Several shareholders who went to Liuchunyuan to submit a post to ask for their meeting were coldly treated. After passing the post in, only one of them came out. After glanced at a few people, he said expressionlessly: "Prince Xun is not in the garden, come back a few days after something happens." As he said that, he wanted to turn around and go back.

"Can you tell Prince Xun where he went?" A wealthy businessman named Li Yushu hurriedly asked.[.]

The guard looked at him and said, "You can ask about the prince's whereabouts if you don't know the rules at all?" After saying that, he ignored the few people and turned around and wanted to enter the garden.

Li Yushu also had dealing with local officials, so he naturally understood the principle of the seventh-rank official of the prime minister. He quickly pulled out a silver bill of five taels from his sleeve, rushed forward a few steps, and said with a smile: "June, we have something urgent, I hope June will help you pass it on." As he said that, he quietly sent the silver bill that was in his palm.

Unexpectedly, the guard didn't even eat this set and pushed the silver bill back, but his face improved a lot and said, "Prince Xun is not in the garden. Since there is an urgent matter, I'll leave the post. As soon as the prince returns to the garden, I will hand it over to you."

"I'm going to help you." Li Yushu hurriedly bowed and thanked him.

The news that several shareholders were rejected in Liuchunyuan quickly spread, and the shareholders were unable to tell whether Yinzhen was really not at home or avoided him. As a result, within half a day, the news spread in Shanghai County quickly that Prince Xun did not see the shareholders and did not accept withdrawals.

As soon as the news spread, the already panic-willed shareholders could tell the truth and fake. They were immediately frightened. Tang Degui from the Sand Boat Association was also shocked and suspicious after hearing the news. He immediately changed his mind and suspended the acquisition of shares on the grounds that there was not enough money.

In this way, it was like adding fuel to the fire. The shareholders suddenly felt deceived. At the beginning, they put on the sign of acquiring shares, but in order to stabilize them, the crowd no longer cared about their modesty and began to visit shareholders who were staying in Shanghai.

For a time, cars and sedans were coming and going between the various guild halls of Yangxing Street, which was extremely lively. However, at this moment, bad news came one after another from the port:

"The two major fleets of Liang family in Guangdong and Lin family in Fujian were robbed in the South China Sea, and the ship was destroyed and no one survived."

"The pirates in the East Sands of the South China Sea, "Big Mouth Shark, Luo Silin was wiped out by the Great Luzon fleet."

"The Great Luzon fleet is heading north, robbing wantonly, and not even letting go of fishing boats."

"The Greater Luzon fleet wants to seize Taiwan."

"The Great Luzon fleet is coming to rob Shanghai."

Shanghai's prosperity is based on maritime trade. Even ordinary people are extremely concerned about this news. People from all kinds of teahouses, wineries, guild halls, theaters, downtowns, and ports vividly describe the scene of the Great Luzon fleet killing and robbing in the South China Sea.

For a moment, the whole of Shanghai was panicked, and all the overseas merchants were worried. Not only were shareholders from other places, but even local shareholders from Shanghai were frightened and uneasy.

At the Fujian Quanzhang Association, more than 20 shareholders of the trading fleet gathered together. Director Lin Minsheng looked around everyone and cleared his throat and said, "All of you here are the owners of the Ocean Trade Fleet. At present, news from Nanyang is constantly changing day by day, chaotic and complicated, making it difficult to tell the truth about the truth. There is no wind or waves. The chaos in Nanyang is probably right in front of you.

We are not afraid of anything, but we are afraid of the chaos and the devastation of life. If the business road is cut off, we can only enjoy our grandchildren at home and live our lives. However, no matter how chaotic the world is, real money and silver cannot be fake. Your thoughts are just like the rest, and you all want to turn the shares in your hands into silver, and your heart is so clear.

But now we don’t know whether Prince Xun is at home or whether he will withdraw his shares. A boss has already gone to Liuchunyuan to submit a post to ask for a meeting, but after being turned away, Lin suggested that everyone wait at Liuchunyuan and wait for Prince Xun to give us a specific charter. What do you think?"

As soon as these words were finished, everyone was naturally applauding. Li Yushu also stood up and said loudly: "We invest one or two million. When encountering such a big change, Prince Xu must have a statement. You can't just collect money and ignore it. Everyone says no, right?"

Everyone immediately cheered and shouted: "What you said is reasonable, I will give you an explanation." "Let's go, let's go and stay in Chunyuan!"

A group of people took a car and a sedan chair, and rushed to Liuchunyuan all the way, which immediately caused a sensation in the county town of Shanghai. Seeing this, local shareholders in Shanghai were also hurriedly condemned people to inquire about the news.

On the street at the entrance of Liuchunyuan, a long carriage and sedan chair were lined up, and dozens of people squeezed at the entrance of Liuchunyuan, yelling to see Prince Heng.

Seeing this, the guards in the park immediately came out and shouted loudly: "No noise in front of the door! The prince is not in the garden, if you have any questions, you will be willing to wait, wait on both sides of the door. Those who make noise will be sent to the officials for punishment according to the law."

