marquis of jingan

Chapter 466 Master Shen's Stage!
Li Mu left at this time, and the attitude he wanted to express was very clear.

That is, he would not interfere, would not participate in the construction of the Anti-Japanese Army, and left the entire process of building the Anti-Japanese Army, or in other words, the "stage" of Wenzhou Prefecture, to Shen Yi to perform alone.

This was a tacit agreement between him, the prince of Jin, and the emperor.

Although I don't know if the emperor recognizes this tacit agreement, at least Li Mu himself thinks so.

Especially after Shen Yi was promoted and came back this time, Li Mu became more determined in this idea.

Because in the beginning, Shen Yi and Li Mu went south to patrol the sea, it was just an idle hand of the emperor.

Just like playing Go.

The emperor was idle and had nothing to do, so he casually put down a chess piece far away from the center of the chessboard, Jiankang.

Because at that time, the emperor was only moved by Shen Yi's words, but he didn't know Shen Yi, or the working ability of the combination of Shen Yi and Li Mu.

Therefore, although he let Shen Yi go south, he did not give Shen Yi any identity. If Shen Yi and Li Mu messed up things in the southeast, at most it would be Li Mu, the second generation of Wang, who went out to relax.

After a series of events in the past few months, not only the emperor saw the abilities of Shen Yi and Li Mu, but even the imperial court could not ignore their contributions.

It is precisely because of this credit that when the emperor wanted to promote Shen Yi, no matter whether it was the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of War, there was no objection, and no one dared to talk about this matter.

Therefore, after Shen Yirong was promoted to the head of the Ministry of War and returned to Wenzhou Mansion, Li Mu had already decided in his heart that the emperor was ready to let Shen Yi take full charge of the southeast coast defense military.

So he was also very sensible, without saying a word, he continued to go south to make money for Shen Yi.

After Li Mu left, Shen Yi's position in Yongjia City seemed a little detached.

Because before Li Mu left, he personally told these local officials that Shen Yi was in Wenzhou Mansion and could act as an imperial envoy on his behalf.

Even putting aside this act of acting as an imperial envoy, Shen Yi's status as the head of the sixth-rank military department allows him to restrain local officials in some aspects in the name of the military department.

With these two identities, it is very easy for Shen Yi to do things.

After Li Mu left, Shen Yi inspected the shipyard along the coast of Wenzhou Prefecture by himself. After the inspection, he confessed to Ling Su, and then took twenty or thirty entourages and rode a fast horse. Mingzhou Prefecture, under the reception of local officials of Mingzhou Prefecture, inspected the local shipyards in Mingzhou Prefecture on the spot.

After staying in Mingzhou Prefecture for a day, Shen Yi left Mingzhou and went to Taizhou Prefecture for "on-the-spot investigation".

Finally, after careful consideration, Shen Yi decided to put the dock in Wenzhou Prefecture.

To be precise, it is within the territory of Yueqing County, Wenzhou Prefecture.

Because Yueqing County is on the coast, Yongjia, the capital city of Wenzhou, is not on the coast.

After deciding on the location of the dock, Shen Yi, accompanied by the county magistrate of Yueqing, spent 2 taels of silver to buy a large local shipyard.

This price is extremely low.

Because this shipyard covers a large area, not to mention a complete range of tools, and a lot of wood reserves, all of which were sold to Shen Yi at a price of 2 taels.

The reason why it can be bought at this price is, on the one hand, because of the rampant Japanese pirates in recent years, and the coastal business is not easy to do.

If the business is not doing well, naturally not many people will buy boats.

Of course, more importantly, when Master Shen went to discuss business with the owner of the shipyard, he brought Zhong Ping, magistrate of Yueqing County, with him.

Facing a group of officials who can be reasonable or unreasonable, this owner naturally dare not sell high prices.

