As soon as Ye Niangzi mentioned this wry smile, Liu Chang couldn't help but sigh: "I finally stole it for a while, but I didn't expect you to talk about these trivial matters again......"

It's just that Liu Chang didn't openly refuse to talk about this issue, but just shouted: "Wet nurse, wet nurse, take the baby to bask in the sun!" ”

Two wet nurses in their early thirties took away this pair of baby princesses, Liu Chang and Ye Niangzi sat down and were ready to talk: "Ye Ningbing, this is the third time today that someone has asked for credit for her, it's very good!" ”

In fact, the reason why Ye Yudie mentioned the issue of Ye Ningbing has a lot to do with the marginalization of the Ye family and the old pirates in the Rainbow Navy, strictly speaking, Ye Niangzi and this group of former pirates can be said to be the original foundation of the Rainbow Army's naval division, but now that the steam warships are constantly serving, these old cadres feel more and more marginalized.

At present, there are three groups of cadres in the Hongjun Navy, the first batch of cadres are the family members of Xiangye Niangzi and the former pirates, the second group of cadres are cadres who have transferred from the army, and the third group is Zhang Sigui and other professionals who have been brought over. In terms of professional quality, the former pirates are too far behind the professional cadres represented by Zhang Sigui, and the loyalty and reliability are not as good as the demobilized cadres of the army, in the past years, with the influence of Ye Niangzi and their qualifications, this group of former pirates mixed well in the navy, but in the era of large-scale models entering the steam age, this group of former pirates were in a marginal situation.

On the warships of the steam age, their experience in the sail era is almost worthless, to the point that it is not much different from the demobilized army cadres, and there are even some army cadres who are attentive and studious, but now they are much stronger than the old pirates in terms of professionalism, but they hold the old experience of the sail era, and they are strictly not suitable for the navy of the steam age, and as for their connections at the top, they are far inferior to the army cadres.

What's more, since Ye Niangzi was no longer willing to take care of the specific affairs of the navy, the group composed of the Ye family and the former pirates lacked a backbone, and scattered into a number of small groups that were not connected with each other, and their strength seemed very weak, and now although they could make some progress, they had a serious sense of crisis.

This sense of crisis is that the other two groups of cadres have introduced a large number of township party relations to the navy, the army cadres have brought a large number of Wentaijin naval cadets, and the professional cadres are also unambiguous, bringing a large number of Ning Shaosu Chang recruits, and these recruits will become the core force of the entire navy in the years to come, but the former pirates, a scattered regiment, not only lacks a backbone, but also lacks a successor force.

In the past, it was possible to recruit a large number of pirates, but after entering the steam age, even these former pirates looked down on those old pirates of Fujian and Guangdong, thinking that these Fujian and Guangdong were simply a rabble, and the Hong Army did not even need to dispatch steam warships, only one or two red single ships were dispatched to "dream has set sail ★ and Qing Yi Erya" to defeat the pirates in the entire South China Sea.

It is based on this understanding that the former pirates have no enthusiasm for recruiting pirates, but want to start from their hometown in Guangdong and recruit a group of innocent young people to join the Hongjun Navy, as the successor force of the entire group, but now Guangdong is still under the control of the Qing Army, and ordinary people's impression of the Hongjun is that they are three-headed and six-armed monsters, except for some defeated children who have no livelihood, Zhang Sigui turns a blind eye to their actions to recruit new recruits in the navy, and hardly provides any help, so there is almost no recruitment.

Now it can be said that it is the most critical period for the expansion of the Hongjun Navy, with steam warships launched and put into service every month, and several sailing ships equipped with rifled guns have been built for offshore patrols and combat support, and the size of the entire Hongjun Navy will exceed 10,000 people in this case, every recruit who enlists now will be the core strength of the Navy in the future, and may even be a glorious captain. …,

Seeing such a phenomenon of lack of success, the entire former pirate group was in a state of anxiety, and they specially sent people to find Ye Niangzi, who had already declared that they would not interfere in the specific affairs of the navy, to find a way from her, and Liu Chang also said: "You don't want to ask for credit for Ye Ningbing, do you?" Now she is already the commander of the second detachment. ”

In the navy, in addition to Commander Zhang Sigui, the position of commander of the First Fleet surpasses Ye Ningbing, but the problem is that the commander of the First Fleet, Duncan, has been on the ship for a very small time ★, and he is usually busy with industrial construction in Huzhou and Hangzhou, and the specific operations are commanded by the deputy commander.

