On the question of whether the imperial court would send troops, Qingliu and Beiyang struggled fiercely, and Cixi sat on it and watched coldly.

Li Hongzao said: "Queen Mother, although Wang Yi, chairman of Dashang, is known as the head of business, he is actually a bandit and a thief!" Although Feng, Ji, Liao, and the Eastern Mongolian League are nominally under the control of our Qing Dynasty, they are actually under the control of Wang Yi alone. This time, France joined forces with the Japanese to attack north, and it was completely the fault of the big businessmen. But for me, it was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you can gather heavy troops, you can settle the battle and take the opportunity to nationalize the big business. Not only will the country have countless more financial resources in its hands, which will solve the current financial predicament, but it will also deter the world and shake the night. ”

This old man is talking about impassioned, spitting stars flying.

Zhang Shusheng, who was urgently recruited into the palace next to him, said hurriedly at this time: "Queen Mother, don't do it!" Don't listen to this nonsense! Although France and Japan came together, the navy was strong, but the foundation of the great merchants was on land. With less than 10,000 soldiers and horses in France and Japan combined, if you want to compete with the big merchants, it is completely wishful thinking. With the experience of the Russians in the past, our army must not act rashly, because once the big merchants are forced to rebel, it will be too late to regret it. ”

The ministers of the Qingliu and Beiyang factions continued to argue, and Cixi did not express her position, but silently observed everyone's expressions. Devil Liuyi 60 Since Ci'an died, he has been silent and silent, there he lowered his head, no one looked at him, as if he was asleep, and Cixi was a little tired of looking at him all these years. The other princes and ministers also had an attitude of staying out of this matter, and they couldn't tell which one would be better.

"Alright, that's all for now! Kneel down! After speaking, Cixi didn't look back, and left with Li Lianying and other eunuchs, not even giving the ministers a chance to salute.

Qingliu and the people from Beiyang glared at each other, and no one paid attention to anyone, so they went out of the palace and went to find their own mothers.

Having nothing to do, Cixi took Li Lianying to wander around the north sea of a pond of Sanxian Mountain, walking and walking, Cixi suddenly said: "Little Lizi, how is the income of Wang Yi's business with the mourning family?" ”

Li Lianying was taken aback, she didn't expect Cixi to suddenly mention this, and immediately said: "Back to Lafayette, the big merchants send accounts every month, and there is a lot of money. ”

"And what about the income?"

"The printing office and the royal exhibition combined, the monthly income is about fifteen thousand taels of silver."

Cixi smiled and said, "It's really a lot!" ”

"Isn't it all thanks to Lafayette, your blessing?" Li Lianying said with a smile.

Cixi suddenly looked directly at Li Lianying and said, "Little Lizi, how many benefits has Dashang given you recently?" ”

As soon as she heard this, Li Lianying was frightened, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying, and said: "Lafayette Mingjian, the slave deserves to die for his crime, but the slave did confiscate a single silver bribe from the big businessman." ”

Cixi looked at him for a long time before she said, "Okay, get up!" The mourning family is just a joke, you slave is still serious! But then again, this Wang Yi really won't be in trouble! ”

That night, there was a decree in the palace - ordering the Beiyang Naval Division to step up protection, and transfer troops from all over the country to defend the Beijing Division. Although it was nominally to prevent a sneak attack by France and Japan, in fact it was to gather troops, and once there was a change in the northeast, the Qing court would send troops to seize the great merchant inheritance. Prepared with both hands, Cixi is much stronger than Li Hongzao's gang in this regard.

In the port of Nagasaki, Japan, the commander of the French Expeditionary Fleet, May, is drinking and talking with Japanese Admiral Saigo Tomichi.

Saigo is the younger brother of Saigo Takamori who died in the previous Southwest War, and is currently the leader of the Satsuma Domain, and was originally the Minister of War, but because of this operation, he was appointed by the emperor as a naval admiral, and he was actually the commander-in-chief of the fleet of the expedition to the Great Merchants. (The Admiral would not normally be established until after 1890.) ）

"Commander Mei Yi is coming from afar, and I am here to salute the commander." Saigo said respectfully.

For Japanese sake, Mei Yi feels pretty good. At this time, it is already night, because it is an important gathering place of Chinese culture in Japan, and the streets of Nagasaki have a Tang style, and the taverns are very clean.

"Thank you." Dressed in civilian clothes, it is not uncommon for foreigners to be found in Nagasaki these days, mostly Americans, with the occasional Frenchman encountered. To be honest, Mei Yi's impression of Japan is far better than that of Annan and the Qing Dynasty. "Cheers to our shared journey."

Saigo nodded and said, "Hi! ”

The fleets of the two armies converged at Nagasaki, and neither side was in a hurry to attack, and the French expeditionary fleet sailed from the south of Annam to Nagasaki, and although there were some supplies along the way, it was after all on the territory of the Qing Dynasty. So the fleet was careful from top to bottom, and at this time it finally arrived in the harbor of the allies. All the French were relieved that there would be a week's rest to follow, and the ship would need repairs after a long voyage. The sailors just need to have fun and need to vent their nervousness on the short Japanese woman. However, at this time, no one cares about the big businessmen, the strength is there, it is only a few days, and their military strength will not improve in the slightest. Even if there were, in front of a huge fleet, it was just a decoration.

