I don’t know since when, when Jon talked about the Tang Dynasty, he also started with our Tang Dynasty. As a person with a temporary residence permit, he is at least half a Tang Dynasty person, so he is qualified to talk about it.
The sun was setting, and the day's work was almost done. Just when Jon was about to get up, he was about to let the team leaders under him work more quickly and finish the work early.
At this time, a group of people walked to the construction site of the fort. When he saw this group of people, Jon immediately jumped up from the recliner.
Then he bent down slightly and lowered his head, and ran quickly in front of this group of people. He said in a slightly weird tone, but in a recognizable Chinese: "I have met all of you, adults!"
Naturally, the only people who could make Jon so respectful were people from the Tang Dynasty.
A young man who was the leader of the group nodded slightly, did not speak, but continued to lead the group forward.
Naturally, Jon didn't dare to stand in front of him, so he quickly stood aside and took a few secret glances.
There were actually not many people here, only a dozen or so, but most of them were soldiers guarding them. Among the several big shots, he recognized one of them, Mr. Yu Hongzhong, who was currently in charge of the construction of Ceuta Port.
There is another person he also recognizes, that is Lieutenant Colonel Wang Yuanfan, who is currently in charge of Ceuta's defense.
But he didn't recognize the other people.
Although Jon has worked for Datang for many years and obtained a temporary residence permit, he has always been on the periphery. Naturally, it is impossible to know too many dignitaries of Datang.
In fact, even with Yu Hongzhong and Wang Yuanfan, he only recognized these two people and had not spoken to them yet.
On weekdays, all Jon could come into contact with were a few Tang people in the construction team, and he also knew that according to the official system of the Tang people, those Tang people were ninth-grade clerks.
As for the big shots at higher levels, he has no way to deal with them. At most, he knows the name and recognizes the person, but the other party will definitely not recognize him.
But soon a person from Tang Dynasty whom he was familiar with came, that is, his immediate boss, Wei An, the general manager in charge of the entire construction team.
However, this general manager is naturally not a businessman or an ordinary person, but a staff member of the Datang Embassy in Cadiz in Europe. He is usually the person responsible for managing Jon and other construction teams.
I saw him following up from behind, and when he walked to Jon's side, he whispered: "I'm so busy today, don't neglect the adults!"
Jon naturally nodded in agreement!
This Wei An is his immediate boss, and the first two are the immediate bosses of Wei An's immediate boss, and they cannot afford to offend him.
Wei An ignored him and quickly followed him, walking up to the group of people.
Wei An is different from Jon. Jon doesn't know who the big names are in this group of people, but Wei An knows.
The people accompanying them were Lord Yu Hongzhong and Major Wang Yuanfan, and the person who needed their company was naturally a big shot, Colonel Kong Jiaming, the naval attaché of the Tang Dynasty stationed in Europe from Cadiz.
This person came here today to inspect the construction work of the Port of Ceuta, especially the port facilities and defense facilities that the Navy is most concerned about.
The first few big shots were chatting and inspecting the construction site, while Wei An was following behind to wait on them.
As for Qiaoen, he followed Wei An.
Ahead, Captain Kong Jiaming looked at the No. 1 Fort under construction, and then compared it with the sketch in his hand, saying: "Although the progress of this project is not bad, it shows that you have worked hard!"
Naturally, Colonel Kong Jiaming would not show any emotion when he came to Ceuta for an inspection. After all, it was not easy for Major Wang Yuanfan and Yu Hongzhong to work in Ceuta. There was nothing they could ask for in this poor place, and the working conditions were indeed a bit tough.
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At this time, it is more necessary to encourage rather than criticize.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to do well if you have emotions at work.
Before the commander, Major General Ren Zian, was about to go to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to sweep, he was assigned a task to keep an eye on the construction project of Ceuta Port and strive to complete it as soon as possible. Then their European fleet, including the embassy in Europe, would move directly to Ceuta.
Come on, although the Cadiz embassy area will continue to remain, it will just become an ordinary consulate.
So the task is not easy!
He thought that at least the basic docks and forts should be built before the Commander returned home.
Only in this way can he demonstrate his abilities, and then be able to perform well in front of His Excellency the Commander, and only then can he hope that His Excellency the Commander will help him with activities and get rid of the extremely embarrassing position of Naval Attaché in Europe.
He's had enough of this hellish place in Europe.
Damn it, this shitty place doesn't even have a local girl, let alone a girl who can go to the small green building to listen to music.
Even if you can't be transferred back to the mainland, you still have to try to be transferred back to South Africa. There are still tens of thousands of imperial subjects in South Africa. Although life and other aspects are different from those in the mainland, they are still acceptable.
