The tests were carried out for three and a half days.

Xu Changqing is all hands-on, always patrolling on the front line, and while taking the school examination, he has always maintained communication with these white people, not giving them any chance to steal chickens and dogs.

The quality of these whites is generally good, especially those from the navy.

In this era, armaments are far from being developed, and on the unpredictable sea, if you don't have real skills, you will be reduced to scum in minutes, and there will be no room at all.

Even if it's Childe Louis? Lewis, after getting serious, his basic literacy is also extremely high, and he is a top student who graduated from the Royal Naval College.

And John? Johnny is of higher quality.

He has not only worked in southern Africa, but also has work experience in the New World, has traveled almost all over the world, has an understanding of the terrain and landforms, customs and customs, including political ideology, and his personality is also steady and down-to-earth, and it is not too difficult to serve as the commander-in-chief of a fleet.

But the manpower of the army is a bit unsatisfactory.

It's not that they can't have basic qualities.

In fact, the French army and the British army did a very good job in terms of basic skills, and the nobles of this era did not get it by slapping horses, but basically made real military exploits, which also made white people generally martial, especially British and French.

However, their combat concept is still old-fashioned, basically based on the segment attack style, paying attention to the array, to put it bluntly, it is to fill with human lives!

To a large extent, this cannot be said to be wrong.

After all, even the nobles were the same, and they often had to be in front of the soldiers.

Even before World War I, the lobster soldiers of the Sun Never Set Empire still used this routine until Dad Makqin appeared.

It was in this slightly primitive way that the Empire of the Sun Never Sets ascended to the throne of world hegemon.

However, their routines are really specific to the model army, and it is not impossible to be specific to East Asia at this time, but Xu Changqing always feels that something is strange.

It must be known that the empire that never sets the sun conquers the world, relying on the navy, and their army is not even as good as the scum, and even because of the legacy of the year, it is the only branch of the empire that does not have the word 'royal'.

The police of the British Empire are all Royal Police......

In terms of explosive soldiers, with the background of the Ming Dynasty and the strong vitality of the Han nation, not to mention Britain and France, the whole of Europe can only be regarded as scum.

But this is certainly not the way Xu Changqing wants.

If the population is sacrificed in such a rash way, even if the final victory can be achieved, it will go against Xu Changqing's original intention.

After all, in this day and age, manpower is the most valuable resource.

After thinking about it for a long time, Xu Changqing did not rush it, patiently arranged it personally, and gradually inserted these whites into the army as adjutants.

In the current state, the level of science and technology is limited, the arquebus is in a major bottleneck period, and the development of a diversified war model is not realistic.

The army is the top priority, but the rules and regulations of the model army at this time have already been very perfect, Xu Changqing doesn't have to worry too much, it's too difficult.

But on the naval side, it's a completely new topic.

At this time, although the Model Army had many ships of all kinds, it was only a convoy at best, and it was still 108,000 miles away from the navy.

Moreover, these warships of the Ming Dynasty are basically outdated, and there is no artillery equipment, so if you want to build a real navy, you basically have to start from scratch.

Fortunately, at this time, Xu Changqing also had some foundation, and he had left preparations a long time ago, and gathered a lot of old shipwrights in the Denglai area, including the keel wood that was shipped out in the early years of Denglai and had not yet had time to build a ship.

As long as you play steady, let John first? Johnny and them, bring the team first, as long as the follow-up fleet is formed, they can be mounted at any time, but it will take some time.

As for those whites who were confused, Xu Changqing did not drive them away, but formed a new general team, which is a bit similar to the 'foreign gun team' of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Wall in the later generations, which can be used as cannon fodder in wartime and can be used as a platoon in non-wartime.

Although Xu Changqing did not give them the expected salary level, it was not bad, everyone had more than three taels of silver per month, and they almost didn't think much about it, so they all joined the 'foreign gun team'.

After Xu Changqing carefully selected, he accepted the fate of a French gangster, Jean? Renault as the captain.

This guy is a complete villain.

He is two meters tall, not only has a long face full of flesh, a fierce and vicious spirit, but also has a tyrannical temper, and has the demeanor of a butcher.

He served in the French Army and Navy in his early years, and was a typical thorn, but he was always depressed, and he never even got the rank of second lieutenant.

In order to subdue him, Xu Changqing also specially had a duel with him, and he fell down seven or eight times in a row, and beat him half to death.

Let? Although Renault was reckless, he was not stupid, and once he was soft, he desperately hugged Xu Changqing's thigh.

On Xu Changqing's side, with a salary of ten taels a month, and leading nearly 100 people, and adding 100 household titles, he had to wake up laughing in his dreams.

In contrast, to go to the grass and become a pirate, then he is a fool's business.

And because of the expansion of the fleet, the fleet also hired a lot of Han and natives, including white sailors, these people are basically professional, Xu Changqing did not spare this bit of silver at this time, except for the kind of people who are really full of evil, they all accepted.

However, even if it was full of evil, Xu Changqing did not end them up, but offered a gift money, preparing to send a ship to escort them back to Nanyang at a later date.

This suddenly made Xu Changqing's reputation rise to a new level again, and dozens of ruthless people with bad deeds were almost kowtowed to Xu Changqing.

