The number of migrants transported from Weihaiwei to the Northeast is increasing day by day, and before Lin Daxin's wedding, nearly 100,000 migrants were sometimes transported to Lushun in the Northeast a day. Even most of the warships of the Navy fleet joined the fleet that transported immigrants and supplies.

After such immigrants arrived at the Lushun base, they received a year's rations, seeds and farm tools for their families, and began to go to various parts of the Northeast to build their new homes according to the distribution of the Northeast Resettlement Office led by Wang Yan, plus the help of the Dingbei Army from all over the Northeast.

The industrial park carved out outside Shengjing City has also begun to build factories, and Wang Yan has also begun to send people to inspect and prepare for mining according to the Northeast mineral resources map that Lin Daxin took from modern time and space.

Lin Daxin urgently transferred nearly 1,000 people from the Dingbei Army and the Navy of the Naval Academy, conducted a surprise training, and then flooded the government affairs departments of the four northeastern provinces and assigned them to various cities and towns in the northeast to serve as government officials, so that Lin Daxin strengthened his control over all parts of the northeast.

In addition, a new department of government affairs has been established in the Sailor School, and government officials have begun to train government officials to manage local affairs.

On the afternoon of July 22, 1895, the entire Lin Mansion was decorated with lights, and the courtyard was full of guests and friends.

The division commanders and brigade commanders of the 15 divisions of the entire Dingbei Army, including the division commanders and brigade commanders of the divisions of the Dingbei Army stationed in the four northeastern provinces, all took time out of their busy schedules to come to Weihaiwei to attend the wedding of their principal. Some of the Dingbei army commanders in Weihaiwei also came to Linfu. Attend a wedding. The senior officers of the five fleets of the Navy also rushed over to attend the wedding. Just the senior officers of the Dingbei Army and the Navy of the Navy filled the 18 tables of banquets in the courtyard.

The pipe bands of the Beiyang Navy Division and the high-level officials of the Beiyang Navy Division also came to the Lin Mansion to attend the wedding of Lin Daxin and the daughter of Admiral Ding Ruchang. Even the Beiyang Naval Division sent by the imperial court supervised the army Ha Feng'a. also sat with a smile on his face among the high-level officials of the Beiyang Naval Division.

Although Ha Feng'a is still the superintendent of the Beiyang Naval Division, now he can only be a man with his tail between his legs in the Beiyang Naval Division.

In addition, the heads of various factories outside the Weihai Acropolis, and most of the officials in the Weihai Acropolis, including Fu Yin Liu Quan, were also invited to attend the wedding of the Lin Mansion.

Wang Yan, who was presiding over the immigration work in the northeast, also hurried back from Lushun on a warship to attend his cousin's wedding.

Ding Ruchang and Lin Yongsheng were greeting the guests attending the wedding with smiles on their faces, when a welcoming person shouted at the gate of the Lin Mansion: "Prince Gong Yixin, the foreman of the military aircraft minister and the foreman of the prime minister, has arrived!" ”

Immediately afterwards, he shouted: "The Governor of Zhili, the Minister of Beiyang Commerce, Lord Li Hongzhang, has arrived!" ”

Ding Ruchang and Lin Yongsheng glanced at each other. I didn't expect that Prince Gong Yixin and Li Hongzhang would personally rush to Weihai Acropolis to attend Lin Daxin's wedding, and Weihaiwei didn't receive any news that Yixin and Li Hongzhang were coming.

Ding Ruchang and Lin Yongsheng hurried to the gate. Greet Prince Gong, Yixin and Li Hongzhang.

"Subordinates Ding Ruchang and Lin Yongsheng gave a salute to Prince Gong and Li Zhongtang!" Ding Ruchang and Lin Yongsheng saw Yixin and Li Hongzhang who walked into the Lin Mansion and hurriedly greeted them.

