After Li Mu returned to Beijing, Shen Yi did not make any big moves in Yueqing for more than ten days.
Mainly, he was worried that the imperial court would suddenly send someone down to take over Li Mu's work and at the same time take over the anti-Japanese army.
That way, no matter what he does now, he will make wedding clothes for future generations.
Although the eradication of Japanese pirates is also what Mr. Shen has in mind, and he also has a public spirit that "the success is not mine," it is unknown what he will be like in the future and whether the foundation he laid will be completely destroyed.
Therefore, Shen Yi needs to wait and see for a while.
However, after waiting for half a month in Yueqing, there was no news from the court, as if Li Mu had never gone back.
Half a month later, Shen Yi no longer had the patience to wait for news from the capital, and began to arrange the next phase of tasks in a down-to-earth manner.
The next stage is naturally to put the warships into the sea, then train the anti-Japanese army's maritime combat capabilities, and then prepare to exterminate those large groups of Japanese pirates.
Japanese pirates like Wang Xian, who only have more than 500 people, are medium-sized Japanese pirates among the coastal Japanese pirate groups. Some large Japanese pirate groups have one or two thousand people, and the most can even have four or five thousand people.
It is conceivable what kind of benefits can give rise to such a large Japanese pirate group.
Current facts have proven that with the ability to fight against the Japanese army, it is no longer difficult to exterminate Japanese pirates like Wang Xian, and the next step is naturally to start exterminating those large-scale Japanese pirates.
Shen Yi's current plan is to wipe out the Japanese pirates on the coast of eastern Zhejiang first. Even if they can't be completely wiped out, they will be scattered and scared, and then they will go south along eastern Zhejiang.
When the anti-Japanese army calmed down the sea, the words "anti-Japanese army" were truly achieved.
By then, Mr. Shen will have the confidence to sail out to sea to enjoy the autumn breeze.
But all this is still in the trial stage.
Now, two of the first batch of three warships of the Anti-Japanese Army have just been launched. Xue Wei followed Shen Yi's instructions and transferred half of the daily training to the ships. In addition to training on maritime operations, Shen Yi also specially invited some experts in navigation "experts" came to train the anti-Japanese troops in shipbuilding and navigation experience.
While Mr. Shen was training troops in Yueqing, a team of about a thousand anti-Japanese troops also returned to Yueqing from the south and returned to the team for training.
This army was naturally the anti-Japanese army that Ling Su brought to Guangzhou to suppress the Japanese.
This anti-Japanese army, with a total of 1,000 people, went south for nearly two months. After returning, it only lost more than 30 people and calmed down the Japanese troubles in Guangzhou. Overall, the results were very good. .
After this anti-Japanese army returned, the leader Ling Su didn't even have time to change out of his military uniform, so he went directly to Shen Yi's residence in Yueqing City. After seeing Shen Yi, Ling Su knelt down on the ground without saying a word, his voice was deep and strong. : "Ling Su, a member of the Qianhu Family of the Anti-Japanese Army, has met Chief Shen!"
Shen Yi was currently looking through the bills for purchasing copper, iron, saltpeter, and charcoal. He suddenly came to his senses when Ling Su shouted. He put down the account in his hand and stepped forward to help Ling Su up. He was a little surprised: "Ling Su What are you doing, Qianhu?"
Before this, no matter what the occasion, when Ling Su saw him, he would just clasp his fists and salute. At most, he would bend down and cup his hands. This was the first time he half-knelt down.
You know, in terms of grade, Mr. Shen is still a little behind Ling Su.
Ling Su bowed his head deeply to Shen Yi and said: "Master Shen, my subordinates... were ordered to lead troops to Guangdong to quell the Japanese pirates. In more than a month in Guangdong, they killed and captured more than a hundred Japanese pirates, most of them..."
Ling Qianhu whispered: "Most of them are bandits, pretending to be Japanese pirates and plundering along the coast."
"Now, the Japanese invasion of Guangdong has come to an end, so I led my troops back and returned to Chief Shen."
