After Tang Yu began to vigorously mobilize money and food, Liu Juntao intended to return to Shandong to preside over the affairs of the Dongping Island Navy, of course, he secretly returned to Shandong.

But Liu Juntao was already entangled in affairs at this time, and he had accumulated a lot of things on hand, and he couldn't get rid of it in the near future, so he could only let Tang Yu raise money and food first, and distribute it to Qingzhou Mansion.

As early as Liu Juntao led his troops to Shanxi, he began to deploy throughout Shanxi, imitating the system of Shandong, establishing all kinds of new schools in Shanxi, cultivating useful talents for the Tiance army and the shogunate, and laying a manpower foundation for the future reform of the Ming Dynasty.

But soon after, the Tatars began to harass in the south, and the Tatar Uketu Khan personally led an army of 150,000 iron cavalry to kill, Liu Juntao had to deal with it with all his might, leading the Tiance army and soldiers and horses from all over Shanxi to fight hard.

During this period, Liu Juntao's previous deployments, including the construction of various schools, the dispatch of talents, the recruitment of school students, etc., were all stopped before the war.

Now that the Tatar army of the Poraisu has all retreated, Liu Juntao is finally able to free up his hands to restart these affairs, but only if he cannot get out in the short term.

Although Liu Juntao was also anxious in his heart, if he thought about it carefully, the construction of the navy was carried out on a year-by-year basis, and even the name of "ten-year army and hundred-year navy" did not lie in this period, so he was relieved.

Datong Town, Shanxi Governor's Palace.

Lan Siqi, Minister of the Central Committee, Guo Yongzhong, Minister of Civil Affairs, and Tang Yu, Minister of Commerce, were discussing nervously, and Liu Juntao also got together and talked with everyone.

Several people have been discussing for a whole morning from the morning to now, and finally straightened out the affairs of restarting schools in Shanxi and starting the joint entrance examination, and planned a specific and feasible charter.

"Governor, it's summer now, according to the education syllabus, this year's joint entrance examination is too late, and even the new recruits are a little late, so I suggest that this year we should focus on stability, teach the existing students first, and then fully implement this education syllabus next year."

Lan Siqi, the minister of the Central Committee, talked about it, and Liu Juntao also listened carefully.

Minister of Civil Affairs Guo Yongzhong added: "What Minister Lan said is very true, but I think that this education program can be implemented this year, of course, on a trial basis, so that deficiencies can be found in actual operation, and then improved when it is officially implemented next year." ”

Tang Yu also added a few items on the side.

Liu Juntao listened to the discussion of the three of them, and he was also relieved in his heart.

By now, the departments under his command have been very sound, and have begun to operate stably for so many years, it can be said that these officials in each department have fully entered the role and accumulated rich experience.

Liu Juntao estimates that if these officials of the Shanxi Governor's Mansion are placed as officials in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely be second to none, and even in the court, they are all hard-working ministers!

Of course, this does not mean that these people under Liu Juntao can be in and out of the picture if they are placed elsewhere, and they are all talents who have passed through the heavens and latitudes.

On the contrary, in fact, most of the talents under Liu Juntao are ordinary people and their abilities are average, but under the guidance of Liu Juntao and under the norms of various perfect systems, everyone can follow the rules and give full play to their abilities.

More importantly, everyone can take advantage of the superiority of the system to handle the same matter better, which is beyond the reach of officials elsewhere in the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to everyone's reply, Liu Juntao naturally had no opinion, Guo Yongzhong, Lan Siqi, and Tang Yu had already discussed the matter thoroughly, and Liu Juntao immediately ordered it to be implemented as approved, and the Central Department drafted an official document and sent it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce, mobilizing relevant personnel and financial resources, and implementing it as soon as possible.

At this time, Liu Juntao was also relieved, busy for more than ten days, the affairs at hand finally came to an end, wait until tomorrow to go to Datong Wulie Hall to give a speech to the students, the day after tomorrow to go to the Taiyuan Military Bureau to inspect, Shanxi affairs will be settled.

Five days later, Liu Juntao finished the inspection of the Taiyuan Military Bureau, and did not return to Datong Town, but only let his honor guard and guard soldiers and horses go back with great fanfare, and he was under the protection of fifty iron horsemen, dressed up in disguise, and went directly east from Taiyuan Mansion to Shandong.

Long before Liu Juntao went to Taiyuan Fucheng, Liu Juntao had used his free time to draw some sail warships in his memory of later generations, although it is not professional, but the main layout, general configuration, there are already some key data are still there, and the remaining imperfections will be supplemented by shipbuilders on Dongping Island.

