Xu Shaozhen was full of emotion, and with her personal guards and cronies, she got off the boat and boarded the boat when she came. Sighing and parting, the rising soot was blown away by the river breeze, and the small motorboat cut through the river, moving slowly forward, and slowly disappeared from sight. Standing on the deck of the transport ship, Hu Rui was neatly dressed and stood like a javelin. maintained a send-off posture, and watched Xu Shaozhen's boat disappear from sight.

After the ceremony, the moment he turned around, he suddenly found that Yan Nuxia, who had fled from the desert before, stood beside him silently at some point. The seductive flush on her face slowly faded, and the surprised Yan Nuxia returned.

Looking at the motorboat that was gradually moving away and slowly disappearing from sight, Sanniang frowned tightly and looked complicated.

"Well, what are you looking at? Are you blaming me for giving up Yangzhou, which I finally got my hands on? ”

Following Sanniang's gaze, Hu Rui immediately understood. Leaned forward and asked with a light smile.

"Hmm."

Maybe it's because of that kiss before, maybe it's because of something else. Today's Sanniang was extraordinarily gentle, without too much justification, just responded lightly, and then stood there with an expectant face. She knew he had his own reasons for doing it.

"My little housekeeper~"

Hu Dashuai smiled and gently knocked Sanniang's forehead. hugged him from behind, wrapped his hands around his waist, and imprisoned Sanniang in his arms domineeringly.

"Yangzhou is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also a concentration of commerce and transportation, the land of fish and rice, and the land of fat powder. But Yangzhou is too close to Nanjing, and the straight-line distance is only 100 kilometers. Previously, the Fourth Division was stationed in Nanjing, and it was planned that the two divisions of the Jiangsu People's Army would be gradually transferred to the defense area after being organized and trained, and those people in the Nanjing Provisional Government were like a fish in their throats! If we really occupy Yangzhou, then no matter how bright or dark, we will be constrained by Nanjing. As scheduled, I can't swallow it and can't spit it out. It's not as generous as it is now. ”

"As for the salt tax in Lianghuai, Yangzhou has always been the base camp of salt merchants. This time, we uprooted the salt merchants who were entrenched here, and the confiscated half of them alone produced more than 30 million yuan! In the future, after the national securities heard about it, the salt industry will definitely be nationalized, and even if it is not moved, the salt tax will not be collected for a few years. It is conservatively estimated that by 1914 at the latest, the whole country will be unified! Moreover, now that the military disaster has just passed, half of Yangzhou City has been set on fire by the rebels, and as many as 400,000 people have been directly affected. This time it's a nerve-wracking affair. Now Yangzhou has been greatly damaged, far from the prosperous place of the past. Reconstruction alone requires a significant financial investment, and it is a long-term undertaking. What we need to do now is to provide relief to the victims and ensure that these affected people can survive the winter safely. When the situation is stable, Yangzhou will be handed over. We don't want this piece of chicken ribs, let's keep it and let the alliance bother! ”

The ears and temples grinded. Hu Rui explained slowly.

"What a chicken rib. Lao Hu, you are the only one who can think this way across the country! I'll help you with the rest. Some people in the alliance are even more ugly than those officials in the former Qing Dynasty! It is commonplace to scrape three feet of ground in every place, Yangzhou suffered heavy losses from military disasters, and the salt merchants were wiped out by us. So now Yangzhou has truly become a thin horse! The reconstruction of Yangzhou also requires a lot of capital investment, and those people in the League have always been famous for their mouths, fooling others to sell their lives and enjoying their own success! If I'm right. After the Nanjing Provisional Government takes over Yangzhou, not only will there be no funds sown, but there will be some exploitation to the bone! There is no other reason than greed! Pea skin oil extraction, according to what they did in Nanjing, will never believe that the wealth of the entire Yangzhou will be burned in a fire! So looting is inevitable! ”

"This time in Yangzhou, you can be named a 'living bodhisattva', which is an intangible wealth. After the Nanjing Provisional Government takes over Yangzhou, as time goes by, the looting continues, and the common people will become more and more disappointed with this organization and this regime. When the time comes, plus everything we do in Yangzhou, the two will be compared, and the judgment will be made! Do we still need to ask what the people want? In this way, it not only throws away the tasteless chicken ribs, but also accumulates prestige. Winning the hearts and minds of the people can also speed up the corruption and decline of the League. The strategy of killing three birds with one stone is really clever! ”

Not to be outdone, Sanniang pouted, and continued with Hu Rui's words.

"Oh, every word is heart-wrenching, whipping into the inside, I didn't expect my little housekeeper to be a virtuous helper!"

Hu Dashuai, who was scheming by a word, did not feel the slightest embarrassment, and couldn't help but leave a kiss on Sanniang's forehead while shopping.

"Hmm~"

Yan Woman's Tsundere ......

"Alright, alright, now until it's all, my little housekeeper can rest assured, right? It's windy, let's go back to the cabin, don't freeze. ”

Straightened the big brimmed hat, once again used the coat to tightly include the Yan Woman in his arms, and led the Tsundere Yan Woman back to the cabin. Sanniang, who was being held, showed a big smile behind Hu Dashuai's invisible-it feeling so good to be cared for~ This feeling is really long gone.

