Chapter 856: Ministry of Public Security

Yu believed that what Baifeng said was sincere, and his feelings for Baifeng were also very genuine, but he was already at such an advanced age now, knowing what his status was, and that he should keep his distance from the Royal Family; therefore, those intimate forms of address from the past should now be discarded, yet Baifeng's high regard for him was inseparable from his own capabilities.

"The points you've raised here are all very good and completely align with my ideas. It's just here, regarding the renaming of the Ministry of Justice—I have already decided on the name: let's call it the Ministry of Public Security. 'Public' means everyone, the public; 'Security' certainly means safety and protection. This way, it is very appropriate."

"Let's call their personnel police—to warn and to inspect—and then divide them into two parts: Civil Police and Criminal Police."

"The Civil Police will manage civil-related matters; for example, those who manage household registration will be called household registration officers, and daily public order, patrols, and so on will be directly called Civil Police."

"As for those who manage cases, they will be called Criminal Police, abbreviated as Criminal Police. They possess law enforcement power. This type of police must have a good physique and must be familiar with some of our Huaxia's basic laws. It would be best to be able to cultivate some who understand investigation—ah, forget it, I will tell the Ministry of Justice about this myself and let them study it on their own."

After Baifeng read Yu's proposal, he immediately began to provide guidance and corrections like this: "Except for this Ministry of Public Security, I see no need to make any other changes to the rest. You have done this well enough and thoroughly enough. Now, you should first modify this document according to what I said, and then issue it to each unit so they can have some psychological preparation in advance."

"Ah, alright." Yu took the proposal and closed it. Seeing that Baifeng had no more work that needed arranging, he immediately withdrew. The matter of him taking up the post of City Lord of Lema City made him extremely excited, and it should be this Winter that he takes office. This way, he would be able to familiarize himself with the work during the Winter and complete a smooth handover, so that when Spring arrives, he could directly start to work in earnest.

Baifeng had already sent the various vouchers he designed to the Ministry of Works for engraving, and he would soon be able to see the first version of the vouchers. Their paper had also already been made, mainly with improvements in thickness, and the toughness had also been increased; it was not as fragile as ordinary writing paper, the kind that would break after being folded a few times.

Originally, Baifeng's idea was that it would be best if it could be coated with a layer of Tung Oil, but the problem was that Huaxia's Tung Oil was too precious, and there were too many places that needed Tung Oil; only that little bit could be collected each year, and the output was completely insufficient.

The people from the Ministry of Works were always clamoring, asking if more of the harvested Tung Oil could be allocated to their department. Zhu, who was in charge of construction, certainly wanted to allocate more to his own department, but he was also the head, so he had to be fair, otherwise he feared he would be finished.

But Huaxia had a rigid requirement that Tung Oil be supplied to the shipyard first. With Tung Oil, the shipyard could build better Large Ships. It was just that the current shipyard's technology seemed to have reached a bottleneck period, and it was difficult to continue increasing the size of the ships, otherwise, it would be very easy for problems to occur.

For the past two years, Huaxia had not launched any new Large Ships, but instead, the Navy cultivated by the Ministry of War had more and more Sailors. Huaxia's Large Ships were almost non-stop, floating on the water all year round. At the beginning, they were basically all people from the Zisheng Tribe, because their swimming ability was good enough that Huaxia's fishermen could not compare.

Now, the people from the Zisheng Tribe had basically all become instructors. They were responsible for training the people in Huaxia who wanted to join the Navy. It was easy to accumulate merit in the Navy, and the treatment was also good, but it was just too bitter. Most of the young people who wanted to join the Navy and rely on the high wages to change their family's situation could not even pass the hurdle of seasickness.

It was under such constant cultivation that the number of Huaxia's Navy was finally no longer in short supply, and there were even a certain number of Soldiers to carry out rotations, so that not all Navy personnel had to stay on the ships almost all year round. If that were really the case, even the people from the Zisheng Tribe would not be able to stand it; after all, they had now basically become accustomed to living on land, and the descendants of the Zisheng Tribe were gradually not as excellent in swimming as their ancestors and elders.

But Baifeng could not, just to ensure that Huaxia could always have high-quality Navy recruits, drive the Zisheng Tribe, who had finally come ashore, back into the water to live. In the past, they struggled for survival in the water because the environment forced them to; it was only through generation after generation of such inheritance and selection that they had the powerful swimming ability they had now.

Baifeng sometimes wondered if the Zisheng Tribe would not perish in Nature's selection, would they become a tribe like the Merfolk in the future? They certainly would not let their legs turn into tails; after all, resting on the shore was safer, and there was some food on land that could be used for supplementation, but their hands would very likely turn into webbed hands. After all, their palms were already wider than ordinary people's, and the connections between their fingers were also longer and thicker, just like webbed hands that had not fully developed.

However, such a feature was disappearing rapidly among their descendants, only their own tribesmen had not discovered it, but Baifeng saw it very clearly.

The latest Large Ship had already completed its main structure. Before next Autumn, this Large Ship would definitely be able to be launched for sea trials. By then, Huaxia would be able to guarantee that at least one Large Ship could remain in Huaxia's waters all year round to perform protection missions.

Moreover, this new Large Ship was built for the purpose of war. From the beginning of the design, more Bed Crossbows were added to the deck, and there were even anti-climbing devices, shields to block Arrows, and so on.

As for those old ships, the first Large Ship to be launched, although it was still sturdy, it no longer had any opportunity to carry out war missions, because this Winter, there was a plan to carry out a major overhaul on it, dismantling the parts related to the military to make it more suitable for transportation.

In the cabin space, where Weapons were stored, it would be changed to store various goods. The deck would still retain two Bed Crossbows; it was impossible to have no defensive means at all.

Naturally, there were few Huaxia Bed Crossbows, and they were only lifted onto the ship when needed. Now they were directly fixed on it, but for the sake of the lifespan of the Crossbow and confidentiality, the Bed Crossbows were always covered with leather. This way, for the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe, there would not be any sense of tension.

And the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe would often board the ship; if someone learned the structure and understood it, then Huaxia would suffer a great loss.