Night.

If the city is also the hustle and bustle of human beings, then the night in the mountain village is the party of animals.

Lying on the big bed in the old house at home, all kinds of insects outside the window are leisurely playing joyful music. In the distance, the cooing and laughter of owls can be heard from time to time, and the frogs are not willing to be lonely and sing, this is a carnival, a happy time.

In the countryside, because there is no entertainment, many people go to bed at about nine o'clock, and after eating dinner and watching TV with their parents for a while, Gou Shisan will go back to his room to sleep, as for Lao Wang and Brother Da Ben, they can only be arranged in the eldest brother's house, and the old house has only three rooms.

"Thirteen masters, thirteen masters!"

In another time and space, Zeng Guofan has been complacent and prosperous recently! The business of spicy noodles has already opened its doors in Beijing after Lafayette's care, and a Tsang's grocery store on Suzaku Street, not far from the imperial city, has already been opened, and business is booming under the arrangement of Li Hongzhang and several students.

The daily sales performance of more than ten days can reach about 1,000 taels, which can be said to be unique in Beijing. Many people are blinded, and many foreigners will come to the store to consume, but there are also many people who are looking for trouble.

No, cosmetics such as facial cleanser that just came on the shelves a few days ago have attracted many princes and nobles, and at the same time, they have also caused trouble. Foreigners don't particularly like spicy strips, and many people don't like spicy noodles very much. However, crispy noodles and facial cleansers are very popular, but a few days ago, a few British foreigners came to open a very infuriating cooperation intention.

Zeng Guofan also just received the news, and he didn't dare to make up his mind and immediately began to contact Gou Shisan. I don't know when Zeng Guofan has superstitious trust and worship for the Thirteenth Master, maybe it was the spicy strips that fell from the sky when he saved him that day, or maybe it was the reason why Gou Thirteen had added many magical items recently.

"Zeng Da, I don't know what you are contacting me about?" Gou Shisan was about to fall asleep listening to the sound of insects outside the window, but he was a little sleepy when he suddenly received a summons from Zeng Guofan.

"Ah, the Thirteenth Master has disturbed your rest. What a sin, a sin! I, I can't help it! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, there's something to say, buddy is very busy, okay! Say, don't you want something strange? Gou Shisan interrupted Zeng Guofan's tirade, and his tone was also dissatisfied. Originally, I was tired enough to drive for a day today, but now I am too sleepy.

"Uh, ahem! That, the Thirteenth Master is mainly because our business in Beijing has been too good recently, and many foreigners have also come to buy goods, but a few days ago, a few foreigners from Great Britain came and the conditions offered by them were a little disgusting! They said that the facial cleanser and crisp noodles would be sold to them for fifty taels, and even threatened to stop supplying us with weapons if they didn't do it......"

Zeng Guofan cried and said some of the requirements of the disgusting Britannica, in fact, the price is still negotiable, but the quality of the facial cleanser and crispy noodles requested by the other party made Zeng Guofan very annoyed.

"Did you get a weapon from them?" Gou Shisan asked curiously, as for the rest, he didn't feel anything, because the price of the spicy noodles he sold to Zeng Guofan had already dropped, and a bag was only about thirty taels. Even if you go out for fifty taels, you can make money, and the quality is not a problem, you must know that Gou Shisan gave him some cosmetics with relatively high quality.

"Yes, I have studied Great Britain with the military, and it can be said that Great Britain is the most powerful of the foreign barbarians, and their weapons are the best. And the price is quite suitable in all aspects, so I ordered a lot of foreign guns and foreign cannons from them. Zeng Guofan didn't hide anything, and directly told him about his situation.

Half a month ago, his Hunan army and the Taiping army fought a battle, and the result was very unsatisfactory. As the spicy strip and other grocery business became more and more prosperous, and after he had more money in his hand, he considered the Thirteenth Master's mention yì and got a batch of foreign guns and cannons to arm his Hunan army.

