After dealing with the tax matters, Huang Zhongting breathed a long sigh of relief, finally has an income, or a stable income, so that there can be development, so as not to always think about what to do with this meal, although it is only a small tax in Hekou County, but for the Protector Army with only a few thousand people now, it can still be satisfied.

After all, he still holds the position of deputy commander of the first division, first do a good job in taxation work, set up a tax office as soon as possible, and at the same time explain to him to save more money, and save where he can save money, he will be saved, and he will be of great use later.

And Cai Yi because he studied business knowledge in Yokohama East Asia Business School when he studied in Japan, he still has experience in dealing with this aspect of things, and Huang Zhongting also knew more about Cai Ye in his previous life, and during the management of Yunnan, he managed all aspects of Yunnan in an orderly manner, which is why Huang Zhongting let him be in charge of tax affairs.

At present, Huang Zhongting's main attention is still the construction of the army and weapons and equipment, especially weapons and equipment, and he now goes to the small arsenal every day to see the production of bullets, and sometimes he will seriously discuss what is going on with the current person in charge of the small arsenal, Sidley.

Huang Zhongting knows very well that the most important thing in this era is not how much money you have, and the number of troops is not very important, the most important thing is weapons and equipment.

Huang Zhongting, who is familiar with history, silently thought, why was Germany able to beat the whole of Europe during World War I and World War II, and what did it rely on? In fact, there are all aspects, but the most important point is weapons and equipment, if you want to talk about which country invented the most new black technology weapons and equipment during World War I and World War II, it is naturally Germany.

Therefore, in the past few days, Huang Zhongting has been discussing with Sidley, hoping that he can help build some new equipment, such as hand hammers, ground rings, etc., but the results are not satisfactory, there is no technology, no drawings, no corresponding equipment, and no raw materials in all aspects.

For example, the hand bullet, Huang Zhongting has been discussing with Sidley whether he can create the kind of hand bullet that can delay time, he already knows that in this era, Western countries, including the Qing army, are equipped with hand bullets, but they are basically a kind of rolling thunder that needs to be lit and then thrown out, the operation is complicated, and there are too many uncertain factors.

There are also many examples in actual combat, many rolling thunders ignited the fuse and threw it out, but the fuse was smashed and did not explode; Some lit the fuse, but the fuse was too short and dry, and it exploded before it could be thrown, and a large piece of it was blown down.

Sidley clearly told him that he could do it to produce this kind of rolling thunder, which was nothing more than holmium and an iron container containing holmium, and the key was how to stimulate the hand hammer, as for the time-delay device that Huang Zhongting said, they are studying in various Western countries, but the time-delay device requires special materials and special technology, and he does not have it.

In the end, Huang Zhongting retreated and asked Sidley to get out the fraudulent medicine bag during this time, this is not so complicated, Huang Zhongting simply said that Sidley understood, if you can't make a fraudulent medicine bag that pulls fire, you can first make an ignition, that is, make some fuses that can be ignited to detonate the fraudulent medicine.

In fact, during this period, various countries have made fraudulent medicine packs, including the Qing army, but they are too chicken to use, so they are not used on a large scale.

Huang Zhongting promised a lot of profits in order to envelop Sidley and other French technicians, and at the same time explained to the General Staff that the raw materials needed must be guaranteed supply, and now these raw materials can only be purchased from Firmman in Lao Cai, Vietnam, after all, there are no iron mines, coal mines and other raw materials in a small Hekou County, but Huang Zhongting silently thought that he must get these things in the future.

When Huang Zhongting and Xidley discussed, they almost talked about building some airplanes, tanks and other equipment, but when they thought of the realistic conditions, they still forgot it, why did they think so much if they couldn't make a single gun.

However, Huang Zhongting also secretly explained to Cai Yi, and asked him to secretly find some local talents in this area, send more people to the small arsenal, and first learn the skills of these foreigners to produce bullets, after all, they are foreigners, Huang Zhongting still has some trust, he needs talents who completely listen to his own words, and he does not dare to talk to foreigners about the concept of advanced weapons and equipment in his previous life.

After all, there is an ancient saying that "if you are not of my race, your heart will be different".

At the same time, the Qing court in Beijing finally reacted to the defeat at the mouth of the Yunnan River by issuing three edicts to the Governors of Sichuan, Liangguang, and Yunnan, asking the Governors of Sichuan and Liangguang to send troops to assist Yunnan in suppressing the rebels.

At this time, the head of the Qing court in Beijing was the old empress dowager, and the nominal emperor had been placed under house arrest by her, and she already paid some attention to the rebels at the mouth of the river, after all, there was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement that occupied half of the country, and then there was the Boxer Rebellion at the foot of the Son of Heaven, which caused her to flee to Chang'an.

Of course, the content of the edict sent to the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Mansion is a little more, which not only requires the Yunnan side to send troops to quell the rebellion again as soon as possible, but also reprimands Xiliang, who is the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Yunnan has had two rebellions in less than a year, and Xiliang is not good for exterminating the rebels.

