The next morning, Yang Li'er and Hongxia took the frightened Zining and others to the location of the Yamen of the Customs Department as planned, while Li Hongyu stayed behind to continue to search for the missing Youlan. Nature's "『

Under Li Hongyu's strict order, any outsiders in the county town must stay in the city temporarily and must not leave, and anyone and goods who leave the city must be strictly searched, and he must ensure that Youlan is still in the county seat.

Li Hongyu pondered carefully, the arsonist didn't seem to want Youlan's life, otherwise there was a chance to get rid of Youlan last night instead of kidnapping her, which meant that the other party's target was Youlan and would not hurt her easily.

Because of the fire in the county, the sailors sent hundreds of soldiers to support, which was enough to control the situation in the county, so that the arsonists could not escape.

On the surface, this naval division unit came to assist the Yamen of the Customs Department in tracking down the fire in the inn, but in fact, it came to protect Li Hongyu.

After leaving the capital, the sailors of the camp on the outskirts of Beijing were divided into three parts, one went to Shanghai County, one went to Fuzhou, and the other went to Guangzhou.

Because there were only 3,000 sailors in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, the generals of the navy division recruited more than 10,000 recruits after arriving in Shanghai County, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou, and after a year of hard training, they finally formed an army and met Li Hongyu's requirements.

The only pity is that the sailors now have only some small and medium-sized ships for ordinary sea training, and there are no large ships suitable for going to sea and naval battles.

However, the sailors had already placed orders with the three major shipyards of the Ming dynasty, namely the Longjiang Shipyard in Nanzhili, the Wuhumen Shipyard in Fujian, and the Dongguan Shipyard in Guangdong, to build the ships required by the sailors according to the order.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the shipping of the Ming Dynasty was very good, otherwise there would not be Zheng He's feat of going to the West, which virtually led to the prosperity of the shipbuilding industry, and the "Zheng He Treasure Ship" manufactured by Longjiang Shipyard was the largest ship in the world.

Later, with the further advancement of the sea ban, the Ming Dynasty banned the manufacture of large ships to go to sea, and only allowed to build some small boats of the sampan class to fish in the offshore waters.

Moreover, due to the lack of the treasury, the imperial court no longer sent fleets to the south to promote the prestige of the country, after all, every time the Ming Dynasty went to the West, he had to throw out a lot of silver, and the treasury could not bear it at all, so the feat of going to the West could only be done.

This undoubtedly made the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty worse, the private orders were blocked, and the government no longer purchased new ships, so the life of the shipyard craftsmen became very difficult.

The household registration system formulated by Ming Taizu is very strict, especially the military household and the artisan household, once naturalized, it will not be able to change, and the military household and the artisan household will be the family for generations, and the place of origin can only be changed by the emperor's order.

Especially for military households, if the children of military households want to change to civilian households, they can only take the examination for a way, and only after becoming a substantive member of the imperial court can they be changed to civilian households, in other words, they can become six Shangshu and the imperial history of the left and right, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Originally, Ming Taizu hoped to ensure the normal operation of the country by formulating a strict household registration, and if something happened, he directly mobilized military households and artisan households, but he did not expect that later military households and artisan households were seriously exploited and oppressed by their superiors due to their special status, which became a shackle that seriously restricted social development.

Those who want to learn the craft can't learn, and those who don't want to learn have to engage in the craft handed down from their ancestors, which makes the social exhibition of the Ming Dynasty suffer serious damage and stagnation, while the Western countries of the same period are advancing by leaps and bounds.

Li Hongyu knew that the three major shipyards of the Ming Dynasty had not started construction for a long time to produce seagoing ships that could sail far away, and there was definitely a shortage of manpower, and many craftsmen went outside to make a living in order to survive.

Therefore, he gave the three shipyards very much time to build the ships they needed, rather than the scarcity.

The outside world feels that Li Hongyu has made a lot of money in the overseas trade franchise, and he doesn't know that his hands are now tight, the expenses are huge, and many affairs need to be supported by funds, so the start of overseas trade is imminent.

It is precisely because of this that Li Hongyu personally went out to prepare to solve the matter of the smuggling syndicate as soon as possible and clear the way for the start of overseas trade.

But who would have thought that something had happened in Shanghai County, their own territory, and they actually lost the pillar of the performance of "The Female Horse", Youlan, which made Li Hongyu feel quite annoyed.

Fortunately, the county seat closed the door and beat the dogs for those who kidnapped Youlan, and Li Hongyu didn't believe that those people couldn't be found.

Under Li Hongyu's order, the soldiers of the Customs Department have been conducting door-to-door searches with the assistance of the militia in the city.

It is worth mentioning that Li Hongyu established a grassroots militia organization in Shanghai County, which not only carried out security training, but also had the functions of a neighborhood committee in later generations, so that he was well aware of the affairs of Shanghai County, large and small.

A day later, the original Shanghai County Ya, backyard hall.

"My lord, we have turned over the entire county, and there are no suspicious characters."

Li Hongyu sat on the chair and sipped tea slowly, when a general of the water division walked in, bowed to him and said in a deep voice.

"Where did those people hide, the city was sealed that night, could it be that they put on their wings and flew?"

Hearing this, Ma Xianglin, who was sitting under Li Hongyu, couldn't help frowning and looked at Li Hongyu, the county seat is so big, it is not easy to hide a few people, how can you not find clues.

