The port of Wangdao in the south of the empire was an old port that was earlier than the establishment of the empire, the ground was uneven, the deep alleys were zigzag, the old medicine hall, the old tea house, or the warehouse station that helped unload the goods, and even the fish market that sold fish, all looked pale and dilapidated under the faint fog.

Some of the men who will open the door in time in the morning and the fishermen who have come out to sell fish will eat slightly fried cakes and steaming soy milk in small shops. At this time, if anyone wants to say something, old man, come to a tofu brain. I knew that it was the manager of the shop who came, and if it happened that the guy from the shop was also in the shop, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and left lightly.

This busy port is full of the smell of sweat from toil, and the smell of sour fish.

In the morning, it is a rare day of leisure.

After the guy finished breakfast, he walked out of the shop, and saw a soldier striding through the alley with a black red flag, followed by a group of soldiers wearing blue and white new military uniforms, and two officers in gray military uniforms stood next to him and pointed to the guy who poked his head out, and the man didn't know what it meant, and subconsciously returned to the shop.

On the side of the harbor, an extremely domineering ironclad ship gradually approached the shore, and several dock guys were frightened by the ironclad ship that was about to dock, until the foreman roared hoarsely and scolded, and then came back to his senses.

The ironclad ship was not until the shore before it could be seen as "Haiwei".

At the stern of the Haiwei ship, the Qilin flag is hoisted high, which means that this ship is the flagship of the Royal Central Fleet, which is being prepared to be formed.

In the command room of the Haiwei ship, Li Guangya was wearing a navy navy navy blue general costume imitating the British style, sitting in the leading position, looking at the several trembling naval officers in front of him, and said in a very soft voice: "Explain." ”

A man with the rank of major general on the left in front said: "General, the Wangdao Military Port is unloading armaments and supplies, and because the two civilian merchant ships are too large, the Haiwei ship cannot enter the port temporarily. ”

And an officer in a gray military uniform who lived beside Li Guangya said to the major general who had just spoken: "General Xu Shiming, why didn't you report early for such an intelligence?" Seeing that your current arrangement is to bring General Lee and the commander back to the base from the civilian dock? ”

"Prosecutor Ling, your question is a bit biased, I didn't receive the commander's arrival at Wangdao Military Port this morning, the original plan was for tomorrow, and according to the original plan today, it was to replenish and unload armaments." General Xu's voice gradually increased, and Li Guangya frowned.

Prosecutor Ling obviously caught Li Guangya's frowning appearance, and immediately counterattacked: "Are you accusing General Li of not acting according to the plan?" According to naval practice, the flagship post must be reserved in the port, and the flagship must enter and exit the port at any time. Your reasons are unreasonable, this is a mistake in scheduling, and it must be dealt with by military discipline. ”

This General Xu blushed, and when he seemed to be about to speak, Li Guangya, who had not spoken, said: "Let me interject, Lao Xu, I know the plan, you don't need to mention the plan here." Prosecutor Ling, you just arrived at the Central Fleet, this is the fleet that the Central Military Region is preparing to build, and it is definitely not as complete as King Luo's fleet, and the second and third phases of the dock have not yet been built, so you should not emphasize the conventions. Not to mention that the conventions of the Central Fleet have not yet been established. Li Guangya paused, and then said: "You all go out, Haiwei detour to the shipyard of the fleet, and get off from the shipbuilding port, not in this civilian port." ”

After Li Guangya finished speaking, these generals relaxed, and just about to go out, before thinking, the door behind Li Guangya opened, and a young man came in wearing the lieutenant general's clothes, obviously the texture and feel of the material of the military uniform worn by this person are much more delicate than the lieutenant general's uniform worn by Li Guangya, which shows that this lieutenant general's clothing is not uniformly equipped by the army, but found an excellent tailor to cut it according to the lieutenant general's clothing, and even used a very expensive material.

When Mo Longxiang pushed open this door, he felt a little irritable in his heart, but he had to maintain a calm appearance. Controlling facial expressions and maintaining a steady mind is still a little difficult for him, a 27-year-old.

After the door was pushed open, Mo Longxiang walked out, and the rest of the generals present immediately saluted and shouted, "Good general." ”

"General Xu Shiming was reappointed as the head of the training department. The list of new military port commanders nominated by General Li Guangya. In addition, the notice will be lowered, and a general-level meeting will be held in the shipyard conference room. After Mo Longxiang finished speaking, he waited for a while, and then said: "General Li Guangya, General Xu Shiming, stay, and the rest of the personnel go out." ”

The two were still standing, and Mo Longxiang pulled a chair in front of him and sat down.

"Where did this man go?" The person in Mo Longxiang's mouth naturally refers to Prosecutor Ling.

Xu Shiming saw that everyone was gone, so he said with a complaining tone: "The military government sent it, in order to avoid suspicion, it was arranged from the Dali Guard. My Commander Mo, what's going on? Commander Zhong's will that 'the military government will not interfere in the personnel transfer order of the Central Fleet within five years' has only been half a year since General Zhong's death, and this is it? Are you still able to hold on? Let outsiders come and check our 'old Cantonese army'? This is the first time in the world! ”

This complaint was directed at Mo Longxiang, Li Guangya looked at Xu Shiming coldly, slapped the table hard, and Xu Shiming stopped. Mo Longxiang didn't delve into it, but pointed to the seat in front of him and motioned for the two to sit down.

