Early in the morning of the second day, after Li Zicheng got up, he went to the training ground and ran eight laps, estimated to be five or six miles, and his body was slightly sweaty, before returning to the back office, Xiaomei had already prepared hot water to wash his face, wiped his teeth and washed his face, made hot tea for him, served two desserts, and then stood silently behind him, lowered his eyebrows, and looked at it from time to time to see what other needs the adults had.

Li Zicheng's back could feel Xiaomei's burning gaze, this little maid, I don't know what I heard last night, he laughed and said, "Xiaomei, are you tired?" Why don't you sit down and rest? ”

Xiaomei hurriedly shook her head, "The servant is not tired, and it is the blessing of the servant to be able to serve the adult!" ”

"That'...... Bring me my breakfast!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Xiaomei seemed to feel something, and bowed down slightly and walked quickly to the dining hall.

After breakfast, Li Zicheng was going to teach the students again.

Chen Qiudie is close to labor, naturally she can't go to the school to sit for a long time, it doesn't matter, she is not making up students, Sun Mengjie has passed the postpartum recovery period, and still goes to the school with her sister flowers, however, this sister has been replaced by Chen Qiudie to Mu Sirong.

Li Zicheng picked up his lecture notes, and it is estimated that he has already taught the level of the third grade in the future.

Since the students have mastered a certain number of Chinese characters, they have been able to write simple, about 100 characters, which is the most elementary level of writing, but unfortunately, the dictionary handed over to Sun Lin has not yet been completed, otherwise the students can learn some Chinese characters on their own.

Mathematics has been taught the "basic knowledge of fractions", which is equivalent to the level of the end of the third grade, and with the accumulation of mathematical knowledge of students, it is possible to speed up the teaching progress, after all, they are students over the age of twelve or thirteen, and their life experience is definitely higher than that of children aged eight or nine.

The most troublesome thing for Li Zicheng is the teaching of scientific knowledge, because there are no textbooks, it seems quite fragmented, he suddenly remembered that John Tang was sorting out the textbooks of the Holy Roman Empire for him, and he didn't know how it was going, and he had not replied to the matter of letting him make a microscope last time.

After lunch, Li Zicheng went to Xining Catholic Church.

Tang Ruowang held the tea cup, his eyes were introverted, he didn't know what he was thinking, until Li Zicheng walked to his side, he found out, got up and saluted, and said, "My lord is back?" Congratulations to you for winning Gansu! He apparently already knew the results of the Northern Expedition.

He had little interest in military conquest, except for blood, the desperate confession of the dying, and God was powerless in the face of such a human tragedy.

However, after coming to Xining, with the strong support of Li Zicheng, a breakthrough was made in the spread of Catholicism, and the number of believers now exceeds 1,500, more than the rest of the Ming Dynasty combined, which greatly surprised him.

These exploits were mainly due to Li Zicheng's skill and strategy, so he began to pay attention to his Li Zicheng's every move, and the more territory Li Zicheng mastered, the more likely it was that the spread of Catholicism would flourish.

"Tongxi, Tongxi, if you take Gansu, Catholicism can spread in Gansu," Li Zicheng returned the salute, "What is Bishop Tang thinking?" I didn't interrupt your train of thought, did I? ”

Tang Ruowang suddenly frowned, "My lord......"

Li Zicheng knew that it was not good news, but what should come would always come, and it was not something that could be avoided if he wanted to, so he said: "What problem has Bishop Tang encountered?" ”

"My lord," John Tang bowed again, his face was a little angry, "I sent someone to Portugal, Austria, and Daming called Franco, and asked them for the blueprints of the battleship, but ...... The Portuguese gave them only old-fashioned drawings, and as for the latest warships, for God's sake, they ...... They also don't give it, saying that it will only be ...... in Lisbon."

He took out a stack of white papers from his bosom and threw it onto the square table in a huff.

Li Zicheng didn't understand Portuguese, so he didn't take the drawings, but only glanced at him obliquely, "Old-fashioned battleships? Don't they use it anymore? ”

"It's not," John Tang spread his hands, looked innocent, and said, "This is the warship they use in the East, but it is not the best, their best warships have been sent to the New World!" ”

"The New World?" Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that in the Age of Discovery, Europeans had already set foot on the land of America, but for Xining, and even for the Ming Dynasty, it was a very distant place, and it had nothing to do with it for the time being, so he said: "Since this is the case, then you first translate this drawing into Chinese, and I will let the craftsmen figure it out!" ”

Since it is still in use, it is a real warship, and in terms of design, it is at least more reasonable than Xining and Daming's merchant ships.

He is building ships now, mainly to protect the Triangle City, strengthen the connection between the east and west sides of the West Sea, transport supplies for the Triangle City, and in case the Triangle City cannot hold it, he can also withdraw the soldiers and civilians in the city.

In addition, he also had a feeling that since the Western navy had entered the territorial waters of the Ming Dynasty, a collision between the two sides would be a matter of time before it happened, and it was necessary to prevent trouble.

The navy is different from the army, it is a branch of the armed forces that pays great attention to precipitation, and if there are conditions to form a navy in the future, even if there are the most advanced warships, there are no well-trained soldiers and experienced commanders, and no matter how advanced the warships are, they are not much different from a pile of scrap iron and wood, and they will not be able to stand the test of war at all.

And the commanders, soldiers, and even sailors of the Navy are extremely difficult to train.

"That's all there is to it!" Tang Ruowang shook his head and shrugged his shoulders, looking very helpless, he picked up the drawings, and said: "My lord, this kind of battleship has eighteen artillery pieces, but Xining does not have artillery ......."

This is indeed a problem, if the battleship can be equipped with artillery, the huge roar alone can scare the Mongols into urine, and even shell the Mongol tents along the coast to destroy their psychological superiority over the Han Chinese.

However, Xining is currently short of pig iron, and copper is also extremely scarce, although there is a talent like John Tong, there is no place for it for the time being.

"Build a ship according to the original drawings first, and reserve the position of the ship's guns!"

"Yes, my lord, I will translate the battleship that your adult needs according to the original drawings."

"Bishop Tang, I need two identical drawings!"

"Two copies?" John Tang was puzzled, and his blue-green eyes flickered