Deng Shichang was a handsome young man, but he was in his thirties and was spotless in his official uniform. When he saw me, he swung his horse's hooves and greeted him respectfully: "I am the Beiyang Navy, and I will take care of the Holy One."

I raised my hand and asked him to get up: "I am safe. I invite you to get up, Xiao Dezi, and give you a seat."

Deng Shichang saluted Li Hongzhang again, and then thanked Xiao Dezi for touching half of the stool and sat down. I clapped my hands and said, "Deng Aiqing, I am calling you here this time to ask about the naval combat techniques. I have some experience recently, and I want to ask Deng Aiqing for advice."

How dare Deng Shichang bear me so polite? I knelt down in panic and woke up. I was indeed too polite. In fact, I did bring the respect for Deng Shichang to my later generations, which made this young man so panic.

He smiled and said, "Deng Aiqing, come here. Li Zhongtang will come and join me in the Xiangxiang."

Before the two of them came to my desk, I spread out a piece of white paper, took a few chess pieces and picked them up in my hands and said, "The two are specialists in navy. I ask the two dear ministers, what is the benefit of water battle? Boats or cannons?"

Deng Shichang looked at Li Hongzhang and didn't dare to speak. I smiled and said, "Li Zhongtang will talk first. I see if you don't say it, and Deng Aiqing doesn't dare to say it either."

Li Hongzhang smiled silly and said to Deng Shichang: "Zhengqing only says nothing. The emperor is above. You and I are both ministers in the same palace, so there is no distinction between high and low." (Zhengqing, Deng Shichang's name.)

Deng Shichang was young after all, so he bowed to Li Hongzhang and said, "Reply to the emperor's words, according to the opinions of the poor ministers, the strong ships are considered barriers, and the sharp cannons are considered sword plows. There is no better or worse between the two. According to my opinion, the Beiyang ships are firm, but the cannons are not yet profitable. I..."

I shook my hand and interrupted him, "Deng Aiqing, I have already agreed to Li Zhongtang for the money to change artillery in Beiyang. This time, I will increase the special military expenditure of the navy from the treasury. Deng Aiqing does not need to worry." Deng Shichang was naturally grateful again. I smiled and said, "In addition, from today, the Beiyang Navy will be renamed the Royal Navy of the Qing Dynasty. I have another special order for this matter. I have summoned you to come, and I have such an idea..."

As he said that, he put the pieces one by one on the white paper, took another teapot, letting the pieces surround the teapot, and said to the two: "What do you think of the torpedo boats?"

The two smiled at the same time, and Deng Shichang smiled and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this time I am not hiding my weakness in front of Li Zhongtang. It is because Li Zhongtang has other experiences here. I dare not speak nonsense."

Li Hongzhang also smiled and said to Deng Shichang: "Your Masayoshi doesn't need to be too humble. I thought that I transferred you to the command back then, because you made a unique contribution to your torpedo boats, so I asked for it from Lord Deng Tingzhen." That being said, Li Hongzhang still said to me seriously: "Your Majesty, in the 13th year of Tongzhi, I saw Russian torpedo boats coming to China in Tianjin. After the trial, I was extremely powerful, so I thought of building my great Qing Shui Master. I also bought more torpedoes when I visited Europe. However, when I first purchased, I was also bullied by Westerners and suffered a lot of money losses, especially Hurd, the General Taxation Department of Customs and the German Bourne Company, who cheated me of huge money. Therefore, although the current navy has a small scale, it is still difficult to make a big use. However, because the Westerners are small in price and low in orders, we only want to sell large ships and refuse to make small boats."

I thought about it, so what happened? So what about it? So what about the quantity? So I instructed Li Hongzhang: "Li Zhongtang, foreword to cooperate with Armstrong Company, you can order two hundred torpedo speedboats from foreigners and ten more iron armored giant ships at the same time. Note that this giant ship does not focus on attack, but focuses on defense. If you have a way, you can find the German Vulcroft Shipyard to customize it, and also require a large load capacity. I want to use it to ship to supply torpedo boats. Well, my Qing Dynasty's sea boundary has tens of thousands of miles, and the Beiyang and the South Ocean must be strengthened, and I will start from Beiyang first. This order is consumed by me from the treasury and Li Zhongtang calculates. How much does this cost about how much money will it cost?"

Li Hongzhang calculated carefully and said in a moment: "It takes about 25 million to 30 million taels of silver. The emperor is..."

