Wu Deren fled Kawasaki as if he was fleeing, yes - he was fleeing. Less than ten minutes after the dignified commander-in-chief of the Qing Navy boarded the motorboat docked on the shore by Fushiro Miko, he ran all the way to the boat shouting, and before he could get on the boat, he ordered the ship to sail immediately, otherwise his life would be lost.

According to the previous conditions, the Japanese side took out the national treasure that was returned to the Qing Dynasty. The national treasure was presented, and the generals of the navy and army all glared at Wu Deren angrily, so under the anger of everyone, Wu Deren fled for his life and ran away. It should be said that Wu Deren's "two pieces" is just an adjective, but Japan has to be counted as a quantifier. Wang Xizhi's "Sister to the Post" and "Dingwu Lanting Preface" are indeed Chinese national treasures, but Japan really only brought two. Not only Feng Guozhang and other army generals were dissatisfied, but even Feng Qi was angry, could Wu Deren not run away? got on the boat and avoided Feng Qi.

"Niangniang Weichen came to confess, in case the emperor blames him, please ask Niangniang to say a few kind words......" Wu Deren begged Fubai Meizi with a sad face.

General Wu said this early. There is an old Chinese saying that anything is possible. ”

After listening to the translation's words, Wu Deren's crying expression immediately disappeared, and he was replaced with an indifferent expression: "Your Royal Highness Princess, do you have a choice for this matter?" ”。 After speaking, he changed his expression to a respectful expression and said: "If Niangniang has nothing else to do, Weichen will retire first." ”

Wu Deren exited the hatch, tears sliding down Tomilyaku's face again. Wu Deren is right, she has no choice. In front of the princess is an unruly general, and in front of the mother is a respectful courtier. The different expressions corresponding to the two different titles are telling her. What they respect is the identity of the Qing Imperial Princess, not some bullshit princess.

The rich white beauty pushed open the hatch and walked on the deck of the Longyin, the flagship of the Qing Navy. Standing at the bow of the ship, she saw a huge group of warships clustered around the flagship. In the sound of loud whistles, they rushed towards the sea in a majestic formation.

"Qi Yu Niangniang. Once the battleship enters the sea, the bow of the ship is easy to go up the waves, and it is better to ask the mother to temporarily leave the cabin. If you like to see the sea, you can go to the bridge to see it. The non-commissioned officer on duty stepped forward and said.

"I heard that the bridge is the headquarters of the entire warship, and you can't go with it. Is it really possible to go to the bridge in Hongu? ”。

"You are the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty, and the fleet is not on a combat mission at the moment, of course you can go."

Miko Tomilyaku nodded, turned around and walked towards the bridge. The non-commissioned officer sent the imperial concubine away, turned his head and connected to the bridge.

Feng Qi put down the phone and relayed to Wu Deren what the non-commissioned officer said about the situation on the bow of the ship that had just happened. Wu Deren smiled: "As long as she knows that she is the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty." Then the Qing Imperial Princess, who was the plenipotentiary of the Japanese negotiations. We must always strive for the interests of the Qing Dynasty. In other words, let the Qing Imperial Concubine negotiate with the Qing Dynasty on behalf of Japan, who came up with the idea of such a lack of morality and smoke? ”

Feng Qi said with a dark face: "Shut up, you, if you let Li Xiang know, you may not know how to deduct the navy's funds." ”

"Gotta it, when I didn't say it."

Just as Wu Feng and the others were joking with each other, the door was pushed open: "The imperial concubine has arrived-"

"Congratulations to the mother for a thousand years." All the officers and men on the bridge who were not on duty, including Wu Feng and others, saluted.

