On the hillside outside the city, the cold wind was like a knife, and the frost on the trees was jingling like wind chimes.

There was no commotion, everyone silently followed behind Liu Jun, and after bowing three times, they stood up.

After the paper money was burned, the memorial ceremony was declared over after a few cannon shots.

Looking at the graves and green pines again, Liu Jun sighed. Turning around and under the escort of the guard regiment, he looked at the Lushun headquarters and walked away.

The guard regiment is the elite of the Praetorian Guard Wu Hao that the commanders of several major corps forced to draw from the Praetorian Guard, and is fully responsible for the safety of Liu Jun and his family.

The Praetorian Guard is the elite, and the Guard Regiment is the elite of the elite.

Half an hour later, Liu Jun returned to his home, and looked from the window, at the burial site outside the city, a green smoke like a green dragon was hovering over the mountain, Liu Jun knew that it was the smoke produced after burning paper money.

A few days ago, he already learned from Zhong Lin that after Japan was framed by himself, he was forced to admit to handing over the murderer and compensate money at the eleventh hour of the Russian ultimatum.

Liu Jun was very dissatisfied when he heard the news, in his opinion, Japan should be bullish once, and fight a war with Russia, so that it is best for himself, who would know, Japan actually acted as a coward this time, not only admitted it very happily, but also handed over the murderer and issued a statement, this incident has nothing to do with the government, it was done by some non-governmental organizations.

Since this is already the case, Liu Jun has no reason to make trouble again, there are some things that he understands very well and can only be used once.

The Spring Festival passed like this, and time was lost like water day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was April 1896.

In the past three months, when Liu Jun has nothing to do, he will go to the dock to discuss and build a shipyard with German engineers and Pei Yinsen.

In January, according to a secret agreement signed between Germany and Liu Jun, the talents sent by Germany to help Liu Jun build a shipyard and a military academy and a military medical university had arrived in Lushun.

The letters written by Wu Xiaoyan also brought nearly five professor levels and Wu Xiaoyan's classmates and friends to Lushun, as many as 60 people.

At the end of February, Pei Yinsen of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau also sent news that the drawings drawn by Liu Jun, that is, the armored cruiser Yinsen, had been laid keel at the Fuzhou No. 1 dock and construction had begun.

Originally, Liu Jun's intention was to let Pei Yinsen build the Yinsen in Lushun, but Pei Yinsen was so confused by the dreadnought battleship that he didn't want to eat, and he couldn't wait to start work as soon as the Lushun shipyard was finished.

Liu Jun couldn't twist this old man, so he could only agree.

At noon, the weather in Lushun was extremely hot, and all the windows in Liu Jun's office had been opened, but the depressing air made Liu Jun restless, so he could only stand up and go out to breathe.

As soon as he walked out of the door, Liu Jun saw Zhong Lin running over with joy on his face.

Hmph, his face was smiling, it was definitely a good thing, glancing at Zhong Lin, Liu Jun walked straight to the grape trellis and sat comfortably on the Taishi chair to enjoy the shade.

"Head...... Head...... Good news. Li He is back. When Zhong Lin saw Liu Jun, he began to shout from afar.

The Beiyang Sailor came back, and Liu Jun opened his eyes all of a sudden. Stood up.

He had been waiting for the Beiyang Navy Master to come back for a long time.

"Go to let Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, and Jiyuan drive Lao Tzu to the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 docks respectively. Also, let Li He come to see me immediately. ”

When the Beiyang Naval Division returns, then the warship transformation plan can be started immediately.

As early as when the agreement with Germany had not yet been signed, Liu Jun wanted to replace the guns and boilers of Dingyuan Zhenyuan and Jiyuan. However, at that time, the Northeast had just been pacified, the imperial court had tightly sealed itself, and Korea was in turmoil. When Liu Jun gave up the replacement plan and signed an agreement with Clinder. Liu Jun ordered the equipment needed for several warships from Germany.

Dingyuan Zhenyuan was originally installed with an old-fashioned retreat gun, this kind of artillery, the rate of fire is too slow, three to five minutes is a shot, this on the battlefield, purely looking for death, and the poor eleven knots speed is a huge scourge.

This time, Liu Jun ordered six new 305 mm guns, which can freely retract the barrel.

This kind of artillery can quickly and automatically return to its position after firing the shell, and it will not be the same as the current artillery above Zhenyuan Dingyuan, and it has to be pushed back to its position by people, and then fired again.

This time, Liu Jun wanted to renovate the warships of the original Beiyang Naval Division, not only to install rapid-fire guns on these three warships, but also to place the guns on both sides of the ship, not all of them.

Pei Yinsen's design was to change the original fixed amphora to be placed one in front of the other, so that when fighting with the fleet, not only the bow of the ship could face the enemy, but also the side of the ship against the enemy.

