Fu Luanxiang took the fold and presented it to Li Yunzhong with both hands.

Li Yunzhong read carefully, but he was prepared, but he was still taken aback by this big stroke, it was simply the Northern Expedition with the strength of the country!

The twist and turn is to the effect that the Han soldiers were divided into three routes of the Northern Expedition.

On the first road, Xuzhou Luo's outline department converged with Li Desheng from Shandong to Hebei, and fought all the way to Tianjin and Beijing.

On the second route, Li Xiucheng's army went straight from Anhui to Henan, passing through Luo, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Baoding and other cities, and joined Luo's headquarters in Beijing.

On the third road, Chen Yucheng's department, entered Nanyang and Luoyang in Henan from Hubei, entered Shanxi, attacked Taiyuan and Datong, and surrounded Beijing along Huailai, Yanqing and other counties.

The Three Route Army had a total of more than 200,000 troops in eight armies, accounting for two-thirds of the total strength of the Han State.

Li Yunzhong's original intention was to send 350,000 people to capture Henan, but he did not expect that the ministers of the military department and the general staff would formulate such a plan.

He himself watched it with enthusiasm, and felt that there was no reason for the Northern Expedition of the 200,000 troops on the three routes to fail.

After thinking about it, Li Yunzhong still had some concerns, and asked Meng Sheng below: "With such a scale of the Northern Expedition, I'm afraid the household department is not enough to undertake the logistics, right?" ”

Meng Sheng replied: "Your Majesty, the household department and the chamber of commerce have issued bonds with a profit of 50%, and tens of thousands of merchants have booked 20 million taels of silver, which is enough for the expenses of the Northern Expedition army for a year. ”

No way! Li Yunzhong couldn't help but burst into a foul language, these businessmen are more enthusiastic than the officials.

Lu Jianying and the others nodded with satisfaction, and for the first time felt that the businessman was still patriotic, which not only made up for the lack of military spending. They are also willing to undertake the logistics of the army and buy and sell some military funds.

Li Yunzhong became cautious. Thinking about the gains and losses, I looked at the pairs of expectant eyes below. Finally made up his mind: "Since the Northern Expedition is in line with the will of the people, it is better to pass on the order to go on, Luo Xuan's Second Army, Li Desheng, Liu Cai's Tenth Army, and Ye Lian's Cavalry Army will add 10,000 militia to form the First Group Army, Luo Outline will be the commander-in-chief, and Li Desheng will be the chief of the General Staff.

The Second Army was formed by the expeditionary forces to the west. Li Xiucheng was appointed commander-in-chief, Zhao Liewen was appointed chief of staff, and Li Chunfa was appointed deputy commander-in-chief and commander of the First Army.

The Third Group Army was formed under the command of Zuo Zongtang, the general of Zhengnan, with Li Shixian as chief of staff and governor of Guangxi, and Huang Bo as the commander of the Fifth Army, to attack Hunan.

Chen Yucheng's headquarters was reorganized into the Fourth Group Army and led the army to march from Henan and Shanxi.

The officials should immediately send officials to the cities occupied by our army. ”

After speaking. Li Yunzhong began to suffer from gains and losses, and the four group armies totaled 300,000 troops, all of which were the elite of the Han army, if they failed. He had to prepare to run away, I don't know if it was better to go to Europe or the Americas?

I heard that the sale of Northern Expedition bonds began today. Yang Wei was ready to leave for the Chamber of Commerce early in the morning, and this time he had to buy war bonds no matter what. On the one hand, it is for profit, and on the other hand, it is for the sake of face. Since the issuance of bonds, the word 'bond' has become a hot topic in the conversation of businessmen, if you don't buy bonds, you have no vision, no courage, businessmen will not cooperate with people who do not have vision and courage to run a business.

The housekeeper hurriedly ran over and reported to Yang Weiyu, who was washing: "Master, there are a lot of people lined up in front of the Chamber of Commerce today, and the opposite road is occupied. ”

Yang Wei hurriedly wiped his face with a handkerchief, and asked urgently: "Now that the Chamber of Commerce has not opened, why are there so many people queuing?" Even if all the businessmen registered with the Chamber of Commerce are concentrated in Nanjing, it is impossible to occupy such a wide road, you can make it clear, what is going on? ”

The housekeeper smiled bitterly: "There are not many businessmen, and the queue is full of ordinary people, they heard that they can make money by buying bonds, and some people start queuing before dawn, and now there will only be more and more, and in another hour, maybe they can all line up to the palace." ”

Yang Wei picked up the silver ticket and rushed to the Chamber of Commerce in a carriage.

