I, Zhu Houzhao, join the US imperialist chat group

Chapter 218 Roosevelt's gunboat! Ten children studying abroad! Wang Shouren and Tang Bohu go to Japan!

1905, America, Pearl Harbor.

Oahu, the island where Pearl Harbor is located, is a large island in the Hawaiian Islands and the seat of the state capital of Hawaii.

After the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the United States seized Pearl Harbor from Spain and built a ship repair yard, dry dock, fuel supply station, dock and necessary naval facilities in Pearl Harbor.

At this time, on a ship in Pearl Harbor.

Roosevelt was listening to the Secretary of the Navy introduce the ship.

"Mr. President, the ship we are on now is the gunboat Monocacy. It was built in 1864, with a displacement of 1392 tons, a length of 81 meters, a width of 11 meters, and a draft of 2.7 meters. The ship has 159 crew members and is equipped with 6 guns. It participated in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in the Qing Empire in 1900..."

"And the ones in front... These gunboats were produced almost forty years ago. Although they can still be used, they are no longer compatible with our current U.S. Navy... They are outdated, and we plan to scrap them this year..."

The United States Navy is absolutely the most loyal among Roosevelt's loyalties. Facing Roosevelt, the former Deputy Secretary of the Navy and the president who made the Navy flourish in the hands of the United States, the Secretary of the Navy is absolutely loyal.

"Okay, this one, and those nine..."

"I need you to deliver it to this location. My family will then transfer money to your Navy Department."

Roosevelt glanced at these outdated gunboats with satisfaction.

Because, in the prompt of the chat group recharge window, he was prompted that this outdated gunboat was worth 50 group points.

Exactly ten ships were needed, and he just raised the group points to over 500 points.

This was a very easy thing for him.

Because in the current US Navy, both the Indiana series battleships and the Iowa-class and other 10,000-ton battleships have been put into service.

These ironclad ships produced during the Civil War were like children in front of the 10,000-ton ships and were undoubtedly outdated.

As for the Indiana-class 10,000-ton battleships, they can also be exchanged for 500 points each.

No matter how crazy Roosevelt was, he would never use their most advanced battleships to recharge, and there was no need to do so for the time being.

"Ok, no problem!"

The Secretary of the Navy did not ask any more questions and just memorized the location Roosevelt mentioned.

Dear Mr. President, what's wrong with just wanting a few retired naval gunboats? Do you need money?

"By the way, remember to refill your ammunition."

"I will!"

Roosevelt naturally didn't need to say anything. The Secretary of the Navy drove these retired ships to the designated location that day, and then... decisively took the captain and others away. As for what their president wanted to do with these ships, there would be an additional group of outdated pirates on the sea tomorrow.

What does it have to do with him?

He just followed normal procedures to deal with the scrapped ship.

At night, as soon as the Secretary of the Navy and his men left, Roosevelt brought people to drive away the ships.

After arriving at the designated location, the crew parked the boat and left.

In the darkness of the night, Roosevelt recharged.

When the points arrived, the ten gunboats were no longer on the sea, but he still couldn't hide his surprise, and he even had some speculations about the technology company that created this chat group in the future.

"I'm really looking forward to it more and more. This is our second chat."

He was looking forward to the next chat.

……

Jinling, under the cover of night, on the surface of the Yangtze River.

Xu Kuishan and his men boarded the Monocacy gunboat, which came from the time and space of 1905.

"This... Your Majesty, this, this is a ship?"

"An iron ship? Iron... How can iron float on the sea?"

"Also, this...is this a cannon?"

"How can this gun be connected to this ship?"

"Can this boat go?"

This gunboat from the future, no matter its size or shape, every aspect of it impacted his three perspectives.

Although this ship is not as big as the 150-meter-long Zheng He's treasure ship, nor as big as the largest wind-capsized ship in Nanjing at that time, its epoch-making and time-defying nature shocked everyone.

"Of course it can run... It uses a steam engine invented by Watt, and it only needs to burn coal. I personally led nearly a hundred craftsmen, and after five days of tinkering, we finally managed to get it running."

Thinking about how much trouble I had gone through these days in order to drive this big guy away.

Now, before he could even use it to fight, Xu Kuishan was about to use it, and Zhu Houzhao felt a little resentful.

"Burning coal?"

Xu Kuishan naturally noticed the most conspicuous boiler on this gunboat.

"Its speed is not very fast, but its advantage is that it does not need to consider any wind direction..."

