Yang Zhen did not keep everyone waiting. When he saw everyone's eyes focused on him, he immediately pointed at Xiangping Bo Shen Zhixiang and said:

"First of all, the governor has appointed Uncle Xiang Ping to take charge of the shipbuilding department of the general town government. This time Uncle Xiang Ping came to Jinzhou with me and will be stationed in Jinzhou City to take charge of the Jinzhou Shipyard and the shipbuilding in Jinhai Town.

affairs.

"It just so happens that various naval camps in Jinhai have gathered in Jinzhou Bay these days. Each of your ministries will select a group of shipwrights and craftsmen to stay at the Jinzhou Shipyard to help with this matter.

"In the future, when the shipyard builds new ships with 200 or even 400 materials, I will decide the allocation of new ships to various naval forces based on your support to the Jinzhou Shipyard!"

Yang Zhen has already gotten angry with Jin Haibo about this matter.

Yang Zhen established the Shipbuilding Supervision Office not only to solve the resettlement problem of Xiang Pingbo and the continued production of Jinzhou Shipyard, but also to further unify and control various naval forces through the establishment of the Shipbuilding Supervision Office.

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Before, whether it was Yuan Jin's Juehua Island Navy or Qiu Zhenhai's navy, they all had their own warship repair sites and their own warship repair personnel.

Even the navy team including Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou and the others were small but well-equipped personnel for building ships, and there was no shortage of materials.

Although the naval forces of these people have been nominally unified under the banner of Yang Zhen and were organized into the naval camps of Jinhai West Road, Jinhai South Road and Jinhai North Road, Yang Zhen did not destroy their teams.

Split and re-edited.

Therefore, these people, until now, are basically still in the same situation as being in charge of military affairs. In other words, the situation of soldiers as generals has not basically changed.

Of course, Yang Zhen could not continue to let this situation go, but he also knew that haste makes waste when it comes to taking over power. He should not rush to change the status quo, but should do it step by step.

So his first step was to unify the warship repair and maintenance affairs in Jinhae Town by establishing a shipping supervision office.

Just like how he unified the production and supply of ordnance and ammunition of various ministries before, as long as he unifies the warship repair affairs of various naval battalions, then in the future the various navies in Jinhai Town will be under firm control.

Because, if each of their ministries is allowed to build their own ships, then Yang Zhen, the garrison commander, will only have control over the various naval fleets on the surface.

After Yang Zhen finished speaking these carefully considered words, he looked at Shen Zhixiang. When Shen Zhixiang saw this, he immediately stood up, clasped his fists and gave a bow to the generals present.

Yang Zhen was originally worried that the generals would have different opinions on this, but to his secret relief, the generals did not react abnormally after hearing what he said.

Moreover, when they saw Shen Zhixiang standing up to signal, they all stood up and smiled to congratulate Uncle Xiang Ping on getting a real job.

In particular, naval generals such as Yuan Jin, Qiu Zhenhai, Yu Liangtai, Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou, etc. came forward to bow to him.

"Everyone, let's stop talking about the Navy for now. I have an important personnel appointment to announce when I come to Jinzhou this time."

Seeing that the naval generals from all walks of life did not object to his opinion on unifying shipbuilding affairs, Yang Zhen felt relieved and immediately continued with a smile:

"Previously, the governor reported to Bai Sheng that Jinhai Town was divided into five roads, and he had invited Kong Zha, the general soldier of the Second Department of Li and Bing, to appoint the general soldiers of Jinhai East Road, North Road, West Road, and South Road. .Now, there is still an unknown path.”

Having said this, Yang Zhen paused and looked over the faces of the generals present. Seeing that everyone was smiling, he looked at Xu Tianchong, smiled immediately, and said:

"Yes, it's him. Xu Tianchong, follow the order!"

The news that Yang Zhen deliberately appointed Xu Tianchong as the chief military officer of Jinhai Middle Road to garrison Jinzhou City has spread to the ears of people from all walks of life in Jinzhou City.

In fact, Yang Zhen's idea was not too unexpected by the generals in Jinhai Town.

There are only a few larger cities in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula. Since Fuzhou City and Lushunkou have been named North Road and South Road respectively, then the middle road is naturally the area around Jinzhou City.

At the same time, apart from Xu Tianchong, who led his troops to surrender in Fuzhou City, there are no other generals currently stationed in Jinzhou City.

Although Zhang Guogan and Li Shouzhong have won the trust of Yang Zhen, their current ranks are too low, and they are still far from being able to support the general soldiers all the way, and they are simply not enough to convince the public.

Zhang Chen failed to become the general of the army, and he needed to be promoted to the position of deputy general by two levels in a row, let alone Zhang Guogan and Li Shouzhong who were below Zhang Chen.

Even Zhang Guogan and Li Shouzhong themselves never dared to think so.

Therefore, after all calculations, the only choice is Xu Tianchong.

As for Xu Tianchong himself, he didn't dare to think so at first, but after the candidates for the generals and generals were determined, only the middle camp was not appointed, and he gradually came up with some ideas.

It's just that he is not related to Yang Zhen, and there are not many people under his command. There are only more than a thousand people left under his command. Moreover, he once surrendered to the Tatars. This made him unable to believe that Yang Zhen would really use him.

However, this moment actually came.

Xu Tianchong was shocked when he heard Yang Zhen call out his name. He immediately stood up from his seat, walked quickly, came to Yang Zhen and knelt down in front of him.

