Jimo, the earliest can be traced back to the fifteenth year of Lu Zhengong (1046 BC), when the western part of Jimo City was the fief of Yiguo.

And this is also the reason why the so-called first has Jimo, and then Qingdao is born.

After Qin unified China, Jimo was designated as a county, which belonged to Jiaodong County.

In the sixteenth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui Dynasty (596), Jimo County was rebuilt, and there were three counties of Zhuangwu, Buqi and Gaoyu, which belonged to Laizhou (Donglai County).

And now, the ancient city of Jimo belongs to Henan Province, but Guo Rong knows that this so-called affiliation will soon become history.

Li Yu and Li Chun already have the idea of directly upgrading Jimo, maybe after the end of this war, the title should become Jimo Mansion.

With a group of people rushed to Jimo County, looking from a distance, the outline of the entire Jimo County was clear in front of me.

Strictly speaking, the current Jimo County is divided into the old county and the new county, and the most obvious difference is that the old county is surrounded by city walls, while the new county is not surrounded by city walls.

Jimo New County is located on the plain to the west and north of Jimo Old County, and it is unobstructed because it is not surrounded by city walls.

In the same way, there is no barrier of the city wall, and under the advance planning, the new county is far more convenient than the old county in terms of scale and convenience.

Of course, the difference between the old and new counties of Jimo is not only in the city wall, but also in the duties and purposes.

Under the protection of the city wall, the old county set up some yamen and functional organs, including the government and the government treasury, and undertook the original administrative tasks.

The new counties, which are scattered across the vast plains, have set up research and development institutions at all levels of navigation supervision and science and technology supervision, schools for training craftsmen, and other navigation-related institutions and subordinates.

In fact, not to set up a city wall was originally Guo Rong's suggestion, although Li Yu and Li Chun accepted Guo Rong's suggestion, but in order to ensure the safety of this scientific and technological and seafaring city, a total of four large camps were set up around Jimo and Laoshan bases.

Three of them were guarded by Li Shidao, the defense envoy of Jiaodong, and the other one near the coast was specially guarded.

It's just that neither Guo Rong nor Li Yu thought that Li Shidao was not satisfied with the status quo from the beginning, and the power guarding Jimo became a threat to the city.

But fortunately, Li Shidao probably can't continue to be a demon now.

After going around the old and new cities of Jimo County, Guo Rong stepped into Jimo County, and then Guo Rong received a warm welcome that far exceeded his expectations.

This scene made Guo Rong stunned, however, it didn't take long for Guo Rong to understand the problem.

In the final analysis, this is the so-called politics at work.

Today's Datang is generally positive and very positive to the outside world, but it is still divided into two or three factions in the imperial court.

The reformists who advocated reform led by Shandong wealthy families and Guan Longxungui advocated reform.

The reformers led by the former two kings and eight Simas, the new forbidden army system, the Ministry of Development and Reform, the navigation superintendent, and the science and technology superintendent.

If it is subdivided, the craftsmen and technocrats whose status and influence have been greatly enhanced due to the establishment of navigation supervision and science and technology supervision in the reform faction can also be subdivided into a technological innovation faction.

Although the reformers and reformists gained momentum and had the support of the two emperors, the original forces still held the vast majority of the actual power.

In a sense, Jimo was the first major city in the entire Tang Dynasty to be controlled by reformists and reformists.

Many of the two kings and eight Sima have a good personal relationship with Guo Rong, and the forbidden army system was originally established by Guo Rong with the Changying Army as the team, and the navigation supervision and science and technology supervision also appeared because of Guo Rong's suggestion.

From that point of view, Guo Rong can be regarded as a leading figure of the reformers and reformists today.

And this can be seen from Mo Lingjun's easy takeover of Jimo and Laoshan bases before.

Thinking of this, Guo Rong, who has always been reluctant to involve the court too much, can only smile helplessly, but from another angle, Guo Rong also has to admit that this kind of support and support can indeed provide him with great convenience.

Walking through the old city and entering the new city, Guo Rong found a long-lost sense of familiarity from the bustling crowd and the hurried figure.

Originally, Guo Rong just thought that the new city in Jimo simply covered a large area, but in the mouths of local officials in Jimo, Guo Rong had something that shocked him.

The professional craftsmen, boatmen, technicians, sailors and related supporting personnel migrated from all over the imperial court have exceeded 100,000 in the entire Jimo Old City, New Town, Laoshan Base and several surrounding villages and towns.

The moment he heard this number, Guo Rong was dumbfounded.

