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    Other countries did not react much to this matter.  After all, Western Sichuan is getting stronger and stronger and will definitely try to gain access to the sea.  This does not have much conflict of interest with them, so they are too lazy to get involved.  You know, now is when Western Sichuan has just defeated Britain and is at its peak.  Naturally, everyone will not want to help the Manchu Qing Dynasty.  Besides, Western Sichuan has not yet separated from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and it can be regarded as an internal matter between Western Sichuan and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Naturally, they will not interfere.  Especially Germany and the United Kingdom. Western Sichuan has already ordered warships from them respectively. So, they know that Western Sichuan will definitely seize the seaport in the near future.  Otherwise, once the warship returns home, won't it just be floating on the sea?

    On the contrary, Japan, a small country in the East, jumped out and made a fuss. It was nothing more than saying that this kind of behavior in Western Sichuan had an impact on the security situation in the Far East. It asked all countries to unite to suppress the development of Western Sichuan.  However, their words did not receive any approval.  After all, in the eyes of the great powers, Japan was not even as good as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so there was no need to pay any attention to it.  Such a result made Japan very angry and felt that his self-esteem had been hit again.  All Japanese people worked together to tighten their belts for the development of the navy.  Even Emperor Meiji only ate one meal a day in order to build the navy. Of course, snacks and the like at other times were indispensable.  Otherwise, we might as well starve him to death!

    "But those stupid Japanese people don't know it. They donate money and materials one after another to support the construction of the navy.  There are even large numbers of Japanese women who voluntarily go to China and Southeast Asia to work in the service industry to earn foreign exchange for Japan and support the construction of the navy.  With these supports, Japan's navy has developed rapidly, making Japan more confident in defeating the Manchu Qing in future wars and realizing the rise of Japan.

    Wang Yuze has already discovered all these situations.  However, he has no way to stop it for the time being.  The army in western Sichuan is strong, but the navy is still zero.  The army in western Sichuan cannot swim across the sea and land in Japan!  However, the navy in western Sichuan is about to develop. Although it is developing late, it has a high starting point.  Presumably it will teach the Japanese Navy a big lesson by then!

    After gaining access to the sea, Western Sichuan immediately called Germany and the United Kingdom, asking them to speed up the construction of warships in Western Sichuan.  At the same time, officers in Western Sichuan who are studying in the naval academies of the two countries and interning in the navy are required to master the performance of these warships as soon as possible so that they can return to their country and serve their country in the future.  Although Western Sichuan had no outlet to the sea before, Western Sichuan has a long history of naval planning. As early as ten years ago, Western Sichuan sent a large number of young people to Europe to study the navy.  Of course, Germany dispatched the most, followed by the United Kingdom. After all, the British navy is still the best in the world.  After several batches, a total of more than 200 people have been sent out.  In addition, Western Sichuan has already been prepared. The sailors from the former Fujian Navy recruited after the failure of the Battle of Shimonoseki can basically support the initial development of the Western Sichuan Navy.  Of course, the subsequent development of the navy will also require the cultivation of a large number of talents.  Western Sichuan will also build a naval academy to cultivate specialized talents for the navy.  However, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight.  The navy is not as good as the army. It is a more technical service and requires a long period of historical accumulation.

    At the same time, regarding railways, the Ministry of Transportation in Western Sichuan immediately planned a railway from Guiyang and Kunming to Yongning, the capital of Guangxi Province.  Moreover, it has been connected to Fangchenggang, Beihai and Zhanjiang.  Although these three seaports have not yet been developed, in the future, these three cities will become the gathering places of military ports and shipyards for the Western Sichuan Navy.  The Naval Academy will also be established here.

    Although the total mileage of these two railways reaches 1,800 kilometers, and the karst landform of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau makes the project more expensive, Western Sichuan still decided that this railway must be built within a year.  In particular, the section from Guiyang to Yongning and then from Yongning to Zhanjiang must be repaired in advance.  For this reason, the Ministry of Transportation in Western Sichuan even suspended other non-essential railway lines and invested limited manpower and funds into these two lines.  The purpose is to ensure the construction of the navy first.  The funds are convenient but the finances cannot afford it.  Patrol envoy Wang Xiao even allocated 20 million yuan from his personal account specifically for the construction of this railway.  It can also be seen from this that Western Sichuan attaches great importance to the navy and access to the sea.

    Wang Yuze also attaches great importance to the navy, but he does not have time to ask about it for the time being.  Originally, he planned to go to Guangxi, especially those seaport cities, to inspect and select sites for the navy's military ports, shipyards and naval colleges.  However, Yuying Gege of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was about to get married. As the wedding date approached, he was unable to go to Guangxi and had to find another time after the wedding.

