Chapter 21: A Bumper Harvest of Rifles (Ask for Collection Recommendation)
Li Yunzhong couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds, the lesser of two evils, "Alas, it's difficult!" You are still ready to move the cemetery, foreigners are not something you can offend, only when China is strong, they dare not mess around, and now we can only endure humiliation. ”
Liu Xiucai shook his head, "No matter what, the ancestral tomb can't be moved, I don't believe that the government is unreasonable!" I'm going to sue the royal court! ”
Wang Qinglu knew Liu Xiucai's insistence very well, and stepped forward to persuade: "The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and it is a good burial place, but the lake is silted up all the year round, hard stones can be seen everywhere, and there are swarms of ants on the ground. ”
Zhou Papi excitedly stepped forward and grabbed Wang Qinglu's shoulder, revealing a sad expression: "Master, you are all right!" Our family has three generations of single inheritance, poor I have married Mrs. Jiufang in my fifties, and I have no children, that Liu Laohu is worse than me, I will survive one of my seven children, and I still cough all day long, you must save us! ”
"What! Is there really something wrong with the ancestral grave? ”
"I said how the harvest in the field is getting less and less, it turns out that the ancestors blame!"
"My Liu Laohu family has a lot of money, and I only have a son who has lung disease, so I pity my six children who died young! Woo......"
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Liu Laohu and others also knelt down and begged, in the past, they thought that their many disasters were arranged by God, but today they learned that there was a problem with the ancestral tomb, and they were shocked and cried!
Wang Qinglu helped Liu Laohu and the others up, and comforted: "Everyone, hurry up, I know a little bit about this aspect, but I know the Qixuan Daoist, he is very proficient in this aspect, I will write to him to rush over and re-select a feng shui treasure for everyone, so that in the future, Yushan Town will definitely be smooth and prosperous!" Let's go back, this group of foreigners is fierce. ”
Liu Xiucai saw Wang Qinglu's sincere words, hugged his fists and thanked him, and led the people who were grateful to disperse.
Li Yunzhong looked at Wang Qinglu in amazement, he didn't expect that he still had this hand, and he used feng shui methods to solve the problem of the railway passing through the ancestral tomb, which was really talented! It seems that the IQ of readers in this era cannot be underestimated!
William watched as the people around him knelt down and pleaded, and then moved out of the way, thinking that they had admitted their mistake and begged for his forgiveness! Immediately he became arrogant, his head turned up, revealing his ugly nose hair, "For God's sake, I forgive you, but you must compensate my companions for the cost of treatment!" And this graveyard must be bulldozed! ”
Although Zuo Zongtang and the others couldn't understand what he said, when they saw his arrogant attitude, they knew that Lu Dao was not a good word, and they all became angry and complained to Li Yunzhong that these foreigners were reckless and troublesome.
Li Yunzhong said to William: "You go back, today's incident Han King has already known the way, he will compensate you, William, I believe you must be the fastest person to build the railway." ”
William said happily: "Yes, you are right, I will also build a railway from Nanjing to Suzhou!" I'm going to make lots and lots of money! Man, you follow me, and if you encounter something like this in the future, you can solve it for me, and I will give you a lot of money! ”
Li Yunzhong smiled and excused himself, "I have more important things to do, I advise you not to make decisions in the future if you encounter this kind of thing, listen more to the opinions of the Chinese, and know that there are still many differences in the thinking of Europa and Chinese." ”
On the way back to Suzhou, Wang Qinglu sighed: "I don't know if it's right or wrong to lie to them like this?" Foreigners are such bastards! rampant and domineering on the land of China, without scruples. ”
Zuo Zongtang comforted: "Zichuan doesn't have to be angry, although the foreigners are strong and strong, they don't know how to restrain their actions, and they are talented in China!" As long as our Han expels the Tartars, restores China, and unites as one, we will be able to expel the foreigners from the country, and then the people will live and work in peace and contentment, isn't it beautiful! ”
Zhao Liewen also persuaded: "Yes! Brother Zichuan, now is the critical time for His Royal Highness to compete in the Central Plains, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu provinces continue to have talented people to vote, if you don't do this! The foreigners will definitely force His Highness to forcibly move the grave, and then the casualties will be inevitable, and His Highness will bear a reputation of being afraid of the West! ”
