In Tianjin, Liu Jin and Zhang Mao walked the streets very casually, feeling the prosperity and hustle and bustle of Tianjin.

"Tianjin is getting more and more lively~"

Zhang Mao looked at the streets of Tianjin, where there was a lot of traffic, people coming and going, pedestrians were in a hurry, and the pace of walking was a few points faster than other places.

"Of course, according to the statistics of the Tianjin Tax Yamen, the population of Tianjin is now almost about to exceed six million, and the entire Tianjin has now formed four major areas, east, west, north and south, and the Dongcheng District where we are located is the most prosperous and the most lively."

Liu Jin smiled and nodded.

To be honest, Liu Jin never imagined that Tianjin's development speed could be so fast, from a small county town to the current point in just a few years.

Thinking about it, it can only be attributed to the power of capitalism and the profound heritage of the Ming Dynasty.

It was only after the Industrial Revolution that such large cities appeared in Europe, and before that, most of Europe's cities were far inferior to those in the East.

You must know that even when Liu Jin just crossed over, the population of the capital had already exceeded one million, and a large city with a population of one million, in this era, it is difficult for the whole earth to find a second one.

This is the heritage of the Ming Dynasty, the heritage of a large eastern country, which is far from being comparable to those small countries in Europe.

Moreover, before the Industrial Revolution, the East had always been at the most advanced level in the world, whether it was in agriculture, military, politics, culture, or science and technology, it was to surpass the rest of the world in an all-round way.

It's just that Europeans seem to have stepped out of the darkness of the Middle Ages, ushered in the dawn of science and technology, and finally led the world.

Because of his own appearance, the wings of the traverser flapped, and this great country burst out with unimaginable power.

In particular, the germ of capitalism, large and small factories bloomed everywhere, which made Tianjin and Beijing rapidly expand and become a super city.

"Stinky boy, you said with a mouth above the court that you want to build the Royal Navy and build the Royal Naval Academy, and now it's okay, the matter will fall on my shoulders."

"You have to help me, I know one of the seven in this regard, and I don't know the rest."

Zhang Mao looked at the bustling Tianjin in front of him.

I remembered the scene I saw when I came to Tianjin a few years ago, and Tianjin at that time was as ordinary as other places in the Ming Dynasty, and there was nothing worth amazing.

But look at the current Tianjin, it is full of high-rise buildings, spacious cement roads extend in all directions, and the bustling streets are densely populated with people and traffic.

Some people say that as long as they come to Tianjin every few months, they will feel that they have become a lot stranger, and the changes are too big and too fast.

It's just like the current Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Mao faintly felt that the current Ming Dynasty seemed to have embarked on a development trajectory completely different from other dynasties in history, and walked towards a path that had never been taken before.

In the past, there was always a trajectory to be traced, and it was always possible for people to clearly see the context of a dynasty, but now the Ming Dynasty, it is like the Tianjin city in front of us, which is constantly changing.

It has become more and more unfamiliar, so that he Zhang Mao is sometimes at a loss and difficult to adapt to this era.

There are many, too many new things coming out that we didn't have before.

The first honeycomb coal, glass, then cement, fishing boats, whaling ships, then the First Bank of Daming, overseas ...... Now, Liu Jin has proposed what navy, the Naval Academy.

If you are an ordinary person, then it naturally doesn't matter, you can just go with the flow.

But he is the British Duke of the Ming Dynasty, the representative of the generals and nobles, and he is the governor of the five armies for Emperor Hongzhi, and the governor of the world's military affairs.

What kind of navy, the Naval Academy also made him smear, he didn't know how to do it, although there was already the Royal Military Academy in front of him, but he still felt that he didn't know how to start.

After rummaging through all kinds of books, he only found all kinds of things about the water master.

But the sailor, the sailor, this is just a ship fighting on the rivers and lakes, although there are many kinds of tricks, all kinds of things, but it is always inseparable from close quarters combat, fire attack and the like.

But the Navy is different.

It is no longer limited to rivers and lakes, it is a powerful force that crisscrosses the four oceans and seven seas.

Among the sailors, there are mixed river dragons, swimming river falcons, river tigers, etc., and so on, when it reaches the sea, its role is very limited.

The battle in the ocean was a confrontation between the cannons of the giant ships.

So Zhang Mao, who was responsible for the formation of the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Academy, felt that his head was too big to start.

The advantage of Zhang Mao is that he is self-aware, and if he knows that he can't do it, then let the person who can do it.

So he also pulled Liu Jinsheng to Tianjin again, and asked Liu Jin to give him some advice.

