"Boy, are you very interested in our ironclad ship? If you were not wearing the flying fish suit of the Jinyiwei, I would definitely regard you as a spy from the Western powers and arrest him and torture him."

Kong Wu pressed Chu Qi's shoulder with a powerful hand, which surprised him slightly.

The visitor turned out to be Zheng Jingzhong, the navy admiral of the Second Fleet of the Ming Empire.

According to Chu Qi's information, this person served as the commander of one of the ironclad ships of the First Fleet in the Malacca naval battle nine years ago, sunk a large-scale ironclad ship of a great power, severely damaged five enemy ships, and made great achievements.

At this time, Zheng Jingzhong's temples were gray and he was already in his early fifties.

Chu Qi admired such a person very much and said to him: "General Zheng, I just haven't seen a real iron-clad ship yet. I have the honor of visiting it up close and want to know something about it."

"It is worthy of being Chu Xin's son. He climbed onto our old guys, but he was like you. He dared to break into anything." Zheng Jingzhong obviously knew Chu Xin, the Minister of War, and patted Chu Qi on the shoulder hard. "It is a good thing to have a deeper understanding of the iron-clad ship. If you have time, you will be in front of your father. You have to rely on our navy fleet to defend the Ming Empire and defend the enemy outside the country. Those fools in the army are not good, so why do you let them take so much money?"

“…”

Chu Qi did not expect that the Ming Navy seemed to be a little contemptuous of the army.

In fact, after the Ming Empire bordered the Western powers, the South China Ocean relied on the navy and the Western Regions relied on the army. Both sides were asking for more funds from the Ministry of War. The Ministry of Revenue asked for more funds. The funds were certain. If one had more shares, the other would get less, so there would inevitably be some conflicts.

Zheng Jingzhong and Chu Qi came out of the boiler room and continued to say to Chu Qi in the aisle: "The ironclad ships of our Ming fleet must be the most advanced ironclad ship in the world. However, the Sun does not set, and the Tsarist Russian Empire are all imitating our ironclad ships. We must study more powerful ironclad ships before the outbreak of the Second Naval War to make our Ming fleet always in the lead. These are all for money."

Chu Qi intends to cater to Zheng Jingzhong: "The fleet can travel across the world, and retreat can protect the sea and borders. It is indeed a more powerful iron-clad ship that can help our Ming Dynasty be invincible."

Zheng Jingzhong nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, I think you don't have to be a Jinyiwei anymore. It's meaningless to hide behind the scenes. Real men should go to the battlefield to fight with real guns and artillery. Come to our Second Fleet, and I guarantee you to become the deputy general of the Navy for five years."

Chu Qi ruthlessly said: "General Zheng should know that he cannot withdraw easily after joining the Jinyiwei. I'll bother the general."

Turning his head, Chu Qi thought, it was good that the Jinyiwei was hiding behind his back, but the Jinyiwei was the kind of ruthless person behind him. He controlled the mobilization of soldiers and horses of the great powers, and even the daily life of emperors from various countries was peeping at the lives of emperors. If you really start, you may be no less destructive than a fleet.

Zheng Jingzhong was just talking quickly and said to Chu Qi: "Chu Xin has a son like you, which is not bad. Your name is Chu Qi? I've recorded it."

It is a very honorable thing to remember Chu Qi's name by a fleet naval admiral of the Ming Empire, and it is equivalent to being able to use this connection in the future.

As an admiral, I will not remember an unknown person.

Chu Qi found that with his father's reputation, he could have a relationship with the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and the Admiral of the Second Fleet. It seemed that as long as he did things seriously, he could still climb up, and the upper limit was still very high.

The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty and a group of officials held a banquet on the deck of the Chongzhen ironclad ship in the evening, and everyone did not return without getting drunk.

This is the inland sea of ​​the Ming Empire, and the Chongzhen ironclad ship is located under the protection of the Second Fleet. It is absolutely impossible. Navy Admiral Zheng Jingzhong acquiesced to such a banquet.

This is a pain and needs to protect the Crown Prince, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and others.

Don’t say you don’t go home without getting drunk, you can’t drink more.

Chu Qi held the wine glass, just touched the wine between his lips, and said to Li Yanguang, Guo Yan and other subordinates: "Don't drink too much, otherwise you and I will be in danger if something happens."

Guo Yan sighed: "Sir, look at this banquet, even the sailors and soldiers on the ironclad ships are all happy together. Our Jinyiwei must be careful... I don't know how many such banquets will be there this time when we visit the Dongyang Shogunate, but we can only stare at it."

Chu Qi took a portion of pea yellow and put it in his mouth with bamboo sticks. It tasted sweet and cool: "Isn't there still so many delicacies?"

Guo Yan still complained: "The difference between having wine and not having wine is too far."

Li Yanguang whispered to Chu Qi to the important matter: "Sir, do you say that the crown prince, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, the Minister of Rites, the General of Liaodong, and the Admiral of the Navy went to the East Ocean in such a lineup. Is the Tokugawa shogunate going to betray our Ming Dynasty?"

Chu Qi's expression was also a little solemn: "The Eastern Shogunate has become a semi-industrial country with the support of our Ming Dynasty. If it dares to do this, our Ming Dynasty can also turn it back into an agricultural country."

Guo Yan interrupted: "I think you're overthinking. Western powers have established colonies in various places. How can the Tokugawa shogunate understand the principle of cold lips and teeth? When our Ming Dynasty dogs are better than being colonies."

Chu Qi could not deny what Guo Yan said was also reasonable. The Ming Empire supported the vassal states to fight against the Western powers. Although many samurai died in the Tokugawa shogunate, it received a lot of assistance from the Ming Empire and got rid of the backward agricultural state dilemma.

Unless the Tokugawa shogunate seeks death, he dares to declare a rebellion when the Ming Empire is strong, the army of the Ming Empire will quickly destroy it and regress it for decades.

Chu Qi thought of Qianhu who was monitoring the East Asian households among the Jinyiwei.

Chu Qi, the Thousand Household Office, mainly infiltrated the Prussian Empire and its colonies. In addition to Chu Qi, there are also Thousand Household Offices that are specifically responsible for monitoring the six major vassal states.

In other words, what the Tokugawa shogunate is doing is actually the Jinyiwei who is catching the wind and shadow.

The information about the Jinyiwei Qianjia between each thousand households is different, and you can only contact your boss.

While Chu Qi was chatting with everyone in the Jinyiwei, Zhang Wenzheng, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, waved to Chu Qi.

Li Yanguang, Guo Yan and other households saw that the high-ranking Grand Secretary of the Dongge actually paid attention to their middle and low-level cadres of the Jinyiwei, and used their elbow to remind Chu Qi: "Sir, it seems that the Grand Secretary of the Dongge is having something to do with you?"

Chu Qi quickly looked towards the direction of the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, and indeed saw Zhang Wenzheng signaling to him.

This is one of the six Grand Secretary of the Cabinet!

Under the envious gaze of Li Yanguang, Guo Yan and other Jinyiwei households, Chu Qi could only walk over with his scalp.
Chapter completed!