There are more than 20 of these drawings, and not all of them are useful, and Liu Juntao is also the more the better, and then the "professionals" on Dongping Island will screen them and supplement them.

Along the way, Liu Juntao was also recalling the tactics, regulations, regulations, and so on of the sail navy in later generations, and recorded all the information he recalled, and used the rest time on the road to compile a book, preparing to carry out all the implementation in the Dongping Island Navy and carry out a major reorganization of the Dongping Island Navy.

Of course, what Liu Juntao was most worried about along the way was the Xiyi mentioned in the report.

Liu Juntao has also been wondering, which nationality are these Xiyi?

It is now the sixth year of Da Ming Shun, which is converted into the year after the century, that is, 1462, and the Western countries that can appear in the Daming Sea at this time are the Netherlands, and the next time it may be Spain and Portugal, as for the United Kingdom, it is still making a fool of itself at this time, so it is not within the scope of Liu Juntao's consideration.

"Is it the Netherlands or Spain or Portugal?"

Liu Juntao also pondered for a long time, and finally tended to be the Netherlands, after all, the strength of the Netherlands at this time was the strongest among Western countries, and it was also the first Western country to start a great voyage.

However, Liu Juntao is not too worried about this, after all, at this time, the great voyage of the West has just begun, and the maritime strength has not yet reached the future generations.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was still in full swing, and its maritime strength was also very strong, and it was only more than ten years since Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, not to mention that it was still a local battle, as long as he concentrated his forces, he would definitely be able to defeat the Dutch Navy from afar.

A few days later, Liu Juntao led dozens of iron cavalry soldiers into Shandong, and then did not go to Yushan Town and other places, after all, this time Liu Juntao returned secretly, and could not be too ostentatious, so he walked all the way to the sparsely populated wilderness, and went straight to Jinan Fucheng.

Prior to this, Liu Juntao had already sent several iron cavalry soldiers to Rizhao County in Qingzhou Prefecture first, and sent over more than 20 drawings of warships drawn by himself, so that the three shipyards that had been built and put into operation there could study them in advance.

These three shipyards are funded by the Ministry of Commerce, and the craftsmen and apprentices in them are approved by the Ministry of Inspection for three generations before they are allowed to enter.

Therefore, in these three shipyards built specifically for the Dongping Island Navy, all the craftsmen are highly motivated, and the sea ships built are all exquisite workmanship.

When Liu Juntao arrived at Jinan Fucheng, it was already night, and the gates of Jinan Fucheng had all been closed.

However, Hu Dexing, the chief soldier of Shandong Town, and Zhang Xiaojun, the deputy chief soldier, had already received the news of Liu Juntao's arrival in advance, and Hu Dexing, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, had been waiting next to the official road for a long time with more than a dozen personal guards.

Liu Juntao walked forward with a laugh, and greeted Hu Dexing, who had not seen him for a long time, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a while.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, my brothers miss you!"

Hu Dexing said excitedly; "Duxian took the Longxiang Army, the Tiger Army, the Eagle Yang Army, and the Changshui Army to fight against the 150,000 troops of the Tatar Department, but I didn't catch up with such a quick matter, it's a pity!"

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Don't take it to heart, now the Tatar Ministry is still ready to move, and the big war still has to be fought, I will definitely bring you next time!" ”

The two talked for a while, and then they led their men into the city together.

This city gate is not the main gate of Jinan Fucheng, but a side gate, and Hu Dexing has arranged for people to be here.

After coming to the General Military Mansion of Shandong Town, Liu Juntao and others first had a hot meal, and then asked about the setback of the Dongping Island Navy.

Speaking of this, Hu Dexing's face became solemn and said: "Duxian, although our Dongping Island Navy is not a strong army in the country, it is also a strong force. But this time I met Xiyi, and the whole fierce battle process was at a disadvantage, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of the backup fleet, it is estimated that the detachment at that time would have been reimbursed! ”

After listening, Liu Juntao's face was also very ugly, and he asked, "Do you know which country Xiyi is?" ”

"Holland!"

At this time, there were Western missionaries in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and even Portuguese and Spanish mercenaries in the Ming army, so there was still a certain understanding of the Western countries at this time, which was much stronger than the later Manchu Dynasty.

Hearing the name of the Netherlands, Liu Juntao also sneered and said; "It's good to know who the enemy is, since Ben Du is here, then let the Dutch pay for what they have done, multiply the price several times!"

Although Liu Juntao didn't know why the Dutch suddenly came to find trouble for him, the naval battle still had to be fought, and as long as the Dutch fleet was defeated, the reason for this matter would naturally be known.