Although Wang Youling did not express his position, he did not scold, according to Hu Xueyan's understanding of Wang Youling, this is basically tempting, of course, this motivation is only considered in the worst case, that is, defeat.

After all, the Qing Dynasty has successfully established the image of Zhengshuo among the scholars, and letting Zhengshuo not serve his life, but surrendering to the rebels, this is just a way to do it.

Hu Xueyan actually had similar thoughts, otherwise he would not have conveyed Wang Feng's message to Wang Youling until now, although Wang Feng greatly promoted industry and commerce, abolished excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and forcibly apportioned all kinds of food and cards, and gave support and guidance to businessmen, it stands to reason that he should be supported by businessmen all over the world, but some people are not used to this.

Just like Hu Xueyan, he has always followed the path of collusion between officials and businessmen, and is accustomed to relying on the privileges of the government to do business, which is essentially unruly, a destroyer of the market order of free competition, and a member of the vested interest group. Including the thirteen lines of tooth merchants, there is also a similar situation, which is a common problem of bureaucratic capital!

For example, if a freshwater fish is suddenly thrown into the sea, although it is a wider world, but it can't even breathe freely, how can it gallop and swim? The final result can only be suffocation, Hu Xueyan will not surrender to Wang Feng unless he has to, he persuaded Wang Youling, just because he does not have much confidence in this battle, after all, as a speculator, keen insight is essential, he is just leaving a retreat for himself.

The journey from Ningbo to Jiaxing was about 300 miles, and on the way, Hu Xueyan and Wang Youling never mentioned that they had joined the Democratic League, and after arriving in Jiaxing on 28 May, Wang Youling immediately threw himself into the busy pre-war preparations. It seems that Hu Xueyan's persuasion did not have any impact on him, but what the truth is, I am afraid only God knows. He knew it himself.

The distance from Ningbo to Shanghai is four hundred and fifty miles, although it is a little farther. The sea route was obviously much faster, and at the same time that Wang Youling arrived in Jiaxing, the combined fleet also appeared on the sea surface of Shanghai.

The ship on which Wu Wenrong was on was the flagship of the British army, the battleship Duke Wellington, which was launched in September of the previous year, and it was a brand new battleship.

Although Britain was unable to send an expeditionary force to prepare for the Crimean War, the Duke of Wellington was sent to support the war that was about to take place in the Far East. It is larger than the Hermes, 73 meters long, with a chimney height of 18 meters, a width of 7 and a half meters, and a total displacement of 5,922 tons. The composite engine has a maximum power of 671 kilowatts, which is nearly double the power of the Hermes.

Arguably. The Duke of Wellington is a battleship that integrates the latest scientific and technological achievements of the British Royal Navy and British scientific and technological forces!

Standing on the lookout, Wu Wenrong is infinitely emotional, and his confidence is also infinite.

It's just that he was not very satisfied with the few people around him, and finally forcibly suppressed the look of disgust, according to Wen Xian, who accompanied the ship, these are all from the king of India. Among them is Assaf of Hyderabad. Jah V, there was Kashmi Bhai from Jangsibang. Known as the Queen of Zhangxi, there is a native king from the princely state of Vadoda, Gampatrao. and Vadia IV of the Wadia dynasty.

The British rule in India began with the direct intervention of the East India Company in the finances and taxation of the princely states, cultivating a group of local tax payers who were directly loyal to the British and paying taxes, and leaving a corresponding share to the princely lords, who were unwittingly deprived of their financial rights when they thought that they had been freed from the headache of taxation and did not need to be as fearful as they were in the face of the Mughal emperors.

After cultivating grassroots tax collectors loyal to the British to grasp the financial power of India, the British reduced the financial share of the princely lords little by little, and in the name of poor governance, they cut the feudal domains in an extremely covert manner, and after decades of efforts, half of the princely states were taken back to the British, so that most of the princely lords were demoted to nominal nominal nobility of rentier annuities like the landed nobles after the reform of Louis XI of France.

At that time, there were white religion and Hinduism in India, and the Mughal Empire was based on white religion as the upper ruling class, and white religion was more aggressive, and the doctrine of Hinduism was the reincarnation of this life and the next life, this life is a pariah, the next life is Kshatriya, this life is Brahmin, then the next life will be reduced to a Shudra, so don't worry if you are not living well now, there are a lot of good days waiting for you in the next life!

The purpose of Hinduism is to teach obedience, patience, and not to make trouble, and the British recognized this merit and vigorously co-opted the Hindus, cultivating a considerable number of pro-British elites, who supported British rule and became de facto Indian bananas.

Among the four great earth kings who accompanied the British army, except for Queen Zhangxi, who was a white Christian, the other three kings all believed in Hinduism.

