Chapter 858 Respect objective facts!

An Miaoyi was very welcome to Ye Mingsheng’s decision to let Xingtong study with Jingren. She even seemed to treat Ye Xingtong better than her own flesh and blood Ye Jingren. She also often taught Jingren to be a good brother and take care of his sister...
Ye Mingsheng was not surprised by this. After all, Xingtong was a girl and would not pose any threat to Jingren's position, so An Miaoyi was naturally willing to show her love and kindness. But Jingxuan was different!

Ye Mingsheng knew very well that what An Miaoyi valued most was Jingren's position. This was An Miaoyi's core concern. An Miaoyi might compromise and make concessions on other issues, but on this issue, An Miaoyi would not have any room for compromise or concession.

Therefore, although An Miaoyi is in the Ye Mansion on the surface, her biggest challenger in the Ye Mansion is Murong Qingwu.

However, because Murong Qingwu currently has no son and only a daughter, Ye Kexin, a more realistic challenger than Murong Qingwu is Pei Zhixiu!

First of all, Pei Zhixiu is the most favored woman in the Ye family. She and Ye Mingsheng have a very good relationship since they met when they were humble. Secondly, Pei Zhixiu has a son, Ye Jingxuan.

Because of this, although An Miaoyi seemed calm and peaceful on the surface, she was actually very worried that Ye Mingsheng would love Jingxuan and the existence of Jingxuan would pose a challenge to Jingren!

Before, after Ye Mingsheng asked Jingren to become Gu Sansi's apprentice, Jingren's position as the successor became more stable. Pei Zhixiu was very happy about this, and his mentality became more peaceful.·····························

Now if Ye Mingsheng lets Jingxuan also become Gu Sansi's disciple and study together with Jingren, although on the surface this is just a matter of family education, but because of the special identity of Ye Mingsheng, this will be regarded by many people in the Fengwu Army as a political signal!
Many people would think that Jingren’s position is not stable, and Ye Mingsheng is also considering the possibility of Jingxuan!
Therefore, An Miaoyi might find it difficult to accept this, and might do something small again. Although Pei Zhixiu is not afraid of An Miaoyi, she does not want to fight with An Miaoyi. What she wants is a peaceful and tranquil life, and this is the life she lives now, so she does not want this peace and tranquility to be broken!

Ye Mingsheng also understood Pei Zhixiu's idea. After thinking for a moment, Ye Mingsheng seemed to have a new idea and asked Pei Zhixiu:

"What do you think of Deng He, the Counselor of the Central Council?"

Hearing the name Deng He, Pei Zhixiu thought for a while and said slowly:
"I don't know much about him, but I heard that he is very knowledgeable and has a beautiful handwriting!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded and said with a smile:

"Deng He is indeed very knowledgeable. He is well-versed in classics and has a wealth of knowledge. What's more rare is that he is not old-fashioned and can apply what he has learned. Zhixiu, what do you think about letting him be Jingxuan's teacher?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Pei Zhixiu thought for a moment and nodded:
"Husband, you decide this matter. I have no objection..."

Hearing Pei Zhixiu's answer, Ye Mingsheng clapped his hands and laughed:
"If that's the case, then it's an easy decision. Our Jingxuan is going to be the king of East Island in the future, so we must study hard!"

Seeing Ye Mingsheng mentioned this matter again, Pei Zhixiu couldn't help but ask:
"My husband, are you serious?"

Ye Mingsheng nodded as a matter of course and said:
"Of course! In order to avoid internal circulation and prevent our descendants from becoming LJ laborers, our only choice is to go overseas and use the world's wealth to supply China. This is the mission entrusted to us by history!"

Seeing Ye Mingsheng speaking so righteously, Pei Zhixiu was a little dazed. Although Ye Mingsheng had told her about this idea last time, perhaps because the idea was too advanced, Pei Zhixiu did not take it too seriously!
But now after hearing Ye Mingsheng's words, Pei Zhixiu truly realized that Ye Mingsheng was really planning such a thing!

