[Today's second shift, not much, brothers take a look first,^_^]

Xue Chao is also an outstanding one among Qin Kai's students, when Qin Kai made a big field trip report on Mawei Shipbuilding, he stole the limelight from Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui many times, showing a very good observation. After becoming a training officer of the Mawei Security Corps, he also did a very good job in soldier drills and military discipline and regulations, and the Su zhì of the security corps he brought out was also among the best.

After Qin Kai found him, Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui also accompanied him, and the focus of the discussion between the four of them was naturally the responsibility of Xue Chao, the general manager.

It can be said that Xue Chao was the first of Qin Kai's students to fly solo, and even Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui did not get this first opportunity, so Qin Kai naturally cared about and attached great importance to it.

"Xue Chao, tomorrow we are going to leave for Guangning Mansion, do you have any thoughts and requirements for presiding over the affairs of the Mutual Masonic Society here?"

"Of course, instructor, I need at least 20 officers, my task here is to hold the gun, after I have the officer's corps, give me three months, I will definitely be able to train the Hue battalion!" In addition, not to mention weapons and ammunition, you should also prepare them for me, instructor! ”

Qin Kai knew Xue Chao's plan, if the situation was stable, it would naturally be good, but now this Vietnam is a crater, even if he is familiar with the historical process, he does not dare to guarantee that the expansion of France in the Far East will continue according to the original process, and this Hue, surrounded by mountains in the southwest, is solid in ancient times, but in the face of a powerful navy on the eastern sea, it is a standard sieve, and it can come in from anywhere.

Zhang Kui shook his head and spoke first, he always liked to compete with Xue Chao, "Xue Chao, you still have an image of the 501 ship's shelling of the East City Gate a few days ago, I think our enemies here are not those Vietnamese boys, they are not vulnerable at all!" If the French warships come from the sea, the battalion you trained will become roast pigs under the cannons! ”

"Go, go, Zhang Kui, you can do your, the first article of the constitution of the Mutual Masonic Association is written, it is to protect the interests of all Chinese, then of course I need to train the soldiers here!"

Seeing that the arguments between the two were well-founded and had unique opinions, Qin Kai was quite satisfied, he waved his hand to ask them to suspend the argument, "Xue Chao, Zhang Kui's words have a certain amount of truth, the current situation in Vietnam is far less calm than what we see, the six provinces of South Vietnam have fallen into the hands of the French, France is now the second largest naval power in the world, what strength do you think Vietnam can stop the French attack from the sea?" ”

The three students also had a little understanding of the situation in Vietnam before, and after listening to Qin Kai's words, they naturally understood the teacher's worries, Xue Chao pondered for a moment, "Instructor, do you think that France will soon launch another war against Vietnam?" This Vietnam is a vassal of the Qing Dynasty! ”

"Xue Chao, you are still a dead brain, when did the British and French powers put the Qing Dynasty in their eyes? The instructor's qiē in Mawei is not all for the sake of strengthening the army and defending the country, with the wooden boats of the Nanyang Naval Division...... I've asked Lu Han, it's hard to say that he has no combat power, but he can't fight against the ironclad ship at all! ”

Qin Kai nodded, he has always been quite satisfied with Zhang Kui's analysis, this guy naturally does not have his own foresight, but after wholesale some theories from himself, he can immediately touch the bypass.

"Xue Chao, you have to make full use of the manpower and trade here in Hue City, and create more resources for the Mawei Ship Administration, what you have to do here is to expand the Chinese Mutual Masonic Association, and at the same time form a team to expand the organization in the surrounding prefectures and counties, select the outstanding young people among them, form a training camp, and send those who complete the training to Quang Ninh, where we will soon have a brand new base, and we need a large number of loyal soldiers and workers!"

"For Chinese who have work needs, they can be sent to Quang Ninh!" Qin Kai took out a map and pointed to the upper right of northern Vietnam, "The two places of Ha Hui and Xian An are the dividends of this shelling of Hue City, I have leased it from Vietnam for 100 years, and some of the confidential research institutions of Mawei Shipbuilding will soon be relocated here, and some high-tech industrial production will also be transferred here, after all, where is Mawei too eye-catching!" ”

"Instructor, then how much authority do I have on Hue's side, in case of special circumstances, it is too late to ask you for instructions!"

"Very good, Xue Chao, you have considered this issue very thoroughly, and it is also necessary, although Hue City is not a good base for us, but this is a key point for Vietnam's strategy, you want to put forward a list of the officer corps, from the security corps and the academy to you, your task is also very arduous, that is, to complete the integration of the Chinese Mutual Freemasons in the central region of Vietnam, to establish an organization, and to train a fighting army in Hue City, at a very moment, your army has only one purpose, to ensure control of the king of Vietnam!" ,

For Xue Chao's chess piece, Qin Kai doesn't know how much role he can play, but the king of Vietnam, as a vassal state, is a symbol of orthodoxy, and his current strength is not enough to control the country, which does not mean that he wants to let this vassal state of China since ancient times fall into the hands of the French, maintain the status quo, and wait for the opportunity, which is the best choice he can consider.

In the early morning of the next day, the black smoke rising from the boiler chimney of the 501 ship moored in Hue Port slowly left the port, and the three cargo ships with him also set off together.

Soon the general of Zhendong Nguyen Pu Hung received a holy decree to strengthen the vigilance of Hue City and strictly monitor the whereabouts of the Chinese, of course, this qiē was required to be carried out in secret, and the Vietnamese king was really angry about the matter of the cannon against his head! However, after being angry, Ruan Phuc Dinh thought of the other party's strength, but he had no confidence, and recruited General Ruan into the palace overnight, trying to conspire to make a good effort.

