As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

On the other hand, after the establishment of the Tianjin Navy, the caravan did not make much fanfare. The initial focus was on stability. After all, there are Japanese pirates raging at sea, and it is true that there are not many people doing business with the Japanese country along the coast; secondly, it can also accumulate some ocean-going sailing and combat experience for the Tianjin navy, and prepare for the south to fight against the Japanese pirates.

No fanfare means low-key development, and no one knows what the purpose of this fleet is until it is completely unaware.

And Wen Liang believes that even if someone notices this, Huamanlou probably has a corresponding strategy. After all, the caravan in the early stage is a small-scale trade, and even if you push [-], you can fool it for a while. At worst, the emperor came forward to blow the whistle, didn't he?

And after the Tianjin navy breaks up the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop, the caravan can expand at any time. At that time, the business can expand to the Ryukyu, Nanyang and even the West. Now, this is the time for them to fight back strongly.

But at that time, the group of people organized by Huamanlou had already tasted the sweetness, and they would naturally fight back after encountering counterattacks from this group of people, but the two parties would generally never tear their faces apart under fear.

In this way, the two parties will inevitably form a stalemate, but the problem is that everyone is doing shipping business, but the ancestors say that the boards are not allowed to go to the West...

Isn't this slapping the ancestor's face fiercely?

When the ancestor made an empty talk, Kaihai was a foregone conclusion, otherwise where would the ancestor's face be put?

After straightening out the whole train of thought, Wen Liang's eyes on Hua Manlou changed: "Mr. Qian is very calculating!"

Hearing her praise, Hua Manlou scratched his head, and said embarrassedly: "I didn't make much calculations, did I? So you know the matter. If Mr. Ge wants to buy a share, he just needs to prepare money as soon as possible to sign the contract. I just wait here." After the successful research and development of the artillery, you can free up your hands to tinker with the fleet, and this year is not bad, and you can sail."

It has to be said that Wen Ge was originally from a poor family, but after all these years of being an official, the consumption of ice, charcoal and fire is naturally not a problem, and after joining the cabinet, every local official who came to Beijing will also have a lot of filial piety Here it is, it's not difficult for his family to scrape together a few hundred thousand taels of silver.

What's more, since they can be involved in Kaihai and earn money, is there any reason for the Wen family not to join?

So Wen Liang made the decision for his father on the spot: "It will take some time to prepare the money, and I will send the money in a few days."

When the two talked about it until now, neither of them realized that what they said was not the same thing at all, but the two things were subtly entangled together, which led to a magical chemical reaction...

245. I Just Don’t Care About Them

After finalizing the affairs of the navy, Hua Manlou took Wen Liang and Wen Yuchen, who was in a daze from beginning to end, for a stroll around Xishan.

Logically speaking, some things should not be seen by outsiders, such as Zhao Ren's flying laboratory, or the firearms laboratory.

But firstly, these two are the nephews of Mr. Wen Ge, theoretically there is no such thing as using these things to make wind and rain; Teacher and Xishan's support are inseparable, so their visit here is actually tantamount to research, and they should come to investigate, after all, isn't it the first cooperation?

Of course, Hua Manlou, who became more and more speculative with Ye Gongzi, also wanted to dig him to Xishan to assist him.

Talent is scarce at any time, and this year is no exception.

Huamanlou originally planned to find some people to train a professional team to help him fill in the pits, so this Mr. Ye who can keep up with his own thinking is very valuable-just look at the few people who are in charge of Xishan. How difficult it is: Peng Guang, the first dog leg, is of average ability, and he only runs errands on a daily basis; Liu Fan, the administrator of the mining area, was originally from a hundred households, and he had to send two shopkeepers to him when he was in charge of the mining area; But after Huang Zichao was sent out by Huamanlou, the actual leader of this team became Qi Wanrong...

It's not that Miss Qi is not good at leading troops, but that Xishan Guard was a firearms force when it was founded, but most of Qi Wanrong's way is to follow the traditional generals, and she is such a detached person, do you expect her to enforce orders?

