When a group of Qing soldiers patrolling the city heard the gunshots, they also hurried over, and when they saw two groups of masked people fighting, they hurriedly raised their muskets and shouted to them: "Don't move."

At this time, the four ronins behind Shinichiro Takezoe desperately escorted him to retreat, and the officers and soldiers patrolling the city shot and killed two of them. Song Xiaofei's slamming shot wounded Takezoe Jinichiro's left leg, but he still desperately dragged his injured leg to escape, turning the corner of a street of private houses, where the Ronin people answered, and they quickly disappeared into the vast night of Tianjin.

Another group of masked men threw darts at the officers and soldiers in an attempt to flee in an attempt to escape, but the officers and men opened fire and wounded two people, and the others did not dare to act rashly again, so they threw down their knives one after another, and the officers and soldiers patrolling the city tied them with chains. Only the black-clothed man who was the leader was unwilling to give in, and seven or eight officers and soldiers rushed up to subdue him.

The attendants beside Li Hongzhang informed the city patrol officer Li Hongzhang's identity, and the city patrol officer was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and he hurriedly came over and kowtowed: "Your Excellency the Governor forgives the sin, the humble duty is too late to save the driver, and the crime deserves death." ”

Li Hongzhang raised his hand and said, "I don't blame you for the suddenness of the incident." The Assassin was escorted to a prison for careful interrogation. ”

Song Xiaofei didn't know that this group of Ben Ronin was here to assassinate him, so he walked to the side of the Ben Ronin who was injured by the gun and fell to the ground, and unveiled their black masks: "I want to see who you are, you dare to assassinate Lord Zhongtang!" ”

As a result, he found that these people were all black and purple, foaming at the mouth, and committed suicide by swallowing poison. Song Xiaofei tested their mouths and noses with his hand, and they were already out of breath.

Song Xiaofei turned around and unveiled the mask of the assassin who assassinated him, led by a woman, she stubbornly refused to bow her head, there was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, staring at Song Xiaofei with wide eyes, full of angry eyes, Song Xiaofei recognized this woman as Su Yun at a glance, and there was a silver cross hanging on her chest, Song Xiaofei was very surprised, and asked in a low voice: "It turned out to be you!" Have you returned to China with your master Liu Yongfu? ”

Su Yun said: "Last time in Vietnam, you had a life-saving grace for my master, plus the two countries were at war, I didn't kill you. But I said that the Yuan family's revenge for killing his father will be avenged no matter what! ”

Li Hongzhang saw that the two were talking and asked Song Xiaofei: "Do you know each other?" ”

Song Xiaofei glanced at Su Yun, thinking that Li Hongzhang was a thief with long hair and flat twist, if he said the identity of Su Yun and her father Su Tianfu at this time, not only would he not get Li Hongzhang's sympathy, maybe it would be difficult for him to save her, Liu Yongfu and Su Yu might also be implicated, so he said: "The student doesn't know each other, but he looks familiar." ”

Assassinating an official of the imperial court, it was a capital crime, not to mention Li Hongzhang, the No. 1 Hanchen of the Qing Dynasty, the officers and soldiers patrolling the city couldn't help but say, and put Su Yun and her five Black Flag Army subordinates on death row.

Although the ronins were all dead, he easily determined that they were the ones and reported to Song Xiaofei. Song Xiaofei told Li Hongzhang the news, Li Hongzhang was furious, this Ito Hirofumi was simply bold. If you can't take advantage of the bargaining table, you will come to the yin, and you will also be under the black hand of his Zhili territory, which is simply presumptuous! Although he failed to catch the mastermind behind the scenes, Takezoe Shinichiro, Li Hongzhang immediately summoned reporters from major newspapers at home and abroad to release the news that he had been assassinated by himself, and the "New York Times" and "Declaration" both made front-page headlines to disclose the incident, winning the support of international and domestic public opinion. Who is Li Hongzhang, just as his opponent Weng Tonggong said, in the hands of the entire Chinese diplomacy, he said that he dared to assassinate him, and his actions were too crazy, so the ministers of Britain, France, the United States and other countries expressed their condemnation of his bad behavior, and the self-defeating Ito Hirobumi was very embarrassed and scolded Takezoe Iichiro bloody. Under the powerful offensive of Li Hongzhang and Song Xiaofei, Ito Hirobumi had to make concessions at the negotiating table, and finally China and the two countries signed an "unequal treaty" against the Japanese version - the "Sino-Tianjin Treaty":

