With the closure of the two merchant ships in the middle of the Yangtze River channel in Dangtu, after pumping out the sediment in the cabin, with the help of salvage ships, the Yangtze River route was blocked for nearly two weeks, and navigation was resumed again.

"Salute!"

After the "Haiqi" passed through the blockade area, Liu Guanxiong, who was standing on the cruiser "Haitian", ordered the first mate beside him.

The 10 120-mm rapid-fire guns of the Haitian fired at the same time, and the cruiser "Haiqi" and the three dome cruisers Haichou, Hairong, and Haichen fired their salutes at the same time.

The signalmen on the Haitian signaled a welcome message with a light signal.

"Cheng Biguang commanded and transferred all the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang and Yangtze River Naval Divisions:

Congratulations to you for your heroic uprising, your uprising shows that the Manchu colonial rulers are at the end of their lives, and the colonial rulers cannot prevent more warships from coming with you, and more warships and army units are about to revolt and stand on the side of the national compatriots. China must build its own strong national defense, and in addition to its army, it must also build a strong enough navy to maintain its maritime borders! And you will be the vanguard of participating in the construction of the national navy. Good luck with your efforts!

Temporary political axe ruling Chen Moran"

In this rumbling salute and cannon light signal, 12 warships and the Haitian formed a formation, and the dragon flag had been lowered and the blue, yellow and red Beiyang Naval Division sailed towards Jiangning, leading the way to welcome their arrival, the newly repaired "Haitian" cruiser, and the five cruisers that had been regarded as the "Five King Kongs of the Qing Navy" had been completely owned by the Liberation Army.

“…… The 18 merchant ships can carry 320 to 376 trainees and 40 instructors of various groups, and they will sail every month to train in navigation, engines, guns, and damage management, and more than 10,000 officers and men of the navy will be able to sail in two years. ”

In the captain's room of the cruiser "Haiqi," after a brief courtesy, as he passed through Ma'anshan, Liu Guanxiong proudly pointed to the 18 training ships moored on the riverside outside the portholes, and those 18 training ships with only two 120-millimeter guns and several three-inch auxiliary guns were the future of the Chinese Navy in Liu Guanxiong's view.

"The training ship is good, but I don't know ......"

Looking at the training ship on the river, Cheng Biguang, the commander of the sailor cruiser fleet who led the naval division uprising, just nodded his head.

"I don't know when the country will be restored, and the ruling axe will be able to submit a plan to improve the navy!"

"This ......"

His rhetorical question made Liu Guanxiong smile awkwardly, and when he persuaded the sailors to revolt, he gave a promise, that is, he said that he would rebuild the navy at any expense, in short, he kept drawing a big pie, battleships, cruisers, one by one, but now there is still no shadow.

In the budget just issued by the ruling axe, the share of the navy is also limited, and it is understandable for Liu Guanxiong, after all, the most important thing now is to recover as soon as possible.

"Ziying, you are the head of the Navy Division, why don't you take the position of Minister of Navy?"

Cheng Biguang, who also knew the reason, turned the conversation around with a smile, there is a Navy Department in this temporary political axe, but the posts of Navy Minister and Deputy Minister have been vacant, just like the Minister of the Army, the Minister of the Army and the Navy are vacant, although it is rare, but the Minister of War has his reason for the vacancy, after all, the commander-in-chief of the Liberation Army is Chen Dashuai, so naturally there is no need to appoint the post of Minister of War of this "Seal".

"The position of minister is occupied by capable people!"

Liu Guanxiong's answer just made Cheng Biguang smile, he knew who this capable person was, one was Lord Ye, and then Lord Sa Da, neither Liu Guanxiong nor Cheng Biguang could hold this position.

"Now, all the five ships of the Beiyang Naval Division have been returned to our nation, and the five ships can be organized into a cruiser fleet and a training fleet......

As he spoke, Liu Guanxiong noticed that Cheng Biguang's eyebrows seemed to flash a little surprise, and he smiled in his heart when he thought about it.

"Brother Hengqi!"

Liu Guanxiong suddenly laughed apologetically.

"Although my brother is the admiral of the cruiser, Guanxiong still wants to win my brother's love......"

