The best little eunuch

Chapter 139 Secret Return to Beijing
Chapter 139 Secret Return to Beijing
"Your Excellency Governor, you are being polite. The general is very happy to hear that the Governor General is going to re-establish the Navy. The Navy Division has been waiting for such a long time and finally got this good news." Hu Ruowu said.If it weren't for the attachment to the navy in his heart, with his ability, he could have been transferred to other armies. At least the governor of Huguang Province has publicly stated many times that if Hu Ruowu is willing, he can appoint him as Huguang General Soldier However, Hu Ruowu refused because of his attachment to the Navy.

"This Governor's formation of the Navy requires General Hu's efforts." Lin Feng said: "No matter whether it is the Governor or the subordinates of the Governor, there is no one who understands the Navy, and the task of forming the Navy is left to General Hu gone."

"Thank you for your attention, sir, I will definitely do my best in the end." Hu Ruowu said happily.Now he finally has a place to use his skills.If Master Liu Yi of the Ministry of War hadn't kept promising him, I'm afraid she might not have persisted until now.Fortunately, he finally waited until this day.

The group walked back to the left-behind division. Lin Feng introduced the officials present to Hu Ruowu, and introduced Xin Hong in particular, and said, "This is General Xin Hong, the commander of my infantry. When General Hu arrives in the southeast province, he must Working with General Xin Hong."

"I have met General Xin Hong." Hu Ruowu hurriedly greeted Xin Hong.

Standing up and bowing back, Xin Hong said: "You are welcome, General Hu. You are the nobleman of the governor. When you arrive in the southeast province, as long as it is useful for me, please feel free to say it. As long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse." of."

"With General Xin Hong's words, the last general will have confidence in himself." Hu Ruowu said.Before he came to Jiangnan, he was worried that he would encounter all kinds of problems after arriving in Jiangnan. He also made up his mind that as long as he could train sailors, as for those problems, he could bear them.However, judging from the current situation, everyone is very friendly.

"General Hu, what is the number of personnel and warships in the Dongting Navy?" Lin Feng asked.When she left Beijing, the Queen Mother also said that don't expect too much from the Dongting Navy. It is already a miracle that the Dongting Navy can exist without military pay for so many years.

Sure enough, when Lin Feng asked, the expression on Hu Ruowu's face became ugly, and he said, "It's very bad. At present, there are only more than two hundred people in the Dongting Navy, and although there are still about ten warships, they can sail on the sea. Only one."

Although he was prepared in his heart, Lin Feng was still very happy when he saw the Dongting navy sailing to Jinling in great strength. Among other things, at least the dozen or so ships currently looked very majestic.However, I didn't expect that only one ship could sail at sea.

"My lord, warships are not a problem. As long as there is sufficient military expenditure, more than ten warships can be produced in a month. The last general has visited the Mawei Shipyard in the Southeast Province. They can build what we need. Battleship." Seeing the change in Lin Feng's expression, Hu Ruowu said quickly.What he was most worried about was that Lin Feng temporarily changed his mind and did not rebuild the navy.In that case, his dream will be completely shattered.

"General Hu misunderstood. Since the governor asked the court to ask you to come, it is natural to prepare enough funds." Lin Feng asked: "Is the first one million taels enough?"

Hu Ruowu couldn't believe it when he heard 100 million taels.Lin Feng actually attached so much importance to the navy. In his heart, he would be satisfied if Lin Feng could contribute 50 taels to build the navy.Unexpectedly, Lin Feng invested 50 taels in the early stage.Hu Ruowu couldn't believe it.

"Enough, enough. If you invested 100 million taels in the early stage, then the general will have to change a little bit." Hu Ruowu said: "The general originally thought that he would build a two-masted gunboat, but since you believe so much in the general , then I will boldly suggest that all be replaced with three-masted gunboats, and a Fuchuan can be built as a battle command."

Lin Feng did not understand the two-masted gunboats and three-masted gunboats that Hu Ruowu mentioned, but Lin Feng knew a little about the lucky boats that Hu Ruowu said. Boat.This kind of lucky boat can be compared to some small islands, where live chickens, ducks and other animals are raised, and they can be completely self-sufficient.

