Half a month after Li Zhen took Shanghai, it has returned to prosperity again.

The escaped gentry landlords returned and continued to make their fortunes.

As for the ordinary people and workers, they all returned to work one after another, and everything seemed to be in order, and there was no sign that there had been a war. Ma Hui, Ai Tang and Ah Liguo, who had returned to their respective concessions, did not appear, and seemed to have disappeared. However, Li Zhen did not relax, and always sent people to keep an eye on the situation in the concession.

During this period, Huang Shihai selected 1,200 soldiers from the Qing army camp, plus the original 800 people, to form a team of 2,000 people and began large-scale training.

The rest of the soldiers in the army were left to survive, because they could not be released at all. Once released, it will be a cancer that will plague society, and he will temporarily serve as a logistics soldier and be in charge of logistics. Huang Shihai was busy, but Zhou Xiuying was a dragon who couldn't see the end, she didn't know where to find three hundred women, and really organized a female soldier.

These female soldiers are armed with steel guns, and their drills are rigorous, and they even have a fierce style.

After Li Zhen learned about it, he also secretly admired it.

Zhou Xiuying has outstanding martial arts, and she also has a good set of training soldiers.

However, Li Zhen's mind was mainly on the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Special Forces. Li Zhen left the county seat with Yang Banhou, Huang Hu and all the soldiers and came to the seaside. At this time, it was already the end of November, the weather was cold, the cold wind blew on the face like a knife, and even the sea water was cold and biting.

This is the kind of weather, but Li Zhen asked his soldiers to walk towards the sea. After Yang Banhou and Huang Hu received the order, they did not hesitate and walked into the water step by step.

The icy sea water soaked his clothes and soaked into his body, and he soon felt cold.

"Ahh

Not long after, some soldiers began to sneeze, and they already felt chills in their bodies.

Li Zhen stood on the shore with a grim expression, unmoved. He waved his arms and shouted, "You are soldiers of this country, and you must fight for your country." In the future, you will encounter all kinds of difficulties and all kinds of pain, so the first thing I teach you is not afraid of hardships and obeys orders. Even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of you, you have to rush forward. There is no mercy in war, there is only naked-naked killing in war. On the battlefield, the strong are kings, and only the strong-willed can persevere to the end. ”

After a pause, Li Zhen roared: "I want you to become strong on the battlefield, overcome all difficulties, and have the spiritual will to overcome all difficulties." ”

"Can you?" Li Zhen roared loudly.

"Yes!"

Soldiers in the water, roaring in unison.

Li Zhen asked loudly again, "Do you understand?" ”

"Understood!"

One hundred and twenty soldiers, again yelled.

They stood in the icy waters, bearing the biting sea breeze, and their bodies were already shivering with cold, but none of them withdrew. The soldiers, believing that Li Zhen would not let them die, endured the icy seas. Li Zhen did not let the soldiers continue to advance, but let everyone stop in the water, enduring the cold sea.

At this time, a British soldier suddenly ran to the beach.

This man was a guard of the Ali Kingdom, and he looked at the soldier standing in the sea, who had already overflowed his waist by the sea, and his face showed a trace of surprise, but there was a look of fear in his eyes. Standing in cold water in such icy weather is definitely a torture. The guards looked at Li Zhen, whose eyes were immovable, and felt cold in their hearts.

At this time, a trace of fear rose in the guard's heart, and his straight waist also bowed slightly.

The guards came to Li Zhen's side and said respectfully: "Your Excellency the General, Mr. Consul invites you to go to the banquet in the evening, can you take the time to go?" ”

Li Zhen smiled: "Of course, I will come as promised." ”

When the guards got an answer, they turned and ran, not daring to stay here.

Li Zhen looked at the soldiers whose lips were purple from the cold, and sincerely admired these soldiers for persevering. Because of their persistence, Li Zhen had the opportunity to train an elite of the elite.

Li Zhen yelled: "Everyone listen to the order and go back to the camp." ”

At that moment, Li Zhen returned to the camp with the soldiers.

