Chapter 215 Navy Expansion

Yinzhen asked to visit the eldest brother Yinlu in the captivity, and the news that Kangxi allowed the princes to visit during the New Year's Festival spread all over the palace and outside the palace the next day.

Concubine Wu Yashi heard the news, and was also very relieved, the old fourteen has this mind, and he is not worried that his brothers will be difficult to get along with in the future, and the other concubines who have princes are also praising Yinzhen, at present, a group of princes are competing for the crown, and the throne is only one, who dares to guarantee that his son will not worry about being confined?

The princes outside the palace have different thoughts, as the so-called success and defeat of the king, the failure of the boss to seek the prince, and the fate of the current situation is also self-inflicted, and no one will sympathize with him. From the crown prince to the thirteenth brother, including the eighth and third brothers, they don't have any good feelings for the boss, and there are many people who hate him.

Hearing this news, all the princes are secretly blaming the old fourteen things, Kangxi has always attached importance to filial piety, advocating father-son filial piety, brothers, friends and brothers, although he doesn't like the eldest brother, but after all, he is a brother, and if he doesn't visit, he will inevitably leave a bad impression of no friendship in Kangxi's heart, and every New Year's Festival is the busiest, and he has to take time to pinch his nose to visit the boss, and he is unhappy.

The crown prince Yinren, who had already expected that he would end up in the trap, was the most emotionally moved, the old fourteen's vision, means, but there is really nothing to say, there is really no one among the brothers who can compare with him, even the boss is such a useless person, the old fourteen can also use it to make a big fuss, but it is really unexpected.

The third and fourth children's little tricks that stammered Kangxi on weekdays, compared with the fourteenth oneteenth, were immediately dwarfed, even the boss who had nothing to do with it, the old fourteen can be concerned about it, respectful and friendly, not to mention to Kangxi and other brothers? This is the real benevolence and filial piety

Thinking of this, Yinren couldn't help but be faintly worried, with the vision and means of the old fourteenth, if Kangxi did not pass on to him, I was afraid that there would be a big dispute, the old fourteenth is now rich, soldier and famous, let it develop for a few more years, and it will be difficult for the brothers to look at it at all.

Beijing is snowy, dry and cold, but Shanghai's winter is wet and cold.

At this time, Kangxi's Fujian Naval Division, Chongming Naval Division, Nantai Naval Division Battalion, and Zhejiang Zhapu Naval Division's various departments had already been transmitted to the naval divisions. The Fourteenth Master is hot now, and he doesn't benefit at all from his crimes, besides, these soldiers go to Shanghai, and they can still be paid empty salaries, so why not do it.

At the same time, the "Four Constants" branch in the coastal provinces and counties also posted notices on the navy's recruitment of a large number of young sailors, and as soon as the notices were posted, they immediately caused a sensation; these sailors who were begging for a living at sea did not know that the navy in Shanghai was paid a lot of money, and that they also ate well and wore well.

Although it has entered the New Year's pass, with the expansion of the navy, the Honggang area seems to be more and more busy, and the ironworks, foundries, firearms factories, clothing factories, shipyards, gunpowder workshops and other factories have not shown the slightest sign of annual vacation, and they are all rushing to work day and night. Navy cadets are recruiting in batches, new ships are also being launched one by one, and muffled gunfire and rumbling cannons can be heard in the target area every day, and the daily consumption is quite amazing.

And a group of craftsmen have no complaints, everyone knows in their hearts, if you ask for leave to go home, come again, I am afraid that there will be no place, now Honggang, is not the scene when I first came, every day there are many people waiting to enter these factories, workshops, everyone knows that the wages here are high, the treatment is good.

Zheng Qinghai has now served as the general account of Honggang, in the face of the silver flowing out like flowing water every day, he always looks up to the sky and sighs, regretting, spending so much silver to build an ocean-going fleet What to do, this is a day when you can't get in and out, when will it be the end? I really don't know what the Fourteenth Master thinks? It's also the Fourteenth Master, otherwise no one can withstand such consumption, and this ocean-going fleet is purely a gold-swallowing beast.

Naval Academy.

The playground was still busy, a column of disheveled people were training in a queue, the second batch of naval cadets had just been completed, and the non-commissioned officers from various sailors and the young sailors who had just been recruited began the intense queue training, and new people continued to join in every day.

The second batch of trainees has finished their training in the queue and has begun to turn to various kinds of study, skill training, and training in guns and artillery, while the first batch of veteran trainees have already gone to sea to conduct training in the actual operation of sail warships and live ammunition shooting.

Since Yinzhen left and explained that he would start the actual battle to exterminate the pirates next year, the entire Naval Academy immediately boiled, especially the children of the clan, who had worked hard for two years of hard training, and finally saw the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, how could they not be excited.

The first class of veteran cadets was equally excited, they were not only eager for military exploits, but also eager for wealth, the dean said, the naval cadets will be the richest soldiers in the Qing Dynasty in the future, the sooner the navy is formed, their dreams will be realized one day earlier.

In the end, Wu Ge made a decision and replaced all the guns on the ten battleships borrowed from the Fujian Navy Division and the sail battleship he bought with breech-loading guns, and went to sea for training together, which resolved the dispute.

