"Jiangxi?"

Liu Chang was startled, he couldn't believe that these words actually came out of Shi Da's mouth, and he said in a loud voice: "Jiangxi? Is this the territory of Heaven? ”

Wing King Shi Dakai's plan immediately smiled: "That's right, it's Jiangxi, the Wing King and the inspection point are their own family, flesh and blood, so what is it to let a few states and counties."

But Liu Chang said: "But what should I do if the East King and the Heavenly King know?" ”

Shi Dakai immediately smiled: "I have already thought clearly, I will withdraw from the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border, and the county seat will be recovered by the Qing Demon, and it will be convenient for my brother-in-law at this time."

That's so grateful, Liu Chang didn't know how to express his feelings: "Wing King."

Shi Tinglan next to his brother hurriedly said: "Brother, your gift is too heavy, but it is not good for you."

When it comes to the ranking in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Wing King is second to the Heavenly King and the four kings who have the title of military advisor, and they are considered the sixth person, but the King of the South and the King of the West have died in battle, and the King of the Young South and the King of the Young West are still young, in this case, Shi Dakai is the fourth person in the Kingdom of Heaven. *.*.*/*

But after all, he didn't have the crucial title of military advisor, so he directly expressed his dissatisfaction to Liu Chang: "Brother-in-law, I'll be honest with you, the current situation in the Kingdom of Heaven, even I, the founder of the Kingdom of Heaven, can't understand it, Yang Xiuqing is doing this, I don't understand, is this the Heavenly King of the Heavenly King, or the Heavenly Kingdom of his Dongwang family..."

In fact, there are still many things that Shi Dakai can't understand in the future, and the two kings of Anfu, Hong Xiuquan's brother, squeezed Shi Dakai everywhere, which made him feel that the kingdom of heaven is just the kingdom of heaven for the Hong family, and he is always a superfluous person.

But now Shi Dakai's dissatisfaction has been revealed: "Brother-in-law, I don't ask for anything else, don't look at me as the Wing King 5,000 years old, even if the East King comes down, he can transfer me around, my personal gains and losses are nothing, but there are thousands of people who come out to fight the country, I have to be worthy of them."

Liu Chang replied, but said: "The Wing King is so loving, I can only care more about Tinglan."

That's right1 That's right, Shi Da laughed: "I only have such a little request, we are real relatives, not like Shi Zhenji and them, although they are relatives in name, the relationship is far away." ”

The Shi Zhenji he said is the Guozong of the Yiwang Mansion, but the Guozong is theoretically Shi Dakai's brother and nephew, but in fact it is different, most of these Guozong recognize the same surname, and some simply do not have any blood relationship.

And Shi Tinglan is different, he is the closest sister of the Wing King, so Shi Dakai at this time is not a famous Wing King of the Left Army who is five thousand years old, but a brother who cares for his sister, and Liu Chang also understands his suffering.

In any case, this responsibility should be taken care of by Hong Xiuquan Strictly speaking, the country of heaven was defeated by the hands of the Xianghuai army, but by the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan who rebelled with the government Therefore, he said: "I keep the affection of the Wing King in my heart

"That's good, that's good, King Yi laughed: "Later, you and Suimou have a good talk, which states and counties do you want, we can withdraw, but you also have to fight, don't let the bandits take it."

This so-called bandit is the militia group, Liu Chang smiled: "My team is always no problem fighting the militia group, even the Hunan army can also fight."

Then Shi Dakai continued to explain: "As for what foreign guns and cannons you want, you can also discuss with Suimou, that is, he and I are in charge."

This is his cleverness, not only to show favor to Liu Chang, but also to benefit the Hong army, you must know that the Taiping army is not as burdened as the Qing army, so the most important foreign guns and cannons to improve the troops, Shi Dakai has been working hard Western firearms and ammunition are insufficient, and self-made ordnance is not inferior.

It's just that Liu Chang asked a crucial question: "Since the Wing King mentioned the ordnance, let me ask the Wing King, do you want a steam ship?" "..., steamship? Over there, Zhang Suimou had already blurted out: "Yes, of course, it's just how the steam ship is transported into Jiangxi, it is impossible to take the Shanghai Tianjing route."

For the Taiping army, the defeat on the water is their pain for a long time, Li Xiucheng later said that the kingdom of heaven ten mistakes, one of which is that Lin Shaozhang hit Xiangtan for the defeat of the Hunan army, although there was a small victory in Jinggang, but for the Taiping army, this is an unprecedented series of big losses.

You must know that in the series of battles from Xiangtan to Tianjia Town, the Taiping army lost tens of thousands of ships, among which the battle of Tianjia Town, because of the fire attack of the Hunan army, lost 4,500 ships.

But on the other hand, although the Taiping army had 10,000 thousands of ships, and once claimed to be invincible across the Yangtze River, in fact, most of them were civilian ships, and there were few real warships, so as soon as they encountered the regular fleet of the Hunan army composed of towing wind, long dragons, and long crabs, they were crushed for thousands of miles.

