She, the personnel manager of the cavalry battalion, is in her own hands, and the government doesn't ask about it, but in the same way, she won't have too much enthusiasm. She was given half a year's military salary at one time, and hundreds of smoothbore guns were replenished, and the rest was no longer cared for. Sun Meiyao knew in her heart that this was Yuan Weiting selling Zhao Guanhou's face, and next time she asked for food, ammunition and guns, it would not be so easy. If you are a bandit, it is naturally enough. But if you want to really play the role of the main force, it is still far from it.

Although the Shandong gentlemen are known as good equestrians, they can't be mentioned at all compared with the cavalry posts brought out by Zhao Guanhou. I've never heard of those words like a wall charge, and I won't. Those heroes who usually have eyes to the sky, after screening, the cavalry in the cavalry battalion only retains the structure of a sentry, and they all have to be trained from scratch.

If you want to make the soldiers as strong as the Wuwei Right Army and deter foreigners, you have to buy Yanmar and foreign guns and cannons. Zhao Guanhou could send some supplies from his own troops, but Sun Meiyao was thoughtful and always felt that it was more reassuring that he still had some small treasury. It was with her to suppress bandits, not only to expand the army, but also to supply food and ammunition and lay the foundation for future development.

Xiao Li Man is much more mature than a year ago, and he did not get angry with Zhao Guanhou because of Hannah's repentance of marriage, and the business of the Pulu Soldier Factory was finally negotiated. Of course, there is an element of Li Man's retribution, on the other hand, it is also due to the growing power of Kanli Erquan, and red turbans can be seen everywhere in the mountains.

As far as the Prussians were concerned, their troops could only be stationed in Jiaozhou, but the boxers were thriving, attacking churches and attacking expatriates, which greatly affected Prussian interests in China. If you want to exterminate the boxers, an enlightened official like Yuan Weiting is more suitable than the Prussian troops. The establishment of this arsenal belongs to a win-win situation.

Prussian banks held forty percent of the shares in the arsenal, one and a half in the Warby bank, and forty and a half in the official shares. Its scale cannot be compared with the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Hanyang Arsenal, but the equipment is advanced, the technicians are all foreigners, and there are Prussia to supply raw materials, and the future development is considerable.

The purchase price of firearms manufactured by the arsenal is lower than that of ordinary weapons, and with the relationship of Zhao Guanhou, it can also be guaranteed that the goods will be given priority. But no matter how many of these preferential conditions are, you have to buy them with real money in the end.

Sun Meiyao's cavalry battalion has almost 800 troops, and it has seven posts, including a cavalry post, an artillery post belonging to the battalion, a baggage post, and four infantry posts. However, the imperial court only distributed food and even weapons according to the number of soldiers, and only paid the salaries of four posts, and the remaining half of the food and weapons had to be found by themselves. If you want to buy a good gun, you have to use money, and the daily training of soldiers is full of expenses, and she can't go back to her old business and raise food, so she can only rely on fighting the autumn wind of her peers.

Zhao Guanhou also knew that Yuan Weiting definitely knew about Sun Meiyao's army expansion, but he didn't want to ask. In fact, he has always pretended to be deaf and dumb about the expansion of the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army. As long as he can control this army, he is not afraid of your expansion, no matter how big the expansion is, in the end it will be the meat in his own bowl, and there is no hindrance to him.

Of course, there is a premise here, that is, the recruitment of troops should not be done as much as possible, resulting in too many redundant troops, which will drag down the combat effectiveness of the troops. Zhao Guanhou's selection standards are strict to the point of harshness, and Sun Meiyao sometimes thinks that he is a little excessive. It wasn't until the outpost infantry actually broke up three times her own bandit army that she didn't know how strong the new army really was, so she refused to relax in the selection of soldiers and training.

Such a force is very desirable to Yuan Weiting, but it is impossible for him to deliberately allocate funds to raise troops because of this. According to him, since Zhao Guanhou has a relationship with Jensen, he will rely on his own ability to let the foreign widow invest and support his little wife's troops, as for whether he can succeed or not, it will be harmless to himself.

In Sun Meiyao's view, let these bandits under him no longer fight and rob everywhere, but also strictly abide by military discipline and strict training. In addition to cutting off the heads of the supervising team with a big knife, it is necessary to keep up with the military salaries and ensure that there is no shortage of food and military funds, which is the guarantee.

At the same time, the government added all smoothbore guns, and she wanted more powerful rifled guns, preferably some Mini rifles. As for the cavalry, they should be armed with carbines, and the officers should all be replaced with revolvers.

