Although nylon silk and stockings have come out, it is not yet possible to carry out large-scale mass production, and it is impossible to publicize it in a short period of time, and Qin Yu only pays attention to this matter occasionally, and gives it all to Erin to get it, so it should not start selling so soon.

Chen Fu also knew about this matter, he really attached great importance to nylon stockings, and after discussing it with his subordinates, he wanted to use nylon stockings to open the markets of various countries, so as to make the import and export gap of the empire as small as possible. The current situation of the empire is that imports are far larger than exports, and all the exports are some natural resources and other primary products, and industrial products are basically absent except silk, and nylon stockings are the vanguard of the export of imperial products.

Just when Chen Fu was discussing with Li Qi and others, Seoul was also very lively, because the regimental annihilation of the 18th Division of the Japanese army had reached Seoul, and the Japanese army there was very panicked, and they found that their thousands of troops were not the opponent of the tens of thousands of Chinese troops at all, and the reinforcements had not yet begun to land.

The Japanese in the city and the Korean nobles and merchants were very panicked, the strength of Seoul was not enough to resist the tens of thousands of northeastern troops, in their opinion Seoul was no longer safe, so they packed up their things and prepared to leave, but the Japanese army blocked Seoul, only the Japanese and those traitors were allowed to go out of the city, and the others were allowed to enter but not leave.

Originally, Terauchi Masashi wanted to get the Korean Lee royal family out of Seoul and go south to hide, but for the normal operation of Seoul order and to appease the people, he just took Li Kun, the last emperor of North Korea, out of Seoul and prepared to go to Japan.

After receiving a telegram from Mitsutomi Kamio, the Japanese governor in Korea, Terauchi Masatsuki, could not calm down for a long time, the 18th Division was unexpectedly shattered, and the Chinese army was rushing towards Seoul, which was no wonder that it could be calm.

He knew that the Japanese defense in Korea at this time was very empty, and there was only one division of the 18th Division, but now this division had been shattered, and the imperial army was still preparing to land, even if the soldiers were transported from Arthur, it would be too late.

Although Terauchi Masahiro is very similar to withdrawing from Seoul to avoid the Shina army, but he can't and doesn't dare, once he does this, his life will be ruined, and the 18th Division has not retreated, how can he retreat. Seoul was Japan's base camp in Korea, and a large number of supplies from Japan and Korea were stored here for the attack on Northeast China.

Terauchi Masatsuki knew that the purpose of the Huaxia Empire was not to occupy Korea, but to sabotage, and what the Huaxia Army did along the way could verify his idea, because it was impossible to hold Korea with a motley Northeast army of 100,000 alone.

After knowing the purpose of the Northeast Army, Terauchi Masashi had nothing to fear, he asked people to either hide the materials outside Seoul or transport them to the city, as long as he held Seoul for four or five days, the imperial army would come to support, and he could still do it for a few days. He mobilized a lot of indigenous regiments from the vicinity, plus his own Japanese army in Seoul, Seoul also had five or six thousand troops at this time, and the Japanese regular army was less than three thousand.

The Japanese Governor's Palace in Korea is in front of the Korean Royal Palace, a building as high as seven or eight floors, which is also unique in Seoul, and the momentum looks more glorious than the royal palace behind.

Deoksugung Palace is almost isolated from the outside world, the entire Deoksugung Palace is tightly surrounded by Japanese soldiers, every qiē inside is handled by the Japanese army, vegetables and grains are purchased by the Japanese army, no one can come out inside, and no one outside can enter except for the royal family and the previous ministers and the Japanese.

The heavily guarded Deoksugung Palace made it difficult for the intelligence officers of Huaxia to get close, and they never thought of any way to enter it, and there were basically no residences near the Deoksugung Palace, and some were also in the hands of the Japanese, and it was not possible to dig tunnels to get in, so they could only wait for the arrival of the Northeast army to act.

In the mansion of Li Wanyong, Li Wanyong, Li Geun-taek, Lee Ji-yong, Park Qi-chun, and Kwon Jung-hyun, who were called the "Five Thieves of Ulsi" by the Korean people, were discussing their own way out, because the temple did not allow them to leave the city, and once they left the city, it would cause chaos among those traitors.

These people have been awarded knighthoods by Japan, viscounts or earls, and now they are all advisors to the Central Council of the Japanese Governor-General's Office, among which Li Wanyong has been recognized by the Chinese in Japan, becoming a member of the Chinese community, and enjoying the privileges of the Chinese people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time Seoul is in danger, if we can't hold out the arrival of the imperial army, we will definitely die, but what is the best way?" Li Wan calmly took a sip of tea and said leisurely.

"What else, if Seoul is really finished, the Japanese army will definitely withdraw, and they will also take us, we still have this value, don't we?" Li Jirong was very dissatisfied with the fact that Japan had deprived him of his aristocratic treatment because of his gambling.

"That puppet Li Kun, who is weaker than his father, was sent to Japan, it seems that Li Xi has no use value in the eyes of the Japanese, Seoul should still be able to hold on for a while, but I just don't know how long it can last. If the Chinese army captures Seoul, we can also take refuge in them for the time being, and save our lives, I believe that it will not be long before the imperial army arrives. Li Genze said.

