"What! Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang led the Northern Expedition! Li Yunzhong was surprised when he heard the news at first glance, but he didn't expect Hong Xiuquan to be restless when he arrived in Sichuan, and dared to send an elite army to the Northern Expedition, "When did they set off?" Which route to take? ”

Others asked this, Shi Dakai would not say, listening to Li Yunzhong's inquiry, he said without hesitation: "Count the days, it's about to set off, and the king of the east also ordered them not to attack the cities along the road, and drive directly to Yandu." ”

"Isn't that going and going back, huh! What a joy. Li Yunzhong remembered the ending of the Northern Expeditionary Army in history, and he still sighed, after all, he was familiar with Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang.

Shi Dakai also did not agree with the Northern Expedition, but he did not dare to question Yang Xiuqing and was speechless.

After sighing for a while, Li Yunzhong thought that it was a good thing for him that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sent troops to the Northern Expedition, which could contain the elite army in the north, and maybe he would also send Shandong and Henan Green Battalions and Xiangyong to help in the war.

Taking advantage of the Qing court's defense of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Luo's outline in Yangzhou may be able to recover the north and peep into Shandong.

Li Yunzhong couldn't help but say, "Okay, good...... I'm going to ...... too. Northern Expedition, cooperate with Lin Fengxiang and them to fight. ”

Hearing that King Han was willing to go on a northern expedition, Shi Dakai, who felt relaxed, bowed to Li Yunzhong: "Brother Gaoyi, Xiaodi remembers it." ”

"Brother Xian, when are you going to go back?" Li Yunzhong helped Shi Dakai up.

Shi Dakai said: "Don't hide it from my brother, the East King sent me to preside over the Eastern Crusade, and I will be stationed in Hubei when I go back." ”

I didn't expect it to be Shi Dakai stationed in Hubei, Li Yunzhong smiled happily, if the Tianjing Incident broke out as scheduled, wouldn't I be able to get Hubei without blood! I don't know if Yang Xiuqing will force the ...... of 'Long live', no, Yang Xiuqing doesn't know how to rein, and he will definitely suffer, not to mention the 'big-headed duck' (Wei Changhui).

"Brother, I don't know ...... of your foreign gun team" Shi Dakai thought of seeing the foreign gun team on the battlefield, and he wanted to form such an army.

"These foreign guns are all bought from foreigners, and they are expensive! Why, Brother Xian also wants some? ”

Hearing that it was bought, Shi Da opened up a lot, and felt that he didn't need to owe favors anymore, so he immediately smiled and said: "I don't know if my brother can buy a batch for my younger brother, the price doesn't need to be negotiated, there are many things in Tianjing Shengkuli." ”

Li Yunzhong thought of the place where the Taiping army passed, the bloody rain and bloody wind, and if he didn't knock on their bamboo poles, he was simply sorry for the landlords who died, "One hundred and one foreign guns, two thousand taels of foreign guns, and twenty taels of gunpowder." In order to win Shi Dakai's trust, he scolded: "Foreigners are really a bunch of vampires!" ”

Shi Dakai exclaimed: "It's so expensive, one hundred taels can buy ten acres of good paddy fields!" Foreigners are really hateful, hoarding goods is strange, and their hearts are punishable. ”

Li Yunzhong said excitedly: "Yes, brother Xian, don't buy it, keep the silver to build a house!" ”

Shi Dakai's face turned red, thinking that the King of Heaven and the King of the East had captured Chongqing, so he couldn't wait to build the Mansion of the King of Heaven and the Mansion of the East King. He also felt that it was better to buy a few foreign guns for the silver to be used there, and said, "Then buy 500 foreign guns, 200 barrels of gunpowder, and 10 cannons." ”

Obediently, this stroke is much more than his own, Li Yunzhong didn't expect to get 70,000 taels of silver at once, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to meet in the future, so he pretended to persuade: "Foreigners also think that strange goods can be lived, and when there are more people in this business, the price will naturally be cheaper, and the virtuous brother can buy it at that time, and you can save a lot of silver." ”

Shi Dakai said stubbornly: "Brother, you don't need to say much, last month, the Heavenly King allocated me 100,000 taels of silver for the construction of the palace, but I have been useless. Besides, I'm about to go to Hubei to supervise the war, and I'm in a hurry to buy foreign guns! ”

"Since Brother Xian is in a hurry to use it, then I will transfer 500 rods to you in the foreign gun team to take it away, and I will find a way to transport the rest of the things to you as soon as the goods arrive."

