The defeat of the Sino-Japanese War did not fundamentally shake the foundation of the Han bureaucracy of the Westernization faction. After the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Qing government was in extreme financial difficulties, but the Westernization faction still used funds from the treasury to purchase from foreign countries, including "Haiqi" and "Haitian".
"A series of ships including two ships.
By 1900, the Chinese navy still had considerable combat power. Although there was no longer a giant Mengchong ship that could shake the entire Asia, the fleet composed of five newly built cruisers as the core could be regarded as a naval combat force that could fight.
Because of this, when Italy attempted to forcefully lease Sanmen Bay in 1899, the Qing government was able to confront it head-on and send a naval fleet to attack on the high seas against the Italian Far East Fleet, thereby achieving one of the few diplomatic victories in the late Qing Dynasty's diplomatic history.
It is a pity that this new naval fleet did not wait to perform meritorious service on the battlefield of defending the country, but it was involved in the abyss of warlord melee, and finally ended up blocking the river in Jiangyin, Jiangsu and scuttling, blocking the waterway and hindering the Japanese fleet.
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How sad!
Now Lin Youde, using the title of Minister of the Navy, has this fleet in his hands, and he vows to never let them encounter the miserable situation of the last time and space.
On the morning of October 20, 1900, the day of Lin Youde's wedding, the newly formed High Seas Fleet of the Chinese Navy lined up outside Subic Bay. The five newly purchased sea warships were flying in the still hot and humid wind in the late autumn of Southeast Asia.
In addition to the two 6,000-ton cruisers that Lin Youde bought from the Americans, the seven cruisers had a neat military appearance and were surrounded by more than a dozen destroyers and wooden-hulled gunboats. They actually had a little bit of power.
Coupled with the French Far East Fleet and the U.S. Pacific Fleet that came to join in the fun, the sea outside Subic Bay was lined with masts. Although it was not as grand as when the Queen of the British Empire visited, it was still quite spectacular.
Especially Theodore Roosevelt. At this time, due to Lin Youde's strong support, he did not become McKinley's deputy to help McKinley organize a team to participate in the election as historically. Instead, he was directly elected as the Republican presidential candidate to participate in the election.
War. Seeing that the vote was about to take place, Roosevelt could not spare the time to congratulate Lin Youde on his marriage in person. However, in order to show his "deep friendship" with Lin Youde, he specifically entrusted Dewey to lead a fleet with the three largest battleships in the U.S. Navy as the core.
Come to congratulate.
On the morning of the 20th, Lin Youde, dressed in military uniform, boarded the Fuxing No. 1, the first wooden-hulled steamship produced by Helang Yabo, and began to review the fleet. Naturally, on his right was his fiancée and bodyguard Josephine, and on his left a little further back was
It was Lin Guoxiang, the commander of the naval fleet. A little behind him were Du Qifeng, Linji's general manager, and Ba Nie Xueqiu, who represented all the Japanese overseas Chinese in Horang Yabo who attended the ceremony. They were responsible for the defense of the entire place and were cruising in the air on wooden-hulled boats.
As soon as the ship left the breakwater of the Subic Bay naval port, the French and US military liaison boats came up. The commander of the French Far East Fleet and Shenji, who succeeded Josephine as the commander of the Indochina Expedition of the Knights of Roland, and the commander of the US Fleet
Admiral Dewey and the leader of the shipborne Shenji Regiment boarded the ship one after another.
Old man Dewey was in high spirits. When he saw Lin Youde, he hugged him directly, and then kissed Josephine's outstretched hand respectfully. The leader of the Shenji Regiment of the US fleet was a small man. He didn't have the aura of a blond Yangma at all, only that
The pair of sly eyes are very impressive.
The French side was surprisingly reserved. Lin Youde, the commander of the French Far East Fleet, had met him several times before. He was a guy who couldn't compete with the legendary French romance, and the goddess he brought had a cocky nose.
They looked like they were looking down on all living beings. The two of them started talking with nothing new in social rhetoric, which was very boring.
"In France, most of the high-ranking knights are like that," Josephine whispered in Lin Youde's ear, "I am quite an outlier."….
"I see."
The review went very smoothly, and Lin Youde had become addicted to military parades. You will never know this feeling unless you experience it yourself. No wonder leaders at home and abroad, both tyrants and wise monarchs, all like military parades.
It is a kind of complacency in having great power, a kind of heroic spirit of guiding the country, and a kind of joy of dominating others.
All in all, this feeling is intoxicating.
"Military parades are indeed the easiest activity for people to get lost in power."
Josephine's whisper came from beside him, which surprised Lin Youde, but the girl's next words made him feel like hugging her and kissing her wildly on such a solemn occasion. She said: "But from today on, I am yours."
My wife, I will never let you get lost in the temptation of power."
