At this time, Zhao Ping's vacation also ended, so he returned to Qingdao with Zhao Weizhong. And the night before leaving, Qiu Qing blushed and gave Zhao Ping a cotton coat that he had made overnight, which made Zhao Ping feel warm, although the marriage between the two was decided, but Qiu Qing's face was thin, and he was afraid of family jokes, so he deliberately avoided Zhao Ping in the past few days, and the two of them got along alone, which made Zhao Ping a little depressed. However, this cotton coat completely dissolved a little mustard in Zhao Ping's heart, and the harvest of this holiday is indeed huge.

Zhao Shuilan, Qiu Qing and other members of the Zhao family sent them to the dock, and then said goodbye until the ship started, still standing at the dock for a long time and reluctant to leave, and Zhao Ping also stood on the side of the ship, until he couldn't see the shore before returning to the cabin to rest.

After sailing all night, the ship arrived at the port of Qingdao, Zhao Weizhong had three shops in Qingdao, and hired more than 30 men, so someone had already arranged a residence for him in Qingdao, and prepared a carriage and horses to meet them at the wharf, so Zhao Ping and Zhao Weizhong said goodbye and returned to the barracks to report to the barracks.

After returning to the barracks, Zhao Ping first went to the ship receiving team to go through his own reporting procedures, and then went back to his dormitory to rest, and at this time He Xin had come back first, the two greeted each other, He Xin said: "You don't have to take out the luggage, we will leave for Germany tomorrow." When the time comes, just carry the box and go, so as not to cause trouble. ”

Zhao Ping nodded and said, "That's right, just put the box directly into the cabinet." Then he asked, "How was your blind date when you went home this time?"

He Xin smiled "hehe", took out a photo from his pocket, handed it to Zhao Ping, and said, "How about you take a look?"

Zhao Ping took the photo and saw that it was a half-length photo of a young girl, about 17 or 8 years old, although she was not beautiful, but she was quite quiet and delicate between her eyebrows, with a short and medium hair with a slit in the middle, a neat row of bangs in front of her forehead, wearing a light-colored blouse, no embroidery on the whole dress, a low standing collar, and a right cover in the front placket; Although it is a white and black photo, you can't see the color, but the hairstyle and costumes are all popular schoolgirl clothes in Tianjin, Qingdao and other places.

Of course, this is the first to be launched by the hope school opened by overseas Chinese, in fact, it is the female student uniform designed by the traveler in imitation of the student uniform of the Republic of China, although at the beginning of this costume received a lot of criticism, many old and young, Luo Bo literati accused the female students' uniforms of being immoral, immoral, etc., but the traverser was not moved at all, and still insisted that the female students wear this costume, and the teacher who taught took the lead. With the stability of the rule of the time-travelers, this set of schoolgirl uniforms has gradually been accepted by the society, and even began to become popular, becoming the most popular fashion for young women in Tianjin, Qingdao and other places.

So Zhao Ping said: "Is it a female student?"

He Xin nodded, and said with some pride: "I just graduated this year, and now I stay in school to be a teacher." ”

It turned out that the son was better than his parents, He Xin's first two blind dates were unsuccessful, and He Xin's wife still didn't understand her son's requirements, so she asked someone to ask if there was a girl who had gone to the new school. Since she worked in a government office, she had a lot of information about this, and soon found out that this girl's name was Yang Yuping, and she was an older orphan girl who was sheltered when the traversers first occupied Tianjin. After studying at Hope School for almost two years and mastering a certain amount of cultural knowledge, he graduated from the school because he was 18 years old, but he was retained as a trainee teacher to teach the basic knowledge to younger students while continuing his studies.

After learning this information, He Xin's wife immediately asked someone to say goodbye, and when this girl heard that she was a captain of the People's Army, she was a little tempted, because she had a good impression of the People's Army, so she agreed to meet.

After the two met, they felt good about each other, and He Xin was of course satisfied with the woman. And although He Xin was born at the bottom of the society, he has been honed in the navy for nearly two years, and the spiritual temperament of the whole person has undergone great changes. After all, "the army is dirty, the navy is oceanic", this is not said in vain. In addition, both of them have received the education of the traverser, so they have a lot of common topics, and the woman herself is an orphan, so she doesn't want to delay it for a long time, so she decided on the big thing after meeting, and just waited for He Xin to come back from Germany to do a happy event.

After listening to He Xin's introduction, Zhao Ping couldn't help but regret a little, he should have taken a photo with Qiuqing when he was in Tianjin, so that he had nothing to do and had a sustenance to look at the photo. But I'm also happy for He Xin.

Early the next morning, the ship-receiving working group assembled, and before departure, a simple departure ceremony was held, and the Minister of the Navy, Shang Jinfeng, came to see the working group and made a speech, telling every member that this was the first time that the People's Army had carried out a mission abroad, and asked every soldier to consciously safeguard the image of the People's Army and the East China Government, show Germany the good demeanor of Chinese soldiers, and respect discipline, obey management, and pay attention to their words and deeds. In addition, they should train hard and study assiduously to familiarize themselves with warships as soon as possible and form actual combat effectiveness.

