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In the empty hall, Zeng Guofan's words seemed very empty? The echo of the beam makes people feel creepy?

Zeng Guofan suddenly asked: "It is said that Hong Shun was hanged in this hall?" Even the clothes were stripped by the Russians? Why is this hall unusually intact? ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't know why Zeng Guofan mentioned this? So he thought about it for a while and said: "Originally, the Russians were also preparing to set fire, but the oil they carried at that time was not enough, Xu Guangyuan came in time for the tenth town, and the Russians saw that there was nothing to grab, so they dispersed, but there were still small-scale conflicts, and there were six firefights before and after, and we also killed and injured a hundred and ten brothers, otherwise this Golden Dragon Hall would also be in ruins!" ”

Zeng Guofan sighed with emotion: "Loot and loot, right?" Why set fires? Killing people is already creating evil, so why do they still set fire to it? How many years does it take for such a thick golden silk nanmu to mature? How many skilled craftsmen do you need to complete? Long hair has occupied Nanjing for more than eight years, how much work has been spent in it? It was all burned, and the old man was uneasy! ”

Zuo Zongtang wanted to say something to comfort Zeng Guofan, Zeng Guofan waved his hand, after Zuo Zongtang withdrew from the hall, Xu Guangyuan and others immediately surrounded him and asked, Zuo Zongtang sighed slightly and said: "Beiyang is over!" ”

Zeng Guofan sat alone in the main hall, his eyes were a little dull, his eyes were slightly blurred, the Beiyang he established single-handedly was so finished? Everything came so suddenly and incredible, Zeng Guofan himself can't be said to be selfless, he had already expected the current situation when he withdrew from Changzhou, so he sent Zeng Guoquan, Zeng Jize, Zeng Guobao and others, this is the last bit of selfishness of Zeng Guofan!

After a while, Zeng Guofan beckoned the guards to give him some wine and side dishes to drink, the guards were stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment and hurriedly went to look for it, and finally found some spicy soju for a long time, which is said to be used for the warheads of the wounded soldiers, and some raw peanuts and a few pieces of jerky, the guards were full of apologies, but Zeng Guofan didn't realize it, and threw away a piece of jade pendant he was carrying and said: "Reward you, boy!" ”

The flattered guard held the jade pendant and didn't know what to do, what Lord Zeng was on was not an ordinary product, it was something rewarded by the emperor and the queen mother, Zeng Guofan waved his hand and signaled the guards to retreat, poured himself a drink and bit the hard iron jerky, humming and picking a pulley. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the destroyer Nanling, Lin Haijiang, who was inspecting the four torpedo tubes in the bow of the ship, welcomed an unexpected distinguished guest, that is, the Prussian von Murphy. Earl of D'Weys, von. Earl Dewis can be said to be an old friend of Lin Haijiang, they had dealt with Lin Haijiang when he was still engaged in piracy in the old port, which led to Lin Haijiang knowing a few words of German. The Earl of Dewys also knows a few words of Chinese, but it is nothing more than a woman-related relationship.

Lin Haijiang put Feng. Earl Dewis let into the war room, the South Ridge as the flagship of the river gunboat corps, the actual function is to command, so its bridge adopts a high bridge structure, and the protective armor plate is the bridge armor of the 5,500-ton honor-class heavy cruiser, which is the key protection of the bridge, and the other is that it has a wide war room, but all this is at the expense of coal tanks and part of the engine room, which directly leads to the problem of the short range of the South Ridge, but for the river gunboat-class destroyers, The Nanling was still an absolute behemoth, and its twin three 150 mm and 35 times caliber naval guns could defy all the batteries along the river basin today.

Feng. Earl Dewis is very interested in this destroyer designed and built by the Chinese Empire itself, with a small tonnage and high speed, with a deadly weapon such as torpedoes, the main guns of the general capital ships are not easy to hit, and the secondary guns cannot be easily sunk, once approached by this kind of battleship in a naval battle, it is a complete disaster for the capital ships with an extremely expensive cost of tens of thousands of tons. The Earl of D'Affaires even dared to assert that destroyers would also become one of the main ships in the future sea.

For von. Earl Dewes's sight Lin Haijiang was slightly surprised, because Feng. Count Dewis was able to judge the purpose and prospects of the battleship only by looking at the configuration and technical parameters of the battleship. Lin Haijiang, Earl of Deweis, couldn't help but glance up!

Feng. After the Earl of D'Welt and Lin Haijiang each lit their cigars, von . The Earl of Dewis pulled out a gilded wooden inlaid with silver edges. Count Dwis smiled slightly: "His Majesty Wilhelm I has invited you to Prussia to attend the founding ceremony of the Second German Empire, His Majesty Wilhelm I has invited all the royal family members in Europe, and His Majesty hopes that you, the most loyal ally of the Second German Empire in Asia, Your Excellency the Head of the Chinese Empire, can attend this ceremony." ”

Lin Haijiang took the so-called invitation that was heavy enough and looked at it, the invitation was written in Chinese, it can be said that he fully took care of his face, it seems that there are still people in Germany who know themselves very well? For this, Lin Haijiang was not complacent, but had an inexplicable sense of crisis, because as a traverser, what Lin Haijiang was most afraid of was that others knew him too well.

