Mistaken, chapter 126 was released first. I'm sorry. It has been changed. Speaking of which, don't you have to sleep?

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Tianjin City is easy to fight. Because there were less than 3,000 foreigners left behind in Tianjin, most of whom were incurable injuries and diseases, the field hospitals in Europe did not have the complete military medical training system and traditional Chinese medicine system of Hu Xiaoyan's subordinates. European medicine in the 1900s was still the world of wizard medicine, and it was normal to boil a decoction of black owl feathers and mouse droppings for the sick to drink. Modern European medicine is just in its infancy.

After the capture of Tianjin, Hu Xiaoyan asked Jiang Yanxing, who stayed in the Fengtai camp, to escort more than 10,000 prisoners to Tianjin to clean up the city of Tianjin.

In the battle of Beijing, more than 50,000 people were captured before and after. In total, more than 50,000 coalition troops were killed by Hu Xiaoyan's order to "leave no prisoners".

Hu Xiaoyan's subordinates currently have a total of 35,000 people, of which 15,000 are staying in Beijing, 2,000 are defending Beijing, 3,000 are outside the city, and 10,000 are in Fengtai Camp to guard the prisoners and arrange for them to clean up Beijing and rebuild it. These captives were the best workers, and they didn't need any wages, just two porridges and a few steamed buns and pickles.

After occupying the city of Beijing, Hu Xiaoyan was too lazy to waste medicinal herbs and food on 3,000 disabled foreigners, and directly handed over these people to the 20,000 new army for target shooting and hand-to-hand combat training.

Zhao Sanduo of the Boxers fled, Zhu Honglan disappeared as in history, and the other leaders were executed by Hu Xiaoyan on trumped-up charges. The New Army did not need those middle and high-ranking officers of the Boxers, and keeping them would only disrupt the military discipline of the New Army. These people echoed in the Boxers, and once they had any bad ideas, Hu Xiaoyan had no good way to prevent them.

The 20,000 New Army, in addition to the Anhui New Army, which numbered about 5,000 people, was dominated by the Wuwei Army and the Boxers. Almost all of the soldiers of the Anhui New Army who are excellent can become officers, and the loyalty of these people is basically no problem, and the most crucial link is that they are all Anhui people like Hu Xiaoyan. Chinese people attach the most importance to the concept of locality, and there is no way to do it. For example, Yuan Shikai came to take refuge in him Hu Xiaoyan, Hu Xiaoyan would not believe Yuan Shikai 100%, but if Duan Qirui came to take refuge, Hu Xiaoyan would believe him at least half of the time, without him, Duan Qirui is also from Anhui.

The generals of the New Army dispatched this time included Wang Tingjiao, Zhang Shaozeng, Lu Jin, Li Zejun, and four German staff officers led by Andrew himself. Their task was to fight the Japanese army.

The Russian army is actually very easy to solve, because the Russian army on the border of Siberia and Mongolia has been transferred through the Gengzi Incident, and the number of troops is scarce, and there are only more than 10,000 regular Russian troops and about seven or eight thousand Russian villains in Siberia, adding up to less than 20,000. Siberia was too far from the Russian mainland, so they did not have reinforcements for a short time. Such a lone army, even Yuan Shikai can't beat it, how can Hu Xiaoyan care?

But the Japanese army was different, they had their backs to Korea and the support of the Japanese navy. The 100,000 vanguard army can be said to be worry-free and constantly supported, and it is very stressful to defeat them. Although Wang Tingjiao and Andrew made plans, they were not completely sure.

Hu Xiaoyan was noncommittal about this, he just signed the plan again and didn't ask again. It's very simple, if Wang Tingjiao can't even pack up the 100,000 Japanese soldiers, then Hu Xiaoyan might as well wash and sleep.

Hu Xiaoyan left Tianjin for Shanghai after waiting for the remains of tens of thousands of people in Tianjin to be buried.

