Chapter 531: Idle people

Yu Chenglong felt that the atmosphere was a little different these days. His colleagues were always good at breaking contact. Even his close friend Zhou Ruhai refused to come to him to have fun. He vaguely felt that this might be related to Shen Ao, but no matter what, he could not explain it. He felt depressed. He still went to the Ministry of Works during the day and did not go out to meet at night. He closed in the study to review the gunboat drawings. He had seen the drawings for many craftsmen. The craftsmen made a small model and found that many things in the drawings were difficult to realize, such as putting the cannon in the cabin and leaving the gun mouth on the hull. Not to mention anything else, even if the iron cannons were improved, their size would definitely be great. Once the iron cannon was opened, it was still unknown whether the structure in the cabin could withstand it.

What interested Jackie Chan the most was the sails of this ship. Seven or eight sails were used, and the hull was narrow and long, so the speed of the ship must be much faster than the bulky blessed ship.

He roughly studied some details and almost finalized the modification. Then he remembered that he had been staying in the door for several days, so he stretched and asked someone to prepare a sedan chair to visit Zhou Ruhai. After all, it was a friendship of more than ten years, so he had to meet him.

When I arrived at Zhou Mansion, I asked someone to go in and report. The doorman came over with a smile and said, "Sir, it's really a coincidence that my master went to the banquet."

"Go to a banquet? What banquet?"

"The villain doesn't know either, he just talks about the posts from Cai's house."

Yu Chenglong was stunned for a moment, sat in the sedan chair and stopped moving, and said coldly: "Go back home."

Along the way, Yu Chenglong's face was not good-looking. In the past, if the Cai Mansion issued a post, Zhou Ruhai would not be able to say whether he had any share, but Yu Chenglong was sure to have it. He was a doctor at the Ministry of Works, and his duties were louder than Zhou Ruhai's Imperial Heaven Supervision. Now that Cai Mansion invites someone to a banquet, he is actually in the dark. Isn't this trying to deliberately alienate himself?

When he returned to the mansion, the sedan chair man asked him to get out of the sedan chair. He gritted his teeth and said, "Get up the sedan chair and go to Lord Shen Ao Shen's mansion. By the way, I'll go to my study and bring the drawings on the table."

The sedan chair owner went to the mansion to pick up things and set off immediately. Yu Chenglong sat in the sedan chair and was shaking, but his heart was overwhelmed. When things got to this point, there was nothing to be a taboo. He believed that there was no place to be sorry for the Cai family and Zhou Ruhai. Now he was deliberately alienated and he had nothing to say. Since this is the case, it would be better to be willing to do a good job for Shen Ao.

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Shen Ao had just returned from the Wubei Academy. He was so tired that he was too busy to recruit the school these days. Although there were people from the lower class to do the recruitment, as a officials, he had to finalize many things. Moreover, such a large-scale examination could not be planned, so he had to discuss with the Imperial College and borrow a venue for use. Of course, it was easy to talk to the Imperial College, and his father-in-law nodded without saying a word.

In addition, the identity of the navy coach was also finalized. When he returned from the court, Shen Ao sent another *** to the Ministry of War. He also considered it clearly. If the Ministry of War dared to refuse this time, he would directly catch the Ministry of War as a member of King Su. Anyway, he didn't care about being called out for a long time.

Fortunately, this time the Ministry of War learned its lesson, so it took Shen Ao's *** and immediately took it to Cai Tao to ask for instructions. Cai Tao thought about it and wanted to ignore it, but was begged by the heads of the Ministry of War, saying that since Lord Shen had given up the ***, we would follow him and go against him again. God knows what will happen again.

All the people's thoughts were very simple. Cai Tao had a good man, but they didn't. Chen Ao couldn't treat Cai Tao in the face of Grand Master Cai, but he was not easy to deal with people like him? The Minister of the Secretariat retired in disgrace. Didn't they just follow the surname Chen?

Cai Tao gritted his teeth and had to say, "Follow the words in the ***." It is said that when he returned from the Ministry of War, Cai Tao broke two blue and white porcelain vases.

