March 9, the 13th year of Qiyuan, was the 60th birthday of Yang Song. Several months ago, the Xia Kingdom, both inside and outside the palace were busy preparing.

The one who is most concerned about is probably His Royal Highness Yang Xian. At such an important time, everyone in the world is looking at his "filial piety".

According to the laws of the Xia Kingdom, officials must retire after the age of 60, which means that Yang Song may hand over the throne to him at any time. How could he not care about it at this time?

When it comes to birthday, it is actually the 3rd day of March, which is the six days before Yang Song’s 60th birthday, which is actually the birthday of His Royal Highness Yang Xian, the crown prince.

However, now all the Xia Kingdom are busy celebrating Yang Song's 60th birthday, and they don't care about Yang Xian, who is still the crown prince now.

On March 3rd, although many people came to congratulate him, they would leave after just a short stop and would not be held as extensively as Yang Song.

Of course, this has something to do with Yang Xian knowing which one is more important, but it was at this time that Yang Xian could understand the huge gap brought about by that position.

At night, Yang Xian, who had been busy for a day, returned to his residence. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a table of delicious dishes. After closer inspection, he found that although the dishes were not luxurious, they were all what he liked to eat.

Without thinking too much, Yang Xian also knew who arranged the dishes for this table. At this moment, Yang Xian, who was already very tired, only felt full of emotion at this moment...

Yang Xian, who is now 37 years old, is just as strong as he is. When the Xia Kingdom began to develop the country in a few years ago, Yang Song handed over some of the government affairs to Yang Xian for handling.

Especially in the past one or two years, Yang Song has gradually transferred more power to Yang Xian. No matter how you look at it, Yang Song is a precursor to handing over the throne to Yang Xian.

The civil and military officials of the court also knew about this phenomenon, and they were not surprised. After all, during the court meeting, the prince Yang Xian was often presided over.

Now, just wait for Yang Song to announce the edict of abdication, and then Yang Xian will hold the throne ceremony.

...

Until a few days before Yang Song's 60th birthday, all officials from all over the Xia Kingdom gathered in Zhongjing, and only the commander of the exploration fleet who went south to explore had not arrived yet.

After the exploration fleet has replaced the new ship, it will take at least one month to return to the sea. Even if it is planned, it will be delayed due to various reasons in the middle.

Therefore, the failure to return to the fleet this time was expected by everyone, but some people still expressed regret. Many officials blamed Wei Jing, the commander who did not know how to look at the situation.

In fact, it is not that Wei Jing doesn’t know the significance of Yang Song’s 60th birthday, nor that he doesn’t want to return early or not leave this time, but Wei Jing also has his plans.

"Can you speed up a little longer?" Wei Jing looked at the map placed on the table with precious eyes, then raised his head and asked anxiously at the captain of the ship.

The Exploration Fleet has a new type of battleship as the fleet's flagship. In addition to the fleet commander Wei Jing, the flagship itself also has a captain.

When the captain heard the inquiry from Wei Jing, he glanced at the data on the dashboard and replied: "Return to the commander, the speed is now the fastest, and it can no longer be faster."

Wei Jing looked at the other ships sailing together outside Cambridge, and the three cruisers were fine, but the speed could be faster, but the five transport and supply ships and flagships have now reached the maximum speed of twelve knots.

I knew that no matter how anxious I was, I didn't use Wei Jing to turn around and continue to check the map on the table to see if there were any wrong places so that I could make changes.

The map in front of Wei Jing was very different from the nautical chart hanging behind him. Although this map was not very detailed, it was his most important gain.

It was precisely in order to get this gain that Wei Jing went out again before Yang Song’s 60th birthday at the risk of being disrespectful.

After looking at the map on the table for a while, Wei Jing saw that there was no modification, he carefully collected the map.

Wei Jing put away the map on the table, turned around and looked at the chart hanging on the wall behind him. He calculated that he didn't expect that the fleet would have a day or two voyage from the southernmost sea area of ​​Xia Kingdom, and it was even far away from Linhai City to the east of Zhongjing City, which made him feel like he was living like a year.

Since the day of his return, Wei Jing has counted the days with his fingers, but no matter how he calculated, it is still a bit difficult for the fleet to arrive in Linhai City before March 6, let alone he has to arrive in Zhongjing City.

Wei Jing looked at the chart again, made up his mind, and ordered: "Order the fleet to leave the near sea and follow the far sea currents to head north."

When the captain heard Wei Jing's order, he was shocked and worriedly said: "Commander, this is too risky. Although the ocean currents in the distant sea can speed up the fleet's speed, the storm in the distant sea is very strong at this time. Isn't it too dangerous?"

Wei Jing certainly knew that this was an adventure. Although the Exploration Fleet was originally a fleet that was good at adventure, his commander could not have the idea of ​​adventure, otherwise the Exploration Fleet's original adventure to go to sea might be gone forever.

But now Wei Jing knew that he had to take risks. If he didn't rush back to Zhongjing City before March 6th, then the significance of his leadership of the exploration fleet to sea this time would be gone.

Regarding the captain's concern, Wei Jing replied expressionlessly: "Our exploration fleet is no longer the previous exploration fleet. You have also seen new ships. Although some storms in the distant sea are risky, they are not harmful."

Amid the last stern sentence "Go and execute the order", Wei Jing ended his explanation of the order and then continued to count the day of his return.

According to Wei Jing's order, the exploration fleet came to the undulating sea, and found the warm current to the north, and took advantage of the momentum.

Finally, based on the new speed, Wei Jing calculated the day of arrival, and finally had hope, but his hands have never left the fixed object now - the waves in the distant sea are really big!

...

Early in the morning of March 9, Zhongjing City began amid the noise of the city, but the Xia Kingdom had been preparing for this day for a long time.

The people's parade and the officials' congratulations, and there was no sound of salutes all day long. The protagonist Yang Song can be regarded as enjoying congratulations from all over the world.

Even the Ice and Snow Kingdom, which is thousands of miles away, has sent a congratulation team today, and is parading with the people in Zhongjing City.

The congratulation team from the Ice and Snow Kingdom originally wanted to present the prepared program to Yang Song, but Yang Song asked him to present it to the people of Xia Kingdom first. This was the case and also allowed the people of Xia Kingdom to experience the "exotic style" at a close distance.

In the evening, the evening celebration began in the fireworks performance, and the dinner was today's "protagonist"!

While Yang Song was hosting all civil and military officials and representatives of the people, Yang Xian suddenly ran up with excitement on his face and said with his ears: "Father, Father, General Wei Jing, who is the navy's investigation fleet, is back."

"Wei Jing is back at this time?" Yang Song was very happy when he heard this. Unexpectedly, Wei Jing, the absent general, would arrive at the last moment. Yang Song seemed to feel a little regretful about this.

So Yang Song ordered: "Then let Wei Jing take the seat as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!