What is Discipline? Guangxu thought that discipline refers to the uplifting thoughts of unyielding integrity, fair conduct and a kind sense of justice. What is the discipline of a scholar? Guangxu didn't know, but Yang Qishan had been using the discipline of a scholar to reprimand Guangxu, a Qiu Ba who had no etiquette. I can't see my daughter-in-law anymore, because it doesn't conform to the etiquette of a scholar.

Yang Zao'er's low laughter in the house reached Guangxu's ears, which made Guangxu, who had not seen him for more than ten days, stand uneasy. But the discipline of the reader is a very important thing, under the fierce eyes of the old man, Guangxu can only stand and listen to the training. The weather was too hot, Guangxu who had been standing for a long time was sweating, and was reprimanded by Yang Qishan, the guards always stood straight regardless of the wind and rain and the scorching sun, even the attendants and maids were like this, how could Guangxu, who was a soldier, be inferior to the maids.

Guangxu could only patiently explain: He is now in the General Staff Headquarters, and he is only responsible for strategic planning and does not participate in battlefield fighting, so he does not need to be trained as an ordinary soldier. That's it, and he was despised for a moment.

Where is this here to propose, this is to be trained. Guangxu wanted to slap Yang Qishan to death, but looking at the environment, it was better to forget it. However, my father-in-law decided to entertain a meal. Just when Guangxu died and saw his daughter-in-law today, things took a turn for the better. A sergeant came with a folder: The Ministry of Education has an urgent official report to the young lady.

What are you waiting for, Guangxu immediately ordered: "Little magpie, please come out." ”

Before Yang Qishan could speak, Yang Zao'er, who heard an urgent message, walked out by himself: "Daddy, the imperial court is an important matter, and it can't be delayed." So under the gaze of the Yang family, the little magpie forwarded the official document to Yang Zao'er. Guangxu wanted to go forward, but was "hummed" by Yang Qishan in place.

The official document is urgent, but it is not an important matter. This is a reply to Yang Zaoer's previous request to the Ministry of Education to revise and clarify the work required of local officials after learning about the situation from Liu Shutang. Yang Zao'er has absolutely no problem after reading it. But out of prudence, it was temporarily withheld. She needs to get her opinion from Liu Shutang before making a decision. So, Yang Zaoer put pen to paper and wrote: We need to think again. Wait a few days. Handing it over to the guards, Zao'er smiled and walked into the courtyard.

"Alright. Master. Mother Yang couldn't look at it, and in Yang Qishan's ear: "It's a good thing that the little couple is so affectionate." This made Guangxu, who was standing on the side, nod desperately.

For dinner, Yang Zaoer still couldn't be served, no matter how Guangxu explained, but Yang Qishan just refused, it is said that it is related to the festival. Yang Qishan has maintained the Chinese tradition of eating and not saying a word for thousands of years, but after dinner, Yang Qishan asked Guangxu about the situation of the Grange Terrace in detail, and other men and women of the Yang family sat or stood on the side to listen with relish. In the midst of talking to Yang Qishan. Guangxu also knows some inside stories of the Yang family that cannot be investigated.

The Yang family was originally a big local businessman, but the ancestors were not angry, and the family was in the middle of the road, and only this small courtyard was left in the generation of Yang Qishan's father. Reading is the only way to get ahead in this era, so Yang's father took out all his family wealth for his two sons to study. It's just that time is running out, and soon Yang's father found that some family wealth could not be used to provide for the two children to study, so he could only give priority to his eldest son. The second son could only learn to fish for a living like the people on the beach, so the two brothers fell out over this matter, which is why Guangxu never saw Uncle Zao'er and his cousin.

In this case, as a son-in-law, of course, you have to have a good face for your father-in-law, and let the villagers see who Yang Zaoer is marrying. Wedding reception three days later. Feast the whole village, including those passing by. Just say a nice word.

"We're not short of money." Guangxu patted his chest and took it all over.

