When Wang Renkan was still unsatisfied with the new rubber shoes, he saw Rong Qing, the red belt who had just been promoted to the sixth grade Yunju, running in from the outside with an angry face, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Where is the adult? ”

Someone had already pointed out to him Wang Renkan, who was talking to Lu Hong about the rubber shoes in the side garden, and this guy immediately rushed in, and said angrily: "My lord, I heard rumors outside that I have stationed troops in Seoul, North Korea, but Li Hefei ordered to stop sending troops to North Korea, and forbade the army to enter Seoul...... Is this old man old and confused! ”

These Eight Banners disciples have always been open-mouthed, and it is obvious that Rongqing is also this surname, but this news did also shock Wang Renkan, he immediately put down his rubber shoes and asked: "Rongqing, where did you hear this news...... Both the emperor and the military aircraft department intend to seize the opportunity, how can they stop sending troops? ”

"My lord, the news is true, my brother is on an errand at the Steamship Bureau, and the ship sent to Tianjin to transport troops has received the news and is anchoring in Tianjin!" Rong Qing said with some dissatisfaction.

The overreaction of this guy made Lu Hong a little surprised, Rong Qing was quite a little subversive of Lu Hong's eyesight of the Eight Banners disciples, in Shanghai for a while, he was very diligent in inquiring about news everywhere, and he did find out a lot of important information, but this product still couldn't change the habit of the Eight Banners' children, and he didn't have much time to stay in the Qincha Mansion all day, so he went out to hang out early in the morning...... However, I can bring back a lot of news every day, which shows that I am still doing things.

However, this Huai army can't send troops, why is this guy so indignant, he thought about it, but he didn't have a clue, but he didn't bother to dig deeper, in fact, Lu Hong had roughly guessed some joint points for the changes in things today, combined with his understanding of history.

The will of the Qing government axe and Li Hongzhang to send troops to Korea is far beyond the imagination of the Qing Zheng axe and Li Hongzhang, especially now that the armament is greatly strengthened, and the DPRK as the preferred springboard for the Ito cabinet to enter the continental shelf, for the Ito cabinet, it is an indispensable land, on the contrary, for the Qing political axe, Korea is just a vassal state, and in the Imshin Rebellion 10 years ago, Li Hongzhang has made a move to give up force and choose the power of various countries to maintain the situation in Korea.

In fact, the different positions of the two sides have long been doomed to the final choice of the two sides in the face of chaos...... Therefore, although the Manchu court raised strong voices against Yue, and even the little emperor made similar statements, and even Zhang Peilun and Xue Fucheng showed a high degree of vigilance on the Korean issue, Li Hongzhang's idea of trying a diplomatic solution was extremely resolute.

Wang Renkan asked Rong Qing carefully, his expression was obviously quite dissatisfied, although he was not good at leading troops, but this soldier is fast and abides by the law of danger, but he also knows, now in the case of the army completely lagging behind the capital, he has chosen diplomatic mediation, it is indeed difficult to imagine the idea of this wise Zhongtang lord, he immediately turned around and entered the house, ready to ask the court for war!

On the afternoon of the same day, Li Hongzhang met with the British minister Sir Eugener at the Governor's Yamen in Tianjin, and the British were actually far more worried about the situation in Korea than Li Hongzhang, but the British were not worried about themselves, but the death of Britain in the north, and the Russian Empire had long been saving for a good harbor on the coastline south of Vladivostok.

At present, for the British, they are saying that their ships are strong and strong, and they suddenly put forward their interests in North Korea, which will obviously bring bad results that will break the balance of power in North Korea, especially the British Empire, which knows the endless source of troops and belligerent surnames of the ** army, the last thing they want to see is to let the ** people get the opportunity to intervene in the Far East.

Minister Eugena confirmed to him that the British Empire did not want to see any great changes in the situation in Korea, and was willing to take the initiative to mediate a possible military conflict between China and Syria, and the first plan he made was to let the squadron garrison Asan, and he would ask his army not to enter Seoul and continue to garrison Incheon.

What the British did not know, however, was that at the same time that Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu was full of promises to accept British mediation, starting on 16 June, the headquarters of the war command issued a series of operational orders, mobilized a large number of merchant ships from Mitsubishi Shipping at the military ports of Nagasaki and Sasebo, and ordered the Fifth Division to immediately make preparations for a rapid entry into Korea.

However, he also received a telegram from the Military Aircraft Department later the next day, informing the British of the mediation situation, and at the same time, Weng Tonggong obviously also had high hopes for Wang Renkan, once the situation changed, this naval force controlled by the Qingliu cadres could at least play a big role in protecting Shanghai, an important trading town, so the Military Aircraft Department ordered Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, to step up preparations for war. Moreover, it was clearly required to ensure that the various supply requirements of the inspectors supervised by the Chincha Wang Renkan were guaranteed.

Wang Renkan naturally knew what Weng Tongyi meant, but this champion obviously had no experience in how to strengthen the combat power of the sailors, so he immediately called Lu Hong, Yan Fu, and Feng Hesheng...... Of course, the first choice is Lu Hong!

However, these two Lu Hong are busy tinkering with his rubber shoes, but yesterday after personally writing down the word "Nike", Wang Renkan became the director of the soon-to-be-established shoe factory as an important shareholder.

