The seeds of ambition in Emperor Tongzhi's heart were planted by Xiao Letian himself, how could he not guess the mind of this little kid, from the moment he decided to join the military training, Xiao Letian knew what he was thinking.

Imperial power is naturally close to military power, which has been proved by countless bloody examples over thousands of years, don't look at the young emperor, but he is quite clear about the history of coups d'état for thousands of years.

Coupled with the dazzling performance of the new army in front of the world, these deeply stimulated the little emperor, and the dream of wanting an army of his own became more and more out of control.

Xiao Letian shook his head, "Zaichun, you want to belong to your own army all the time, I can understand, but have you thought about what the army needs most if you don't have it all the time? Have you done all those preparations?"

"I can teach you all the methods of military training, but what about the expenses for military training? A Western-style army is completely a gold-swallowing monster, not to mention those foreign guns and bullets, how much does the new army need for its auxiliary equipment?"

"Don't underestimate the big patent leather hats, without which the soldiers can't open their eyes in a torrential rain, and the pure cowhide handmade armed belt that crosses the chest, without which the soldiers can't make effective long marches......"

"There are also buffalo leather military boots worth two silver coins per pair, when the battle in Langfang, Li Hongzhang's soldiers also suffered a loss without good boots. The high-top military boots in the muddy field can protect the soldier's feet well, and can also increase the focus area of the soles of the feet, which makes it easier to make the waist ......"

"In the assassination battle, the side that uses the force more smoothly always takes advantage, but what about Li Hongzhang's Huai army? They also wore cloth shoes and straw sandals, and they fell into the mud, and after the battle, our military observers found thousands of left cloth shoes and straw shoes, you say that such equipment can fight?"

Xiao Letian took off his pistol holster on the wall and removed a brass bullet from the revolver, "Zaichun, this kind of bullet is called a fixed loading bullet, a pure copper bullet case, gunpowder is wrapped in the bullet case, not afraid of water and does not need cumbersome loading procedures, which greatly improves the rate of fire of the musket......" "With this kind of bullet, our side has fired three or four shots, but the other party has not even fired a single shot, how do you say win or lose? But this kind of bullet can be manufactured by any arsenal in Asia, and I go to Prussia at a high price The United States buys a pistol bullet and costs two copper coins!"

Xiao Lotian touched the little emperor's head, "Even if we have our own arsenal in the future and can produce ammunition by ourselves, it will be a big hole to burn money, how luxurious it is to use brass to produce bullets, the copper that the Qing Dynasty now casts copper coins is not enough, are you willing to use copper to process bullets?"

Emperor Tongzhi was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that it would cost so much money to arm a new-style army, and he thought that it was the same as what the court said, and he could form an army by allocating hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Xiao Letian's blow was not over yet, he said to Emperor Tongzhi, "Money is only a part of all problems, and what about the military soul of your army? Have you thought about it? Do you still rely on rewards to fight like the Eight Banners and Green Battalions in the past? If you don't give silver, you won't charge? What use do you want him to do with that kind of army?"

"An army without a soul is just a double-edged sword, even if you are the founder, you can easily command this army, but what about your successors? Can they still command effectively? An army without a soul will sooner or later become a slave to money and power......

Emperor Tongzhi rolled his eyes when he was hit by Xiao Letian, an eleven-year-old child can't understand these esoteric knowledge even if he goes against the sky, "Then what should I do, master, you teach me ......" "Haha, this can't be taught, what kind of road are you Manchurians going to take, and where you will go in the future, you have to make your own decisions, and no one listens to me when I say it...... Forget it, don't think about it so much, you won't have too many troops at the beginning, you can first connect your four guards, and then go back and bring a hundred more trustworthy descendants from the capital......"

"The four guards are still qualified to be a platoon commander after military training, a platoon has three squads of thirty people, and four platoons have exactly one company of one hundred and twenty people, these people are masters, I will spend money to help you raise them first, so that they can grow up with you, it is estimated that after you return from a few years of study, this one hundred and twenty people can at least be expanded into one or two divisions......"

"With more than 20,000 elites in your hands, you will have confidence, and you should think about these questions in the past few years, and when you find the answers, the cultivation of the army is actually not difficult......

Emperor Tongzhi went back to sleep with a stomach full of doubts, and when he told the four guards about the dream prepared by the prime minister, Ma Ming, Duncheng, Bai Min, and Guan Lu's eyes lit up.

"Your Majesty is overjoyed, if Your Majesty really has 20,000 strong troops in hand, plus the righteous name and the prime minister's aid on the sea, you will be able to properly control the government......!

From this day on, the four guards no longer had the slightest resistance to military training, and they only had one belief in their hearts, that is, to get the first place, strive to enter the military academy, and strive to enter the officer training camp.

The emperor's pro-army, the four of them are definitely the top bosses of the new army, and the military and political affairs of the Qing Dynasty in the future may be in the hands of the four of them.

