"