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Chapter 810 Returning to China (Fifth Watch)
The pier of Yokohama Port is covered with snow, and black smoke is billowing from the thick chimney of the iron-clad steamship Yongchang.

The earliest steam ship in the world has now become a passenger ship traveling between China and Japan, and has been in operation for a year.

This is also the first passenger ship to travel between China and Japan on a regular basis, which is unprecedented.

Da Yu'er was wearing a windbreaker and a scarf, with a trace of blood on her cold pretty face. She was carrying a suitcase and waiting to board the ship.After Ella invited her to return to the capital, she couldn't wait to go back.

The development of the Tokyo branch has tended to be flat, and the shogunate has been extraordinarily calm this winter because it is accumulating power for change. Da Yuer has nothing to worry about for the time being.

"Miss, are you just leaving us in Yokohama Port for the holidays?"

The household officials who followed Da Yuer to Yokohama Port burst into tears. They did not get the approval of the household department to return to Beijing, and they will stay in Dongying in the upcoming Spring Festival and Shangyuan Festival.

"I'm sorry, I'll give you a shift and a holiday when I come back after the Lantern Festival." Da Yuer bowed to them.

"We were just joking." The young household officials said hastily.

"You can get on the boat in half an hour. It's really cold." Da Yu'er shrank her head into her scarf, thinking of seeing Aila and Chu Yun when she returned to Beijing, her pretty face that was originally cold turned slightly hot.

On the same pier, Tadakatsu Sakai led the shogunate's envoys to China, and they saw the steamboat Yongchang emitting black smoke.However, they are not eligible to buy tickets for the Yongchang, unless they have a Chinese household registration, so they have to hire a merchant ship of a Great Chinese merchant.

"That is the most advanced steam ship in the Kyushu Army. It can run automatically without wind, which is very miraculous." Tadakatsu Sakai has seen the Yongchang and introduced it to everyone.

This time, the envoys included Aoyama Yukunari and other shogunate ministers. It can be said that many important figures of the shogunate gathered together.If they were detained, it might cause an uproar in the shogunate.That's why Tadakatsu Sakai couldn't help worrying that Chu Yun would detain the envoys in the capital.

"Automatically without wind? Are they using manpower to row the boat?" asked someone in the envoy who didn't know the steamboat.

Tadakatsu Sakai wanted to hit someone after hearing this, so why don't you try using human power to row such a big boat across the Pacific Ocean?

When Tadakatsu Sakai wanted to answer the man's question, he caught a glimpse of a group of Chinese people who were waiting for the merchant ship below the Yongchang, and one of them was Da Yu'er whom he had arrested.

Um?Why is this person going to the capital?By the way, maybe we will be able to know her identity when we arrive in the capital!Sakai Tadakatsu narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that he would inquire about her identity in Huaxia's capital at that time.

"The time of our mission is the Spring Festival. I didn't expect to spend it in China. It's really annoying." One of the envoys muttered dissatisfied.

"But the Spring Festival is passed from them. It should be more atmosphere in China, right?" Another envoy said.

"Mr. Sakai, you've arrived. I'll have to wait for a while." A businessman from the capital wearing a padded jacket came down from the galleon, "Are you looking at the Yongchang? That's the most advanced ship in China. My broken ship can't compare to it." Yes, but the sea is calm in winter, it is more than enough to carry you across the sea."

"Let's get on board." Sakai Tadakatsu said to the envoys.

Tadakatsu Sakai was ashamed that the envoys of a country still needed to board the other party's merchant ships, but only a large Chinese merchant had such a spacious galleon that could accommodate the envoys and the servants they brought.

"Mr. Sakai, I heard that you guys want to go to meet the commander of our Kyushu Army. I wonder if you have greeted us in advance? You must know that I brought so many Dongying people to the capital at one time. The one who took you to smuggle away." The owner of the galleon joked.

"I have already greeted General Zheng Zhilong of the Beiyang Fleet in advance, and he said that there is no problem. Originally, the Spring Festival is a festival shared by our two countries. Wouldn't it be good to use this time to promote mutual transactions?" Said Tadakatsu Sakai.

"Hahaha, after you meet our military lord, you will definitely reap it." The big Chinese businessman said with a smile.

Tadakatsu Sakai came to the deck of the galleon, and the handyman was cleaning the snow on the deck, while the sailors were checking whether the rudder, mast, ropes and other equipment were in good condition, ready to sail.

"Who is the commander of the Kyushu Army who even Zheng Sang obeys his orders?" Tadakatsu Sakai thought of the person above the commander of Zheng Zhilong's Beiyang Fleet, and was a little worried that the other party would not be able to speak well.

And this time, he took the initiative to arrange a pawn on Huaxia's side, which might come in handy sometime.

"Pull up the sails and get ready to sail!" The sailor on the galleon shouted loudly after confirming that everything was ready.

"Miss, you can board the ship." On Da Yu'er's side, the Yongchang ship lowered the ship's ladder, and the officials of the household department bid her farewell.

"You guys are optimistic about the Tokyo branch, and don't let anything happen after I leave." Dayuer warned.

"Don't worry, miss, if something happens, we will jump into Edo Bay immediately!" The officials of the Ministry of Finance promised.

Da Yuer carried the suitcase and followed the crowd into the cabin of the Yongchang. Inside were all Chinese people who were going back to the capital, or people with Chinese household registration, and there were crowds of people.Because of traditional festivals, many Chinese people who came to Dongying to make money had to return to the capital, or pass through the capital's own homeland.If it was in the past when the sea was banned, it would have been sneaky to go back, but this time there is a boat ticket to go back aboveboard.

"Excuse me, do you know where this location is?" Someone behind Da Yuer asked her.

Da Yuer turned her head and found that it was a woman in Hanfu, but her accent was very strange, as if she mixed Chinese and Japanese accents.

When the woman saw that it was Da Yuer, her body shook slightly.

"Let me see, this seat is next to my seat." Da Yuer pointed to the vacant seat.

"Thank you..." The woman with the strange accent sat aside.

"Is your father a Han Chinese, or is your mother a Han Chinese?" Da Yuer knew that many Han Chinese living in Dongying would intermarry with Dongying people, so it often caused their children to form special accents in two different language environments.It's like Zheng Zhilong's wife is a woman from Dongying. Da Yuer has seen Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Chenggong, and she has almost the same accent.

"My father is Han Chinese." The woman replied.

"Then what's your name?"

"And child."

Woo!The Yongchang made a screeching sound of steam, and drove out of Yokohama Port, heading for the capital.

(End of this chapter)