Coupled with the precise selection of naval personnel, including reserve sailors, it took more than ten days to be busy, and Xu Changqing was able to formulate the big framework.

"Dear general, I know that you are a courageous person and have this kind of financial resources, but isn't our current opponent Li Chuangbu of the Wandering People's Army and the wild boar skin outside the Guan? Now, at such a great cost, will it be a bit wasteful to lay out the navy, and put the cart before the horse......"

Xu Changqing, the location of the naval camp, had already been selected, and it was more than 30 miles south of Haicheng, where there was a very good bay, facing Kenli Island across the sea.

At this time, the naval battalion had begun to lay the foundation, countless figures were busy working, and they were about to enter the rhythm of construction, Tang Ruowang came over early in the morning to accompany Xu Changqing to inspect, seeing that Xu Changqing was in a good mood, and there was no one around, he finally couldn't help but say the biggest doubt in his heart.

"Huh."

Xu Changqing couldn't help but smile: "Old Tang, do you think that there are two hungry wolves around us, but there is a tiger staring at us not far away, do we only guard against hungry wolves and ignore tigers?" In this way, even if we can defeat the hungry wolf, can we be guaranteed to be truly safe? ”

"This ......"

John Tang was stunned for a moment.

Although what Xu Changqing said was slightly vague, how could he not understand what Xu Changqing meant?

In fact, he already knew that Xu Changqing's ambition was far beyond the reach of ordinary people, and his means were even more amazing, but Tang Ruowang did not expect that even in such an extremely difficult situation at this time, Xu Changqing could still have this attitude, and did not hesitate to spend so much effort to build the navy.

Somehow, Tang Ruowang suddenly felt a little sorry for Xu Changqing's opponent......

When they encounter such an opponent, how should they live in the future......

Seeing that Tang Ruowang was silent, Xu Changqing didn't hold on to this matter, and said with a smile: "Old Tang, I heard that in your Europe, someone has already proposed the idea of a battleship?" ”

"Uh, this ......"

John Tang was so clever that he almost didn't see his feet clearly, and he was about to fall to the ground.

There are indeed people in Europe who have put forward the idea of battleships, and even, now some countries have begun to build battleships, especially Britain and France, but this is a secret among secrets, and John Tang also overheard someone talk about it once, but he didn't expect that Xu Changqing actually knew this......

But Xu Changqing was his gold master father at this time after all, and Tang Ruowang gradually began to integrate with the model army and Haicheng at this time, and after a little hesitation, he straightened his ass and said busily: "General, there is indeed such a thing." However, the battleship is somewhat complicated, and I don't know much about it either. But I happen to know a nobleman from the British Empire, and if you're interested, maybe we can talk to him......"

"Haha."

Xu Changqing laughed and patted Tang Ruowang's shoulder vigorously: "Old Tang, it's good if you have this heart, you can implement it as soon as possible." Remember, don't be afraid to spend money, as long as you can get things done, I will be rewarded! ”

"Okay, noble general, don't worry, this matter is on my old soup."

……

Things are still going relatively well in the army, but in terms of craftsmen, Xu Changqing is a little big.

No way.

Craftsmen are all handicrafts, not to mention this time, even in later generations, craftsmen have never lacked food, especially the old watchmaker that Xu Changqing urgently needs, and they have not found any of them on this trip.

This is to be expected.

These old watchmakers basically stayed in Europe, and unless they had to, no one traveled thousands of miles to live in Southeast Asia at the risk of capsizing.

But Xu Changqing will definitely not give up!

It just so happened that the group of bad sailors had not left, and Xu Changqing personally met with their leader, a blonde brother nicknamed 'Great White Shark', and gave him this task.

As long as he can go to Europe, find ten experienced watchmakers for Xu Changqing, and bring them back, Xu Changqing can not only give him a reward of five thousand taels of silver, but also promise him that he can join the future model army and navy sequence, at least a thousand households at the captain level.

The great white shark couldn't help but be overjoyed, his chest crackled, he thought for a while, and knelt directly on one knee on the ground: "Honorable general, don't worry, even if I, Jack, fight for my life, I will definitely complete your task!" ”

After sending off 'Great White Shark' Jack, Xu Changqing's mood was also a lot lighter.

It is no wonder that Xu Changqing is so fond of watchmakers, at this juncture, he is about to enter the era of flintlock pistols.

This thing is similar to the principle of clocks, and historically, the flintlock pistol in Europe was invented by the little clockmaker Mark.

If Xu Changqing gives them direction, this process will definitely avoid many detours.

In fact, there are also ruthless people in Daming who have developed this piece of results, but in this regard, Xu Changqing is still speechless for the time being, and for the sake of safety, it is naturally a two-pronged approach.

Moreover, from the perspective of probability, there may be a high probability that the technology of both parties can make this thing more mature.

Mei Zizi lit a cigar, Xu Changqing was about to go to Gu Hengbo's yard to see his baby daughter, he had been busy in the dark these days, and he hadn't seen that cute little thing for several days.

But Xu Changqing had just stepped out of the official hall, and suddenly a soldier outside the door hurriedly reported: "Report - Marshal, the latest battle report in Xijing, just the night before yesterday, Xijing lost ......"