In the following days, Su Hao's men and horses arrived one after another. Su Hao obtained permission from Tianfu to set aside a piece of land of more than 1,000 acres next to the Longjiang Shipyard as the residence of several different institutions under his command.

One organization is naturally the Surveying Camp. After consultation with the Ministry of War, Su Hao separated a part of the surveying and mapping talents from the old survey camp and handed them over to the Ministry of War, forming a department specializing in map surveying and mapping, thus freeing the headquarters of the survey and public opinion camp from the national map surveying and mapping work. Today, there are more than 5,000 people in the survey battalion, and there are only more than 100 people engaged in the survey business, and the rest are musketeers and artillerymen, which belong to a team with great combat effectiveness in the armed forces of the Ming Dynasty.

This time, Su Hao brought the entire survey battalion to Nanjing, and the next step will be to lead this team to Nanyang to carry out the task of overseas development.

The second organization is the Nanjing branch of the Sushi factory presided over by Xu Guangqi, Hao Qing and others, which includes a glass factory, a steelmaking factory, a firearms factory, a gunpowder factory, and so on. Advanced weapons are the foundation of overseas development, so weapons factories must be built together with shipyards so that weapons and sea vessels can be better coordinated.

Xu Guangqi and his companions were joined by Matteo Ricci and hundreds of other Europeans, ranging from missionaries who were proficient in Western technology to European shipbuilders and sailors whom Su Hao had recruited in various ways. The purpose of these Europeans was to pass on Western knowledge in shipbuilding, navigation, weapon design, and manufacturing technology to the craftsmen of Longjiang Shipyard, and to form a combination of Chinese and Western skills with the craftsmen's skills.

There is also a field reserved for the sailors who have not yet arrived. After all, the survey battalion is an army team and has no experience in water warfare, so the military department specially dispatched a naval division to cooperate with Su Hao. In the future, the reconnaissance battalion will only be responsible for land confrontation with the local natives and Western colonists after reaching Nanyang, and all naval combat tasks will be undertaken by this naval division unit.

On this day, Su Hao changed into the uniform of the chief military officer, and took Deng Kui, Xu Guangzu, Zhou Ruyuan and other generals to the Yangtze River wharf outside the shipyard to wait for the arrival of the sailor.

"Chief, please look, they're coming!" Deng Kui had the best eyesight, and first saw a large fleet of ships coming from afar.

"Line up, ready to welcome friendly forces." Su Hao commanded.

As the fleet approached, Zhou Ruyuan made a gesture, and the drummers who had been waiting for a long time played the victory music, which was the music to welcome the arrival of the army. Su Hao, Deng Kui and the others took a few steps forward, ready to welcome the sailor ashore.

"Hey, how could it be the handsome banner of General Deng Bing?" Deng Kui suddenly shouted in surprise.

"Which Deng Zongbing?" Su Hao was surprised, he did see a big flag with the word "Deng" on a building ship in front of his head, but he couldn't think of which general soldier surnamed Deng would be in his mind.

Deng Kui didn't answer Su Hao's question, he ran forward unusually, and at the moment when the boat stopped, he had already come to the side of the building, looking forward to it.

The soldiers on the boat lowered the gangplank, and a small group of personal soldiers came down first, who separated into two columns and made a vigilant gesture. Then, a red-robed general stepped down from the ship, followed by four or five followers.

"Mr. Deng! The last general, Deng Kui, knocked on the general Deng soldiers! Deng Kui rushed forward, and without saying a word, he knelt down in front of the general, and slammed his head on the ground a few times. Su Hao watched from behind, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, Deng Kui was an unruly character in the survey camp, when did he see him so respectful to others?

"What a bunny, Deng Kui!" The general clasped his hands and laughed loudly: "Okay, the little rabbit cub is now a general, and he still has a chance to follow your General Su." ”

As he spoke, Su Hao had already stepped forward, he carefully looked at the general in front of him, and saw that this person was one meter tall, burly, with white beard and hair, and a terrifying aura of power in his eyes. He turned his gaze to the entourage behind the general, and when he saw the faces of Tu Wenhuan and Hao Tong in the entourage, a long-lost but familiar name poured into his mind: the famous general Deng Zilong.

