His suggestion was finally agreed, Midile smiled, took out the list of weapons from his pocket and handed it to Li Yunzhong, and said: "Your Highness, you should really reward me well this time, I ran all over Europe for the guns on the order, and finally let me spend one million silver dollars." ”

Li Yunzhong couldn't wait to take the list.

2,000 Krenswick rifles and 100 boxes of ammunition.

1000 mini rifles and 100 boxes of ammunition.

2,500 Brown Bess and 200 boxes of ammunition.

40 howitzers, 200 boxes of shells.

30 cannons, 150 boxes of shells.

Li Yunzhong said in surprise: "The firearms you brought are enough to equip an army!" Where did you find these Minnie guns! Don't you say that Britain has just changed its clothes! ”

Looking at the surprised expression of His Royal Highness King Han, Midi Le said proudly: "Your Highness, maybe you still don't know the way, now the situation in Europe is extremely tense, and the war is about to start, and the polar bear wants to occupy the holy land of Jerusalem!" The British, out of practical considerations, thought that France's concessions on the question of Egypt were sufficiently friendly and that France's military strength, especially its army, could be exploited! ”

This war is finally coming, and Li Yun asked, "Is Britain really decided?" But what does this have to do with the Minnie gun? ”

Midile taunted the news that had been spreading in Europe: "The momentum of Russian expansion in the Near East is very uneasy for England. The Prime Minister believed that if the Tsar drank the Straits of Malaysia, then Britain's power in the Mediterranean would be seriously threatened. All British parliamentarians agreed that the two straits could never be abandoned, and that supporting France behind the scenes would help to achieve the goal of containing Russia, so Britain decided to stand with France. They were supplied with large quantities of military supplies, in recent months. Britain and France can't bear the greed of polar bears, and war can break out at any time! ”

Li Yunzhong suddenly realized: "You bought these guns from France!" ”

Midile said shyly: "Actually, the French army has already been redressed. They first invented the Mini rifle, and I only learned about it recently, and they did a good job of secrecy, and Britain also equipped this Mini rifle on a large scale this year, and even the Far East shipped a whole shipload of Mini muskets. ”

It turned out that the foreign guns that Zeng Guofan bought were old-fashioned rifles that foreigners had reloaded, no wonder they could buy so many at one time, and the damn foreign envoy unilaterally sold arms to the Hunan army.

Midile said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy arms for you anymore. I have been targeted by the 'bad guys' for this huge order, who warned me not to transport any more arms to the Far East, or they would throw me into the sea, you know, they have a very close relationship with the British Navy, and they are not at all trying to scare me! ”

"These bastards, what are they doing this for? Don't worry, I'll send troops to protect you. "Li Yunzhong doesn't want to lose this source of arms.

Midile shrugged his shoulders. "They want to monopolize this business, and each of them has a military background, so they hoard discarded guns and slowly sell them to the Far East." Of course, the price is dozens of times that of Europe, and I have made them millions less silver dollars in the past two years, in Hong Kong. You don't know how angry they looked, if it weren't for the victory of your army. Maybe I'm already floating on the sea. ”

Thinking that there was no suitable person in charge of the arsenal, Li Yunzhong smiled and said, "Dear Midile. I admire your talent quite a lot, and I still have one less person in charge of my arsenal, I wonder if you are interested? ”

Midile shook his head and said, "I plan to set up a foreign company to do some tea and silk business." ”

"I can give you a stake in the arsenal, how about one percent, for every hundred rifles produced, one of them belongs to you." Li Yunzhong said temptingly.

Midile was moved, what business would be more profitable than arms! Immediately bargained with Li Yunzhong: "I want fifty percent, you want to know that what you are in front of is a management genius, I can summon a large number of ordnance experts for you, it is easy to produce guns, and I can produce cannons in less than two years." ”

Li Yunzhong retorted: "The arsenal is the lifeblood of my big man, and it needs tens of thousands of pieces every month, I can only give you three percent, no more!" ”

Midile patted his chest and shouted, "Twenty percent!" If I don't do it anymore, I'd rather go into business. ”

Li Yunzhong threatened: "Five percent, this is already worthy of your identity, you must know that without my permission, you can't do any business in Shanghai and Guangzhou!" ”

It's really not easy to find a foreigner who knows firearms and can speak Chinese.

Midile raised his hands and said softly: "Seven percent, believe me, your choice is not wrong, the arsenal will definitely catch up with the first-class companies in Europe in my hands." ”

"Deal, Mr. Midile, now I appoint you as the general manager of the arsenal, that is, the general manager, responsible for all affairs, big and small, of course, the finance department, I will send special personnel to manage it."

