Wu Wenbin stepped down from his post as foreign minister, and felt that the pressure on his body had dropped sharply, and his whole body was suddenly much lighter. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time to the Qing Dynasty as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary is also a test for himself, the status of the Chinese in the eyes of His Majesty is extremely lofty, there is a beggar is also a hundred times more noble than those natives, this mission to the Qing Dynasty is to ask for immigration, to require trade, especially the trade of grain and salt to do a good job, now in the Qing Dynasty, salt is still controlled by the imperial court, the difficulty is not small.

He was accompanied by the vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce and Finance, the vice minister of education, the deputy commander of the 7th Division, and the soldiers of a battalion, and the commander-in-chief of the fleet was Yang Yili.

The first stop of the fleet was to make a detour to Singapore, which was specially arranged by Zhang Wei, which was to let the fleet show itself in front of the public and enhance the self-confidence and pride of the Chinese.

At present, there are two divisions and two regiments stationed in Singapore, and the acting mayor of Singapore is a deputy governor from West Kalimantan Province, Xie Faming.

Sir Anderson is now free, but his Governor of the Straits Settlements is not yet in charge of Singapore, and he will not be able to take charge of it again until the British and the Kingdom of Lanfang are fully handed over.

This time, Xie Faming organized a large Chinese delegation to the wharf to greet the arrival of the fleet, and organized 100 Chinese elementary school students and 100 Chinese middle school students to board the ship for a tour and have lunch with the officers and men on the battleship.

This time, Sir Anderson also appeared in the team to greet the fleet, firstly, to express his friendly relations with the Lanfang Kingdom, and secondly, to take a closer look at the legendary Lanfang-class battleships and Lanfang-class battlecruisers, and to transmit these parameters back to China as soon as possible.

Many Chinese who greeted the fleet saw the fleet from far to near, and when the mountain-like battleships and cruisers appeared in front of the public, many Chinese knelt on the ground in pain, and the Chinese finally stood up and were no longer bullied. The black hull and the black muzzle of the cannon give people a strong pressure, making people feel the urge to kneel and worship, making the people standing on the dock look so small. This is the crystallization of industrial technology, this is the masterpiece of peak scientific and technological strength, the god of modern naval warfare, and the weapon of protecting the country.

After the battleship docked, Wu Wenbin and others got off the ship to meet with the representatives of the masses who greeted them.

Chinese primary and middle school students began to board the ship for a visit, and Yang Yili specially arranged for a lieutenant colonel staff officer to hold a loudspeaker to explain the parameters of the battleship to these students.

The crowd on the dock was quietly listening to the staff officer's explanation.

Sir Anderson hated to be dual-minded, and carved these parameters into his mind.

After visiting the battleship, the students will stay on the battleship at noon to have lunch with the officers and men of the battleship, so that they can experience the life of the officers and men of the battleship, and I believe that this visit to the battleship will be one of the most memorable events in their lives.

The next day, the fleet set sail for Guangzhou, then stopped at Xiamen, Shanghai, Qingdao, and finally Tianjin.

On the warship, Wu Wenbin sent a telegram asking Zhang Wei whether the officers and men of the army could go ashore to rest or communicate with the officers and men of the Qing Dynasty after arriving in the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Wei ignored this problem before, and only wanted to put pressure on the Qing Dynasty and protect the ambassadors abroad, and did not pay attention to the system requirements. So he immediately asked Xiao Yu'er, and Xiao Yu'er replied: "Your Majesty, this time I am on a visit, and the army can land and communicate." ”

Zhang Wei thought that he would occupy Taiwan in the second half of the year, but in the end, was Taiwan the territory of the Qing Dynasty? So he asked: "Xiao Yu'er, is Taiwan still considered the territory of the Qing Dynasty?" Can I occupy it? ”

"Your Majesty, Taiwan is now de jure Japanese territory, and you can occupy it."

"What about the Spratly Islands? Now the Qing Dynasty only said that Nansha was also the territory of the Qing Dynasty, but it did not garrison troops there, nor could it protect it, nor did it declare sovereignty. ”

"Your Majesty, the Nansha Islands can be occupied, after all, the Qing Dynasty can't control there, and it will be the center of disputes in the future, so you can occupy it now, the Dongsha River and the Xisha Islands Daqing occasionally have warships to declare sovereignty, you can't occupy it."

"If the Qing Dynasty attacks me, will I be able to fight back?"

"Yes."

In this way, Zhang Wei can rest assured, don't be limited by the system at that time, you can only be beaten passively, it won't be fun.

Since formal diplomatic relations had not yet been established with the Qing Dynasty, in Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shanghai, and other places, only the masses spontaneously organized themselves to welcome the arrival of the fleet, and Wu Wenbin and others did not care, and docked at each port for one to two days to replenish supplies or organize newspaper reporters, students, and citizens to visit the ships.

Yang Yili sent people to invite Li Zhun, the commander of the vast number of naval divisions, to visit the ship.

Li Zhun asked Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Liangguang, and Cen Chunxuan agreed, and instructed to actively learn from the Lanfang fleet, strengthen exchanges, and be able to annihilate the fleets of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the British Empire.

On March 21, Li Zhun wore civilian clothes and visited the Lanfang-class battleships, battle cruisers, and destroyers in a private capacity. Li Zhun was shocked by the strength of the navy of the Lanfang Kingdom, which was many times stronger than the warships of the British Empire and France, and it was no wonder that it could defeat the battleship fleet of the British Empire.

