After Qin Kai came, He Yong first introduced the Guangzhou comprador Master Li, "Lord Qin, this is my nephew Li Donglai, who is a foreign comprador in Shanghai, and this time the old man specially asked him to come back to do this!" ”

This Li Donglai is in his forties, but he is a talent, but for some reason, there is always a feeling that Qin Kai is a little uncomfortable, what is the reason, he can't tell, he arched his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Li, thank you!" ”

Li Donglai returned the gift and handed over a large stack of things, "This is the manuscript of several meetings and negotiations with Shen Singhe and Jin Wu, several of which have their signatures, and there are many goods acceptance reports they gave, as well as the voucher that Jin Wu transferred to me for the goods, and the difference in price is the benefit fee they took!" ”

Qin Kai flipped through these evidences, it can be described as ironclad evidence, this Li Donglai does things well, and it can be seen that he is a powerful character. With these evidences in hand, some things are coming out, this Shen Singhe is really dead inexplicably.

"Brother Li, after that, the government will inevitably find trouble for you, have you thought of a way to deal with it?" Since this is a trap, it is natural to be strict everywhere, otherwise if you are not careful, not only will you not trap people, but you will trap yourself, which is a very stupid thing.

Li Donglai stood up, "Lord Qin, at this time, you can rest assured, I, Li, have already made up my mind to enter the yamen this time, and I will definitely handle this matter properly!" ”

Qin Kai and He Yong and Li Donglai discussed, the two of them left first, and Zhou Ruidong reported the matter at the shipyard, after nearly two months of careful investigation, the tricks of the golden fat man to deduct the wages of the workers were found out one by one, which is nothing more than the official silver turned into a variegated silver two, the number of false reports suffered a deficit, the half salary of the art garden students is counted as a salary, and the price of broken coal is calculated as refined coal...... The whole report is sprinkled with thousands of words.

For this work of digging people's privacy, Zhou Ruidong has really done beyond Qin Kai's expectations, and he was about to say something to praise and encourage, Zhou Ruidong stretched out his hand and quietly pointed to Zhang Kui, who was drinking tea casually...... It turns out that this masterpiece was shot by Zhang Kui!

Qin Kai turned his head, Zhang Kui picked up first, grinning and revealing a bitter gourd face, "Instructor, don't praise me, don't encourage me, I'll do this job once, hehe!" ”

"Zhang Kui, you kid, you have a set, okay! Then you don't praise, what do you want? ”

"Instructor, if you lead the troops to fight that day, you give me a chance, and you will be the first to bring me," Zhang Kui laughed and said, "I want to win Ruidong in this matter!" ”

"Whatever you ......" Zhou Ruidong smiled nonchalantly, he already had that calm expression, and it was rare for this guy to laugh a few times a month.

"Lead the troops!" Qin Kai was a little surprised, these things he hid in his heart, these two students guessed correctly, he laughed, looked at the two students meaningfully, and picked up the pile of contracts and investigation reports, "There have been many things in the past few days, Zhang Kui, you want to do something, don't say that the instructor has too much work when the time comes!" You go ahead and make a whole plan now, and I'm going to start shutting down the shipyard in a week! ”

The three of them discussed together for more than two hours, and then Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui left in a hurry.

Two days later, at the special berth of the Nanyang Naval Division in Mawei Port, Ding Richang personally commanded everyone to hoist the tightly wrapped heavy artillery onto the large cargo ship "Dongshan" of the China Merchants Steamship Bureau.

Qin Kai did not choose to stay on the larger tonnage freighter, only Huang Xing and Sun Xiang were accompanied this time, this time he went to Tianjin Wei Na was just a planned show, he was not too interested in this, he was interested in some of the people he might meet this time, and this Nanyang sailor who was burdened with indomitable and failure.

The two warships are medium-sized wooden-hulled steam-powered warships of more than 1,200 tons, these two names Qin Kai are very unfamiliar, just when he took Huang Xing and Sun Xiang to stand on the dock and decided to get on that ship, he suddenly found that many heads appeared on the warship, and they were even pointing at him.

"Sun Xiang, you see so many people greeting the teacher!" Huang Xing's mouth was wide and he began to mumble.

Qin Kai turned his head and glared at this fool fiercely, is this a greeting? Watch the whole monkey show! When he was considering whether to let Old Man Ding call someone to lead the way, the pedal on the side of the "Taishan" military ship was lowered with a gurgling sound, and a dignified-looking and burly young military attache strode down with three or four soldiers wearing Wuyun suits. ,

The person who came walked not far in front of Qin Kai and asked loudly like a bell, "But Instructor Qin of the Ship Master Academy?" ”

It seems that he is still a little famous, Qin Kai straightened his body, the training effect of leading by example these days is really good, he completely copied the "three steps" training with the later iron army, and he has a bit of a military demeanor at such a stop.