Midile yawned and said, "Your Highness, I won't disturb your rest, the beauty on the side is very beautiful!" I'm going to have a female secretary too, you won't object, right! ”

Li Yunzhong said: "Of course not, you take the letter of appointment to the arsenal, the future of the arsenal depends on you, I will allocate 200,000 taels as start-up capital." ”

Midile bent down in satisfaction: "Sir, I take my leave, I wish you a happy life!" ”

Fu Shanxiang looked at Midile's back and whispered: "This foreigner is so ignorant of what to do, he dares to bargain with His Highness, he really doesn't know the rules." ”

Li Yunzhong continued to read the folds and said with a smile: "Foreigners are like this, they can give up anything for money, especially foreigners in the Far East, they all came to China with the dream of making a fortune, and money is everything to them." ”

Fu Shanxiang took out a piece of music and handed it to Li Yunzhong and said: "This is the recital of Zuo Zongtang, the general of the Southern Expedition, should His Highness review it first?" ”

"The folds sent from the front line should be put at the top, the military situation is urgent, and if it is delayed for a day, it may cause adverse consequences." Li Yunzhong flipped through the fold and looked at the road.

Fu Shanxiang glanced at the music fold a few times, and said in surprise: "Zuo Zongtang has already hit Fujian Province, congratulations to His Royal Highness, it seems that the southern expedition will soon be successfully concluded, and the Liangguang region is the place where His Highness started, and he will inevitably respond to His Highness when he hears the wind, and the Qing Dynasty has run out." ”

Li Yunzhong is not taboo about women interfering in politics, and said with a smile: "This Zuo Zongtang is quite bold, and he actually drove directly to Fuzhou in three ways...... With the capture of Fujian Province, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces will be much more stable, and they are not afraid of the Qing army increasing their troops from Fujian. ”

Fu Shanxiang read the recital, lay in Li Yunzhong's arms, and asked: "How will Your Highness deal with the Hui Party in Fujian, looking at the meaning of this recital, General Zuo does not want to take them in." ”

Li Yunzhong sighed: "These scholars always look down on the Hui Dang, thinking that they are the root cause of the country's troubles, in fact, I also came from the Hui Party, I was a member of the God Worship Sect before the rebellion, and when I broke away from the God Worship Sect, only the scholars came to take refuge, and it is no wonder that Mr. Zuo." ”

Fu Shanxiang persuaded: "If these parties are allowed to return to the countryside, I am afraid that there will be trouble, Your Highness might as well co-opt them, which can not only stabilize the place, but also strengthen the strength, and play the two Jiang Yuan and Jiang Fa mentioned above, you can mobilize tens of thousands of people to oppose the Qing Dynasty, which is worth wooing, but their practices are somewhat inappropriate, burning the government office, hunting down local corrupt officials, suppressing the landlords and gentry, ordering the landlords, gentry and other households, and handing over the exploited property, these practices are somewhat like the style of the Taiping Army." ”

Li Yunzhong sighed: "There are many righteous people among the people, let's try to co-opt them as much as possible, and resolutely suppress the leaders of the righteous army who have established themselves as kings, and there must not be another big man, Shanxiang, you sent someone to inform Lin Daji, Zhao Liewen, and Zhang Suimou to come to see me." ”

"Obey" Fu Shanxiang got up and gave a graceful order.

In less than half an hour, Lin Daji, Zhao Liewen, and Zhang Suimou came quickly.

"Your Highness, please see your highness."

Li Yunzhong handed Zuo Zongtang's recital to them to watch, and asked: "In the past few years, there have been uprisings of the Hui Party everywhere, and our army has flocked to every place, some obey the Han Dynasty and accept the adaptation, some waver and sit on the mountain and watch, and some of the righteous army have established themselves as kings and want to monopolize one side. ”

Lin Daji was the first to visit the song, handed him to Zhang Suimou, and said with a smile: "These villagers heard that Hong Xiuquan and His Royal Highness dominated one side, so they wanted to follow suit, if it were not for our Han to shelter them from the wind and rain, they would have been wiped out by the Qing army long ago. ”

Li Yunzhong nodded, which coincided with his thoughts.

Zhang Suimou was very sympathetic to these rebels, and said: "Your Highness still focuses on probation, so as not to leave a truth, and use these unruly people for other purposes, so that the rebels can return to their hometowns to farm, and those who do not want to farm are incorporated into the army." ”

Li Yunzhong looked at Zhao Liewen and asked, "What does HP think?" ”

Zhao Liewen put down the fold and said: "The minister's opinion is the same as that of Lord Zuo, he can't be soft on these parties, and he will mainly suppress them, supplemented by Zhao'an, and suppress all the righteous army, so as not to harm one side." ”

Li Yunzhong said with a smile: "I called you over today, just to tell you, don't just rely on your own imagination, but think carefully, although these parties do not obey discipline, they have a great influence among the people, we still focus on Zhao'an, and divide and win over the righteous army, just like the Water Margin Song Jiang, let them attack the Qing army, and then disperse and reorganize, so that they can obey and be used by me." ”

It turned out that the King of Han was just asking how to deal with the party as an excuse to warn them not to fight infighting, and not to have anything like party fighting, seeing that the King of Han was so well-intentioned, Lin Daji, Zhang Suimou, and Zhao Liewen said in unison: "Your Highness is wise." (To be continued......)

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