"Dashuai, I heard that you are going to establish a water master school, can I participate?"

Geng Zhongming rubbed his hands excitedly and asked with a smile.

"The Sailor Academy is different from the Knowledge Academy, so it is not suitable for you to participate."

Yang Chengying browsed the information from all over Jinzhou Town, and replied casually: "This Sailor Academy is dedicated to training the younger generation of Sailor soldiers. ”

Speaking of the Sailor School, many people must think of the Sailor School founded by the Westernists in the late Qing Dynasty.

Whatever their intentions, the goal is to train marine talent for the country.

The same is true for Yang Chengying, which is the second and crucial step towards the ocean.

"Dashuai, cultivating the younger generation can pass actual combat drills at sea, why bother to set up a school." Mo Mazi asked with some puzzlement.

"The younger generation is malleable and open to new things."

Yang Chengying put down the newspaper in his hand and replied with a smile: "The future sailor must not only be good at hand-to-hand combat, but also good at array combat, and sail to great distances, which requires rich knowledge and experience. ”

Ning Wan and I echoed: "You have a wealth of experience, and a wealth of knowledge depends on these young people. One day in the future, the trade of the Li Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom, the Jilong Mountain, Luzon, and the South Seas will all be yours. ”

Jilong Mountain is the old name of Taiwan, which is occupied by the Netherlands. Luzon is the Philippines, from which silver from the Americas is transited. The South Seas are Southeast Asia, where Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and other forces are intertwined.

All of the above are currently the most prosperous places for maritime trade, and they are also the places where piracy and colonists are most rampant.

Hearing this, all the generals were excited, and they all geared up.

Wealth, military exploits, and glory all attract them.

Only Zheng Zhihu and He Bin's hearts were tight, they were Li Dan and Yan Siqi's former subordinates, and they immediately realized that these old superiors would be eradicated by the marshal in the future, and they were a little shocked in their hearts.

Yang Chengying observed their expressions, guessed their thoughts, and said with a smile: "General Zheng, General He, I am not a person to kill all the people, nor am I to eliminate Li Gong and others.

I'm just going to open up trade routes for these places, so that the goods produced in Golden State Town can be sold here, and by the way, drive the colonists out of these places. ”

There are historical reasons for the existence of pirate merchants. At first to protect merchant ships, and later to fight adversaries.

A professional robber is not called a pirate merchant.

Yang Chengying's attitude was clear, to combat and eliminate professional robbers, including colonists. Woo half-merchant and half-bandit pirate merchants, including merchants from the West.

"Da Shuai said this, I have the bottom in my heart." Zheng Zhihu clenched his fists and said.

He and He Bin have just joined, and their sense of belonging has not yet been formed.

He Bin also clenched his fists, although he didn't speak, but his face was much more relaxed.

Yang Chengying nodded, looked at Liu Boyu and said, "Sir, after I leave here, please ask Mr. to open up wasteland for teaching in the Sailor Academy." ”

After saying that, as soon as he beckoned, Wu Sangui walked over with the tray.

Yang Chengying lifted the cover cloth from the tray, revealing some silver of the same size in a neat arrangement.

He got up, bowed to the white bank, and said with a solemn face: "This is the bereavement of Liu Qiang, a former Hawkeye soldier who unfortunately died on the eve of the Battle of Gaizhou.

Because he had no relatives at home, he asked Tang Yunjin, the head of the medical team, to tell me and ask me to donate his pension to the school.

I thought there were enough names on the school of knowledge to not do that at the time.

Now, the Sailor School is about to be launched. Please use the money for the construction of the school, and write his name on the first stone tablet on the donation list. ”

Hearing the whole story, Liu Boyu and the others got up and bowed their heads.

I would like to express my highest respect for this righteous man who has never met but is vigorous and awe-inspiring.

After the ceremony, Liu Boxi said: "Don't worry, your subordinates will definitely engrave Liu Yishi's name first." ”

Due to the need for someone to assist him in coordinating the overall situation, Yang Chengying no longer planned to let Ning Wan and me continue to serve as the head of Dachangshan Island.

For the time being, Liu Bolu can only be in charge of money and grain affairs first, and at the same time be in charge of administration and handling public sentiments.

"Shuai, since the Sailor Academy recruits young people, it has nothing to do with the Perak Camp. The sailor has been training for so long, and there is no shortage of food, grass, ordnance or anything, so it's time to go to sea and fight those pirates. ”

Geng Zhongming had an expectant look on his face, and his willingness to fight was very strong.

After a few months of training on Dachangshan Island, Geng Zhongming's kid was suffocated.

On the other hand, it was the practice of the Herato clan that gave him a lot of confidence.

But his hot-headed head does not mean that Yang Chengying is also hot-headed.

Yang Chengying was very sober, and the Japanese State was not the Japanese State of the 20th century, and the level of maritime technology and tactics at this time was very poor, far from the old maritime powers such as the Netherlands and Spain.

What's more, there is another rising power in the West, England.

"Huh...... Not yet, the time is not yet ripe! Yang Chengying glanced at the newspaper on the table, smiled and shook his head.

He then seriously analyzed: "It is not appropriate for us to go to Nanyang and other places now, because we have just established a good relationship with Li Dan and Yan Siqi, and going south will cause them to misunderstand.

Second, we are not familiar with the details of the pirate merchant group and cannot act rashly.

Third, I'm still waiting for news from an official, and when he comes back from the Hirado Domain, we'll start the next step. ”

The Central Plains Dynasty often made a mistake against the grassland peoples, and acted without being familiar with the inside situation, and pushed the wall to the opposite side in a daze.

Or the two sides are having a conflict, and as soon as the Central Plains soldiers and horses arrived, the contradiction was resolved.

The pirate merchants are not monolithic, otherwise there would be no various conflicts during the Chongzhen period.

Therefore, Yang Chengying did not want to act as the unjust leader in diverting the contradictions.

"Report! Golden State City Urgent! ”

Just when Yang Chengying sighed, someone outside the hall suddenly reported loudly.

Golden State City Urgent?!

Could it be that something big happened in Golden State City?

Under Yang Chengying's instructions, Zu Kefa walked out of the main hall, took the urgent mail from the beacon fire post soldiers, and then came in and presented it to him.

Yang Chengying opened the envelope, took out the secret letter inside, and took the code book to translate it.

"Dashuai, is there anything important going on in Golden State City?"

Geng Zhongming saw that Yang Chengying's face gradually became serious, and asked eagerly.

Hearing Geng Zhongming's inquiry, Yang Chengying did not answer immediately, but closed his eyes and pondered.

He needed time to digest the news.

The generals in the house saw such a javelin as Da Shuai, and knew what was extremely important, but they didn't dare to disturb Da Shuai's thoughts anymore, so they had to watch him quietly.

For a while, a pin drop could be heard in the house.

After a while, Yang Chengying raised his head and sighed: "The situation in Liaodong is about to undergo tremendous changes!" ”

"Huh?" The generals looked at each other, all showing expressions of understanding.

Yang Chengying further explained: "It's not that there is something wrong in Jinzhou City, but something big happened to Jiliao Jingluo Yamen!" ”