In the Governor's Mansion in Kunming, Yunnan, Xiliang, who received the edict, sighed again and again

g knew that he reprimanded me, but the money and grain I asked for was not mentioned a word, I don't know that the treasury of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is empty? Without money and food, how can I organize a new army in a town? How to garrison such a large territory of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces?

But fortunately, this time, Sichuan and Liangguang will send troops to help me quell the rebellion in Yunnan, otherwise I really can't do anything. Xiliang sighed silently.

Xiliang sighed: "Since I was transferred to the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou last year, I haven't slept for a few days, such a big mess for me to clean up, I must not be exhausted to death, it is better to be the governor of Sichuan before, at least there are not so many things, and there is no need to worry about money and food." ”

After a while, he said in a deep voice outside: "Chuan Ben Governor's order, the Yellow Flag Battalion in Northern Yunnan is responsible for receiving Sichuan reinforcements, Wenshan Prefecture is responsible for receiving reinforcements from Guangzhou, Ordo General Coordinates Sichuan Reinforcements to be stationed in Honghe Prefecture, and General Yang Zhenhong coordinates the reinforcements from Liangguang to be stationed in Wenshan Prefecture. ”

The edict to Xiliang also indicated that the reinforcements from Sichuan and Liangguang were controlled by the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou after entering the territory of Yunnan, so he had the right to directly mobilize reinforcements to assign tasks.

At the same time, in Hanoi, Vietnam, in an ordinary small house, several people are plotting something.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in view of the fact that the Yunnan estuary has launched an uprising again, now that the news of the defeat of the Qing army at the estuary has spread throughout the country, the attention of the Qing court will gradually focus on the estuary. Now, according to Mr. S's instructions, part of the uprisings in the remaining provinces can be put on the agenda. A slightly chubby, bearded middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

The others immediately waved their fists excitedly and shouted, "Okay, I've been waiting for this day for a long time." ”

The middle-aged man who spoke saw that everyone's emotions were high, and he was also a little excited and excited.

Then he said in a deep voice: "Comrades, the conditions for launching an uprising this time are ripe for the Chengdu New Army Battalion in Sichuan and the Qinzhou New Army Battalion in Guangxi, of which we can control 500 troops in the Chengdu New Army Battalion, and we can control 200 troops in the Qinzhou New Army Battalion, but at present, the Qing court faction in the Qinzhou New Army Battalion is not much, and it is most suitable to directly launch an uprising, so I ordered that the Qinzhou New Army Battalion take the lead in the uprising in July, that is, on the 20th of this month, and the Chengdu New Army will choose the opportunity to revolt. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The Qinzhou uprising is under my command, Ma Shaobai and Liu Feng and you rushed to Chengdu, Sichuan, and together with the same Z over there, they will also launch an uprising in the near future, and you can set the specific time." ”

The two immediately replied: "Yes, everything is arranged by Mr. Huang." ”

This Mr. Huang is none other than Huang Xing, a veteran figure in the Alliance.

Huang Xing looked at the other two and said: "Yu Lao, Qi Lin, you also have a task, this time send the two of you to the estuary to raise some food and weapons, and soon there will be uprisings in the rest of the provinces, we have always been short of food and weapons, and now there has just been a big victory at the mouth of the river, and a lot of materials must have been seized, you two go and ask for more." ”

"Yes", the two people on the side also immediately responded.

After Huang Xing explained the matter clearly, he looked at the room full of excitement and excitement, and called out in a low voice: "Everyone, you will succeed." ”

"Success," everyone responded.

After the meeting, Huang Xing left Yu Lao and Qi Lin alone to explain secretly: "Two, the two of you have a secret mission to go to the estuary, I heard that the estuary is not in charge of Dexin now, he is sick, and now his son is in charge of military affairs, the two of you go to see if you have the opportunity to take the military power down, don't let a little hairy boy fool around, after the army is controlled, immediately wave the army to the east, and I will join Qinzhou." ”

Dexin is Huang Mingtang, which is the name of Huang Mingtang.

Huang Xing looked at the two of them seriously, and said in a lower voice: "If you can, give Dexin and his son to ......" As he spoke, Huang Xing gently gestured on his neck.

Then he said in a low voice: "It is better for the army to be in the hands of our own people, as long as we have soldiers in our hands, once the Qing court falls, our life will be even better, I believe both of you know very well." ”

Yu Lao and Qi Lin nodded quietly, the two of them were brought out by Huang Xing, and they were also introduced by Huang Xing to join the Alliance, and they were Huang Xing's closest people.

Yu Lao's name is Yu Guosheng, a Filipino-Chinese, nearly seventy years old, his family is in business, he has some ambitions, after meeting Huang Xing, he joined the League with him, in order to help the League raise funds, he sold all the properties in his hands.

Qi Lin met Huang Xing while studying in Japan, and has always regarded Huang Xing as a big brother, went to a military school, and has some talents, and Huang Xing is also highly valued.