Chen Kan believed that he was telling the truth, even if Zhu Di was just preparing for a rebellion, he must have clear rewards and punishments in the army, and the promotion channels must be transparent.

This can also explain why the deputy general of the first army, who commanded 5,000 people, would not even give gifts.

Of course, in Chen Kan's view, it is better to be simple in the army, a soldier, as long as he can fight and be loyal to the country, he is a good soldier.

Chen Kan didn't plan to bring the Jingshi style to Beijing.

Once the military starts to delve into politics, it means that the country is starting to decline.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Kan let go of his arms around Zhou Shi's shoulder: "Bring your things back, you can do what you should do in the army in the future, Ben Hou doesn't have time to run to the barracks often, go back and tell the soldiers don't worry, Ben Hou will only take everyone to make meritorious contributions, and will not do that kind of thing for laymen to guide insiders." ”

Chen Kan's words are equivalent to giving Zhou Shi an explanation, which is equivalent to telling Zhou Shi that he came to Beijing to take refuge and gild.

However, the innocent Zhou Shi did not hear the voice of Chen Kan's words, and only thought that Chen Kan was giving a sweet jujube with a stick.

After all, Chen Kan's scheming has been deeply understood.

A few words can make him distracted, and he can also explain all his plans in one word, how can he be a layman.

In addition, almost no one in the entire Ming army now does not know that the plan of the imperial court to conquer Annam in the south is from the hands of the young marquis in front of him.

Therefore, Zhou Shi made up his mind that in the future, he must not play scheming in front of the young marquis in front of him, so as not to be mercilessly ridiculed by him again.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Shi bowed his hand to Chen Kan and said goodbye: "Master Hou, your intention will definitely be transferred to the position, guarding the five thousand tigers in Beijing, and waiting for your dispatch at any time." ”

This is a bit of a Taoist meaning, and sure enough, Zhou Shi is just simple, not stupid.

It's good not to be stupid, Chen Kanke didn't think of interfering in the personnel transfer of the Beijing Forbidden Army at will.

"The last general will take his leave."

Chen Kan waved at him, watching Zhou Shi drive away from the carriage in front of the Jiangfu with the two guards, with a pleasant expression on his face.

Chen Kan has already felt the benefits of coming to Beijing, and if nothing else, let's just say that the people in Beijing are much easier to deal with than the old foxes in Nanjing.

When Chen Kan was talking to Zhou Shi, Yun Cheng was guarding not far away, and when he saw that the gift brought by Zhou Shi was taken away again, his face suddenly showed a regretful expression.

Chen Kan glanced at him angrily: "Out of breath, Lao Yun, your vision needs to be improved." ”

Yun Cheng humbly asked: "What does Master Hou mean by this?" ”

Chen Kan looked at the carriage that had gone away with a smile, and said indifferently: "What good things can a group of Qiu Ba have, but there are only some Beijing specialties, and the good things that can really make our family rich are behind." ”

Soon, Yun Cheng understood the meaning of Chen Kan's words.

Within a few days after Chen Kan stayed in Jinshuihe, a group of subordinate officials of the Shuntian Mansion jointly sent a letter of worship.

Followed by the four prefectures under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu, headed by Tongzhou Governor An Yun, together with Bazhou Governor Lu Yuan, Jizhou Governor Su Songwen, and Zhuozhou Governor Wang Cheng came to the door together.

As for the officials in the counties below, only Wanping and Daxing County in Jingshi sent a letter of worship.

The officials of other counties were more self-aware, and knew that they were not qualified to meet Chen Kan when they came, so they simply sent people to send gifts to congratulate Jinghai Hou on his housewarming.

And these officials who came to the door were all in the same posture, a little carrying a bag of snacks, a little carrying a gift box, and none of them looked like they were valuable.

If Yun Cheng hadn't received a whole convoy of gold, silver, calligraphy, paintings, antiques and other gifts at the back gate of the Hou Mansion, he would have thought that all the officials in Beijing were all Qingtian lords with clean sleeves.

Of course, Chen Kan didn't see any of these people.

With an excuse that he was not accustomed to the water and soil when he first arrived in Beijing, he was sent away.

As a direct result, the Hou Mansion received a bunch of treasured medicines, including but not limited to ginseng from Liaodong for a hundred years, 20 heads of Panax notoginseng from Yunnan, and Ganoderma lucidum from the deep mountains of Huguang that is claimed to have grown for thousands of years......

After registering these things, Yun Cheng was surprised to find that the treasury of the Hou Mansion could not hold the gifts sent by these officials.

In desperation, I had to hurriedly convert a wing room in the backyard into a warehouse.

After dealing with everything, Yun Cheng found Chen Kan with a look of surprise, stretched out his thumb and complimented: "Master Hou is really a last resort, almost all the gifts our family has received in the past few days can buy another house." ”

Chen Kan was lying in the backyard, a huge parasol blocking the direct sunlight.

In the face of Yun Cheng's compliment, Chen Kan just turned over, and then said lightly: "You are used to staying in Jingshi, you don't know the place, and slowly you will get used to it." ”

Chen Kan's words caused Yun Cheng to think deeply, and then nodded as if he had understood.

