Coming all the way from Jiangning to the capital, the original plan was to try to do something to prevent possible Jingkang. However, after a general understanding of the situation of the Secret Investigation Division, the main body of the plan that had been prepared could not hand it over, and the rest of the things were just some side matters, and it didn't matter whether they were explained or not.

When the Wu Dynasty first came, for the role of physics and chemistry in later generations, in fact, there was not too much hope, even though the stones of other mountains can attack jade, but in this lack of industrial base of the world, it is difficult to see decisive results for a while, if people have a dependence mentality, but it will wear down the fighting spirit of soldiers even more. Second, the Confucian system is seriously taboo on reform and technological revolution, and this taboo is not expressed in words, but once the reform harms interests, exclusion will come in various ways. After the incident in Hangzhou was over, when Ning Yi was thinking about what he could do, the first choice in terms of technique was no longer gunpowder, but earth-based steelmaking.

China's 5,000-year-old culture is broad and profound. It is said that this is the case, but when it comes to technology, such as metallurgy, when the technology has developed to a certain extent and makes the people feel that it is "enough", in the long period of thousands or even two thousand years, the technology of iron smelting may have a small range of changes, but there has never been a real revolution in technology. And this small range of technical changes, to a large extent, may be due to the blacksmiths' self-cherishing broom, if there is really any powerful technique, it will not be widely spread, and eventually disappeared in the torrent of time, and new craftsmen have to study some new skills.

In terms of purely technological innovation, this self-sufficient and fertile land has not spit out the old and accept the new, and its imprint is more about drawing the ground as a prison and resting on its laurels. In the final analysis, it is because of the richness of this land that we have received a huge slap in the face after the industrial revolution in the West. If you look at it from the back to the front, many historical indignant youths will say that the technological innovation of the Song and Ming dynasties has already had the germ of the industrial revolution, but in fact this is just a dream story of feeling good about themselves. After the initial formation of the ruling pattern and ruling culture of this land, it was developed from scratch a thousand times. It is difficult to see an industrial revolution around the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. If it were not for the invasion of foreign races, it would inevitably be internal division and waste. A nation that does not have a sense of crisis will not seek change, but will only fear change, so there will be no change in the eighteenth century, and it may be possible in the eighteenth century.

Of course, even for Ning Yi. This is also a digression in the thinking. But because of these, he has thought about many simple technical innovations that can be put in place in a short time, and the first thing that comes to mind is the local method of steelmaking. In the late fifties of the twentieth century, the clay blast furnaces scattered all over the land of China did not have too many strict and esoteric technical requirements, and that movement was criticized in later generations. After a lot of waste, only about 8 million tons of more than 11 million tons of steel can reach industrial levels. However, if compared with the steel at this time, even if it is more than 3 million tons of scrap steel that cannot reach the industrial level, many indicators will far exceed the level of the Wu Dynasty at this time.

There is no need for a high level of industry here, and there is no fear of much waste, as long as you can open a mind and find the right carbon content, at least you can mass-produce a good knife that the blacksmiths at this time took half a year and a few months to make for arming the elite troops. There are not many problems. However, due to the fact that what the Wu Dynasty army lacked at present was not a good sword but military literacy, Ning Yi would conduct a preliminary experiment. It was handed over to Lu Hongti.

On the other hand, although there is no such painful experience as the East Factory and the West Factory, the upper echelons at this time are cautious about establishing a large-scale secret agent system, which can be seen from the constraints imposed by the secret investigation department in many things. If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, and with the participation of many imperial relatives and relatives in the checks and balances, I am afraid that the Secret Investigation Department would not even have the power to act. It is also for this reason that the plan to develop a large-scale public opinion-oriented system based on Bamboo Kee was unlikely to be supported from the beginning.

First of all, the upper strata will not understand the significance of mobilizing the lower strata of the people, and on the other hand, this is more like a hint of a cult. And once it is under the name of the Secret Investigation Division, the expansion of this system will also lead to the uncontrollability of the Secret Investigation Division. Because of these reasons, Ning Yi still decided to go it alone. This time, the matter related to the cloth is still secondary, even if he doesn't interfere, after Tan'er comes over, he has enough ability to push everything together. What Ning Yi really has to do is to think enough about the matter of Zhuji before leaving.

