Following Chen Kai's instructions, Mouse Beard hurriedly left and returned, carrying a large pile of books and copywriting to Chen Kai's office.

"I've seen the roster. You can take it back and file it later. Now, there's still some time before lunch. Let me tell you about the recent production..."

After a long time, when lunch was approaching, Mouse Xuzi withdrew from the office room. After leaving the office room, Ke Chenmei, whom Chen Kai had just called someone to invite, was already waiting at the door. Mouse Xuzi bowed and then

Returning to the left wing where these files were stored, unexpectedly, before entering the room, Yu Er called him over at the door.

"What did Chen Canjun say to you?"

You Er was previously a personal soldier of Zhongzhen Bo Hong Xu. Hong Xu was responsible for the civil affairs of the entire South Australia and also took care of maritime trade. Such a weapons workshop with only a dozen craftsmen usually had less to handle, so

Then he sent a trustworthy person to act as a supervisor here to monitor the operation of the workshop. However, this supervisor has now become a tyrant in the workshop, and is quite domineering. Now Zheng Chenggong has appointed Chen Kailai to be in charge of the weapons workshop.

Feeling threatened, he consciously wanted to cut off the connection between Chen Kai and other people in the workshop, so that he could continue to manipulate him.

However, Chen Kai is not that nerd who just ignores what is happening outside the window and only reads the books of sages. This method will be very common in later generations. If he can't even see this trick, then what will he do?

It was strange. Because of this, after the first stage of attack and defense was over, Yu Er was eager to get something out of Mouse Xuzi.

Mouse Beard looked at You Er, then secretly looked back at the office room to make sure no one was out there, then he briefly answered You Er's question: "It's nothing, just let me go there with those account books, and by the way

Tell him what weapons have been made in the past few months, the specific number, and how many each craftsman has made, and then let me go back."

"Is there really nothing else?"

Chen Kai and Mouse Xuzi chatted in the room for a long time, and because You Er couldn't figure out the details of Chen Kai, he seemed a little confused at the moment. However, Chen Kai did not say anything else to Mouse Xuzi.

Even if I wanted to say the latter, I couldn't say it.

"Then, did you hear what he said to Captain Ke?"

"You have to ask Captain Ke about this. How do I know?"

Ke Chenmei is Ke Chenshu's younger brother, and the latter is a person who can directly speak to Zheng Chenggong, the national master. He would not dare to do the same to others. Hearing this, You Er

He was angry in his heart. Normally, how could the accountant dare to talk to him like this? With this change, it was clear that the appearance of Chen Kai made people in the weapons workshop start to look down on him, and the hatred in his heart became clear.

One more weight was added.

"You Er, I would like to advise you, this Chen Shenjun may not be an easy character to get along with. You'd better..."

"You don't need to worry about this."

As he said that, the door to the official room opened, and Ke Chenmei bowed and stepped out. Seeing this, the two of them didn't say much and separated quickly. However, You Er didn't dare to really look for it.

Ke Chenmei asked, then went back to continue working.

It was time for lunch, but the meal preparation work in the kitchen built against the wall of the small courtyard was delayed by Chen Kai's Buda but had not yet been completed.

Many people had gathered in front of the kitchen, all eagerly waiting with bowls and chopsticks in hand. While they were still waiting, Chen Kai had a lunch sent by Zheng Chenggong, which was even more sumptuous than when he was in the mansion.

But abundance was abundance, Chen Kai didn't eat, and he didn't even let the boy leave. Instead, he was still waiting for something.

The person in charge of the kitchen is You Hong, the only woman here. It was You Er who drove away the original cook and came here to be responsible for the food for everyone in the workshop. The workshop area is not very big, but there are more than a dozen people.

There are craftsmen, more than 20 guards, supervisors, accountants, cooks, handymen and a large group of people. Now there are even more people like Chen Kai who has joined the army. It is really beyond the capabilities of one person. Usually, You Hong is dedicated to the overseers and accountants.

As well as a captain and a vice-captain, these "management" people do the cooking, and most of the rest are just giving pointers and being done by the handymen.

After the meal was done, Mrs. You Hong and the handymen from the three kitchens walked out proudly from the craftsmen and handymen surrounding the door and walked directly into the small courtyard.

The workshop space is limited. In the kitchens, workshops outside the courtyard, and the office rooms and warehouses inside the courtyard, craftsmen usually eat in the workshops, while the handymen eat in the walls and corners of the workshops, while the "managers" eat in the rat's whiskers.

