Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 79
During this period of time, apart from the fact that the establishment of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce shook Guangdong and Fujian provinces, another important event spread rapidly in the two provinces.

Since mid-June, there has been heavy news from Chaozhou that General Tang, the chosen man, has recruited talents from all over the world to gather in Chaozhou, as long as he has a skill.

Scholars, craftsmen, doctors, teachers, etc. are not limited, and all treatment is favorable.

Those with outstanding abilities will also be provided with free board and lodging.

There are major contributors, and houses, huge rewards, etc. can also be allocated.

If you don't have any skills, but you can recommend someone who is capable, once you are hired, according to the ability of the hired person, you will also have a good return.

In order to confirm the authenticity of the news, Huanggang City was once again publicized as a model.

Those who are well-informed, even those who have been to Huanggang City already know that Huanggang City does not have a hierarchy of soldiers, farmers, industry, and merchants. As long as there is a skill, it will be reused.

Take the most common female workers and craftsmen as an example. Their daily income is far higher than that of other regions, and it is very stable.

Huanggang also has many policies that are beneficial to the people's self-cultivation, such as light taxation, exemption from corvee, free education for children under the age of 12, and partial reduction of medical expenses for serious illnesses, etc.

More importantly, Huanggang, and even the entire Chaozhou Prefecture, are protected by the new army.

Jiang Shiying's rebel army, which had been in trouble for Chaozhou Prefecture for half a year, was so frightened that he withdrew from Chaozhou after General Tang was promoted to the General Army of Chaozhou, and he didn't even dare to meet the new army face to face.

The new army under the leadership of Tang Zongbing has formulated so many policies that benefit the common people, which shows that they pay enough attention to the common people, and also confirms what they said: the army and the people are one family.

The news spread through the Shunfeng Escort and the merchants at the fastest speed, and even spread to the introspection, causing huge repercussions immediately.

Now that there are wars and bandits everywhere, what the people long for most is a simple and stable life. They can hardly even imagine the policies that benefit the people in Huanggang City that they can hardly believe.

For them, if they could really live in such a place, it would be no different from Xanadu.

All of a sudden, many scholars and gentlemen with a lost future, artisans and craftsmen who had nowhere to support their families, and even precarious wandering doctors, etc., rushed to Chaozhou Prefecture one after another.

Tang Ning spent nearly 30 taels of silver in one go, and the construction of the huge Chaozhou Academy began.

The college is temporarily divided into nine departments: Medicine, Engineering, Agronomy, Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Business, Literature, and History. Other departments will be added in the future.

Chaozhou College also has primary and secondary schools. Tang Ning plans to spread primary schools to the entire Chaozhou prefecture, and ensure that each county has at least one secondary school.

Of course, the conditions for popularization are not yet ripe, and this needs to be done step by step.

There are several planning areas in the city, and new factories are being built rapidly, and the local craftsmen in Chaozhou are completely insufficient.

The craftsmen who came from other places one after another can participate in the work at any time after passing the inspection.

The lucrative wages, and the daily settlement method, made them ecstatic.

But all of these are nothing but white money, and the head of logistics, Song Yunshu, watched helplessly as the money in his hand poured out like the sun rising.

Fortunately, he defeated Zheng Jun and demanded 100 million taels of compensation from Zheng Zhilong.

Otherwise, this way of spending money really makes people feel insecure.

But even so, there is not much left of 100 million taels of silver.

When he first entered the city, he had already spent 3 taels to pay the garrison and improve food. A while ago, in order to support the establishment of the chamber of commerce, Xiaohuan took away 10 taels.

This time, another 30 taels were allocated for the construction of colleges and factories.

How long has it been? The big ones alone have already cost nearly half of them. This is only a preliminary statistic.

Others such as monthly pay to soldiers, rations, normal operating expenses of Huanggang City, etc. have not been counted.

Of course, Song Yunshu had already told Tangning about Ku Yin's few matters, but he was not too anxious.

For him, as long as the money is worth spending, the money in hand must be spent.

Only when the money is spent where it should be spent can more money be produced in the future.

What Tangning cares about now is not money, but time, so after he settled in Fucheng, he quickly implemented some of the previous plans.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong gave 100 million taels of emergency aid, otherwise Tangning would have to delay implementing these plans for at least three months.

On this day, after Song Yunshu allocated another sum of money, he casually said to Tangning, "Currently, Kuyin is less than 10 taels."

Tangning walked over, scratched her nose with her hand and said, "Don't worry, someone will give us money soon."

Song Yunshu's pretty face flushed slightly. Now Tangning liked to touch her more and more.

She is fully capable of dodging, but every time she does this, she feels that she has become much more unresponsive, and has been succeeded time and time again.

The girl Yun Wan saw it several times, but she kept pretending not to see it, as if she had long forgotten the agreement she made with her future brother-in-law.

Speaking of Cao Cao, when Cao Cao arrived, a light figure flashed in, startling the flustered Song Yunshu.

Seeing her sister's slightly red face, Second Miss Song seemed to know what happened and didn't point it out, she just smiled.

"Say something quickly." Song Yunshu said angrily.

"Hee hee. Sister, I'm not looking for you, but brother-in-law."

In private, Second Miss Song prefers to call Tangning's brother-in-law, as if she is trying every means to erase the fact that she sabotaged her brother-in-law and sister's marriage.

Immediately, Song Yunwan's expression turned serious, she looked at Tangning and said, "Brother-in-law, the Portuguese from Haojing have arrived."

Tangning looked at Song Yunshu and said, "The person who gave us money is here, let's go and have a look together."

Although she didn't know why those Frangji people gave her money, Song Yunshu knew that Tangning would never target indiscriminately, so she nodded immediately.

"Brother-in-law, why do you call those Franji people Portuguese? Is it because there are a lot of grapes in their country?"

The curious Miss Song Er started her inquiry mode again.

……

On Yulan Street in Fucheng, a group of eight men of different races who were obviously different from those of the Ming Dynasty were escorted by a group of soldiers from the new army, and they walked in the direction of the chamber of commerce.

There are very few Fanbang people in Chaozhou, but in the coastal area, the people in Fucheng more or less know the existence of Fulangjiren and red-haired ghosts.

I just don't know why these people suddenly visited Chaozhou, and they were escorted by soldiers from the new army, so I was a little curious.

Everyone stopped and watched, discussing a lot, until they walked into the mansion with "Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce" written on it.

Cheng Gong personally received these people according to Tangning's instructions, but he didn't know why these people came, he only knew that the Shunfeng Escort sent someone to Haojing to invite them here.

And these Frangji people not only came as soon as they were called, but also had a very humble attitude, which surprised Cheng Gong a little.

(End of this chapter)