Ronglu's memorial was naturally the same as others. He briefly talked about the current situation in the capital. Although I have read the situation of the Dragon Flag Army from Shiduo's memorial, I still couldn't help but review it on Ronglu's memorial again.

The German instructors of the Dragon Flag Army have basically been in place. The Maxim machine guns are distributed in accordance with a 100:1 configuration. All Mauser rifles + Maxim configurations. Gruthen camp guns and Green cannons have been distributed to the artillery battalion. The bullets and shells have been shipped to the artillery battalion. At present, live ammunition training is available. In addition to basic firearm training, German instructors have also taught various infantry tactics. The Germans also brought a new concept to the Dragon Flag Army, which is to dig trenches to build positions. Therefore, Shiduo has ordered people to design and manufacture engineer shovels. Xu Jingcheng, the Minister in Germany, was assigned by Nie Shicheng, purchased 3,000 small-caliber five-shot quick guns from Germany and 3 million bullets. The other types of gun demands are being purchased one after another. Prince Gong Yixin ordered the prince Zaiying to be in charge of the import of guns. For a time, European arms sellers came to visit.

I was happy for these changes. Although Ronglu's memorial was vaguely accusing Prince Gong of giving Fei Que to his son, I didn't have the time to argue with him. And I couldn't figure out what he meant. Was he completely safe to turn to me? Or did he pretend to have other plans?

I smiled. Did you overestimate this person? Historically, this guy has always grasped the supreme ruler and refused to relax. Maybe after I took power, he really wanted to flatter me and climbed up... But what does it mean to bite Prince Gong at this time?

Now that I am in a good mood, I stop thinking about these trivial things. I thought to myself, one day when I come up and pass this note on Prince Gong, you will feel better.

At the same time, I recalled the conversation with Dongxiang just now. Although Dongxiang confessed all the information, it was obvious that he hoped that I could only regard this matter as a personal act. Although he did not have any strength to bargain with me, I still had some respect for such a powerful man who wiped out the Russian Pacific Fleet in the future and severely damaged the Second Squadron of the Russian Pacific Fleet. For such a person, it was misguided. (The Second Squadron bypassed tens of thousands of kilometers from the Baltic Sea. Among the thirty-eight warships, twelve battleships were sunk twenty-one and nine were captured. Among them, the Japanese Combined Fleet lost only three torpedo boats. Of course, this battle was caused by luck and the enemy's stupidity.)

I originally wanted to use this incident to blackmail Japan, but because of Donggo, I hesitated. Could it be that I just let it go?

Ronglu's memorial was made below. Although I made the request, I was still excited. Count Zeppelin's research has entered a critical stage and now I need light air (Ronglu's original text, haha), but it is not available in China. I hope I will issue an edict to seek a long-term and reliable source of light air in the country as soon as possible. I vaguely remember that a man named Hua Hengfang had done this in the late Qing Dynasty, so I was not in a hurry.

Zeppelin's assistant, the young Mr. Mebach, also encountered difficulties. He tried to make an engine, but he was suffering from lack of fuel, and bought it from foreigners, which took time and wasted money. He also asked me to issue an order across the country to find a stable source of oil. (In history, gasoline engines were invented by Mebach and Daimler in 1886. Later, Mebach had a conflict with the company, so he followed Zeppelin. Therefore, there was no YY at all except to come to China.)

Among the new foreigners, I found the names of the Wright brothers, Diesel also came, and soon got together with Maybach. John Holland, who came from the United States, was also very interested in the research of these two people. He quickly formed a three-person group, and instead left Count Zeppelin, who was dreaming of flying, aside.

The problem is concentrated on oil and petrochemical. In my impression, although there are oil mines in Northeast China and Xinjiang, the Northeast is the foundation of Manchuria. If you act rashly, there may be stubborn people who cause trouble. Don’t make a fuss about digging dragon veins or other bird matters for those who are interested to use it. Moreover, the emperor cannot say that I must have one designated in Northeast China, which is a bit awesome.

