Chapter 181: The South American Continent

The Leaf Curtain Wyvern came to the equatorial region of Colombia, where the climate is very suitable for the cultivation of coca trees, looking at the large coca trees in front of you, growing lushly, there are workers collecting the leaves of the coca tree, which is an important ingredient for making drinks. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ye Mu Feilong now knows the importance of business, especially the cooperation with Li Ruohong, the profits of both parties are running wildly. I don't know where the prescription and ideas came from, at the beginning, Li Ruohong's cola formula did not arouse Ye Mu Feilong's interest at all.

At that time, he was working to resell arms in South America and expand the smuggling business. Almost all the arms in South America were produced by the Chinese Empire, with good quality and high reliability, and standardized production was a reliable guarantee for the quality of the weapons of the Chinese Empire.

But with the promotion of Lin Lianhui in the American market, the "Very Coke" created by Li Ruohong has become a must-have drink for the American people every day. Subsequently, Yu Nianyao was not to be left behind, and also registered "Tianfu Cola" in the United States! The two cola brands began a frantic competition in the U.S. market.

All of this is the result of capital operation, the Chinese are holding the company behind the scenes, and it is the Americans who earn life and death in the front, of course, the Jews who are active in the front desk are the Jews that the Chinese believe in the most, and the Jews at this time basically take over all the front desk work of the Chinese in the Americas. Their faces are still edible in South America.

Huaxia enjoys huge profits through equity participation and holding, but this is not idle. When something happens, Huaxia will come forward to protect the interests and dignity of these younger brothers. At this time, Ye Mu Feilong was supposed to enjoy Xiaoqu and drink some tea in Mexico City.

But now Coke's profits have become an important source for his group, and after receiving a notice from the Ministry of the Interior, Ye Muylong has learned the importance of this leaf, which is not only a very important commodity that can be used to make drinks.

So through an agent, the Leaf Curtain Wyvern controlled the mountainous area where the coca tree could be grown, and the best place to grow this tree was in this narrow tropical rainforest area, and then the Leaf Curtain Wyvern saw the workers boiling the collected leaves in a cauldron.

The final result is in powder, which is one of the important ingredients in Coke, and of course Coke does not use so much coca extract in its production, but it can be made into something else, which has gradually opened up the market in Britain and the United States.

One trick is fresh, eat all over the sky!

Ye Mu Feilong knew this truth deeply, so he now cultivated ten gangs to sell this "painkiller" in Europe and the Americas. The results of the competition are very good, and now the profits from selling painkillers are quite considerable.

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Weihaiwei, the headquarters of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, has now reached the time of freezing, and the ice on the sea often seals the sea surface, making it impossible for ships to pass, because the ice is not thick, and it is not cost-effective to use icebreakers, so the sound of explosions is often heard in the middle of the night.

At this time, the shore defense artillery fire was blasting through the ice, and the Liugong Island Fort and the opposite Port Arthur Fort bombarded each other. Sometimes the 305mm howitzer fired by Lushun was only a kilometer away from the coastal defense battery on Liugong Island, and the huge waves seemed to engulf the battery.

This made Dai Jiacheng of the Weihaiwei Marine Corps very unhappy, and immediately reported the provocative behavior of Lu Zhengmin of the Lushun Marine Corps, as the commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps, Li Chengmou officially approved the complaint letter, "Friendship first, competition second!" Try not to hurt the kind comments! ”

When Dai Jiacheng received the callback, his mouth was as unhappy as eating a fly, so he walked out of the headquarters and personally came to the fort on the front shore, waiting for the sunset every day.

Batteries throughout the Yellow and Bohai Sea regions have participated in live-fire exercises, and now the night in the Bohai Sea is the season for fireworks. Because the distance of each shot has to be measured and where it finally hits, hundreds of real "shooting stars" will fly over the Bohai Sea every night! ”

At present, there is a backlog of more than 2 million rounds of various artillery shells in the Lushun Port Fort alone, so Li Chengmou is still very much in favor of this way to adjust the consumption of these ammunition, so that new ammunition can be purchased in the new way. Sometimes Li Chengmou also went into battle in person, playing two shots to play!

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Different from Li Chengmou's mood, the current Li Hongzhang is depressed to the extreme, in the process of the transition of the royal army of the Chinese Empire, there are a total of three armies that have not been greatly damaged, it has always been the Hunan army that he inherited from Zeng Guofan, and the Huai army that he started himself.

There are also Zuo Zongtang's Chu army, etc., these armies because they have fought a little, so in the process of the establishment of the new army, they were reorganized by the new title of the royal army, and after accepting the new military ideological transformation, these armies have become the main backbone of the army of the Chinese Empire.

