The current relationship between Xu Jie and Beiyang is a transaction. Now that Xu Jie has paid and his ability has been recognized by Beiyang, Beiyang must keep his promise and arrange a corresponding position for Xu Jie. And how important is the position of a pipe band? Not to mention how to persuade the center to appoint a person who has returned from abroad as the pipe band, even the opinions within the Beiyang Naval Division are very difficult to settle. It would be difficult for a large Min party to allow another force in Beiyang to compete with him. For this reason, in order to make this qiē logical and with as little resistance as possible, Li Hongzhang's arrangement of Xu Jie can be described as painstaking. The arrangement was not bad, which made Xu Jie dissatisfied. Nor can it be given too high a status, causing some unnecessary speculation and the attention of some people. After thinking about it, Li Hongzhang decided to let Xu Jie go to Tianjin Water Master School to teach first. This arrangement is very ingenious, to say that the status of the Sailor Academy is indeed not high enough, compared with the Beiyang Naval and Land Divisions and various yamen, the Sailor Academy can only be regarded as a cold yamen. There is no rich return, let alone real power. But if it is carefully arranged and operated by some people, it is different. First of all, in addition to the naval generals like Liu Buyun and Deng Shichang who returned from studying abroad and important ministers of the Huai Department like Ding Ruchang, the new generation of officers of the Beiyang Navy Division are all from the Tianjin Navy School, (at the beginning of history, there were a group of officers from Nanyang in Beiyang, but most of the subsequent middle and low-level generals were basically graduates of the Tianjin Navy School, of course, the important positions were still held by Fujian people from the Tianjin Navy School.) If Xu Jie can have a serious impact on the outstanding students of Tianjin Sailor with the help of some people and his own efforts, then once Xu Jie goes from the academy to the Sailor, there will be no one available. On the other hand, the Sailor Academy, which is far away from the core of power and interests, is a quiet haven, and generally no one goes to find trouble. It is very suitable for the development of technical talents like Xu Jie (at least Li Hongzhang thinks that Xu Jie is a technical talent, and there is no ambition in politics), so this Tianjin Sailor School is important and important, and it is not important to say that it is not important. It depends on how Xu Jie and Li Hongzhang operate.

Xu Jie is also very satisfied with this arrangement, he understands the importance of this kind of master-apprentice relationship and passing on the torch in the army. This is the case, not only in China, but also in the armies of countries around the world. For example, General Marshall, a five-star general of the United States, for his exploits in World War 2, the US government was supposed to award him the rank of marshal. But General Marshall categorically did not accept it. The reason is very simple, when Marshall served under the black old man Pan Xing. Pan Xing valued this latecomer very much, and promoted and guided him, which made Marshall grateful to Pan Xing, and in one conversation, Pan Xing said that Marshall would become a marshal in the future. But Marshall said that the only marshal in the U.S. military is you, and no one will be able to surpass you. This is definitely not a compliment from Marshall, and decades later, Marshall resolutely gave up the low-hanging rank of marshal, so, in the entire history of the United States, there is only one marshal, and he is Pan Xing. In addition, Xu Jie also clearly knows that if he wants to change the course of history, he cannot do it alone, he needs helpers, and he needs to select the elites and like-minded people among these students who have received China's recent modernization education to pry the wheel of history together, and then change the course of history. In this way, China will gain a trace of vitality from internal and external troubles. Based on these two considerations, Xu Jie accepted Li Hongzhang's arrangement and entered the Tianjin Sailor School, starting as a teacher.

"Xu, do you really plan to give up our career and stay in Qingguo as a military academy teacher?" Although Vittorio felt early on that Xu Jie wanted to return to China to do things, when a qiē really happened, Vittorio was still full of doubts and incomprehension. In his opinion, Xu Jie has done enough for his homeland, and under his operation, Beiyang has obtained advanced warships at such a low price, and at the same time, he has used various channels to let Beiyang know his potential opponents.

"Our business is still going on, but I am now doing another very important thing, and these two things are complementary to each other, and the Qing Dynasty needs advanced Italian industrial technology to arm its army. Italy can get enough money to develop its own industry. Xu Jie said apologetically. After all, he made a decision without directly explaining these things to Vittorio and others. …,

"Teacher, I look forward to you being able to display your talents in the First Fleet of the Far East, and I hope that one day, you will be in charge of the Beiyang Fleet. and established close ties with the Royal Italian Navy. Tycho said very kindly.

"Thank you for your understanding. Vittorio, if it could, the ** design bureau could well have set up a workstation in the Far East. We can continue our cooperation. After Xu Jie finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to Vittorio.

"Really, Xu? If you agree, I could have set up a branch in the Far East. And you will become the head of the Far East branch. Vittorio said happily.

"Of course it's true, but you're going to give me a raise, or I'll change jobs." Xu Jie said jokingly.

"You profiteer, one day, you will be punished." Vittorio said happily.

"Teacher, I'll send someone to help you pack your luggage. You can also take some of your bodyguards with you. After all, you are still a member of the Kingdom of Italy stationed in the Qing Kingdom, and we have an obligation to ensure your safety. Tycho said.

"Thank you so much." Xu Jie smiled kindly.

"Xu, do you think the Qing Dynasty will continue to order X-class armored cruisers after ordering the **-class dome cruisers?" After Tycho and Vittorio left, Julia, who had not spoken, asked in a deep voice.

"It's hard. Qing Guo's funds have reached their limits. The most optimistic estimate is that it will not be easy to complete the construction of 3 dome cruisers. Xu Jie said.

"Then why did you persuade the Beiyang side to buy dome-armored cruisers instead of more advanced armored cruisers?" Julia asked.

"To be honest, I'm skeptical of the efficiency of the Italian industrial conglomerate." Seeing that there was no one else around, Xu Jie said with a smile.

"Are you suspicious that the Italian side will not be able to complete the construction of the X-class battleship?" Julia said dissatisfied.

"It's not just money that's missing, it's time! I need the Italian side to complete the construction of this type of battleship within 4 years. If it can't be completed within 4 years. 一qiē no talk. Xu Jie said extremely seriously.

"Xu, are you really sure that this war will break out in 4 years? At present, the major shipyards have not yet made preparations, and it is very challenging to complete the completion of the keel laying to the outfitting of the battleship within 4 years. Julia said with a frown.

"I don't care about this, only on the premise of getting a guarantee, I will order a new type of X-class battleship, a ship that can't be built is not a concept." Xu Jie knew very well that even in 1889, on the basis of the fact that Italy had already built this type of battleship for Spain and Argentina, it took 4 years to build the Garibaldi-type battleship for itself from laying the keel to serving the battleship, not to mention that it was now building an X-class battleship that was larger and stronger than Garibaldi.

"You want a guarantee?" Julia asked, raising an eyebrow.

"That's right, a guarantee of completing the construction of the battleship in 4 years." Xu Jie didn't let go.

"If you can raise enough money, I think with Mr. Brin's intervention, it can be completed in four years." After pondering for a long time, Julia gritted her teeth and said.

"Then I'll wait for good news." Xu Jie said with a smile. Although he still doubted that Julia would have enough energy to integrate Italy's industrial resources and the strength of the Italian navy, he had little choice but to believe that she could accomplish this.