It is approaching the day when the emperor visited Beiyang Dayue, and it is also approaching the date of the departure of the Oriental Fleet.

More and more royal guards have settled in Beiyang, and everything in the military palace has entered the final preparation stage.

Finally, this word always brings an endless sense of ritual.

For example, when Chen Mu stepped into the military conference room, the officers and civil servants on both sides of the eternal table, even the five Jinshis who were promoted to Asia to be county magistrates stood upright and solemn.

When he walked to the main seat, the two rows of officers and civil servants held their fists at the same time. When Chen Mu returned the gift, he put them down together. He pulled the chair with the same two movements and sat down, neatly as if he had rehearsed in advance.

They did rehearse. In order to prevent problems, what if the emperor came to the police room and the emperor would come to their military room to speak to the officers when he was about to prepare for the situation.

"This is probably the last military discussion we have at the Beiyang Military Palace before setting sail. You guys don't count."

Chen Mu said that, and Huang Cheng and others smiled. Ye Mengxiong not only had experience in local governance, but also made great achievements in the affairs of the Beiyang Branch of the Ministry of Revenue. Like his ambitions, he did have outstanding military talents.

The most important thing is that he has a good moral integrity. It is rare to be clean in Beiyang for such a fat person.

After Chen Mu left, he will temporarily serve as the important official of Beiyang with the position of head of the Beiyang Branch of the Ministry of Revenue, and will assist the head of the Beiyang military training matters with the assistance of the head of the military bureau.

The rules for training have been formulated. New and old officers rotate, recruit new recruits to buy military horses, and purchase military equipment. There are rules to follow in everything. As long as the person in charge does not cause trouble, there will be no subsequent problems.

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

As for two years, he never thought that two years later, Beiyang would gain a relatively stable foothold in Asia and make achievements, and then Beiyang would be in chaos.

The head of the six branches in Beiyang, Chen Mu only led Xu Zhenming from the Ministry of Works, and everyone else would stay in Beiyang.

"The next day, there will be a big reading. The various departments of the Land and the Navy's reading regulations have already been drilled. As long as you show your skills, you can win applause and add a first prize for the Eastern Expedition."

"Two days of reading from the Mainland Normal University, His Majesty boarded the ship on the third day, and after the fleets parade, they set sail towards the Jinzhou Guard in turn. I won't say much about this."

"How are the fleets ready?"

When Chen Mu asked about the uprising, Zhao Shizhen stood up and took his official documents to the head coach when he passed by Ye Mengxiong.

Ye Mengxiong said: "This Eastern Expedition was divided into five fleets, and in addition to the Central Army, each flagship of the four navy fleets in the front, back, left and right was a six-member ship, leading five fleets, five 500-foot sharks, five 200-foot sharks, six grain ships, six horse ships, and eight baggage ships."

"The navy fleets carried 1,200 to 1,500 sea and land flag troops, and carried craftsmen, materials, utensils, cotton coats and beddings to provide food, grass and supplies for June."

Their voyage is three months faster and four months slower. The extra voyage is to prevent trekking or grain ships from floating in each department without waiting for accidents and increase the possibility of long-distance voyage survival.

"There are one big shark, one small shark, one grain ship, one horse ship, and one baggage ship to each of the five small craft ships. The flagships of the five small craft ships belonging to, one horse ship and three baggage ships."

"And all cabins are equipped with water and food. Even if a single ship and a small fleet are lost, a small fleet and a large fleet are lost, and a large fleet and a central army are lost, try to ensure that they can arrive in Asia safely."

After saying that, Ye Mengxiong paused, and after Chen Mu nodded, he added: "The officials boarded each ship for the third time yesterday to count the baggage, and compared each ship one by one."

Chen Mu looked at the organizational status of each fleet on the official documents in front of him. The front, back, left and right fleets were all the same. In addition to the first phase of Beiyang, the 5,000 Ministry of Households and the craftsmen, there were also a group of officers on board who came from Nanyang, each of whom entered the five thousand households according to his official positions.

At present, the five thousand households in the Oriental Fleet are from commanders to small flags, and the lower-level officers are all even.

Originally, officers had the positions of chief and deputy. Now double the officers mean that as long as there are sufficient reserves, an officer from the Ministry of Revenue can be quickly reorganized and supplemented to two to four Ministry of Revenue.

While carrying the official documents, Chen Mu looked at the spearhead, the reserve of bullets and gunpowder and bullets, and nodded with satisfaction. These two most important military equipment are the capital to use locals to expand the army in the future.

In terms of the total force of the fleet's expedition, the final number is close to 9,000.

The central army had 1,600 people, and they were divided into three 2,000 giant ships and three six-machine ships. The crew was Chen Mu's family soldiers and more than 200 new graduates from the martial arts lecture hall.

The Chihai Ship retreated to the escort ship, and its flagship status was replaced by the two thousand new warships sent by the Nanyang Shipyard. The ship's name was simply called the Great Wall on the Sea.

Wherever they go, they are the frontier of the empire.

After receiving Chen Mu's response, Ye Mengxiong continued: "When the fleet sets off, everything will be the same in the Beiyang schoolyard. Four people are specially recruited, bought horses, controlled grain, and supervised the warehouse. The two periods of soldiers and baggage will be transported to Asia regularly."

"The general can travel east to 4,000 miles and 100 households and land in Asia, and can order the return ships to carry letters to the Beiyang. The required supplies from the letters returning from 4,000 miles will arrive in Asia with the second-phase flag army in the summer of the next year."

"The demand contained in the letters sent back on the west coast of Asia will arrive at the Hong Kong port at the end of next year and the beginning of the year after next. However, the military office does not know where to set up camp in the East, and the general needs to arrive and send back the news."

After Ye Mengxiong said that, Chen Mu signaled him to sit down and looked at Yang Tingxiang, who had only rushed back from the Beiyang Shipyard to participate in the big review, and said, "How is your new ship designed?"

Hearing Chen Mu's question, Yang Tingxiang shook his head a little embarrassedly and bowed: "Go back to the commander-in-chief, I made three designs, and all the ship models have been made, but the performance has not been significantly improved compared to the military warships."

"The only gain is just that it takes a lot of time to test the differences in the strength, toughness, corrosion resistance and other parameters of the ship's materials, as well as the impact of the thickness of the structure of the ship on the ship. A copy of the data was left at the Beiyang Shipyard and the Research Institute. Seeing that the war was about to be imminent, I hope that the masters of the shipyard can build better warships in the future."

"This is not a waste of effort, it is very useful. At least it will make the materials used for shipbuilding in the future clearer and slightly change the structure according to the purpose."

Chen Mu encouraged Yang Tingxiang, and then continued: "Since you have these information, you can bring one, and then draw a few sailors, boatmen and other masters from the Beiyang Shipyard, and bring twenty apprentices to join your former fleet."

"We also want to build shipyards when we go to Asia, so we have to build a stance with these people."

The fleet commander of the former warship fleet is still Chen Mu's old partner Deng Zilong. Yang Tingxiang has the experience of returning from Spain. Only he and a few people have been there with the military camp around him. He has the responsibility to guide the direction of the former warship fleet.

"The road on the sea is very long. You will first join the central army when you reach the 4,000 miles and a hundred houses. When your Majesty read the navy, you will board the Great Wall ship on the sea. On the road, you must design a lighter, faster and easier to manufacture near-shore boat."

Chen Mu stood up and said to everyone: "In this way, everything is done. I am waiting for Your Majesty to read it and set off for Asia of the Ming Empire!"
Chapter completed!