Zhang Xiaobing, Liu Junguo, Qu Jintao, Jiang Pingxian and Guo Yu were gathering in a tavern to drink, Qu Jintao said: "What do you say is this? Marshal Xiahou actually abolished our Second Fleet and Third Fleet. ”

Jiang Pingxian sighed and said: "This can't be blamed on Marshal Xiahou, after the last sneak attack, how can the two fleets add up to ten warships left." Guo Yu said angrily: "This is all an excuse, it's not that the captain of the fleet is hard, use us as a substitute for the dead, otherwise how can we be dismissed." ”

Zhang Xiaobing took a sip of wine, glanced at a few people with red eyes, and said: "If it really doesn't work, let's go to the Chinese Consulate, Lao Liu's younger brother is an official there, we can always find a way out." Liu Junguo also nodded and said: "Yes, since we have been expelled from the military, it is better to try our luck in the Chinese Consulate, maybe we can join the navy." Now that the Chinese Consulate Navy has been established, even a few of our former students have become captains of the main ironclad battleship. ”

Guo Yu also sighed with some emotion: "Those captains are the people of the Chinese Collar, and they were trained by us here at the beginning, and they will naturally be reused when they go back." Zhang Xiaobing said with a somewhat gloomy expression: "Let's try our luck, it's better than waiting for death here." Although Zhang Xiaobing didn't want to leave his comrades-in-arms, people had to eat after all, and what he was best at in the navy for half his life was naval warfare.

"If a few people are willing to serve in the Chinese consulate, I am willing to recommend." A voice came abruptly from behind the five people, Liu Junguo raised his head and said, "Second brother, why are you?" ”

That person took off his hat, and it was Fang Xiaoyu's confidant Liu Junxi. Liu Junxi sat on the chair and said, "Big brother, you can make it easy for me to find it." Zhang Xiaobing said with a surprised face: "Lao Liu, this is your own brother, Liu Junxi?" He is not from the Chinese Collar......" Liu Junguo nodded and said: "Yes, he is working in the Chinese Collar now." After speaking, Liu Junguo looked at his younger brother, after all, he hadn't seen him for a long time, and he didn't know what position his younger brother was now.

Liu Junxi introduced himself with a smile: "I am Liu Junxi, I used to be the personal guard captain of the young master, and I have just taken office as the chief of the police department of the Chinese Consulate, and this time I am on the order of the young master of my family, and I have made a special trip to invite everyone." Guo Yu was surprised: "Young master? Is it Fang Xiaoyu who invited us? ”

Liu Junxi nodded and said: "Yes, not only the five are invited, but all the dismissed officers and sailor young masters must be recruited, and this still needs a few more help." Qu Jintao was puzzled: "The Chinese Territory only has five cruisers and three gunboats, what do you want so many naval officers and sailors to do?" ”

Liu Junxi looked at the left and right and said in a low voice: "Let me reveal a little confidential information to a few people, our Chinese Territory still has seven cruisers and twenty torpedo boats under construction, and I heard that the young master is building a large warship of more than 10,000 tons, these are all ironclad ships." ”

Zhang Xiaobing and the five of them were excited when they heard this, if the Chinese Consulate really had so many warships to serve, it would indeed need a large number of naval officers and sailors, and they were very likely to take advantage of this to make a big difference. Zhang Xiaobing, who had a relatively straight temper, was the first to say: "Okay, I'll contact someone, and we'll go to the Chinese consulate." ”

Half a month later, Zhang Xiaobing and the other five people stepped on the train bound for the Chinese Consulate, accompanied by more than 300 naval officers and as many as 7,000 sailors, Fang Xiaoyu gathered almost all the officers and men of the Imperial Navy who had been dismissed, and these experienced naval officers and men will become the backbone of the future expansion of the Chinese Navy, and with these officers and men, the time for the Chinese Navy to accumulate talents will also be greatly shortened.

Today's Zhonghua Lingli is full of talents and sufficient funds, and the GDP of only 892 years alone has exceeded the achievements of the ten-year reform of the Japanese State, reaching 600 million Lanfang coins, much higher than the 3 million yuan before Fang Xiaoyu became the owner, and Tongshan County has changed from the first poor county of the empire to a first-class rich county.

Although many of this is caused by the high added value of infrastructure and Fang Xiaoyu's products, as well as the relatively high prices of grain produced in large quantities, this is indeed the result of the hard work of leaders such as East China Bank. Fang Xiaoyu always said that he was only responsible for finding talents, and let professional people do professional things, and laymen would make mistakes when leading insiders.

The Chinese Leader did this, and Huadong Xing felt that he had found a place to play a role, without the elbow of the imperial court, without the black hands of his colleagues, Huadong Xing felt that he had played the second spring of his career, regardless of the selfless work of time. After arriving at the end of the day, even Fang Xiaoyu persuaded Huadong to pay attention to his body and reduce his working hours. In order to take care of Huadongxing, Fang Xiaoyu not only equipped him with a secretariat, but also instructed Mrs. Hua to take good care of him, and even equipped him with a chef and nutritionist, which moved both Huadongxing and his wife. Under the leadership of Huadong Xing, the officialdom habits of the entire Chinese Collar were clear, and everyone did not intrigue with each other like the officialdom of the Lanfang Empire, but concentrated their energy on their work and worked hard.

Fang Xiaoyu's control of officialdom is somewhat like macroeconomic regulation and control, he does not do anything for people and things, but for the system, as long as there is a good system, it is like building tracks for a train, he can only travel on a specific track, if he wants to deviate from himself, he will be ruined.

Although the atmosphere of the Chinese officialdom is very good now, Fang Xiaoyu understands that the integrity of the officialdom maintained by virtue and self-discipline will not last long, so he set up a supervision yuan, with the iron-faced and selfless Zhang Tong as the president, and he is directly responsible for Fang Xiaoyu personally.

At the same time, Fang Xiaoyu knew that the anti-corruption should be blocked and sparse, if he only punished the law harshly and did not consider the life of the official, he would be like Zhu Yuanzhang in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, although he treated corrupt officials with a strict criminal law of peeling off the skin and grass, but the low level of officials made most officials unable to live at all, and they had no choice but to rely on corruption to obtain enough living expenses.

Fang Xiaoyu, who learned this lesson, set a higher salary for officials, and established a system for declaring officials' assets, which was regularly published in newspapers and subject to the supervision of the people.

With sufficient systems as guarantees, officialdom can maintain efficiency and integrity, and Fang Xiaoyu can rest assured that he can run his own company. Fang Xiaoyu always believes that the economy is the focus of the territory, as long as there is a strong economic backing, it is more powerful than any new weapon.