With the advancement of the compulsory military service system in the Chinese Empire, as well as the gradual retirement of those veterans, there are very few veterans of the Hunan army and the Huai army in these armies, but there are still many officers who are old officers at that time.

Most of these old officers followed Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang fought a lot of battles around him, and many officers also contributed a lot in the war with Tsarist Russia, plus some people did not pass the appointment requirements of new officers (many are illiterate), and many of them have retired from the post of front-line commanders, and now many officers of the Imperial Royal Army are over forty years old in the United States.

But that's it, Li Jie, this guy still refuses to let go of these old heroes, Li Hongzhang thought about these troubles, and sighed deeply. He spoke; "Smoke!"

At this time, two people immediately ran out of the corner, one of them held the usual flue and lit the fire in all aspects, and the other took the end of the cigarette holder and put it into Li Hongzhang's mouth, Li Hongzhang took a puff with one mouth.

The person holding the cigarette holder took the cigarette holder away and looked at Li Hongzhang. Then Li Hongzhang's chest rose and fell, and then sent the cigarette holder to Li Hongzhang's mouth again, and the person below also had to see the right time, and then put the flame on the cigarette bag pot at the right time to ensure that the tobacco leaves were lit when Li Hongzhang was smoking.

During the whole process, Li Hongzhang only had his lips and chest opening and closing, and he wouldn't move in other places, but after only three sips today, he was in no mood to suck it anymore. He glanced at the two men, and they retreated very knowingly.

But seeing the list on the table, Li Hongzhang frowned again. He picked up the pen and was about to write something, but put it down again. Because, he doesn't know who will be able to save these bastards.

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Dalian at this time, Guoxing Road Royal Building!

Winter in the north is the time to make up, this season is a good season to eat dog meat, especially for such a big event as eating hot pot, the bottom of the red and white pot, put the two-color base, and put a number of meat and vegetable dishes on the table.

When the bottom of the steaming pot is boiling, first blanch a few slices of fat mutton on the bottom, drink a serious oden grill, with a burst of fresh warmth in the throat and stomach, the whole person is on fire, and the person also rises with the heat.

But in the face of delicious hot pot, few people dare to eat it sincerely. But the fat man sitting at the middle table was like no one else existed, everything was put on the spicy end, and he introduced how to eat each soup dish while eating!

Li Jie, director of the National Strategic Security Bureau of the Chinese Empire and leader of the first group of the Chinese Imperial Public Procuratorate and Law Inspection Leading Group, came to the Liaodong Peninsula and had a meal!

At this time, Li Jie spoke to Peng Yulin, chief of the general staff of the Chinese Imperial Marine Corps; "This shabu-shabu mutton! You can't keep it in the soup pot and boil, you have to keep turning it, remember the trick 'seven up and eight down!' ’”

Chief of Staff Peng, let's try it!

Peng Yulin smiled and tried it according to Li Jie's words, and said after eating it; "It's really fluffy and flavorful, tender and delicious!"

Li Jie smiled and put down his chopsticks and said to the others; "You're welcome, everyone! Eat them all, if you don't have anything, you won't have anything, and those who have something may be the last time you eat hot pot, so don't take the chance! ”

Li Jie's words made many people go crazy in their hearts, this is really torturous!

At this time, Zhao Huaiye, the general of Dalian, stood up, and he spoke loudly; "Director Li! What do you have, or explain it! I'm busy with military affairs, so I don't have much time to serve your old man here! ”

Following Zhao Huaiye's back, Lushun Shou General Gong Zhaoyu also said; "That's what I'm talking about! Lord Li, Director Li, this hot pot is counted in the account, even if the two commanders are in the next place, but the military affairs in the next are also busy, the training of the new army is very close, and the cooperation exercise between us and the navy has not yet ended, so I will not accompany you! ”

Li Jie put down his chopsticks here, wiped his mouth and then spoke; "What! Can't wait to die? ”

Zhao Huaiye said; "The surname is Li, what are you talking about! When Lao Tzu made meritorious service on the battlefield, you didn't know where it was, and if you wanted to rectify Lao Tzu, you weren't worthy! ”

Li Jie heard Zhao Huaiye speak like this, slowly stood up from his seat, and pulled out his matching gun, at this time, a brand-new "Nightingale pistol!" "Imitated in the shape of the Desert Eagle, its power is so great that it is called a pistol cannon!