"It seems that we underestimated them, and there must be their internal response in the city."

Hearing this, Li Hongyu put down the teacup in his hand, and after a deep groan, he said to the sailor general, "You ask people to check, no matter who has come to the county seat in the past month, no matter who they are, must be registered." ”

"Obedience." Hearing this, the sailor general bowed to Li Hongyu and hurriedly left.

"My lord, will it be detrimental to Miss Youlan if we investigate so strictly?" After the general of the water division left, Ma Xianglin remembered something, and couldn't help but say to Li Hongyu, worried that the person who kidnapped Youlan would jump over the wall and do something harmful to Youlan.

"Probably not, they have planned carefully this time, and they must have already thought of a way out." Li Hongyu shook his head when he heard this, the other party dared to put that fire in the county town, he must have thought that the Customs Department would close the city, so there must be a countermeasure, so Youlan's situation should be safe.

What puzzled Li Hongyu was why the other party would make such a big deal for Youlan, Youlan was just a beautiful girl who was a little arrogant, and it didn't seem to involve any rights entanglement, could it be that she coveted Youlan's beauty?

This is the only reason Li Hongyu can think of now, some powerful people **** want to occupy Youlan, so they sent someone to do this, this is a reasonable explanation, Li Hongyu knows how arrogant and domineering the earth overlords in some places are, it is simply lawless.

"I'm afraid this matter won't be over for a while, you have someone to inform Du Wei and Bai Cheng that the establishment ceremony of the 'Internal Affairs Bureau' will be held here in the afternoon, and this important thing will be done first."

Li Hongyu felt that the abduction of Youlan did not seem to be simple, so in order not to delay his official business of coming to Shanghai County this time, he muttered for a while and instructed Ma Xianglin to let Ma Xianglin recruit important officials from the Customs Department and the Navy Division to the county seat.

"I'll arrange it." Hearing this, Ma Xianglin stood up, bowed to Li Hongyu, and walked away.

Bai Cheng was the chief general of the naval division appointed by Li Hongyu when he was in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and he was one of the three major generals of the naval division, so he came to Shanghai County to form a naval division, because Li Hongyu wanted to sit in Shanghai County, and the two deputy generals of the naval division went to Fuzhou and Guangzhou respectively.

As for Du Wei, he is the chief official of the Shanghai Yamen of the Customs Department, and he is a Shanxi Juren who participated in the examination with Li Hongyu, and he was admitted as a tax officer after failing the examination in the 47th year of Wanli.

Due to Zhao Xin's relationship, Du Wei's thinking was deeply influenced by Li Hongyu, and he was very much looking forward to Li Hongyu's lofty ambitions, so he was determined to follow and became a tax official without hesitation.

But anyone who has passed the tax officer's examination, even those who want to gain fame as a tax officer, have been more or less influenced by Li Hongyu, who is very admired for his profound knowledge and novel insights.

Among the two major systems of the Customs Department and the Navy Division, the soon-to-be-established Internal Affairs Department is a very special department, which is directly under Li Hongyu and is responsible for supervising and supervising the Customs Department and the Navy Division.

Of course, although the sailors nominally belong to the Customs Department, they actually operate independently and are not subject to the control of the Customs Department.

The only person who can control the sailors is Li Hongyu, the secretary of the Customs Department, because he is also the training envoy of the new army, and the sailors belong to the category of the new army.

To this end, the Home Affairs Department is divided into two separate departments, one for the Customs Department and the other for the Inspector of Mariners.

Li Hongyu attaches great importance to the Home Affairs Department, which is related to whether the Customs Department and the Sailor can be healthy in the future, so he personally attended the inauguration ceremony of the Home Affairs Department to show his support for the Home Affairs Department.

Therefore, in the afternoon, all the senior officials of the Customs Department and the Navy Division came to the county office to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Internal Affairs Department, and Li Hongyu issued letters of appointment and seals to the officials of the Internal Affairs Department in charge of the affairs of the Customs Department and the affairs of the Navy Division, respectively, which means that the Internal Affairs Department officially began its operation.

After the inauguration ceremony of the Internal Affairs Department, Li Hongyu hosted a dinner to entertain Du Wei, Bai Cheng and others.

Speaking of which, the senior generals of the Customs Department and the Navy Division were either the same year as Li Hongyu who took the examination together, or they were brothers who had suffered together in Liaodong, and the relationship between them was very close, not only the subordinate relationship between superiors and subordinates.

For the fire in the county, Du Wei, Bai Cheng and others felt very embarrassed, originally they all wanted to leave a good impression on Li Hongyu, but unexpectedly, such a thing happened, the anger in their hearts can be imagined, in case Li Hongyu has a mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, Li Hongyu did not blame everyone for this incident, after all, this matter was for Youlan, and Youlan was the county seat of Shanghai County that he brought, and even he didn't realize that something would happen, let alone others.

But then again, after all, this incident was born in the jurisdiction of the Customs Department, so Li Hongyu admonished everyone, hoping to strengthen public security management and strengthen the intelligence network.

In Li Hongyu's view, the most important thing is to rely on the local people, who are the eyes and ears of the Customs Department, so it is necessary to strengthen the management of the militia organizations and give the militia organizations corresponding authority, so that the personnel of the militia organizations can identify with the Yamen of the Customs Department.

In this way, the role of the militia can be truly played, so that the militia organization can be used by the Customs Department, so that no one can easily stir up trouble in Shanghai County.

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