Yande led the team to go to sea for training, while Wu Ge was responsible for the training of new cadets at the academy, and was also responsible for collecting all kinds of intelligence on the sea in Shanghai, selecting the targets of conscription, and selecting sailors.

On December 21, the yamen all over the country began to 'seal' the annual leave, and the second issue of the Beijing Newspaper also reached Shanghai, and along with it arrived an order issued by the Ministry of Officials, promoting Xu Shizhen, the prefect of Shanghai County, to the governor of Taiwan and the commander of Fengshan County, and the Hanlin Academy edited and revised Cha Siting to take over as the prefect of Shanghai.

Tongzhi is the deputy position of the prefect, is the fifth grade, Xu Shizhen from the seventh grade of the county to the fifth grade of the same knowledge, although the actual position is still the county, but the rank is raised by two grades, which can be described as an abnormal overstep. Although Yinzhen said in his parting that he would raise his level, Xu Shizhen didn't expect to mention two grades at once, and he was naturally very grateful.

Chen Pengnian and Wan Yan Haifeng both knew that the Fourteenth Master attached great importance to Taiwan, but they did not expect that Xu Shizhen would be transferred to Taiwan this time, both of them knew that the Fourteenth Master was vigorous and resolute, since Xu Shizhen received the order, he was afraid that he would set off immediately, so the two of them set up a banquet and wine in the 'Natural Residence' on the same day to celebrate it and also take it by the way.

After receiving the invitation of Chen Pengnian and Wan Yan Haifeng, Xu Shizhen naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly took a sedan chair to the 'natural residence', and as soon as he got off the sedan chair, he saw Yan Haifeng standing at the door, and his heart suddenly felt hot, and he hurriedly took a few steps, bowed down, and saw him with the courtesy of his subordinates, Wan Yan Haifeng stepped forward with a smile and grabbed him, and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, today's banquet is a special trip to celebrate for you, go, Lord Chen is waiting inside." ”

On the third floor, the three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then they sat down, and after a polite exchange of cups, Yan Haifeng cut to the point, "I don't know when Lord Xu wants to leave for Taiwan?" ”

Xu Shizhen put down the wine glass and said with a smile: "This matter, Xia Guan is about to report to Lord Wanyan, the new Shanghai magistrate Cha Siting is far away in the capital, I don't know when he will be able to take office, the situation in Fengshan County, Xia Guan knows a little about it, just the displaced Fujian hungry people are as high as 200,000, Xia Guan wants to leave in the next two days, this Shanghai County government handover affairs, can you bother Lord Wan Yan ......." ”

"That's fine." After Yan Haifeng took a bite, he continued: "It's just that it's the end of the year now, why don't Lord Xu set off again after the New Year?" ”

"Adults don't know, after the beginning of the year, sea ships will start to go to sea, and it will be difficult to rent a ship at that time." Xu Shizhen said with a slight smile.

Chen Pengnian opened his mouth and said: "Every year for the New Year, it doesn't hurt to have one year less, the situation in Fengshan is complicated, most of the local officials who have left their posts do not take care of things, go one day early, rest assured one day early, and now it is a tailwind, this goes to Fengshan, if it goes well, but it will only be more than ten days." ”

"What Master Chen said is very true." Xu Shizhen got up, raised his glass and said: "It's not easy to see each other when I go to Taiwan, and I will toast the two adults again." ”

"Not necessarily." Wan Yan Haifeng chuckled: "I have a proposal, Lord Xu can prepare two fast boats in Fengshan to make a special trip back and forth between Shanghai." ”

Xu Shizhen's face was embarrassed when he boarded, and he hesitated: "Xia Guan Yulu is not enough for the cost of the fast ship. ”

"Why use Lord Xu's pocket, the fourteenth master attaches great importance to Taiwan, you can do it first." After Yan Haifeng said, he dried the wine in one gulp, put down the wine glass and said: "When you arrive in Fengshan, if you have a need, just open your mouth, Yu Duxian of Shanghai, Xiamen Min Customs, and Shi Junmen of Fujian Navy will do their best to help." ”

Sure enough, it is easy to be an official if you form a party, Xu Shizhen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, got up and raised his glass and thanked: "Don't worry, the two adults, the lower officials will definitely take care of Fengshan in an orderly manner." ”

Chen Pengnian nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The fourteenth master immigrated to Taiwan with 300,000 in one fell swoop, and a few days ago, the emperor relaxed the policy of entering Taiwan, these are all signals for the comprehensive development of Taiwan. You don't have other ideas, calm down and do things, the official estimates that you have a lot to do in Taiwan, don't live up to the will of the fourteenth master. ”

As soon as he heard that the imperial court intended to develop Taiwan in an all-round way, Xu Shizhen couldn't help but be very excited, Taiwan is now only one government and three counties, since it is fully developed, it is very likely to be upgraded, so won't he follow the rising tide and lift all boats? It turned out that the Fourteenth Master arranged for him to go to Taiwan, and there was this meaning behind it. He hurriedly got up and said, "Xiaguan respects Lord Chen's teachings, and he will definitely not live up to the love of the Fourteenth Master." ”

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