Zhao Huaiye and Gong Zhaoyu saw Li Jie put the gun, and they both pulled out their matching guns, and when did three factions appear in the room, the centrist faction led by Peng Yulin was all sitting, they didn't pull out their guns, and watched!

The people from the Public Procuratorate, Law and Security Bureau brought by Li Jie were facing each other with Zhao Huaiye and Gong Zhaoyu, but no one had the courage to shoot the first shot.

At this time, Peng Yulin, chief of staff of the Marine Corps, stood up and spoke; "This time, the central government will only investigate the first offender, and the coercion will not ask about the crime, and all irrelevant people will sit down!

After finishing speaking, Peng Yulin took the lead and sat down, and one of the captains and officers who followed Zhao Huaiye wanted to sit down, but Zhao Huaiye glared at him with very fierce eyes, and he hesitated again. At this time, Peng Yulin shouted; "Sit down!"

The captain's bent legs couldn't be straightened, and he sat down in his seat, and he silently put his matching gun into the magazine, and most of the other officers behind Zhao Huaiye and Peng Yulin sat down.

At this time, Peng Yulin saw that the general trend had gone, and slowly lowered his raised hand, he knew that his official position was over, but Zhao Huaiye did not give up, he pulled the trigger, but it was dumb, he pulled the trigger again, it was still dumb!

Then Zhao Huaiye covered his temple with one hand, where came the pain that penetrated into the skull, but Zhao Huaiye still refused to give up, he manipulated the bolt, withdrew the dumb bullet, and then raised it again to face Li Jie, but it was still dumb until he had a headache and could not hold the gun.

He threw away his gun, fell to the ground, and began to hit his head against the heavy pear blossom wooden table corner, and the sound reached the ears of every officer present, and every time it was beating their weak hearts, Colonel Zhao Huaiye, what's wrong!

With Zhao Huaiye in the end, Peng Yulin didn't dare to raise the gun again, this is Li Jie walked to Zhao Huaiye's side, Zhao Huaiye knew with his residual consciousness that this was Li Jie coming, he was still holding a gun, this was here to ask for his life!

Zhao Huaiye's plan was not wrong, Li Jie's pistol fired, the bullet hit between Zhao Huaiye's legs, Zhao Huaiye pushed back desperately, he hit a table, the soup of the hot pot spilled out, stained on Zhao Huaiye's clothes, the original majestic colonel officer, now become embarrassed!

Li Jie did not hit Zhao Huaiye's body, although Zhao Huaiye was not injured, but the shock to the officers at the scene was very great, now although almost every adult male in the Chinese Empire has a weapon in his hand, but everyone does not dare to shoot casually, seeing Li Jie's appearance today, it is also Li Jie's "June day!" "The meaning of this nickname!

After Li Jie finished shooting all the bullets, he sighed deeply and said; "When you killed the enemy on the battlefield and made meritorious contributions, I was also fighting with the boss, and there were more scenes than yours, so you really don't have any awesome capital in front of me!

Okay, let's stop talking nonsense, let's start filing a case with the prosecutors!

The court is here to review!

The police escorted the guilty and executed them on the spot!

There is no death penalty here, which should be thankful. We eat and drink!

In this way, the magical scene was staged again, the officers really began to eat this time, this time it was really possible to have the last hot pot, and the prosecutor's office came to the back of an officer and read out the indictment against him.

But the officer simply ignored it, and seized the last time to eat. Then the court came up behind him, made it clear that he had committed the crime, and sentenced you to 20 years in prison, which will be executed immediately, and you have the right to appeal, but you will not be released on bail.

Then there was someone from the Ministry of Public Security, who forcibly pulled this person away, and this person did not object to the sentence, but shouted to his comrade next to him, "Bring me another piece of mutton!"

Zhao Huaiye and Gong Zhaoyu were sentenced to life imprisonment, and when they were dragged away, Gong Zhaoyu shouted loudly; "Chief of Staff! I want to see Marshal Li Hongzhang! I want to see Marshal Lee! Li Shuai is me! ”

Zhao Huaiye was also sober at this time, he scolded Li Jie loudly for not being righteous, he and Li Jie have never had any festivals, why do you want to target him like this, he is not convinced, he wants to appeal, he wants to report to Marshal Li Hongzhang, he also wants to see Marshal Li Hongzhang!

The whole hall finally fell silent, and the officers at this time actually couldn't eat anything, but the fear was still spreading in their hearts, and they didn't dare to sit down at this time, and they all stood around the table, which could form a closed environment and give them a temporary sense of security.