As for other people, there is no need to mention: the logistics side is managed by an aunt; the two specialty stores originally only had shopping guides, but Qiaoqiao was sent there recently as shopkeepers; the leader of the research and development team is an old blacksmith, and the head of the production team is Another old blacksmith...

From a management point of view, Xishan's management can be described as chaotic, but there is no good way to spend a lot of money. After all, in this world where 90.00% of the illiterates are, you can't expect everyone to be able to do it alone, right?

Of course, the children in Xishan are indeed being cultivated now, and it may take several years for them to grow up to help Huamanlou.

Therefore, a talent like Ye Gongzi who can chat with Huamanlou is very valuable. It can be said that there is nothing wrong with helping Huamanlou manage in Xishan. With his help, Huamanlou can fish better. .

Although this Mr. Ye is likely to take the route of civil servants, what if?No one can say for sure about such things as the imperial examinations. Nowadays, there are really many people who are obviously talented but fail to pass the exams.

Take the famous four great talents as examples, Zhu Yunming failed the general examination seven times, Wen Zhengming failed the provincial examination nine times, Xu Zhenqing was a Jinshi, but was not admitted to the Imperial Academy because of her ugliness, the worst one was Tang Bohu, who was involved in the scientific examination Fraud cases will never be used...

Therefore, Hua Manlou sincerely wished that the handsome Ye Gongzi in front of him would not pass the exam-if he passed the exam, wouldn't he be in the same boat as Nie Yuantu and Du Ziteng?Don't drop the price?

Therefore, it can be said that Hua Manlou was very enthusiastic and patient with Wen Liang and his brother and sister wandering around the West Mountain. Fired two guns.

"The current firecrackers have a longer range and more accurate accuracy than the firecrackers used in the war against Oirat." After going out, Hua Manlou was still making gestures and introduced to Wen Liang: "It can be said that if next time, who would want to Let's try Xishanwei's quality, and estimate that the battle will end faster than last time, and there will be no suspense."

Wen Yuchen watched Hua Manlou chat happily with his sister, and felt more and more furious. Hearing Hua Manlou's words, he couldn't help but say: "I hear what you mean, if you have firecrackers, you will be invincible in the world?"

"Of course...not." Hua Manlou was very displeased with this impolite old man's son, but he still gave him face in front of Wen Liang: "The current firecrackers are still too limited. If the blunderbuss becomes a mainstream weapon, there are still many things to do. What's more, if it is truly invincible, why should I bother with artillery?"

Wen Yuchen was about to say something and continued to hold Hua Manlou back from talking to Wen Liang, but suddenly he heard someone shouting not far away: "Brother Wen! Is it you, Brother Wen!"

Wen Yuchen turned his head in astonishment, and at a glance, he saw a few farmers... or guys dressed like farmers running over with hoes on their shoulders. He was stunned and then panicked: "Qin... Brother Qin? And Brother Zhang? You... ...how did you get down here?"

These people are the scholars who were sent to Xishan by Emperor Guangxing's order after the previous "beating the aunt". It is spring plowing at present, so they are working in Xishan according to the order.

This brother Qin happened to be the same age as Wen Yuchen, and several other people had met Wen Yuchen once. At this time, they were able to meet their old friend. They ran up to him, and their green shirts were wet with tears before they finished speaking: "Brother Wen, Brother Yu suffers!"

"Yes, yes, this is really not a place for people to stay..."

Because they didn't cooperate and just fished before, Huamanlou directly canceled all their privileges. When they ate, they ate the same as what the logistics side gave to the miners. When they worked, they just found an old farmer to be their master. , lived in a tent with air leakage, which made this group of noble gentlemen not want to stay in Xishan for a moment.

But the problem is that Emperor Guangxing's will is to build [-] sickles and [-] hoes per person, plus two acres of land per person. If they can't do it well, they are not allowed to participate in the Spring Festival, so they don't want to stay and dare not run, and what...

In the past, this group of people still had the leisure to discuss morality, righteousness, integrity and shame with Zhao Ren, and dared to confront the flowers all over the building face to face, but now after this hard life, this group of people can only cry.