Can Su Hao not be familiar with this person? That's why he entered the military world, thanks to Deng Zilong. He first got acquainted with Deng Zilong's staff member Tu Wenhuan by mistake, and then Tu Wenhuan sent Hao Tong and Deng Kui to his name, and gave Su Hao the title of a hundred households through Zhang Hong, the capital of Jiangxi, and let him build a public opinion camp. After completing the surveying and mapping work in Banzhou, Hao Tong returned to Yunnan with the first section of the survey camp and returned to Deng Zilong; Deng Kui stayed and continued to assist Su Hao until today.

"Late Su Hao meets his predecessor Deng Zongbing!"

Su Hao stepped forward and respectfully bowed to Deng Zilong. His current position in the army is the chief soldier, and Deng Zilong is actually only a deputy chief soldier, logically speaking, Deng Zilong should salute him first. But Deng Zilong is a well-deserved predecessor in front of Su Hao, how dare Su Hao accept Deng Zilong's gift.

"General Deng Bing, this is our General Su Bing." Deng Kui hurriedly introduced Su Hao to Deng Zilong.

"Ho ho, Su Gaizhi, the old man has already heard of your name." Deng Zilong stretched out his hand, patted Su Hao's shoulder, and said in a tone like an elder to a junior, "What you did in the battle of Ningxia, the old man has heard about it, you did a good job, and Master Tu's vision is good." ”

Tu Wenhuan walked from behind Deng Zilong with a smile, arched his hand to Su Hao, and said, "Mr. Su, Tu is polite." ”

"Mr. Tu, how dare you be late." Su Hao hurriedly returned the salute.

Further down, it was Hao Tong who came over to salute Su Hao, Su Hao looked at his clothes and knew that he was still a garrison title, two levels lower than Deng Kui. Deng Zilong's troops defended against the invasion of the Burmese army in Yunnan, although they also fought several battles, but how to make the enemy's contribution to the Pingyi Camp in Ningxia. Deng Kui followed Su Hao and made many achievements, which can be regarded as a big bargain.

Su Hao then introduced his generals to Deng Zilong, among whom Xu Guangzu is also a veteran, and he has some sympathy for Deng Zilong. After the guests and hosts greeted each other, Su Hao said to Deng Zilong:

"Chief soldier Deng, knowing that you are here today and the banquet has been set up, please move to the camp of the survey camp to rest. The residence of the brothers has also been arranged, and since Deng Kui and the brothers are familiar with it, it is just right for him to take the brothers there. ”

"Okay, when you get here, it's up to you to make arrangements." Deng Zilong said boldly. He always called Su Hao by his first name, and Su Hao couldn't help it. After all, Deng Zilong's age is enough for his grandfather, and he is from a cow background, so he has always acted eclecticly. Expecting Deng Zilong to be respectful to Su Hao is absolutely impossible.

Deng Kui led the troops under Deng Zilong's command to the camp prepared for them in advance, where rice, flour, firewood, pots and pans had been prepared, and the soldiers only needed to stay and start their own gangs. After explaining all the things, Deng Kui hurried back to the survey camp to participate in the reception banquet prepared by Su Hao for Deng Zilong.

"General Deng, hasn't your unit always been an army, how did you become a sailor?" Su Hao asked Deng Zilong with a little surprise.

Deng Zilong didn't answer, Tu Wenhuan explained for him: "Actually, the chief soldier of my family was born as a sailor. The general army first led 3,000 Jiangxi soldiers to garrison Fujian, and later moved to Poyang, all of which were known for water warfare. It's just that he was later transferred to Yunnan and has not fought a water war for a long time, so he didn't know how to change it. This time, the Ministry of War said that it was looking for a team of sailors who could fight, and they searched and searched, and finally found the chief soldier of my family, and the other sailors were overwhelmed. ”

"I see." Su Hao somewhat understood.

