Chapter 234 The Princess Suffers

Wei Jichen stood on the reef by the sea with his hands behind his back, looking at the busy crowd, feeling very happy.

The construction of the port was progressing rapidly, and Dalian and Lushun were very close to here. Whenever he was free, he would bring two or three soldiers to Changxing Island to take a look, mainly because he wanted to buy a few submarines as soon as possible.

The main design of Changxing Island Port was based on the design of Lushun Port, which is why the progress was so fast.

"General, the wind and waves are blowing, and it seems that the weather is going to change." The foreman came forward with some concern and reported to Wei Jichen.

It wouldn't be a typhoon, Wei Jichen didn't understand these, but the foreman was experienced. Since he dared to report to him, he must be 70% or 80% sure.

Wei Jichen nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Then everyone go down and rest first, and make up for the overdue progress tomorrow."

"I thank the general on behalf of my brothers." Seeing that Wei Jichen was so easy to talk to, the foreman was completely relieved.

More than a thousand people quickly packed up their things. Not long after that, the sky began to be covered with dark clouds, thunder and lightning, and heavy rain came in an instant, which made Wei Jichen admire the ability of the foreman.

Waves attacked the port one after another, but were blocked by the left and right sides. When they rushed to the port, they became very small. It turned out that this was what the engineer said about small waves being a natural port. Wei Jichen suddenly realized it.

However, dozens of miles away from Changxing Island, the violent waves were ups and downs, but at this time there was still a ship riding the huge waves and moving forward quickly.

In the captain's room, Princess Maud's old attendant looked at the waves of huge waves with worry.

"Jack, there is no problem, I believe you also know that there is no big problem if we get into trouble, but Her Royal Highness is also on this ship." The old attendant lowered his voice and said softly.

The European royal princes and princesses of this era were different from the Chinese princesses and princes. They did not stay in the palace all day, but traveled everywhere to gain knowledge.

For example, the current Russian Emperor Nicholas II, when he was the crown prince, had traveled around the world, including China and Japan, and was assassinated in Japan.

And Maud's father Edward Weiding also visited European and American countries. When German Emperor Wilhelm II was the crown prince, he served in the Austrian Army and was assigned to the same team as Yin Chang, the current general manager of Tianjin Military Academy. The two of them were a perfect match, but they finally fell in love with each other. Therefore, every time there was a friction between China and Germany, the Qing court sent Yin Chang to Germany to mediate.

Flowers in a greenhouse, even if they have sufficient sunlight, will not be as tough as flower stems that have experienced wind and rain.

Captain Jack had two small mustaches, and he didn't care. He said with a relaxed face: "Old John, don't worry. I, Jack, have seen all kinds of wind and waves. These are just small winds and waves."

"Isn't it the Chinese Port of Lushun next to it? Otherwise, how about we go there to avoid the limelight first?" Old John was still very cautious.

Captain Jack shrugged helplessly and smiled: "If you insist, we will go there, but you have to compensate me for the money I lost for the delay."

"You stingy guy!" Seeing Jack agreed, Old John felt relieved immediately.

Jack was about to order a turn and head towards Lushunkou, but suddenly saw a dark object floating on the sea, pushing forward by huge waves, coming towards the bow.

"Oh, God." Jack's hands stopped in the air and screamed.

Old John saw his panic, his heart sank, and asked anxiously: "What's wrong?"

"God, a mine!" Jack pointed at the object that was about to hit the hull and cursed loudly: "Damn Japanese."

During the war, the Japanese laid countless mines in this generation of waters. Although some were cleared later, some were missed. Today, they were pushed towards the ship by the turbulent waves.

If the ship was hit by this mine on a normal day, it might be fine after a repair, but today, in such bad weather, Jack stamped his feet and yelled: "Quick, quick, turn the rudder to the left with all your strength to avoid it."

Accompanying Jack's hoarse roar, there was a huge explosion.

Boom...

The whole ship was shaken and bumped, and even the red wine tied to the table fell on the wooden board with a bang and broke into pieces.

The huge waves followed the explosion and rushed to the hull continuously. The water splashed on the deck, and Jack and Old John's hearts kept sinking.

"Captain Jack, a big hole was blown out of the hull, and the sea water is constantly pouring in." The first mate rushed into the captain's room, rolling and crawling, with a little trembling and fear in his voice.

