There is no harm in making the Japanese suffer a little, this group of guys who crossed the river and demolished the bridge were about to their tails before they got a victory, and hinted several times that the new army could land directly in Japan, but the four feudal lords and the senior leaders who had fallen just pretended not to understand.

Still distrustful of foreigners, Xiao Letian knows that in their hearts, they have always believed that the credit for victory belongs only to them, and the weapons and equipment support given by the new army only plays a very small role, plus the Japanese have an unusual greed for credit, for fear that others will take away the slightest, so it is inevitable to reject Xiao Letian's kindness.

As for the enlightened factions like Ryoma Sakamoto and Shinsaku Takasugi, there are too few and too few in Japan, and these people will let themselves die sooner or later.

Just when Xiao Lotian met with Japanese visitors, in the trading hall of Lotte & Co., the most domineering in the harbor, the old shopkeeper Fan Kao met a well-known but unseen colleague, the red-top businessman Hu Xueyan.

Hu Xueyan, 44 years old this year, was dressed in a lake silk robe and a silver fox on his shoulders.

"Junior Hu Xueyan has seen the old shopkeeper Fan, I wish the old shopkeeper good health......" After speaking, he waved his hand, and Zhang Xiaowen, the second shopkeeper behind him, strode up, holding an old dragon's head crutch with agarwood as a handle, ebony as a rod, and gold and jade.

"Fan Lao's shopkeeper is an ageless green pine in our business world, and the juniors don't have any good gifts to give, and an agarwood faucet can't be a tribute!"

"You're polite! Xue Yan is polite...... "Shopkeeper Fan accepted his salute fully, but he tried the crutches, not to mention that he really took advantage of it.

The two sat down on the tea, Hu Xueyan took a sip and felt that it was not right, this tea is obviously last year's old tea, although looking at the leaf tea soup is also a good tea before the Ming Dynasty, but after a year of aging, it is not as good as the new tea.

This is not a year of fermented tea, isn't it a freshness to drink green tea?

Fan Yao knew what Hu Xueyan was thinking at a glance, "Hehe, does Xueyan think this tea is a little old?" "Don't dare, don't dare, the baby juniors in the hands of the old shopkeeper must not be able to understand it, this tea must have a doorway that I don't understand......"

"Hahaha...... What kind of bullshit, this is Chen tea, don't say that I don't treat customers well, in fact, in Ryukyu, even my uncle, Prime Minister Xiao Cheng of the East China Sea, drinks this kind of tea on weekdays......"

"Ah, the prime minister also drinks this tea?" Hu Xueyan looked incredible, in his heart, the prime minister's expedition to Europa, the capture of the capital division and finally took away the emperor's majesty, such a powerful prime minister dare not say that Jiuchi Roulin enjoys it like that, at least he shouldn't drink old tea so shabby.

"You don't have to look incredible, my uncle is like this, he can save money for himself, he doesn't care about tea, wine, food or anything, as long as it is not broken, he will not pick and choose......"

"But once it comes to doing big things, he won't save a penny, such as the military boots, armed belts, military uniforms, etc., which I originally purchased for a set of 15 silver coins, but let the prime minister see that there are still high-end goods for a set of 20 silver coins, so I put my plan aside......"

"There is also the economic layout of the Ryukyus, I have not heard of many factories, in a few days you have time to go to the north of the sea to see, the Qing Dynasty has not yet started the construction of the telegraph line, but the Ryukyus have begun to lay submarine cables, that's all money......"

Hu Xueyan listened with great admiration and repeated gifts, "The layout of the prime minister is not something we can see through, I never thought that the prime minister's life is so simple, this time I came to Ryukyu to bring a batch of new tea, I hope to present it to the prime minister in person, I don't know if I can have the honor to meet the prime minister......"

"Haha, don't worry, my uncle doesn't have such a big shelf, he has long wanted to meet you, a red-capped businessman, if you want to say that you are a legend in the Jiangnan business world, who doesn't want to see it with your own eyes......"

The two gods of wealth in the north and south gathered, and did not collide with thousands of sparks, but on the contrary, they were gentle and elegant, like the reunion of old friends for many years, chatting about the world, talking about the past and the present, until finally Zhang Xiaowen came in a hurry with the eunuch Xiao Sixi, and interrupted the two.

"Old shopkeeper, accuse and accuse, the nobleman summons, I have to go ......"

"Walk slowly, go slowly, I'll put wine in the Prime Minister's Mansion to catch you when I turn around, and we'll talk about it in detail when the time comes......"

Hu Xueyan rode up the street in a sedan chair, his heart was uneasy, the news brought by the second shopkeeper almost didn't scare him to death, how dare he not come.

What did His Majesty want to do? Why did he say such a thing and write that line? How could he overturn the thousands of years of classification of Shinong, industry and commerce?

Maybe I just want a start-up capital to train the army, but in that case, how much meat should I cut? Five million taels or ten million taels? My career has just seen its head, and the economy of Jiangnan has just begun to recover, if my majesty wants too much, then I really can't do business in the future.

Hu Xueyan, who was anxious, was thinking nonsense in the sedan chair, this time he was really in a mess, if a big official in the court opened his mouth to ask him for money, he naturally had all kinds of tricks to shirk or take advantage of the situation, but today he met the emperor who opened his mouth to ask him for money, and he was at a loss.

