Deng Fei piloted the Thor and returned to Beihai Town on January 23. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Wang Yuanfang and Mr. Wu Zhong, he was accompanied by two hundred special force soldiers who were rotating home to visit relatives, as well as two soldiers including Degenie. A dozen Frenchmen.
For many French people, they were in warm and humid Southeast Asia a few days ago, and in the blink of an eye they were in the cold Northland. The speed of change was so fast that it was difficult for their bodies to adapt quickly, and several of them caught colds.
To be honest, Beihai Town in winter is not actually that cold in the entire outer Northeast, and is even warmer than Vladivostok. Affected by the Kuroshio Current, the temperature throughout the winter is usually minus 3 degrees Celsius, and the coldest time is only minus 15 or 16 degrees Celsius, which is much better than the places in the north where temperatures are often minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius. This is why Zhao Xin has always considered this place The reason for being a base camp.
For French people like Condorcet, Le Havre in northern France is already the port with the most advanced facilities in their minds, and Batavia, built by the Dutch, is also very good. However, when they looked at Whale Harbor through the portholes in the Thor's dining room, what they felt was indescribable shock.
The first thing that caught their eyes was the 35-meter-high white lighthouse located at the southernmost tip of the "Whale Peninsula". This lighthouse was completed the year before last. Three 1,000-watt high-lumen LED floodlights are installed on the top of the lighthouse, and multiple sets of threaded lenses are used. The brightness after lighting can reach 600,000 candelas. In addition to the power plant, the power supply system for the lighting also includes the solar panels on the tower. Due to the use of a timer switch, the tower lights will automatically light up at five o'clock in the afternoon every day in winter and automatically go out at seven o'clock in the morning.
"Anthony, look, that white tower is so beautiful."
Upon hearing his wife's call, the Marquis of Condorcet nodded in agreement. In fact, a 35-meter-tall building is nothing in Europe. The tower of Notre Dame de Paris is 69 meters high.
However, when the Thor turned its bow at the entrance of Whale Bay and was about to sail into Whale Harbor, Condorcet's chin hit his feet, and his eyes widened. And not only him, but the other four "Ra Gods" and the female relatives were also shocked. Such a scene could not be seen in any European port in this time and space.
It was exactly nine o'clock in the morning. On this narrow ocean that looked like deep sapphire, a large number of ships moored in the port exposed their snow-white masts and shone in the sun, making them blindingly bright. From a distance, it looks like a string of seagulls or albatross. The two tugboats that came to tow the Thor into the harbor were breaking through the waves and approaching. Wherever they passed, the rolling waves formed a foamy path.
Through the other side of the porthole, Condorcet can overlook the entire Whale Harbor and the harbor lined with tower cranes. I saw the harbor topsails like clouds, sampans connected with each other, and familiar and unknown ship types lined up on the berths; the embankment of the harbor seemed to be made of huge gray-black rocks, with several rows of them lined up at regular intervals. Black bollards. Further away, there is a "white building" that is at least seven stories high and the gray houses and yards of Whale Town. The roads in the port and the town are all gray and black, criss-crossing and looking extremely eye-catching.
When the Thor entered the port under the towing barge, the true appearance of the seven-story building slowly appeared in the field of vision. It was the Thunderbolt, which was larger than the Thor, which completely shocked the French people. Speechless,
The arrival of Lavoisier, Lacroix, Lagrange, Laplace and Condorcet caused the traversal crowd in Beihai Town to move out almost en masse. The most excited among them are Fang Hua and several other teachers who teach mathematics and physics. Your professional "god" has arrived. How do you feel about this?
Because Deng Fei sent a telegram in advance, and all five Frenchmen were hired by Zhao Xin as foreign honorary academicians of Beihai Town. So Chen Qingsong held a grand welcome ceremony on the pier of Whale Harbor. The common flowers and children in later generations were naturally indispensable. At the same time, a 19-gun salute was fired from the fort of "Whale Island".
If there are flowers in winter, they must be grown in greenhouses, so when a dozen French people took the flowers from the hands of the red-faced children, they were a little surprised, and they also felt the enthusiasm and attention of Beihai Town.
As for the three Princess Elizabeths, Deng Fei deliberately did not let them get off the ship, but asked them to stay on the ship for two days. First, they wanted to avoid being seen and heard, and second, they wanted the three children to adapt to the climate and avoid getting sick again.
That evening, a welcome dinner represented by Chen Qingsong was held at Zhao Xin's home. There is no way around it. Except for Zhao Xin's house, there is really no place in Beihai Town to accommodate so many people for dinner. The large cafeteria built with colored steel tiles is still there, but the environment...just think about the smell in public cafeterias in later generations.
At the beginning of the dinner, Shen Xuan, as the host, showed up with her son Momo. As soon as she appeared, she completely shocked the French and was blinded by her gorgeousness. However, not only the French, but also Chen Qingsong, Yu Deli, Deng Fei and others present were shocked.
