"Report, the three battalions of the fifth regiment of the Ma Mu Army have been assembled, please ask the commander for instructions!" More than 200 soldiers of the Oriental face lined up in the corner of the barracks, dressed in shorts, leggings, and ugly British hats. Judging by the equipment they carried, such as bullet bags, grenades, bayonets, water bottles, etc., they were all regular soldiers - in fact, they received formal military training.

However, in the opinion of the British instructor Second Lieutenant Jimmy, these yellow-skinned soldiers were much stronger than those Indian soldiers, not only obedient, quick to accept military skills, but also fierce temperament, and even compete with the Gurkhas.

Ma Qi was very satisfied with these soldiers and officers, and his compatriots did not disgrace themselves and did not disgrace Allah. Seeing them, the fatigue caused by the long journey of thousands of miles was swept away, Ma Qi laughed and hugged the commander of the third battalion who was standing at the front to report, this young man was also the elite of his family.

"Yes, very well, my brothers and compatriots, Allah will be pleased with you. Get ready, gather in Ahori in 10 days, and we'll go home! Ma Qi patted the soldiers on the shoulders one by one to boost their morale and gain their trust, as he had learned when he was fighting in the Manchu army.

After instructing the battalion commander who led the team, Ma Qi and several other yellow-skinned middle-aged people returned to the barracks office, where there were more important matters for him to deal with.

"My lord, it seems that we are on the right track to cooperate with the British, the commander is really wise and powerful, and he can find such a wronged leader in an unfavorable situation." A person who followed the emotion said to Ma Qi.

Although he knew that it was flattery, Ma Qi still laughed happily, he was in a good mood at this time, and he didn't mind making a few jokes with his subordinates: "The British are not wronged, and the decision to cooperate with the British was not made by me, you don't want to follow the example of the Han people." We fight under the blessing of Allah, and what is needed is courage, piety and a saber, and I will not like you like this! ”

"Don't worry, don't you know my horse Buming's riding skills, I am also the head of our cavalry regiment, and on the day of the incident, I will cut off the most Han people's heads!" Ma Buming blushed and said loudly, as if he wanted to prove that he was not a soft egg who could only pat himself now. He is a distant descendant of the Ma family, but because of his bravery, he is quite valued by Ma Qi.

"Haha, I know, let's not talk about it now, we're going to meet those Englishmen." Ma Qi glanced at the ignorant British officer beside him, patted Ma Buming on the shoulder and said, it was precisely because the other party could not understand Chinese that they recklessly ridiculed the British.

However, in front of Major Taylor, Ma Qi and the others could not be so relaxed, because the other party was one of the leaders of the British side of the cooperation between the two companies, and he was also a China expert.

"Welcome, Lieutenant General Ma Qi!" Taylor greeted in fluent Chinese, reaching out to hold Ma Qi, with a smile on his face. However, this smile should not appear on the faces of soldiers, it is most common on the faces of politicians, and it is indescribably hypocritical and perfunctory in Ma Qi. It stands to reason that he is a major and he is a lieutenant general, and according to the military salute, Taylor should salute himself, but it is a pity that the rank of lieutenant general was divided by Ma Anliang, commander-in-chief of Ma Mujun, and these titles are not recognized by the outside world at all. Besides, Major Taylor's military rank is much more valuable, he is in control of the supplies of British aid to the Mamu army, and the other party is obviously superior in status, and now is the time to ask for help, not to care about those false courtesies.

"My best friend, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Ma Qi let go of his hand, hugged Taylor tightly, and patted the other party's back hard, in terms of hypocrisy, Ma Qi was not much worse.

"Have you encountered any difficulties along the way?"

"After a few days of rest in Dunhuang after a few days of rest in Gansu, China, our mutual friend Ahmat entertained me and gave us five healthy horses. It was not easy to cross mountains, valleys and deserts to get here, but it was nothing for the cause of Allah, for our friendship, for the fulfillment of the mission given to me by Commander-in-Chief Ma Anliang. Ma Qi is very talkative, otherwise he would not be the person in charge of the Ma family's external liaison, he has walked this road three times, and he is very familiar with it.