So the next day, not only the Yang family's relatives were launched. Half of the entire guard battalion was dispatched. The largest, widest, and longest streets in Yangjia Village began to be cleaned, knocking on the doors of neighbors and lending out all the tables, chairs and benches. All kinds of new ingredients such as chicken, duck, fish, fresh fruits and vegetables were purchased in large quantities and shipped back to the village, and the heads of the village who did big things were all hired to make the wedding banquet on this day. On this day, the woman's family stepped on the flower hall, and this step was only carried out by the little magpie instead of the woman's family. There is no way, after all, the cave house is temporarily set up in the barracks, and not everyone can enter and exit casually.

And the car, the iron beast that once made the villagers panic, is no longer scary because it can be approached up close. This kind of novelty, which can run without the need for an ox to pull a horse, and can not only be loaded but also run fast, has quickly become the focus of discussion among the locals. Thereupon. Sensitive businessmen are keenly aware that this kind of business is more efficient than cattle and horses, and the flexibility of not requiring railroad tracks can make the modes of transportation more diverse. As a result, many merchants in Ningbo prepared generous gifts. used various excuses to send congratulatory gifts to the Yang family, hoping to meet the general. See the car on the ground.

Whoever said that the ancients could not accept new things, at least this sentence was wrong for merchants. Guangxu was very happy to meet with the merchants under the rule of Ningbo Prefecture outside the barracks to practice the operation and use of automobiles.

"Cars are good, but they're not everything. The first thing you need to be a skilled driver is to have at least a road that can pass in both directions, and the road needs to be flat, so that the car is less likely to be damaged. So if you really want cars to run all over China, at least you have to build roads first. But rest assured, the imperial court is already discussing how to build the road. ”

For the general's explanation, the merchant can only be half satisfied. Because the general said that the output of this kind of car in the next year was given by Shunfeng Logistics Company. If you want to, hurry up and place an order for the automobile factory, the general has heard that Lin Yongxiang, the big manager of Shunfeng Logistics, is guarding the output of Dongfeng Automobile Factory for the next three years. After the merchant heard about it, he began to discuss it.

For thousands of years, China has accumulated enough wealth among the people, and as long as this precipitated wealth can be reintroduced into circulation, the country's taxes and people's incomes will increase. This is a good thing and should certainly be encouraged. At least how to convince Dongfeng Motor Factory is the business of the merchants themselves. However, since people brought congratulatory gifts, the wedding banquet naturally had to be eaten.

From ancient times to the present, marriage is a major event in life, and it is generally very grand. Relatives and friends came to congratulate, the host's house was decorated with lights, and the feast was held, and the scene was even more colorful and lively.

Since Guangxu married Zao'er as a general, he naturally had to use the ceremony of a military attaché. Guangxu in an official summer military uniform. Sitting in a car with red flower arrangement, he drove out of the camp and headed for Yang's house after two cannon shots. Behind the cordon formed by the roadside guards, countless villagers and local families rarely looked at the cars of the newcomers. The wedding procession with the groom is divided into two lines. There were nearly 100 people. There is no sedan chair but there is a float, but the sedan car is changed to the outside of the car. Other customs remain the same. When the welcoming team arrived in front of the woman's door, it was still called by firing a cannon.

The woman's family heard the sound of the cannon and welcomed the bridegroom in. The red towel wipes the face and washes away the dust all the way, implying a better life in the future. Yang Zao'er sat on her mother's lap, and the older elder fed a bowl of rice, a piece of braised pork, and a fish, and then was hugged by the laughing Guangxu in her arms with tears in her eyes.

"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, now your son-in-law will marry your only pearl in the palm of your hand, please believe that your son-in-law will definitely cherish it." After speaking. Guangxu bowed and laughed and walked out the door.

"Ready-to-go." After the ninety-nine-eighty-one gunshot rang out, Yang Dongzi shouted: "The cannon roared, and a hundred ghosts avoided it." "After the two mountain cannons that were brought with him rang out, there was a sudden roar of cannons on the sea in the distance. It was the salute of the 3rd Task Force, which was ordered to guard the coastal waters, and it was also 9981 shots.

It is said that ten miles of red makeup, and today Yangjia Village has already put on red makeup. The sergeant who followed behind did not bring anything except for the dowry symbolizing the early birth of a noble son. The red makeup of Yangjia Village will be taken back by Yang Qishan and distributed to the villagers in the village after today, which is to stop the villagers from always saying that Zao'er is unmarried and pregnant. When you take other people's things, you have to be soft-mouthed.