This time when they went north, Yunzhu and Jin'er didn't bring any entourage with them. Because the first batch of personnel training was still carried out in Jiangning at this time, which was something that had been prepared since returning to Jiangning in Hangzhou, similar to the on-the-job training in later generations, it was enough to train professionals who seemed to be ready for use at this time in two or three months. When Yunzhu and Jin'er settle here, a month or two later, the first batch of new and old employees will arrive in the capital and start preparing to participate in the work of the new store.

And even after that, there will be no end to the training on literacy, work skills, corporate culture, etc., and a strong enough evaluation, promotion, and mutual supervision mechanism will be developed so that everything can be carried out as usual even without the care and participation of bosses like Yunzhu and Jin'er. With the basic structure for these things, you can start building the prototype at this point. On the other hand, if you want to prepare for the localization of these things, you naturally have to start referring to the various restaurants and green buildings in the capital at this time.

These things were stuffed in his mind, although Ning Yi seemed to be leisurely during the day, and he was able to chat with Cheng Zhouhai and others all day long, and he also proposed to Qin Shaoyu a plan to visit a store every day from tomorrow, and casually invited Yao Zunian, Cheng Zhouhai and others to go together. In fact, many things are still circulating in his mind, refining the ideas from the words of well-informed people such as Yao Zunian and Cheng Zhouhai, and when he goes back at night, he has to write out a copy as the articles of association of a modern company, analyzing what can be used, what needs to be changed, and what should be deleted. In a sense, it's just a return to the feeling when I started my business, and of course, if you start again, although there are a lot of tedious things, everything is much more familiar.

This afternoon, Qin Siyuan and Monk Jueming returned to the mansion, but they told Ning Yi about Zhou Pei, in recent days, this little county lord has been busy with various visits, and it is said that he is also preparing to meet the Queen Mother, so he has no time to come to Ning Yi, but he has met Qin Siyuan twice. Earlier, I asked where Ning Yi lived, and this time I asked Qin Siyuan to help ask, and two days later, there was a grand meeting in the Qingyang County Lord's Mansion, and I asked him if he would go to see it.

"Qingyang County Lord? Who's that? Ning Yi didn't know the name of Lu Dao.

"One of the most famous talented women in Bianliang. The daughter of King Tan Jun. After she got married, her husband Liu Qingzhou was also good at poetry and writing, and the couple respected each other like guests, and often met friends at home with literature. Over time, the woodyard in her home has become one of the most famous cultural venues, and in the past, she was also talented. If Liheng is interested, you may wish to go over and have a look. Qin Siyuan explained with a smile. Then the monk Jueming next to him also smiled and added a few words. The county lord of Qingyang is his cousin, and Liu Qingzhou is also familiar with him.

"If you are interested, you can go over with the poor monk the day after tomorrow."

"I'm afraid I don't have time to ......" Ning Yi thought about it, he thought that he was not interested in this kind of poetry and literary meeting, especially recently. He prepared a lot of poems to use in the branch of Zhuji, and he was too lazy to waste them: "However, how is Xiao Pei doing?" ”

"But in two or three days, I was convinced by many people." Qin Siyuan laughed, "I heard that yesterday afternoon, the scholars in the Chongwang Mansion strictly ordered the high school entrance examination, and Zhou Pei answered the questions fluently, which amazed the four seats. It's just that the poetry is a bit ingenious. This is also everyone's favorite. Although it may be the prince's special arrangement, I want to come in the next two days. It's time for someone to be tempted to propose, ha, ha. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Siyuan smiled happily. Zhou Pei is good-looking, no one can deny it when she is described as a beauty, she is knowledgeable, she has the identity of a talented woman, plus her status in the family, who doesn't want to climb high, poetry and ingenuity, but it seems that this woman's personality is not out of line, and she is a good object to marry a wife. Zhou Pei is coming to the capital this time, and the goal given by Kang Xian is to let her find a favorite talent as a partner. This matter must have also greeted Qin Siyuan and Chongwang Zhou Ji, and asked them to help keep an eye on it, so as not to let Zhou Pei have too much fun and lose his sense of urgency.

