General Shengjing's Mansion, General Shengjing Zengqi, is troubled by the increasingly bad situation in Liaodong. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As a veteran of the battlefield and an old fritter who has been an official for many years, Zengqi is very aware of the conspiracy behind the frequent mobilization of Lao Maozi's army.

"The Great War...... An unprecedented war is about to unfold in the land of Liaodong. ”

As General Sheng Jing, the highest military and political governor of Liaodong, not only did he have no way to deal with this imminent war, but he didn't even have the capital to save his life.

A few years ago, when the Russian army captured Shengjing, as the general of Shengjing, the veritable supreme military and political commander of Liaodong, it was because he had no self-protection strength that he fled to Xinmin like a lost dog, and finally became the laughing stock of his colleagues.

Now, as a new big war is about to begin, as General Sheng Jing, Zengqi doesn't want to be a lost dog again.

However, if you want not to be a lost dog, you must have the capital to save your life.

And in this troubled world, the best life-saving capital is the army.

However, as General Sheng Jing, although he is in charge of the Eight Banners army of 10,000 people. However, not to mention that these Eight Banner armies have no combat effectiveness, and when they really encounter the enemy, they run faster than themselves, and they can't protect themselves at all.

The Eight Banners Army was unreliable, and Zeng Qi also thought of finding another way.

After obtaining the approval of the imperial court, a new army was formed, all armed with rifles.

After two years of preparation, the new army of up to 3,000 people was formed, but the equipment of the new army was not found.

In terms of the imperial court, as long as there is a little equipment, it will be snatched away by the new army of Zhili, after all, the new army of Zhili is related to the safety of the capital and the queen mother, and no one can be careless.

In this way, the Shengjing New Army was able to equip five or six hundred new troops by picking up the remaining equipment of others.

Of course, Zeng Qi also considered going directly to a foreign bank to buy equipment. For his own safety, Zeng Qi even made the decision to spend 50,000 taels of silver to buy equipment.

However, Lao Maozi is not a fool, they know the threat that Shengjing may pose to themselves after suddenly having a few thousand more new troops from the imperial court.

In order to prevent it from happening, even if they know that this threat is very small to them, they must eliminate it completely.

Therefore, no matter which foreign company Zengqi buys equipment from, it has been secretly sabotaged by the Russians. In the end, Zeng Qi had to abandon this practice, which had no meaning and no results.

In the case that there is no way to get equipment by all means, even if the total strength of the new army is 3,000 men. Those who are really equipped with fast guns have not even broken through a thousand people.

The new army, which is less than 1,000 people, feels that it is impossible to protect its own safety in Liaodong, where war is about to break out.

Therefore, in the face of the increasingly bad situation in Liaodong, Zeng Qi's mood has not been better for a day.

He didn't want to be a lost dog again, and he no longer wanted to find a way to solve the equipment problem of the new army all the time.

Just when Zeng Qi locked himself in the study again, meditating and thinking about a solution. The confined door of the study was suddenly opened, and then the old figure of the housekeeper appeared in the study.

"Master, Lord Liang Chengliang of Anshan County is visiting, I don't know if you see it or not......"

Zengqi, who was irritable because there was no solution, refused without thinking about it: "No...... A small county magistrate saw that I could do anything good, and pushed the old man ......"

The butler nodded and continued: "Master, this Liang County Order asked the slave to tell you that he has a way to solve the equipment problem of the new army......

"What are you talking about......" Before the old butler's words were finished, Zeng Qi asked excitedly.

"Master, Lord Liang said that he came to the General's Mansion this time to bring equipment to you...... butler replied quickly.

At this time, the expression on Zengqi's face could already be described as excited.

Facing the old butler, he ordered with an expectant face: "What are you still doing, please ...... The officer is going to see him soon to see what he can do to solve the problem of the officer's equipment......"

When Liang Cheng walked into the meeting room of the General's Mansion with a nervous face, Zeng Qi was already sitting on the main seat of the meeting room with a serious face......

Liang Cheng was just about to salute Zengqi, and Zengqi said, "Excuse me...... I heard that you have a way to solve the problem of the new army's equipment, and this is why this officer met you...... Today, if you can't give this official a satisfactory answer, even if you are a student of Lord Wang of the capital, this official has a way to make you walk around without eating......"

Regarding Zengqi's directness, Liang Cheng obviously once understood.

After only a short hesitation, he replied: "My lord, there is indeed a way to go down, as long as the adult is willing, at most half a month, two thousand Mosina rifles equipped by the Russian army will be sent to the barracks of the new army......"

"Lord Liang, you're not wrong...... Zengqi's eyes stared at Liang Cheng tightly, and asked loudly.

"Yes, sir...... The lower officials don't dare to deceive the adults......" Liang Cheng hurriedly replied.

"I don't know if you remember the Liaodong Army...... Just a few days ago, the Liaodong Army had just defeated a new round of encirclement and suppression by the Russian army, and more than 4,000 Russian troops were wiped out before and after, and even the major generals and division commanders of the Russian army died at the hands of the Liaodong Army......"

"Now, all the equipment of these four thousand Russian troops is in the hands of the Liaodong Army...... The Anshan Patrol Battalion is now fully equipped with Mosina rifles by purchasing rifles from the Liaodong Army......"

"Two days ago, Yang Xingguo of the Liaodong Army sent someone to find me, and if Xia Guan wanted, he still had more than 2,000 Mosina rifles captured by the Russian army in his hands to sell to Xia Guan...... Even the captured heavy machine guns, as long as the price is right, he will sell them to the lower officials......"

"Xia Guan just heard that your lord is buying equipment through various channels, so he rashly came to the general's mansion and asked your lord to surrender his ......"

Hearing this answer, Zeng Qi's first reaction was excitement.

However, this excitement did not last long, and Zeng Qi asked calmly: "Two thousand rifles, I want two thousand rifles...... If I have a heavy machine gun, I'll want three more heavy machine guns......"

"It's just that the official doesn't know what the Liaodong Army wants the official to exchange for ......."

"If it is silver, these weapons must exceed 200,000 taels, with the current financial resources of the Shengjing General's Mansion, it will definitely not be able to take out so much silver at one time......"

Liang Cheng smiled and replied confidently: "My lord, what the Liaodong Army wants, you can definitely take it out easily......"

"Let's talk about the conditions of the Liaodong Army." Zeng Qi asked directly.

"The Liaodong Army only needs 100,000 taels of silver. As for the rest of the silver, it was all substituted with grain, medicine, salt, and wine...... Xia Guan calculated for the lord, according to the requirements of the Liaodong Army, these materials were purchased in the Guannei, and only 50,000 taels of silver were needed. If you buy it, maybe it will only cost 20,000 taels of silver......"

"In addition, the Liaodong Army still needs a word from you......"

"The Liaodong Army is preparing to seize Liaozhong from the Russians, and occupy it, so that it can become a logistics and soldier replenishment place for the Liaodong Army, and the Liaodong Army hopes to get your approval......"