Valley Emperor

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The war in the European continent has caused many people to flee the mainland and live in the Americas or other places. Among them, South America is basically controlled by the Spanish or Portuguese, and other countries naturally cannot come, so before Datang came here , people from other countries often choose the east coast of North America.

The Tang Dynasty occupied North America, and naturally, it was unwilling for other countries to set foot in North America, especially because there were still many **** slave traders who transported Africans to the Americas.

In this regard, the Datang Navy is strictly prohibited. For this reason, a fleet is stationed on the east coast of North America to patrol and intercept illegal ships. Because the east coast of North America is far away from the mainland, and even too far from South Africa, there are still a lot of Datang steam merchant ships coming and going. In order to allow the warships and some important large merchant ships to be maintained, the navy has also set up a Although the scale is a little smaller, it is also a naval base capable of maintaining warships.

However, whether it is New South Port, South Africa Port, Ceylon Port and many other large naval bases owned by the navy, the internal facilities and equipment can only be maintained at a moderate level of difficulty at most, and cannot provide major repairs and equipment upgrades. Work.

Because this kind of work can generally only be carried out in shipyards, the required technical level is very high, and only modern shipyards in China can be competent.

Therefore, after the ships of the empire have been on duty overseas for a certain number of times, they will return to the shipyard of the empire for mid-term overhauls when they reach the age. Of course, this time interval will only happen once in many years.

Because warships need maintenance, overhaul, etc., it is impossible to say that all warships can be on duty at the same time. There will always be some warships on duty, some are on routine maintenance, and some are overhauled or upgraded locally.

For example, after the Navy decides to equip with rear-mounted guns, many active main battleships need to upgrade their naval guns to rear-mounted guns, but this upgrade time does not mean that they all rushed back to the mainland to upgrade, but it is time for overhaul. Will return to the homeland to upgrade, otherwise it will be a waste of time.

The particularity of this kind of battleship also caused the imperial navy to have the designation and organization of the sub-fleet, but the specific battleships under each fleet were actually not fixed.

The senior navy will flexibly dispatch warships to join a squadron on duty according to the maintenance of the warships and the needs of regional missions.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Datang Navy, especially the officers and soldiers of the ocean-going warships, may basically travel all over the world in all sea areas during their entire service career.

Therefore, they come to Europe on normal duty, and they are different from the resident officers. The officers and soldiers of various ships in the European fleet are still here. Maybe they will run back to South Africa in a few months, or even return directly to China.

The officers and soldiers on these ocean-going capital ships came to Europe on duty, but it was not a relegation.

However, a European military attache like Colonel Kong Jiaming was relegated to the serious class, and he did not go to the battlefield, and he could not make military achievements, and he was still in a barren place overseas.

Not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

Not only Kong Jiaming, but also many other officials or military officers have actually committed the accident and were assigned to work in Europe.

Kong Jiaming wants to make some achievements, and then get the appreciation of Ren Zian, and then get the opportunity to leave this ghost place.

Most of the others have pretty much the same mentality.

Nowadays, the construction of Ceuta is highly valued by the senior navy, especially the Seventh Fleet, who are already planning to build Ceuta into a large naval base of the navy in Europe.

Not only must it be able to provide supplies and berth warships, but it must also have certain warship maintenance capabilities, which can support the navy's main fleet to station and maintain combat capabilities.

Provide a solid backing for the Datang Navy's operations in European waters.

And this capability is something that the port in the embassy district of Cadiz cannot provide.

The port in the embassy area of ​​Cadiz in Europe actually only provides berths and supplies at most. It has no maintenance capacity at all, and even because of the limited berths, it is impossible to berth too many ships.

In some cases, domestic merchant ships had to berth at Spanish-controlled piers.

The Navy intends to build Ceuta into a large-scale military base and strategic support point. Naturally, the construction of Ceuta City has also received great attention.

As long as the achievement is made, I am not afraid that the credit book will not be recorded.

Kong Jiaming had expectations, so he looked very carefully during the inspection, and even asked the construction personnel here many times, and even Jon was asked a few words about the construction situation by him.

In Jon's view, Kong Jiaming, a naval colonel, is undoubtedly a big man, and it is also the first time in his life that he has really come into contact with the upper-level military and political officials of the Tang Dynasty.

But what made him a little strange was that this Colonel Kong Jiaming was very kind, not only him, but also several other important officials were kind to him.

When he was answering the question, Kong Jiaming smiled and comforted his tongue because he was nervous: "Don't worry, speak slowly!"

