Chapter 1871
Chapter 1871
Chapter 1871
What relieved Li Mo was that although he had to bid farewell to his homeland for two years, he would not be too lonely during this trip. In addition to the dozen or so attendants who accompanied him this time, there were also a group of students who also came from North Korea. .Although it is unlikely that these people will eat and live with him after arriving in Haihan, and it will be arranged by the relevant organization of Haihan, they will definitely spend a lot of time together in the future.Li Luo has even made up his mind to bring these local talents together on a regular basis and hold social gatherings so that everyone can relieve the pain of homesickness in a foreign country.
Although the cabin Haihan prepared for Li Luo on the ship was not particularly large, it was quite comfortable. Most of the furniture in the cabin was custom-made for senior officials such as Shi Diwen, and the materials used were by no means commercially available. The goods are comparable.Especially the spring cushion, this is the first time for Li Lu to try it. Sitting on it and twisting it left and right, it feels extremely novel.
The several round glass portholes on the bulkhead are also quite eye-catching. Although the area of each porthole is not large, it is no problem to add up to provide sufficient lighting for the cabin during the day.Compared with the old wooden portholes of ordinary sea ships, Haihan's glass portholes are much taller no matter how they look.Moreover, this kind of sailboat that transports important people usually arranges armed warship escorts during the sea, so basically there is no need to think too much about the protection ability of the ship's side. Open a few more portholes, and you can come as cool as you want.
If you feel that the cabin is boring, you can also go to the deck. There are specially set sightseeing seats at the bow and stern. You can lie on the soft beach chairs and enjoy the sea breeze and enjoy the sun. You can even let the crew bring fishing gear. Play sea fishing.
Li Lu is not a person who likes to go out to sea by boat, but he has to admit that it is indeed a pleasant and beautiful thing to go out to sea on such a sailboat. People are uncomfortable.Before boarding the ship, he had heard that the ship was used by high-ranking Haihan officials to go on vacation at sea. At that time, he didn't quite understand how going to sea could be regarded as a kind of enjoyment.With such an environment, if you add good wine and beautiful people, it is really a good way to enjoy.
Li Wei recalled the reports he had seen before, saying that the Haihan people were not only good at trade and war, but also enjoyed enjoying themselves. device.However, Li Lu didn't know that, in fact, the boiler used by Haihan to take a hot bath was also used in the steam power device he had seen on the Haihan battleship earlier.
Of course, he is the only one in the entire study abroad team who can enjoy this kind of treatment.Due to the limited space on the ship, the cabins of most crew members are very small. Others can only spend this journey in a cabin with four people or even a cabin with 12 people. The true state of life of most sailors and sailors during their voyages.
This is the current situation of An Daoshi and other overseas students. As guests, their treatment is slightly better than that of the sailors on the ship. They live in a four-person cabin with upper and lower hard beds.Although there is no comfort at all, compared with the three-layer hard plank bed that the sailors live in, it is at least able to sit upright on the bed.
However, apart from the relatively small living space, there is nothing to complain about in other aspects.For example, the ingredients on board are very rich, not only fresh seafood, but also a variety of vegetables and fruits, and even poultry and livestock.Before boarding the ship, An Daoshi and others joked with each other that it was not easy to supply food during the sea trip. They estimated that they could only eat kimchi, salted fish and white porridge, but the actual situation was far better than their expectations. Every meal can at least guarantee two meat and two vegetables. Four dishes and one soup.For An Daoshi, this is even better than the level of food he received during his training at the Datongjiang Base.
Of course, An Daoshi actually understood that it was all due to the blessing of his son's companionship, that Haihan raised the treatment of the entourage.If there were only students like them on board, then the food content would probably be the same as that of ordinary sailors, and there would not be so many choices.
However, An Daoshi was born in a Orion family, and his family was already poor, so he had very low material requirements. This time he was selected to study in Haihan, and all the expenses were borne by the state, and he also had a military salary. I am already very satisfied, and I will not feel that there is anything wrong with working hard on the way.
