Above the sea, the blue sky is blue, and thousands of waves are surging towards the shore in waves. From a distance, a little sail gradually appeared on the line between the sea and the sky, and then, this sail became higher and higher, and slowly brought out a sail belt composed of white sails...... More than a dozen large ships finally poured out along these waves.

……

"Woo......"

After the appearance of the ship, the desolate horn sounded.

The shore, on the docks, was immediately busy after the sound of this horn. Groups of soldiers rushed out of the dock and stood on the edge of the dock to welcome the arrival of the fleet.

……

"It's back!"

Mo Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief as he walked down his two-story building in Vladivostok.

It was Yu Zhonghe who had already begun to take shape with the Vladivostok Naval Division's fleet. Although this is not the first time Yu Zhong has gone to sea, she is a little worried every time. The sea cannot be completely conquered by ships, not to mention that the ships of Vladivostok are nothing more than sailing ships...... While walking towards the dock, Mo Jing sighed secretly.

It has been 40 years since Kangxi.

It has been more than three years since Yu Zhong became the capital of this sea culadivostok. Three years is enough time for them to accomplish a lot of things.

Dock. The use of cement did not allow Yu Zhong to spend too much effort on this, and because of the abundance of manpower and the expansion every year, the wharf in Vladivostok is now docked at the same time, and thirty or forty ships are probably too empty, and this is still being built at a slower pace.

Warship. Siberia has good timber. Although it is far away from the sea cudivostok, there are many rivers in the northeast, and after cutting down these trees, removing the branches and throwing them into the river, it almost does not cost any more manpower, only need to arrange good people to "turn the river" for these timber in the necessary places, and these high-quality timber can almost run to the door of Vladivostok by themselves, and then run to the shipyard here. …… In addition, after Yu Zhong officially arrived, he asked Kangxi for a large number of shipbuilders, and through the guidance of the former British Royal Navy Lieutenant, the old man Brom and the pirate leader Drake, two people who have profound attainments in ships, as well as some explorations by himself and Mo Yan, the performance and combat effectiveness of the Vladivostok Navy Division are by no means imaginable by other sailors belonging to the Qing court, even the Fujian Navy Division equipped with Dutch warships cannot be compared. Even Brom and Drake, after seeing the first Vladivostok capital ship built by Lieutenant Governor Yu more than a year ago, were almost speechless in surprise.

The warship, which was named "Triton" and was called "battleship" in China, was more than 20 zhang (60 meters) long, with a total crew of 875 people, with three gun decks, gun muzzles at the front and back of the hull, two in the front and four in the back, and could be equipped with more than 100 guns of various types, which was extremely powerful.

However, what surprised the two Britons the most about this ship was not its powerful firepower, but its cost.

Old man Brom, who had been a pirate and a navyman, and was also a merchant, had roughly estimated that it would never cost less than a million pounds to build such a ship in England and equip it completely. However, in China, in front of Mo Jing of Zhonghe, the total cost of this battleship "Triton" did not exceed 150,000 taels of silver. And the reason for this is also extremely simple, so that the old man Brom, who used to be in the British Navy, is extremely envious of China's current system for a while: in Vladivostok, wood does not need money; The craftsmen are all recorded in the lowly register, and they are transferred as they are recruited, and they only need to eat and drink, and they do not need to be paid; Artillery only needs raw materials, and because the artillery factory in Mukden has adopted the assembly method, the quality and quantity of the artillery produced have been greatly improved, and the cost has been greatly reduced.

Of course, Yu Zhong and Mo Jing, who knew very well that aircraft carriers went to sea alone to find death, did not only produce such a kind of warship, in addition to this kind of "Haiwei"-class main battleship, they also supervised the construction of the "Haifeng"-class main cruiser with a crew of more than 600 people and can be equipped with 74 guns at the same time; With a capacity of 350 men, a two-tier gun deck, and a "Seawolf"-class destroyer that can be equipped with 50 guns at the same time, two types of warships that can carry out ocean-going voyages.

In total, Vladivostok has one Coast battleship, five coastal defense cruisers, seven Sea Wolf destroyers. The other warships were being worked day and night with the efforts of more than 3,000 shipbuilders and more than 1,000 Japanese servant craftsmen.

In addition to these three, Yu Zhong and Mo Jing also ordered two other lighter warships to be built under the guidance of the two British, which were used for coastal cruises, sending letters, and escorting ships.

However, although everything went relatively smoothly, Yu Zhong still encountered some troubles in the middle...... Kangxi and the ministers of the court were almost shocked by him to have a heart attack.