Outside the door, there were countless people screaming and running around.

This British ship was mainly used as a cargo ship, but it also served as a passenger ship. The ship carried about 200 people, including more than 40 of Maud's followers, including guards, cooks, doctors, translators, etc.

"Repair, repair quickly! Fill the gap for me." Jack roared with bulging eyes.

Crash..., another huge wave came like a mountain, and the entire hull of the freighter began to tilt. It was obviously seriously flooded and could not bear the heavy load.

Captain Jack's face was ashen, and he waved his hand weakly and said: "Lay down the lifeboat."

The moment the ship hit the mine, Old John ran to the first-class cabin.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Along the way, countless people ran around, unaware that the ship had sunk, and it was useless to run anywhere.

When the disaster comes, everyone will flee. Who will listen to his orders? Old John gritted his teeth, pulled out his pistol, and killed the two Orientals in front of him with two bangs. Everyone was shocked and scattered in fear.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." Old John rushed into the first-class cabin and saw several guards surrounding Maud. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Quick, prepare the lifeboat for Her Royal Highness." Old John saw the waves rushing in and breaking the window glass around, and he couldn't help but give orders quickly.

^.^,

Several guards looked at Maud, whose face remained unchanged.

"You go and prepare." Maud waved her hand gently and said calmly.

Although she tried her best to maintain her royal demeanor, Old John still saw a trace of panic in Maud's eyes.

Maud had just sat on the lifeboat when suddenly a huge wave rolled back. The ship, which had already sunk more than half, was instantly swept into the waves and swallowed into the sea.

"Your Highness!" Old John only cried out in a hurry, and then his voice stopped abruptly.

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Due to the strong wind and heavy rain, Wei Jichen had to stay temporarily on Changxing Island to rest for one night. Fortunately, this place will become his second home in the future.

Wei Jichen built a simple temporary wooden house on the island. He had people build a simple temporary wooden house first, and the official mansion was also under construction.

Sitting in the wooden house, Wei Jichen entered the system again. After a few days of calmness, he finally understood the good intentions of the system. The reason why the wheat bought from the system cannot be used as seeds outside his territory is that the system is thinking about him.

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In this way, the varieties will not be stolen by other countries. It is better to buy seeds from me every year. Just think about it. Wheat is the second largest food crop in the world. If the seed business is carried out all over the world, the wealth that can be earned every year from this "small business" alone is an astronomical figure.

The world's largest food crop is corn. Corn can be used as food, feed, wine, and even industrial raw materials.

Wei Jichen certainly would not let go of such a versatile crop with a wide distribution range, and immediately entered the system to check the price of corn.

Corn seeds, about 4 kilograms of seeds are needed per mu.

Ordinary corn seeds, 400-700 kilograms per mu, 1 kilogram of seeds, 15 points of prestige are required.

Excellent corn seeds, 700-1000 kilograms per mu, 1 kilogram of seeds, 25 points of prestige are required.

Special corn seeds, 1000-1300 kilograms per mu, 1 kilogram of seeds, 35 points of prestige are required.

The yield of corn is lower than that of wheat, and the price is even higher. However, Wei Jichen knows that the planting conditions of corn are relatively loose. Some arid places in the northwest cannot grow other things, but can grow corn.

Therefore, these cannot be measured by price.

It just so happens that when the wheat is harvested next year, intercropping corn, Wei Jichen made a decision in his heart.

This year, the farmland area of ​​Changxing Island has reached 200 mu, but this is far from enough. I have all kinds of seeds here, so I should at least build some test fields.

Unfortunately, the prestige value is spent too quickly. More than 80,000 prestige points, more than 30,000 just to buy wheat seeds. If I buy something else, I believe it will be spent soon.

Fortunately, the prestige value now has an average income of more than 30,000 per month, and with the implementation of new measures in Liaodong, the influx of immigrants will surely make more and more considerable monthly income.

The merit value is now stopped at more than 80,000 points. Wei Jichen has not yet carried out bandit suppression activities, so naturally there will be no income.

In Wei Jichen's view, prestige value is civil governance, and merit value is martial arts. This is the system secretly pushing him to develop a balanced civil governance and martial arts.

Well, it's time to enter the system and become Mozi's apprentice.

After learning from Mozi, he could buy all kinds of mechanical equipment, and then sell them at high prices to iron factories, coal factories, gun factories, and power plants, and he could turn his merit points and prestige points into real silver.