Moreover, An Daoshi and other military officers who had a secret agreement with Haihan generals in advance will also enjoy a "special scholarship" provided by the Haihan military during their study abroad.Of course, the existence of this scholarship is confidential and will not be issued publicly.And if An Daoshi and the others were not too stupid, they would not spend lavishly just because they had this money, which would easily expose their unknown source of income in front of their companions.
An Daoshi was a little surprised that there was a prince in the team going to Haihan to study this time. He didn't know that Haihan had proposed to his king long ago to send the prince to study abroad, and there were different political factions in the court during the period It is difficult to choose between the game and the king Li Zhen for a long time.However, the joining of the prince still made Andaoshi a little excited, because it indicated that the country paid enough attention to their group of overseas students, so that the future king would go to Haihan to study with them.
However, An Daoshi considers his status to be humble, so he dare not take the initiative to talk to Shizi. After setting off from Seoul, he saw Shizi walking on the deck, so he took the initiative to avoid it.Compared with the eldest son whose status is too different, he is more willing to communicate with his companions who are studying abroad in Haihan this time, without worrying about having no common topics to talk about.
Although considering the comfort of the voyage, Haihan intentionally slowed down the speed, but it took just over three days to reach the waters of the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang, Daming.
Li Mo had never set foot in the territory of Ming Dynasty before, and in his mind, Daming should be a very distant existence across the sea, but the Haihan sailing boat completed this cross-border voyage so quickly, which made Li Mo feel very happy. It's a bit complicated.He remembered that after he was conferred the title of heir by his father back then, since Daming had never sent envoys to North Korea to confirm the validity of the canonization, he had been in a state of injustice for the next ten years of his career as heir .
Back then, Daming delayed the dispatch of envoys on the grounds that Liaodong was occupied by Houjin and was impassable. However, the distance between the two countries was only three days’ sailing. Leading the fleet as far as Nanyang, how could it be impossible to send envoys across the waters between the two countries? This was clearly a deliberate neglect of North Korea, refusing to recognize the legitimacy of Li Zhen's move to overthrow the previous ruler Guang Haijun by force.In this kind of political game between countries, Li Wei became a prop for Ming Dynasty to manipulate North Korea.
Although North Korea, as a vassal state, has long had the awareness that the weak obey the will of the strong, such an arrangement still makes Li Min feel very uncomfortable after becoming an adult and sensible.This trip westward to Daming on the Haihan sailboat reminded him of the unhappy past.However, as the prince, he still hid his emotions very well, and no one noticed that Li Luo had a short-term negative emotion.
The officer in charge of commanding this fleet is Navy Lieutenant Colonel Xie Li. He was originally stationed in Liaodong. This time he was transferred to North Korea to participate in the Anti-Qing War. take a vacation.Escorting these North Korean trainees to complete the voyage from Seoul to Dinghai Port in Zhoushan was his last task before that.
After entering the waters of the Zhoushan Islands, Xie Li ordered someone to signal to the merchant ship where Li Min was, and the crew on board would inform Li Min of the current location of the fleet.The purpose of doing this is mainly to maintain mutual trust between the two sides, so as to prevent North Koreans from misunderstanding when they are not clear about the surrounding environment.
Another reason that is not humane is that after entering the waters of the Zhoushan Islands, the identities of the Koreans have become more sensitive. Xie Li notified them, but also reminded them to be cautious in their words and deeds from now on, not to be too ostentatious, so as not to provoke unnecessary trouble.
The so-called trouble is mainly due to the existence of Li Wei.If it was just ordinary Koreans entering and leaving Zhoushan or even Ningbo City, there would be no problem. However, Li Mo's status is too special. If the son of the Joseon Dynasty visits Daming, he must first apply to Daming, and Daming will approve and act accordingly. The trip can only take place after the arrangement is made, and at the moment Li Mo took Haihan's boat and came to Daming territory, but he didn't say hello to Daming beforehand. If Daming knew about this, Haihan would not care, but North Korea But still very afraid, not wanting to offend Daming.
