Chapter 318 Technical School Students

Seeing that Chang Sui and his family were kneeling down, Hu Xingren couldn't help but be stunned.

Don't look at this is just a long entourage and his family, but in any official family, these people are very capable of making waves, and now they jointly invite Hu Xingren and Li Yuandu to worship, the meaning behind this is very deep!

He couldn't help but talk about Li Yuandu's words: "Li Ciqing is from Pingjiang? I'm from Baojing, I'm more than 20 years older than him, and I'm not familiar with him! ”

Although both of them are from Hunan and have a deep relationship with the Hunan army, they really have no friendship, but one of the most trusted Master Qian Gu immediately said: "Master is wrong, Li Ciqing took the eighth battalion of the Anyue Army to aid Zhejiang this time, and what he is most afraid of is that there is no one in Hangzhou!" If the master doesn't pull him over, I'm afraid something will happen! Everyone is a fellow Hunan villager, if you change the Jinlan spectrum, the old man is the governor of Zhejiang, and Li Ciqing also has a title such as an envoy, it would be the best! ”

"Hmm!" Hu Xingren also understood that this was to create a territory for Hunan in the southeast.

Now the power of the Hunan army is still roughly limited to Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi, as well as a small part of Anhui, Zeng Guofan is controlled everywhere, if he can make a situation in Zhejiang, then everything will be easy to do: "That's the best, according to your words, please Li Yuan, I am willing to exchange a copy of Jinlan with him." ”

It's just that before Li Yuandu entered Zhejiang, what should he do, Hu Xingren did not have a specific proposition, he knew that He Guiqing, Wang Youling and the red thief had a tacit understanding, that is, the red thief would not attack Hangjiahu, and He Guiqing was also willing to recognize the neutrality of Ningbo Mansion.

He originally wanted to break this situation of no war and no peace, but now it seems that this situation of no war and no peace will have to be delayed for a while, at least until the reinforcements from all roads arrive in Zhejiang, and then he can be ruthless to He Guiqing.

He Hu Xingren has always taken one step and looked at three steps, and everything has to be arranged properly.

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Shanghai.

The Westerners in Shanghai are very interested in the newly rising Red Thieves, or the "Red Turbans", and many adventurous Westerners have gone straight to Ningbo to seek the best business opportunities.

But in the face of new business opportunities, there are also people who have suffered serious losses, and that is the opium dealers in Shanghai.

"This is the greatest infringement of free trade since 1840!" It was Mr. Dison, the leading opium merchant in all of China, who had devoted himself to the opium trade for the past decade or so, and had profited hundreds of thousands of pounds from the opium trade.

The group below replied with the same indignation: "Yes, the English and French governments should not tolerate such atrocities, and we ought to wage a war to protect legitimate trade opportunities, as we did in 1840!" ”

Dison's voice was particularly high, and he told what he knew with real data: "In the last nine months, I have lost millions of business opportunities, but wherever the rebels arrived, the sacred opium trade was forbidden and all opium was confiscated!" ”

For example, the six prefectures of Wenchu, Ningtai, and Jinchu under the control of Liu Chang have always been the focus of these western opium merchants in Shanghai, but since the beginning of this year, every time a state capital is captured, it means that the opium trade in this state capital has dropped to a freezing point.

"According to what we know, in every state capital captured by the rebels, the opium trade has dropped to 10 percent, which is 10 percent!"

In the past few years, these Shanghai opium dealers have already suffered a heavy blow, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has also introduced an anti-smoking policy, at this time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has not become completely militarized like the Heavenly Kingdom after the Tianjing Incident, and it is difficult for the central government decrees to be implemented outside Tianjing, and the policy of prohibiting the opium trade has been implemented well. ..., although it is not as strong as the Hongjun's resolute anti-smoking policy, it has made these opium dealers feel sad, and now there is an extra wave of red thieves, which has collapsed the Zhejiang market, and what makes these opium dealers even more unbearable is another change: "What is even worse is that these hateful rebels, in addition to destroying the sacred free trade on a large scale, also transported the confiscated goods back to Shanghai, and dumped them in a big way, causing the price of opium in Shanghai to reach a freezing point." ”

Wherever the Hongjun opened, they would seize a large amount of opium, except for a buffer period given to Western merchants in Ningbo to sell back to Shanghai, the rest of the places were directly confiscated, and then sent back to Shanghai through the relationship between De Mons and Rusya to sell at a low price, because this was almost a no-capital transaction, the result was that De Mons and Rusya almost crossed the opium trade in Shanghai, and the price dropped by a full 40 percent compared with the beginning of the year.