The girl paused and added: "Miss Ba will definitely not sit idly by and do nothing. So just let it go and move on. If you make a mistake, we will correct it."
"What will you do if I become a tyrant?" At this time, because most of the guests followed the rules and stood far away to highlight the dignity of the host, Lin Youde felt free to argue with his wife boldly.
"If that really happens, I will stand against you and overthrow you... I want to say this, and it is the only way to say it that is reasonable and just. However, that is really too difficult." Josephine
Looking at Lin Youde, his smile was gentle and moving, "That's why I will extinguish you as soon as you show signs of becoming a tyrant."
Lin Youde's mood at this time was very indescribable. In the past year since their engagement, he and Josephine could say that they had seen each other day and night, and they both said that "love grows over time." Although Lin Youde had not yet met Josephine, there was no doubt that love was born (
I seem to have made a mistake on something very important, so I won’t care - author’s note).
It seems that Josephine is similar in this regard. The two people who originally just admired and admired each other have now completed the process of first getting engaged and then falling in love, becoming true lovers. Now, the two are about to live together in the world - at least half of them.
With the world watching, they completed the final ceremony and became husband and wife.
**
The wedding was completely Western-style in accordance with the requirements of France. In one of the few churches in the Netherlands, Lin Youde and the daughter of the Joffre family, a French military family, a high paladin of the French Order of Roland and a recipient of the Order of Saint Laurent, made an appointment.
Séphine Joffre gets married.
After the wedding in the church, the two quickly left the church and returned to the base camp of Horanga Bolinji, where an even more Chinese-style wedding was waiting for Josephine.
Surrounded by a team of maids, the French bride quickly changed out of her breast-revealing dress, put on a big red robe, and covered her head with a red hijab with a phoenix pattern. Then, accompanied by her bridesmaids, she was carried in a sedan chair amidst the noisy sound of suonas.
Lin Kee Base Camp. As soon as they entered the door, a group of soldiers rushed up and removed the sedan door. Sophie, dressed in red, acted as the hostess, holding a red lantern to lead Josephine, who was still shocked by the cultural differences, out of the sedan.
When getting off the sedan, the bride should have waited for Sophie to pull her sleeves three times before the bride moved. However, as soon as Sophie pulled Josephine's sleeves, the French girl who didn't understand the rules got off, and was kicked back into the sedan by everyone.
On the other hand, Nie Xueqiu pretended to be a maid as usual and searched for Lin Youde all over the world. In the end, she found that Lin Youde didn't hide it at all. He just stood there stupidly in the wedding hall, wondering why the bride didn't come after so long after the firecrackers went off outside - he was a modern man
How do you know these rules?
After Lin Youde was captured, he stepped across the brazier, entered the second door, and followed a set of procedures. It was an eye-opener for Lin Youde. As for Josephine being too nervous when holding the brazier and kicking it over, I won't say anything about it.
After going through the process and entering the wedding hall, Lin Youde was stunned.
As a time traveler, Lin Youde's family in this world had already been "processed" by Du Qifeng, so there was no high place to sit in the wedding hall, so the group decided to pay homage to Guan Gong instead, and Du Qifeng served as the master of ceremonies. But as soon as Lin Youde entered,
I didn't see Johnnie To, but I saw my old friend Chen Haihui, whom I hadn't seen for a long time...
"Oh, I'm back after skipping a grade." Chen Haihui said as casually as ever, "Hurry up and hurry up, I'm back before your wedding."
Lin Youde had the urge to abandon his bride and rush forward to give his good friend a hug, but this urge was immediately replaced by the urge to punch him.
"Well, Miss Xiafei, there is a custom in China. After I give the order, the person who kneels in front of the cushion in the middle of the wedding hall first is said to be in charge of the person who kneels last in the future life of the couple."
In order to make Xiafei understand, Chen Haihui also deliberately used English, and his crooked smile made Lin Youde want to slap him for no reason.
"Oh? Interesting." Josephine didn't know if she was affected by the atmosphere, but she answered with great enthusiasm, "Then, dear, let's have a game."
As she spoke, Josephine raised her hand to pull off the red hijab.
This frightened both Ba and Nie Xueqiu behind her. They rushed forward and held Josephine down.
Nie Xueqiu even shouted at Josephine: "You can't talk about this. Brother Lin has to do it after entering the bridal chamber, otherwise something bad will happen!"
When the entrance to the wedding hall was in chaos, Chen Haihui had already bent down in his position as the master of ceremonies with a smile.
After kneeling three times and knocking nine times, a flower hydrangea was stuffed into Lin Youde's hand. Lin Youde kept an eye on it and asked Nie Xueqiu what to do, and then led Josephine into the bridal chamber with a hydrangea ribbon.