Since it's a wedding. Although the man set up the auditorium in the barracks, this necessary etiquette was also indispensable. However, Yang Zaoer found that all the etiquette was carried out in an orderly manner when she was at her mother's house. But after entering the barracks, everything seemed to be hasty and shabby. After the worship, she was sent directly to the cave room, and then she sat quietly on the wedding bed, but the outside of the tent was extremely busy. What happened? Because I was covered with a red turban all the time, I couldn't see anything.

It wasn't until it started to get dark that anyone walked in.

"Niangniang, the emperor is discussing the military plane, and let the slave maid bring dinner to Niangniang."

It's the voice of a little magpie. Yang Zao'er lifted her headscarf and asked, "Do you know what's going on?" ”

The little magpie shook her head and put down her meal. Yang Zao'er didn't eat a few bites at noon, and she was really hungry. Yu Shang sat down on the table and began to eat. Until the dishes and chopsticks are taken away, the stars in the sky come out. The little magpie hurriedly came in and invited the mother to sit on the wedding bed and put on a red turban.

A weighing rod reached out in front of him, and the red turban was lifted. Guangxu appeared in front of his eyes with affection. After a few auspicious words, he withdrew.

"I'm slacking off for my husband. At noon today, the Second Task Force passed through the waters off Tokyo Bay on its return voyage and confronted the Japanese Combined Fleet that was being trained, and almost went off to war. The navy demanded an immediate attack, and it was I who ordered the navy to voluntarily retreat and avoid war now. While this has an impact on morale, we have no choice because we are not ready for war right now. ”

"The concubine doesn't understand this, the concubine only knows that you are the husband of the concubine body, and the heaven of the concubine body." Yang Zao'er just snuggled up in Guangxu's arms with a happy face.

The artillery opened the way, and there were more naval warships firing salutes, and the marriage of the Yang family became the hottest topic in Ningbo Mansion. Also in the Japanese Cabinet, there is also a lot of enthusiasm. In the face of the combined fleet of the Great Japanese Empire, the Qing fleet, which had once flaunted its might on the Japanese coastline, began to take the initiative to force it. This is a good sign, and there are already cabinet members clamoring to sail the fleet outside Port Arthur.

Prime Minister Yama Prefecture Youpeng looked at the passionate cabinet members, but his brows were furrowed. Regarding the proposal of the cabinet members, in fact, Yama County Youpeng is very moved. On the day when the imperial fleet returned to the port, Shan Shan Youpeng still chose to open the port for the people to visit despite knowing that there were Qing spies, hoping to use the huge combined fleet to boost the morale of the people. Diplomatically, the Empire also needs to rely on the might of the Combined Fleet to secure a more favorable diplomatic situation for the Empire. Therefore, the fourth largest fleet in the world, which the empire paid for the next ten years, has no point if it only stays at its doorstep. It's just that Youpeng, who was born in Shanxian County, also has the sensitivity of a soldier, and the dangerous emotions that come from time to time in his heart make Youpeng in Shanxian unable to make up his mind from beginning to end. Indeed, Japan's new combined fleet surpassed the Qing in all data such as displacement, firepower, speed, and hull, and although the Imperial Navy lacked actual combat experience, it still had the ability to fight a war in the face of the Qing Navy. But why do you still feel this way?

The one who knows the United Fleet best is naturally the Supreme Commander of the Combined Fleet, so when Yama Prefecture Aritomo set his eyes on Yamamoto Gonbei, he found that he was just sitting there with his head down and smoking, without saying a word. Youpeng stood up in Shanxian County: "Gentlemen." Whether or not it is necessary to send the combined fleet to the sea outside the Qing Dynasty will need to be discussed again, and the meeting will now be adjourned for an hour. ”

Outside the door. Yamamoto Gonbei looked into the distance and still smoked quietly without saying a word. He knew too well the gap between the Imperial Navy and the Qing Navy, which was fought in real guns and real artillery in naval battles. However, his own combined fleet could not even make a quick change in formation at the very least, which would undoubtedly lead to a dangerous tactical trap for the combined fleet. The Imperial Combined Fleet's firepower projection ability is stronger than that of the Qing State, but it must also be able to hit the opponent. Another key indicator in naval warfare is the hit rate, the average hit rate of the Qing navy is 2o%, because the Qing country's monthly training fee alone costs millions of new dollars, which is piled up with money. And what about the fleets of the Reich? Because of the cost savings, the number of live firing is only a handful. What's the use of not hitting the firepower no matter how strong it is......

