Chapter 165: Recruitment
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When the shopkeeper heard this, he was immediately struck by lightning, although Ren Chao said it soundly, and when he finished the war, he went to the barracks to ask him for money, but the shopkeeper had a few heads and dared to go to the barracks to ask for money, wasn't that the birthday boy hanged himself for a long time? Thinking of this, the shopkeeper hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Adult Mingjian, the small shop is a small business, if it is requisitioned by the adult, the villain's family will have to drink the northwest wind!" There is an eighty-year-old mother on the villain, and a young son who is waiting to be fed. ”
"This official has just said that when the battle is over, you can go directly to the barracks and ask me for money! As an official of the imperial court, will this official still rely on you for this money! Ren Chao said impatiently.
"Please be merciful!" The boss kept kowtowing, muttering in his heart, those who rely on money are all you court officials.
"This officer still has military affairs, so I don't have time to talk to you!" Ren Chao coldly dropped a sentence, turned around and left, and there was nothing polite to such an unscrupulous businessman.
The two wolf-like guards immediately rushed up, ignoring the opposition of the boss and the guys, rushed directly to the house, found a long wooden plank, and wrote a few words on it: "The tiger army distributes porridge for free, and the old, weak, women and children are preferred!" Then he hung it in the doorway.
The shopkeeper looked at Ren Chao's back, his heart was cold, and he secretly scolded Ren Chao's ancestors for eighteen generations, aren't you busy with the military? How can I still have time to hang out here.
Ren Chao doesn't care about this, he cut off other people's financial routes, what does it matter if he is scolded for a few words, not to mention that the guy didn't scold him in person. Ren Chao also knew in his heart how much he could save by being close to such a small shop with so many refugees, but since he had let himself bump into it. If you can save one, it's one! The most important thing is to do our best to destroy the little devil and solve the problem fundamentally.
"You immediately send people here to recruit troops, as long as they are strong, not afraid of death, and want to fight devils with us, they will all be recruited by me!" Ren Chao instructed one of the guards beside him as he walked.
"Order!" The guards bowed down to receive the order.
After Ren Chao finished explaining, he hurried to see Li Hongzhang, this is not North Korea after all, such a blatant recruitment. If you don't get Li Hongzhang's consent, letting some villains sue you behind your back will inevitably be another trouble. Although Ren Chao is not afraid, it is better to be as low-key as possible now.
"Lord Zhongtang, I accidentally passed by in Xicheng District and saw that there were many refugees who had fled from other places. These people have no place to live, no food. There are even many people who have frozen to death on the streets, and they can't bear it, so they order people to recruit refugees for bravery! I thought that these people were forced by the Japanese invaders. If you make good use of it, you can also add a little strength to the defense of the Beijing Division. Adults were not consulted in advance on this matter. I hope that Lord Zhongtang will forgive his sins! After Ren Chao saw Li Hongzhang, he said directly.
When Li Hongzhang heard this, he frowned slightly, "It's just a bunch of hungry people." Even if you barely form an army, how much combat effectiveness can you have without training? Such a person is blindly recruited into the army, and if he is not careful, he may be self-defeating! ”
"Lord Nakado! Although these people are just ordinary farmers, they have now been forced to a dead end by the little devils, and if Lord Zhongtang can give them a chance to live, they will definitely swear to serve the country. Under the desperate efforts of the horseman, even the Japanese are afraid that they will have to retreat! Ren Chao said confidently.
Li Hongzhang thought for a moment and asked, "I heard that when you were in Korea, you also recruited some Chinese in Korea, so that today's Tiger Ben Army has won a hundred battles. ”
"Exactly!" Ren Chao hurriedly replied, "The army of the Tiger Ben Army is mostly composed of Chinese and some of the defeated soldiers in Korea, and the little devils have hit North Korea, and these people are desperate and can only rise up to resist, which is why today's Tiger Ben Army is here." ”
Li Hongzhang nodded slightly, then seemed to remember something, and then asked, "What about the Jiaolong Fleet?" These people are also Chinese in the DPRK? ”
"Returning to Lord Zhongtang, some of the Jiaolong fleet are Chinese in the DPRK, and most of them are Nanyang Chinese!" Ren Chao honestly told the lies he had made up a long time ago, "In recent decades, the Western powers have strengthened their control over the Nanyang colonies, which has made it increasingly difficult for the Chinese to make a living in Nanyang, and the Chinese groups in some places have been exterminated by the colonial armies of the foreign powers!" In order to survive, although these Nanyang Chinese did not dare to confront the foreign powers openly, they secretly united and formed an organization called the Revival Society, secretly accumulating strength to jointly resist the Western colonizers. Those warships were also purchased by the Renaissance Society through a secret channel. When the Korean War broke out last year, the Revival Society sent troops to Korea to help our Qing Dynasty defeat the Japanese invaders. I hope to take this opportunity to connect with my Qing court, and with the help of my Qing court's backer, I will confront the Western powers in Nanyang! However, by the time the Jiaolong fleet arrived in Korea, the Japanese army had already captured Pyongyang, and only a regular army of the Tiger Ben Army led by Beizhi was left in Korea, so they united with Beizhi to fight against the Japanese. ”
Ren Chao had already reported these words to the imperial court before, and Li Hongzhang naturally knew it, although he felt a little unbelievable, but he couldn't find any other reasonable explanation, so he naturally believed Ren Chao's nonsense. Li Hongzhang frowned slightly after hearing this, and asked tentatively, "Can you completely control the Jiaolong fleet now?" Li Hongzhang has long wanted to take this powerful fleet for his own use, especially the giant ship of the Celestial Empire, which makes Li Hongzhang salivate.
"Lord Nakado's forgiveness! The lowly and this revival society can only be regarded as a cooperative relationship, although they promised to obey the lowly dispatch, but the lowly is not sure enough to be able to completely control this fleet! Ren Chao said honestly, "But I think that if the Qing Dynasty is willing to serve as a solid backing for the Fuxing Society and protect the rights and interests of the Nanyang Chinese, this fleet will naturally be able to return to the court." ”
Li Hongzhang couldn't help but show a wry smile, backing them up, against the Western powers? Now the situation of the Qing Dynasty does not have the confidence to confront the Western powers, and the imperial court has always curried favor with the Western powers, where can they dare to offend them. Although this is the truth, Li Hongzhang is not easy to say, it cannot be said that the imperial court is now afraid of the Western powers, and does not dare to offend the Western powers! Li Hongzhang smiled and said, "Let's wait until the Japanese are defeated!" ”
Li Hongzhang paused, and then said, "As for the recruitment of refugees, let's do as you say!" It's just that recruiting troops is a big deal, and you must get the approval of the imperial court! (To be continued......)