"I don't know that the lucky boat that General Hu mentioned is that kind of huge ship?" Lin Feng asked.After all, he has never seen a lucky boat in this world, what if it just has a different name?
"Yes, my lord." Hu Ruowu said excitedly, it turned out that Lin Feng also knew about Fu Chuan, it seems that Lin Feng was not ignorant of the navy.

From Hu Ruowu's introduction, Lin Feng knew that the ancient lucky boat was as tall as a building, with a broad top and a high head and tail, and guard plates on both sides.The whole ship is divided into four floors, the lower floor is filled with earth and stone ballast, the second floor is for soldiers, the third floor is the main operation place, and the upper floor is the combat place.The Fuchuan has a high bow and a strong impact device, which can plow and sink the enemy ship under the pressure of the wind, and use more boat power to win.Fuchuan has a draft of four meters and is an excellent deep-sea warship.Moreover, Fuchuan's unique double rudder design allows it to advance and retreat freely in both shallow and deep seas.

"Not bad, not bad." Lin Feng said: "This lucky boat is a good thing. If possible, we can replace all the warships in the navy with lucky boats."

"My lord, if they are all lucky boats, it will not be conducive to combat. You can follow the example of the previous navy and use the lucky boats as the main battleships and equip them with centipede ships." Hu Ruowu said: "The centipede ships are also relatively large warships. Since it is powered by the strokes of oars by sailors, the centipede ship can fight against the wind or with the wind, and it is not afraid of wind and waves, which can completely make up for the shortcomings of the Fuchuan's large size and inflexibility."

"Okay, okay, okay." Lin Feng said happily.It seems that this Hu Ruowu is very knowledgeable about naval divisions. If this is the case, then there is no problem.It just so happened that there was no one on my side who knew about navy, and Hu Ruowu just made up for this gap.

"General Hu, the governor will now appoint you as the chief soldier of the navy to be responsible for all training matters of the navy, and all the funds needed by the navy will be borne by the governor's office." Lin Feng said happily.

Standing up, Hu Ruowu said loudly: "Thank you, my lord, I will definitely do my best to train the sailors. It's just..."

"It's just what, General Hu boldly said, as long as it can be done, the governor is absolutely unambiguous." Lin Feng said.Lin Feng, who came from later generations, knows that the power to invade China comes from the sea. Without a strong navy, how can we resist these aggressions from the sea?
"The last general has a serious shortage of soldiers. We need to replenish soldiers." Hu Ruowu said.Now he has only two hundred people under his command, how can it be possible to rely on these two hundred people to form a navy.Therefore, the first step in forming a navy is to recruit troops.

"What's the point?" Lin Feng said: "This governor directly recruits elites from General Xin Hong's army, how about supplementing the navy?" After finishing speaking, Lin Feng looked at Xin Hong to see what he meant?
"No problem." Xin Hong patted his chest and said, "I, Xin Hong, trained all of them to be good players. Don't worry, General Hu. If one of the people I give you is not an elite, you can come directly to the barracks to beat me! "

"General Xin Hong is serious." Hu Ruowu said: "The last general doesn't want to transfer people from General Xin Hong's army. First, those people are already elite in the infantry, and it is really difficult to let them start from scratch in the navy. It's too wasteful, and second, the navy is different from the infantry, and the general wants to recruit troops by himself."

Hu Ruowu also knew that if he formed a navy and recruited troops by himself, who would this navy be in the end?Hu Ruowu naturally knew that Lin Feng would have such thoughts, but he still insisted on doing so, because since he came to the south of the Yangtze River, he had to train an elite navy, so that he could be worthy of his years of service. wait.

Lin Feng kept his head down, thinking.If Hu Ruowu is allowed to do everything independently, then at that time, the sailors who have spent money to train, but they themselves can't command, so wouldn't it be spending money to make wedding dresses for others?
"Does your lord have any concerns?" Hu Ruowu asked: "If your lord doesn't believe in the general, then the general will take the Dongting navy back now."

