Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1249 Military Parade
Cao Yong is not the first time to come back to Tianjin Wei, nor is it the first time to see a ship.

But the sea boat in front of him is obviously much more majestic than the one he saw in Tianjin Wei last time. If it weren't for a pair of officials wearing patched uniforms standing next to him, Cao Yong would have had some illusions, as if he was not in Tianjin Wei, but in Same as Guangzhou port.

This boat was bought by merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces into Haimao shares. It is said that it is a shipbuilding craft in Luzon, and it is much more magnificent than official ships.

Elder Sun Zhu stroked his beard and nodded vigorously; Elder Seventeen looked at the big ship and sighed in a low voice: "The 'Jiao Wang' ship is worthy of its name."

Cao Yong smiled and looked back at Li Cheng who was standing among the crowd.

After obtaining Cao Yong's consent, Li Cheng had already handed over the job in Cangzhou and stayed in the capital.

Regarding his desire to go to sea with the fleet, Cao Yong did not express his position.

Everyone knows that sea trade is lucrative, but apart from those merchants, there are not many officials who actively ask to go overseas with the fleet.After all, from the perspective of people at this time, going abroad cannot be said to be close to death, but it is also extremely dangerous.

An accident at sea is no better than on land; unless it is a merchant who is not afraid of risks and has nowhere to go, who will take the initiative to do such a dangerous thing.

Li Cheng didn't want to give up this opportunity.

Although the Li family is an old household in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after copying this and returning home, they also fell down.Among the children, except him, the others are not the material for reading.

If one takes the road of imperial examinations and starts from the seventh rank, it will take several generations to restore the former glory of the Li family; the matter of maritime trade is an opportunity.

It not only allows him to go out to see the world and increase his knowledge; it also has the opportunity to make meritorious deeds and occupy a place among the children of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The deck of the ship had already been lowered, and a vice-admiral stationed in Tianjin Wei led everyone to board the ship.

It is impossible to go to sea for trial voyage.

The son of a daughter can't sit down.

With Elder Seventeen, the younger brother of the county king, no one dared to act rashly.

Although Elder Seventeen was a little moved, but thinking of everyone's difficulties, he also smiled, turned around on the boat and got off the boat.

Next, everyone boarded the observation deck at the port and watched several smaller ships on the sea shuttle back and forth, changing various formations.

This can also be regarded as an item of "military parade".

Although no one applauded loudly, there were also many people who praised in a low voice. The lieutenant general Yuan Xishan spoke modestly, unable to hide the smug tone in his words.

Seeing this, Cao Yong wanted to caress his forehead.

Going out to sea is not the same thing as going to sea. In fact, there is no need for these small boats at all on the route of thousands of miles.Even if it is escorted by officers and soldiers, it must be a big ship that can withstand wind and waves.

Now that firearms are prevalent, if you really encounter pirates at sea, such a small boat will be useless, and it will sink after two shots.

Others watched with gusto, Elder Seventeen turned sideways, saw Cao Yong's expression was wrong, wanted to say something, but saw that there were many people behind him, so he swallowed it again.

Next, the boat approached, and there were officers and soldiers standing in line on the deck, shouting something, but it was mixed with the sea breeze, making it hard to hear clearly.

Everyone was a little curious, and the seventeenth elder brother asked each other, but it was just some old sayings praising the merits of the court and the emperor.

The sea wind is getting stronger, and the boat parked in the distance is bumping with the waves.The team on the deck also began to feel a little unstable.

The deputy general was smart, and when he saw this, he hurriedly said that it was "a strong sea breeze", and asked everyone to get off the observation deck.

The atmosphere of the subsequent banquet was still warm.

Three shredded shark's fin, stone flower fish in sauce, boiled Kanto shrimp, hydrangea scallops, sea cucumber with green onion... A seafood feast is ahead, but Cao Yong just feasts his eyes, and it's just an extra bite of the two dishes in front of him That's all.

After the banquet, Brother Seventeen took Cao Yong to leave the banquet on the pretext of being tired from the journey.

When they arrived at the station, Elder Seventeen didn't hesitate and said bluntly, "Just now I saw Fu Ruo's expression is different, but Fu Ruo thinks something is wrong?"

Hearing the words, Cao Yong hesitated for a moment, and said: "The Seventeenth Lord knows that I have been to Guangzhou a few years ago, and I have seen many seagoing ships in Guangzhou Port. Island ships. Ships that travel far away are mostly large ships equipped with artillery escorts."

The seventeenth elder brother was thoughtful when he heard the words.

Cao Yong went on to say: "Although the soldiers trained in the guard this time have already walked on the ship, but they have not traveled far, so no one can say for sure. Instead of training on paper here, it is better to go to sea for training for a few months. I will not delay my voyage this autumn, and if I find any problems, I can find a way to solve them in advance. Otherwise, the court will be beyond my reach when encountering difficulties on the way abroad."

Elder Seventeen nodded, and said: "Furuo's words are old-fashioned. Then jointly write a note to the emperor, and ask the emperor to judge. It's just that you need to be careful with your words. This Yuan Xishan is a courtier who came out of the emperor's hidden residence. Most of the training with small boats was done by him. Even if it’s inappropriate, it’s hard to say it directly. Otherwise, it’s as if we’re working together to make things difficult for him.”

Cao Yong naturally knew that these official circles avoided taboos, and if there were no accidents, Yuan Xishan would lead troops to escort them.

