Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Li Yuanzhao was clearly stunned by Fang Zheng Yi's fluent English.

Seeing his confident appearance, it really didn't seem like he was bluffing, and for a moment he was speechless.

It was foreign language, but it didn't seem to be the native language of those two foreigners.

Forget it, even if he does know it, what if he spouts out a couple more foreign sentences after I refute him? It would be quite awkward to listen to.

Seeing that Li Yuanzhao was no longer questioning him, Fang Zheng Yi turned his gaze to Fo Bo Le and Da Zhuang.

Now that these two were no longer in the Jinyiwei, staying in the Academy of Sciences might be a good choice.

Although they don't have any special skills, their current experience and knowledge of living in a foreign country can be considered a small "special skill."

In the school, there will inevitably be some collisions of ideas or discoveries with others, which is also a good thing.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng Yi asked the two: "How do you feel about being assistants here now? Can you fully adapt to the work and life here?"

Without even thinking, Fo Bo Le grinned and said: "Yes! We eat well and sleep well here, and the people in the school are very friendly to us, and the food is especially delicious...."

Seeing his beaming appearance, Fang Zheng Yi's face darkened and he said: "Bullshit! You've been here for several years and you're still pretending to be a foreigner in front of me? Damn it, I hate people who act pretentious the most, speak properly?!"

Fo Bo Le and Da Zhuang's expressions tightened, and they became vigilant.

Damn it, this little trick used to get a lot of goodwill, but I didn't expect it to fail with Master Fang, what's going on?

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll say it again." Fo Bo Le said with a wry smile, "Anyway, it's just so-so in the school. It's definitely not as good as in the Jinyiwei. We don't even get paid for being assistants here, just two meals to send us off."

"Hey... Originally, we could earn some money by helping people report cases and find bicycles, but later, after we became familiar, the bicycles couldn't be found anymore... We really have nowhere else to go, so we can only hang around here for a living."

"Half a month ago, the people from the Institute of Metallurgy said that I had made some contributions to the Institute of Metallurgy and were considering letting us in, but after we had a celebration banquet with them, for some reason, no one mentioned it anymore. We're still doing hard labor now!"

Da Zhuang nodded indignantly from the side.

"The school rewards merit, how could no one mention it? Is it because you two aren't qualified enough?" Fang Zheng Yi asked.

Fo Bo Le said sadly: "How are we not qualified? We study day and night, and we've already memorized everything in the Institute of Metallurgy. Later, I asked the people in the institute, and they said that we didn't drink the toast from the director at the celebration banquet, so they didn't want us!"

"I just don't understand, what does drinking have to do with getting into the Institute of Metallurgy?!"

Da Zhuang glanced at him: "You still haven't figured it out by now? Da Jing is different from our place! If the higher-ups offer you a drink and you don't drink it, then you're not giving them face. How can you work later, and where will you get projects? You can only do hard labor."

Fo Bo Le said angrily: "You knew and you didn't fart earlier, why are you only saying it now?"

"I only figured it out later, but I haven't quite figured it out yet. I heard the people in the institute say during my lunch break that the director goes out to drink heavily every day, and if he wants to get funding, he has to drink with even higher-ups...." Da Zhuang pondered, "Doing things starts with being a person, maybe that's the secret to Da Jing's strength."

Damn it! What are these two damned foreigners talking about?

Mo Xiaohu's face on the side had already turned pale, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, staring ahead with his eyes, but his eyeballs slowly slanted towards Fang Zheng Yi's direction.

He kept muttering in his heart... It has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me...

The more Fang Zheng Yi listened, the angrier he became.

Damn it, is the power of traditional culture so great? Dongjiao University started doing this after I haven't been there for a while?

In the past, this kind of situation did occur when the various research institutes in Taoyuan County were first established.

But after all, the county is not big, and he can always find time to go around and see it every month, and this trend was quickly suppressed.

It's just that now he's in a high position, and there are many things to do, so he doesn't have time to take care of Dongjiao University.

It seems that this kind of extensive management can't be used in the future.

After all, the school is a research institution, and it's understandable to manage human relationships.

If technical positions are involved in too much of this kind of mess, it will obviously greatly affect efficiency.

I didn't expect this trip to have unexpected gains. Since the Institute of Metallurgy is already like this, then the other colleges and research institutes must not be much better!

If you see that there may be corruption in a certain place, then the scale of corruption in places you haven't seen must be at least an order of magnitude higher!

Fang Zheng Yi slowly moved his gaze to Mo Xiaohu and said grimly: "If this kind of thing happens again, why didn't the people below report it to me earlier?"

Mo Xiaohu trembled all over and said with a dry laugh: "I don't know, Master, the Ordnance Institute... is not with them, we only make demands on it, as for the process in between, I know nothing, but Master, I guarantee that the atmosphere in our Ordnance Institute is clear and bright, and we always focus on research! No one ever goes out to drink heavily!"

"You better be!" Fang Zheng Yi raised his voice and pointed at him at the same time, "Don't be glib, don't be clever, don't think I can't find you."

"This time I'll let it go, but the Institute of Metallurgy should still be punished! Tomorrow, find two people to set up a frame in the school playground, hang the leader up, put a sign around his neck to explain the matter clearly, and let the whole school and the entire Academy of Sciences visit to show a warning, and don't blame me for being rude next time."

After Fang Zheng Yi finished speaking, he stepped forward and put his hand on Mo Xiaohu's shoulder, threatening: "In the future, I will pay special attention to you. The important faculty members in the school are all from Taoyuan County. You have connections, I don't need to say more."

"But I still want to say one thing, don't think that you were brought out by me, so you can mess around and do whatever you want! Dongjiao University is the industry that I value most in my heart. If anyone ruins it, I have a hundred ways to make him spend the rest of his life in prison, do you understand?"

Mo Xiaohu's face turned pale, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and nodded vigorously.

Fang Zheng Yi twitched the corners of his mouth with a fake smile and turned to Fo Bo Le and Da Zhuang and said: "You two go back, and from today onwards, officially work in the Institute of Metallurgy, and take as much wages as you should take. If you hear about this kind of thing again in the future, come to me to report it as soon as possible."

Fo Bo Le and Da Zhuang were overjoyed and repeatedly bowed and said: "Thank you, Master Fang, for your promotion."

"Go, go." Fang Zheng Yi waved his hand and drove the two away.

Then he pointed to the Italian cannon and said to Mo Xiaohu: "You organize a copy of the data of this cannon and send it to the Ministry of Works, and send another copy along with the cannon directly to the Ministry of War, and explain clearly to them that the Ministry of War will be responsible for handling it, and the Ministry of Works will be fully responsible for the manufacturing and production of this cannon in the future, and the rest of you will be responsible for continuing to improve the technology."

Mo Xiaohu looked puzzled: "Master, why? What's the point of sending it to the Ministry of Works? Wouldn't we be working for nothing?"