After returning to Naha from Nanshan, Zhao Yanhao called for Wang Dabeard - this man who had defected to the Senate in the early days and made outstanding achievements in the Battle of Juhua Island and other places before boarding the Yingzhou first mate, now became the Yangbo
Captain. Although in terms of qualifications, Xu Liang could not compare with him, but after all, he had never been to Ryukyu before, so he was not a commander, and he was always responsible for watching the ship. In short, his reputation was greatly reduced.
The reason why Zhao Yanhao wanted to call Wang Dabeard here was because the cabinet received a telegram and wanted to send new gunboats to escort the "Zhongshan Pacifier of the Song Dynasty" to Ryukyu to take office. Therefore, there was no point in leaving too many warships in Ryukyu, so he issued an order.
Ordered the Yangbo to return to Lingao first.
"The typhoon season is coming soon, so we must safely drive the Yangbo back to Lingao. The tragedy of the Nongchao is a typical counterexample. The Ministry of the Navy has issued and returned the document several times. Lao Wang, you must have read it.
"Xu Liang took Wang Dabeard's hand and instructed.
"That's no problem," Wang Bearded took out his hand, patted his chest and said, "You can rest assured while I'm doing the work."
After sending off the Yangbo, Zhao Yanhao immediately began to prepare for the welcome ceremony of the "Zhongshan Comfort Envoy of the Song Dynasty". In addition to the cadres who continued to preside over the construction work in Beishan, basically all naturalized cadres and soldiers were summoned
Get up and prepare for the work ahead.
The so-called Nakayama pacifier is essentially the ambassador to Ryukyu. However, since the sect-vassal system has been continued, the title of ambassador cannot show the "prestige of the country", so it must be changed to such a grand name.
From Ryukyu's point of view, this is nothing more than another "implementation in the domain". However, the work of the Senate granting "Nakayama Appeasement Envoy" is much more complicated.
Building and operating commercial halls, and then expanding them into "concessions"; promoting local sulfur and seafood production and trade... These are just a small part of the entire task. The more important task is "educational" work. In other words,
Expand the influence of the Senate in language, writing, culture and many other aspects here. At the same time, reserve a group of talents for future work with Japan in Ryukyu. Ryukyu is deeply influenced by Japan, and there are many people who are both Japanese and Chinese. In the future
When conquering Japan, their participation and assistance are indispensable.
Not to mention that it would take at least two or three years just to build a commercial building and renovate the streets. Let Jiang Yuanzhi do this laborious work.
He wrote this eloquent plan, but he didn't have the patience to implement all the contents in the plan. After he was canonized, he ran away. After that, he could go to Japan to continue to intervene, and the Shimabara Rebellion was not that far away.
years...
Zhao Yanhao lived a leisurely life of "traveling" in Ryukyu, and from time to time he had "in-depth exchanges" with Ryukyu girls who were sent to serve the angels - he has thought about it now, and some people in the Senate can't stand it.
So what? It’s better to have fun as soon as possible, lest the naturalized cadres and local Ryukyu officials think they have “that aspect” problems. This can seriously affect the dignity of the Senate.
At the same time, he did not forget to get down to business. That was to make preparations to build an "embassy" in Naha. Although the conditions of the embassy were good, Zhao Yanhao still felt that the limitations were too great and could not meet the life and work needs of the elders.
So someone came forward to negotiate, and a piece of land was occupied on the beach of Naha to build a formal "Song Dynasty Embassy". After all, the Yuntian Commercial Building was located in Kitayama, too far away from the central government of Ryukyu, which was not conducive to timely understanding of the situation and
Carry out work with Ryukyu government and opposition parties.
Naturally, the Ryukyu side would not refuse his request. After communicating with the Sanfa Division, they immediately decided to let him select a suitable piece of land.
The official name of this "embassy" is "Zhongshan Pacifying Envoy Office of the Yuan of the Song Dynasty". Compared with the commercial embassy in Yuntian Port, it is mainly a "facade" that serves as a communication bridge. Therefore, the scale does not need to be too large.
It is big, and the building does not need to be too grand. But it must be comfortable enough - after all, it needs to receive the elders who come to Naha. It must also have certain "cultural functions".
Therefore, in addition to the necessary office and accommodation spaces, the concept map of the office he designed also has a "banquet hall" that can double as a small theater; a small library with a teaching function and a collection of 3,000 books; in addition,
He is also planning to build a "garden villa" with a mixture of Chinese and Western styles to entertain Ryukyu dignitaries and businessmen, in order to spread the "Australian way of life". This is a trick they have tried repeatedly in their foreign exchanges.
Zhao Yanhao did not bring any construction workers or technicians, but there were many skilled craftsmen in Ryukyu, and they were fully capable of building any Japanese or Chinese-style buildings. However, the concept drawings he drew were purely "modern buildings." To build
This type of building must have architects and technicians trained by the Senate themselves to provide on-site guidance. Zhao Yanhao did not have this ability. After much thought, he decided to hire local craftsmen to complete basic work such as the leveling of the foundation and surrounding walls.
Prepare materials at the same time.
