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Chapter 449 A Century of Navy (Part 2)

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    Zhu Youxiao warned Han Siwen and Wang Hua lightly, then turned his attention to He Nanyang and said with a smile: "Can you tell me whether these people are capable? Can they help me handle the navy's affairs?"

    He Nanyang listened to the general idea this time and said with certainty: "Your Majesty, they are indeed very powerful naval officers and have the ability to complete your mission!"

    Although He Nanyang's Chinese accent is weird, it can still be understood, so Zhu Youxiao said: "In this case, I will give some questions and let these people answer them. I will keep those who pass and those who cannot.  Take it back yourselves!"

    Han Siwen and Wang Hua stood upright and said: "Follow your orders!"

    Zhu Youxiao directly asked a few questions about navigation and naval warfare. Zhang Quanwen and He Nanyang translated them into Spanish, and then brought the noble prisoners into a conference room!

    "You have to take an exam now. If you pass, you can become the slave of His Majesty the Ming Emperor. If you fail, go back to Nanyang and work as coolies!" After Zhang Quanwu showed the exam questions to everyone, he shouted at the confused noble captives.  road!

    Although all the noble captives felt ashamed about becoming slaves, compared with returning to Nanyang to work as coolies under the vicious Japanese, they still wanted to stay in this civilized and rich place!

    So after Zhang Quanwu finished speaking, all the noble prisoners began to write furiously. They hoped that their answers would satisfy the Ming Emperor and be retained by His Majesty the Emperor!

    While the noble prisoners were answering questions, Zhu Youxiao, Han Siwen, Wang Hua, and Qiao Wangjin sat around the stove in the handsome hall drinking tea and talking!

    "Old Han's suggestion to learn navigation from Europeans is a good one. It can quickly improve the strength of our Ming Navy. This will make it much easier for us to deal with large-scale naval battles with European powers in the future!" Zhu Youxiao said while drinking hot tea!

    "Your Majesty is exaggerating, but I thought our navy was powerful enough before. But after learning something from He Nanyang, I realized that we are still very immature. If His Majesty hadn't spent a lot of money to improve our battleships and artillery,  With our firearms technology, if we were to compete with the navy of a truly powerful European country, we would suffer a big loss!" Han Siwen said with emotion!

    "Yes!" Zhu Youxiao sighed and said: "We, the Ming Dynasty, have been in power for too long and have lagged behind the European powers in many things. Take the navy as an example. When we were emperor, we could still organize a large fleet to launch a war.  Western, but by the Zhengde period, the Fujian Navy could only push back ten armed merchant ships from the Netherlands. The Frankie guns captured from them almost became the main firearm of our Ming Dynasty, but that was already more than a hundred years ago.  Okay, now they have developed to this level, but our navy has just started, how can we do this if we don¡¯t learn from others?"

    Wang Hua smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Our Ming Dynasty now has clipper ships, breech-loading cannons, and explosive shells. These three weapons are extraordinary. When fighting with the West-Dutch Combined Fleet, the 'Sky Tiger Shark'  It can fire at enemy warships from two nautical miles away, and it can still hit, because we use explosive shells, and the enemy ship sank after only three hits. If I didn't want to capture more enemy warships, I would want to 'Sky Tiger Shark'  ' and destroy the entire West-Dutch Combined Fleet directly!"

    Han Siwen also followed up and said: "The battleship armor technology is also very powerful. When I was bombarding the enemy ship 'Francis', I was hit by seventeen rounds, but only six of them caused damage. The rest of the shells were damaged by the battleship armor."  After blocking it, we now have strong ships and cannons, so we can compete with the European powers without losing!"

    After hearing what these two people said, Zhu Youxiao's smile became even brighter. He nodded in approval and said, "You are all from the Army. I sent you to the Navy after a short while. I didn't expect you to make such rapid progress. It's really disappointing."  I am very happy, if you work hard, when our Ming Dynasty competes with European powers at sea in the future, you will be the main force!"

    Han Siwen and Wang Hua said in unison: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will live up to your Majesty's trust!"

    Zhu Youxiao said with eyes full of imagination: "They say a century-old navy, but I and the Ming Dynasty don't have a hundred years to wait, not even ten years. You only have three to five years to prepare, so you have to work harder!"

    Having said this, Zhu Youxiao stood up and walked to the desk. Qiao Wangjin immediately prepared pen and paper!

    Zhu Youxiao dipped his pen in ink, pondered for a moment, and with a stroke of his pen, he wrote "One hundred years is too long, seize the day and night!" in nine big characters!

    After finishing writing, Zhu Youxiao put down his pen and said: "This is my expectation for you, I hope you will not let me down!"

    Han Siwen and Wang Hua looked at those nine words and suddenly felt that the burden on their shoulders was extremely heavy, but they still stood at attention and said"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will build the strongest navy in the world for Your Majesty, even if I'm mad at you!"

    "Report!" At this time, Zhang Quanwu's voice came from outside the door!

    "It looks like the exam is over, let them bring the papers!" Zhu Youxiao said with interest!

    The door opened, and Zhang Quanwu strode in with He Nanyang holding a stack of examination papers!

    Zhang Quanwu stood at attention and saluted: "Your Majesty, the exam is over, your Majesty, please mark the papers!"

    Zhu Youxiao walked over and took a look. When he saw that the papers were all in Spanish, he smiled and said, "I don't know that. It's up to you to tell me how they answered!"

    Zhang Quanwu said nervously: "I just took a quick look, and their answers are all similar. It seems that they all have some ability! It's just that I'm not clear about some of the things, so I can't answer your Majesty's questions accurately. Please punish me!"  "

    Zhu Youxiao looked at He Nanyang again and asked, "What do you think of their answers?"

    He Nanyang held his head high and said: "Your Majesty, I think their answers are just different styles, but there is no essential difference. They are all naval families that have been passed down for many years!"

    Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Since you have said so, I will keep these people. Zhang Quanwu, I will give you a task. You must let these people master basic Chinese character writing and Chinese communication within three months."  ,can you do it?"

    Zhang Quanwu was stunned, looked at Han Siwen, and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, if I want to move with the fleet, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete your Majesty's mission!"

    Han Siwen and Wang Hua were so frightened that their faces turned green when they heard that Zhang Quanwu dared to talk to Zhu Youxiao like this!

    Han Siwen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Quanwu was born overseas and does not understand the rules. Please spare him a break!"

    Wang Hua also followed suit and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Quanwu is so reckless because of my lax governance. If your Majesty wants to blame me, please punish me!"

    Zhang Quanwu also felt that he might have caused a big disaster. He was so scared that he was shaking all over. Cold sweat rolled down his forehead. He was swallowing saliva and couldn't even speak!

    Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Quanwu, pondered for a while and then said: "The Nanyang Fleet will send me out to sea in March next year. You and He Nanyang will stay in Beijing to teach these prisoners Chinese, and I will let you go back in March next year.  how do you feel?"

    Zhang Quanwu did not expect that Zhu Youxiao would speak to him in a consultative tone. He was flattered and deeply moved. He stood at attention and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best to complete your Majesty's mission!"

    Zhu Youxiao smiled and patted Zhang Quanwu on the shoulder and said: "Very good, I'll leave those prisoners to you. You and He Nanyang go and prepare first, and you'll leave for Beijing in a while!"

    "Yes!" Zhang Quanwu and He Nanyang stood at attention, saluted, and then exited the handsome hall!

    Han Siwen and Wang Hua were relieved to see that Zhu Youxiao did not blame Zhang Quanwu, but they were already pissed off by Zhang Quanwu, the ignorant bastard, and were already thinking about how to deal with him!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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