Chapter 35 The first training goal

Second update! In 20 days, almost 150,000 words, for the sake of the hippo's diligence, brothers, take care of it! Smash the tickets!

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Under the extremely "warm" hospitality of Master Li, soon, Simmons, a beard holding a glass, even had a big tongue, and unconsciously said the reason and process of his trip to the Far East.

It turned out that as early as a month ago, Simmons was commissioned by the Chilean Admiralty to go to the Far East for an expedition. During this period, he passed by Hawaii. When he was adding coal here, he met the unlucky Spanish shipyard owner Sykes. He added coal in the shipyard in Sykes, replaced some parts, and gambled to win a few before going to the Far East. Do the task. Unexpectedly, when he came back from the investigation, he encountered a terrible hurricane. Fortunately, Simmons was experienced, and the Esmeralda was worthy of being a new warship. The hull was much stronger than the old wooden sailboat. Finally, it escaped and only broke the front mast. Originally, he didn't want to repair it and drove back directly, but after the hurricane, it ushered in again. It rained heavily, and a large amount of rainwater entered the boiler compartment along the chimney, causing him to lose a boiler, so he had to go to the nearest Hawaii to repair it.

Fortunately, Sykes returned home in dismay, but the shipyard and all the technicians stayed, which gave him a chance to take a breath.

The wine comes from Porto, France. This famous Pacific Islands is not rich in material, but there is no shortage of luxury goods at all. Moreover, the beard named Simmons also looks like a knowledgeable person, so he stared at the wine bottle as soon as he came to the table.

Seeing that the time was almost over, Li Mo waved his hand. In less than a while, there were only Li Mo, Chen Ping and Simmons left in the living room.

"General Simmons, with all due respect, I'm afraid it's not that easy for you to visit the Far East, right?" Li Mo picked up the teacup and had no choice. He was too young to hurt his body by drinking. Although he was also greedy for the famous Bordeaux wine of later generations, he couldn't taste a drop in the end under the instructions of the loyal old housekeeper.

"Huh?" Although Simmons drank a whole bottle, the guy seemed to be a good drinker and was not confused. After hearing Li Mo's words, his hand for pouring the wine suddenly froze in mid-air.

Looking at Master Li with a smile, Simmons always feels that something is wrong. Although it is not a big deal to go to the Far East, this is Hawaii. There are a large number of Chinese and themselves. If the two sides know the cards, it will be a big loss. So after Simmons paused for a moment, Simmons returned to normal and said, "Dear Li, you're right. In fact, I was entrusted by a Chinese businessman to go to the East to see if there is any good business to do." At this point, Simmons deliberately lowered his voice, pretended to be mysterious, and said, "You know? Where can I find the most exquisite porcelain and beautiful silk? I can't bring a lot of them back here. I'm sure I can make a lot of money.

Porcelain? Silk? You can really pretend! Let's see how the young master exposes you! Master Li sneered from the bottom of his heart, but he couldn't guarantee whether his guess was accurate. After all, it happened in 1894, and there were more than three years left.

Although he was not sure, Li Mo still felt that he should have guessed correctly. After all, there is no way to investigate such a large arms business a few years in advance! What's more, the maritime competition between Japan and the Qing Dynasty has already begun. Since the Chileans plan to intervene, they will naturally not be unable to see the smoke of the Far East! Thinking of this, Li Mo decided to have a try and said with a smile, "Yes, the Far East is really chaotic now. I heard from the fleet from afar that my motherland and I have fought with myself? Is it like this? General Simmons?

Li Mo had already stated his Chinese identity, so Simmons did not have any doubts and did not realize that Master Li was talking. He shook his head and said, "No, not yet, but there is a great chance that it may happen!"

Oh? Li Mo pretended to be surprised and said, "Really? Why?

Simmons looked at Li Mo and suddenly changed his tone: "Excuse me for taking the liberty. Why does Mr. Li care so much about the situation in the Far East?"

Chen Ping knew that Li Mo was going to deceive Simmons, so he had a tacit understanding and pretended to sigh and said, "To tell you the truth, General, in fact, my young master has been out for a long time, and we still have a large number of people in China, so I'm a little worried."

In the past few days, Simmons heard something about Li Mo and knew that he was a young master of a broken family who had left his hometown. Now when he heard Chen Ping say this, he was suspicious and said, "Yes, the situation there is very tense now." After a pause, Simmons drank another drink before continuing, "I believe you should know about the coup in North Korea!"

Chen Ping nodded on behalf of Li Mo: "We Chinese call him Jiashen coup. We originally colluded with forces in North Korea and launched a coup. Fortunately, our army suppressed the mutiny, so we did not let there be serious civil strife in North Korea."

After the civil strife in North Korea in 1884, Yuan Shikai led the new army to suppress the rebellion. At that time, Li Qiang also served in the new army and participated in the operation, and Li Mo also learned a lot of little-known secrets from him, such as Yuan Shikai's means and his secret plundered finances from North Korea.

