In February 1898, the New Year was approaching, and there was a shouting voice all over the country, and after a year of hard work, in the end I still had not been able to eat a good meal, put on a good one, and recently I heard that there was an incident in the south, and the scene was not small, and when I received the news from my side, people had already occupied the whole territory of Hainan, and the speed was not to be said at all.

"Hey, have you heard? There is another incident in the south, and I don't know how many people will die this time. "In a teahouse in the Imperial City of Yanjing, several young masters and sons with fairly good family backgrounds sat together, drinking tea, listening to the play, and chattering about what happened in the south recently.

"Isn't it? I really don't know what those people think, but it's okay, but it's okay to rebel? How about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? It's powerful enough, it occupied most of the Qing Dynasty, and in the end it was not destroyed, if I want to say, I should arrest all these people who started the incident and cut them down, so as not to injure the innocent. Another boy ate a melon seed and said carefully.

"It's really hard to say, I heard from a friend from the south that there are tens of thousands of people this time, and all of them have muskets, which are more powerful than the new army of the imperial court." After listening to what he just said, the other son hurriedly told his own gossip.

"What? Even the new army of the imperial court is not their opponent? The crowd looked at him in amazement.

"I don't know if the new army of the imperial court is an opponent, and they haven't fought on either side, so it's naturally hard for us to judge, but it's really hard to say. I've also heard that their muskets hit very far, and the imperial troops couldn't hit them, so they lay down on their side. ”

"What is this? I've heard that there are hundreds of red-coated cannons over there, and the fight is so loud that even the ground is shaken. ”

"What are you? Didn't our Great Qing Kingdom say that it had the largest fleet in Asia? In fact, this is not the case at all, the gang of people who started in the south are the first, and our Qing Dynasty can only be the second, a few years ago, in the Sino-Japanese Naval War, why did the Beiyang Fleet lose not a single ship? Do you know why? Speaking of this, the boy deliberately paused, trying to satisfy everyone's appetite.

"Why? Hurry up, don't adjust our appetites, I'll just invite you for this meal. A son couldn't help but hurriedly said.

"That's because the Beiyang Fleet didn't go to war at all, it was all fought by other people, and it directly wiped out the combined fleet." The man who spoke said proudly, not noticing the forbidden brows of the two men next to him.

"So the Beiyang Fleet is stealing credit?"

"What do you know? This is called politics, not the Beiyang Fleet to grab the credit, but people deliberately gave all the credit to the Beiyang Fleet, at that time the south may not be ready, so this is the credit to them, and this can not only let the Beiyang Fleet see their own strength, but also can fiercely deter them, but also can get a good impression in the future, it can be described as killing three birds with one stone. ”

"I said, how do you know so clearly? It can't be nonsense, right? ”

"What? Am I talking nonsense? Let me tell you, I watched it from the top of the hill not far away during the naval battle, and I saw the whole process, and the ironclad ships were not lined up at all, so let's just say that there were more than ten battleships over there, and the ironclad ships could only fight the autumn wind around, but I could see it clearly. ”

After hearing this, the brows of the two men next to him were unconsciously relaxed, and it was only now that they knew that this boy was still bragging, watching from the top of the mountain not far away? When he said that there were mountains around the naval battle, and there was not even a single island or reef that could stand on people, where did he look? Also battleships, ironclads, we only have submarines......

"How many people, do you want to know my latest news?" The two men looked at each other, understood what the other party meant, stood up and walked to the side of the young masters at this table, and said happily.

"What's your news?" The person who spoke saw that the person who came was dressed well, and he was considered a rich man, so he didn't treat him as an outsider.

"I heard that after the south occupied the whole of Hainan, it distributed daily necessities to the people in the occupied areas, opened the granaries and began to put grain, and also said that they would open factories in the interior and develop some scenic spots along the coast, that is, for people to relax. In addition, I am telling you the gossip that I heard that the people over there are now of the same mind as them. ”

"Really? Where did you get the news from? I don't think you look like a local, do you? A man asked cautiously.

"Hehe, Childe's test is good, I am indeed not a local, I partnered with a friend to set up a shop in Guangzhou, and recently said that I came to the capital to buy some goods, I am close to that side, and naturally I know more than you."

"This boss, I also want to go to the south to have a look, I wonder when you will return? I wonder if you can let me go along with you, so that I can have a companion on the way? A man in his mid-forties stood up and walked up to them and said.

"You are?" The man asked with some questions, do you want to go south with you? It's time for me to go back during this time, but unfortunately I went to Hainan, not Guangzhou, and I just borrowed the road to Guangzhou.

"In the next Yan Fu."

April 1898

The whole territory of Hainan has been liberated, and the daily necessities and various welfare measures distributed by the Wang Lin authorities have all been distributed, and the people of Hainan have also expressed their original acceptance of Wang Lin's enthusiasm, not to make trouble, not to cause trouble, this is their greatest support for Wang Lin.

The Qing court, after more than two months of discussion, finally let Lafayette override public opinion and decided to send troops to Hainan Island to encircle and suppress, and Lafayette's style has always been that he would rather let foreigners take their own things than take them away from these minions, because they are born slaves and do not deserve sympathy or pity at all.

However, in view of the Qing court's [***], the crusade order originally issued in April has not seen a force appear on the other side of Hainan Island until the end of May, and even the Beiyang Fleet is still docked in the military port because of lack of funds and no combat coal, in fact, Lafayette does not know that the navy is a big money-eater, nor does she want to deliberately deduct some from the navy funds to spend it for herself, but she really can't control her own spending**, so she can only deduct it from the navy funds, the last Sino-Japanese naval battle, If it weren't for Wang Lin's sudden appearance, the current result would definitely be the same as in history, reparations, and the signing of traitorous treaties would definitely be indispensable.

In the end, Lafayette finally endured it, reduced his expenses for the month by half, and coaxed and frightened the officials to make some efforts, and immediately sent the funds to the Beiyang Fleet, and the Beiyang Fleet set sail with a bang.

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