After returning to the camp, all the soldiers changed their clothes, took a hot bath, drank ginger soup to keep out the cold, changed into clean and comfortable clothes, roasted the fire, drank wine and ate meat, talked and laughed, and were extremely happy, without the slightest tension. When they came out of the water, they felt a sense of accomplishment in their hearts.

After Li Zhen returned to his residence, he made some preparations and pondered about the things of the evening.

Ali Guo fought with Li Zhen, lost face and lost money, and he would definitely not let him go. Therefore, Li Zhen felt that Ali Guo invited him to the Hongmen banquet, and he must have some plan.

……

Consulate, where Ali Guo lived.

In the spacious hall, Ali Guo sat at a round table and was eating pastries.

There are also Ma Hui and Aitang opposite Aliguo, and the two of them are also eating pastries. After the guards who informed Li Zhen of the news returned, they told Li Zhen about his promise to go to the banquet, and then told him about seeing Li Zhen training soldiers. After hearing this, Ali Guo let the guards leave, frowning and said, "Li Zhen is really cruel, he actually abused the soldiers like this. ”

Ai Tang also said: "Incredible! ”

Ma Hui showed a solemn expression and said: "Li Zhen is like a god with soldiers, and the soldiers under his command are a group of people who are not afraid of death. Such a person is cunning and not afraid of death, which is the most difficult to deal with. Li Zhen has been stationed in Shanghai, which is worrying. I believe that Li Zhen's strategy must be cautious, focusing on winning over and avoiding becoming an enemy as much as possible. ”

Aitang stared at Ma Hui and said, "Your Excellency Ma Hui, when the United States withdrew its troops, did you guess that Li Zhen would win?" ”

Ma Hui shook his head and said; "No, I just don't want the United States to get involved in the war."

Ali Guo said solemnly: "Both, I have lived in China for many years and know China very well. Many Chinese are backbone, they have strong self-confidence, they have a strong spirit, and it is difficult to conquer. Look at Lin Zexu, Guan Tianpei and others, these people are definitely loyal to the Qing Dynasty and difficult to conquer. ”

After a pause, Ali Guo laughed again and said, "It's a pity that the emperor is incompetent, and Lin Zexu, Guan Tianpei and others have failed. After I summed it up, I thought that in order to deal with Li Zhen and not to compete with him, I should force Xu Naizhao, the governor of Jiangsu, to make a move. ”

Ma Hui smiled and said: "Your Excellency, Yang Nengge and Li Zhen went against each other and disappeared silently, and Xu Naizhao from Jiangsu may not be effective. In my opinion, it should still be based on co-optation. ”

Ali Guo said: "Tonight, I will try to try the effect of wooing. ”

Aitang asked, "Old friend, what are you appointing?" ”

Ali Guo said with a smile: "Heroes love beauties, I have prepared two beautiful beauties for Li Zhen." With the company of beauties, Li Zhen fell into it, and then tempted by interests, he would definitely be able to win Li Zhen over. ”

The trio came to an agreement and then prepared for the banquet in the evening.

In the evening, Alikook's dwelling was decorated in a palatial manner. The oil lamps are lit, and the lights are dim and misty, which looks very emotional. When Li Zhen arrived, Ah Liguo, Ai Tang and Ma Hui went out to greet them and took Li Zhen into the hall.

At this moment, the hall is full of men and women.

Among them, there are coquettish and mature blonde beauties, tall beautiful girls, and noble and elegant women...... The women were walking down the hall, looking extremely excited.

Ali Guo smiled and said, "General Li, how is the banquet I prepared?" ”

"Awesome!"

Li Zhen's eyes swept over the men and women in the hall and nodded in praise.

In fact, all the celebrities who can participate here are Shanghainese, and they are people with heads and faces. However, most of them are British, French and Americans living in the concession, and a few are Chinese.

"Hello, can you do a dance?"

When Li Zhen and Ali Guo entered the hall, they were greeted by a tall blonde and blue-eyed beauty.

ps: The third update is complete, the sugar-coated cannonball is coming, it has to be powerful!