Chapter 18: The Beginning of the Navy (Part I)
Li Chengzong's conditions Li Xiaoji naturally did not dare to agree, because he couldn't sit on the master of his eldest brother Li Yuan, not to mention that this was still Li Yuan's family matter, he also tried to use family righteousness to persuade Li Chengzong to bow his head in the direction of Taiyuan, but unfortunately Li Chengzong's attitude to leave him was very resolute, and in the end he could only leave Li Chengzong's Fuyang County with disappointment, as for how he explained to Li Yuan and them after he went back, it was not Li Chengzong's consideration at all. After sending Lee Hyo-gi away, Lee Seung-jong continued to push forward his work according to the time node he set, well, what worries him the most and worries him the most is the affairs of the navy.
In order to build a strong naval division, oh it should not be the navy, Li Chengzong took great pains, he not only came up with a new type of warship, but also he established a naval academy to professionally train naval officers.
Because Fuyang is near the sea, and under the leadership of Li Chengzong, the people of Fuyang rely on the sea to eat the sea, so there are many people who are good at water, and most of them are proud to join the navy created by Li Chengzong.
"What do you say? What's your name? Li Chengzong said to a young man who was a few years older than him.
"The Great Commander (this is the real official position of Li Wei and Li Chengzong), my name is Liu Renliang, and the words are regular....... I also want to join your navy, please make it a perfect .......," the young man said without humility or arrogance in the face of Li Chengzong, who already had a little official authority.
Liu Renliang, Liu Zhengze, my mother-in-law, fourth uncle and grandmother, this name scared Li Chengzong, "Then, then Liu Renliang, where are you from?" Li Chengzong wanted to make sure whether he was the first general to resist Japan, "Commander, I am from the Wei family of Bianzhou, my family has been in the army, my parents are helpless, and the family fled north, but Hebei is also full of smoke...... Fortunately, with the protection of the Grand Commander and General Su, Zhengzheng and his mother survived..... Receiving the grace of dripping water, when the spring reciprocates, not to mention, a few days ago, I read the "Theory of Sea Power" by the Grand Commander, and the sentence of the Great Commander that if you want the country to be rich and strong, you can't ignore the ocean. Wealth comes from the sea, and danger also comes from the sea, and Zheng Zheng deeply believes that it is true, but he looks at the court and the princes of all sides, and I am afraid that no one will pay attention to it....... Only the Grand Commander saw this, and you are a meritocrat, and you don't pay attention to your background, so you take the liberty to vote, and you hope that the Grand Commander will take ........ "Liu Ren told Li Chengzong his origin and the reason for his vote, and the future commander of the Tang Dynasty Navy is his fan.
The "Theory of Sea Power" in Liu Renliang's mouth is the masterpiece of Li Chengzong's shameless plagiarism, and Li Chengzong really didn't expect that his pamphlet would make Liu Renliang embark on the path of a naval general.
Bosom friend, bosom friend, the great Sui is only Liu Renliang can really understand himself, it seems that it is not unreasonable for him to become the commander of the Tang Navy, that's right, a person like him was born for the navy, Li Chengzong is naturally very happy, "Oh, Liu Renliang, Liu Zhengze, you also agree with the theory of sea power written by a certain person?" Tell me about your understanding of sea power? ”
"Commander, in a certain opinion, ......" Liu Renliang and Li Wei have the meaning of seeing each other late, chatting for a long time, and finally Li Chengzong personally made the decision, Liu Renliang joined the navy he created, and entered the naval academy to study, and became a naval officer.
In order to train qualified sailors and naval officers, Li Chengzong specially established a naval school, in which a small training ship was parked, but it was this inconspicuous training ship that went out of many epic naval generals who were powerful and dominated the ocean. They received a full set of naval training here, such as ship maneuvering, diving, swimming, climbing, jumping, drilling, knotting, and cable, and from here, they embarked on a great journey to conquer the seas and cross the seven seas.
As the founder of the Fuyang Navy and the Naval Academy, Li Chengzong also came to teach the cadets of the Naval Academy many times. "Gentlemen, you are all the naval officer seedlings selected by my Li Wei, I hope you will behave well, don't let me down, okay, please sit down, today I will tell you how to identify the direction on the vast sea, the sea is different from the land, it is very difficult to determine your position on the sea, but our ancestors of the Han people have long known that you can identify the direction by looking at the Big Dipper by taking a boat on the sea. They call this method the star-pulling technique, the star-pulling needs a special star-pulling board to carry out, oh, I have a set of star-pulling board here, how to use it, you take a serious look, look at my movements, when using, the left hand should hold the center of one end of the star-pulling board, and the arm should be stretched out to look at the starry sky, so that the star-pulling board is perpendicular to the sea level, and the height of the star from the sea level is observed....... "Li Chengzong was a special military doctor of the Sea Dragon Special Operations Brigade in his last life, and he received a full set of sea dragon training, so the star-pulling board or something is a thief.
"Teacher, I have a question, what if we are at sea and there are no stars?" Liu Renliang raised his hand and asked.
"That's a good question, the astrology relies on the sun, moon and stars, what if it is a rainy day? This is not difficult to solve, I have two instruments here, one is called a compass, a sextant, both appear to solve this problem, the compass is what you often hear about Sinan, the evolved version of the compass, with which it can distinguish the direction above the vast sea, and the sextant is used to measure the angle between two distant targets An optical instrument. His principle is very simple, that is, the reflection angle of light is equal to the angle of incidence, but this instrument is very valuable, the main thing is that the lens is crystal, and after I solve the problem of substitutes, his price will be reduced..... "Li Chengzong took the compass and sextant to explain the use of the sextant and compass to the students in detail.....
He spoke seriously, and the students also listened carefully, "Hey, Zhengzhi, the general is so profound, do you understand?" That series of letters dazzled me, and we are good Chinese people, why do you use that Bang alphabet? ”
"Poof, I said Brother Zi, do you think it's too troublesome to use our old method? And the commander also said that these formulas were verified by him, but they are not barbaric things, you are suspicious, this is a disease that can be cured! ”
"Ah, Liu Renliang, you're sick......
These naval cadets are all die-hard loyalists and supporters of Li Chengzong, they all admire Li Chengzong very much, in their minds, Li Chengzong is their most perfect leader, such as today's chaos, only a corner of Fuyang under the auspices of Li Chengzong and Su Lie, kept peace, and the people have a place of refuge, on this point, these military cadets think that Li Chengzong is much stronger than the emperor Lao'er.