After confirming the location of the warship factory, Shen Yi simply lived in Yueqing, and recruited some masons from Yueqing to build a "dormitory" for these craftsmen from Jiankang near the shipyard.

Because the craftsmen sent by the Ministry of Industry are all top-notch carpenters, and the shipyard itself has a lot of wood, so building a house only requires a mason to lay the bottom and then seal the roof, and the carpenters can do the rest of the process by themselves. , and it is beautifully done.

In addition to the staff dormitory, Shen Yi also planned a military camp near the shipyard, a military camp that can accommodate about 500 people.

In the future, this factory will not only produce warships, but also produce firearms. It may become the core of the anti-Japanese army. It must be fortified. According to Shen Yi's preliminary plan, there will be [-] anti-Japanese troops stationed here.

Moreover, Shen Yi plans to set up a thousand-household office in Yueqing in the future. In addition to ensuring the safety of the people in eastern Zhejiang, it is more about ensuring the safety of the arsenal in Yueqing.

After ten days of busy work like this, the construction of the dock was finally on the right track, and Shen Yi didn't have to go to supervise the work every day, so Shen Yi met Ling Su and Xue Wei in Yueqing.

What I have to say is that although Li Mu went south this time, although he took away more than 1000 anti-Japanese troops, the two cores of the anti-Japanese army, Ling Su and Xue Wei, did not bring anyone with them. It is to allow Shen Yi to expand in the future, so that no one can use it.

Although Ling Su is still a thousand households of the Anti-Japanese Army in name, he is actually the commander of the Anti-Japanese Army. He can command the entire Anti-Japanese Army and is the absolute core of the Anti-Japanese Army.

After receiving Shen Yi's appointment, Xue Wei, who was originally in Yueqing, arrived quickly, and even Ling Su, who was in Yongjia, only took half a day to arrive in Yueqing. After meeting at the door of Shen Yi's residence, they came to the door of Shen Yi's study together and knocked on the door of the study.

In the study, Shen Yi's voice soon came.

"Come in."

The two walked into Shen Yi's study one after the other, cupped their fists respectfully at Shen Yi and said, "The last general pays his respects to Master Shen!"

If we say that in the past, facing Shen Yi, who was ranked seventh and eighth rank and had nothing to do with the army, Ling Su claimed to be a junior general, but now he was facing the head of the military department who was already in charge of the sixth rank and was a professional counterpart. Will, that is, sincerity.

After all, if Master Shen one day jumps from the Arsenal Department to the Military Selection Department, he can easily control the careers of these generals immediately.

In this era of emphasizing civility and suppressing military affairs, the degree of suppression of generals by the civilian officials of the Ministry of War can be said to be absolute.

Fortunately, Shen Yi didn't have the time to put on airs as a master of the Ministry of War with these two people, so he waved his hand, motioning them to sit down and talk.

The two bowed their heads in thanks, and each found a chair to sit in the study where Shen Yi worked.

After seeing the two people sitting down, Shen Yi knocked on the table habitually, and then said: "Although the imperial envoy has already gone south, before the imperial envoy left, he left me a message, and I will arrange for the anti-Japanese army to follow up." affairs."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi glanced at the two people and asked, "Do you have any opinions?"

Both men shook their heads quickly: "No, the general will respectfully listen to Master Shen's orders."

Shen Yi nodded and continued: "In the past when the Anti-Japanese Army expanded, we all went to recruit people together, and I followed suit, but now that the Anti-Japanese Army has taken shape, there is no need to recruit together."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi glanced at the two people, and said: "My opinion is that the thousands of households and hundreds of households in the anti-Japanese army can lead their own men, either to the south or to the north."

"Go to the prefectures and counties to recruit troops."

Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said: "After recruiting recruits, bring them all back to Yueqing."

Having said that, he looked up at Ling Su, and said with a smile: "Ling Qianhu will train in a unified manner."

The two generals bowed their heads together without saying a word.

"The last will obey!"

(End of this chapter)