Li Yunzhong was very satisfied with this proposal, and praised: "What Master Chang said is reasonable, this Enke should announce the world as soon as possible, as long as the scholars come to Nanjing to take the exam, no matter where they are, I will treat them equally, the poor scholars will vote, I will pay compensation for the road expenses, and the Ministry of Rites will definitely handle this Enke well, so that the heavens and people can see the new atmosphere of our dynasty." ”

Lu Jianying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, immediately received the order.

Seeing that the Hunan officials were all smiling, Zhang Suimou said: "Your Majesty, the outline of Northern Jiangsu Luo has come to report, most of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou support northern Anhui, and the emperor is invited to send troops to the Northern Expedition to capture Shandong!" ”

Li Yunzhong said with a smile: "This Luo outline must have heard something, the proposed purpose, Bai Luo outline is the governor of Shandong and the commander of the Second Army, waiting for the opportunity to capture Shandong, worship Li Desheng as the governor of Henan, Liu Cai's department expanded into the Tenth Army, Lin Qirong's department expanded into the Seventh Army, the Tenth Army is under Li Desheng's control, and the Seventh Army is still stationed in Anhui. ”

Seeing that the emperor had appointed two Guangxi people as governors in a row, Zhao Liewen hurriedly took out a piece of music and said: "Your Majesty, Zuo Zongtang, the general of the southern expedition, has come to report that the southern expeditionary army has captured Fujian and incorporated more than 100,000 righteous troops, please dispose of it to the emperor." ”

Li Yunzhong took the fold, flipped through it, and said excitedly: "I didn't expect Lord Zuo to be so fast, conquering two provinces in less than a year, since most of the Eighth Army and the Ninth Army are not accustomed to the water and soil in the south, they will be transferred to Jiangbei, and other meritorious personnel will be rewarded!" ”

Zhao Liewen reported again: "The situation in Fujian and Guangdong is complicated, Lord Zuo asks for orders to expand the first army, and please ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment!" ”

This matter was mentioned in the twists and turns, and Li Yunzhong also knew what they were thinking about fighting, and remembered the strength of the Hunan army. Li Yunzhong still nodded in agreement: "This matter is accurate, and the establishment will be set as the Eleventh Army." All officers below the division level were appointed by Zuo Zongtang, and the military department of army-level personnel submitted a charter and handed it over. ”

Li Yunzhong thought proudly: In the future, he will use this eleventh army to attack Hunan. It must be twice the result with half the effort.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Yunzhong came to Nanjing's industrial zone to inspect and said that it was an industrial zone, but because Lu Jianying and others were resolutely opposed to the establishment of factories, saying that the roar of machines would affect the rest of residents, Li Yunzhong specially demarcated an area and became an industrial zone.

"The grass people see the emperor!" As soon as Li Yunzhong and his entourage arrived at the industrial zone, they found a group of people blocking the road and shouting hello in unison.

"No courtesy. You don't need to be polite, I am here this time just to inspect, you don't have to be careful! Li Yunzhong looked at the crowd and said with a smile.

"Emperor Xie!"

Li Yunzhong asked a familiar squire: "I remember that you run a garment factory!" The military uniforms you produce are good, and I am very comfortable to wear, how is the garment factory doing now? Is there a loss? ”

Lin Lingdong saw that the emperor still recognized himself, and said excitedly: "The little people Lin Lingdong saw the emperor, and the grass people listened to the emperor's words and invested in the establishment of a garment factory. A batch of machines were ordered from the foreigners, and they started working day and night, and thanks to His Highness's order, now the grass people have opened three more garment factories. Two flour mills, a match factory, employing more than 4,000 workers. ”

Li Yunzhong patted Lin Lingdong's shoulder with satisfaction. praised: "It's done well, if the local government will embarrass you in the future." You come to me, and I will make decisions for you! ”

Lin Lingdong surprises. Immediately knelt on the ground: "The emperor is really the reborn parent of the villain, not only supporting the grass people to open factories, but also solving the worries of the grass people, and the grass people thank the emperor for Longen." ”

Li Yunzhong helped Lin Lingdong up and said to the crowd: "Let's disperse, if you have any difficulties, you can consult with the officials of the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Oh, no, dear Highness...... It's Your Majesty, congratulations on becoming the emperor! Midile was blocked by the crowd, and waited until everyone dispersed before he could come to Li Yunzhong.

Li Yunzhong looked at Midile's hands and clothes were covered with dirt, as if he was a workshop worker. Smiled: "My main goal in the industrial zone this time is to inspect the arsenal, don't let me down!" ”

Midile complained with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, I lack a large number of translators here, your workers are hardworking and intelligent, but they are too stubborn to understand the language of European technicians, and they refuse to accept the training of technicians, they often laugh at European technicians together, you should teach them a good lesson, let them learn to respect their teachers!" ”

Li Yunzhong led everyone towards the arsenal, and asked as he walked: "How many European technicians are there in the arsenal now?" And how many Chinese workers are there? ”

Midile replied: "There are more than 30 technicians in Europe, and they all come for high salaries, and if they can't be excited, they will only eat here and wait for death, especially a few Germans, who complain all day long that there is no beer, and they only hang out in the workshop!" As for the Chinese workers, there are now more than 200 people. ”

"General Manager! These are your tasks, and it's up to you to make them the most talented! Didn't I ask the household department to allocate 100,000 taels of silver to you! Li Yunzhong was a little disgusted by Midile's complaints.