That's right, with such a large fleet and goods worth tens of millions of taels, if the escort is not in the hands of the emperor, the emperor will not be at ease.

Cao Yong and Brother Seventeen reached an agreement, and the remaining old man Sun Zhu listened to their words, pondered for a moment, and had no objection.

The three imperial envoys jointly signed and wrote a letter of request, which was sent to the capital quickly on the same day.

In the excerpt, the details of this "military parade" are first described, and the vice general of the navy, Yuan Xishan, is praised casually for his military training and bravery. Finally, he mentions that there are strong winds and waves on the Guanzhi ship, which is different from the calm sea in the port. To train in the harbor, it is better to go south in advance, leave the port from Tianjin Wei, and go to Guangzhou Port along the coastal road.

According to the original plan, regardless of the cargo ship, the escort officers and soldiers will not go south until July.

When Yongzheng saw the excerpt, his face showed color.

This Yuan Xishan is a native of Fujian, his ancestors served under the command of the Marquis of Jinghai, and because of his meritorious service, he was brought into the Han army from his civilian nationality, and he was also awarded the title of riding captain.

In his early years, he worked as a guard in Prince Yong's Mansion, and later he was sent to other places as a military officer.Although he hangs the banner of the minister of the hidden mansion, he is actually not much more dignified than other people.

This time he was able to get the post of deputy general of Tianjin Wei Haibing because Yongzheng chose the big one among the dwarfs.

Knowing that he didn't use the wrong person, Yongzheng was of course proud, and readily agreed with the three people.

Thinking that it was the end of the month and the Dragon Boat Festival was just around the corner, Yongzheng had no intention of punishing Elder Seventeen and Sun Zhu, and criticized again: "The errand is over, you can turn around."

Two days later, after seeing this imperial pen and Zhu Zhu, the Seventeenth elder brother was really happy, and he was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear.

Also receiving the order was Yuan Xishan, the vice-admiral of the navy.

Seeing that he was ordered to take the soldiers, set off ahead of schedule, and go south by sea, his face became a little heavy.

In order to train this team, he stayed in Tianjin Wei for more than half a year at a stretch, and only returned to Beijing during the Chinese New Year to visit his parents, wife and children.

Originally, he was still waiting, but after the imperial court sent someone to check and accept, he asked for half a month's leave to return to Beijing to reunite with his relatives, but unexpectedly, he said he would leave.

Moreover, it is said to be a "test voyage", but in fact, in order not to delay this year's overseas trip, their ship will not turn back when it arrives in Guangzhou.

Then he will go abroad with the caravan, and he will not come back until the year of the monkey.

It's no wonder Yuan Xishan is in a good mood.He was already full of remorse, wondering whether it was the black smoke from his ancestral grave that got him such a job that seemed to be beautiful but actually was not a good job.

No matter how unwilling he was, he had no other choice in front of the imperial decree. He just faced a few imperial envoys, and he no longer had the complacency and calmness he had before.

Compared with his reluctance, Li Cheng, who also wanted to go south with him, was a little bit excited.

"Nephew thanked cousin Chengquan." There was no one in private, so he also changed his address, and bowed to Cao Yong gratefully.

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "Since you have a heart, I don't want to stop you too much. It's just a voyage of thousands of miles, not to be stubborn. You have been weak since you were young, so I have to take care of it. Now this 'test voyage', Ships go out to sea and take the sea route to Guangzhou Port, and they will replenish at several places along the way. If you can’t sustain life at sea, get off at the replenishment point; Go abroad, and I will fulfill you."

Li Cheng listened to him let go, nodded vigorously, and went back to his room to write a letter home.

Originally, I just came out with Cao Yong to see the world, but I didn't expect anyone to leave, and it was too late to return to Beijing, so I could only write a few letters from home to tell my elders and my wife.

Cao Yong watched him leave, and his heart sank a little, not knowing whether his connivance to Li Cheng was right or wrong.

With Wei Xin's lessons learned from the past, Cao Yong is not very optimistic about Li Cheng's going abroad.

Sea storms, pirates, and their own health problems, whoever they encounter, are close to death.

It's okay to give Li Cheng a chance during this "test voyage"...

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Guojun Palace, inner courtyard.

From time to time, women's cries could be heard in the wing room, and many maidservants and mothers-in-law outside the wing room shuttled among them.

Seventeen Fujin, who is pregnant in October, is about to give birth.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already prepared Mrs. Wen to wait in the palace. If the seventeenth Fujin is wrong, Mrs. Wen will come and send the Seventeenth Fujin to the delivery room.

Together with Wen Po in the delivery room, there are several palace nurses.

The seventeenth elder brother begged the emperor, and the emperor also cared, and ordered the queen to pick a few palace maids to serve in Guojun's mansion...

Although it was full term, Seventeen Fujin gave birth for the first time, the birth canal was ugly, and she cried all afternoon until late at night before she gave birth to a little elder brother...

For the Cao Mansion, they got the letter the next day.

Due to the relationship between the Cao family's mansion and the county's palace, Chu Yu had already prepared a great gift, and only waited for the day of "Xi San" to bring it to the palace to rejoice.

Seventeen Fujin went through this experience, although he was a bit dull, but his face showed the kindness of a mother, adding a bit of calmness.

Although her life is not bad, childlessness is still a big deal for women.

In the future, she can finally live with her head held high...

(End of this chapter)