In the second half of the night, the heavens and the earth seemed to change from hustle and bustle to tranquility in an instant, the breeze caressed the treetops, and the waves became very distant at this moment.

Sosuke Yamazaki, the owner of a local tavern in Nagasaki, closed more than three hours later than usual because of the French hospitality today. After finally sending away the Frenchmen who were talking strange things, Yamazaki Soyu began to pack up his small stall, and by the time it was finished, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning.

"Hey, that's a nuisance!" Soyu Yamazaki complained a little, but the income was not bad. Walking on the street, looking up at the stars, suddenly against the dark background of the sky, he found several huge figures moving, with red, green and yellow colors flashing regularly.

"What's that? I didn't drink tonight. The man who wandered in the middle of the night thought to himself. At this time, he was speechless in shock, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief, but the scene in his eyes did not change in the slightest, and he counted carefully, "One, two, three, four." "It's a smaller figure, but there are two larger figures moving through the air.

Sosuke Yamazaki suddenly felt fear, it was a shiver from the bone marrow, so he couldn't help himself and shouted.

"Run, everyone, the monster is coming!" No one responded to him at night, and Sosuke Yamazaki felt that he must have walked into a strange nightmare. Try, but can't get rid of it!

The figure flying in the air slowed down on the port of Nagasaki, and the buzzing sound that had been accompanied by it was much smaller.

But then Yamazaki Sosuke saw a scene that he would never forget, a strange cylinder falling from the huge figure, initially horizontal, but soon became one on the one and one down, and at the same time, the cylinders also made a strange whistling sound. The moment those things hit the battleship in the harbor.

Yamazaki saw the skyrocketing fire first, and paused for a moment before the dull explosion was heard.

At this moment, Nagasaki seemed to be awakened...... Unexpectedly, they were greeted by the fireworks of death.

Zhao Ziguang sat on the pit viper No. 1 airship, looking at the current scene of Nagasaki Port through the glass, the rising flames were like a demonic ceremony, and the firelight reflected a wooden photo frame next to Zhao Ziguang, in which there was a group photo - him, Xu Xiao, and his sister Zhao Lan.

"Brother, we're here to avenge you!"

Zhao Ziguang's status in Dashang is relatively special, he was originally a student of Dashang Liberal Arts Class, but now he has become the deputy commander-in-chief of the Dashang Air Force. He has a somewhat alternative personality and has few friends in the liberal arts class, and Xu Xiao is one of them.

The reason why the two were able to become friends was that Zhao Ziguang's sister, Zhao Lan, played a big role, because the girl liked this boy with a dull temperament very much, but it seemed that the boy was a little puzzled, and his love for rice seemed to exceed that of a woman. At least Zhao Ziguang thinks that if a girl as good as his sister likes herself, she will definitely not go to that hot island to grow rice most of the year.

"But I won't see that black face again this year......"

Zhao Ziguang is sad, for Xu Xiao, and for his sister. Knowing the bad time, his sister's pale face, Zhao Ziguang was distressed, and it was hard to forget, every time he thought of this, his heart was always like a knife, and his heart was painful!

Maybe no one thought that in fact, even Zhao Ziguang himself didn't dare to think that the captain Wang Yi would put the heavy task of solving the Franco-Japanese combined fleet on himself.

Of course, it is impossible for an operation to have only one plan, at least there are three plans given to Zhao Ziguang by Wu Xiao's staff.

The first plan, Plan A, is the current situation, provided that the enemy does not attack, the weather permits, the Dashang Air Force will be dispatched, there are currently four pit vipers and two mammoths, carrying air-dropped bombs that have not been developed for a long time. Because there were only four people on board the airship to operate it manually, the weight of the bomb was limited to 180 kg. Under the guidance of the Great Merchant Fleet, they went to Nagasaki, otherwise they would not even know where Nagasaki was, and then bombed the port of Nagasaki, and if possible, all the enemy ships were sunk in the port. However, the biggest problem was that the airship could go to Nagasaki, but the fuel was not enough to allow the airship to return, and the solution was to build a temporary air base in North Korea for relay resupply.

The second plan, Plan B, allows the airship to attack, but the enemy fleet has already left the port, in this case, in fact, the airship can play a far less role than the first one, after all, the accuracy of the bears is too low. At this time, they become a supporting role, using machine guns to help the large merchant fleet solve problems.

The worst is the third, the weather conditions do not allow the airship to attack. In fact, as long as the wind strength in the air exceeds thirty knots, the large merchant fleet can only fight independently. It's hard to say what the outcome will be. The Great Merchant Fleet is strong, and when facing an enemy three times its own, it does not dare to pack a ticket. The only strategic goal is to preserve the strength of the opponent and allow the opponent to carry out a landing operation. It will be wiped out by the army, but it is inevitable that the coastal areas will suffer.

Even if all six airships attacked, the amount of ammunition they carried was still limited, and the Nagasaki military port was on fire at this time, but the specific results were not as optimistic as they appeared.

Zhao Ziguang looked at the fuel gauge and ordered helplessly: "Drop all the bombs and all return!" ”