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Chapter 103 Arrangements for the New Year
  As soon as the Lantern Festival was over, Lin Feng immediately entered a busy working state and stepped up his efforts to advance various matters. Time waits for no one. The eleventh year of Chongzhen is very critical, so we must work hard and work quickly.

The first thing to focus on is the construction of the Fudong compound.

For the county magistrate's public house, Lin Feng was discussing the construction plan with Li Xiongzhen, as well as Li Wanxiang, the head of the Li family who was responsible for the construction, and his son Li Fei.

After Lin Feng carefully looked at the construction sketch produced by the Li family, he asked: "Xiong Zhen, what do you think?"

"President, I think it's okay. The overall layout of these four areas is in line with the plan we discussed years ago." Li Xiongzhen replied.

"How many acres are planned for the entire compound now?" Lin Feng asked.

"A total of 500 acres, and I bought another 200 acres from the county government office, and all the surrounding wasteland. It only cost a hundred taels in total." Li Xiongzhen said.

"The area is almost enough. The overall layout of these four areas is okay. I am considering building a Zhenming Group headquarters in the middle of the compound to facilitate the management of various industries in the compound." Lin Feng arranged.

"That's good. Most of the group's industries are now in the Fudong compound. We want to put the group headquarters there." Li Xiongzhen agreed.

"President, how big of a headquarters do we need to build?" Li Wanxiang asked.

Lin Feng made some gestures on the sketch and said: "Let's build a courtyard of about this size, integrating office and accommodation."

"I understand, but this will increase some costs." Li Wanxiang said.

"Xiong Zhen, how much money was invested in the entire construction plan?" Lin Feng asked.

"The original plan was to invest about 3000 taels of silver. Some building materials can use the remaining ash from Zhenming Chemical Coking, which should save a lot of money." Li Xiongzhenhui reported.

"Okay, then let's add 1000 taels. This money will be spent from the group's profit last year. Last year, the group still had a balance profit of 4500 taels, plus more than 500 taels of dividends from Li's Construction, and 4000 taels were invested to build the Fudong Courtyard. Not big." Lin Feng arranged.

"Okay." Li Xiongzhen responded.

"Master Li, this is our own project. You have to go all out. One is to ensure the quality, and the other is to speed up the progress as much as possible." Lin Feng ordered.

"President, don't worry! I asked Li Fei to keep an eye on the construction site of the compound throughout the whole process." Li Wanxiang replied.

"Okay!" Lin Feng glanced at his future brother-in-law and wanted to let him get some exercise.

After clarifying the construction plan, the Li family and his son quickly left.

Lin Feng poured a cup of tea for Li Xiongzhen and asked, "When is Xiongzhen going to return to Taiyuan?"

"The planning for Fudong Courtyard is finished, and there is nothing urgent at hand now. I'm going to leave tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Li Xiongzhen replied.

"Okay, you can leave tomorrow. Go early and come back early. There are still many things for the group behind you. When you leave, take a few people back from the escort team. One of them will ensure safety on the road, and the other one will have to have some fanfare when he goes home. ." Lin Feng ordered.

"Thank you Yuanshan!" Li Xiongzhen knew that Lin Feng was trying to save his face.

"What else can we thank you for? This is a must. In addition, go to the Grassland Trading Center to get the best cashmere coat for Miss Feng. You can prepare the other gifts while you wait." Lin Feng explained again.

"I understand, I will help you make Miss Feng happy." Li Xiongzhen said with a smile.

"By the way, the big mess in Fudong Courtyard cannot be left unattended while you are away. Do you have any recommendations?" Lin Feng asked.

Li Xiongzhen thought about it and said, "Hey, we are short of people now. The few capable people are each responsible for a share. I didn't expect any ready-made people. I'd better arrange it for you Yuanshan."
  Lin Feng thought about the available people with his fingers and said: "Then let Li Changji from Jiazhou come back. His abilities are relatively comprehensive. Anyway, there is no need for carpet making there now. He is just selling wool products." It’s over there.”

