In the distance, on the broad Pearl River, a huge ship with black, white and red colors was sailing. The three chimneys above its head were floating with black smoke. This was the Yongan Princess. Behind the first chimney of the Yongan Princess, a three-color ship was flying.
A ten-foot-long red ribbon. On the water in front, on the left and on the right, three fire boats sprayed high water curtains, guarding it like a guard of honor.
On its maiden voyage, the Yongan Princess encountered the Jakarta Massacre and was delayed in the Southeast Asia for a long time. On its second voyage, it was hijacked by pirates and dozens of passengers on board died. Therefore, in the following period, Ming Dynasty
Rumors spread across the country that the Yongan Princess was an unlucky ship and a cursed ship.
In late March, Zheng's Shipping Company originally wanted the Yong'an Princess to run a Europe-Asia route. However, due to this taboo, for a long time, the tickets were not sold for more than one-third of the cabins.
Not even one flight was canceled. In early April, half of the tickets were barely sold and bound for Europe. The red ribbon award for the westbound Eurasian route had already been won by our company's Jade Cong, so the company did not let Princess Yong'an go.
The cruise ship deliberately broke the record. With the horsepower of the Yongan Princess, there was still hope that it could break the record of the Yu Cong cruise ship.
But for the eastbound route, the Red Ribbon Award is still held by other companies, and Zheng Shipping Company must get it. The Yongan Princess ran with all its strength, with an average speed of 30.2 knots, creating a European-Asia route.
The record of the highest eastbound average speed finally came true, and the red ribbon was raised.
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The Yongan Princess followed the pilot motorboat and was almost approaching the Guangzhou Port pier. There was a sea of people on the pier, and many people came to see the spectacular sight of the Yongan Princess hanging up the red ribbon and entering the port. Guangzhou Port is a big port, and many giant ships come in and out every day.
. But this entry into the port is really special. First of all, the protagonist is the Yongan Princess. As a passenger ship, it is not huge, but it is named after Her Majesty the Queen’s Princess, which has special meaning. Secondly, the experience of this ship is so extraordinary.
On her maiden voyage, she encountered the Nanyang Massacre Storm, was hijacked by pirates for the second time, and was subsequently rescued by a destroyer. On the third time, she finally won the Red Ribbon Award...
But more importantly, there are a few special passengers on the fishing boat. What these special passengers did in Europe has been reported all over the world. Today, Guangzhou citizens came to see these people.
There were a few people in the crowd who seemed particularly excited. They stretched their necks and stared at the Yongan Princess on the river from a distance. Around them, a dozen reporters set up tripod cameras and had already surrounded them. Seven or eight
The camera lenses were all focused on one of the young women.
This woman was beautiful and shy. She lowered her head slightly and avoided the eyes of the people around her. She looked very uncomfortable in front of the camera. But she refused to hide behind the crowd and refused to give up the position where she could overlook the passenger ship. On her body
Next to her, a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old was extremely excited. He stood on tiptoes and looked at the giant wheel. From time to time, he would lie in her ear and talk and laugh.
Behind them, several tough men in plain clothes were quietly vigilant, scanning the crowd with lightning eyes, one hand in his suit pocket.
Slowly, the giant ship docked, the thick cables were thrown up, and the gangway was lowered. Well-dressed passengers began to walk down with their boxes, reunited with relatives and friends who were picking up the ship at the pier, hugged and shook hands.
There was an atmosphere of joyful reunion on the dock.
Suddenly, there was a shout of joy on the gangway, and a girl in a white gauze summer dress rushed down the gangway in three steps and then hugged a woman on the pier.
"Xiu Xiu!...Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu...Xiu Xiu!!!"
Qiu Qiu hugged Xiu Xiu tightly, not caring about other people's eyes. She screamed happily while kissing Xiu Xiu's cheeks from left to right, as if she was holding the cutest and most attractive person in the world.
It's the same thing that hurts people.
"...I miss you so much!!!"
The spotlights flashed all around, and the spectators cheered and started laughing.
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Xiuxiu was hugged by Qiu Qiu so much that she could hardly breathe, but she was also very happy. She also hugged Qiu Qiu and stayed with her. The two girls laughed and shed tears.
But Xiuxiu's eyes passed through Qiu Qiu's shoulders and continued to look up the gangway. She searched with keen eyes and became increasingly anxious in her heart.
Suddenly, Xiuxiu stared blankly at the gangway, followed the figure to the pier, slowly approached, and leaned to her side, staring at herself with a gentle and deep smile.
She looked at that face infatuatedly, and suddenly her cheeks turned red and her heart was beating fast, but tears came out in large numbers like a burst dam.
Qiu Qiu finally felt something was wrong, let go of Xiuxiu, looked at her expression strangely, and then turned around to see Xiang Xiaoqiang.
Qiu Qiu suddenly understood something, and he let go of Xiuxiu and stepped aside with a smile.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang approached Xiuxiu, suppressed the wild beating in his chest, and said softly:
"Xiuxiu, I'm back."
"Um."
"I have been gone for more than two months, and you have worked hard alone."
"……Um."
Xiuxiu's face suddenly turned red. She lowered her head, voiced like a mosquito, and stared at her toes. She suddenly felt out of breath, as nervous as if she was seeing Xiang Xiaoqiang for the first time.