"In this way, the poetry club of the county lord of Qingyang also wants her to have more choices, right?"

Ning Yi said his thoughts with a smile, and Qin Siyuan nodded: "The little girl has not been pushed recently, except for the county lord of Qingyang, I am afraid there are still a lot of poetry gatherings that cannot be pushed away." Liheng, you are also her teacher, and it is also within your duty to check for her. ”

"If you want to say Junwu, I still recognize it. Qin Gong, you said Zhou Pei, this girl is eccentric, she just taught her some arithmetic casually that day, she was picking and arguing with me all day long, and she thought that I had brought her brother badly. I am about the same age as her, so I will not participate in the marriage, so that I will not hate me for the rest of my life...... If you want me to say, these things still have to be checked by the old people. ”

"One day as a teacher and a father for life, how can there be any age, Zhou Pei has always worshiped you." Qin Siyuan smiled and waved his hand, "What's more, this prime minister has a lot of opportunities, ha, how can I have time to participate in the affairs of these procrastinating juniors." When the monk is free, he will help take care of it. ”

After all, it was a trivial matter, and Qin Siyuan didn't say much about the poetry of the county lord of Qingyang. Of course, a few people present didn't know that Zhou Pei had already publicized the power of the first talented master in Jiangning among a group of friends in Jingshi, and although he was a little understated when he talked to Qin Siyuan, he was actually worried in his heart about whether the master would go to the past to support her.

There was still a lot of work to do, and Ning Yi naturally didn't have any more time to waste in boring poetry and essays. After leaving the Qin Mansion, it was evening again, and when he returned to Wenhui Building, he noticed that Yunzhu and the others looked a little wrong, and their mood seemed to be a little low, Jin'er was not like the cold face in the morning but still very energetic, but his face was gloomy, and when he saw him, he seemed to have no strength to leave, and asked Xiaochan what happened, she only said that everyone was tired of going shopping in the afternoon, and then showed a happy smile.

Xiaochan couldn't hide Ning Yi from such emotions, after dinner in the evening, Ning Yi called Su Wenyu over and asked about everyone going out during the day, Su Wenyu didn't dare to hide it from him, so he told what he saw.

The time was still in the morning, Ning Yi went to the Qin Mansion, Yun Zhu and the others still had to go out to buy things, and the family followed all the way, and when they passed near the street they passed through yesterday, they saw a corpse.

It seems that the government is working on a case, and a body in a sack was fished up from the river, the mouth of the sack was already loose, and there was even dirty blood flowing after it was fished up, apparently the person in the bag died not long ago. It was the corpse of a naked woman, and it was said that the body was thrown before dawn.

Walking on the street and seeing a female corpse from a murder is not a reason to make people feel no energy all day, but in Su Wenyu's stumbling tone. Ning Yi also probably understood. In the bag containing the corpse, there were some broken steps, turbans and other things, and the appearance of the corpse was also intact, and the person who threw the corpse did not care that the family would recognize the identity of the corpse. Su Wenyu saw it at the time, and thought in his heart, this woman is very similar to the woman who was stopped in the alley by Gao Yanei yesterday. At that time, although I only looked at it from a distance, I had at least a general idea of the shape of my face and the color of my headscarf.

"At that time, Miss Nie, Miss Yuan and Xiaochan didn't say it, but they ...... I guess that's what they guessed......" Su Wenyu frowned, "The woman ...... before she died." suffered a lot of abuse and torture, and her ...... Her...... There, even a stick was inserted. We didn't look much at it, and then, not long after noon...... We'll be back......"

Ning Yi opened his mouth, but finally couldn't say anything, he rubbed his mouth and was silent for a long time. Thinking of going to the Qin Mansion in the morning, Cheng Zhouhai and the others spoke, and probably understood. After Qin Shaoyu went back. told Yao Zunian and others about meeting Gao Muen. Yao Zunian, Ji Kun, Cheng Zhouhai and others may have also done an investigation through the Secret Investigation Division. If the order had been given in the evening, the first information would have been back the next morning. Cheng Zhouhai scolded the lawlessness of the Taiwei Mansion, which was aimed at that woman, and the secret investigation department ...... It may be that the matter can be found when the body is thrown in the Taiwei Mansion, and there is another possibility that the Secret Investigation Department may find out about this matter when the Taiwei Mansion starts that night, but this is meaningless, even if it is found, the Secret Investigation Department cannot interfere in it. This state of affairs is probably the most embarrassing.