"Zhang Gong, the Royal Naval Academy and the Royal Navy are actually the most important three points, as long as these three points are done well, it will not be a problem."

Liu Jin heard Zhang Mao's words, thought about it and said.

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately came to his senses, and immediately asked, "Those three points?" ”

"The first point, the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Navy, it is essentially the same as the Daming Royal Military Academy and the Daming New Army, it is a military force, an army."

"Since it is a military force and an army, then it must finally be a great tomorrow and a great Ming."

"Therefore, the most important point, like the Ming Royal Military Academy, must firmly grasp the ideological construction, instill the thoughts and concepts of loyalty and patriotism, and implement it throughout."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said slowly.

is still the same sentence, if you want to reassure the emperor and let the emperor support, you must let the emperor know that this army is always the last emperor, and the emperor wants to die, and the minister has to die, loyal to the monarch and patriotic.

Look at the current Daming Royal Military Academy, it has done a good job in this regard.

Every day's ideological and political lessons are absolutely indispensable, and every day they are instilled with the great and righteous image of the Ming Emperor, and it is instilled that it is Comrade Lao Zhu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who saved the land of China, and it is he who expelled the tyrannical yuan, restored my Chinese clothes, and extended my Yanhuang bloodline.

From Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang down, every emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a Ming monarch, a good emperor for the country and the people, this Hongzhi Emperor is even more a big book, what loves the people like a son, lightly dismisses the meager endowment, is diligent and thrifty, etc., shaping the image of the Hongzhi Emperor into the greatest king of this time.

Under such ideological indoctrination, these students of the Ming Royal Military Academy will be loyal and patriotic will slowly penetrate into the bone marrow and soul, and the so-called brainwashing is the same.

The reason why Emperor Hongzhi vigorously supported the Royal Military Academy and the new army, and supported the reform of the military system, was not only because the army of the Ming Dynasty had reached the time when it needed to change.

More importantly, because he clearly knew that the ideological control of the Royal Military Academy was the strongest compared to the control of military power in any previous dynasty.

In the future, there is no need to worry about someone supporting the army and respecting themselves, because even if you want to support the army and respect yourself, these people below will not agree, loyal to the great tomorrow, loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the core of the ideological construction of the Royal Military Academy.

Now to build the Ming Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Academy, it is the same, and it must be in this way to be able to gain the support and trust of the emperor.

The support and trust of the emperor, this is very important, without the support and trust of the emperor, everything is empty talk.

"Hmm~"

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao also nodded solemnly, keeping this in mind.

"The second point is that the navy is different from the traditional army, and it is also different from the naval division, the navy relies heavily on more advanced equipment, which is more powerful, has a longer range, higher accuracy, faster rate of fire, and more powerful destructive artillery."

"There are also warships that are large in size and superior in performance, and can sail all over the world."

"Without these two things, talking about the Navy is all empty talk."

Liu Jin thought for a moment and continued.

"That's right, that's what I thought of too."

After hearing this, Zhang Mao also nodded and said: "Last year's expedition to the Japanese Kingdom, we just relied on artillery to bombard the Japanese Kingdom on the sea, and we bombarded the Japanese Kingdom of Hyogo into ruins. ”

"If the Wa Kingdom had a ship cannon as powerful as ours at that time, it would not be so easy for us to win."

"The artillery and muskets needed can be ordered by the Miyun Iron Factory, and they can specialize in artillery, muskets, explosives, and other firearms used in naval warfare."

"As for the special warships of the navy, you can also entrust the Tianjin shipyard to design, build, and manufacture special naval warships."

Liu Jin smiled, and then said.

Well, fertilizer and water don't flow into outsiders' fields.

What's more, now the most powerful technical strength of the Ming Dynasty is Miyun Iron Works and Tianjin Shipyard, Miyun Iron Works is not only iron-making, it is now also an arms dealer.

As for the Tianjin Shipyard, it is also necessary to undertake the research and development and manufacturing of warships.

"The last point is people~"

"The navy is different from the army, the army is more about archery, horse shooting, swords, swords and halberds in close combat, of course, in order to also develop towards firearms."

"Because the navy is fighting at sea, sailing at sea, and controlling artillery and so on to attack, the navy's requirements for personnel are very high."

"Literacy is only the most basic requirement, it is more about knowing astronomy and geography so that you can navigate the oceans, and at the same time knowing some complex mathematical knowledge so that you can make accurate calculations."

"The Navy and the Naval Academy, it needs to be based on the Tianjin Maritime Academy, and it needs to be studied in more depth."

"Ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, and it takes a long time for the navy to build a navy that spans all over the world."