This voice immediately scared the shareholders. Everyone looked at the guard standing at the door like a nail. They felt timid and whispered to discuss the formation. They scattered on both sides of the gate and waited, posing as if they would not give up until they saw Yinzhen.

Yinzhen was indeed not in Liuchun Garden. He went out to sea with Yinxiang and Shi Shipiao to test the newly launched warship five days ago, and was on the way back to the voyage.

During this trial voyage, there were 26 large and small warships, and the naval cadets were all out. The first cadets have trained and operated warships for nearly half a year. They have been able to operate warships skillfully. More than 1,200 new sailors can also skillfully operate warships after nearly two months of training.

Only the second-level battleship, Nanhai No. 1, was a bit awkward in its control. After all, it lacked training before, but with Nanhai No. 1, it would be much stronger in the future.

It made Yinzhen feel relieved, yes, the naval cadets are quite familiar with the shooting of artillery on warships, and they are also very accurate. This is the result of his extensive live-fire training. He is now completely relieved of the navy's going to sea to suppress pirates. What the navy lacks at present is to see blood and fight a few battles, and it will be like that.

Yinxiang was not familiar with the navy, but was surprised by the shooting speed and accuracy of the artillery. Shi Shipiao was different. He was in the Guangdong Navy and Fujian Navy for many years. He had been rolling in the navy for most of his life. This time it was an eye-opener. Not only was this warship a large number of artillery, but the artillery fired quickly and accurately. Three hundred feet away, the shooting rate of the artillery can reach 80%. How could there be a chance for melee combat? What's even more terrifying is that the shooting speed of the artillery is almost twice as fast.

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly that the money spent by the Fourteenth Master was worth. Although the navy was still a little immature at the moment, he could guarantee that no navy in the Qing Dynasty was its opponent. When encountering this fleet, he could only get beaten, and he didn't even have the chance to escape. This fast sailing warship was indeed true, and he could catch up with the Clippers.

Two days later, Yinzhen led the fleet back to Shanghai. As soon as they docked at Honggang, they saw Wanyan Haifeng, Fang Bao and the others, with a solemn expression on their faces. Yinzhen couldn't help but feel sank. What big thing happened? Even if the shareholders of the Ocean Trade Fleet wanted to withdraw their shares collectively, they would not have arrived at Honggang. Look at the appearance of the two, they should have been waiting here long ago.

Yinzhen and Shi Shifei got off the boat, and two postmen came out of the crowd. After saluting, they handed over two military newspapers. When they saw that they were 800 miles of urgent reports, Yinzhen was puzzled and looked at the fire lacquer and hurriedly opened them. After seeing it, he couldn't help but be stunned.

The military newspaper was sent by the Guangdong Navy and Fujian Navy. "Thirty-five large and small warships of the Great Luzon Fleet fought fiercely with the Guangdong Navy in the Wanshan Islands. Deputy General Zhang Lu and General Lu Yujun were killed in battle. The Great Luzon Fleet was blocked on Lantau Island and turned north."

The Spanish fleet actually came to the door! Go north, where are their targets? Taiwan? Shanghai?

Yinzhen's face suddenly looked a little ugly. It was not because he was afraid of the Spanish fleet, but because history has changed. In my memory, Spain has never had a large-scale fleet to come to China.

It seems that it was Manila's massacre and the escape of the trade fleet that caused Manila to cut off trade. The Spanish fleet then headed north, not only to rob, but also to test the power of the Qing Dynasty's naval forces. The goal is likely to be Taiwan, occupy Taiwan, and establish a new stronghold for trade with the Qing Dynasty.

After reading the military newspaper, Shi Shipiao's face immediately turned pale. He served as an admiral for the Guangdong Navy and drew maps of the South China Sea, Dongsha, Xisha, Zhongsha, and Nansha Islands, and knew the sea area well.

The Wanshan Islands are outside the Lingdingyang and can be called the gate of Guangzhou. Although the battle report did not say victory or defeat, they were forced to the Lantau Fortress, and a deputy general and a general were killed. The victory or defeat was self-evident. But I don’t know how much the damage was. The Luzon fleet headed north, either to Taiwan or to Xiamen and Fujian Navy.

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, immediately reacted and said in a deep voice: "Wuge, immediately pick a fast sailing warship to make up for ammunition and provide all personnel. Depart in half an hour and send Shi Junmen back to Xiamen."

Wanyan Haifeng and others came up to greet each other. After getting up, he reported: "Mr. Fang reminded me that I have issued an order to the general managers of each factory to urgently transport various combat preparation materials to Honggang Warehouse.

"Not bad." Yinzhen nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "Prepare ammunition, grain and water for me. Let's set off tomorrow morning."

"Sir." Wanyan Haifeng bowed and replied.

Yinzhen turned around to Wuge and Yande and the other two said: "Tell the naval cadets that after this battle, the navy will officially establish an army. Tell them that the opportunity to be awarded titles and make meritorious service has come. Go back and prepare and set off early tomorrow morning!"

"Yes!" Wu Ge and Yande stood attentively and responded loudly.

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