"Hehe, you! I said, why are you so confused, Great Britain is very powerful! But their weapons are not the best, if you want a long-range but very accurate gun, you should contact the foreigners in Prussia (Germany), their flintlock pistols are much better than those of Great Britain, and you can contact Portugal for a look. ”

After recalling the firearms of the Qing Dynasty, Gou Shisan found that the most powerful gun at that time was the breech-loading flintlock pistol, which was engraved with rifling, with a rate of fire of 3 to 4 rounds per minute, and a range of 300 to 400 meters.

Although it is very average compared to the current situation, but at that time, the guns of the Qing Dynasty had a range of a little more than 18 to 200 meters, and the range of bows and arrows was about 150 meters.

"Huh? Is there anything like this? Zeng Guofan was stunned when he heard it, but he sent someone to inquire about the most powerful in Great Britain. You must know that the ironclad ships of Great Britain are invincible all over the world, and it seems that they are the overlords of the sea at this time!

In fact, this is also the reason why the Qing Dynasty did not know much about the knowledge of foreigners, at this time Great Britain had just entered the age of the steam engine, and their comprehensive national strength was indeed the first and the sea hegemon, but their weapons were not the best.

Ahem, back to topic. As for the historical knowledge of Baidu itself, it is not popular!

"That's right, Lao Zeng told me that you must shop around when doing business. Foreigners are not a good thing, especially Britons, they are very cunning. Remember to be more careful when doing business with them, and you run them to make hair? This is your home turf, if they're still so awesome, won't it be over soon? Oh, and by the way, you can buy some grenades! That's a good thing, an absolute weapon against hairy ghosts. ”

Gou Shisan already had some resentment, and he was already unhappy with the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Now that I can get in touch with Zeng Da Niu, I naturally have to provoke a lot, and it is best to let Zeng Da Niu and Li Hongzhang and other cattle people hate foreigners so much that they are unhappy, so they will quietly mess with you, and kill Cheng Dù as much as he wants.

"Huh? It's still like this, but, but foreigners can't talk so well, right? Zeng Guofan was stunned when he heard this, the Thirteenth Master is really a fairy-like character, and he even knows all this.

"Hey, I said, why are you so stupid? I sue you that foreigners are not easy to speak, but in their eyes, every qiē is the supremacy of interests! As long as you can make money, you can let them sell their parents! Gou Shisan shouted with hatred on his face, if he wasn't afraid that his parents would hear it and think he was crazy, he would have jumped to scold the street.

Paralyzed, you can be regarded as a cattle man of the Qing Dynasty. Why can't you open your mind? Those are our enemies, do you know?

"Ahh Okay, I'll listen to the Thirteenth Master. By the way, Thirteenth Master, do you want to give me some better facial cleanser and other cosmetics? Zeng Guofan was scolded by Gou Thirteen and felt a little weak, he knew that the Thirteenth Master had been helping him all along, and the other party's ability could be said to be omnipotent, so he naturally agreed, although he was still a little uncertain in his heart.

"I'll give you this in a few days, I'm a little busy these days! Okay, it's okay I slept 88! Gou Shisan's eyelids had already fought, although he was a lot more sober when he was excited just now, but he was relieved to see Zeng Guofan hear it, and his idea of finding fault with foreigners finally made a little progress, and his heart was relaxed and sleepy.

"Okay, thank you for the advice of the Thirteenth Master!"

Zeng Guofan bowed his head and said goodbye to his heart, there was still some upheaval in his heart, the Qing Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles at this time, and the new emperor in the court hated foreigners to the core, but because he was not sure, he didn't dare to provoke, and the outbreak of long-haired ghosts made them a little powerless.

Zeng Guofan is naturally hostile to foreigners, but he is also a relatively enlightened person. I know that the reason why foreigners can run rampant in the land of the Qing Dynasty is mainly because the artillery is strong and the ships are strong, and the old soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are not opponents of others at all.

"That's right, the Thirteenth Master is right! We just want to learn from the long skills to control the Yi, I can't use your foreigners' guns and I can't beat the long-haired ghosts, and I will teach you a lesson when the long-haired ghosts are eliminated! Zeng Guofan clasped his hands and roared in a low voice, that's right, Gou Shisan stole the slogan of the later Wuxu reform in a previous conversation, which was also to encourage Zeng Guofan to establish the awareness of foreigners as soon as possible.

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