In August 1886, when the Beiyang Navy Division visited Nagasaki, Japan, some sailors of the Beiyang Navy Division violated military discipline and went to the local brothel to have fun and drunk and fight, and had a serious clash with the police who rushed to hear the news, resulting in 5 Beiyang Navy Divisions being killed, 6 seriously injured, 38 slightly injured, and 5 missing. One Japanese policeman was killed and 30 wounded, which became known as the "Nagasaki Incident" at the time. Although it ended with Japanese compensation, it is fair to say that the sailors of the Beiyang Naval Division were at fault first, and prostitution, alcoholism, and brawls were unjustifiable there. Later, some people believed that the Nagasaki incident showed that the military discipline of the Beiyang Naval Division was lax and the generals were not strict under the rule, laying the groundwork for the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War.

First of all, the next batch of ship-building plans, the Admiralty's five-year ship-building plan is to be implemented step by step according to economic conditions, and now the first stage is basically over, and because this year's financial situation is good, the second batch of ship-building plans can be launched, and two 7,000-ton medium armored cruisers and two 10,000-ton large armored cruisers will be built, one of which is built in Germany, and the other is still provided by Germany, equipment, and guidance, to be built in China, of course, this will have to renegotiate the shipbuilding contract with Germany; secondly, Germany has entrusted the East China government with the work of revising the design of the two protective cruisers under construction, which has also been completed, and can be handed over to Germany; finally, it is necessary to examine the progress of the integrated fire control platform and steam turbine produced jointly by the two sides, as well as some economic and commercial cooperation. Therefore, regardless of whether there is a causal relationship between the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Nagasaki incident, the East China government will never allow a similar incident to occur in Germany, which will lead to a retrogression in the relations between the two sides, and Shang Jinfeng is also sounding a wake-up call in advance.

After the ceremony, the members of the receiving team boarded two passenger ships respectively, and they were accompanied by a passenger ship, which was led by Xu Jichao, vice chairman of the government, and Ye Yanfu, member of the commercial commission, to participate in the official opening of the commercial center in Shanghai New Area. The ship receiving team will also stay in Shanghai for two days to assist the Shanghai New District Government in completing the opening activities before officially going to Germany.

After a day's sailing, the three passenger ships sounded their whistles and slowly sailed out of the port, and after a day's sailing, they arrived at the sea of Shanghai the next morning, and sailed straight into the mouth of the Yangtze River, entered the Huangpu River, and docked at the newly partially built wharf in the Shanghai New Area.

Because the location of the Shanghai New Area is in the lower reaches of the Huangpu River, it is closer to the entrance of the Yangtze River than the Shanghai Public Concession and the French Concession, although it deviates from the central area of Shanghai, it is more convenient for ships to dock, and the water depth of the Huangpu River is larger, so ships of larger tonnage can be berthed. At present, 4 berths have been built at the wharf, and 8 berths will be built to become the largest wharf on the Huangpu River.

Shanghai New Area has been established for more than 1 year, during this time, Shanghai New Area has not only built a wharf, but now has built 3 dormitory buildings, 2 large buildings covering an area of more than 10,000 square meters, of course, only two stories high, and it is also a partial two-story building, otherwise it would not be possible to complete it so quickly, and there are two functional supporting buildings. The municipal setting includes a main road that is connected to the Shanghai Public Concession and the French Concession, 3 secondary roads, as well as parking lots, stations, etc., and 4 secondary roads are under construction. Yang Yuxin, the person in charge of the Shanghai New Area, also negotiated with the Shanghai Public Concession and the French Concession to negotiate an agreement on free travel between each other and a public security zoning.

According to the plan, the commercial center will set up 1 large cinema, 2 medium-sized cinemas, a large singing and dancing, 8 private rooms, a shopping mall, and a catering center. Among them, there are about 100 commercial shops and 30 catering shops, which are basically arranged in the style of large shopping malls in the old time and space, but the cinema is located in the most prominent position. The main thing is to use the huge influence of movies to drive the development of Shanghai New Area.

In addition, 6 or 7 buildings have been completed around the commercial center, and more than 10 buildings are under construction. These buildings were not built by the East China government, but were invested by Shanghai businessmen in the Shanghai New Area. A complex of buildings covering an area of about 5 square kilometers has been formed.

In order to attract investment, the government of the Shanghai New Area stipulates that investors who build their own houses in the Shanghai New Area will enjoy a series of preferential policies such as free land rent for three years, halved rent for three years, tax reduction, and low-cost rental of shops in commercial centers. As a result, there are now 17 businessmen who have decided to invest in the Shanghai New Area, including 3 foreign businessmen, and more than 30 businessmen, including more than 10 foreign businessmen, who are negotiating with the Shanghai New Area Government Commercial Office to build and invest in the Shanghai New Area.

However, the reason why Chinese and foreign businessmen in Shanghai have invested and built houses in the Shanghai New Area is not so much because they are optimistic about the development prospects of the Shanghai New Area, but because they believe in the great attraction of the Traveler's films.