In the cemetery outside Lushun City, tens of thousands of people and the Liaodong Army were immersed in the mood of mourning and missing their relatives and comrades-in-arms, while Li Hongzhang, who was far away in Tianjin, was also mixed with a kind of joy and melancholy.

In the new year, in the new weather, in the past two years or since the end of the war against Japan, Li Hongzhang's life has been enjoyable. The court and the ministers of various countries all quieted down at once, and there was nothing to worry about their melancholy and worries.

It was not until the imperial court agreed to Japan's receipt of two battleships that he began to worry again

In the study, the huge charcoal fire crackled from time to time, and the sound of firecrackers outside and the sound of charcoal explosions were mixed together, and Siwei did not make Li Hongzhang feel that this was the New Year.

"My lord, after you got the ironclad ship from Japan, you have been worried, what are you worried about?" Yang Shixiang, who had been with him, stepped forward and asked worriedly.

Li Hongzhang frowned, got up from the chair, and looked at Yang Shixiang who was standing on the side.

"I've been thinking about it, the Japanese Combined Fleet suddenly added two ironclad ships, why didn't the rabbit cub react at all, and the Beiyang Naval Division didn't take any reaction, as if there was no fact that the Combined Fleet had two more ironclad ships"

Yang Shixiang nodded, he admitted the truth of Li Hongzhang's words.

Since the return of the two ironclad ships to Japan, Liu Jun did not make any statement at all, but as if it had never happened, this was something that did not exist in the past.

"My lord, do you want to send a telegram to Liu Jun and ask?"

"Forget it." Li Hongzhang looked at the snow in the yard, denied Yang Shixiang's thoughts, lowered his head and pondered: "I'll go there myself." ”

"Your Excellency is going to Lushun?" Yang Shixiang took a step forward, he didn't approve of Li Hongzhang going to Lushun in his heart, after all, this is an extraordinary time, will the imperial court make a fuss about this matter.

Li Hongzhang saw Yang Shixiang's thoughts, and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, what the imperial court understands now, it doesn't have any impact, even if he wants to deal with the old man, he has to consider Liu Jun, and the person in the house said, as long as I don't go to Beijing, he can bear me." ”

This is also right, since it has been decided to break with the imperial court, what does it matter what the imperial court thinks.

Li Hongzhang went to Lushun this time, in fact, there is another purpose.

Zhili is in charge of the military and government affairs of Shandong, Hebei, and Henan, and it is very passable, but in military affairs, it has always lagged behind, and the weapons it is equipped with are miscellaneous, not to mention that there is no unified model, and the training is even worse. He wanted to go to Lushun and let Liu Jun rectify his Huai army and provide ordnance, but he was old and couldn't resist anymore, so he wanted to completely hand over the Huai army to Liu Jun.

Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun looked at the telegram in his hand with a puzzled expression, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at Zheng Yiqian, who was standing in front of him holding the green folder, and showed a smile: "The old man is coming to Lushun?" ”

"Yes, the telegram from Tianjin said so, and Grandpa was a German merchant ship that secretly left Tianjin, and it is estimated that he is already on the way now."

Zheng Yiqian didn't dare to call Li Hongzhang the old man like Liu Jun, so she could only call her grandfather: "By the way, why did you say that grandpa came to Lushun secretly this time?" ”

Snapped, put the telegram in his hand on the table, and smiled slightly: "I don't know, everything can only wait until the old man comes to say." ”

Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun's study, Li Hongzhang, who was wearing an emerald green ** leather padded jacket, looked at Liu Jun standing in front of him with a kind face.

Because it was a secret to come to Lushun, Liu Jun did not go to the port to greet him, but waited at home.

After coming to Lushun with Yang Shixiang, he saw that Liu Jun was not seen at all at the dock, and he immediately knew in his heart that Liu Jun was helping him keep it secret.

The two arrived at the headquarters, and after meeting Liu Jun's family and sending out red envelopes, they met Liu Jun, Zheng Yi, Zhong Lin, and Yang Shi

Xiang entered the study. ”

Liu Jun's study, which is nominally a study, actually has not a single book in it. It's not that Liu Jun doesn't read, it's that he can't read. Traditional Chinese plus Chinese, the same torture as death.