Several presidents of the Chamber of Commerce looked at the bustling 'long line' in front of him with a wry smile, and rushed over early in the morning, he was taken aback by this scene.

"Brother Li, you should contact the government quickly, if I explain the matter of the bond, they won't believe it!"

"Okay, a few brothers, wait for a while, and I'll discuss with Lord Hubu Shangshumeng."

Tang Liang rode to the door of the Chamber of Commerce, showed the holy decree, and shouted loudly: "The emperor has a decree: the Chamber of Commerce immediately issues small bonds for the people to buy." ”

"Obey"

The onlookers couldn't help but let out a burst of cheers and joined the team.

Yang Wei was dumbfounded, when will this be scheduled to beat him, he was shocked and scared, he regretted it for a long time when he didn't buy war bonds last time, this time he can't miss it again, he wants to fight here, he jumped out of the carriage and came to several vice presidents, and said with a sneer: "A few masters, please let me say a word." ”

Several vice presidents looked at the little fat man in front of them and looked at each other: "What do you want to say?" ”

Yang Wei rubbed his hands, pointed to the crowd and said: "There are many people here, and there will only be more and more, they block the door, in case of trouble, none of us can afford it, it is better to divide the people who buy bonds into three grades, the first grade of people must buy more than 10,000 taels, the second grade of people must buy more than 100 taels of silver, the last grade of 100 taels or less, specially rent a place for these people to buy bonds, so that this situation will not occur." ”

Several vice presidents nodded their heads again and again, and looked at this wooden fat man with admiration.

Shanghai, Wanbaolou Branch

I heard that there was a sale of bonds for the Northern Expedition here, and the British Minister Brwenham personally came to investigate and inquire about the general situation of the Northern Expedition!

He came to the floor where the bonds were sold, and asked the man in Hanfu, "Sir, how did you make a profit from the bonds here?" ”

Liu Xishui listened to the strange words, looked up, and saw that it was a foreigner, and immediately replied respectfully: "Sir, the bonds here are divided into three grades, one is to buy shares of more than 10,000 taels of silver. The other is to buy a share of more than one hundred taels of silver, and the last is to buy a share of more than one tael of silver. No matter how low it is, there will be no more. ”

Wen Han looked at the sample on the table and exclaimed, "There is a denomination of 10,000 taels of silver." Aren't you afraid of the businessman's doubts? If you lose such a large denomination of bonds, the loss is immeasurable! ”

Liu Xishui thought that a big customer had come, and patiently explained: "Mr. is too worried, to buy our large bonds, we have to establish a personal file, and we will take pictures as evidence, if we lose it, we can also reissue it." If it expires and you can't come to pick it up, you can write a power of attorney on it in advance, of course, there is no such service for less than 10,000 taels of silver. ”

Wen Han smiled and praised: "Very thoughtful service." ”

"Brother Liu, please give me twenty bonds of one thousand taels, I have something urgent to rush to Guangzhou." A businessman hurried to the counter, took out a stack of silver tickets, and saw Liu Xishui's name on the counter. I said the meaning with a simple name.

Liu Xishui verified the authenticity of the silver bills and instructed the guards to bring a stack of bonds and hand them to the merchant.

Looking at the back of the businessman, Wen Han finally understood why the Chinese liked bonds so much. The silver bills they hold are no different from bonds, and no matter how long they are held, they cannot appreciate in value, so bonds are different.

The Chinese are so rich. Ten thousand taels of silver can make a superior man in London.

"Get me five bonds for a thousand taels." Although Wen Han did not want the Han Kingdom to win, he would not get along with the silver because of this. Missed a chance to make a fortune.

Back on the loan, Wen Han put away the bonds he bought. At the same time, the French minister Bourblon and the American minister Mai Lian were invited to discuss the impact of the Han Northern Expedition.

"I have to admit that His Majesty the Emperor of Han grasped the timing very accurately, and on February 14, I received a notice from China that Britain was already preparing for a war, and for at least three years, it would not add a single soldier to the Far East, but would instead give orders to the warships of the Far East."

But Bourblon proclaimed: "Two gentlemen, I now officially declare: the French Empire has been re-established, and the honorable president, Monsieur Napoleon the Younger, has been elected Emperor of France, and the glorious era of France is about to come!" ”

Wen Han and Mai Lian were stunned by the news, Napoleonic Empire! What a terrible name, more than ten years ago, all of Europe trembled under his iron hooves!