Midile angrily accused the household department: "Those officials only gave me 5,000 taels, and what did they say about financial constraints, and the rest will not be paid until next year, I only have 5,000 taels, and I still have to pay salaries to these technicians, I don't want to wait until the end of the month to settle the bill, and be chased and cut by them!" ”

Li Yunzhong turned back to Chang Dachun, the head of the household, and asked, "What's going on?" Is there no money in the household? ”

Chang Dachun had a difficult look on his face and explained: "Your Majesty, the household department is preparing for the enthronement ceremony a few days ago, and the expenses for other items can be reduced as much as they can, and they can be delayed, and they will be replenished after the enthronement ceremony!" ”

Seeing Midile looking at him with blank eyes, Li Yunzhong ordered: "The silver allocated to the arsenal in the future must be supplied on time." He also warned Midile: "If the arsenal is not profitable within a year, I will remove you!" ”

Midile hurriedly promised: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the arsenal will be on the right track in less than half a year, and it will definitely be able to double its profit in a year." ”

When he arrived at the arsenal, Midile stepped forward and ordered the guards to open the gate, bent down and said, "Your Highness, please come in!" I have gathered all the workers together and are waiting for your instructions. ”

Li Yunzhong followed Midile to the door of the workshop, and saw more than 200 people standing in a neat line on both sides of the workshop gate. They all looked at him with wide eyes,

Li Yunzhong had to come to the stage and say two sentences: "First of all, I am here to thank you for your hard work, now you can enter the workshop, you can do whatever you want!" ”

Li Yunzhong turned back to Midile and said, "I want to see the workshop that is being produced, you go and call the head of the European technician and the head of the Chinese workers, I have something to ask." ”

Midile shouted at the two men.

"Little Jin Chao greets the emperor, may the emperor live long live, long live, long live." A wooden-looking Chinese person kowtowed to Li Yunzhong.

Midil pointed to the foreign technician and introduced: "Your Majesty, this is the Austrian Chris, an excellent firearms expert, he is very famous in Vienna, but he lost all his family property overnight!" ”

Chris the foreigner has heard Midile introduce him like this countless times, and shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "I was forced, because I slept with the wife of an upper-class person, and he was taking revenge on me, and I swore that one day I would go back!" ”

Li Yunzhong was not interested in listening to his romantic affairs, and immediately reprimanded him with a straight face: "I heard that you are fighting in the workshop, and an arsenal in Haolu has been made into a miasma by you, and the arsenal was established to produce guns, not for you to make noise." ”

I didn't expect the emperor to ask in person, listening to the emperor's reprimand in his ears, Jin Chao knelt on the ground again, crying and begging: "The little one should be damned, please spare the emperor's life." ”

After listening to Midile's translation, Chris looked at Jin Chao arrogantly and said, "Your method is wrong, my method is right, you have to listen to my orders in the future!" ”

Seeing that Chris had no one in his eyes, Li Yunzhong was very angry, you are a foreign devil who dares to be arrogant on China's territory, took two steps forward to help Jin Chao, and comforted: "Don't cry first, tell me why you are arguing with foreigners?" ”

Jin Chao was deeply moved, and hurriedly explained the cause and effect: "Some of these foreigners are good people and some are uneasy and kind, many foreigners deliberately misled us when they taught us to operate the machine, and many workers were injured because of this, but the foreigners deliberately laughed at us and loudly insulted us as stupid pigs......"

Looking at the embarrassed Midile, Li Yunzhong was angry at him and said, "That's how you manage the arsenal!" In the future, the arsenal will start work strictly according to the rank, and the foremen cannot all be you Europeans, the Chinese will account for half, and all those who cause trouble will be fired, and the workers who cannot unite and help each other will not be a good worker, these black sheep will remain here, and the arsenal will never develop. ”

Midile blushed and objected: "Half is too much, these Chinese workers don't understand my philosophy, it will be bad for them to be a manager, at most a third, and any more I will not be able to lead the arsenal to glory!" ”

"For the time being, but these foreigners who are getting in the way must be opened, no matter how high their level is, and how is the thing I asked you to develop grenades?" The purpose of Li Yunzhong's trip was to see how powerful the grenades were.

Hearing Li Yunzhong mention the grenades, Midile asked: "These grenades are very powerful, not as good as bullets and shells, why do you attach so much importance to them, even if they are stuffed with stones and iron pieces, they can't be effectively killed if they don't hit directly!" In your Chinese words, it is chicken ribs, and it is a pity to discard it if it is tasteless. ”

Li Yunzhong took a grenade and fiddled: "Midile, you still don't know China, although these grenades can't kill people, but they can scare the enemy, you must know that some Qing soldiers in Ludao are frightened by a cannonball, with these things, they can play a greater role on the battlefield than cannons!" After all, the Qing troops are not elite, and as long as they are injured a little, they often rush to break and flee. (To be continued......)

PS: The monthly pass doesn't work, and I can't rush to the tenth place anyway, and I can't get the bonus. If you have a recommendation vote, you can vote for one.