Jin Nai was born in the Bordered White Banner of the Han Army. His father, Jin Yanzu, had followed Emperor Taizu into the Pass. They were a family of real meritorious service. Emperor Kangxi was very generous to all the members of their family, so he became the prefect of Shengjing when he was only in his thirties.

The entire description in Jin Nai's letter of apology was that it was his own negligence and the deception he suffered at the hands of the Jinzhou prefect that led to the current disaster.

Kangxi was angry, so he summoned all the important cabinet ministers and his confidants, and also called back Yinzhi who was busy investigating the case.

After discussing for most of the day in the Southern Study, they finally came up with the punishment measures for Jin Nai and the Jinzhou prefect.

Jin Nai was demoted to the Three Jins, and the prefect of Jinzhou was directly dismissed from his post.

Kangxi allocated another 50,000 taels of silver and handed over the disaster relief task to Yinzhi, and then no longer interfered with it.

As New Year's Eve was getting closer, he still had some "Fu" characters that he hadn't given out.

To him, the Jinzhou snow disaster was just a minor disaster and he did not take it seriously.

After Yinreng learned about this, he secretly gave Yin'er some silver and asked him to use the power of shops near Jinzhou to help the victims.

Yinzhen agreed directly.

Just when the brothers were busy with disaster relief, Yinsi received a box of silver notes from Qingtai with a note attached to it, but he himself did not show up.

Qingtai is Tong Guowei's youngest son. He secretly joined Yinsi's camp as early as last year.

Even Marhun was not aware of this matter.

However, Yinsi privately felt that Tong Guowei should be aware of this matter.

Yinsi picked up the note and took a look at it, a hint of sarcasm appearing at the corner of his lips.

This box of silver notes worth 80,000 taels was sent by Jin Nai's family. The purpose was naturally to get Jin Nai.

That idiot Qingtai accepted the banknote without thinking.

The prefect of Shengjing was a third-rank official, but he was demoted to the fifth rank by the emperor. I really don't know where Qingtai got the confidence to let Jin Nai return to his original rank within two or three years?

What a nonsense!

But this is also good...

Yinsi narrowed his eyes, and a hint of malice appeared in his eyes.

After the New Year, the Thirteenth Mansion was completed and the wedding date was set for May.

There was only one finishing touch left on Fourteenth Emperor's mansion, and Concubine De really went to Emperor Kangxi to plead for him, moving his wedding date forward to August.

And asked Fourteen to stay in Beijing to get married.

Fourteenth tried to argue with reason but failed to win over Defei and finally had no choice but to compromise.

After Yinreng finished his affairs in Beijing and asked Kangxi to let him go to Weihaiwei again, Kangxi hesitated for a moment and decided to follow Yinreng to Weihaiwei to take a look.

But he didn't want a large group of people to follow him, so he decided to use the southern tour as a cover.

In early February, after the southern tour team set off, Yinreng's team to Weihaiwei also set off.

Kangxi was hiding on Yinreng's carriage.

Before getting on the carriage, Kangxi was a little dissatisfied with Yinreng's carriage because it was not up to standard. However, after riding for a while, Kangxi found that although the carriage was small, it was extremely comfortable.

Both sides of the carriage were equipped with glass windows that could be opened and closed, the curtains also used wooden pulley tracks, and the seats under the buttocks were filled with thick cotton and fixed on the wooden board.

There was even a layer of springs fixed under the seats, so even when the carriage was running, the people sitting inside didn't feel the bumps.

Kangxi was greatly surprised, so he began to touch and look around in the car.

Yinreng came back to his senses from his trance and complained in his heart,

"A country bumpkin who has never seen the world..."

Kangxi's movements suddenly froze.

Then he glared at Yinreng implicitly, but the complaints were not over yet.

"If I'm frightened by a carriage of this level, won't I be terrified when I see a train that runs on coal? Oh, I forgot, Empress Dowager Cixi also said that the driver can't sit in front of her and must kneel..."

Kangxi tightened his hands on his legs.

"Kneel here and there until your bones are weak. Kneel down and get a dozen foreign fathers for yourself. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

"Damn it, if those foreigners dare to act so arrogant in front of me, I'll beat the shit out of them!"

"They even set up a garrison in the capital for the foreigners, treating them as honored guests. This is really bringing honor to the Celestial Empire!"

This time, Kangxi not only clenched his hands, but his face turned dark.

Is this referring to Cixi or him?

Yinreng pretended not to see it, but he didn't complain anymore.

In less than a day, the team arrived at Tianjin Port.

Kangxi, wearing casual clothes, hid in the crowd, looking at the huge merchant ships docked on the sea, his eyes widened.

He had seen the blueprints of Zheng He's treasure ship before, but nothing could compare to seeing the real thing.

People standing on the boat look like ants, the contrast is really strong.

Comparing the boat he took when he went south of the Yangtze River with this one, there is simply... a world of difference!

There were three Zheng He treasure ships docked at the port, and the rest were all foreign fleets and Qing Dynasty warships.

It was like three old hens leading a group of chicks. Kangxi was so excited that he didn't come back to his senses until he set off the next day.

After drifting on the sea for more than two days, we arrived at Weihaiwei Port.

Yinreng passed the message in advance, and Weihaiwei Commander Zhou Hai brought two hundred navy officers to welcome him.

When Kangxi came out of the cabin, he saw the neatly arranged navy formations outside.

The moment he saw Yinreng, Zhou Hai stepped forward and saluted.

"Your humble servant pays respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Two hundred navy followed,

"I kowtow to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Everyone, get up and go back to camp!"

"yes!"

Before Yinreng delivered the message, he asked Kangxi whether he should inform Zhou Hai of his inspection trip to Weihaiwei. Kangxi said no.

He just wanted the old man to keep his whereabouts secret.

Yinreng was also happy to have some free time.

After the group got off the boat, Kangxi discovered that the roads on the dock were paved with cement.

Zhou Hai saw Kangxi standing next to Yinreng, and his eyelids twitched. He took two steps forward and called out,

"Your Highness..."

Although he was calling Yinreng, his eyes were always on Kangxi.

Yinreng pulled the corner of his mouth,

"This is the Emperor...Mr. Huang. Commander Zhou, please arrange for him to board my carriage."

When Zhou Hai heard that Mr. Huang was also arranged in the prince's carriage, he immediately understood Kangxi's identity and his face flushed with excitement.

"Yes, yes! Your Majesty... Sir Huang, please wait a moment. I will make the arrangements right away."

Zhou Hai had also seen Kangxi, but it was only a glimpse from afar ten years ago. For a general like him who was exiled here, it was disrespectful to look directly at the emperor, and in serious cases he would be beheaded.

So it is understandable that he did not recognize Kangxi at the first time.

Kangxi chuckled at this, and the depression he had felt along the way finally dissipated a lot.

Not long after, Zhou Hai came over in person with a carriage. When Kangxi looked up, he found that the carriage was different.

The wheels of the carriage were made of iron and covered with black tires, just like the wheels of the bicycle in his hand.