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Chapter 1721

After staying in Tianjinwei for three days, Chu Yun returned to the capital, and a group of people who went to Europe with Chu Yun also took turns to go home to visit relatives.

The circumnavigation fleet led by Zheng Zhihu stayed in Tianjin Wei and booked a restaurant to celebrate the success of the first circumnavigation around the world.

"Everyone, you performed very well on this voyage. The Admiralty will issue a sum of money to you to compensate you for the losses caused by participating in this voyage around the world. During this voyage, some of our companions suffered from storms, diseases, and wars. And if they die, their families can get enough pensions to live a decent life."

"Cheers to our successful global voyage today!"

Zheng Zhihu mingled with everyone, and all those who survived the round-the-world voyage returned to their homeland with tears in their eyes.

During the long voyage around the world, they would miss their homeland and family from time to time, and they might get sick and die in a foreign land at any time during the voyage. Now they finally successfully completed the voyage and returned to their homeland.

Many people cried aloud at the celebration banquet, not only feeling honored for themselves to successfully complete this voyage of great significance to them, but also grateful for being able to survive.

"Students of the Naval Lecture Hall, the Ministry of the Navy has issued a letter of appointment for you to become a second lieutenant of the Navy, and the letter of appointment will be sent to you soon. Next, you need to submit your allocation wishes to the Ministry of the Navy. The Ministry of the Navy will Assignment will be made based on full consideration of your wishes. During the period between assignment and formal appointment, you will have two or three months of vacation." Zheng Zhihu came to the place where the Zheng He crew had dinner and announced the good news to them.

During the war in the Mediterranean Sea, Chu Yun promised Zheng Chenggong and other students in the naval lecture hall that they could be directly promoted from naval interns to full-fledged naval second lieutenants after returning to the capital. This group of students had mastered modern navigation knowledge and maneuvering Reserve officers with steamships, wooden sailboats, and experience in naval warfare in the Mediterranean and Europe, their experience is enough to be promoted to official junior officers.

This group of trainees, or ensigns of the navy, are very excited because they have officially become ensigns of the navy. Next, they may take up positions in the grassroots management on various ships and enter the official establishment. Will they be able to climb up to the rank of general in the future? Positions depend on their own abilities and circumstances.

"Your father heard that you came back. He will come from Seoul, Korea Province in a few days, and your mother." Zheng Zhihu sat next to his nephew Zheng Chenggong after persuading everyone to drink.

"My parents are going back to Tianjin Wei?" Zheng Chenggong was a little surprised.

Because Zheng Zhilong, as the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, monitored the two major provinces of Dongying and Korea, he had been overseas for a long time, and sometimes Zheng Chenggong's mother would follow Zheng Zhilong in the capital, Dongying, Korea and other places.

This time, Zheng Zhilong and his wife obviously haven't seen this son for a long time, and he has just experienced an ocean voyage, so Zheng Zhilong and his wife specially applied to the Ministry of the Navy to leave the defense zone and come back to the mainland to meet him.

"In the future, you will be a second lieutenant of the Navy. Your father would prefer you to serve in the Zhili Fleet instead of the Beiyang Fleet he led... After all, we are a family. It is best not to be in the same fleet, otherwise you will be impeached for selfishness... This is why Our three Zheng brothers are in different fleets. Your father is in the Beiyang Fleet, and your third uncle is in the Fourth Fleet. As for me, I am not a member of the four major fleets, but the captain responsible for expanding the colony. My task is more flexible." Zheng Zhihu Tell Zheng Chenggong the way.

The four major fleets are independent, and the commander of the Zhili fleet is concurrently held by the Minister of the Navy. If the Zheng family is concentrated in the Beiyang Fleet, it is difficult for people not to worry that the Beiyang Fleet will lose control.

"Can I apply for the Fourth Fleet?" Zheng Chenggong asked.

"Although the Fourth Fleet is stationed in the Western Ocean, it is easy to accumulate military achievements, but new ships, technologies, and tactics are still researched in our homeland. The confrontation exercises between our local fleets may improve our tactics better than those of backward sailing ships. The confrontation is even greater, and the future Minister of the Navy may be the commander of the Zhili Fleet, and the current Minister Nelson is about to retire." Zheng Zhihu still hopes that Zheng Chenggong can enter the Zhili Fleet that defends Gyeonggi.

Several other fleets are serving in the open sea, and the status of the Zhili Fleet is slightly higher than that of the other several fleets. If you can join the Zhili Fleet, you may have the opportunity to become the Minister of the Navy in the future.

The current Secretary of the Navy, Nelson, is old and has successfully completed the task of training a large number of admirals. The future Secretary of the Navy will most likely be selected from local generals.

So whoever can become the next commander of the Zhili Fleet will be the next Minister of the Navy.

Obviously, if you can serve in the Zhili Fleet that exists like the Guards, your resume will be even better.

Influenced by his father Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong aimed for the Admiral of the Navy, and was quite tempted by Zheng Zhihu's proposal.

The celebration banquet of the circumnavigation fleet lasted until the evening, and then the Navy Lecture Hall had its own celebration banquet——this group of naval pillars of the future empire celebrated their official entry as grassroots officers.

They went back to the Naval Lecture Hall for some mischief, and then for a rare indulgence in the tavern, where they had two or three months' leave before their official duty.

Zheng Chenggong was clearly drunk behind him. He stood on the wooden table in the tavern and said to his companions: "Everyone, from now on we are not the crew of Zheng He, and I am not the captain. If we still have the opportunity to share On the same ship, we can still fight side by side! Even if we are not serving on the same ship, all naval officers and soldiers will have the opportunity to rotate or coordinate operations and exercises between the fleets. We will still meet, and we will meet again when the time comes. Never forget the days when we sailed in Tierra del Fuego, Cape Storm, and fought in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the English Channel! Don't forget the brothers we lost on this voyage!"

"Good!" shouted the rest of the companions.

These naval cadets, who had gradually become fanatical due to drunkenness, tapped their wine bowls with wooden chopsticks, and shouted the rough songs of the sea at the top of their voices, causing many people around the tavern to watch.

The shopkeeper of the tavern knew that this group of people were officers and soldiers who returned triumphantly from overseas, and such a disturbance would probably bring a lot of fame to the tavern, so he let them sing freely.

Hannah was also affected by this atmosphere. Seeing Zheng Chenggong standing on a wooden table and knocking on a porcelain bowl, after sailing around the world and fighting in Europe, it seems that he has grown a lot, and his face has become more resolute.

(End of this chapter)