Chapter 184: Unwinnable Victory (6)
Similar to what Gui Shun said, the Beijing division of the Qing Dynasty, there are too many poor people who are not afraid of death, on the city wall of the Beijing Division, watching a group of old and weak slowly walk towards the direction of Jinmen, Li Dacheng seems to see the scene of Cao Baofu shouting the trumpet and leaving, the people of the Qing Dynasty are not afraid of death, they are just poor and afraid!
The human heart is so poor! If they had a rich life, they would be no worse than anyone else!
Some of Li Dacheng's methods can quickly benefit tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people, but it is impossible to benefit all the people, step by step development, if you want to benefit all the people, the time to take this step, I am afraid that it will need to be counted in a period of ten years, and it will be difficult to do this thing in a few decades.
Looking at the refugees who were old and weak from afar, it also strengthened Li Dacheng's idea of organizing a large-scale bandit gang to rob Tsarist Russia, hundreds of thousands of bandits are hundreds of thousands of strong men, and behind hundreds of thousands of strong men, there are tens of millions of old and weak women and children.
There are 100 taels of silver is enough for a family for a few years, and the bandits will circulate a little, not only benefiting tens of millions of people, the Far East of Tsarist Russia and the hinterland of Tsarist Russia have a great wealth for the people of the Qing Dynasty, looted goods, and pensions after the death of the war, as long as the plan is successful, each person will get 100 taels of silver in a short period of time, which is not a difficult thing for Li Dacheng.
Thinking about the benefits brought by the plague, and then thinking about the people who can benefit from the plunder, Li Dacheng feels that he still does not take the usual path and gains more.
The old and weak among the refugees began to set off, and Gui Shun and Li Hongzhang also had a lot of gains, and after asking for advice from the locals, Sa Daoyi still accepted the conditions proposed by Gui Shun.
Little Japan and Tsarist Russia did not agree at first, but after Sa Daoyi told Little Japan that the weapons would enter the three eastern provinces, Little Japan happily agreed, and Tsarist Russia was simpler. After being squeezed out of the negotiating table by Gui Shun, Tsarist Russia urgently needed traditional Chinese medicine for epidemic prevention, and Sa Daoyi mentioned the section on traditional Chinese medicine, and Lao Maozi's minister also gritted his teeth and agreed.
This matter was also expected by Li Dacheng. Lao Maozi is okay without medicine, and if it is used and it works, then there will be a bigger trap waiting for them next, at the current price of epidemic prevention medicinal materials, to supply a country for epidemic prevention, tens of millions of taels of silver. It's not much better than paper.
Only one cash and silver transaction, Li Dacheng can make Lao Maozi unable to get military expenses after epidemic prevention, how can he prevent bandits without military spending? The catastrophe of Tsarist Russia has only just begun. It's just strange, the old Maozi of Tsarist Russia coveted the Qing Dynasty too much!
In a few days, the remnants of the more than 20,000 Eight-Nation Coalition troops near Jinmen also changed from a mighty army to a poor Huazi, and their military uniforms were cheaper than those of the Zhenwei Army, and they were changed into shabby but still clean Qing Dynasty clothes.
The current Eight-Nation Coalition Army counts the 50,000 or 60,000 Japanese and Russian troops. Of the 80,000 troops, only a small part of the Russians withdrew, and most of them died under the plague. Such a result, maybe before coming, no one in the seas could have imagined it, right?
The ministers of the eight countries promised the first batch of 20,000 guns and more than 1 million rounds of ammunition. has already advanced from Dagu to Yingkou, and the foreign devils did not believe in evil at first. When collecting firearms and carrying clothes, dozens of plague patients came out. Even the handling was entrusted to Gui Shun.
In the process of transporting firearms among the refugees, there was no epidemic, and Li Dacheng could be sure of something, the suppression of the plague in winter was one, and the firearms accumulated by the Eight-Nation Coalition were the second one obtained from cleaning up the battlefield during the war, and the plague was not as terrible as imagined.
Such a deal is only in the firearms, artillery, warships, and foreign devils are still a little hesitant, and these also need time to verify, as the temperature drops, the use of anti-epidemic Chinese medicine, and the plague among the Eight-Nation Alliance will be quickly contained.