The coastline of Daming is long, and many military towns along the coast have naval division troops. However, due to the long ban on the Daming Sea, the coastal naval division has very little combat experience, and it is difficult for them to undertake arduous and complicated maritime combat tasks. Deng Zilong is a fierce general in the Ming Army, and his command is a Jiangxi soldier who is familiar with the surname Shui, so he was transferred as a water division, which is indeed the most suitable.

Deng Zilong said: "As soon as the military department sent a letter of transfer, the old man came over with the soldiers. Until now, the old man didn't know where to let us fight. Why, are the coastal pirates rampant again? ”

Su Hao shook his head and said: "No, this time, the Ministry of War transferred General Deng to assist our department in order to go to the South Seas and fight in Luzon and Java." If nothing else, I'm afraid we'll have to meet Hongyi at sea, and I'm afraid there will be some fierce battles. ”

"Hit Hongyi?" Deng Zilong was stunned, "This is an interesting thing." However, as far as the old man knows, Hongyi's artillery is very good, faster than my Ming artillery, and it can hit accurately. ”

"Mr. Deng is really well-informed." Su Hao praised from the bottom of his heart, in fact, the Daming Navy Division had not fought against the navies of the European colonists, but Deng Zilong was able to know the strengths of the European navy, which showed that the old general was well-informed and had a strong memory and was very concerned about military affairs. He said: "Hongyi does have some strengths in naval warfare with artillery. However, General Deng, please rest assured, we already have better artillery than Hongyi, and we have also found some Hongyi sailors to show us how to use artillery by Hongyi. ”

"Instead, I heard that your improved artillery was quite successful in the Battle of Ningxia, but unfortunately I couldn't see it with my own eyes, it's a pity." Tu Wenhuan interjected beside him.

Su Hao smiled and pointed to Deng Kui, who had just arrived at the table, and said: "In this matter, Mr. Tu will just find Deng Kui, and let him find someone to pull our artillery out another day, and demonstrate it to Mr. Deng and Mr. Tu." In fact, not only for demonstration, but also for the soldiers under the command of General Deng to master the method of using artillery, if there is a water war in the future, artillery is the most important. ”

"Okay, we'll all listen to the orders." Deng Zilong readily agreed.

Speaking of the war, everyone turned to Deng Kui. Deng Zilong pointed at Deng Kui and said to Su Hao: "In just two or three years, Deng Kui has become a general. The old man remembered that Hao Tong and Deng Kui were both changed at the beginning, but now Hao Tong is still just a garrison, so he should think of a way to change it and bring him a general as soon as possible. ”

Everyone laughed together, and Deng Kui and Hao Tong's faces showed embarrassment, but the reasons for the embarrassment of the two were just the opposite. Su Hao said with a smile: "Mr. Deng has spoken, how dare the juniors disobey?" Hao Tong, don't care what position Deng Kui is now, let's go to Nanyang together, and you have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. I assure you that in less than three years, you will be able to become a general. ”

"Thank you Mr. Su, thank you Mr. Deng." Hao Tong stood up and made a gesture to Su Hao and Deng Zilong. On his face, there was a look of eagerness, obviously looking forward to earning himself a name for himself in future naval battles.

"Then our matter is settled, General Deng Bing, starting tomorrow, I will ask the brothers to start the training of sailors. The shipyard is building warships at an accelerated pace, and a batch will be delivered soon. At that time, the brothers needed to go on the boat and master the skills of sailing and shooting. Su Hao said to Deng Zilong.

Deng Zilong also put away his smile and said, "If this matter is not explained, the old man will also supervise it." If we want to fight a naval battle with Hongyi, our department is still a little lacking, and we can only train hard. Although you can rest assured, the soldiers brought out by the old man will definitely not be ashamed. ”