While the Panama Canal project was in full swing, Yang Tai, Wang Qinian, and a group of blackwater mercenaries boarded a passenger ship bound for Shanghai in San Francisco. This is the first time that Mr. Wang has returned to China since being sold to the United States. And this time when he went back, his identity was very different from when he came to the United States.

The rebels and piglets of the past are now going back as military technical experts. And their mission to China this time was to sell the MacDonald's rapid-fire artillery to Li Hongzhang, and if Li Hongzhang took a fancy to this type of artillery and bought this kind of artillery from the company, or simply ordered an artillery factory from the company, they would also be responsible for training Manchu gunners.

For this kind of task, Wang Qinian is very resistant. Although he has long since lost the idea of going back to the Qing Demon to take revenge one day, he has now settled in the United States, and even found a mother-in-law. Gave birth to a few cubs. Although he is still unaccustomed to the United States, he is ready to die in the United States.

But at this time, the company suddenly found him and asked him to go to China to be an instructor for Qing Demon. It's one thing not to plan to find a demon to take revenge, but not only does he not take revenge, but he even has to run to help the demon. Emotionally, this is so difficult to accept, so much so that Wang Qinian once thought about whether he would simply retire if the company had to let him go. Although early retirement will cost you a lot of money, you can't always be a human being......

But in the end, Yang Tai still convinced him.

"Brother Wang, I know you hate Qing Demon. Demon Li killed many of our brothers again. I heard that he didn't even spare his brother who had surrendered. But if we don't go, the company won't send someone else? And we went to teach those guys how to use cannons, which is not necessarily a good thing for Qing Demon. Yang Tai said.

"Why isn't that a good thing?" Wang Qinian asked.

"The Emperor of the Qing Demon is a Tartar, right?" Yang Tai asked.

"yes, but what's going on?" Wang Qinian obviously hasn't kept up with Yang Tai's train of thought.

"Is the head of the Li demon a banner man?" Yang Tai asked.

"It's not! It's a traitor! Wang Qinian gritted his teeth and said.

"Can the Qing Demon Emperor trust the Li Demon Head and the Zeng Demon Head?" Yang Tai asked, he didn't wait for Wang Qinian's answer, so he went down to his own thoughts, "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different." It would be strange if the Qing Demon Emperor could trust them. Don't talk about the Tartar Emperor and Li Youtou, even the brothers of the Heavenly Kingdom are not of the same heart. The Tartar Emperor and the Zeng Demon Head Li Demon Head, can they be one heart? The army under the head of Li Demon is strong, and the Tartar Emperor will rest assured of them? In the Kingdom of Heaven, there were too many soldiers in the East King and too strong, and as a result, they all made trouble in Tianjing. The army in the hands of the Li Demon Leader is strong, will the Tartar Emperor rest assured? ”

"But the head of the demon seems to be very loyal to the Tartars. What if he was hell-bent on being a loyal servant? Wang Qinian asked.

"Be a loyal servant?" Yang Tai laughed, "Even if he wants to be, do his subordinates want to be?" How could a Tartar be an emperor before? I can fight at that time with the Eight Banners. The only thing the Tartar Emperor can trust is the Eight Banners, but what virtue does the Eight Banners have now? Brother Wang also fought with them, right? Seriously, even if we give them all the full set of equipment in Blackwater, and then we change to the wooden guns used in training stabbing, we Blackwater can beat ten of them one by one. The Tartar Emperor has no goods in his hands at all, how can he hold it down? At most, he can only engage in balance, and use the Zeng Demon Head to suppress the Li Demon Head or something. How long does this last? One day, the following will think, you don't have any ability, why do you press on Lao Tzu's head? Besides, those Qing demons killed us vigorously at the beginning, and now we swagger down the aisle and they go to them, picking their noses and eyes, what do you say those guys will react to? It's actually fun to think about. ”

The last sentence moved Wang Qinian a little. Think about it, now Wang Qinian has obtained American citizenship and has become a foreigner. Well, the majesty of Lord Yang in China, Wang Qinian is not unaware, and now he can run to the Qing Demon to shake his majesty, and it is also very interesting to think about it. In this way, Wang Qinian and Yang Tai went to China as part of the instructor corps. In the instructor corps, Yang Tai served as the deputy head of the regiment, while Wang Qinian served as the instructor and translator.

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"Yang, are Chinese soldiers so stupid? Isn't that worse than the Italian gangsters? On the deck, Gore, the head of the instructor corps, said to Yang Tai. Gore is Yang Tai's old buddy, during the American Civil War, in the Cleveland Volunteer Army, when Yang Tai was a platoon commander, he gave Yang Tai a platoon deputy, and later Yang Tai became a captain and company commander, and Gore also became a lieutenant and deputy company commander. It's also Yang Tai's old partner. This time, though, Gore became a full-time officer, as it was said that Caucasians were more convenient and deterrent when dealing with Manchu officials.

