If he talked about North Korea again, he would be a little annoyed, and when he heard that some things were not compatible with his reputation as Zhongtian, Weng Tongyi immediately became interested, waved his hand and said, "Lu Yunju, what is the matter?" ”

"Ge Lao, Xia Guan heard that the Navy Yamen had reported that the purchase of British fast guns was unsuccessful earlier, but at this moment, if a conflict breaks out in China and the navy wins, the merit will be in the Beiyang, if it fails, I am afraid that someone will make a big fuss about it, Xia Guan has seen in the foreigner newspaper that the navy has already been reequipped with fast artillery!"

After saying this, Lu Hong actually began to sweat on his back, but the reason why he wanted to say this matter was naturally because the stakes were high, he was now only Wang Renkan's attaché, although in terms of delegating power, this one was not stingy, but Wang Renkan actually didn't have much real power, and he wanted to get involved in the field, but not just to supervise military discipline, then he needed a reasonable excuse...... And since it's an excuse, you naturally need to create it out of nothing!

Wang Renkan's face was quite surprised, obviously he didn't expect Lu Hong to say this, in fact, this matter has long been not a secret, after Weng Tonggong took charge of the household department, he has always been very stingy with the silver of the navy yamen, and he tried not to give what he could give, not to mention what kind of fast artillery is this, if there is a battleship, what kind of artillery do you have to change......

Although Lu Hong said quite tactfully, but the meaning of asking Weng Ge Lao to pay for Beiyang is already very obvious, this is a bit of a jealousy of Weng Tonggong, thinking of this, he can't help but secretly sweat for Lu Hong, this attaché is really easy to use, how much thought does he have to save himself...... When he turned his head to look at Weng Tongyi, his expression relaxed.

At this moment, Weng Tongyi obviously did not think much about the issue of silver, as the big man in charge of the country's financial power, he did not give Beiyang silver at the beginning, and he had the intention to toss Li Hongzhang, that was only one reason, but this training army and navy burned money very much, that is also an indisputable fact, after the Huai Army transferred to the training army, the annual military expenditure exceeded 10 million taels, and the naval division allocated 4 million taels a year, which has long been criticized by many officials.

However, the question mentioned by Lu Hong at this moment is indeed reasonable, this naval yamen asked for money to buy guns was left in the middle of the military aircraft department, it was not once or twice, according to the current situation, if it really started, although he had some opinions about Li Hongzhang, but if it led to defeat, he, the minister of military aircraft, would not have good fruit to eat...... Of course, the best case scenario is that Li Hongzhang will be defeated and the Qing Kingdom will eventually win, but this is not something he can control!

Lu Hong glanced up at the long-bearded old man, at this moment Weng Tongzheng closed his eyes slightly and looked contemplative, which made him feel a lot more relieved, he held high the banner of maintaining the reputation of the old man Weng, and he was not wrong, what this old man cherished the most was his reputation......

After a while, Weng Tongyi stroked his beard and asked in a serious tone: "Lu Hong, you said that there is indeed some truth in this matter, let me think about it...... Don't you have anything else to do, tell me about it! ”

This old man Weng actually played the trick of procrastination, which made Lu Hong a little surprised, but obviously he couldn't make the old man agree to anything now, this official position was out of the sea, he immediately put on a deferential appearance, "Elder Ge, although I have never been to North Korea, but I have seen the newspapers of envoys from various countries commenting on the Korean royal family overseas, saying that this Korean is arrogant and ignorant, and now the assassin who killed people in my Great Qing Kingdom confirms this statement...... What Xia Guan is worried about is that I am afraid that there is more than one assassin sent by the Korean royal family! And if it happens, and we send back the assassins, I'm afraid it will make people laugh! ”

Lu Hong looked like he was thinking about the Qing Kingdom, but Weng Tongyi didn't pay attention to this at the moment, because he seemed to see something in Lu Hong's prediction, this Lu Hong has always been quite capable of reasoning, and this speculation, although it may not be true, but if it is true, he can make good use of it and hit the arrogance of those who disagree with him!

