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

The global sailing fleet led by Zheng Zhihu stayed in Tianjin Wei and booked a restaurant to celebrate the success of its first global sailing.

"Everyone, you have performed very well in this voyage. The Admiralty will issue you a fund to compensate you for the losses caused by participating in this voyage around the world. During this voyage, we also have fellow companions who died due to storms, diseases, and wars. Their families can get enough pensions to live a pretty good life."

"Toast to us today for the smooth completion of our global voyage!"

Zheng Zhihu was drinking with everyone, and all the people who survived the global voyage were filled with tears after returning to their hometown.

They miss their hometown and family from time to time during the long voyage around the world, and they may die from a sick person during the voyage at any time. Now they have finally completed their voyage and returned to their hometown.

Many people cried out at the celebration banquet, not only honoring themselves for successfully completing this voyage that was of great significance to them, but also for the sake of their survival.

"The students of the Navy Military Academy, the Navy Department has issued a letter of appointment to be converted to the Navy Lieutenant, and the letter of appointment will be delivered to you soon. Next, you need to submit your intention to be assigned to the Navy Department. The Ministry of Admiralty will make allocations based on fully considering your wishes. During the period of assignment and formal appointment, you have two or three months of vacation." Zheng Zhihu came to the place where the crew of the Zheng He gathered to announce the good news to them.

During the Mediterranean War, Chu Yun promised Zheng Chenggong and other students from the Naval Martial Arts Hall that they could be promoted from naval interns to formal naval lieutenants after returning to the capital. This group of students had mastered modern naval knowledge and manipulated steamships, wooden sailboats and reserve officers with experience in naval warfare in the Mediterranean and European naval warfare. Their experience was enough to be promoted to formal grassroots officers.

These cadets, or lieutenants of the Navy, were excited because they officially became lieutenants of the Navy. Next, they might take up positions as grassroots management on various ships and enter the formal establishment. Whether they can climb to the position of general in the future depends on their respective abilities and circumstances.

"Your father heard that you are back, he will arrive from Seoul, Goryeo Province in a few days, and your mother will be there." After Zheng Zhihu and everyone persuaded everyone to drink, he sat next to his nephew Zheng Chenggong.

"My parents are going to return 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 Japan and Goryeo, he had been overseas for a long time. Sometimes Zheng Chenggong's mother would follow Zheng Zhilong in the capital, Japan, Goryeo and other places.

This time, Zheng Zhilong and his wife had obviously not seen this son for a long time. He had just experienced an ocean voyage, so Zheng Zhilong and his wife specially applied to the Admiralty to leave the defense zone and return to the local area to see him.

"In the future, you will be a lieutenant of the Navy. Your father hopes that you will serve in the Zhili Fleet rather than the Beiyang Fleet led by him... After all, we are a family, so it is best not to be in the same fleet, otherwise we will be impeached for personal gain... 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 do not belong to the four major fleets, but the captain responsible for expanding the colony, my task is more flexible." Zheng Zhihu told Zheng Chenggong what the trick was.

The four major fleets are independent, and the commander of the Zhili fleet is 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 be out of control.

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

"Although the Fourth Fleet is stationed in the West and is prone to accumulating military achievements, new ships, technologies, and tactics are still being studied in our local areas. The confrontation exercises between our local fleets may improve our tactics more than confronting the backward sailing ships. In addition, the future Minister of the Navy may be the commander of the Zhili Fleet. Minister Nelson is about to retire." Zheng Zhihu still hopes that Zheng Chenggong can enter the Zhili Fleet that guards the capital.

Several other fleets served in the offshore seas, and the Zhili fleet's status was slightly above that of other fleets. If they could join the Zhili fleet, they might have a chance to become the Minister of the Shanghai Army in the future.

The current Naval Secretary Nelson is old and has successfully completed the task of cultivating a large number of naval generals. In the future, the Naval Secretary will most likely be selected from local generals.

Then whoever can become the next commander of the Zhili fleet is 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 at the Navy General and was quite moved by Zheng Zhihu's proposal.

The celebration banquet of the Global Navigation Fleet lasted until the evening, and then the Naval Martial Arts Hall had its own celebration banquet - this group of naval pillars of the future empire celebrated their official becoming grassroots officers.

They returned to the Navy Martial Arts Hall and made a fuss, and then went to the tavern to indulge in a rare way. They had two or three months off before formally taking office.

Zheng Chenggong was obviously drunk behind him, standing on the wooden table in the tavern, and said to his companions: "Everyone, from now on, we are not crew members of the Zheng He, and I am not a captain. If we still have the opportunity to be a part of the same ship in the future, we can still fight side by side! Even if we are not serving in the same ship, all naval officers and soldiers will have the opportunity to rotate or coordinate the combat and exercises between fleets. We will still meet. When we meet again, please do not forget the days when we used to sail in Tierra Tierra Tierra, the Storm Point, and the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the English Channel! Don't forget the brothers we lost during this voyage!"

"Okay!!" shouted the rest of the companions.

These naval cadets, who were gradually becoming fanatical because of their intoxication, beat the wine bowl with wooden chopsticks, and shouted at the rough songs on the sea with their throats, which caused many people to watch around the tavern.

The shopkeeper of the tavern knew that this group of people were officers and soldiers who returned from overseas. Such a fuss could probably bring a lot of fame to the tavern, so they let them sing at will.

Hannah was also infected by this atmosphere. Seeing Zheng Chenggong standing on a wooden table and knocking on a porcelain bowl, after sailing around the world and the war in Europe, it seemed that he had grown a lot and his face became more resolute.
Chapter completed!