This question became a bottleneck before me. Just now, Zhu Pi was about to purchase it from abroad and search for it at the same time in China, but the following note made me laugh.

This is a request for the reconnaissance of the turbulent oil mine in Yanchang County by Cao Hongxun, who said that the black turbulent oil mine was found in Yanchang County. After investigation by the magistrate Hong Yin, the oil quality was good and he also asked for a deposit of 8,000 taels of mine. I immediately put the reconciliation without saying a word and scolded Weng Tonghe for not being able to do so. He also sent it to the imperial court. If there is any delay in the future, the military aircraft is asking. (Yanchang Oil Mine was put into production in 1905. Here is advance...)

Although the mining process has to go through a series of processing before it can meet the requirements, it has already made a good start. The most important thing at the moment is to immediately find a foreign company in petrochemicals to help me establish a complete petrochemical system. Thinking of this, I added a few lines of words and ordered the Prime Minister's affairs office of various countries to immediately order the US and European envoys to find companies willing to cooperate in the local area.

Yung Wing's memorial reported on the progress of organizing young children to study abroad and promoting new-style schools in various places. Although it was a little easier than during the Tongzhi period, many parents of children were still reluctant. New-style schools did not receive support from local Xuezheng, and the progress was slow for a while. It was only good responses in coastal areas such as Zhili, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi. At present, more than 90 new-style schools have been established nationwide, more than 300 foreign teachers have been introduced, and hundreds of domestic teachers have been organized to teach. I, my self-criticism and encouragement, is not a matter of one day or one night, and it is already good to make this happen.

After the approval of the note, I looked back at the Western clock. It was already twelve o'clock in the evening. I walked out and saw that the night was still dark. Under the rich darkness, the lights were vaguely floating on Liugong Island. The Chinese fleet of the Royal Navy of the British Empire was leaving the port in a row, preparing for the next day's exercise.

When I received the result the next day, I was shocked and the Qing Navy won. All the turrets on the shore were fought, and only the surface ships were left with Dingzhen and several torpedo boats under Deng Shichang. When I saw Lieutenant General Salman who was still smiling, I could clearly sense his dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, I think if we can have another ship, the loss will be your country." Salman said unwillingly, dissatisfied and pretended not to care.

I laughed and said, "I think it's just a lucky trip this time, and your country's ship age is too old. As the attacking party, there is no advantage in the army, so it is definitely not your fault if you lose."

After hearing my compliment, Salman felt a little relieved and smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise. From the perspective of a friendly country, I am willing to point out one of the shortcomings of your navy to Your Majesty, that is, your firepower hit rate is too low." As he said that, he handed over a piece of paper.

I took it and saw that the shooting hit rate of the Qing Navy was provided by Lang Wiley, which was only a pitiful 17%. The British figure was 67%.

In desperation, he had to smile awkwardly and turned his head, "Admiral Lang, Admiral Liu, Admiral Lin, your next task is to train live ammunition without stinginess to increase my hit rate. It is best to be a number that can make Mr. Salman envious!"

On the last day in Weihai, I was still too idle. I told Li Bingheng about the logistics affairs and reminded him that the logistics should also take into account the maintenance of equipment, set up a maintenance factory, and organize personnel to study.

I don't have much to say about the naval generals, so I have said it a long time ago, just again emphasize military discipline, training, ship maintenance, and acceptance of new ships. At the same time, I ordered Liu Buchan to escort Hirahachiro Togo and the first monk Mori Tomyoshi, the rest of the people were temporarily imprisoned and returned to the fleet when they visit Japan next year.

Officials from all localities in Shandong also encouraged each other and finally issued an order to exempt Shandong from money and food that year. The officials were naturally full of joy and smiles.

Then, with the enthusiastic farewell of the Shandong military and civilians, I boarded the car to return to Beijing.
Chapter completed!