It was not the first time that Li Hongzhang had seen this empty study room, but he just took a slight look at it and drank a cup of tea lightly: "How do you deal with the two Japanese ironclad ships entering the combined fleet?" ”

"It's not a matter of minutes to sink it." thought that Li Hongzhang would ask something big about being so serious and silent for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be this matter.

For these two ironclad ships, to be honest, I didn't put them in my eyes at all.

Minute by minute, Li Hongzhang directly glared at the confused eyes, and directly wondered if Liu Jun was too arrogant.

It wasn't a toy, it was an ironclad ship of tens of thousands of tons.

"It seems that the old man doesn't believe me anymore." Liu Jun blurred his eyes, found that Li Hongzhang nodded obviously, and turned his head to look at Zhong Lin on the side: "We don't have a scrapped ship, pull it out, and by the way, let Cai Tinggan prepare and go to sea tomorrow." Show the old man. ”

The inexplicable words made Li Hongzhang and Yang Shixiang star, and they didn't understand what Liu Jun asked them to see, but looking at Liu Jun's mysterious and awesome self-confidence, Li Hongzhang had to hold back and see what he could see tomorrow.

Li Hongzhang, who was anxious, couldn't sleep all night, couldn't sleep over and over, and just dawned the next day, Li Hongzhang, who had always remembered Liu Jun's words, got up early to wash up and wait in the hall.

Liu Jun got up late in winter, especially during the Spring Festival, and it wasn't until Xiang'er came over to urge Li Hongzhang to wait in the hall that the reluctant Liu Jun got up from Zheng Yiqian's warm bed. Go and see Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang was already anxious, and he didn't get a good night's sleep. As soon as he saw Liu Jun coming over and it was so late, he suddenly became angry, pointed at Liu Jun and scolded: "What do you want Lao Tzu to see today, if you don't say the reason, I will kick your rabbit cub to death today." ”

Regarding Li Hongzhang's insult, Liu Jun smiled and looked at the figure of Zhong Lin around him: "The old man is a little restless, and when we have dinner, I will let you see why I don't bird the United Fleet." Thinking that something was wrong, he added: "At least not for now, in the future, it will not have a chance." ”

Regardless of the rest, Li Hongzhang actually wanted to know one thing, what exactly Liu Jun wanted them to see.

"You don't brag less, what do you want to show Lao Tzu?" Li Hongzhang slapped the table.

"I want you to see it."

"Toutou...... Where did Cai Tingdo it, you see when we leave. Zhong Lin rushed in.

Tear away the rumble and shout.

"Old man, what you want to see, stop at Arthur Port now, let's go and have a look together." Liu Jun finished speaking. took out the military hat from the side, stepped forward to help Li Hongzhang, turned around and walked towards the port.

In the port of Arthur, there are now several torpedo cruisers moored in the harbor and several torpedo boats.

Liu Jun and the others braved the cold wind to leave the headquarters, and several people were covered with thick squares to resist the cold. A lot of crushed ice doesn't float back and forth in the sea under the impetus of the waves.

"Old man, you see, that's my secret weapon, which can completely destroy two Japanese ironclad ships."

It's really fake, Li Hongzhang stood on the edge of the pier and looked at a few things that were the same as torpedo boats moored next to the torpedo boat at Pier 2, the only difference was that the torpedo boat had no mast, and there was some, but the bow was not flat, but bulging, and what was even more hateful was that on this head, there was actually something about one meter high and wings on both sides, and a 120 mm gun was also installed on the bow of the ship.

What the hell, can you use these guns to penetrate the armor of a Japanese ironclad that is as thick as a city wall, and then sink it, isn't this too unrealistic?

"Don't tell me the, you thing can sink a Japanese ironclad ship." Li Hongzhang looked at Liu Jun with an angry face, if Yang Shixiang hadn't stopped him, he really wanted to kick Liu Jun into the sea and then kill him.

What a scourge...... Scourge...... Li Hongzhang angrily kept banging on the ground with his cane.

What? Liu Jun's eyes widened, looking at Li Hongzhang, whose face was flushed, and suddenly opened his mouth in surprise, if you want this, this is not a broken thing, this is a submarine, this is the only submarine in the whole world that can launch torpedo boats ten meters underwater.