On November 2, the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, Qin Du completed his trip to the capital and returned safely to Tokugawa County, where he had been away for three months, and was warmly welcomed by Liang Qiming, Liu Xiaoshan, Shangguan Yonglun, Zhu Yongqing and other major military and political officials who stayed behind.

After a short rest, Qin Du immediately organized all the backbones to hold a meeting in the county guard's mansion, Qin Du was eager to understand the progress of the work and the difficulties encountered in Tokugawa County during the period of his absence, and at the same time to tell everyone the harvest of his trip to the capital, and finally to make some arrangements for the next work plan in combination with the actual situation, and also officially introduced Zhuge Fang, Li Xiangjun, and Liu Ru to his henchmen.

First of all, Qin Duan introduced Zhuge Fang to everyone, and announced that Zhuge would let his military staff go unleashed, and at the same time set up a military command committee, with Qin Duan as the commander-in-chief, Zhuge Fang as the chief of the general staff, and Liang Qiming, Liu Xiaoshan, Zhu Yongqing, Shangguan Yonglun, Li Daring, Liu Rushi, and Li Xiangjun as members.

Qin Duan also announced the establishment of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, which was responsible for collecting military intelligence from the empire and other neighboring countries, and set up an office of the Ministry of Military Intelligence in the government's intelligence agency.

At the same time, the Ministry of Military Affairs was also established, with the Military Trial Court, the Military Academy, the Military Audit Office, the Military Archives Office, and the Military Prison, and Li Xiangjun served as the Minister of Military Affairs.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Duan asked Liang Qiming, Mu Ziqi and Xie Shuyu to report on the work of the departments they were responsible for. The three of them spoke one after another, giving a detailed account of Qin Duan's work during the period of absence.

As of November 2, Tokugawa Prefecture has received 12,025 households and 95,871 immigrants, including 9,867 households and 70,892 people who work as farmers, and the rest are handicraft workers, technicians, and people in commerce and service industries and their families. A total of 5,340,000 taels of silver were disbursed. The guaranteed loan of 4.78 million taels of silver was mainly used for the construction of houses and the purchase of means of production for immigrants. A total of 128 grass-roots organs have been set up in the five prefectures of the county, and they have basically been established, but in some localities there are still far from enough personnel. Finances are currently functioning well, but only if the funding problem is resolved in a timely manner.

In terms of economic development, one large workshop, 10 large workshops, and 27 medium-sized workshops have been relocated to Tokugawa Prefecture (according to the empire, those with less than 50 workers are called small workshops). Medium-sized workshops with 50 to 200 workers, large workshops with 200 to 500 workers, and large workshops with more than 500 workers. The construction industry is thriving, and a number of services and entertainment industries are also opening.

In terms of the construction of the five prefectures of Tokugawa-gun, all the castle walls that need to be revisited have been demolished, new projects have been designed and construction has begun, and the streets of the castle have been re-planned, and the industrial area, commercial area, entertainment area, and residential area have been preliminarily divided according to the actual situation. Some of the agricultural irrigation canals have already been repaired. However, progress has been slow because the problem of labor shortage has not been fundamentally resolved. Road construction and renovation have also not yet begun.

In terms of internal affairs, the public order situation has basically improved, and a virtuous circle has gradually formed, and the work of several other departments is also being carried out in Shunlì, and the case of Pamela has been closed and is only waiting for the final disposition, given that this case involves the security of the empire. He himself also said that he would make meritorious service to atone for his sins, so he did not deal with it for the time being.

After listening to the report of the three of them. He also motioned with his eyes to Zhu Yongqing, Liu Xiaoshan, Shangguan Yonglun, and others to continue to report, and Zhu Yongqing, Liu Xiaoshan, and Shangguan Yonglun made a report on the army's defense situation.

By November 2, the 1st Army Corps and the Garrison Corps had annihilated 15 small armed bandits and 8 medium-sized armed bandits on the border of the five prefectures under the jurisdiction of Tokugawa Prefecture, killing 3,875 bandits and capturing 8,750 prisoners. Among them, 5,078 people were recruited after defection, 2,176 were released by education, and the others were executed in accordance with the law.

Fearing the movements of the Northwest County Army, coupled with the lack of accurate information on the bandits, especially the sudden disappearance of several large groups. Therefore, no other military action has been carried out in the near future. The shortage of troops remains the biggest problem, and some of the troops' equipment needs to be updated and replenished.

After listening to the reports of the heads of the political and military sides, Qin Duan first affirmed the work of everyone, and then gave a brief introduction to his trip to the imperial capital, and finally he made arrangements for the next step based on the situation in all aspects: "Now the time is pressing, this winter has passed, once the weather is warm, the Huns are very likely to make a comeback at that time, and now our strength is also clear to everyone, if we want to repel the Huns who are prepared, it is definitely not possible to rely on the existing strength alone." We will do our best to avoid this, but we also need to prepare for the worst. Only by accelerating the development and growth of oneself will there be more chances of winning. ”