    Prince Li Shiduo became the imperial minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and escorted Yu Ying Gege to Chengdu to marry Wang Yuze.  Of course, before the procession of sending off the bride set off, a grand banquet had been held at Prince Ding's palace.  All the civil and military officials, princes and nobles of the court rushed to congratulate him.  Li Lian, the chief eunuchHe also went to express his congratulations on the order of the Empress Dowager Cixi, which made Prince Ding Puxu very proud.  Other people also felt that this time the prince's palace had turned over, and they were even more fawning over Pu Xu.

    The procession of seeing off the bride kept going and stopping all the way until they arrived in Chengdu on July 25.  After arriving, they checked into a specially booked hotel in western Sichuan.  The hotels in western Sichuan are decorated and designed in a way that is close to Europe and the United States, which immediately amazed these bumpkin from the capital.

    Wang Yuze also came out to greet her, but he didn't see Yu Ying's face.  According to the rules, he could not see Yuying Gege before getting married.  This made him a little uneasy. What if he married an ugly girl?  Even if I have to marry for the benefit of Western Sichuan, I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.  However, it has already reached this point, and it is obviously too late to regret the marriage.  He could only comfort himself that the Manchu princess couldn't grow up too shabby!  After all, ordinary crooked melons and cracked jujubes obviously cannot join the families of these princes and nobles.  Even if it was too bad, the worst he could do was turn off the lights and it would be the same.  Women, aren¡¯t they all like that?  After turning off the lights, it's all the same.

    "However, after returning to the small courtyard of the patrolling envoy's residence, I could not avoid being complained by the three ladies again.  Naturally, Wang Yuze could only be careful to apologize, especially since the eldest lady, Xiong Menghan, was already 9 months pregnant and was about to give birth, so she couldn't get angry and do anything bad.  Otherwise, he would become a sinner of their Wang family.  Wang Xiao has been looking forward to this unborn grandson for who knows how long!

    "Brother Yuze, isn't that Princess named Yuying particularly beautiful and noble?" Wang Yuze's third wife Zhou Rui asked.  After two years of marriage, this little girl has completely adapted to her identity.  Although she is now a student at Western Sichuan Women's University, she still visits the ambassador's residence whenever Wang Yuze is at home.  Of course, her identity is life-saving in the school.  The guards patrolling the embassy even dispatched several female guards to protect his safety.

    The eldest lady, Xiong Menghan, and the second lady, Yang Shilan, also listened to their conversation with their ears pricked up.

    "How do I know something beautiful and noble? I've never seen it before?" Wang Yuze said helplessly.  Women, indeed, are bound to gossip, even his wives.

    "Brother Yuze, you promised us. Whose name is Gege? You can't bully us because of her identity!" The third lady, Zhou Rui, took Wang Yuze's hand and shook it vigorously, and began to coquettishly say.

    "Okay, okay, I promise you, it won't be like this. After she gets married, she will be the fourth lady, and she will have to call you sister. If you are not satisfied, it is up to you!" Wang Yuze said.  Although she has never met Yuying, she knows a little about her.  Because the situation in the palace before her engagement was not very good, she was not like the other children of princes and noble families who developed unruly prices, but she was an approachable girl, which reassured Wang Yuze a lot.

    "Haha, then we can rest assured. Finally, I am not the youngest anymore!" Third Lady Zhou Rui became happy.  Although she is eighteen years old, she is still carefree and has the nature of a child. This is why Wang Yuze loves her very much.

    July 28th is an auspicious day.  On this day, the sun was shining brightly and the whole Chengdu was beaming with joy.  Their young marshal is marrying the royal princess today.  Of course they were very happy and extremely high-spirited.  Because, to put it nicely, this is a princess getting married in a harmonious way.  To put it bluntly, the imperial court could not defeat Western Sichuan and had to rely on this method to win over Western Sichuan.  This naturally made these people in western Sichuan feel extremely satisfied psychologically.

    The ambassador¡¯s house during the inspection in western Sichuan was even more decorated with lights and colorful decorations, setting off a festive atmosphere.  Members of the cabinet, officials from the provinces under the jurisdiction of Western Sichuan, military generals and celebrities from Western Sichuan also came to visit the ambassador's house early to express their congratulations.  The young marshal is marrying a Manchu princess. This is a big deal in the whole of western Sichuan!  The current young marshal is no better than he was then, and it is even more inevitable that he will take over the power of Western Sichuan in the future.  Therefore, they naturally attached great importance to Wang Yuze's wedding.

    Wang Yuze got up early in the morning, wearing a dark green military uniform with no epaulettes. With his current status, it was not easy to give him a military rank. Giving it too low seemed disrespectful to him.  If it's too high, it's another child's play.  Therefore, Wang Yuze, like Wang Xiao, now has no military rank.

    "The auspicious time has come!" At 12 noon, the patrolling envoy's mansion lit up long firecrackers.  Wang Yuze also took the bride back to the visiting ambassador's house, and the wedding officially began.

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