They treat themselves as if they do not treat their subordinates, but treat people of equal status.

But Jon obviously doesn't know enough about Datang's politics.

Not to mention Kong Jiaming, even when Emperor Li Xuan of the Tang Dynasty went out to inspect, he was very kind to people, would talk cordially with the workers and peasants, and sometimes even patted his epaulets for encouragement.

Li Xuan, the leader of the Tang Dynasty, did this, and the officials below naturally followed suit, usually when they were outside, especially when they inspected factories, construction sites, and other places.

No one dared to pretend to be an official, all of them were good officials who loved their sons like the people.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, this political atmosphere has made the public's sense of officials much better.

Traditionally, the common people were mainly afraid of officials, but nowadays, many people have a better sense of senior officials.

They think that some of the government's policies that are not in line with their interests are not made by the senior officials at the top, but by the officials below.

Datang officials love to show off. This is true at home and when they come to Europe.

It's a pity that few people know that they are doing a show.

Even they themselves don't think they are doing a show. After all, the whole Tang Dynasty did this, and they did it too, but it has been like this for 20 or 30 years, and they are used to it.

But being kind to people does not mean that these Datang officials really treat Jon as an equal.

Their kindness is, in fact, the kindness between the superior and the inferior.

If you observe a little more carefully, you can actually find that Kong Jiaming still has that high-level feeling when talking to them.

Jon is not a fool, he was quite excited and excited at first, but after talking with Kong Jiaming, he looked back and thought about it, and felt that this big official of the Tang Dynasty was not as kind as he showed.

But this doesn't make Jon feel ashamed or anything. He is a high-ranking official, and he is just a temporary resident. What capital does he have to treat those in high positions equally?

His current thinking is that he has to work harder and strive to go further.

Even if he can never become a real Tang Dynasty person, as long as he keeps working hard, sooner or later, he will still be able to treat these high-ranking people as equals.

Jon has been working hard for the past few years.

He worked hard and insisted on learning Chinese. In the early years, he could only hear a little Chinese. Now he can speak Chinese proficiently, and can write a few simple Chinese characters. Only in this way can he successfully pass the application for temporary residence and become a temporary residence. inhabitants.

And like many temporary residents, he took the Chinese name "Qiao En" as his name.

In addition, the dress is also all-round close to the Datang people.

To be honest, except for the color of hair, eyes, skin and other natural appearances that he can't change, he has changed everything else that can be changed.

This positive approach has also made him appreciated by the Datang people. Otherwise, how could he have changed from a small construction worker in the past to one of the current construction team managers.

But he is still not satisfied, he wants to go further!

It is also working for Datang people, but different jobs are very different.

He knew that in many overseas territories, many high-ranking temporary residents were often prominent people locally, and even could be appreciated by the great officials of the Tang Dynasty.

There are about 200 temporary residents like him in Cadiz and Ceudari, but he wants to be the best among them.

Maybe, in the future, I can be transferred to South Africa, or even to Malacca.

Malacca is already very close to the mainland, and the state of Malacca is still an imperial state~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is much better than places like South Africa.

Jon has pursuits and ambitions, as do Kong Jiaming and others, and even other temporary residents in Ceudari, in fact, they also have ambitions.

In this era, not everyone has the courage to work for the Tang people and become a temporary resident.

Although the treatment of the temporary residents of Datang is very generous, the requirements are not low.

Health issues are not to be discussed. Before applying for temporary residence, these people have often worked for Datang people for a long time. To work for Datang people, they must first wash themselves clean, white and tender, and then shave their hair. Just go through a series of health checks that many would find stigmatizing.

When applying for a temporary residence permit, they also need to declare their allegiance to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

More importantly, they have to abandon their original religion, convert to Taoism, Buddhism and other domestic legal religions.

These two items also mean that they have completely betrayed their original country, nation and belief.

Even though there is no modern concept of country and nation in these days, there is also the concept of loyalty to the king.

Among them, abandoning the original religion, converting to Taoism or Buddhism is more serious.

For people in many areas, religion is life, and it is not so easy for you to convert them.

And those who do all of this can become temporary residents.

Being a temporary resident can freely enter and exit the overseas territories of Datang, accepting the employment of Datang people, and having a meal is not a problem.

But there are many people like Jon who want to go further!

They are also ambitious!

Perhaps one day in the future, they will be able to become the same as the Gerdes family, and even obtain the title of the Tang Dynasty and become an aristocratic master.

The success of Gerdes is the example and goal of all the temporary residents of the alien race who have worked hard for the Tang Dynasty!