Chapter 353 is indecided

Yun Tianzong is telling the truth, although Lu Ziyun's method looks good, but one thing is fatal, that is, for every infantry battalion can be precious to the Hong Army, it is impossible to tolerate a first-class ace army like the Nanxi Brigade, which has nothing to do for several months.

In fact, this is also a fatal shortcoming, during this period of time, other troops will have great achievements, and the entire Nanxi Brigade is idle, and then Yun Tianzong also put forward his own suggestions: "I think the main force of the entire infantry brigade does not need to enter Jiangxi, so as to save the stimulation of the Qing Demon and the Wing King, just send a unit that can fight public security warfare over!" ”

Although it is not named, the "troops that can fight public security warfare" actually refers to the Niudao Regiment, which has experienced countless small-scale battles in the state capital in the past few months, and its experience in public security warfare can be called the first in the whole army.

And then Yun Tianzong continued: "As for the main force of the brigade, it can be on standby in Quzhou Mansion, and at the same time serve as the general reserve of the whole army, and as soon as there is a change in Jiangxi, it will enter Jiangxi with a thunderous momentum, and strive to win a few pieces of territory as soon as possible!" ”

This plan was more feasible than Lu Ziyun's plan, so Huo Qiu immediately agreed: "Does Regiment Leader Lu have any opinions?" ”

"No comments!" It's just that Lu Ziyun thinks: "You can't be too hasty!" ”

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At this time, Liu Chang received a letter: "Underworld? He actually wrote to me because of the Jiangxi incident? ”

He knew that the underworld people studied imperial studies, and there was a senior brother Shen Gui who was very favored by the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan in Tianjing City, but when the underworld people went to defect in the past, they were cold, and he came to the Feng family in a fit of anger and became Feng Wenyi's mastermind.

But this underworld man did not let go of his business, today he is writing to Liu Chang, suggesting that Hongjun give up the plan of passing through Jiangxi, and immediately plot to Hangjiahu, Suchanghu, and Shanghai.

In his letter, he wrote thousands of words, talking about the benefits of seizing the paradises on earth such as Hangjiahu, Suchanghu, and Hu, saying that these territories were all countries of abundance, extremely rich, and almost all of the sources of military salaries in the Qing Dynasty came from these places.

After the Rainbow Army gets these territories, it can immediately expand hundreds of thousands of troops, and when the time comes, it can sweep the world, invincible, and invincible, but on the contrary, Jiangxi is a poor place, and if the Rainbow Army wants to pass through Jiangxi with the main force, the transportation is inherently inconvenient, not to mention that there are soldiers of the Hunan Army in Jiangxi.

In this case, the underworld strongly advised Liu Chang to abandon any plan to pass through Jiangxi and devote all his forces to the battlefield of Hangjiahu, otherwise if the Qing army was allowed to build a defensive line along Jiangyin, Liu Chang would definitely regret it in the future.

Su Chang...... Su Chang...... And Shanghai? ”

After reading the underworld's book, Liu Chang couldn't help but feel that the underworld's book did touch Liu Chang in some aspects, and he also wanted to take Hangjiahu and the entire southern Jiangsu as soon as possible and achieve something earth-shattering.

But taking Hangjia is enough, taking southern Jiangsu will definitely threaten Shanghai, in this case, whether Ningbo can continue to be neutralized, whether the Hong army can continue to buy ordnance, is a final know.

Therefore, he hesitated for a moment and decided to ask the British consul Fumar's opinion: "If our army appears on the line of Suzhou and Changzhou and guarantees the neutrality of Shanghai, what will be the reaction of the British government?" ”

He didn't know what kind of turmoil the letter to Fumar would cause.

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"This is a steamship?"

Zhu Jiumei glanced at the monster in front of her, and said with a little amazement: "This is different from what I saw in Tianjing!" ”

"That's a foreigner's warship!" Ma Qianzhu, who was beside him, replied: "This is our self-made warship, and the fact is that it is transformed on the basis of the red single boat." Zhu Jiumei was originally a messenger sent to Liu Chang by the King of the East, but when she came to the Hong Army, she found an excuse to stay in Zhejiang and was unwilling to return to Tianjing.

When she was in Tianjing City, she was a female scribe next to Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, so Shi Tinglan originally wanted Zhu Jiumei to be her assistant, but Zhu Jiumei disagreed, saying that she was buried in paperwork all day in Tianjing City, and she was tired of this kind of life, and she wanted to change to an easy way of living.

Therefore, after obtaining Liu Chang's consent, she became a newcomer to Zuo in the rock village, and in a sense, she supervised the progress and quality of the project on behalf of Liu Chang.

On the other side, Duncan said: "That's right, this was originally Ye Niangniang's Ziwei Star, and now it is undergoing large-scale reconstruction, it is estimated that within a month or two, this will be the first self-made steam warship of the Rainbow Army, and we are ready to sell such a warship to His Royal Highness the Wing King!" ”

"Are you sure?" Zhu Jiumei asked, "I must be responsible for the report written to the inspector!" ”

"Be sure! Be sure! Duncan replied, "Mr. Taifeng, who was responsible for the construction of this steamship, is a qualified shipbuilding engineer, and he is honored to be part of our business!" ”

In fact, the adventurers who came to the East in this time and space often had a skill, this Taifeng was an engineer in a Dutch shipyard, but unfortunately because of some mistakes he made, he lost his job and was turned away by various shipyards in the Netherlands.

