At this moment, other carriage doors were also opened. Chang Jinquan walked over slowly with his uncle's poem. Of course, Zhang Han also went over to salute. Then he saw the old shopkeeper Zhou Fengji bowing to him. Zhang Han quickly returned the salute, and then he came down with Zhang Xuezeng's smiling face.

"It's time." Zhang Han took Zhang Xuezeng's hand and smiled relievedly: "San Uncle, you came here by Qiao Xuwen and the others."

The convoy here also saw the dynamic and static convoy, but Zhang Xuezeng did not expect that it was a mission to welcome the north. When he heard this, the old man shivered.

"Okay," Zhang Han looked around, looking around, all of whom he was closest to in this era. He was full of joy at this moment and couldn't even care about business. He immediately announced loudly: "Go home, hold a banquet, and don't care about anything else!"

Li Shenming also rushed over and saluted Chang and Chang, while saying laughter and cry: "The ceremony over there has not been finished yet."

"I'll finish it." Zhang Han put on the face of the superior and said unreasonably: "Brother Zunlu will make a few perfunctory words and then close the stall. How can I deal with the Russians? Do you want me to say more?"

"I know, I need to take enough meat and wine!"

"Just know." Zhang Han laughed.

...

It was only on the third day that Zhang Han had time to meet Petrien and his group.

Of course, Petrilin and others looked very bad. They had enough wine and meat these days, and no matter no one talked to them, they were still neglected.

This is called Petrilin and others remembered their experience in Lizhuang last year. It was a lot of cold days. If they hadn't happened to know that Tomsk had Russia's best experts in ocean navigation and shipbuilding, the agreement would have been impossible.

"It's a great honor to meet Lord Zhang." Madoff said without any yin and yang.

Zhang Han did not answer him, but said, "I want to meet Mr. Jezhnev."

Petrien said dissatisfiedly: "He doesn't know Mongolian language, he only knows simple words."

"It's okay." Zhang Han pointed to Zhang Xuwen beside him and said, "He can translate."

Petrien wanted to refuse, but remembered the artillery and army outside the city that day, he could not show his tough attitude, so he had to agree with a stiff attitude.

Grigori and others were also very dissatisfied, but their wildness could not break out. There were dozens of attendants and special service personnel around them, all armed with live ammunition. The Russians were only kept with scimitars and were not allowed to meet with firearms. Grigori and others were very fierce, but not idiots.

Everyone's faces were a little stiff. Fortunately, Jezhnev maintained the true nature of a senior technician. His attitude was very calm. He also retained his self-esteem and calmness towards a big man like Zhang Han.

"I wonder what is the strategic purpose of Lord Zhang's plan to build a ship in the South China Sea?"

After all, Jezhnev was not a pure nerd, otherwise the Tsar would not have asked him to command the construction fleet. Now when he came to Lizhuang, there was still a hint of regret on the face of this tall and thin Russian.

"Our future opponent is the Dutch." Zhang Han said: "I don't want to defeat the Dutch by using Chinese small boats by arson or jumping gangs. It requires a large number of troops and relevant personnel to ensure logistics, and a lot of training and actual combat. What I want is a larger warship, better and more artillery than the Dutch, and defeat them at sea with dignified decisive defeat."

When Zhang Xuwen translated, Petrine and Madoff gave winks.

Petrien whispered: "It seems that Mr. Zhang is really ambitious."

Madoff exclaimed in a low voice: "Dutch, the sea coachman, we Russians dare not even think about it."

The two looked like crazy, and Zhang Han also briefly informed Russia of the situation in China's southern waters. The mistrace was complicated and there were forces from all countries. Of course, the biggest one was the Dutch East India Company established in Batavia, which had more than a dozen large warships and a large number of merchant ships, followed by the Spaniards. After the invincible fleet was destroyed, the Spaniards' maritime hegemony was gradually dying, but at this stage, the lean camels were larger than horses, and the Spaniards could still make a lot of profits from the ship line from South America to Luzon to China. And every year, the Clark sailing ships on the entire ship line transported South American gold to Spain.

There is another reason for Spain's real decline, and it has just begun...

"That will take a long time..." Jezhnev did not amaze like his Russian compatriots, but there was deep suspicion in his eyes.

