After Li Yu handed over the removal of hidden dangers in the city to Song Yuan and Li Yan and others, he no longer paid attention to it.

One day, Li Yu left Li's mansion and took a carriage to the outside of the city.

Tieshan, Yue Linglong and others guarded the left and right.

After the convoy left the city, it headed towards the dock.

When they arrived, many people had gathered on the dock.

On the spacious surface of the Yuan River, huge warships are moored.

The convoy stopped at the dock, and Li Yu lifted the curtain and walked down.

Opposite, a tall figure walked towards him.

"I will meet with the county magistrate at the end!"

When Yu Zhen saw Li Yu, he immediately bowed his hand and said, his voice was loud and steady, and a sense of masculinity came to his face.

"General Yu is so polite, get up quickly."

Li Yu was in a good mood when he saw the warship docked on the pier.

He smiled and went forward and personally helped him up in the town.

"Thank you!"

Yu Zhen stood up a little flattered, and when he saw Li Yu's expression, he immediately understood.

He didn't nag anything, so he accompanied Li Yu to the dock.

"Sir, these are the warships of our Dongting Navy. There are one tower ship, four ships, five fighting ships, boats, sudden sails, first climbing, scouting more than 40 ships of various types!"

While leading the way, Yu Zhen introduced: "We have no shortage of ships, but the navy's troops are fewer, and only a thousand people are ahead. These warships are almost the same, and only half of them can be activated."

Li Yu kept looking at the water ship. He heard Yu Zhen’s introduction and nodded, "The Dayu military system is corrupt. It is good to have a thousand people in the navy standard for these three thousand people."

Li Yu had already been accused of the situation of the late Dayu Dynasty.

The Dongting Navy did not belong to the jurisdiction of Wuling County, but was directly under the jurisdiction of the prefecture of Jingzhou.

After he decided that the next step was to open the Yuanjiang River waterway, he sent people to the navy stationed in Dongting Lake.

After the great change, all parts of Dayu became lonely, and the influence of the imperial court and provincial governors in the local area was minimized.

When Li Yu did this, no one said that he was not.

The Dongting Navy's expenses are huge due to problems such as maintaining ships, military pay, military armor, and food.

In the past, there were still funds allocated by the imperial court, which could barely be maintained.

But after the major changes, the situation of the Dongting Navy became worse and worse every day.

In addition, with the appearance of demons, the safety of ordinary people is not guaranteed.

The Dongting Navy had long been worried about internal and external troubles, and the navy general was frustrated.

So when the people sent by Li Yu arrived, the navy general was easy to talk to and handed over the military power after a deal.

However, at that time Li Yu was busy with other things and had no generals who were good at water warfare.

He asked the former deputy general of the navy to continue to lead troops, and at the same time sent people to supervise and assist in rectifying the navy.

It has been a while since then.

Now that the matter of opening the waterway is about to open, Li Yu decided to come and take a look in person.

The two of them were talking and came to the dock.

At this time, several people were walking towards them on the dock.

"The last general Song Shizhou met with the county magistrate and the general!"

A middle-aged man wearing black leather armor, thick eyebrows and big eyes, had his eyes lit up after seeing Li Yu, and he quickly bowed.

Although he had never met Li Yu, he knew Yu Zhen.

I also know that the county magistrate will come to inspect today.

With Yu Zhen respectfully accompanied him, he quickly guessed Li Yu's identity.

"You are Song Shizhou, the deputy general of Dongting Naval Commander?"

Li Yu looked at the man in front of him. The other person had a straight facial features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a burly figure, and the leather armor on his body was full of support, which looked very difficult to mess with.

At the same time, the other party's hands were covered with calluses, his breath was thick, and his internal strength was also not bad, reaching the second-level level.

He nodded slightly in his heart, quite satisfied with it.

It is not easy to find soldiers with a strong back and a strong waist in the Dayu army today.

As for the other party's appearance, he didn't care much.

However, he cannot deny that handsome people do have more advantages in the officialdom.

After all, the emperor did not want his ministers to grow up when he went to court, so wouldn’t he feel depressed every time he went to court?

Similarly, the psychology of those Shangguans is the same.

To be more practical, you let a person with a poor appearance and a good facial features declare court orders to the people, or help the yamen notify something.

People with good facial features will definitely get better results than the former.

"Tell me about the current situation of the navy."

Li Yu pondered for a moment, and finally moved his gaze away from the other party and said lightly.

"Yes, sir!"

Song Shizhou felt relieved when he heard this, and then he felt a chill on his back and sweated all over his body.

There is no way, the oppression that Li Yu brought to him just now was too strong!

He seemed to feel the air around him frozen.

The other party clearly looked very gentle, but the pressure brought to him was far greater than that of General Yu Zhen next to him.

As for his original boss, he didn't deserve to carry his shoes for the latter.

At that moment, he really thought that somewhere he angered the county magistrate and that he would be killed at any time.

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm in the end.

Song Shizhou wiped the sweat from his head, and with awe, he carefully introduced the situation of the navy to Li Yu.

"According to the instructions of the master, after the navy was rectified, there are currently 1,220 officers and soldiers, and 41 ships of various types."

Song Shizhou had a little embarrassed face, "With the current military strength, we could have driven at least half of the warship."

"But because it has added many new recruits and lacks experience. If you want to exert all the power of the warship, you have to give up another batch of warships."

"So at present, only one-third of our warships can play their normal strength."

"One-third, more than a dozen ships?"

Before Li Yu could speak, Yu Zhen next to him frowned and said with a dangerous look: "Deputy General Song, you didn't tell me that before! You said that only half of it is useless!"

When Song Shizhou heard Yu Zhen’s tone was wrong, he quickly explained: “General Yu, what you asked is how many ships can be activated, and that can be half of them. It is possible to start and engage in battle, these are two different things.”

At the end, he felt a little aggrieved.

When Yu Zhen asked him, he also told him truthfully, who knew that the other party was thinking about it.

And if the people who came from Wuling could accept his advice.

The age and physical conditions of soldiers are not so severe.

Then the navy's troops can currently have at least 1,500 more people.

And leading the new with the old can quickly increase the experience and put it on the battlefield.

However, he only dared to say this in his heart. The requirements and standards for rectifying the navy were formulated by the county magistrate in front of him.

Others are not stupid, but they have no idea of ​​angering their boss.

After hearing this, Li Yu's face looked calm and he could not see any emotion.

He stared at the huge tower boat on the water for a while, then turned around and looked at Song Shizhou.

"Can one-third of the warships guarantee strength? How many people can you win if you fight with the water bandits?"

"Win?"

Song Shizhou keenly discovered the keywords, thought for a while, and hesitated: "If logistics can be guaranteed, the final one will be able to defeat three to four thousand water bandits."

Li Yu looked at the other person, narrowed his eyes, and his tone became much colder, "What I want is a positive number, say it again!"

"Report to the Lord, there are five thousand water bandits, and we will finally win the battle with confidence!"

Song Shizhou noticed Li Yu's dissatisfaction, and said this time without hesitation, and was extremely firm.

"good!"

Li Yu nodded after hearing this, "Song Shizhou obeyed the order!"
To be continued...