After arranging these things, Li Buqi immediately met with the representatives of the maritime merchants in Guangzhou, who were already waiting outside, so that they could each contribute to state affairs, and at the same time hinted that their benefits were indispensable.

In the Great Song Dynasty, Li Buqi was the backbone of the maritime merchants, and no one dared not listen to his words. These maritime merchants had already prepared according to the requirements of Li Buqi's letter, and if they had more than two ships in their families, they would draw out a smaller ship for the use of the imperial court, and those who did not have many ships in the family would lead their sons and nephews to serve the imperial court.

Because Li Buqi was in a hurry, he only took the guards all the way, and the staff could not arrive until later, so it was impossible to rely on the staff to check the treasury for the handover. But now the maritime merchants of the Great Song Dynasty all regard Li Buqi as a relative, and the maritime merchants have already prepared a group of capable account offices, and the people from the police department will handle this matter.

Yu Jing is still relatively honest, or the officials in Guangnan have long heard of Li Buqi's methods, and they have already settled the accounts, so the handover is smooth, and Li Buqi basically has no need to worry about it.

When he got up early the next morning, Li Buqi called Luo Zhen, the capital supervisor of the Guangnan Police Station, and Duan Chong, the commander of the police battalion.

The Police Division had an armed police battalion of only 300 men in Guangzhou, and while under the command of the Police Division, he was also under the control of Bao Ke, the prison commissioner. However, don't look at the fact that there are not many people in this battalion, but the battalion and company commanders are all from the Zhenwu Army, and the entire team claims to be the second in the army of Quang Nam in terms of combat skills and fighting will, and no one dares to call themselves the first. These 300 people fought a solid battle with Nong Zhigao's soldiers and Jiaozhi people under the city of Guangzhou, and now there are less than 200 people, and the battalion commander Duan Chong's arm seems to be not good, which is the wounded when he was covering the people to enter the city to avoid the enemy and Nong Zhigao's army in hand-to-hand combat.

After the two saluted, Li Buqi asked, "Is there any movement among the Jiaozhi people in Qinzhou?" ”

Luo Zhen said: "The envoy of fortune, the Jiaozhi people of Qinzhou have not moved much since they returned from Guangzhou, but they often harass Leizhou with sailors and plundered the mouth. ”

Li Buqi asked again: "How many Jiaozhi people are there now?" ”

"According to the interrogation of the soldiers captured by the scouts five days ago, there were 20,000 Jiaozhi people on the shore at that time, and there were more than 100 ships in the sea."

Li Buqi said: "I have read all the reports of your battles with Nong Zhigao's army and the Jiaozhi people, and you fought very well. The official family said that meritorious service should be rewarded, and talent should be promoted. This time, the imperial court deeply felt that Quang Nam's military armament was lax, and it wanted to build a new army in Quang Nam. Since it is a new army, it is natural to use the best materials to build it. The government agreed to my proposal, and the new army was established on the basis of the police battalion. The police battalion was expanded to 500 men, and an additional division was formed. None of you or your men have been promoted one or two ranks. ”

Luo Zhen and Duan Chong were overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him. Li Buqi said: "Now I appoint you two as the chief and deputy ambassadors for military training, and once the militia from all over the country arrives, you will take over from Bao Tixing." This is the letter of appointment and the letter of appointment of the two of you, and the outline of the training written by me. Now there are many things, this outline is not much different from the training method of the Zhenwu Army, but the requirements are different, I will not give you a detailed explanation, if you don't understand anything, just come to me at any time. The police battalion has suffered a lot of losses in this battle, and you will need to think more about it if you want to expand it to this scale. I hope that in three months two thousand men will be able to march, and they will be encamped, and they will be in battle without confusion. Do you have what it takes? ”

The two replied in unison, "The last general will do his best!" ”

Li Buqi said: "Okay, let me see your ability!" Know that your opportunity to make a difference is now! ”

The two hurriedly agreed, their eyes full of joy. As long as your brain doesn't break, everyone knows that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Obviously, Li Daguan did not look down on the army in Quang Nam, so he put all the expanded quotas in the police barracks. As long as they live up to the expectations of Li Daguan, Li Daguan will not be able to really promote them to the position of division commander.