There were tens of thousands of people slaughtered in Tianjin, and Hu Xiaoyan watched the corpses pass by without a little emotional fluctuation. He had given these people a chance to live, but they didn't cherish it. If Hu Xiaoyan has to give an evaluation, there are only two words: "You deserve it!" ”

In order to save the people of Tianjin, more than a dozen soldiers under Hu Xiaoyan were trampled to death by these fleeing Tianjin residents. The soldiers had guns in their hands, but they didn't shoot until they died, because they weren't given the order to shoot. These soldiers did not die at the feet of the people, but under the orders of Hu Xiaoyan. Compared with the death of tens of thousands of people, Hu Xiaoyan was even more heartbroken for the lives of more than a dozen of his soldiers.

After arriving in Shanghai, the first place Hu Xiaoyan went to was the newspaper office of Times China, and the first person he went to meet was Wu Yi, the current head of the newspaper. This little brother of Hu Xiaoyan at the beginning has now become a well-known figure in the poster industry. After Hu Xiaoyan handed over to Wu Yi the photos of the atrocities committed by the allied forces in Beijing and Tianjin, he returned to his villa.

His eldest brother and second brother both stayed in Anhui to teach, and his nephews and nieces taught at Shanghai Chengxin University and studied at Shanghai Chengxin University. With Hu Xiaoyan's face and the silver given as the foundation, their life is enjoyable.

Hu Xiaoyan's villa is very close to the villa where these nephews live, and it was rearranged for him by the Ye family after Hu Xiaoyan gave up the villa. This time it's a lot smaller. Two small two-storey buildings connected to each other and a smaller back garden with a spring made of running water. The spring is in the middle of the lake. Some lotus roots were planted in the lake, and a few fish were raised. On the shore of the small lake there are some willows, and there is a grape trellis not far from the willows, and there are swings and stone tables and benches under the grape trellises.

After entering the small building, Hu Xiaoyan walked around and found that the inside of the small building was very ordinary. On the first floor, apart from a larger living room and study, there are only four guest rooms left.

Hu Xiaoyan's room was actually placed upstairs. There is also a study upstairs and the others are guest rooms. The whole building is very understated, and there are almost no superfluous items except for the necessary decorations. The tables and stools are also made of plain wood. What is different is that all the rooms are connected to electric lights, which makes Hu Xiaoyan very satisfied. He really didn't have much to do with the quality of life, and if he had pursued enjoyment, he would not have had to devote more than 10 million pounds to the great cause of saving the country.

On the same day, Wu Yi brought two little girls and two servants to help. No way, this villa is usually only guarded by an old couple.

The two little girls lived in a guest room downstairs, and the two male servants lived in a room. After the arrangement, Hu Xiaoyan asked the two male servants to send invitations to Yu Qiaqing and others in Shanghai, and the next night he was going to give a banquet to these gentry who supported him. And the two little girls are in charge of cleaning.

The next day, all the guests arrived, and there were even more than expected. Hu Xiaoyan sent out about 20 invitations, but more than 100 people came. Most of them left their gifts to say hello and leave, while some stayed to attend the banquet, leaving more than fifty. There are all kinds of men and women, which makes Hu Xiaoyan a little distressed, and he regrets that he didn't wait for Angel to come before holding a banquet! Fortunately, Mrs. Yu and the two main ladies of the Ye family came forward to entertain the female guests at Hu Xiaoyan's request.

Fortunately, Hu Xiaoyan adapted to the Western-style life. Banquets are also in the nature of Western buffets and cocktail parties. Therefore, although there are many people, they do not appear to be cluttered.

The characteristics of Western drinking parties are very simple, that is, everyone finds someone they want to talk to casually, and sometimes they reach an agreement. This is exactly the same as the situation when Chinese people like to talk about business at the dinner table.

After the death of their father, the Ye brothers continued to unconditionally support Shanghai Chengxin University, for which they had to spend more than 200,000 taels of silver dollars every year, which was only a little less than Hu Xiaoyan's expenditure (Hu Xiaoyan invested more than one million silver dollars a year) and the other directors only a few thousand taels a year. At the same time, the Ye family is very measured, they only contribute money and do not interfere in the management of the school. I only occasionally go to the school, listen to lectures, listen to the opinions of teachers and students, and then hand it over to the board. On the whole, such a big investor is simply the dream of countless companies.

