Chen Tianhua glanced at Zheng Daoming with some surprise, and thought to himself: This man is not simple. Not only can he do things, he is also a first-rate shrewd person, and his reactions are quick. After a few words, he not only made himself like him.

, which made everyone present feel relaxed.

"The lower official has prepared wine and food in the county town for the commander-in-chief to wash his hands," Zheng Daoming said.

"Okay, let's go quickly. The weather on this island is too hot. Standing on the roadside will make everyone suffer. It's better to go into the city quickly and find a shady place to drink iced tea and fan to cool down."

Chen Tianhua laughed and jumped on the horse. Zheng Daoming and others also quickly got on the sedan and the carriage. They led the way and the group of people rushed towards the county seat.

…

Chen Tianhua's visit to Chongming in the name of Imperial Envoy was indeed a pretense. His real purpose was to make Chongming Island the second Meiguang Autonomous Region and to establish his own navy here. Although it was obviously for the sake of the country,

Qing Dynasty.

Speaking of the navy, there were four naval divisions in the Qing Dynasty. The earliest established Guangdong Navy, the most powerful Beiyang Navy, the Fujian Navy, and the last Nanyang Navy.

The Nanyang Navy is actually the Yangtze River Navy. Currently, the main bodies are Chongming Navy Admiral Nazan, who is anchored at the Yangtze River estuary on Chongming Island, and Li Cunzhi's Taihu Navy.

Chen Tianhua had a secret talk with Yuan Fang that night, and then went to Beijing to meet with the Minister of War, Tieliang, and the Prime Minister Yi Kuang. Finally, he invited the emperor to inspect Chongming in the name of the Right Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial Envoy.

Finally, he reached an agreement with Tie Liang to establish Chongming Island as an autonomous region, with Chen Tianhua serving as the governor. All income tax from the Chongming Autonomous Region would be invested in the newly constructed Yangtze River Fleet of the Navy.

The East China Sea has always been an important way to resist Japanese pirate invasion at sea.

The current Chongming Navy Admiral Nazan is a member of Prince Chun Zaifeng and is a relative of the royal family. Tie Liang's intention is of course to try to replace him with one of his own. Chen Tianhua expressed his willingness to be loyal to him, which is what he wants.

Tie Liang did not guess that Chen Tianhua had his own ideas. He had long wanted to create a powerful navy, or even a navy, and Tie Liang's idea hit it off with him. Why not do it after climbing along the pole for a while?!

Besides, Chongming Island is an important strategic location, even more important than the Meiguang Autonomous Region. It has experience and talent reserves in the construction of the Meiguang Autonomous Region, so it is easy to build Chongming.

Chen Tianhua and his entourage did not move into the backyard of the county government office that Zheng Daoming had cleaned up for him. Instead, they moved into the home of Cui Mingyi, the largest wealthy businessman in Chongming. This made the local officials and gentry extremely jealous of Cui Mingyi.

Judging from this attitude, Cui Mingyi has been in contact with Chen Tianhua and the others for a long time. Otherwise, at today's reception banquet, the imperial envoy would not be particularly polite to him, and even toasted him with a glass of wine.

Zheng Daoming and many squires were thinking this way in their hearts.

It seems that I have to make more friends with this Cui Mingyi from now on. With Chen Tianhua as my backer, this guy will not go sideways in Chongming in the future.

While secretly thinking about it, Zheng Daoming was somewhat confused. Cui Mingyi had suddenly become prosperous in the past few years and had purchased many properties in Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places.

As we all know, Cui Mingyi and his family started their business by processing sea salt. They are currently the largest salt merchants in Chongming. They are also a man of extraordinary ability in Chongming Island and even in Jiangsu and Shanghai. It is not unusual for him to be in contact with Chen Tianhua, a high-ranking official and businessman.

But as a businessman, why did he never inform his parents and officials even though he had such a big backer?

As long as he informs me, I will give him some face.

Chen Tianhua did not have time to pay attention to Zheng Daoming's confusion. After the reception banquet, according to inspection routine, he had to listen carefully to the performance reports of local officials.

But after he listened absently to Zheng Daoming's report, he hurriedly moved into Cui Mingyi's mansion, saying that he was dizzy and needed a rest. This made Zheng Daoming clearly realize that Chen Tianhua came to Chongming for a completely different purpose.

As for what it was for, since the imperial envoy didn't mention it, he wouldn't be stupid enough to find out on his own. As long as Chen Tianhua didn't come to make trouble for him, no matter what he did, it had nothing to do with him. He just had to do his job well.

Just a portion.

When he arrived at Cui Mingyi's manor house in Chongming, Chen Tianhua took a bath first, changed into silk and mended clothes, and after washing himself, he came to Xu Yunyuan's room feeling refreshed.

In addition to Xu Yunyuan, there is a stunning woman sitting in the room. Her name is Ye Mingyan. The Shanghai Work Office of the Military Counselor is in charge of Chongming. She is also Wang Qizheng's confidant and underground lover. Last time, she accompanied the Military Counselor Admiral Yuan Fang to visit Rose at night.

In addition to Wang Qizheng, there is her in the garden.

And Xu Yunyuan was looking through the stack of copywriting Ye Mingyan handed her.

After reading it carefully, Xu Yunyuan presented the copy to Chen Tianhua with both hands and said: "It is good to build a huge deep-water military port at the mouth of the Yangtze River, but the sea is rough and rough, so it requires careful exploration and design, and it also requires organizing experts to demonstrate. This is

It’s a costly and time-consuming chore.”

But Ye Mingyan smiled and said: "When the famous Snow Fox saw me in Cui Mingyi's manor, he knew that Mr. Chen and you are already confident."

"Well, Cui Mingyi is a big salt merchant in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. You know this. We in Meiguang Autonomous Region, as well as southern and western Jiangxi, as well as Daye and other places do not allow other people to sell salt. All imported salt will be traded.

Everything was handed over to him, and he would transport the salt from Chongming and hand it over to the autonomous region's government office. This is a separate business, so naturally he would work hard to curry favor with him," Chen Tianhua said.

"Since ancient times, salt has been a huge profit. There are many salt merchants in Chongming and Jiangsu, but your Excellency has given all the salt supplied to Fengzhong Enterprise Group to him. How can he not try to please you? I'm afraid this manor is also yours.

Is it in your name?"

Chen Tianhua smiled and said, "Then you guessed wrong. He gave this manor to Xuehu of the Military Investigation Department. From now on, it will become my official office."

Ye Mingyan raised her head and glanced at Xu Yunyuan next to her, who was looking at her with a smile.

Ye Mingyan couldn't help but feel startled in her heart. This Snow Fox was already famous in the espionage world. She seemed harmless to humans and animals, extremely beautiful, and her beauty could wash away the world. However, she was very thoughtful and powerful. She was only responsible for the military affairs.

After the Investigation Bureau, the expansion and methods in the past few years are enough to put many senior spies to shame and beyond their reach.

While they were talking, Cui Mingyi, who was summoned by Xu Yunyuan, arrived.

Looking at the man and two women in the room, Cui Mingyi looked humble. Although he was rich as a country, in the eyes of these powerful people, wealth without power protection was nothing. One word could make him go to heaven, and another word could make him go to heaven.
Chapter completed!