"Is it the Marquis?"

Seeing Liu Xiang's surprised expression, Lu Guangbiao smiled and said, "You don't know yet. Just half a month ago, the emperor had issued an order to promote the uncle from Jiangning Bo to Jiangning Hou."

"Jiangning Hou?"

Many people all exclaimed. Since ancient times, people have described a very successful idiom that people have described as a marquis and a minister. Now that Yang Feng has been granted a marquis, how far is it to be called a minister?

Some people who know the knowledge think about it... well... it's really far away.

When Liu Xiang heard that Yang Feng was coming to Fuzhou, he was both happy and nervous, "Brother...ah, will the Marquis arrive in Fuzhou tomorrow?"

"Yes!" Lu Guangbiao nodded and said, "The flying pigeon that I just received this morning, the Marquis set off in Tianjin to come to Fuzhou the day before yesterday. If there is no accident, you can arrive in Fuzhou tomorrow."

Logically speaking, in the era when communication depends entirely on communication, Lu Guangbiao could not receive Yang Feng's message so quickly, but don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients. In order to improve the speed of communication, the ancients also invented the carrier pigeon. However, there are many shortcomings in the transmission of flying pigeons, such as the confidentiality is not very strong and easy to encounter natural enemies, which leads to the loss of letters, etc. However, as a means of emergency transmission, carrier pigeons are indeed very useful.

"But... but we..." Liu Xiang felt very ashamed when he thought of the war that happened in the Second Fleet today. Yang Feng's support for the Second Fleet was so strong, but he made it like this. He really felt ashamed of Yang Feng's trust.

As if he saw Liu Xiang's concerns, Lu Guangbiao comforted him: "Deputy Admiral Liu doesn't have to worry about it. The Marquis must also understand your difficulties and will not blame you too much."

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "The prince would rather the marquis curse the prince. This may make the prince feel a little better. After all, the prince is ashamed of the marquis' trust."

Although Liu Yizhou and his gang were eliminated today, Liu Xiang and his team also suffered more than 300 casualties. In addition to the casualties of Liu Yizhou and others, it can be said that the Second Fleet has damaged its vitality. What made Liu Xiang most depressed is that this was just an internal friction.

Lu Guangbiao looked at Liu Xiang deeply. Some things need to be understood by themselves, and it is difficult for outsiders to say. In Liu Xiang's opinion, today's battle may be a battle that made her feel that it should not happen or regretful, but in Yang Feng and him, it may not be the case.

The Second Fleet was composed of surrendered pirates led by Liu Xiang, so the components were very complicated. Although Yang Feng sent many Sima and politicians to implement military discipline, those pirates who were used to robbing families and drinking and eating meat were difficult to adapt to the strict disciplined life of the army. Things that steal and even bully the people often happen. Although the politicians tried their best to suppress them, things were still difficult to eliminate.

Moreover, more importantly, it is very dangerous to have such an army that is not controlled by training or command positions. Although the Second Fleet has rebelled and has even lost nearly 40% of its strength, Lu Guangbiao is even sure that after knowing the losses of the Second Fleet, Yang Feng would not blame Liu Xiang for this. Of course, it is enough to understand these words in your heart and you must never say them.

Lu Guangbiao's speculation was quickly confirmed. After Yang Feng came to Fuzhou the next day, he not only did not blame Liu Xiang, but also comforted Liu Xiang very much, and promised that recruits and officers would soon be added to the Second Fleet to enrich the strength of the Second Fleet.

No one knows Yang Feng's psychological activities, but it finally makes Liu Xiang, who was originally like a big stone hanging in his heart, finally fell to the ground.

In the deputy admiral's residence of the Second Fleet in Fuzhou, Yang Feng was sitting upright on the chair listening to Liu Xiang and Lu Guangbiao's report on the situation of the First and Second Fleets. He nodded until the two of them finished reporting: "Yes, you all did a good job, especially Lord Lu. After receiving the Second Fleet's request for help, you did not hesitate at all, but took three newly launched warships to support Fuzhou without hesitation. This shows that you still have a big view in your heart, which is very important."

Speaking of this, Yang Feng looked at Liu Xiang, who was sitting aside silently thinking about his thoughts: "Deputy Admiral Liu, I said yesterday that you can't blame you for the rebellion in the Second Fleet. It's raining and my mother is going to get married, but she insists on leaving. What can we do?"

Liu Xiang's eyes turned red. Although she always showed a strong side in front of people, she naturally had the delicateness and softness of women, but she was just hidden by her on weekdays. Now seeing Yang Feng not only did not blame her, but instead comforted her again, saying that she was not moved was naturally fake.