Shi Dakai was moved, "Thank you, brother"

Unexpectedly, he became a trafficker, Li Yunzhong shook his head.

Sending Shi Dakai away, passing by the training ground of the musket team when he came back, Li Yunzhong wanted to see how the foreigners of this era trained the army, so he walked in to take a look.

"Turn left, raise your gun, shoot, put"

"Bang" ......

Hearing the nondescript Chinese accentuation of foreigners, Li Yunzhong almost laughed, and hurriedly lowered his head to cover up.

Lieutenant Colonel Louis Jack, the foreigner instructor, nodded when he saw His Royal Highness King Han looking at it, and walked over happily and said, "Dear His Royal Highness King Han, the number of your foreign spear team is too small!" You know, I have commanded 3,000 men in England, but I can only train 2,000 men here, oh God, most of them are children. ”

Listening to Jack's boasting, Li Yunzhong will not pierce it, it is not bad for a small lieutenant colonel to give you the command of five hundred people, "Dear Jack, you must know that in my army, except for these children, the rest are honest peasants, they are illiterate, and they can't accept advanced things, what they are best at is farming and cutting people with knives." And these children are different, flexible and fickle, and even more screaming when they start fighting, you see! How serious they are when they train! ”

Jack listened to the sound of a row of guns, and shrugged helplessly: "I hope God bless them, they are still in school at this age in the UK." And also! You should have a full set of gear for them! ”

Li Yunzhong looked at Jack with a frown and asked, "Are they not fully equipped?" Foreign guns, bullets. ”

Jack pointed to his military uniform, "God! I'm talking about clothing, a uniform military uniform, you see what they wear...... There are all kinds of them, and when I first saw them, I thought they were called Hanako. ”

"Thank you, my friend, Jack Sheil, for reminding me that not only do I have to change a uniform for the foreign guns, but I also want to change the uniforms of all my other troops." Li Yunzhong was pleasantly surprised, the soldiers of several armies were wearing military uniforms of different colors and styles, and taking this opportunity to unify them could also strengthen cohesion and a sense of honor.

"Dear Jack, can you introduce me to the manufacturers in this area, you know, I need 100,000 sets of such military uniforms."

Jack said slyly, "I can introduce you to you, but I need to have half of the commission." ”

"OK, no problem." Li Yunzhong felt that it was time to establish an industrial system in Nanjing, and then said: "Of course, if you can recruit a few more British officers for me, I will give you a lot of money, and I will also promote your military rank, after all, a lieutenant colonel is really not in line with your ability." ”

Jack was pleasantly surprised: "Your Highness Xie Lu, I also think it's time for me to be promoted to colonel, but those old things in the Ministry of War in China have transferred me to serve in the Far East, and God knows when they will remember me, and I am willing to serve you!." ”

"Colonel? No, I'm talking about generals, a major general is in line with your identity, and you will be promoted to a winning lottery and a general in the future, so that you can go back with honors. Li Yunzhong promised, pointed to the foreign officers who were training on the school ground, and said, "Of course, the premise is that you are recruiting thirty experienced officers for me. ”

Jack exclaimed, "Lieutenant General! Admiral! Oh God, I swear, I didn't even think about it! Dear Your Highness, I would like to serve you wholeheartedly! Please believe in the wisdom of your decision. ”

Li Yunzhong left the school field satisfied, thinking about how to build a national industry, he didn't want to only destroy and not build like the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom, and thought about it alone, Li Yunzhong had no choice but to find that the conditions in Jiangnan were so good, it was easy to establish light industry, but it was difficult to build heavy industry. However, the most important thing in times of war is the heavy industry system.

Wanting to find someone to discuss how to establish an industrial system, thinking about the characteristics of each of his subordinates, and finding that no one was good at this, Li Yunzhong shook his head bitterly and decided to do it himself.

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