Tang Bohu risked his life, and finally recovered his fame after the worst, and later got the help of Wang Lun, plus Emperor Zhengde also wanted to make up for the debt to Tang Bohu, so he was released as an official, and as a result, Tang Bohu was arranged to the deputy promotion position of Ningbo City.

It is worth mentioning that Tang Bohu's position was not arranged at random, Zhou Zhong had already met Emperor Zhengde at that time, and Wang Lun also knew Zhou Chong's next plan, so he spent a lot of effort to arrange Tang Bohu to the city department, hoping that Tang Bohu could make a career under Zhou Chong. Originally, at the beginning, Tang Bohu still blamed Wang Lun for arranging a position for himself to eat and wait for death, but it was not until Zhou Zhong took over the city department that he understood Wang Lun's hard work.

After listening to Tang Bohu's tortuous experience, especially when he learned that the other party was able to restore his fame, it was all because of the golden bottle plum he wrote, which made Zhou Chong surprised and a little embarrassed at the same time, and at the same time secretly scolded Emperor Zhengde for messing around, you said you can see it, and even painted a picture of the Spring Palace, no wonder later generations scolded him for being a faint king.

Zhou Zhong didn't want to talk to Tang Bohu about the golden plum, Tang Bohu's identity is different now, so he doesn't want to mention the Spring Palace he painted, so the two quickly changed the topic and began to talk about the local customs of Ningbo, as well as the various delicacies in the port, etc.

Zhou Zhong stayed at Tang Bohu's house until the afternoon, and only then did he get up to say goodbye, Tang Bohu and his wife personally sent him to the alley, and only then waved goodbye after the most reluctance. When she was going home, Shen Jiuniang suddenly said to Tang Bohu: "Xianggong, I see that this Admiral has an easy-going temperament, and you and Lord Admiral's father-in-law are close friends. Encounter such a boss. It will be much easier after the marriage. ”

Heard Shen Jiuniang's words. I saw that Tang Bohu smiled bitterly and said: "Jiu Niang, you have only seen Lord Admiral, and today he is coming in a private capacity, so what you see is just an appearance, but if you see him when you are working on weekdays, it will be completely different, and it is not an exaggeration to even call it decisive killing, such as the Cheng commander of Dinghaiwei." Just because he was a day late, he was dismissed from his position, and he didn't even give the governor face, so I don't dare to be careless about such a boss! ”

Shen Jiuniang and Tang Bohu have just come to Ningbo Port, and they don't know many people, plus she is a woman and rarely goes out, so she doesn't know much about the outside world, and she doesn't know what Lu Dao Zhouzhong did after coming to Ningbo Port, and now she hears Xianggong's words. At the moment, he was also very interested, and began to ask Tang Bohu about Zhou Chong. Tang Bohu was also very fond of his wife, so he didn't hide it, and told all the things he knew about Zhou Chong, but he only hid the matter of Jin Zhumei.

After Zhou Zhong left Tang Bohu's home, he did not return to his residence, but turned along Yongjiang North Street, after all, after he came to Ningbo, he has been busy with official business, rarely so leisurely, let alone go out shopping, this is the first time he calmed down to appreciate the local customs of Ningbo.

Zhou Chong has been shopping until the evening, dinner is also in a relatively clean shop on the street to solve, speaking of Ningbo by the sea, the seafood here is very good, especially the pickled cabbage and large yellow croaker, is Zhou Chong's favorite dish.

In the next few days, Zhou Zhong began to get busy again, after all, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the government will also have a holiday, although the army must always be vigilant, but it will also implement rotational holidays, so before the holiday, Zhou Zhong arranged some affairs.

Among them, Yang Tong and others are in charge of the city's department, so that the tax has slowly been on the right track, and Xie Di does not dare to come to him for trouble for the time being. In addition, the city shipping department has begun to expand the recruitment of manpower, and after the spring of next year, Zhou Zhong plans to let the city shipping department set up a branch in Shuangyu Port, and then begin to take over the smuggling of merchant ships in Shuangyu Port.

In contrast, Zhou Chong is most concerned about the training of the army, Shen Ying, as Zhou Chong's deputy, is now the commander-in-chief of the army's drills, although he is not very proficient in naval warfare, but there are some places in the army that are connected, and he also knows his own shortcomings, so he does not interfere in the drills of the sailors, and all of them are handed over to Qu Lie and Chang Xiao, the two commanders of the guard, and he is only responsible for supervising on the side.

"Boom boom boom~" On the endless sea, several ships of the main warships of the Ming Dynasty were testing their guns, only to see that the guns on these ships continued to sound, and the broken warship as the target ship had been hit with thousands of holes, and the hull had been tilted, and it seemed that it could sink at any time.