Needless to say, Zhao Xin's wife is extremely beautiful. Many people saw her when the couple got married. Everyone in Beihai Town knew that Princess Zhao was one of the most beautiful and fragrant in the country. However, when Chen Qingsong saw what Shen Xuan was wearing, he was immediately stunned. He immediately looked at each other and Yu Deli, who shook his head imperceptibly, but the smile on his face remained unchanged. When he turned his attention to Shen Jingdan, he saw an uncontrollable look of pride on the other person's face.
Shen Xuan is wearing a Ming Dynasty-made "Yanju crown suit" today, but the problem is that she is not wearing a princess-level Zhai crown, nor is she wearing a blue dress, but a crown with a beard and a pick. He wears a dragon crown with twin phoenixes and gold eight-bead hoop earrings. He wears a red robe and a yellow moiré patterned double-breasted shirt. This is exactly what a queen should wear!
Among those present, the most excited ones were not Shen Jingdan and his wife Wu, but Wang Zhong and Duan Yucai. They thought this was a signal sent by Zhao Xin through Shen Xuan, so they rolled up their sleeves and saluted Shen Xuan together with Shen Jingdan.
As soon as these three people took the lead, well, everyone in the banquet hall, except Chen Qingsong and the others, imitated the two of them and saluted Shen Xuan. By the way, the French also followed the etiquette of meeting the queen; men took off their hats and women curtsied.
Although Shen Xuan smiled and nodded in return, she was actually very nervous inside. From the moment she entered the door, she was observing the reactions of everyone present.
Deng Fei, Wang Yuanfang and Zhang Bo didn't understand the rules of clothes, they just thought they looked good. However, Deng Fei's wife, a princess from Guangnan, knew what to buy. She was shocked with envy at first, and then lowered her head and made a blessing. .
Wu Siyu looked thoughtful, then raised his head to look at the ceiling, as if there was something more interesting there. His wife Chen Yin'er hasn't been in good health since giving birth to the child, so she didn't come today.
Are there two couples, Hong Tao and Director Liu? Director Liu looked at Shen Xuan with a smile, as if he was admiring a beautiful piece of art; while Dr. Hong's eyes were rolling behind the lenses, not knowing what was going on. What to think.
As for Chen Qingsong and Yu Deli, they were stunned for a moment, and then returned to full smiles. After Hong Tao saw it, he cursed in his heart: "These two old foxes!"
When Shen Jingdan and Wu brought this crown uniform at noon, Shen Xuan refused at first. The last time Zhao Xin got angry with her was still fresh in her mind. But when Shen Jingdan said that you should think about your son's future and the souls of your biological parents in heaven, Shen Xuan's heart moved. To rehabilitate Zhaoxue for the Dongtai Shen family, the best Zhaoxue would be if the Shen family's daughter ascends the throne of queen!
As for Shen Jingdan, Zhao Xin is now fully qualified and capable to be the emperor. He has no need to rule the world before his eyes. What kind of committees and republican decentralization of powers are there? Isn't this a disease?
Shen Jingdan trembled with excitement when he thought of Zhao Xin sitting on the Dragon Throne in the Forbidden City and Shen Xuan sitting in Kunning Palace as the mother of the world. What is the reason why he has worked hard for many years and risked all his wealth to join Zhao Xintu? Isn't it just to win the glory and wealth of the Shen family?
What does a salt merchant mean, and what does thirteen lines of business mean? I, Shen Zhengtong, am the emperor’s father-in-law, the father-in-law of the country! I am in charge of all the maritime trade of the new dynasty, and the Shen family will rise to a level even more glorious than that of our ancestor Shen Wansan!
Businessmen, just having money is useless! No matter how rich Shen Wansan was, because he was not related to the emperor, his family was ruined. If you want to achieve long-term success, you must cling to the highest power.
Furthermore, Shen Jingdan felt that what he had done was enough. Not only did he work hard to manage the sea trade for Beihai Town, he would not give any job to any of the Shen family children who Zhao Xin disdained, or who wanted to use Shen Xuan's name to get an official position, and he publicly stated that he did not want to do anything. Use these people. For this reason, he has offended many of his relatives, and everyone is filled with hatred even if they don't say it openly.
Chen Qingsong has already figured it out at this moment. Don't tell me, today's show must have been instigated by Shen Jingdan. It seems that this person must have heard something, but the other party's eagerness to reveal his identity really made Chen Qingsong feel sick, and he was very sick!
But then again, this matter will definitely not escape Zhao Xin's ears. Hey, "Prince Zhao" may have a restless family in the future.
By the way, among everyone present, Wang Zhenyi and her father Wang Xichen were also very excited and started counting Xiao Jiujiu. Lao Wangxin asked, can my Zhenyi be made a noble concubine in the future? In this way, the two people's ambiguous relationship can be considered to have a happy ending, which is not considered a disgrace.
Shen Xuan and her son stayed in the banquet hall for a while and then left without attending the dinner. The French didn't notice the different expressions of everyone present at all, and were very relaxed and happy about this oriental mysterious and extremely gorgeous banquet. Several French women are even thinking about dressing up in Seris women's clothes someday.