Thus Dicon was compelled to say: "This past represents a very bad and wrong tendency, and the evils of 1840 are repeated in this land, so I have a clear demand that the British and French governments should stand up and make the rebels accept the existing system of free trade!" ”

"If they don't want to, go on another expedition of 1840."

This was met with enthusiastic applause from the opium dealers, but there were also those who put forward their own opinions: "We cannot trade in opium, but we can trade in arms or other industrial goods!" ”

Dison and the majority told the minority: "That is impossible, the trade in arms and other industrial products in Ningbo has formed a natural monopoly of several small groups, and we have tried to open up free trade in the port of Ningbo several times, but we have failed." ”

In fact, this is only part of the reason, these opium merchants have long enjoyed the high profits of the opium trade, so that their products are limited to opium, and when new business opportunities arise, they are still slow to react and do not adjust accordingly.

But when they reacted, the first wave of Westerners who found gold had already established their advantage, and they still entered the market with the mentality of dealing in opium, with neither good goods nor good services, and the prices were even more ridiculously high.

And now they have thought of a solution to the problem: "War, only war can open the door to China!" Let these rebels know that trade is sacred and inviolable! ”

They shouted heartbreakingly, but they also knew that even in the best case, Britain and France would only be able to make policy adjustments in a few months.

Until then, they have to endure millions in losses.

……

"Not bad! Not bad! ”

As the county in the entire Jinhua Province that has been most affected by Zhang Yuliang, Lanxi County has nearly half of the number of places in the imperial examination this year, and this is still a permanent treatment.

Therefore, Zhu Ailan, a small township in Lanxi County, is very satisfied with this: "With so many more places, we Lanxi people can be regarded as having a bright future!" ”

In the past few years, Zhejiang's imperial examination was monopolized by Hangjiahu and other places, although they have a few academies in Lanxi, but there are no people who can be big officials for a long time, but now it is good, the world is turned upside down, and the lower three prefectures are still controlled by the Qing army, this is the day when the Jinhua people came out.

It's just that Zhou Yishi, who is opposite him, doesn't see it that way: "It's not that simple, in this year's scientific examination, I'm afraid there will be no fewer students from Hangjiahu!" ”

"Wouldn't it? They are not afraid of being accused of being a thief! Zhu Ailan couldn't believe this fact: "Don't we Lanxi students have a bright future!" Zhou Yishi came back to Lanxi this time to visit relatives, his study at Shanye Military Academy has ended, and he was sent back to the old army as a company commander, but the wealth does not return to his hometown, just like a night trip in clothes, so he specially asked for a leave to go back to Lanxi to show everyone.

During this time in Shanye Military Academy, he gained a lot, and he didn't know how much knowledge he had gained, not to mention that he had learned a lot of good things, so he replied unhurriedly: "After all, there are only a few people who come, Hangjiahu is still in the hands of the Qing Demon, but these people who are willing to come are all human spirits!" Now the imperial examination may not be popular, Guan Jian is the two things of Shanye Military Academy and Yipeng Technology, and if they enter, they are the real ministers of the dragon, rather than letting them read the book of death, it is better to let them enter the military school technical school to learn some real skills! ”

Shanye Military Academy Zhu Ailan is very clear, knowing that when he comes out of the military academy, he is at least a probationary platoon commander, and there will be more and more military cadets in the future, and the entire Hongjun will be the world of military cadets in the future, as for what this Yipeng Technical School is, he still has never heard of it.

It's just that after inquiring about the details from Zhou Yishi, he was taken aback, and he said, "Isn't this a cheap job like a blacksmith?" ”

Zhou Yishi said very mysteriously: "In the Qing Dynasty, it was a cheap industry, but it is different in the new dynasty, Xiucai Gong may not be able to compare with blacksmithing in the future, now there is no shortage of people in the military academy, but there is still a shortage of people in Yipeng Technical School, if you have someone in your hand, you have to recommend it quickly!" ”

A person who was recommended by a township in the past, even if Ma Qianzhu, who presided over the technical school, didn't know him, he definitely wanted to give face, so Zhu Ailan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Next year, I have two places recommended to go to the military school, but it has not been fair, there are ** people who compete for these two places, and they are all first-class good seedlings, in this case, I might as well recommend them to the technical school!" ”

Later, Zhu Ailan recalled this incident and felt that this was one of the wisest decisions he had made in his life, if he recommended them all to the military academy, he would at most get a few battalion commanders and regiment commanders in the end, but he recommended them to the branch school, but there were six chief engineers and senior engineers of super factories, all of whom were well-known big names in the entire Jinhua Mansion.

It's just that at this time, Ma Qianzhu is still upset that Yipeng Technical School can't recruit enough students.