Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 763 Missionary?
Gao Mengnan didn't expect that Gao Yushi would give him such power.

According to the authority given to him by Gao Yushi, in fact, what he has to do is not just what Gao Yushi just mentioned, because these are only the "foreign-related" parts, and there are more internal affairs responsibilities that he needs to take on.

Chief, what is a chief?

Among other things, Gao Mengnan already knew that the iron mines in Hehua Mansion must be vigorously developed. Gao Yushi had already decided to build an ordnance factory here, but the production personnel were all mobilized and recruited from China.

The guns of this ordnance factory only need to use iron, which is relatively easy to handle. However, because the artillery factory uses bronze, it needs Jingxi Guardian envoy Cen Ling to provide copper ore-Gao Wushi has already told Cen Ling that Xinghua Xuan under his name There are enough copper mines in Fusi to be mined.

As for tin mines, it is easy to handle. Gao Yu said honestly that there is a large tin mine in Kuizhou in Nghe An, just a few dozen miles northwest of Yingdu Province.

All the coal needed for iron and copper smelting, muskets, and artillery production was provided by the Anbang Xuanfu Division controlled by the Huang family.

Gao Mengnan knew Gao Yu's habit of doing business. Since this Hehua Mansion is both an iron factory and an ordnance factory, it must be a key location and must be properly controlled.Therefore, he not only has to consider the development of these industries, but also has to make proper defense arrangements, as well as plans for the destruction of related production equipment and materials, and the evacuation of personnel in case of an attack that cannot be resisted. Well, neither can be missing.

As for the golden port, apart from gold, the most important thing is the construction of commercial ports and military ports, as well as immigration.Gao Wushi introduced to him the general development direction of the Golden Port. After the port is completed, a shipyard will be built to be responsible for shipbuilding and ship repair. Since this is a southward base, how can it be necessary to provide support for the fleet?

Therefore, as the chief of the three towns, he has to take care of at least two key development cities in the south and the north in terms of internal affairs, and the tasks are still very arduous.

Power corresponds to responsibility.

However, this power is still too great. Gao Mengnan felt that the three towns added up, not to mention the importance in Annan, even in Daming, would be equivalent to a soldier who was in charge of three prefectures. He couldn't be so simple. accepted.

"To be honest, brother Yu is very grateful for your trust, but this responsibility is too great. I am afraid that some people in Jinghua will think that you are nepotism. I need someone to help me share a part or two."

"If you don't rely on cronyism, why do you still let others be alienated?" Gao Wushi waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about this, second brother. Jinghua is my private property, so it's normal to use relatives. However, since the second brother thinks that someone needs to share ..."

He pretended to think about it, frowned and said: "Well, I'll ask the servant to help you—actually, it's not really helpful, this kid is not very good at reading, I've read the articles he wrote, and I guess he's just a student." If you don’t want to be a member of the Communist Party, why not come and learn from the second brother, and let’s forget about working in Jinghua in the future.”

In fact, for Daming, a student is not bad, but it depends on who it is for. In the eyes of Gao Yushi, the top six scholar... the student is naturally not worth mentioning.

Gao Mengnan did not dare to doubt Gao Wuqin's ability in the imperial examination. Since Gao Wushi said that Gao Wuqin "is a student's future", then Gao Wuqin's level is probably here.

He thought about it, although Gao Wuqin might not be able to help him, but Gao Wuqin was right, anyway, he was not very successful in his studies, he came to Beijing to work earlier, to study and exercise, maybe the future will be better—— Isn't this equivalent to being a soldier?
Besides, if Gao Wuqin comes over, he can indeed share his pressure. It's not that he can do a lot of things, but that he has the status of Gao Wuqin's younger brother, and with him standing in front of him, he doesn't have to worry about being suspected when he does things by himself—— Suspicion may not necessarily come from Gao Yushi, Jinghua is now a large interest group, and many important servants under Gao Yushi are in important positions, and they also have the right to speak.

Gao Mengnan expressed his support for Gao Yushi's decision, and said that if the old man and old lady of the sixth room disagreed, he could persuade him.

At this point, even if the important matter is discussed, Gao Wushi also mentioned the adjustments to Guangzhou Port, Tianjin Port and other places to Gao Mengnan so that he doesn't have to worry too much.

Gao Mengnan felt that as long as there was no chaos in Guangzhou Port, everything would be easy to talk about, so he didn't express any opinions.

However, after finishing talking about the business, Gao Mengnan suddenly remembered a small matter, and reported it to Gao Wushi. He said, "By the way, to be honest, when I was in Guangzhou, the head of the Folang Jifan monk in Haojing came to find me. I have asked me to introduce them many times. At that time, Guangzhou Port had a mission to understand the structure and manufacturing methods of Frangji sea-going ships, and even some techniques of Flangji artillery. shirk, so..."

"That's not called fan monks, second brother, you should call them missionaries." Gao Wushi interrupted with a smile.

Gao Mengnan was a little surprised: "They said so themselves, but I thought they were just putting gold on their faces... A group of foreign monks can be called 'scholars'?"

Uh, your focus is really... very bright.

Gao Wushi briefly introduced the social status of European priests to Gao Mengnan, and then asked, "They want to see me? Do you know why?"

Gao Pragmatism is not like many time-traveling predecessors, as soon as he hears the missionaries, he hastily fawns over them, promising to exchange various privileges for some advanced European technology.

Because he knows that there are not many things that can be called advanced technology in Europe at this time, and even if there is, there is no need to obtain them in this way-they don’t have any technical barriers at all now, as long as they have access and are willing to spend money, You can get it anywhere.

Moreover, all European countries, as long as they have the ability, can't wait to come over to find Daming to do business, and they basically admire, fear and envy Daming at this time.

For example, the key figure in the rise of England, the "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth, once wrote a letter to Emperor Wanli. Unfortunately, England was still exploring the route at that time, and the letter was not successfully delivered until nearly 400 years later. *****The queen sent it to the then president when she visited China.

The original text of that letter does not need to be elaborated, but just looking at the headline, one can know how Europeans viewed Daming at that time:
"The queen of England, France and Ireland, the guardian of the faith, pays tribute to His Majesty the greatest, powerful and invincible Emperor Ming" - at this time, England had a claim on France, so there was a queen of France in it The title, of course, is not important.

Great, mighty, invincible.

This is how Westerners view Daming now.

So, what do these missionaries want me to do?Gao Yushi also became curious.

(End of this chapter)