open sea

Chapter 561
"Senior, let's call me Erlang, Chen is just a younger generation who went to sea a few years earlier than Duke Yin."

Regardless of whether Yin Zhengmao's title is taken seriously, Chen Mu is not serious anyway-as the saying goes, people are as tall as people who don't ask for others, not to mention that since Yin Zhengmao was appointed Minister of the West, it only took a few days for him to become an important minister of the Beiyang Army. To put it bluntly, they are colleagues at the same level.

The only thing that is more is a title, and a title and an official position are two different things... It is meaningless to get along with officials, even if you are a duke, if you serve as the chief military officer, you still have to bow to the governor.

Can't you say that you can fight against your boss with a special allowance?
nonexistent.

What's more, it is ten times easier for Yin Zhengmao to be knighted than Chen Mu for equal meritorious service!
"Duke Yin came just in time. I don't have good wine and food to entertain you, but there is a picture for you to see."

Chen Mu welcomed Yin Zhengmao into the hundred-household yamen. He was telling the truth. The Dagukou Fortress was a hundred-household establishment. He never expected that Yin Zhengmao would come to visit him, ask someone to make tea, and hand over the design drawings of the Beiyang yamen. He took it out and enthusiastically combined several tables and put them on top for Yin Zhengmao to watch.

Chen Mu prepared the map very proudly. In fact, he watched Yin Zhengmao's expression carefully. He wanted to know what kind of person this was, and even more wanted to know whether such a person with a bad reputation would affect his opinion of Daming Overseas. layout.

He originally thought that the Minister of Western Affairs would be Gao Gong's position. Even if Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng had a rift, overseas affairs could not be handled by others. Even if there was a naval lecture hall, he really wanted to wait at least ten years for those people to be able to take charge on their own. .

Chen Mu always thought that the ministers from all over the world would only come from his Nanyang department, but he didn't expect it to be Yin Zhengmao.

Yin Zhengmao looked at it very carefully, even more carefully than Chen Mu imagined. He even got up to find out the rules in the yamen, and carefully compared the distance on the design drawing of the Cannon Temple, which was bought into the Haikou gate... Chen Mu Mu Dou suspects that Yin Zhengmao deliberately pretended to be so careful.

The entire set of design drawings includes structures such as bastions, cannon temples, steel brick and mud structures, trench artillery defenses, etc. It is not from Nanyang that it is difficult to understand.

For a long time, Yin Zhengmao carefully groped for the setting diagram like this. Chen Mu could only wait for him to watch, even a little sleepy, only to see Yin Zhengmao put down the rules and looked up at the bored Chen Mu, hesitating for a moment before asking seriously Said: "Will Jing Haibo tell the truth that there are enemies overseas who can break through the defense of Leiden and directly invade our Tianjin Wei?"

Before Chen Mu could speak, Yin Zhengmao pointed to the inscription on the design drawing. Yin Zhengmao's fingers were short with wide knuckles. It was Chen Mu who wrote it in charcoal: Beiyang Yamen - Jinmen Jinghai position.

"Coastal defense heavy artillery, deep ditches and high moats, and temple turrets are similar to Nanyang Junfu Island; these industrial plots referred to by Bo Jinghai are also similar to those near Guangzhou, except that there are still large areas of land for farming. This is the past Jinghai. It has never been seen in the place where Haibo is."

Yin Zhengmao frowned. He didn't seem to feel that it was embarrassing for him to inspect all the places Chen Mu had visited before saying it. He raised his head and asked again: "Overseas, there are six Ding Liujias who can't do it." Winner?"

How should Chen Mu answer this question?

Dagukou was captured after [-], but he just wanted to repair it, so can he manage it?
"Duke Yin doesn't need to worry too much. There may be warships overseas that can win Liuding Liujia, but there is no possibility of attacking here." Chen Mu said with a smile: "It's just that Chen came here to see Dagu, which is so close to the capital. The important town has been in disrepair for a long time, so it is deliberately renovated, since it is renovated, why not use the best defensive position to repair it?"

Yin Zhengmao took a deep look at Chen Mu, and said with emotion, "I'm afraid that the imperial court will not allow the Beiyang Yamen to build such a magnificent pass. It's still Jing Haibo who has the courage to make such a proposal, and the lower officials will never dare On—this silver tael, could it be that the Nanyang Military Government paid for it?"

Chen Mu blinked, Yin Zhengmao asked the question knowingly.

Up to now, Chen Mu has understood that Yin Zhengmao's job report is different from his own. His own job report is to return the job and go to Xu Da; Yin Zhengmao probably also goes to Xu Da, but he has already accepted the new job.

