On the way home, Feng Ziying was still immersed in the conversation with Shen Yourong for more than an hour.

talked about the formation and construction of the naval fleet, talked about the importance of Ezo, Dongfan and Ryukyu, especially Dongfan, and talked about the possibilities of opening the sea to the south in the future, of course, Feng Ziying also focused on Shen Yourong's various ideas on the naval fleet.

Shen Yourong is a sincere person, he made it clear that he is very familiar with the original Great Zhou Naval Division fleet management model, but if he wants to build this kind of Galen ship as the Xiyi people do, and build it with the management of artillery battles to determine the outcome of the battle, he also has little experience.

He said that if he really wanted him to take over, he could only explore slowly, but he advocated that a large number of sailors from Xiyi could be recruited to help his own sailor fleet improve its actual combat level.

After all, the fleet of the Great Zhou Navy Division is not the main opponent of the Xiyi people for the time being, and the pirates and Japan at sea are the targets in the short term, and even more importantly, it is necessary to open up a supply line to ensure Liaonan-Denglai-Jiangnan, and then try to open a path to connect the Haixi Jurchens and the Savage Jurchens through Ezo, bypassing Korea.

The idea is very beautiful, but there are also many difficulties in front of it, the construction of ships, not only to recruit Jiangnan merchants to go north, but also to obtain craftsmen and shipbuilding skills from the Xiyi people, which even requires artillery technology, each of which is a problem.

The key is that from shipbuilding to artillery building, it is not a simple shipbuilding and artillery problem, but also involves a series of industrial technology system chains.

Like shipbuilding involves the drying and processing of wood, the original Da Zhou is to take natural drying, which is the best, but it is obviously difficult to meet in time, often two or three years of drying, who can stand it? That's when the drying room appeared.

Like artillery, it is even more troublesome, involving the improvement of materials, which requires the innovation of casting and forging technology and steelmaking technology, as well as the improvement of gunpowder, and the innovation of various processing technologies and equipment, and in Europe, these things are not particularly profound, but in Dazhou, they have obviously lagged behind, which also involves the training of the entire technical talent system.

Feng Ziying and Shen Yourong discussed for a long time, and both believed that although it was feasible to help the Great Zhou set up a method of manufacturing Xiyi ships through purely private recruitment or even poaching, it might take a long time, but if they wanted to recruit through relatively open recruitment, they might have to deal with the government of the Francophile and the organization of the Red Hair Fan, the East India Company.

Shen Yourong didn't know what was behind the red hair, that is, the Dutchman's East India Company, but Feng Ziying knew.

Only by promising heavy profits can the Francophone and the red-haired fan be tempted.

Unlike Shen Yourong's view, Feng Ziying believes that if Da Zhou wants to get more support in shipbuilding technology and artillery technology, he may have to focus on the Dutch and the Dutch East India Company.

For in this era, although the Dutch had already assumed the supremacy of the coachmen of the seas in Europe, their power in the East was still quite weak, and they were far from being able to match the Entrenched Francomans (Spanish and Portuguese confederation) that had become entrenched in Luzon.

The Dutch were eager for commercial gain, especially for a profit-making company, and the purpose of colonization was still to make profits, and the seventeen-member board of directors of the Dutch East India Company was required to review the company's objectives and countermeasures every year, and to do whatever would bring them good profits.

The Dutch have long coveted the markets and goods of the Great Zhou, Japan and Korea.

Spain, which came first, is now in their way.

Luzon, the key point to the Great Zhou Dynasty and Japan and Korea, had to seize Ambon last year at the risk of a complete turnaround with the Franc Man, in order to gain a real foothold in the East.

Only by taking advantage of this can the Red Hairy Fan (the Dutch and their East India Company) be willingly used by the Great Zhou, at least at this time, the Dutch East India Company has never thought of going to war with such a behemoth as the Great Zhou, and even for a long time in the future, this is the opportunity.

Although it was only a long conversation for two hours, Feng Ziying had basically determined that Shen Yourong was a very suitable candidate for the commander of the water division, not only because he was proficient in the affairs of the water division, but he also had a clear goal, knowing what kind of water division he needed in the future Da Zhou, and knowing how to build such a water division, rather than just blindly copying the previous one like others, which was exactly what Feng Ziying was most worried about.

The problem now is that such a person is to recommend it to Wang Ziteng and the Ministry of War, and this still needs Feng Ziying to spend a lot of effort to solve.

A position like the commander of the Denglai Navy Division requires at least a guard commander to know the same knowledge, from the official position of the third grade, fortunately, it turns out that Shen Yourong is an official from the fourth grade, such a situation of jumping two levels is rare in Da Zhou, but it is not uncommon, it belongs to the background of connections and real merit can be done.