Therefore, before the study abroad team set off, the North Korean side discussed this with Haehan, and the conclusion was to minimize the impact of the North Korean prince's visit to Haehan.Although it is impossible to keep this matter completely secret, there must be Daming's eyes and ears in Seoul who will pass this news back to China, but this kind of thing itself is unjustifiable, as long as it does not act in a high-profile manner, even if Daming knows about it, he will not take the initiative to disclose it.After all, if there is a big trouble, Haihan and North Korea are not the ones who will lose face.
This principle is the same as when Da Ming was kept silent when Hainan Island was occupied by Hai Han. Since the situation that has already occurred cannot be changed, keeping silent is tantamount to saving one's face.Besides, Daming had already tacitly lost the vassal state of North Korea. Regardless of whether this younger brother was loyal to the Qing Dynasty or Haihan, in short, if he jumped out and claimed to be his suzerain now, he would only be asking for trouble.
Li Lu is very clear about the stakes in this, and he doesn't want to cause the political relationship between the three countries to become delicate again because of his appearance, so after receiving the notification from the Haihan military, he asked his subordinates to inform For the students on the ship, let them keep a low profile as much as possible after arriving in Zhoushan, especially not to disclose their identities and the real reason for coming to Zhoushan.
It was getting dark and the fleet had no time to reach Zhoushan before sunset, so Xie Li ordered to stop at the Shengsi Islands for one night and set off again the next morning.
There is only a small fishing village on this island, but Xie Li still asked people to set up a tent on the coast, and invited Li Lu to go ashore for the night, so as to avoid the suffering of the bumpy night.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to have dinner together, Li Wei asked Xie Li how far it was from Zhoushan Dinghai Port.Xie Li didn't hide anything from him, and asked someone to fetch a chart, pointing out to him the current location of the fleet.
"Apart from Zhoushan Island, have Daishan Island, Qushan Island, and Shengshan Island where we are now under the jurisdiction of your country?" Li Wei asked curiously while looking at the chart.
Xie Li explained: "In the east of Hangzhou Bay, the ownership of these islands in the sea has not been clearly determined at present, but it is generally accepted that Zhoushan Island is under the jurisdiction of my country, and other islands are jointly managed by the two countries. Considering that the Zhejiang Navy generally does not have activities at sea, so most of the time it is under the actual jurisdiction of our country.”
Li Luo was a little confused by the gossip. After sorting it out a bit, he understood Xie Li's meaning—in fact, it was all under Haihan's management, and there was only one name that was officially confirmed by the two countries.
But Li Luo thinks that this step is probably impossible. Daming will never cede land to other countries—at most, it will be regarded as a loss of land, but it will never admit that other countries have the right to rule over it.
And the facts are indeed the same. Although Haihan has more and more actual control areas on the coastline of Daming, Daming never admits that the ownership of these places has changed hands, even if the two parties signed a diplomatic agreement last year, but for these disputes The ownership of the area is still vague, and Haihan's claim of ownership has not been recognized in writing.
In order to take care of Daming's face, Haihan finally accommodated the other party, and did not forcefully claim the ownership of these areas, but continued the past saying that these areas already controlled by Haihan were called disputed areas, so there was Xie Li's rather awkward explanation.
From the standpoint of Haihan, Xie Li's statement is already very polite. Now the prosperity of Zhoushan Island has even surpassed that of the neighboring Ningbo Prefecture, and the actual rule of places like Xiangshan and Shipu is also happening faintly. Changes, Haihan's control area along the coast of Zhejiang has actually gone beyond the islands in the sea.
Of course, with regard to this situation, the officials in Zhejiang basically will not take the initiative to speak out. In the past few years, the early birds have died, demoted, disappeared, and chose to stand on the side of Haihan, such as the prefect of Ningbo. Qu Yutong, Hangzhou Tongpan Wang Yuan, Zhejiang Chief Envoy Wang Ji, etc., all made a lot of money, and even had a lot of business overseas.
From a certain point of view, a tacit agreement has been reached between Zhejiang officials and Haihan. Haihan will no longer take hostile military measures in Zhejiang, and will not send troops to occupy Zhejiang's territory. Close your eyes and don't interfere with each other.