The others didn't say anything, they were thinking about Li Genze's last sentence, and it was not impossible to seek satisfaction for temporary grievances, but they were afraid that people would not give them this opportunity at all.

"There must be a special reason why the Huaxia army is in such a hurry to attack Seoul, and I received information that that little bastard Li Yan has been talking to the prime minister of the Huaxia Empire for a long time recently, but I don't know what agreement they have reached, and what threat is there to us here? I just don't understand how lucky it is for Korea to be so backward and be able to catch the big ship of Japan, just look at the appearance of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is best to know the current affairs by taking refuge in Japan. The more Li Wanyong talked, the more angry he became, in his opinion, it was good to be able to let North Korea join Japan, at least it would not have to be slaughtered by other countries and it would be able to promote the progress of North Korea, and Li Yan and others were fighting against it.

"Maybe it's really Li Yan and Huaxia who reached some agreement, but now Huaxia and Japan are controlling the war situation not to expand, otherwise they would have declared war a long time ago for a full-scale operation, and Huaxia is now at war with Tsarist Russia, if they want to really declare war with Japan, they have to end the battle with Tsarist Russia, but the battle is definitely not so easy to solve, so we don't have to worry." Li Genze analyzed.

Several people also agreed with it, the news that there would be a war between China and Japan had already begun to circulate, but they were more optimistic about Japan, because Japan's strength was indeed stronger than that of the Chinese Empire, especially in terms of navy.

"Anyway, we still send our wives and children to Japan, I believe that Governor Terauchi Masashi will agree, Korea will soon be a place of strife, and our efforts will be dismantled by one day, the hateful Chinese Empire!" Li Wan gritted his teeth and slammed the teacup in his hand, and there was a slam all over the ground, which startled the daughter-in-law and lover Ren next to him.

A few people looked at Ren and were also very envious, and secretly sighed in their hearts that a good cabbage was arched by pigs, and they couldn't do such a thing as occupying their daughter-in-law.

After these people conspired for a while, they immediately went to Terauchi Masayi to let their children go to Japan, and Terauchi Masayi also readily agreed, it would be better for their children to go to Japan.

Feng Delin, who had been in a hurry for two days and one night, rushed to the vicinity of Seoul with his army, and then arrived in Seoul after a few hours of travel, and they did not encounter any obstacles along the way, they all bypassed those county towns and other places, and those indigenous troops did not dare to confront them.

Feng Delin asked the army to stop and rest, he was too tired to hurry, so he had to stop, although there were not many enemies in Seoul, but the task was not simple, and he had to take over Seoul in the best condition.

After resting, the northeastern army immediately continued to march, and Feng Delin divided the army into two parts, one drove around Seoul to the bank of the Han River south of Seoul to Tongguò, and took the boats used to cross the river, while he led 30,000 men to attack Seoul head-on, and then flanked Seoul.

Most of the bridges north of Seoul were blown up by the Japanese, but none of this could stop the advance of the Northeast Army, and they soon reached the outskirts of Seoul and encountered the Japanese as well.

The Japanese army began to retreat as soon as it encountered the Northeast Army in the suburbs, and their total was not five or six thousand, and many of them were Korean indigenous troops, and they had to retreat in the face of more than 30,000 Northeast troops.

Soon these Japanese troops retreated into Seoul, and they fought street battles according to the orders of Terauchi Masatsuki, and those residents of Seoul were strongly ordered to attack the Northeast Army, but the residents of Seoul did not obey the orders of the Japanese army, and they trembled and did not dare to go out at home, who would go to death for no reason.

As soon as the Northeast Army entered Seoul, they were involved in the carefully prepared street battles of the Japanese army, and at first there were many casualties, but gradually they did not dare to approach those residential buildings lightly, and tried to go to those places where there were few residential buildings.

The Japanese army used all kinds of means, the street fighting was very fierce, and the casualties of the Northeast Army rose in a straight line, which made Feng Delin grit his teeth with hatred. Even the casualties of the Japanese army in the street fighting were very large, especially those indigenous troops were killed a lot as soon as they came up, their marksmanship was extremely poor, and a few shots may not be hit.

More than an hour later, the two sides were still engaged in fierce street fighting, Feng Delin's head was bigger, and the street fighting of the Northeast army was also very poor, just slightly better than the natives of Korea, and the 30,000 troops were stopped by the Japanese army. The Northeast Army originally wanted to use artillery to bomb those residential buildings into slag, but the Japanese army was so desperate that all the residents were not allowed to go out, which made Feng Delin very taboo, and he didn't want his army to massacre innocent people in newspapers of various countries.

But even so, Terauchi Masashi was very depressed, because he found that his army was about to be unable to resist the attack of the Northeast Army, and he originally thought that he could hold it for a few days, but according to the current situation, he couldn't hold it for a day.

Just when the temple was thinking about what to do, a soldier ran to tell him that Li Xi and the others in the palace were missing, and he was completely stunned.

"Look, find it for me, don't let Li Xi go!" Masaki Terauchi quickly reacted and shouted at the soldiers.