Volume VIII 1230 Ponytail has elites

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Fujian Province on the southeast coast of the Qing Dynasty, in the middle of the map, the Min River originates in the depths of Wuyi Mountain, stretches for thousands of miles from Fuzhou into the sea, and the opposite side of the sea is the famous Taiwan Island, but at this time Taiwan is still in an incomplete state of development, and all of them are in the stage of transition from barbarism to farming.

At this time, the flowers of the Taiwan Strait are still concentrated on the side of the mainland, from Zhangzhou Mansion all the way north to Quanzhou Mansion, Xinghua Mansion, Fuzhou Mansion, and Funing Mansion...... A string of seaport cities, relying on the commercial trade of Westerners, gradually prospered, although this kind of commercial trade was not something that the Qing Dynasty was happy to see, but once some things appeared, it was difficult to turn back.

Fuzhou Prefecture relies on the Minjiang River and the seaport, and was the first to sign trade treaties with Britain and France, so it is already a well-known commercial town in the southeast at this moment, with a thriving population and a prosperous industry, and most of the taxes of the Qing Dynasty in Fujian come from here.

To the east of Fuzhou Prefecture, there is an area called Mawei, and this is Zuo Zongtang's dream place, the birthplace of the Qing Navy, where the Mawei Shipyard and the Mawei Chuan Zheng School are located.

In 1866, Zuo Zongtang surveyed Fuzhou and found an excellent port in Mawei Village that was just right to build his dream shipyard and school, and with the assistance of Lin Zexu's son-in-law Shen Baozhen, most of the infrastructure had been completed in just two years, and the first two batches of students had been recruited.

This is a rare school in the Qing Dynasty that mainly teaches Western knowledge, which not only teaches English, French and foreign history, but also teaches basic mathematics, analytic geometry, calculus, physics, mechanics, hull construction, steam engine construction and other courses, and of course, geography, nautical astronomy, nautical theory, etc.

This was a complete outlier in the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century, fortunately this is far away Fujian rather than the more closed north, fortunately this is the sphere of influence of the Hunan army Zuo Zongtang, otherwise this school would have been closed long ago with the social atmosphere at that time.

The establishment of the Harbour Master's Academy is of course the first training of naval talents, and the school built with a lot of money will not only train commercial captains, but also these young students, in addition to various cultural courses, will also receive very strict military training.

There are swimming lessons that can not be carried out every day, there are boat drill lessons every three or five days, and even these students have learned from the Ryukyus and set up wargame deduction courses.

On the deserted beach, the young cadets operate advanced guns, they are all future officers, Miao Zi Zuo Zongtang will naturally not be stingy with their education funds, the amount of ammunition consumed by these children each time they shoot live ammunition targets should be placed in the general green camp, and the quartermaster will be scared to death.

It is in this rigorous training that the first batch of trainees has matured rapidly in just over two years, and if you do not compare with other universities in the Ryukyus, their level is definitely the highest in Asia.

The sea breeze blows and the seabirds sing. Off the coast of Fuzhou, a small dhowing boat is cruising on the sea, and a group of young people about 20 years old on the deck are taking turns to operate sextants and other nautical equipment.

However, today's atmosphere is a little different, and the students who are usually engrossed in it are a little absent-minded, and some people are even secretly talking to each other, which makes the instructor Ri Yige very embarrassed, he always thinks that there is something wrong with his teaching method.

Yan Fu ...... Brother Yan, come here, come quickly......" Dodging the instructor's gaze, several young students at the end of the deck were waving to another person, and soon the student named Yan Fu sneaked a glance at the instructor, and then walked over quickly.

"Liu Buchan, are you crazy, aren't you afraid that the instructor will deduct your credits? I tell you that you will take the big exam in half a month, you should be careful......"

Liu Buyun said with an indifferent face, "Who can take care of those now?" Ye Bojun, you tell Brother Yan about the latest news!"

The young man named Ye Bojun lowered his voice and said, "A few days ago, someone from my family came to give me a single coat and secretly sued me, saying that now Prime Minister Xiao Cheng of the Ryukyus has blocked the news exchange inside and outside Naha, and it means that the war is about to begin......"

"Really?" a young and heroic student in the crowd said, "Great, these Rakshasa ghosts are really arrogant, so many Chinese people have been killed in Bai Layi, this revenge must be avenged!

The child who spoke was called Deng Shichang, and he was the outstanding top student among these students, young but heroic, and from the first day of entering the hall, he had vowed to become a real battleship captain.

The ancients had a horse leather shroud, and in Deng Shichang's heart, it was his dream to die with the ship.

Liu Buyun sighed and shook his head, "Who says it's not, the other side of the sea has built ironclad warships that surpass the Europeans, but what about us......? Damn, what age is it, if you don't hurry up and get on the steam ironclad ship, when do you want to drag it out?"

Everyone felt the same and sighed together, and Yan Fu said helplessly: "The current money of the imperial court has been used in the Xishan camp and the northwest to quell the chaos, where is the spare money to buy new ships? And Lord Zuo and Lord Zeng will not dare to buy such a big thing as a warship, and if they dare to buy a warship privately, it is not an attempt to cut off the land and stand on their own! Therefore, it is difficult to say that it is difficult......

Everyone was silent for a while, and after waiting for a while, Liu Buyun opened his mouth and changed the topic: "Forget it, let's think about next year's big exam, this time we have to grab the places in Europe, and don't leave one behind, I heard that it is the most famous University of Plymouth and Greenwich Naval College in the United Kingdom that are going to send us! That is the dream of all naval officers!"

At the mention of these two names, everyone's breath became short, "That's right, no one is missing, let's go together, go together!"

At this time, the French instructor Riyige at the bow of the boat finally discovered them, he frowned and walked towards Deng Shichang and the others, he decided to punish these students who dared to desert, even if they usually had excellent grades, they could not get used to this problem.

Liu Buyun and the others discovered the atmosphere of the instructor, and hurriedly greeted them with a bitter face and prepared to accept the instructor's reprimand, but as soon as they took two steps, they were surprised to find that the face of the instructor opposite suddenly changed.

And the instructor's eyes clearly passed over the few of them, and threw themselves behind everyone, and threw themselves into the distant sea at the tail of the sailboat.

Deng Shichang and the others subconsciously looked back to see what was happening, but they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

"Oh my God! What's that?"

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