In the Ming Dynasty in history, there were few outstanding generals in the navy, and the most prominent one was Zheng Chenggong, but at this time, Zheng Gongcheng was still a half-sized young man, and he did not encounter so many great changes, and he was far from showing his ability. Because of the imperial court's neglect of the sailors, Su Tiancheng had almost no mature sailor generals who could be found directly, and when he established the sailor, he could only rely on the officers he had trained to come into contact with.

Before the crossing, Su Tiancheng had not experienced the fighting of war, and in the past ten years, he had experienced too many battles, and his personality had changed dramatically, that is, in the sea of corpses and blood, he could still be calm and calm, but this was also his shortcoming, that is, Su Tiancheng was not a natural military strategist, everything relied on step-by-step learning, but in terms of predicting the situation and making strategic deployments, there is a superhuman place.

The construction of the water division has begun, Lushun, not far from Laizhou, Houjin is also training the water division, this is like a race between two people to see who can run to the front, this is a race related to the national fortune, Su Tiancheng will not fall behind, nor can he fall behind.

All operational planning and planning need someone to carry it out and a strong team, otherwise it is all empty talk.

After arranging everything and implementing the money, Su Tiancheng needed to consider the issue of talents, especially the talents in two aspects, the general who commanded the naval division to fight, and the technician who built the giant warship and patrol ship.

The sailors of the Ming Dynasty can be called invincible in the world, but in the Chongzhen period, all the attention of the imperial court was shifted to the strategic level of dealing with Liukou and Houjin, and the sailors were completely ignored. The British Royal Fleet, as well as the Dutch Fleet, known as the Coachmen of the Sea, but the Dutch Fleet was also discarded by the Ming sailors, not to mention the Japanese fleet. After several major battles, it collapsed and shrank to the side.

However, we cannot ignore the fleets of Europe, they have some advanced points, which are worth learning, and this era, until the next two hundred years, is a period of great development in Europe.

Su Tiancheng, who has crossed over, must change this history.

So. When building the water division, Su Tiancheng set his sights on Europe, he needed to learn the advanced concepts of Europe, don't think that the people who are defeated by you are useless, and they have their own advantages.

Especially in the manufacture of giant warships and patrol ships, Su Tiancheng remembered very well the warship formations of the Ming Dynasty. There are more than 20 types of ships, including small warships. Including net shuttle boats, eagle boats, chain boats, child and mother boats, fire dragon boats, and red dragon boats. Cangshan ships and so on, medium-sized warships include Haicang ships, and large warships include Fu ships, centipede ships, and three-masted gunboats. Among them, the fortune ship is the most famous warship of the Ming Dynasty, the centipede ship comes from Portugal, the three-masted warship comes from the Netherlands, and the most lethal is the three-masted warship.

Su Tiancheng's vision is mainly aimed at large warships, especially three-masted warships, which are extremely powerful warships, famous for erecting three masts, of which the main mast is as high as four zhang, the hull is twenty zhang long, there are five layers of cabins, which can accommodate three hundred people, and the ship is equipped with eight red-coated cannons and forty furlong machine guns, which shows how its combat effectiveness is.

Because of the efforts of Bi Maokang and others, the red-coated cannons, general's cannons, as well as the tiger squat cannons, and the Fulong machine cannons, etc., have greatly improved their power, and they can't be compared with the previous ones at all.

Moreover, Bi Maokang and others are also stepping up research and improvement of these types of artillery.

Su Tiancheng is not very proficient in artillery, but he has done one thing, that is, to provide a huge amount of silver for Bi Maokang and others to study, including recruiting talents, and there are many talents in the Jiangning camp in Anning Fort.

This time, Su Tiancheng made a major decision, asking Bi Maokang to bring all the technicians and craftsmen who developed artillery to Dengzhou, and as for the place where these people were placed, it had already been prepared, that is, Yantai, which was located between Dengzhou's capital and Weihaiwei. A guard post has also been set up here, and within a radius of five miles, it has been designated as a forbidden area, and some soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are secretly building camps.

With the strength of the Yulin camp, the Hetao area has become more and more stable, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe can not rebel, and the two tribes are close to 6,000 people, recruited into the Jiangning camp, it can be said that their interests, and the interests of the Ming Dynasty are closely combined, through several years of mutual market, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe have become the boss among the grassland tribes, if you want to attack, you can rule the entire grassland, among all the grassland tribes, the only one with a red cannon, a general cannon and a flintlock pistol, It is these two tribes, in the vast grassland, with artillery and flintlock pistols, what it means, everyone understands, although other tribes, trying every possible way, sparing a lot of money, want to get the red-coated cannon and the general's cannon, but Song Sijun strictly follows Su Tiancheng's requirements, no matter how much silver the other party sells, it will not be sold, which makes the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe grateful, with the advantage of firearms, they can firmly control the entire Hetao area.

