After hearing the judgment that Yan Fu came out, Lu Hong naturally understood why this guy was not arguing with Cai Ting. This guy is a sarcastic tongue in the world! In fact, if the Fulong torpedo boat is about its combat effectiveness, according to the current naval battle situation, it is definitely a slag with a combat effectiveness of 2. The torpedo boat built 10 years ago was said to have a speed of 24 knots at that time, but it is hard to say how many knots it can run now.

However, this Fulong is a major torpedo boat in the Beiyang Navy and can sail for a long voyage. However, the protection ability of the full wooden hull is really extremely slack in front of the small Japanese warships with fully armed small caliber rapid-fire guns... However, Cai Tinggan was also known to him as a result of his familiar history and assaulting this slack torpedo boat to the 40-meter position of the Japanese ship Nishikyo Maru!

With this alone, although the Nishikyo Maru is known as a warship, in fact, it is just a ship equipped with a few rapid-fire cannons, but if you can use this torpedo boat with a slag combat power to complete the raid under such firepower, you must have strong combat beliefs and courage to support it.

So, he immediately smiled, which was also considered as the poisonous tongue of Yan Fu, "Brother Youling, you underestimate the combat effectiveness of torpedoes too much. This is exactly the so-called... a killing weapon that seals the throat with one sword. Those who master this killing weapon should have the grand ambition of sacrificing their lives and the determination to not be afraid of danger... Cai Yaotang (Cai Ting Gan's name) deserves it!"

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and Lu Hong immediately relaxed after saying something. Of course, Lu Hong said this, naturally, there was a basis for him. In history as he knew, Cai Tinggan was the only officer who was interrogated the most severely and was detained after the two countries' treaty was signed. The reason was that when the Japanese interrogated Beiyang prisoners, they asked them to agree not to return to the army to continue fighting after releasing. Cai Tinggan clearly stated that he would continue to return to the navy and continue fighting.

For this reason, Lu Hong is obviously particularly concerned about this person. After all, his influence is really limited now. God knows how much effect his small butterfly can have... And what he can do now may only be expressed by doing his best, and it is obviously particularly important to find some forces that can be relied on in the navy.

After a visit, Lu Hong was very surprised by the maintenance of this warship. According to Cai Tinggan, the Fulong is now sailing at full speed and can still last for an hour at a speed of 23.5 knots. This is obviously a very good effect. Moreover, the Fulong, which has only 20 people, is almost all veterans trained by him personally, and almost everyone can fire thunder.

Cai Tinggan happily introduced his deputy to Lu Hong and Yan Fu, Shao Changhao, who was also from Tianjin Naval Academy. This tall, thin and surprisingly black young officer is also from Fujian. He was originally from the banner and now serves as the Fulong master... However, it is obvious that Shao Changhao is not good at socializing, so he went to do things after saying a few words.

After the three of them chatted for a long time, Lu Hong caught an opportunity and finally brought the topic to the issue of the North Bulletin Depot. "Yaotang, Youling, had surveyed the navy's military equipment before, and found that there were many problems with the navy's military... Have you officers never encountered any problems? This is a country's important weapon and cannot be careless!"

Cai Tinggan smiled and was silent for a while. After looking around, he replied in a low voice: "Lu Dushi, Brother Youling, although this matter has nothing to do with me, I want to remind you that this matter involves it, and it will not be a big backstage that our navy can handle... Repairing the Lushun Sea Defense, this fort has built hundreds of large and small buildings alone. These shells were ordered from the Manufacturing Bureau, and they were not organized by our navy camp!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Hong immediately realized the important hint and immediately asked: "Yaotang, since it is not done by his colleagues in the navy, can you tell me one or two..."

Later, Lu Hong and Yan Fu looked at each other and said goodbye to Cai Ting. They went to the shore and headed straight for the imperial envoy in Lushun City. When Wang Renkan heard the news brought by Lu Hong, he was also very surprised. After thinking for a long time, he said: "The assistant to the Navy yamen, Lishan, is from Prince Chun's mansion... No wonder Luo Fenglu refused to let me investigate the case, but since I already know this, I naturally cannot give up halfway..."