Everything is ready, but the east wind is not available. Now the recruitment matters are over. Now I will wait for the results to come out. Chen Ao returned home tiredly and had already made plans. He took advantage of this time to rest for a few days. The rest is a huge matter, so he didn't care about it.

Just after I was resting in the hall, a concierge came to report the news, saying that Yu Chenglong, a doctor from the Ministry of Works, asked for a meeting.

Chen Ao had no choice but to cheer up and invited someone to call Yu Chenglong in. When Yu Chenglong saw Chen Ao, he immediately saluted respectfully. After that, he took out the drawings he had modified countless times and handed them to Chen Ao and said, "Mr. Shen, I went back to the ministry and discussed some of the supervisors and manufacturers, and invited some craftsmen to think about it for a lot of effort. This is the modified drawing of the gunboat. Please see it."

In fact, Chen Ao only stayed in later film and television works with the so-called gunboat. He took the drawings and found that they were far from what he had hoped before. He smiled and said, "I don't understand this, but looking at your drawings, it seems that it took a lot of effort. Try it first, and remember your contributions if it succeeds or not."

Yu Chenglong was flattered and said, "Where is the official who dares to take credit?"

Chen Ao and Yu Chenglong discussed the construction of ships and asked him where the boat shop is convenient. Yu Chenglong pondered: "Sea boats are different from ordinary ships. It will be more convenient for the boat shop to be close to the good port. Moreover, in the future, the navy needs to find a port, so why not prepare for the future now?"

Chen Aohe nodded, but unexpectedly, the doctor of the Ministry of Works had such knowledge, so he asked with a smile: "Then tell me which port is the best."

Yu Chenglong said: "Originally, Quanzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou are both good. In the Song Dynasty, wherever the Maritime Bureau was built, it would not be a problem. The water depth was enough and it would be easier to build a ship. It was just..."

Chen Ao picked up the tea and blew the tea foam. Seeing Yu Chenglong suddenly stopped talking, he raised his eyes and said, "It's okay to say it, but it doesn't matter, there is no need to worry about it."

Yu Chenglong said: "Then the officials first talk about Quanzhou. Quanzhou is too far from the north, and the main enemy of the newly built naval army in our Song Dynasty was the Khitan and Jin people. This time, it delayed the fighter plane and was very expensive. As for Suzhou and Hangzhou, it was not too far away, but Xiaguan dared to say that there were many merchant ships in Suzhou and Hangzhou. If the navy was set up there, it would be inevitable that the navy would be hindered."

Chen Ao nodded: "This is right. It's rare that you can think so thoughtfully. Just say that, where is the most suitable place?"

Yu Chenglong thought for a while and said, "Penglai County, Dengzhou is OK. If you walk from the Sixteen Prefectures by sea, it will only take one day to travel back and forth, but if you take the land, it will be long and you will not be able to reach it without a month. This means that even if one day the Khitans and the Jin people head south from land, Penglai will be absolutely safe. Moreover, Penglai faces the sea, there are Sangou Mountain in the west, Lai Mountain in the south, and Fushan in the east, surrounded by the sea on one side and mountains on three sides. It is an excellent barrier. As long as a team of troops are stationed at the pass, even if the bandits take Dengzhou, the navy will be safe."

"Penglai..." Chen Ao smiled slightly. This county is roughly near Weihaiwei, not far from the port of the later Beiyang Navy. If you were to quickly whip Bianjing, it would take only three or five days to reach it. It would be nice to set up a port there. He pondered for a while before saying, "It is good to set up a naval command yamen there, but there must be a navy stationed in Quanzhou and Suhang. You are a doctor in the Ministry of Works, how can you know so many things?"

Yu Chenglong said embarrassedly: "The Xiaguan is from Penglai." He couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Shen, the navy is still stationed in Quanzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou?"

Chen Ao took a sip of tea and found that the tea was cold. He felt a little unhappy when he was in his mouth. He put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "This is certain. Such a big navy, relying on His Majesty's allocation of money from the inner warehouse alone? This is not enough. You have to make a fortune. Suhang and Quanzhou are the places where money is made." Chen Ao couldn't reveal too much to him, so he looked at him with appreciation, and then said: "You are a very capable person. A doctor in the Ministry of Works has wronged you."