Taking a step back, even if there is any danger in the mutual market between Anningbao and Jingbian, in addition to the immediate rescue of the Yulin Battalion, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe are desperately trying to protect it, and this place has become where their vital interests lie, and they must not be harassed in the slightest.

Under such circumstances, it is meaningless to continue to station 10,000 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion.

Therefore, Su Tiancheng decided to leave 2,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, still under the direct command of Sun Yuankun, and the remaining 8,000 soldiers, including Bi Maokang and others, all went to Yantai.

This move is not simple, the focus is on Bi Maokang and others for the development of the required equipment, so the preparation work has been carried out for nearly a month.

On the 10th day of February, the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion in Anning Fort began a major relocation.

Countless carriages set off in a mighty way, and the key thing that the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion needed to protect was these equipment, as well as the many craftsmen and technicians engaged in the research and development, including many Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch.

For the sake of safety, Su Tiancheng sent Liu Tiehan to lead three thousand soldiers from the scout battalion to meet them, and Liu Tiehan's task was to ensure the absolute safety of these technicians and craftsmen, including their families.

At the end of February, the first batch of equipment and all the craftsmen and technicians arrived in Yantai.

The houses in Yantai have been built a long time ago, and Xiong Zijian and Sun Chuanting each dispatched 1,000 soldiers from the Jiangning Battalion to be responsible for building the houses.

Su Tiancheng personally greeted everyone in Yantai.

After seeing Su Tiancheng, Bi Maokang hurriedly saluted.

Su Tiancheng grabbed Bi Maokang.

"Master Bi, don't be polite, you have led everyone to stick to Anning Fort and made great contributions to the development of the Jiangning camp, I should give you a salute."

"Don't say that, my lord, it's all the duty of the lower officials."

"Okay, let everyone settle down, and I'll take you to see the house built to see if it can meet your requirements."

Bi Maokang hurriedly spoke.

"My lord, there are two people under the lower officials, who must be introduced to your lordship, one is William from Portugal, and the other is David from the Netherlands."

Soon, two blond-haired and white-eyed foreigners came to Su Tiancheng.

Maybe it's been a long time in Daming, after the two saw Su Tiancheng, they saluted with Western etiquette, knelt on one knee, and put their left hand on their right chest, which is a very high standard of etiquette, and it is not an action that ordinary people will do when they meet.

Su Tiancheng stretched out his hand to help the two of them.

"Welcome, William, David, thank you for doing so much for the development of firearms."

William opened his mouth to speak, and he spoke in Chinese.

"My lord, this is the duty of subordinates, and it should be done."

William said a little blunt, but the meaning was very clear, Su Tiancheng couldn't imagine that William could speak Chinese, let alone William claiming to be a subordinate, he was a little strange, looking at Bi Maokang.

"My lord, William is now a thousand households in the Jiangning camp, and Dawei is the deputy thousand households in the Jiangning camp, and the lower officials have not reported to the adults, please atone for your sins......"

"So that's the case, what a crime is this, as long as it has contributed to my Ming Dynasty and contributed to the development of the Jiangning camp, it should be rewarded, Lord Bi must not have played the court and the military department, I think this matter cannot be delayed, and the court and the military department should be played immediately."

William and David were very happy to hear Su Tiancheng say this, they have a very clear understanding of Su Tiancheng's identity, they have been in the Ming Dynasty for many years, and they are basically clear about the officials in the Ming court, the Ming Dynasty is very different from the official system of Portugal and the Netherlands, but the system of the Ming Dynasty is obviously better than that of Portugal and the Netherlands.

Su Tiancheng is a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, and in them, he is equivalent to the prime minister.

Since Su Tiancheng said such words, then their official position is very stable, the two have been in Daming for many years, of course, they know what it means to be officials, not only they have received respect, but their families have also been respected.

I heard that William is from Portugal and David is from the Netherlands, Su Tiancheng is tempted, the talents he needs, can't he find these two people to find a way, today's Daming is a place that Europe yearns for, and there should be no problem in recruiting officers and sergeants, not to mention Portugal and the Netherlands, the sailors are very good. (To be continued......)