He arched his hand, the military attache in front of him should not be of high rank, but to achieve the pipe belt of a ship, at least a seventh-grade military attaché, and asked with a smile: "It is Qin, the general's surname?" ”

When the person came to see Qin Kai salute, he hurriedly bowed and returned the salute, "Lord Qin smiled, down there is Lu Han from the Nanyang Navy Taishan Soldier Ship Pipe!" After that, he introduced a few soldiers wearing Wuyun suits and sailor uniforms behind him, "These are all students from the Mawei Ship Master Academy a year earlier, and they have heard of Instructor Qin's name, so I came to meet them today!" ”

Lu Han! In the history he knew, this later generation evaluated the military attache who was calm and decisive by nature, and who was diligent in training and did not retreat in the artillery battle with the French, and the officers and men of the whole ship were even more desperate to kill the enemy.

He smiled slightly, a material that can be made, since I have come to this era, then it is up to me to change my life against the sky, so that the blood of this hero will no longer be empty of blue waves......

Lu Han ...... Lu Gengtang! The name of the general and good soldier, I often hear people mention it, "Qin Kai began to skillfully use the information resources in his hand to pull the relationship."

Lu Han was also very surprised when he saw that Lord Qin actually knew his words, but he was also a little surprised. He is just a seventh-grade martial artist, if he is said to have some fame, it is limited to the Nanyang Naval Division, he trains diligently, but this is not necessarily a good character in the Naval Division.

He is in charge of this belt, or in the early years, Lord Shen Baozhen was only promoted to govern the Nanyang Naval Division, this is three or four years, the current Nanyang Naval Division commander Liu Shen does not like him very much, on weekdays, the warship goes to sea for training, and Commander Liu let him bring some private goods, and Lu Han is very disgusted by this, and has refused many times in person, the relationship between the two is really not good, and this official position will naturally stand still.

"Lord Qin, my generation is only a shallow learner, my lord is really laughing! Please Instructor Qin on board, let's ask for advice slowly!" With a wave of his hand, Lu Han greeted Qin Kai very enthusiastically onto the warship, and asked people to prepare a private cabin for him to rest.

When he arrived at the ship, Qin Kai didn't have the idea of looking at the scenery or resting, in his thinking, everything needed to take the initiative, and immediately took the two students to the warship to walk around.

In the stern, Qin Kai saw two Armstrong 101mm breech guns, which were only naked on the shooting table on the rear deck, and the other side of the ship was equipped with a Grimm Gun (American-made Gatling rotary tube machine gun), and there was only one Armstrong 127MM breech gun in the bow, and the firepower was really bad.

With the flute of the "Dongshan", the fleet slowly sailed away from Mawei Port, Qin Kai stood next to the green cannon on the side of the ship, looking back at the Mawei Port with dangerous terrain behind him, more than a dozen forts of all sizes set up on both sides of the strait seemed to protect the entire port tightly, but no matter how powerful the fort was, it could not stop the ignorance and idiocy of the Manchu government.

"Instructor Qin, the defense of Mawei Port can be described as tight!" Someone behind him opened his mouth to ask, and as soon as he heard this bold voice, he knew that it was Lu Han who was coming.

"It's really good, what does Cousin Geng say about it?" Qin Kai had no intention of commenting on these forts, this was all the planning of Shen Baozhen and Ding Richang for many years, which can be described as far-sighted, but in the end, it ended up empty.

Lu Han looked left and right and sighed, "The artillery is old, the morale of the army is sluggish, and it is just empty!" ”

Qin Kai remembered the fragment of the Mawei naval battle recorded in the history books in the future, the Nanyang Naval Division and the Fujian Naval Division were also considered to have fought bloodily, and the Nanyang Naval Division only had one warship to escape, and the Fujian Naval Division, as a local naval army in this era, although there were only sailing ships, it was also a fierce attack under the cannon of the French giant ship, but the contrast between this result and their bravery was too great.

"Cousin Geng, I think the Nanyang Navy Division looks good," Qin Kai pointed to the bow gun position in front of him, where some soldiers were holding medicine bags and practice shells for firing training, but they were all fierce dragons. ,

Lu Han raised his eyes and saw several pro-soldiers who were directing the training, and saw the soldiers who were sweating profusely and were training, a confident smile appeared on his resolute face, and suddenly, he pointed to one of the short and fat young men, "Instructor Qin, that is the steward of the ship, what does your lord say about this person?" ”

"Oh...... If it weren't for my cousin telling me that this brother was the steward of the ship, I would have thought that this might be the chef of the ship! Qin Kai smiled slightly and joked, but his expression was solemn, and he said with certainty: "Since you can enter the eyes of cousin Geng, there must be something outstanding!" ”

"My lord, Chen Tongpu was one of the children sent to the United States by Master Li Zhongtang in the 11th year of Tongzhi (1872), and he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and obtained certificates in two disciplines: marine engineering and chemistry...... Lord Qin, Lord Qin, is it a little uncomfortable when the sea is windy?! When Lu Han was introducing Humpty Dumpty, he found that there was something wrong with the eyes of Lord Qin next to him, and he hurriedly changed his head.

