In early August, Xu Shiyang began to reorganize the provincial naval commander.

Even without mentioning future expansion, the Navy was also an important core force for the Qi army before he completely occupied the Liaodong Peninsula.

The reason is very simple. Almost all important cities on the Liaodong Peninsula are by the sea. A powerful navy can give Xu Shiyang a high strategic maneuver advantage.

On the tenth day of August, the Qi Provincial Navy was officially established in Lushun, and Xu Shiyang himself served as the first naval commander.

The Navy's subordinate units are as follows:

The First Squadron: There are ten medium-sized lucky ships with a displacement of about 00 tons within the system, each with a crew of 60.

In Xu Shiyang's vision, the First Squadron belongs to the combat fleet. According to Xu Shiyang's requirements, each ship has 6 10-jin cannons and 6 magic cannons on both sides.

Each gunboat has 24 guns, which is an invincible existence in this era.

However, because Qi Province does not have special naval artillery yet, all artillery positions are temporarily empty.

The Second Squadron: There are ten large-sized Fu Ships with displacement of more than 500 tons within the system, each with an organization of 60 people.

The displacement of the large-sized Fu Ship is nearly twice that of the medium-sized Fu Ship, but the number of crew members is the same. The reason is that the Second Fleet belongs to the transport fleet in Xu Shiyang's vision. Each ship retains 6 magic cannons for self-defense, and there are no more cannons, so naturally there is no need for so many crew members to operate the cannons.

The Third Squadron: There are fifty small sea ships with displacement of about 70 tons within the establishment, including small Fu Ship, Guang Ship, and sand Ship. In addition, there are thirty improved landing ships unique to the Qi Provincial Navy and other various types of ships.

Each sea ship has 20 people, and two gun positions can be installed with magic guns. There are 7 landing craftsmen, and no gun positions are reserved.

The Third Squadron mainly carries out offshore or intravenous water transportation tasks, as well as forced landing work if necessary.

The three squadrons had a total of 100 ships of all sizes and sizes, with about 2,400 sailors in the establishment. In addition, Xu Shiyang specially organized a Marine Corps for the Navy, including 5 flintlock rifle companies and 1 artillery company, with a total of 600 people.

The Qi Provincial Navy was officially established with a total of 000 officers and soldiers.

Except for the one hundred large and small ships within the naval system, the remaining sea ships in Qi Province will be assigned to newly established official shipping companies and fishery companies respectively.

After the establishment of the navy, Xu Shiyang set off to return to Qi Province to conduct a tour survey on local industries and this year's agricultural harvest, and then organize new army units to wait for a new battle.

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Qi Province, Dengzhou.

Because the main attack direction formulated by Xu Shiyang was southern Liaoning, the Qi Provincial New Army General Headquarters was moved to Dengzhou, and Xu Shiyang's residence was naturally transferred here.

His home is a five-cent yard on the west side of Dengzhou City. It is not small in size, but compared to Xu Shiyang's identity, it cannot be considered large.

The only people living here are Xu Shiyang's wife Wen Yue, her two dowry maids; two concubines Zhao Shan and Zhao Lin, their sisters and one personal maid each; Xu Shiyang's two sons, a wet nurse of his youngest son, Rong Mama and more than a dozen men and women servants.

In fact, when Wen Yue came from Jiangnan, there were more than 200 dowry maids and servants given to her by the Wen family. When Xu Shiyang married his wife, his father, the Grand Governor Xu Muhe, also specially dispatched him more than 100 palace maids and eunuchs left behind last time.

However, Xu Shiyang only allowed his wife to leave two maids, and the concubine left one maid. Others, whether it was Wen Yue's dowry or the palace maids given by Xu Muhe, would be released from the outside. Xu Shiyang had already used any means to increase the population of his clan.

Xu Shiyang's servants are now rude, women are married women who work in shifts in the Xu Mansion, while men are former eunuchs who are useless to release them.

Xu Shiyang's wife and concubine didn't say much about his actions, but Mama Rong complained about it.

In her opinion, since the Xu family has become the richest and most prosperous family in Qi Province, as the parents' natural heir, the only son of the lady (Xu Shiyang's mother) should enjoy the corresponding treatment.

However, the servants left by Xu Shiyang now seem to be no better than a medium-sized landlord in Jiangnan.

Mama Rong has always wanted to find a few more young maids to take care of her life for Xu Shiyang. If she could take care of something else, she would not object.

Therefore, when a beautiful little lady from Jiangnan came to the door and wanted to join the Xu Mansion, Mama Rong generously led her directly to her mistress Wen Yue.

"Miss Hengbo?" Wen Yue said with a wry smile: "Why are you here to Qishen?"

Wen Yue once attended a poetry meeting held at home. Although she could not show up and could only enjoy the poems of talented men on the female mat with a veil, she had also seen Hengbo.

After all, the latter is a famous courtesan who is highly praised by Xiao Fanlou, and may have participated in the literary poetry meeting a little more times than Wenyue.

Hengbo replied with a low smile: "General Xu saved me in Jiangnan."

"So you have to agree with your body?"

"It's not worthy of it." Hengbo said seriously: "Mrs. I know my origin. I am not worthy of the young general. Now I just want to be a servant in your mansion. Don't worry, I have no inappropriate thoughts."

"Haha, girl, I can't even care whether you have any unreasonable thoughts."

Wen Yue said helplessly:

"Don't think I'm the mistress of this family, but Mama Rong is her husband's wet nurse and has a unique status. She dares to directly introduce you to me, but she has decided to keep you. Look at her, she seems to care about what I have to think?"

"How is that?" Hengbo lowered his head and said with a smile: "It's really a miserable lady."

"There are all this in the wealthy families. I was enlightened before I got married." Wen Yue said: "Don't forget that when I came, my husband had two concubines, and they were a pair of sisters, and now they have given birth to Lin'er."

"My husband is such a person, what can I do?"

Wen Yue said with a wry smile:

"Since the girl has come, then stay. Don't be a maid. I know a little about your relationship with your husband. He was so angry for you that I would treat you as a maid, wouldn't I become a jealous and jealous vicious woman?"

Nowadays, the popular stories in the Jiangnan literary and artistic circles are as follows:

Xu Shiyang was angry at the famous girl Ji Hengbo in Xiaofan Tower, burned Duting Post and killed all the Jurchen envoys.

The facts don’t matter. What’s important is that the people especially like this kind of story that is a bit romantic and violent, and feels very pleasant.

When the common people believe this story, it becomes a fact.

Even Xu Shiliu, the person who knew the truth, sent troops to rescue Hengbo when Fang La threatened Lin'an City, because she was afraid that something would happen to her will affect Xu Shiyang's reputation.

Now Hengbo has played "A Lovemaker for Thousand Miles". No matter whether Xu Shiyang had any relationship with her before, he can't tell it clearly now.

Wenyue is not a fool, she will not drive Hengbo out, because as long as she does that, her reputation among the people will probably be completely over.
Chapter completed!