He ate in his office, but Ke Chenmei ate in the corridor of the small courtyard with other guards who were on duty. She probably wanted to share the joys and sorrows with her subordinates.

You Hong and his entourage entered the small courtyard, first took a food box from a handyman, and walked straight to the main house's official room. Chen Kai joined the army, and there were differences in class, so You Hong also worked hard.

But since Chen Kai already has meals sent by the town hall, these are naturally just out of politeness.

The food box was returned as it was, and You Hong took another food box from the handyman, sent it to Shu Xuzi's room, and then began to distribute meals to the guards.

After the meals in the yard were distributed, it was the turn of the craftsmen and handymen outside the yard. Unexpectedly, You Hong left the yard, and Chen Kai took the Zheng family boy out of the room and took a look on the corridor.

The guard's meal walked out of the small courtyard, and Ke Chenmei, You Er, Shu Xuzi and others who were eating were also surprised, and followed closely behind.

The craftsmen and servants had already gathered here. When You Hong came back, the servants in the kitchen brought out the food. It had been some time since it was cooked, and the temperature of the food had dropped, but the craftsmen and servants were obviously used to it.

——Among other things, in the past few days, the weather has been getting colder faster in winter and early spring. Isn’t it like this every day?

Two large buckets and a small bucket were brought out, and You Hong began to distribute the meals. The craftsmen's quota was a bowl of multi-grain rice and a few pickles, while the handyman's quota was a bowl of vegetable porridge, and that's it.

As the meal was being shared here, Chen Kai and his servants walked slowly over. Seeing Chen Kai, everyone quickly put down what they were doing and saluted. The meal sharing was forced to pause, but he did not signal to continue, but continued step by step.

He walked to the big barrel and looked at it carefully.

"It has rice and soup, which is good."

Chen Kai smiled slightly, seemingly as a joke. But at this moment, Ke Chenmei added: "Chen Canjun, what's in that bucket is vegetable porridge."

The reaction of the guard captain really shocked everyone present. Then Chen Kai took a chopstick from a handyman and inserted it straight into the vat of vegetable porridge. As soon as he let go, the chopsticks fell down without any hindrance.

In the vegetable porridge, it is like those vegetable leaves floating on it, floating in the rippling green waves.

"Is this also called porridge?"

Chen Kai shook his head. At this moment, the gap on a vegetable leaf caught his attention. He simply took the horse spoon from the hand of the handyman and scooped out a cooked vegetable after just a few scoops.

The plump vegetable worms were probably the only meaty food in these three buckets.

"No wonder so many handymen are sick. Is this used to feed pigs?"

Hearing this, Mrs. You Hong quickly fell to the ground and claimed that he was guilty of death. Seeing this, You Er had no choice but to come up and explain to Chen Kai: "Chen Shenjun, please forgive me, the people below were negligent. I'll just...

…”

What You Er wanted to do soon was to operate on the handymen who were helping the kitchen. It was self-evident. However, Chen Kai turned his head and looked at him, frowned, and coldly snorted: "Have I asked you?"

As soon as Chen Kai said this, You Er was stunned. Chen Kai made it clear that he wanted to make a fuss about this matter, but You Er was unable to do anything about it.

Caught off guard, Chen Kai did not give everyone time to react. He threw the horse spoon into the bucket, turned around and looked at a young craftsman apprentice, and pointed at the freshly brewed portion held in the apprentice's hand.

After finishing lunch, he asked: "I'm done eating, can I have another bowl?"

Refill?

When these words were said, everyone was immediately stunned. However, Chen Kai did not pay attention, touched the apprentice's head, and continued: "Young man, you have defeated me, it is the time when you are growing up, I think I was in your position back then."

At this age, if you eat two bowls at noon, Xianci will suspect that the food is not to your liking. You are doing heavy manual labor. One bowl of rice, three or two pickles, and you are not allowed to refill the bowl. God forbids it!"

"Mr. Cai, I remember that it is clearly written in the account book. The standard of food granted by Mr. Guo to the weapons workshop every month is how much food is per craftsman?"

Chen Kai suddenly asked Mouse Xuzi, who was startled at first, and then suddenly realized: "Returning to Chen Canjun, Mr. Guo is considerate, and the daily food standard for each craftsman is five taels of grain and two taels of vegetables.

Among them, grain is shipped every day from the warehouse of the main town government, and vegetables are purchased with silver."

According to the nutritional standards of later generations, a heavy manual worker needs to consume 3,600 to 4,000 calories a day, while five ounces of rice can only provide 600 to 750 calories. If vegetables are included, that is 750 to 1,000 calories.

