On the 22nd day of the first month of the 52nd year of Kangxi, the day of the 'opening of the seal' of the yamen in various places, the officials who had taken a full month's annual leave rushed back to their offices to open the yamen.

Shandong Dengzhou Mansion, Wendeng County, outside the north gate of Weihai Acropolis, Wu Ge, who was actually awarded the rank of deputy general, stood at the front in a straight naval uniform, behind him were more than a dozen naval generals with the same military uniforms, and next to them were the Weihai guard garrison and the following military attachés, Wendeng County Commander and several local gentry surnamed Lu, all of whom stood in the cold wind and waited silently.

Seeing that Wu Ge did not speak, the admirals were also silent, and the officials who were waiting together were too far apart in grade and did not dare to chat, and the gentry surnamed Lu were even more silent, and the scene was very dull.

Yesterday, Wu Ge received a message from the guards at the front station that today, the fourteenth and thirteenth masters, together with the thousands of Spanish prisoners, will arrive at Weihaiwei.

Yinzhen will come to Weihaiwei, Wu Ge did not expect, he led the team to Weihaiwei to train soldiers just to avoid the freezing period of the Bohai Sea, the fourteenth master came on purpose, it should not only be so simple to visit them, it may be to take the opportunity to inspect the situation of Weihaiwei Port, this place does not freeze in winter, it is close to Tianjin, it is a good military port.

However, what he was thinking about at this time was not this problem, yesterday chatting with the guards of the Fourteenth Master, he learned that the long-imagined naval battle of the South Seas would not happen, and the imperial court had decided to go on an expedition to Europe and America this summer, and the new students in Tianjin and Shanghai were among the expeditions.

Wu Ge still hasn't figured out that the Battle of the South Seas is at the doorstep, and he has to fight with all his might, even if he pulls the new trainees who have only been training for a year to the battlefield, he has no complaints.

But when these new trainees, who had only been training for a year, were dragged on an expedition to Europe, he was a little puzzled. An expedition of tens of thousands of miles across the sea is not child's play. I don't know what the Fourteenth Master thinks? Let these new students go on an expedition to Europe. I wonder how many people will come back in the end?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, since he officially took over the Tianjin Naval Academy in June last year, he has hardly rested. 10,000 new trainees were also overwhelmed by his practice, all for the upcoming naval battle in the South Seas. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, it became an expedition to Europe.

"Mr. Wu, the dean, they've arrived." An admiral stepped forward and reminded softly.

Wu Ge looked up. Really. The cavalry in the vanguard had already appeared far away, and Wu Ge hurriedly subconsciously adjusted his military uniform, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Check each other's military appearance." ”

A group of naval generals were busy checking the appearance of the army, but Hu Min, the Weihai guard next to him, and several military attachés under him were envious, and the navy was too rich, so they didn't talk about it when they saw it. The training is hard, but this military uniform is too eye-catching. Not only is it warm, but also how to look at it, especially this coat, compared with them, their gowns are simply worn by Hanako, they are all soldiers, and they are all soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, this gap is too big, and what is even more depressing is that their salary is also high and scary.

Yinzhen did not follow the brigade, but took the lead with the thirteen Yinxiang, and the cavalry arrived at the gate of the city in a blink of an eye.

When Wu Ge saw it, he shouted: "Salute"

Yinzhen rode on the horse, very pleased to look at a group of energetic admirals, nodded in return, and then jumped off the horse, seeing this situation, Weihai Guard, Wendeng County County Commander and a group of military attachés and gentry, hurriedly knelt down and bowed to ask for Sheng'an, Yinzhen then thought that he also had the identity of Qincha, he smiled and said to everyone: "Rely on the back, enter the city and perform the ceremony." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and said to Wu Ge and the others: "Why are you wearing a military uniform to greet Qincha?" The uniform knelt on the ground, but it was detrimental to the image. ”…,

Wu Ge first saluted Yinxiang, who was following behind, and then said a little embarrassedly: "It's all strange that the mark is not well considered, I didn't expect to be here to greet Qincha, and the official uniforms were left in Tianjin." ”

"Hehe, I shouldn't be here to blame for this?" Yinzhen chuckled.

Wu Ge hurriedly stood up and said: "Don't dare to mark it." ”

"Let's go ahead of the city." Yinzhen said with a smile.

As soon as he entered the Weihai Acropolis, Yinzhen's brows furrowed, this is simply a dirt fence, can it also be called a city? He was too small, and he was followed by six or seven thousand Spanish captives, and camping at night was a big problem.

The group entered the Weihai Garrison Office, which had already been vacated, and as soon as they sat down, Yinzhen asked, "Have the sand boats from Shanghai arrived?" ”

"Back to the dean, it arrived the day before yesterday, and there are one hundred and twelve ships in total." Wu Ge replied respectfully.

Hearing that the ship had arrived, Yinzhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, squeeze one night tonight, board the ship early tomorrow morning, it's not a big problem, stretched out his hand and motioned for Wu Ge to sit down before he asked: "This place, is the meat up to keep up?" ”

After sitting down, Wu Ge still straightened his waist and said, "It's worse than Tianjin, but there are a lot of frozen fish and shrimp." ”

It's not bad to have fish and shrimp, Yinzhen then asked, "How is the training?" ”

"The quality of this group of trainees is relatively high, and the results in queue and live ammunition shooting are good, but it is difficult to get started with maneuvering a battleship in a short time." Speaking of this, Wu Ge hesitated slightly, but still continued: "Dean, with all due respect, this group of new students going to Europe and the Americas is too risky, can it be delayed for another year?" ”

"Yes, dare to speak up." Yinzhen nodded and said: "The expedition of 40,000 miles across the sea, I also know that the risk is extremely high, but I can't afford to wait, and I can't wait, if the expedition is a year early, the Qing Dynasty may gain several years or even more than ten years of development time." As he spoke, he explained the situation in Europe and the purpose of his expedition to Europe.

As soon as he heard that the expedition to Europe was of such great significance, Wu Ge immediately stood up and saluted, and said, "I am really ashamed to mark the eyes of the rat, and I ask the dean to punish him." ”

"You don't know what is going on in Europe, what is your sin?" Yinzhen stretched out his hand and sat down with him, and then asked, "Has the news of the expedition to Europe and America gotten out?" ”

"No, I didn't dare to mention it to anyone for fear of causing panic." Wu Ge said in a deep voice.

Yinxiang nodded appreciatively, but he was secretly worried in his heart, the mouthy guards were afraid that they were going to be unlucky.

Hearing this, Yinzhen was surprised, these new students, basically have never been far away, let alone 40,000 miles, 4,000 miles is enough to frighten them, as soon as the news spreads, there is no possibility of mutiny, a little muttering, he said: "They are all new students, as soon as they hear about the expedition of 40,000 miles, they will inevitably panic, so they will suppress the news first." Speaking of this, he turned his head to Yinxiang and said, "Brother Thirteen, you go and deal with those officials and gentry, in addition, they will prepare some fish and shrimp for the Spaniards, and then call Angel and Carlos over." ”

When Yinxiang went out, Yinzhen shouted again: "Call Dachun in." ”

Da Chun hurriedly rushed over when he heard the news, "Master, what do you command?" ”

Yinzhen commanded in a deep voice: "Isolate all the personal guards and escorts from the navy, and all those who have contact with them temporarily live with the personal guards, and do not divulge the military information of the expedition to Europe and the Americas." ”