"Has your Majesty ever gotten up?"
Early the next morning, half asleep and half awake.
Zhang Qi heard Bai Xing's voice coming from outside the palace.
The maid who was on duty outside saluted Bai Xing and then shook her head.
"I haven't heard your Majesty and Madam calling for someone yet."
Bai Xing nodded, walked to the eaves and waited.
"Ha, what's the matter?"
After years of fighting, Zhang Qi was very alert to his sleep. It was rare to get a sound sleep during the war, so over time he also developed the skill of quickly entering deep sleep.
There was not much movement outside the door. Qing Ling was still sleeping soundly, but he was already up.
This hour was already past the time he usually wakes up, and last night was another ridiculous night.
"I have something to report, Your Majesty. A letter has been sent back from Yinzhou. Australia has sent a fleet back. It is expected to arrive at the Liaodong port after the registration time."
"Australia's fleet!"
Zhang Qi stood up immediately. For the sake of global strategy that day, he sent a total of two ocean-going fleets. Liu Perun, the director of the Maritime Affairs Department, was sent to the Americas to communicate with the Mayans, while the other one was sent along Southeast Asia. The first line took the island chain to Australia.
Zhang Qi on the American side is not worried. They are all old people who have traveled across the ocean before, and they are married, so the trip will not be difficult.
But they actually explored the sea route to Australia, and they don’t know what the situation has been like recently. It’s been almost a year and a half.
"Prepare a car and follow me to Liaodong Port."
"only."
It's now seven o'clock in the morning, and the Australian fleet will arrive just after midnight. That's around three or four o'clock in the afternoon. There's plenty of time to get to Liaodong Port.
After learning the news about Australia, his sleepiness was gone, and Qing Ling in the bed also woke up dimly while he and Bai Xing were asking and answering questions.
"Husband, what happened?"
"It's nothing. An ocean-going fleet is back. I want to take a look. What about you?"
"I still want to sleep for a while."
Qing Ling lazily hugged Zhang Qi's waist and fell asleep again.
Gently letting go of Qing Ling's hand, Zhang Qi got off the bed naked.
Hearing the noise, several palace attendants came in from the side door holding his clothes.
Change clothes and wash up.
Within a moment, the bell palace attendants completed their work in a familiar manner.
"Master, are you awake?"
Zhang Qi took two buns from the dinner plate brought by the palace attendant and walked out.
"I have been awake for half an hour, and now I am feeding the big tiger and the little tiger in the kennel."
"This kid, go to the East Palace."
Zhang Qi waved his hand, and the palace attendant led him towards the East Palace.
Although it is said to be the East Palace, it is actually less than fifty meters away.
His Qiming Palace was built in the city, and it was built later. At his request, the area was not large.
When I walked to the palace where Zhang Qian lived, before I walked in, I heard the sound of two puppies cooking.
"Qian'er."
"father!"
Zhang Qian, who was enjoying watching the two puppies eating, looked towards Zhang Qi in surprise.
“There’s a big ship coming from overseas. Do you want to go and play with it?”
"I go."
Hearing Zhang Qi say that he wanted to take him out to play, Zhang Qian immediately stood up from his little stool. The two puppies who were still cooking on the side saw their owner walking out and didn't care about the food in the rice bowl. The dog ate and immediately followed him.
"Dad, can Big Tiger and Little Tiger come together?"
"You can take it with you if you want, just take care of yourself."
"Thank you dad, I'll get the dog leash."
After a while, Zhang Qian led two not too small puppies and followed Zhang Qi into a sleigh.
Looking at the big dogs that were several times bigger than themselves, the two puppies were lying on the edge of the door with their heads exposed and looking at them curiously.
After getting in the car, Bai Xing touched Zhang Qian's head, carried the two puppies into the car and closed the door.
"Your Majesty, the route has been planned. Now there is a ready-made ice road on the river, and people on both sides of the river have also set out in advance to notify us."
"Um."
Zhang Qi nodded. Bai Xing was already in charge of these arrangements. She was basically responsible for his travels in Liao.
"Set off!"
With Zhang Qi's approval, Bai Xing opened the window on the side of the carriage and shouted to the shadow guards.
As the vehicle moved, Zhang Qian took the two puppies back from Bai Xing's arms and looked at Zhang Qi with his head raised.
"Dad, are Uncle Harrier going?"
"Harrier?"
Zhang Qi was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he seemed to have said that he would take the little guy to the Harrier's house to play.
"he goes!"
"Xing, send someone to inform you."
"only."
The sleigh drove out slowly from the snow-free city to the outside.
After the shadow guards were replaced with a group of sled dogs.
The car speed suddenly increased.
Running on the vast snow outside the city, we followed the guidance of the people prepared in advance to go down to the river.
The reduction in friction allows the sled to be replaced with a skate rack and speed up again.
The river was extremely frozen in winter, and while on the road, the maturity of the relay system was once again reflected.
In half an hour, the shadow guards could see the relay personnel leading the dogs over for replacement on both sides of the river.
In addition, we stopped to wait for the Harrier and play with Zhang Qian who was bored in the car.
By the time Zhang Qi and the others found Liaodong Port, it was already approaching four o'clock in the afternoon.
After so many years of development.
Liaodong Port, which was once like a blockage, has now completely become a port.
There are a lot of ships going back and forth, transporting different materials to the inland and overseas.
Zhang Qian has seen the big ship.
But it was his first time to see hundreds or even thousands of large ships appear at the same time.
I was so surprised that I dragged the two puppies and ran towards the docking port.
"Dad! There are so many ships!"
"Uncle Harrier, look, that ship is still made of iron!"
Zhang Qian pointed at a distinctive large ship at the dock and shouted.
"Hahaha, that's your father's big ship, the Qi Shi, also called the Morning Star. You rode on it when you were a kid."
Zhang Qi had long been used to watching Zhang Qian run wildly, but Harrier, who was called midway, did not dare to relax at all. He knew very well how much mischief a child of this age could go.
So he quickly followed up and slapped Zhang Qian on the forehead to freeze him in place.
"There are a lot of people here, don't run around!"
"Let's go, let's see if your father's side is pretty much done. Let's go see if the ships coming back from overseas have arrived."
"oh,"
Being caught on the back of fate's neck, Zhang Qian could only obey at this moment despite all his abilities.
On the other side, the port governor also bowed to Zhang Qi and handed the Australian fleet's ship information to Bai Xing on the side.
"General Staff, here is the list of personnel on the returning ship and the warehouse directory."
Externally, Bai Xing's position is already that of Chief of Internal Affairs Staff, so the Governor of Liaodong Port knew that there were some things that his superior would not take a closer look at, but would let Bai Xing next to him handle them.
Bai Xing nodded and took the book.
Zhang Qi asked: "When did you arrive in Hong Kong?"
"It was already half an hour ago. Knowing that Your Majesty was coming, they all stayed on the boat to rest. After all, it is very rare to be received by Your Majesty in person. I have tried to persuade them many times, but they do not want to get off the boat."
The governor on the side said with a smile on his face.
Zhang Qi shook his head and smiled.
"These guys, haha, lead the way!"
(End of chapter)