In the end, Li Jie saw that the matter was done, and he said; "That's it! Don't eat it, since you are different from me, you are all going to go to the front line to fight, so keep in good shape! ”

Li Jie touched his chest and said with a very frightened look; "Oops! I forgot to bring money! ”

Peng Yulin said with a smile: "Don't worry, Director, I just brought it!" ”

Li Jie also said; "I've got to have you again!"

Peng Yulin said; "You're welcome!"

Li Jie said; "If this meal is to be counted as what I invited, it must be counted as what I invited!"

Peng Yulin said; "It must be invited by the director!"

Li Jie stretched out his hand to his long shirt jacket, which was a gray fox's fur, and the two female staff officers in the back helped him sort out his clothes, Li Jie said to Peng Yulin while cooperating with the movements of the two girls; "Go back and send the money to my residence! As soon as possible! I'm going to patrol other places next! ”

Peng Yulin was in a trance at first, thinking that he had misheard, but he understood the meaning of understanding between the lightning and flint, so he spoke very naturally; "Don't worry, my lord, I still have to see you off!"

Li Jie laughed and said; "You're welcome, no!"

As he spoke, he put on his tall bearskin hat and left with his small group.

Peng Yulin was sent all the way to the door of the Imperial Tower, and at the interface of the door were policemen dressed in black clothes and dark green armed police soldiers, and it was obvious that these people had been mobilized in the provincial capital.

It wasn't until he watched Li Jie get into the car, and after the armed police and police around the palace had retreated and dissipated, Peng Yulin got in the car and left here, and he was about to go to the Marine Corps headquarters in Dalian to stabilize the situation.

A third of the military commanders of the Marine Corps were cleared of the entire Liaodong Peninsula, and the vacated positions were quickly created in the new appointments to the Marine Corps' staff, as many of the old officers were eliminated.

In addition, the development of the army in recent years has made officers a scarce breed, and now the age of officers in the Marine Corps has been reduced a lot, with an average age of about 30 years old.

After arriving at the command post in Dalian, Peng Yulin immediately sent a telegram to Li Chengmou, this time Li Jie came to him fiercely, although Peng Yulin had a plan, but he didn't expect this kid to be so ruthless, no matter how big the credit, how deep the background, how old the qualifications are, all of them were won.

It's too shocking, and how to calculate the meal money that the director said! It's a lot of money!

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The next day, the General Staff of the Marine Corps sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang and the General Staff of the Navy, saying that in this disciplinary survey, many officers failed to pass the inspection, so they were investigated and punished, and the relevant departments are hereby notified to the relevant departments.

Li Hongzhang saw many of the names on it, which he was familiar with, but now he has no way at all, if it was put in the past, who dared to touch him, especially the one acre and three points of land that ran to him.

Now he is the only marshal of the navy, and his power is much greater than before, but he still feels powerless, he wants to intercede with that person, but who can he turn to!

The emperor doesn't care about anything now, and Tang Shaoyi in Nanjing doesn't care about the public procuratorate and law! Zhao Bingjun is also helpless.

Li Hongzhang called the two people who came over to smoke, he slowly closed his eyes, and his mind echoed, "Heaven is evil, especially live." Self-inflicted, the ministry can live! ”

Li Hongzhang grabbed the cigarette stick in front of him, and then startled the two servants who were serving him to smoke, and the two skinny hands broke the three-foot-long cigarette stick from the middle. The next two servants immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Li Hongzhang said; "Arise and go to the governor. In the future, Ben Shuai will stop smoking! ”

The two of them immediately retreated, Li Hongzhang picked up a pen and paper, he wrote a letter to Emperor Guangxu, he has been in politics for many years, and for the first time found that he couldn't understand, what kind of world is this!

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On the city of Pyongyang, the militia of the Chinese Empire and the Silla provinces were debugging the cannons, and the Silla militia, like the militia of other provinces, had almost no difference between the military uniform and rank system and the royal army, except that the epaulettes were embroidered with military stars, while the regular royal army's epaulettes and colonels were made of bronze, and the generals' epaulettes were gold.

These militiamen set up heavy machine guns and artillery at the head of the city, and from time to time the artillery would be fired to measure the distance and height of the artillery, and outside the city of Pyongyang, Zuo Guigui and Zhou Lemin and other officers were looking at the map to make on-the-spot comparisons, discussing where to lay mines, where to ambush, and the retreat route of the people's gates.

The chairman of Silla Province, Daewon-kun, fell ill, and this old man had finished his life of politics and refused to relax his rights at all, and since Silla Province became independent from Korea, he had been at odds with his own son Lee Hee.