Dozens of pairs of eyes around them were staring at them, and seven or eight cameras were also aimed at them. The reporters held their breath, pulled the shutter, and were ready to capture wonderful shots at any time.
"grown ups……"
Xiu Xiu raised her head, blushing and murmuring, her chest rising and falling. She glanced at the surrounding cameras, but couldn't say what she wanted to say. Xiu Xiu quietly pointed to the side and whispered:
"...Ziyu is here too."
Next to him, Ye Ziyu was wearing an army uniform and carrying the rank of second lieutenant on his shoulders. He looked at him with a smile and looked at him with a majestic look. He first stood at attention and saluted, and then hugged Xiang Xiaoqiang.
Xiang Xiaoqiang patted his arm with a smile, looked at his military uniform, and said with a smile:
"Ziyu, how are you?"
Ye Ziyu is now a trainee of the Army University School Committee, selected by the People's Guard. Ye Ziyu can finally get his wish, enter the People's Guard as an army cadet, and work with his brother-in-law. Army University will also be the place where he completes his higher education.
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"Brother-in-law, it's great! I go to mainland China to attend classes every day and return to the headquarters in the afternoon to follow my sister... No, Adjutant Shang is learning practical skills and helping to process intelligence. It's a lot of fun! Hehe, brother-in-law..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at the reporters around him, lowered his voice and laughed:
"Listen up, kid. It's not easy to get you into mainland China. You have to study hard. My brother-in-law will rely on your help in the future! ...Don't think that your brother-in-law is Xiang Xiaoqiang, so you don't have to worry about just hanging around...
Do you know how many pairs of eyes are staring at us?"
"Brother-in-law, where did you think you were going?" Ye Ziyu said with a smile, "I was just about to tell you, you sent me to the mainland, you did the right thing! I found that I am the material of a soldier! We train and run together every day
, doing push-ups is so enjoyable!”
"Is it enough to just enjoy it? How many courses are there now?"
Ye Ziyu chuckled, stretched out two fingers and gestured:
"Eight courses, four common and four majors. Foreign languages, advanced mathematics, geometry, physics, ordnance, weaponry, ballistics, strategy. Haha, brother-in-law, I'm not trying to trick you, I'm not vague about any of them.
!”
Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded, he believed it. Ye Ziyu, like his sister and Qiu Qiu, were born to be good at mathematics, physics and chemistry. If it were him, he would be interested in "advanced mathematics", "geometry" and "ballistics".
, don’t say go and learn it, your head will explode when you hear the name.
Xiang Xiaoqiang introduced three more old consultants to them. After everyone met, they set off to take the train. The reporters on the side did not take the "wonderful photos" they were looking forward to, so they all "coaxed" and followed.
They crowded around them one after another and began to talk about the interview.
But Xiang Xiaoqiang hugged Xiuxiu, shook his head at them politely, and quickened his pace. Seeing that the adults refused to be interviewed, several plainclothes agents beside him immediately stood up and stood in front of the reporters. Although there were more than a dozen reporters, and the agents
There were only a few of them, but these few people seemed to have magical abilities and did not use any force. They simply blocked the way, but no one among the dozen reporters could get close to Xiang Xiaoqiang and his party.
The group got on the train at the train station in Guangzhou Port and headed north back to Nanjing.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang left Daming on the Yongan Princess on February 23, and returned to Daming on the Yongan Princess on April 30, a total of 68 days, exactly two months and one week.
During this period, he traveled 20,000 kilometers and circled half of the world. He intervened twice to end the Chinese Massacre and participated in and witnessed the short Nanyang War between the Ming and the Netherlands. During the occupation, he avenged the deaths of 2,000 Chinese and executed 4,000 indigenous people. After that,
He also negotiated with the Netherlands on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, and negotiated for the Ming Dynasty a generous compensation that no one could have imagined: the strategic location of Sumatra rich in oil, the 180 million open ocean, and the permanent cession of three port cities.
In the Strait of Malacca, he led the destroyer Kui Mulang to rescue the hijacked Yongan Princess, and made a prompt decision to retaliate in kind, completely destroying the pirates' lair and killing all the pirates.
In Germany, I held many talks with Hitler and the main figures of the Third Reich, and issued the "Ming-Germany Joint Communique", completing the most important political purpose of this trip - another world power recognized that the land in Jiangbei belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
, at the same time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north lost another heavyweight country that had diplomatic relations with it.
One of the biggest practical benefits of this trip to Ming Dynasty is that it has initially finalized the cooperation intention to exchange grain and minerals for a large number of advanced technologies. This has an immeasurable effect on Ming Dynasty in rapidly increasing its strength in a short period of time, especially its military strength.
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However, what excites Xiang Xiaoqiang the most is that he has successfully recruited a large number of German military talents. Among them, the one who shines the most dazzlingly is Guderian, the father of armored mobile warfare, a blitz hero, and an expert on armored forces. At this time
, no one in the Ming Dynasty recognized his value. Even in Germany, Hitler recognized part of his value, but still gave him away for a set of tank blueprints. But the Guderian Hitler saw now was just the tip of the iceberg.
.If he suddenly had the knowledge of the 1940s now, he would be furious to death.
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On May 1, 1936, Xiang Xiaoqiang and his party returned to Nanjing after an absence of two months.