On May 1, 1856, Weser had just finished arranging the operation to eradicate the Thirteen Elements. I learned that someone from the Kingdom of Heaven actually came to ask for a meeting, and it was still a letter from the Wing King Shi Dakai. But this person is Lin Fengxiang's guard, and when Wei Ze went north to rescue the Northern Expeditionary Army, the cadres in Wei Ze's army had seen this guy many times. So it can finally be determined that it is not a disguised spies.

Eradicating the Thirteen Elements is something Wei Ze must do, and the reason is quite simple, the Thirteen Elements have a huge amount of gold and silver in their hands, and they also have a huge amount of land in their hands, and in history, these people have defected to the British and become lackeys for the British. In Weesel's opinion, each of these items would constitute a capital offense for these guys. Not to mention that these people have a huge share of the big tobacco trade.

Of course, the reason why Wei Ze decided to do it at this time was that the intelligence network showed that these people were starting to transfer silver to Hong Kong. If they honestly surrendered to the Photovoltaic Governor's Mansion at this time, Wei Ze might not really be willing to do such a hot thing immediately, at least collect some of their crimes. But these people began to find a way out for themselves, which is already an extremely clear statement, they will not occupy a trench with Wei Ze. In this case, the Standing Committee of the Liberation Council discussed and unanimously voted to get rid of the thirteen lines.

Faced with inquiries, the staff at the door replied: "They brought news that the Manchu side had begun to install a large number of musket guns, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom side asked the governor to give them technical support in order to be able to confront the Qing army." ”

"Did they say how much they would give?" Weeser asked.

Listening to what Wei Ze said bluntly, the staff said with a smile: "They said that they sent 50,000 taels of silver to the governor. ”

"As long as you have money, we can still meet and discuss such things. You keep him waiting. After Wei Ze finished speaking, he returned to the venue.

When the other committee members heard the news, they did not know what to say for a while. The reason is actually quite simple, firstly, after entering Guangdong, there is no time to deal with the affairs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and secondly, no one is willing to take the initiative to make trouble for themselves. Now the Kingdom of Heaven has taken the initiative to ask for help, which makes the members of the Central Committee feel that something is wrong.

"The British have already started to lay out." Weser laughed.

Most of the members of the Central Committee were stunned by this very jumpy question, although everyone is now a person, but most of them are very straightforward personalities, and they have not been exposed to strategic considerations at a broad level.

Wei Ze didn't want to deliberately show any subtlety, he explained: "The British know that we easily defeated the Qing army, and now they know that our army is not smoking. If the British still want to do the big tobacco trade, they can either subdue us or kill us, or they can only go to Shanghai to sell big tobacco. We don't mention other policies of the Taiping Army, but we are as firm as we are on the matter of banning smoking. For these reasons, they naturally wanted to support the Manchus. ”

"Does this British devil have to die if he doesn't sell big cigarettes?" Wei Changrong said angrily. As a martial arts practitioner, careful protection of one's health can still lead to damage, not to mention smoking a destructive object such as smoking. Therefore, Wei Changrong's attitude towards Dayan is particularly intense.

After World War II, the already popular "narcotics" became popular in Europe and the United States. This business is even out of most of the world's buying and selling. In the second decade of the 21st century, in order to increase the total GDP, the British even calculated the number of du products and the number of yin sold into their own GDP, which really increased a lot of the total amount of jù.

At this time, Wei Ze could only say to everyone with an easy-to-understand reason: "The British may be best at selling big cigarettes, which is their racial identity." If they don't teach them a hard lesson, they will sell. ”

Some people agree that the British must be taught a good lesson, and some people think that the British may really have the thief nature of selling big cigarettes in their bones.

Since the Heavenly Kingdom brothers were very good and brought 50,000 taels of silver, the committee naturally would not refuse to provide technical support to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, especially since this support also had the effect of counterattacking the British.

After the envoy was cross-examined, more information became clear. Now the Taiping army and Zeng Guofan's troops on the Jiangxi side are fighting fiercely, Zeng Guofan's main force is besieging Jiujiang, the Taiping army to help Jiujiang failed, and the Western Expeditionary Army can only compete with Zeng Guofan in other areas. Neither side was able to defeat the other in one fell swoop, so the battlefield was staggered.

In the area of Changzhou and Zhenjiang, Zhang Yingchen's troops confronted the Qing army in the Jiangbei camp in Jiangnan, although the number of Zhang Yingchen's troops was only about 6,000 now, but in the face of the Qing army in the Jiangbei camp in Jiangnan, which claimed to be 100,000, Zhang Yingchen frequently launched offensives.

As for Huainan, the situation went on the defensive. Huainan was now the most important food supply place for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and although there were 100,000 troops there, they had to face pressure from three directions: Huaibei, Hubei, and Jiangsu. Moreover, the troops have plans to recapture Huai'an, and the 100,000 troops are still stretched.

