Chapter 603 Visiting Zhangzhou City

Ning Qi saw that Xu Xinsu was silent after responding. He could roughly guess the other party's psychology, and immediately offered another preferential condition: "Considering the long-term cooperative relationship between us, during this joint military exercise,

Our military expenses will be borne by ourselves, so Mr. Xu does not need to worry about the cost."

"How can this happen!" Xu Xinsu was exposed by Ning Qi and quickly objected: "This joint military exercise is of great benefit to the Ming army. I really want it. We should bear the cost."

Ning Qi waved his hand and said: "Master Xu, there is no need to argue. The cost of the military exercise is a trivial matter. You just need to promise me another thing."

"Mr. Ning, please speak!" Xu Xinsu saw that Ning Qi was resolute, so she did not continue to argue about this. She planned to listen to Ning Qi's conditions first. If Ning Qi wanted to use this to blackmail him into giving up the peace talks, then

I'd rather think about it again.

Then I heard Ning Qi say: "I plan to invite Mr. Xu to come to our flagship 'Wei Signal' to coordinate and command this joint military exercise. I wonder if Mr. Xu can give me a favor?"

Xu Xinsu said in astonishment: "Is this Mr. Ning's condition?" He originally thought that Ning Qi would put forward some conditions that would embarrass him, but he never thought that he would just invite himself on board the ship to observe the military exercise. The "power signal" appeared on the center left

When they arrived at the port, Xu Xinsu and her navy generals were already drooling after seeing it. Although they wanted to take the opportunity to request to board the ship for a visit, they felt that this warship was Haihan's big killer and would probably not allow it.

When outsiders came to visit, they were afraid of losing face if they were directly rejected by the Haihan people, so they never mentioned it. Unexpectedly, Ning Qi took the initiative to invite him without asking.

Ning Qi smiled and said: "Although I have no intention of raising conditions, it doesn't matter if Mr. Xu takes this as our condition."

Xu Xinsu knew that she had made a mistake, so she had to force a smile to pass it off: "Mr. Ning invited me kindly, but I was disrespectful. I would like to ask Mr. Ning, when is the best time to arrange this joint military exercise? How many troops do we need to participate? Is it possible?

Corresponding plan?”

Ning Qi turned his head to Morgan and said, "It's your turn now."

Morgan coughed dryly, and then said: "Sir Xu, our maritime military exercise is planned to take two to three days. The main training contents are maritime patrol, coordinated attack, and maritime rescue. If time is enough, we can also practice amphibious landing operations.

.But first I need to know how many troops and warships you can dispatch without causing a big impact on Fujian's coastal defense. Then we can formulate a corresponding exercise and combat plan. This link also includes preparing materials and mobilizing personnel.

It will probably take four or five days."

Xu Xinsu pondered for a while before responding: "How about we agree with you? As for how many people you will send to participate in the performance, we will do it. As for how many ships you will send, I can tell you a big story. As long as you need it, two to three hundred

A seagoing ship can still be mobilized at any time."

Morgan emphasized: "What I'm talking about is a warship, not an ordinary civilian ship."

Xu Xinsu twisted his beard and said with a smile: "The ships under my command, even the merchant ships, are equipped with a few cannons and muskets. If necessary, they can also be used as temporary warships. Although they are not as powerful as Haihan's ship cannons

It’s powerful, but it’s barely enough to deal with Shibazhi’s attack offshore.”

What Xu Xinsu said is true. Due to the rampant piracy activities along the coast of Fujian, unarmed merchant ships simply do not dare to go to sea. Generally, some close combat firearms are prepared on board. Of course, these weapons are completely different from the ship-based weapons equipped by the Haihan Navy.

The weapons of the Haihan Navy are all designed to damage and sink enemy ships. They have powerful firepower and a long range. The purpose of the firearms on these ships is to kill and injure the opponent's crew at close range. As for attacking ships, the power of these firearms

It's also a little smaller.

Xu Xinsu may have deliberately not mentioned the weapon configuration of the Ming Navy warships, but in fact, although the Ming Navy was equipped with many firearms, their power was not that strong, especially in terms of range and shooting accuracy.

There is a relatively large performance gap with the Haihan naval gun. And this gap is not a secret. Most of the Fujian Navy officers who went to Sanya for training in the past few years have personally seen the power of the Haihan naval gun.