"Well, do you want to take a day off and talk about business tomorrow? My Indian servant prepared a sumptuous dinner for everyone. ”

"Let's eat after talking, we're looking forward to it!" Ma Qi was deeply impressed by those Indian-style dinners, grilled snakes, boiled beetles, sheep's eye soup, and the last dessert was monkey brain, which made me feel disgusting when I thought about it, why didn't I just eat mutton? (Ever remembered Raiders of the Lost Ark Part II?) ）

“OK！ Here is the list of supplies, all in this barracks, and when we leave, we have prepared a large convoy, five hundred horses and other livestock, enough for you to transport them all at once, and I believe they will be of help to you. Taylor handed over a document.

Ma Qi took it, and the document was written in Chinese and English, 30 infantry guns, 10,000 shells, 50 heavy machine guns, 200,000 bullets, 4,000 rifles, 500,000 bullets, 200 pistols, 30,000 bullets, 5,000 bayonets, and 5,000 grenades. There are also supporting military supplies such as water bottles, bullet bags, medicines, etc., which are used to arm the troops in the country, and the weapons, ammunition and supplies equipped by soldiers trained in India are not included in this list.

"Hahahaha, it's so helpful, with these weapons, I believe our cause will get off to a perfect start, thank you very much, Major Taylor, thank you very much for the help of the British Empire!"

"I'm sure our cooperation will be very pleasant, General Ma Qi. But I'll go with you when you return, so it won't be a problem! ”

"Of course, no problem, Major Taylor is welcome to our territory, you are the most honored guest of our Ma family, and you will receive the best reception. But is there anything you have to do when you go to China?"

"Indeed, I will lead a civilization expedition to the northwest of China to find those precious cultural relics buried in the yellow sand, and send them to the British Museum in London for exhibition, so that Westerners can feel the magic of Eastern civilization. You know, Lu Liang, the ruler of Huaguo, is a very annoying person, he let those cultural relics not see the light of day underground, and disdain the things inherited from the ancient civilization of Huaguo, which is wrong, those cultural relics should be seen again, so that modern people can also feel the beauty of ancient civilization! ”

Fart! Isn't it just stealing Chinese cultural relics and stealing the treasures in those tombs? It is so righteous and awe-inspiring. Ma Qi said in his heart that he was still clear about some things in the northwest of China, and that China implemented a strict protection system for cultural relics and tombs, and those important cultural relics burial sites were included in the monitoring, but they were not excavated. As for these Westerners, Ma Qi knew what kind of virtue they were, and they had been secretly digging in the northwest of China for hundreds of years, taking with them countless precious items, including countless gold and precious stones—at least that's what Ma Qi thought.

"That's right, Lu Liang should be cut by a thousand knives, and those minions who followed him should also be executed, this is our ultimate goal of Ma Mujun. This damned Lü Liang ordered a ban on proselytizing in public, forbidding the construction of new churches, temples and mosques, confiscating the property owned by the mosque, trumpeting the dangers of the teachings, and even creating a 'Scientology sect', which is an insult to Allah! The more Ma Qi spoke, the more angry he became, and his face turned red and scolded the infidels Lu Liang. In fact, this is also one of the reasons for the establishment of Ma Mujun, which is the main rhetoric to promote and confuse the cultists.

"He let our children go to school, learn about Han Chinese culture, learn about science. When our children came home, they argued with us that there was no Allah, no Bodhisattva, no God in the world, and that the so-called religion was nothing but the imagination of the ancients under ignorant conditions. Moreover, most of the original religions were simply teaching people to be good, full of ancient people's yearning for a better life, but later they were deliberately distorted by stakeholders and rulers, and there were Crusades, European Dark Ages, sectarian conflicts, and so on. Therefore, only science is the truth, only science is the only thing that needs to be believed, and believing in religion is a manifestation of ignorance. Listen, what a blasphemy it is, and trust that your God will not forgive such words! ”

Taylor smiled and nodded, inwardly disapproving. The higher the status, the more you know, for the rulers, religion is only a tool to rule the masses, and interests are the only thing that needs to be believed, which does not need to be debated at all, and there is no need to debate. Taylor's concern is not about the internal contradictions in China, but about what kind of benefits this Ma Mujun can bring to himself and the British Empire.

The Burmese National Revolt took too much effort from the British and caused as much damage to the colonial order of the British Empire as the Boer War in South Africa. Soon after the uprising began, the British knew that it was manipulated by China behind the scenes, and the British, who hated them deeply, did not give up, instigated internal contradictions in the enemy country, and manipulated the turmoil was the strong point of the British, and they soon found a breakthrough. (To be continued.) )