Jia Run'an's fleet slowly sailed into the No. 1 wharf of Dagu Port, but seeing the flags and drums on the wharf, two days before he got the news from the fast reconnaissance ship in charge of the patrol mission in the open sea, Zhao Dawei, the prefect who rushed from Yuyang to Dagu Port, Xin Feiyu, who had been supervising the shipbuilding in Dagu Port during this time, and Huangshan, the main designer of the existing military and civilian ships of the team, who rushed over from Lulong Mansion after receiving the news, and was in charge of the daily management of Dagu Port and was responsible for the safety and security of Dagu Port. Accompanied by the commander of the Dagu Port Garrison of the Marine Corps, he led a cadre in the port and a company of soldiers of the garrison to line up on the wharf to greet his brother who had returned from a long voyage.

As soon as the ship stopped, he ordered someone to set up a springboard, and walked off the boat in three steps and two steps, and greeted Zhao Dawei, Huang Shan, Xin Feiyu and others on the shore one by one. After a lot of noise among the brothers, they went to Dagu to rest for a while.

Entering the back hall of the government office, the accompanying port supervisors, garrison commanders and other officials naturally said goodbye and left, and went to do their own business, and there were only four brothers left in the room. After everyone chatted a few more words, Jia Run'an told several brothers about his experience of this trip. Although Jia Run'an did not encounter the fact that the Cui family was plotted and blackmailed by the other party when he went to sea this time, it was inevitable that the wind and waves at sea would be unavoidable. Speaking of that critical point, even though they knew that Jia Runan and his fleet would survive the crisis without danger, Zhao Dawei and the others still listened to it with heartbeat and sweated for Jia Runan and his fleet.

After talking about his experience at sea, Jia Run'an wanted to formally report to his brothers, especially Zhao Dawei, who was second only to Fan Wucheng in the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, about the commercial benefits of his trip and the goods he brought back. As a result, Zhao Dawei waved his hand and said, "Our brothers are only here to welcome your return from your voyage, brother, but there is no need to talk about these business matters in such a hurry." When you return to Beiping City, the committee and the old fourteen will listen to your report. ”

Zhao Dawei's statement made Jia Runan quite puzzled, he didn't understand that Zhao Dawei was not interested in listening to the report on his first overseas trade with the crossing team. Although Zhao Dawei's official position is now the prefect of Yuyang, he is still an important member of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade within the team, and there is no reason not to be interested in his overseas trip.

Seeing that Jia Run'an's face was full of doubts after listening to his words, Zhao Dawei realized that what he said was a little sudden, which caused Jia Run'an, who had been at sea for more than half a year and was unaware of some recent changes in the crossing team, to have a misunderstanding. So, Zhao Dawei hurriedly patted his forehead and explained: "Look at my memory, I was happy to see Brother Run'an come back, but I forgot to let you take a look at some of the documents that the committee entrusted Brother I forwarded to you." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Dawei reached out and took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Jia Run'an's hand, and said: "Last month, our team held a plenary meeting, which not only made a series of adjustments to the departments within the team, but also voted for the members of the committee. According to the new division of team departments, my brother and I are now part of the newly established Ministry of Government Affairs, and no longer participate in the decision-making of various affairs of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade. Therefore, brother, the information of your trip to sea only needs to be reported to the committee and the old fourteen, who is still in charge of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and there is no need to report it to my brother and me in advance. ”

After listening to Zhao Dawei's explanation, Jia Run'an suddenly realized, and hurriedly took the letter handed over by the other party, opened it and watched it carefully.

It turned out that just a month and a half before Jia Run'an returned, the crossing team held the fourth plenary meeting in the Jiedu Mansion of Beiping City on the tenth day of the third month of the lunar calendar of the seventh year of Xiande. This conference not only participated in all the traversers in Beiping Mansion, "Liangyuan" and the surrounding two prefectures (Yuyang and Xuanhua), but also even the traversers in Lulong, Datong and even Lingxian Mansion rushed back. …,

The reason why the fraternities have worked tirelessly to return from the station is partly due to the request of the committee, and on the other hand, because this general meeting will vote for a new committee member while adjusting the various departments within the team. Such an important meeting, the brothers naturally attached great importance to it, and it was not surprising that they rushed back day and night.