Equipped with double-digit artillery pieces on a warship, there are still many technical obstacles for the current Fujian Navy. Of course, Haihan's purchase restriction order on various types of artillery may also have stopped the Fujian Navy's combat readiness level.

One of the reasons is that even if they wanted to buy cannons from Haihan and install them on the ships themselves, they would have to give priority to meeting the needs of city defense due to insufficient numbers.

Although the number of warships under the Fujian Navy is limited, Xu Xinsu still has many preliminary armed ships under his private name. As he said, these ships can be temporarily requisitioned as warships in wartime, even if their combat performance is

Generally speaking, but the opponent's ships are not much better. However, if Shibazhi wins, he will win because the ships are at least two or three times more than Xu Xinsu's. Under the situation that the individual strength of both sides is about the same, Shibazhi can obtain it in quantity.

An overwhelming advantage.

But this advantage is only for old sailing ships. The performance of the "Exploration Class" warship purchased by the Fujian Ming Army from Haihan has greatly exceeded that of the old sailing ships. It is not only fast in speed and flexible in operation, but also has strong firepower. It is completely

It can carry out unilateral bombardment at the enemy from a relatively safe distance. Even if the opponent's ships are more numerous, the "Exploration-class" can escape safely by virtue of its speed advantage. Like the stickers used by Shibazhi in the past for plundering at sea,

Tricks such as blocking and interception will be difficult to use in front of "exploration-class" warships.

Xu Xinsu was obviously very excited to be able to personally participate in the military exercises organized by the Haihan military. When discussing the details with Morgan, Xu Xinsu almost responded to every request. Morgan even proposed that the Haihan side should take command of the fleet after it went to sea.

, Xu Xinsu also agreed immediately.

Ning Qi and Morgan also deliberately did not mention the peace talks. They were not prepared to exchange military exercises for Xu Xinsu's compromise, but wanted to use their strength to tell Xu Xinsu who he should hold tightly to.

Put the thigh.

The two sides talked until noon. Xu Xinsu asked someone to open the table and continued to talk while eating. After lunch, Xu Xinsu asked someone to call several generals under his command to the mansion to discuss the details of the exercise with Morgan.

Question. As for Ning Qi, a civil servant who had nothing to do, he immediately proposed to Xu Xinsu that he wanted to go around Zhangzhou City and see the local people.

Seeing this, Xu Xinsu called a housekeeper from the house and asked him to take someone to accompany Ning Qi to the city. When Ning Qi was about to leave, he was stopped by Morgan. Morgan pulled him to the porch outside the house.

, then took out a pistol and handed it to him: "We have serious business to discuss here, and you can only rely on yourself for safety."

"Don't worry." Ning Qi patted Morgan on the shoulder, then took the pistol and put it into his briefcase: "I will be careful."

"Remember to turn on the safety first when shooting. Also, this Glock18 is an automatic pistol. Don't shoot out all the bullets in one burst when you are nervous. This baby doesn't have much bullet reserves." Morgan was afraid that Ning Qi would forget, and added

I gave this special warning.

In fact, Ning Qi did not go to Zhangzhou City alone. In addition to Xu Xinsu who mobilized a team of people in civilian clothes to protect him, Ning Qi also had four personal guards belonging to the Executive Committee's security company following him. This guard

The criteria for selecting people are also very strict. Not only must they be bold and skilled, but more importantly, they must be 100% loyal to Haihan and be willing to sacrifice themselves at critical moments to protect Haihan's important people. You need to block the knife.

When blocking arrows and acting as human shields, they are the last line of defense around the traverser.

Of course, this scarce resource cannot be allocated to every traveler. Only a few senior members of the executive committee will be equipped with personal guards, and each person only has two personal guards. When they leave the Sanya base to perform official duties,

Only then can we be allowed to allocate two more places.

The soldiers of the guard company are not equipped with rifles. The standard personal weapons are short guns and daggers. The short gun is a revolver that was successfully trial-produced at the Tiandu Arsenal at the beginning of this year. It is also a revolver that often appears in Western movies. However, this kind of close-range pistol

Due to the relatively high manufacturing and use costs of range weapons, at this stage only the special department of the Guard Company is equipped with a small amount, and the performance of the weapons is still in the experimental state, far from reaching the level required by the military.

