Chapter 51: Showdown (II) Second Update
The most anxious is Tang Xiaoyun, although the men have nothing to say about things, but this does not affect her curiosity to know how capable her future husband is.
"Old man Tang, the boy's parents left a lot of assets, and after staying abroad, he learned a lot of things, so he made a lot of money by doing some business with foreigners, of course, he bought a lot of weapons, and now..."
"There are 15,000 people in the army of the foreigners, and some are in training, about fifty or sixty thousand people, I want to come to the old man Tang also 'knows' some rumors, there are my people in most areas of Shanxi Province, these people are beginning to form an army, not to mention them for the time being, there are more than 5,000 people in training in Pingshan Village, and these people are also comparable to the army of the imperial court."
"To put it mildly, if the imperial court wants to suppress my Pingshan army, it will not be so easy, let alone Yuan Shikai's local army."
Hu Lin just said the situation of the army with an arrogant face. The people present gasped, there were fifteen thousand troops like foreigners, how was this trained, and tens of thousands of people were quietly pulled up, and the imperial court spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to form a militia of less than 50,000 people in Shanxi Province, and the wealth that these people wanted alone was not something that ordinary people could afford, not to mention that it seemed that these armies used the latest foreign guns of foreigners.
It is really incomprehensible that such more than 20,000 people have been trained almost silently, even though there are reports that there are people on the Pingshan side who are training a large number of militia groups, and many people have been recruited to open the mountain and build roads.
But no one could really have imagined that Hu Lin could make up more than 20,000 people, what kind of concept is this, just raising these people to eat, can make a big landlord bankrupt in an instant, and there is a monthly salary.
What's even more puzzling is that more than 20,000 people seem to be equipped with foreigners' muskets, and more than 10,000 people can have similar combat effectiveness as foreigners, whether this is true or not, regardless of whether it is true or not, since Hu Lin exaggerated the strength of these people, but even so, it is an army of more than 20,000 people with muskets in full force.
This time, how many people did the foreigners send, only more than 18,000 people, they could force the emperor and his ministers to Xi'an, and if Hu Lin pulled these people out to do something, it would definitely not be underestimated.
"Then you Pingshan Army still have an iron frame that can fly in the sky, how did you make it fly, what is the use of these big birds, you seem to be very interested in them?"
One of the middle-aged men dressed as soldiers interjected, asking this question mainly because he had never seen an iron bird that could fly into the sky, and Pingshan Village was flying almost every day.
This is obviously the purpose of training a lot of pilots, no matter how many planes no one drives, it is not to stay on the ground, it has no effect at all, so Hu Lin asked them to try their best to familiarize themselves with the flight, and then take other people.
"Well, yes, there are 20 planes for the time being, don't underestimate the planes, the army on land, the army on the sea, these have already shown their power, and the rest is the air force, which is the iron bird you said, it is called an airplane, you will understand in the future. In addition, I also ordered a few second-hand warships from Germany to drive and play. ”
Hu Lin didn't want others to know too much, and he couldn't understand what he said, anyway, he told them the importance, although he was a family now, but talking too much could only make people confused, and it was not strange to give such a detailed answer for a few days.
"You kid, are warships for fun? Your Mashan County is developing well, I heard them say that there are villages and villages on Yangshan Road, and they are still repairing all over Shanxi Province, and the people there eat better than the landlords in other places, is this true? Do you really want to go for a walk when you have free time? ”
Tang Jingchong confirmed with Hu Lin with great interest, he seemed to be very interested in people's livelihood, and he was very interested in Hu Lin's understatement of those strange things, but now he didn't see it, and he didn't have a concept, as long as he passed and saw things, he would naturally be able to learn more.
"Old Man Tang has won the award, the roads in Mashan County have been basically repaired, and several nearby counties are also connected, and other areas are still opening mountains and leveling the land for the time being, as for the lives of the people and villagers, they will have the strength to work only if they are fed well, right?"
Hu Lin joked, it seemed that he was just trying to let others help him work, but everyone knew that this was a pretext, who had nothing to do with the people who worked every day, Tang Jingchong was from Guangxi, so he naturally wanted to let his fellow villagers live well, and wanted to know how Hu Lin made the people over there eat so well.
"The old man is originally from Guangxi, and he only hopes that the fathers and villagers in Guangxi will live a good life, but the old man can't take them to live a good life, so I hope that in the future, you will take Guangxi Road like Tsushima County, so that the people can live the life of a landlord, although we are already rich, we can not forget our roots."
"That is, Old Man Tang is worried about the people, and it is the blessing of the people of my Guangxi Province." Hu Lin complimented
"Hu boy, let's tell you the truth, the Baojia Bureau is not good to the General Bureau of our militia, and the old man may be transferred back to the capital if he doesn't stay in this position for long. I want to hand over the General Administration of the People's League to you, plus your tens of thousands of Pingshan troops, you can walk sideways in Guangxi Province, and you will see Guangxi Road as a Pingshan Village, which is the blessing of the people. ”
"These are subordinates who have been with me for many years, and most of the officials in Guangxi Province can be retracted, they will all listen to you, as for many officials, I think it will be difficult for you to be Hu boy."
Tang Jingchong can be regarded as packing all the people in his own vein to Hu Lin, although he has a son Tang Yunliang, but he is in the civil official system like himself, so he doesn't have to think about it if he wants to do big things.
And Hu Lin can quietly organize such a big force, obviously not an ordinary person, Tang Yunliang is naturally not as good as Hu Lin, and now he is married to Hu Lin, that is, the lineage, a family, to lead a strong person, and there are greater interests.
And what Hu Lin did in the Pingshan area made Tang Jingchong very pleased, and it was also a blessing for the people to have a Shangguan who took care of the people.
The Tang family is a scholarly family, and they don't have much talent for fighting, if the General Bureau of the People's League hadn't produced a Pingshan militia with Hulin Belt this time, it would take me to exterminate these people, and how many people would have to fill it.
"Old man Tang, that kid is not hypocritical, since you will definitely be transferred back to the capital, then now the Guangxi Dao kid can handle it, but you will be far away from home when you return to the capital, and in order to take care of the kid, you can't go far, kid, I still need a big tree to enjoy the shade." Hu Lin said leisurely.
"What do you think is good?"
"Of course the kid wants Old Man Tang to be in the Governor of Liangguang.!" Hu Lin didn't elaborate, with Tang Jingchong's experience as an old fox, he naturally understood it as soon as he heard it.
Tang Jingchong's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again. "The governor of Liangguang is good, but Lafayette is probably in some trouble, and now Deshou is here."
"Old man, you can just think about it, Lafayette likes silver you know, and Li Lianying next to her...