Taking Pei Zhixiu's hand, Ye Mingsheng said confidently:
“If Shangguan Hongyuan hadn’t died, it might have taken me, Ye, another six or seven years to unify the world. But now that Shangguan Hongyuan is dead, there is no one in this world who can stop me. In just three or four years, the world of the Jiang family of the Great Zhou will belong to me, Ye…”

"When the time comes, we will use a few years to deepen reforms and stabilize the world. The rest of my time, Ye, can be used to expand the territory. Mobei, Gongdu, Dongdao, Annan, Jiaozhi, etc., these should all be the territory of Shenzhou!"

Speaking of this, feeling the faint body fragrance on Pei Zhixiu's body, Ye Mingsheng also leaned close to Pei Zhixiu's ear and whispered:

"Ma'am, if you have time, you might as well think of a title for yourself! See if there's anything you like!"

Pei Zhixiu came back to his senses after hearing this, leaning in Ye Mingsheng's arms and whispering:
"Meeting my husband in the palace that year was the greatest luck of my life. God has taken good care of me. I don't want any title. As long as you have me in your heart, that's enough!"

Listening to Pei Zhixiu's heartfelt words, Ye Mingsheng's heart was also deeply moved. When his love reached its peak, Ye Mingsheng kissed her and began to work with Pei Zhixiu to try to create a younger brother or sister for Xiao Jingxuan.

the next day, early morning

Under Pei Zhixiu's service, Ye Mingsheng climbed out of bed with a refreshed spirit and had a simple meal of white porridge and pickled radish made by Pei Zhixiu. He then gave Jingxuan some instructions, asking him to listen to his mother and study hard to make progress every day.

After doing all this, Ye Mingsheng said goodbye to Pei Zhixiu and started a new day of life·····················
The first thing is to exercise the body by boxing and running. When Ye Mingsheng reaches middle age, if he relaxes a little, a layer of fat will appear on his belly. This also makes Ye Mingsheng pay more attention to the importance of physical exercise. He will exercise whenever time permits.

After exercising, Ye Mingsheng also went to pay his respects to Ye Cui. Under the care of Pei Zhixiu and a group of doctors over the years, although Ye Cui's health had minor problems from time to time, it was generally stable. However, because she believed in Buddhism and did not eat meat, her immunity was a little poor.

Whenever the weather changed slightly, whether it was cold or hot, Ye Cui would have some minor illnesses. Ye Mingsheng also advised her to eat some meat to enhance her body's immunity, but she did not listen and always did her own thing.

Ye Mingsheng had no good solution for this, so he could only tell the chef to use some chicken soup as clear soup to quietly nourish Ye Cuishi. After meeting with Ye Cuishi, Ye Mingsheng came to the study and started his day's work.

He first gave the order to let Deng He be Xiao Jingxuan's teacher. At this time, Ye Cheng was holding a battle report and reported to Ye Mingsheng with a happy face:

"Sir, the battle report from Yunbing! Sir Yuan won a great victory in Yunbing!"

Upon hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng became excited. He immediately took the battle report from Ye Cheng and started to check it out...
In this battle report, Yuan Song reported to Ye Mingsheng that in the battle five days ago, the Fengwu Army annihilated nearly 30,000 enemy troops, including 6,000 killed and 12,000 captured, and the rest fled in all directions.

On this basis, the Fengwu Army completely broke through the defense lines of Heyi County, Xiaode County, and Wenshan County built by the Yunbing Army, and successfully occupied these three counties. Now the Fengwu Army is consolidating the situation and is preparing to encircle Jinyang and begin planning the siege.

Seeing such results, Ye Mingsheng nodded with satisfaction. Yuan Song was worthy of being the first general of the Fengwu Army. He did not disappoint him!
When Yuan Song led his troops in Yunbing and made slow progress and no action was taken, there were some doubts from the General Staff, but Ye Mingsheng always firmly believed in Yuan Song's ability, and now Yuan Song has given him a satisfactory answer.

After a moment of silence, Ye Mingsheng instructed Ye Cheng:
"Send this battle report to the entire army, and notify the General Staff Headquarters to convene a General Staff meeting in one hour!"

"Yes!"