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The housekeeper of Xu Xinsu's house also prepared a soft sedan for Ning Qi, but Ning Qi didn't want to sit in the sedan and parade around the streets, so he politely declined the offer, but the tour guide arranged for him happily accepted it.

The person who acted as a tour guide for Ning Qi was a young man. It was said that he was the son of a steward in Xu Xinsu's house. His name was Wang Lin. He was under twenty years old and had also studied abroad in Sanya for more than a year earlier. Haihan

After the Executive Committee established "Qiong Lianfa" in the second year of time travel, it opened up some professional and technical learning opportunities in order to attract shareholders. At that time, each shareholder sent reliable young people to Shengli Port to learn these advanced technologies, and Wang Lin also

One of them. However, what he studied at the time was business and finance, and he had no experience of being a student under Ning Qi. Of course, although Ning Qi did not recognize him, he did recognize Ning Qi, who was in a powerful position.

The big shot at the top of the pyramid.

After Xu Yuzhuo received the Haihan Mission fleet on Dongshan Island a few days ago, he had already sent a speedboat to deliver a letter back to inform the Haihan Mission's personnel composition. Xu Xinsu specially sent Wang Lin and other people who had studied abroad experience

The subordinates gathered together and asked them about the personnel of the Haihan Mission. Basically, they wanted to know the preferences, taboos, etc. of several senior members of the mission so that they could cater to their needs during the reception. After the mission arrived in Zhangzhou

The point-to-point reception and escort tasks are basically assigned to these former overseas students.

Any international student who has lived in Shengli Port for a period of time will obviously have a much higher sense of identification with Haihan than ordinary people, and Wang Lin is no exception. After meeting Ning Qi, he took the initiative to ask about Shengli Port.

The construction situation, especially the steam locomotives running between Shengli Port and Tiandu with thick smoke, is the focus of Wang Lin's concern - he wants to know whether Haihan will one day use this kind of steel running on the track.

The strange car was promoted to the entire Qiongzhou Island.

Ning Qi smiled and said: "This is our long-term goal, but it cannot be achieved yet. Building railway tracks is a time-consuming, laborious and expensive job. Even if the labor force is sufficient, it will probably take several years to build a railway on Qiongzhou Island.

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Wang Lin was slightly disappointed after hearing this answer: "If this is the case, will I still be able to see it in my lifetime?"

Ning Qi said: "You are only nineteen years old. It is still early in your lifetime. Not only will you have the opportunity to see the island-circulating railway, but you will also have the opportunity to witness other Haihan miracles. Well, maybe by the time you get old, Fujian will

There are also many places where railway tracks have been connected.”

"If this day comes, I must be one of the first passengers." Wang Lin immediately became excited again, obviously very interested in steam locomotives.

Ning Qi asked curiously: "You just said that you studied commercial finance in Shengli Port. Since you are so interested in motorcycles, why didn't you take a mechanical course in the first place?"

Wang Lin shook his head helplessly and said: "This is the arrangement of the adults. No matter what your status is, I don't have the right to choose courses on my own."

"If you are really interested in this knowledge, then I can recommend you to study abroad in Sanya." After hearing what he said, Ning Qi became more motivated to be a teacher. As long as young people are interested in Haihan culture and knowledge

Ning Qi has the desire to draw them into his circle. As long as these young people have the opportunity to receive a few years of "orthodox" Haihan education, their values ​​​​and worldview will change significantly, and there will be very significant changes.

Most of them are likely to become supporters of the Haihan system - this has been well reflected in the steady stream of young naturalized residents trained in Sanya in recent years.

These young people from the middle and lower classes of society will not follow the old ways. They have not personally experienced how powerful the emperor's favor is and how wise the court is. However, they actually enjoy the personal benefits brought by the Haihan system and gain access to this social system.

There are continuous upward development opportunities in Haihan. And Haihan's relatively more complete social security can also reduce their worries, and they can make some attempts in Haihan's ruling area that may have seemed deviant in the past.

Things like steam locomotives were regarded as monsters by many people when they first appeared in Sanya. However, there are also many young people like Wang Lin who quickly accepted new things and were curious about whether its operating principle was magic or magic.

Haihan people call it the "Scientific Avenue." Once this door of knowledge is opened, the basic theories of governance such as the "Mandate of Heaven" promoted by the feudal dynasty will be completely destroyed, and the authority of the Ming Dynasty will also be lost in these

People's minds quickly decline.
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