In this sense, it is also correct to put the system of public opinion propaganda without public opinion propaganda in the secret investigation department.

And on top of this, Ning Yi can even extend a part of it, with Gao Muen's heart, he shouldn't take that woman to heart. Taiwei Gao Yu doesn't care about his son playing with women, but he must add an insurance to prevent him from touching people who shouldn't be touched, and this insurance should be those who are arranged by his side. When he was in that alley, Lu Qian stopped Gao Yanei from blocking people on the street, but when he returned home like this, Gao Yanei's temper hit him, and he couldn't stand it. So the one who was really responsible for arresting that woman should be Lu Qian. It's not that you can't play, it's just that you can't play with problems. This person has measure, ability and means, no wonder he can make Lin Chong so miserable.

He sat there thinking about these things, Su Wenyu sat aside, and he didn't dare to breathe, because suddenly, the second brother-in-law in front of him seemed to suddenly become very gloomy. But after a while, the gloom dissipated, and Ning Yi looked over: "Anyway, you can be regarded as accompanying Jin'er to the past, offering hospitality or something on the way...... Uh, do you guys have a chat? ”

Unexpectedly, Ning Yi suddenly said this, Su Wenyu was stunned for a while: "This...... Because that happened, and Miss Yuan didn't seem to be emotionally speaking...... She—she's kind of avoiding me, but maybe ......"

"Okay, don't talk about this, they feel a little uncomfortable about this, and you already know it."

"Hmm."

"Then what are you waiting for, Jin'er is not in a high mood, go and comfort it."

"Uh...... But ......"

"Take the chance, no but. If you don't have a topic, find a topic, if she doesn't comfort you, you can comfort her. Ning Yi patted him on the shoulder, "Pickled girls are like this, don't love face so much, listen to me." ”

“…… Oh. ”

Su Wenyu wanted to speak and stopped, his expression was a little hesitant, but it finally passed. Ning Yi sat there and thought about it, in fact, whether Yunzhu or Jin'er, it is not a person who has never seen the darkness of society, even if it is a green building like Jinfeng Building, there are not a few dead women who have been secretly carried out of the house in a year, such a thing happens in front of him, even Ning Yi will not feel happy, there will always be a feeling of being held by something in his heart, but if he wants to say that when he sees such a thing, he has to do it for the sky, and even on the bar of the Taiwei Mansion, Ning Yi thinks that he does not have this ability for the time being, and Yunzhu and Jin'er will naturally not do such expectations, What's more, I'm afraid it's because the woman was targeted yesterday and was also targeted here, and it is inevitable that there will be a sense of fear and pain that pushes herself and others.

This feeling is very bad, but Ning Yi thought about it and didn't know how to comfort him. If he is as powerful as Lu Hongti, he may be able to kill Lu Qian and Gao Yanei tonight, and take off Gao Yu's head, but unfortunately such a thing can only be thought about for the time being.

If there is a chance to get Gao Yu into a political struggle and crush him to death, it will be comfortable...... He pursed his lips and thought about it a little. Then I went into the courtyard at the back of the inn and was going to go to Yunzhu to chat, but I didn't find Yunzhu in the courtyard. Then I met Su Wenyu again. Dao Jin'er was not found either.

"Maybe I'm going for a walk around the neighborhood, let's go shopping again."

This Wenhui building occupies a large area, the courtyard at the back is dedicated to people with status, and it is also equipped with a pond garden, Ning Yi walked all the way to the garden, but saw a round table between the gardens in front of him, a woman was sitting with her chin up. In the orange and red lights sprinkled by the lanterns, I don't know what Lu Dao is thinking. This slightly lonely look came from Jin'er, which was a bit surprising. She had obviously seen Ning Yi when she came in, and at this time she was still holding her chin and looking indifferently at this side. Ning Yi originally came in like he was walking all the way, but at this time he walked forward with his hands behind his back. And then...... Under Jin'er's gaze, he bypassed a rockery and left in the direction of coming.