And his mind is naturally not on this kind of trivial matter, as for how Lu Hong went to run this shoe factory, he didn't bother to pay attention to it, anyway, the equity of the machine factory he got before allowed him to get no less than hundreds of taels of silver every month, and these incomes, according to Lu Hong's suggestion, were reinvested in the equity of the machine factory...... He has been having a headache to pay respects to the bigwigs above, and now he finally no longer has any problems, so he doesn't have the slightest opinion on Lu Hong's liking to tinker with this factory, but he is very supportive...... This so-called art of enriching the country is the Great Dao, and he deeply believes it!

However, when discussing the matter, considering the delicate situation now, Yan Fu and Feng Hesheng looked quite sad, but he found that Lu Hong was a little distracted, frowned, and wondered if this guy was still thinking about the shoe factory, "Lu Tiju, today I am discussing the preparation order given to us by the Military Aircraft Department, do you have any proposals?" ”

Lu Hong didn't think about the shoe factory at this time, the matter over there had already been sent out, what he had to do was just to sit back and wait for the money to come in, he was just racking his brains to recall the deduction of the time before the first noon, and a few days before the Gaosheng was sunk on July 25, he had already launched the war in North Korea, and completely turned his face with the imperial court, and today is only June 20, and it is obvious that the large-scale landing of the army has not yet been completed.

Hearing Wang Renkan ask himself, he was stunned, remembering the pitiful power at hand now, he immediately replied with a grin: "My lord, since the Military Aircraft Department has high hopes for you, we can't let the imperial court down, the warships of the Guangdong and Fujian naval divisions are coming one after another, in addition to stepping up the supervision of the naval divisions, I think we also need to train the Yong battalion!" ”

Wang Renkan heard Lu Hong's talk very organized, but he no longer thought that he was thinking about private matters before, and he also found a problem in Lu Hong's planning, "This is Lu Shi...... It seems that it should be the duty of Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang! If you exceed your authority without authorization, it is not a good thing to be taken by others! ”

"Your Excellency...... The soldiers who went ashore, the British called it the Marine Corps, that is definitely the military strength within the establishment of the naval division, the military aircraft department wants us to garrison Shanghai, this expansion of military strength is naturally a necessary thing, not to mention, these soldiers on the ship, can supplement the shortage of the naval division, naturally is a way to kill multiple birds with one stone! ”

Lu Hong immediately came up with his argument, as long as it is in the naval division system, the current situation, what can be done, not to mention, as far as he knows, he said that he did not dare to attack Shanghai from beginning to end, not because of how powerful the Dagu Fort was, but because there are warships of foreign powers everywhere, there is no way to do it, and the interests of the north are what Xiao Yueben covets the most! At this moment, however, he can easily use the information of the battle to quickly expand the scale of the military discipline battalion and master more strength.

Wang Renkan thought about it for a moment, and indeed realized that there were no soldiers around him, and only a few ships were obviously unable to defend Shanghai, so he immediately said that he would ask the Military Aircraft Department for instructions on this matter, and he would definitely win this name down......

For Wang Renkan's connections, Lu Hong really admires it very much, the power that can be used in the court is definitely not something he can imagine, at least so far, what he wants to do here, Weng Tongyi has no disapproval, this great power is indeed good!

Of course, he can't be idle now, so he immediately made an additional proposal, "My lord, since the Military Aircraft Department asked Governor Liu to give us all kinds of supplies, I will take someone to the Jiangnan Bureau warehouse today to move things, so that our warships can increase their combat power and protect the people of Shanghai!" ”

According to Wang Renkan's arrangement, Feng Hesheng recruited a group of subordinates in the Nanyang Naval Division, responsible for the regular inspection of the military camp and the supervision of military discipline, while Yan Fu brought seven or eight secretaries, and was arranged to deal with the official correspondence with the Shanghai Daotai Mansion and the Nanjing Liangjiang Governor's Mansion.

On the same day, with the minister's Guan Wen stamped with a big seal and the telegram from the Military Aircraft Department, Lu Hong took three squads of military discipline battalions and nearly 100 sailors of the Nanrui ship, and ran to find Liu Qixiang, the general office of the Jiangnan Bureau.

16-inch anchor ...... Lu Jianzhang looked left and right excitedly, and was very concerned about the black iron ball touching the fuse like a steel gun, which made Lu Hong feel very harmful, although he knew that this guy was not using his hand to press the copper plate under the fuse, but this was indeed too dangerous action......

"Lu Jianzhang, pack and move away...... Let's get 30 boxes first! "He immediately played this guy to work, don't be idle and have nothing to do!

Haqikes 9-barreled cannon ...... This is a good thing, how could it still be in the warehouse of the Manufacturing Bureau, and I asked the little official, but the result disappointed Lu Hong, it turned out to be an imitation of the Jiangnan Bureau, but the effect was not good, it was far less stable than the imitation of the 5-barreled gun, and it was often stuck...... It seems that I have to give up.

120mm long barrel ...... This discovery immediately made Lu Hong overjoyed, before 10,000 21 doors went to the back door to get a few doors, but this time he approved a strip to rob the door, and pulled them all away, but unfortunately, they were all pulled away only 6 doors...... The little official also came to ask for silver, first reward you with a mouth, and then talk about it after you keep the account!

Hundreds of bandits got into the warehouse of the Jiangnan Bureau, a large warehouse that has been filled with format armaments for more than 20 years, has not been so lively for at least ten years, and Lu Hong has completely lost the demeanor of the Qincha staff...... In addition to "moving away...... Move ...... away" Without any other words, just as the cleaning was about to end, he saw something that surprised him in a wooden box in the corner that had just been pried open by Ouyang Hao! (To be continued.) )