Qin Chuan muttered to himself: "It's a pity! It's a pity! ”

"If the commander of the fleet at that time had resolutely ordered the opening of artillery to completely destroy the relatively weak navy of the Japanese, and forced the Japanese to sign a treaty with no more strong ships and guns, wouldn't it be a disaster forever!"

Zhou Fu on the side listened to Qin Chuan's muttering, which was a little lost and depressed, and his expression couldn't help but become solemn. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a while, Zhou Fu nodded with a heavy mood and said, "Ming Hong, you and the chief of the water division, Cha Lang Weili, have thought of it together." After the incident, Lang Weili was very dissatisfied with Ding Ruchang, the commander of the fleet at that time, and thought that he should use this as an excuse to immediately attack Japan on this matter and completely destroy the Japanese warships parked in the harbor to prevent future troubles. It's just that Lang Weili's remarks have been criticized in Beiyang, believing that our China is a country of etiquette, and it is necessary to be an upright teacher and a fair and upright thing. The old man thought that those who did great things should be killed。。。。。。 ”

Zhou Fu wanted to say something, but he looked at the sky, patted Qin Chuan's arm, and sighed.

"Ming Hong, the hour is not early, don't think too much about the matter of the sailor, our Beiyang sailor is better than the Japanese navy at least now, and it is still safe to think about it. It's just that you have to remember your duties and don't live up to the expectations of Zhongtang and the old man. ”

"You're doing it yourself."

Zhou Fu stared at Qin Chuan, who was still in a trance, for a moment, and raised his legs to walk towards the sedan chair parked at the gate of the courtyard.

Qin Chuan, Zhang Shiheng and the Beiyang officer, who lost their souls, sent Zhou Fu directly to the sedan chair, and watched Zhou Fu's official sedan chair go out of the gate of the dyeing factory and turn onto the street.

"Brother Minghong, you are showing your majesty in the school field today, you can be described as the champion of the three armies, so that those Qiu Ba who have noses that are about to grow to the top of their heads。。。。。。"

When Zhang Shiheng, who was open-mouthed, said this, he suddenly thought that his younger brother Zhang Wenxuan also belonged to the ranks of Qiu Ba in his mouth, and then looked at the Beiyang Navy Division officer with a calm expression beside him, and couldn't help but stop his mouth, and laughed awkwardly.

"Ming Hong, this silver ticket of 5,000 taels is Shanda's reward for your salt ball, and this time he made a lot of money."

"This two thousand taels was sent by Wu Tiaoqing, and he said that he would come to see you another day."

Zhang Shiheng handed the last silver ticket to Qin Chuan: "This thousand taels was sent by Ning Xingpu, I passed by his foreign bank when I came, he has something to do, let me pass it on to you." Ning Xingpu wants me to tell you that you have greatly increased the prestige of the Chinese, and he wants to thank you. ”

Sheng Xuanhuai sent silver, and the shot was 5,000 taels, which was earned by Sheng Xuanhuai's gambling plate opened in Detrilin, and Qin Chuan knew Sheng Xuanhuai's character, although he was a little narrow-minded, but he was very happy in terms of money, so Qin Chuan didn't care about Sheng Xuanhuai sending money to him.

Wu Tiaoqing sent a silver ticket, which is also reasonable, because of the matter of the salt factory, Wu Tiaoqing and Li Jingfang took a hard bite of themselves here, millions of silver every year are stable, in order to run the salt factory, Wu Tiaoqing has not stopped running to his dyeing factory these days, the two have long been acquainted, he sent silver to congratulate himself, which is also as it should be. It's just that Ning Xingpu sent silver, which was very unexpected for Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan tried his best to reply to the still somewhat bitter expression, sighed and smiled: "Thank you to them, brother will return to invite them to thank them in person another day, especially Wu Tiaoqing is now promoted to the supervisor of the Beiyang Railway, I have to congratulate him even more." ”

Seeing Qin Chuan say this, Zhang Shiheng's face couldn't help but blush slightly, and he hesitated for a long time before he unwillingly took out a silver ticket from his arms.

"Minghong, thanks to you, although my brother doesn't have the blessing of Master Shan, I have also earned a lot from De Xuanlin, and I will also give you two thousand taels for my brother."