Ryukyu does not produce bricks and tiles, and building materials mostly use wood and stone. Although these are not difficult to find, there are no specialized local construction merchants, and the mining and transportation of large quantities of building materials actually need to be negotiated with the Ryukyu court.
With such busy work, it soon came to the day when the fleet arrived. Zhao Yanhao specially changed into a cadre uniform, followed by a group of naturalized cadres and guards. He arrived at the dock in Naha early in the morning, preparing to welcome the new seniors.
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Along with them, preparing to welcome the pacifier, there were the Ryukyu officials headed by Prince Naofumi of Nakajo. At Zhao Yanhao's suggestion, the Ryukyu officers not only held colorful flags, but also held up several banners with the words "
Warmly welcome all the leaders of the Song Dynasty to come for guidance", "The glory of the Senate shines in all directions" and other slogans. These were all written under his guidance.
Hundreds of boats were also prepared in the harbor. As soon as the ships of the Senate appeared, these hundreds of boats would set off at the same time, just like the last time they welcomed Zhao Yanhao, to welcome the newly arrived senators.
Although they were fully prepared, the waiting time was really long. Zhao Yanhao spent a long time looking through the telescope. It was almost noon, and there was no trace of the Type 901 battleship or the H800 at the end of the sea level. He took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead.
Sweating on his face, he saw all the Ryukyu officials, all of whom were dressed in particularly formal clothes. They were already dripping with sweat. He reluctantly handed the telescope to Xu Liang and called to Zheng Jue, who had just returned from vacation, and asked him to
Tell the Ryukyu officials to rest in the shade first.
The group of people walked to the nearby Ying'en Pavilion and sat down to rest. The location of Ying'en Pavilion was very good, facing the sea. Zhao Yanhao didn't care about his image, sat down on the stone pier, and untied a few ties on his tunic suit.
Zhao Kui quickly handed over a gold-gold fan produced in Ryukyu. Zhao Yanhao took the fan and started shaking it.
"Xiao Zheng, how are you going home to visit relatives these days?"
Zheng Jue smiled and said: "Chief, as you asked, I must be the whole family gathering together to share family happiness."
"Huh? Is that true?" Zhao Yanhao asked meaningfully.
Seeing Li Renjun sitting next to him winking constantly, Zheng Jue laughed "haha" twice: "To be honest, I went back to Naha for a few days..."
"Tell me the truth, what bad things did you do when you returned to Naha?" Zhao Yanhao said with a smirk on his face.
"Uh... Well, this is actually..." Zheng Jue saw that the paper could not contain his anger, so he simply said: "I went to find my sweetheart Zhong Renli (the girl from the brothel). Under the glory of the Senate, I
Successfully transformed into a conscientious cadre of the Senate and the people. Didn’t Confucius say that hanging around without going home and showing off to the girls you know is like walking in fine clothes at night..."
"Huh? Which plane are you from, Confucius? He never said such a thing. If you ask me, this is what I said!" Zhao Yanhao smiled helplessly, shook his head, picked up the teacup and said, "
It’s not like I don’t understand the needs of gay men, so why didn’t you say hello in advance? And you seem to have more than one or two lovers there, okay? Why didn’t you say hello?”
Li Renjun was also nearby and said with a serious face: "The chief is right, why don't you introduce them to the chief?"
"Huh?" Zhao Yanhao almost spit out a sip of herbal tea and scolded with a smile: "Xiao Li, Xiao Li, I didn't expect that on the surface you seem quite serious, but secretly you are such a person."
Zheng Jue saw that Zhao Yanhao was not angry, so he deliberately smiled and said: "I deeply apologize for not informing the chief about this matter. I will never dare to do it again next time. I just don't know which comrade betrayed me."
Understand?"
"What? Are you still planning to retaliate against him in kind?"
"I don't dare!" Zheng Jue said, "I just thought that when I go there again in the future, I must take him with me to prevent him from gossiping behind my back."
"Haha, okay. However, the person who reported this is not one of our cadres, but you must be familiar with this person," Zhao Yanhao said with a smile, "Of course he is Mr. Yun Shang, a relative of Hucheng."
"Ah?" The smile on Zheng Jue's face suddenly froze.
"Mr. Zheng came to my place two days ago and complained for a long time. He said that after you went back, you were nowhere to go home every day. He also said that when he passed by the tourist shops in Naha, he would see you nine times out of ten. He must have been there.
There it is.”
"Ah? Come to think of it, he wanted me one more time, so why did he scold me..." Zheng Jue muttered in a low voice.
When Zhao Yanhao was about to complain about what kind of family inheritance this was, Xu Liang, who was standing aside, suddenly shouted with a telescope: "Chief! Chief! There is a sail on the sea level! It seems to be a Type 901 gunboat!"
"Are you sure?" Zhao Yanhao suddenly became energetic.
Xu Liang confirmed again carefully, "OK! It seems to be the waiting number."
"Let me take a look," Zhao Yanhao said in a shocked voice, then took the telescope and looked at it, "It seems that this is indeed Lao Lu's ship. Xiao Zheng, go and inform the princes in Zhongcheng and they are ready."