His Royal Highness lowered his head and walked without squeaking, and Brigadier General Geng Chengen glanced at Major General Jensen-Adenauer worriedly, and hurriedly followed behind, walking towards the convoy parked not far away.

The accompanying adjutant opened the car door, His Royal Highness Li Siyuan sat in without saying a word, and Major General Jensen-Adenauer hurriedly walked a few times, opened the rear door on the other side and sat in.

Brigadier General Geng Chengen was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and motioned for the adjutant to sit in the car behind, and he himself sat in the front co-pilot's seat.

The convoy of four black "Crown-Royal World" sedans left the parking lot and headed for the direction of Ajonario Manila.

"Your Highness, you ......"

Brigadier General Geng Chengen turned around and was blocked in his throat before he finished speaking.

I saw Li Siyuan sitting in the back seat with a relaxed expression, with a smile on his face that could not be concealed, and Brigadier General Geng Chengen understood everything at this time;

OK, passed the test without a hitch.

At this time, Brigadier General Geng Chengen felt relieved, and said with a long sigh of relief; "Oh, Your Highness, you are so scared that I am not lightly, I am always worried that this matter will be presented to the Imperial Palace, now it's okay...... Our Royal Navy still has a responsibility, and Lord He has always taken care of his nephews and nephews, and he will never act recklessly. ”

"Hmph, you are now an afterthought, there is a way to be in trouble, why didn't you two go to the headquarters for training?"

"Hey, hey, hey...... Your Highness forgives your sins. Brigadier Geng Chengen had a smile on his face, if they followed, then the anger of the fleet commander, Admiral Zhang Daoru, would inevitably pour out on his head, that was for sure.

Don't look at Admiral Zhang Daoru's stern reprimand, alas, to be honest, most of them are aimed at other commanders of the ship formation, and they are trained to the point of blood, and when they arrive at His Royal Highness, they will only be a little bit of water and a little rubbing.

The main message is that the Pacific Fleet will not tolerate it, not to really reprimand His Highness.

The Pacific Fleet must come out with an attitude to deal with such a big matter as violating the orders of the superiors, otherwise it will be a mess if it does the same?

"Don't talk to me about those useless things, bother." Li Siyuan took the red wine handed over by Major General Jensen Adenauer, took a sip in his hand, and said in a sullen tone; "It's basically passed, but the "Three Marinda" has also been suspended, and I don't know when the golden hoop spell will be lifted, you two unrighteous guys will tell me what to do? ”

What to do? Cold.

Brigadier General Geng Chengen had a thoughtful look on his face, and sat back with his neck bent.

Major General Jensen Adenauer, with the rigor and straightforwardness of the Germanic peoples, answered; "Your Highness, since the ship has stopped sailing, Shangfeng must let me wait for a good reflection, I can't cause any trouble on this cusp, I must be cautious in my words and deeds, and think about it in front of the wall."

"Hmph, standing and talking doesn't hurt your back, now Northeast Asia is turbulent, the war is in full swing, the "Songjiang" and "Melbourne" were ordered to set out on the same day, patrol the waters around the Ryukyus in the north, Tsarist Russia formed a large-scale expeditionary fleet, and see that there is another once-in-a-lifetime good show to see, how can I sit still at this critical moment? ”

Li Siyuan loves the Navy from the bottom of his heart, and when he is young and high-spirited, he still wants to make some movement when he doesn't move, how can he endure loneliness?

Today, the saint is in its prime, according to the old god of fortune telling;

The saint is in the ninefold and strategizes thousands of miles, the purple gas rushes straight into the sky, the momentum of Pengcheng is also, all evils do not invade, gods and ghosts are easy to change, when there is more than a Jiazi of the dragon royal qi of the country, cover the emperor of the ages!

The Ocean Empire has only been established for 14 years, which means that there are at least 46 years of luck in today's saints, as for how much the above is, it is not counted.

It is said that when the old fairy counted here, he sprayed three mouthfuls of blood, and his spirit suddenly withered, and he said with a wry smile;

A mere mortal who speculates on the heavens will be punished by heaven, and my life will not be long.

Sure enough, he died with a smile the following year.

Li Siyuan is naturally convinced, and he doesn't care about the identity of this crown prince, the day when Long ascends to the Great Treasure is just an incomparably distant luxury for him, and he can't even think about it.

He only hopes to follow in the footsteps of adventurers in the Age of Discovery, lead fleets across the seas, make contributions to the empire, and expand the territory, so as to live up to this enthusiasm.

The greatest wish in his heart is that his father is proud of himself.