All the training has been doubled, they are originally the guards trained by the ancestors, and their kung fu is very good, as long as they work hard, the training results are amazing to the instructor's sideways.

Fifty kilograms of giant wood carried the switchback and run, and even the instructor could only do twelve round-trips, but these four animals could actually do fifty.

There are also push-ups, more than 200 ordinary soldiers are the limit, and four animals can actually do 500. There is also standing training with guns, and others hang five kilograms of heavy objects on the muzzle of their guns, and the four of them actually hang twenty kilograms of arms and still don't have to tremble.

Everyone was convinced, and the four guards gradually integrated into the collective life, the estrangement in their eyes gradually disappeared, and the big-headed soldiers they had always looked down on became more and more familiar in the long training.

Everyone trained together, ate together, made meat jokes together, and even gave the instructors nicknames together, and at that moment they even forgot their identity as full, and they had already integrated with the new army.

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At noon on this day, the training camp was served with pig's trotters, and everyone who ate a soft and glutinous pig's trotters was full of oil, and after the meal, everyone drank juice and got together to brag and chat to pass the rest.

"You don't understand, if you want to talk about playing with walnuts, you have to say that it is a dwarf stake lion's head, and the lion's head is also divided into apple orchards, four buildings and so on...... And Qianlong also loved to play with walnuts back then, and every time he walked in the imperial garden, he rubbed a pair of hands in his hands, I saw it in the Internal Affairs Office, and the treasure was very beautiful......"

"What are you talking about? How much is it worth? Oh, my brother, that's what the emperor has played, do you understand the priceless treasure...... Even if you play with a pair of crooked ones, it's still a baby......"

"Wait, what's the use of what you say? Oh, I can't talk to you, play...... Do you know what a play is? Rich people are going to do this, and if you want you to say what is the use of literati writing and painting? I don't see anything good about it......

The Eight Banners in Sijiu City love Kan Mountain, and the four guards are no exception, and they always listen to the four of them tell stories whenever they are training and resting, which is as good as group comedy.

The delicious food in Beijing, the fun, and even the ghost stories in the Forbidden City, this is spitting at the mouth, and the people around me are fascinated.

Just when everyone was stunned, suddenly a shrill rallying horn sounded, and all the new troops were stunned and then jumped out and ran to the square without their lives.

The assembly number is a military order, and if you don't assemble in three minutes, then wait for a small stove.

"All training recruits assembled...... Open the camp gates...... Enemies have appeared in the woods of Namsan to the west and are attacking the Prime Minister's guests...... Hurry up!"

"The enemy is the closest to us, and our new army training camp is going to take the lead in this...... This is not a drill...... I repeat that this is not a drill ......"

Everyone was crazy, they didn't expect that the Ryukyu who had repelled the French would dare to make a mistake, and the five hundred recruits in the training camp quickly rushed out of the camp gate and rushed towards the woods of Nanshan Mountain.

The new barracks were set up at the foot of the Nanshan Mountains, a thousand kilometers west of the sea, when a small Western clipper was being attacked by three Chinese schooners.

The attack seemed to have been launched suddenly, because the speed of the schooner was no match for the clipper, and now the pirates on the schoon had completely captured the clipper.

There were gunshots and shouts everywhere, and countless foreigners were desperately swimming towards the shore in the sea on the side of the clipper near the shore, and behind them were pirates who were several times more in pursuit.

"What a boldness, pirates actually dare to come to Ryukyu to make a time, brothers give me a ......" Today, I was catching up with Xiang Ying and Lin Zhen to inspect Naha Harbor with a patrol boat, and when they saw that the pirates actually dared to do business in the prime minister's sphere of influence, they were angry and directly issued a killing order.

Gunfire and cannons rumbled, the sea was red, and countless pirates were killed, but more than a hundred pirates still rushed to the shore and rushed into the jungle of Nanshan.

Ma Ming and the other four guards are also nervous now, the gunfire in the mountains and forests is very dense, it seems that they are equipped with the kind of repeating muskets of the new army, but look at the recruits who are trained by the army, and they don't even have a big blade in their hands, how can they fight?

The four of them ran all the way, collecting some sharp stones along the way, and it seemed that they could only rely on their kung fu at the moment.

The light in the dense forest was very dim, and the search all the way to the past alarmed countless animals and birds, and after more than ten minutes, Ma Ming and they were the first to discover the results of the battle, and two frightened foreigners ran opposite them.

"Help me...... We are friends with the Prime Minister...... We are from Europe...... "weird Chinese proved their identity, and Ma Ming hurriedly ran over to protect the two foreigners.

"What's going on?'re after you......" Guan Lu yelled loudly.

"We are Nobel...... Mr. Nobil was attacked by pirates...... Go and save him!"

Ma Ming's military training instructor was none other than Zhao Yidao, who had been on an expedition to Europa, and he slapped his thigh anxiously when he heard the familiar name of Nobel.

"It's broken, it's broken, it's broken! This is really the prime minister's honored guest! The new barracks charged, even if he lost his life, he had to save Mr. Nobel......