The 36 120mm rapid-fire guns alone and the accompanying ammunition cost more than 1.5 million taels of silver, plus sampan guns, machine guns and some necessary parts and equipment, the total turnover was no less than 2 million taels of silver, and Lao Li easily spent the 4 million taels of silver.

It's not that Li Hongzhang is extravagant, it's really the navy, a gold-swallowing beast, that burns too much money, and because Lao Li knows that it is impossible to save up the funds with the urine nature of the Qing court, and he can only use up the existing ones to have a chance to get the next appropriation, so he doesn't have to use it in vain, as for whether he can get the silver to buy out the Haitian after a year, he will find a way when the time comes

In addition, it is worth mentioning that considering that many of the newly purchased weapons were too advanced and had never been used by the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division before, and by the way, he also mixed a little sand with the Fujian Party, Li Hongzhang paid out of his own pocket and hired an additional 100 instructors from a venture capital company.

This made Li Hui very happy, not only did he get an extra income, but more importantly, there were 200 biochemical soldiers in the Beiyang Naval Division, which was equivalent to planting a shadow in advance.

With the military quality of the biochemical troops, and then find a way to deliver the new guns and artillery to their hands, the combat effectiveness of these 200 people on the ground is absolutely not to be underestimated, as long as the timing is right, there is every hope of launching a mutiny, and the Beiyang Naval Division, which is currently the only modern navy in China, will be relatively completely taken under its command.

Speaking of which, Li Hongzhang is still quite wary of venture capital companies, but because of his lack of knowledge, he never imagined that only 200 people could turn the sky over the Weihaiwei base, which has tens of thousands of defenders.

In fact, if it weren't for the historical example of foreigners inciting sailors to force Ding Ruchang to death, and then ordering the fleet to surrender in his name, Li Hui would not have such a bold idea.

But since those foreigners in history can succeed, Li Hui has more troops, better weapons, stronger combat effectiveness, and ideological weapons that they don't have, and will soon have a strong strength that can create a similar situation, so why can't he give it a try? It is not easy for China to build a modern navy, and if it is destroyed in a civil war, Li Hui will definitely die of distress

Of course, that's all for later, just for now, it's the 4 million taels of silver that makes Li Hui even happier.

Well, to be precise, it should be 4.9 million taels of silver, because during this period Li Hui also asked the venture capital company to sell the formula of the silver explosives to several Western powers who were very interested in it, and the income added up to about 900,000 taels of silver.

Although Li Hui's intentions were concerned, he didn't want the Western powers to know the secret of the silver explosives so early, but the foreigners from various countries, including Hannagan, personally participated in the Battle of Dadonggou, and the composition of the silver explosives was not difficult to analyze. Therefore, as long as they make up their minds, it is impossible to find out.

In this case, it is better to take advantage of the fact that there are still people who want it and can sell a little, so it is extra fast.

And to be honest, even if the Western powers had mastered the technology for the production of silver explosives, it was unlikely that they would have been able to use it. Because the shelf life of silver explosives is too short, it is not suitable for military ********, except in special cases like the Beiyang Naval Division, which will be used on the battlefield soon after getting it.

What's more, the cost of dehydrating sodium chlorate and petroleum jelly is not low, and it is impossible for industrially produced silver explosives to be purified and mixed evenly to the extent that the system products are made.

Of course, under the influence of this, the Western powers will definitely start the research of aluminum-containing explosives in advance, and their widespread use will not have to wait until World War II, which may have a significant impact on the course of World War I

"Picric acid can't be mixed with aluminium powder, but TNT is a good fit, so maybe Germany will be the biggest beneficiary of this discovery." However, it is difficult to say that the Allies during the First World War were not without the ability to produce TNT, perhaps this would have prompted them to abandon the picric acid route earlier and embark on the right path, if so, the German Navy would not be the opponent of the British Royal Navy", Li Hui thought that a simple invention of his own could have such a far-reaching impact, and his mood couldn't help but be happy and worried, "The butterfly effect seems to be bigger than I imagined!" In the future, we must not rely too much on our own foresight, in case stealing chickens and rice will be ruined, and we still need to strengthen China's national strength in order to ensure that we are invincible."

Although the results achieved so far can ensure that the First Sino-Japanese War in this time and space will not be as miserable as in history, it is still very possible that there will be unfavorable changes to Li Hui's rebellion plan.

And if you want to say what is the biggest accident, it is naturally Gao Shanji, who Li Hui admires and fears, after Ye Zhichao left, this guy immediately asked Ying to go south, and it happened that the Japanese army in Seoul had withdrawn south at this time, and as a result, Gao Shanji took Seoul without losing a single soldier, and easily made great contributions.

What made Li Hui even more unexpected was that Gao Shanji actually went to the Qing court and invited Yuan Shikai, who fled back to China in July, back to Seoul, with the assistance of Yuan Shikai, the former "Emperor Taishang" of North Korea, Gao Shanji had a deeper understanding of the national conditions of North Korea, and he was like a fish in water

He actually recruited Koreans and overseas Chinese in Korea into the army, expanded the army to more than 6,000 people, and made Yuan Shikai, who had just been reinstated, find a Korean clan and set up a separate Korean government to fight against the puppet regime supported by the Japanese. What I didn't expect was that they could secretly reach a compromise with the Dongxue Party rebel army (this must be hidden from the Qing court) and deal with the Japanese army together", the more Li Hui looked at it, the more shocked he became, the information on the message board was really beyond his expectations, "Could this guy really be able to drag the Japanese all the way to Korea?" If the Beiyang Naval Division can win the next decisive battle, the problem of logistics supply for the Japanese army entering Korea will never be solved, and there may not be this possibility! ”

If the First Sino-Japanese War really achieved this result, it would undoubtedly be very beneficial to China's national interests, but if the Qing army did not lose most of its elite as it did in history, it would be much more difficult for Li Hui to rebel.

Although even the elite combat effectiveness of the Qing army is not in Li Hui's eyes, it is tens of thousands of people after all, and with them, the speed of recruit training will be greatly accelerated.

In addition, if a breakthrough could not be made on land, and the navy was defeated again, the Japanese government should take the initiative to sue for peace anyway, in that case, Japan's blood losses would be limited, and perhaps there would still be enough strength to interfere with the Chinese revolution, which worried Li Hui more than the Qing army's strength was not greatly damaged.

However, what Li Hui didn't expect was that it didn't take long for the Korean war situation to change drastically again