"Mr.." Zhang Han smiled and said, "Our southern China has a large number of suitable maritime talents, which is far different from the reserves of your Russians in maritime talents... I know that sir is an outstanding shipbuilding and navigating talent, but do you Russians have enough ordinary sailors? Is the ocean awareness enough? In these two ways, there are a lot of southern China. Zheng Zhilong brothers, He Bin, and Gan Hui are all the top maritime talents in southern China. Mr. Jezhnev will not deny this?"

Jezhnev could only nod... He Bin and Zheng Zhilong and others often chatted with him. At this time, when they wanted to lure Jezhnev, they were quite beneficial from the dialogue between the two sides. Jezhnev was able to understand the general situation of China's South China Sea and the entire South China Sea. The Zheng brothers and others also mastered some real knowledge of navigation. Originally, this knowledge was asked to be explored step by step after running around the sea for more than ten years.

The Zheng family's warship only has one first gun, and at most a few small guns are added. This kind of warship cannot be compared with the Dutch Garen ship with dozens of guns. Fortunately, the naval battle also takes into account various complex factors such as wind speed and waves, and the power of the artillery in this era is not very powerful after all... In the record, there are too many examples of a naval battle against a few hours, and the ships of both sides were shot dozens of times, and then they swayed home for dinner.

The naval battle between Britain and Spain was mainly about jumping gang battles and near-side shooting. Of course, artillery was also useful, but it was not as big as imagined.

If you have many experienced sailors, you can jump to elite sailors who fight. In fact, it is enough to be rampant without a large warship. It is not too late to defeat the enemy first and then slowly make up for the lessons... The peak of the sailing warship was still two hundred years later. The artillery casting technology, gunpowder and shells caught up, and the naval battle began to become extremely dangerous. The loser often dies hundreds of people on a ship, unless the enemy exerts mercy and rescues at sea. However, there are few knight spirits at sea after all, and most of the parties that are sunk will end tragedy.

Waiting for the steam and sail warships to appear and then waiting for the steam iron armored ship to appear, that is another kind of naval battle. At that time, hundreds of years have passed since the white-skinned men of Europe went into the sea to set sail.

The Zheng family's navy used a large number of small boats, small gunships, fireboats, and a large number of experienced sailors who could jump to fight. Jumping on the sea was not as simple as expected. Two ships collided and wanted to catch the sidelines and jumped over. On the opposite side was an enemy who was like a wolf or a tiger trying to tear you into pieces. Under his feet was the endless sea with wind and waves. Soldiers without experience or courage could not perform such a battle mission, and it was impossible to win at all.

If Zhang Han wants to have an excellent sailor of tens of thousands of people, he will have to operate for at least ten or eight years. The sailors are not like the mainland division, and it is enough to be trained and fought two battles. Without the experience of sailing and fighting on the sea for many years, it is impossible to train an excellent navy through training.

If there are top sailing talents, plus sailors who are used to sea storms and waves, and train a group of qualified gunners, they can compete with maritime powers like the Netherlands in the South China Sea, which is nothing more than spending money... After all, East Asia is not the center of interest for the Netherlands. Now the Dutch and the British are going to war in Europe. It took decades for the two sides to decide the outcome from tentative attacks to big fights. If the Dutch sent one tenth of their 20,000 merchant ships and a large number of warships to East Asia, Zhang Han would have to wash and sleep...

These things cannot be told too much about Dyzhnev. Although the man in front of him looked like an intellectual, he was actually a greedy and risky Russian at heart. Otherwise, how could he dare to build a ship to the Arctic Ocean? Although the Arctic Ocean is the smallest, it is also the most dangerous and difficult sea area. With the years of freezing, a large number of icebergs and extremely bad weather, the guy in front of him actually wanted to build a ship to go into the sea from the estuary in order to find a way to continue east and an estuary for Russia!

"Anyway..." Zhang Han continued calmly: "This is our purpose. In order to achieve the goal, I have provided Taiwan with nearly two million silver dollars. In the future, I will provide more financial support. Now what I want is Mr. Jezhnev's support..."

"Then please let Lord Zhang see this first... This is the design we got from the Dutch..." Jezhnev still maintained that cold and reserved look, holding a large stack of ship design drawings for Zhang Han to show.

Perhaps the more ambition Zhang Han showed, the more he wanted to get the vast oceans and benefits of the South Ocean, the more he felt heartbroken among Russians like Dyzhnev.
Chapter completed!