Prince Gong Yixin said with a smile on his face: "No courtesy! Excuse me! Congratulations to the two of you for forming a family of sons and daughters, the friendship of Qin and Jin! This time, this king came to Governor Lin Daxin by the will of the imperial court to say hello! ”

Li Hongzhang next to him saw Ding Ruchang and Lin Yongsheng, and forced a smile on his face: "Congratulations!" Congratulations! ”

Ding Ruchang hurriedly said: "Thank you Prince Gong and Li Gongneng for coming to attend the wedding of Xiaonu and Lin Daxin!" Prince Gong, Li Yuanmi, please! ”

Ding Ruchang and Lin Yongsheng invited Yixin and Li Hongzhang to a table at the front of the banquet and sat down. After Ding Ruchang and Lin Yongsheng confessed, they continued to greet other guests.

Prince Gong Yixin sat at the wine table and whispered to Li Hongzhang, who looked displeased: "Lord Li, this king knows that you don't want to come over to attend Lin Daxin's wedding, but now the court must appease Lin Daxin. ”

Li Hongzhang was already very hostile to Lin Daxin, a subordinate of the original Beiyang system, Lin Daxin's forces were almost independent of Beiyang, and even the Beiyang Naval Division gradually broke away from Li Hongzhang's grasp. So this time Li Hongzhang came to Weihaiwei and kept a fire in his heart.

Li Hongzhang said in a sullen voice: "The old man knows it in his heart, Prince Gong can rest assured!" ”

At the gate of the Lin Mansion, there was a greeting person who shouted loudly: "Mr. O'Gner, the British minister, Mr. Michael, the general manager of Jardine Matheson and Co., Ltd., has arrived!" ”

Lin Yongsheng invited Ogner and Mike to a table at the front of the banquet. When the British Minister O'Gener saw Prince Gong Yixin and Li Hongzhang, he said with a smile: "Hello Prince Gong and Lord Li! It was a pleasure to meet both! ”

Yi Xin said with a smile: "I didn't expect Mr. Minister to come to Weihaiwei from Beijing City to attend Lin Daxin's wedding!" ”

Soon after, the German Minister and the general manager of the German Lihe & Foreign Bank, Han Sen, also arrived. The American, Russian, and French ministers also rushed to Weihaiwei from Beijing to attend the wedding, and even the Italian minister Barracio also appeared at the wedding scene.

The ministers also sat at the table at the front of the banquet. Li Hongzhang saw that so many ministers of Western powers in the Qing Dynasty had come to attend Lin Daxin's wedding, and his face suddenly became even more ugly.

After a while, Yu Fu, who was the wedding celebrant, shouted: "The auspicious time has come!" The bride and groom worship heaven and earth! ”

Lin Daxin, who had a big red flower made of silk on his chest. With a red silk hand, he led a bride with a red hijab and walked into the courtyard full of guests. Walk to a large red carpet in the middle of the courtyard.

On the red carpet there is a mahogany carved screen, and a big happy character is carved in the middle of the screen. In front of the screen is a table, on which the gods of heaven and earth are enshrined, and there is an incense burner in front of the shrine, and two red candles are lit on the candlesticks on both sides of the incense burner. Seven chairs were placed on both sides of the table, Lin Daxin's grandmother, mother Mrs. Li and father Lin Yongsheng sat on one side, and Ding Ruchang and his wife, plus Du Juan's parents who came from Fuzhou, Fujian Province, sat on the other side.

Yu Fu then shouted loudly: "Worship heaven and earth and thank you for marriage!" Kneel! ”

Lin Daxin took Ding Xueshan and Du Juan to kneel on the red carpet.

Yu Fu shouted: "Thank you for the auspicious rain, kowtow!" May the earth last forever, and then prostrate again! Looking forward to happiness and health, three kowtows! Rise! ”

Lin Daxin took Ding Xueshan and Du Juan to kneel on the ground and stood up after three kowtows.

Yu Fu shouted: "The family is prosperous and the descendants are prosperous, return to the kneeling milk to respect the parents, and worship the high hall to raise the grace!" Kneel! ”

Lin Daxin took Ding Xueshan and Du Juan to kneel down in front of the seven elders again.

Yu Fu shouted: "Thank you for the kindness of your parents, kowtow!" Honor your parents and take care of your parents, and then kowtow! I wish my parents good health, three kowtows! Rise! ”

The husband and wife stood up after kowtowing to their elders three times.