"Li Changji is good, but we have to arrange for someone to go over there, otherwise it will be difficult for Chen Xiong to be there alone, and besides, someone needs to be supervised." Li Xiongzhen suggested. "Xiong Zhen is thoughtful, let Cao Qiang, the shopkeeper discovered by the escort team in the last assessment, go over and go to Jiazhou to exercise."

"I think it's okay, that'll be no problem."

"Then when Xiong Zhen returns to Taiyuan tomorrow, let's take Cao Qiang to Jiazhou, and then order Li Changji to return to Fugu immediately." Lin Feng arranged.

"Okay, then I'll go get ready first." Li Xiongzhen said goodbye and left.

Then, Lin Feng asked Lin Jiakang to notify Fang Tiezhu, Gao Rui and Yang Heng of the Minzhuang Team to come over.

Several people arrived quickly. Lin Feng first asked: "Tie Zhu, how is the expansion of the Minzhuang Team going?"

"Back to the county, after we defeated the Mongolian Tatars last time, both the people in the county and the refugees outside the city were very active in joining the people's strength team. Now the 300 new recruits have been fully recruited, but the basics of the new players are still there. It's relatively bad, you have to practice hard." Fang Tiezhu replied.

"There must be some with good foundation among these 300 people. You organize an assessment, which mainly tests physical fitness, martial arts and literacy. Old team members can also participate to screen out some available talents." Lin Feng ordered.

"Understood, we will organize the assessment in the next two days." Fang Tiezhu replied.

"This military training depends on training, but also on actual combat. Do you have any suggestions on how to carry out actual combat training?" Lin Feng asked.

"Your Majesty, there are no large peasant armies around Fugu. However, there were quite a few who participated in the riots and were dispersed and fled to various hills to dominate the mountains. I suggest that we organize a cleanup of them to strengthen the people's strength. Team." Gurui, who had served as a frontier army at night, obviously had some experience and put forward a more feasible suggestion.

"Your Majesty, although these bandits are not large in scale and do not dare to come to the county town, they often harass the common people and gentry in the countryside of Fugu. The public is very angry. Killing them will also help to further win the hearts and minds of the people of Fugu." Yang Heng added.

"This is a good suggestion. You should study it. First, get a feel for the bandit situation around Fugu. Then arrange team members in turns to suppress the bandits. The main purpose is to train the team." Lin Feng explained.

"Yes, going to suppress bandits can not only train the team members, but maybe also seize some money and food." Fang Tiezhu also agreed.

"Okay, then go ahead and make arrangements. Make a plan first and show it to me." Lin Feng ordered.

"Yes!" The three replied in unison.

As soon as the three people from the Minzhuang Team left, Hu Yanming, the secretary of the workshop, came and presented a sketch of the reconstruction of Zhenqiang Fort.

Lin Feng took the picture and looked at it carefully and said: "This new castle mainly has two functions. One is the function of military defense, mainly to prevent the invasion of steppe Tatars outside the customs. The other function is the commercial function. I want to build the new castle. Business center with prairie.

So your plan also separates these two functions. The northern part of the fort faces outside the pass. It is mainly for military defense and must be relatively independent to prevent people from sneaking in and destroying the city from the inside.

The southern part of the castle is mainly for commercial functions. Build more shops. Don’t be afraid that no one will come to buy them. Then we will hold a centralized auction of shops. "

"I understood it as soon as the county official told me, but if we build it this way, the funds may increase a bit. The original 3000 taels may not be enough." Hu Yanming replied.

"Don't think about the money issue first. It doesn't matter if you exceed it a little. Work hard to improve the plan. Let Hufang implement the follow-up investment for the shops. The money from selling the shops will be used to subsidize the construction of the fort." Lin Feng explained.

"Understood! I will implement it immediately." Hu Yanming took the order and left.

Only then did Lin Feng have time to sit down in his seat and stretch out. There were too many things to do. If he rebelled and conquered the world in the future, he would be exhausted.

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