On the tenth day of February in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Shen Xun left Jinhai Town by boat and headed straight for Tianjin Wei by sea.

Three days later, Fang Guangchen took the manpower assigned to him by Yang Zhen, as well as the written order and letter, and took a boat south to Dengzhou City.

After arranging all this, Yang Zhen was not idle for a day, and turned around and devoted himself to preparations for launching a war before the end of April.

First, Zhang Degui, Zhang Chen, Li Lu, Pan Wenmao, Wang Shoutang, Chen Shunong, Wang Jiaqi, Li Ji and others were summoned to take stock of all the family assets in Jinhai Town.

Zhang Degui is in charge of the general affairs. Whether it is soldiers, ordnance, gold, silver, grain, ammunition, horses, mules, iron materials, cloth, furs, salt, tea and other materials, all are under the control of the Assistant Camp Affairs Office.

As for Zhang Chen, in peacetime, he was mainly responsible for managing soldiers and training them.

Although he did not hold any specific responsibilities in the Assistant Battalion Affairs Office, as one of Yang Zhen's most important right-hand men, Yang Zhen directly handed over all issues involving soldier recruitment, training, transfer, additions, losses, etc. to him.

Responsible.

Firstly, it was because Yang Zhen trusted him.

Secondly, it is also because there are too many things to do in the Assistant Operations Office, and Zhang Degui has limited energy and cannot manage them.

As for Li Lu, the right-wing commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, he was mainly in charge of the central army of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Moreover, he was also an important participant in Yang Zhen's previous expedition across the sea to the Japanese slave country. Yang Zhendong's expedition fleet obtained the property and supplies from the Kyushu vassals, the Japanese slave country Kyoto Osaka and other places, as well as the Japanese slave country Tokugawa shogunate.

He is clear.

Letting him participate is also to better understand the family background.

As for Pan Wenmao and Wang Shoutang, there is no need to say more.

One of them is in charge of ammunition and the other is in charge of gun manufacturing. They have always been required to participate in meetings of this kind held by Yang Zhen in the past.

As for Chen Shunong and Wang Jiaqi, they are in charge of reclamation and grain storage affairs.

Chen Shunong, the governor of Jinhai Town, has now gained Yang Zhen's complete trust.

In early November last year, after following Yang Zhen back to Lushunkou, he took over from Fang Guangchen and took charge of the recruitment and reclamation affairs of Jinhai Town, and also took charge of the Agricultural Reclamation Office and the Grain Management Office.

Above him, apart from Zhang Degui, who was co-managing the camp affairs office, was Yang Zhen himself.

Wang Jiaqi was one of the first people who came to Jinhai Town with Chen Shunong to teach potato cultivation.

At that time, in addition to one of Chen Shunong's own servants, there were two pairs of father and son who came with Chen Shunong.

One of them is Wu and his son, who are currently on Jinhai East Road and are in charge of the cultivation of seed potatoes.

Another father and son pair are Wang Baoqing and Wang Jiaqi.

At present, Wang Baoqing was ordered to stay on Yingzhou Island and take over from Chen Shunong in charge of the reclamation affairs of Yingzhou Island and Wudao Islands.

His son Wang Jiaqi stayed in Longhe Camp in Lushunkou from the beginning and was responsible for the affairs of the Longhe Camp Farm Reclamation Station.

At the end of last year, Chen Shunong followed Yang Zhen back to Lushunkou, and the Longheying Farm Reclamation Office, including the entire Jinhai Town recruitment and reclamation affairs, naturally returned to his command.

As for Li Ji, on the surface he is mainly in charge of various statistics, but in fact this is not entirely the case, because he is also responsible for secretly monitoring all parties.

In the past, except for a few people including Yang Zhen and Zhang Degui who knew the true duties of the Statistics Office, few people in Jinhai Town knew the inside story.

But now, the Statistical Office has been established for almost three years, and almost everyone among the generals and officials in Jinhai Town does not know what the Statistical Office actually does.

Although the Statistical Office has not done anything earth-shattering since its establishment, Yang Zhen is always able to understand all aspects of the situation clearly and accurately, or relatively clearly and accurately, especially some underlying situations that are not known to the public.

It still makes the heads and heads in Jinhae Town fearful.

Because none of them knows how many of the people around them and their subordinates are secretly affiliated with the Statistics Office.

But they knew that in addition to the various account books they reported to the town government, the statistics office must have another account that was handed over directly to Yang Zhen himself.

Therefore, no matter whether they are the functional offices directly under the general town government, the people in charge of the offices, or the generals who are affiliated with the Eastern Expeditionary Army or the various supporting military headquarters and regiments, they never dare to conceal or lie when facing Yang Zhen.

something.

Because they don't know how much Yang Zhen has learned privately through the statistics office's information.

Of course, Yang Zhen actually didn't want to make it like this, as if the people under his opponent had lost trust in their former close comrades.

But living in such an era, in such an environment where betrayal and betrayal could happen at any time, he had no other better way.

In fact, Yang Zhen, who has been busy with conquests here and there, is always in the process of fighting and preparing for war, and has no time to sit down and improve the supervision and feedback system.

You can only use whatever is useful first. When the disadvantages show up and the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, discard it and then use it with something else that is useful.

Moreover, his purpose is not to punish anyone, but to ensure that he has other eyes and ears, so that he can be informed by both ears and avoid being deceived like a fool.

On the morning of February 15th, the 15th year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhen convened a meeting with those in charge and the subordinates in charge of soldiers, grain, ammunition and other supplies to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the entire Jinhai Town family background.

