"You may be seated."

Wang Hengyue nodded to the chair in front of him.

Zhang Xiaoyue sat down calmly: "Is the town guard looking for me to ask my true identity?" ”

"Yes." Wang Hengyue said lightly: "I'm very curious about you, how did you go to be a sheep newspaper?" I heard that you took out a bag of gold leaves in order to report the flood? ”

"How can a bag of gold leaves save people, it's totally worth it." Zhang Xiaoyue didn't seem to think there was anything at all: "As for me, I used to be a Beiyang sailor. ”

"Beiyang Sailor?" Wang Hengyue was a little surprised.

"Yes." Zhang Xiaoyue sighed softly: "Back then, the imperial court sent us a group of people to study navy in the United Kingdom, and after returning to China, they joined our Beiyang Fleet, and later served as the 'Jingyuan' helper. In the First Sino-Japanese War, our Beiyang elite fleet was defeated by the hands of the Japanese people, a great shame, a great shame! ”

His emotions became a little excited, and he adjusted slightly: "I didn't die, I survived and breathed, and then I went to a few more places, but the sharpness of our navy has been defeated, I was disheartened, returned to my hometown in Nantong, and never asked about the world again, studied the development of the navies of various countries, and talked about the rest of my life." Later, I heard that there was a lot of noise in Sichuan, so I moved to take a look, and who thought of it made a sheep newspaper. ”

Wang Hengyue laughed: "I see that you are only in your early thirties, and it is the best years, why did you talk about the rest of your life?" You are the leader of the 'Jingyuan', and it is really wronged to let you make a sheep newspaper."

Suddenly, he patted his head as if he was a little afraid: "It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous, if something happens to you in the sheep boat, won't I have a lack of talent?" ”

Zhang Xiaoyue narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "Does the town guard want me to work for you?" ”

"That's what it means, that's what it means." Wang Hengyue nodded again and again: "Mr. Gaocai, it's a pity to waste it like this, just stay in Sichuan and don't go." ”

Zhang Xiaoyue smiled: "I studied the navy, is there a navy in Sichuan?" ”

"No, I don't even have a small sailboat." Wang Hengyue said honestly: "There is no navy in Sichuan, and there is no army in Jiang."

Hearing the two words "Jiang Jun" invented by Wang Hengyue himself, Zhang Xiaoyue couldn't help laughing.

Wang Hengyue didn't care: "But if you don't have it now, it doesn't mean that you won't have it in the future." I'm also thinking about getting two gunboats first, putting up a shelf first, and then slowly developing."

"Didn't the town guard mean to be in Sichuan? And in the country? Zhang Xiaoyue suddenly asked.

"Ah" Wang Hengyue's mind was seen through, and he used an "ah" to cover it up.

Zhang Xiaoyue stared at the town guard envoy and said: "If the town guard envoy only wants to be the king of Sichuan, and he doesn't need a water army, but the town guard envoy wants to develop a water army, isn't he planning for the future?" ”

"Ahhh Wang Hengyue laughed a few times: "How can I have so many ambitions. I'm a good-looking person, do you think I have an army, and then I have a navy, how beautiful does that sound? Army and navy, ah, haha"

Zhang Xiaoyue also smiled slightly: "Since the town guard wants to save face, then I will help the adults to hold up this face." It's just that this navy doesn't need an army, and someone in the army can have guns, but the navy is different. No, Sichuan's can only be called a water army for the time being. And the investment in this water army is quite huge. ”

"I'll figure it out when it comes to money." Wang Hengyue said: "Navy, the matter of the navy, you come." By the way, call Wu Qianlong to me. ”

Wu Qianlong didn't know what was going on, so he hurried over, Wang Hengyue said a little Zhang Xiaoyue: "Wu Qianlong, your father was originally a Beiyang Naval Master, right?" This Mr. Zhang Xiaoyue is also a Beiyang sailor? ”

Wu Qianlong was stunned: "Yes, my father is the gunner on the 'Super Yong'!" ”

"The Brave?" Zhang Xiaoyue stood up: "Your surname is Wu?" Your father was a gunner? It's called Wu Xi, right? ”

"Yes, I don't know how sir is"

Zhang Xiaoyue's mind seemed to return to the sea battle at once:

"In the naval battle back then, your father was known as a sharpshooter, and before he died, he shouted, 'I am a soldier, I can't defend the country, what's the use of living?' Today, my descendants of Beiyang, must work hard, and be ashamed of the snow today', your father also destroyed the cannon and threw it into the sea, and the feat moved the heavens and the earth. At that time, my 'Jingyuan' was on the side, but unfortunately, it was a pity that I couldn't save me."

"My father is fine now, but he is missing an arm!" Hearing that he had fought the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle with his father, Wu Qianlong said with great joy.