When the plague is contained, there are not many opportunities left for them to choose, the plague subsides, it takes too long, and the time left for the Eight-Nation Alliance is too short, after the plague is contained, there will inevitably be repeated, and finally, even if artillery and warships will not spread the plague, the foreign devils in the country, they should not be allowed to bring these suspected objects back to China, either destroy or sell, and the probability of selling is greater.
The remaining anti-epidemic drugs for the Eight-Nation Coalition are also determined by interests, and the Eight-Nation Alliance, which has suffered most of the casualties, will not have much effect if they remain or not, and the interests of the nearly 100,000 guns, hundreds of artillery pieces, dozens of river gunboats, and more than a dozen cruisers, battleships, and troop carriers are greater.
If you want to plunder Tsarist Russia, how can you do it without guns and artillery, leaving behind more than 20,000 remnants of the army, I am afraid that the ordnance will be burned by foreign devils, let them go, and there will be at least 100,000 heavily armed bandits in the three eastern provinces.
What's more, this batch of Eight-Nation Coalition forces can effectively verify the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine, and without waiting for news from their country, the foreign devils in Beijing and Tianjin will report the matter to their country with surprise.
Guns trade medicinal materials, this opening, many countries are afraid that there will be no gold and silver, guns, ships, due to the plague backlog of goods, these are the exchange of medicinal materials, other countries, Li Dacheng is not clear, but Britain, a country that is experiencing war, its number of firearms is quite terrifying, before and after the two Boer Wars, the British army has changed its outfit several times, Martini such a firearm, I am afraid that there are millions of guns in Britain, right?
It is a loss to exchange goods for medicinal materials, and foreign devils can increase the price appropriately by exchanging firearms for medicinal materials, and between profits and losses, Li Dacheng also arranged a way for foreign devils to exchange for medicinal materials, and ordnance is the most cost-effective.
In the context of the global plague, how convincing is the military embargo against China? As long as you can exchange hundreds of thousands of rifles for plundering Tsarist Russia, there will be ripe conditions, and when the foreign devils realize that something is wrong, it will be at least a year later, with hundreds of thousands of guns in hand, who dares to land in the Qing Dynasty, Li Dacheng does not mind another bloody battle in Jingu.
To fight a naval war, the Qing Dynasty will not succeed, but who will succeed in a naval war? This one speaks for itself!
After opening the opening of the exchange of medicinal materials for ordnance, Gui Shun and Li Hongzhang also made great progress at the negotiation table, 70 million indemnity, not that they could not agree, but they had to use artillery, warships, gunboats, and troop carriers in exchange, except for the dozens of warships that Lao Maozi withdrew to the Far East, and in addition to a few warships of Little Japan, there were at least ten intact large warships in the Jingu Sea. There were also a few damaged warships, and if you count dozens of gunboats and ships, they could be worth tens of millions of taels of silver.
Supplemented by later training, as well as building equipment, 70 million taels of silver. It's a little more, but it's not too much of a disadvantage compared to other treaties.
When Gui Shun mentioned these at the negotiating table, the negotiations were basically a foregone conclusion, when the plague of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Jinmen was effectively contained. The old Maozi, who had no skin and no face, had no choice but to go to the negotiating table.
The transaction of a large number of shallow-water gunboats and steamships, Lao Maozi categorically did not want to agree, Dagukou was too close to Yingkou and Luda, because of the plague. Most of the Russian warships and gunboats in the three eastern provinces are moving to the Far East, and once these gunboats are sent to the three eastern provinces, even if they have the right to control the sea, if they want to penetrate deep into the interior of the three eastern provinces, they will encounter great trouble.
Lao Maozi, who was out once, obviously had no say at the negotiating table, and Britain and Japan were also happy to buy these gunboats. The navy of the Great Qing Dynasty was not a threat to either the British or Little Japan. Especially small Japan, would you like the Qing Dynasty to buy more shallow water gunboats? When they arrive in the three eastern provinces, aren't these gunboats theirs?
The new peace agreement is going to come up with a result, and the homeland of the devils of the seas is the key, and they have to wait for their native nod. It is necessary to wait for the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine to prevent the epidemic, although the Eight-Nation Coalition in Tianjin has verified the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine in a certain way. But their arguments are not convincing enough to wait for their natives. After witnessing this validity, it is believed that the peace treaty will be signed soon.