But it is not easy for a military attache who has been idle for three years and then for another year, and may not even be seen by the military department.

Feng Ziying and Zhang Jingqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, have a general relationship, although the other party has a good impression of him, but it is more about the recognition of some military work, but there is not much personal friendship, but fortunately, Chai Ke is about to return to Beijing, and the left waiter of the military department has been vacant for a long time, and he should take over as the left waiter of the military department after he returns.

As for Wang Ziteng's side, it is easy to solve, the other party has to ask for himself, and he can also achieve the exchange of interests, for Wang Ziteng, a naval fleet that can quickly open up the logistics supply route of southern Liaonan - Denglai is the most important, and Wang Ziteng has no intention of staying in the position of governor of Denglai for long, as long as it can meet his needs and achieve his political goals.

When I got home, it was already dark.

actually didn't keep himself for a meal, well, he still wanted to drink and talk, it seems that this Shen Yourong is still lacking in the ability to please his boss, no wonder the people in the military department don't want to see him.

However, for Feng Ziying, this is not important, as long as a commander of a sailor understands the goal and has strong execution, if he is too tactful or considers personal interests, he is really worried that the other party will be dragged into the water by Wang Ziteng and others.

Back at home, Feng Ziying finished dinner, went into the study and began to write what she had gained today.

This is the habit he began to develop when he went to Jiangnan, every time he went to a place, he saw and heard, felt, gained, and even recalled something in his previous life, and felt that it was useful and valuable, he could write it casually, some like a diary, but from time to time, only when he felt that he had gained, he would start to write.

Of course, this harvest also refers to many aspects, and the perception of people, things, and oneself can be written in a general way, which can be used as information for one's own accumulation in the future or writing books.

Like today's various discussions with Shen Yourong, including some memories of his past life, he wrote them down, such as the Dutch East India Company, the British raiders in India at this time, the relationship with the Netherlands, as well as the contradictions between the Spanish and Portuguese Commonwealth and the Dutch, and the massive amount of silver transported by the Manila galleon, all of which made Feng Ziying recall a lot.

"Master, Mrs. and Mrs. Auntie, please come over." Jin Chu'er came to summon, which surprised Feng Ziying, "At this time, didn't you say anything?" ”

"Mrs. didn't say anything, but Mrs. Aunt and Mrs. should be discussing something, the slave maid heard Mingzhu say that Mrs. Aunt and Mrs. have been talking for a long time." Jin Chu'er is indeed better at handling things than Yunshang and Xiangling, and she came for a shorter time than Yunshang and Xiangling, but she soon achieved "harmonious coexistence" with the big girls beside the Duan family, and even Xiangling and Yunshang were surprised by how Jin Chu'er did it.

You must know that since the master rejected the possibility of these maids coming to the master's house, these maids have been looking at Yunshang and Xiangling unpleasantly, but they didn't expect Jin Chu'er to come but quickly opened up the situation, so that Mingzhu, Minghuan and other big girls did not dare to provoke easily.

Feng Ziying was a little puzzled, but she passed quickly, and when she saw her mother and aunt sitting on the kang in the house, her face was not much abnormal, and her heart was relieved.

"Mother, aunt, but what's the matter with calling her son?"

"Brother Keng, you have been back for a few days, before you went to Jiangnan, your father and your teacher had already written to the Shen family and almost read it, and then when you went to Jiangnan, the dowry of the family had also been sent to the Shen family, even if this matter was decided, but the specific time of marriage, the two families still have to discuss, my mother also wants to ask you, see when it is appropriate, my mother also knows that you are very busy now, so you have to make time for yourself, but you can't delay it any longer."

Duan's heart was also calm, "I have also inquired about the situation on the Shen family's side, the girl is very knowledgeable, and the conditions are very good in all aspects, a scholarly family, my mother hopes that you can marry as soon as possible, so that your uncle's house can open up as soon as possible, and also give an explanation to your uncle Jiuquan." In addition, my mother also wants to discuss with you about the matter of our third room,......"

Feng Ziying's heart froze, I am afraid that this last sentence is her mother's main intention.

As for the matter of the uncle's room, it has been decided a long time ago, and the specific time is just for the two families to say together and choose a good day, no later than next year at the latest, and it may be the most likely this year, after all, it is just February.

"Mother, the matter on the Shen family's side, my son has no objection, as for the time, if you can, it's best to put it in the second half of the year or the first half of next year, I'm afraid I will have to be busy for a while in the past two or three months." Feng Ziying carefully observed the change in her mother's expression, "As for what you said about our three rooms, mother, then you don't have to be too busy, right?" And the son thinks that the big house is settled, and the son of the third room hopes to find a condition that is not inferior to the big house, what do you think? ”