However, how can he make it clear here that his tense old face eased slightly, made a humble appearance, and nodded generously, "Lu Hong, not bad...... It is not easy to have such careful consideration, and the old man knows about this matter! This errand can be handled by a good student, and if there is a result, it will naturally ask for credit for you!"

Lu Hong said these two things, originally hoping that after lobbying, he would be able to get some small rights from this old man, but this old fox didn't give himself a chance to play at all...... But fortunately, it seems that the old fox listened to these words, and perhaps, it will come in handy in the future, thinking of this, he had no choice but to bow down with Wang Renkan and say goodbye.

Early the next morning, Lu Hong said goodbye to Huang Tifang with a very sincere farewell, this is sincere, this little old man is still the most realistic, and the two juniors of the Huang family, one is called Huang Chengkai and the other is called Huang Chengling, both of whom are very young scholars, among which Huang Chengkai also has the fame of Gongsheng, and they all look honest, but they did not disappoint Lu Hong.

Today, Huang Shaoji came out to see off Lu Hong, and Xiao Nizi Huang Shaoning also followed behind like a drag oil bottle, but Huang Chengkai both shouted "Auntie" at Xiao Nizi with a deferential appearance, and when he turned around, he called Lu Hong "Brother Lu", which made Lu Hong very embarrassed, and the seniority of the Huang family was really bad.

However, this etiquette is obviously inevitable, and when he was thinking about how to call him, Xiao Nizi came out with a smile on her face, and pulled Huang Shaoji to relieve him from the siege, "Master Lu, tell Uncle that your dispatch is not easy, so you have to deal with it carefully!" ”

Lu Hong hurriedly arched his hand, and his good impression of this little girl in his heart couldn't help but be a little more, "Thank you Miss Shaoning, thank you Lord Huang, then I will leave!" ”

When Lu Hong went out with a group of people, Huang Shaoji looked thoughtfully at his cousin standing on the porch, and a smile appeared on his serious face.

In the sound of the carriage, Lu Hong looked back at Chongwenmen, which was getting farther and farther away, this trip to Beijing was finally quite rewarding, and now, he seems to have a little opportunity to integrate into this era, but it seems that there is still too much way to go before he can really do something...... However, the wheel of history is rolling forward, and if you can't change it, you may become a powder under the crushing of the wheel!

Now he is full of energy, but now the huge team of Qincha and the coachmen who went out to hire him, counting Wang Renkan, there are only 12 people...... nnd, is this to play 12 Arhats, but unfortunately, among these 12, he is only a small boss now, and as for how many can really walk with him, it seems that it is really a problem.

However, there are a lot of things to be arranged at this time, after all, the task of this trip is not simple, now there are actually 4 sailors in the Qing Dynasty, Beiyang Naval Division, Nanyang Naval Division, Fujian Shipbuilding Division, Guangdong Naval Division, but after the Battle of Mawei in 1884, the Fujian Naval Division was wiped out, and then there were only a small number of cruising wooden hull boats, which were never rebuilt.

After the Sino-French Battle in Zhangzhidong, although the Guangdong Navy Division added large torpedo boats such as Guangjia, Guangyi, and Guangc, these 1,000-ton torpedo boats were already the largest warships in the fleet, and it could be said that they had no combat power at all, and the scale of the naval division was extremely pitiful.

Therefore, in his plan, the Beiyang Naval Division is naturally the top priority, and the Nanyang Naval Division is the second target, as for the Fujian Shipbuilding Naval Division and the Guangdong Naval Division, they naturally want to go, but that is also to go out to complete this supervision of military discipline...... In terms of the itinerary, he thought of this and immediately started to write.

When a group of people got on the steamship from the Tongzhou dock, Lu Hong found that Yan Fu had sneakily run to find Wang Renkan...... This made him a little curious, this guy was mysterious earlier, what is he doing now?

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