Yu Chenglong said modestly: "You are polite, Lord Shen."

After talking about some official duties, Yu Chenglong said goodbye. On the way back, he remembered that he had said too many things just now. I wonder if Lord Shen was really worried or just false polite after hearing these words. He shook his head and couldn't help but think that he was a god, but when he talked to him today, he didn't look like a reckless person.

Autumn goes to winter, and 3,000 second-class lieutenants of the Martial Arts School have officially entered the school. Unlike last year's lieutenants, this year's lieutenants have some joy in entering this school. It is indeed a sense of accomplishment to be able to stand out from so many people. Although they can't pass the imperial examination, they are also somewhat confident.

When the old lieutenants saw these happy new lieutenants, they looked at them sympathetically. They were used to this kind of life, but the torment when they entered school was vivid in their minds. When they saw them, they could not help but think of themselves a year ago.

The instructors and teachers of various subjects were also ready. More than 40 new instructors have been added to the Infantry Department, and they have also carefully selected them. The navy teacher has now become more official, and this month's training has finally become a little bit. I don't know whether the bad habits have been changed. They don't have the chance to offend them anymore. As for basic subjects such as the queue, they gradually adapted and were a little bit energetic. At this time, they thought of Chen Ao. People who licked blood from the knife are free and easy on the surface, but in fact they know their own suffering. They have wandered on the sea all year round, and they are rarely seen with relatives. Others look down on them. Although they have accumulated a lot of wealth and dispersed quickly, they have now become instructors and coaches. There are differences in their identities. Although they say goodbye to the past, it is still a happy event.

Ma Junke's lieutenant Han Fan was also carefully selected. Most of these were transferred from border towns, and they were optimistic about the future here and were ready to go.

The exercises are still done step by step, and there is no need to innovate a flower. Chen Ao would go there when he has free time, just take a look and urge and comfort him. He would go to a corner of the martial arts school, which is surrounded by high walls, and there are imperial guards at the door. When he walked into it, the fragrance of medicine was filled with medicine. This is a specially set up nursing department. There are only more than twenty nursing lieutenants in it, but there are many instructors, most of whom are old military doctors. In the morning, they still have to train in a queue, but other lieutenants are under the scorching sun and rain. Their treatment will be better, and they usually practice under the eaves. In the afternoon, they will teach them to identify herbs and deal with wounds.

When Chen Ao walked in, he raised his head and opened his chest, held his hands, and looked serious. When he entered, he had to glance with his eyes to see if the Cunniang was tanned. In fact, it doesn’t matter whether he was tanned or not, but it gradually became a habit that could not be changed.

Sometimes Han Shizhong would come quietly. He didn't dare to hold his head up and hold his hands behind his back, but he looked serious as an official businessman. When he bumped into Chen Ao, he immediately felt embarrassed and came over to say hello: "Mr. Shen is here too."

"Ah...yeah...walking around." Chen Ao was thick-skinned and had a bigger posture.

Han Shizhong rubbed his hands and met somewhere else. He was not unfamiliar at all. Only when he got here, he was like a teenage mouse being peeked at, very uneasy.

After a while, the tacit understanding between the two people came. This is how they were trained in their faces. So what about Han Shizhong? Having a word loyal does not mean loyalty. Even if loyalty in the past does not mean loyalty now, anyway, when I saw Chen Ao later, I just smiled knowingly, meaning that you know that my adults and I have their own preferences.

Pin'er and Liang Hongyu learned the most seriously, and they could hold on when practicing. They were both from martial arts and suffered so much. However, although other nursing officers worked hard, they could not match them. Chen Ao didn't demand anything. They just took a look and left after a trip.

After leisure, An Ning's marriage period was getting closer and closer. Chen Ao was summoned to the palace several times, and sometimes it was three times a day. What did the empress dowager have to think again? What instructions did the official family have? And An Ning's mother also have to walk around. Chen Ao treated it as an inhabitant to enter the palace to relax. He took a break from his busy schedule and did not feel bored at all.

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Chapter completed!