Since Li Yunzhong came to the end of the Qing Dynasty, he has witnessed the miserable life of the people at the bottom, and the officials are not only corrupt and bent the law, but also do nothing! Foreigners bully their compatriots and wantonly dump opium drugs...... The mentality of rebellion gradually changed: from accumulating wealth for pleasure to enriching the country and strengthening the people, saving the people from fire and water, seeing Zhao Liewen and others worrying about the country and the people, he sighed: "A weak country has no diplomacy, and if it is backward, it will be beaten!" This is an eternal truth, if you want not to be bullied by foreigners, the only way to govern the country is stronger than foreigners, so that they are afraid of us from the bottom of their hearts, my ambition is to make China at the top of the world. ”
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Midile proudly pointed to boxes of weapons and looked at Li Yunzhong, "Your Highness, I want to lend me more than 100,000 taels of silver, I bought dozens of boxes of weapons from Europe, including cannons, howitzers, Krenswick rifles, and Brown Bess rifles...... Enough for you to equip a division! Also, here is a list of weapons, please take a look. ”
Li Yunzhong opened the boxes excitedly, all of them were neatly arranged rifles, and the most surprising thing for him was that most of them were Krenswick rifles! Surprised: "Midile, how did you get these Krenswick rifles!" If I'm not mistaken, these are all being used by the British Army! From Midile's hand, Li Yunzhong looked happy.
4,000 Krenswick rifles
1000 Brown Bass rifles
1000 barrels of black powder
A total of 80 cannons of various types
A total of 80 howitzers of various types
2 gun repair machines
20 military uniform production lines
There are 200 boxes of bullets of 100 grains each
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Along the way, Midile was thinking about how to brag about his skills after meeting Li Yunzhong, for example: I have a relative who is a deputy minister of the War Department, and these weapons are trivial to him; I married a noble lady of a noble family, and these were less than a thousandth of her family's stock; I ran for parliament, I was elected, and I can sell you as many weapons as you want in the future...... These thoughts disappeared from his mind for a moment, and the ghost made the god tell the truth: "Oh! Oh, God! Your Royal Highness, you're in good luck, I just got back to London just in time for a big change of clothes from the Army, and they've all been re-equipped with a rifle called Minnie! It's insane, it hits targets 500 meters away, and I paid a lot of money to bring you 30, which is the price of 300 Brown Bes! I suggest you purchase a large number of rifles, the Army's reloaded Krenswick rifles! Is the Secretary of War thinking about how to sell it? ”
Li Yunzhong put down the list and said in surprise: "Really! There are a huge number of Krenswick rifles for sale in the UK! Buy it all for me! I'll give you a 10% commission! No! It can't be like this! ”
Midile was pleasantly surprised when he heard that he had a commission, and when he heard Li Yunzhong's repentance, he immediately became anxious, "Your Highness, you can't make fun of me like this, it's not funny at all, there are more than 500,000 Crenswick rifles in Britain!" One percent commission will be two million taels of silver! ”
Li Yunzhong saw that he was incoherent, and explained: "Mr. Midile, you misunderstood what I meant, you should know that that guy Dao Wenhan will not let me have so many rifles, he will definitely suggest that China send all the remaining guns to the Far East, and use these guns to maintain the balance of the situation in China!" That's the worst news for me! I'd rather they not sell a single gun to both sides. ”
Midile nodded understandingly, "I was that guy's translator, and he would do it, damn bastard!" Your Highness, what can we do to get enough guns? ”
Li Yunzhong thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I can't think of any good way. Seeing that Midile showed a disappointed look, he added: "I have a stupid plan, you have to rush back to England as soon as possible, while the War Department guys have not yet taken precautions, buy guns and stock up as soon as possible, I will give you enough gold and silver, I don't know if it is Britain, France, and Prussia have to go through it." ”
Midile asked: "Does Russia want to go?" ”
Li Yunzhong remembered that two or three years later, Russia was beaten by Britain and France in the Crimean War, and shook his head and said, "Russia forget it." ”