Zhu Houzhao naturally had no time to explain the principle to Xu Kuishan. He directly ordered: "Xu Kuishan, I want you to take 3,000 people here to adapt for a few days. Once you are well adapted, you can drive two of these ships and equip the other three Ming warships. Set off directly from the sea, and you should be able to reach the capital earlier than Zhu Fu and his men."

Thinking about these days, I and those clumsy sailors and ship masters were groping for the embarrassing situation of the future American gunboat, and even made a lot of jokes.

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to say anything more.

Anyway, they had gotten it up and running - but they hadn't tested full speed yet, and they hadn't been involved in a war.

Now that Xu Kuishan has taken away two ships, it is also for further verification and exploration. Then they have the other eight ships that they can slowly study and squander.

This thing is enough for the Ming Dynasty to study for a long time.

It was also at this time that Zhu Houzhao deeply realized how big the gap was between the Ming Dynasty and America.

But that doesn’t matter anymore. No matter how powerful America is, they still sent so many supplies to us obediently.

Especially this kind of thing!
Zhu Houzhao remembered Roosevelt deeply.

"Okay... okay."

Although Xu Kuishan had many questions, he had no choice but to obey Zhu Houzhao's orders.

Then he quickly recovered from the shock and raised various questions again.

"Your Majesty, can this cannon be fired?"

"How powerful is it?!"

"Is this our Ming ship? How come I have never seen it before?"

"When did I fail to recognize our Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding technology?"

Faced with such a big toy, Xu Kuishan soon had many questions.

"You can explore them slowly on your own. Anyway, I have given you these two special ships. You can explore them carefully on your own. If you succeed, just demonstrate them to me."

Zhu Houzhao left only one sentence and left decisively. The following troublesome matters were left to Xu Kuishan.

After leaving, he also asked the officials of the Ministry of Industry about the progress of the research on these ships.

As expected!
Didn't get any answers!

Even if they dismantled a ship for this purpose, they still couldn't figure out the principle behind it.

At this point, Zhu Houzhao finally realized how suitable the function of studying abroad in time and space was.

……

"Your Majesty, these ten children are the ones we selected in the past half month."

In the Xiaoling Mausoleum, Zhu Houzhao finally waited for ten children who were about to go abroad to study.

"Wen Peng?"

Zhu Houzhao looked in surprise at a child who looked somewhat similar to Wen Zhengming, and could not help but look at Wen Zhengming in surprise.

"Your Majesty, he is my eldest son, who is just eight years old this year. But he has already read the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, and is very talented. He has inherited almost one percent of my painting skills."

"Wen Peng! Hurry and pay your respects to His Majesty!"

Wen Zhengming quickly gave his son some instructions.

"Wen Peng pays respect to His Majesty!"

The eight-year-old Wen Peng was not afraid of Zhu Houzhao. Instead, he looked curious. After hearing his father's instructions, he bowed to Zhu Houzhao in a graceful manner, looking like a little adult.

"Not bad!" Zhu Houzhao smiled and was slightly satisfied with the eight-year-old Wen Peng.

"Your Majesty, these three little eunuchs are also very smart! Feng Bao, Lu Fang, Huang Jin, quickly salute your Majesty and recite a passage from the university!"

Liu Jin was afraid that the person he chose would be outdone by Wen Zhengming's son, so he quickly signaled to the three young eunuchs.

"Great, the way of the university is to manifest the bright virtue everywhere..."

However, the three young eunuchs were not as fearless as Wen Peng, a newborn calf.

She knew the rules in the deep palace. Even if she was smart, she could not hide the tension brought about by the hierarchy. She hesitated when reciting and soon she was sweating profusely.

"no need."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and waved his hand.

"Yun Miao, these boys... girls? Have you examined them?"

Zhu Houzhao turned his head and glanced at Xu Yunmiao. With Xu Yunmiao's recommendation, there was also a girl from the Duke of Wei's Mansion, Huang E.

"Your Majesty, I have personally verified that they have mastered knowledge that is almost equivalent to that of some scholars. If you don't believe me, Your Majesty can give them questions to test them."

Xu Yunmiao looked at the other five children: "However, Your Majesty, according to your request, there are four more sons of craftsmen... and one child of the Jinyiwei."

"They are not as good as the young men selected by Wen Zhengming and Eunuch Liu."

"Qian Erqiang?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at the child in front of him and asked, "Is your father Qian Ning?"

"Your Majesty, my father is Channing."

The child was somewhat calm, and Zhu Houzhao also saw the shadow of Qian Ning in his face.

"Did your father allow you to have contact with information related to the Jinyiwei?" Zhu Houzhao asked another question.

