Duan Fei solved the East Factory in three times and divided five by two, caught all the things that should be caught, and then assigned the task in public: "Legend has it that Zongshe has captured a large number of warships, and the force has increased greatly, so that the arrogance is high, and it is very likely that Jiading, Shanghai, Songjiang, and Jiaxing will be able to become the primary targets in the near future, as for Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Ningbo, the former Hangzhou Bay is too far-reaching, and the Japanese do not dare to go deep, so as not to cut off the back road, Shaoxing and Ningbo have been looted by Zongshi, and this time they should choose to avoid, Ningbo and Shaoxing will be handed over to your East Factory, if there is still a mistake, don't blame the official for being ruthless! ”

Jiang Ning was secretly annoyed in his heart, he nodded with a calm face, and said: "Obey the order, and I will guard Ningbo and Shaoxing as steadily as Mount Tai." ”

In Jiang Ning's view, although the Japanese robbed some ships and cannons, they could be arrogant at sea, but when they came to land, they were by no means the opponents of Dongchang, and Dongchang was not comparable to the local garrison and field soldiers.

On the contrary, Jiang Ning also believed that Jinyiwei wanted to grab credit, so he handed over Ningbo and Shaoxing, which were the most unlikely to be attacked again, to Dongchang, with Jinyiwei's record of killing tens of thousands of enemies with 5,000 enemies in Shaanxi, but killing tens of thousands of enemies, dealing with hundreds of Japanese robbers was simply a knife to kill chickens, Jinyiwei must have wanted to monopolize the credit and trample Dongchang under his feet forever.

Jiang Ning's heart was on fire, Duan Fei didn't see it, he continued to assign tasks: "Huaming, Jiao Xu, Jiao Yang, Wang Ping, the four of you each lead 500 people to Jiading, Shanghai, Songjiang, and Jiaxing, each defend his position, if the enemy is not strong, annihilate on the spot, if the enemy is too strong, then light the beacon fire as a signal to support each other." ”

"Yes, sir!" The four people who were named stood up and replied loudly.

Duan Fei asked them to sit down and continued: "This official has brought many cannons from the capital, and now they are being transported to Jiaxing, and then from Jiaxing to Hainingwei, Guo Gonggong's ships parked in Jinshanwei are all transferred to Hainingwei, dragged ashore for modification, increased the muzzle of the battery, and attached iron armor to the hull, it is enough to be ten, ten can top the original hundred, and it will take about ten days to modify the ship, within these ten days, everyone must strictly abide by their respective posts, and must not let the Japanese go rampant on land!" ”

Gui Cao questioned: "My lord, if you change ships in Haining, do you want to strengthen the guardian power of Hainingwei?" lest the pirates swarm and flee from the ship? ”

Duan Fei said: "No, the official said that it is unlikely that the Japanese will enter Hangzhou Bay, and they already have hundreds of ships, so they should not be too interested in these dozen or so broken ships that escaped from the defeat, what they need is silver and all kinds of goods and daily necessities, and Shanghai, Wusong, and Jiading are very likely to be attacked." ”

Although Gui Cao still had questions, seeing that Duan Fei looked full of confidence, it was inconvenient to hit his ambition in public, so he planned to talk to Duan Fei later.

Duan Fei continued to assign tasks and said, "There are portraits of Zong Shi and others in the East Factory, right?" If not, immediately find someone who knows him and a painter to draw a thousand and a hundred paintings, make a list of rewards, and offer a reward of thousands of gold to capture the thief's first case, and if the head is raised, the reward will be five thousand taels of silver, and the rest of the bandit leaders will be slightly reduced in turn, and the ordinary thieves will offer a reward of fifty taels, all of whom must live, and those who have indeed participated in the robbery and theft will be given a reward of silver. ”

Everyone replied in unison, "Understood!" ”

Duan Fei nodded and said, "Lord Gui, you are responsible for how to appease the locality, and this official doesn't want a small group of pirates to affect the entire situation of opening the sea." ”

Gui Cao smiled and said: "With Lord Duan personally in charge, how can the sect set up a small night?" The people and businessmen of Suzhou are full of confidence in Lord Duan and there will be no problems. ”

Duan Fei said: "That's the best, okay, that's all there is to it for the time being, let's go and do it separately, this official plans to go and see Wang Qincha first, Lord Gui, I'm going to bother you again." ”

Gui Cao also wanted to talk to Duan Fei alone, so he said happily: "It's okay, Xia Guan is also about to visit Lord Wang, just to guide the way." ”

Duan Fei nodded, and walked out with Gui Cao, Rong Wensheng went back to the ya, Duan Fei and Gui Cao were in the same car, and went to the Qin mission where Duan Fei had stayed.

In the car, Gui Cao chatted with Duan Fei for a few words, and then couldn't help but ask: "Lord Duan, Xia Guan has some questions, I don't know ......."

Duan Fei interrupted him and said with a smile, "Lord Gui wants to ask who the assassin is and why no one went to Haining to guard the ship, right?" ”

Gui Cao nodded and said, "Yes, Xia Guan is very confused, could Lord Duan do it on purpose?" ”

Duan Fei smiled slightly, and said, "This official is temporarily selling a pass, and after meeting Lord Wang, he will have a small meeting there, and then the official will naturally solve Lord Gui's doubts." ”

Gui Cao nodded, pressed the doubts in his heart, and chatted with Duan Fei about other things, Suzhou has undergone great changes in the past half a year, the original landlord was forced to change his career to become a capitalist, or he left Suzhou to buy land in other places to continue to be a landlord, which led to the rise in land prices in many places, many farmers were unemployed, and then most of them came to Suzhou and became workers, Suzhou's changes are simply changing with each passing day, and now the profits and taxes of a month have exceeded the profits and taxes of the previous quarter. I am afraid that the profits and taxes of one month can only catch up with the previous six months, and the harvest of autumn grain has increased by 30 percent compared with last year, among which the opening of the sea to trade, land reform, and vigorous support for the tertiary industry have all played an important role.

Duan Fei praised the changes in Suzhou, but Gui Cao said that this was Lord Duan's guidance, Duan Fei thought about it for a while, and suddenly asked: "If there is a real shortage in the capital, but the order is not as good as the prefect, I don't know if Lord Gui is willing to give in?" ”

Gui Cao hesitated: "No matter how big or small the official is, he can return to Kyoto because of the adult's support, and the lower official will happily obey his fate, but everything here in Suzhou has just begun, if you leave it alone, I am afraid that it will return to its original appearance." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Who told you not to cultivate some available talents in advance? But it doesn't matter, Lord Rong can continue to sit in Suzhou, and when the time is right, he will also be transferred to the capital, there are too few people in the court to help the official speak, and I hope that Lord Gui can give the official a façade at that time......"

Gui Cao saw the development and changes of Suzhou with his own eyes, and almost half of what Duan Fei said to him at the beginning was fulfilled, and now he is very convinced of Duan Fei, hearing Duan Fei's words, he immediately said: "Xia Guan is willing to serve the adults and serve the dogs and horses!" ”

Duan Fei nodded with satisfaction, and sighed leisurely: "I am also for the emperor, for the people of the Ming Dynasty, and for the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years......