"This brother, although I came on the order of the Wing King, it was my Prime Minister Lin who really asked for King Qi. Prime Minister Lin Cheng said that King Qi is righteous and has always treated his brothers very well. Our lives were all saved by the King of Qi, and this time the matter of Tianjing was also wronged by the King of Qi. Even so, as long as we sincerely come to the king of Qi, the king of Qi will still come to the rescue......" Lin Fengxiang's guard said excitedly.

This guard was the one who followed Lin Fengxiang's Northern Expedition, so he was sincere when he talked about Wei Ze's goodness, but the staff in charge of hospitality obviously didn't have a good impression in his ears. He naturally knew how much Wei Ze had paid for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and how much the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom owed Wei Ze. The more the staff listened, the more angry he became, and he unceremoniously interrupted the guard, "Okay, let's not talk about this." Do you have any brothers who work in the artisan camp this time? ”

"Yes! Yes! The guard hurriedly replied.

The connoisseur is different from the white neck, the Guangfu Army sent technicians to talk to the staff of the Taiping Army, and quickly determined the needs of the Taiping Army. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was very eager for Wei Ze's technology to make zuò fire cap guns, and with a battalion of craftsmen, the military efficiency of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was naturally higher than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but they had seen Wei Ze's high military efficiency, and naturally hoped to be as capable as Wei Ze's subordinates.

"They're not here to ask for food, they're here to move pots!" The staff said to Weeser when they returned.

Wei Ze smiled: "Haha! Lin Fengxiang Brother Lin is a smart person, if he only knows how to ask for food, it doesn't seem like something that Brother Lin can do. I'll arrange that. ”

"Governor, we really can't give them too much!" The staff couldn't help but persuade.

"If you give him too much, they have to be able to eat it. I don't have any plans to cast a pearl into the dark. Wei Ze said confidently.

After the British, American, and French technicians arrived in China, they all came up with their own plans. Although Wei Ze is not a smelting professional, he is a real graduate student engaged in propeller processing. The material science required for propellers is a very strict course.

The gap between traditional Chinese ironmaking and modern iron and steel mills is actually a problem of "molten iron boiling", or whether the smelting temperature is high enough. Wei Ze really has never seen the drawings that the technicians of the three countries have come up with, because these technologies are so backward that there are no corresponding drawings in New China. However, the regenerator, the refractory material, the pH of the ore, and so on are basically available for smelting.

There were already many large and small iron-smelting shops and craftsmen in the area of Shaoguan and Foshan, and Wei Ze finally decided on two plans with his knowledge. It took a lot of time to choose the refractory material, and Wei Ze was not willing to delay, so he ordered someone to get the other parts up first. Not long ago, the refractory material was made, and the new plant was immediately started. Because of the power of the equipment, in addition to the pig iron, the cast iron was really made. Gray iron and white iron are the basic products of modern ironmaking. Wei Ze has not taken Jiangxi now, and there is no way to make high-temperature resistant blowpipes, and now he has temporarily begun to use reverberatory furnaces to make steel. After Wei Ze has some technical reserves and accumulation, he will start to engage in open-hearth blowing high-pressure air steelmaking.

Steel is the backbone of a country, Weeser repeats this many times. Even if the output of cast iron is not high, Weizer can still start to engage in metal machine tools. After having a large number of qualified steel, Weize naturally dared to upgrade and manufacture new steel machine tools. Even with such "backward" equipment, Wei Ze no longer dared to let the technicians of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom visit his arsenal.

Wei Ze finally decided to provide three kinds of products, in addition to giving the Taiping army a batch of crucible high-carbon steel knives, naturally there was also the fire hat technology that the Taiping army was very eager for, in addition to what the Taiping army wanted, he also provided the Taiping army with a crusher. In the granular gunpowder treatment, the diameter of the powder particles has a great influence on the effectiveness of the gunpowder. The cast iron crusher can be very effective in improving the crushing process and the efficiency of crushing.

The first two items were okay, and the grinder did make Wei Ze feel a little painful. However, Wei Ze doesn't like to do things piecemeal, since he really wants to improve the combat ability of the Taiping Army, then this investment is nothing. In addition to training, in order to get the military-industrial department to give the brother instructions of the artisan battalion.

In addition to arranging these, Wei Ze also went to the military industry department to inspect it. Since there is going to be a war with the British, then all the military industry departments must be relocated, at least not in Guangzhou, a place where British warships can wield their might. After doing all this, the next day, in the afternoon, Wei Ze returned to the headquarters in an unhappy mood, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked, "Are you out?" ”

"Governor, the troops are out." Bi Qingshan immediately replied, "Our side also mobilized manpower to quickly check the land and property of those guys in the Thirteen Lines. ”

"When will the land survey for the entire Pearl River Delta be completed?" This is a matter of great concern to Weese, without a solid rear, the Governor of PV will not be able to fight a protracted war with the British.

"By July this year at the latest, the Pearl River Delta region will be basically figured out. At that time, our land grant order can be implemented! Bi Qingshan, who is also the director of the Guangdong Land Issues Office, replied very firmly.

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