The cavalry battalion belonged to the artillery with only two two-pounder guns, which were not powerful enough, and the cavalry cuirass was insufficient. But if you want to achieve these costume changes, you have to pay out of your own pocket, and if you want to make money, you can only go to the black and eat the black.

Zhao Guanhou looked at the gift list, although there were foreign silver and gold bars, etc., but there were also some foreign goods, as well as silk, and even antique objects. He pointed to this section and said:

"Calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and some gold bars, take them out to honor Lord Yuan. This is also what you should say, you see that you want to hang noodles, he is also from a green forest, and now he has achieved wing control, relying on being a man. You also have to learn to be smarter, not just to accumulate money, but also to learn to give gifts. After taking care of the marshal, he will also allocate some of the ordnance on your side, which is more cost-effective than buying it himself. ”

"I know, even if you don't say it, I think so, even if I don't think about my cavalry battalion, I have to think about you." Sun Meiyao extinguished the cigarette pouch, wanted to throw it away but was reluctant, and finally had to insert it back into her waist.

"My man is a standard, too small, you should be the wing commander. So these things, even if I buy a future for you, I will admit it. Also, shouldn't we save some money to buy a house? Your mother-in-law is coming soon, is it better to buy a house? ”

"It's not the right place to buy a house. I can't settle down now, and I'm fighting in all directions, so it's useless to buy a house, so it's good to use the office of Warby Bank. As for my future, now this standard is in my hands, if promoted, maybe it is a gang leader, but it is of little significance, and it is still this standard that can be mastered. Why don't we pave the way for you and buy some ordnance along the way? This time, because of the reputation of Baolu Baojiao, foreigners are also very supportive of us, and we can buy some cannons and cannonballs in the foreign bank, which is just right for us to expand our family foundation. As for the funds, in the Mengyin area, since there are no bandits to fight, let's go elsewhere, the whole of Shandong, now there are bandits everywhere, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to make a fortune. ”

Originally, in the Yuxian era, the province was ruled by law with severe punishment, and the death penalty was imposed on the ground of Shandong, and thieves disappeared in many places. However, these people did not really become good citizens, but fled to neighboring provinces, or temporarily lurked, and some went to practice boxing and became boxers.

Now that Yuan Weiting is ruling Shandong, the law is lenient, and the thieves are resurrected. Moreover, even the boxers that foreigners are most concerned about are also classified as boxers and must be punished. Originally, Yuxian treated the boxers as righteous people, but because of the support of the government, he set up boxing factories all over Shandong. Now the wind direction has suddenly reversed, and the boxers have become boxers, and the people can't turn around for a while, and there are hundreds of thousands of bandits on the ground in Shandong.

Zhao Guanhou also sighed, "Among these people, there are many good young people, if they can be pulled into the army, even if they are masters." Speaking of cultivating the fields, they are also inseparable from them. A good practice of boxing has wasted all the fields, which is very undeserved. Now the big marshal has issued a notice there, and Kan Li's second fist has been designated as the remnant of the Bagua Sect. When the Bagua Sect attacked the Forbidden City, it was a thief who shot arrows into the imperial city. From the servant to the chief of the armor, they all received a Jun edict and asked to visit the boxers. If these people practice boxing by themselves, there is no forgiveness, and their relatives practice boxing, they will also be dismissed. In the people, whoever practices boxing, or sponsors a boxing factory, is a capital offense. When the children practice boxing, the father and brother will be apprenticed for three years. As soon as this thunderous method is implemented, the power of the boxers will not be as good as before. ”

Sun Meiyao said: "If you want me to say that this is okay, the most damaged thing is that a few days ago, he said that he was going to set up an altar in the governor's yamen, and the famous senior brother invited more than a dozen of them, and after they went to the law to invite God, they tested the law with foreign guns on the spot." Even the vermilion deng, there was no one left, and they were shot one by one, but they were all holes, and they confessed on the spot. Now on the one hand, it is forbidden to practice boxing, and on the other hand, he has sent someone to take the big order to go around to invite the senior brother, if anyone can successfully cast the spell, Yuan Weiting will take the lead in practicing boxing. Is this an idea that can be damaged? ”

"Shopkeeper, this idea was not from me, it was Yuan himself. He's in Jinmen, isn't that how he rules our gangsters? This is still the old way, please enter the urn. If you don't come, you prove that you are not sure of your supernatural powers, and if you come, you will be shot to death, and it will be difficult to live left and right. Now, let's take the soldiers to attack, kill or drive these bandits, in short, out of Shandong. ”

