Hu Xiaoyan ended up getting a lot of benefits from Li Hongzhang. The reason is actually very simple, Hu Xiaoyan's Yamen, the general director of mining, is a foregone conclusion, and with 3,000 armed men, he can already have the real power to fight with the governor of a province.

Moreover, although the Yamen of the General Department of Anhui Mining has the title of Anhui, in fact, it is not under the governor of Anhui, but directly under the center. What's even more amazing is that this yamen is actually private. From funds to personnel, they were all appointed by Hu Xiaoyan. Of course, the senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee will of course take a foot in it, but will Hu Xiaoyan care? He won't pay a dime anyway. Because he had a more important task to do - to go abroad.

And the next day the decree came down. gave a top from the seventh grade, which is the credit of Li Hongzhang. In addition, the bigwigs also filled up all the positions needed in the yamen. It is a highly efficient work efficiency that makes a difference.

In addition, the big guy Rong Lu also sent someone to ask Hu Xiaoyan to go through the procedures for receiving people as soon as possible. The wages of these 3,000 people will be paid by Hu Xiaoyan from now on, and of course Lord Ronglu will not pay an extra day for the ignorant Hu to raise soldiers.

Throwing aside the list of holy decrees, Hu Xiaoyan went to Beijing to pick people, but he only went in and walked less than a hundred steps, and he immediately withdrew. In addition to asking the officers to report on the newly bought territory, he didn't fancy any of the soldiers.

After sending Tao Chengzhang and Liu Min to send 10,000 taels of silver for "native products" and 10,000 taels of loose money, Hu Xiaoyan directly disbanded the 3,000 soldiers on the spot, saving even the effort of meeting each other.

In the next few days, Hu Xiaoyan took Huo Yuanjia and Liu Min to recruit troops all over the world. However, the efficiency was not obvious until Nie Shicheng's letter.

Nie Shicheng is still very powerful. After receiving the munitions, he sent someone to follow Lawrence to return to his life. When he heard about Hu Xiaoyan's difficulty in recruiting troops, he immediately sent a few of his right-hand men to bring a batch of Mauser training rifles to help. With the help of the regular army of Wu Yijun, the 3,000 soldiers and horses were quickly recruited and began training. The Mauser training rifle bears the Mauser brand, but in fact it is a black powder rifle. This kind of musket, which has been retired in various countries in the world in this era, is not bad for training.

Hu Xiaoyan didn't pay attention to the training of the soldiers. He just left 50,000 taels and handed them over to Li Jingmai, so that this little prince of the Li Mansion could help manage the accounts and take care of the training.

The little son of the Li Mansion came out, and it was really extraordinary. Nie Shicheng's subordinates, who were still a little arrogant, instantly became extremely diligent. There are any armies such as soldiers, but it also depends on who the chief officer is. If Hu Xiaoyan is replaced, it is strange that the soldiers don't make trouble. But who is Li Jingmai? He is an authentic little boy of the Li Mansion, if you dare to make trouble, his family will dare to arrest you and behead you. It doesn't matter if you are a battalion officer or a general, if you say kill you, you will be killed, and if you are killed, you will be killed. There's nowhere to get justice yet. Because his father's name is Li Hongzhang!

With Li Jingmai's help to watch, this batch of fairly neat security regiments finally became a little presentable.

Hu Xiaoyan nodded secretly, Nie Shicheng's Wu Yijun is very capable of fighting, which is quite reliable. His training was now taken over by the Russians, but the officers were almost heavily influenced by the German instructors. When you train, it still looks like that.

On October 25, Hu Xiaoyan finally received Liu Zhensheng and his entourage, who had been waiting for a long time. His long-awaited Sun Lutang and Li Shuwen finally arrived.

It is said that Liu Zhensheng just arrived at Sun Lutang's martial arts hall and took out the letter of appointment written by Hu Xiaoyan and Nie Shicheng himself, which is quite face-saving. Immediately, he decided to bring three apprentices to Beijing. After the two chatted with each other for a few words, Sun Lutang found out that Liu Zhensheng was actually Huo Yuanjia's disciple! Although the two have never met each other, they have heard of their names for a long time. So Sun Lutang politely asked Liu Zhensheng to go on the road together, but Liu Zhensheng still had the task of inviting Li Shuwen, so he politely refused.

Liu Zhensheng went to find Li Shuwen, while Sun Lutang stayed in his hometown to arrange the funeral. His martial arts hall is still open, and it is where his family makes a living. There are still several years of hard work, of course, I am reluctant to give up! It's also strange that Hu Xiaoyan didn't make it clear, Sun Lutang thought that Nie Shicheng asked him to be a martial arts instructor, and the average martial arts instructor only has a term of one or two years. As for Hu Xiaoyan's name, he hadn't heard of it at all, so he didn't think about it so much. As a result, Sun Lutang took three clever disciples on the road. But Sun Lutang went to the camp of Nie Shicheng's Wuyi Army in Tianjin first, and ran away in vain.

And Li Shuwen is also very smooth, the only plot is that Liu Zhensheng has itchy hands for a while, and he has a fight with Li Shuwen. Because it was a competition, there was no situation where Li Shuwen killed people with one move. As for many people in later generations, many people said that Li Shuwen was ruthless, but that's another matter.