At that time, more than 28,000 officers and troops of Shi Lang's naval division and 240 warships attacked Taiwan, and the Qing court already thought that it was very remarkable. But what about now? With so many people, the thirteen main warships in Yu Zhong's hands alone can already fit almost one-third. That's not all, the number of artillery pieces that Yu Zhong showed them and asked for almost caused several of Kangxi's older and poorer courtiers to suffer from myocardial infarction, thinking that Yu Zhong wanted to rebel. In the end, it was Kangxi who sent someone to Vladivostok to see it, and it was really correct to believe that Yuzhong did not lie.

So, in this case, Kangxi immediately transferred another 5,000 sailors into Vladivostok to replenish his troops, and at the same time, told Yu Zhong that the Qing court could not support him to build ships and artillery like this, and asked him to slow down.

However, these things were eventually resolved.

Because Old Man Fei made the glass.

Originally, a few people had thought about making glass not long after they returned to the Qing Dynasty, but they were either busy or couldn't find a craftsman. Although several people know that glass manufacturing is simple, there is just such a little process problem, and a few people just can't figure it out.

Therefore, this matter has been delayed, and after that, several people were busy with their own things, and they made a lot of money, and slowly no one thought about it anymore.

However, this situation changed when Old Man Fei went to Beijing to meet Kangxi and met Bai Jin again.

Actually, I don't know if Old Man Fei was lucky enough, because Bai Jin was already preparing to leave China at that time.

On that occasion, the Vatican's Red Archbishop Doro came to China to engage in a "liturgical dispute" of Catholicism, cutting off the momentum of Catholicism's booming development in China, and Kangxi almost banned the spread of Catholicism in China. Although he did not really issue an edict in the end, he no longer allowed those foreign missionaries to preach in China at will, and in order to prevent the Vatican from interfering in China's internal affairs again in the future, Kangxi also took a major step, that is, the establishment of a system for missionaries to receive letters.

"It means that the Westerners who will never return will be issued with a letter ticket, which shall be sealed by the General Administration of Internal Affairs, indicating the nationality, age, farewell, number of years of coming to China, and never returning to the West.

"I tell all Westerners that from now on, if they do not follow the rules of Matteo Ricci and are not allowed to live in China, they will be driven back."

……

After the letter stamp system was established, some of the missionaries in China left, while others went to the Beijing Internal Affairs Office to collect the letter and stay. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, among the missionaries who remained, there were 12 missionaries from Portugal, 10 from Italy, 18 from France, 5 from Spain, 1 from Germania (Germany), 1 missionary from Rodarding, 1 missionary from Japan, and 1 missionary from Bologna. The total number is forty-eight.

However, although there were a lot of people, Bai Jin and Zhang Cheng were not included. After they stayed in Beijing for a few more years, Kangxi, who finally refused to be retained, chose to leave.

And when Bai Jin and the others were about to leave, Old Man Fei went to Beijing to see Kangxi, reported the work process of Jingqi Huitun, and remembered that there was such an acquaintance of a foreigner, who looked for him when he was idle and bored.

As a result, after some small talk, Old Man Fei got a notebook from Bai Jin. There are just a few records of chemical experiments in it...... Glass, mirrors, there is no shortage of one; Moreover, there is also the principle of making clocks and watches.

So, the time for development has come.

……

And because making glass is simply a business, coupled with the fear of being jealous, Old Man Fei thought twice and finally reported this way of making money to Kangxi. As a result, Kangxi, who was worried about the lack of money, ordered him to try it out.

So, it was out of control.

Although there were also foreigners selling glass to China at this time to make huge profits, how could their things compare with local goods? Therefore, Fengtian's glass products quickly became popular in the north and south of the river, and even Mo Jing ran over to sell a few batches and handed them over to Yu Zhong, and when he went to sea, he smuggled them to Japan, and as a result, in a year's time, he made a net profit of more than 100,000 taels of gold.

In this regard, Kangxi was overjoyed. The old man Fei, who was directly promoted to the "public loyalty to the country", was promoted to a second-class uncle, and concurrently held the post of deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the same time, it was decreed that the glass was the "official camp", and the old man Fei was in charge of it, and all the money was used to fund the construction of ships in Vladivostok and the construction of cannons in Fengtian. However, there are limits to these commands. Vladivostok's strength is almost the same as that of warships, and when more ships are built, they will be allocated to other sailors, and the same is true for Mukden's artillery.

……

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"How? Miss me, right? ”

The boat docked, and after Yu Zhong got off the boat, he immediately ran to the only woman in Vladivostok who had the right to enter the military port, and said with a smile. The purple-colored face, which has been sunburned, is even more delightful to show the most hearty smile.

"How? Tired? Mo Jing smiled at Zhong's words, and didn't answer directly, but just reached out to help him gently dust off his clothes and asked softly.

"Of course...... Tired! Yu Zhong deliberately made a long sound, causing Mo Jing to punch him lightly before finishing his words.