Yu Fu shouted: "A hundred years of cultivation can be crossed in the same boat, and a thousand years of cultivation can be slept together!" The bride and groom face each other, and the husband and wife worship each other in front of the flower hall! Kneel! ”

Lin Daxin and the two girls knelt down opposite each other.

Yu Fu shouted: "Qiankun Jiaotai, Qin Se and Ming bow their heads!" Mandarin ducks are winged, husband and wife kowtow again! The husband sings and the wife follows, and the noble son kowtows three times early! Rise! ”

Lin Daxin and the two women stood up after kowtowing to each other.

Yu Fu shouted loudly with a smile on his last face: "Candle night in the cave room, conclude this fate!" The bride and groom are sent to the cave room! ”

In the congratulatory voices of the guests and friends in the courtyard, Lin Daxin brought Ding Xueshan and Du Juan, who were covered with red hijabs, into the two cave rooms that had been prepared a long time ago.

Then Lin Daxin returned to the courtyard and greeted the guests who came to attend the wedding.

Lin Daxin first came to the wine table at the front of the banquet, and Chen Ergou, the head of the Dingbei Military Guard Regiment, also followed Lin Daxin. Chen Ergou whispered to Lin Daxin and introduced Prince Gong, Yixin and Li Hongzhang to him.

Lin Daxin hurriedly said to Prince Gong Yixin and Li Hongzhang: "Prince Gong and Li Zhongtang, thank you for participating in Lin's wedding!" ”

This was the first time Lin Daxin had seen Yi Xin and Li Hongzhang, and he carefully looked at the two powerful people in the Qing court. Prince Gong Yixin is already in his prime, and Li Hongzhang is already in his sixtieth year, but both of them have good complexions and are still healthy.

Prince Gong Yixin said with a smile: "Governor Lin is really young and promising, this time, on behalf of the Queen Mother Lafayette and the emperor, this king has come to congratulate Governor Lin on the joy of Xiao Dengke!" May Governor Lin and his wife give birth to a noble son as soon as possible, and grow old! ”

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "Please Prince Gong to thank the Queen Mother and the Emperor for your grace!" ”

At this time, Li Hongzhang said coldly: "Governor Lin might as well go to Beijing City to kowtow to the Queen Mother and the Emperor in person, and thank the Emperor for his kindness!" ”

When Lin Daxin heard this, he secretly said in his heart, if I go to Beijing City to thank you, I may not want to go out of Beijing City again in this life! If you don't get a small life, you may be taken by these people in power in the imperial court, unless you let yourself take 100,000 or 80,000 Dingbei troops, you dare to go to Beijing City!

Lin Daxin smiled: "Li Zhongtang, this is the first time my subordinates have seen your old man!" In the past, thanks to Li Zhongtang's care, his subordinates could have today! After a while, the subordinates must toast Li Gong with a glass of wine! ”

Li Hongzhang snorted and said: "You are now the governor of the four provinces, the old man does not dare to let a governor of the four provinces be the old man's subordinate, the old man will not be blessed!" ”

Lin Daxin smiled bitterly and said: "Li Zhongtang, although the kid can be said to have forcibly asked the court for the position of governor of the four provinces, but the kid has no choice!" The kid has led the Dingbei Army to defeat the Japanese Southern Route Army in the northeast with more than 100,000 people, as long as the imperial court holds on to Beijing for a few more days, the kid can lead the Dingbei Army out of Shanhaiguan, and he can encircle and annihilate tens of thousands of remnants of the Japanese Northern Route Army under the city of Beijing! But I didn't expect the imperial court to be so suspicious of the boy and the Dingbei Army, and would rather sign a treaty with Japan that would lose power and humiliate the country, rather than let the Dingbei Army go south and attack the Japanese army under Beijing! The birds are all gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, the fox dog cooks the truth, the boy still knows, the court is so suspicious of me Lin Daxin, I ask for the position of governor of the four northeastern provinces is also for self-protection! I, Lin Daxin, have no idea of rebelling against the imperial court! ”

Li Hongzhang heard Lin Daxin say this, a wry smile appeared on his face, listening to the reason Lin Daxin said, Li Hongzhang was speechless at this time. (To be continued)