Monk Lingqin, who was seriously stimulated by Guo Ye, immediately ordered a large number of rifles to be drawn out of the infantry battalions of various departments, and all of them were brought to the cavalry camp for me.

But what's the use of just having a gun and no one to guide training?

Monk Greenqin shouted at Guo Ye: "Boy, you must leave some people for Lao Tzu today, otherwise, Lao Tzu will not let you get out of Tianjin!" ”

Now the monk Grinqin has also learned to play a scoundrel, knowing that your kid is proficient in foreign affairs and familiar with firearms, then good, give Lao Tzu a little profit to someone who understands firearms, otherwise, I will never let you go!

Guo Ye said helplessly: "I'm the prince, now I'm going to fight the Russian devils outside the border, there are very few people, the princes of the court are going to die, and they don't give me any additional troops, you still have to share a little bit of me......"

Monk Greenqin pursed his lips and said dissatisfiedly: "Boy, you are the most picky, and you still want to pull out a dime in front of me?" Dream! ”

Guo Ye had a headache, and hurriedly replied: "Okay, I'll transfer a group of people from the cavalry battalion and let He Xiao help you, so it's always okay......"

Monk Lingqin nodded with satisfaction, a group, ten people, just training the shooting of the cavalry battalion, it should be enough.

Guo Ye continued: "Don't worry, Lord Wang, these people are all carefully selected by me, their riding skills are good, and their marksmanship is also good, your boss can't say that I don't pull out a dime, right?" ”

Monk Greenqin smiled and said: "This is almost the same, Lao Tzu does not want you in vain, in this way, from my cavalry, I will send you a battalion of cavalry to support you, it can be regarded as a little bit of my heart, the Russian devil dares to come, although Lao Tzu can not go into battle in person, this battalion of cavalry will replace me!" ”

Guo Ye was a little moved in his heart, the old man, he was really good to himself.

But Guo Ye didn't have time to dwell on these things, so he handed it over to Luo Bicheng to deal with, and he had more important things to do!

What's the matter?

Chartered boats, of course.

Guo Ye rode all the way to the U.S. Consulate in Tianjin, asking to see the U.S. Consul in Tianjin.

As Zhang Jing, the general office of the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen, this sign is still very bright.

After a short time, two people came out of the American consulate, and one of them laughed and shouted: "Dear General Guo, let's meet again!" ”

It was the original American minister Hua Ruohan who spoke, and Guo Ye was also surprised inexplicably, he was able to meet old acquaintances here, it seems that today is a worthwhile trip!

"Mr. Hua Ruohan, I didn't expect to meet you here!"

Guo Ye stretched out his arm, and Hua Ruohan shook it tightly.

Hua Ruohan said with a smile: "General Guo doesn't know, this time I was officially appointed as the minister to the Great Qing Kingdom by the government of the United States, this is not just to Tianjin, the consul Mr. Huggins is my good friend, so I visited here, I didn't expect to meet you." ”

Hua Ruohan said to Huggins: "Huggins, this is General Guo Ye that I have repeatedly mentioned to you, he is a great hero!" ”

Huggins hurriedly greeted Guo Ye.

The three of them walked into the consulate, and Huggins asked, "General Guo, I wonder why you came to the U.S. consulate this time?" ”

Guo Ye said with a smile: "This time, I came here to ask for your help!" ”

Hua Ruohan raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?" General Guo is in trouble? ”

Guo Ye replied: "The trouble is not to talk about, my soldiers are going to North Korea, from the land, the distance is too far, not two months can not be reached, so I want to take the sea route, but the Qing country lacks large ships, so it sounded your country, your country's caravan crisscrosses the seas, the ships are advanced, it is to lease three large merchant ships from your country, I don't know what to think?" ”

Hua Ruohan and Huggins glanced at each other, their hearts were slightly cold, the merchant ship is in the United States, in Tianjin, it is easy to find a few, but North Korea is sensitive, and now that Russia has started a war, Guo Ye is in a hurry to go to North Korea, it must be a war against Tsarist Russia, if the US government is involved in this matter, it seems that something is inappropriate.

Hua Ruohan muttered: "General Guo, I know that your Qing State and Russia have already started a war east of the Ussuri River, if our guess is correct, you must have something to do with this matter if you lead your troops to Korea?" ”

Guo Ye nodded, this matter must not be hidden from all countries.

Hua Ruohan smiled bitterly: "Do you think there is any benefit to such a thing, and we in the United States of America are involved?" If the news leaks out, then we in the United States will be in the ...... of a diplomatic dispute."

Guo Ye smiled slightly, and replied: "What's so difficult about this, you only need to unload your country's flag, and this is a merchant ship, it is not very difficult to hide its tracks, after arriving in North Korea, immediately withdraw to Tianjin, God does not know, ghosts do not know, how do the Russians know?" What's more, even if you know, so what, this is a private business behavior, and it does not represent an act of the state, even if the Russians are dissatisfied, there is nothing to do. I'm willing to pay ten thousand silver per ship, and it's cash, which is a lot of ......money."

The two of them were excited, yes, civil behavior, this is not an American warship, but a merchant ship, it is completely feasible, the silver earned in vain, in just one or two days, you can earn 30,000 taels of silver, even if it is converted into dollars, it is nearly 20,000 dollars!

Guo Ye continued: "In order to reward the two of you, I am willing to take out another five thousand taels of silver from my private pocket as a reward!" ”

Five thousand taels of silver benefit fee! You must know that the monthly salary of two people every month is only two hundred dollars, less than four hundred taels of silver, five thousand taels of silver, even if two people divide it equally, it is half a year's salary!

Hua Ruohan gritted his teeth and replied, "Okay! General Guo, we have done this matter, but first of all, we must state that we cannot involve the US government in this matter, otherwise, it will be difficult for us to do it at that time! ”

Guo Ye nodded and replied: "This is for sure, I am not a layman when it comes to diplomacy!" My request is that within two days, your country's merchant ships must be in place, on the fifth day, all preparations must be made, sail for Korea, plus the time on the way, on the eighth day, arrive at Chingjin in Korea, and the rest will not be left to you, before departure, I will pay you the usual deposit, and after the fleet returns, you can ask Prince Seng Lingqin for the rest of the payment! ”

The three of them settled the matter, Guo Ye looked at Hua Ruohan and asked, "Mr. Hua Ruohan, I have one more matter, I have always wanted to help you, this matter is a private matter, maybe it will be good for you and me......"