As soon as Li Guangya and Xu Shiming sat down, Mo Longxiang said to Xu Shiming: "As the head of the training department, I told my old age a month ago, and I have not been sure. This time, after you go to the training department, you have to draw up a training plan for next year, and in the plan, you will strengthen long-distance operations. The fleet of the King of Chu on the twin islands has recently been exercising in the waters under our jurisdiction, you have to pay attention to such a situation, don't wait for His Majesty to conduct a drill, and lose the face of General Zhong Shan. ”

Xu Shiming said: "We're the 'old Cantonese army' and will never let down General Zhong Shan, but does my transfer need to be discussed and decided by the Central Fleet General Meeting, and you won't be too arbitrary?" ”

"How can there be so much nonsense, if you want to do this again, you just go and become the head of the navigation station!" Li Guangya roared.

Xu Shiming dared to be arrogant in front of Mo Longxiang, but in front of Li Guangya's meritorious general, his momentum was still three points weaker. Xu Shiming pursed his lips and said, "General Li, our 'Old Yue Army' obeys you, but we are also looking at you, don't be too biased." ”

"Get out!" Li Guangya replied.

Xu Shiming didn't salute either, and strode away.

"It's so presumptuous, look at this." Li Guangya saw Xu Shiming go out, so he lit a cigarette. He handed over a note that read, "Jun is seriously ill, move to Xiyuan, and hand it over to Hua for approval to the ceremony." ”

After reading it, Mo Longxiang sighed.

Li Guangya said on the smell of smoke: "Before General Zhongshan died, he recommended you to His Majesty as the commander. You and I both know that Zhong Shan has calculated you and the military government. You are a hostage, you are the same as the eldest son of the prince of the other four places, you were selected to be a 'proton' in the central government, and you, the deputy commander of the Central Fleet, have not yet sat on the hot ass, and the military government actually assassinated General Zhong Shan. ”

Mo Longxiang glanced up at Li Guangya, and then said: "General Zhong Shan's 'Old Yue Army' portal is too serious, even if all the members are rebuilt into the Central Fleet, it is just a group of bandits who went down the mountain and got on the ship. ”

Li Guangya smiled and said: "The imperial army is like this, and Your Majesty's mode of governing the army is divide and rule. When we went on an expedition to the south, it was called 'dividing the army and ruling and centralizing power', which meant that the armies were separately commanded and finally unified and responsible to His Majesty. After Zhongshan's 'Yue Battalion' went south, it became the 'Yue Army', and it did not disperse at all, and the 'Yue Army' was only the head of Zhongshan and the horse. Li Guangya paused for a moment, and then said: "After Zhong Shan died, his last words recommended you as the commander, do you know why?" ”

Mo Longxiang changed his playful tone and said, "It's just to maintain the independence of the Central Fleet, and use my Luo Wang proton identity as a 'shield'." Recommend someone else? Those old deputy commanders of the Cantonese army? No matter how tough they are, I am afraid that the military government will soon be broken from the inside, and they have no background, on the official side, they are all 'ants' who knead at will, they have no right to speak at the top level, even if the unjust, false and wrongful cases overthrow them, no one will call them 'wrong'. And I'm different, my proton identity is a 'third party', and the military government has to have some concerns, to put it bluntly, I'm a 'stone' that doesn't look good, but it's not easy to move. ”

Li Guangya laughed and said, "Even if you see it thoroughly, but these people in their old Cantonese army are ignoring you, but they don't have any worries at all." Are you really willing to be a 'shield'? ”

"I've been a commander for almost half a year, what's the use? If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to get out of the Commander's Mansion! Mo Longxiang laughed at himself.

Li Guangya: "I can still hold it down." But this Central Fleet is not a place to stay for a long time. ”

Mo Longxiang was silent for a while, and said: "What the Central Military Region wants to discuss this time is the training plan and budget arrangements for the new year, and let me go to Huadu immediately. Judging from the information from the second section, the military government wanted to let the four princes arrive in Beijing early to discuss in the name of opening the general's hall. It is estimated that the matter of 'military expenditure reform' will be discussed. ”

Mo Longxiang thought for a while and said: "When I arrived at the shipyard and held a general-level meeting, I proposed to be resident in Huadu, and they must be happy." Fortunately, at present, the military expenditure is in our hands, except for the flagship fleet, the Marine Division, and the Second Intelligence Section, and the rest are all let go, let them take care of themselves, and we will not be evildoers. ”

Li Guangya: "All obedient, don't worry." ”

"After you stabilize the rudder, go over as soon as possible." After Mo Longxiang finished speaking, he looked at Li Guangya, Li Guangya paused for a moment and answered: "It's okay, after all, we are outsiders." ”

Mo Longxiang crumpled the note and said, "You say... How can they... Alas... Forget it..."

In the tone of this sentence, it still failed to hide the tone of inner turmoil at the moment.

Li Guangya saw this emotion, so he comforted: "The customer is pressing the store, the store is pressing the customer, now you, the guest, are not as big as the Central Fleet, so you naturally can't hold it down." One day, you, the guest, will not come to this Central Fleet, then this fleet will naturally be proud of you. Don't think so much, no one can be a hero everywhere. Besides, the reason why you were transferred to the Central Fleet is not to inherit it. ”

The corner of Mo Longxiang's mouth mentioned: "That's right, I was just a proton back then." ”