Zhu Yurao has been in Chengdu for more than a month, so she naturally knows something about the surrounding geography.

After hearing this, she couldn't help but ask: "Why not build it by the Qingshui River or other rivers closer to the city?"

Liu Linchang said: "It is precisely because rivers such as Qingshui River are close to the city, or they surround the city, or pass through the city, that they cannot be selected as the site for the arsenal.

Firstly, there are more boats traveling on these rivers, making it inconvenient to intercept the water flow; secondly, the production of armaments and other weapons, or the discharge of sewage, will easily pollute the rivers, which will be harmful to the people in the city."

After hearing this, Zhu Aao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, let's build the arsenal on the bank of Jiang'an River."

Liu Linchang said: "Before the arsenal is built, there is no need to deploy craftsmen from the city's weapons bureau. The skills of these craftsmen are mostly in making armor and weapons, not construction.

In the past, the Jianguo State had a policy of abolishing craftsmanship and giving preferential treatment to craftsmen, and its treasury was also full. It was completely possible to recruit craftsmen who were good at construction from the private sector.

In addition, since the supervisory state intends to establish an engineering battalion, it can be implemented as soon as possible, so that the minister can use the engineering battalion to replace the civilian workers.

This can not only save the initial cost, but also test whether the soldiers of the engineering battalion are usable."

After listening to Liu Linchang's words, Hao Guangming and Zhu Aina couldn't help but sigh. He was worthy of being a minister who left a name for his good works in history. He was thoughtful and considerate.

So Zhu Yasuo nodded again, "Associate Liu has considered everything carefully and approved it."

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After Liu Linchang left the Chengyun Hall, Zhu Ayao sent someone to summon Li Zhenwu and Gao Shengqi.

On the way to Sichuan, Zhu Aolao first appointed Fang Zhenghua as the admiral of Dongchang, paid attention to it, and recruited people to reorganize Dongchang.

Later, Li Zhenwu was appointed as the Fusi Qianhu in the South Town, and Gao Shengqi was appointed as the Fusi Qianhu in the North Town. They intended to reorganize the Jinyiwei with two people, and be responsible for internal and external intelligence investigation matters respectively.

It was only after the appointment that the first task she assigned to the two of them was to find Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan and others to reorganize Jinyiwei.

Now that the two of them have been in Chengdu for more than half a month, and the war has come to an end, Zhu Aona wanted to ask the two of them how the Jin Yiwei was organized.

The two came to Chengyun Hall, heard Zhu Yuluo's questions, and answered them one after another.

Gao Shengqi said: "According to the order of the Supervisory State, the Fu Division of Beizhen is responsible for investigating the enemy's military situation in the border area, mainly recruiting military personnel.

But in the past half month, the war has been tense, and the soldiers are preparing for the war wholeheartedly. Secondly, the officers and soldiers in each army have some resistance to becoming Jin Yiwei, so the humble post has only recruited twelve people."

Jinyiwei has a bad reputation, especially Beizhen Fusi, and Gao Shengqi needs to recruit military personnel.

Previously, the Chengdu Front Army was dominated by the peasant army and local army of the Red Lady Division.

It’s not surprising that Gao Shengqi couldn’t recruit enough people for a while.

Li Zhenwu continued: "According to the orders of the Supervisor State, the Nanzhen Fusi Chief Supervises the illegal activities of officials, and recruits people from among the folk rangers and merchants.

Although there are many such people in Chengdu, there are not many who can be used, so the humble position has only recruited thirty-six people so far.

In addition, according to the instructions of the Supervisory State, all the former North Town Fusi spies were taken over by South Town Fusi.

After Beizhi announced the functions of Nanzhen Fusi to the outside world, there are currently thirteen secret sentries in Chengdu who have contacted Beizhi to report.”

As a result, including Li Zhenwu, there are currently 50 people in Nanzhen Fusi.

Zhu Ainao nodded slightly, neither saying she was satisfied nor dissatisfied.

The Jinyiwei was originally established by Zhu Yuanzhang. It was an honor guard at first, and was later used by Zhu Yuanzhang as a secret service agency to monitor the illegal activities of officials.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's later years, Jin Yiwei did many evil things and became infamous.

So Zhu Yuanzhang abolished Jinyiwei.

When Zhu Di came to power, he not only restored the function of Jinyiwei to monitor the lawlessness of officials, but also strengthened it.

He established the North and South Town Fusi under Jinyiwei.

Among them, Nanzhen Fusi is small but sophisticated, specializing in supervising illegal activities within Jinyiwei and the military.

Beizhen Fusi is responsible for officials outside the army, and has the right to arrest, torture, and execute on its own without going through the judiciary.

Therefore, Beizhen Fusi was the "Jinyiwei" who became famous in later generations and was feared by officials and the common people.

In March, the city of Beijing was destroyed, and the Jinyiwei, whose main personnel and power were almost all in the capital, naturally also perished.

Zhu Aelao accepted Hao Guangming's advice to reorganize Jinyiwei, but changed its functions.

The Nanzhen Fusi is responsible for supervising the illegal activities of officials, and only has the power to conduct detectives and collect evidence, but does not have the power to arrest, torture, or execute.