"Sir, Prince Lao Chun has been dead for several years, but Zaifeng is now the emperor's younger brother. And I heard that although Prince Chun is quite versatile, he often criticizes us senior officials of the Han people. If you want to investigate this matter, I will discuss it with Master Weng Ge!" Yan Fu immediately bowed his hand and expressed his opinion very urgently.

Wang Renkan pondered for a moment, turned to see Lu Hong seemingly still thinking, and immediately asked, "Lu Hong, what do you think? Do you think you can continue to investigate this matter?"

When Lu Hong heard Wang Renkan's question, he roughly guessed what this person thought. If Wang Renkan didn't want to continue to investigate, he would just stop after the Beiyang Navy patted the fly and Yan Fu said that...

"Sir, it is the time when our country is in danger. If we let go of this huge corrupt situation, we may not be able to face those men who fight for the country in the future... I think that although Lishan is from Prince Chun's mansion and the confidant of Prince Chun, the time has changed. As long as Mr. Weng Ge can suppress it, we will collect it carefully here. At that time, the evidence will be as strong as a mountain. As soon as the emperor speaks, the matter will be finalized..."

Wang Renkan nodded, and saw that Lu Hong seemed to have something to say, immediately asked: "Lu Hong, let's say anything else together. Are you still hiding something?"

Lu Hong ridiculed the old Wang in his belly. It was already mid-May now. However, he could not say that he could calculate. In a few days, the little Japanese would officially launch troops. More than a month later, the little Japanese would sharpen his sword and attack the Beiyang troop ship Gaosheng. Therefore, he had to cut the mess quickly and deal with the Beiyang logistics. At least the Beiyang Navy should accept the imperial envoy who supervised military discipline seriously, instead of having small confrontations everywhere like this!

"Sir, I think you must explain this to Li Zhongtang. We are not here to destroy him, but to make holes for him... I think Mr. Zhongtang and his aides have not really taken the war with the Japanese seriously now! If a fight really starts, if there is no long-term plan, there will be immediate worries!" Lu Hong said loudly with a heavy expression.

"did you mean……"

"We want to join forces with Li Hongzhang to deal with this matter with a quick knife! I think... Li Zhongtang is obviously happy to install their Huai team in this position, and Mr. Weng Ge is also interested in this position!" Lu Hong whispered his thoughts, which immediately made Yan Fu's eyelids jump a few times.

Wang Renkan naturally understood Lu Hong's method of leveraging power. If both sides could borrow the power, I really didn't know who could not be moved away... This is the strongest combination of senior Han officials in the court... Although it seemed that these two forces were mainly in opposition to each other!

The next morning, the Tianjin Zhili Governor's Office received a secret telegram from Wang Renkan. Zhang Peilun, who was holding the telegram, read it carefully several times before he came to see Li Hongzhang.

"Youqiao, what do you think about this? I asked Ding Yuting to lead a fleet to Tianjin for a performance. It was originally less troublesome. A few days ago, Luo Fenglu sent a memorandum and said that Wang Renkan was very strict in checking. He was worried that he would be subject to Weng Tonghe's will, so he deliberately inspected it strictly!" Li Zhongtang was holding a telegram from North Korea, saying intermittently while giving instructions.

Zhang Peilun held the telegram, but his expression was a little excited, "Zhongtang, this matter is a good thing for us. If Prince Lao Chun had not been the convenience of presidency of the Navy, how could he let him control the lack of procurement... And this person has always had a great appetite. If you were here to keep a guard, you would have never known how domineering you! You might as well use Wang Renkan's knife in his hand... Even if it doesn't work, you can still sound the alarm for Li Shan!"

Li Hongzhang was naturally satisfied with his wise and quick-thinking son-in-law. He stopped the brush in his hand and thought for a moment. He looked at Yang Shixiang sitting opposite Zhang Peilun, and then said: "Pingshi (Yang Shixiang's character), you have always had a lot of connections, so you should focus on this matter... This time, the Japanese are coming in full force, and our Beiyang Navy fights it independently, which is obviously not a good idea. Now, there is no other mistake in this joint!"

Yang Shixiang immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Sir, Wang Renkan and I still have some friendship. When I go and touch his details, we are dealing with this matter. We, the navy, cannot let them put people in, otherwise we will be criticized by the Ministry of Revenue again!"
Chapter completed!