Afterwards, Yinreng took Kangxi to see the shooting range behind the dormitory building.
There is also a boiler room, a restaurant, and small courtyards assigned to military generals.
Like ordinary sailors, logistics soldiers and cooks have to live in dormitories.
After the tour, when Yinreng was about to leave with Kangxi, the governor Guwalja Alin hurried over from the family compound.
It is said that ever since Alin failed to curry favor with the prince, he always felt that the prince was "ungrateful", so he tried his best to curry favor with the Prince of Zhi.
But Prince Zhi was very impartial in everything he did and was neither enthusiastic nor distant towards him.
The Prince of Zhi accepted the benefits he gave him, but then pawned them and sent the money to the warehouse in Weihaiwei for daily expenses.
Alin was completely unaware of this.
Still enjoying it.
Last year, Prince Zhi was ordered to go to the northwest, which frustrated Alin's plan to join forces with Prince Zhi to plot against the prince. He began to feel uneasy.
But he didn't dare to plot against the prince alone, so he set his sights on Fourteenth.
As a result, he didn’t come on the 14th this year.
He was angry and resentful.
After receiving the news from the prince, he gave Zhou Hai a cold look.
He stayed at home drinking and having fun for the next few days.
Anyway, the prince doesn't like any grand occasions, so even if he goes there, he won't be treated well.
Today, he gathered a few of his confidants for a drink at home. When he was slightly tipsy, he heard the person he had placed next to Zhou Hai hurriedly send a message:
The prince was "accompanying" an old man to visit the military camp.
Accompany?
At first, Alin didn't take it seriously and continued to eat and drink with his subordinates. However, in the next half hour, he received messages from three or four different people.
He couldn't sit still for long.
So he staggered to his feet and asked his servant to help him take a look from a distance.
As the governor of Weihaiwei, he naturally had a telescope in his hand, so he hurriedly found a vantage point to take a look, and was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
He was different from Zhou Hai, the peasant. He was of Manchu descent and had seen Kangxi up close. Moreover, he had returned to Beijing to celebrate Kangxi's birthday a few years ago. How could he not recognize Kangxi's face?
Even though Alin was so frightened that his whole body was limp, he did not dare to delay. He asked his servants to almost carry him into the bathroom. He did not care that there was not enough hot water. He directly washed the smell of alcohol off his body with lukewarm water, wrapped himself in clothes, and quickly chased after Kangxi.
However, when he came in front of Kangxi, Kangxi had already stepped on the pedal.
"Your Majesty! Your servant, Guarjia Alin, kowtows to Your Majesty! I kowtow to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
When Kangxi heard the sound, he looked back and saw the top of Alin's hat kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.
He was the emperor, and was busy with all kinds of affairs. He could hardly remember anything that didn't appear in front of him often, not to mention that he only heard Alin's name and didn't even see his face.
He turned around and asked Yinreng,
"This is……"
"The commander-in-chief of Weihaiwei, Guarjia Alin."
Yinreng had some resentment towards Alin, but it was not serious.
Although this man was also a corrupt official, at least he did not bully men and women, or commit murder for money. Compared with those people he had met before, Alin was already considered good.
Take Jin Nai for example. He was a Han Chinese, but he turned a blind eye to the disaster victims under his jurisdiction. He submitted a letter of apology when he could no longer conceal the truth.
Compared with Jin Nai, Alin has been in Weihaiwei for more than ten years. The soldiers in the barracks at most dislike him, but cannot be said to hate him, which is already very good.
Occasionally, Yinreng felt that he was too "tolerant" towards the Manchus, but there was nothing he could do because his psychological threshold was there.
Kangxi was in a good mood now. Seeing Alin, he was not in the mood to ask why he did not go to the dock to greet Yinreng.
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Alin kowtowed again in gratitude before standing up.
"You have managed Weihaiwei very well. I am very satisfied."
Kangxi praised Alin,
"We must continue to work hard in the future."
"Yes! Thank you for your approval, Your Majesty!"
Ah Lin's face flushed with excitement, and Zhou Hai replied after hearing this.
"Thank you for your approval, Your Majesty."
Yinreng started to complain in his heart -
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's true that all the credit goes to the Manchus. When the Manchu governor wasn't here, they were stingy with even a word of praise. But as soon as he came, they started saying all the nice things. And he's the one who ran this business. Did he move a single brick or shovel a single shovel of sand? He really knows how to flatter others."
"While others were toiling away carrying bricks and shoveling cement, this bastard was hiding in his tent, drinking and eating meat. He still had the nerve to take credit for it. Bah!"
"This guy hasn't been here for a long time, is he drinking in the family compound again?"
"If I take two steps forward now, I might smell the alcohol on this bastard..."
Kangxi: “…”
Kangxi looked at Alin deeply, and finally did not follow Yinreng's idea and go forward to smell the smell of alcohol on him.
Among the 3,000 navy officers in Weihaiwei, only the governor and his confidants are Manchus. If he loses face to Alin in front of Zhou Hai and others, it will not be easy for him to intervene in the management of Weihaiwei in the future.
"Alright, I have the Crown Prince here with me, so I can go back. I still need to go to the military factory to take a look..."
"yes!"
Seeing this, Yinreng curled his lips subtly, but ultimately said nothing.
He knew from the beginning that the old man was biased to the point of being partial.
The carriage started off again, swaying unsteadily. This time Zhou Hai was not accompanying him. Instead, the carriage was surrounded by Kangxi and Yinreng's personal guards.
Kangxi was tired after walking around for a long time, so he opened the curtains, lay on his back on the chair, and looked at the scenery outside.
The distance from the Weihaiwei military camp to the military factory is not far, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to get there.
Compared with the Weihaiwei military camp, the military factory is much larger. Except for a dormitory building, most of the other buildings are only two meters high. They were built by Yinreng with reference to later factory buildings.
It was already late, and Yinreng suggested that Kangxi go to his residence first and visit the military factory tomorrow.
Kangxi had no objection.
The courtyard where Yinreng, Yinzhi and others lived was at the westernmost end of the military factory, and the employees' dormitory building was also in this area.
The military factory not only had workshops for smelting steel, but also for making gunpowder and researching artillery shells. Yinreng was afraid of accidents, so he staggered these places from the beginning and placed them all at the farthest place from the dormitory building.
There weren't many valuable things in Yinreng's courtyard, but he had decorated it very elegantly. After Kangxi entered and took a look around, he felt quite satisfied.
However, the furniture was not what he was used to, after all, it was all made of the most common fir wood.
He wanted to find out a few things, but then he thought about how he wouldn't be staying here long, so he gave up the idea.
It was only after he actually stayed in the courtyard for a night that he realized the beauty of the furniture.
Not to mention anything else, just the big bed that was six feet long and wide made him feel very satisfied.
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