Chen Mu just pursed his lips and smiled, but in fact he was already a little anxious.

You, an old man who is over sixty years old, traveled thousands of miles to Shuntian to go straight to Dagukou, and even with his ass, he knew whether he wanted to sleep here and have a good meal—whether he was extorting money or extorting people, he had to make it clear If so, let us rush to ask what you need?

Who knew that Yin Zhengmao sighed, shook his head and said: "This is not possible, the Western Army is newly established, and there is no money and food. Such a position is good, but it is difficult to use abroad."

"The charter of the position has been written down by the lower officials. Please trouble Jing Haibo to point out how to build up the places you pass when you go to a foreign country? Like this, those are the most important ones. Keep everything simple."

Yin Zhengmao arched his hands, Chen Mu felt relieved, and asked after consideration: "Since the Western Army Mansion is empty, the Nanyang Army Mansion will pay 20 taels of silver first?"

"Hahaha, Jing Haibo misunderstood!"

Yin Zhengmao raised his head and laughed, and then said seriously: "Teaching people how to fish is worse than giving them fish. This old man has a bad official reputation, but he has a good fortune. First, he went to Tianjin to report on his duties. First, he came to see the superior, and second, he came to ask Jing Haibo for advice. Everything at sea."

"To tell you the truth, before reporting on my duties, I first went to Guangzhou Mansion, then boarded Macau and Nanyangwei Port, and took a boat to visit the Nanyang Military Mansion... I didn't read the accounts. If I wanted to, I would explain it to Bo Jinghai." Yin Zhengmao said Smiling at Chen Mu, he said: "I don't ask Jing Haibo for advice in vain. I have two things to say. If it is useful, I will ask Jing Haibo to tell you about Western affairs; how?"

Exchange hostages?

"The junior would like to thank Mr. Yin. If the two things are useful, the junior will not only know everything, but also allocate 20 taels of silver to the Western military government to recruit soldiers, purchase armaments, and purchase food and grass. I know Yin Gong has a good way of making money. , this right should be used as the start-up funds allocated to Dongxi Eryang while Chen is still in control of Siyang's financial power, and there will be no such good days in the future."

Hearing what Chen Mu said, Yin Zhengmao's eyes moved slightly, then picked up the charcoal pencil on the table, drew a few dots on the design drawing, and said: "The old man inspected Weigang, Junfu Island and Hanglai Tianjinwei, and then he watched Out of Chen Shuai's consistent deployment, he strives to bombard with heavy artillery, deep ditches and high moats, but he misses the battlements. He chooses a high place to look around and build piers. "

"When I was in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi, the old man made a detailed badge of the battle order, which has been handed over to the naval lecture hall. If Bo Jinghai thinks it is useful, he can order someone to fetch it—maybe Chen Shuai knows it but thinks it is useless, or he missed it. Because the old man found out that the Nanyang Military Mansion obeyed Chen Shuai's order abnormally, even if there was a better method, he would not dare to use it without Chen Shuai's order, so I made this statement."

Chen Mu realized that he had missed this, and without showing timidity, he smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Indeed, as Duke Yin said, I have been using the god's eyepiece and ship patrols as early warnings, so I missed the beacon."

"As for the second, it is also related to Chen Shuai's decision on the Nanyang issue. I visited the Nanyang Armament Bureau. Nearby, Xinhui and Foshan have coal roasted to form reefs. It is very labor-saving to make iron, but the Military Armament Bureau is due to Chen Shuai’s order is to use only willow wood—Your Excellency, you know that reefs can last five days without dying out, and frying ore and boiling stones is the most labor-saving.”

Yin Zhengmao looked at Chen Mu's stunned expression, cupped his hands and said, "Is this old man's words useful to Yu Jinghaibo?"

Chen Mu's astonishment was a bit different from Yin Zhengmao's imagination.

With a very embarrassed expression, he let out his breath slowly, and cupped his hands towards Yin Zhengmao.

Maybe I am the only one who was asked by the ancients 'do you know what coke is? 'The time traveler.

　In 1961, coke was found at the iron-making site in the late Xianchun period of the Southern Song Dynasty in Xinhui, Guangdong.

　　Benxi coking started in the early Ming Dynasty.

　　"Coal is produced everywhere. If it is roasted and closed, it will be turned into a stone. Then it will be cut into the furnace and called a reef. It will not be extinct for five days. It is very labor-saving to fry the ore and boil the stone." ——Ming, Fang Yizhi "Little Knowledge of Physics"

　　"(Beijing) coking coal for smelting and casting" - Ming Dynasty, Li Xu's Essays on Jiean Old Man

　　
　
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