Although Ye Mingsheng was very happy with the battle report, he did not get carried away. Although the Fengwu Army had broken the deadlock in Yunbing under the command of Yuan Song, it was still a long way from winning the next victory...
What he needs to do now is to provide Yuan Song with all kinds of support as much as possible to ensure that he can win this war without any worries!

An hour later, Ye Mingsheng arrived at the Fengwu Army General Staff Headquarters on time, and the meeting was formally convened.

Because Yun Bing's battle report had been notified, everyone attending the meeting was very happy. After Ye Mingsheng said some polite words, he directly pointed the finger at the First Manufacturing Bureau, which was responsible for firearms manufacturing, and asked the new director Chen Changgui:

"How's your artillery going?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Chen Changgui also stood up and reported:

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, our First Manufacturing Bureau's artillery construction plan is proceeding in an orderly manner. At the current speed, we can complete the plan at least half a month ahead of schedule and manufacture 55 red cannons suitable for siege!"

Hearing Chen Changgui's plan, Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly. Before, after Yuan Song went to the Yunbing battlefield, he proposed that although the Fengwu Army had more than 100 red cannons of various types on the Yunbing battlefield, most of them were light artillery. There were only more than 30 siege heavy artillery and super heavy artillery in total...

Because light artillery had very limited effect against a fortified city like Jinyang, Yuan Song asked Ye Mingsheng to increase the number of Fengwu Army's heavy artillery on the Yunbing battlefield.

Ye Mingsheng immediately responded to Yuan Song's request. He proposed to Chen Changgui to deliver five heavy artillery pieces in the first month and ten heavy artillery pieces each month for the remaining months, for a total of fifty-five heavy artillery pieces in six months.

At Ye Mingsheng's request, Chen Changgui gritted his teeth and accepted the military order. Originally, this plan was in line with the progress of the Yunbing battlefield, but no one expected that Yuan Song would act so quickly and capture the three counties outside Jinyang so quickly, and now he was even preparing to attack Jinyang.

Therefore, under the rapidly changing military situation, the heavy artillery supply of the First Manufacturing Bureau seemed a little outdated!
Seeing Chen Changgui's worried expression, Ye Mingsheng also understood what he was thinking. He was simply worried that he would ask them to speed up the production of heavy artillery.

To be honest, Ye Mingsheng really had such an idea, but he was also very clear that the First Manufacturing Bureau was already operating at full capacity. In order to be able to manufacture artillery as planned, they even borrowed a lot of manpower from the Second Manufacturing Bureau. Now this speed was already their limit!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng decided to respect the objective facts and instructed Chen Changgui:

"I know that the workers in your First Manufacturing Bureau are already working very hard. Many of them are working in three shifts!"

“However, the fighting on the frontline is in full swing. If you provide one more artillery piece, fewer soldiers will die on the Yunbing frontline. So if possible, please ask them to make a little more effort...”

"You may wish to increase the overtime wages of the First Manufacturing Bureau. I will approve the funds for you, but quality still comes first! I don't want to see you slack off on quality in order to speed up!"

Feeling Ye Mingsheng's tone, Chen Changgui, realizing that the Marshal understood his difficulties, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then met Ye Mingsheng's gaze and said:

"Marshal, I will definitely convey your words to every worker in our First Manufacturing Bureau. I believe that every colleague in our First Manufacturing Bureau will go all out and devote all their strength to build artillery to support the front line!"

"As for the quality, please rest assured, Marshal! The quality you mentioned is our lifeline. Every piece of artillery built by our First Manufacturing Bureau can stand the test!"

"All of our colleagues are looking forward to your visit to our First Inspection Bureau. We believe that meeting you will motivate our workers even more!"

Listening to Chen Changgui's words, Ye Mingsheng nodded and said:
"I've remembered about the inspection. I also want to go to your First Manufacturing Bureau to see how the workers work. I'll ask the Attendant Department to arrange this matter. I'll try to get up early and inspect your First Manufacturing Bureau!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Changgui’s face immediately lit up with joy, and then he began to thank Ye Mingsheng profusely································
(I have sped up some of the progress. I don’t know what you readers think. Judging from the current situation, it is not realistic to finish the book in the short term. It will take another 50 or 60 chapters to finish. I will do my best to ensure the quality!)
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