Chen Kan lazily took a sip of herbal tea, and instructed Yun Cheng: "Ben Hou remembers that there are a few good restaurants in the lower reaches of the Jinshui River, you find one to book a private room, and make an appointment with the officials who have sent the greetings to the mansion in the past few days, and Ben Hou will take the time to meet them, so as to save them from worrying about the gift delivery." ”

As soon as Chen Kan's voice fell, Yun Cheng immediately understood Chen Kan's intentions.

Chen Kan, as the popular fried chicken marquis who has won the emperor's favor in the past two years, why did Chen Kan suddenly come to the big construction site of Shuntianfu from Yingtianfu, the best place in the world?

There must be a reason for that.

The official reason was that Chen Kan automatically invited Ying to supervise the construction process in Beijing, and by the way, he set up the shelves of the Army Academy in Beijing.

But the people in the officialdom are all human spirits, how can they believe such a lame reason.

Whether it is the construction of Beijing or the Army Academy, it is all a matter of the Ministry of Human Resources and Industry, and what does it have to do with Chen Kan, a young marquis.

So in the past few days, they have been rushing to give gifts one by one, and they are congratulating the housewarming and worrying about the health of the Hou Ye.

Isn't the purpose just to find out what the purpose of Chen Kan's visit to Beijing is?

Chen Kan went to see them, just to make an attitude, he came to Beijing for no purpose, not to target anyone, I accepted your gifts, I will also give you face, and everyone will live in harmony in the future.

Of course, if the attitude is released, whether the officials of Shuntianfu believe it or not, it is not something that Chen Kan should worry about.

"Yes, the old slave will do it."

After sorting out the causes and consequences, Yun Cheng Shunjue was clear-minded.

He put the ledger in his hand on the stone table under the umbrella, and began to prepare for the banquet.

Chen Kan casually took the account book and glanced at it, and had to sigh in his heart, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are really rich.

A small Shuntian Mansion gave himself a gift to a marquis, and gave a gift equivalent to about 180,000 taels of silver.

"Yes, the house money is back."

Muttering to himself, Chen Kan got up from the recliner.

He beckoned to Fang Xu, who was standing aside, and told him to set up the carriage.

Then he walked out of the door with his hands behind his back.

It's been a few days since he came to Beijing, and Chen Kan plans to go to the construction site of the Army Academy first.

The carriage creaked across a stone bridge over the Jinshui River and headed for a clearing in the northeast corner of Beijing.

The Chengbei Church in Beijing was originally the place where the army was stationed in the former Yuan capital, and later it was the camp where Zhu Di was stationed in the three guards of the vassal king.

After the vassal king Sanwei entered Nanjing with Zhu Di, this land was vacant and became the garrison of the 5,000 forbidden troops who stayed in Beijing.

However, the 5,000 forbidden troops naturally could not occupy this teaching ground that was enough to garrison 100,000 troops, so it was logical that this place became the only location of the Army Academy.

Chen Kan came here today, of course, not to be quiet, but to make money.

Unlike the Naval Academy, most of the equipment in the Naval Academy is on the water, so the school is naturally much more rudimentary.

And the Army Academy requires a complete set of military equipment.

Not to mention anything else, there must be a playground for training cavalry, an artificial mountain for training mountain warfare, and a shooting range for soldiers and soldiers, dormitories, teaching buildings, and various supporting facilities of the test base must also be kept up.

There is so much room for maneuvering with these things.

Chen Kan would not be greedy for the funds allocated by Zhu Di to build the academy, but this did not affect him from making a small fortune from it.

All you need to do is build a few kilns, go to the nearby mountains and forests to find some limestone, and go to the beach to collect some shells and other things, and a cement factory can be successfully built.

The burned cement can not only be used in the construction of military academies, but the city of Beijing is now also being renovated.

Such a good opportunity to make money, Chen Kan will not let it go easily.

What?

Growing watermelons?

How can you make money by selling cement to grow watermelons, or make money to build an entire city.

On a trip, you can not only see the progress of the construction of the Army Academy, but also check the progress of the station here, and make money by the way, why not do it?

Soon—

A large construction site that could not be seen at a glance appeared in Chen Kan's eyes.

The progress of the Army Academy is much slower than that of the Naval Academy, after all, the cost of Beijing City next to it is huge, and the funds can only be followed by Beijing City.

However, no matter how slow the progress is, the Ministry of Industry does not dare not move on.

So the big construction site that Chen Kan saw was just an empty lot still digging the foundation.

The sparse people were digging in the dirt and stones, and every now and then a cannon could be heard, which was blasting stones.

Piles of dirt were piled up into small hills, and officials from the Ministry of Works from Nanjing were lazily wandering around the construction site.

When the dirt and dust in the sky are blown by the wind, it is easy to get covered in the face.

Chen Kan had to take out a silk scarf from his arms to cover his mouth and nose.

The officials in the distance noticed Chen Kan, and only thought that he was a businessman who came to the construction site to find an opportunity, so he came to drive him away with a cold face: "The raw material supplier of the Army Academy has been decided, don't look at it, let's leave quickly." ”

The officials waved their sleeves skillfully and painfully, and it was obviously not the first time that they had driven people around the construction site.

Chen Kan's face was tightly covered with silk, and the official naturally didn't recognize Chen Kan as the one who stirred up the undercurrent in the officialdom of Beijing recently.

Chen Kan didn't make a fuss, nodded to the official and sat back in the carriage.