At the same time, the situation of the Qing army in the DPRK was very good, although it was once choked by Lao Li and Ye Zhichao's supply and supply, but Gao Shanji investigated Ye Zhichao's many crimes since he entered the DPRK, such as falsely reporting the results of the war, embezzling military salaries, fearing the enemy, and delaying the fighter plane, and so on, and as soon as Song Qing and Yiktanga's reinforcements arrived in Pyongyang, they immediately complained to the two.

Although Song Qing is not Lao Li's descendant, after all, he has been stationed at Lushunkou, the base of the Beiyang Naval Division, for a long time, and he has some incense affection, so he doesn't want to embarrass Lao Li too much; But Yike Tang'a is different, as Cixi's confidant, he knows that although his master relies on Li Hongzhang, he is now worried about his power and has the intention to suppress it, and Ye Zhichao's matter is a good opportunity, so he immediately ordered a thorough investigation of Ye Zhichao, and soon found that what Gao Shanji said was true, so he immediately reported the matter to the country, which caused an uproar in the court.

The emperor and queen have different purposes, and now they all hope that Li Hongzhang will make a mistake, and the Qingliu people are even more eager to kill Lao Li, coupled with the conclusive evidence of Iktang'a's impeachment, no matter how Lao Li tries to protect it, Ye Zhichao is still removed from his position.

Even Li Hongzhang himself was disgraced because of this incident, and it doesn't matter if he uses people improperly, as a heavy minister, he is actually convinced of Ye Zhichao's blind victory, isn't this old and mediocre?

As a result, the Qingliu led by Master Weng criticized Li Hongzhang one after another, wanting to take advantage of the situation to force him to become a leader, so that Lao Li was tired of coping, and he had no time to deal with other things.

At the same time, under the already great pressure, Lao Li did not dare to expose Li Hui's intention to rebel, as long as the latter did not raise the flag, he continued to drag on one day and count one day, and at the same time kept praying that Li Hui would "know his way back".

As a result, until the beginning of 1895, the Qing court was unaware that anyone was preparing to rebel, and by this time Li Hui had already controlled most of the territory of the six counties

In late November 1894, Li Hui officially took the Flying Tiger Army under his command, and the two base areas were thus connected. Based on the original mine protection team, road protection team, and Flying Tiger Army, Li Hui formed two infantry brigades and two cavalry brigades, with a total strength of no less than 30,000 troops, which was already comparable to the total number of garrisons in Shandong before the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After more than three months of rigorous training, these 30,000 officers and soldiers also looked more and more like the regular army, although according to the evaluation of the officers of the biochemical army, they are not even a qualified army, but they are already a cut stronger than the Qing army in Shandong, plus the advantage of weapons and equipment, it is completely easy to crush the latter.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that with the continuous recruitment after the Battle of Dadonggou, by the beginning of January 1895, the total number of workers in the base area had increased to nearly 200,000, and it continued to grow.

The reason why Li Hui wants to recruit so many workers is that on the one hand, he can ignore the quota set by Lao Li after he has no scruples, and on the other hand, it is because of an unexpected discovery

Originally, according to the general law, even if Li Hui had adopted the method of starting construction in multiple sections at the same time, it would have taken at least more than a year to complete the Pingdu-Laizhou-Zhaoyuan railway, and the construction of those mines and factories would not have to start until the railway or Laizhou Port was built.

However, not long after the construction of the railway began, Li Hui realized that he had made the mistake of thinking that the reason why the construction speed is so slow under normal circumstances is mainly because of the relatively insufficient supply of materials due to limited transportation capacity, and the inability to invest too many workers in the construction line.

However, Li Hui has a system in his body, and the equipment and materials required for construction are all directly deployed in the vicinity after being produced by the system, and theoretically he can obtain almost unlimited (in fact, there is also an limit) supply of materials wherever and wherever he is.

Therefore, as long as the material warehouse is built, more manpower can be invested than conventional construction to speed up the construction, but it is just hard for Li Hui to personally run around and deliver goods one by one, and the mines and factories do not need to wait for the railway and port to be completed before they are launched, which can save more time.

Since there is such a trick available, Li Hui is not busy for the time being, so he naturally has to use this method frequently to speed up the construction.

Although Li Hui later found that the effect of this method was not as exaggerated as he initially imagined, because it could only save the time of transportation on the road, the step of distributing materials from the warehouse to the hands of users could not be skipped.

In addition, Li Hui's own journey from one material warehouse to another material warehouse at least a few kilometers away is also quite time-consuming, and he is also limited by physical strength (even if he is riding a horse, the physical exertion will not be small). But in any case, at least in the beginning, its role is extremely significant.

According to a rough estimate of a period of experience, the speed of railway construction can generally be accelerated by two to three times, and the longer the route, the more difficult the construction, the more obvious the effect. And if it is the construction of "points", five or six times is not unusual

However, it must be explained that the reason why this method of using the system to take advantage of tricks can have such a good effect is actually largely due to the fact that the current Denglai Mountain area is too backward and closed, and its own transportation capacity is extremely poor.

In addition, because only Li Hui himself can use the system to produce and deploy materials, he does not have a doppelganger method, and the capacity of the warehouse on the ground is also limited, so the total amount of materials that can be exported by relying on this method is actually quite limited.

At present, there are less than 200,000 workers in total, and the construction is concentrated in some key projects in the narrow area of the three counties, so Li Hui can still cope with it, if there are millions of workers in the future, or the construction is spread to a province, Li Hui still wants to rely entirely on the system to supply the materials needed for so many projects, it is completely unrealistic.

Later, Li Hui also realized that this trick could not only be used for construction, but also had great value in military affairs, and with the existence of Li Hui's humanoid supply depot, the unit he was in could theoretically go deep into the enemy's hinterland without supplies from the rear.

Although the material consumption of the troops is far greater than that of construction projects with the same number of people, and the large corps still needs space to deploy and is generally not concentrated in a smaller area, Li Hui estimates that he can at most ensure the supply of more than 100,000 non-mechanized troops.

But even if it can't play a strategic value, it can only play a tactical role, and if it is used well, it is enough to become a killer for Li Hui