The Military Uniform Manufacturing Workshop, which is the latest unit to be merged into the Ordnance Bureau, originally had only a dozen employees. However, when Chen Kai returned to Nan'ao Island and reviewed the documents, he found that this small workshop had now evolved into

There is no single production unit with the largest number of employees under the Ordnance Bureau, and it is even on the way to surpassing other departments in terms of the number of employees in a single production unit.

"Sure enough, if we want to make the pace of industrialization go faster, we still need capital and business to pour it carefully."

New orders were delivered and recruitment continued. This time, according to Shu Xuzi's calculations, at least fifty new female workers would have to be hired to maintain the current production while ensuring the orders were completed on time. After all, the Ordnance Bureau

It is a military manufacturing department. The first thing to ensure is the cost of its own army, not the acquisition of trade.

Here, Chen Kai began to expand his business outwards to accelerate the development of the garment manufacturing industry. Over in Chaozhou, Zheng Chenggong's attack on the wealthy people in northern Chaozhou who refused to surrender was also smoothly underway. With the continuous expansion of the actual control area,

More and more local products are being controlled. The sluggish local business caused by local tyrants and bandits is beginning to be alleviated. With Chaozhou Fucheng as the center, more and more merchants are coming from north to south.

, the large amount of goods carried made the supply of goods for sea trade more abundant.

Chaozhou tobacco, Chaozhou porcelain, cloth, silk, salt, sugar, grain and tinware are all popular commodities shipped from Chaozhou to various places. Among them, Chaozhou tobacco has lost its original largest export direction due to the dilapidation of Jiangxi. Now it is among the private sector.

The Chaozhou tobacco merchants are still re-adjusting their business direction, but other goods have received very little impression, which further enhances the strength of Zheng Chenggong's department.

Chen Kai adjusted the strategic direction of Zheng Chenggong's department last year, and now the results are becoming increasingly significant, and there is still more room for development. Zheng Chenggong appreciates Chen Kai's vision. There is a constant exchange of letters between the two, even if Shi Lang

Now that Zheng Chenggong has firmly taken the number one position among the generals under his command, Chen Kai, as a civil servant, can still overpower him.

During the continuous heavy rain in August, a sea ship arrived at Nan'ao Island from the waters of Fujian. This Ming army was under the banner of Zhou Rui, the Marquis of Min'an. Chen Kai and Chen Bao had already received the news earlier, so for the time being, Zhou Rui

The troops temporarily docked at Dongshan Island, and Zhou Rui personally came to negotiate with Zheng Chenggong about surrendering.

Zhou Rui, Marquis of Min'an, was from Fuqing County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, and was a younger brother of Zhou Hezhi, Marquis of Pingyi. However, these two brothers also had an internal conflict in Sanpan, Wenzhou not long ago. Although they did not resort to force, the result was

They also chose to part ways, one went north to Zhoushan, while the other simply went south to join Zheng Chenggong.

This was the first large-scale internal fighting in the Lu Jianguo court after they left Fujian. After Zheng Chenggong received the news from Dongshan Island reporting Zhou Ruilai, he took a boat south as soon as possible, and waited until Zhou Rui arrived at Nan'ao Island the next day.

On the same day, Zheng Chenggong rushed over and personally held a banquet to welcome Zhou Rui.

"In June, Dingxihou captured Jiantiaosuo and welcomed the arrival of King Lu the following month. However, the area of ​​Jiantiaosuo was not really a place for development, and it was connected to the Tatar occupied area by land.

How can it be safe, so I have heard that Dingxihou, Danghu Bo and Pingxibo plan to welcome King Lu to Zhoushan, but Su Lubo will probably not agree."

Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, was the chief military officer in the imperial court of Lu Supervisor; Dang Hu Bo Ruan Jin was the number one navy general along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the early Southern Ming Dynasty;

, was later plundered by Huang Binqing, and was controlled by him in Zhoushan; as for Sulubo Huang Binqing, he was from Putian, Fujian, and had been entrenched in Zhoushan for many years.

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As far as Chen Kai knows, these four people will soon have a second civil strife on Zhoushan Island. This time it will not be a heart-warming separation on bad terms, but a real life-and-death fight.

"Now that you've come, let's make peace with it. King Lu's side has always been like this. Uncle Zhou has come to the right place when he comes here. We are all good men here who take recovery as their own responsibility."

"It turned out to be true. After some repairs, we can send out troops to regain the lost territory. Wouldn't it be great?"

Zhou Rui's situation is much better than that of Lin Cha and Shi Lang. They just came from Sanpan, across the Taiwan Strait, and crossed the Fujian Province. In the final analysis, this army is just the fatigue of the boat, and some

In addition to the replenishment of weapons and food, there is nothing else that needs to be replenished. Compared with Lin Cha's troops who were like beggars, compared with Shi Lang's troops who were besieged and trapped to death, this journey was already considered a mountain tour.

Playing in the water.

"The final general must obey the orders of the country."

Zhou Rui's command consisted of more than a thousand soldiers. Zheng Chenggong was sent to a navy military station, which also accepted the Zhou brothers' original status as pirates in northern Fujian.

Zhou Ruilai came to invest here, and Zheng Chenggong also had a few new scholars. One of them was Yang Ying. Chen Kai was still quite impressed by this name. It was not that this person was in the Zheng Group during the period of Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Jing.

The reason why he has such a high status internally is because this person wrote a history book about the Zheng Group. Chen Kai was lucky enough to read it, so he had some impression of the author.

"My name should also be written in the "Records of Military Conquests"."

It is a pity that "Records of the Conquest" only started recording after Yang Ying joined Zheng Chenggong, and the previous events were not covered. As for Chen Kai's problem, all his previous efforts, Yang Ying was

It will not be recorded in that book, so if you want to be remembered by more future generations, you have to do more earth-shattering things.

In this regard, after two years of hard work, from a naked reserve team of fallen corpses on the road to today's deputy magistrate of Zhangzhou Prefecture, he is in charge of the military industry enterprise with the largest production capacity in South China. If he wants to continue to make achievements, he has already laid a solid foundation.

An excellent foundation. But even so, there can be no slacking off at all. Only by working harder can we truly win the final victory.
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