After listening to Chen Ping's words, Simmons nodded and analyzed, "Yes, the fuse of the conflict was buried in that confrontation. When I went to the Far East this time, I happened to meet several Japanese friends. They told me that the whole Japanese was frustrated by that failure, because they felt that they had failed to take North Korea out of the Qing Dynasty. The liberation from the claws of the empire failed to free the Korean people!"

"I'm a grass! That's what I said again. No wonder the little devils tried their best to beautify the war after World War II. It turned out that they began to use this trick!" Simmons' words made Li Mo have an impulse to lift the table, but considering that it might scare the beard, he held down the anger in his heart, but the two fists buried under the tablecloth had been pinched white and blue.

Simmons didn't seem to see Li Mo's uncertain expression, and continued to say to himself: "I failed in the first confrontation, but as far as I know, it is a terrible nation. From the way they trained those warriors, it can be seen that they have a very strong patience and very... ..., paranoid! Yes, a country full of paranoia!"

After taking a sip of wine and moistening his throat, Simmons, who had just made a conclusion to the book, said again, "So after that, I began to expand the navy desperately. The last time I went there, the total tonnage of their navy was only about 15,000 tons, but do you know? This year, they ordered warships from Britain, Germany and the French, with a total tonnage of up to 50,000 tons, and I also heard that in addition to these superficial warships, they also have some secret plans, which are also about building ships! It's crazy to have such a huge plan. If it weren't for the preparation for war, these warships would have bankrupted them!"

Of course, Li Mo knew the huge ship-building plan from 1890, but he didn't expect that this seemingly inconspicuous Simmons could see the ambition of Japan from this crazy plan. It seemed that the bearded gentleman was not as simple as it seemed.

"Then who will win!" Li Mo's breath was a little short. To be honest, compared with the scholars and beast-called horse cannons in later generations, the person who can hear this era is still a Chilean naval general who has intersections with several parties to predict the war that will break out in a few years. Master Li never dreamed of it! So even Chen Ping next to him thought that the young master was really in the play!

"Japanese version! There is no doubt about it!" Simmons simply waved his hand and pressed the delicious herring steak on the table with a silver fork.

"How is this possible?" Seeing that Simmons pressed the treasure on himself with such certainty, as a former member of Beiyang, Chen Ping couldn't sit still and suddenly stood up from his seat! In his opinion, even if he tried his best to expand the navy, Beiyang was established earlier, and the soldiers were more familiar with warships, and there were also Deng Shichang and Liu Buchan. How could he lose to Japan! Most importantly, Beiyang has a huge empire with a population of 400 million and rich resources as a backer. Even if there is no chance of winning, it should be fifty-five!

Chen Ping suddenly rose up. Li Mo saw it and was very happy. If Chen Ping didn't say anything to Simmons' answer, it would mean that his blood was really cold. Now, the talented student of the British Imperial Naval Academy obviously came back!

"It seems that I should have got a few warships for them earlier, otherwise they would be really rusty!" Li Mo patted Chen Ping, motioned him to calm down and listen to Simmons.

"Mr. Chen Ping, maybe my words will make you uncomfortable. After all, the winner of my bet is the enemy of your country, but I still want to say that winning must be the same!" After saying that, Simmons suddenly straightened his waist, and suddenly gave people a strong and confident momentum. He continued to say in a low voice, "Yes, maybe the Beiyang Navy of the Qing Empire is still the eighth navy in the world, but they have never had fresh blood injection since last year, no new warships, no new transport ships, and even No new shells have been ordered. I know that although the Qing Empire has introduced shell production technology and a complete production line, I also know that construction has not started there for several years!

According to the training standards of our Chilean navy, the storage shells a few years ago should have been used up in training, but now they still have a large amount of storage, which only shows that the Beiyang Navy has insufficient training.

"More importantly!" Simmons raised his voice. At that moment, he was more like a real soldier leading warships across the world: "The Beiyang Navy has been addicted to fantasy for too long. They have lost their goal of catching up. Since they were officially established two years ago, they have been living in the illusion of the Far East First Fleet woven by themselves. There is not even enough response to the catch-up of Japan. Let's take a look at Japan's huge ship-building plan now! But the Qing Empire did not respond at all.

And your emperor thinks that it is a very luxurious thing to support a navy without opponents, so he misappropriated naval funds to build gardens!

Mr. Chen Ping, Mr. Li Mo, please forgive me, I'm just a naval soldier. I don't know much about politics, but I know that if a country's navy loses its target, it's like sailing on the sea in the dark, without any coordinates, except for straing until sinking. There will be no second result!"

Simmons is not polite, or this is his surname. As a navy, it is extremely important to be straightforward and confident! But he didn't know that his words were like a golden needle, which deeply hurt Chen Ping and Li Mo, especially Chen Ping. His face was pale and trembling all over, but there was no room for refutation.

Li Mo sighed from the bottom of his heart. He knew that Simmons was right, not only right, but even surpassed the eyes of many people in this era!

After waving his hand gently and signaling Chen Ping to sit down, Li Mo suddenly raised the cup. The time was almost ripe, and there was no need to pursue the dialogue with just now. Although Simmons was sure that he would win, history also proved his words! But being able to come here is a bug in itself!

