Li Guolou glanced at him and said, "General Manager Xu, don't always talk about projects that end without a problem," Didn't the Mao's gun introduction project start in Wuhan, the Prussians still can, there are more than the British, if our military industrial enterprises do not have Bismarck's help, relying only on self-reliance, I am afraid that they are still making flintlock pistols, I warn you for the last time, you are not allowed to engage in inventions, dangerous projects, you should stay away as much as possible, you are now the deputy general office of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, personal life is the wealth of the country, Edison is relying on teamwork, only more than 100 patents, not by personal heroism. ”

Xu Jianyin entered with one ear and went out with one ear, where would he listen to Li Guolou's long-windedness, and said perfunctorily: "I know, Li Xuezheng, the shooting range has arrived, let's watch the shooting first." ”

Deng Shichang rubbed his hands, jumped to 'want' to try, and 'interjected' and said: "Two adults, please see me personally fire the first shot." ”

Li Guolou looked at Deng Shichang's appearance and said, "Captain Deng, one person fires a cannon, I want to see a group of sharpshooters, not one person." ”

"Don't worry, Master Li, you can just take a look." Deng Shichang stood in the fort, held the telescope high, and loudly reported the coordinates of the target.

One gunner turned the pulley with both hands, the barrel moved to the left, the other gunner pushed an 80-pound training bullet into the gun chamber, and another gunner quickly closed the valve 'door', and the three gunners moved smoothly and in one go.

"Open fire." Deng Shichang roared with exhaustion.

Rumble.

The cannonball drew a wonderful arc and flew towards the target five hundred meters away, and that arc carried the hope of the rise of the Great Clear Water Division, and everyone on the mosquito boat clenched their fists 'excitedly', staring at the target floating on the sea.

The black flag was hoisted on the target floating on the sea, and there was a loud rumbling sound, the wooden platoon was torn apart, and the black flag collapsed violently.

One mosquito ship after another fired at the shooting range, white 'waves' rushed on the sea, one target after another was destroyed, and black flags floated on the sea.

Twenty mosquito boats formed various formations and sailed in the sea, and the raised colored flags constantly issued commands, and each mosquito boat hit the designated target.

Li Guolou took advantage of the excitement and returned happily, singing the song of the navy with the officers and men of the naval division.

"Gong Jinou, Cheng Tian, the people are happy with the phoenix robe, the Qing Dynasty is lucky and Zhenxi, the empire is bent, the sky is high, and the sea is surging."

The singing was loud, Deng Shichang was still unsatisfied, and took the lead in singing the song of the Mawei Ship Master School.

"Sorry navy youth, what you have learned is to save the country.

The future breaks the 'waves' and rides the wind, and we must always work hard.

The mainstay is a reality.

Jingyun flag exhibition, building ship gorgeous 'color'.

Taste the courage and lie down, and the will is strong.

Establish meritorious deeds, and the years will be refrained.

May the honor of my sea school be higher than that of Beidou, and may my classmates be heroes of the world. ”

Sailing all the way, singing all the way, Li Guolou was baptized in the song, very pleased with the Beiyang Naval Division, there are twenty mosquito ships in scale, ambition to serve the country also has financial resources as a backing, he is the strong backing of the Beiyang Naval Division, Li Guolou is ambitious and proudly accepts the cheers of everyone.

"Wow."

Huang Xiaoman was vomiting while holding the basin, the melon seed face was blue, as if he was going to die, Li Guolou was relieved a few words of relief, and did not show the affection of his son and daughter, but walked out of the conference room and came to the deck.

The mosquito boat was very bumpy, with the undulation of the sea 'waves', and the black smoke billowing above the chimney, Li Guolou suddenly froze, and suddenly changed his color: "Captain Deng, which coal company provided the coal." ”

Deng Shichang said in a deep voice: "Li Xuezheng, our sailors use the Kailuan Coal Mine, which is a five-trough coal provided by the Kaiping Mining Bureau. ”

Li Guolou squinted and said: "Deng Shichang, you are 'very' good at talking, you don't need to make drafts when you lie, do you rely on Fengying to sit in this position." ”

Deng Shichang was so frightened that he turned over and knelt on the deck, and said hurriedly: "The subordinates don't dare to lie, what the subordinates say is recorded in writing, and the subordinates just read it out according to the script." ”

", Deng Shichang, don't shirk your responsibility, why don't you report to your superiors and take me to see the boiler room." Li Guolou is angry, he can't wait to kick Deng Shichang to death, he can say high-sounding things at such a young age.