The plenary meeting lasted for five days, and the meeting passed the work report of the committee and each department in the previous year, the work of the next year and related budgets, the short-term development goals and plans of the team in the next few years, and other regular issues, and also adopted the internal organizational adjustment plan of the team, which was very concerned by the people, and elected a new committee.

Although the brothers of the congregation were quite concerned about the election of the new committee before the start of the meeting, because the previous committee had been in office for many years, and the various small groups within the team had already reached a consensus on the distribution of power within the team, everyone was unwilling to break this delicate balance of power, and the relevant articles of association did not prohibit the members from being re-elected, so there was not much suspense about the election results of the new committee, and Li Junwu, Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and Xu Shao received enough votes. Successfully re-elected as a member of the Committee for the next term. The only change in the committee membership is in Yang Xin, who was originally an alternate member of the temporary acting committee with the return of Xu Shao'an.

In contrast to the uneventful election of the Committee, the internal restructuring of the team was much richer, involving the abolition of old departments and the establishment of new ones.

As expected, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade was significantly reduced, and the members who had previously been appointed as governors of each province were separated from the Ministry of Commerce and Trade and transferred to other ministries. In the future, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade will have only four members: Fan Wucheng, head of the department and head of the Department of Internal Trade, Jia Run'an, head of the Department of Foreign (Overseas) Trade, and Zhu Xiaoyuan and Liu Jie, deputy directors of the Department of Internal Trade.

Although the downsizing of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade made Fan Wucheng feel a little depressed, compared to several other departments, his experience was quite good. Because according to the adjustment plan, the infirmary, which had long existed in name only due to the departure of Lin Xiaoyu, and the Ministry of Foreign Exchange, whose functions could be replaced by relevant officials of the Jiedu Prefecture, were officially abolished. Although the original material management department, archives and other departments have not been completely abolished, they have all been demoted without exception, and all of them have become part of other functional departments from the original ministerial-level functional departments.

The Materials Management Department and the Archives Office were integrated into the newly established Logistics Department and became the relevant specialized divisions under it. You Yuan is the head of the logistics department and the head of the special materials management department and the civil materials management department, and Hu Xueying is the head of the archives management department. The management of military materials, which was previously the responsibility of the Ministry of Material Management, has been transferred to the Ministry of Military Affairs for direct management.

The Ministry of Foreign Relations was incorporated into the newly established Ministry of Government Affairs and became its subordinate Department of Foreign Relations. In addition to the Department of Foreign Relations, the Ministry of Administration also has a responsible Department of Administration. Among them, Zhang Wei trusted the head of the Department of Government Affairs and the head of the Department of Foreign Exchanges, and Zhao Dawei served as the head of the Department of Administration.

At the same time as abolishing and downsizing some functional departments, the plenary session also approved the establishment of a new functional department -- the Ministry of Political Affairs. The Ministry of Administration is a newly added functional department in response to the establishment of the six governments of the Beiping Army, and its responsibilities are mainly responsible for the daily administration of the Beiping Army and assisting the committee in formulating various administrative policies of the Beiping Army.

Compared with the large-scale reorganization and construction of the above-mentioned departments, the changes in the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Intelligence, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Ministry of Security have been relatively small. The Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Ministry of Intelligence are the departments with the smallest changes, and there is no change in their members, except that the departments under the original departments have been upgraded to divisions, and the heads of the departments are still the heads of the original departments. The changes to the Ministry of Security are more significant than those of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and its responsibilities have increased the management functions of the newly established police forces and urban management units in various prefectures and counties on the basis of the original personal guards who were only responsible for crossing the personal guards of the individuals and the safety and security of the main living quarters, work areas, and production areas of the crossing teams. …,

Speaking of the newly established police and urban management, we cannot fail to mention that in the six months since Jia Run'an went to sea, a new round of military expansion has been basically completed, and the strength of the "Flying Dragon Army" army and the "security army" have grown rapidly.

