"Bang bang bang!" When the St. Petersburg lost power, it immediately became the target of the Pingyuan Naval Division, and soon, thick black smoke rose from the bow of the ship, slowly tilting.

At the same time, several speedy ships such as Guangzhou, Chengyuan, and Jingyuan began to pursue the retreating Russian fleet, and soon a Russian battleship was bitten, and after some struggle, half an hour later, a raging fire broke out, and the ship caused a large explosion and sank very quickly.

Immediately, the Guangzhou and several other ships chased into the distance.

On the St. Petersburg, Vladimir slowly pulled out his pistol, and outside the cabin, a tall officer hurriedly ran in, and shouted: "General! The Chinese signaled that we surrender. ”

Vladimir did not speak, in his heart, he did not know what it was like, before coming to the Far East, he never thought that he would be defeated by the Chinese, originally, he thought it was just a very easy game.

"General, shall we surrender?" A staff officer on the side said cautiously, with a pale face.

Vladimir's pistol was suddenly aimed at him, and with two thuds, the staff officer took a few steps back, clutched his bloody chest, and slowly softened.

Vladimir then pointed his pistol at his temple.

Bang............ In the first battle of the Taiwan Sea, the flagship of the Russian Far East Fleet, St. Petersburg, was sunk, the commander of the fleet, Vladimir, was killed, and in the pursuit and search of the Pingyuan Naval Division for a whole day, three enemy ships were sunk and two were captured, and only six gunboats of the Russian Far East Fleet escaped back to Zhigu.

Viscount Brin learned of the defeat in the First Battle of the Taiwan Sea through the Russian consul in Shanghai, and when most of the Pingyuan Naval Division was still chasing the enemy at sea, the telegram had already arrived in Jinling, and the regent immediately released the news of the victory to several newspapers. The Russian consul in Shanghai passed the "Declaration" reporter friend soon received the news and hurriedly sent a report to Viscount Brin.

At this time, the news only knew that the St. Petersburg had been sunk, Vladimir had been killed, and the Southern Naval Division was still in pursuit.

Viscount Brin hurriedly sent someone to invite Gui Liang, and no one knew what the two were discussing.

In the good news presented to Ye Zhao, Ma Dayong also took the initiative to ask for guilt, mentioning the serious mistakes of the Pingyuan Naval Division in the Taiwan Naval Battle.

Ye Zhao was in a good mood, and called back "just call a few more times", which is easy to understand. Officers who are negligent will be punished internally in accordance with the regulations, and there is no need to be harsh.

However, the Pingyuan Naval Division still needs to carry out more live-fire exercises. As soon as Ye Zhao pondered for a while, he wrote a few words and asked them to be sent to the staff room, asking the staff room to coordinate with Ma Dayong on the matter of the annual large-scale exercise, and half of the ammunition in the naval division could be used for this exercise, and at the same time, a sum of military expenses could be approved for the purchase of ammunition.

returned to Chengxin Garden to take a hot bath, but in the afternoon, Ye Zhao immediately drove Qingxinyuan.

Qingxinyuan is the residence of the golden phoenix, the wall of Biwa Zhu, the corridor is tortuous, and the grandeur has its own solemn majesty.

All the way, Ye Zhao ordered the little maid not to make a noise, and went straight into the bedroom, on the gorgeous shelf bed like a small palace, Jin Feng was sleeping with a thin blanket, I thought I had waited all night last night, but now I really can't stand it.

Although Ye Zhao's steps were light, Jin Feng immediately opened his eyes, then got up, and said with a coquettish smile: "Master, I see that you are refreshed and have won the battle again, right?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "You can rest for a while, you are outside all day, but you are tired." As he spoke, he sat down on the soft pier of the dresser, and a little maid had already come in to offer tea.

"Nope." Jin Feng approached gracefully, half-squatted down and beat Ye Zhao's legs with a delicate little pink fist, Ye Zhao pinched her smooth and pretty face, and his heart was swaying, and he smiled: "Let's go, go out to eat." ”

"Okay, master, is the concubine wearing a new-style cheongsam?"

Ye Zhao smiled: "Whatever." ”

So when I went to the Jinling Grand Ballroom, Jin Feng put on a gorgeous cheongsam, which was a particularly bright light blue, which was already dazzling, not to mention wearing it on the amorous Jin Feng, which made it look even more beautiful and unforgiving.

On the street, I saw someone riding a bicycle, of course, today's bicycle, although the price has dropped significantly, but it also costs dozens of silver dollars, and those who can afford it are either rich sons or wealthy daughters.

In the carriage, Ye Zhao said: "Huang Wenxiu told me that the cost of bicycles can be reduced to less than ten silver dollars in five years, and then some old second-hand cars can also be bought by ordinary people." "Nowadays, bicycles are more ostentatious.

Jin Fengjiao smiled: "That's good, I'll ride around the street on a bicycle." ”

Ye Zhao wore a snow-white tunic, and when he entered the dance hall with Jin Feng, he became the focus of attention.

The red and green on the dance floor change, the light is blurred, Ye Zhao bows slightly, to say that human beings can always make the most of existing resources, now there are no neon lights, no various lighting technologies, but the lights are also quite ingenious, but it makes Ye Zhao rise a faint retro feeling.

Of course, he is the only one in the dance hall who has this mentality, and others feel that the dance hall, including its lighting, is extremely trendy.

