It is approaching the day when the emperor came to the Beiyang Grand Parade, and it is also approaching the date of the departure of the Oriental Fleet.

More and more royal guards are stationed in Beiyang, and everything in the military government has entered the final stage of preparation.

In the end, the word always brings an endless sense of ritual.

For example, when Chen Mu walked into the military room, the officers and civil officials who belonged to Beiyang on both sides of the oval table, and even the five jinshi who had been 'promoted' to Asia as county commanders stood tall and solemn.

When he walked to the main seat, the two columns of officers and civil officials hugged their fists at the same time, and then put them down together after Chen Mu returned the salute, pulling the chair and sitting down with the same two movements, as if they had been rehearsed in advance.

They did rehearse, and as a precaution, what if the Emperor had to go into their chamber and lecture the officers in the first two days of the infantry's parade.

"This is about the last military meeting I waited for in the Beiyang Military Mansion before setting sail, and you don't count."

Chen Mu smiled at Ye Mengxiong and Huang Cheng as he spoke, Ye Mengxiong not only has experience in local governance, but also has made many achievements in the affairs of the Beiyang Branch of the Ministry of Households, and like his ambition, he does have a good military talent.

The most important thing is that his ethics are very good, and it is rare to be clean and self-conscious in such a fat function in Beiyang.

After Chen Mu leaves, he will temporarily replace the important minister of Beiyang as the head of the Beiyang Branch of the Ministry of Households, and take charge of the Beiyang military training with the assistance of the director of the Military Department.

The rules for military training have been formulated, and there are rules and regulations to follow in the rotation of new and old officers, the recruitment of new recruits, the purchase of military horses, and the purchase of ordnance.

The most important thing is that within two years, Chen Mu doesn't want others to get involved in Beiyang.

As for two years later, he didn't think that two years later, Beiyang would have a relatively firm foothold in Asia and make achievements, and then Beiyang would not be able to mess up.

The head of the branch of the sixth ministry in Beiyang, Chen Mu only took Xu Zhenming from the Ministry of Engineering, and the others would stay in Beiyang.

"The day after tomorrow is the big parade, the reading regulations of the land division and the water division have been drilled in all departments, as long as you show your ability, you can win the applause of the whole house, and add a color to the Eastern Expedition."

"On the second day, the army division parade, and on the third day, after His Majesty boarded the ship and the fleets paraded, they set sail to Jinzhouwei in turn, and Chen didn't have much to say about this."

"How are the fleets and fleets ready?"

Chen Mu asked about the war, Zhao Shizhen got up, and when he passed by Ye Mengxiong, he took his official document and presented it to the commander.

Ye Mengxiong said: "This expedition is divided into five fleets set sail in turn, in addition to the Chinese army, the flagships of the four naval fleets on the front and rear are all six-class ships, and they all lead five fleets, five 500-material big sharks, five 200-material small sharks, six grain ships, six horse ships, and eight baggage ships. ”

"The fleets of the various sailors carried 1,200 to 1,500 naval and land flag troops, carrying craftsmen, materials, utensils, cotton clothes and bedding, and grain and grass for the needs of June."

If the voyage is fast, it will be three months, and if it is slow, it will be four months, and the extra two months of grain and grass will be brought to prevent accidents such as miscarriage or drifting of grain ships in various departments, and increase the possibility of survival on long voyages.

"Each small fleet has one big shark, one small shark, one grain ship, one horse boat, and one baggage boat, and one and three baggage boats, the flagship of the five small fleets."

"And each cabin is equipped with water and food, even if a single ship loses contact with the small fleet, the small fleet loses contact with the large fleet, and the large fleet loses contact with the Chinese army, we will try to ensure that it can reach Asia safely."

Ye Mengxiong paused, and after Chen Mu's head was raised, he added: "Xiaguan boarded each ship for the third time yesterday to count the baggage, and each ship was compared one by one. ”

Chen Mu looked at the establishment of each fleet on the official document in front of him, the four fleets of the front and rear and left and right were all the same establishment, in addition to the five thousand households and craftsmen in the first phase of Beiyang, there was also a group of officers on the ship who came from Nanyang, each of whom entered five departments and thousands of households according to their official positions.

