Just when Zhu Hao was in the joy of becoming a father, Li Donglai reported that Shi Lang, who the young master was looking for, had come to Xuzhou and was in the guest house of the Marshal's Mansion. Zhu Hao was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered to bring someone to meet him.

After a while, Li Dong came to the study with a big man, and Zhu Hao carefully took a large number of naval combat wizards in front of him: about twenty years old, with a short beard on his face and a dark complexion, a pair of bright eyes, and his perennial sea career made him look quite old.

And Shi Lang was also looking at the world-famous commander of the new army, and he forgot to salute for a while. It wasn't until Li Dong coughed on the side that he came back to his senses, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "The villain offended the big handsome, please forgive the big handsome." ”

"It's okay, there's no need to be polite, get up and talk quickly, I don't kneel and bow in my new army." Zhu Hao said with a smile.

Seeing that Zhu Hao actually called his own words, Shi Lang was a little flattered, knowing that he was just a little-known leader of small soldiers under Zheng Zhilong before, with no name, but the person in front of him was the governor of the Three Mansions, the Marquis of the East China Sea, and the commander of the prestigious New Army, but he knew his name well, how could he not be afraid?

"Da Shuai, the villain is afraid, I don't know why the big man summoned the villain?" Shi Lang stood up and asked respectfully.

"Alas, don't be restrained, the people in my marshal's mansion have always been not so restrained, sit down, come and watch the tea."

"Xie Dashuai!" Shi Lang saw that Zhu Hao was quite easy-going, so he sat down boldly.

"Honor, I know you have questions in your heart, why I came all the way to find you, it's still your reason." Zhu Hao paused.

"You should have heard about the New Army, right?"

"Yes, although the villain is in Fujian, you and the name of the New Army have long been heard, and the villain has been yearning for the New Army for a long time." Shi Lang slapped a sycophant without a trace.

"Hehe, don't compliment me, the reason why we call the new army is to be different from the previous army, the new army, representing a new system, a new atmosphere, is a people's army dedicated to the country and the nation."

"Yes, the villain understands." Shi Lang didn't know what he was going to say, so he responded respectfully.

"However, the full name of our new army is the First Division of the Jianghuai New Army, and I am very ashamed to say it, there are no decent water warfare talents in our army, so I brought you here."

"Handsome love, in front of you, how dare the villain be big?" Shi Lang was a little frightened.

"Don't be presumptuous, since the year before last, I have sent people to various places to search for all kinds of talents, and I happened to hear that there is a young general in Fujian, who is very talented in water warfare, so I specially sent someone to invite you. Others don't know, but I know that you Shi Lang is a person with real talent and learning. It's not that I'm boasting, I, Zhu Hao, have always had a higher eye than the top, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get into my eyes, so I naturally have a detailed investigation to find you. Zhu Hao smiled.

"The villain is a cloth cloth, young and knowledgeable, and he can't afford to be praised by a handsome." Shi Lang was both moved and nervous when he heard Zhu Hao's praise.

"I don't look at people by their seniority. You see that the people in my Marshal's Mansion, whether it is Wang Fuzhi, Luo Yunqu, Zhang Huangyan, or Li Dingguo, are all young people in their twenties and thirties, and they can all be in charge now, and I believe that you will definitely be able to build an invincible fleet at sea in the future. Zhu Hao said sincerely.

"Dashuai, I..." Shi Lang said movingly.

Under the command of Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, Shi Lang is just a somewhat smart soldier, although Zheng Zhilong is a generation of heroes, he has always been inferior to people like Zhu Hao who are familiar with history in terms of knowing people. Although Shi Lang is young, his ambitions are not small, and now that he is appreciated by Zhu Hao, how can he not be grateful?

"Okay, Honor, it's not a homely thing to come today, let's get down to business, what do you think about the naval battle?"

"The villain believes that in order to build a strong sailor, you must first figure out the current situation at sea. I don't know what my new army sailors are doing at the moment? Seeing that Zhu Hao had entered the topic, Shi Lang also changed his expression and said seriously.

"The new army has six large ships of 2,000 materials, equipped with 50 naval guns, 30 large ships of 1,000 materials, equipped with 30 naval guns, most of which are newly built, and several other small ships, mostly old ships, with 3,500 sailors, commanded by Hu Jianye." Zhu Hao explained.

"Well, I didn't expect the new army sailors to have this scale. Now the east of the Ming Dynasty and the South China Sea are roughly divided into four major forces, the Japanese people in the east, the Zheng family in the Taiwan Strait, the Westerners mixed in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, mainly the red-haired people and the wax people, and then the imperial court sailors, since Shi Lang is valued by the commander, then look at it from the position of the new army, the most powerful of the four is the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong is also an official and a bandit, his heart is unpredictable, the strength of the new army is still developing, and it cannot be fully confronted, but can only cooperate. The stem wax people occupy the South China Sea, far from us, the red-haired people are a little hostile to Zheng Zhilong, but they are too far away from the mainland, their strength is weak, and they can't shake the Zheng family, and the Daming Sailor is the weakest, so they can not be considered, only the Japanese people in the east can fight! Shi Lang talked eloquently.