.This intake is definitely not enough, but the workshop only provides one meal every day, and the craftsmen can eat at home in the morning and evening. In addition, the craftsmen's wages, food prices in the south are relatively low, and South Australia is close to Chaozhou.

Although the grain-producing land is a little bit difficult, it can still be managed.

Standard, Chen Kai had already checked it when he specifically asked Mouse Beard to get all the account books. Mouse Beard obviously also thought of the many people Chen Kai asked before who probably had the intention to hide their true intentions. Once he wakes up at this moment, he will immediately

Understand the geometry of the situation clearly.

Mouse Beard was very sensible, so there was no need for Chen Kai to continue wasting time: "Then how much do you send to the workshop every month?"

"Chen Canjun, you and I have no grievances in the past and no enmity in the recent past, so why bother forcing each other so hard!"

Before Mouse Xuzi could answer, You Er stood up with an angry look on his face. Anyone with a discerning eye could see very clearly that with five taels of grain and two taels of vegetables, each craftsman could only eat one bowl of rice and a few sticks.

The person who handled the pickles clearly had more than half of them. And whoever handled the pickles didn't know who he was.

"I'm telling Chen Canjun, the villains are all given to the kitchens in full, and they don't dare to be greedy at all."

When a catastrophe was approaching, Shu Xuzi did not hesitate to distance himself from the relationship. Most of the craftsmen, handymen, and even guards present had angry expressions on their faces, but Yu Er usually had a lot of power and did not dare to show off.

"Mr. Cai, please call me. I originally had some doubts about you, but what Supervisor You just said was really unreasonable, but it did clear up some of your relationship."

Chen Kai had already identified the target from the beginning. The mouse beard was lifted high and gently put down, and he breathed a sigh of relief. However, when You Er heard this, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, because Chen Kai

The battle has been made clear, this time we are going to take advantage of him!

"The kitchen manager, Mr. You Hong, embezzled food and money for purchasing groceries. The supervisor, Mr. You Er, had dual identities as a supervisor and a husband. His supervision was ineffective and he was also suspected of being the mastermind. I have no power or responsibility to interrogate and investigate crimes, but the weapons workshop

This is an important place for military affairs, and we cannot allow a couple of bitches like you two to continue to do evil here. From now on, you two are no longer members of the weapons workshop, so get out of here now."

Chen Kai quickly cut through the mess, and there was an immediate silence in front of the kitchen. Chen Kai was like this, and You Er was also very angry. Hearing this, he shouted loudly and asked: "I am Uncle Hong's man, do you dare to expel me?"

You Er has been able to dominate here for half a year. Who is behind him? No one in the weapons workshop does not know. There is a saying that eggs should not be beaten with stones. Zhong Zhen Bo Hong Xu is almost everyone under Zheng Chenggong.

The number one general, You Er, was like this, and no one dared to touch him. The situation was tense, and he showed his trump card without hesitation. However, Chen Kai remained unmoved by this.

On the contrary, he smiled, as if he was laughing at Yuji's stupidity.

"Oh, since you are Uncle Hong's person, do you have the appointment with Uncle Hong's handwriting and seal?"

In the weapons workshop, except for Ke Chenmei and the vice-captain, they all had military positions, such as supervisors, and the accountant only had duties. Put in the yamen, their status could not even be regarded as officials.

At most, they were just some government servants, or even just helpers. Where did Zhong Zhenbo's official handwriting and seal come from?

On the contrary, Chen Kai had this thing, and it was issued by Zheng Chenggong, the army coach with a higher status than Hong Xu, and it was witnessed by the entire workshop more than half an hour ago.

Seeing You Er stunned on the spot, with a look of astonishment on his face, Chen Kaidang sneered and said: "I don't know what you know, so I'm not afraid to tell you that when Mr. Guo Xing appointed me to take full charge of the weapons workshop, he asked for help.

It was after Uncle Hong’s opinion.”

Chen Kai would not say anything more about Hong Xu's doubts about whether he could complete the target as promised. Therefore, no one would believe that Hong Xu was in charge of Chen Kai's army.

The tool shop has opinions.

The craftsmen, handymen, guards present, as well as Shu Xuzi and Ke Chenmei all wanted to come, especially You Er and You Hong. Even the latter couldn't bear the psychological pressure anymore and burst into tears.

Seeing this, everyone's faces were filled with contempt and disdain. They looked at You Er as if they were an abandoned child.
Chapter completed!