"What I want you to say is your opinion on the railway construction plan itself."
Wei Zheng: "I think your Majesty asked the wrong person about this matter!"
Du Ruhui: "I second the proposal!"
Li Eryi waved his sleeves: "Go, go! Go and call Xu Jingzong and Ma Zhou!"
Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui walked outside the hall, their faces a little ugly: There was no peace in the court for a moment!
"I have lived for almost sixty years, but this year I have encountered many strange things."
"Those who originally opposed and blocked the construction of the railway with all their lives, unanimously advised Your Majesty to build the railway as soon as possible overnight. On the contrary, those who had previously strongly supported the railway are now urging Your Majesty to slow down."
Du Ruhui glanced at the grumbling Wei Zheng: "The problem is that your Majesty is also in a hurry!"
"Look at Xu Jingzong, what does Ma Zhou say?"
Wei Zheng sighed and laughed at himself: "I'm so old. I actually put my expectations on a shameless villain and a junior who has just entered the court for half a year."
Du Ruhui said calmly: "Xu Jingzong is shameless but he is not stupid. Although Ma Zhou has little qualifications, his talent is not weak."
"Also, I have reached the age of knowing my destiny, and I hate it when people mention me as an old man!"
Wei Zheng was amused by him: "Are you still so taboo?
Knowing destiny is for you to know what you want, not for you to be jealous of your own destiny."
Du Ruhui glared at him: "The problem is that the world is changing too fast, I don't know this destiny!"
Wei Zheng was speechless: In today's world, it feels like he is living in a dream.
No, before Su Chen said the word train, he had never dreamed of such a thing!
Do you still know destiny?
What a fart!
I hope Su Chen doesn’t die at sea, otherwise no one will be able to close up the huge mess he has set up!
"Ah sneeze!"
Su Chen, who was teaching Yuchi Baolin a lesson on the boat, suddenly sneezed!
"Commander, do you have a cold? You should go back to the cabin and rest!"
"Stop talking nonsense to me and get out of here if you have nothing to do. You don't have to worry about Zhang Da'an. He is much more promising than you. The few people who came with you are worthless. Why do you still have the nerve to care about others?"
Yuchi Baolin said unhappily: "I know that the commander-in-chief looks down on us Marines. How can we go ashore without the commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps?"
After saying that, seeing that Su Chen was about to get angry, he turned around and ran away.
"Go back and make it clear to your subordinates that the Marine Corps is not the Army sitting on a warship. If you think that way, get out of here!"
After Yuchi Baolin left, Su Chen took out two glass bottles from his cabin and went to find Li Chengqian.
When I arrived at Li Chengqian's cabin, I saw a young man chatting with a disheveled Li Chengqian.
Su Chen handed them two glass bottles.
"Your Highness, eat one of these a day."
"Da'an, this is yours."
Li Chengqian took the glass bottle, shook it, and looked at the bean-like thing inside: "Eat?"
Su Chenyou reached out and took it, pulled out the cork, poured one out and threw it into his mouth:
"Multivitamins, one pill a day, prevent diseases!"
Su Chen exchanged it from the system so that Li Chengqian wouldn't have to ask questions, so he threw the packaging box into the sea and put it in a glass bottle for him.
Everyone else had it, but it was the cheapest vitamin C. Su Chen exchanged it in barrels and gave it to the soldiers.
Li Chengqian also threw a pill into his mouth: "It tastes pretty good!"
Su Chen didn't think it tasted good. One kilogram of gold was worth one bottle. No matter what the taste was, he would feel a stomach ache!
"Da'an, your intelligence is wronged by being a bad captain. There is no need to regret it. You will achieve great things in the future!"
"Look at the things I gave you first. When we get to Fuzhou, I will introduce you to a few people. If you have any questions in the future, please ask them for advice."
"Of course you can also ask me directly!"
Su Chen said to Zhang Daan next to him.
"Thank you, Marshal! It's just my father's place..."
"Don't worry! Your Highness and I will go and talk to Mr. Zou personally!"
Zhang Daan thanked Su Chen again and went back to his cabin.
"None of Zou Guogong's sons are interested in the military. Zou Guogong has a headache. Da'an finally passed the captain's test. Teacher, you asked him to study mathematics."
"When the time comes, teacher Zou Guogong, go and explain, don't drag me into the student!"
Su Chen smiled: "What's the explanation?"
"Zhang Gongjin is so brave, but each of his sons is more delicate than the last. How can he blame others?"
"Besides, I didn't let Zhang Daan leave the navy, and it would be a pity for a talent like Zhang Daan to be a captain!"
"Your Highness, mathematics is the guarantee that we will not get lost in the vast sea!"
Li Chengqian waved his hands, not wanting to continue discussing this matter with Su Chen.
"What are your thoughts on the six galleys?"
Su Chen had a headache: "I haven't decided to pay attention yet!"
"Teacher, do you still think they are slowing down the fleet?"
"Speed is one thing, but I'm more worried about their safety!"
"Our voyage this time is more than 20,000 miles, and we will definitely encounter a lot of strong winds and waves along the way. I'm worried about their ability to withstand wind and waves!"
Li Chengqian looked at Su Chen: "Teacher, the students have inquired, and those ships are almost all veterans of the Denglai Navy!"
"Yes, some veterans of the Denglai Navy are not very adaptable to the new ships. Most of them are better at close combat, but our fleet has much less need for such officers than before."
"Frigates are now equipped with light artillery!"
"The oar-sail warship is currently in the coastal waters and is still very useful for port operations, but this long voyage..."
After the last Battle of Wuhuhai, Liu Rengui and others reported that frigates were useless in long-distance combat and had no overwhelming advantage in close combat, making them useless.
So Su Chen exchanged it for a short-barreled small artillery piece.
This kind of artillery is a bit like the bowl-mouth gun of the Ming Dynasty. It has a short range, a slow rate of fire, and a low hit rate.
But the advantage is that it is light in weight, small in size, easy to cast, and has small recoil, which is very convenient for the modification and installation of frigates!
This thing fires shotguns that can cause massive damage!
It is used for close defense of warships, and naval officers like it very much.
Seeing that Li Chengqian hesitated to speak, Su Chen said: "Your Highness! If you have any opinions, please tell me directly."
Li Chengqian said: "Students don't know much about fleet combat."
"But the student wants to remind the teacher that the Navy has changed from the original Denglai Navy after all, and it has only been half a year. If a large number of former Navy veterans are left behind, the morale of the army will..."
Su Chen nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness, I will consider it!"
"Okay! Let's not talk about this anymore. We will arrive in Fuzhou tomorrow. Your Highness can rest for a few days when you arrive!"
Li Chengqian said with a look on his face: "The fleet had better be more accurate this time so that the students can have more confidence in the future. In the past few days, I have been relying on calculating the height of the sun to determine my position on the vast sea. No matter how the teacher explains it, I feel a little panicked.
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Su Chen smiled and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured. I have made a sextant and a navigational clock. The calculation of longitude and latitude is very accurate!"