Deng Shichang was frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward to lead the way, Li Guolou's spleen 'sex' couldn't figure it out, and he turned his face when he said that he would turn his face, no wonder he quarreled with Xu Jianyin.

Below the front cabin is the boiler room, Li Guolou picked up a piece of coal, took it in his hand and looked through it, with a 'show' smile on his face.

"Okay, good, you dare to deceive me, there's a kind." Li Guolou wrapped two pieces of coal in a handkerchief, put them in his pocket, left the boiler room, and ignored Deng Shichang again.

Deng Shichang didn't dare to talk more, for fear that the matter would get darker and darker, so he was the military attache of the eighth grade, how could he speak, and hurriedly went to report the incident to Xu Jianyin.

After Xu Jianyin heard it, he laughed it off, waved his hand and said: "Captain Deng, this matter has nothing to do with you, Li Xuezheng is a famous poisonous tongue, it has become the norm for his hand to stretch out the line, let him fight with officialdom is the rule, we will wait and see what happens, we will not punish you, Deng Shichang told me the truth, you used a few troughs of coal." ”

Deng Shichang was like a child who had done something wrong, lowered his head and said: "Back to General Xu's office, our mosquito ship uses eight troughs of coal. ”

"Oh······ It's almost, no wonder Li Xuezheng will be angry, this time Zhang Yi is going to be unlucky. Xu Jianyin held back a smile with a gloating expression.

Li Guolou's ruthlessness Xu Jianyin has long been taught, Li Guolou holds the official hat and silver in his hand, and he will be rewarded for doing well, like he climbed the high branches, and he has money in his pocket, and his words have become full of words, like Shen Baojing has been snubbed by Li Hongzhang until now, it is because Li Guolou slandered Shen Baojing's ability to do things.

Deng Shichang had heard too much of the legend, and couldn't help but ask: "General Manager Xu, I heard that Li Xuezheng is a murderer and slaughters hundreds of people in one day, will he use a knife and a gun for the matter of five troughs of coal?" ”

"Deng Shichang, you also believe this, it's really naïve, did you see Li Xuezheng's personal 'attendant' guard, that horse cake was 'inserted' with a leather whip in his waist, this is Li Xuezheng's killing move, do you understand." Xu Jianyin had seen Li Guolou's three-plate axe, and at first he was 'quite 'strong' afraid of Li Guolou, but later he was scolded and tired, so he still went his own way.

"Oh······ Subordinates understand. Deng Shichang nodded, seemingly understood, but he was even more afraid in his heart, if he offended Li Guolou, he would be whipped at any time, which was more embarrassing than being slapped by the school officer.

Deng Shichang looked at Xu Jianyin's gloating expression, and understood that Zhang Yi, the supervisor of the Kaiping Mining Bureau, did not have good fruit to eat, Li Guolou is the imperial history of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, if Zhang Yi is impeached, then Zhang Yi has only one way to step down, and he has to 'pay' the atonement money, Zhang Yi is a third-grade official or a powerful faction, and he is the coated slave of Prince Yiyun, but compared with Li Guolou, there is no comparison with 'sex', Li Guolou is the slave of the Tongzhi Emperor, and there is the support of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces behind him, how can this be compared.

In the evening, Li Guolou, as the host, invited Xu Jianyin, Deng Shichang, Liu Buyun, Lin Yongsheng and other officers of the Beiyang Naval Division to dinner, and did not show displeasure, but was polite and thoughtful, personally served the wine glass, and toasted everyone.

Li Guolou is the richest official and businessman in the Qing Dynasty, and he is also the money bag of Li Hongzhang's family, no one will go to get along with the God of Wealth, Xu Jianyin frequently toasted Li Guolou at the banquet to show that the two have a close relationship.

Xu Jianyin hooked his shoulders and said in a low voice: "Li Xuezheng, I have a few friends who really want to invest in the Jinghan Railway Project, you have to give me a face." ”

"This ······ Mr. Xu's office, Ming people don't say secret words, Hu Xueyan's silver, I don't want it, he does his business, I do my business, you also know that I am a person with a small belly 'chicken' intestines, he sarcastically ridiculed my eldest brother in the newspaper, isn't he secretly scolding me, and that kind of person, Master Fu Xiang will be very unhappy, understand. ”

"Oh······ I know, so I won't mention this person, a few other people, you don't have to ask. "Xu Jianyin is an official and businessman, a rich and powerful person, he will see the wind and steer, the train industry is the future of the nation, and people who know how to do it will invest money in the construction of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway.