I looked at the two of them and carefully observed the changes in their expressions on their faces. Deng Shichang had gradually smiled and said, "Li Zhongtang still doesn't understand? I want to win with the torpedo boat group. With this scale, looking at East Asia and even the world, relying on my thousands of miles of sea boundaries, who will compete with me? This money will be allocated by me from the treasury. In addition, what ships should the navy buy, you can buy them immediately. You can go to the Internal Affairs Office with Xiao Dezi later to get five million taels first."

Li Hongzhang also understood that I am a variant of the German wolf pack tactics. When the main fleet of future naval battles is in the middle of the battle, the torpedo boats will follow the main fleet with the torpedo boats. Each motherboat can support twenty torpedo boats to fight. When the small boats are released, they will be quickly and small in size and close to the target to fire to the target, causing devastating blows to the enemy's large ships. When the small boats are exhausted or have casualties, they can return to supply immediately and then return to fight again.

Torpedoes are advanced weapons at this time. Although the range is short, with the advancement of technology, they will slowly extend from 250 yards and 300 yards to the distance. Moreover, after the main fleet faces the middle of the shaking, the consumption of personnel's life, energy and ammunition provides more living space for the small and flexible torpedo boats.

The two looked at each other and knelt down together and said, "The emperor is the only one who is a talented person! This is the blessing of the Qing Dynasty and the blessing of the navy!"

I laughed and waved to the two of them, "Li Zhongtang can use this order to lure Western shipyards. Not only can this order be given to Armstrong, but it can buy from multiple companies, or let them compete on their own. We can take the initiative in quality and price. In addition, I want to explain to you that if anyone wants to accept this order, they need to establish a joint venture shipyard in our Qing Dynasty. In the future, I can't always buy ships and cannons from outsiders! Remember, it's best to find a German company to supply the mothership, and you don't force this. Li Aiqing remember to do it."

Li Hongzhang understood the meaning and his eyes shone. He was obviously extremely excited.

"As for Deng Aiqing, he can select personnel after he goes back. If he should be sent to the West for training, he should be sent to the West for training. If he should be trained, he should be trained. Don't worry about money. On the one hand, Lord Li is preparing a bank, and the other, my treasury will always be open to the Navy!"

"Thank you, the emperor!" The two of them received the order and followed Xiao Dezi to the Interior Office to collect the money.

After finishing the Navy affairs, I also understood that this is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It will take two or three years to complete my plan. This also extinguished a lot of the anger that I had just started to cry because of Shandehong's bitter tears.

In addition, the benefits of this incident to the economies of Western countries will inevitably reduce my diplomatic pressure on Japan in the future.

It’s time to revitalize industry and education. Without these two things, the navy’s strength can only be a flash in the pan. You have to buy everything from foreigners. What kind of big country is that!

When I thought about it, I suddenly remembered the group of children sent to visit abroad and later called back. This matter was handled by Yi Xin, so I started with him.

So he called Kou Liancai and went to Jietai Temple in the suburbs of Beijing. Zai Bing was worried about my safety. He was inconvenient to leave because he was worried that the situation in the palace had not yet been fully grasped. So he called his friend, Song Yunda and Zhang Dianhua from the Friends' Escort Agency, to escort me.

I was not so much prepared, but I was always careful that I would never make any mistakes, so I brought these two bodyguards and Kou Liancai and came to Jietai Temple in a conspicuous manner.

The place where Yi Xin is located is a small square, with a row of small houses standing on the square. When I arrived, Yi Xin was lying in a lounge chair under an old willow tree. A maid slowly shook his fan to drive away mosquitoes and flies. On a stool next to him, there was a cup of tea and a cigarette pipe. That's all.

If I first saw him, I would definitely think he was an old Confucian scholar who was escaping the world and enjoying his blessings. Who would have thought that in the past few decades, he had been the Iron Hat Prince who was a powerful and powerful dynasty in this dynasty.

"Sixth Master is so innocent——" I put the fan together and walked over and said with a smile.

Yi Xin opened his eyes, saw me and quickly got up, saying, "I don't know that the emperor has arrived and has not yet met him. I will be punished by the servants." As he said that, he was about to bow down.

I quickly stopped me and said, "I am here to see Uncle Six, so there is no need to be polite. Uncle Six will not have to bow to me from today. This is my nephew's wish and my golden words. Uncle Six cannot refuse."

Yi Xin smiled, but there was not much emotional fluctuation, and she just said lightly: "I know."

I said my intention in the future. I originally wanted to invite him out, but he always said that he was in poor health and refused to come back. I knew that he was afraid that I would prevent him. On the other hand, he probably lost the ambition he had when he was young. So he didn't force himself, so Yi Xin recommended someone to me to replace him.
Chapter completed!