The "Sammarinda" warship formation is a temporary task formation, and after completing the cruising mission, it will naturally return to its original structure, and the general-purpose cruisers "Akizuki" and "Hanazuki" in the formation will return to their respective cruiser detachments, and the battleship "Sammarinda" will be suspended and will soon enter the dock for annual maintenance.

So many ships of the Pacific Fleet, in the period when there is no combat mission, basically maintain 1/3 of the force for daily cruise, 1/3 of the force is stationed on standby, and the remaining 1/3 of the ships are either trained in actual combat subjects or overhauled, and there are various subjects for ship overhaul, daily maintenance and overhaul, monthly overhaul, annual overhaul, dock overhaul every 3~4 years, mid-life upgrade and overhaul of the ship, etc.

Generally speaking, you have to wait in line to enter the dock, and it takes at least 7~8 months to come out, and it is possible to take more than a year to get out.

"Sanmarinda" launched just two and a half years, normally it is not the turn to dock for maintenance, generally three or four years of ships, need to enter the dock to remove the bottom of the rattan and other marine attachments, the focus is to coat all the anti-rust paint and the bottom of the thick asphalt paint, this paint to brush back and forth 5~6 times, in order to avoid serious seawater corrosion.

The problem is that the dockyard is never ready-made, there is a long queue of ships scheduled for inspection, and capital ships such as the "Three Marinda" undoubtedly have priority, and they will not wait too long, but they will have to queue up honestly.

You can't tow out the half-overhauled ships in the dockyard and let the "Three Marinda" in first, right?

After Li Siyuan relaxed for a short time, his mood was a little lost, and he looked out of the car boredly, looking at the lively scene of traffic on the street.

Major General Jensen Adenauer still wanted to persuade something, but when he saw Brigadier General Geng Chengen in the front seat silently shaking his head, he also closed his mouth tightly.

Outside the car window

Although a group of 4 black crown royal sedans moved forward silently, the royal family emblem flag fluttering at the front of the car was extremely dazzling, and the patrol police on the street blew a sharp whistle to shield the vehicles and pedestrians passing at the intersection, and then stood up and saluted with a respectful expression.

The passers-by all stood aside, their right hands touching their chests, bowing slightly, watching the group of four cars leave quickly, their eyes full of admiration.

Manila is a different city than it was six years ago, with low, messy wooden buildings, narrow alleys and haphazard shacks all gone.

In its place, there are wide, clean streets, well-developed sewer facilities, neat rows of street lamps, and green bushes full of bright flowers.

After six years of continuous municipal construction, after retaining the temples, churches and various celebrity buildings and private estates of historical significance, the old city, which was originally dirty and messy, gray on sunny days and muddy on rainy days, was demolished and rebuilt by large swaths.

The main sewer roads and branch lines that connect the whole city are all built in accordance with the standards of a large city, so that there is no stagnant water after heavy rain, no large areas of bare soil, and the main roads of the city have green belts separating them, street lights, and motor lanes and sidewalks are clearly distinguished.

There are parks, green spaces, historical relics near mountains and rivers in the city, public toilets can be seen every 5~800 meters, the streets and alleys are clean and hygienic, no spitting, no defecation at will.

The public notice board that cares for the environment is both Chinese and English, and a large public welfare and moral propaganda slogan can be seen on the wall;

The beautiful city is my home, and everyone comes to love her.

Social morality is reflected in the subtleties, and the garbage is discarded at will and is strictly punished.

It is shameful to defecate at will, and it is glorious to report it enthusiastically.

Keeping the city safe is everyone's responsibility, so call for the patrolling militia and the Royal Police.

The renovated city is reasonably divided into commercial blocks, residential blocks, administrative, judicial police and financial institution office blocks, leisure and cultural blocks and other uses, and real estate companies are introduced to build them separately.

According to the plan

All real estate companies auction land of different sizes must pay a land transfer fee and public construction fee, the land transfer money is used for urban civil and public welfare municipal construction, public construction is used for the construction of public houses, and the resettlement of shantytown residents who were originally demolished.

Public housing is generally 6 floors, but there are also 3 and 4 storey buildings, most of which are located in suburban areas, and are built by construction companies tendered by the government and allocated according to the actual situation.

The head of the household who has been demolished can draw the number with his identity document and decide to live in several rows of buildings, several floors and several rooms, and the area of the general public building is not large, divided into four types, the smallest is 42 square meters of two bedrooms, and the largest is 68 square meters of small three bedrooms.