Although Guo Rong understood the origin of these people in the explanation of local officials, he was still shocked by the staggering number.

You must know that 100,000 people is already a city of quite amazing scale in this era, and in addition to Chang'an and Luoyang, the two capitals with a population of one million, Chengdu, Bianzhou, and Yangzhou are not just such a scale.

But thinking about it carefully, Guo Rong was quickly relieved.

The shipbuilding industry has always been a technology-intensive and labor-intensive industry, and there is not enough population, so it is even more difficult to build ships.

However, for Guo Rong, a sufficient population is equivalent to providing himself with enough recruiting space, after all, Guo Rong was ordered to solve the defense problem of Jimo.

After simply completing the inspection in Jimo New City and the Old City, with longing, Guo Rong went directly south to the Laoshan base.

The so-called Laoshan base, located about 30 miles south of Jimo City, is named because of its proximity to Laoshan Mountain, in fact, this base is actually roughly the approximate location of Qingdao Port in later generations.

The base is well equipped, including a large living quarters, a barracks for up to 3,000 soldiers, several docks, several warehouses, and a huge dock for 100 ships.

Whipping all the way, in the twilight of the setting sun, Guo Rong came to the Laoshan base, turned over the last mountain beam, and the first thing that caught his eye was the rows of huge sea ships moored on the pier.

As the distance got closer and closer, the sea boat became bigger and bigger in Guo Rong's eyes, and when he really stood next to the sea ship, Guo Rong felt a surging feeling.

"General, there are a full thirty warships moored in the harbor now, all of which are more than a thousand materials."

Following the navigation supervisor in charge of the base, Guo Rong began to patrol the docks.

"The six in front of us are one of our earliest modified versions, which are based on the boats on the Grand Canal, which have a strong carrying capacity but are prone to capsize under wind and waves, and after improvement, although they cannot go to the sea, they can also sail along the coastline."

"General, the eight ships here are the first version after using the keel!"

Hearing this, Guo Rong faintly remembered that Li Yu seemed to have mentioned it to himself,

"Did you ever try to sail in Weishui?"

"Yes, General, after the test in Weishui, we found that the strength of the ship has been greatly improved after the keel, and the ability to resist wind and waves has also been slightly improved."

"Then, according to this type of test, we made a test ship of 2,000 materials and 3,000 materials, which are the six ships in front of us on the right."

"According to the results of repeated tests on the test ships of 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 materials, we finally formulated two finalized versions, and the general please come with me."

Soon, under the guidance of the navigation supervision officer, Guo Rong came to the side of several huge sea ships.

"Generals, what we are facing now is a troop carrier with an increased carrying capacity, which is equivalent to a sea ship of 3,000 materials in size."

"After testing, this type of troop carrier can transport three hundred heavily armed Tang soldiers at one time."

"Considering the special situation, in order to maximize the carrying capacity, this type of ship is not equipped with too many defensive settings, and it is easy to operate, and it can be operated by thirty people at a minimum, so in extreme cases, it can be increased to four hundred soldiers."

Four hundred soldiers, Guo Rong is overjoyed when he hears this number!

In other words, only twenty such troop carriers are needed to transport 8,000 Changying troops to the peninsula or Dongying at one time.

"It's not defensible......"

"The general doesn't need to worry, at the beginning of the design, we did consider the sea ship with the defense power, attack power and carrying capacity of the inspection gear, but after several attempts, it failed to meet the requirements, so we changed our thinking, to be precise, it was borrowed from the general's ideas."

"My thoughts?"

Guo Rong was directly stunned, this sycophant seemed to be a bit excessive......

"The Great General proposed specialization in the reform of the forbidden army!"

"Forehead ......"

"So we chose the same idea after trying to no avail, let the most professional ship do the most professional thing, as the general saw, the troop carrier will increase the carrying capacity to the limit, a small number of eight-bull crossbows as a defense is acceptable, but more is not much meaning, it is better to directly hand over the function of naval warfare to the warship."

Following the person in front of him, he bypassed the 3,000-level troop carrier in front of him, next to the four streamlined warships.

"This is the warship we designed specifically for battle, with a crew of one hundred and twenty and eighty soldiers at full capacity!"

"In terms of weapons, a total of six groups of twelve eight-ox crossbows were set up in the bow, stern, and side chords, two catapults were set up in the bow and stern, and iron ramming horns were specially installed in the bow."

"At the suggestion of the general, we were equipped with soft and hard sails, and a spinnaker was installed, which not only greatly increased the speed, but also allowed us to run at a very high speed when the wind was headwind."

