The imperial crown prince Long Hua expressed strong dissatisfaction with marrying a person he had never met as his crown princess. However, both the Emperor Long Yufei and the Empress Luo Yuhua were in favor of this family matter. Therefore, Longhua's opposition has no meaning. However, in order to take care of Longhua's feelings. After this family affair was decided, Empress Luo Yuhua invited the Lin family to bring Lin Wanxin to the palace and let the crown prince Longhua meet him first. If Longhua is really against it at that time, there is no way.

Lin Zifeng, the head of the Lin family, took his daughter into the palace, and when Long Hua saw it, he was quite satisfied with Lin Wanxin. That kind of gentle and lovely appearance and character, this is exactly what he wants.

Long Hua no longer objected, so there would be no problem with this family business.

Immediately, the imperial government issued an announcement that the imperial crown prince Longhua would marry Lin Wanxin of the Lin family on the eighth day of the first month of the new year. This news caused an uproar throughout the empire. Of course, countless ordinary people have a welcoming attitude towards this. Emperor Long Yufei only has such a son as the crown prince Longhua, and his bloodline is too thin. The prince Longhua can get married earlier, and he will be able to give birth to a new bloodline for the empire earlier.

Other families are full of envy and jealousy for the Lin family, originally, Lin Zihao, the prime minister of the empire, was from the Lin family, and was the younger brother of Lin Zifeng, the contemporary head of the Lin family. Now, the crown princess is also a member of the Lin family, so in the future, the Lin family must not become the first family outside the royal family?

Of course, they have no other way but to express envy and jealousy. can only resent his daughter, why is she not favored by the royal family? Otherwise, their family would have been able to ascend to the sky in one step!

The wedding of the Imperial Crown Prince. This is a big deal for the whole world. Both the allies in the Asia-Europe military alliance and the countries of the hostile North Atlantic military alliance congratulated them. And sent heavyweight representatives to the Chinese Empire to congratulate.

Time passed quickly, and when the Lunar New Year was just over, the royal family had already begun to prepare for the marriage of Prince Longhua.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the imperial prince Longhua rode a high-headed horse to the Lin family to welcome his relatives. In order to ensure security, tens of thousands of agents of the Imperial Department of Homeland Security and Military Intelligence are very busy. In addition, the Imperial Court Guards were on guard along the way. Avoid accidents.

Fortunately, there was no thrill at all along the way. The wedding proceeded as normal.

The whole wedding is a traditional Chinese wedding. This represents the inheritance and development of traditional culture in the empire. As the empire grows stronger. The opening process is also getting higher and higher. Some people began to embrace Western ideas. And that's a good thing. However, Long Yufei does not want to be like future generations, and the traditional culture will be completely destroyed.

After the prince Longhua got married, he has become an adult. For this. His studies also had to be temporarily suspended. Fortunately. Because of the teachings of countless tutors, Longhua's current knowledge seems to be no worse than those who have received formal education. For the future of Longhua, Long Yufei has new arrangements. After the wedding of Prince Longhua, he was thrown into the Army University after a period of rest. How can you become a real man without going through the training of the barracks? The crown prince of the empire must be a person who is both civil and military.

Half a month after Prince Longhua's marriage, the imperial government once again issued a mansion. Three months later, Crown Prince Longhua would marry the Crown Prince's concubine, who was an important ally of the empire in Europe. Princess Marie Charlotte of the Kingdom of Belgium.

Within a few months, Prince Longhua married two concubines in a row, one of whom was a princess from a foreign country, which made the people very excited. They don't care how many women the prince marries, it's better to marry more, so that there will be more and more heirs of the royal family.

Of course, there are also some people who oppose the crown prince's marriage to a foreign princess, believing that it is destroying the bloodline inheritance of the empire. It's just that this is the opinion of a very small minority. The vast majority of people still welcomed it, believing that it was an increase in the prestige of the empire. Isn't it because of the strength of the empire that the exotic eyes sent the princess to the empire?

The crown prince of the Chinese Empire will marry the princess of the Kingdom of Belgium, which shocks European society, especially the upper class. Although, everyone knows that this family business has been decided a long time ago. However, in the current situation, the fact that the crown prince of the Chinese Empire married a Belgian princess undoubtedly shows the importance that the Chinese Empire attaches to the Kingdom of Belgium.

The Kingdom of Belgium, which was originally panicked, has also stabilized because of this. After all, as long as the Chinese Empire and Belgium are married, then the relationship between the two countries will be even stronger. At that time, the Kingdom of Belgium will also have a big backer!

