Liang Tingdong, who is now nearly fifty years old, is tall and burly, with a beautiful beard on his face in the Chinese character, and has the appearance of a literati and martial artist.

At this time, he, like everyone else, was in the main hall of the small courtyard where Emperor Chongzhen lived, carefully sitting on the brocade stool given by the emperor with his buttocks half-pulled, half grateful and half confused, listening to Emperor Chongzhen's eloquent conversation.

He also didn't know whether Emperor Chongzhen's last words were positive or negative for him, or what he meant.

Although he has been privately figuring out the emperor's intentions and catering to the emperor's intentions in everything, he has never been sure of the emperor's attitude towards him.

His official rank and position have been rising, but he is getting farther and farther away from the court of the capital division, and his influence on the court of the capital division, especially the emperor's decision-making, is getting smaller and smaller.

For such a situation, Liang Tingdong thought about it together, and his heart was full of doubts.

However, no matter how many doubts he had in his heart, he still immediately reacted to Emperor Chongzhen's words: "Minister-obey Your Majesty's will!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen's words to Liang Tingdong are, of course, something in his words.

Because Emperor Chongzhen said that there is no military affairs in the key points of the future governor of Zhili.

Emperor Chongzhen's intention to set up the governor of Zhili at that time was not to make a copy of the Jiliao Governor's Mansion after abolishing the Jiliao Governor's Mansion in Shanhaiguan that year.

Moreover, in today's Beizhili place, Tongzhou is stationed in the first town of the Guards, Baoding is stationed in the second town of the Guards, Juyongguan is stationed in the third town of the Guards, and there is a naval governor's office in charge of the navy in Tianjin.

Especially after the comprehensive completion of the restructuring of the guard post that came to Beizhi, under the command of Liang Tingdong, the governor of Zhili, except for the few superintendent battalion heads who were used to collect and place the officials of the guard, there was no army to manage and command.

If he didn't hold the title of the Left Protector of the Naval Governor's Mansion, then he wouldn't even have the power to directly command the Tianjin Navy Division under his nose.

In that case, it is better to concentrate on managing civil affairs.

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen quietly deprived Liang Tingdong of the right to interfere in the military affairs of the Northern Zhili region.

Of course, this power itself has been in vain since he took over as governor of Zhili.

Because whether it is the Guards, the Border Guards, the Reserve Army, including the Tianjin Naval Division, none of the military forces that exist on the ground in Beizhili today can be commanded by him.

The Jianchang Battalion, the Santun Battalion, the Changping Battalion and the Baoding Soldiers, etc., which were all over the Gyeonggi area before, some of these miscellaneous commanders were withdrawn after the battalion was killed in battle, such as Chen Hongfan, the chief soldier of Baoding, and the Baoding soldiers.

Some of them were abolished after the whole move to the outside of the border, such as the Santun camp and the Jianchang camp.

Others have been completely reduced to construction engineer battalions directly under the Ministry of War, such as the original Changping Battalion Chief Wu Guojun and his Changping Battalion.

These miscellaneous battalion heads, which originally belonged to the dispatch and command of the Zhili Governor's Palace, were all eliminated step by step in the process of Emperor Chongzhen's efforts to build the Guards.

Those who are still useful were either transferred to the border by Sun Chengzong, the first governor of Zhili, to continue to be reused, such as You Shiwei, or they were used by Nan Juyi, the second governor of Zhili, and were transferred to the direct management of the military department, such as Wu Guojun.

When Liang Tingdong took over as the governor of Zhili, he said that it was the governor's military and civilian affairs, but on the ground in North Zhili, there was no army that he could directly command.

Emperor Chongzhen, accompanied by Sun Chengzong, Nan Juyi and others, met with Zhang Keda, Liang Tingdong and other Beizhihe naval officials stationed in Tianjin.

Then, led by Shen Tingyang and others, and escorted by the men and horses of the Shenji Battalion and the Tiance Guard Gong Wei Division, boarded the carriage, and went all the way out of the city to the east, in the direction of the Dagukou Shipyard.

Outside Tianjin, from the eastern suburbs to the sea, it is a smooth road, the cement road to the shipyard is wide and flat, and the martial law has long been high, and from time to time along the way, you can see the soldiers under the command of Huang Long, the deputy commander-in-chief stationed in Tianjin, carrying knives and spears on their waists, standing solemnly on both sides of the road.