(End of this chapter)
What relieved Li Mo was that although he had to bid farewell to his homeland for two years, he would not be too lonely during this trip. In addition to the dozen or so attendants who accompanied him this time, there were also a group of students who also came from North Korea. .Although it is unlikely that these people will eat and live with him after arriving in Haihan, and it will be arranged by the relevant organization of Haihan, they will definitely spend a lot of time together in the future.Li Luo has even made up his mind to bring these local talents together on a regular basis and hold social gatherings so that everyone can relieve the pain of homesickness in a foreign country.
Although the cabin Haihan prepared for Li Luo on the ship was not particularly large, it was quite comfortable. Most of the furniture in the cabin was custom-made for senior officials such as Shi Diwen, and the materials used were by no means commercially available. The goods are comparable.Especially the spring cushion, this is the first time for Li Lu to try it. Sitting on it and twisting it left and right, it feels extremely novel.
The several round glass portholes on the bulkhead are also quite eye-catching. Although the area of each porthole is not large, it is no problem to add up to provide sufficient lighting for the cabin during the day.Compared with the old wooden portholes of ordinary sea ships, Haihan's glass portholes are much taller no matter how they look.Moreover, this kind of sailboat that transports important people usually arranges armed warship escorts during the sea, so basically there is no need to think too much about the protection ability of the ship's side. Open a few more portholes, and you can come as cool as you want.
If you feel that the cabin is boring, you can also go to the deck. There are specially set sightseeing seats at the bow and stern. You can lie on the soft beach chairs and enjoy the sea breeze and enjoy the sun. You can even let the crew bring fishing gear. Play sea fishing.
Li Lu is not a person who likes to go out to sea by boat, but he has to admit that it is indeed a pleasant and beautiful thing to go out to sea on such a sailboat. People are uncomfortable.Before boarding the ship, he had heard that the ship was used by high-ranking Haihan officials to go on vacation at sea. At that time, he didn't quite understand how going to sea could be regarded as a kind of enjoyment.With such an environment, if you add good wine and beautiful people, it is really a good way to enjoy.
Li Wei recalled the reports he had seen before, saying that the Haihan people were not only good at trade and war, but also enjoyed enjoying themselves. device.However, Li Lu didn't know that, in fact, the boiler used by Haihan to take a hot bath was also used in the steam power device he had seen on the Haihan battleship earlier.
Of course, he is the only one in the entire study abroad team who can enjoy this kind of treatment.Due to the limited space on the ship, the cabins of most crew members are very small. Others can only spend this journey in a cabin with four people or even a cabin with 12 people. The true state of life of most sailors and sailors during their voyages.
This is the current situation of An Daoshi and other overseas students. As guests, their treatment is slightly better than that of the sailors on the ship. They live in a four-person cabin with upper and lower hard beds.Although there is no comfort at all, compared with the three-layer hard plank bed that the sailors live in, it is at least able to sit upright on the bed.
However, apart from the relatively small living space, there is nothing to complain about in other aspects.For example, the ingredients on board are very rich, not only fresh seafood, but also a variety of vegetables and fruits, and even poultry and livestock.Before boarding the ship, An Daoshi and others joked with each other that it was not easy to supply food during the sea trip. They estimated that they could only eat kimchi, salted fish and white porridge, but the actual situation was far better than their expectations. Every meal can at least guarantee two meat and two vegetables. Four dishes and one soup.For An Daoshi, this is even better than the level of food he received during his training at the Datongjiang Base.
Of course, An Daoshi actually understood that it was all due to the blessing of his son's companionship, that Haihan raised the treatment of the entourage.If there were only students like them on board, then the food content would probably be the same as that of ordinary sailors, and there would not be so many choices.
However, An Daoshi was born in a Orion family, and his family was already poor, so he had very low material requirements. This time he was selected to study in Haihan, and all the expenses were borne by the state, and he also had a military salary. I am already very satisfied, and I will not feel that there is anything wrong with working hard on the way.