At present, the five divisions of the Oriental Fleet are all double-numbered, from the commander to the small flag, the preaching, and the banner.

Originally, officers were divided into principal and deputy positions, but now double officers mean that as long as there is enough reserve, the officers of a thousand households can be quickly reorganized and supplemented into two to four thousand units.

In the cargo of the official document, Chen Mu looked at the spearhead, arquebus and gunpowder projectile reserves, and nodded with satisfaction, the two most important armaments are the capital to expand the army with locals when they arrive in Asia in the future.

And in terms of the total strength of the fleet's crusade, the final number is close to nine thousand,

The Chinese army has 1,600 people, divided into three 2,000-material giant ships and three Liujia ships, and the crew is more than 1,000 soldiers of Chen Mu and more than 200 new graduates of the martial arts hall.

The Chihai ship was relegated to the escort ship, and the flagship status was replaced by the 2,000 warships newly sent by the Nanyang Shipyard, and the name of the ship was simply called the Great Wall of the Sea.

Wherever they went, it was the frontier of the empire.

After getting Chen Muyinghe, Ye Mengxiong continued: "When the fleet sets sail, everything will continue as usual in the Beiyang Campus, and there will be four special recruits, horses, grain, and warehouse supervisors, and two periods of soldiers and baggage will be transported to Asia twice a year. ”

"When the marshal travels eastward to the 4,000-mile 100-house and lands in Asia, he can separately order the return baggage ship to carry the letter to the Beiyang, and the baggage required from the letter returning from the 4,000-mile voyage will arrive in Asia with the second flag army in the summer of the following year."

"The demand contained in the letters sent back from the west coast of Asia will arrive in Hong Kong at the end of next year and the beginning of the next year with the three flag armies, but at the moment the military government does not know where Toyo is encamped, and it is necessary to send back the news after the arrival of the commander."

Ye Mengxiong said, Chen Mu motioned for him to sit down, looked at Yang Tingxiang, who had only rushed back from the Beiyang Shipyard to participate in the parade until today, and said, "How is your new ship designed?" ”

Hearing Chen Mu ask, Yang Tingxiang shook his head a little embarrassedly, and arched his hand: "Back to the marshal, I have made three designs in my humble position, and the ship models have all been built, but compared with the military warships in terms of performance, there is no significant improvement. ”

"The only thing I got was to spend a lot of time testing the differences in strength, toughness, corrosion resistance and other parameters of the ship's materials, as well as the impact of the thickness of the ship's structure on the ship. A copy of the information was left in the Beiyang Shipyard and the Research Institute, and it was hoped that the shipyard masters would be able to build better warships in the future. ”

"It's not a waste of effort, it's very useful, at least to make the materials used for shipbuilding more clear in the future, and the structure can be slightly changed according to the application."

Chen Mu encouraged Yang Tingxiang, and then continued: "Since you have these materials, you can also bring a copy, and then transfer a few sailmakers, shipwrights and other masters from the Beiyang Shipyard, and bring twenty apprentices to join your former fleet together." ”

"We're going to Asia to build a shipyard, and it's up to you to build a frame with these people."

The captain of the former military fleet is still Chen Mu's old partner Deng Zilong, Yang Tingxiang has the experience of returning from Spain, and only he and a few people around him have been there with Wu Ben, and they have the responsibility of guiding the course in the former military fleet.

"The road to the sea is very long, you belong to the Chinese army before you reach four thousand miles and one hundred households, and your majesty will board the Great Wall ship on the sea when you are in the navy, and on the way, you will design a lighter, faster and easier to manufacture offshore boat."

Chen Mu stood up and said to everyone: "In this way, everything is done, I will wait for Your Majesty to read and set off for Asia in the Ming Empire!" ”