Then came the hydrangea-throwing part that everyone loved to see. Lin Youde first looked for Chen Haihui. Unexpectedly, the guy calmly pulled the Nordic girl who had followed him to study in the United States to his side and pointed at the girl's bulging belly.
He proudly said to Lin Youde, "Sorry, I won this time. I'll give the hydrangea to someone else."
Lin Youde curled his lips and threw the hydrangea into Du Qifeng's face with his backhand. Unexpectedly, the chief manager was so skillful that he swiped the ball out of the way and the ball went directly into Sophie's hands.
"No, this time it doesn't count!" Lin Youde shouted immediately, "Do it again!"
Sophie looked at the hydrangea that had come into her hands inexplicably and was snatched away by her father with a look of confusion on her face. No matter what Lin Youde said, Nie Xueqiu picked up Sophie and cheered happily: "Oh! Our Su
Fei is going to get married soon! Come on, Sophie, let’s see which little handsome guy it is!”
Lin Youde saw this situation and hit the hydrangea on the back of the head of Nie Xueqiu, who was carried away.
"Hey~~ Why did you hit me, Brother Lin!" Nie Xueqiu immediately became anxious, "No, it doesn't count, I have no intention of getting married! Let's start over!"
Lin Youde sneered, turned around and ordered to the young staff officers of the Nanyang Army Staff Headquarters who were joining in the fun: "You guys with no eyes, why don't you propose marriage quickly? I treat Commander Nie like a goddaughter, and the one who falls in love with me is my Lin family."
The Prince Consort!"
Although Nie Xueqiu usually behaves like a wild boy, she is indeed a young girl who is about to get married, and girls with the blood of Shenji are generally very beautiful, so Lin Youde's words caused a howl of wolves among the staff.
Chen Haihui also joined in the booing and said to the senior officers outside the staff circle who were leading troops in the army: "All the good things can't be taken up by the boys in the staff department. Besides, Sister Shenji needs to be able to match us warriors who are fighting on the front line. Right?"
wrong!"
"right!"
"Brothers, come on!"
"Don't come here!" Nie Xueqiu screamed and jumped out of the corridor, jumped up to the roof, and ran away as fast as he could. A bunch of young officers with the Nanyang Army's sacred animal rank badges were chasing him below.
"This girl," Lin Youde shook his head, "ran away and took the hydrangea away. It seems that my little sister is really going to get married soon..."
However, because everyone was taken away by Nie Xueqiu, the front of the wedding room became quiet for a while. Lin Youde looked at Catalina's belly and asked Chen Haihui: "How many months has it been?"...
"It will be before the Spring Festival next year. I have already thought of a name. Both men and women will be called Chen Xinxin. I originally wanted to make it in time for this meaningful year, but..." Chen Haihui shrugged.
"Don't worry, every year from now on will be a meaningful year for us in China." Lin Youde reached out and patted his best friend on the shoulder, "But it's not a good time for you to come back this year. Look at this attitude, no matter what
No matter how hard we try to avoid it, the Nanyang Army will be dragged into the whirlpool of war in advance."
"It's because I knew there was going to be a war that I hurried back. Brothers who went to Indianapolis didn't have to rush back because they didn't have a warship. I'm an Army officer studying at West Point." After saying this, Chen Haihui pushed Lin Youde fiercely.
He said, "Okay, don't talk about this. We will talk about state affairs tomorrow. Today I brought my pregnant wife to have a wedding! By the way, you can do it. You really got Xiafei. In Hong Kong back then, you
Give me a hundred more brains and I can’t fucking think of it!”
Lin Youde laughed.
Isn't it right? A few years later, he was a minor player in Hong Kong with only a suitcase and a maid. Now, he is a dignified Imperial Navy Minister. The nightclub owner who only wanted to make more money at that time is now competing in the Central Plains.
One side is dominant.
This era is so interesting!
**
After the noisy day was over, Lin Youde and Josephine were finally the only ones left in the bridal chamber.
"Honestly," Josephine said with emotion as she sat on the bedside, "I have traveled to many countries and been exposed to many different cultures, but like today, I felt the so-called culture shock up close.
This is the first time. I think I can now understand how Marco Polo felt in China."
Lin Youde smiled and said nothing. He opened the wine cabinet in the room and took out the expensive sake sent by the Japanese in Helang Yabo.
While Lin Youde was pouring wine, Josephine continued to express her inner feelings: "When I was in Egypt, although I would sigh at the ingenuity of the buildings and murals left by Egyptian craftsmen, they are a dead culture after all. Arabia
People are more exclusive. Allah does not welcome gods from Christian countries to get close to their culture. In Africa... Although it is very rude, I think that continent has not developed anything enough to be called culture. Only in China
, only then can we have this living ancient culture that wraps me, an outsider, in it without any scruples.”
