Ming Empire

Chapter 292 Working hard

After both Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan committed themselves to him, Cao Yue had no scruples and directly entrusted them with duties.

Liu Rushi followed him directly, serving as a military staff officer, responsible for daily military documents, drafting orders, and consulting on strategic responses. Simply put, it was the relationship of the military secretary in charge, the life secretary, and the lover.For such an appointment, Liu Rushi was of course very happy, and he didn't have anything to worry about when he witnessed Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan serving Cao Yue together that day and made a ridiculous scene.

Chen Yuanyuan was in charge of preparing for the establishment of the Art Bureau of the Ming Guards, and planned to rehearse some performances showing the heroic deeds of the soldiers of the Ming Guards after the planning was completed, so as to publicize the songs and tears of the soldiers of the Ming Guards to the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty.

Cao Yue handed over the responsibility of forming, planning and recruiting personnel to Chen Yuanyuan, and asked her to choose her own capable assistants.

Dong Xiaowan continued to be in charge of the publication, editing and distribution of the Ming Guards Military Daily. Cao Yue also planned to set up a military publishing bureau to be in charge of military publishing affairs, and Dong Xiaowan was in charge.

Cao Yue felt that if he entrusted his women to take care of important affairs and gave them the greatest trust, they would definitely repay him well.These women are all talented people. They have high IQs and strong abilities, and they will definitely do things well.

Cao Yue gave them the right to freely choose talents, in fact, it also gave convenience to the other women in Qinhuai Bayan, who had the opportunity to come out of the brothel to do things.As for what to do, then choose according to their talents and abilities.Cao Yue felt that he could easily control women, which was much easier than controlling men.

These women are all here for him, want to be his woman, want to be with him for the rest of their lives, want to gain more fame with him, earn a greater future, as long as he gives them these, and then shares some feelings with them , and occupy their bodies, I believe that these women will be willing to do things for him and will always be loyal to him.As long as he doesn't hurt their hearts or neglect them, they will definitely cherish the opportunity, show their abilities, strive for more through their own efforts, and completely change their destiny and future.

Sun Chuanting and other officials in the DPRK did not fully understand Cao Yue's arrangement of some brothel women to manage important affairs, but they did not pay much attention to the affairs in charge of Chen Yuanyuan, Dong Xiaowan and others, and Liu Rushi just followed Cao Yue. Serving his daily life didn't affect much, so although they were a little uncomfortable with it, they didn't accuse Cao Yue of these things.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was very common for literati and warriors to have romantic affairs with women in brothels, and both court and Chinese officials and ordinary people were fond of talking about it.Cao Yue accepted several outstanding women from Qinhuai Eight Beauties, which had already caused a sensation in the public, and too many love stories were circulated on the banks of the Qinhuai River and among scholars and literati.While Cao Yue made frequent military exploits, he also flirted with brothel girls, which was harmless.

It's just that many people hope that Cao Yue will not affect state affairs because of these women, and don't take them too seriously. Women are just for fun. There are so many beautiful women in the world. Worship it like a baby, and give them important things to do.

Naturally, these people did not understand Cao Yue's thoughts, let alone the real reason behind Cao Yue's actions. He wanted to further control power and let women enter the political arena.

However, Cao Yue really didn't have much time to flirt with women. When he returned to Nanjing, he spent more time in the Yanziji barracks or the Nanjing Arsenal, except to accompany his wife and children.The reform of armaments, the expansion and improvement of weapons production, the introduction of new technologies and talents from Europe, the improvement of people's livelihood and military technology are the things he is most concerned about during this time.

Because he has a completely different worldview from the people of this era, and the degree of understanding and respect for science and technology is not comparable to that of other Ming officials, so he is not at ease entrusting many things to others, and most of them are personally responsible.Thanks to him being personally responsible, these matters that determine the fate of the Ming Dynasty and are directly related to the country's strength can develop soundly and improve rapidly.

The investment in military industry is naturally the largest, and Cao Yue also pays the most attention to it. Those talents introduced from the West, as well as local talents who worked hard to discover local talents, Cao Yue not only gave them reuse and high treatment, but also personally Master their research results and progress, give them technical guidance, and instill them with more high-tech ideas.

It is because of Cao Yue's instructions and new concepts that the military industry of Ming Dynasty can develop at a high speed, and the technological improvement and product output rate have reached an astonishing level.Of course, Cao Yue was not satisfied with these. He personally handled the money brought back from Beijing to the military industry department, preparing to use greater investment in exchange for further improvement of military industry products and higher production efficiency.

The manufacture of new guns and artillery is proceeding at a higher speed, and the development and testing of new firearms are also proceeding at the highest speed.

It is also the first time that the local scientific and technological talents, as well as those scientific and technological workers imported from Europe, have felt that the government has given them enough attention and such huge support.The generous salary and extraordinary treatment in all aspects made them more passionate to devote themselves to their work. They wanted to use their achievements to repay Cao Yue and the Ming court for their kind treatment.

For the Ming court, what Cao Yue lacked most was money and food. Cao Yue collected tens of millions of taels of silver, gold and other valuables from Beijing, which basically solved the problem of money and silver within a year or two, but the problem of food But it is not so easy to solve. After all, the current five northern provinces have almost no output due to the war, and they all need to be provided by the south.

Increasing food production and completely solving the problem of food supply have also become the most urgent problems that the Ming government needs to solve.In this regard, Cao Yue only gave a few suggestions, that is, to promote the planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes on a large scale, as well as the techniques of multiple cropping of rice and wheat, and intensive cultivation. Advanced farming technology will completely solve the food problem.

These proposals of his were naturally carried out without any hindrance, and there was good news during the autumn harvest in the past. Looking at the spring plowing plan, the officials of the DPRK and China also made adjustments again according to Cao Yue's proposal, planting There are more acres of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and the techniques of multiple cropping of rice and wheat, intensive cultivation, and throwing seedlings have been promoted.

The war temporarily subsided, and all aspects of the military and people's livelihood were developing in a good direction. The officials in the court and the common people all saw the hope of the revival of the Ming Dynasty. Cao Yue's reputation also increased further through various channels.

And just as the people in the south were preparing for spring plowing, Zheng Zhilong from Fujian arrived in Nanjing City with his eldest son Zheng Sen.

(End of this chapter)