In this case, he came to the mysterious East with a large number of shipbuilding drawings, but at this time there were only a few Western-style shipyards in the East, and there were no real shipyards, and he was still unemployed.

Therefore, when Taifeng heard the news of Ningbo's neutrality and unlimited purchase of industrial products, he immediately borrowed money to buy a ticket to Ningbo, and then he succeeded in convincing Ma Qianzhu and Duncan with his eloquence, and began to build the first homemade steam warship of the Hongjun Army.

Although there were two steam warships already in service, and the purchase of a third was already on the agenda, the purchase of steamships from abroad was never a long-term solution, so Taifeng's shipbuilding plan successfully won the support of Duncan and Ma Qianzhu.

Although the steaming transformation plan of this Ziwei Star Red Single Ship is almost the same as that of purchasing a small steam civilian ship, and the transformed Ziwei Star may not be applicable on the battlefield, Liu Chang still agrees to such a transformation plan.

The name is new, but in fact it is a transformation, and almost all the mechanical devices are purchased from Shanghai, but Zhu Jiumei still writes a gorgeous stroke on her report: "The transformation of the Ziwei Star will hopefully be a complete success, if the trial voyage is successful, we will be able to assemble the same type of warship in the inland of Jiangxi, even if it cannot be exported to the Yiwang or the Taiping Army, it will also help our army's combat operations in Jiangxi!" ”

It's just that after writing it, Zhu Jiumei suddenly thought of something: "Why is Liu Jiehu ready to make a move in Jiangxi, he should take Hang Jia as soon as possible!" Jiangxi should be insignificant! ”

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He Guiqing was also worried about this problem.

He knew that the Rainbow Army had not yet attacked Hangzhou, but who could guarantee the time for the Rainbow Army to attack Hangzhou and the entire Zhejiang Province.

Now that Hangzhou and Jiaxing are in a state of no soldiers, Hu Xingren and Zhang Yuliang's adventures have filled in the last bit of combat effectiveness, and now the monk king and Shengbao have abandoned Zhejiang and directly led the troops north to attack Tianjing.

In this case, he can only hope that Liu Jiehu can be as good as a mountain, and that Liu Jiehu will lose a lot in this battle, and he will have no spare strength to attack Hangzhou and Jiaxing Mansion for a while and a half. ..., and now he couldn't think of many ideas, so he could only ask Yu Wang Youling: "Xue Xuan, what do you have a good plan, let's hear it!" ”

"No clue, no clue!" Wang Youling was also helpless: "Zhongcheng, Hu Xueyan has just returned from Ningbo, why don't you listen to his opinion!" ”

"Where is he?"

"He's outside the hall, if Zhongcheng wants to see him, just shout!"

"Let's see each other then!"

Hu Xueyan walked in with a spring breeze on his face, and he made a big salute to He Guiqing and Wang Youling and said, "I've seen Zhongcheng, I've seen the capital!" ”

"No need to be polite!" He Guiqing looked at Hu Xueyan with a spring breeze on his face and immediately said: "What did you gain when you went to Ningbo Mansion this time?" ”

Hu Xueyan said with a smile: "Gambling on the public debt market with others, I just made a small profit of three or five hundred thousand taels of silver!" ”

He Guiqing was immediately moved: "Three and a half million taels is still a small profit, how much is the big profit?" ”

"Cixi Feng Wenyi Feng Ershao, ten million taels a day!" Hu Xueyan asked: "Can Zhongcheng be interested in public debt?" ”

What he said was all nonsense, the failure of this speculation in Ningbo made Hu Xueyan's hard-working family business lose seventy or eighty percent, and now he is already in debt, and Qianzhuang may collapse at any time.

But he is still full of spring breeze, and when he meets people, he says that he has earned a small sum of three and a half million taels of silver in Ningbo Mansion, and now if he wants to use the money, he can borrow from his Hu Xueyan's bank.

In this case, not only those creditors were fooled, but even He Guiqing was actually fooled, he just knew that this public bond transaction was very profitable.

In fact, the result of this public debt war was that at least nearly 100 participants went bankrupt, and several even hanged themselves, which is known as the first financial war in modern Chinese history.

But in the later memoirs, a very strange thing is that all the people claimed that they had their insight and successfully bet on Liu Chang, and Hu Xueyan also said the same, so that no one could find a failed person in the memories, and everyone claimed that they had won a great victory in this war.

And now He Guiqing is also a little moved: "Hey...... There is no silver in the warehouse, there is no rice in the warehouse, Xue Xuan often says that now the days are like the year and the night is longer than the year, how can there be any money to go out to buy public bonds, not to mention that this public debt is still a bill issued by the red thief, if the red thief loses, it is worthless! ”

When he said this, Hu Xueyan said eloquently: "If the red thief fails, he can still recover the principal, I am afraid that Zhongcheng and the capital do not know, and now the red thief's new public bonds, are agreed with Yingyi, and the Ningbo customs tax guarantee issuance, even if the red thief is defeated, the customs in Yingyi's hands is still there, and millions of taels of silver can be stored every year." ”

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