Chapter 174: Lao Tzu is Confused (2/3)
The servant served Li Hongzhang a new cup of tea, and in just less than an hour, Lord Zhongtang had broken three tea bowls, and kneeling on the ground of this "big child" The strange Liaodong Three Kingdoms Theory made the old man so angry that his beard was about to be cocked. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Although he has always known that the qualifications of this eldest son who have passed by him are limited, it will be difficult for him to become a great weapon in the future, but Lord Zhongtang never expected Li Jingfang's vision to be so unbearable, and he was so confused that he thought that the current situation in Liaodong was a three-legged situation in which the Qing Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were standing together and containing each other.
I don't know where this stupid son got his self-confidence, he actually thought that the Qing army could profit from the dispute between Japan and the Song Dynasty, and stand in an invincible situation on the Liaodong Peninsula. Hmph, not to mention the vulnerable combat power of the two armies of the Beiyang Waterway in Liaodong, even the two armies of the Wuyi Sea Route who beat the Qing army so much that they couldn't raise their heads, it was easy for the Great Song Dynasty to destroy them. If that group of strongmen left those remnants of the defeated army in Beiyang in Liaodong in order to contain the Japanese Yi, they were kept for negotiation with Yingyi! The old fox was quite clear about these tricks.
"Father, there is still room for the situation in Liaodong, and you must not easily agree to the blackmail of the strongmen who call themselves the Great Song Dynasty. As long as it is delayed, when the imperial court gathers troops and horses to expel the Japanese outside the Guanwai, what kind of storm can this group of strongmen and Japanese people be trapped on the narrow peninsula of Liaodong? The "eldest son" of Lord Zhongtang felt that he was very aggrieved, and he actually pleaded his case.
"Confused, you have been handling foreign affairs with me for many years, how can you be so confused, where does the imperial court still have the strength to expel the Japanese outside the Guan. Those Qingliu in the court have to go to Shu to find the descendants of the Three Kingdoms vine armor soldiers to face the battle, and this defeat is already inescapable. What did you do to provoke that gang of strongmen for no reason, promised other people's silver taels, and returned it to others. Nakado-sama raised the tea bowl in his hand and was about to fall down again.
"Hey, this group of strongmen who call themselves the Great Song Dynasty sank the two ships of Uyi Langsu and Fusang in one day, as easy as child's play. Our Beiyang Naval Division pooled the strength of the whole fleet and fought fiercely for one day, losing five ships, including Zhiyuan and Jingyuan, but did not win. The strength of this Great Song Dynasty can be seen, this is already comparable to the strength of Europa, and it cannot be easily provoked. In the end, Lord Zhongtang was reluctant to drop the tea bowl in his hand, it was a good official kiln, and he had fallen three times in a row today, and Lord Zhongtang, who had calmed down a little, felt distressed.
"Now we can only hope that this war will be delayed, and the interests of various countries in China will be damaged, and someone will definitely come forward to mediate, in the hope of losing less silver." Nakado-sama sighed.
The old fox is smart and confused for a while, and because of his limited understanding of the world pattern, he actually pinned his hopes on the columns. He couldn't imagine that the money for the foot basin chicken to start this war was all loaned by the British, and the rest of the powers waited for the defeat of the Qing Dynasty to compromise and negotiate with Japan.
The fake son kneeling on the ground still had dreams of the Heavenly Empire in his head, and he was obviously confused by the ranking of the Beiyang Navy and Army in the world by foreigners. Sitting on the Taishi chair, Lao Tzu had already realized the true combat power of Beiyang, but he still fantasized that he could escape with the help of the power of the great powers. It's no wonder that there will be a humiliating scene of Ma Guan in history.
Huo Yuanjia was sprinkling water and sweeping the floor in front of Tian's clinic in the British Concession in Tianjin, and he readily accepted Tian Buzi's plan to be a protégé to pay for the consultation. His family is a dart game, and he usually takes some jobs to the rich family to sit in the hall, which is all the work of taking care of the house, and it is not much different from doing this door. Being a doorman in this clinic not only repays the consultation fee, but also pays back this life-saving favor, how can Huo Yuanjia not agree.
Seeing that Huo Yuanjia agreed so happily, Tian Buzi was in no mood to flirt, and he realized that Huo Yuanjia was only in his twenties now, and he was not the Huo Daxia who would be famous all over the world in the future.
Huo Yuanjia worked as a security guard and greeting here, and Tian Buzi and his wife who was hospitalized here for room and board were covered. This made Ma San deeply uneasy, he was the head of security of the temporary Great Song Embassy and Consulate, and Tian Buzi made it difficult for a person of unknown origin to live without any censorship, and also served as a security guard.
But after all, Tian Buzi is the master, he is a slave, who does Tian Buzi use, Ma San does not dare to complain. But one of the tasks given to him by the Military Intelligence Department is to protect the safety of the clinic and Tian Buzi, and this master is taking in a person of unknown origin by his side, so how can he ensure his safety.
But in fact, it is this person of unknown origin in Ma San's mind, and his reliability in the hearts of many traversers is much higher than that of him, a renegade bannerman. No matter how much artistic processing the image of Huo Daxia has undergone in later film and television dramas, many of his actions in history show that he is a reliable person.
Huo Yuanjia found through his observation in the past few days that his owner said that the diagnosis was expensive, and he did not deceive himself. The foreign doctors in the concession often came to ask for medical advice, which showed that the medical skills of the owner were indeed amazing. And these days in the clinic the owner has also done a few surgeries, the consultation fee is all gold, it seems that the owner only needs to work for a year to compensate for the consultation fee is very favorable.
Huo Yuanjia, who was sweeping the floor at the door, found that the red-headed Ah San who was patrolling by was bowing to him and saying hello, although Ah San was a bully and afraid of the hard, but he knew that these red-headed Ah San were not so respectful to himself because he was beaten by himself a few days ago, but because he was now working as a doorman for the clinic behind him. In the words of the owner, he is now a security officer of the temporary embassy and consulate of the Great Song Dynasty in Tianjin, and belongs to the diplomatic personnel, and these patrols in the British Concession must of course be respectful to him.
In fact, the British did explain to the patrol room of the British Concession in this way, and they should treat this clinic opened by the Great Song Dynasty according to the security treatment of the embassies and consulates of European countries, and of course, in terms of monitoring measures, they should also treat this clinic according to the level of the embassy or consulate. The British have received rumors that the Great Song Empire and Hans have been a little too close recently. Why are the doctors and patients who come to exchange medical skills mostly Germans or foreigners with close ties to Germans? This Dr. Tian is not just a doctor.
"We did sell two hundred sets of optical equipment to the Royal Navy to assist in artillery aiming. Their military attache observation team immediately placed an order after watching the Qing artillery live-fire drill we trained. By the way, those artillery officers used 12-inch heavy coastal defense guns produced by your company Krupp in the live-fire exercises. Timbuzi readily confessed to a German diplomat disguised as a sick man the fact that he had sold armaments to the British.
"So, your navy has really mastered a technology that can improve the accuracy of long-range fire from Krupp artillery?" The German asked excitedly.
"No, no, no, I think you're mistaken. This scientific science of artillery archery in our navy is applicable to every artillery, and in fact it is a technique of calculating the trajectory of artillery based on mathematical formulas, and the same applies to the Armstrong guns produced by the British. Tenbuz corrected the German's misstatement.
Germany must obtain this technology, otherwise Germany, which was already at a disadvantage in naval competition, will be in a state of suppression again when facing the British Army, which has this artillery firing technology, on land, which is unacceptable to His Majesty Wilhelm, the German thought to himself.