The Imperial Navy's cruise of the South Seas was undoubtedly an event that made the Chinese at home and abroad happy. The people at home felt the strength of the empire, and in the past, it was always foreign navies that were rampaging in China's coastal waters. Now, too, the navy of the empire has finally gone out.

For the first time, overseas Chinese straightened their waists. Without the backing of a strong motherland, their situation is undoubtedly difficult. Now that the Empire is strong enough to provide them with protection, they are naturally excited and relieved.

The Chinese Empire's cruise to the South Seas was only the beginning. As the empire grows stronger, the empire's influence on the South Seas and even other regions overseas will increase. When the time comes, the interests of the empire abroad will be protected.

After Wu Haoxuan went to Gangcheng to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Imperial Navy's Nanyang Fleet, he did not return to Yanjing immediately, but went all the way north from Gangcheng to begin his inspection. Marshal Sa Zhenbing, the Minister of the Imperial Navy, returned home first because he had important matters to deal with.

Since last year, the empire has begun to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction. Construction began on several railway lines and roads. Although the railways and roads have not yet been built. But the backward transportation situation of the empire has begun to change gradually.

The influx of capital from the private and overseas sectors of the empire led to the rapid development of the empire's industry. Many cities have begun to build new factories. Although, most of these factories are small factories or even artisanal workshops. But it's certainly a good start.

Undoubtedly, the living conditions of the vast number of peasants have been greatly improved. The empire forcibly bought up the land in the hands of the landlords and distributed it to the landless or landless peasants. This allowed the vast number of peasants to own their own land for the first time. In addition, the government's agricultural tax is very low, and most of the farmers have their own harvest after they get it. This directly improves the lives of farmers. In addition, the empire is now undergoing large-scale infrastructure construction. Workers are needed everywhere. During the off-season, the farmers were able to work on the construction site and earn a little money.

Although now, the life of the peasants is still not described as rich. However, compared to before the establishment of the empire, it is still much better. The peasants are simple. Their lives are better. Naturally, they were grateful to the Imperial Government and the Imperial Emperor and the Crown Prince who had brought them a happy life. Chinese peasants are like this, whoever is good to them, they will love them from the bottom of their hearts.

At the end of September, Wu Haoxuan had already inspected the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. This is the richest area in China, and it is also the area with developed industry and commerce in China. After the empire began to encourage industry and commerce, factories sprung up here and quickly sprung up.

The focus of Wu Haoxuan's inspection was not the factories in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It's the raw silk industry. It was about the empire's economic blow to Japan. Exports have always been Japan's key exports. It has even surpassed China for a long time. The Japanese used the export of raw silk to exchange a large amount of foreign exchange, purchased a large amount of machinery and equipment, and completely completed the industrialization process. Until now, raw silk exports have been the largest commodity exported from Japan. If the empire can stop Japan in terms of raw silk exports, then the Japanese want to develop again. That's almost impossible.

In the course of the war, Japan paid heavy losses. Even with the support of the Western powers. It will not be so easy for Japan to rearm and fight to the death with China. In particular, Japan is a resource-poor island country, and the resources needed to develop industry need to be imported. If Japan's raw silk industry were to be hit hard, Japan's economy would undoubtedly be even worse.

Under the dominance of the imperial government. The raw silk industry in the empire was very fast. The government has funded the expansion of the breeding scale and the technical content of silkworm farmers. At the same time, a large number of advanced equipment has been imported from the West, which has greatly improved the production capacity of each wire twist factory. Since the beginning of this year, the Empire's raw silk exports have begun to rise. Japan, in particular, was subject to the war. A lot of raw silk is backlogged at the port and cannot be exported in time. The raw silk of the empire was able to seize a part of the Japanese market.

With the revival of the Empire's raw silk industry, the Empire was soon able to defeat the Japanese in this field. At that time, under internal and external difficulties, the Japanese wanted to fight a decisive battle with the empire and compete for the position of the hegemon of the Far East, which would be no different from looking for death.

After inspecting the lagging development of raw silk in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Wu Haoxuan went to the East. It was the economic center of the empire and the most developed city in the empire. Even after the foreigners' concessions were recovered, it did not have much impact on the area. Coupled with the rapid development of the empire's economic strength, the East became more prosperous.

However, the empire also strengthened its grip on the East. For historical reasons, the East has always been in the hands of foreigners. In addition, underground forces are also rampant here. However, with the strong presence of the Imperial Army, those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me die. Anyone who opposed the empire was brutally purged, and the empire was able to completely control the East. Even the underground forces in the East have actually joined the Military Intelligence Bureau or the Security Bureau, and have become peripheral personnel of the Imperial Intelligence Agency.