However, he had to find an agent abroad and set up a shell company so that it would be easier to operate.

Wei Jichen began to calculate in his mind.

The rainstorm stopped on the second day. Just when Wei Jichen was about to lock himself in the room for two days of "cultivation", Liu Buchan sent him a letter.

This morning, Liu Buchan had just entered the dock bureau when he heard the deputy captain Li Dingxin shouting and reporting.

"Admiral, there are a lot of broken pieces floating in the port, which seems to be the wreckage of a shattered ship, and when my subordinates sent small boats to check around, they found many dead bodies." Li Dingxin said solemnly.

Liu Buchan stood up immediately and asked, "Have you asked other ports if any of the ships that departed passed through Lushun yesterday?"

"Admiral, I have checked. A British merchant ship that departed from Dagukou should have passed through the sea outside Lushun yesterday." Li Dingxin said cautiously.

"It's a British merchant ship. It's a little troublesome. We need to investigate it. It is estimated that the British will send people to investigate soon. We must cooperate well then." Liu Buchan said with a frown.

The court has always been afraid of foreigners. Now that a foreigner's ship has an accident in Chinese waters, it will definitely cooperate with the foreigners to find out the cause of the accident and clear the relationship. Liu Buchan sighed in his heart.

Li Dingxin nodded and went down, but soon came back with a look of surprise.

"Admiral, we found a living person." Li Dingxin couldn't wait to ask Liu Buchan, so he said impatiently.

"Really? It was such a bad weather yesterday that there were still people alive after the ship sank. It's a miracle." Liu Buchan stood up and exclaimed. In any case, with a living person, the cause of the accident would have been understood a day earlier.

Li Dingxin also admired her: "She is an English woman, but she is a little in a trance."

Not long after, the two entered the medical room.

Liu Buchan saw a beautiful foreign woman with long brown hair lying on the bed. The woman's eyes were closed and her lips were still trembling slightly. A military doctor had just taken her pulse.

Liu Buchan stepped forward and asked softly: "How is the situation?"

The military doctor bowed slightly and said happily: "As far as I'm concerned, your life is not in danger. As for the rest, we don't know for the time being. I will prescribe some medicine for her to calm her nerves and nourish her body."

The conversation between the two people obviously woke up the woman on the bed. She opened her confused eyes, and when she saw the three people in the room, she asked aloud: "Where is this?"

My dear, there will be more after this chapter^.^,

They spoke English, but both Liu Buchan and Li Dingxin had drank foreign ink and had spent several years in the UK, so they spoke English very smoothly.

Liu Buchan immediately replied with a smile: "Beautiful lady, please rest assured that you are safe. This is Lushunkou."

This woman is of course Princess Maud, and there is still confusion in her beautiful eyes.

"Lushunkou, I...who am I?" Maude asked, pointing to her nose.

Liu Buchan was a little stunned and looked at the military doctor. The military doctor replied with some uncertainty: "Maybe she suffered from this disaster and temporarily lost her mind. However, she doesn't look like someone who has lost her mind. She probably has temporarily lost some memories. It should take some time to recover.”

The military doctor's explanation made Liu Buchan feel relieved. He looked at the confused Maud. Liu Buchan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid you have to find the answer yourself. Can't you recall something? This is China, the Qing Dynasty, you Take a boat from Dagukou, Tianjin to Japan.”

Maud frowned and thought hard, murmuring to himself: "I remember, it was such a big wave, and then, is this China? People in the Qing Dynasty all have pigtails, Wei Jichen..."

Although Maude's stay in China was not short, Wei Jichen was the one who impressed him the most in China. Other Qing people were afraid to avoid her when they saw her as a foreigner. Only Wei Jichen actually came forward to tease her, so Liu Buchan Speaking of the Qing Dynasty, when it came to China, such a name suddenly flashed in Mod's mind.

But Liu Buchan was startled and asked with a strange expression: "Do you know Wei Jichen?"

Maud only remembered this person's name, but couldn't remember exactly what happened. She wrinkled her nose and shook her head: "Maybe I know him."

Liu Buchan saw that her manners were generous and natural, and he could tell from the clothes she was wearing that she was not an ordinary person.

At this time, I heard that she might know Wei Jichen, so I immediately sent someone to inform her.