Sitting in the café near the dance floor, I asked for snacks and red wine, red wine from Guangzhou, French grapes cited, and the winery built vineyards in Shandong, but with the beginning of the Civil War, the winery lost the supply of grapes, and the loss was heavy, and the price of wine more than doubled.

Tasting the wine, Ye Zhao sighed and said, "So, if we don't hurry up and go to Yanjing, we won't be able to drink this wine." ”

Jin Feng chuckled, knowing that the master was talking about his ambitions lightly.

With beautiful dance music and men and women dancing on the dance floor, there are more and more people living a new life in the south today.

Ye Zhao asked again: "How long will you go to Guangzhou in a few days?" ”

Jin Feng said: "Yes, when the train opens next year, it will be much more convenient to train all the way from Jinling to Guangzhou." Saying that, he sighed softly and said, "Master, sometimes the concubine is wondering if you are an immortal." ”

If you want to talk about Ye Zhao's influence on the southern country, then Jin Feng's experience is the most direct, from the steel mill, Ye Zhao's influence on this country bit by bit, Jin Feng sees it in his eyes.

Merchants and officials only knew that Ye Zhao supported the development of industry and commerce, even if they admired the regent's foresight, they would never know the changes that Ye Zhao really brought to the country.

Listening to Jin Feng's half-truthful admiration, Ye Zhao smiled and raised his wine glass: "Mrs. Xie San praises." ”

Jin Feng pursed her lips and smiled, raising her glass and clinking glasses with him gently.

The north-south artery from Guangzhou to Jinling should be connected next year, and the first line from Fuzhou to Jinling has been opened to traffic after three or two years of fund-raising and construction.

Now Ye Zhao is thinking about the branch line, only a trunk line, but it is still far away, it is not difficult to find funds for the trunk line, but the branch line, it will inevitably take some effort.

Guizhou and Yunnan, how can they be allowed to pass the train, how can they fool these industrialists to invest?

In addition, when the war between the north and the south is settled, it would be good if a bridge could be built on the Yangtze River, but with the current technical conditions, I am afraid it will be extremely difficult.

In fact, Ye Zhao had already asked Wells to help him find the best engineers from Europe and invite them to come to Jinling to inspect the construction of the Yangtze River bridge, and at the same time, he had already begun to consult with engineers in the south.

Tasting the wine, Ye Zhao pondered for a while and asked Jin Feng: "How long will you go to Guangzhou in a few days?" ”

Jin Feng said: "Yes, go and listen to the progress of the talking machine." ”

Ye Zhao said: "Go back and help me bring a letter to the Queen Mother." "Lan Guiren is extremely obedient now, but I don't know if it is against the yang and the yin. However, the officials who often have correspondence with the two palaces, almost every letter says, Ye Zhao is now clear.

Walkie-talkie? Ye Zhao asked with interest, "What's wrong?" Can you have eyebrows? ”

An American named Meucci came to Canton three years ago, originally a native of the Latin Kingdom, who emigrated to the United States in 1850 and tinkered with a "talking machine", that is, a long-distance intercom.

Ye Zhao didn't care about it at first, but when he saw that the concept proposed in the application for funding he wrote was close to the principle of a telephone, he agreed to his application.

Unexpectedly, at the end of last year, Mewuqi came up with the result, a short-distance communication system, through a metal wire that can transmit sound within ten meters, but when speaking, a metal reed must be held in the mouth.

Ye Zhao was immediately surprised, and suddenly remembered, this is not the inventor of the telephone? It's just because the U.S. House passed a resolution declaring him the inventor of the telephone relatively late, and subconsciously, when it comes to the telephone, it's the first thing that comes to mind.

This Mr. Meughci had been researching long-distance communication since 1850, but because of his poverty and inability to integrate into American society, he could not find any funders, and he could not even come up with a few dollars a year to maintain his "talkie" patent, so that his patent was invalidated.

Is this old gentleman? Ye Zhao came to the spirit at that time, and talked with him in detail for several hours, affirming the practice of winding the coil around the iron core, and at the same time put forward the idea of using magnetic films to imitate the human ear and so on.

Mei Wuqi was amazed, and only felt that China had come to the right place, not only did it have funds and various technologies to support him, but the sponsors were even more magical.

Mei Wuqi applied to become a Chinese citizen the day after meeting Ye Zhao, and his Chinese name was Mei Wuqi.

It's not bad that the phone can be tinkered with. Ye Zhao thought about it, and smiled again: "Have you tried that intercom?" ”

Jin Feng shook her head slightly, she only contacted Huang Wenxiu as Ye Zhao's representative, and she would not easily meet with the person in charge of each project.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Okay, let me tell you, you are not allowed to touch this thing, and when it is done, I will take you to see how fun it is." ”

Jin Feng chuckled and said, "Listen to the master." ”

Ye Zhao looked around and said curiously, "Why didn't anyone invite you to dance?" ”

Jin Feng said: "Invite the concubine to dance? The pretty face was slightly puzzled.

Ye Zhao immediately saved, yes, this is not a ball, no one will invite other people's female companions to dance at all, after all, the whole nation has not really been pushed east by the west wind, what about this new life? still has a unique conservatism and reserve in his bones.

Raising his wine glass, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "It's almost, go shopping!" ”

She has very little time with Jin Feng, so she naturally has to do something she likes.

(To be continued)