Since you want to be a boss! Then let's start with Chile! The first goal that I need to "tect" has finally appeared!

Li Mo raised his cup and looked at Simmons calmly. It seemed that the tide brought by the topic just now had disappeared. He raised the corners of his mouth and suddenly smiled and said, "General Simmons, with all due respect, I'm afraid you went to the Far East to sell warships to my motherland!"

"You!" Simonsea only persisted with the resolute soldier's expression for a few minutes. With Li Mo's words, he disappeared in an eye, widened, as if he had seen a ghost, shivering, and even forgot to hide: "How could you know?"

"Sure enough, I guessed right!" Li Mo's fist under the table suddenly waved, but his face was calm. He continued, "If I say I guessed it, do you believe it?"

Simmons immediately shook his head. Of course, he didn't believe it! Although Chile has ordered a large number of new European warships recently, the original warships will gradually retire after the new warships are in service. In order to find a way out for this batch of warships, the Admiralty gave him this task and brought the Esmeralada, who had just been in service, to the Far East for investigation. In fact, it was to prepare for the promotion of second-hand ships, but this Yes, he didn't tell anyone about this secret. He has always been active in the Far East in the name of investigation, and only a few senior generals of the naval department know about this matter. How can this teenager who seems to have only sixteen or seventeen know?

Most importantly, Chile is also unstable outside, and China is also full of contradictions! No one will think that a country that has just experienced a naval battle and is not stable in China will sell its own inexperienced force!

Seeing the stunned Simons, Li Mo smiled in his heart and said quietly, "You're right. I didn't guess it, but someone told me!"

"Who!" Simmons had no time to hide it and stared at Li Mo's eyes and asked.

"General Simmons." In the face of questioning, Li Mo also looked at the other party without showing weakness, and suddenly said word by word, "I... Surname... Li!"

"Last name Li? Does this have anything to do with the topic just now? Simmons was confused and was about to ask. Suddenly, a person with the same surname as Li appeared in his mind, and only that person once knocked around and asked if he was willing to fight on the warship!

"My surname is Li."

Three words, like three shells, suddenly blew up Simmons' confusion. With the emergence of this idea, countless new ideas came to my mind, which could no longer be untied like a wrapped cotton ball, and it became tighter and tighter.

But Simmons didn't know that the person who said these three words was now happy, especially when he saw Simmons' eyes suddenly shining and his frown gradually loosening. Li Mo knew that his vague answer finally led the other party astray, a trap that he himself did not realize.

Next to

, Chen Ping, who has been quiet in Simmons's old and accurate analysis, was also scared by the boldness of Master Li. If it was placed in China, it would be a big crime enough to kill the head, and it didn't seem to be interesting to pretend to be that person's son in front of Simmons?

"You are Li..."

Li Mo hurriedly stopped Simmons from talking, drawing skin and bones. It's so boring to make it clear! So he smiled and motioned Simmons to sit back. Then he continued to put on an inexplicable look. He squinted his eyes and said slowly, "General Simmons, since you have been to the East, you must know the customs there. Well, I don't want to hide it from you. My family is very big. In addition to him, there are many people running around.

The dispute of the empire has consumed too much energy, and what is more terrible than internal worries is that, as you just said, I am catching up, but our naval military expenses have been misappropriated for some reason, so in order to deal with Japan, I will be secretly arranged here to take over this shipyard. I hope At that time, we can work with China..."

Li Mo made a gesture of encirclement: "But what you just said reminded me that I'm really crazy. We don't have time to wait for the shipyard to mature, so I now officially propose to you to buy a warship in your country."

Hiss...

He was wondering why the young master pretended to be that man's son. After hearing this, Chen Ping couldn't help taking a few breaths of cold air, and his heart beat violently. He said to his heart, "Young master, you are too bold! If it is exposed, I'm afraid it's not as simple as a dispute!

So Chen Ping quickly winked at Li Mo, hoping that he could consider it, but he didn't expect that Master Li directly ignored his hints and continued to say to Simmons, who was already surprised, "In order not to let me find out our plan, I also hope to rent a naval training base in your country and wait for my taxi. The soldiers have learned to mount warships, and I will take them back to China to fight at the right time!"

At this point, Li Mo looked at Simmons affectionately, took his hand, and spit in his heart. While extremely contempt for the mountain, he looked grateful and worried about the country: "Please, and your country, for the friendship between the two countries, please help me."

"But..." Simmons has nothing to say. In the face of Master Li's performance, he even feels that any refusal is a blow to this young man who loves the motherland. But now the domestic situation is already very tense, and his warships are not enough. How can he take action now?

"General Simmons, if you can't make a decision, I think I would like to meet with His Excellency President Monte in person." Li Mo stood up and said.

"President Monte? Who are you talking about?!!"

Simmons's scream, it's Master Li's turn to be dumbfounded. Do you remember it wrong? Say! It's over. Now it's time to wear it, but I clearly remember Jorge. Monte, also known as J. Mont's guy has been on the stage in the past two years! Could it be..."