"Meet the General!"

A group of people saluted Ma Qiang together. After Ma Qiang waved his hand to get up, he looked at the white salt field behind them and couldn't help but take a breath.

The wind from here seems to be salty.

"Jin Yun, come here and let me see. I have lost weight and become dark. You have made great contributions to Qingzhou Salt Industry today!"

Ma Qiang looked at Jin Yun, who had fair skin in the past, and was simply unrecognizable. At this time, Jin Yun was dark and thin, and he didn't look like a scholar anymore.

"The student has met Mr."

"Come on, tell me about the situation of the salt farm, and then tell me about the situation of the workers here."

"Sir, Qingzhou Salt Industry's salt farms are spread across several coastal counties and counties, with an area of ​​nearly 15,000 mu. It can produce more than one million stones of salt a year! Especially in the past two years, there is no rain, and the salt output is very good."

This is a natural disaster for agriculture, and it has become a good season for Qingzhou Salt Industry, which relies on the sun to burn salt. This is actually one of the reasons why the salt industry stocks surged like that at the beginning.

"Can workers guarantee a break?"

"Yes, the workers here will take turns to take a break, that is, they will not delay the work in the salt field, and they can also meet the requirements of the teacher."

"That's good, I'm afraid you'll be blinded by the interests."

After leaving several "state-owned enterprises", Ma Qiang found that the rights and interests of workers could be basically guaranteed, which made Ma Qiang's first stone fall into the ground.

But these are all state-owned enterprises, so what about those private enterprises?

Ma Qiang listened to Jin Yun's introduction while thinking about it.

I have to find a private company to check it out.

"Okay, your work is done well. Salt is a necessity for the people. Qingzhou Salt Industry has to shoulder the burden! Whether it is output or quality, it must be guaranteed, otherwise, I will kill you!"

Ma Qiang patted Jin Yun on the shoulder and said something I don’t know if it was encouragement or threatening. Then he glanced at the powerful men behind Jin Yun who came to see Ma Qiang. These powerful men are also shareholders of Qingzhou Salt Industry. Now their wealth on paper has long doubled, which has also made them the hosts of Ma Qiang.

After hearing Ma Qiang's threat, these people were so scared that they shrank their necks. They didn't doubt whether Ma Qiang would be unable to do so. During those days of Qingtian, I wonder how many people went to hell with this suspicion.

"Zi Ni, what private enterprises are there in Qingdao?"

Guoyuan understood what Ma Qiang meant. He thought for a while and said, "There are only some workshops that make handicrafts. Now there is a wine shop that is a little larger. Now they have reduced their manpower."

"Ming Gong, if you want to talk about private enterprises, there are more large enterprises in Jizhou. After all, there are more aristocratic families there."

"Well, let Han Jun send me a list of large private enterprises in Jizhou. We will go to Jizhou in a few days."

"promise!"

——Qingdao Naval Army Camp

"No one is willing to join the navy?" Ma Qiang stood on the deck and blew the sea breeze, listening to the reports of Zhang Bo and Guan Cheng beside him.

"General, there are not even a pirate on the beach in recent years. Apart from going south to eliminate the pirates in Jiangxinzhou, the navy has no more war. Joining the army and eating food, seeking to kill the enemy and make achievements. The army has many more opportunities to make achievements than our navy..."

Listening to Zhang Bo's words, Ma Qiang immediately understood.

To put it bluntly, the navy has not expanded in recent years, and the soldiers have no chance of promotion because there is no war.

As Zhang Bo said, if we first served as a soldier to eat food to fill our stomachs, after Taiping, eating full stomachs is no longer the number one reason for joining the army, especially those middle and lower-level officers, who hope to gain military merit in the war.

After all, military merit is money and officials.

I am happy when I hear the battle, this is a good thing!

"The army has the mission of the army, and the navy also has the mission of the navy.

However, in order to deal with Yuan Shao in recent years, and the people of Hebei need to recuperate, the construction of the navy is indeed a little behind...

On behalf of the General's Mansion, I will express my opinion to your navy army. Within half a year, I will definitely give you the navy army a chance to perform!

Moreover, in the future, whether you go north to Liaodong or south to Yangzhou, you will need your navy. I can understand the emotions of the soldiers below, but as the supreme commanders of my navy, you two must set your mindset and do the ideological work of the soldiers below. Do you understand?"

"promise!"

The two of them were obedient and heard that Ma Qiang was about to fight with the navy, but they didn't know where the direction was.

"Ming Gong, but our navy is going to be dispatched? I wonder if it is going south or north?"

"It's not a big move, it's just a small test. Have you heard that Master Gan wants to build an ocean-going expedition fleet?"

The two nodded.

"I have seen that their first ocean-going ship has been built, but whether this ship is suitable for ocean-going or not has to be spoken by facts. There is an island between Sanhan and Japan, which was replaced by Juhu. I changed it to Jeju Island. You cooperate with Master Gan to take it down and make it a ocean-going base in the future!"

"Ming Gong, that island is very small. We can just send a few ships to occupy him..." Guan Cheng was suddenly disappointed. He thought it was a big job.

"Then don't go, Zhang Bo, go."

"Don't, Ming Gong, Commander Zhang still has to patrol the seaside, so I'll go." Guan Cheng smiled and Zhang Bo stopped doing it immediately. In the end, the two of them still solved the problem by drawing lots.

Maybe Guan Cheng was really lucky, so he went there in the end. Zhang Bo was so angry that he hit his right hand.

"Zhang Bo, then you escort me to Jizhou."

Escorting the General? This is a good job, so Zhang Bo hurriedly responded.

"Also, I see that the navy's ships are a little old, so it's time to redesign the ship specifications of our Qingzhou Navy."

Since he is already taking over Jeju Island, Ma Qiang feels that his speed toward the sea will be faster and faster. Although the navy with artillery is already the strongest navy on this planet, Ma Qiang still feels that he needs to be more advanced and more warships!

Ma Qiang felt that he could not cure this disease of lacking security like a hamster.

"You communicate with the shipyard. I think the Navy's main job in the future is ocean escort. You should redesign the matching of sea ships and fleet ships with this as the core.

How much material and manpower is required? After the calculation is completed, please submit it to the Military Commission for approval!”

Zhang Bo and Guan Cheng were very happy and thanked him. This was about to expand the army. Once the navy expanded, their identities would naturally increase. Many middle and low-level officers also had the opportunity to upgrade because of this, which would undoubtedly calm the resentment of a large number of naval officers.
Chapter completed!