The early Qing Dynasty was not the Qing Dynasty where the country was rich and the people were strong, but the country was poor and the people were weak, and the country's wealth was concentrated in the hands of a few officials and businessmen.

Li Guolou said like a 'spring' style: "General Manager Xu, I also toast you, let's forget the dirtiness of the past, we are all dedicated to the public." ”

"Enough buddy." Xu Jianyin raised his glass happily, and he didn't know how many glasses he touched with Li Guolou.

Xu Jianyin and Li Guolou had a conflict, once for the Xiyanglou big train project, he lost his temper with Li Guolou, the two argued darkly, he thought that the Xiyanglou big train project was purely nothing to do, "waste" the country's resources.

After that, Xu Jianyin vigorously opposed the construction of 18 mosquito boats by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, believing that building 18 mosquito boats would cost the people and money, and that mosquito boats would be of no great use, and that such advanced gunboats would be needed to crack down on 'smuggling' ships, and that the maintenance cost of 18 mosquito boats would be a huge expense.

However, Li Guolou had a strong temper and did not listen to Xu Jianyin's suggestion, and Li Guolou financed the funds of 'private' people in the name of cracking down on 'smugglers', bypassed the approval of the Ministry of War, and built 18 mosquito boats in Shanghai.

The big train project and the eighteen mosquito ship projects of the Western building are still working at full speed, since the wood has been completed, Xu Jianyin can only give full play to his strengths in small projects, and use his wisdom and wisdom in technological innovation, and the eighteen mosquito ships built after the construction have been very innovative compared to the previous two mosquito ships.

Now that the Jinghan Railway Project, the state has approved the project, and the government has begun to prepare for the establishment of the Ministry of Railways, Xu Jianyin thinks that he is the biggest hero, and he also wants to get a piece of the pie on the big project.

Xu Jianyin drank too much and asked drunkly: "Li Xuezheng, others are still on vacation, why did you come to inspect the mosquito boat." ”

Li Guolou said with a smile: "General Manager Xu, this is a military secret, and it will be kept secret from you." ”

Xu Jianyin was extremely dissatisfied, and said angrily: "If you don't say it, don't say it, what's the big deal, the new weapon I'm testing is also kept secret from you." ”

Li Guolou sneered and said: "You still copy the weapons of Western countries, so you don't want to pay patent fees." ”

Xu Jianyin said loudly: "I am saving money for the country, self-reliance is the way to development, otherwise where would the eighteen mosquito boats come from." ”

The twenty mosquito boats are like Xu Jianyin's children, watching the twenty mosquito boats sail away in the wind and waves, Xu Jianyin was full of spirits, accepted the praise of everyone, got drunk, and the banquet was not over, and he was carried out.

Li Guolou is very sober, although the exercise at sea is successful, but whether the mosquito ship can sail into the deep sea and carry out actual combat, has not been practiced, he is so concerned about coal, because the mosquito ship sails away, it is necessary to have several cargo ships loaded with coal, supplies, go to sea together, and cooperate in combat, this coal is the heart of the mosquito ship, there is no high-quality coal, the coal in the boiler is not fully burned, the steam engine will not be powered, the ship will not run fast, there is a lot of waste residue, and it is easy to cause damage to the steam engine. Therefore, Li Guolou hated Zhang Yi, the supervisor of the Kaiping Mining Bureau, very much, and he had the determination to kill people after getting rid of his 'desire', and Li Guolou was thinking in his mind whether to kill Zhang Yi, or beat Zhang Yi up, or write a letter to impeach Zhang Yi.

Officials protect each other, how many officials, for their own interests, protect Zhang Yi, thinking of the rules of officialdom, Li Guolou is angry, Zhang Yi is a third-grade civil official, if you want to snatch Zhang Yi's official hat, it is not easy, it will also cause a court fight, he has no time to spend on the lawsuit, then use the rules of the Manchurian to attack Zhang Yi, Li Guolou's eyes 'revealed' the fierce light, drank it all, and dragged Zhang Yi out of the bed in a hurry, beat him up, and then talked about the rules of officialdom.

Li Guolou is different from the past, the person who leads the soldiers, has a murderous aura on his body, sits there silently, thinking about the training of the army in his mind, none of the twenty captains dare to come forward to toast, Xu Jianyin left, Li Guolou looks so ugly, I am afraid that he will beat people, the officers of the Beiyang Naval Division all know that Li Guolou likes to use a leather whip to 'whip' beat his subordinates, the disaster of five troughs of coal, I don't know who will be unlucky, Deng Shichang is afraid that he is the first to be unlucky.