After receiving Li Zhun's report, Cen Chunxuan immediately sent a telegram to the imperial court about the situation of the Lanfang-class battleships described by Li Zhun, hoping that the imperial court would treat the Lanfang Kingdom cautiously and receive the visiting fleet.

The next day, the major newspapers in Guangzhou published photos of the Lanfang-class battleships, battlecruisers, and destroyers, as well as relevant introductions, to let everyone realize the powerful naval strength of the Lanfang Kingdom.

Arrived in Qingdao on the 28th, and communicated with the German Governor of Jiaoao and the Navy, and the German naval officers boarded the Lanfang warship for a visit, and the Governor sent back a telegram hoping that the Admiralty would purchase the battleships and battle cruisers of the Lanfang Kingdom.

On the morning of April 4, the fleet arrived at the port of Dagu.

Sa Zhenbing led four cruisers, "Haiqi", "Hairong", "Haichen" and "Haichou", to meet the naval fleet of the Lanfang Kingdom off the coast of Dagukou, and guided the fleet to enter the port and dock.

Xu Shichang, Minister of Military Aircraft, and Yuan Shikai, Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang, led the welcoming crowd on the shore to welcome the fleet of the Lanfang Kingdom.

Yang Yili invited all the officers and sailors of the welcome fleet to visit the ship.

All the people on the scene were shocked by the strength of the Lanfang fleet, the mountain-like volume, the four ships of several thousand tons of "Haichen", in front of it were not even as good as children, and the combined displacement of the four warships was not even half of this battle cruiser, if there was a naval battle, there was no need to even think about the consequences.

Sa Zhenbing and the others had long wanted to visit the battleship, and now that they were allowed to do so, they were naturally impatient. The first to visit were naval officers, and when they boarded the warship, it was like inspecting a precious work of art, touching here and there. I thought to myself, this is a warship, compared with the warships of the Qing Dynasty, those warships of the Qing Dynasty are children's toys, when did the Qing Dynasty have such advanced battleships?

Sa Zhenbing, Li Dingxin, Cheng Biguang, Liu Guanxiong and other old people in Beiyang burst into tears on the battleship, and finally boarded the Chinese super battleship in this life.

The main guns of the battleship and the battlecruiser, the barrels stretched out to the shore together, and the black holes and thick muzzles made everyone on the shore feel their little hearts tremble.

The officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 7th Division landed, leaving Yuan Shikai dumbfounded, this is the army of the Lanfang Kingdom? It's fucking mighty. I have been training all my life, and I have been training all my life, and this is the Army, and this is the direction of the Army's development.

Geng Yunfei, deputy division commander, proposed to hold a military exercise with the Beiyang New Army at an appropriate time. Yuan Shikai readily agreed.

That night, Xu Shichang, Yuan Shikai and others reported to the imperial court overnight that the Lanfang Kingdom, regardless of its army strength or naval strength, was far above the British Empire and Japan, and must be dealt with carefully, and hoped that the imperial court would purchase army and naval equipment from the Lanfang Kingdom.

In the following days, the Lanfang Kingdom Army and Yuan Shikai's new army held 2 military exercises, and 1 battalion of the Lanfang Kingdom Army easily blocked Yuan Shikai's 1 target, Yuan Shikai no longer asked for the exercise to confront, but asked the 2 troops to communicate privately.

Whether it is a fixed target or a moving target, the Beiyang Army and the Lanfang Army are not on the same level; Even if soldiers with martial arts skills are selected to engage in hand-to-hand combat and bayonet fighting with the Lanfang Army, no one can win.

Let Yuan Shikai have the idea of hiring an officer from the Lanfang Kingdom as an instructor.

Sa Zhenbing and other naval officers couldn't wait to live on the battleships and battlecruisers of the Lanfang Kingdom, and even those destroyers were very fond of them. Yang Yili did not entertain them specially, let them visit the warship casually, and when they were hungry, they went to the soldiers' canteen to eat, and after a few days, they were familiar with the naval officers and soldiers of the Lanfang Kingdom.

Xu Shichang was also shocked by the strength of the army of the Lanfang Kingdom, and quietly asked the soldiers of the Lanfang Kingdom, such a unit belongs to the top troops in the Lanfang Kingdom.

The Lanfang Army soldiers laughed, and Xu Shichang, who laughed, was very embarrassed. The soldier said, this is just the most ordinary army unit, didn't you see that my rank is a non-commissioned officer? If it's a top-tier unit, why don't you give me the rank of captain?

Xu Shichang didn't give up, and asked again, how many such troops are there.

The little soldier replied, this total number is not clear, the kingdom now has about 17 divisions, each division has 20,000 people, this is not counting other troops, how can the total number be hundreds of thousands.

scared Xu Shichang into a cold sweat, if there were hundreds of thousands of such troops, if they were all so strong, it would not be very easy to destroy the Qing Dynasty.

The news of the navy and army of the Lanfang Kingdom was continuously reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court itself was very surprised by the strength of the Lanfang Kingdom, and now it was even more shocking to see these recitals. The Chinese in this Lanfang Kingdom don't know what attitude they have towards the Qing Dynasty, if they want to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, it is too easy, and they are also Chinese, unlike those Westerners, who can easily be accepted by the people of the whole country.

So on the fourth day, the Qing court sent Xiliang, the minister of military aircraft, to Tianjin to pick up the delegation of the Lanfang Kingdom to Beijing.

Wu Wenbin didn't expect that after staying in Tianjin for a few days, he would have this effect. So he took the people of the visiting group, Geng Yunfei and the army soldiers to Beijing.