Chapter 5291 Curious Thoughts
Wuchao Lake.
Luo Xingchen waited for the fleet brought by Xiong Liangxiao and others.
He gave a time limit. If Xiong Liangxiao and others could not arrive within the time limit, then he would not mind taking the fleet to wander around Wangjia Water Village. By then, it would be difficult to say anything.
The friendship that Wang Meihua and Xiong Liguo established with Yang Ruoqing and Liu Xueyun in the capital disappeared. He was not so easy to talk to.
Fortunately, Xiong Liangxiao is not a fool.
Although he also has some arrogance of young people, he understands practicality and knows when to be cowardly, and that's fine.
"Admiral, what to do with the Wang family's fleet?" Fengsheng stood on the left side and asked.
“Leave it to Steward Wang to deal with the Wang family’s fleet. Fengsheng, what you have to do is to select suitable ones from the Wang family’s fleet, incorporate them into the imperial navy, and start a new one. Training."
Luo Xingchen continued: "Our admiral. The navy of the government, as you know, is under construction of a new type of warship. Even though there are some sailors now, it is not enough. Not only is there not enough manpower, but their personal qualities are not enough. Give them a new type of warship. Boat, they may not be able to play well.”
This is what Luo Xingchen is worried about. The technical problems on the new warships have been almost solved, but there are not enough qualified sailors, let alone generals who can take charge alone!
Lu Zhanlong is considered a potential stock, but he is only a potential stock. There is no problem at all for him to command ordinary ships. After all, his experience lies here.
However, it is not easy to command those newly built new ships. There are not one or two new weapons involved, but the power used by the new ships is no longer sails, but new ones. steam engine.
"Don't worry, Admiral, I heard that Madam can give you some help. Maybe there are powerful generals there." Fengsheng said.
“Don’t put too much hope in my mother’s side. Uncle Zhongqin Lu Tao, who came here last time, has considerable accomplishments in shipbuilding. He has made great contributions to the construction of a new type of ship this time. However, Zhongqin Bo Lu Tao is not a man of command, and asking him to become a general would be a disservice to him.”
Luo Xingchen understood that Yang Ruoqing was not omnipotent and relied on her mother for everything, so why should he do anything?
"Uncle Zhongqin, Lu Tao, is still very loyal. He is a very good person, but Ci does not control the army. He is not suitable to lead an army." Fengsheng also nodded. He had contacted Uncle Zhongqin, Lu Tao. He even sent people to handle Lu Tao's personal security in the secret shipyard.
He naturally understood what kind of person Zhongqin Bo Lu Tao was.
The problems before Luo Fengtang are not only the problem of skilled soldiers, but also the problem of generals, both of which cannot be solved overnight.
The navy is more difficult to build than the army, especially sailors who are proficient in water properties and familiar with water warfare are even more rare.
"Admiral, the Wang family's fleet has entered the port, should we go over to greet them?" Steward Wang Yu stood on the right side and remained silent, but now that he saw that the Wang family's fleet had entered the port one after another, he had to speak up.
"Go, why don't you go." Luo Xingchen raised his eyebrows.
Since they came on time, he would no longer be trying to hide his identity.
At this time, in the evening, more than 20 ships entered the port and parked in an endless stream.
None of these boats is small. After all, they all sail on the big lakes. They can even enter the ocean through the estuary of the river. When these boats were designed, they can sail on Wuchao Lake and Caizi Lake. , do business, you can do ocean business far away, and you can even escape through the ocean.
The first two generations of the Wang family were indeed foresighted, but later on, how could they have imagined that a great water pirate, the Stone River Bandit, would appear in Wuchao Lake.
The Shihe Bandits blocked all the outlets of Wuchao Lake and blocked the ports where business could be done, driving the Wangjia Water Village into a dead end. Of course, the ultimate goal of the Shihe bandits is to conquer the Wang family water village and make them surrender. In this way, they have forced many water thieves to surrender, so that there are hundreds of water thieves in Wuchao Lake, and their number is getting smaller and smaller. Gradually, there is a phenomenon of extinction.
Xiong Liangxiao stood at the front of the ship. He faced everyone and first looked at Luo Xingchen and his party who were coming to greet them.
This time when he comes back, he will never look at Luo Xingchen like he did last time.
Last time he came, he treated Luo Xingchen as a baby admiral, and his contempt was palpable. But this time, when he stood on the bow of the ship, he was already respectful and showed his attitude.
“Brother Xiong moved very quickly this time.”
After receiving Xiong Liangxiao at the dock, Luo Xingchen said with a smile.
Xiong Liangxiao knelt down on one knee with a serious expression and said: "The sinner Xiong Liangxiao led Wangjia Water Village to come to apologize."
"Apologise? How can you have any crime? You are deeply guilty this time. Be righteous and choose the bright side, and you will move from one victory to another in the future." Luo Xingchen coughed twice.
Luo Xingchen himself admired his ability to speak. These words were not his own creation. They were all from the stories told to him by his mother, Yang Ruoqing.
"Admiral, Xiong is so grateful that he will go all out and be loyal to the death." Xiong Liangxiao spoke sonorously and forcefully.
The scene played by the two of them seemed to be real. In fact, when it came to the essence, it was Luo Xingchen who conquered Xiong Liangxiao with artillery.
Artillery is the real justice. Whoever has the bigger artillery is more just.
"Brother Xiong, let others handle the rest. You come back to the Admiral's Mansion with me." Luo Xingchen said.
This performance was still necessary, to distinguish priorities in front of others, at least to give those who followed Xiong Liangxiao a reassurance that they would not have to worry about the court going back on its word or playing tricks.
Fengsheng, Steward Wang took over the rest of the matter, which was how to reorganize the Wang family fleet, break up their existing organization, and regroup. This is also the meaning of the question.
After sitting down in the drawing room of the Admiral's Mansion, in addition to Xiong Liangxiao, Song Chen was also present in the Wangjia Water Village.
Jiang An came with Xiong Liangxiao from Wangjia Water Village, so he had to cooperate with Fengsheng and Butler Wang Yu to handle the Wangjia fleet, so there was no way he could come over.
In addition, Luo Xingchen also called Lu Zhanlong over.
Lu Zhanlong was so dizzy after being taught by Master Wang that he set off as soon as he heard the admiral's call. Now he feels more comfortable anywhere than in the school.
"Admiral, what's the important thing for calling me here?"
Lu Zhanlong had already sorted out his mental state on the way, entered the living room, and gave out a heroic smile. He made a sound and stepped in.
"Of course there is something important, otherwise I wouldn't have asked you to come." Luo Xingchen said.
At this moment, Xiong Liangxiao also became curious.
(End of this chapter)