Among them, the "Flying Dragon Army" army selected more than 15,000 people from the 10 regiments of the original "Security Army" and incorporated a small part of them into the original regiments to supplement the combat and non-combat attrition caused by the Battle of Youyun, while most of the remaining men and horses established a new combat team under the organization of some backbone officers and non-commissioned officers drawn from the original regiments. After the integration, the "Flying Dragon Army" army finally formed two composite infantry divisions (each division includes three infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, one artillery regiment, and one logistics baggage regiment, a total of 12,000 men), an independent cavalry regiment, an independent artillery regiment, a reinforced "ranger battalion", and a reinforced "wolf's tooth battalion", with a total strength of more than 30,000 troops, equipped with modern thermal weapons. Moreover, thanks to the selfless work of technicians, craftsmen and workers in the Ministry of Science and Technology and its subordinate production bases, when the recruits of the "Flying Dragon Army" completed their basic training at the beginning of February of the seventh lunar calendar of Xiande and officially became a member of the "Flying Dragon Army", they all got their own brand-new weapons.

Compared with the "Flying Dragon Army", the expansion of the "Security Army" was completed more slowly. This is because unlike the "Flying Dragon Army," which came from veterans of the "Security Army," the "Security Army," the source of the "Security Army," which was expanded from ordinary people in the Beiping Army. It is far more difficult to train these ordinary people who could only farm, work, and trade before joining the army into soldiers with a certain degree of military literacy and combat capability than it is to upgrade the "security army" that has completed the transformation from civilian to soldier and only needs to be familiar with the use of firearms into the "flying dragon army." Although according to the Jihua of the Military Department and the Ministry of Security, after the expansion of the "Security Army" to 30 regiments, only 15 of them were standing regiments in the form of regular troops, and the other 15 regiments were all in the form of regular army in the form of militia and reserve forces, except for those officers and non-commissioned officers who were the backbone of each regiment and required them to become real professional soldiers. However, the initial basic training has the same requirements for the standing army, militia, and reserve recruits, and the two will not be carried out separately -- the reason for this arrangement is mainly to consider the problem of the cost of raising troops, after all, the external environment is relatively stable for the crossing team at this stage, and there is no need to maintain an army of more than 100,000 people, which has exceeded the carrying capacity of the Beiping Army, and the use of soldiers for the people is a very effective way to solve the two drawbacks of insufficient military resources and redundant troops......

Generally speaking, the watershed of whether a recruit joins the standing army or becomes a militia or reserve is to select the soldiers according to their personal abilities and qualities after the completion of recruit training. Those with good quality and strong ability will be assigned to the standing regiment of the "Security Army", and together with the various departments of the "Flying Dragon Army", they will be responsible for garrisoning Beiping City, the location of the administrative offices of the other five prefectures, and strategic points such as Shanhaiguan, Juyongguan, Gubeikou, and Longmen. Those with slightly inferior quality and slightly weaker ability were transferred to the militia and reserve forces, and in peacetime they either farmed, worked, or did business, no different from ordinary people, and only in wartime would they take out their swords and guns and participate in battles with those standing armies. Of course, in order to maintain the combat qualities of these militia and reservists, they have to undergo 10 days of military training every three months in the militia and reserve training camps of the prefectures and counties to which they belong during their non-agricultural slack hours, and about three months of intensive military training at the military training bases of their own prefectures, which are usually the places where the standing army of the prefectures are stationed.

It is precisely in the face of the fact that even if a new round of military expansion is completed, it is difficult to solve the situation of insufficient troops under the command of the crossing team, and except for some key cities and key nodes, there are almost no troops in other states and counties to defend. For this reason, the Military Department and the Security Department set their sights on the original defenders of the states and counties of the Beiping Army. After the necessary assessments, examinations, and survival of the fittest were carried out on these defenders, some of them were reorganized into police units responsible for maintaining public order inside and outside the city, solving cases, and defending important places, and some were reorganized into urban management units responsible for guarding the city gates, patrolling the city walls, assisting the police forces in maintaining order inside and outside the city, and cracking down on bandits. Those who fail to meet the standards are dismissed directly after a certain pension is paid, and they are either allowed to return home to work in the farm, or to work in the city, or to start a small business.

With the establishment of the police and urban management units, the reorganization and verification of the original defenders of the 16 states and counties of the Beiping Army by the crossing team has been successfully completed. Since then, all the armed liliang and powerful departments of the sixteen states of the Beiping Army have been in the hands of the crossing team.