As for what kind of establishment this "division" is, in fact, they really don't know it now, but it seems that there are always thousands of people. said less, but it is not the style of Li Daguan, who has always been generous.

After Luo Zhen and Duan Chong withdrew, Li Buqi immediately called in Bai Pinghai, a Guangzhou inspector who was waiting outside.

The inspector is a petty official, and he never imagined that Li Buqi would be summoned directly, and he was at a loss when he stood in front of Li Buqi. Li Buqi did not have time to be polite to him, and directly instructed him to organize the ships of the king of maritime merchants to conduct training in formation navigation and other training in the maritime merchants, and to receive ballistas and trebuchets from the Guangzhou Zuoyuan to install on these ships. At the same time, when Bao Ke recruited fishermen and sailors, he immediately organized into a military team and arranged for combat training on the ship.

Bai Pinghai took the booklet given to him by Li Buqi, but he was at a loss. When Li Buqi saw him like this, he asked, "You can't read?" ”

Bai Pinghai said with a bitter face: "Qiyu is an envoy, and the last general is illiterate." ”

Li Buqi looked at him for a second and asked, "How old are you?" ”

"There will be three more days in the end, and there will be thirty-two in the end." Bai Pinghai didn't know why Li Buqi asked him his age, and replied hesitantly.

Li Buqi said undoubtedly: "After a month, you must learn to read ten words, and after that, you must learn twenty words every month, otherwise you can go home and pick up the child." There is a big battle coming soon, you are not too old, and you still have a chance to be promoted. See for yourself. ”

Bai Pinghai didn't expect Li Buqi to be so domineering, and there was no room for negotiation at all. He thought in his heart that knowing ten words in thirty days a month didn't seem to be a lot, not to mention that he knew his name at all, and he also knew the simple words one, two, three, he felt that he should not be a problem to be confused for a month or two.

With a fluke mentality, he hurriedly agreed. Li Buqi said: "Since you are conducting inspections at sea, you are naturally familiar with things at sea. Since I couldn't read what I had written, I first trained the fleet to sail, took over the people, and used them to the sea, and then loaded the weapons on the ship. The others will come and teach them in a few days. ”

Bai Pinghai thought that Li Buqi had brought people from the Beijing Division's naval army, just like reminding Li Buqi that the Jingshi Naval Army did not understand navigation, but after thinking about Li Buqi's relationship with the maritime merchants, he felt that it was impossible for this Li Daguan to make such a low-level mistake. He didn't dare to ask, so he had to go suspiciously.

Then, Li Buqi summoned the civil and military officials one by one, either to inquire about the situation or to give instructions. When it was time to hold the lamp, he stretched.

The journey was really exhausting, and after another day of sitting like this, he was also exhausted. So he stood up, walked outside the door, and casually asked a police squad leader who was guarding outside: "Have all the Jiaozhi people in Guangzhou been arrested?" But what's so special? ”

The squad leader was a small southerner, and when he saw Li Buqi asking himself, he nervously puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Officials, all the Jiaozhi people in Guangzhou have been arrested and locked up in the prison of the Criminal Division. ”

Speaking of this, he thought for a moment before saying, "If you say something special, there are a few Jiaozhi eunuchs. One of them, Li Changjie, is a trusted close minister of Li Dezheng, the king of Jiaozhi. ”

"Li Changjie? That's a familiar name! ”

Li Buqi knew that there were several eunuchs among the Jiaozhi people arrested in Guangzhou, but probably the police department thought that the name of the little eunuch was not worth the expense of pen and ink, so Li Buqi now knew that one of these eunuchs was named Li Changjie.

"Li Changjie? Li Changjie? Where have you heard this name? Why does it seem to be a Vietnamese celebrity? Li Buqi thought about it for a long time before he remembered, it turned out that this Li Changjie was really a celebrity. It's really a narrow road!