Aspirations for Nation and Beauty Chapter 7: Dingding Section 12 Southeast Journey (4)
From Yuhang Military Port to Zhuangyuan’ao Military Port and then to Quanzhou Military Port, Ling Tianfang’s trip to the southeast was almost non-stop. After staying in Yuhang for three days, Ling Tianfang threw away three officials from the staff department and planning department in his entourage. Let them be responsible for the preparatory work of the Atlantic Navy together with the local government, and he himself took a boat south along the coast to arrive at Zhuangyuan's Ao Military Port.
The city of Songjiang Prefecture is not facing the sea, and Yueqing Town, where Zhuangyuan’ao is located, has in fact assumed the obligation of the sea transportation gateway of Songjiang Prefecture to a certain extent, and Zhuangyuan’ao has always been the former Imperial River because of its unique geographical location. It is a supply base for the Chinese Army, but this time it has been upgraded to an alternate base for the First Standing Fleet. Compared with the ruins of the Yuhang Military Port, Zhuangyuan'ao can only be said to be Xiao Suo. It was originally not as spectacular as the Yuhang Military Port, and its status is not as important as the Yuhang Military Port. In fact, it can be said that it was abandoned, and even once It became a stronghold for maritime smuggling gangs and Japanese people to trade. It was not until Xijiang officially took over the entire Jiangnan, with the establishment of the local guard, that this place gradually became alive.
The city guard of Songjiang Mansion has not been finalized until Ling Tianfang left Hanzhong, there is still no suitable candidate. In fact, there are many candidates, but it is precisely because of too many candidates that His Royal Highness King Qin, who has always been decisive and resolute, also seems a little bit this time. Ling Tianfang didn't know whether it was his own over-sensitivity or it was true. There seemed to be some unharmonious noises in this wave of official appointments, although Ling Tianfang never liked to ask questions. These local government affairs, but as the director of the four major bureaus in Western Xinjiang, it is impossible for His Highness King Qin not to seek opinions from all parties before appointing these local officials, even if sometimes it is only on the surface. The ups and downs of the important man Bo Yuan seemed to be the result of all parties' fighting. As for what His Royal Highness King Qin's plan was to arrange him to serve as the city guard in Yuhang Mansion, probably only His Royal Highness Qin himself understood.
Songjiang is the leading mansion of the textile industry, whether it is cotton textile or silk reeling industry, it is a well-deserved number one mansion of the empire, and here is the base of the Hua family. linked to the problem of dystocia. But it is said that the Hua family seems to have some hopes to be selected from among the locals who are friendly to the Hua family, but this seems to have not been approved by His Royal Highness King Qin, so this position seems to be vacant all of a sudden, fortunately, he accompanied Ling Tianfang to inspect the champion The acting city guard of Ao's Songjiang Mansion seems to be quite capable, and he was able to repair the number one scholar Ao Haosheng during the few days he stayed in Yuhang Mansion. What a distraction.
Zhuangyuan Ao should be said to be a very good harbor. The ring-shaped bay is a natural sheltered harbor. The depth of any part of the bay is more than ten meters. This provides quite favorable conditions for berthing heavy and large ships. However, Songjiang Fucheng is not facing the sea and is inland, which makes it an excellent location. The conditions are useless, just a town of Yueqing is far from being able to support the popularity needed by a seaport, but now the champion Ao seems to have ushered in an opportunity, if it can become the fleet's backup and logistics base, the people here The status will rise rapidly, and even Yueqing Town will prosper all of a sudden.
The situation in Quanzhou is undoubtedly much better than that of Yuhang and Zhuangyuan Ao. When Situ Yuan left Quanzhou. The remnants of the Third Navy Fleet of the Empire are still stationed in the Quanzhou Military Port. In addition, under the wings of the Milan Navy, the Japanese dare not easily try to come here to challenge the Milan Navy. Quanzhou and the nearby Huludao military port will stay here.
After Situ Tai entered the south of the Yangtze River, the status of Quanzhou became more and more special. The Milanese garrison has been staying in Quanzhou, and Situ Tai seems to be closed to the current situation of Quanzhou in order not to anger the Milanese. By closing one eye and adopting an attitude of not caring about the safety of each other, Quanzhou has in fact become a semi-independent state.
Although the Milanese did not intervene in the specific administrative affairs of Quanzhou Prefecture, they were actually exerting a huge influence, gradually bringing Quanzhou into Milan's sphere of influence. Situ Tai had no time to take care of it, but when he saw that this trend was gradually approaching his goal, he was disrupted by the sudden drastic changes in the entire Jiangnan situation, and that's why the business class in Quanzhou Prefecture had just been brought under the rule of Xijiang in Jiangnan Then a statement popped up. However, the people of Milan are very good at judging the situation. They are keenly aware that Li Wufeng is not Situ Tai, and he will not tolerate anything that should belong to him to belong to others. Therefore, after the businessmen in Quanzhou quickly realized the problem and corrected their statement, the people of Milan also expressed their attitude that they had no intention of Quanzhou.