Traveling through the crowd, the person who was most indifferent to Shen Xuan's clothes was probably Fang Hua. Not to mention how excited this man was when he met his idol Lavoisier. He pulled him to express his admiration in English. His adoring eyes made Lavoisier think there was something special about him. Hobby.
After the dinner, the hustle and bustle outside Beihai Town temporarily calmed down. Accommodation and security work were arranged for the French people, and then they were escorted by dedicated personnel to take them around.
Two days later, Zhao Xin came back with Liu Sheng and others. When he heard what Li Ji said about the dinner, he neither got angry nor slapped the table. He just squinted his eyes and showed a sneer, which made Li Ji feel a little scared.
That night when he got home, Zhao Xin pretended that nothing had happened. He ate and chatted with Shen Xuan with a smile on his face, teasing his son by the way. During this period, Shen Xuan did not mention anything about that day. He only stayed in Beihai Town for one day, and the next day he went to the island country and Shandong, and had to bring Cao Peng and Kong Shaoan back.
Time soon came to February 4th, and all the time travelers who participated in the political system discussion arrived in Fuldan City. The reason why we chose to open in Fuldan City was mainly because it was inconvenient for several people from Boli Town to return to Beihai Town.
Among the formal participants, in addition to Zhao Xin, who spans military and political affairs, those present from the military side include Liu Sheng, Wu Siyu, Deng Fei, Wang Yuanfang, Ding Guofeng and Fan Tong, a total of six people; from the civil affairs side, there are Chen Qingsong, Yu Deli, Zhao Liang, Liu Zheng, Zhang Bo, Zhou Weiguo, Zhang Jingxuan, Kong Shaoan, and Lu Qi, a total of nine people; the medical education department includes Hong Tao and his wife, Fang Hua, Sun Yuejin, Wang Changyou, and Li Yaru, a total of six people.
Among them, Lu Qi, Sun Yuejin, and Wang Changyou were new members last year, and Li Yaru was the teacher Li who took over as principal of Lao You in the primary school.
The total number of Chuanhuang members in Beihai Town is currently 278, of which the power plant group and the steel plant group are the largest. However, after careful consideration, the above 22 people finally decided to become permanent residents of this time and space.
Lu Qi is 31 years old. He used to be a craftsman in the converter workshop of a private steel plant in a northern province. He was mainly responsible for various process and technical issues in the workshop. Because of the need to eliminate backward production capacity, his factory was put on the shutdown list because its annual output was only 1.5 million tons. The reason why this guy came to apply for the job in the first place was that the salary for the new position was less than before, and also because he broke up with his girlfriend of two years, which made him very depressed.
And Lu Qi was willing to stay because he fell in love with a teacher surnamed Hu from the primary school in Khabarovsk. Speaking of Miss Hu, she was brought back from Yangzhou by Zhao Xin and the others. Seven years have passed, and the 12-year-old yellow-haired girl has grown into a beauty, with a proud bust and long legs. However, such a figure and appearance was not a good thing in the 18th century. "The delicate flowers shine on the water while the weak willows support the wind" was the people's pursuit of beauty; in addition, Director Liu Da was particularly concerned about the selection of mates for this group of girls, so he could wait for others to do so. She didn't like her at all, so no one proposed marriage to Miss Hu.
Last spring, the primary school in Khabarovsk organized students to visit the steel plant. As a teacher, the girl naturally wanted to come; Lu Qi was arranged to receive and explain it, and he was fascinated at first sight. From then on, this guy would take a ferry to the other side of the river every now and then, euphemistically calling it "supporting education." After Director Liu Da found out, he had a special talk with Lu Qi. Lu Qi thought about it for a week before deciding to stay.
Sun Yuejin and Wang Changyou were both born in the 1960s. They used to drive steam trains in a steel factory in Northeast China and were considered colleagues. In the early days, steel mills used meter-gauge steam trains to pull slag. Later, they were replaced by diesel locomotives and fell out of use. Sun Yuejin was childless, his wife was gone, and he had nothing to worry about; Wang Changyou was even more miserable. His son was sentenced to death for committing a crime, and his wife also passed away within two years.
Again, those left behind were those who lived unsatisfactory lives in another time and space and wanted to change their lives; if they were just scum waiting to die, Zhao Xin wouldn't have known how to do it in the first place. After Wu Ping'an's incident came out a few years ago, he conducted detailed background checks on every time traveler who came to the eighteenth century.
In addition to the people who officially participated in the meeting, there were seven or eight people in the group who were in a state of hesitation. After discussing with Zhao Xin, Yu Deli decided to let them attend this meeting, with only ears and no mouths.
In order to ensure the safety of this closed-door meeting, Zhao Xin specially transferred the two battalions that had just returned from the Ningguta front line defense change, and also transferred many experts. Chai Rugui, Gao Liugeng, and Li Qingwen all came, and even the veteran boxer Wu Zhong brought a platoon of troops to guard the perimeter of the venue.
The reason why it was a closed-door meeting was not only because all the attendees were from time travel, but also because the content was confidential and could not be made public, otherwise it would have a huge impact on the minds of the ancients.
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