Subsequently, Yang Zhen, whose confidence was greatly increased, immediately ordered to summon all the general soldiers from Jinhai and Dengcheng to the Second Town to gather at Lushunkou to discuss the matter.

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By noon on February 19, except for Qiu Zhenhai, the commander-in-chief of the Andong forward in Jinhai Town, Andong City, all the other generals with the title of commander-in-chief of the co-defense team had arrived.

As for Qiu Zhenhai, the commander-in-chief of Anton's vanguard, considering the special status of Anton City, Yang Zhen did not order Qiu Zhenhai to come. Instead, he called the messenger who went to Jinhai East Road to deliver the order and rushed to Anton City with a letter.

In a letter written to him, Yang Zhen informed him of the relevant news and asked him to be ready to use troops at any time as soon as possible.

As for the general soldiers who arrived at Lushunkou as scheduled, Yang Zhen did not summon them for discussion immediately. Instead, he ordered Zhang Degui and Zhang Chen to accompany them to visit the smelting plant, gun factory and ammunition factory in the north city of Lushun.

factory, and then visited three large ammunition storage warehouses and a total of 12 large grain storage warehouses in Lushunkou West Port, Shuangdaowan Port and at the foot of Golden Mountain.

The mountains of various grain and ammunition reserves piled up in large warehouses were eye-opening and shocking to the generals who hurriedly came to Lushunkou from all over the country.

After visiting all the way, some of them already understood Yang Zhen's intention of calling them back, while others were asking Zhang Degui and Zhang Chen about Jin Haibo's next arrangements.

Of course, no one who can take the position of commander-in-chief under Yang Zhen is given for free.

Even across the sea from Lushunkou, Wu Chaozuo, the commander-in-chief of Denglai West Road Assistant Guards, who rarely came to Lushunkou unless ordered to do so, had a premonition from the clues that imperial envoys had repeatedly come to Lushunkou through this route.

Something big is about to happen.

When Yang Zhen summoned Jin Hai and Deng Lai, the general military officers of the two towns to gather at Lushunkou for discussion, his premonition became stronger.

Today, when they arrived at Lushunkou, Yang Zhen did not summon them immediately, but directly asked them to visit the ammunition and grain reserves in Jinhai Town. His intention was not too obvious.

"How are you guys? Yesterday afternoon, the Governor arranged for you to visit some places around Lushunkou. What do you think?"

On the morning of February 20, the 15th year of Chongzhen's reign, Yang Zhen formally summoned the nine general military officers who had been ordered to come to discuss matters in the lobby of the front yard of Nancheng Town Hall in Lushun.

In the bright lobby, in addition to Yang Zhen and the nine general officers with the title of General Soldier, there were also several other deputy generals stationed in Lushunkou, such as Zhang Guogan, Yan Shengsan, and Yang Shen.

After Yan Shengsan returned from his last expedition across the sea to the Japanese slave country, he was promoted by Yang Zhen to the deputy general of the Jinhai South Road Naval Battalion. He finally entered the ranks of relatively high-level generals under Yang Zhen.

Of course, when Yang Zhen summoned Jin Hai and came to discuss matters with the general military officers of the two towns, the deputy generals naturally had no place to sit.

He could only work hard with Zhang Guogan and Yang Shen, and temporarily took on the task of serving tea and water to prepare dried fruit snacks for Yang Zhen and the other nine general defense officers.

As soon as Yang Zhen spoke, they quickly put down the objects in their hands and stood behind the seats of the chief military officers.

"Haha, the governor arranged it well! I haven't been to Lushunkou for a while. Even when I came here before, I came and went in a hurry. I didn't have time to take a look at the north city of Lushun."

Faced with Yang Zhen's pretending to be relaxed in his opening remarks, the other general defense officers had always been more reserved in front of Yang Zhen and did not speak immediately.

But Yuan Jin, who had always had a good relationship with Yang Zhen, the chief military officer of Jinhai West Road and the leader of Dengzhou's defense, smiled and spoke.

"After looking at it yesterday, I figured out how the Governor led us to win so many battles. Especially those big warehouses in Shuangdao Bay and Kou Nei Xingang. After seeing them, I feel more confident."

"Oh? What else is there?"

Facing Yuan Jin who was the first to answer, Yang Zhen asked with a smile.

"Haha, the Governor is taking the exam for a junior position in the school."

In response to Yang Zhen's questioning, Yuan Jin first replied, then looked at the other general officers present, and finally returned to Yang Zhen, and then said:

"Today's world has been troubled for many years. There are rogue bandits inside and the people are in dire straits. Outside there are Qing bandits claiming control and watching with eager eyes. The court is eager to pacify the four directions, but it still cannot have enough food and troops. So the bandits are suppressing more and more, and the people are vying to become thieves.

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"If it hadn't been for the commander-in-chief and his subordinates to attack Jinhai and win many great victories in the rear of the Qing Dynasty, which prevented the Qing Dynasty from going west for two years, I'm afraid the Shanhaiguan area would no longer be owned by the imperial court——"

"Okay, Lao Yuan, just keep the story short."

Yang Zhen generally knew what Yuan Jin meant, but hearing that he meant it was a long story, he immediately stopped him.

"Haha, the meaning of humble position is that no matter how the general situation of the world changes, we Jinhai and Denglai Second Town, under the unified command of the governor, will be in an invincible position as long as we have enough food and troops.
Chapter completed!