Sun Meiyao was stunned, "What?" You mean, we can't do it? ”

"How is it possible to cut the light? The common people have been hating foreign religions for a long time, including those telegraph poles, some people say that they are bad feng shui, and the common people have not seen it, so they will naturally believe it. This is false, but the real is the telegraph line, the original stagecoach was greatly affected, and there were many postmen who hated it. These people colluded, and they couldn't just kill them, but they could be killed. Lord Yuan's meaning is actually not to have a fist in Shandong, as for other provinces...... Then let him go. Now it's not so much about boxing as it is about driving them to other provinces. When they make the scourges of other provinces unrepresentable, the effectiveness of the marshal in curbing the bandits will be even more obvious, and when the time comes, they will be able to increase the number of officials and be promoted. This is the calculation of officialdom, unlike the green forest, you have to figure out what Shangguan means, and you can't let him know that you can figure him out, this is proportion. ”

Sun Meiyao shook her head, "You guys, there are so many flowers, they can't compare to you." Anyway, what you do, I'll follow, and always listen to you. The next thing we're going to deal with is the boxers, right? ”

"That's natural, although the boxers are not as good as these horse thieves in terms of oil and water, but there is a section. They attacked churches, killed foreigners and parishioners, and gained a lot of war profits, and we snatched it back, which is a lot of money. So tell the boys, cheer up, the boxers are better to deal with than these horse thieves. Moreover, there are many boxers and bandits, and foreigners will be satisfied with us, and it will be convenient to buy foreign guns and cannons or borrow money. ”

At that time, there was smoke in Shandong, in addition to his artillery standard, the left and right wings of the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army, under the order of Yuan Weiting, carried out a strategy of suppressing the boxers. Different from the previous strategy of the government to suppress bandits and suppress bandits, Yuan Weiting's tactics were to first divide with foreigners on the map of Shandong, and then purposefully suppress and drive them away. In this way, even if the boxers escape, it is useless, and they will find themselves in an impenetrable killing array, no matter which way they go, it will eventually be a dead end.

At the same time, the governor's yamen, which symbolizes death, is also sent to every boxing arena, inviting these senior brothers with magic power to set up altars in the governor's yamen. Anyone who goes to the yamen to set up an altar will be invited to practice the Dharma, followed by the Dharma test. Dozens of senior brothers were killed, and notices were posted next to each body, saying that the trial had failed. The other senior brothers refused to go, nor did they want to scatter, and the situation was extremely passive, but soon, rumors spread in Shandong's favor.

"Yuan Weiting was originally in the Yellow River, an old turtle who had cultivated for thousands of years became a fine man, turned into a human surname, and his surname is still Yuan. Its evil method is powerful, and only the senior brother will be killed. This demon colluded with foreign demons to harm the people of Li, so there was no rain in Shandong this year. This goblin eats ninety-nine living hearts in the yamen every day, and the senior brother can only find a magic weapon elsewhere to deal with this goblin. ”

Encouraged by this rumor, the believers of the Divine Fist still remained loyal to the senior brother and senior father who did not dare to try the Fa, and followed them and began the journey of fleeing to Zhili.

In the newspapers of Prussia and Albion, photos of the execution of boxers in Shandong often appeared, and the ministers and consuls of the two countries did not hesitate to praise Yuan. Outside the governor's yamen, the turtle portrait with Yuan Weiting's name written on it also began to appear on the eight-character wall outside the governor's yamen.

Autumn turned to winter, and this year's Shandong suffered a severe drought that had not been seen for decades, and the crop harvest was extremely poor, and countless people went bankrupt overnight and became beggars and homeless people. With clouds in the sky and a howling north wind, the first snow of the year fell in Shandong, which for many could be a good sign of a good harvest next year. It's just that this snow can't cover the countless corpses, nor can it cover the countless red turbans surging in the mountains.

The bright red flag is like fire, gradually gathering in the edge of Shandong and Zhili, converging, a big banner of Zhao characters, waving in the wind. Zhao Laozhu, the general leader of Kanli Erquan, officially set up a flag in the river and gathered his subordinates. This team composed of hungry people, ringing horses, and boxers, in the general trend of Daikin, is just a tiny existence like a wave. No one would believe that in the near future, they will merge with other insignificant waves to form a wave of rage that will sweep the world. (To be continued.) )