Although the number of people was less than half of the expected, Qin Zheng still decided to continue the lecture, after all, there were more than 16o people here, which is not a small amount, and the content of the lecture can be spread through these 16o people, so that the goal can be basically achieved. Text ≈≥≥.≠ At the same time, Qin Zheng also comforted Li Sanjie, don't take it too seriously, after all, everyone is inexperienced, and mistakes are inevitable.

However, the content of Qin Zheng's first lecture today does not start with the First Opium War, but the opening remarks of modern Chinese history, which is equivalent to a lecture of a general nature, and the content is mainly divided into three parts:

First of all, a brief introduction to the history exhibition system of the East and the West, and the focus is on the brief history of the exhibition of major European countries before and after the First Opium War, from the European Thirty Years' War, the English Revolution, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic War, the American Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the German Unification, etc., as well as the impact of the First Industrial Revolution on European countries and the world history exhibition.

The second part is a comparison of the socio-economic conditions of China and European countries before and after the First Opium War, mainly agricultural civilization vs. industrial civilization, small peasant natural economy vs. socialized large-scale production economy, tributary system vs. commercial colonization system, colonization of Asia, Africa and Latin America, and colonization of Asia, Africa and Latin America by European countries.

The third part is the attitude of European countries towards China after the door to China was opened and gradually reduced to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society, the colonial aggression of Britain and France, the opening of the door of the United States, the territorial ambitions of Japan and Russia towards China, etc., as well as the attitude of the Chunting court in the face of the great changes unseen in the past 3,000 years, that is, the generation, development and results of the four forces of conservatives, Westernists, reformers, and revolutionaries. Of course, now the revolutionaries are just beginning to emerge, and there is no result yet.

Due to the large number of contents, this lecture lasted for two and a half hours, and there were two breaks in the middle, but all the students and teachers who came to listen to the lecture listened with relish, and even became drunk and obsessed, and did not feel the passage of time, on the one hand, because Qin Zheng's speech did not completely follow the script, but was more colloquial, and from time to time a few witty words appeared, which caused the audience to burst into laughter, making the whole atmosphere more relaxed.

On the other hand, the content of this lecture is also the content of the lecture, most of which the attendees have not heard, because it is the first part of the exhibition history of European countries, the students have only heard of the limbs, scales and claws before, and the second part of the socio-economic contrast between the East and the West, which is even more unheard of, because many of the conclusions and concepts in it have not yet been formed in this era. In the third part, although we know more about the four forces of conservatives, Westernists, reformers, and revolutionaries, there is no very systematic explanation like Qin Zheng.

After listening to Qin Zheng's lecture, the students and teachers present had a new understanding of the pattern, society and economy of the contemporary world.

However, this lecture is too long, and the content of the indoctrination is too much, so the vast majority of people have a feeling of swallowing dates, and they still need to go back and slowly reminisce, but after all, they have only listened to it once, and there are many contents that have not been remembered very clearly.

Fortunately, Qin Zheng has been prepared for this, and has copied three copies of the lecture script, with a total of more than 85,000 words, although the text in a few places is different, but the content is basically the same.

Naturally, the students were very happy, and immediately assigned people to copy it in the office. Qin Zheng said that he hoped that everyone would read the content of today's lecture carefully and introduce it to others, and also agreed that in three days, the Shanghai office would organize another symposium to discuss the content of the lecture, and Qin Zheng would also answer the relevant questions raised by the students on the spot.

After the students had transcribed the lecture texts, they returned to school with their transcripts. But neither Qin Zheng nor Li Sanjie expected that the manuscript of this lecture would cause a huge wave in schools in Shanghai. That evening, after reading the manuscript, almost all of the students could not help but feel that they had benefited from it, and many of them even regretted why they did not attend this lecture today. And many students copied it overnight and then savored the details.

By the next day, the number of copied manuscripts had increased by a hundredfold, and at the same time, they were frantically circulating in various schools in Shanghai. Including many teachers are also circulating. Whether you have a good impression of overseas Chinese or not, after reading this manuscript, you have to admit that the manuscript of this lecture is indeed of a very high level. This era is not like the old time and space, anyone can write a book, and it is more than 80,000 words when it is written, not to mention the wide range of content, which is really rare. There are also many people who have a great change in their opinion of overseas Chinese, who originally thought that overseas Chinese were just brave men who could only fight, but they did not expect that there were such literate people among them.

And Qin Zheng, the initiator of all this, left Shanghai early the next morning and rushed to Wuchang again. It turned out that the convoy sent by Tianjin to pick up weapons and ammunition arrived in Shanghai.