Wen Yuchen didn't know much about the details. Looking at the classmates who had scolded Fang Qiu in the past, he couldn't help staring at Huamanlou and said, "You... how dare you abuse the scholar-officials?"

Hua Manlou said contemptuously, "Don't make too much of a fuss about them. I just didn't care about them. Why did they abuse them? If they were really abused, these few cysticercosis would not survive today."

"you!"

Wen Yuchen was still arguing with Hua Manlou, but that brother Qin stopped him first: "Brother Wen! Brother Wen, Mr. Hua Qian really didn't abuse me, really!"

"Yeah, yeah, Mr. Hua Qian is pretty... not bad..."

"Very...very good?" Wen Yuchen looked at these miserable classmates blankly: "But..."

"No, but it's really good!" Brother Qin said with righteous words on his face, but he was scolding his mother in his heart: he has suffered a big loss before, and now he is still on his territory. If he does this again, he may die a lot Miserable!

"Brother Wen, if...if it's appropriate, please ask your lord Wen Ge to wait for me to intercede with His Majesty, okay?" After denying Hua Manlou's abuse, this Brother Qin looked pitiful again. Xi's appearance: "We have already realized the mistake deeply, Your Majesty's deep meaning, I really understand..."

(Well, the manga of the supporting role was actually changed...and someone else told me, so it's ridiculous~ Anyway, just at the beep station, "

The Survival Rules of the Villain Young Master", you can read it~)

246. No Face!

It's no wonder that this group of scholars are timid, it's just because they haven't really experienced this kind of suffering.

When they were treated well before, they were still putting on airs, thinking that they were upright and arrogant, and regarded labor as a cheap profession, but when Huamanlou transferred the craftsman away, a group of people were caught blind.

After tinkering for a long time, they didn't tinker with a suitable sickle, and a lot of materials were wasted.Later, a few people couldn't carry it any longer, and ran to ask the artisans for advice, and then gradually they were able to play a few shots.

The situation is still the same today. If they hadn't put down their airs and asked old farmers for advice, they might not know how to use a hoe, let alone two acres of land for one person?

Scholars have always been very knowledgeable about current affairs.

But no matter how knowledgeable you are about current affairs, it’s better not to suffer if you don’t suffer, right?So after seeing Wen Yuchen, the purpose of this group of people rushing over was to complain and pretend to be pitiful, and then begged his father to ask for a pardon.

Scholars are always in such a group these days, so after seeing the tragic situation of this group of people, Wen Yuchen would naturally agree.

But before he could open his mouth, Hua Manlou said, "Oh? You understand His Majesty's deep meaning? Then let me ask, what did you understand?"

"I...understand..." Brother Qin didn't expect Hua Manlou to ask such a question, and he was a little speechless for a while: "I shouldn't beat the people..."

To be honest, this group of nerds came to Xishan because they were completely cheated by Huamanlou. Originally, they were still adhering to the principle of 'can be punished but refused to plead guilty', but now that they have suffered so much, the bottom line is gone. ...

So Hua Manlou almost couldn't hold back his laughter when these words came out, but Wen Yuchen's eyes widened: "Beat...Brother Qin, you..."

Hua Manlou suppressed a smile, and said with contempt on his face, "You have come to Xishan for so long, and you have understood this intention? You are so stubborn, why do you have the face to ask Wen Ge to intercede on your behalf?"

A group of people were furious, but no one dared to confront Hua Manlou, they just turned their begging eyes to Wen Yuchen.

Huamanlou didn't wait for Wen Yuchen, who was slow to turn his head, to recover, and continued: "Think about it carefully, if it's just beating the people, why did your majesty let me discipline you on your behalf? You are all masters who are familiar with the words of the saints. Cai, who pays attention to etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame, but now in order to avoid His Majesty's punishment, why don't you lose your face?"

"You... How dare you humiliate us?" Brother Zhang trembled with anger: "Sweeping the floor with a gentle manner, sweeping the floor with a gentle manner!"

Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows, and took a step forward, wanting to continue mocking these people, but he could barely take a step, and these people took two steps back in unison, almost making him laugh again.