As for the replacement artillery, Liu Jun plans to open a naval park in Lushun, where two 305-mm guns are placed, and as for the others, all the furnaces will be melted and then pulled to the Fuzhou Ship Administration Bureau to add materials to the Yinsen.

Li He soon came to Liu Jun's study, and he hadn't seen each other for nearly half a year, and Liu Jun obviously found that Li He was much darker than before.

After smiling slightly, let Liu Jun exempt from the military salute. Liu Jun put down the teacup in his hand and stood up from the red Taishi Chair Mountain.

Walking in front of Li He in a few steps, Liu Jun asked a question lightly, that is, now, in the Beiyang Naval Division, in addition to the current several armored cruiser pipe belts. Who else can.

Li He didn't understand why Liu Jun asked this question, so he lowered his head and was silent for a while.

"Cheng Biguang can, but relatively speaking, Lin Guoxiang is suitable."

Cheng Biguang, Lin Guoxiang, hearing these two names, Liu Jun is very familiar with these two people.

Cheng Biguang is now the pipe band of the torpedo cruiser Guang Bing, while Lin Guoxiang was originally the pipe band of Guang B, after the self-destruction of the Guang B in the Battle of Toshima. The imperial court removed Lin Guoxiang's position, and after Fang Boqian was beheaded, Ding Ruchang played the imperial court, and when he hired people, he asked Lin Guoxiang to make meritorious contributions to the crime, so he was appointed as the pipe of Jiyuan.

Lin Guoxiang. Cheng Biguang, Liu Jun began to weigh in his heart.

Li He saw Liu Jun's frowning expression, and didn't understand what Liu Jun was thinking, Zhong Lin next to him saw Li He full of suspicion, smiled slightly, walked to Liu Jun's desk, picked up a photo, and handed it to Li He.

Li He is the commander of the Navy, and of course understands that this is a photo of a warship, and it is also an armored cruiser.

This warship is not any of the Beiyang Naval Division, although it looks somewhat similar to the Hashidate, but the main gun is a double installation, and the Hashidate is a single installation.

"What is this?" Li He's face was puzzled, and his eyes were full of puzzlement when he looked at Zhong Lin.

"The head just went with the armored cruiser that Germany bought. This time, I asked you to name the right person, so that he could take the officers and men of the navy to Germany with the cargo ship that will depart tomorrow and bring the warship back. Zhong Lin said the situation in a few words.

It turned out that after signing a secret agreement with Germany, Liu Jun ordered two new armored cruisers from Germany at that time, but later, the price of building two was not enough, and the price of building one was redundant.

Fortunately, at that time, the Volken shipyard was because Germany was vigorously building the former dreadnought battleship. And this armored cruiser of up to 5,000 tons that has been launched has been parked in the port because the German Navy cannot pay, so it has been parked in the port.

Now this warship is moored in the harbor, waiting for the people of the Qing State to go and receive it.

What? Li He's face was demented, and it took a while before he looked at the photo in his hand again.

Looking at the north side, the parameters of this warship are still written on it.

It is 100 meters long, 24 meters wide, 5 meters draft, and has a load of more than 5,000 tons. Installation of 210-mm twin guns and 150-mm rapid-fire guns? Shooting gun and secondary gun, with a 210 mm single tail gun in the tail section.

In terms of firepower, speed and armor, they are all comparable to or even higher than Hashitachi.

Looking at this photo for a long time, Li He once again turned his eyes to Liu Jun, who was contemplating. He was really grateful to Liu Jun in his heart.

The Beiyang Naval Division, in the hands of Li Hongzhang, has not increased even a sailboat, but once it arrived in the hands of Liu Jun, in just one year, not only three armored cruisers have been added, but also the military prestige of the Beiyang Naval Division has been greatly increased, not only defeating the Japanese, but also the Westerners, and not daring to attack, now, he has just come back, and he heard again that there will be another armored cruiser into the Beiyang Naval Division again, how can he not be excited in his heart.

With a snap, Liu Jun figured out something, opened his eyes, raised his head to look at the surprised Li He, and looked at the photo in Li He's hand now, Liu Jun estimated that Zhong Lin had already told Li He about the situation, and he didn't bother to explain it again.

Smiling slightly, Liu Jun said lightly: "You are also clear about the situation, so let Lin Guoxiang step down from the position of Jiyuan pipe band, and the new Jiyuan pipe belt is Cheng Biguang." Let him pack up, and tomorrow he will lead three hundred sailors, along with the freighter that is going to Germany to do business, and drive the warship back to me. ”

"Yes." After Li He raised his right hand solemnly to salute Liu Jun, he gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned around and walked out of the study.