After the emergency is dealt with, everything is calm again, and the next step is to calm down and prepare for the negotiation. This procurement involves the navy and the army, and also includes a large number of modern industrial machine tools and production lines, with a total value of more than 10 million, so we must be careful and cautious. The envoy sent by Krupp has arrived in Shanghai, and the advisers who came with the delegation have already made an assessment of the existing machinery and jishu level of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. The marathon negotiations have quietly started in Shanghai, time is not waiting, Hu Rui must hurry up and prepare!

On the other hand, since the Xinhai Revolution, it has been on the side of the Manchu government and actively assisted the German government in suppressing the revolution. In the face of the newly rising Hu Rui in the Yangtze River Basin, his every move began to become cautious. During this period, the sun never set, and the empire still sat firmly in the position of shijie overlord. After years of infiltration and many wars, the British completely occupied the Yangtze River valley in China!

Now, in the Yangtze River Valley, which Britain regards as its own territory, Hu Rui's sudden rise has undoubtedly made the German government see the possibility of expanding German interests in China. According to Krupp's report, combined with intelligence, a new generation of warlords who suddenly rose to power and swept through Jiangsu and Zhejiang, his life history began to gradually become clear. German dignitaries were surprised to find. This new generation of warlords is inextricably linked to Germany!

When he was a teenager, he studied in Germany and graduated from the Munich Non-commissioned Officer School with excellent academic performance! He even received a personal commendation from William II! He has this amazing talent in military tactics, ship design, firearms and artillery design. The six Bavaria-class battleships that were praised by Wilhelm II and built by Krupp were written by this man! Crucially, the army of this new generation of warlords was heavily staffed by German advisers. Unlike other warlords in China, in the Anhui Army under his control, two former German Army majors directly held the position of division commanders, in charge of the two most elite infantry divisions!

This makes people who are eager to challenge the shijie order over, and their eyes are bright! After some equalization. Then the east wind of this procurement will further increase military output and strive to cultivate a German spokesperson in the Yangtze River basin of China! Once this person successfully seized power in China, then it means that Germany has laid an important chess piece in the Far East! Just imagine, as long as there is enough equipment. With China's vast territory and huge population, it is easy to arm an army of millions of people in a short period of time! Such and such. In the near future. When the European war began, Russia, which had always been feared by Germany, would have a large number of troops moved to the Far East! This was an unspeakable temptation for Germany, so Wilhelm II personally ordered it. Krupp was asked to take advantage of this procurement opportunity to try to win over this new generation of local warlords, and if possible, the German government would provide a sum of money as a trade subsidy, so as to completely tie this person to German interests.

"Woo~"

On the Huangpu River. It's still the flags flying. The warships of the great powers still relied on unequal treaties to flaunt their might on China's inland waters.

Advancing along the waterway, the arrogant rampage of the warships of the passing powers along the way did not take this small Chinese fleet into account in the slightest. The yellow cat sailors on the ship laughed at the old ironclad ship that had been launched in the eighties of the nineteenth century. Pointing fingers and laughing at its backwardness and shabby.

However, this time the officers and men on the ship did not choose to be insensitive and patient, and after many ideological education by the instructors, the patriotic passion of the grassroots sailors quickly exploded. Under the leadership of non-commissioned officers and officers, all the sailors went out to the officers and soldiers on duty in the engine room, and the others all changed into new military uniforms that they had been reluctant to wear, and lined up neatly on both sides! Facing the laughing and disdainful gaze on the other side, the military looked neat and straight, and the military uniform stood in a row, with a murderous aura, holding his head high, and calmly meeting this ridicule!

This is the Navy of New China! This is the People's Navy! This is a new navy!

Although our ships are dilapidated, but the people are exhausted, this does not mean that we are weak and can be bullied! Who said that China will have no navy after the First Sino-Japanese War?! We are! There will be a will die, no business will be stolen, not to win, but to seek blood! Fight to Zuihou one person and one bullet, even if there is only one small sampan left, we will not surrender! The enemy can destroy my body, but never my will! I am the Chinese Navy, I still have a breath, and I will not stop fighting! Let me use my blood to defend the motherland's bowl of the sea frontier!

The country is weak, the mountains and rivers are broken, and the people are sunk in the abyss of civil war. It has been too long since China left the blue sea, and the huge figure of Zheng He's fleet has gradually disappeared in the fog of history. On the ocean, the figure of the Chinese fleet has been absent for a long time.

Hmph, let you be arrogant for a while, wait for our new ironclad to return, and wait for our own shipyard to be put into operation......

Today's humiliation will be repaid a hundredfold!

This is the voice of every naval officer and soldier!

Since the fleet revolted at Xiaguan in Nanjing, with the end of the Battle of Nanjing, this detachment withdrew to Wuhu along with the ground forces to rest. In the newly established Admiralty, in line with the principle of voluntariness to stay, a group of officers and men with other intentions quietly bid farewell to the warship and left Wuhu after receiving a certain amount of travel expenses. The navy is the nobility of the army, and it is a highly technological branch of the army. Among the various shili in the country, the price offered by the Anhui army is not the highest. Looking around, only here, the navy, which has been confused for many years, can really see the hope for the future!

Dear, the dream of a great country, dear!

Our journey is a sea of stars!

"Klaus, it looks like we need a change in our negotiating phalanx and strategy. Our old friend has already had his wings, and I'm curious to see how China's political situation will change because of one person. ”

Holding Zeiss's latest ship binoculars, Gubirov, whose gray hair was still blown by the wind, looked at the murderous sailors on the training ship Jingqing, and muttered to his assistants beside him. (To be continued......)