Chapter 7: At Sea (Ask for Recommendations)
As the most important treaty port in the north, although there are no foreign companies near Dagu Wharf, the wharves of foreign banks are one by one, as in the past, the wharves are crowded, those coachmen who pull the carts to transport goods, the hawkers who shout and shout, and the coolies who carry the goods on their shoulders, their short clothes and shoes, and the braids coiled on the top of their heads do not make Huang Deyun feel strange.
This qiē looks no different from Shanghai, except that the back of Shanghai's wharf is full of foreign lines, it seems to be no different, there are dozens of foreign ships of various countries parked at the mouth of Dagu, the flags of various countries are fluttering, and even two foreign warships can be seen, in this bustle, suddenly a deafening password sound, from the end of the road.
"Left, right, left!"
With the sound of the password, Huang Deyun saw a group of soldiers in the distance bravely carrying guns and walking towards the dock with neat steps, these people were wearing short cloth clothes different from the Huai Army's Yunshang number uniform, green clothes and black pants, there was no camp number on their bodies, and they wore a straw hat on their heads, although they were dressed a little strangely, but listening to the neat footsteps, looking at the appearance of full of spirits, Huang Deyun still saw the difference between these people and the battalion soldiers he had seen in the past.
Spiritual heads, that's right, the swaggering spiritual heads of these people look a bit like the foreign soldiers they have seen in Shanghai, and they don't look like the soldiers of the National Dynasty.
"Man, is this the adult's soldier?"
From the guys in the restaurant, Huang Deyun got the answer -- it was the guard of Tang Haoran, the prime minister stationed in the DPRK.
No wonder, it's an adult's guard after a long time, and this is the adult's, this guard is not one in a hundred elites, but this guard is a little more.
When passers-by crowded on the side of the road to watch the bustle, the troops entered the wharf, but Zu Boyan, who was carrying a foreign gun, was startled by the steamer on the wharf that was bigger than a house, smelling the rusty and salty smell of the iron cable soaked in the seawater, and when he boarded the ship with the commander's order, he felt that his legs could not help but weaken.
It wasn't until this that he remembered that he didn't know how to water at all!
But he did not dare to show his weakness - he was now a shed, and he was in charge of eleven big soldiers, if he showed his softness.
"Grandma's, we, let's, really get on this boat?"
This will not only hang in Zu Boyan's heart, but also those soldiers who seemed to be mighty and full of spirit before, they are also nervous, most of them grew up inland, when have they been out to sea.
"I'm afraid of a bear, you kid is just a first-class soldier, isn't Lord Tang also on the boat! Your life can be as valuable as an adult! ”
Zu Boyan shouted like this, not so much to cheer up others, but to cheer himself up. That is, what is there to be afraid of, Lord Tang is also on the ship......
Thinking like this in his heart, he couldn't help but look towards the boat, there seemed to be an adult wearing a third-grade official robe standing there at the bow of the ship, could it be Lord Tang?
Early in the morning, before dawn, Tang Haoran took the curtain crew to the dock, where the coolies at the dock were loading bullets and shells on the ship, and at this time standing on the "Gao Sheng", they were muttering in their hearts.
Gao Sheng, four years later, isn't the Japanese the ship that attacked by sneak attack? Why did China Merchants arrange this ship for itself? This ship doesn't seem to be a China Merchants ship!
Little Japan shouldn't have attacked itself too, right?
muttering like this in his heart, Tang Haoran looked at the soldiers who drank the password and walked into the dock in unison, 1296 people, this is his own guard, and it is also the first armed force he mastered, although it is equipped with a single ring old Mauser who was stored in the warehouse a few years ago, and the cannon is only 8 Krupp camp guns, but looking at this army, Tang Haoran only felt a blood boiling in his chest.
This is its foundation, although there are only more than 1,000 people now, but maybe in a few years, this army will be able to become a team of more than 100,000 people.
However, looking at their blue clothes, black pants and cloth shoes, Tang Haoran couldn't help but sigh in his heart, although the new military uniforms were purchased according to one person and three sets in Shebuzhuang, but in Tianjin, they couldn't let them change into new military uniforms with great fanfare, otherwise there might be some trouble.
Wait, wait, wait, wait for North Korea!
When it was time for North Korea to disembark......
"The way of training the army is really admired by the ministers!"
Thinking about it, Kim Myung-gyu came out of nowhere, looking at the guards who entered the dock with neat steps, he couldn't believe that these soldiers had only practiced for forty-seven days, looking at their appearance, at least they were also elites who had been practicing for a long time.
"It's just that I just learned to walk!"
Tang Haoran and Kim Myung-gyu played haha, and went to North Korea by themselves, and this Kim Myung-gyu was also transferred back to North Korea, which was not just taking his own tailwind.
"It is a blessing for North Korea to have the help of adults......
In Kim Myung-gyu's sycophancy, the corners of Tang Haoran's lips lifted slightly, looking at the officers and soldiers who were boarding the ship, and couldn't help but think in his heart, when you stay in North Korea, you will know how this official is fortunate for North Korea!