The fleet of Mawei Shipping went all the way up along the seabed of the South China Sea to the sea near Haiphong City, and then went separately, Qin Kai and Wu Jingui led the fleet directly into the Haiphong port, while He Yong and Lu Zhiyuan's cargo ships turned all the way and sailed to the Qiongzhou Strait, and went straight to the nearest Guangzhou port, where they carried some raw materials back to Fuzhou.

At the time of the signing of the Treaty of Saigon, Haiphong was already listed as an open treaty port by France, but because of similar reasons to Hue City, the nearby Far Eastern port of Guangzhou, so the trade here is not very developed, and the entire Haiphong port is very dilapidated.

Seeing the huge 501 ironclad ship sailing into the port, several French cargo ships moored in the port were obviously quite surprised, you must know that in the South China Sea, it is the world of the French Navy, and this huge warship obviously does not belong to France, especially the strange red flag with five stars, which is definitely not the flag of a known country.

When they approached the dock and a large number of soldiers lined up, the French merchants discovered that these were obviously Chinese troops, and two of them, burly Frenchmen, saw this and hurried into Haiphong City, near the east gate near the port, which was the French consulate in Haiphong.

Inside the consulate, the French consul in Haiphong, Türk, was meeting with some missionaries who had come to Haiphong, a standard hawk who had been clamoring for a colonial war in the Far East since before France came to the Far East. In Europe, Britain and France were naval rivals, and by this time Britain had occupied Indochina and was gradually advancing eastward from India to encroach on Burma, another vassal state of China.

The French were not far behind, and their invasion of southern Vietnam occupied the six richest provinces in southern Vietnam, and after more than ten years of operation, they made huge profits and gained a foothold in the colonization of the Far East, and then soon annexed Vietnam Zolin Cambodia.

At this time, Turk was shouting, "O believers of God, you have come to this land to bring the gospel of God, you are the forerunners of France, and we must occupy Tokyo (the West calls northern Vietnam Tokyo)...... Because it is an ideal military base, thanks to this base, we will be some of the first to be in the heart of China when the European powers try to carve up a weakened China! ”

The vast majority of these missionaries came to the Far East for the sole purpose of plundering and enriching themselves, and it was evident that cooperation with the army was the easiest way to achieve this desire, and to obtain the greatest security, so they sailed in large groups on French warships and steamships, disembarked at various treaty ports, and then received guidance from the local consuls.

At this time, a consulate staff knocked at the door, "Your Excellency, Second Lieutenant Rafal has an important situation to report!" ”

"Gentlemen, do your best to spread the Gospel, I hope to see more Christians here!" Turk loudly ended his interview and agitation, and hurried to the next office.

"Consul Turk, there is an ironclad ship at the dock, we inquired about it, and it has been confirmed that it is a warship of the Great Qing Kingdom!" A burly man with a fierce face reported aloud that it was Ensign Rafal who was crouching on the docks. ,

"The ironclad ship of the Great Qing Kingdom?" Turk thought for a moment and scolded indignantly, "This must have been sold to them by the British, the hateful John Bull, who is causing trouble for us!" To investigate the situation of the ironclad ships of the Great Qing Kingdom, it is necessary to have accurate and detailed information and send it to the port of Qiujiang as much as possible! ”

After Qin Kai got off the ship, he immediately took his attaché into Haiphong City to handle the negotiation of related affairs, he now has the name of Haiphong City in his hands, the so-called promotion of state affairs, this is a considerable official, in the previous dynasty, it was a decentralization of the local Qincha, but his promotion, but only the authority to levy and issue labor, to put it bluntly, is the central government to the local supervision of a certain matter.

Li Yigong, the commander of Haiphong City and County, looks like a scholar in his forties, with a white face and long beard, but he looks a little like a clean official, and the official mansion he wears is also 8 points similar to the thing that he wore in later generations.

Of course, Li Yigong is naturally very strange about this edict, but he still very politely introduced the situation of Haiphong City, there are more than 23,000 households in the entire Haiphong City, because it is close to the Sino-Vietnamese border, so the ratio of Chinese and Vietnamese natives is 3:7, if you want to levy husbands, you can't exceed 1,000 people at a time, otherwise it will affect local agriculture and commerce.

Qin Kai asked some more about the situation of several county towns in Quang Ninh Prefecture, but this Haiphong county commander was somewhat capable, and he could even give a rough idea, which made him pay some attention to this small county order.

He has an edict in hand, Qin Kai naturally wants to make good use of it, and soon the notice stamped with the official seal is pasted at the gate of Haiphong, for a while, the people who came to sign up at the door of Mawei Shipping Company lined up in a long queue, and everyone came for the salary of three taels of silver, you must know that in a small place like Haiphong County, the monthly food expenses of a family are only 3 taels of silver.

Wu Jingui, who was in charge of inquiring about the situation in Haiphong and Quang Ninh, also brought back the news he was looking forward to, there were no mines being mined near Haiphong City, but in the past, there were dozens of mines of all sizes in Chi Ling County, Quang Ninh Province, mainly concentrated in coal mines and copper mines.

Back at the dock, Qin Kai was naturally very satisfied with the progress here, thinking all the way about planning the prospects with Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui, and when he arrived near the 501 ship, he saw Lu Han coming over in a hurry, saying a few words in his ear, and the two of them hurried to the battleship with nervous faces.

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