"Excuse me. This is the first time that this palace has taken a warship, and I would like to ask you for your advice. ”

"The ministers don't dare." Feng Qi stepped forward and said, "Niangniang boarded the ship for the first time without any symptoms of seasickness, which is really worth thanking. Let Weichen take his mother to visit my Qing naval flagship. ”

On the Dragon Yin, Feng Qi was introducing the facilities and crew responsibilities of the warship to Fushiro Miko, and slowly walked with Tomshiro Miko's pace from the bridge to the turret. In Kawasaki. The three airships that were already ready took off into the sky against the morning glow. They will fly west along the southern coast of the main Japanese island, turn to cross the Tsushima Strait at Yokosuka, then fly north along the east coast of Korea, and finally turn west in Pyongyang across the Yellow Sea, the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Bohai Sea to reach the capital. The total range is more than 2500 km. The Japanese negotiating team of more than a dozen people was divided into three airships, which were still far from fully loaded, and even the extra fuel to ensure the voyage was not as heavy as ammunition, so the lighter airships could fly faster. Today is a good day. The sun is shining. In order to ensure the safety of the first voyage, the airship only flew at low altitudes. The most dangerous sea flights, there are also ships with patrols arranged in advance. At six o'clock in the morning, we set off from Kawasaki. At an average speed of 70 kilometers per hour, it takes nearly 36 hours of non-stop flight to reach the capital. It is planned to arrive in Beijing in the evening of the second day of takeoff.

If the airship was just an ordinary Japanese negotiator, it would naturally fly as planned, and it would have been necessary to show the power of the airship, and the tested airship was capable of doing it. But there are friends in Shan County who refuse to take a warship to the Qing Kingdom, and have to take an airship in person, so there is no way. It must have been the first time to fly such a long distance, and no one dared to guarantee absolute safety. After the briefing, it was decided to stay at the Yokosuka 6th Division camp and Pyongyang for one night each, and fly to the capital on the afternoon of the third day.

For the first time, Yama Prefecture Youpeng, who took off in an airship, saw the formation of the Qing and Japanese armies under his feet from the sky, and for the first time, he saw the direction of the movement of the Qing and Japanese armies. At this time, Yama Prefecture Youpeng knew that the Japanese lost the land war and were not wronged at all.

Because of the sudden change in events, the ministers and military attaches of various countries who were observing the airship could only wait anxiously for one more day, but Barand did not. In the afternoon, when the airship landed on the specially built wide ground in the port of Yokosuka, the German naval and land commanders were all shocked. Taking advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun, Colonel Ren Pengfei of the Qing Air Force invited the commanders of the German Navy and Army to board the airship and instruct the ground troops in flags at high altitude. This greatly surprised the German officers, because they could clearly see the movement of the ground troops through telescopes in the sky. The airship is like a thousand miles away, the actions of both the enemy and us can be seen, with such a sharp weapon, can the Qing army not win against Japan? Not only that, but they carried a shell with a fused off. In the high-altitude bomb delivery aimed at the warship, the only shell miraculously hit the German cruiser as the target, which greatly disgraced the German commander.

Ren Pengfei went to rest with peace of mind, which made Liu Shengxiu puzzled. It is no longer possible for the imperial court to sell airships. Why do you have to let the Germans get on the boat, if something goes wrong, then it will have to be. Ren Pengfei's answer was: Let people inspect the goods. And in fact, the Germans got off the airship. A telegram was sent to Barand, detailing their feelings on the airship. At the end, there is only one sentence that cannot be refuted: "Germany must have airships, it must be." ”

After three days of anxious waiting, the Beijing Jingxiao School was crowded. Everyone looked to the east, and finally three black dots appeared in the sky reflected in the sunset, and then gradually grew larger.

The field was silent, and everyone stared at the black dot that was getting bigger, until the airship was clearly visible, until the roar of the engine, until the huge airship slowly landed on the school field.

Change always comes faster than planned. No matter how thoughtful you are, there are also things you can't think of. God is so fond of jokes, he can make you hit with a miraculous bullet, or he can make you suddenly ruined. The airship had just landed from the sky, and the hatch had been smashed open. Yama Prefecture Youpeng rushed out of the pod and crawled on the ground and vomited, and the other Japanese attachés did the same. Ren Pengfei and other air force generals were still shouting to call for medical personnel, and by the way, a few lumps of mud came out of the pod.