Therefore, Ye Yudie also thought of her arrangement for Ye Ningbing: "She is still a girl, a good girl, my thoughts, it's time to get married, His Royal Highness King Yan should give her a name!" ”

"Shall I give her a name?" Liu Chang said helplessly: "I've met her less than ten times, and she may not like a prodigal like me!" What's more, freeze your own thoughts! ”

"There is no problem with Ning Bing, she personally wrote to the past, urging His Highness to hurry up and give her a name, saying that she asked Her Highness to rest assured, no matter how the wind and rain change, she will guard her chastity for Her Highness! Of course, if His Royal Highness doesn't like her, he will be a couple in name only......"——~~~

Liu Chang could only pat his head helplessly: "I know that there have been some ridiculous deeds in the past few months, but you don't have to test me in this way!" ”

"It's not a test, it's willing!" Ye Niangzi gritted her silver teeth and said: "Ning Bing has that name, many things are much more convenient, and we Ye Niang people can't raise their heads in the navy!" ”

She didn't want to do this, she knew that in the past few months of confinement, Liu Chang not only provoked Bao Meiying, but also had some unclear relationship with the Zhu sisters, but since she was the wife of the Liu family, she could only acquiesce to this fact.

Fortunately, Liu Chang still has a heart after all, he has a lot of love for his two precious daughters, and then his mother is more expensive, and he has a lot more time to spend the night, but he is tired in every way, so Liu Chang also came to see the two daughters and their mother.

Therefore, she gritted her silver teeth and said, "I am willing, you can't let Ning Bing be wronged!" ”

Seeing that she was so persistent, Liu Chang could only nod: "That Dan...... However, this matter will be officially decided after the capture of Jinling! ”

She added: "I'm not leaving you!" ”

The Jinling City that Liu Chang talked about, that is, the Tianjing of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the most important and crucial heavenly kingdom on earth in the religious kingdom, has reached the last moment before its fall.

The Rainbow army bombarded the city with dozens of cannons every day, and many of the walls were fiercely contested, and the intensity of the fighting here was even to the point where the Rainbow army had never seen before, and some old Taiping soldiers fought to the death for the same beliefs in different camps, even to the point of mercilessness.

The defenders of several small and medium-sized cities near Tianjing have all withdrawn to the city of Tianjing, but this is the last batch of reinforcements that the entire Tianjing can get, and the attackers outside the city clearly told the defenders that Wuhu has fallen, and the entire territory of southern Anhui is owned by the Hong army, so they don't think that Chen Yucheng, Wei Jun or others will come to the rescue of Tianjing.

There are many officers and soldiers of the old Taiping Army outside the city, so you can hear the shouts of the Hong Army every day: "Brothers, I am also an old brother of the Kingdom of Heaven, you don't want to do it for Hong Xiuquan anymore, he was beaten down by Yang Xiuqing, but what did he do, not to mention killing Yang Xiuqing, he killed Wei Huichang again, and forced away the Wing King, can such a Heavenly King be believed?" ”…,

"The brothers asked me who I am? I was originally from Ningbo, I was from Wuhu, and when the Kingdom of Heaven marched into Wuhu, I followed the king of the north to join the gang, right...... I'm the old yellow sheep, come here, come here, there are thousands of old brothers in the kingdom of heaven here! ”

"The king of heaven kills the heavenly father, the country can't get through, don't you still understand! It's good to come here, I promise that the future is limitless! ”

"Brothers, my old yellow sheep is a matter of words, if you are obsessed with it, when the city of Tianjing is broken, it will be too late to regret it!" empty

"Now that the righteous teachers have hit the city of Tianjing, can you see Hong Xiuquan's shadow?"

There were weepings in reply, and there were those who read out passages from the Bible, but even the most fanatical religious lunatic, though he retained his last loyalty to the kingdom of heaven, knew in his heart that the city could not be defended.

That's right, the city can't hold it, it's surrounded on all sides, foreign aid is gone, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, there will be two hearts, no one can hold such a city, and there are several premeditated incidents of raising troops to respond to the rainbow army within a few days.

The only one who has the greatest confidence in the heavenly kingdom on earth in this religious kingdom is only "Dream has set sail ★ for Qing Yi Erya" and Hong Xiuquan himself.

In some senses, although Hong Xiuquan does not like to deal with daily affairs, he is the same religious madman as Jesus and Muhammad, and he indulges in religious affairs every day.

Even now, when the cannons are roaring, he still holds many seals, including Liang Fa's booklet in the shape of Xingshi Hengyan, excerpts from the Holy Path, as well as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's own seals, and some Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's own confidential manuscripts.

Even in this last heavenly kingdom on earth, there are still many people who worship him like a god, believe in him like a vain, and give everything to him, but religious fanaticism cannot hide the embarrassment of reality, and even Hong Xiuquan himself hears this cannon.

It's just that he sees this kind of cannon sound as God's test for himself, since the capital Tianjing, the kingdom of heaven has been surrounded by the Qing army, and he still wants to indulge in his kingdom of God, until someone cries and says: "The king of heaven should make a decision early.......

The King of Heaven didn't have to look back to hear the voice of Grace...... ）