"Lord Admiral, this kind of Franc machine artillery you provided is really powerful, you can shoot several shells in a few breaths, and you don't have to worry about exploding, after these main warships are replaced with this kind of cannon, their combat power has immediately risen by several levels, I believe that even if they encounter that Portuguese navy, they can fight head-on!" On one of the main warships, Shen Ying, who had white hair, put down the binoculars in his hand and said with admiration.

Before the Spring Festival holiday, Zhou Zhong specially transferred a lot of newly cast Franc machine artillery from Shuangyu Port, and then replaced the artillery on several main warships, and then summoned the main generals in the army to test the artillery, and the result was unexpectedly good.

"General God is right, now just replace a few main warships with Franc machine artillery, it already has such power, if the warships of the whole army are replaced with Franc machine artillery, then it is simply invincible, and the little Portuguese are nothing at all!" Qu Lie also said with a smile at this time, he was also extremely shocked by the power of this new artillery, and at the same time, he was more confident that he would defeat the Portuguese in Zhou Chong's mouth.

However, Zhou Zhong did not agree with the words of Shen Ying and Qu Lie, and he also found that Chang Xiao, who was tall and strong next to him, did not make a sound, but frowned and showed a worried expression, it seems that he did not agree with the words of Shen Ying and the others.

As early as the beginning of military training, Zhou Zhong gathered several major generals in the army, and then told them the purpose of taking over the water division and the plan to assist Malacca City, which made Qu Lie and Chang Xiao and others very excited, and they also worked harder when training, after all, for these generals, only by making military merits can they be promoted, so as long as they are aspiring generals, they will not be afraid of war.

"General God, General Qu, you are too optimistic, now is not an era when a weapon can determine the outcome of the war, although the power of the Franc machine artillery is strong, but you should not forget, this kind of artillery was originally developed by the Franc machine, Portugal must have also used this kind of artillery on the warship, and more experienced than us, plus their warships are tall, and the soldiers have rich combat experience, with the current strength of our Daming Naval Division, I am afraid that even if the same weapon is used with the Portuguese, it is still difficult to win head-on!" I saw that Zhou Zhong finally spoke at this time, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he poured a basin of cold water on Shen Ying and them.

Shen Ying and they were also happy and confused, otherwise they would not have thought of such a simple thing, and now after Zhou Chong's reminder, the two of them immediately came to their senses, and they nodded again and again.

In contrast, Chang Xiao was about to appear much calmer, and he also said in agreement at this time: "What Lord Admiral said is that although the firing rate of this Franc machine gun is fast, the range is much closer, but this is not a big deal for the sailor, after all, the sea cannon is originally to be close before fighting, so now what we have to do is to fully understand the performance of the Franc machine gun, and then train the gunners to familiarize themselves with the artillery in the next few months, even if they can't compete with the Portuguese head-on in the future, But don't be too far from each other! ”

"Yes, as far as I know, the Portuguese navy is well trained, and the army has detailed requirements for many tactical maneuvers, such as how far apart the two ships are allowed to fire, how long each gunner can change shells, etc., these things are trivial, but sometimes they can exert unexpected power on the battlefield."

Zhou Zhong paused at this point, glanced at Shen Ying and the others, and continued, "We must also learn from the enemy's strengths with an open mind, and even I plan to take as many prisoners as possible after the sneak attack on the Portuguese is successful, and force these prisoners to pass on their experience in naval warfare to our Ming sailors, so you all prepare for me!" ”

"Obedience!" Shen Ying and the others immediately said loudly without hesitation after hearing this, although Zhou Chong let them learn from the captives, which made them all feel a little repulsed, but Zhou Chong had already established the majesty of the commander in the army, and the so-called military orders were like mountains, so as long as it was his order, Shen Ying and the others did not dare to have the slightest question, which also marked that Zhou Chong had initially mastered this water division.

After testing the power of the Franc machine artillery, Zhou Zhong visited the drill of the sailor again, and now the entire 100 and 100 households of the sailor division are all working hard to practice, wanting to squeeze into the top 50 in the future competition, so that they can get better treatment, and even there is a rumor in the army that the selected army will fight externally, although the battle is dangerous, but it is nothing compared to the generous pension, so it has stimulated the army's enthusiasm for drilling.

Time flies quickly, in the blink of an eye to the thirtieth day of the lunar month, almost all the shops are closed on this day, the original prosperous Ningbo Port has been deserted, the government is also on holiday, Zhou Chong is no exception, he took the luggage that had already been packed, took a boat from Ningbo Port to the sea, after a small half a day of travel, finally returned to Shuangyu Port again. (To be continued......)