Suppressing a smile again, Hua Manlou sneered: "Sweeping your mother! Sweeping the floor in a gentle manner, just a few of your materials can represent gentleness?"

Brother Qin pointed at Hua Manlou and said tremblingly, "You...you..."

"What are you?" Hua Manlou sneered, "Is there a problem if you say you are shameless? Look up and down the West Mountain, everyone is busy, even the children in the school know how to help with housework, but What about you? To put it bluntly, the people of Xishan are raising you now, and even the ore materials you waste are filled by them for you. Seeing them, parents don't recognize them, what kind of gentlemen are you?"

"Before this official told you that people depend on food for the sky, I just wanted to point you out, let you bend down and lower your body to see how the people live, and then refer to the words of the saints to see if your understanding is lacking. Where... the so-called unity of knowledge and action, action is the beginning of knowledge, knowledge is the completion of action, knowledge is not action, the words of the saints are not empty words? The book has been read into the dog's stomach, and it is foolish to try to escape punishment by pleading! Go aside, I don't have time to pay attention to you group of cysticercosis!"

After finishing speaking, Hua Manlou ignored these people and said to Wen Yuchen, "Brother Wen, if you really want to plead for these idiots, please feel free to do so, but there is something I want to remind you, they are His Majesty specially sent them here to participate in labor reform, and the person who supervised them was my younger brother. Even if His Majesty wanted to grant a pardon, he had to ask me first to ask them about their situation. Before they understand their mistakes, my younger brother really If there is nothing good to say, His Majesty will be furious, I'm afraid they will suffer even more, so you should think about it."

When Hua Manlou scolded this group of scholars, Wen Yuchen was really a little dazed and found it incredible: a group of eloquent scholars were smothered by a martial artist?

It has to be said that Mr. Wen Ge's youngest son reckons that his IQ has been transferred to his sister, so he has no one's perspective on the problem.

After Wen Liang heard Hua Manlou's words, he couldn't help but nodded secretly: There are so many people who talk about it, and how many people might put everything they said into practice?The unity of knowledge and action...that's really good.

After reminding Wen Yuchen, Hua Manlou ignored him, and turned to Wen Liang with a smile: "Don't be disturbed by these nerds, how about we go to the artillery laboratory to see?"

Wen Liang smiled: "Okay."

The two continued to walk forward, and Wen Yuchen came back to his senses, but on the one hand was his younger sister, and on the other was a few miserable fellows who were sprayed with blood by Huamanlou, and he didn't know which side to deal with first. In the end, I had no choice but to stomp my feet and said: "Brother Qin, Brother Zhang, I will mention the matter here to my father, but as Hua Manlou said, if His Majesty asks about it, he will hand over a few slanderous words, presumably……"

Hearing what he said, a group of scholars felt as if they were mourning.

Regarding the practice of the unity of knowledge and action, this group of people learned nothing else but learned that people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and they are also extremely proficient in learning, knowing that Wen Yuchen is telling the truth.

That Brother Qin said angrily: "Even though I know this, but I'll wait... when will this day end..."

Hearing this, a group of people burst into tears, and this time they really cried.

Wen Yuchen sighed for a long while, and finally had no choice but to comfort him: "You might as well follow what he said first, and how about doing the things at hand well? Even if you ask for mercy at that time, you must first have an attitude of admitting your mistakes and give Your Majesty a step forward." Down is not it?"

Seeing that everyone was still not motivated, Wen Yuchen said again: "It's the spring plowing season, you might as well write a few articles about the farmers these few days, and my younger brother will hand them over to my father and forward them to His Majesty, so that the pardon is not justified. Is there any?"

Wen Yuchen has been influenced by his father for a long time, even if his brain turns slowly, he can still grasp the important point - he beat the people before, so it is a good idea to write an article to speak for the people in order to show his attitude of admitting his mistakes, isn't it? ?

So a group of people's eyes lit up after hearing these words: "Brother Wen, good advice! It's just..."

"how?"

"Excuse me... Brother Wen, please send me some pen and ink... How about it?"

247. Unfeeling Please

The thing about readers...

In fact, that is the case.