The so-called more convenient means that you can talk nonsense, anyway, foreigners don't understand Chinese etiquette, so you can take care of it. The so-called more deterrent is not to be explained. As long as it is a Caucasian foreigner, it is definitely more advantageous to mess around.

"There's no comparison with Italy." Although telling such a truth makes Yang Tai very uncomfortable, this can't deceive people, because it won't take long for everyone to see what virtues the Chinese army has.

"Most of the Italians have a little basic education, and their execution may not be good, but at least they have understanding. And the Chinese army ......" Speaking of this, Yang Tai couldn't help but shake his head, many years ago he also wondered why there were so many Chinese, but he couldn't beat a thousand foreign devils. Now that he has been in the army of foreign devils for a few years, looking back, he deeply feels that it is simply unreasonable for those armies of the Qing Dynasty to win against thousands of Western regular armies.

"Can you imagine an army where most of his soldiers have not undergone any decent training at all. Even the so-called elite troops only have military training for several days, and the intensity of the training is even as intense as many of the times we run circles around the playground every morning. Soldiers don't have the opportunity to eat meat once or twice a year, and they don't even eat half of the most basic food we eat. So by our standards, the vast majority of these soldiers are extremely malnourished. To be honest, by our standards, one armed off-road will not reach one percent of the people who can reach it in the end. If we were forced to march for one day by our standards, it is estimated that all the people would be left behind. A large percentage of people will even die from weakness. On such a nutritional basis, how high can you expect them to be. Italians, Italians at least eat well and have the strength to train. Moreover, because of limited financial resources, even those trainings that did not require much physical requirements, such as shooting or something, were very rare in the Qing army. Well, I used to work in the rebel army in China, and we had a lot of fire. The gunmen didn't shoot for the first time until they actually went into battle, and the government forces were slightly stronger than us, and under normal circumstances, they would have had a chance to fire two or three rounds a year. In fact, this is no different from not firing a single shot. Go anywhere in the west and pull a lad, oh, no need for a boy, pull a girl out, the level of shooting training surpasses them. Anyway, you go, take a look, and you'll know. It was windy and a little cold, so I went in first. Yang Tai let out a long sigh, he didn't want to talk about this frustrating thing anymore, so he turned and went into the cabin.

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"China's secession has in fact taken shape. The Beijing government's control over the local government is already very limited. In the future, after the collapse of the Manchu regime, China will definitely enter an era of warlord secession. And the warlords of that era may now be in the armies trained by the Westerners. Our relationship with these people will be very helpful for the future development of the family in the Far East. Of course, this is not yet the time for large-scale entry into the Far East. Our power, the power of the United States, is not that far away. Even if you make an ambush in advance, you won't lose money anyway, and if you make it, you can make a lot of money. Scrooge said to Catherine.

"That makes sense." Catherine said, "The interests of the Far East, though not small, are beyond the reach of the whip after all. Scrooge, my question just now doesn't mean anything else. I'm just worried that your development has been too smooth, and you will become so proud that you forget that the boundaries of your power are there. After all, in history, many great emperors have failed because of this. For example, Emperor Napoleon. Well, you know what? People call you the Napoleon of the economic world. You should be careful not to repeat the mistakes of Napoleon's invasion of Russia...... Well, by the way, is it okay on the other side of the canal? ”

"It's all smooth, especially in terms of immunity, it's perfect. I'm collecting the materials, and when the canal is finished, I'm going to publish a paper on the health immunization system in The Lancet. I believe that such an article will greatly strengthen the influence of McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, and in the event of any serious health incident, our company will become the first choice of the whole world. Scrooge said with a smile. Thinking of having the opportunity to make money and brush up his prestige at the same time, Scrooge was really proud.

"Well, the design of various components of the lock on our side has been completed, and the production of the most difficult large lock gate has also begun." Carroll said, "It's going well at the moment, after all, we've been preparing for this for more than a day. ”

"After the completion of this project, we will probably be able to bring us a huge reputation for the canal components of MacDonald Steel." Scrooge said with satisfaction.

"Ah, Scrooge, I heard that Pasha in Egypt was going to sell a part of the Suez Canal because he was short of money. What do you think of this deal? Catherine asked.

"Haha, Catherine, just now you were reminding me of the boundaries of the power of the mind, and now you yourself have made this mistake. This is not a place that we can get our hands on now. ”