On the 22nd day of the first lunar month of the 52nd year of the Kangxi reign, officials from various local yamen who had taken a full month of annual leave rushed back to the office to do business. ~~

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In addition to the Wendeng County, Shandong Province, Wu Ge, who was actually appointed as the deputy general, stood in front in a naval uniform with pens, behind him were more than a dozen naval generals with the same military uniform, and next to him were the Weihai Guards and the following military officers, Wendeng County Magistrate and several local gentry surnamed Lu, all of them stood in the cold wind and were waiting silently...

Seeing that Wu Ge did not speak, the naval generals were silent. The officials waiting together were too different in grades and did not dare to chat. The gentry surnamed Lu didn't say anything, and the scene seemed very dull.

Yesterday, Wu Ge received a message from the guards from the front station. Today, the Fourteenth Master, the Thirteenth Master and the Thirteenth Master will arrive at Weihaiwei. Therefore, everyone rushed to the north to welcome him.

Yinzhen would come to Weihaiwei, but Wu Ge unexpectedly expected that he led his team to Weihaiwei to train troops to avoid the freezing period of the Bohai Sea. The Fourteenth Master came here specially, not just to visit them. It might be that he was taking the opportunity to inspect the situation of Weihaiwei Port. This place is not frozen in winter and is close to Tianjin, so it is a good military port.

However, he was not thinking about this problem at this time. He chatted with the escort of the Fourteenth Master yesterday, and then he learned that the imagined Battle of the South China Sea would not happen. The court has decided to expedition to Europe, America, Tianjin and Shanghai this summer.

Wu Ge still hasn't figured it out that the Battle of the South China Sea was a fight, and he had to fight with all his strength. Even if he brought the new trainees who had only been trained for a year to the battlefield, he had no complaints.

But when he took these new students who had only been training for a year to go to the expedition to Europe, he was a little confused. Expeditions across tens of thousands of miles were not a joke. I wonder what the Fourteenth Master thought? I wonder how many people would come back in the end when these new students went to Europe.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh. Since he officially took over the Tianjin Naval Academy in June last year, he had almost never rested for ten thousand new students and was breathless by his training. Everything was for the upcoming Battle of the South China Sea. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be an expedition to Europe in a blink of an eye...

"General Wu, the dean and the others have arrived." A navy general stepped forward and whispered.

Wu Ge looked up and saw that, sure enough, the vanguard of cavalry had already appeared from afar, Wu Ge hurriedly subconsciously put his military uniform, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Check the military appearance between each other."

A group of naval generals were busy checking the military appearance, but Hu Min, the garrison guard of Weihai Guard, and several military officers under him, were envious of the navy. The navy was too rich, and he saw it every time.

I won’t say that they are training hard, but this military uniform is so enviable. It is not only warm but also so arrogant no matter how you look at it. Especially this coat, compared with them, their number jacket is simply worn by the name of Huāzi. They are all soldiers, and they are all soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. The gap is so big, and what’s even more depressing is that their salary is so high that it is scary.

Yinzhen did not follow the brigade, but followed the Thirteenth Yinxiang and the other two. The cavalry team arrived at the entrance of the city in a blink of an eye. When they saw Wu Ge and other naval generals waiting for the roadside, they stopped.

When Wu Ge saw this, he shouted loudly: "Salute"

Yinzhen rode on the horse with great satisfaction and looked at a group of jing-like naval generals, nodded as a return gift, and then jumped off the horse. Seeing this situation, the Weihai Guards, Wendeng County Magistrate and a group of military officers and gentry, quickly knelt down and bowed to the Saint An Yinzhen, then he realized that he also had the identity of an imperial envoy. He smiled and said to everyone: "Relying on the back, go to the city to perform the ceremony again."

As he said that, he turned around and said to Wu Ge and his people: "Why are you wearing a military uniform to welcome the imperial envoy? This military uniform kneeling on the ground is a detriment to your image."

Wu Ge first saluted Yinxiang who was following him, and then said embarrassedly: "It's all because of the bad thoughts. I didn't expect that in this place, I would have to welcome the imperial envoy, and the official uniforms were all in Tianjin."

"Haha, it's not right for me to blame me for coming?" Yinzhen chuckled.

Wu Ge hurriedly stood attentively and said, "I dare not."

"Let's go to the city first." Yinzhen said with a smile.

As soon as he entered Weihai Acropolis, Yinzhen frowned. This was simply a siege, and it could be called a city? It was too small. He was followed by six or seven thousand Spanish prisoners, and camping at night was a big problem.

The group entered the Weihai Guard Guard Garage Office, which had been vacated, and as soon as they sat down, Yinzhen asked: "Have the sand ships in Shanghai arrived?"

"Returning to the dean, it arrived the day before yesterday, and there were a total of 112 ships." Wu Ge replied respectfully.

When Yinzhen heard that the ship had arrived, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He squeezed tonight for one night and boarded the ship early tomorrow morning. There was no big problem. He reached out to signal Wu Ge to sit down and asked, "This place,

Can you keep up with food?"

After sitting down, Wu Ge still stood up straight and said, "It's worse than Tianjin, but there are a lot of frozen fish and shrimps."

It’s good to have fish and shrimps, Yinzhen continued to ask: “What’s the situation of training?”

"This group of students has high quality, and their teams and live ammunition strikes are good, but it is difficult to get started in a short period of time." Speaking of this, Wu Ge hesitated and continued: "Dean, please say bluntly that this group of new students' expedition to Europe and America is too risky. Can it be delayed for another year?"

"Yes, dare to speak out." Yinzhen nodded and said, "I know the risk is extremely high, but I can't wait, nor can I wait. As soon as the expedition is one year, the Qing Dynasty may have several years or even ten years of development." As he said that, he explained the situation in Europe and the purpose of going to Europe.

When he heard that the expedition to Europe was so important, Wu Ge immediately stood up and saluted, saying, "I am so ashamed that I am so short-sighted. I would like to ask the dean to punish me."

"You don't know what the crime is like in Europe?" Yinzhen reached out to sit down and asked, "Is the news of the Americas spreading when the expedition to Europe?"

"No, the price is worried about causing panic, so I dare not mention it to anyone." Wu Ge said in a deep voice.

Yinxiang nodded in admiration, but thought to himself that the verbal guard would be in trouble.

After hearing this, Yinzhen was shocked. These new students had basically never traveled far away. Not to mention forty thousand miles, four thousand miles were enough to scare them. As soon as the news spread, there was no possibility of mutiny. He said a little bit, "All new students. When they heard that they had been expeditioning forty thousand miles, they would inevitably panic. Let's suppress the news first." Speaking of this, he turned to Yinxiang and said, "Thirteenth Brother, go deal with the officials and gentry. In addition, they will prepare to order fish and shrimp for the Spaniards, and then call Angel and Carlos."

When Yinxiang left, Yinzhen shouted to the outside world: "Call Dachun in."

Upon hearing the news, Dachun hurried over, "Master, what are the instructions?"

Yinzhen ordered in a deep voice: "Separate all the guards and guards from the navy, and stay with the guards for the time being with them for the time being. We are not allowed to expose the military situation of the expedition to Europe and America."

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