The specific type of public housing that can be divided depends on whether it is a shack or a wooden house, whether it is a tile house or a houseboat, and there are corresponding standard references.

It cannot be said that it is absolutely fair, and in general, the demolition households are still satisfied.

Reinforced concrete buildings and leaky shacks have a very different quality of life, and because of the low value of land in Manila, the government also provides substantial subsidies for construction, but only for residents with official ID cards.

And the natives who have not obtained an official ID card will be demolished when the house is demolished, and the shack will be demolished when it is demolished, which is no compensation, let alone allocated to public housing.

When the city was renovated and expanded, there were also many Chinese who went to make trouble, some did not want to demolish it, some put forward conditions, and some simply rolled on the ground, but they were directly surrounded by armed militia, and all of them were loaded into prisoner cars and sent away.

The charges were for violating the regulations on military control in wartime, gathering people to do things, and having bad intentions. It should be known that the Luzon Islands are still under military control, and the wartime state has not yet been lifted, and these troublemakers happened to hit the muzzle of the gun.

It is said that these arrested people participated in collective labor reform, and first they had to reform their minds and conduct deep soul introspection, and no one had returned anyway after several years.

Many family members in the city went to visit, and in a mountain col farm more than 30 kilometers north of Quezon City, they were tanned and black, lean, and in good spirits.

This person is afraid of comparison, and this comparison happiness comes out.

The government invested heavily in renovating Manila's cities, almost all of which were torn down and rebuilt, creating massive jobs, hundreds of thousands of people in the city-building boom, and attracting a lot of capital from the empire itself.

On the outskirts of the city

More than a dozen cement factories and hundreds of brick kilns have sprung up, driving the demand for transportation, steel, textiles, furniture, and daily necessities to rise sharply, and people have money in their pockets, and with the support of banks, they have higher demands for improving housing.

Commercial residences and western-style buildings in the city with good environment and supporting facilities were sold out as soon as they were launched, which further fueled the enthusiasm of other real estate companies to acquire land and pushed up the auction price of land.

Higher land auction prices mean that the government has more funds for municipal construction, maintenance, laying water and electricity networks, increasing cultural and educational facilities, and public housing funds are also more abundant, forming a virtuous circle.

Today, a modern Manila is presented to the world, a clean and tidy city with high construction standards, coconut groves on the beach, blue sea and white sand, and a beautiful subtropical landscape.

It should be pointed out that;

Manila is the only city in the entire Luzon archipelago that has gone to such great lengths to overturn and rebuild entire cities.

In other secondary cities, due to the limited funds allocated, the main streets and sewer networks are basically renovated to varying degrees, and good steel is used on the cutting edge, and slums still exist on the outskirts of the city.

In 1903, the population of Luzon was more than 6.7 million, of which more than 4.7 million were of Chinese descent, leaving more than 1.7 million indigenous people, more than 100,000 whites, and about 200,000 Indians, Malayas, Indochina and Pacific Islands.

On the face of it

Before the war of 1898, the population of the Luzon Islands was close to 8.7 million, but after several years of war, plague and social unrest, there are still more than 6.7 million left, which seems to be not much different.

Not really

In just six years, the Chinese population has soared from less than one million to more than 4.7 million, realizing the structural change of the mainstream ethnic groups in society, and now tens of thousands of northern Chinese immigrants still arrive every month, bringing fresh blood to the whole society.

During this period, the organized export of labor from the Luzon Islands to South America has been very effective, and every month, several migrant ships full of indigenous laborers leave the port and sail towards South America on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean.

Their destinations are farms, mines and forestry farms in Chile, Brazil and Argentina, contributing to the economic development of South American countries.

Today, more than 80 percent of the indigenous population of Luzon Islands is over 40 years old, and they are an old man, a burden that South American countries do not want.

In today's era, the average age of the indigenous people is 41~43 years old, and due to poor living conditions and sanitary conditions, very few can live to be over 60 years old.

The migrant ship will return with a whole shipload of wool, cowhide, saltpeter and refined copper ore, which will fill the cabin one by one, as a gesture of gratitude to the South American country.

South American countries generally lack the capacity to further process and make cash payments, and they have to export these primary resources in exchange for valuable human resources.

The two sides take what they need, cooperate happily, and the relationship between them is closer.

Over the years

With the surge of Chinese immigrants, there are also many Chinese who are willing to go to North or South American countries to seek opportunities, and there is no shortage of self-funded Chinese families who immigrate on the immigration ship across the Eastern Pacific.

At all times, the Chinese are not short of adventurous spirit.