However, in his memory, on January 18, 1871, King Wilhelm I of Prussia was crowned Emperor of Germany at the Palace of Versailles in France, and the Second German Reich created by Wilhelm I ended with the defeat of Germany and the collapse of the Second Reich in the First World War that began in 1914.

Since Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War earlier than in history, it was natural that Wilhelm I was crowned emperor in advance. The Count of Dewes asked in English: "How many German troops are in France now?" How much did France pay reparations? ”

by Feng. The translator of a blonde brought by the Earl of Dwys, Lin Haijiang nodded slightly, he also lacks a standard German translator now, few of the international students he sent are studying German, and most of the international students' German is a two-knife If he would work with Feng in normal times. The Earl of Dewys spoke in English, but today was an extremely important diplomatic occasion, and both sides arranged for stenographers and necessary interpreters, both to serve as historical evidence and to show mutual respect for diplomatic etiquette.

For Lin Haijiang's change of the Prussian army to the German army, Feng Haijiang. Count D'Avis looked very happy, after all, His Majesty Wilhelm I had not yet boarded the plane to become the German Emperor, and Lin Haijiang obviously gave enough respect to the future Second German Reich.

Feng. The Count of De Weiss said with great pride: "There are still about 400,000 German troops left in France, and unless France pays off the indemnity of five billion francs, the army of the Reich will not withdraw from France!" ”

Facing Feng. Count Dewis was full of confidence, Lin Haijiang remembered a person, that person is now the German prime minister Bismarck, the history of Bismarck originally thought that France would need a long time before France could recover in the Franco-Prussian War, but in 1873 paid five billion francs in advance, forcing the German army to withdraw from France.

Then the rebellion of the Paris Commune did not happen in this time and space, because Napoleon III still controlled a part of the surrendered army, which was rearmed by the Germans and cooperated with the Germans to help Napoleon III maintain his rule, otherwise if Napoleon III's rule collapsed, then the German reparations would also be in vain, unless Germany was prepared for a German-French war.

What if the French can pay the reparations in less than two years? Then the German army will also face a retreat, and if Germany wants to intervene in France, it will inevitably be intervened by Russia, Britain and other countries.

For the so-called indemnity of 5 billion francs, Lin Haijiang has a new understanding of the net worth of the French, you must know that from 1795, when the franc officially replaced the livre as the standard currency unit of France, in 1834, all other currencies withdrew from the field of French circulation, and the franc became the only currency in France.

In 1803, France implemented the gold and silver double standard, stipulating that 1 franc contained 0.29 grams of gold and 4.5 grams of silver, although in the end due to the continuous beating of the gold and silver ratio in the late nineteenth century, resulting in the collapse of the gold and silver double standard, but for 1862 five billion francs will undoubtedly be an astronomical amount! Even far exceeded the total amount of the indemnity in the year of Gengzi in history, Lin Haijiang suddenly had the idea of knocking on the bamboo pole of the French?

With Feng. The Earl of Dewis continued to chat for a while, and Lin Haijiang bid farewell to Feng. Count Dewes, because both of them knew that there were still a lot of secret agreements to negotiate and sign when they returned to Canton, and those were things that were under the table, and there was no need for any translators and recorders.

Lin Haijiang slept very loudly this night, but he was awakened by the sound of cannons in the morning? After the report, I learned that it was the Beiyang New Army in Nanjing City that was firing air artillery?

In the Golden Dragon Hall in Nanjing City, the generals of Beiyang knelt behind Zuo Zongtang and filled the hall, the backbone of Beiyang, a generation of great Confucian Zeng Guofan rode a crane to the west, looking at the chair with a smile on the corner of the mouth of the handsome, everyone had different expressions, some were crying, some were secretly wiping their tears, some were numb, and even more looked around!

After a while, after settling Zeng Guofan's body, Zuo Zongtang picked up Zeng Guofan's handwritten book and read it, and then fell to his knees with a puff, crying loudly: "Handsome! You are loyal and filial piety and have no regrets, for our sake you did not hesitate to take your life, what kind of face do I have to the world! ”

Xu Guangyuan, who was a little emotional, immediately got up and said, "There is a kind of going out of the city with me and fighting with Lin Rebel and thief!" Avenge the handsome! ”

Zuo Zongtang held up Zeng Guofan's handwritten book and shouted: "Who dares! I have a handsome handbook, which of you dares to make a time? Da Shuai sacrificed his name for your life, and the life you are waiting for is no longer what you are waiting for, it is Da Shuai! Zuo Zongtang's words made Xu Guangyuan and the others suddenly fall to their knees and cry in a low voice.

(To be continued)