After more than an hour, the "Gao Sheng" ship sounded its whistle and sailed out of the port, heading in the direction of Lushun, and when the ship sailed away, in the box on the second floor of a restaurant near the wharf, a young man with short shaved hair in a suit looked at the distant foreign ship with a thoughtful look. There is only one question in the hearts of young people: What kind of impact will Tang Haoran's appointment have on the situation in North Korea?
After sailing on the Bohai Bay for several hours, the Gao Sheng was already far away from the mainland, and most of the soldiers who were originally afraid of taking the boat would be on the side of the ship, looking at the sea with a curious eye, and they were all surprised by the vastness of the sea.
Just when everyone was attracted by the sea, there was a command from the commander to return to the cabin and receive a new military uniform, and as early as yesterday, Shang Dequan, who was the standard of the guard, received a military order to take off his old military uniform and change into a new military uniform after six hours of the ship's operation. Deyang-style military uniforms, Western-style backpacks, all of them are so fresh, and even the cotton socks are the first time they have worn them.
"This shoelace should be tied like this......"
"This is how the armed belt should be ......"
In the past few hours, they have been talking about topics related to North Korea, from opening factories to building mines, in short, so the topics revolve around North Korea, around a purpose - seeking wealth, and as the topic deepens, they talk about the oppression of businessmen by the North Korean government, and according to Tang Shaoyi, that kind of oppression is limited to North Korean businessmen. As for the Chinese merchants, the government did not dare to infringe on it in the slightest.
"So, in North Korea, the status of our Chinese businessmen is similar to that of foreign businessmen in our Great Qing Kingdom?"
Because of his background in a businessman, Li Muchen is naturally very concerned about the status of a businessman.
"More than that!"
Tang Shaoyi said with a smile.
"In these years, if Yuan Weiting has any merit in North Korea, it is to re-establish the status of Chinese businessmen, in North Korea, Chinese businessmen have the name of the people of the country outside, and the help of the minister stationed in North Korea, if the local government dares to oppress, the minister in North Korea will send someone to take off his official hat and remove him into the minister's office, and he can even start a trial without meeting with the three divisions of North Korea......
Tang Shaoyi's words, all he said was a burst of excitement, according to what he said, this minister's office in North Korea is not the "emperor", naturally he is full of expectations for North Korea, and Tang Haoran is concerned about another issue.
"Shaochuan, in your opinion, can my country expand the Chinese concession in North Korea?"
North Korea has a Chinese concession, which is not new, but in later generations, Tang Haoran has also seen this information, but the area is extremely small, far from being comparable with the concessions in Shanghai, Tianjin and other places, but Tang Haoran values this precedent, but what he yearns for is a concession.
"My lord, the current Incheon and other places are still extremely difficult to develop the Chinese world, although this North Korea is our Chinese vassal, I am equal to North Korea has the name of the country, but this North Korea is not necessarily calm, although Britain and Russia and other countries have no intention of getting involved in Korea, all recognize it as our domain, but Japan because of its proximity to Korea, and its change of law after the conquest of Korea, the Japanese have been involved in the heart of Korea for several years, since the establishment of the "Ganghwa Island Treaty" between Japan and North Korea, first opened Busan, later Wonsan, and then to Incheon, the Japanese can be said to be eyeing North Korea. If our country continues to expand its borders, it will only lead to the expansion of the ambitions of the Japanese people, and the situation in Korea will be even worse! So ......"
Seeing that the adult frowned violently because of his words, Tang Shaoyi thought that he was still an outsider in Tang Haoran's scene, so he hurriedly paused, and after a little thought, he continued. ,
"If you want to expand the Chinese world, you have to open another treaty port!"
"Another treaty port!"
With a frown, Tang Haoran turned his gaze to Tang Shaoyi,
Facing the eyes of adults, Tang Shaoyi said as if he had made up his mind.
"When the treaty was signed with Korea, the former commissioners in Korea referred to the Ganghwa Island Treaty signed by the DPRK and Japan, and our country not only obtained the right to open the ports of Busan, Wonsan, and Jemulpo for trade, but also obtained the right to choose one of the ports for trade along the five provinces of Hwanghae-do, South Pyongan Province, North Pyongan Province, South Chungcheong Province, and North Jeolla Province within 20 months, but this clause is like a fictitious clause, because our merchants have great needs to expand the port, so they have no intention of opening up a new port, so this clause ......."
Mentioning the old things, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but sigh:
"Therefore, this matter is also fictitious, this new opening of the port, naturally it has become a fictitious text, if the adult, if the adult can do that thing, when the time comes, the matter can naturally be brought up again, I think the Japanese side will not be able to say anything, otherwise, the North Korean side will bite the original contract expired as the reason for refusing to open the new port,......"
"Looks like that has to be done!"
Nodding slightly, Tang Haoran's gaze cast to the outside of the cabin, at this time night has fallen, it should be almost Lushun, stay in Lushun, and it will not be far from North Korea......