Hu Xiaoyan was also very glad that he was able to meet a local tyrant like the Ye brothers. Of course, the Ye family also saw Hu Xiaoyan's face and went to Anqing Industrial Zone to open a few flour mills or something, but they didn't expect to make a small profit in a few months. Nowadays, the Yangtze River basin is full of small steamers and ancient sailing ships, which is quite a sense of thousands of sails on the side of the sunken boat.

Although people like Yu Qiaqing and others have a good vision, their investments are mainly concentrated near universities, where a power plant and a water plant are making money every day. Hu Xiaoyan chatted one by one before he finally realized how foolish his previous idea of wanting to cooperate with Huizhou businessmen was! The value of a few people randomly pulled out in Shanghai adds up to more than the total value of all Huizhou merchants! At that time, Hu Xiaoyan's father, Hu Guangyong, was known as the richest man in the world as a red-top businessman, with more than 20 million taels of silver in his hands, and more than 30 million taels of silver that could be mobilized. And today, more than ten years later, which of the big tycoons in Shanghai has a thousand taels of silver in their hands? Let's just say that the Ye family brothers, since Ye Chengxin's death, the Ye family brothers have been advancing and retreating together on the surface, but secretly they have actually separated, one inside the main and one outside the main family. The amount of money they were able to mobilize was more than 20 million taels of silver. Otherwise, where do they have the money to spend millions to build a university, and after they can give two or three hundred thousand taels to the school every year? There is also Yu Qiaqing, although he himself does not have much capital, the group of old immortals behind him can easily be taken out of 50 million taels of silver! Not to mention the group of Jin merchants who tried to enter Shanghai in the end, the combined funds they added up were too small to describe in terms of 10,000.

After Hu Xiaoyan walked over again, he felt remorseful in his heart. knew that these people were all local tyrants, but he was still desperately working hard to pay for heavy industry by himself? Can heavy industry be done by one person? Didn't you see that China's heavy industry was all state-owned enterprises in later generations? But as long as these people in Shanghai are willing, not to mention heavy industry, give them time, I believe that even spacecraft can be built!

Don't look at the later generations who brag on the Internet, the Rockefeller family and the mysterious Rothschild family, the Gods and Horses Freemasonry. In 1900, the money in the hands of these people in Greater Shanghai could easily be abused. It's just that China is weak, and it doesn't have the knowledge and market for capital operation.

For example, if you have 100 million dollars of silver in Shanghai, I ask you, what can you do? Extracting oil? No kidding. There were no oil fields in China in 1900! Even Japan determined that there was no oil in China after investigation, until the Daqing oil field was discovered, and the Japanese regretted it to death.

Open a bank? In the front, your bank opened, and Sheng Xuanhuai and others came over to fight the autumn breeze.

Heavy industry? Who do you sell your steel to? The steel of the Hanyang Iron Works can be used by the imperial court at a low price or even without money. How much money do you have enough money to throw into the water? ……

The country is weak and can't do anything! Whether it is the Qing government or the foreign firms, as long as you make it bigger, they will come to make trouble. Without a tough backstage, you can't get anything done.

I think that Hu Xiaoyan shamelessly ran to confess his relatives and added countless saliva and tears before he moved Li Hongzhang. If it weren't for Li Hongzhang's guilt towards Hu Guangyong, he would be ashamed of the people of Anhui. Hu Xiaoyan will not even have a chance to gain a foothold in Anhui. If it weren't for the bribe of 100,000 taels of silver, he would not have been able to get the position of the Yamen of the Anhui Mining General Division.

After getting along with these people and roughly finding out the background of these people, Hu Xiaoyan finally breathed a sigh of relief. If the country wants to be rich and strong, it is absolutely impossible to have no money. But how to spend money is also a science.