"My father taught me a lot about the Jinyiwei." Qian Erqiang replied.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, his eyes fell on the four young craftsmen who were a little reserved at the end, and he could see the reservedness and honesty in them.

But these four children... their arms are bigger than the others, and at first glance they are perfect sons of craftsmen who have inherited their father's trade.

"Zhao Mahua, Li Xiaocao, Song Gousheng, Tang Xiaosan..."

"Do you all know your father's craft?"

The names of these craftsmen's sons also made Zhu Houzhao complain.

"meeting!"

"……meeting!"

Several teenagers were also very nervous.

"Alright! Time is running out, so let's just pick ten of them."

"As for the test, let's talk about it later!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't have time to continue identifying and waiting, and looked directly at the young men.

"I give you a mission! Study! Study at all costs, especially you four, Zhao Mahua, Li Xiaocao, etc. If you have the chance, learn how to repair ships from them!"

"Others, you should pay attention to the following people. If you have the opportunity, you should learn from them - these people are Watt, the Wright brothers, Madame Curie, Morse..."

Zhu Houzhao directly assigned the roles and also gave these children a temporary lesson.

During the sixth chat, the celebrities given by the American presidents naturally came in handy.

These celebrities are bright spots in time and space, helping these children find their learning goals.

Zhu Houzhao naturally no longer hesitated, and directly sent the ten children to the existing time and space one by one with Xu Yunmiao.

These ten children!
The three young eunuchs Feng Bao, Lu Fang and Huang Jin were from Liu Jin.

Qian Erqiang and Wen Peng are the sons of Qian Ning and Wen Zhengming respectively.

The four craftsman sons are Zhao Mahua, Li Xiaocao, Song Gousheng and Tang Xiaosan.

And, Xu Yunmiao's distant niece.

It can be said that the arrangement is reasonable.

[Ding! Studying abroad in time and space has started...]

【After three months, you can check the life trajectory of the children studying abroad! 】

When Zhu Houzhao sent them all into the space-time study abroad cabin, he also received a prompt from the chat group.

"In fact, if I was not so busy, I would also like to go to America to take a look..."

In fact, Zhu Houzhao paid more attention to this group of people than those in the capital.

Ten people in three months, thirty months, and more than two years, he had a hundred people.

In particular, the performance of the civil and military officials in the capital when the Ming Dynasty was in danger made him deeply worried about the education in the Ming Dynasty. He felt that it would be better to train some people himself.

"Your Majesty, given the favor that Taizu and Taizong have shown you, you should have the opportunity to visit America sooner or later."

Xu Yunmiao comforted him.

"That's right! We have more important things to do right now, so we can't leave yet."

Zhu Houzhao also came to his senses decisively.

These ten children can only be used when they come back.

At the moment, he has many more important things to do.

He hardly stopped and was busy again.

In particular, they had to personally train the new troops and help them adapt to the various weapons and firearms sent by America.

This is much more important than anything else.

Zhu Houzhao didn't even dare to let others do this kind of training.

Even though his father-in-law, Duke Wei, was watching him, he still didn't trust her.

……

Just when Jinling, the capital and the Ming Dynasty were all busy.

Japanese country.

"Can we finally move freely?"

Under the guidance of the Japanese envoys, Tang Bohu, Wang Shouren and others had a friendly exchange and, with the shogunate's hospitality, finally had free time.

"Bo Hu, what mission did His Majesty give you? Where are we going?"

Leaving Kyoto in a carriage, Wang Shouren once again couldn't help but look at the map in Tang Bohu's hand out of curiosity.

"I don't know either! Anyway...they are Japanese. Let them take us to this point on the map first!"

At this point, Tang Bohu naturally did not hide anything and showed Wang Shouren the map with the locations of gold and silver mines marked on it.

"What's here?"

Wang Shouren tried to understand, but could see nothing.

"Haha, Yangming, you'll know when you get there! Keep it a secret for now!"

Tang Bohu smiled mysteriously and did not explain.

"Okay, I'll follow you anyway. This Japan... I didn't expect it to be any different from our Ming Dynasty."

Wang Shouren naturally stopped asking questions and instead tried to experience the characteristics of a foreign country seriously.

"Yes! There is a difference... They are particularly servile, and... they are also somewhat wary of us or something."

Looking at the Japanese leading the way in front, Tang Bohu also carefully recalled his feelings during these days in Japan and talked about his impressions of the Japanese people.

"Yes, I felt it too. Although they are enthusiastic, I always feel like they are afraid of us."

Wang Shouren also came back to his senses and recalled his experiences in Japan over the past few days and had the same feeling.

They arrived in Japan five days ago.

(End of this chapter)