Beizhen Fusi is responsible for detecting military conditions and other important intelligence in enemy territory.

Because of this, although Li Yan and later Long Wenguang, Liu Zhibo, Liu Linchang and others knew that Zhu Aona had reorganized Jin Yiwei, they did not raise any objections.

There is only one person who supervises the Jinyiwei—naturally the Dongchang under the supervision of Admiral Fang Zhenghua.

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After Li Zhenwu and Gao Shengqi finished their reports, Zhu Ayao didn't speak for a while, feeling a little uneasy.

At this time, Zhu Yu'ao said: "Beizhen Fusi doesn't have to be too hasty to find people. In the next period of time, we can recruit some from the reorganized Daxi Army.

In addition, it is dangerous to investigate military and national affairs in enemy territory. Anyone who performs such tasks will receive three times the salary.

If he dies in the mission, his pension will start at a hundred taels, and one of his sons will be admitted to the Imperial Guard."

After hearing this, Gao Shengqi immediately thanked him and said, "Thank you for your kindness!"

Gao Shengqi knew very well how high the treatment Zhu Yulao mentioned.

Let’s not talk about triple salary and pension, but it is a great grace to have a son join the Imperial Guard after sacrifice.

Because the Ming Dynasty did not explicitly stipulate that the official positions of the Jinyiwei North and South Zhenfusi could be passed on to future generations. It was just a convention that after the death of the father, the son would succeed. The way to comply with the rules was to recruit people from the military or civilians.

Now that Zhu Yu'ao has reorganized Jin Yiwei, she will definitely not let the custom of succession after the death of a father continue, so the grace of "Yin Yizi" will be quite great.

Zhu Yasuo signaled Gao Shengqi to stand up and asked: "After you recruit people, you should place spies into the Dashun Army and the Qing Army as soon as possible. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

Zhu Aao looked at Li Zhenwu again and said, "You have forty or fifty people under your command, so they should be able to do things.

Next, the Supervisory Government will investigate the iron mines and iron factories in Chengdu and surrounding areas.

This news cannot be kept secret, and some people may take notice of it. Just keep an eye on this matter and see if there is anyone in the government who is blocking it."

"yes!"

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After Gao Shengqi and Li Zhenwu left, Zhu Auao took Fei Zhen'e and a group of personal guards to the Xifu, which is the Military Affairs Office.

Today is August 13th, and military reorganization is still in full swing.

Li Yan was not in Xifu at this time because he was responsible for communicating with the Sichuan Chief Secretary and other yamen to select a team of officials who could handle the reform of iron mines and iron factories.

The person in charge of Xifu is the Red Lady.

In addition, Ma Ke, Liu Zhenfan and Li Dingguo were also there.

It is worth mentioning that since the beginning of the army reorganization, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi have divided their work every day. One person is in the Xifu to listen to orders, the other is patrolling the military camps of the Daxi Army outside the city, and the last person stays in the small town.

The hospital takes care of Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhu Yuao allowed them to move out of the Shu Palace after Zhang Xianzhong's injury stabilized.

Today, Zhang Xianzhong's burns don't seem to be fatal, but he has been in a coma and will probably become a vegetative state.

"See Jianguo."

When the people in the Xifu learned that Zhu Aina had arrived, they all came over to salute.

"Plain body."

After everyone stood up, Zhu Ayao naturally sat down in the main seat of the West Mansion and asked: "How is the reorganization going now?"

In such a formal occasion, the red lady was not casual. She cupped her fists and said: "Reporting to the prison country, the soldiers of Dongda Camp have been registered, and the training camp has been taken over by the people from the entire training camp.

The recruitment camp is currently identifying and registering the surrendered soldiers from the Peking University Camp. If nothing else happens, it should be completed tomorrow."

Zhu Ainao nodded slightly after hearing this, and then talked about the purpose of her coming to Xifu.

“In the next two days, the Government Affairs Office and the Supervision Office will join forces with the Chief Secretary’s Yamen and local Yamen to conduct inspections of iron mines and iron plants in Pengxian, Guanxian, Chongning, Chongqing Prefecture and Qiongzhou.

Anyone who opens a mine must have a mine protection team. Nowadays, there are many bandits in the place. If this investigation is to be carried out smoothly, I am afraid that an army will be needed to assist."

Having said this, Zhu Ya'ao looked at Li Dingguo and said, "General Li will be responsible for leading the army."

Li Dingguo was slightly surprised when he heard this, and then he stood up and clasped his fists and said: "The last general takes orders!"

Zhu Ayao looked at the red lady again and said: "Select five thousand regular soldiers and three thousand auxiliary soldiers from the soldiers of the former Dongda Camp who have received training, and distribute them with armor, uniforms and weapons, and give them to General Li to lead."

"Yes." The red lady responded.

She knew that this was a test for Li Dingguo and his soldiers.

At the same time, it was also a last resort—the original Chengdu front troops were not very large, and if thousands more were sent out to investigate the iron mines, it would create a safety hazard for Chengdu.
Chapter completed!