Tianjin also attached great importance to the delivery of ammunition this time, and the fleet consisted of ten ships, five transport ships, and five escort warships, led by the Xiangyang ship in the crossing fleet, as well as the newly repaired battleship Brandenburg, the protective cruiser Arola, and two small ships, on the one hand, it was a frigate, and on the other hand, it was also to let the crew of the Brandenburg and Alola familiarize themselves with the performance of the warship as soon as possible, and strengthen the friction.

After the fleet arrived in Shanghai, the Xiangyang, Brandenburg, and Alora did not enter the Yangtze River, but patrolled the sea near Shanghai, on the one hand, because these three ships were relatively large and could not be used in the Yangtze River, and on the other hand, they were also deterred from setting up obstacles to the delivery of weapons and ammunition by the traversers.

Entering the Yangtze River with the convoy were two small warships plus the 318 boat on which Qin Zheng was seated. However, the British were quite trustworthy and did not set up any obstacles to the fleet, and the fleet arrived at Wuchang very smoothly.

At this time, Zhang Zhidong had also prepared the first batch of weapons and ammunition to be delivered, including 5ooo pieces of Hanyang-made Type 88 rifles with 150,000 bullets, 3o imitation Makqin machine guns with 10,000 machine gun bullets, 2o imitation 47 mm Habekai guns with 3 shells, 4 77 mm field guns with 6ooo shells, 1o 1o 15 mm howitzers with 15 shells, 8 125 mm howitzers and 1 shells.

After being inspected by the traverser, the quality of this batch of weapons was basically passed, so the first batch of 5o taels of silver was also delivered to Zhang Zhidong, and then loaded onto the ship.

Both sides of the deal were very satisfied, and the crossing group obtained weapons and ammunition that could assemble at least two regiments, which could greatly enhance the strength of the People's Army, and after Zhang Zhidong had this 5o thousand taels of silver, it could also greatly relieve the financial pressure, and the Hanyang Iron Works and Hanyang Arsenal could continue to produce and maintain operations.

However, when Qin Zheng set off to leave, Zhang Zhidong made a request to him, originally wanting to send Zhao Fengchang, Gu Hongming, and Rong Junye to visit Tianjin.

It turned out that after Qin Zheng left Wuchang last time, Zhao Fengchang made a statement to Zhang Zhidong, hoping to go to Tianjin to observe the style and atmosphere of overseas Chinese at close range, so that Zhang Zhidong could deal with overseas Chinese in the future. This suggestion also played into Zhang Zhidong's heart, because Zhang Zhidong knew that Li Hongzhang had sent people to Tianjin many times to interact with overseas Chinese, and he himself had personally visited Tianjin, and Zhang Zhidong wanted to strengthen relations with overseas Chinese, so naturally he could not just wait for overseas Chinese to come to him in Wuchang Mansion, but also take the initiative to go outAt the same time, he also trusted Zhao Fengchang's eyesight.

Gu Hongming, on the other hand, took the initiative to ask to go to Tianjin, because after meeting with Qin Zheng, Gu Hongming's interest in overseas Chinese increased greatly, and when he saw that Zhang Zhidong was going to send Zhao Fengchang to visit Tianjin, he also mainly asked Ying to go with Zhao Fengchang.

After listening to Gu Hongming's request, Zhang Zhidong thought about it for a while and agreed. First, Gu Hongming has helped him do a lot of things, because he is dealing with foreigners, and Gu Hongming, who is proficient in foreign languages and customs, is irreplaceable in Zhang Zhidong's staff team, so Zhang Zhidong must give Gu Hongming some face; second, one more angle, can also have a more comprehensive understanding of the situation of overseas Chinese. So Zhang Zhidong not only agreed to Gu Hongming's request, but also added Rong Junye, since Zhang Peilun is now helping overseas Chinese, then Rong Junye can also get to know overseas Chinese through the old master.

Of course, Qin Zheng would not refuse Zhang Zhidong's request, so he invited the three of them to share a ship with him and return with the fleet. However, when the fleet arrived in Shanghai, Qin Zheng received an order from the executive committee that the fleet would return to Tianjin immediately, but asked Qin Zheng to stay in Shanghai.

It turned out that at this time, the Russian army had approached Shanhaiguan, and the battle was about to start, so in Shanghai, someone also needed to sit in the town and conduct diplomatic negotiations with various countries, after all, after the end of this war, the rest was a matter on the diplomatic front.

So Qin Zheng had no choice but to apologize to Zhao Fengchang, Gu Hongming, and Rong Junye, and he couldn't return to Tianjin for the time being. And the three of them also expressed their understanding of some, after all, the biggest thing now is to resist Russia. So they all stayed in Shanghai and waited.