Seeing that Ling Su's face was visibly ugly, Shen Yi didn't say anything more. He just glanced at Ling Su silently and asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable?"
Ling Su's expression changed slightly, then he lowered his head deeply and said, "I don't dare!"
Of course he felt uncomfortable.
This time, Shen Yi first used the excuse of suppressing Japanese pirates to transfer him to Guangdong. As a result, not long after he took people out, Mr. Shen led Xue Wei and his gang to Wusha Island to make a fortune.
It wasn't until Ling Su was halfway back that he learned that Shen Yi personally took Xue Wei to Wusha Island and killed nearly 600 Japanese pirates and nearly 2,000 Japanese pirates' family members!
Compared with Wusha Island's achievements, his trip to Guangdong, not to mention the two months of hard work, achieved almost nothing!
"I don't dare, I just feel uncomfortable already."
Shen Yi glanced at Ling Su indifferently and said calmly: "I know what Ling Qianhu is thinking in his heart. It's just that I regard Xue Wei as a direct descendant and you, Ling Qianhu, as an outsider, so all the benefits go to Xue Wei, the hard work has been given to you, Ling Qianhu."
Hearing this, Ling Su raised his head and glanced at Shen Yi. He took a deep breath and whispered: "Master Shen, my subordinates should ask themselves..."
"Leading troops is no worse than Xue Qianhu!"
He gritted his teeth and whispered: "Even if your subordinates make any mistakes, Master Shen, you can punish one of your subordinates and dismiss them from their posts without any complaints from them!"
"However, my subordinates are innocent after all. They also train hard on weekdays. This time they went south with their subordinates. They didn't say anything about their hard work for two months. They only heard about it after they came back..."
"I just heard..."
Seeing that he couldn't continue speaking, Shen Yi took over the conversation and said calmly: "I heard that Xue Wei and the others made a lot of military exploits on Wusha Island and are about to be promoted and make a fortune, right?"
Ling Su lowered his head and stopped talking.
He was extremely angry at the moment.
He felt that the young man in front of him was taking revenge on himself because of his disagreement.
Although in fact…
Shen Yi did put on small shoes for him.
And the wear is more obvious.
Shen Yi glanced at Ling Su indifferently and said calmly: "Ling Qianhu, the duty of the anti-Japanese army is to protect the land and the people and fight against the Japanese pirates. You know this. In this case, although we are in Yueqing, no matter where there are along the coast Japanese pirates, we should all go.”
"This is true in Guangdong, and so is Wusha Island."
"There is no distinction between superior and inferior."
"Besides..."
Shen Yi glanced at Ling Su indifferently, expressionless: "Besides, Shen feels that Xue Qianhu spends more time training than Ling Qianhu, and the content is more rigorous than Ling Qianhu."
"Then, I naturally feel that Xue Qianhu's men are more powerful."
"If Ling Qianhu is not convinced."
Mr. Shen looked calm: "Then next month there will be a big military competition, you guys will have a good competition to see who wins. Next time there is news about a Japanese pirate lair like Wusha Island, who will Shen take with him..."
Before Shen Yi finished speaking, Ling Su lowered his head deeply and clasped his fists: "I obey!"
Shen Yi glanced at him and was about to say a few more words when Jiang Sheng's voice suddenly came from outside the yard.
"My lord, my lord, there is an imperial edict from the capital!"
Shen Yi frowned slightly, and then led Ling Su to the door of his residence. At this time, two eunuchs were already waiting at the door.
Master Shen could only kneel at the door with Ling Su and Jiang Sheng to welcome His Majesty the Emperor's imperial edict.
After the two eunuchs confirmed Shen Yi's identity, they launched the edict. One of the eunuchs cleared his throat and sang loudly.
"Li Mu, the former imperial envoy for patrolling the sea, was injured on duty. Now the old injury has recurred and the pain is unbearable. He has returned to Jiankang to recuperate. And because the patrolling errand has not been completed, there is no suitable candidate for the imperial envoy in the court, so..."
"Shen Yi, the chief of the Ministry of War, is temporarily acting as an imperial envoy..."
(End of chapter)
