As for what Dugu Lou means, Xiao Chen also knows that he just wants to train the fleet. Since it is a ship, it will naturally go to sea. You can't just stay at the door of Shunfeng Port and wander back and forth, right?
In addition, when going to Paradise Island, you will pass through all the territorial waters of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as well as all important ports... The significance is very far-reaching.
Of course Xiao Chen agreed, he had wanted to do this for a long time.
I turned around and thought about telling Wu Hanming to ask him to pay a visit to Fengyang King Li Feng for me when he passed through Minzhou County to see if that bastard dared to detain my warship again this time!
That damn bastard is just brave...so it’s better not to protest with him.
If we can't afford to offend, we can hide, right?
Anyway, ten years is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Our account will be settled slowly in the future!
Of course, we have to prepare some gifts to give to Ren Tiantang, and they have to be in Xiao Chen's personal name, but this time the old man is generous and generously agrees to send them in Xiao Chen's personal name, but it is our Yanyun County who will buy the gifts!
In addition to these gifts, Xiao Chen also wanted to give Ren Tiantang a Dragon Spirit Pearl. Ren Tiantang had helped Xiao Chen a lot this time, and it would be unjustifiable if he didn't express it.
Last time in Jiangnan County, Xiao Chen originally wanted to leave all these Dragon Spirit Pearls to Duanmu Nanfeng, but Nanfeng's beads were too precious and he might not be able to sell even one in a year and a half, so he only left five.
Xiao Chen brought the others back.
If the beads were not in his hands, that would be fine. If they were, he would definitely give them away, no matter how much they were worth, so Chen Jisheng did not wrong him by saying that he would spend money randomly.
Xiao Chen didn't dare to tell the old man about this, otherwise they would all be snatched away and 'kept for him'.
"Boss, there are so many talented people on Paradise Island." Xu Wenzhou suddenly said.
"You mean pirates?" Xiao Chen didn't know where Wenzhou started talking about this?
"No, all the people they come here seem to be able to speak several languages, and they speak them very fluently... Hehe, why don't you, boss, talk to Master Ren and leave a few for us? Let's have a meeting at the Governor's Mansion now.
There are no people who speak foreign languages!" Xu Wenzhou said.
"Is this okay?" Xiao Chen felt that something was wrong. They traveled thousands of miles to give us so much money, and we still have to detain their people. This is not very embarrassing, right?
"We are in urgent need of such talents here, boss, especially as the scale of foreign trade is getting bigger and bigger. In the future, more Westerners and Asians will come, and those few translators are simply not enough. Brother Fu is also very worried about this matter.
, haven’t you seen that his hair is almost falling out?” Xu Wenzhou said.
"Then it's useless to have so many people." Xiao Chen felt that even if a few people were left, it would be a drop in the bucket and would not solve the fundamental problem.
"Let them be teachers. Later, I will organize a crash course in the Governor's Mansion and find a few smart boys to learn from them, mainly to learn spoken English..." Xu Wenzhou has already made plans.
"That's fine. You can talk to Bijiang later. I can't tell you. If they don't agree, there won't be any room for maneuver, and you will lose my face, the boss." Xiao Chen said, "
But remember, you can only ask others for this matter, but you can’t engage in any conspiracy!"
So during the meeting, Xiao Chen proposed to set up a separate foreign language school. It must be an independent university. Kudo Nako and several other Japanese teachers were also invited there to train professional translation talents in a targeted manner.
I will definitely use it in the future, and I will use it a lot more...
Chen Jisheng supports the opening of the school, not to mention that he has money in his hands, but what the hell is the cement factory your kid wants to open?
Why are there not enough messy factories you opened?
Xiao Chen briefly introduced the uses of cement to everyone. Let's put it this way, as long as it is related to construction, it can be used in both civilian projects and military facilities.
Why didn't you say it before? Didn't I forget?
I, Xiao Chen, am a human being, but I am not a god. I don’t have three heads, six arms, or several brains.
If I hadn't heard Wanchun talk about building roads in Shunfeng City, I still wouldn't be able to remember it now.
By the way, Wanchun is going to build a road from Shunfeng City to Changshan Prefecture, and is also planning to dig a canal to connect Jinsha City. I have basically agreed. These two projects are a century-old project, and they can be completed no matter how much money is spent.
But we still need to inform Xiaosheng and Dugulou about this matter and ask for their opinions. After all, such a big project as opening roads and canals also involves military aspects.
For example, if the Changshun Highway is repaired, widened and strong, the traffic will be smooth, but if the enemy attacks, the round trip will also be smooth!
The same is true for the canal. If the Bailong River and Jinsha City Shunfeng City are connected, then once the enemy attacks, they can directly enter the river channel from these two cities and enter the hinterland of Yanyun County!
So if the two generals don't agree, they can only let it go and discuss it in the long term.
"If this kind of Sanhe soil..." Chen Jisheng only knows about Sanhe soil, not cement.
"Cement!" Xiao Chen corrected.
"I think it's just like Sanhe soil. Well, cement. If this cement is as practical as you say, I agree with you to open a factory. How many do you plan to open and where?" Opening a factory is not a trivial matter.
"Blooming everywhere!" Xiao Chen said, "As long as it blooms anywhere there are rocks and sand, I think we can just build it along the Bailong River. It is convenient to transport by river boats."
"Do you want so many?" Liu Congshu felt that the boss's move was a bit rash.
"Cong Shu, believe me, no amount is enough!" Xiao Chen said, "Now we can't use mechanized production and can only rely on manpower, so the output must be very small. I'm afraid that supply exceeds demand, but I'm not afraid that we won't be able to use it. Even if we use it,
It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work, we can still sell it. How many people are rushing to get such a good thing.”
Especially Japanese people, they have a very strong ability to accept new things. If they see cement, they will be jealous and buy it in large quantities, but Xiao Chen has no intention of selling to them now.
I don’t have enough for myself…
I held a meeting all morning, finished the official business, and declined Liu Congshu's invitation to have lunch... Xiao Chen was familiar with the food served in the county yamen, which was just a bowl of plain noodles with some pickles.
If there are guests, at most add a stack of salted duck eggs and a stack of tofu mixed with sesame oil. It will be regarded as a high-standard reception meal. Anyway, this is how Liu Congshu entertained Xiao Chen last time.
I don’t know if Cong Shu has always been so stingy or has become stingy after being with Chen Jisheng for a long time? Sometimes Xiao Chen really hopes that they can be greedy...
Just don't be greedy, because their salary is really too little.
Xiao Chen also discussed with Chen Jisheng Congshu whether to increase the salary of Yanyun County officials? But the two of them rejected it in unison. It's not that they don't want to increase, who doesn't love money?
We just can’t afford to add more at the moment. Do you know how many officials, big and small, there are in Yanyun County? Do you know how many clerks, clerks, clerks, and clerks there are in each yamen?
Add one tael of silver per person per month to the monthly salary, and it becomes an astronomical figure in one year!