Moreover, An Daoshi and other military officers who had a secret agreement with Haihan generals in advance will also enjoy a "special scholarship" provided by the Haihan military during their study abroad.Of course, the existence of this scholarship is confidential and will not be issued publicly.And if An Daoshi and the others were not too stupid, they would not spend lavishly just because they had this money, which would easily expose their unknown source of income in front of their companions.
An Daoshi was a little surprised that there was a prince in the team going to Haihan to study this time. He didn't know that Haihan had proposed to his king long ago to send the prince to study abroad, and there were different political factions in the court during the period It is difficult to choose between the game and the king Li Zhen for a long time.However, the joining of the prince still made Andaoshi a little excited, because it indicated that the country paid enough attention to their group of overseas students, so that the future king would go to Haihan to study with them.
However, An Daoshi considers his status to be humble, so he dare not take the initiative to talk to Shizi. After setting off from Seoul, he saw Shizi walking on the deck, so he took the initiative to avoid it.Compared with the eldest son whose status is too different, he is more willing to communicate with his companions who are studying abroad in Haihan this time, without worrying about having no common topics to talk about.
Although considering the comfort of the voyage, Haihan intentionally slowed down the speed, but it took just over three days to reach the waters of the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang, Daming.
Li Mo had never set foot in the territory of Ming Dynasty before, and in his mind, Daming should be a very distant existence across the sea, but the Haihan sailing boat completed this cross-border voyage so quickly, which made Li Mo feel very happy. It's a bit complicated.He remembered that after he was conferred the title of heir by his father back then, since Daming had never sent envoys to North Korea to confirm the validity of the canonization, he had been in a state of injustice for the next ten years of his career as heir .
Back then, Daming delayed the dispatch of envoys on the grounds that Liaodong was occupied by Houjin and was impassable. However, the distance between the two countries was only three days’ sailing. Leading the fleet as far as Nanyang, how could it be impossible to send envoys across the waters between the two countries? This was clearly a deliberate neglect of North Korea, refusing to recognize the legitimacy of Li Zhen's move to overthrow the previous ruler Guang Haijun by force.In this kind of political game between countries, Li Wei became a prop for Ming Dynasty to manipulate North Korea.
Although North Korea, as a vassal state, has long had the awareness that the weak obey the will of the strong, such an arrangement still makes Li Min feel very uncomfortable after becoming an adult and sensible.This trip westward to Daming on the Haihan sailboat reminded him of the unhappy past.However, as the prince, he still hid his emotions very well, and no one noticed that Li Luo had a short-term negative emotion.
The officer in charge of commanding this fleet is Navy Lieutenant Colonel Xie Li. He was originally stationed in Liaodong. This time he was transferred to North Korea to participate in the Anti-Qing War. take a vacation.Escorting these North Korean trainees to complete the voyage from Seoul to Dinghai Port in Zhoushan was his last task before that.
After entering the waters of the Zhoushan Islands, Xie Li ordered someone to signal to the merchant ship where Li Min was, and the crew on board would inform Li Min of the current location of the fleet.The purpose of doing this is mainly to maintain mutual trust between the two sides, so as to prevent North Koreans from misunderstanding when they are not clear about the surrounding environment.
Another reason that is not humane is that after entering the waters of the Zhoushan Islands, the identities of the Koreans have become more sensitive. Xie Li notified them, but also reminded them to be cautious in their words and deeds from now on, not to be too ostentatious, so as not to provoke unnecessary trouble.
The so-called trouble is mainly due to the existence of Li Wei.If it was just ordinary Koreans entering and leaving Zhoushan or even Ningbo City, there would be no problem. However, Li Mo's status is too special. If the son of the Joseon Dynasty visits Daming, he must first apply to Daming, and Daming will approve and act accordingly. The trip can only take place after the arrangement is made, and at the moment Li Mo took Haihan's boat and came to Daming territory, but he didn't say hello to Daming beforehand. If Daming knew about this, Haihan would not care, but North Korea But still very afraid, not wanting to offend Daming.
