Chapter 145 King Qin’s illness
This was also the time when King Qin was most worried. Was this the prince's wish or his majesty's wish?
He dared to resist the prince's wishes. But he didn't dare to mess with His Majesty's wishes.
At this time, there was suddenly a movement outside.
King Qin shouted sharply: "Who?"
A palace maid plopped down on the ground outside the door and said, "This slave is here to deliver tea. This slave -----"
King Qin waved his hand, summoned a guard, and said: "It's dealt with."
The guard skillfully stuffed the palace maid's mouth with a cloth. Then, he dragged it down. Then he hit her on the head with a stick, and then the palace maid became motionless, with only a trace of blood flowing down along her hairline.
From beginning to end, the palace maid did not make another sound.
The whole process is so skillful that it makes people feel chilling.
This is the daily life in Prince Qin's Mansion.
"Report." Suddenly someone outside said: "There is an urgent report from Nanjing."
King Qin said loudly: "Bring it up."
Then another letter arrived.
King Qin opened it and took a look. His face suddenly darkened. This is not Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict. After all, the court has certain rules. The imperial edict could not be handed over to the King of Qin so frivolously. The imperial edict is still on the way. But just like many things, the official order has not yet been issued, and the news is already spreading below.
Gather the kings of the north.
King Qin thought to himself: "Old man, you are so partial."
At this moment, King Qin already believed that this was Zhu Yuanzhang's idea. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang never concealed his position on this. It was just because King Qin had a sense of luck. He would rather believe that this was not Zhu Yuanzhang's idea.
But at this moment, he had to face the cruel reality again.
King Qin thought for a while and said: "Let's tell the outside world that Gu is sick."
"Yes." The person next to him said immediately.
King Qin is not going to Nanjing. He also knew that it was impossible to hide the fact that he was pretending to be sick from Nanjing. This just shows his attitude.
After all, the Ming court only cares about face. Children who cry are fed by milk.
The King of Qin did not think that he would be severely punished for doing so. In other words, in King Qin's view, no matter how severe the punishment was, it could not compare to being thrown into the fiefdom of Xi'an.
"Your Highness," Deng drove the people around her away and whispered in King Qin's ear: "Maybe we need to make some preparations."
King Qin said: "What preparations should we make?"
Deng's red lips look ordinary, but I don't know how to get them, so I just licked them, and I immediately felt infinite temptation. She whispered: "The prince dares to act like this. It is estimated that the old man's health is to let the court know that the northwest cannot do without His Highness, or this matter will turn around."
King Qin shook his head and said, "A woman's opinion."
The King of Qin was still aware of the court's movements. Zhu Yuanzhang did not show any signs of being frail and sickly, but instead felt particularly old and strong. And although Xi'an is important, the strength of Qin Fan is far from comparable to that of the imperial court.
He knew it very well and said nothing else. As soon as Feng Sheng was transferred here, the entire northwest was extremely calm and did not dare to have the slightest idea. After all, most of the places here were conquered by Feng Sheng.
Deng said in a low voice: "Your Highness, it won't be bad anyway. Do you always have to try?"
After hearing this, King Qin suddenly sighed and said, "Yes. It can't get any worse. Then do what you want."
Facing the prince, King Qin dared to use many methods. But facing Zhu Yuanzhang, the only thing he dared to do was to lie down. A subtle expression of dissatisfaction.
I dare not do anything else at all.
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King Qin's attitude has not yet reached He Xi.
He Xi didn't know yet that he was going to Nanjing.
He is sorting out the situation in the past six months.
The situation on the battlefield ahead is directly related to various productions in Liaodong. In order to maintain the Kyushu Campaign that lasted for half a year, Liaodong was very struggling. Every item of the transportation ship, various materials, and even gauze needs to be produced.
However, this is a lot of need. Also brought a lot of tops. Large quantity of orders. It also gave He Xi a large financial surplus, and at the same time, it gave He Xi a large amount of capital to invest in industrial production.
Compared with the development of this half year, Kaiyuan Fushun's little loss is nothing.
At the same time, this was also the last time Huang Zicheng reported work to He Xi. Yang Shiqi, Tie Xuan, and other rising stars will replace Huang Zicheng's work. And Huang Zicheng is already preparing to go to Nanjing to take over the new industrial group centered on Nanjing, which is Shaofu.
This also made He Xi a little sad.
However, such is the fate of life, separation and reunification
Huang Zicheng said: "Sir, to be honest, the entire Liaodong accounts are very confusing now. Each factory has one account, the bank has another account, and the county has another account. The health office has another account. Even the ministries below, whether it is the prefecture, county, or health department, Every company, factory or mine has its own set of accounts. It’s very difficult to figure out what’s going on.”
"I originally wanted to go to Nanjing after solving this problem. But now it seems that I can't solve this problem. In my opinion, this is the biggest crisis in Liaodong. If this crisis is not solved, what will happen in the future will really Hard to say."
He Xi also had a headache about this.
Today, there are more than a hundred factories and mines in Liaodong. Almost the entire industry chain. Of course. Don’t overestimate the entire industry chain. Because the industrial part is increasing with the development of industry. At the beginning, the industrial part was actually very small, just like the steel industry chain, coal mines, machinery factories, and artillery factories, which were products. But later on, it was no longer like this. The entire military industrial chain project alone is enough to fill tens of thousands of words.
But even then problems arise.
The difficulty of management has increased exponentially.
Supervision and supervision, only with supervision can there be management. There is no management without supervision.
And there weren't many people in He Xi's pocket. Even those who came from the Imperial College, not everyone has a reason to manage factories. Not everyone is suitable for managing a factory. For example, Xie Jin is the leader in Nanjing. But put it in a factory. He could be pissed off.
Lack of talent is naturally the reason, and it is the most important reason.
There are also institutional issues.
There is no need for He Xi to worry about the system of managing a factory. For the ancients, it was not a matter of management difficulty. But managing dozens or hundreds of factories is difficult. What's more, the relationship between factories and mines is different.
All were used by the imperial court.
There's a problem here. For example, steel plants need coal mines. Then you can ask your superiors to allocate it, or you can sell it with banknotes. But there is a difference between the two. This difference will lead to many problems. For example, at the coal mine, they are actually not willing to let their superiors allocate them. Respond negatively.
This problem is not that big yet. More importantly, there are too many loopholes to exploit.
Which factory is falsely reporting its output? Make money by working together inside and outside. Small vault and so on. These problems directly affected He Xi's control of the entire Liaodong. It also affects the use of funds.
In the past six months, He Xi has also arrested several corrupt officials, but he feels that he is unable to do what he wants.
Finally, it’s the amount of calculation.
The countless data calculations required for this increase in industrial production are overwhelming for Liaodong. If you don't clear up the accounts for many things, you won't know what to do next. But sorting out the accounts is a very difficult thing in this era.
Abacus is a good thing. But it’s hard to find someone with an abacus.
Abacus existed in the Song Dynasty. However, the truly systematic abacus formula was only available in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. It is not very difficult to create a set of abacus formulas. But the problem is that popularizing this set of abacus formulas is not an easy task.
In addition, with He Xi's support, Liaodong has experienced explosive growth. The demand for personnel, especially for knowledgeable, educated and arithmetic people, cannot be filled in any way.
China has attached great importance to education since ancient times, but ancient China could not compare its literacy rate with an industrial industry. This is because of demand. Industrial production has a huge demand for knowledge, and there is an even bigger demand for people who use knowledge.
This is something He Xi cannot satisfy now.