Qin Chuan saw Zhang Shiheng's thoughts, but he didn't know, and reached out with a grin to snatch the silver ticket from Zhang Shiheng's hand. You must know that Zhang Shiheng has taken a lot of advantage from him.

While carrying the silver ticket in his pocket, Qin Chuan joked with a smile: "Brother Chu Bao, you ran away alone before the school review started, I thought you went to the concession to open again." ”

It's okay that Qin Chuan didn't mention it, but Zhang Shiheng suddenly had a bitter gourd face, waited for Qin Chuan angrily, and complained.

"Ming Hong, being a brother has made you miserable, you obviously know that your salt group will take the lead, but you don't say hello first. I went to the concession, but when I got there, the old boy De Xuanlin had already been sealed, so he only made so much money as a brother. ”

Zhang Shiheng sighed as he spoke, looking like he couldn't regret it, and Qin Chuan, who was watching it, couldn't help laughing.

Seeing that Zhang Shiheng was still complaining, Qin Chuan hurriedly interrupted the conversation and looked at the officer of the Beiyang Naval Division who had been smiling and silent.

"Brother Chu Bao, this adult is 。。。。。。"

Seeing Qin Chuan's question, the officer arched his hand and said without humility or arrogance: "Lord Qin, Li He, the sailor of the Beiyang Sea. ”

Zhang Shiheng also found that he had snubbed the officer, and he was also busy introducing it.

"Ming Hong, this is Li and Li Ping, born in the first phase of the Mawei Shipbuilding School of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, originally in the Nanyang Fleet, first served in the Zhennan gunboat, the last time the Pingyuan ironclad ship was assigned to the Beiyang Naval Division, and was transferred to the Pingyuan Ship Pipe Belt of our Beiyang Naval Division."

Zhang Shiheng's introduction surprised Qin Chuan, originally he thought that most of the people who could be mixed with Zhang Shiheng were ordinary officers of the Beiyang Naval Division, and they were only a person in charge of weapons and equipment logistics, but he never expected that this Li He would be the pipe band of the Beiyang Fleet. The pipe band of the Beiyang Fleet is the captain. The pipe bands of the Beiyang Fleet are all elites who are proficient in the world's most complex and deterrent weapon systems at this time, and these people are all soldiers with the most modern military qualities in the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that Qin Chuan only knew that the Beiyang Naval Division had a few capital ships with far characters, such as Ding, Zhen, Ji, and Wei, and Pingyuan was the first time he had heard of it, not to mention that it was still an ironclad ship.

Qin Chuan hurriedly replied: "Master Li, disrespectful!" Disrespectful! The little brother is clumsy, and please don't blame Master Li. ”

With questions, Qin Chuan then asked: "Lord Li, the younger brother knows that Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, and Weiyuan are made in Germany, and Zhiyuan and Jingyuan are made in the United Kingdom, so where does Lord Li's Pingyuan ship come from?" ”

Li He smiled self-deprecatingly: "Lord Qin is joking, how can the Pingyuan ship be compared with these big ships, my Pingyuan ship is the first shore defense ironclad ship built by our Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, and the tonnage and firepower are far from those big ships." ”

Zhang Shiheng on the side knew that Qin Chuan's words poked Li He's sore spot, and said with a smile: "I said that the two of you don't want to call one adult at a time, listen to the shengfen." ”

"Ming Hong, in fact, Pingzhu and Liu Buchan, Lin Taizeng, and Deng Shichang are all from the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, but these people happened to catch up with a good opportunity to study abroad. For example, Lin Taizeng, the commander of the left wing general Zhenyuan, his grandfather Lin Peilin is Lin Zexu's younger brother, and Shen Baozhen, the minister of Fujian Shipping, is his uncle. ”

Hearing Zhang Shiheng say this, Li He couldn't help frowning and said with some displeasure.

"Brother Chu Bao, you can't say that, Lord Lin is outstanding in leading troops and ships, how can you say that."

Because he heard that the Pingyuan ship was built by the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, Qin Chuan, who was a little surprised, had been thinking about this matter in his heart, and did not pay much attention to Zhang Shiheng and Li He's demeanor, so he took over and asked Li He.