Cheng Biguang, who had a different color flashing between his eyebrows, listened to the commander of the cruiser fleet, and his heart settled down a little, so he continued to listen to Liu Guanxiong.

"According to the commander-in-chief, the Chinese navy is organized into two patrol fleets and a training fleet, with the cruiser fleet consisting mainly of four cruisers, Haiqi, Haichou, Hairong, and Haichen, supplemented by gunboats, destroyers, and six training ships, and as for the training fleet, the Haitian is the main training cruiser and 12 training ships, which will be ...... after the purchase or construction of new ships in the future."

Liu Guanxiong said, Cheng Biguang listened, the fragrant tea on the table was cold, and he didn't take the cup to drink, just listened to him.

"Ziying,"

Finally, Cheng Biguang opened his mouth first.

"When do you think the Temporary Political Axe will come up with a ship-building plan?"

"Shipbuilding plan?"

Liu Guanxiong straightened his chest and thought about it, before he said.

"If the marshal didn't have a plan to build ships, how could Huaxing take out eighteen merchant ships to transform them into training ships and recruit nearly 7,000 people into the navy?"

Cheng Biguang said "um", and then frowned slightly, this recruitment of 7,000 people can be thought of as two completely different answers, but he is reluctant to say it, just because he does not want to face it. At this time, Liu Guanxiong said something that seemed to comfort himself and Cheng Biguang.

"Ships will definitely be built in the future, this will definitely be no problem."

Raising his eyes to look at Cheng Biguang again, Liu Guanxiong spoke.

"If the post of Minister of the Navy is ultimately vacant, then the Navy is also the artillery fleet of the Liberation Army, and it may not be able to win the right to speak in the temporary political axe, and now the Ministry of Education, Justice, Finance, and Foreign Affairs have all won funds, and only the Navy will naturally suffer some ......neglect because there is no one in charge of the ruling axe."

Cheng Biguang seemed very interested in this topic, and he leaned forward.

"Ziying, tell me your opinion."

"Ye and Sa said that if they don't arrive in Nanjing from Shanghai, they are afraid that the navy's shipbuilding plan may not be approved!"

"I feel the same way!"

"Hengqi," Liu Guanxiong revealed his intentions before he revealed his intentions.

"I want to use the joint letter of the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division to persuade Ye and Sa to arrive in Nanjing from Shanghai and join the Ruling Axe Navy Department to unify the naval orders and the training and budget. In this way, the Navy will be able to speak effectively in the political axe and compete for future shipbuilding plans. In this way, we can achieve our ambition for ten years."

"The Chinese Navy fleet is now called Jiangning!"

When he rode in the carriage to the ruling axe of the former Liangjiang Governor's Palace, where the "Temporary Political Axe" was stationed, Oda Kiri Manjunosuke put down the newspaper in his hand and looked out of the carriage, and when he looked out of the carriage, he saw the blue, yellow, and red tricolor flags hanging on the buildings on both sides, which were the "Chinese flags" of the temporary political axe.

"In any case, at least get them to say yes......"

Thinking that this would be the stalemate in Dalian and the helplessness of the base camp, Oda Kiri Mansuke's brows were furrowed.

Although Minister Uchida's diplomatic representations were exchanged for the Qing political axe agreeing to hand over Dalian to Yuben, the Dalian official of the Qing State official in Dalian came to "disorderly and disobey!" When the Qing political axe went to reprimand again, Dalian became the first city in northern China to raise the uprising, lowered the dragon flag of the Qing country, and raised the tricolor flag of the temporary political axe in the south.

"Those people!"

Thinking of the tricolor flag raised in Dalian, Oda Kirimansuke saw another group of people through the car window, some people wearing kimonos on the side of the road, most of these people were said to be in Jiangning after the Jiangning Uprising 15 days ago, and a group of people who were shouting "Respect the King and Conquer Yi", and by the way, there was also a group of literati who wanted to "reproduce Yang Ming in China".

Thinking of those who said that he himself persuaded the marshal in the ruling axe that he should first carry forward China's traditional scholarship, and then use Western scholarship as an aid, this is the way to enrich the country and strengthen the army. He also said that those who engaged in the "Meiji Restoration" were "people who were extremely knowledgeable about Yangming", but they "did not necessarily know everything" about Western scholarship.