As a small country surrounded by European powers, Belgium can only guarantee its own security if it is allied with them. There is no doubt that the great power in the east was able to give the Kingdom of Belgium adequate protection. Even if in the future war, the Kingdom of Belgium was destroyed. However, as long as the Chinese Empire won the war, then the Kingdom of Belgium was able to rebuild and develop better.

The Kingdom of Prussia was somewhat dissatisfied with this. Because, the more the Chinese Empire attached importance to the Kingdom of Belgium, the more they felt threatened.

Now, the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia are allies, but what about once the Eurasian military alliance defeats the North Atlantic military alliance? Can the alliance between the two countries continue? For the sake of their own interests, the Kingdom of Prussia will definitely have a disagreement with the Chinese Empire. There was no doubt that the Kingdom of Belgium would be on the side of the Chinese Empire. In that case, the powerful army of the Chinese Empire would be able to land directly in the Kingdom of Belgium and pose a threat to the mainland of the Kingdom of Prussia!

However, the Kingdom of Prussia could not openly stand up against this family business. Let's not say whether the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Belgium will heed the opinion of the Kingdom of Prussia. Even if the Kingdom of Prussia objected, it would not make the slightest sense, but would make the relations between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Belgium worse and worse.

Of course, the relationship between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Chinese Empire became closer and closer, which also made the Kingdom of Prussia determined to use the North Atlantic military alliance to eliminate the Kingdom of Belgium!

"Your Majesty, the chaos between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Belgian princess took place in three months. Then, the Imperial greeting team will probably have to set off next month. In this way, we will be able to catch up with the time. Prime Minister Lin Zihao said. Although, after the crown prince Longhua married a side concubine, he would compete with his niece for favor. However, for the sake of the country, Lin Zihao knew that this family affair was imperative.

The geographical location of the Kingdom of Belgium was very important to the Empire. With the Kingdom of Belgium, the Reich was able to intervene in the situation in Europe. Both this war against the North Atlantic Military Alliance and the fight to contain the development of the Kingdom of Prussia were very important.

"Well, let's let the welcoming team leave next month!" In this regard, Long Yufei has no opinion. At present, his main energy has been put on the expansion of armaments. As the year 1854 passed, the situation in the world became more and more tense, and war could break out at any time. The Imperial Army, for now, has canceled its vacation, and is waiting solemnly.

"So, the person to greet the family?" Lin Zihao asked.

"Lord Wei, it's up to you to take care of it!" Long Yufei looked at Foreign Minister Wei Yuan.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is the duty of the minister!" Wei Yuan nodded. Although in the past few years, he has traveled to Europe many times, and the journey is very tiring. However, there is no way to do it, who made him the foreign minister of the empire?

"Chief of Staff, this welcome is also an opportunity to show the strength of the Empire. Let the main force of the 5th Fleet go to Europe! It's just the right time to scare the ambitious guys! Long Yufei said. At present, the Empire's navy can be described as strong. Although the 'Eastern Han class' battleships will not be able to enter service until the end of the year or the beginning of next year. However, after the Imperial Navy's 'Western Han-class' battleships and 'Qin-class' battleships were put into service one after another, the two major fleets of the Imperial Navy combined already had sixteen powerful battleships.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the 1st Fleet should be allowed to go. The defense of the empire itself is impregnable. The 1st Fleet has not been conducting ocean-going training for a long time. In the event of war, the Imperial Navy would engage in a decisive battle with the British Navy. The decisive battle will undoubtedly take place in the Atlantic Ocean or the Mediterranean. This is an unfamiliar sea area for the 1st Fleet, and I am afraid that it will not be conducive to the future decisive battle. In addition, as the current situation becomes more and more tense, the main forces of the 5th Fleet are operating in the area from the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea, and if they are transferred, it will cause an empty force! Admiral Sun Hao raised objections.

"Well, I didn't think it through. Then let the 1st Fleet go! Long Yufei nodded.

Now the entire Pacific Ocean is the inland sea of the Empire, and here the Empire has almost no enemies. The 1st Fleet was stationed on the Imperial mainland, and there was little to do. If this continues, it will have a great impact on the strength of the 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Admiral Sun Hao said.

After receiving the order, the 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy, whose home port was Zhoushan Port, immediately took action. Admiral Wei Yong, commander of the 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy, attached great importance to this trip to Europe to welcome his relatives. He knew that this was a rare ocean-going training for the 1st Fleet.

At the end of March 1854, the 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy departed from Huaxia, the capital of the Empire, and headed for Europe to welcome his relatives on behalf of the Imperial Crown Prince. (To be continued......)

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