"Brother Pingji, you said that the Pingyuan ship was built by our Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, but is it true? Also, what are the performance advantages of this Pingyuan ship? ”

Li He nodded and said: "Minghong, the Pingyuan ship was indeed built by our Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, but the steel and machinery and equipment used in shipbuilding are all imported. The Pingyuan ship is 59.99 meters, 12.79 meters wide, with a full load displacement of 2,650 tons, a speed of 10.5 knots, and a 260mm Krupp front main gun。。。。。。 ”

When it came to the performance of the Pingyuan ship, Li He said it in one breath, and it could be seen that Li He was quite proud of his Pingyuan ship.

For China to be able to manufacture its own ironclad gunboats at this time, Qin Chuan never thought that according to Li He's complaint, although the performance of this Pingyuan ship can only be regarded as average among similar warships at this time, it may not be many in the world to make such gunboats, even if most of the materials used to make warships are imported. It's just that I don't know why this Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, which looks good now, has no achievements in the future。。。。。。

Seeing Qin Chuan frowning and pondering, Zhang Shiheng thought that Qin Chuan didn't believe Li He's words, and said with a light smile.

"Ming Hong, when it comes to warship firearms, the flat-mounted Pingyuan can't compare with those big ships, but the flat-mounted drill ship training is not inferior to others. Ding Ruchang is generous, and his majesty is loose. But that Yang Zongcha is a ruthless character who trains and leads soldiers, and the generals in their Beiyang Naval Division all say, 'If you are not afraid of Ding Junmen, you are afraid of Lang Zongcha'. If you think about it, it's this Lang Weili, who gives us a straight thumbs up in training and leading troops. ”

Having heard of Lang Weili's name before the crossing, Qin Chuan naturally believed that the person who could get Lang Weili's praise should be really good in training and leading troops. It's just that he hadn't heard anything about this Li He in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle before, and even he hadn't heard of whether this Li He participated in the naval battle, and what happened to Li He and his Pingyuan still had to wait and see.

Thinking of that unforgettable naval battle, Qin Chuan couldn't help but think of the Japanese Navy.

"Brother Pingpai, the younger brother has also heard about this Lang Zongcha, he is a very talented soldier, under his conditioning, it is said that the Beiyang Naval Division has made great progress, the younger brother wants to ask Brother Pingpai, in your opinion, how is the training level of the officers and soldiers of our Beiyang Naval Division compared to the Japanese Navy?"

"Between the two and the best."

Regarding Qin Chuan's question, Li He opened his mouth to answer without thinking.

Regarding Li He's answer, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Qin Chuan originally thought that there were three main reasons for the defeat of the Beiyang Naval Division in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle: first, insufficient training; second, the preparation was inadequate, so that there were also training shells filled with sand; Third, the command ideology is confused.

Among them, the second and third are also accepted statements. As for the first point, it is Qin Chuan's own thoughts, he has always believed that the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, only the last two reasons for the defeat are not enough, if the officers and men are well-trained, under the auspices of the two large-tonnage ironclad cruisers Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, the naval battle in the Yellow Sea should definitely not be a one-sided situation. But Li He's answer made Qin Chuan stunned. If there is no reason for insufficient training, then where is the reason for failure?

Qin Chuan stared at Li He and then asked, "Then Brother Ping, which do you think is stronger, the Beiyang Naval Division or the Japanese Navy?" ”

Hearing this question, Li He's face couldn't help but darken, and he said with a stunned but very certain expression: "The Japanese navy is stronger. ”

Li He's answer surprised Qin Chuan again.

Don't say that the mainstream saying before his crossing has always been that the failure of the Beiyang Naval Division was due to several reasons such as training, preparation, and strategic command thinking, and no one has ever said that the equipment of the Beiyang Naval Division is inferior to that of people. Besides, I just heard Zhou Fu talk about the "Nagasaki Incident", which made the blood boil and refresh the indignant youth of later generations, that is, only half of the Beiyang Naval Division fleet overwhelmed the Japanese Navy, and the Japanese pointed artillery at each other at home.

It has only been five or six years, how can there be such a thing as the Japanese Navy catching up behind and catching up with and surpassing in equipment, do the Japanese have the financial resources? Can it take that much real money?

Not only Qin Chuan is like this, but even Zhang Shiheng is speechless, obviously Li He's point of view makes Zhang Shiheng feel a little unbelievable。。。。。。