"That's right, Ben Shuai also thinks that the wolf is ambitious, and now we have a large amount of overseas trade in the east, I'm afraid that its country can't tolerate such a large loss of silver for a long time, I estimate that we will have a war with the Japanese people soon!" Zhu Hao looked at Shi Langdao appreciatively.

"The handsome analysis is penetrating, with a long-term vision, and Shi Lang is not as good as it." Shi Lang slapped another sycophant.

"Okay, okay, tell me how to deal with the Japanese people?" Zhu Hao waved his hand, Shi Lang is very talented, but unfortunately he is a little snobbish.

"In the past, Yu Dayou said that there is no other way to fight a naval battle, with a big victory over a small one, and a large number of cannons is better than a few cannons, and most of the Japanese are small ships with less than a thousand materials, and the number of artillery is also extremely limited, so it depends on nothing more than a large number, according to my estimates, if we start a war with the Japanese people, it can use no less than five hundred ships."

"With such a huge disparity in fleet size, do you have a solution?" Zhu Hao humbly asked.

"The marshal said that our army is a large ship with more than a thousand materials, and the number of artillery is extremely large, so in my opinion, no matter how many Japanese ships there are, they are just ants, but the specific matters need me to understand in detail about our army's sailors before we can decide."

"Well, don't be arrogant, don't be arrogant, respect, I really didn't misunderstand you! In order to be a general, you must have these two qualities, strategically despise the enemy, and tactically attach importance to the enemy in order to keep a clear head. Zhu Hao praised.

"Strategically despise the enemy, tactically value the enemy!" Shi Lang repeated, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "The words of the marshal are really thought-provoking, no wonder the new army has not been defeated since its establishment, Shi Lang is impressed!" ”

"Okay, you first go to the General Staff Department to serve as a naval staff officer, responsible for studying naval warfare matters, and at the same time go to the military academy to study for a period of time and familiarize yourself with the various systems and concepts of our new army. By the way, Hu Jianye also arrived in Xuzhou, you take the time to report to him, and by the way, learn about the New Army Naval Division. Zhu Hao commanded.

"Thank you, Commander, my subordinates will retire."

At the beginning of its establishment, the naval division had been renamed the Navy by Zhu Hao, and at this moment, the commander of the Navy, Hu Jianye, was chatting with Luo Yunqu and a group of people in the military academy.

"Lao Hu, you kid is happy, you live on the boat all day long and eat seafood, you see that you have gained weight several times!" Zhang Dacheng quipped.

"You can pull it down, although our old Hu is a pirate, it is also a last resort, who wants to stay on the ship all the time, don't you know, I didn't think I was a pirate before, but now I train at sea all day long, and there is no delicacies and seas to adjust the taste, so I will suffocate us to death!"

"Forget it, you kid got cheap and behaved, didn't the marshal say it, the navy is equal to the army, we are all under the army's account, but you are the commander of the navy, in terms of position, Lao Luo can compare with you, what else do you have to be wronged?" Wang Boda also muttered.

"Alas, I said don't brothers, why don't you try to get on the boat? Let's be honest with you, I've really been at sea enough, and a huge fleet depends on me inside and out, and I can't keep busy, and you know that our old Hu is a rough man, and he can't do some paperwork! Hu Jianye complained.

"That's right, it's okay for us to rush into battle, but it's a bit ...... to deal with paperwork," Zhang Dacheng scratched his head and said.

"Shhhh You kid is looking for trouble, let the marshal hear that you are not confined to you, besides, the marshal has already let us learn culture, we have all passed the exam of the crash course of the military academy, you Zhang Dacheng failed, what grievances are there? Zhang Benduan was triumphant.

"I heard Li Dong say that the marshal found a hairy boy named Shi Lang from Fujian, I heard that he is a naval war wizard, and he is very handsome, and he was assigned to the staff department as a naval staff officer when he first came!" Li Tongwu said mysteriously.

"Navy staff! That's a promising future, Lao Hu, your kid's position is not guaranteed, haha! Zhang Dacheng said with a smile.

"Go! No matter who comes, as long as he has the ability and can fight, our old Hu will let him be virtuous. Hu Jianye pouted, which immediately attracted a burst of boos.

"I heard that this Shi Lang is in his early twenties and has no fame, but he was invited by the handsome, I really don't know what he can do."

"Okay, don't guess, it's not like you haven't seen the handsome ability to know people, look at Wang Fuzhi, you all obey it, right? Look at Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan again, these two boys are much younger than us, but their graduation grades are the first and second, right? Anyway, my vision for Dashuai is to admire the five-body casting, and this Shi Lang seems to be an excellent talent. Luo Yunqu said solemnly.

However, he said that after Shi Lang met Hu Jianye, he rushed to Lianyun Military Port non-stop, and during the conversation, he talked about the situation at sea to the fleet formation, tactics, firepower configuration, sea law and other aspects, which made Hu Jianye, who had been a pirate, very surprised by his talent, and secretly sighed that the handsome vision was too poisonous, this kid is talented! Hu Jianye is a bold and upright person, and said on the spot that let Shi Lang do it and give him the greatest support.

Other army generals also recognized Shi Lang's talent, and Shi Lang soon entered the lineup of senior generals in the new army.