However, Quanzhou still seems to be closely watched by the security department. A cleansing made many people realize that behind the generosity of His Highness King Qin, there seemed to be some untouchable hidden scales, but the new city guard, Wu Yaohan, seemed to be He is a tough-faced Hades-type character. At the welcome reception held by the local business community, he not only encouraged the development of business and shipping, but also warned all businessmen not to forget their respective identities. Once the bottom line is exceeded, then The consequences will also be extremely serious, and this will let everyone in Quanzhou know that the new city guard is a cruel and dark-faced troublesome figure.
However, Ling Tianfang is very familiar with this Wu Yaohan. He was transferred from the northwest frontier to the southeastern famous city. Ling Tianfang naturally knew that this guy was a loyal subordinate of His Royal Highness King Qin. deep meaning.
There are still two large warships and a dozen small and medium-sized warships left in the Empire's Third Navy Fleet. Although they are all in dilapidated condition, Ling Tianfang knows that these guys can be put into use as long as they are well repaired. , at least it is much more convenient than waiting for the new ship in the shipyard to leave the factory. The Quanzhou military port is also much better than imagined, at least it has maintained the state of the original Situ Yuan period. It is said that there are many Milan Navy ships that often come and go in and out of this military port, but now there is no one I can't see it. It should be that after Xijiang took over the control of Jiangnan, the Milanese disappeared.
Huludao Military Port is not too far from Quanzhou Military Port. From Quanzhou Military Port to the southeast, you can reach Huludao Military Port by sea in one day. This is an important island in the Northern Pearl Islands. It came on a long-term lease from the Kingdom of Milan, an ally at the time. Because the relationship between the two countries was in the best honeymoon period in history at that time, the conditions for all aspects were relaxed when signing the lease treaty. Except for Huludao Island, there are also The two small islands next to it were leased to the Tanghe Empire together, and the lease did not specify when the lease would expire, only that it was decided by the joint cooperation between the two countries. During the last trip to the three countries by the foreign ministry, the Milanese proposed the idea of taking back the Huludao military port, but they did not win the approval of Xijiang. Attention, this was indeed a success at the time, but with the irreversible trend of unifying the empire in Western Xinjiang, it is difficult to predict whether the Milanese will have any other ideas.
The situation in Huludao Military Port is better than that of Quanzhou Military Port. It almost maintains the situation when the navy was stationed in the Empire era. There are also five or six small and medium-sized ships here, and the conditions are not satisfactory. In addition, the ground support of the base There are still hundreds of personnel, but this number of people seems too deserted in the huge Huludao military port. Ling Tianfang carefully looked at the facilities in the Huludao military port. The two docks for repairing ships look like It is still quite complete, and the pier is also very tidy. Although the two medium-sized warships and four small military ships look old, they are very energetic. The sailors and sailors are arranged in a neat formation on the pier The Xijiang officials lined up to greet the arrival. The Shuanglong Xizhu flag on the flagpole had already been removed and replaced with a Jinpeng flag.
"Huh?" Although Ling Tianfang was more focused on the facilities in the military port and the state of the navy soldiers~IndoMTL.com~, he still clearly heard the surprise from Lei Cangpu next to him. Uncertain voice.
Lei Cangpu just rushed from the South China Sea to Quanzhou to meet Ling Tianfang. As the commander of the navy, the burden on his shoulders has also been increased. All of a sudden, he was put on the heavy task of rebuilding the Great Eastern Navy. Even though Lei Cangpu was so energetic, he felt a little overwhelmed. The few capable subordinates he brought out from the Changfeng Society were scattered among various departments. However, it is not so simple to form a navy. In addition to a large number of hardware foundations, more importantly, a large number of officers who are familiar with the navy and understand the navy are needed to take on the heavy responsibility. There are too few people who are passable and proficient in ship skills and have a certain level of management. After careful screening, they can't find a few suitable candidates. It would be too embarrassing for them to take on the task of building a brand new navy with myself.
His Royal Highness Qin ordered him to rush from the South China Sea to the south of the Yangtze River, ordering himself to take on the important task of forming the Great Eastern Navy in a short period of time. This almost drove Lei Cangpu crazy. Let him be stretched, and now he has to rebuild a poor and white Atlantic Navy. Isn't this intentional to make things difficult for others? Jiangshan Beauty Chronicle, Part 2, Swallowing Thousands of Miles, Chapter 7, Dingding, Section 12, Journey to the Southeast (4)