"Little brother, good news, the foreign devils have spit! Invincible! What a victory!
It's enough for my old Li to be able to witness this invincible victory in my lifetime! ”
Li Dacheng, who was deducing the killing technique with Cheng Tinghua, laughed disdainfully after hearing Lao Li's shouting, where is this! What he wants is to abolish all the previous treaties and regain the lost territory, plus most of Tsarist Russia, one part of Southeast Asia, and a few of the Pacific islands, it would be best if he could spare a few countries in West Asia.
The long march of 10,000 miles, but a small step in the faltering steps, is far from being called a victory, what is there to be happy about.
"Dacheng, congratulations!
If we don't win, we didn't fight in vain in Jingu! ”
Cheng Tinghua also knows some details of the peace treaty, unlike Wang Wu and others, Cheng Tinghua, who runs an optical shop, still has some foreign vision, and Li Dacheng can take the treaty that everyone is doomed to lose power and humiliate the country, and maneuver to the point of invincibility, and pay a lot!
"Brother Cheng, don't congratulate!
What is this?
As long as you follow me all the way, the bigger surprise is behind, and in a few months, follow my brother to Shandong, right? Let's work together to enrich the country and strengthen the people! ”
"Hey, you kid, it's done! Follow you to Shandong, and I will pull you up in Sutang! ”
Cheng Tinghua understood Li Dacheng's thoughts, and after nodding, he didn't forget Li Cunyi, although there was a gap between the two, but in Cheng Tinghua's opinion, Li Cunyi's problem was bigger and needed to be changed!
After responding, Cheng Tinghua left the small garden with interest, and every time at this time, he and Wang Wu and others had to be on guard near the small garden.
"Lao Li, has the peace treaty been signed?"
"Not yet! However, the British envoy Sa Daoyi spat on the purchase of the Dagu battleship, saying that it was negotiable!
Little brother, isn't that enough? As long as it is said that it can be discussed, the terms of the peace treaty this time are basically recognized by the powers, even if some countries do not recognize it, but the general trend is difficult to disobey!
I'm happy today, how about Lao Li have a few drinks with you? ”
Once the new terms of the peace treaty were signed, Li Hongzhang believed that it would not be a problem to build a new and larger Beiyang Fleet, and that with a certain amount of sea power, Lao Maozi, Little Japan, and other foreign devils would not be so terrible, and with the fleet, they would be able to keep the enemy out of the country.
"Humph! How many drinks? Lao Li, don't you want to harm me?
When your heart is achieved, you want to unload the mill and kill the donkey?
Lao Tzu is not a stupid donkey, who the fuck wants to harm Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu made him regret his intestines! ”
Li Dacheng also meant to say this, once the peace treaty was signed, I was afraid that someone would turn their faces, if anyone dared to deal with him after the peace treaty was signed, Li Dacheng, he didn't mind killing chickens and monkeys, during this time, two thousand ghost head knives successively arrived in the south and Shandong, Li Dacheng was in case someone attacked him!
"Oh...... Oh......, the little brother is injured, don't drink, Lao Li forgot about this stubble.
Little brother, your ability Lao Li is clear, I am afraid that Lao Li has the heart to unload the mill and kill the donkey, but he does not have a sharp butcher's knife!
In this matter, the little brother can put one hundred and twenty hearts on Lao Li! ”
Groaning softly, Li Hongzhang squinted his eyes and gave such a reply, listening to Lao Li's reply, Li Dacheng's heart sank, this Lao Li really still has some thoughts!
"Hah...... Not to mention these, since the signing of the peace treaty is expected, we still have to celebrate, and it is still possible to replace wine with tea. ”
Lao Li said it well, even if he has the heart to kill a donkey, I'm afraid he doesn't have that kind of butcher's knife, and now if he wants to kill him Li Dacheng, there is not enough elite army, no artillery, machine guns, and not enough, whoever has these, who should be guarded against next.
It's the first time that you can't win such a situation, right? It's worth celebrating, pulling Gui Shun and Lao Li to have a light meal and drink a few teas, even if it's a celebration, it should be a good thing next...... (To be continued)
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