At this moment, the thousands of words he held in his mouth finally turned into just one sentence: "Humble duty—obey orders!"

"Xu Tian favors Lieutenant General Xu. Today, I have ordered you to be the chief military officer of the Jinhai Middle Road Assistance Guard. You will lead the Jinzhou Regiment Camp and garrison Jinzhou City, from Shihe Fort in the north to Nanguanling in the south. They are all the defense areas of Jinhai Middle Road! "

Xu Tianchong finally waited for Yang Zhen's appointment. For a moment, the veteran looked like he was about to burst into tears.

I saw him take a deep breath, quickly calm down his mood, first kowtow to the ground, kowtow heavily, then straighten up, and replied in a loud voice:

"I obey your orders! The Governor is deeply grateful to me for my kindness in supporting my father and son. I am ordered to garrison Jinhai Middle Road, and I must dedicate myself to the end of my life. Please rest assured, Commander!"

The hub of Jinhai Middle Road is in Jinzhou City. This city is located behind Fuzhou and is also the gateway to Lushun. The important strategic position of this city is known to all the generals in Jinhai Town.

Xu Tianchong, who had been stationed in Fuzhou City before, knew this very well.

The fact that Yang Zhen could hand him such an important position as the central defense officer fully demonstrated Yang Zhen's trust in him.

He didn't know where Yang Zhen's trust in him came from, but what he knew very well was that only by completely changing the family could he be able to live up to and retain this trust that he regarded as his heart.

This point made Xu Tianchong, who had already had a rift with Shen Zhixiang, no longer have any hesitation or doubt about changing his family and completely joining Yang Zhen's banner.

After Yang Zhen appointed Xu Tianchong as the chief military officer of Jinhai Middle Road, he helped him up, and the generals present also lost no time in coming forward to congratulate him.

Only Xiangping Bo Shen Zhixiang, who was sitting in the first place on the left side of Yang Zhen, saw the performance of Xu Tianchong and everyone else, and knew that Xu Tianchong had left him. He smiled bitterly and sighed secretly, not knowing for a moment.

What should I say?

Shen Zhixiang was frowning and hesitating whether he should step forward to congratulate Xu Tianchong. He inadvertently looked up and saw Yang Zhen staring at him with a smile. He quickly stood up like everyone else and said with a smile:

"People's hearts are made of flesh. The Governor has so much trust in Brother Xu and puts so much emphasis on him. How can I, the former Dongjiang Ministry, not have the heart to serve the Governor to the death? Haha, I am also sincerely grateful that Brother Xu has been appreciated by the Governor.

Happy! But——"

"Oh? But what?"

"However, the idea of ​​​​the Jinzhou Regiment Camp is quite new. I wonder if the Jinzhou Regiment Camp mentioned by the Governor just now refers to those troops, or what kind of troops the Jinzhou Regiment Camp is composed of?"

Although Shen Zhixiang had known that Yang Zhen was going to appoint Xu Tianchong as the chief military officer of the central defense, he still felt a little unhappy when he saw his subordinates being poached by Yang Zhen.

But faced with Yang Zhen's actions, he really had no idea.

Can he object?

Of course not.

If he objects, I am afraid that the Xu family and his son will immediately turn against him and become enemies with him.

The purpose of his previous plan to recruit troops all the way was to continue to unite the old troops under his own banner.

But Yang Zhen saw through his plan, so he had no chance to implement it.

At this moment, the work is done and the dust has settled, what else can he say?

So after Shen Zhixiang said some untrue words, he quickly changed the topic elsewhere, to the Jinzhou regiment camp.

When Shen Zhixiang asked this question, everyone fell silent and focused their attention on the issue of the Jinzhou regiment camp that Yang Zhen just mentioned.

Yang Zhen was also about to discuss this issue with everyone. He waved his hand and asked Xu Tianchong and other generals to take their seats, and then said to them:

"Uncle Xiang Ping, that's a good question! The Jinzhou regiment camp is mainly composed of several groups of troops stationed near Jinzhou City, unified and commanded by the general military officer of the middle road."

Having said this, Yang Zhen glanced at the generals gathered in the lobby and saw Yang Dagui and Gao Lizhu standing at the end of the line on the left, and said:

"Yang Dagui, hand over the pillar and obey the order!"

Yang Dagui and Jie Lizhu have low-level positions and are not qualified to attend the military meeting convened by Yang Zhen here. However, the two of them were from Guangning Houtun Guards. After all, they are different from other low-ranking generals under Yang Zhen's command. Moreover, they were not qualified to attend the military meeting convened by Yang Zhen here.

It has always been used by the Chinese military.

This time I met Zhang Chen outside the south gate of Jinzhou, and was led here by Zhang Chen.

The two of them did not expect that Yang Zhen would call them first. After being stunned for a moment, they looked at each other and quickly stepped forward and knelt on one knee to obey the order.

"How many Xuanfu soldiers are there now under the leadership of the two of you?"

"More than four hundred."

"Okay. More than four hundred is more than four hundred. From now on, the two of you will form an artillery and grenadier unit into a reinforced sentry, and assign it to General Xu Tianchong and Xu Tianchong to command it!"

"this--"

After listening to Yang Zhen's order, Yang Dagui and Jiao Lizhu looked at each other for a while. They just came to Liaonan and were transferred to someone else's command and became someone else's subordinates. It was a bit incomprehensible.
Chapter completed!