Volume VIII 1376 Strategic Changes

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"Dear Major Ackerson, do you still like the gift given to you by the Prime Minister? I believe that it must be very worthy of your status, an excellent member of the Catherine family, your sister is destined to be the future empress of Tsarist Russia, and you, as the Tsar's brother-in-law, of course cannot be wronged!"

"Sending my blessings and gifts, the cigars and wines are my treasures, even in Europe, they are rare and valuable, you should enjoy them...... How about we cease fire for half an hour later? Shall I carry you an eiderdown bed?"

"I'm really sorry, if I had known that His Majesty the Tsar's brother-in-law was in the expeditionary force, I wouldn't have declared war on you under any circumstances!

"The king does not kill the king, and the nobles do not harm the nobles! No matter how many soldiers die in battle, your life and dignity will be guaranteed! I promise you......"

This is terrible, Xiao Letian has completely made Ackerson's old bottom public, and there are now more than 15,000 Russian troops on Tangwan Mountain, so he knows who Exxon is.

"It turns out that Major Ackerson is the younger brother of His Majesty's lover of the Tsar! I have heard this rumor, and many people in Moscow have said about it!"

"It's such a noble nobleman......! Of course he won't die, who will shoot at the noble lord on the battlefield!"

"The poor queen is seriously ill, and as a result, Her Majesty is looking for a mistress...... Hey, that's a ......."

The soldier's heart was completely shaken and relaxed at that moment, Ackerson's eyes were on fire, and he tore the cotton underwear in front of him, "Damn bastard! Who asked you to send these things? As a warrior of the Empire, you don't want to sacrifice, but you are willing to be a prisoner of the enemy? Pull it down and shoot it!"

"No...... I don't know these things, I really don't know......" The struggling soldier was dragged out, and only two gunshots were heard, and the sky and earth fell silent.

"Shout to the Chinese, I want to negotiate with Xiao Letian on the battlefield, I want to meet him! What is wrong with this world? How can God allow such despicable people to live in heaven and earth!"

The herald went to shout to the Chinese, but the result made Aikesen very disappointed, it turned out that Xiao Lotian had left Amami Oshima at this moment, and he didn't want to see Ackerson at all.

There is a lack of food and clothing, ammunition is scarce, and the morale of the army is unstable...... From this moment on, the 15,000 Russian army was no longer able to return to the sky, and the battle of Tangwanshan finally entered a stalemate stage.

Putting aside the angry Ackerson, Xiao Letian has already landed on the land of Guotou Military Port at this moment, he is not ready to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and after holding an emergency military meeting at Guotou Military Port, he will leave Ryukyu on the Zhiyuan.

In the secret conference room in the military port, all the high-level officials gathered together, Xiao Letian did not talk nonsense and directly entered the topic: "The battle situation on Amami Oshima has stabilized at the moment, Luo Huo and Xiao Hexin are completely able to control the situation in one light and one in the dark, and now our eyes must be cast outside the battlefield......"

"Cai Mao listens to the order!" Xiao Letian said loudly.

"Here!" said former Ryukyu Navy Admiral Cai Mao as he stood up and saluted.

"The head of the country and the navy left behind are under your command, and your mission is to blockade Amami Oshima and control the safety of Naha Port...... The Guotou Water Ghost Force continues to clean up the mines in the strait, and takes the opportunity to capture the stranded Russian warship, Engineer Kevin will leave it to you, and the work of repairing and transforming the battleship will begin as soon as possible!"

"In addition, there is another important task for the Guotou Water Ghost Army, that is, to salvage the gold that fell into the water, there is our gold in the shipwreck in the strait, as well as my cultural relics, we can't waste it, we must salvage it as much as possible......"

Cai Mao nodded frequently, the shorthand in his hand rustled, and every order of the prime minister was recorded word for word.

"Liu Lang and Liang Kun listen to the order!" The two former veterans of the Heavenly Kingdom immediately stood up and experienced, "I will transfer all the transport ships of the current navy to you, as well as the goldeneye and other islands will also accept your dispatch, and the task of this period of time is to send supplies to the Far East! After destroying the Tsarist Russian Navy, this sea route will be safe, what you need is to work day and night to safely transport the supplies that Long Ye needs......"

"Resolutely complete the mission!" the two veterans saluted.

One order after another was issued, military-political, civilian, intelligence, diplomatic, military-industrial...... All aspects are under Xiao Letian's overall consideration.

At the end of the meeting, Xiao Letian changed his words: "Time is not waiting, now our strategy must be readjusted, the money crisis in Jiangnan must be solved, and the original strategy must be readjusted!"

There was a bang, and there was a loud voice in the conference room: "We have to close the net now? Didn't we say that we will close the net when the Far East is smooth? Now the money and tickets of the people in the Jiangnan area have not been completely collected, and we can't make much money by collecting the net now!"

What everyone said is not wrong, in the previous deduction of the financial war, this drama will take a long time, this is not Xiao Letian selling off, but the market situation at that time.

In the Middle Ages, the efficiency of commercial circulation was very low, not only the circulation of goods was slow, but also the circulation of coins was not fast. Several important financial centers in the Jiangnan region were born on the basis of the Yangtze River.

Shanghai, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Jiangning...... Even further upstream, Guichi, Tongling, Jiujiang...... These commercial towns that have emerged on the Yangtze River also serve as the financial center of the local region.

Goods are gathered here, money is hoarded here, and the worst area of the money crisis is also in this long economic belt.

But don't forget that on both sides of the Yangtze River, there are countless states and counties and cities that have spread out, and those places still hoard countless southern tickets, that is, the banknotes printed by Xiao Letian.

Lack of information, poor traffic, of course, is a commercial obstacle, but if you look at it from another angle, this blockade is sometimes a kind of protection.

Shanghai's money ticket market changes three times a day, and other closed areas may still be popular money tickets, which is like the early years of the Republic of China, the new currency has been issued for more than ten years, but the people can still use Qianlong Tongbao.

In ancient society, it was not easy for coins to penetrate into the grassroots of the people, so it was also difficult to tumble from the bottom of the people to the surface of the water.

Not to mention the destitute people, in fact, in China's gentry class, there has always been a habit of saving money, those people hide silver, gold, silver tickets or Xiao money tickets in the courtyard of the deep house, and those who can buy the land buy the field, and those who can't buy it don't spend it.

The ultimate goal of this financial war in Jiangnan is very large, not only to sweep the foreigners in, but also to sweep the backward old Manchu merchants who fall with the wind. At the same time, it is also necessary to crack down on those Manchu corrupt officials and palace nobles who try to take advantage of the fire to rob.