After doing some ideological work with Xiao Xu, Shen Yi discussed some specific work issues with him.
For example, there are items to sell in the West, what to do when you get there, and which talents to recruit.
Of course, the things that Shen Yi and Xu Fu could discuss were all at a strategic level. How to do it specifically, or what to do, required Xu Fu to communicate with those foreigners.
Shen Yi did not want Xu Fu to go on this first trip to the West because there were too many unknown factors. But when this trade route matured, Xu Fu could go on a trip to the West for Shen Yi.
It would be best to help bring some scientists back to solve the problem of insufficient basic science in China.
Although basic science is not particularly useful for application for the time being, this kind of foundational work is of great merit. Now that Shen Yi has some abilities, he should always make some attempts.
Even if modern science cannot sprout in this land, Shen Yi will be happy to create some soil for modern science.
After meeting with Xu Fu, Shen Yi took him to meet those Francois. After setting the thread, Shen Yi no longer interfered with the matter, but handed over the specific matters to Xu Fu. Go and do it.
After arranging the handover between Xu Fu and these foreigners, Shen Yi met with Zhou Futai in private. After the two finalized the charter of the Shipping Company, Shen Yi left Lin'an.
Although Lin'an is a prosperous place, Shen Yi's foundation is in Yueqing after all, and he still has to return to Yueqing to take charge of the overall situation.
Lin'an is 600 miles away from Yueqing. Mr. Shen was not traveling very fast and it took him six or seven days to get back to Yueqing.
At this time, it was already the autumn of Hongde's ninth year.
After Shen Yi returned to Yueqing, he first took a look at the "Shen Garden" under construction.
Because the craftsmen who built it were all craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, or were apprentices of these craftsmen in Zhejiang, the construction progress of Shen Garden was beyond Shen Yi's expectation. At this time, the main body of the entire manor had basically been completed. Only some details and internal landscaping are left to be completed, and the entire garden is considered complete.
Although there was paint in this era, after all, there was not so much glue, and there was not much decoration pollution. After the manor was completed, it was left to dry for half a month and it was almost ready to be lived in.
As the first house designed by Shen Yi himself, Shen Yi was quite concerned about this Shen Garden. He wandered around the garden for more than half an hour until someone sent him a piece of information. He left the Shen Garden with a dark face and went straight to the anti-Japanese army camp.
The intelligence system of the Anti-Japanese Army was entirely in charge of Shen Yi, or in other words, the Di Reporting Department, so they did not know that Shen Yi was back until Shen Yi arrived at the gate of the Anti-Japanese Army camp and saw the new commander of the Anti-Japanese Army, Ling Su. , led three thousand households in a hurry to the gate of the camp, and bowed respectfully to Shen Yi.
Shen Yi waved his hand lightly, expressionlessly: "No need to be polite, let's go into the camp and talk."
Ling Su responded respectfully, and then walked behind Shen Yi.
While inspecting the camp, Mr. Shen said, "I haven't been in Yueqing for the past month. Nothing happened in the army, right?"
Ling Su shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "My lord, if you are still in the southeast, nothing will happen to our anti-Japanese army."
Shen Yi curled his lips: "I don't know where you got your flattery."
Ling Su lowered his head slightly: "I'm just telling the truth."
After Shen Yi inspected the camp, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Xue Wei should be back in the next two days, right?"
"yes."
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said: "Deputy Commander Xue sent back the news of the triumph a few days ago. It is estimated that he will be able to lead his team back to Yueqing tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. This time they went south to Funing Prefecture and fought several hard battles with the local coastal Japanese pirates. , the Japanese pirates along the coast of Funing Prefecture have been basically cleaned up."
Shen Yi turned back and glanced at Ling Su, and asked lightly: "Did the fight go smoothly?"
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said, "Sir, we encountered some minor twists and turns, but overall it went smoothly."
Master Shen looked calm.
"It went well overall. Why didn't we continue south to Fuzhou Prefecture after cleaning up Funing Prefecture, but turned back to Yueqing to recuperate?"
Ling Su was speechless.
He raised his head and glanced at Shen Yi. After a long time, he sighed silently and said, "Sir, the war in Funing Prefecture is indeed going well, but there are local rebels who colluded with the Japanese pirates to introduce Deputy Commander Xue's troops. During the siege, although Deputy Commander Xue led his troops to break through and wiped out all the Japanese pirates, the casualties in the two thousand-household battalions under his command were also heavy."
"That's why I went back to Yueqing to recuperate."
Shen Yi was expressionless: "Don't think that I promoted Xue Wei, so I covered it up for him. What did you say? How many people were injured or killed?"
"More than two hundred people were killed."
Ling Su had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "There are about this many serious injuries, and there are also quite a few minor injuries. However, Deputy Commander Xue has not yet reported the specific number to his subordinates. The subordinates only received the news yesterday and are preparing to report to your lord, sir." Report..."
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "I just received the news."
"Two days ago, the Di Reporting Department sent me a letter, saying that Xue Wei had a great victory in Funing Prefecture, but suffered some casualties. It was not until just now that the Di Reporting Department sent me the detailed number!"
"More than five hundred people were killed and seriously wounded!"
Mr. Shen rarely got angry: "How are you going to report this battle? Are you going to report a big defeat or a big victory?!"
Ling Su shivered, he lowered his head carefully and said: "Sir, although this battle was not fought by my subordinates, I still have to say a few words for Deputy Commander Xue. This time he is in Funing Prefecture, facing That's right, there were nearly three thousand Japanese pirates, and they were accidentally surrounded by Japanese pirates. Although the casualties were heavy afterwards, one or two thousand Japanese pirates were killed and captured, even if it is not considered a great victory..."
"It's definitely not a big defeat."
Shen Yi took several deep breaths before calming down. He glanced at Ling Su and grunted: "If we attack Beiji Island, we will only have less than 500 casualties, right?"
Seriously injured casualties basically lose their ability to fight.
There is no essential difference from being killed in battle. Even if a life is saved, many of them will be disabled.
"Originally, I had wanted to leave the military affairs to you two and do some court affairs myself, and by the way help you stabilize the rear and provide military supplies and food, but I have only left Yueqing for a month."
"You guys are so inconvenient."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and said slowly: "This time when Xue Wei comes back, he will be demoted to the Qianhu camp. He will no longer be responsible for the suppression of Japanese invaders in Fujian. You will personally lead the remaining three Qianhu camps." Go south and clean up the Japanese pirates in Fujian."
"Before the end of the year, I must try my best to complete this errand."
Mr. Shen glanced at Ling Su and said slowly: "If you still fail, I will have to personally lead the troops to clean up Fujian."
Ling Su let out a long sigh, bowed his head deeply to Shen Yi and said, "Yes, I understand!"
Mr. Shen put his hands behind his back and continued to inspect the anti-Japanese army camp: "I will stay in the camp for the past two days, waiting for Xue Wei to come back. I want to see how he explains to me."
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said yes respectfully.
When he raised his head and looked at Shen Yi again, Mr. Shen had already walked more than ten steps.
The anti-Japanese army commander hurriedly caught up, and then sighed silently in his heart.