Qin Kai woke up from his thoughts all of a sudden, and smiled, we were a little frightened just now, MIT, the future generations are also one of the best places, I didn't expect that there are really treasures hidden in this Nanyang Sailor, such people came to drive the boat, it's really ...... Too...... It's a waste, by the way, I also studied chemistry, this is really a professional counterpart!

"Gungtang, I'm fine! I'm just thinking of some miscellaneous things, so go on! Qin Kai snorted, his eyes began to scan the surrounding crew and soldiers, but he didn't seem to see any special hidden characters.

"After Chen Tongpu came back, he always wanted to go to the shipyard, but he didn't know how to think about it, so he stuffed it into the Hou School to learn how to sail from the British, and then sent it to me......

"Waste......" Qin Kai couldn't help but pat the railing of the ship, this Chen Tongpu stayed in the United States for five years, and when he came back, he had to go to Mawei Houtang to study with those British people for two years, and the same thing that happened to this fat man was indeed a person, and Zhan Tianyou, a railway engineering expert who attracted much attention in later generations, was also an ordinary experience! That's right, this is Zhan Tianyou, it seems that I haven't seen such a person in the Mawei School!

Lu Han was a little crazy at this time, this Qin instructor is famous, since the booklet of "On the Rejuvenation of the Country by Industry" flowed into the water division, these officers and soldiers from the Mawei Academy are all vying to read, seeing that the school they are studying has such a new atmosphere, Lu Han and some young military attachés with ideas are quite emotional.

What impressed him the most was, of course, the brand-new concepts mentioned by Qin Kai in the book, the theory of sea power, and the doctrine of giant ships and cannons...... This undoubtedly raised the status of the navy to a point that affected the fortunes of the country, so when Lu Han learned that Qin Kai went to Tianjin with Governor Ding Richang, his first thought was to meet this Qin instructor, but at this time, Qin Instructor was obviously preoccupied, he didn't know that Qin Kai was thinking about a future alumnus of this Humpty Dumpty Chen Tongpu.

"Instructor Qin, I was about to ask a few questions," Lu Han took out a copy of "Theory of Industrial Rejuvenation" from his arms, which pulled Qin Kai's thoughts back, and Qin Kai was also very interested in promoting his theory of industrial rejuvenation, and spared no effort, the two hurriedly turned back to the house, and Lu Han also called Liumei Fat Pipe in by the way.

Qin Kaile looked at the chubby Chen Tongpu, and smiled secretly in his heart, first weigh the pounds and two, if you are a talent, then you will unceremoniously take Luo, this is for the sake of the fat man!

This Chen Tongpu is really a fulfillment of the old saying that people can't look good, worthy of being a graduate of MIT in this era, compared with the scholars from the domestic imperial examination, the vision and thinking are very different, from his mouth is no longer popping out of the words "democracy", "science" and so on, of course, this is in the form of English words.

Because there is no corresponding translation in China, the meaning of "democracy" in Chinese in this era is "the domination of all peoples", which is undoubtedly contrary to the meaning of democracy in later generations, and the so-called "science" refers to the "study of imperial examinations".

And Lu Han and Chen Tongpu heard Qin Kai talk about the current situation for the first time, and they really had a deafening feeling, after reading the commentary, the wise Zhuge Kongming knew the general trend of the world in Longzhong, but I didn't expect that in the Mawei Ship Master School, there was a person who could know everything about Tiannan, Haibei, and Taixi.

These two are young people who have studied new learning, and they naturally know some information about the Taixi countries, but like Qin Kai, who can analyze the history and current situation of the Western powers, in their opinion, even those scholars and teachers from the West do not have this ability at all, and even the most senior Japanese Yige in the Mawei Ship Master School and the French colonel is far from the Qin instructor.

Qin Kai naturally did not let go of this opportunity to show his ability, these two people are undoubtedly usable talents, and the envelopment of the Nanyang Naval Division has always been a matter in his plan, but this Nanyang Naval Division has been established for more than ten years, and the natural relationship is complicated, and the officers are also mixed, he needs an entry point, and it is undoubtedly the best opportunity to contact Lu Han, a man with the style of a warrior.

After a few days of communication, Lu Han and Chen Tongpu both have the feeling of hating each other, but obviously in the current situation, they can only intersect with each other, after all, it is a taboo to meddle in the army at will.

And when Chen Tongpu heard Qin Kai introduce some of the achievements of the Artillery Bureau and his superficial vision for the future, he couldn't wait to ask Lord Qin to talk to Governor Ding and let him change his career to the Artillery Bureau to do some research work, after all, it was his major that he studied at MIT for five years.

Qin Kai was naturally happy to see the fat man's initiative to take refuge, and Lu Han was obviously very happy to see that Chen Tongpu, who had worked with him for many years, finally had a good home.

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