To put it simply, Li Shuwen's fame has become greater, so there are more people who come to challenge him. It's easy to understand, aren't you a sharpshooter Li Shuwen? Is it famous? Why are you so famous and I don't? I'm going to challenge you, as long as I defeat you Li Shuwen, I can also be famous all over the world. In other words, the people who come to challenge him don't have the idea of learning. They're here to challenge. In ancient times, the door-to-door challenge was very unsophisticated, and if I came to challenge, you had to respond, otherwise the martial arts would think that you were nothing more than that, and you would be looked down upon outside with your apprentices or something. For example, two people with similar kung fu, one of the masters avoids the battle, while his master accepts the challenge and wins. So if you were coming to the employer, who would you hire? There is no doubt about it.

So the challenge is a big deal for a martial arts school. Li Shuwen has to be an authentic Bajiquan, and of course his temper is not good. A casual junior can come to the door to challenge, and he can be good-tempered before he comes out of the ghost. So he was merciless, either dead or wounded.

This is also very easy to understand, Li Shuwen is equivalent to the head of the family in his lineage. However, it is not necessarily the head of the house who comes to challenge, and the identities of the two are not equal. But when someone came to point out the challenge, he couldn't refuse. The ruthlessness is to scare the challengers who come after. If you want to challenge me, you can. I accept it, but you also have to be prepared to die.

There has never been a reason in this world that you can only kill me, and I can't kill you. If Li Shuwen loses, the end will definitely be much more miserable than those who died in the competition. Because he was not alone, behind him were many disciples who practiced martial arts with him.

Although Liu Zhensheng's martial arts are good, they are still a little worse than Li Shuwen. Because he has only been learning with Huo Yuanjia for a short time, Huo Yuanjia's Lost Trace Fist has not yet taken shape at this time. Fortunately, it was a discussion, and Liu Zhensheng was not injured or anything bloody.

In 1898, Li Shuwen was only in his thirties, and he was practicing martial arts in front of his master, and in the face of Nie Shicheng's post, he was powerless to refuse.

Liu Zhensheng and Li Shuwen were on the road at the same time, so they naturally came directly to Beijing. As a result, the departure time of the two parties was sequential, but the arrival time was on the same day.

After picking up Sun Lutang and Li Shuwen and the doormen, everyone came to the new military camp.

The military camp is outside the town of Majuqiao in Tongzhou, Beijing. Tao Chengzhang bought 20 acres of wasteland near the town and built a simple training factory and barracks.

After entering the simple camp, Hu Xiaoyan apologized very embarrassedly: "This place was newly built, and the conditions are simple, I hope you are not surprised." ”

Don't blame Hu Xiaoyan for apologizing. These people were deceived by him using the posts of Nie Shicheng and Li Hongzhang. Sun Lutang's disciples didn't want to do it after they knew the details in Tianjin. Quite simply, how much can an unfamous literati pay them? The literati's contempt for the warriors was also deeply ingrained in this era.

But Sun Lutang still came. is also the same with Li Shuwen, at first he thought it was Nie Shicheng's book. As a result, when I came to Beijing, I found out that it was not.

Fortunately, Hu Xiaoyan specially asked for Li Hongzhang's handwriting to work and let them accept his employment.

Although these warriors were skeptical, they did not have clear dissatisfaction. Li Hongzhang's name is the best guarantee in this era. And they don't have the ability to confront Li Hongzhang. Or is it a problem of unequal identity. Sun Lutang and Li Shuwen may be able to enter the Li Mansion, but they may not be able to meet Li Hongzhang.

Li Shuwen is a loner. Sun Lutang only brought three, which made Hu Xiaoyan very dissatisfied, but he could only blame himself for not making it clear in advance.

After resting for a day, Hu Xiaoyan led everyone to the forest outside the camp. He has a special purpose for these people, and he doesn't want too many people to know the details.

Sun and Li are both masters, Li is still young at this time, and Sun is already famous all over the world. Although Hu Xiaoyan is polite, he will not treat him differently.

"Ask the two gentlemen and the disciples to perform a stunt. According to your performance, this official has some different arrangements for you. Please show off your skills. Hu Xiaoyan smiled evilly in his heart.

He knew that people who studied martial arts had a bloody nature that was not convinced. Put these two groups of people together, they have to work hard for the sake of the teacher's face. Moreover, at this time, the young Li Shuwen's eyes narrowed.

Next, Hu Xiaoyan pointed to a thatched hut not far away and began to pay attention to the content of the assessment.

The hut is divided into three rooms. Left, center, right, in front of and behind the door are woods and straw. There are some scarecrows on the trees, which were tied up by the security team before. There are also scarecrows in thatched huts.

"Your mission is to rescue the hostages in the house. The scarecrow of the straw in clothes is the hostage. The other scarecrows are enemies. My request to you is that every scarecrow must be killed with one blow, and there will be no second chance. Because they had muskets in their hands. Hu Xiaoyan explained very seriously.

"The biggest problem is that you don't know anything about the house, the kidnappers have muskets, and you have to choose cold weapons. I'll time it and deal with every enemy, and if it's more than twenty seconds, you'll lose. You can form a team as you like, but you can't have more than three people on your team. ”

"The patrol officers outside, we played with the scarecrow. Your mission is to kill the scarecrows, so don't let us smack. Hu Xiaoyan was silent in the end. The results did not get a response. Only Sun Lutang and Li Shuwen's frowning brows, and the eager expressions of the disciples.

There are times when you cry. Hu Xiaoyan maliciously slowly guessed in his heart that the selection of the first special forces in this era would start now.