For the performance of 'Ye Gongzi' when he ridiculed this group of sour scholars, Hua Manlou was very approving and satisfied.

The so-called differences do not conspire with each other, Hua Manlou can't say something like 'iron smelting and farming are cheap industries', so he doesn't like this group of scholars who only know how to talk.

But Ye Gongzi is also a scholar from his standpoint, and he should stand on the side of the scholars. At worst, he should help them talk like Wen Yuchen, but he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, as if he was watching a joke—— ——Just like on the day of the poetry meeting, he was the only one talking to Hua Manlou in the whole venue, and he seemed to not mind being associated with a military officer like Hua Manlou, this...

Hua Manlou didn't know whether to say that he was fearless or unconventional, after all, it's not bad to have such a friend, right?

Little did he know, Wen Liang felt better to him.

Under the subtle teaching of Mr. Wen Ge, Wen Liang hated the kind of scholar who "despite a thousand words in his pen, but has no idea in his mind". Just looking at the thriving scene of Xishan, you can tell that he has more than one strategy in mind, so can Miss Wen treat him differently?

Like Zhao Ren, Wen Liang also saw many different places in Xishan. It can even be said that under the management of Huamanlou, the Xishan group of craftsmen who were suffering from haha ​​were even better off than some ordinary people in the capital. Wen Liang couldn't figure it out.

"Brother Ye? What are you thinking?" Hua Manlou couldn't help asking when she saw Wen Liang's brows were pensive.

Wen Liang came back to her senses, and said frankly: "There is something I don't understand, please ask Mr. Qian to clarify."

Hua ManLou wondered, "What's the matter?"

Wen Liang turned his head slowly, looked at the blast furnace near the ironworks not far away, and said slowly: "It can be seen that the prosperity of Xishan is rooted in the group of craftsmen. But the craftsmen in Dazhao don't know how many , Many of them don’t even have enough to eat, so how can they play such a big role under Qian Zong’s command?”

"Isn't it true that they can play a role when they gather together?" Wen Liang turned his head and looked at Hua Manlou seriously: "I've heard that the group of people in the previous section belonged to the Zaozao Bureau, but there they The situation is self-evident, why did it become such a grand event under Mr. Qian's command?"

Hua Manlou was stunned when he heard the words, and then smiled wryly: Grand event?This is completely caused by cheap talk, where is the grand occasion?

Seeing Hua Manlou's strange expression, Wen Liang thought that he had said something wrong, and asked involuntarily, "Am I wrong?"

Hua Manlou sighed: "That's right, it can be said that the question you asked really goes straight to the core."

After a pause, Hua Manlou pointed to the blast furnace and said, "Fundamentally speaking, the biggest difference between the artisans of Zaozao Bureau and the artisans here is the smelting technology, that is to say, only in terms of iron smelting. , here, because of technological reforms, craftsmen can produce more value with the same amount of labor, so they get more.”

"Technical...reform?" Wen Liang was a little at a loss.

"That's right. You see, the Zaozao Bureau is still using charcoal to make iron, and the blast furnace is still an old blast furnace, which makes their investment much higher than ours, but their output is much lower." Hua Man Lou patiently explained: "But we use cheap coal to make iron, and the blast furnace has also undergone a series of transformations. The shipment volume is larger and the quality is better. This is a technological reform."

In Yu Huamanlou's previous life, most junior and senior high school students could talk about the relationship between technological innovation and productivity, but this is not the case these days.And Wen Liang didn't know anything about iron making, so it was only natural that she couldn't figure out why.

"The benefits brought about by technological improvement are obvious. Not only can more powerful and better quality firecrackers be produced, but also other things can be produced, such as stoves, and high-quality ironware. What this brings to Xishan is A large amount of income, so with this income, can the artisans live better?"

After hearing Hua Manlou's explanation, Wen Liang suddenly said: "So that's the case...but it's not just that? If these craftsmen are still creating bureaus, I'm afraid they won't be able to do these things. This is the guidance of President Qian. So?"

Hua Manlou shook his head and said, "Actually... I just gave them a better environment. How can I guide them?"