"Such a warship is basically invincible on the sea, and according to our calculations, one warship for every ten troop carriers in the transportation process can be guaranteed."

From the design and planning of Jimo New City and Laoshan bases, to the design, testing, and finalization of warships, Guo Rong still admires and appreciates this management class composed of technocrats, craftsmen, and scholars.

It wasn't until the last light before sunset that he completed the inspection of the Jimo and Laoshan bases and entered the military camp next to the Laoshan base.

The moment he stepped into the barracks, Guo Rong knew why Emperor Li Yu would give them a virtual evaluation.

Nominally, Emperor Taishang Li Yu gave them a full 5,000 people, which is basically equivalent to the number of a guard.

As a result, the actual number of the guards who should have nominally 3,000 men is less than 2,000, and among the guards with less than 2,000 men, they are either old, weak, sick and disabled, loose, slack, and demoralized......

The remaining relatively capable part has a tendency to occupy the mountain as the king, and the orders of Jimo and Laoshan are ignored and ignored.

Guo Rong did consider that this escort army would be very poor, but this level still exceeded Guo Rong's worst expectations, and the evaluation of the Supreme Emperor Li Yu was really appropriate.

If the Changying Army under his command appeared like this, Guo Rong would definitely use the knife, so much so that Guo Rong felt that this army was not as good as not.

Of course, this was Guo Rong's direct judgment, in order to determine how to deal with this escort army in the end, under Guo Rong's order, Dugufu led the main force of the independent battalion to enter the escort camp that night.

From the beginning of the stationing, the independent battalion began to conduct one-on-one surveys of each of the guards and military schools.

Early the next morning, Guo Rong received the results of the whole night of independent battalions, and the results were fine when he didn't look at them, but after reading the final results, Guo Rong began to regret why he did such an investigation.

The result is clear and simple, needless to say, the old, weak, sick and disabled, it is purely a posture of eating and waiting for death, the problem is that those who look strong are also brave and ruthless, and private fights may be okay, but the total of nearly 2,000 guards is basically waste.

If they really do it, they can kill them all with the combat strength of the independent battalion in one company, and even if the feudal army with relatively weak combat effectiveness kills them, it will not need more than 500 people.

Of course, the team of 2,000 people will naturally not be all wine bags and rice bags, but the remaining part is basically qualified, which makes Guo Rong even more angry.

Because this part is basically Li Shidao's spies planted by the former Pinglu Army, all kinds of shipbuilding technology are also stolen through these people.

After thinking about the price to be paid for retraining this army, which was already completely worthless, Guo Rong decisively chose to disband it directly.

With a population of nearly 100,000 around Jimo and veterans from an independent battalion around him, it is much easier to rebuild a new army than to develop the waste.

Considering the urgency of time, after directly dismissing the original guards, Guo Rong immediately opened the choice of new army soldiers, and this time Guo Rong directly targeted the requisitioned people, servants, and fishermen who served the Jimo and Laoshan bases.

These people are already in the prime of life, and they have been accustomed to collective work during the construction of Jimo City, and they are excellent in terms of physical fitness, mental outlook, and organizational discipline, and they are one of the best soldiers.

As for why fishermen should be added to the candidates, considering Guo Rong's idea, a new branch of Datang may be created on the coast of the Yellow Sea.

Regarding Guo Rong's idea of selecting new recruits from among the people and servants, all the officials at the Jimo and Laoshan bases have always been in favor of it.

After all, no one is stupid, it's not that they don't know how bad the previous protectors were, but they specialize in the art industry, they are good at shipbuilding, but they can't train the soldiers, and now Guo Rong is here, and they want to build a new army in person, how can they not cheer with their hands.

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The transfer of people and servants will indeed affect the pace of construction of Jimo and Laoshan bases to a certain extent, but what about the impact?

The support of the Emperor and the Emperor of the Ether is nothing more than two months earlier and two months late, and the new army established by Guo Rong himself is a guarantee of the safety of the Jimo and Laoshan bases in the future.

After obtaining unanimous consent and support, while recruiting troops, Guo Rong sent a letter to Emperor Li Yu at the same time.

There is only one request for the letter, to set up a coastal defense guard subordinate to the forbidden army series in Jimo - Laoshan Wei.

Because a large number of fishermen who are proficient in boat operation and have good water properties have joined, the newly built Laoshan Wei will become the first guard army in Datang with amphibious combat capabilities.

It's just that everything often doesn't go according to people's wishes.

On the third day of Guo Rong's arrival in Jimo, just as Laoshan Wei was in full swing to recruit troops, a team of wounded scouts entered the old city of Jimo.