Wu Haoxuan's arrival in the East was a secret operation, and except for a very few people, no one else knew about it. This allows Wu Haoxuan to travel to those attractions in the East without being affected. The Huangpu River, the City God Temple and the Bund have all left his footprints.

When Wu Haoxuan was about to continue his expedition, one of his concubines, Li Yanling, unexpectedly appeared in Shanghai. This former bearded leader of Erlong Mountain has now become the crown prince's side concubine. Last year, she gave birth to a daughter for him. Originally, Wu Haoxuan intended to let Li Yanling stay in the harem. However, Li Yanling is a person who can't be idle. She wanted Wu Haoxuan to make a request, hoping to remain in charge of the Security Bureau.

Wu Haoxuan hesitated for a moment, and then agreed to Li Yanling's request. After all, this kind of intelligence agency must always be in the hands of its henchmen in order to be completely at ease. Li Yanling, as his crown prince's concubine, is naturally one of his absolute henchmen.

"Yanling, why are you here? Did something happen? Wu Haoxuan asked in surprise. If there are no special circumstances, Li Yanling will definitely not leave Yanjing.

"Your Highness, there has been a little accident in the situation in Yanjing." Li Yanling said.

"What's going on?" The expression on Wu Haoxuan's face suddenly became serious. The empire is now developing at a high speed, and he doesn't want some accidents to affect the development process of the empire. After all, there are still four years to go, and World War I is about to break out. It was within this time that the empire had to complete the process of industrialization. Only in this way can you make a fortune in the war and accumulate opportunities for the empire to take off completely.

"Your Highness, how long has it been since you met Your Majesty?" Li Yanling asked.

"After defeating Japan, I went to the palace to see His Majesty, and I never entered the palace again. Could it be that Your Majesty is sick? It's unlikely. Your Majesty's body has always been very good. Wu Haoxuan frowned.

Over the years, Wu Xingquan has been indulging in pleasure and living a life of dogs and horses every day. As the saying goes, wine is a steel knife that scrapes bones, no matter how good your body is. But immersed in wine all day long, even those who are beaten with iron can't stand it! Although Wu Xingquan's health is very good, he has obviously aged a lot compared with the original in the Northeast.

"No, Your Majesty's health is still very good! The old trees are still blooming. Li Yanling said. For this emperor's father-in-law, Li Yanling doesn't have much respect. A huge empire was built by Wu Haoxuan's hard work. In the end, the emperor was appointed by Wu Xingquan, which was equivalent to picking up a cheap price for nothing. Naturally, Li Yanling was not very happy.

"Old trees blooming? What do you mean? Wu Haoxuan seemed to understand something.

"A week ago, His Majesty's favorite concubine gave birth to a child for him, a prince!" Li Yanling said.

Wu Haoxuan's face changed suddenly. For a long time, he has been very indulgent to Wu Xingquan. That's because he is Wu Xingquan's only son, and after a hundred years of Wu Xingquan, the empire is still his. However, I didn't expect Wu Xingquan to be still fifty years old, and he actually gave birth to a prince. Doesn't that mean that he has another potential contender for the throne?

"I didn't expect it, I'm so old, and I actually have a younger brother who was just born." Wu Haoxuan laughed angrily.

"Your Highness, what should we do now? Do you want to get rid of the little prince. A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Li Yanling's eyes. She was born with a beard, and she was originally ruthless. Especially when someone threatens Wu Haoxuan, she will not show mercy to her subordinates.

Wu Haoxuan thought about it for a while, and finally shook his head: "What is the origin of that favorite concubine, and whether she has ambitions." If they don't have ambitions, they can be left to live. If they are ambitious and want what they don't deserve, they are killing themselves. ”

"That favorite concubine's surname is He, the daughter of a big salt merchant in Su Province, although she is only sixteen years old, she is extremely shrewd. Although I can't see her ambition clearly. But, for sure, she is definitely not an easy person to deal with. It has only been a little more than a year since he entered the palace, and he has already turned His Majesty's fans around. I heard that Her Majesty spends most of his time staying with her. Li Yanling said.

Wu Haoxuan pondered for a few seconds, and then said, "Let's go back to Beijing immediately!" Let's take a look at the situation first, and then don't be busy making decisions. ”

Although, there will be no family affection in the royal family. However, Wu Haoxuan is not a cold-blooded person after all. (To be continued.) )

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