But Europe, he couldn't stand it anymore.
Looking at the construction site, imagining that it would be completed as soon as possible and then transferred back to the homeland, or at worst, South Africa, the exercise from a few years ago appeared in his mind.
Regret!
If I had worked harder during the Luzon Navy exercise, I wouldn't have been beaten during the exercise.
In that exercise that year, Captain Kong Jiaming, as the captain of the cruiser Haizhou, made continuous misjudgments during the exercise. Not only was his warship 'sinked', but the entire squadron suffered a disastrous defeat.
He severely lost the face of his immediate boss.
After such a failed experience, Kong Jiaming, who was still young and promising at the time, was completely abandoned by his superiors and labeled as having "limited talent."
Half a year later, he was kicked to serve in the Seventh Fleet.
The top brass of the navy had completely given up on him. As expected, he would only be able to retire with the rank of colonel in his lifetime. It was amazing that when he was about to retire, he would be comforted by the rank of commodore.
He had no foundation at all in the Seventh Fleet. Since he had no foundation, it was naturally difficult to be transferred anywhere. Finally, he was transferred to Cadiz to serve as the naval attache stationed in Europe.
The European countries all have lousy navies, and the military attaches stationed in Europe have no room for improvement.
After all, although he is in Europe, he is not serving in the European fleet.
Although the conditions of the European fleet are also difficult, if you are the commander of the force, such as fleet commander, chief of staff, captain of each ship and other top positions, it is not bad. After all, it is the front line where you can gain military exploits.
Therefore, for Major General Ren Zian and others, the European fleet is a place where they can make great achievements.
However, for Captain Kong Jiaming, the position of naval attaché stationed in Europe is basically an exile. There is no chance of going to the front line and he will hang out in Cadiz every day.
But he is not willing to give in!
When he was promoted to colonel, he was considered young and promising by many people. He was promoted to naval colonel at the age of only thirty-six.
Although the failed exercise that year cast a shadow on his military career and was completely removed from the training list, he is only forty-two years old this year and still has a chance to turn around.
But he can't stand up from his current situation. Even if the European fleet frequently fights and performs meritorious service, it has nothing to do with him, because he doesn't know how to go to sea at all.
He wanted to return to serve in the fleet.
He wanted to return to his homeland, and even if it didn't work out, he would go back to South Africa.
In fact, not only Captain Kong Jiaming, but also many military and political personnel working in Europe were demoted.
Working in overseas territories or overseas colonies naturally allows you to gain merit, so there will be many people who want to make great achievements and go to work overseas, and then after making merit, they will be transferred back to China in order to go further in their career.
But this is generally limited to the top military and political officials, such as officials at the level of ambassador to Europe, such as the Supervisor of African Affairs, the Commander of the African Fleet, the Commander of the Seventh Fleet, and the commanders of subordinate squadrons, etc. These high-level officials
In fact, many are happy to work in these places and accumulate political capital.
There is also a very special group, that is, ordinary naval officers, especially the officers and soldiers on cruisers and frigates. When they come to Africa or Europe, they do not stay there permanently, but perform normal tasks.
Because steel steam warships need to be maintained after a period of continuous duty. Depending on the condition of the warship during this period, it may be on duty for half a year before returning to the port for maintenance, or it may be on duty for one year before returning to the home port for maintenance.
After a certain number of consecutive operations, major repairs are often needed.
When warships are overseas, ordinary daily maintenance can generally be carried out at most of the navy's overseas military bases, even in Cadiz.
If it is in-depth maintenance after duty, then go to large overseas military bases, such as South Africa Port, Ceylon Port, Malacca Port, Xinjinshan Port on the west coast of America, and Xinnan Port on the east coast of America.
The so-called Southeast Port is because when the Tang Dynasty's expedition fleet arrived at various places on the east coast of America, the first place it came to was not the Sanhezhou area that was still controlled by Spain at that time, but the later New York further north.
Washington area.
Of course, when the Tang Dynasty people came here, it was still a deserted place without any signs of civilization. Later, the expedition ship entered one of the rivers and found that the land on both sides was extremely fertile. If developed properly, it would be almost as good as the native Jiangnan.
Therefore, Jiang called this area the new Jiangnan of the empire, and the river was called the new Yangtze River.
However, imperial officials rarely used repeated place names such as Xinjiangnan and Xinzhejiang, so later the official removed one of the characters and called it Xinnan, and the river was called Xinnan River.
New South later established counties and established New South County, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the Central State. New South County was the earliest and largest colony of the empire on the east coast of North America. It was the capital of the Central State and was also home to the navy.
A military base on the eastern coast of North America.8)