Liu Xiang shook his head and choked up, "The Marquis, all the generals are incompetent. A few days ago, the Marquis told the generals that they could take action first when necessary, but the generals were unable to make up their minds to eradicate Liu Yizhou's disaster in advance, which led to a great disaster, which gave him the opportunity to launch a rebellion and caused such great losses to our navy. This is all the crime of the generals."

"alright!"

Yang Feng waved his hand to stop Liu Xiang's self-blame and said with a smile: "You don't need to blame yourself. As the saying goes, learn from one mistake and learn from it. Remember this lesson. But you have to remember that it is a good thing to be able to remember the love of the old robes, but it hurts the life of the other robes for the old robes. This is not true, do you understand?"

"It's... I will remember the teachings of the Marquis."

Facing Yang Feng's words, Liu Xiang lowered his head respectfully to show his listening.

"By the way, Deputy Admiral Liu!" Yang Feng continued: "The Second Fleet has been damaged in this battle. I plan to transfer some officers and soldiers and officers from the First Fleet next month to supplement it. In addition, I will also replenish the two Dutch warships seized by Admiral Lu a few days ago to the Second Fleet. What do you think?"

When Liu Xiang heard that Yang Feng did not blame himself, he also added two new warships to the Second Fleet, he said gratefully: "The last general depends on the orders of the marquis!"

"Here... it's true." Lu Guangbiao exclaimed in his heart. Yang Feng's move, which not only broke the iron-clad situation of the Second Fleet, but also made Liu Xiang feel grateful. This method is indeed amazing.

However, Lu Guangbiao's amazement was not over. After saying that, he said to Lu Guangbiao: "Last time you captured two Dutch warships and the Dutchman named Encos. He had begged the marquis to let him go back, but the marquis ignored him. Now it seems that it is time to let him go back."

"Marty, did you just let him go back like that? Isn't this too cheap?" Lu Guangbiao was very puzzled. Although they won a great victory in that naval battle with the Dutch, only after experiencing this naval battle personally could he understand how thrilling they won. If the Dutch were not too careless, it was still unknown whether they could win. Even so, they lost dozens of naval officers and soldiers, which really made Lu Guangbiao feel distressed for a long time.

Seeing Lu Guangbiao's reluctance, Yang Feng didn't know what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "Admiral Lu, I know what you are worried about. Those Dutch people did cause considerable casualties to our naval commanders in the naval battle, but it was this naval battle that made us realize how big the difference between our Ming naval commanders and the Dutch people. Besides, Ben Hu said to put the Encos back, but never said that he would put the Dutch sailors back too."

"Ah..." Lu Guangbiao asked in surprise: "You mean, you plan to all the Dutch people..."

Looking at Lu Guangbiao who had made a throat-cutting action, Yang Feng cursed angrily and amusedly: "What are you saying? Since we have accepted the surrender of the Dutch, how can we do the slaughter of prisoners of war? Do you think they are those Jiannu? This is what my marquis thinks. Although we defeated them in the last naval battle, we have to admit that the Dutch are better than us in manipulating warships and exploring. You have to admit this?"

"This..." Although Lu Guangbiao was reluctant, he could not admit that in terms of navigation, combat and understanding of naval warfare, the current clearness is not as good as that of the Dutch.

Seeing Lu Guangbiao's look of disappointment, Yang Feng said seriously: "Admiral Lu, you have to remember that there is nothing to be ashamed of being inferior to others. It is obvious that he is not as good as others, but he is embarrassed to refuse to admit it. If he is not as good as others, then go and learn. Wouldn't it be great if we learn other people's abilities?"

Lu Guangbiao was naturally not stupid. He immediately heard another meaning from Yang Feng's words. He said in surprise: "Marty, what do you mean..."

"I am not interested. Yang smiled faintly: "Since the Dutch have been captured by us, we cannot support them for nothing. We must let them work hard for us. Our Dutch are planning to divide these Dutch into two batches and send them to the First and Second Fleets, and let them teach our naval officers and soldiers all the skills such as navigation, measurement, and naval battles. When will we learn and when will we let them go back? What do you think?"

"this……"

Lu Guangbiao and Liu Xianggang hesitated for a moment and saw Yang Feng glaring at his eyes. The two of them were so scared that they swallowed back what they were about to say. They all straightened their chests and said loudly: "As long as the order of the Marquis!"

Xiamen prisoners of war camps in the Netherlands

Encos has been captured for more than two months. After experiencing the fear of being executed at the beginning, Encos and other Dutch prisoners of war gradually calmed down. Judging from the performance of Ming people these days, at least they don’t have to worry about being dragged out to be executed one day. However, the Ming people have never said when they will be let go back. This makes them wonder, until today, a group of people suddenly came to the prisoner-of-war camp...
Chapter completed!