"Why is it standing here alone? Why didn't you say a word just now? Don't you approve of sending the fleet out of port? ”

Yamamoto Gonbei turned his head to look, and the Minister of the Navy, Saigo, who spoke. He is a competent prefect. Since serving as Vice Admiral, he has been planning for the Navy, serving as Minister of the Navy and Minister of the Interior during the Ito Hirobumi Cabinet. Don't look at the fact that he was born in the army, he doesn't know anything about the navy, he doesn't understand the navy and he doesn't plan to understand the navy, he just blindly asks for money and power for the navy. In Yamamoto's eyes, this was a respectable admiralty.

Yamamoto turned around and bowed, but said with a red face: "Saigo-kun, it is impossible for the fleet that the empire has built up with all its strength to stay in the port, and we also need to go to the open sea for training. But we must not get close to the Qing Kingdom. Even because he should have seen the Qing fleet, he immediately retreated. ”

"It's not so serious, after all, the imperial fleet is much stronger than the Qing fleet." Saigo was not joking, he could see the solemnity in Yamamoto's face.

"The Qing fleet is full of veterans of the Great War. But there was not a single qualified sailor in the Imperial fleet, and this was fatal. The empire had more powerful ships than the Qing state, but without qualified sailors, it would not be able to take advantage of the ship. Once he gets too close to the Qing State, with the temper of Wu De, the commander of the Qing Navy, he will definitely take the initiative to attack. ”

"That's not to be able to fight back at all, isn't Yamamoto-kun too pessimistic, at least our firepower is far stronger than that of Qingguo."

"Yes, at least we still have a firepower advantage. Even if war breaks out between the Empire and the Qing Kingdom, I can guarantee that the Imperial Fleet can defeat the Qing Fleet once, twice, and three times. But what about the fourth? The damaged warships of the Qing State can be returned to the port for repairs and then re-engaged in the war, but what about the empire? We don't even have a barrel that can be replaced. The maintenance materials of the Combined Fleet of the Great Japanese Empire are still lying in the depths of the Uraga waterway......" Yamamoto was already roaring in a low voice: "This group of cabinet fools, in addition to clamoring to attack the Qing country, attack the Qing country. What else do they understand? Wouldn't the fools who refuse to buy more repair equipment understand that an unrepairable fleet can only end up sinking ......"

"Fortunately, it's the repair materials that are lying on the bottom of the sea now. If the cargo ship loaded with shells sinks, the combined fleet will probably lose even the last combat capability. Therefore, now it is necessary to coerce the Qing Kingdom, the subjects of the empire need a fleet to boost morale, and the empire also needs a fleet to protect the trade routes. The empire that lost Korea has lost the cornerstone of its rise, and if you don't open up trade routes from the sea, you won't be able to ship back the equipment and materials you want to buy. At least the fleet of the Qing State must be forced back, otherwise the fleet of the empire at such a cost will be forced into the bay by the Qing country, and the empire will be despised by everyone. The Combined Fleet is required to do so. ”

There's no way around it. Japan not only spent the next ten years to form the current Combined Fleet, but also hollowed out the last domestic confidence to build two cruisers. I wanted to use these two cruisers to catch the Qing by surprise, but the warships were built, but the artillery could not be put in place, because the Qing country cut off Japan's trade routes, all Japanese merchant ships would be unreasonably inspected by the Qing people, those carrying contraband would be detained, and those who dared to resist would be killed. For the sake of the interests of the Qing Dynasty, the merchant ships of other countries did not help Japan to transport. It was not easy to take advantage of this fleet to return home with the necessary gun barrels, ammunition and coal, and necessary equipment. However, the material sank into the depths of the Uraga waterway and was almost impossible to salvage......

Yamamoto didn't answer, and Saigo Congdao could only sigh and look from afar. (To be continued)