"Second brother..." Wu Haogu took his eyes from the construction site of the shipyard that was busy, looking at his younger brother with confusion, "It's getting late, let's go back to Jiehe Market first... Sister Eighteenth and Sister Ximen have prepared supper, authentic Kaifeng cuisine! Your nieces and nieces are also waiting to call you uncle!"

As he spoke, he bowed to Chao Shuozhi again: "Mr. Jingyu, my brother will go back today."

Chao Shuozhi bowed and smiled and said, "I'll give it to you here."

He is kind to say, but his official career is obvious. He is a Jinshi in the Yuanfeng period. Although his official career is not good, he is now a seventh-rank court official, but he doesn't have to be humble in front of the Wu Haogu and Wu Haowen brothers.

Wu Haogu didn't completely treat him as a subordinate, so he naturally greeted him politely. Chao Shuozhi is now a wise official with his literary talent, and there are very few civil officials who are willing to demote themselves in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, and he is also a genuine Jinshi.

Among the Yuntai Group, he is a treasure! As long as he sits in the seats of the Naval Academy and Jiehe Shipyard, no one can grab the territory. Jiehe Shipyard is a big deal, which is of course very eye-catching. Although Jiehe Shipyard has some official shares, it is basically private. The official shares held by Jiehe Shipyard is less than 20% of the total share capital. The Republican Xing and Jiehe Trading Market have taken 40% of the shares, and the remaining 40% are shipyard craftsmen. Such a shipyard cannot allow serious officials to intervene!

After saying goodbye to Chao Shuo, the Erwu brothers got on the horse and took their entourage to Jiehe Market. It was already winter, and it was approaching the end of the year, Jiehe Market had already frozen. However, Jiehe Market was still very lively, even if it was a place where factories and workshops gathered outside the city were still prosperous at this time.

The road leading to the Shangshi City is made of stone, paved with large pieces of stone, and the horse's hooves are clattering and crisp sound when they step on it. The road is very wide, and four carriages can be used to erect and separate low stone pillars in the middle of the road, which are used to divide the road into two parts: "upward" and "downward". "upward" is for chariots and horses leading to Jiehe Shangshi City. "downward" is for chariots and horses leading to Jiehe Shipyard.

"Up" and "Up" cannot be rebellious, otherwise there will be a police officer on duty who will come to fine and detain cars and horses!

In addition to "upward" and "downward" to distinguish, there are several important intersections on this avenue called "shipping road". There are also police patrols holding small flags to command the east and west sides outside the Nancheng City of Heshang City, the traffic jams are located, but there are factories, docks and schools, and the traffic is also quite crowded. If there is no police patrol clearance, it will be very congested.

On both sides of the "shipping road", there are specially built high-rise sidewalks. The sidewalks are built on the drainage ditches next to the carriage and horse path, paved with large pieces of bluestone slabs, only for pedestrians, not for chariots. On the outside of the sidewalk, there are newly opened street shops, selling some daily necessities, and many of them open food shops. Because in recent years, many factory workshops in Dongchengxiang have given workers' daily monthly money in advance, and many have paid an extra month or two as bonus. Therefore, the sidewalks are filled with people who want to buy New Year's goods. The shop owners of various shops are also shouting at the door with their voices. This market atmosphere and liveliness are almost as close as Kaifeng Prefecture.

In addition to the people, there are also many officers and soldiers wearing red military jackets and Fan Yang hats on the street, all of whom are students of the Knights Academy. The Knights Academy is now a serious official military academic, and is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Du Military Control Commission. However, the real power is still in the hands of Murong Wangyou, Murong Gu, and Ximen Anguo, the trusted confidants of Wu Haogu.

Now this school system lasts four years (in the recent reform of the Yuntai Academy, the courses of doctoral and generalist studies were incorporated into professional colleges, and the academic system was extended to four years. The current Yuntai Academy is becoming more and more like a university in later generations) and many students who are too far away from home to go home for the New Year came out in groups of three or five. Seeing Wu Haogu passing by with a tall horse surrounded by his followers, they saluted him one after another, and Wu Haogu waved his hand on the horse's back.

Wu Haowen looked strange, "Brother, why did they salute you? Are they from Xuanfusi?"

"No, they are students of the Knights Academy." Wu Hao Gudao, "Because I was wearing a purple military officer uniform, I looked like Shangguan, so they wanted to salute."

The army must emphasize that subordinates obey superiors! This idea must be subtly influenced and imprinted in the minds of officers. Therefore, starting from military training, students must salute to military officers with higher official ranks than them (if they do not know military officers, they will look at the color of the official uniform).

"So that's it," Wu Haowen nodded, "Is this the new rule?"

"It is the rule set by the military commander of the Ministry of the Ministry of Commerce." Wu Haogu replied, "It only needs to be implemented in the three major military schools and the newly organized new army."

"Brother's military management is strict." Wu Haowen said this, but thought to himself: Should these little military officers salute civil servants who have a higher official title than them?