Wen Han stammered and asked, "Sir! Is this news true? Did Monsieur Napoleon really claim the title of emperor? He was the real nephew of Monsieur Napoleon, how could the French people elect him emperor, and were they not afraid of the intervention of England? ”

Bourblon squinted at Wen Han and sneered: "The so-called British Empire is no longer strong, your economy is controlled by the Jews, they are currying favor with Your Majesty, how can you allow Britain to intervene, and besides, Britain still needs the help of the Empire in the matter of the Russians." ”

Wen Han retorted stupidly: "Napoleon is a hero, France is full of holes in his hands can dominate Europe, little Napoleon does not have this ability, I have read a lot of reports about him, I can only describe it in four words, ambitious and talented." ”

Hearing Wen Han insult his leader, Burbulon became angry: "I want to duel with you!" Duel in the name of God! ”

The United States is thousands of miles away from Europe, and pursues a policy of isolation, so Mai Lian's reaction was far less fierce than that of Wen Han, and she pulled the two of them back and persuaded: "Two gentlemen, please pay attention to your identity, you are not jealous of prostitutes, and besides, we are discussing the situation in the Far East, not about the talents of Monsieur Napoleon. ”

Wen Han took advantage of the situation to find a step down and apologized to Bourblon: "It's me who is too impulsive, and the head of a country is not something I can comment on." ”

Bourblon sat down with a grunt.

Mai Lian continued: "The situation in China is about to change, the Han State will rise, the Qing State will fall, we should plan early, I think, it is time to break off relations with the Qing State and completely stand on the side of the Han State." ”

Bourblon was the first to chimed in: "I agree, Guangzhou has been captured by the Han army, we have never crossed paths with the Qing State again, and I no longer want to deal with stupid and stubborn officials. ”

The two looked at Wenhan together, Britain was several times stronger in the Far East than the United States and France combined, and if Wenhan objected, they must follow British policy, otherwise they would be in danger of being driven out of the Far East.

Wen Han smiled bitterly and shrugged his shoulders: "You are right, the Qing country is just mud can't support the wall, even if they are given good equipment, they can't win the battle, you must know that their opponent is just a group of farmers, it is a miracle that such a country can exist for more than two hundred years, I officially broke off diplomatic relations with the Qing country on behalf of the British Empire." ”

"I think we should express our position to His Majesty the Emperor of Han before the war between the two sides, and of course we should gather representatives of all the great powers of the Far East to visit His Majesty the Emperor of Han, such as the Netherlands, Spain, and Russia," added Mai Lian. ”

Bourblon nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and sneered at Wen Han: "I think the East India Company has to change its business strategy, the Han Kingdom completely banned the sale of opium, and every six months will carry out a 'strike hard' campaign, and all the confiscated opium will be resold to Japan, I think Britain should learn from the Han Kingdom and open up new stores in Japan." ”

When it came to opium, Wen Han complained that "you don't know the way, since Mr. Perry left Japan, Japan is like a powder keg, riots are happening everywhere, the shogun, who is known as the shogunate, is close to the Chinese, excludes Europeans, the same opium, the Chinese can sell it, the Europeans will not allow it." ”

Mai Lian felt the same way, and regretted the proposal to agree to the Han State to participate in the partition of Japan: "This is a conspiracy, and the Americans are treated the same, and the Han State has obtained dozens of tons of gold from Japan, and we Caucasian people have not even stood on our heels." ”

Wen Han's eyes rolled: "I think we can cultivate Japan to balance China, what do you think?" ”

Mai Lian said with a smile: "Japan is just an island country, how can he balance China, can he drive warships to land?" ”

Wen Han shook his head and said nothing, the Han State is getting stronger day by day, Britain's interests in the Far East are being threatened, and it is a good way to support Japan to balance China, but this plan is not yet perfect, he has to improve it slowly, and then submit a proposal to the Prime Minister, there is no need to take it out and discuss it now.

Seeing that the atmosphere was dull, Bourblon got up and took his leave: "Since we have reached the same attitude towards the Han Kingdom, we should leave for Nanjing as soon as possible, gentlemen, what do you think of tomorrow?" ”

"I think it's still waiting, the representatives of the Netherlands and Spain are in the South Seas, and the Russian representatives are still in Siberia," Mai Lian added. ”

"Except for Russia, they do not deserve to have interests in the Far East," Bourblon shouted. ”

Wen Han nodded in agreement, and replied with a smile: "I don't know what benefits His Majesty the Emperor will give us this time?" It was a decision he had always dreamed of! ”

Mai Lian got up, took out a stack of bonds, and said humorously: "I am the only one here who wants Han Guo to win the most, and I don't want them to become a pile of waste paper." (To be continued......)

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