On the way, he met Su Wenyu again, and the other party looked excited, exchanging information with Ning Yi: "I met Xiaochan and Miss Nie just now, and they went back to the room." ”

"Jin'er is in the garden, comfort her."

"Uh, what a ......"

Speaking of Jin'er, Su Wenyu was still a little surprised. Ning Yi shook his head. Secretly scolding the rookie. Although the experience of picking up girls in my previous life is a little rough, I got this time. It must be very powerful, there is a very powerful self to guide here, and it is still so timid, it is really a bit unteachable...... He went all the way back, and when he went to the courtyard where Yunzhu lived, the other party was sitting under the eaves, smiling softly at him, it seemed that he had solved the problem in his heart, and was waiting for his arrival.

"I've heard Su Wenyu say what happened in the morning." Ning Yi put his arm around her shoulders and sat down beside her.

"It's nothing, it's just that I remembered that we met yesterday, and I'm a little scared." Yun Zhu smiled reluctantly and rested his head on his shoulder, "Liheng, you said that woman, is it possible that it is the one we met yesterday?" Although it looks a lot like ...... But there's no way to know for sure, right? ”

"Well, but if it's true, the person who started it was that Marquis Lu Qian next to Gao Yanei."

"Huh?"

"It's the guy who persuaded Gao Yanei in the alley, as a servant of the Taiwei Mansion, he can't let this matter spread too badly, but he is the one who stops Gao Yanei from doing things, and he is the one who will be blamed after he goes back, so the best thing to do is to arrest people at night......"

Ning Yi's tone was a little light, and he said the reasoning mechanically one by one. At this time, even if he said anything to relax, he couldn't change what had happened, he was Yunzhu's man, although he could use the feelings between the two to temporarily suppress what Yunzhu thought in his heart, but after all, he still couldn't stop Yunzhu from thinking about it later, so he simply made things a little more mechanical, expanded the involvement of things, and the atmosphere became colder, maybe it could dilute the tragic mood even more.

He sat there and said indifferently for a long time, who is the mastermind and who is the accomplice, who is the cause and who is the means, who is shameless and who feels innocent, after saying this, he hugged the woman next to him and sat for a while.

At the same moment, in the garden, not too far away, there was a scene going on.

Lanterns spread under the porch, casting bright yellow lights, and in the garden, the fireflies sparsely flew on the water. Next to the stone table, a man and a woman didn't know what Lu Dao was talking about, Su Wenyu stood up, took two steps back, lowered his head and spoke softly. On the other side of the table, the woman held her chin and covered her lips with her fingers, she didn't look at Su Wenyu, but her expression was a little arrogant, and her eyes were cold. It was not easy to have such a look on the always lively Yuan Jin'er, but Su Wenyu, as the person concerned, did not feel angry or hurt because of this, because tears flowed down her high-spirited, arrogant and somewhat cold face.

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"But what's wrong with Jin'er? Seems to have a lot of opinions about me......"

Time passed quietly. After a long time, in the courtyard here, Ning Yi changed the topic.

Yun Zhu laughed: "You don't know what to do? Of course I will have an opinion about you......"

"I didn't do anything...... "Ning Yi can probably understand what he will hate, but this kind of thing is a matchmaker, and it is not surprising that it will be misunderstood many times, anyway, when it comes to the worst, the other party should understand him, and that's enough. That's what he thought.

After Ning Yi's muttering, Yun Zhu was silent for a moment, and then showed a slightly serious look in his eyes, and said to him: "Liheng, Jin'er's matter, I want to tell you about it......"

"Hmm."

Ning Yi nodded, and Yun Zhu was about to speak, when a voice suddenly came from behind: "Ning Liheng, you come out." ”

The tone was a little stiff and resolute, and when he turned around, Yuan Jin'er, who was wearing a goose yellow dress, stood at the gate of the courtyard over there, looking over here, like a fighting posture, raising her chin proudly.

The tone is not good. (To be continued......)