"You have to know that for us Chinese, for three thousand years before we were overtaken by the West, our country was a heavenly state in the true sense. When we began to use farming to raise a huge population, the surrounding tribes were still sucking hair and drinking blood. We
When bronze and iron tools began to be used, the surrounding tribes were still using simple stone spears. This kind of calmness of superiors was for Westerners who later relied on the navigation skills and gunpowder passed from China to dominate the Americas and Africa.
It’s quite unfamiliar.”
Lin Youde said as he handed the wine in his hand to his newlywed wife.
Josephine took the wine, shook it habitually like tasting red wine, and then brought it to her mouth and smelled it.
"This wine... tastes really bland."
"Sake is famous for being a mild but powerful drink, and it doesn't have any formalities when drinking it."
"Really?" Josephine imitated Lin Youde and took a sip, "Well, it has a very peculiar flavor. Back to the topic just now, if I was just a Westerner who had just come to the East, what you said would make me think
Arrogant and stupid. However, I dare not say that now. In the year of Holanggabo, I felt that if our Western powers adopted the policy of occupation towards China like the nomads in ancient times, the final result would be certain.
It is far beyond some people’s expectations. Our culture will become part of your culture, and those who have lived in China for a long time will gradually be assimilated. There are already living examples of this.”….
"You mean Maggie Fen?" Lin Youde asked back, but unexpectedly received a blank look from his wife.
"It's me, honey."
After speaking, Josephine stood up and kissed Lin Youde on the lips.
"I married a Chinese and planned to give him a child with black eyes."
Lin Youde drank the wine in his hand in one gulp, put the cup aside, reached out and touched Josephine's cheek and replied: "As a girl, emerald green eyes like yours are more beautiful."
"But I prefer dark eyes. Only black eyes match black hair, right?"
"Then just make one black and one green."
Josephine burst into laughter.
Lin Youde took advantage of this moment to take the wine glass from her hand, put it on the table next to her, lowered his head and kissed his wife's forehead, and then kissed all the way down her forehead.
Eyelashes, eyelids, nose, mouth.
At the same time, Lin Youde's right hand gently placed on Josephine's chest. Through the silk fabric of the bride's red robe, Lin Youde's palm touched the soft touch.
"You are too impatient, my dear." The girl whispered to her husband, while holding Lin Youde's right hand with her left hand, she began to guide him to become familiar with her body.
Lin Youde shifted his body weight and pushed the bride down on the bed.
The sounds of people taking off their clothes, together with the sound of the two people breathing heavier and heavier, were intertwined in the candlelight of the bridal chamber.
Although Lin Youde took various opportunities to touch a lot of oil from Josephine, this was the first time he saw her naked body.
As expected, the perfect figure is even inferior to the famous Venus statue. People can't help but sigh that human creations are still not as good as the gifts of nature. The girl's breasts are like two huge water drops, and Josephine's breasts are like two huge water droplets.
The trained chest muscles restrain the connective tissue and fat on the chest, stubbornly resisting gravity.
Lin Youde has already completed the Thousand Killings here, and he has pushed many girls with big breasts, but the breasts of those girls are like balloons filled with water. Once they lie down, they lose to gravity, like boiled dumplings.
It collapsed and lost its shape.
From this point of view, Josephine's breasts are really great.
Of course, the feeling of touching it is also completely different. To describe it in a way that is easier for modern people to understand, it feels like Wangzai QQ candy.
After rubbing it to his heart's content, Lin Youde finally couldn't help but bite it.
At this moment, the door of the bridal chamber was kicked open from the outside!
Nie Xueqiu shouted at the door: "I'm here to make noise in the wedding room! Hey, brother, why are you getting married now? You have to ask the bride to sit with flowers and candles! Of course, it is said that many people do not abide by the rules so strictly, but at least you first
Put out the candles before you do anything! They came to make noise in the bridal chamber after confirming that your candles were still alive! Ah, wait, Sophie, what do you want to do?"
Sophie, who followed Nie Xueqiu to the wedding room, jumped on the bed like a tiger pouncing on prey, grabbed the other side of Josephine's vagina, bit it, and started sucking it without saying anything. This action made Josephine let out a delicate gasp, and then the girl
Then he began to ask Lin Youde for help: "Dear...she is working too hard, please ask her to stop..."
Just as Lin Youde was about to speak, Sophie raised her head, looked at Lin Youde with a wrinkled face, and asked, "Why is there no milk? Dad, have you drank all the milk?"
How obsessed are you with this?
Nie Xueqiu rushed over and pinched Sophie under her arm: "Ah haha, then we won't disturb the two of you! Get out of the way!"
After Nie Xueqiu left like a whirlwind, Lin Youde and Josephine looked at each other, and then laughed heartily together.
…
Although there were some accidents, on October 20, 1900, Lin Youde finally got his wish and pushed down the first girl who was not affected by his golden fingers.