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Lin Haifeng bid farewell to Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, Zheng Nan and others who came to see him off at the Tianjing Wharf, boarded the "Humen," which had been renovated, and began his long journey under the escort of six warships, including the "Weihai," "Lushun," and "Haizhou."

Perhaps in order to prevent Su Sanniang, Liu Lichuan, and the officials of Dongfang Industrial from Shanghai from being like here in Tianjing, they kept persuading him to cancel this "extremely dangerous trip" as soon as they met, and according to his orders, the entire fleet not only did not make any plans to stay in Shanghai, but also deliberately concealed his itinerary from Shanghai. But despite this, when the fleet was about to sail to Wusongkou, in the distance, Lin Haifeng, who was enjoying the beautiful autumn scenery unique to the south on both sides of the strait with Burbulron, Ali Guo and Huang Zaixing, Wang Haiyang, Liu Xianghe and others on the bow deck, still saw the crowd standing on the Wusong fortress.

"Your Highness, Liu Lichuan, Su Sanniang, Zhou Xiuying and Qiao Yu are all here," Xu Zongyang, the commander of the expedition fleet, walked quickly to Lin Haifeng's side with a telescope, pointed to the crowd on the Wusong fortress and laughed, "It seems that this Shanghai side is very powerful, and there is really nothing that can hide from them." ”

"Alas......" Lin Haifeng shook his head with a helpless smile, rejected the telescope handed to him by Xu Zongyang, and gently ordered, "Line up on the deck and salute the brothers and sisters in Shanghai." ”

"Your Excellency, the people here have too much affection for you," Burbulon sighed softly as he looked at Lin Haifeng, who was standing upright and looking intently at the Wusong Fortress, which was gradually becoming more and more open.

"In fact, even if a person only does a little thing that is beneficial to the country and the people, your country and the people will not forget you!"

"Yes......" Bourblon nodded in agreement. In fact, he did not fully understand the true meaning of what Lin Haifeng said about "things that are beneficial to the country and the people", but he has already realized the tangible rewards of his contribution to the country. This time, he accompanied Lin Haifeng back to his homeland, firstly, to ensure the absolute safety of the distinguished guests invited by His Majesty the Emperor, and secondly, he was about to return to China to take up the post of Minister of the Imperial Colonial Department.

Being a human being in front of him and being a ghost behind his back, he can be loved by all the people like this, it seems that these "people" are really stupid enough. Ali Guo, who was standing behind Lin Haifeng, although he was not interested in Lin Haifeng's pretending statement at this time, he couldn't help but admit that this is indeed the case, as long as you do something beneficial to the country, no matter whether you are a human or a ghost in private, you can always get corresponding gains from the country.

The fleet sailed out of Wusongkou and entered the Southern Ocean (East China Sea), to the east of the Diaoyutai (present-day Diaoyu Island), which was still under the control of Fujian, and then to the south to Yaeyama in the Ryukyus, and finally stopped for the first time.

During a short stay of only one day, Lin Haifeng, accompanied by local officials in the Ryukyus, first greeted all the officers and men of the small patrol fleet of the Red Army that had set out from Taiwan and happened to be supplied by the Southeast Military Region of the Celestial Empire. During his condolences, he encouraged all the officers and men of the Red Army to cooperate with the people of Yaeyama in friendship and cooperation with the people of Yaeyama and make the greatest contribution to the defense of the vast maritime frontier of the Celestial Empire. Later, he met with King Shotai of the Ryukyus, who had been waiting for him for many days from the capital Shuri (a suburb of present-day Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture).

During the meeting, Shang Tai not only presented a large number of treasures and antiques to Committee member Lin, but also thanked the Celestial Empire government for its kindness again and again, and even shed crystal tears several times during the conversation due to the inability to control his own emotions.

It turned out that as early as May 1853, an American fleet that had been bound for Japan accidentally arrived on the main island of the Ryukyus for the first time. More than a month later, Commodore Perry, the commander of the U.S. fleet, left the Ryukyus with four warships and arrived at the mouth of Edo Bay on the Japanese island, threatening the shogunate with force that it must open its doors to the United States. Because Perry's four warships had a total of 63 cannons, the range and firepower of Japan's coastal defense guns in Edo Bay at that time were only about 20 guns. Therefore, under the intimidation of speaking without opening the country's cannon, the shogunate of the Japanese island did not dare to refuse the other party's request to open the country at this time, and it was difficult to directly accept the credentials that Perry had brought with him at that time, which was likely to bring him unanimous and fierce criticism from all over the country.

Because the hulls of these warships led by Perry were painted black, the Japanese called this incident the "Black Ship Voyage", which is what we often call the "Black Ship Incident" that led to the destruction of the shogunate on the island of Japan and the later Meiji Restoration.

In the turn of the year, Perry arrived as promised. With a deep memory of the beautiful island of the Ryukyus, in the process of signing the "Kanagawa Treaty" with the Japanese shogunate, Perry naturally piggybacked on the additional requirement that Japan must also open the port of Naha in the Ryukyus to the United States. When the Japanese side learned that "Ryukyu is a distant country, and Japan has no right to decide on the right to open its ports", Perry returned to Ryukyu with his fleet in a fierce manner.

As far as the Ryukyus were concerned, the Qing Dynasty, the only suzerainty they could rely on at this time, was in the face of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regime in the south, which had already established its capital in Tianjing, and it was becoming more and more fierce to protect itself, and it was impossible to take care of their overseas burdens, so on July 11, 1854, the Ryukyu government and the U.S. government represented by Perry signed a humiliating treaty in Chinese and English to open the port of Naha. However, the United States was not the only one who was eyeing the wolf, and after that, Western powers such as Britain, Russia, and the Netherlands also turned their attention to the Ryukyus while coveting Japan. In order to protect his precarious sea trade routes and avoid further harm to himself, after much deliberation, Shang Yu sent an envoy to Tianjing, imploring the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government to take over the rights and interests of the Great Qing Dynasty and extend a strong hand to save the people of Ryukyu in distress.

The benevolent and generous government of the Heavenly Kingdom accepted Shang Yu's request, and immediately after the successful recovery of Taiwan, it began to make solemn representations with those "great powers" who ignored the sovereignty of the Celestial Empire, and warned all the "great powers" who had or were still active in seeking improper interests in the Ryukyus not to be left to chance, because the Celestial Government had already announced to the outside world that it would not recognize the unequal treaties imposed on China in the past, and if anyone dared to try it by example, the Celestial Government would not hesitate to use a means to deal him the heaviest blow.

After the negotiations, the Red Navy fleet stationed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Taiwan, as well as the Red Army fleet under the Southeast Military and Political Office, began to cruise the entire Ryukyu Islands and had many "frictions" with British and American warships. The ignorance of Britain and the United States annoyed Lin Haifeng, who was still on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition. Under Lin Haifeng's instructions, the "Red Star Daily" published the full text of his internal official letter, which was originally classified as top secret, under the headline "Marshal Lin Haifeng, Director of the Northern Expedition Battalion, to the Establishment of the Supreme Command of the Celestial Empire......

What are hooligans afraid of? The hooligans are most afraid of death.

Lin Haifeng is a great master at subduing hooligans, and his trick worked immediately. With his back to the big tree of the Celestial Empire, Ryukyu finally got rid of the shackles that the great powers had bound them. Moreover, under the strong care of the Celestial Empire government, the trade between the Ryukyus and the Celestial Empire is increasing day by day, can Shoyu not be grateful to the Celestial Empire? Can you not be grateful to the great benefactor in front of you who is willing to fight with anyone even if she fights for him?

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