"Okay, I promise you!" Lin Feng said.He took a gamble, betting on his ability to know people, and even more on Hu Ruowu's character.

"Thank you, my lord. The final general will definitely not disappoint you." Hu Ruowu looked at Lin Feng and said firmly.Since Lin Feng believed in him so much, how could he disappoint Lin Feng?

"I don't know if General Hu has thought about where the navy will be stationed?" Lin Feng continued to ask.

Nodding his head, Hu Ruowu said: "The last general has already made up his mind. It is in the original Jiangnan navy station. Although it has been abandoned for a long time, it is indeed a good navy station, and some of the facilities there are complete. You only need to re-install it." Pack it up and it’s ready to use.”

"Okay, now that General Hu has made up his mind, the governor will wait for the good news from General Hu in Jinling." Lin Feng said.

"The last general will definitely not disappoint you!" Hu Ruowu said.

After sending Hu Ruowu away, Li Wenyuan said to Lin Feng: "My lord, you gave General Hu so much money all at once, and let him train the sailors completely independently. Then if General Hu has a different mind, all of your lord's will be lost." It’s gone in vain.”

"I'm gambling." Lin Feng said: "Since I transferred Hu Ruowu from Dongting Lake, I have to give him enough autonomy. It's like the emperor sent me to Jiangnan and gave me absolute power. .”

"However, my lord is the emperor's servant, and Hu Ruowu, my lord and him just met each other." Li Wenyuan said.

Looking at Li Wenyuan, Lin Feng smiled, and said: "I have always believed in one sentence: there is no doubt about employing people, and no need for others. Since I have chosen to use Hu Ruowu, I will give him absolute power so that he can play freely to the maximum extent. "

"Your officer knows." Seeing that Lin Feng had made up his mind, Li Wenyuan stopped persuading him.

"Master Li, I will trouble you to pay more attention to the Jiangnan taxation matter." Lin Feng said: "The little family property that has just been accumulated will be empty soon."

"Don't worry, my lord, the officials will supervise them as soon as possible. Let them pay the tax as soon as possible." Li Wenyuan said.

Generally speaking, Nanjiang's taxation is smooth. After all, the Yandao Yamen, which is the government's government, has taken the lead in paying taxes. Why don't you businessmen pay taxes?The smooth collection of taxes gave Lin Feng a lot of peace of mind. At least, he didn't have to worry about running out of money when he wanted to do things.

"Is the general in charge of the left-behind department still there?" Lin Feng approached Yao Xing and asked.These few days, when he was free, Lin Feng naturally wanted to fiddle with something.

"It is, but the artisans are gone." Yao Xing said: "The general and supervisor of the left-behind division has been abandoned for a long time, so the artisans are basically lost."

"How long will it take to gather the craftsmen again?" Lin Feng continued to ask.Although the artisans have been lost, that does not mean that these artisans cannot be found again, because the artisans are all registered, and as long as the country needs them, they must all come back.This is also the artisan household system of the Yan Dynasty.

"It's hard to say. Although there are thousands of people registered in the prison, the data is from decades ago. The prison has been abandoned long ago. I don't know how many people can be called back now. .” Yao Xing explained.When he first took over Jinling, Yao Xing also sorted out the subordinate yamen of the left-behind department. Basically, except for a few yamen that had to exist, most of the others were abandoned.

In recent years, the main energy of the imperial court has been placed on the north, while the control of the south, whether it is control or other things, has been much less.He has even adopted a tacit attitude towards the desertion of the left-behind department, and the crown prince no longer concurrently serves as the head of the left-behind department.The left-behind division exists in name only.

"How about this, try your best to call back all the craftsmen who will be prisons, let's go and see those muskets now, they are treasures." Lin Feng said.When he came back, he wanted to go and see those muskets, but he had been troubled by many things, and it was only now that he had the time to go and have a look.

"Yes, my lord." Yao Xing said, "Shall we go and see the muskets now?"

(End of this chapter)