1. It is said that the troops who withdraw from the DPRK shall never be allowed to station troops in the DPRK;

2. Compensate Li Hongzhang for 3,000 taels of silver;

3. The Ryukyus are a vassal state of China, and other issues will be put aside for the time being.

Ito Hirobumi returned to Yuben with this unequal treaty, and the entire cabinet felt that this was a great shame for the country, and Saigo and others demanded war against China. Shame and courage', Taoguang raises obscurity, buy warships, strengthen our navy, one day, we will take a warship and return to Yanjing! ”

Emperor Meiji listened to Ito Hirobumi's suggestion and immediately took out 300,000 taels of silver from his inner court funds to subsidize the navy's military expenses, and all the merchants and nobles of the company donated money one after another, raising more than one million taels of silver for the navy, and the British immediately asked the British to buy two ironclad gunboats with a displacement of about 6,000 tons.

Song Xiaofei received the news that he was looking for the British to buy warships, and his heart became more and more anxious, and let him develop for ten years, and then he would go to the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, before that, he must clean up the book, so he repeatedly suggested that Li Hongzhang solve the Ryukyu issue as soon as possible, but Li Hongzhang wanted to wait until the four ironclad warships ordered later were in place, and then consider negotiating the Ryukyu issue with himself, Song Xiaofei had to give up, but Song Xiaofei was not discouraged, he knew that the next step, he should "get involved" with the Beiyang Naval Division, otherwise, even if he bought ten more warships, Admiral Ding Ruchang, who only had experience in land warfare, could not defeat the navy.

At sunset, the western sky was covered with a fiery red sunset, enveloping the entire city of Tianjin. Song Xiaofei invited Liu Buyun, the chief soldier of the right wing of the Beiyang Naval Division, and Deng Shichang, the deputy commander of the left wing of the Beiyang Naval Division, to Wangchun Tower for dinner.

Liu Buyun was obviously more mature than he was back then. He was not very tall, with broad shoulders and a round waist, strong and strong, a straight nose, a wide forehead, no beard, and a neat appearance. The three of them sat down, Song Xiaofei asked about their current situation, Liu Buyun raised his neck and drank a glass of stuffy wine, and said: "Don't hide it from my brothers, our Admiral Ding has basically never learned to command a sailor, so Li Zhongtang hired an Englishman Lang Wei as a consultant, and Ding listened to him in everything, and the brothers were very unconvinced." ”

Deng Shichang took a bite of the food, and was also indignant: "Yes, this Lang Weili really regards the title of admiral given to him by Master Li as a commander, he is short-tempered, domineering, and arrogant at every turn!" Brother, you are a celebrity in front of Lord Zhongtang, tell him about this and replace this foreign devil. ”

Song Xiaofei had heard that Ding Ruchang was not good at managing the sailors, and the Beiyang Naval Division invited a British consultant, Lang Weili, who graduated from the Royal Naval Academy in the United Kingdom, and served in the British Navy for many years. This foreigner naturally has a few brushes from a foreigner, so you should learn from him with an open mind. ”

Liu Buyun took a bite of the dish and said: "It has been four or five years since Lang Weili came to the Beiyang Naval Division, how to make and command the warship, the brothers have learned, and there is no need for foreigners to point fingers!" ”

Song Xiaofei said: "You are all brothers who fought to the death with me in the Han River in North Korea, and you have all studied at the German Naval Academy for many years. However, if you want to squeeze out Luang Weili, you must pay attention to strategy, and you have to have the right time! ”

Liu Buyun asked: "Brother has something to say, there are no outsiders here, what strategy?" What is the right timing? As long as I can drive the foreign devils away, brother, I will do my best. ”

Song Xiaofei whispered a few words to Liu Buyun and Deng Shichang, saying that it only needs to be like this, there are two Lao, and I will naturally speak for the two brothers in front of the Lord Zhongtang.