Li Xi has always tolerated this father, which is also the reason why the Korean Peninsula can still maintain relative peace although it is divided, after all, the north and the south are still one family, and one family rules the area.

Now that Daewonjun is sick, the eldest son, Lee Jung, has become the acting chairman of Silla Province, and Daewonjun's eldest son was forced to commit suicide after the last "Renwu Mutiny". This time, Dayuanjun could no longer tolerate such a thing, so he specially arranged for his youngest son to be in the military.

Li Zheng was the commander-in-chief of the militia in Silla Province, which had four militia divisions of 80,000 men and equipment to be purchased from the Huaxia Imperial Arsenal. Because the militia in various places had to be supported by the local government, but the current industry and commerce of Silla were still in their infancy, and the foundation was very weak, and apart from the support of the provinces and the appropriation of the capital of Nanjing, the income was not much.

Therefore, the militia of Silla Province has always been in an unsaturated state, but even so, in Daewonjun's opinion, such an army is much stronger than the new army of North Korea.

After learning about the deployment of Pyongyang, Zuo Guigui came to the bank of the Yalu River without stopping, where a bridge across the river was being built, because it was winter, and the entire river had frozen, so the construction process was very slow.

Workers are now digging large holes in the ice, and then stuffing into huge iron frames, surrounded by formwork, and then pouring cement mortar into the iron frames, and the railroad is built by Koreans and Huaxia people, many Koreans here can speak Chinese, so it is convenient for everyone to communicate.

Because it is winter, the strength of the frozen cement is not high, so Huaxia's company uses the most advanced technology, that is, the use of industrial pure alcohol to mix the cement, under the action of alcohol, the cement has plasticity, and it will not freeze at low temperatures, and finally the alcohol in the cement will volatilize, and the bridge pier of the cement pile will be built.

In order to make this bridge passable quickly, the Chinese Empire has used the greatest manpower and material resources, and it must be opened to traffic before February 6, 1894.

After seeing the quarter of the project, Zuo Guigui got into the car, and the car was swaying on the pontoon bridge, since he came here, he had no reason to go back to Pyongyang immediately, so he simply went to the military headquarters!

I heard that the military department has a new type of weapon, so go over and take a look! By the way, go and see your old superior, Marshal Yuan Shikai!

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At this time, Yuan Shikai and Li Hongzhang are facing the same thing, how can this Li Jie not enter a little oil and salt!

Yuan Shikai has not been in the new army for a long time, and he himself does not understand that he can become this marshal, but now he has his own team, and he has also made meritorious achievements in several major wars, and gradually established his prestige.

But this Li Jie still executed three of his descendants, even the people of the Lu family and the five tigers, he didn't let go, and blatantly told them, I'm going to pull these people out and kill them, you have a desire to go, if you don't have it, I'll do it!

Lu Yonghu in front of him took his sword of Lu Wei and smashed the skin of a wooden stake in front of him, Yuan Shikai half-squinted his eyes, as if none of this had happened in front of him.

After Lu Yonghu was almost done, he said to Yuan Shikai; "Marshal! This surnamed Li is also arrogant, he doesn't look in the mirror, he is not afraid of the wind and flashes his waist! ”

Yuan Shikai said; "The five tigers of your Lu family are from the emperor, how many do you know about this director?"

Lu Yonghu put down the bud hat on his head, touched his shiny bald head and said; "It's not the Eight King Kongs, it's not among the Thirteen Taibao, it shouldn't be an important person! It seems that he has always been in charge of handling the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and rarely appears in the imperial court."

Yuan Shikai said; "Maybe it's not that simple, he is going to offend the whole country now, and he is still doing well, this is the ability!"

Lu Yonghu said; "It's so magical!"

Yuan Shikai ignored Lu Yonghu's question, but came to the huge map, looked at it for a while, and said; "Don't place all your troops on the line of the Yalu River, separate and staggered, and set up minefields!"

Lu Yonghu said; "There are still people who can reach Fengtian Province!"

Yuan Shikai said; "It's not about getting here, it's about bringing them here!"

Lu Yonghu asked very puzzled; "My subordinates don't understand, why is this?"

Yuan Shikai said with a smile; "For the sake of face! The emperor's face! ”

Lu Yonghu said; "Let them come to the house, do you still have face?"

Yuan Shikai said; "You're the military commander, don't let me tell you everything, think about it yourself! I don't understand that you're in danger as a military commander! ”

Lu Yonghu was shocked into a cold sweat, his resourcefulness was the worst among the brothers, but fortunately he had four brothers! immediately send a telegram to the second brother Lu Yongxiang, what the hell is going on!