The autumn rain finally drizzled. In the autumn of 1871, that is, the autumn of the tenth year of Tongzhi, the Mawei Shipyard held a grand farewell ceremony, and 100,000 Fujian soldiers and civilians knelt down to send Emperor Tongzhi and the new imperial army north.

Emperor Tongzhi only stayed in Fujian for a week, but the pattern of the entire Fujian changed. First, he comforted the New Army and caused a storm. Emperor Tongzhi, who learned from his mistakes, issued an order to Shen Baozhen, asking him to immediately introduce advanced banks in Fuzhou to improve the entire Fujian financial system.

At the same time, Emperor Tongzhi also exempted all the Imperial Army families from taxes for ten years and ordinary people for one year. As soon as such good policies were introduced, the entire public opinion was in an uproar, and the praise of Long Live the waters spread throughout Fujian, and even half of the south of the Yangtze River caused a sensation.

Mawei Shipyard soon reached a preliminary agreement with the Asia President of Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong, who came to the news. The UK injected one million pounds in advance to help Mawei introduce the latest shipbuilding equipment, dig deep, widen dry docks, and improve the production capacity of Mawei Shipyard.

Not only British bankers, but many foreign merchants who came to hear the news also came here to try their luck. Although they were not qualified to meet Emperor Tongzhi, they were still able to get some high-quality orders from Shen Baozhen.

Under the secret instruction of Emperor Tongzhi, with the Mawei Shipyard as the core, a small industrial special zone belonging to Emperor Tongzhi himself has appeared on the design drawings.

After suffering the loss of the bank promissory note exchange storm before, the young emperor finally realized that governing the country is not something you can do as you wish, and the higher your status, the more you have to follow the steps.

It is not possible to have a sudden attack on a whim, because your identity is too large and your influence is too wide. A little careless will make people feel uneasy.

So before he set out from Ponytail, he had already sent a detailed time schedule to Shanghai and Beijing. This time he would not investigate the sudden attack.

During this week, Hong Kong and Shanghai sent almost all their steamships, and rushed towards the ponytail with whip. Thirty thousand imperial guards were going north from the sea. With the technology and scale of the steamships at that time, this would be a very large fleet.

Even if a ship can fill up a thousand people, it will require thirty steamships, not to mention that many small-tonnage steamships are loaded with only six or seven hundred people.

Zaichun could not take all the soldiers away at once. He could only select the ten most reliable steamships first, and selected eight thousand tigers to accompany him all the way north.

When the imperial guard left the Minjiangkou, 100,000 people on both sides of the river knelt down to send the Holy Emperor. After only one year's tax exemption, the people of Fujian were moved to howling and crying.

"I wish to send you to Beijing for a long time... Long live! Long live! Long live!"

The Minjiang River Estuary gathers thousands of sails, and all European seaship groups honked their whistles to see the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty heading north!

When he returned to his country, Emperor Tongzhi's influence suddenly expanded. The officials along the coastline prepared the fast ship early, knowing that the emperor would not stay in his prefectures, but they could not miss this good opportunity to flatter.

Officials of all sizes all brought tributes to worship Emperor Tongzhi from the sea. In order to say hello to these local officials, the entire fleet speed was minimized.

From Fujian to Shanghai, the British have seen the bone-burning worship of imperial power by the Chinese!

How many officials vomited and diarrhea while jogging on the sea for three days, so they kowtowed to the emperor from a distance!

Once the warship with the dragon flag appeared in the sight of Qing officials and civilians, everyone could not bow down to the whole sea and shouted loudly.

There are countless local wealthy businessmen who know that there is no benefit, but they only bring countless local special products and even real gold and silver antique calligraphy and paintings to the emperor.

Many times, these treasures are sent to Emperor Tongzhi, but the little emperor doesn’t know who gave them to him!

Imperial power is like a huge magnet, attracting the attention of the entire empire!

Gradually, Zai Chun felt a little, and he slowly returned to his identity as the Lord of Nine Five. Standing at the bow of the boat and watching Wan Min kneeling, he was not so moved. Only when he saw the eight thousand imperial new army accompanying him could Ermao see the hot emotions in his eyes.

"How long will it take to arrive in Shanghai?" Zaichun waved his hands at the merchant ships on the sea, and countless fishermen were devoutly offering the freshest seafood to the emperor.

"The speed is too slow. I asked the British, and it will take the end of the month to arrive in Shanghai as such..." Ermao smiled and said, "Shanghai has already called back. Almost all senior officials of the fourth rank and above in Jiangnan are gathering in Shanghai!"

"Prince Chun from Beijing and Lord Weng's welcome team also set off from Dagukou, riding the fastest steamship..."

"Let's go and go until the end of the year! It's almost time to be able to eat dumplings from the Forbidden City during the Spring Festival!"

"I don't know when the master will return to China... Will the master come to my ritual in the future?"

"The head of state left late... But we encountered continuous storms on the road, and we were delayed too much time in the Indian Ocean... I guess it would be good to be able to enter the South China Sea during the Spring Festival!"

"When you arrive in the South China Sea, the head of state will definitely go to Luzon, Borneo and even Annan... It's hard to say whether you can go back to Beijing next year!"

Zaichun's face suddenly became bitter. Deep down, he really hoped that Xiao Letian could attend his wedding and the ceremony of power, and there were very complicated emotions in it.

In recent years, Xiao Letian has completely filled the vacancy of the father position in Emperor Tongzhi's mind. He said he was a teacher, but Zaichun really treated Xiao Letian as half of his father.

It would be unreasonable to have Xiao Letian missing!

On the other hand, it was also the panic in his heart. He knew that his journey to rule would definitely not be smooth. He was no longer the son emperor who had no market in the past.

He was Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty who had truly seen strong winds and waves, snow, rain, wind and frost, and had a very clear understanding of the cruelty of the political struggle!

No one will willingly give up his power. If you take power, you may have many accidents. If there is a master behind you, you will be afraid of nothing!

"Ermao... How many soldiers do you think there are in Xishan Camp? Will my emperor's uncle really give me the power?"

There is really no way to talk about this topic, and Ermao can't answer. The two of them were silent while blowing the sea breeze. At this moment, the British army's watchman suddenly started shouting on the watchtower.

This chaos attracted Zai Chun's attention and successfully changed the topic.

"The fleet was discovered in the south that was quickly approaching...the visual inspection sailing warships...the speed was between 12 and 14 knots..."

When the British army heard that it was a sail warship, they did not panic, but made various preparations step by step. Only at this moment can they see the elite of the British Royal Navy.

All departments have raised their alert levels in an orderly manner, and all soldiers know what they are going to do, without a single nonsense, only actions.

Because Emperor Tongzhi's fleet was extremely slow, the warship later took only half an hour to catch up. When the lookout saw the Chinese military flag fluttering fiercely, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's the Ryukyu navy... two sail cruisers escorted three clippers... a total of five speeds of thirteen knots!"

"Look... They sent flags... Long live the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty!"

"The alarm is lifted... It is the Ryukyu Navy... The alarm is lifted..."
Chapter completed!