Thinking of this, Oda Kiri Manjunosuke frowned helplessly, according to the research of domestic sinologists, the gap between China and the book was actually from the death of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Shunshui's eastward crossing to the book, science was greatly welcomed in the upper echelons of the Tokugawa shogunate, and was established as an official school. However, Yangming Xinxue has always spread among the middle and lower ranks of the samurai and has become the creed of the samurai.

In the later Wars of the Shogunate and the Meiji Restoration, it was in fact that the study of mind overwhelmed the science of science. The naval and army officers were both from Choshu and Satsuma, and they were all faithful believers in the study of the mind.

The "unity of knowledge and action" mentality has brought more changes to the book than imagined, and its spirit of emphasizing introspection and equality has enabled the company to face up to its own shortcomings, and to have the courage to learn from the things of the Western powers and establish a modern country.

Think of the "anti-bones" of those ronin samurai and the revolutionary spirit of Confucianism. found the cultural identity of China in that marshal, Oda Kirimansuke just smiled helplessly, although no matter whether he supported Jiang Ning, he might get a pro-regime, even if it didn't work, it could consume the strength of the Qing political axe, but thinking about some of the decrees that the ruling party had implemented in the past half a month, he could still feel that this country might be the biggest enemy of the country in Asia.

"It is said that China is the same as the same culture, and it is one country, so why not merge it to defend Asia!"

The fantasies of the ronin scholars were only exchanged for ridicule from Oda Kirimanjusuke's heart, but at this time these were not his considerations, no matter what the future of China was, at least now caught in the war against Lu, there was no power to stop what was happening in this country.

"Dalian!"

Thinking of these two words, Oda Kiri Manjunosuke frowned again, and the big handsome man appeared in his mind, this will be the second time he went to see the big handsome, out of understanding the big handsome, he vaguely felt that it might be difficult to achieve anything this time, but Lushun ...... "Big handsome!" ”

After bowing respectfully and deeply at a ninety degree, Oda Kiri Manjunosuke straightened up.

Gently lowering his head, Chen Moran stretched out his hand towards the chair on the left.

"Consul Oda, please be seated!"

Serving tea, inviting tea, and keeping a courtesy, although I don't like it in my heart, but this will be a rare politeness.

After Xiao Tian sat down, Chen Moran had a smile on his face, he could completely guess what this Xiao Tian would say next, first congratulated the sailor on Yi Zhi, praised the recovery of the Chinese people, and then talked about the difference between Eastern civilization and Western literature, and then talked about what the same text and the same sect, and then talked about mutual support.

For this reason, he even specially asked Zhang Taiyan and others to teach that Yang Mingxue, although those people have different thoughts, but this "Xinxue" has aroused Chen Moran's interest, for this reason, he even deliberately got a teaching class in the Jiangnan Gongyuan, and asked those who said that he taught "Xinxue", Xinxue was the founder of China's enlightenment thought in the late Ming Dynasty, but in the Qing Dynasty, the literary prison interrupted the development of Chinese philosophy, and his ideas were not passed down in China, but carried forward in the book, and today he has to learn from himself. This has to be said to be the sorrow of the Chinese!

“…… Taking trade and the establishment of markets as the economic basis for the cooperation between China and China, China said that the top priority of the two countries at the moment lies in cooperation and the resumption of commercial rights......"

Just as Chen Moran guessed, although he despised the fantasies of those ronins in his heart, this will not be until this side, Xiao Tian still talked about "the same text, common support" Listening to Xiao Tian mention this, Chen Moran interrupted him with a smile.

"Consul Oda, if that's the case, I'm afraid we'll have to start with one thing!"

"Huh?"

"If you want to take back the commercial power, then you must first implement tariff autonomy, if he says that the new policy axe is established, I don't know how your country thinks of this matter!"

Following Xiao Tian's words, Chen Moran turned the topic to the place he was most concerned about, money! After the recovery of the seven provinces, the General Taxation Department has refused to hand over the tariffs to Jiangning, for the time being, he doesn't care too much, the money is only temporarily there, but what he cares about is the tariffs.

"This ...... This ......"

Oda cut Manshousuke's dumb mutter, in exchange for Chen Moran's smile, he knew that Oda in front of him did not have the right to talk about tariffs at all, and the reason why he mentioned this matter was just to remind him that this tariff recovery axe must be touched.