After a pause, Qin Du talked about his views on the work that needs to be carried out immediately: "I think we will do the following work soon. First of all, the armed forces should cooperate with the intelligence departments, the police department, and the security bureau to adopt a variety of methods to find clues in the shortest possible time and ensure that the bandits are eliminated within three months. Second, we should do a good job in the resettlement and propaganda work of new immigrants, and we can do more propaganda work to encourage them to join the army; Third, in municipal construction, it is necessary to put urban defense construction in the first place, and funds and manpower must be absolutely guaranteed. Other work should also be carried out in accordance with the set goals, and there should be no slackness in the slightest. Time waits for no one, the future is bright, the road is tortuous, it depends on how we fight. ”

Next, Qin Duan asked Liang Qiming, Liu Xiaoshan, and Zhu Yongqing to cooperate with each other in order to find clues in the shortest possible time, and solve the obstacles to local economic development caused by bandits, and also asked them to do their best to assist Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun in establishing the Ministry of Military Intelligence and the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Liang Qiming, Liu Xiaoshan and Zhu Yongqing expressed their unconditional support for Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun's work, joking that these two women are the women of the county guard at first glance, and they don't support these subordinates, isn't it uncomfortable to find themselves!

Liang Qiming, Zhu Yongqing, and Liu Xiaoshan all pointed out that the three largest bandit organizations in Tokugawa County, namely the "Purple Turban Bandits," the "Black Tiger," and the "Iron Cavalry Club," had now disappeared, and that no information had been collected about their activities for more than three months, and that they could not take action. Qin Duan turned his gaze to Mu Ziqi, "Mu Ziqi, what do you think?" ”

Mu Ziqi thought for a while, "Our intelligence bureau, police department, and security bureau don't have any valuable information, but I judge that they should still be in our Tokugawa Prefecture and haven't left." ”

"And what is your basis?" Liang Qiming and Cui Wenxiu asked in unison.

"According to the information we have, all three organizations have more than 1,000 members, and they have been operating in the northwestern part of the country for nearly a decade, and their base is estimated to be in Tokugawa Prefecture. It is said that there are more than 2,000 people in the Purple Turban Thieves and Black Tigers, and the Iron Cavalry Society is 'horse thieves, mainly cavalry, such a large organization is not just a walk, and our intelligence does not show a large-scale outflow of personnel, and there is no sign of their activities in the surrounding prefectures and counties. ”

"This is one of them; The location of Tokugawa Prefecture is located on the main transportation route, especially after the Huns were repulsed, the caravans increased significantly, and it was the most suitable place for the survival of these bandit organizations that lived by looting. Our dominance here is not yet very secure, and these bandits will have to wait and see, which is the third thing. So I judge that they are still lurking in our Tokugawa Prefecture. Mu Ziqi peeled off the cocoon and analyzed it carefully.

Qin Duan and the others were all convinced by Mu Ziqi's words, but Liu Xiaoshan immediately asked, "Then where are these people hiding now?" ”

"This is just my inference, and it's not necessarily entirely accurate. I don't know exactly where, but if I had known, I would have sued you a long time ago, and I would still be able to sell it here. ”

Mu Ziqi replied angrily, and after shaking his head, Mu Ziqi continued, "However, they are a large group of people, although Tokugawa County is very large, there will not be many suitable places for them to hide, and the area where we border with the Northwest County and the Principality of Loulan has a lot of dense forests and deep mountains, I estimate that we should be hiding in these areas so that we have spent so much energy without discovering it." ”

Zhu Yongqing asked a question: "Then how are the provisions of these people replenished?" That's not a small amount. ”

Mu Ziqi also nodded, narrowing his eyes, "I'm also thinking about this issue, one is that there is a hole in our monitoring of Tokugawa Prefecture, the second is that they have sufficient supplies in storage, and the third is that they use special channels to supply outside Tokugawa Prefecture. The first possibility is smaller, and we already have multiple monitoring measures in place, which should leave no loopholes. There is a certain possibility of the second one, but even if it is so, it has been two months, and it must be almost consumed, as long as they appear, they will show their feet. The third option is the most likely, if these people are a little smarter, they can get supplies from our neighboring prefectures through guò irregular channels, because their bases may be on the border of these areas. I also ignored this at the beginning, and this is the only way to keep these guys hidden for so long without being discovered. ”

Qin Duan, Liang Qiming, Zhu Yongqing and others all nodded and agreed with Mu Ziqi's opinion, this Mu Ziqi is really a talent, cautious, and not leaky, it is really right to let him be in charge of internal affairs.

"It's good, as long as you find out the crux of the problem, then you can prescribe the right medicine. Mu Ziqi, in addition to continuing to strengthen the monitoring of suspicious targets in our own territory, immediately organized people to neighboring Loulan, Northwest County, Beihun Empire, Gaochang and other places to secretly monitor those large-scale local grain merchants, their manpower is so large, the consumption must be not small, it is estimated that they will find those large-scale businessmen, they want to supply in other places, and they will not take into account that we will go to those places to find clues, as long as we keep a close eye on these people, we will definitely be able to find clues. ”

"In addition, we can send some more men to search the parts of our border with the neighboring areas where the terrain is easy to hide. However, it is necessary to pay attention not to startle the snake, if there are any clues, feedback in time, and Mu Ziqi is responsible for specific measures. The troops should step up their training and be ready to go out anytime and anywhere. Qin Duan made careful arrangements. (To be continued......)