The Chinese's reverence for imperial power for thousands of years has made him dare not refuse the emperor's request in the slightest, but what if the emperor's request cannot be fulfilled by himself or will be greatly damaged? Hu Xueyan has turned white these days.

Suddenly, a dense burst of gunfire outside the sedan chair woke him up, and when he opened the sedan curtain, he found that he had come to the gate of a military camp, and the eunuch Xiao Sixi was negotiating with the sentry.

Relying on the special pass issued by the prime minister to the little emperor, the group quickly entered the barracks, but the sedan chair could not be carried in, so Hu Xueyan could only walk into the barracks in a low-key manner.

Hu Xueyan had also been to the Hunan army camp and seen the great battle of counterinsurgency Changmao, but even if he was well-informed, when he walked into the barracks, he was shocked by the murderous aura in it.

The momentum revealed by the entire barracks can only be described as strict and solemn, everything is neat and tidy, the soldiers in uniform on the playground are standing in a military posture, and the square array like tofu blocks is a straight line, one by one is motionless like a human puppet.

On the hillside on the east side of the barracks, more than 100 soldiers were training in live ammunition, and the sound of gunfire that had just woken him up came from here.

The little emperor Zaichun was at the front of the line, and he was lying on the mud like all the other recruits, and the Mauser recoil in his hand was so strong that his whole body trembled.

Jae-chun is still too young to control the musket, and the five bullets missed the target, and the remaining four shots were all 108,000 miles away from the red heart, and after the instructor ordered to stand up and assemble, Jae-chun had already shed tears aggrievedly.

Shimazu Daro didn't pay attention to Zaichun, an eleven-year-old child, it is already very good to be able to hit the target with four shots, and in time, this child named Tongfu must be a good soldier.

"You did a good job in today's live-fire training, in order to reward you, you can disband half an hour early today, and get ready to go to lunch......

The recruit team was disbanded, and at this time, Hu Xueyan, who was hiding in the corner, found that the tanned child opposite was walking towards him, with a maturity on his face that was very incommensurate with his age.

Xiao Sixi hurriedly whispered, "This is Your Majesty!" Hu Xueyan almost jumped up in shock, but Ermao next to him blocked his mouth, "Silence, now Your Majesty's identity is confidential, follow us and go to the house to talk about ......"

Jae-chun walked past Hu Xueyan, nodded at him and returned to his single room, which was one of the few privileges that the master had given him.

"Minister Hu Xueyan see Majesty, Majesty Xi à Long live! Woo woo woo ......" Hu Xueyan kowtowed and said goodbye, and finally cried.

"Hmm, what does Hu Aiqing mean by this, why did she cry?"

"The minister is distressed, he never thought that His Majesty would actually train with the soldiers in person, if it weren't for a few public announcements, he wouldn't dare to admit it...... Woooooooo

Emperor Tongzhi's appearance today surprised Hu Xueyan inexplicably, he could never have imagined that His Majesty, who followed Xiao Letian to study, would become like this.

"Hehe, is there anything strange about me training with the new army? I have to sit on the throne and listen to the courtiers' bows, and then always be high, right? Why not eat minced meat, I used to know that our Qing Dynasty was already full of holes, and I failed to fight with foreigners twice, and I was not wronged at all when I was defeated......

"The master has said more than once that businessmen are always the most forward-looking in society, why is it not like it at all today, it seems that you are no different from those civil officials and Confucian scholars......

Hu Xueyan was said by the little emperor with a big red face, and he quickly kowtowed and confessed his mistake, "Your Majesty is the Emperor of the Ages, Weichen is just a mustard in the wild, and His Majesty is teaching ......"

"Okay, don't say beautiful words about the fake Great Void, if you can believe it if you say you are loyal, I won't have so many military disasters in the Qing Dynasty over the years, and those deserters on the battlefield won't be able to say beautiful words in their mouths before?"

"This military training in the Ryukyus made me completely understand that the past is not credible, the Eight Banners is not credible, the Green Camp is not credible, the Manchurian nobles are not credible, and the Hanchen Governor is not credible...... Everyone is a belly of careful thinking, saying one thing and doing another thing behind their backs, their own interests are higher than one qiē, and I, the emperor, am just a lonely person!"

"Your Majesty......" Everyone in the room knelt down and wept one by one.

"Forget it, do I blame you, I'm just explaining the current situation of the imperial court...... That's why I have to pull myself together, and I'm going to build my own power......"

"I want to learn from my master and build my lineage with my bare hands, I don't rely on anyone, and I don't believe in the inheritance that is given to me by any righteous name...... What kind of ability does it take to rule a country under the protection of our ancestors? What I want is to improve this country and let the Qing Dynasty truly flourish......"

"Hu Aiqing, I have already begun to recruit my descendants, I want to take them to fight together and come out of the new barracks, we also have to fight for a future with our lives and blood on the battlefield, one day I will have my own iron army!"

"And this qiē needs money as a backing, I just want to ask you, the God of Wealth in Jiangnan, if you are willing to do such a great cause with me, as long as you don't live up to me, I won't lose you!"