"Whoa...... Squeak squeak. ”

The train arrives at the final station, Genoa, and the passengers get up and prepare to get off the train.

In the last carriage, Liu Buyun rubbed his somewhat swollen waist, stood up and said to a guard beside him. "Jiang Liu, let the big guys get up, we're here."

Then Jiang Liu, who was also confused, woke up everyone in the carriage one by one.

"Jiang Liu, why are you kicking me?"

"Hey, you've turned the sky upside down."

With a commotion, everyone in the carriage got up. In order to avoid being discovered by the French, they not only stayed in the carriage the whole time, but also changed several locomotive hooks in a row, and even hung a wagon carrying poultry, which was hard enough along the way.

After everyone got up, Liu Buyun looked at these officers and soldiers who were originally ready to accept the second ship with him. "Okay, it's all safe, it's unfamiliar to the people in Italy, and they're all waiting in the carriage."

Liu Buyun's words made the carriage quiet, except for the sound of personal luggage, no one dared to speak, the purpose of this time, when I was in the car, I said, the imperial court purchased two large warships of Italy, they will follow the Italian naval officers and soldiers on the warships to learn, and strive to be able to operate proficiently as soon as possible.

They didn't have to wait long, and after the other passengers had left, a man in the uniform of the Italian Navy left the carriage. "Ladies and gentlemen...... Right now...... Please follow me...... Go out together. ”

This sentence was said in Chinese, and although it was said stumblingly, the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division in the carriage could understand it.

The Beiyang officers and soldiers in the carriage followed the Italian naval officer through a guarded door and saw nearly ten carriages.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we need to take a carriage ride next, and I personally advise you not to open the curtains to avoid being discovered."

This time it was English that was spoken, but fortunately, most of the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division knew English, and after some mutual information, everyone boarded the carriage.

After they all got up, the carriage started slowly, and took them to take advantage of the sunset time to move in one direction.

As the leader, Liu Buyun naturally stayed in a carriage with the Italian naval officer.

"This captain, I don't know what your name is?"

has been in the UK for a short time, and Liu Buchan's English proficiency is not low.

"Hello, my name is Gomes, Radi Luce Gomes."

"Hello, Captain Gomez. Not sure where we go next? ”

Since Liu Buyun knows the name, he is naturally the place he is most concerned about next.

"Let's go directly to the naval base in Genoa, because time is tight, and we can't give you time to rest."

"It's okay, it's exactly what we want."

By the time Liu Buyun and his party arrived at the naval base, the sky had already darkened, and the gas lamps in the city illuminated everywhere, looking as good as a starry sky.

When the carriage was stable, the group got out of the car. At night, the military port was heavily guarded, and soldiers patrolling everywhere. Liu Buyun and his entourage, led by Captain Gomez, came to a dormitory building.

"The second floor here is where you rest, the bedding is ready, I'll have someone bring food later, I'm sorry I can only let you eat here."

"You're welcome, Captain Gomez, we're all military and don't care about comfort."

After seeing off the Italian officer, Liu Buyun gave the order. "Work in groups of four, and each group chooses a room."

He had seen it before, this was a four-person room, and the bedding was new.

Later, a pile of bread and a pot of soup were delivered, and a group of people sat on the edge of the bed eating the soup. When I had eaten and drunk enough, I felt a little sleepy, and I fell asleep under the futon.

The next day, with the wake-up number in the base, the group was woken up.

And then the captain Gomez came again.

"Guys, we're going to get on the ship next, everyone as soon as possible."

As soon as they heard that they were going to get on the ship, the group immediately became energetic, this is a 7,000-ton warship, who doesn't want to see it.

While they were busy, there was also a group of people pointing at the two warships in the naval base.

"One last look at these two warships, they will not belong to our navy in the future."

Admiral Golek, the Minister of the Admiralty, looked at the Venice and Brescia docked in front of him, and said with emotion.

"Your Excellency Admiral, please rest assured that although these two warships do not belong to the navy, we will still not lose their prestige, and in the future we will make the French in the Far East feel frightened when they hear about these two warships."

"Hahaha, very ambitious."

Hearing the generous words of Captain Lyffel beside him, the Admiral remembered his youth.

"I won't say anything superfluous, this time you also know that although the Qing Navy is nominally in command, in fact you are in charge, and I have a request, no matter what happens, you must return to Italy safely. You have been carefully selected by me from the navy, and you will never be allowed to be buried in the Far East. ”

"Rest assured, Your Excellency, the cannonballs that could hit me have not yet been manufactured."

Golek patted the captain on the shoulder and continued. "What about the officers and men of the Qing Navy who have arrived?"

"It's no different, but it's a little taciturn, and Gomes is in charge of receiving them."

The Admiralty Minister nodded and said with a serious expression. "In that case, then you will leave early tomorrow morning."

"Didn't you say three days later?"

"That's true, but I've heard that the French seem to have heard some wind, so you need to leave early to be on the safe side."

"Okay, I'll let the crew prepare in advance."

"In addition, after you cross the Suez Canal, the names of the Venice and Brescia will no longer be used, and the Qing Kingdom has named them Zhiyuan and Jingyuan, and you will become the first captain of the Zhiyuan."

Admiral Golek looked at the two battleships for a while and left, after all, these two ships belonged to the Qing Dynasty, and Italy still needed to continue to build them.

As soon as Admiral Golek left, Leffel approached Gomes and informed him of the ship's decision to leave early. Then the arrangement for the Beiyang officers and men to familiarize themselves with the warships was canceled, and all the officers and men of the two warships, regardless of nationality, immediately began to transport supplies and coal to the warships.

After a busy day's work, the officers and soldiers of the two countries, who were too tired to do anything, laughed when they saw each other as dirty as themselves, and this immediately brought the two sides closer.

Seeing this opportunity, Leifell and Gomez got wine and sausages in the evening, and a group of big men grilled sausages and drank wine, and the relationship between the two became more harmonious, and even Liu Buyun hugged the two captains and chatted in English together.

The next day, without flowers, the two Venetian-class cruisers went to sea again in the name of training, but this time the two ships should not return.