The scene in front of him made Guangxu, who was about to sell the airship to a big buy, have a black line, and he carefully planned for a long time and made a grand scene, but he was all disrupted by a group of Japanese guys. Guangxu couldn't help but be furious, pointing to the scene and shouting: "What's going on?" ”

The other ministers and military attachés were also interested to know what was going on. So all the Japanese were taken to the hospital for treatment. After the site is cleaned up. Colonel Ren Pengfei of the Qing Air Force flew to His Majesty and told the emperor and visitors from various countries about the experience of flying back home from Japan.

The first flight went smoothly and landed safely in Yokosuka in the evening. Ren Pengfei also focused on the fact that the airship carried a German officer and hit the German cruiser that was the target with only one bomb. This made Guangxu nod secretly, this Ren Pengfei is still sensible. However, on the third day. It took off from Pyongyang smoothly and flew smoothly over the Yellow Sea and Liaodong Peninsula, but was blown by a cross wind in the Bohai Bay. The airship swayed violently in an instant, but fortunately, the flight altitude was not high, and the airship itself did not cause any damage. The Air Force crew, who have been trained for a long time, did not feel any discomfort. However, the Japanese negotiating team, who had taken the airship for the first time, had bad luck, and the violent and long-term shaking caused them to all feel dizzy and vomit.

"Begin to play my emperor. The airship is huge, and once it takes off, it is greatly affected by the weather. It doesn't hurt to be in normal times, but in the event of an emergency, untrained personnel are very prone to unpredictable events. The Emperor is requested to decree that in the future, no untrained personnel shall board the airship. ”

"That's not going to work. As the first commander of the Air Force, you didn't notice that airships are almost ungrounded and are the fastest means of transport at the moment, except for being affected by the weather. So you have to think twice about making it safe for anyone to ride an airship without any training. It only took you three days to fly back from Japan, but how long did it take to take a warship? I also plan to open an air route between China and Europe, which is a way to make a fortune. ”

Ren Pengfei retreated with a sweat, and the ministers of various countries immediately surrounded him. The idea of opening up an air route between China and Europe is too bold. But if it succeeds, the change it triggers can definitely make a splash around the world. If an ordinary businessman said this, no one would care, after all, the wealth of a businessman is always limited, and the investment required in the early stage to open up a new route is huge.

But it is different for the emperor of a country who says this, he can use the country's financial, material and human resources to ensure the realization of his ideas. So a group of ministers gathered around, and they wanted to know the situation carefully to see if there was any possibility of getting involved. But Guangxu didn't give them this opportunity, and turned around and left after saying this. Lin Yongxiang is still waiting.

In the Yingtai Purple Light Pavilion, Lin Yongxiang was holding the report of the airship and frowned. Not to mention the manpower who can drive the airship, the construction of the site alone is also amazing. The reflushing and deflation required for the lifting and landing of the airship means that there must be a hydrogen production plant on the site. Hydrogen is an extremely dangerous gas, so the site must be built in a remote area. Remote means good roads, and all of this alone adds up to a huge expense...... Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, these four places are the places where the emperor is preparing to build the first batch of airships for transportation, but how to do it based on just a report, he has never even seen this airship.

"Don't frown, I'll take the airship myself tomorrow. If you don't understand something, ask Ren Pengfei. I've already told him, and he'll arrange for an airship to fly it himself. Guangxu walked in as he spoke.

Lin Yongxiang is not a soldier. So he immediately knelt on the ground: "Long live the grass people to see my emperor." ”

"Excuse me, sit down." Guangxu sat down and said: "Air transportation must be established. This cannot be violated. You may say that the upfront investment is too big and the gains outweigh the losses. But this matter cannot be seen only in this way, just like the sea transportation, the cost of building a cargo ship is also very high, and it takes a long time to recover the construction cost. But with the huge sea transportation, not only can the hydrological conditions along the route be explored, but once the country urgently expands the navy, the sailors of these cargo ships can quickly become sailors on the warships. In the same way, the establishment of air cargo is more of a personnel reserve for the Qing Air Force. Of course, money is also to be earned. If you take it out in the early stage, I can subsidize it. So what I want to ask is: once it is operational, can you guarantee that you can make no additional investments to make the air freight balance? ”