After Tianjiazhen, the entire Taiping Army was at a comprehensive disadvantage in the Western Battlefield, and had to let Shi Dakai lay out Hubei and pass through Jiangxi, and in February this year, Shi Dakai won a victory over the Hunan Army Naval Division in Jiujiang, and divided the Hunan Army Naval Division into the Inner Lake Naval Division and the Outer Lake Outer Division, but even if there was none

The method annihilates the entirety of either the Inner Lake Water Division and the Outer Lake Water Division.

In the Jinling battlefield in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Qing army put 50 red single ship warships into the battlefield last year, which was a water force that Xiang Rong finally obtained after many years of operation.

In this case, Shi Dakai had to vigorously operate the water force in Jiangxi, in history, the Taiping army later benefited from his short operation for several years, and finally because of the weakness of the water power, repeated battles and setbacks, whether it was Anqing, Shanghai, Tianjing Campaign, or the rest of the battles, most of the reasons for the failure were that the Taiping army did not have water power.

And now as soon as Liu Chang proposed the steam warship, Shi Dakai and Zhang Suimou were excited, Shi Dakai asked: "I heard that my brother-in-law has several steam warships, all of which can rival hundreds of ships, and this one ship is better than dozens of red single ships, I don't know if my brother-in-law can purchase a steam warship." ”

Liu Chang immediately replied: "The Wing King doesn't know, there are only two steam warships on our side of the Hongjun, one is named Baoshun Ship, and the other is temporarily named the Firmament, all of which are civilian ships I bought from overseas, with a number of artillery guns, and unlike the warships, we are now planning to buy a third ......."

"It's just that such a large steamship, if you want to transport it to Jiangxi by land, it's extremely difficult, but it's just ......" Liu Chang waved his hand towards Shi Tinglan now and said, "Let Tinglan say it." ”

Shi Tinglan said: "Since we opened the port in Ningbo, there have been foreigners who have come to work, among which foreigners claim to be able to build this steamship, but in fact, all steam engines and materials need to be purchased from Shanghai, and we are only responsible for assembling. ”

The assembly can also be very refreshing: "As long as there is a steamboat, everything is easy to do."

Liu Chang's hand really hit Shi Dakai's lifeline, in the end of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping army only obtained two steamships, and they were all trophies captured from the Changsheng army, foreign guns and cannons may be smuggled on a small scale, but the steam ship is such a behemoth, but it is not smuggling can be done.

Liu Chang immediately said: "We intend to set up a small shipyard in Yueqing Panshi Village to convert the red single ship into a steam warship, of course, this is not economical. ”

As long as there is a steam warship, Shi Dakai's requirements are very low: "I'm afraid that my brother-in-law will have to contribute at that time, even if there are the most shortcomings, I will admit it." Liu Chang immediately replied: "We are going to try to make one in Yueqing, and if it can be successful, we will transport the parts to Jiangxi and hand them over to Yiwang."

"Okay, okay, this is very good1" Shi Dakai was very satisfied: "In this way, I have added another wing1 I am in Jiangxi, the holy treasury is sufficient, gold and silver are not a problem, even let a few more states and counties to give my brother-in-law no harm......"

When Liu Chang and Shi Dakai met for the first time, both parties had a feeling: "Life is only like seeing ...... for the first time"

It's just that unlike Shi Dakai, who was able to smoothly purchase a large number of foreign guns and foreign guns, Monk Greenqin and Shengbao encountered some trouble here, and Monk Greenqin said with great dissatisfaction: "I actually only bought a hundred copper fire cap guns, you must know that the Red Thief Nanxi Brigade almost uses copper fire cap guns, and the number of flintlock guns purchased is too short, I have 20,000 troops, can't I buy firearms with money?" ”

The grain station in charge immediately said: "I'm afraid that the monk king doesn't know the inside story, and now the official army wants to go to Shanghai to buy weapons, which is not as convenient as before."

For the troops of the monk king and Shengbao, after they saw Liu Changhong's foreign guns and cannons, their first reaction was to buy a large number of foreign guns and foreign artillery equipment.

The firing pistol, which the Qing army called the "bronze fire cap gun," was only bought for 100 pieces, while the flintlock pistol was purchased for 1,200 pieces, but the quantity was too small, and many of them were of very poor quality, even to the point that they could not be fired, and they could only be used reluctantly after being repaired by Western technicians.

As for the purchase of other ordnance, it was also very unsatisfactory, and what was worse was that the price of ordnance was more than double that of the past, and the monk immediately asked: "Why is this so?" ”

When the grain station was handled, he also made a lot of money, of course, he didn't dare to tell all the truth, and immediately reported back: "It's all because of the red thief willow is out of business, and it turns out that the purchase of weapons is the most convenient in the Shanghai Concession, but all Western ordnance and military uniforms must be sent to the Shanghai Concession when they enter China, and then they will be sold by the Yi people in various places.

"But since the Red Thieves opened the port in Ningbo, all Western ordnance and ordnance uniforms must be sent to Ningbo first, picked by the Red Thieves, and then sent to the Shanghai Concession, so now the Shanghai Concession only has second-class ordnance uniforms." Liangtai complained bitterly: "Now if you want to buy first-class foreign guns and cannons, I am afraid that you will have to risk death to go to Ningbo." ”