Although Wu Wenrong tried his best not to let this discrimination form come out, he still subconsciously leaned towards Wen Xian, and asked through the translator: "Mr. Wen Xian, you see, the front is the county seat of Shanghai, according to this official, the short hair does not have soldiers stationed in Shanghai, do you want to take Shanghai first, so as to strengthen the prestige of our army?" ”

Wen Xian said in broken Chinese: "No, no, no! We, Britain, France, and the United States have already reached an agreement with Mr. Wang Feng that Shanghai is a peaceful city without garrisoning troops, and that the Democratic Alliance forces do not exercise any actual management rights over Shanghai, so we cannot first violate the agreement, which is contrary to the spirit of our contract. ”

"It's still Mr. Bonham's thoughtfulness." Wu Wenrong smiled and praised it, but in fact, he secretly scolded pedantic in his heart.

In Wen Xian's vision, once the Democratic League army was defeated, it was only necessary to arrest or expel the police of the Democratic League army in Shanghai, and then under the pretext of protecting the people of Shanghai, the concession would send police to station, because Shanghai was surrounded by concessions on all sides, Shanghai would become a de facto concession, and in this case, how could the Qing court be allowed to send troops to occupy it?

You must know that the Qing court has both sovereignty and jurisdiction over Shanghai in law, and forcibly taking it back after taking Shanghai is justified and helpless for the British government, which has to wear the skin of law in everything.

After smiling coldly, Wen Xian turned his head and said: "General Huishi, I'll leave it to you next, please pull over the ship, I will go ashore in the concession, and Lord Ji Hang'a and Lord Wu Jianzhang of the Qing Kingdom will board the ship to provide you with reference, I hope you can work together, don't underestimate the enemy, Wang Feng, the commander-in-chief of the Democratic Alliance, is a cunning person, I am waiting for you to come to the news of victory." ”

Wish's full name is Jeniel. Huish, with the rank of lieutenant general, was appointed by the Indian Governor-General, Marquess James, Dalhousie, as commander-in-chief of the war against the NLD forces, and he launched the Battle of Gujarat in the Second British Sikh War in 1849, which was a resounding victory, forcing the Sikh army to surrender!

The deputy commander was Commodore George Murphy. Lambert, who in 1852 captured the Madaban Delta, which is the estuary of the Salween, Sidang, Yangon and Irrawaddy rivers in Burma, stifling Burma's maritime communications, and then captured Yangon and Bo Sang, the capital of Ayeyarwady Province and the center of Burma's rice trade, and then announced the annexation of Bago Province the following year after capturing the trading node of the Ayeyarwady River and the Mon capital of ancient Burma, Bago in October of that year.

From their resumes, it can be seen that these two have rich experience in colonial warfare, and one is the same as a pair, which is equivalent to double insurance for this war!

For Bonham's advice, Hui Shi does not take it too seriously, after the defeat of ordinary people, they like to boast that the enemy is too strong to hide their incompetence, he believes that Bonham is no exception, besides, he has served in the colony for many years, who is not cunning in those Tuwang Tusi? But the conspiracy of a qiē will be in the face of absolute strength!

In addition to the warships, the British soldiers were equipped with mini guns and 50 light cannons, which were specially used for land warfare, and the East India Company also invested heavily in this war.

Out of politeness, Hui Shi smiled slightly: "Mr. Wenham, you have handed over all the information of the Democratic Alliance Army to me, I will face it carefully, please wait for the good news in the concession." As he spoke, he waved his hand back and said: "It's only morning, we should attack the Yangtze River in one go, give the order, prepare with the Black Flag Gang, and enter the mouth of the Yangtze River to open the way with minesweepers!" ”

"Yes!" The flag-bearer waved his flag, and the Duke Wellington sailed slowly toward the shore.

The so-called minesweeper is specially designed for the mines of the Democratic Alliance Army, that is, a row of wooden fences are installed in front of ordinary boats, about two to three zhang in length, and they are fan-shaped, and a minesweeper can cover a channel of about 10 meters.

The order was conveyed in the past, this time the pirates were entrenched in Hainan Island's Black Flag Gang, based on Hainan Island, although minesweeping is a very dangerous job, but the Thirteen Lines spent a lot of money to hire, the so-called heavy reward must have a brave man, the knife licks the blood, isn't it just for money?

The Democratic Alliance sank the Hermes with mines, and this battle will inevitably lay mines in the river, which must be swept before landing, and the British warships cannot clear mines, and the red single boats in Chen Village cannot clear mines, and can only be carried out by the Black Flag Gang, and the purpose of the Thirteen Lines of hired pirates is only to clear the mine, clear the river, and clear the channel for the ships in the rear, even if the task is completed, as for the operation, there is no requirement, of course, if the Black Flag Gang participates in the landing operation, the goods and women they grab are their own.

At this time, the Black Flag Gang can't help but regret it, and they will not only offend the East India Company, Qing Ting, Thirteen Lines, Chen Cun and many other big forces, but also face joint encirclement and suppression, and even don't have to wait so long, as long as the British artillery fires and bombards, not a single ship can escape!

Soon, the pirate ships either released the dinghy or sailed to the front of the formation, stretched out the brackets one after another, and took the lead towards the Yangtze River. (To be continued) R640