Lin Yongxiang didn't answer immediately, and took out a booklet from his bag with his backhand and flipped through it. It records the statistics of Shunfeng Logistics Company and Pacific Freight Company in the past two years. The large, medium, and small categories of goods, urgent, slow, and so on, this is the result of the statistics department forcibly established by the emperor in the past few years and according to the statistics of all waybills. I hope that the emperor still thinks that this is nonsense, and slowly the entire freight group understands that with these data. The entire freight line can be optimised to transport the most cargo with the fewest shipments. This can not only be used in ordinary freight, but also to transfer goods to the Japanese Expeditionary Force while still completing daily transportation, relying on these data. It's just that the data is still top secret. The entire freight group has to report to the Ministry of War once every three months, which is something that Lin Yongxiang does not understand, and these data should be handed over to the Ministry of Households. No, this. These were not the issues he was considering.

Lin Yongxiang looked at the booklet, thought for a while, and said: "The emperor is far-sighted, but the grass people are not as good as the grass people. But judging by the current data. In the past two years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of urgent items that need to be transported in various places. The grass people thought that the cost of base construction and airship procurement should be removed. Caomin is still confident that it will operate normally. ”

"That's good. I have summoned you this time for something other than airlift. Recently, I have noticed that the profits of freight transportation across the Pacific Ocean are rising rapidly, but the hydrological and climatic information coming back from various places is becoming less and less. I've heard that there is a rumor in the entire freight group that the only way to get promoted is to make a profit. But what I want to tell you is that you are not only the royal fleet, but the fleet of this country. You are the eyes of the Qing Navy, and you are the forerunner of the Qing Navy. In the future, we will also have to do logistics support for the Qing army, so remember that profit is important, but profit is not the only condition for promotion. ”

Lin Yongxiang's heart suddenly moved, and he asked: "Your Majesty, the farthest fleet of Pacific freight is Britain now!" ”

Guangxu smiled faintly: "Why, you don't have the confidence to provide logistical support for the Qing army in Britain?" ”

Lin Yongxiang knelt on the ground: "The grass people are willing to swear allegiance to the emperor." ”

"You, a grass farmer, can be average five or six grades, and you are powerful. Flatten. Guangxu knocked on the table with a smile: "I clearly told you today that I will not grant you any official position within ten years." As soon as you are ordained, you are an official, and over the years you should understand that when the great powers were trading, there were many things in which the civilian status was more useful than that of the officials. You can understand what I mean. After speaking, Guangxu got up and left, leaving only the kneeling respectful Lin Yongxiang.

Many foreigners don't know about Lin Yongxiang's face to the saint, but what everyone knows is that Lin Yongxiang, the only one under the name of the Qing Emperor and the largest freight company in East Asia, was personally piloted by the colonel of the Qing Air Force to carry him alone for lift-off exercises. This move seems to prove the determination of the Qing emperor to open a Eurasian air transport line.

When the envoys of various countries could not get any information about the air transportation routes from the Qing court, the ministers of various countries instructed the merchants of various countries to start frequent contact with Lin Yongxiang in an attempt to obtain some unknown secrets from it, but they did not succeed.

In the three days after the Qing airship landed in Beijing, it was a day when the Qing airship was open to officials and businessmen of various countries in China, and as long as they applied to the Qing Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they could get the opportunity to ride the airship for free. Even after the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty brought the ministers of the DPRK and China to join in the excitement, whether it was for commercial purposes or to fly into the sky for a fresh time, it became a new place for the rich in China. So much so that when the high-ranking officials of various countries in China took the ride for free, the rich even paid a lot of money to buy a chance to ride the airship, and it is said that someone had already sent a message to the Prime Minister's Office. When Guangxu heard that there were already people in Shanghai running to Beijing in order to be able to take an airship, Guangxu immediately ordered other airships to be commercially modified, and flew back to the capital immediately after completion. Guangxu has already convened officials from the eight ministries and the main commanders of the air force to discuss the feasibility of commercial airship navigation across the country, and proposed the establishment of a flying club at the meeting to prepare for the future air force. (To be continued......)