Now, although Emperor Chongzhen has been to Tianjin many times before crossing, he has not been to Dagukou, which is still some distance away from Tianjin City in later generations.

Dagu Mouth, as the name suggests, is the mouth of the Dagu River.

This Dagu River, later known as the Haihe River, is not actually an independent river, but just a downstream of many rivers in Gyeonggi that converge before entering the sea.

Or more precisely, it is the lower reaches of the Wei River, which converges several other small tributaries before it enters the sea.

The terrain of this place is open, with dense canals, lakes and swamps, and large and small puddles and ponds.

Emperor Chongzhen sat in the carriage, and as far as the eye could see, there was an endless wilderness, and his mood was unprecedentedly comfortable.

Today, the Tianjin Dagukou Shipyard opened by Shen Tingyang and others is located not far south of the mouth of the Dagu River in this era.

As we traveled eastward, the smell of the sea grew stronger in the sea breeze, and a large cluster of buildings appeared on the wilderness horizon in the distance.

Zhang Keda, who didn't need to be accompanied by a horse, and others reminded that Emperor Chongzhen already knew that the Dagukou shipyard had arrived.

At this time of February, it is the season when it is warm and cold, and there is no ice floe in the lakes and ponds around Dagukou, but the sea breeze is strong and still very cold.

Emperor Chongzhen was dressed in a mink fur on the outside, and a bright yellow emperor's regular dress on the inside, sitting in the carriage, he could still catch the chill brought by the sea breeze.

The cement road on which the emperor's chariots and horses ran began in the city of Tianjin and was repaired to the coastal fort at Dagukou, as well as the station of the Tianjin Navy Battalion in Dagukou.

The Dagukou shipyard is only five or six miles away from the fort and the sailor camp at Dagukou, and it is on a huge platform.

Emperor Chongzhen's car, across Shen Tingyang's leading team, turned south from a T-shaped intersection, and after two or three miles, he saw a welcoming crowd outside the Dagukou shipyard.

Shen Tingyang, who still knew Emperor Chongzhen's temper well, did not engage in any curfew and clearance at the Dagukou shipyard.

When the emperor's car arrived, thousands of laborers from the Dagukou shipyard knelt down on both sides of the avenue leading to the shipyard to greet them.

Considering the huge internal area of the Dagukou shipyard, Emperor Chongzhen still didn't get out of the car, just pushed open the window, waved his hand to the welcoming crowd, and then galloped past the kneeling crowd with the leading team.

Even so, the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen still caused thousands of workers in the Dagukou shipyard to cheer enthusiastically, and the sound of long live resounded throughout this wilderness.

The Daifuku-class warship that returned from the sea trial had already unloaded a large number of ballast stones at this time, and was pulled back to the dock before the sea trial along the channel after thawing and dredging.

When Emperor Chongzhen and his entourage, accompanied by Zhang Keda, Liang Tingdong, Shen Tingyang and others, came to the destination of this trip, they entered Emperor Chongzhen's field of vision and saw a huge or huge dock.

This so-called dock is actually a rectangular pit with a width of more than 20 zhang, a length of more than 50 zhang, and a depth of more than 10 zhang.

The Daifuku-class warship that had returned from sea trials was quietly parked on the slipway below the dock at this time.

The seawater in the giant dock had now been emptied, revealing stone walls made of stone and cement on the west, north, and south sides.

To the east of it, two large locks, not very far apart, connect the dock to the outside of the shipyard.

It was from here that the preliminarily built warship was pulled out of the dock and sailed into the sea at the mouth of Dagu through the channel after completing the leakage test in the dock filled with water.

The principle of this, the current Emperor Chongzhen is not very clear, but seeing such a magnificent scene with his own eyes still opened his eyes.

In addition to the first Daifuku-class shipyard to participate in sea trials, there is also an identical Daifuku-class warship that has been preliminarily built, and when Emperor Chongzhen's inspection is over, it will be filled with water in the dock for a closed test.

On the morning of February 27, the fourth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen, surrounded by a group of ministers, shipyard officials and guards of the Gongwei Division, came to the top of this dock, and looked down on the Dafuku-class warship quietly parked on the huge slipway in the dock through the guardrail more than half a person high.