"Go home when you're tired, they know what to do anyway, and they're better than you." Mo Jing glanced at Nian Qianyao, Yue Zhongqi, and Murcha, who were getting off the boat behind and reorganizing the army on the dock, and said to Zhong with a smile.

"Don't worry. I've got good stuff for you. Mo Jing was about to turn her head to "lead the way", but Yu Zhong grabbed her arm, and then, regardless of whether she wanted to or not, Yu Zhong pulled her and walked towards the dock.

"What's that?" Mo Jing asked.

"Hehe, you'll find out right away." Yu Zhong didn't say anything, just pulled Mo Jing and walked forward. No matter who the soldiers on the road were or what they were doing, when they saw the two coming, they immediately got out of the way.

……

"It's ...... Oh, my God? How did you catch it? ”

Soon arriving at the place, Mo Jing looked at the pirate leader Drake in surprise as he commanded some sailors to hang down the big fish from the boat with a "crane" (a lever with a bracket and a boulder tied to one end), and shook his head again and again.

It's not a whale, but it's not much worse, because it's a shark that's bigger than a normal whale!

In front of him, Mo Jing measured it slightly with his eyes, and his body length was definitely more than ten meters.

"Hehe, I thought that catching a one-foot-long sturgeon on Lake Baikal the year before last would be enough luck, but I never thought that I would be able to catch such a big shark when I returned to the sea this time. …… Thanks to the fact that this guy looks like a shark, otherwise he wouldn't be recognizable. …… At first, I thought I had encountered a whale. Yu Zhong kept smacking.

"yes, I don't know how there is such a big shark in this world. God, I really don't know how many years it has to live, it's bigger than the most ferocious great white shark...... "Drake is now Yu Zhong's "first mate", and his part-time job is for Mo Jing, and now when he sees his boss and boss coming over at the same time, he can't help but make up for a few sentences.

"It's a whale shark! Naturally large body ...... However, this kind of shark should only eat small fish or those small shrimps and the like, and its attack power is not strong, so it is no wonder that you 'wicked people' will be so unlucky. Mo Jing shook his head and said with a smile.

"Whale sharks? Well, the name fits perfectly. Yu Zhong nodded, this time it can be regarded as an increase in knowledge.

"My lord, what to do with this shark?" An onlooker asked.

"What to do? …… Drake! Yu Zhong thought for a moment and called out to Drake.

"What do you command? My lord. Drake replied with a suspension. Since Ma De gave them to Yu Zhong and became a member of the servant army of the Vladivostok Water Division, he and his original subordinates were very seriously poisoned by Nian Qianyao, and they could no longer find the slightest appearance of the original, and they all looked like qualified soldiers in their bones.

"Find a few people, cut this shark for Lao Tzu, and today we will have a 'whale shark feast' for the whole army." Yu Zhong said.

"Whale shark feast? Are you going to eat it? Mo Jing suddenly asked.

"Ah...... What's wrong? Can't you eat it? Could it be that this thing is like a pufferfish, and it has poison on it? Yu Zhong asked.

"Nope. It's just that I thought you would put this whale shark in the ice kiln and send it to Beijing when the time comes. Mo Jing smiled.

"Hehe, I had such a plan. But well...... It's too repetitive to send fish to Beijing every year, so it's better to eat it after thinking about it. Yu Zhong also smiled.

"Eat, eat......" Mo Jing lowered his head and thought to himself for a while, then suddenly looked up at Yu Zhong again, and asked, "You say, how about we send someone to hunt sharks in the future?" It should be no less profitable than those businesses on Lake Baikal. ”

"This ...... Don't worry, right? Let's go home first, go home ......" Seeing that Mo Jing's business mind was aroused again, Yu Zhong slapped her head and pulled her towards the outside of the port. …… In the past few years, Mo Jing has operated a lot of things. Not only did she open up the ones herself, but Ma De and Rohin went south, and all the business left by Ningguta was in her hands. Today, in the whole of Manchuria, except for Fengtian, which is the economic zone of Old Man Fei, Jilin and Heilongjiang are completely covered by Mo Jing, and all kinds of businesses are getting bigger and bigger by her. Moreover, Old Man Fei also pushed the clock business into her hands, which has achieved initial results. However, these businesses have made the time spent between the husband and wife less and less, especially Yu Zhongde running at both ends of Nebuchu and Vladivostok, and Mo Jing not only has to run these two places, but also has to run an extra Ningguta. …… These circumstances made Yu Zhongdu almost have some business conversations, and now when he heard that Mo Jing had thought of some ideas to make money, he naturally hurriedly diverted the topic.

"Good, good. Go home. Mo Jing naturally knew why Yu Zhong behaved like this, so she didn't mention business, but after walking for a while, she remembered one more thing: "I almost forgot." Two days ago, an official letter came from Beijing for you to receive. ”