"Don't talk about this for the time being, Consul Oda, I think you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, whether it's Jiangning's ruling axe or the Marshal's Mansion, you foreign consuls, as if you are afraid of offending the Manchurians in the north, you can avoid it, unless there is something!"

Staring at Xiao Tian, Chen Moran sighed heavily.

"The previous British consul came here, and he wanted to talk to me about the loan, which was a loan from a group of banks from four countries, thirteen million pounds, and he hoped to get my understanding, what is understanding, that is, he wanted me to agree with this money as if I had admitted an old debt, joke! That money could be used to buy guns to shoot me, and I directly handed him the diplomatic announcement of the temporary political axe at that time! ”

The tone was raised, and Chen Moran showed a bit of majesty, which was the most proud thing he had in the past ten days.

"From May 27th, not to mention 13 million pounds, it is a new debt of a pound Qing political axe, and the future Chinese political axe is unrecognizable, I replied to him, and the 13 million pounds will be pressed down like this!"

Or get carried away for a while, Chen Moran showed off proudly.

"This silver is in vain for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but in the future, the Guangfu political axe will be able to get this loan!"

Listening to the triumphant words of the handsome man in front of him, Oda Kiri Manshounosuke's brows gradually furrowed, but after a wrinkle, it was a relief, and it was just a second of merit, and then he smiled again.

"It seems that in recent days, the diplomacy of the marshal has made remarkable progress!"

A seemingly normal loan often means some signals, especially at this sensitive time, Oda Kirimansuke has a vague sense that this may mean a change in Britain's attitude towards the temporary political axe, linked to a telegram from the embassy in the UK, Oda vaguely guessed that the change in Britain's attitude may change in the future.

Although Xiao Tian's reaction was fleeting, it still fell into Chen Moran's eyes, he smiled in his heart, took a breath and said.

"Liberty is the inevitable trend, and the diplomacy of all countries needs to focus on the future, right?"

"Yes, yes!"

Oda nodded, temporarily suppressed the question in his heart, and brought up his intentions.

"The essence of diplomacy is what the marshal does, diplomacy does not need to focus on the future, and today Oda does have something to ask for!"

Saying that, he handed out a letter, which was written by Foreign Minister Komura, and this letter alone was discussed in Tokyo for two days, after all, this ruling axe was "rebellious" and had no diplomatic relations with him.

After reading the text message, it was only a minute or two of effort, except for diplomatic rhetoric, the only content in the letter was that Chen Moran stared at Xiao Tian in front of him with a sneer.

"You want Dalian!"

"If you want to defeat the Northeast Lu Army, and return the Northeast to your country, you have to take Dalian!"

Glaring at him, Chen Moran asked rhetorically.

"Do you know that Dalian is the first city in the north!"

This rhetorical question was met with Oda's silence, which was why he had no confidence in whether the visit would be effective.

"I hope that the marshal will understand, Dalian Commercial Port is related to the survival ...... this capital"

"Qing intends to let Dalian in your country, the whole country scolds it, Liu Tongzhi refuses, Yi Zhi is restored, Mr. Xiaotian, how do you think this handsome man will give up Dalian!"

Xiao Tian looked at Chen Moran and questioned him, and after hesitating for a moment, he spoke.

"Dashuai, you need to know one thing, Dalian relations are said to be victorious, no matter what, we want to get that commercial port!"

"Hmmm! Liu Tongzhi told me that if Dalian is attacked, he will start the explosives and completely destroy Dalian, and Ben Shuai has already replied to support! ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Xiao Tian saw a staff member of the marshal's mansion, walked up to the marshal and whispered a word, and vaguely heard words like "General Staff".

Listening to the report that Yu Hongyu said was posted in his ear, Chen Moran stood up and glanced at Xiao Tian.

"Consul Oda, this marshal still has military affairs, please forgive me, Minister Liang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be responsible for receiving you!"

Without waiting for Xiao Tian to speak, Yu Hongyu shouted "send off" first, although he was unwilling, Xiao Tian still retreated, and when Xiao Tian withdrew from the hall, Chen Moran sneered.

"Dashuai, what play are you playing?"

sneered, Chen Mo smirked out two words proudly.

"Good show!"

(To be continued)