"Good!" Wang Hengyue said loudly: "Since everyone is related to the Beiyang Naval Division, it is even better. Wu Qianlong, aren't you always yelling to go to the navy? Lao Tzu will satisfy you. Don't do it, you brigade commander, let's go with Zhang Xiaoyue to build a ship."

said, a little uneasy: "This is not the brigade commander, now the navy has not been skimmed, whether it can be done is not certain, in case of that in the future, do you have any complaints?" ”

"Heng Shuai!" Wu Qianlong said loudly: "Wu Qianlong is a member of the navy in life, and he is a ghost of the navy in death, it doesn't matter if he is a brigade commander or not, as long as he can get to the ship, let me be a sailor, I have no complaints." ”

"Sailor, navy." Wang Hengyue corrected with a smile: "Since this is the case, let's set up a naval army preparation office first, Wu Qianlong is in charge, and Zhang Xiaoyue is deputy." ”

This arrangement is Wang Hengyue's own idea.

Wu Qianlong has been following him for a long time and is a confidant. Zhang Xiaoyue just came, and he didn't know the truth yet, so he had to watch it for a while before he could say whether this person was really talented in the navy.

Lao Tzu graduated from the English [***] school back then

Suddenly, he said with great interest: "Wu Qianlong, Lao Tzu promised you that time that the disaster relief matter would be done, and Lao Tzu would help you get a gunboat, and now it's time to fulfill his promise." ”

Wu Qianlong was taken aback.

Did Heng Shuai really get the gunboat? This, I'm afraid it's unlikely, how can gunboats be so easy to get?

"Let's go, I'll show you." Wang Hengyue is mysterious and secret.

As Wang Hengyue came to a small river, Wu Qianlong and Zhang Xiaoyue finally saw what the town guard envoy had prepared for them:

Gunship

A fishing boat with a small cannon on it, this is a gunboat

"How?" Wang Hengyue was very proud: "Lao Tzu's words count, right?" ”

"Yes, yes" Wu Qianlong couldn't cry and laughed: "Heng Shuai, what kind of boat is this cannon, the cannon is there, I'm afraid I can't open the cannon, right?" As soon as it opened, the ship had to fall apart."

"You're not talking nonsense." Wang Hengyue said instead: "If this can really fight, then Lao Tzu will be able to arm dozens of warships today!" ”

"Yes, yes, Heng Shuai is wise."

"Wise fart." Wang Hengyue said with a smile: "Lao Tzu just gave you such a meaning, or maybe this is a symbol, the beginning of our navy." In the future, when we really have a navy and become stronger, I will make a museum for this 'gunboat' to preserve it, so that everyone knows that this is how our navy started! ”

Wu Qianlong and Zhang Xiaoyue's expressions also became serious.

The navy is different from the army, the navy does not just do what it wants, and it can become strong by investing a lot of money at a time. If the navy wants to be strong, it needs an extremely long process, which may not be seen by their generation, and it will take several generations, or even more than a dozen generations, to build a truly powerful navy!

But at least they are starting now, although they can't see the sea, although there is only such a "gunboat" that will fall apart if it shoots cannons!

This "gunboat" is a joke, but more of an allegorical.

"Heng Shuai, please name our gunboat!" Wu Qianlong said loudly.

Wang Hengyue pondered there for a while: "Let's call it 'Qiangsheng'." ”

"Strong"!

This was Wang Hengyue's first "gunboat".

And the naval dream of Wang Hengyue and his subordinates also took the first step from the "Qiangsheng".

"Mr. Stewang, why are you here?"

Only then did he return to his town guard embassy, and the sudden appearance of Stewang surprised Wang Hengyue.

"Well done, Keeper." Stewang smiled, "On behalf of myself, I would like to make a donation to you and the victims of the disaster, although it is not a lot of money, but it represents some of my heart. ”

"Thank you."

Wang Hengyue accepted Sturwang's donation, but he knew very well in his heart that Stellan would not come to him specifically for a donation.

"Floods are terrible disasters." Sitting down, Stewang said: "But this is also an opportunity, in the face of the disaster, the town guard made the lord very calm, and his image in front of Sichuan and the whole country has been greatly improved, which makes me, an investor, feel very gratified." But what strikes me is, how did you know that a natural disaster was coming? ”

"China has many strange abilities that are unknown to foreigners, and sometimes the stories that can predict celestial phenomena in ancient Chinese stories are not all made up." Wang Hengyue found a good excuse for himself, and then said: "What about you, investor? You're here, is there anything else? ”

"Yes." Stewang said slowly: "At the cocktail party, you once told me that Beiyang wants to eat you, let me help you solve this problem." But to be honest, I don't have that much ability to influence your president, but I thought of another way. ”

"Oh?" Wang Hengyue was a little curious: "What way?" ”

Stewang adjusted his posture and said, "I want to introduce American businessmen and start a company with you." ”

"Start a company?" Wang Hengyue didn't react for a while.

Stewang said very seriously: "Yes, work together and start a big company!" ”

(To be continued)