"Second brother," Wu Haogu said again, "Your Hailu Shuaisi is not an easy job... So my brother did something while acting as an agent of Hailu Shuaisi."

"Brother is Xuanfu," Wu Haowen seemed open-minded, "He is already restrained by the sea route. If you have anything to do, just say hello."

In fact, Hebei Xuanshuo did not control the Hailu Shuaishuo, nor did it control any of the Hailu Shuaishuo. It was just that Wu Haogu started from a Maritime Shuaishuo, so all parties agreed to his power.

Wu Haogu looked back at his brothers, "It's best if you think this way... The official asked you to be the Hailu Shuaisi, but he just liked us brothers together.

My brother’s Hebei Xuanfu was a big responsibility. If there was no one who could command the commander, it would be a big mistake for the Northern Expedition in Japan.”

Wu Haowen frowned and said, "The Northern Expedition in Japan should be the first of land, right? But I haven't seen any big moves in rectifying the Hebei army."

"Hebei's army is in a hurry to reorganize," said Wu Haogu. "Hebei army is intricate and has no land to be given, so we can't count on anything. Now we just wait for the fourth Hebei route to rectify itself and reduce the 120,000 posts to less than 100,000 posts, so that my brother's Xuanfu Department can get 20,000 new posts, and there is no problem in arranging the four generals' new army."

The cut from 120,000 to 100,000 is the result of a game in all aspects. If it cannot be implemented, then Wu Haogu will go to Zhao Ji and get angry.

Wu Haogu would not let others intervene in the four new army obtained through disarmament. The Xuanfu Department must directly command him to fight against the Northern Expedition in Japan, but he was pointing at the 20,000 new army, thousands of knights and thousands of utility to charge into the battle!

"What's going on with the Sanfoqi Maritime Warehouse, the Sanfoqi Military Machinery Room and the Nanyang Inspection Office?" Wu Haowen looked at his elder brother and asked slowly.

The Xuanfu in Wu Haogu seemed to be a wooden sculpture of the sacred wood sculpture. In addition to establishing the Xuanfu Office and the Xuanfu Office General Military Computer Room, it seemed like he was lying around.

However, when he was also the Hailu Shuaishousi, he made big moves one after another! Not only did he place an order for 300 ships at one go, he also established two new yamen, Sanfoqi Maritime and Sanfoqi Military Machinery Room, and greatly strengthened the strength of the Nanyang Inspection Department.

"The Maritime Trading Department is of course the yamen that collects money," said Wu Haogu, "The money in the Sanfoqi Strait is more than that of any prefecture in the Song Dynasty! Can it be fine if you don't keep it well? Moreover, we have to raise grain and grass everywhere in Nanyang, find land to reclaim, and set up markets... In other words, what the Cao ministers have to do, we have to trouble the Sanfoqi Maritime Trading Department!"

Wu Haogu used the Sanfoqi Maritime Warehouse Department as the Transportation Commission!

"As for the Three Buddhas Qijun Machinery Room," Wuhao Ancient Road, "the responsibility is also extremely important... The military dispatch and the construction of cities are all dispatched in the center.

As for the Nanyang Inspection Department, it naturally has the control of warships and land war mercenaries! Now there are 18 warships stationed in Sanfoqi, all of which are ‘wealth-seeking’ type paddle boats. There are about 3,000 soldiers on the land, most of whom are sent to the army, and some are hired from various places.”

The "Qiucai" type galloping warship was the original product of Jiehe Shipyard. It has built a total of 18, and now it is all under the Nanyang Inspection Department. In addition, the Nanyang Inspection Department has 12 Arabic galloping ships, all of which have been obtained through various means.

The 6,000-material galleon warships currently under construction at Jiehe Shipyard are "collision" warships, equipped with collision angles, and can be equipped with up to 300 paddlers, sailors and deck warships.

After all 100 "collision" warships are completed, the "standing fleet" under the Hailu Maritime Control Department will reach 118 ships and more than 35,000 sailors.

It should be able to undertake the two tasks of "maritime power control" and the "safety alert" of the Northern Expedition at the same time.

Of course, the expenses of such a huge fleet are also astronomical. The annual expenses of 35,000 officers and soldiers alone would be millions. If it weren't for guarding the Sanfoqi Strait, the Hailu Maritime Control Department would not be able to afford such a huge fleet no matter what.

To guard such a "toll station", of course, you must be prepared to start a war with various challengers.

This is also the reason why Wu Haogu is eager to enhance the strength of the Nanyang Inspection Department!

"Brother," although Wu Haowen's official voice was not very good, he was not confused. He immediately thought of the problem with the Three Buddhas. "There are probably going to be a war in the Three Buddhas Strait?"

Wu Haogu smiled: "The swords and weapons should be moving, right?"

"Are you now!" Wu Haowen was stunned and stunned, "Who will fight with?"

"It should be the Zhunian Kingdom of the Tianzhu Kingdom!" Wu Haogu said slowly, "It may not be that the fight has started yet. What's going on? You will know when spring begins."
Chapter completed!