Chapter Seventy-Six: Shengjing General Zhao Erxun

A few days later, Miqing Yangxing's oil press machine and flour machine were sent to Liujiapu as promised, 8 oil presses, 2 flour machine tools, these 8 get up completely take spiral and hydraulic oil presses, Liujiabao suddenly became the largest oil mill in Fengtian, plus the establishment of the flour mill, the whole Liujiabao also has a light industry start, and can recruit a group of skilled workers, of course, the oil mill and the formation of the flour mill can also recruit some female workers.

At this time, Liujiabao was like a paradise, the people were still living a normal life, the farmers were working hard to farm, the miners were working hard to pan for gold, and with the opening of oil mills and flour mills, more people would join, as if the Russo-Japanese War outside had no effect on the place.

The Russo-Japanese War was in full swing, and after entering April, Japan and Russia had long been unable to launch a large-scale battle, and both sides put their hopes on the navy, and the Russian army pinned its hopes on the 2nd Pacific Fleet to defeat the Japanese army and alleviate the situation of the Russian army being attacked on both sides, while the Japanese army pinned its hopes on the Japanese navy led by Heihachiro Togo to completely defeat the Russian navy.

The hope of the Japanese army is still pinned on these "East Asian rebels", because of He Tianci's help, the Russian army basically did not find damage to the railway west of Mukden, but the section from Tieling to Jilin north of Mukden is terrible, on this long railway line, because the Russian army can not be deployed in large quantities, the Japanese army along the railway to the north, destroying the Russian army's railway and telephone lines, resulting in the Russian army's traffic extremely chaotic.

The Russian army command once again thought of He Tianci, and gently He Tianci helped the Russian army to go to Liaobei and Jilin to exterminate the damned "East Asian Righteous Army", but at this time, due to the recent successive battles, there were less than 6,000 people left. Besides, the Russo-Japanese War has long been balanced, there is no need to help the Russian army anymore, and it is the best result to let both sides consume as much as possible.

The Russian army had no choice but to put pressure on the Qing court, asking the court to send people to the northern Liaobei and Jilin railways to suppress bandits.

In the 31st year of Guangxu (April 1905), Zhao Erxun served as the general of Shengjing and became the new supreme ruler in the northeast.

Speaking of this Zhao Erxun is a great origin, Zhao Erxun was born on May 23, 1844 (the seventh day of the fourth month), born in Tieling's official family, the word inlay, the number of Shan, also known as the mountain, and the number of no supplement, the late Qing Dynasty Han Army is the blue flag people, people are born and raised in the Northeast, the ancestral home of Fengtian Tieling. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, he was awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing. He successively served as the envoy of Anhui and Shaanxi provinces, and also served as the political envoy of Gansu, Xinjiang and Shanxi, and later served as the governor of Hunan, the secretary of the household department, and the general of Shengjing.

This Zhao Erxun encountered such a thorny problem as soon as he took office, but he knew that although the imperial court said that it was to strictly abide by neutrality, it secretly helped Japan, and this time the bandits must be sent to send people, but they can only do it for example, and they really can't move the "East Asian Japanese Army" that has a backstage, and this must choose a clever person, who does this person choose?

It is said that there are people in the imperial court who are easy to do, this Zhang Xiluan Zhang General Office, He Tianci's father-in-law is the general office of the patrol battalion, and it is these patrol battalions in charge of it. Of course, it is indispensable, and he praises his son-in-law greatly.

This Zhao Erxun also has some understanding of He Tianci, where are the deeds of suppressing bandits in Liaoxi, if it weren't for the Shengjing general Zengqi who was sick and suddenly stepped down, he would have been promoted some time ago. It's also time to meet this afterlife.

In the afternoon of the next day, in front of the high wall and deep courtyard of the Shengjing General's Mansion in Fengtian Province, with a high threshold and a thick vermilion lacquer gate inlaid with a large ring of copper beasts, there were soldiers of the Eight Banners wearing umbrella-shaped red tasseled hats and hanging wide blades to show their majesty on the left and right. There are several steps in front of them, and on each side of the steps are two white marble lions with their mouths wide open and their feet on hydrangeas.

Shengjing general Zhao Erxun was alone, snuggled up to a Taishi chair covered with tiger skin and inlaid with gold and jade, resting his head on the back chair, waiting for He Tianci's arrival.

At this time, I saw a young man, wearing a four-grade tiger supplement, walking in with square steps, this person was He Tianci, after seeing Zhao Erxun, while kneeling, he said respectfully: "The lower official is the commander of the Tiantian Patrol Defense Battalion He Tianci, see General Shengjing." ”

At this time, Zhao Erxun, who was leaning on the back chair, waved his hand at He Tianci, and then said kindly: "Huchen is here, please hurry up!" ”

Zhao Erxun got up and walked towards He Tianci, and then shook his head while saying to He Tianci: "People are here, it's tiring to sit for a while, everyone in Huchen says that you are brave and strategic, me and your father-in-law are old, and the world will be all your young people in the future, take advantage of the opportunity!" ”

After He Tianci got up, he said with a straight face: "Thank you for the general's compliment, the small one is just doing his own meager effort to share the worries of the court and the general. ”

Zhao Erxun sat back on the Taishi chair and continued to ask He Tianci: "Huchen, what do you think of the war between Lao Maozi and the little devil in the Northeast?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, He Tianci said expressionlessly: "In the opinion of the following officials, for the time being, there is no possibility for Japan and Russia to launch another large-scale battle, and both sides mainly hope for the victory of the navy. However, once the naval battle between the two sides broke out, the Japanese navy was slightly superior, and the Russian army was running for a long time, and there was an old Chinese saying called waiting for work at ease, and the Japanese navy at this time was such a trend, so the humble position concluded that this naval battle should be a victory for the Japanese army. ”

Zhao Erxun nodded lightly, expressing affirmation, and then said: "It makes sense, then I see that Huchen only sees that who will win this final victory in Japan and Russia, and how long will it take?" ”

Of course, He Tianci knew that in history, the Russo-Japanese War basically ended after the Battle of Tsushima, but because of his own accession, a lot has changed. But He Tianci still believed that the war would not last long, at this time the interior of Russia had been turned upside down by the Japanese spy expert Akashi Genjiro, and it was no longer possible to send extra troops to the Far East, and Japan was a small country, and it had long been unable to withstand the attrition of such a large-scale battle, and the Russo-Japanese War would definitely end before 1906.

However, He Tianci did not have an accurate answer in his heart as to who the final victory of this war belonged to, because he had already deeply affected the entire Russo-Japanese War, and Zhao Erxun also reminded himself that what would China be like after the war? ”