Therefore, before the study abroad team set off, the North Korean side discussed this with Haehan, and the conclusion was to minimize the impact of the North Korean prince's visit to Haehan.Although it is impossible to keep this matter completely secret, there must be Daming's eyes and ears in Seoul who will pass this news back to China, but this kind of thing itself is unjustifiable, as long as it does not act in a high-profile manner, even if Daming knows about it, he will not take the initiative to disclose it.After all, if there is a big trouble, Haihan and North Korea are not the ones who will lose face.
This principle is the same as when Da Ming was kept silent when Hainan Island was occupied by Hai Han. Since the situation that has already occurred cannot be changed, keeping silent is tantamount to saving one's face.Besides, Daming had already tacitly lost the vassal state of North Korea. Regardless of whether this younger brother was loyal to the Qing Dynasty or Haihan, in short, if he jumped out and claimed to be his suzerain now, he would only be asking for trouble.
Li Lu is very clear about the stakes in this, and he doesn't want to cause the political relationship between the three countries to become delicate again because of his appearance, so after receiving the notification from the Haihan military, he asked his subordinates to inform For the students on the ship, let them keep a low profile as much as possible after arriving in Zhoushan, especially not to disclose their identities and the real reason for coming to Zhoushan.
It was getting dark and the fleet had no time to reach Zhoushan before sunset, so Xie Li ordered to stop at the Shengsi Islands for one night and set off again the next morning.
There is only a small fishing village on this island, but Xie Li still asked people to set up a tent on the coast, and invited Li Lu to go ashore for the night, so as to avoid the suffering of the bumpy night.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to have dinner together, Li Wei asked Xie Li how far it was from Zhoushan Dinghai Port.Xie Li didn't hide anything from him, and asked someone to fetch a chart, pointing out to him the current location of the fleet.
"Apart from Zhoushan Island, have Daishan Island, Qushan Island, and Shengshan Island where we are now under the jurisdiction of your country?" Li Wei asked curiously while looking at the chart.
Xie Li explained: "In the east of Hangzhou Bay, the ownership of these islands in the sea has not been clearly determined at present, but it is generally accepted that Zhoushan Island is under the jurisdiction of my country, and other islands are jointly managed by the two countries. Considering that the Zhejiang Navy generally does not have activities at sea, so most of the time it is under the actual jurisdiction of our country.”
Li Luo was a little confused by the gossip. After sorting it out a bit, he understood Xie Li's meaning—in fact, it was all under Haihan's management, and there was only one name that was officially confirmed by the two countries.
But Li Luo thinks that this step is probably impossible. Daming will never cede land to other countries—at most, it will be regarded as a loss of land, but it will never admit that other countries have the right to rule over it.
And the facts are indeed the same. Although Haihan has more and more actual control areas on the coastline of Daming, Daming never admits that the ownership of these places has changed hands, even if the two parties signed a diplomatic agreement last year, but for these disputes The ownership of the area is still vague, and Haihan's claim of ownership has not been recognized in writing.
In order to take care of Daming's face, Haihan finally accommodated the other party, and did not forcefully claim the ownership of these areas, but continued the past saying that these areas already controlled by Haihan were called disputed areas, so there was Xie Li's rather awkward explanation.
From the standpoint of Haihan, Xie Li's statement is already very polite. Now the prosperity of Zhoushan Island has even surpassed that of the neighboring Ningbo Prefecture, and the actual rule of places like Xiangshan and Shipu is also happening faintly. Changes, Haihan's control area along the coast of Zhejiang has actually gone beyond the islands in the sea.
Of course, with regard to this situation, the officials in Zhejiang basically will not take the initiative to speak out. In the past few years, the early birds have died, demoted, disappeared, and chose to stand on the side of Haihan, such as the prefect of Ningbo. Qu Yutong, Hangzhou Tongpan Wang Yuan, Zhejiang Chief Envoy Wang Ji, etc., all made a lot of money, and even had a lot of business overseas.
From a certain point of view, a tacit agreement has been reached between Zhejiang officials and Haihan. Haihan will no longer take hostile military measures in Zhejiang, and will not send troops to occupy Zhejiang's territory. Close your eyes and don't interfere with each other.
(End of this chapter)