Zhou Zheng rushed back to Yongping Mansion, Yao Tongshun and others had already returned a few days in advance, and after a brief report, Zhou Zheng left the mansion and began to inspect the whole mansion.

The first stop was the barracks.

Cao Bianjiao accompanied Zhou Zheng to inspect the military camp, and introduced: "My lord, at present, the total number of people is 8,000, 7,000 are left here, and there are 1,000 in various villages and towns to train young and strong. ”

"How many young people are there?" Zhou Zheng looked at the soldiers running back and forth and asked.

Cao Bianjiao said: "There are 1,000 people in each town, and the total number is about 20,000, all of them are trained during the slack time, and they are also organized to participate in various kinds of forced labor, all of which are paid, but there is no resistance." ”

Zhou Zheng nodded at a general flag who came to salute, and then said: "Don't let go here, those young people are the same, Liaodong needs our support at any time, we must practice well, and we can't sharpen our knives in battle......"

Cao Bianjiao responded: "Don't worry, my lord, the last general will never slack off." ”

Zhou Zheng came to the training ground again, watched the soldiers jumping over obstacles, and said, "Did I read the "Wu Yijun Book" I gave you?" Take a good staff, take its essence, and run in seriously. ”

Cao Bianjiao said: "Yes, the last general is studying carefully, and it will be constantly tested." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at the soldiers working hard, looked satisfied, and said in a low voice: "Find five hundred people, I will train them specially." ”

Cao Bianjiao was stunned for a moment and said, "How do adults train?" ”

Zhou Zheng looked not far away and said, "You have to choose the strongest one for me, and I will train it myself." ”

Although Cao Bianjiao didn't know what Zhou Zheng was going to do, he still nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't say anything more, stayed in the barracks for two days, and then headed east.

The small gourd river has not yet thawed, Yao Tongshun followed Zhou Zheng in the carriage, explained: "My lord, the small gourd river was repaired last year, we plan to continue to repair it in the spring, and the agricultural canals have also been preliminarily planned, and now there is no shortage of strong men, step by step plan, it is expected that the canals in Yongping Mansion will be fully renovated before the end of the year......

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "The things ahead must also be done well, and everything must be completed in earnest, and we must not leave future troubles." ”

Yao Tong complied and said: "The officials and officials of the villages and towns, as well as the prefectures and counties, and the lower officials have all been deleted, and the specific list is still being drawn up, and the adults will play when they return to the government." ”

Zhou Zheng Yongping Mansion was most concerned about three things: personnel, taxation, and the military; These three things have been fully grasped by Zhou Zheng, and the following is to continue to deepen, expand, and consolidate.

It didn't take long for Zhou Zheng to arrive in Leting Town.

Now that it was a slack season, I saw a temporary military camp outside the town, where more than 1,000 people were being trained.

Their training was relatively simple, less rigorous, with swords but no armor.

At the end of February, Zhou Zheng came to Xinqiao Haikou.

Looking at the port that already had a preliminary appearance, Zhou Zheng inspected it with a smile and put forward his reform suggestions, saying: "Recruit some restaurants on the shore to station, the port should be further deepened to accommodate more ships to stay, the warehouse should be expanded, and then a Haikou post should be established to maintain order, and there will be more than a dozen ships, not too big, mainly to maintain order on the sea......

Yao Tongshun recorded them one by one and responded seriously.

Looking at the somewhat empty sea, Zhou Zheng said in a low voice: "The goods have been delivered?" ”

Yao Tongshun now knew what Zhou Zhengjian was going to do at this wharf, and he also knew the risks involved, so he also said in a low voice: "All of them have been sent away a few days ago, and those Xiyi merchant ships are very punctual, neither morning nor late." ”

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "Do it in the future, don't make a noise." ”

Yao Tongshun knew the severity and said, "Xia Guan understands. ”

Then Zhou Zheng left Xinqiao Haikou and came to the station of the former Kaiping Zhongtunwei in Changli County. It has long been abandoned, with only a dozen people left.

Zhou Zheng looked around and found the simple Armament Bureau with only a few broken houses left, and the soldier who stayed behind said: "My lord, Kaipingwei has actually been abolished a long time ago and merged into Shanhaiwei, but the imperial court has not issued an order and has been empty here." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Yao Tongshun and said, "Transfer all these people back to Lulong County for resettlement, and the Ordnance Bureau ...... When I put it on Xiangyun Island, I have arranged for people, and I have also obtained the approval of the Ministry of War, and we have made our own armor and weapons. ”

"Yes, my lord." Yao Tongshun didn't notice the problem inside, and responded.

In fact, there is no problem, Zhou is the envoy of the Qin, responsible for rectifying the armaments of Yongping Mansion, and there is an approval from the Ministry of War, so there is no problem at all in manufacturing some weapons.

Zhou Zheng turned around a lot before returning to the government, and it was almost April.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, Zhou Zheng didn't see anyone, so he summoned Chu Jin and asked, "Is there any movement over there?" ”

Chu Jin has been in charge of liaising with the people arranged by Zhou Zheng in Liaodong, and when he heard this, he said: "Lord Hui, not long after the defeat of Jianyu, there is no change for the time being. ”

Zhou Zheng thought that in history, Jianyu would enter the customs from Xifengkou in October this year, and he didn't dare to be careless, and said: "Jianyu has lost again and again in Liaodong, plus Dongjiang Town has suffered serious losses, and there are no worries, they will not give up easily, you send a letter to Shenyang, give me an eye on Jianyu's every move, and any wind and grass must be known to the official!" ”

Chu Jin looked at Zhou Zheng's solemn expression, raised his hand and said, "My lord, do you want to use all carrier pigeons?" ”

Carrier pigeons, naturally, must have a place to be put away, Chu Jin means that all intelligence networks must be activated.

Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "Let's start, I always feel a little uneasy, from now on, all my energy will be given to me to keep an eye on the movements of Jianyu, if they have any movements such as raising grain and grass, gathering troops, etc., they must report in time!" ”

"The subordinate obeys!" Chu Jin said with a deep color.

Subsequently, Zhou Zheng called Yao Tongshun, Ding Qi, Zhang Heyi and others, and explained: "Government affairs have been on the right track one after another, and this official must now focus on rectifying the armament, big and small things, you can discuss them, send them to the barracks outside the city, and do other things according to the plan!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, with Cao Bianjiao here, why did Zhou Zheng go to the barracks?

However, they didn't ask much, and they all raised their hands to receive orders.

The plan has been done, and now it needs to be implemented step by step, Zhou Zheng did not put all his mind on this, but transferred to the barracks.

Zhou Zheng quickly took over the command of this army from Cao Bianjiao and began to fully intervene in the daily training of the army.

Cao Bianjiao looked at Zhou Zheng's newly revised training syllabus, looked a little nervous, and said, "My lord, according to this, the soldiers' daily rest time is less than three hours, will it be too strict?" ”

Zhou Zhengdao: "If you train for a quarter of an hour, you will have one more chance of surviving on the battlefield, and I will increase the salary, food, and bonuses for them, and I must strictly implement my training syllabus!" ”

Cao Bianjiao didn't dare to say more, and said, "Yes." ”

From the next day, Zhou Zheng appeared at the training ground, directing the training of the soldiers in every detail, and even went out to train Zhou Zheng on horseback and followed behind.