"Third master, since this solid river canal is so cheap, why do you want to gamble? Wouldn't it be better to use troops against the imperial court first? ”

The problem of silver is nothing to the Yang family, but as a military advisor, there are some things that Xu Ziwei still has to say, money is not a big deal, and the following words are Xu Ziwei's real purpose.

The third master in front of him, if he talks about strategy, is not inferior to him Xu Ziwei, many things the third master can see clearly, but the matter of repairing the canal in the solid river is inevitably done a little early, after the completion of this project, it will undoubtedly bring a lot of popular opinion to the imperial court, and the effort is thankless, which is obvious.

"Is it really good to use troops against the imperial court now? The situation at home is simple and clear, but what about abroad? ”

Xu Ziwei's words, Yang Meng didn't pay much attention to it, sometimes although An Nei is important, but Yu Hui is more important than An Nei.

Not to mention the defeat of the war, the year of Gengzi, let the coastal people be particularly afraid of foreigners, the foreigners of the five major commercial ports are more difficult to provoke than the imperial court, after encountering long-haired thieves, the merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, not thinking of supporting the imperial court to quell the chaos, but the first time to choose to take refuge in the foreigners' concession.

If there is another defeat, there are long-haired thieves inside, and there are great powers and countries outside, and in the face of foreigners, the hearts of the entire Qing Dynasty are weak, so what will you talk about in the future?

The Qing Dynasty is nothing in Yang Meng's eyes, although he has listened to Wei Wu's persuasion and has been seeking the general trend in recent years, but this Qing Dynasty, if he really doesn't know the times, Yang Meng doesn't mind slaughtering a clan, after all, compared to 40,000, killing millions is still acceptable, it's nothing more than a name for slaughter, Yang Meng has done a lot of such things along the way. And a few more people. It's really nothing.

As for the false name of good and evil. How many people in the mixed officialdom and political circles care? Let the younger generations, spend decades of effort, and blood debt can also become a favor!

"The third master is saying that there will be a battle in Guangzhou in the near future? The tributary project of the river project is to deal with foreigners? ”

Strategically, Xu Ziwei is not a fan, and he thinks back to the river project, the huge tributary system. However, if it connects Guangdong and the two lakes, it is further to say that the tributary project is to connect Guangdong and the provinces in the southwest, even if these places are in Anhui and Jiangxi, they are also within the basin.

At the speed of a motorized barge, even if troops are transferred from the farthest Yunnan to Guangzhou, it will only take ten days at most, ten days, for the current war situation. It was already a quick response, and reinforcements from the two lakes area arrived in Guangzhou. At the slowest is four or five days.

If you take Hunan to talk about things, it is not an exaggeration to be afraid that the morning and evening will come, a river project, in fact, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangxi and the two Guangzhou, even if it is against the imperial court, with the help of the Yangtze River waterway, with the elite of the Yang family's new army, I am afraid that it will only be three or two months to divide the south of the Yangtze River.

Tens of thousands of long-haired thieves can hit Jiangning, if the third master is changed, Jiangnan will only change the day!

"Sort of! It's just that the time is later, if there is enough time, Lao Tzu will also incorporate the Yellow River into the river project, in that case...... Hum! ”

Yang Meng 'hummed' and smiled, Xu Ziwei only then knew Yang Sanye's generosity, the benefits of this barge, right here, a power boat, can tow dozens of barges, if it is to transport troops, a fleet is tens of thousands of people!

Turning over the river dragon, barge fleet, plus the previously built forts, the new army is invincible in the inland river!

"The third master has a big plan, but the chief is far behind!"

Having said that, you can't be convinced! The Yangtze River waterway, the Grand Canal, and the Yellow River, after the big rivers and rivers are connected, as long as they are within the scope of the big rivers and big rivers, the places where the barges can reach are the territory of the Yang family's new army.

If you add Wuzhuang and Grange, the Manchu court will have nowhere to go except for the places outside the Guan. Is it safe to retreat outside the customs? Neither is it! The Yang family still has sea ships, from Jiangnan to Liaodong, from the sea to the land, this huge territory, as long as there is water, there will be a new army of the Yang family!

In this game of chess, the river project is just the beginning, at most ten years of hard work, even if the Manchu Qing retreats to the outside of the customs, there is no trace of survival!

The new army of the Yang family is not a water army, it is even more powerful when it comes ashore, based on the river, where can it not go to this huge territory?

"These are nothing, Lao Tzu's real purpose is to use the water network to develop large-scale factories and mines, two lakes and Sichuan mines, this time should also be put in the hand.

Let's take advantage of the co-ordination! Now Anqing's military power is in the hands of Lao Tzu, increase the number of co-payers in the provinces, and urge more urgently, the provinces have no money to co-pay, so they use mines to top the account, and the fifteen million injected by the old man can also be embezzled, as military expenses.

Commander, now that the situation is going to change greatly, the court is not the key, the key is the foreigners.

The English side has already dealt with it, we naturally have to make a move, Shanghai Dao is a good place, after Yan Qing takes office, he will use the Taiping Army to test the water, the mouth of the river, we must grasp it! ”

Whether it is for Yunyan or the Qing Dynasty, England, France, and Millican are all ambitious, and the same is true for Oros in the north, but now the threat at sea is even greater, so Oros can only avoid it temporarily.

The way that England only accepts cash and silver in response to Yunyan, Yang Meng can probably figure it out, and the current English government is afraid that it has regarded Yunyan's formula as something that is inevitable.

Uniting with France and supporting the Taiping army, from these two actions, it is not difficult to infer their ambitions, if they follow the lì, along the river is Yunnan, even if they do not go well, they can march into Tianjin Wei to threaten the security of Gyeonggi.

Such a response means war, for the war, Yang Meng has also been preparing for many years, if the war is defeated, Yang Meng naturally has nothing to say, once he wins, Yang Meng will teach these foreign devils, what is called a real beast.

Although Yang Meng's coping strategy is not very sufficient, but in the recent battle, Yang Meng is also quite sure, if this battle can be fought in Jingshi, then he can follow the name of King Qin and enter the land of Gyeonggi.

If he hits in the south, Yang Meng can also take advantage of the situation to control the entire land south of the Yangtze River, after three or five years of development. War on both land and sea. It's not impossible.

If it's an ironclad ship, it's sharp. Then the war after that will be very profitable! A war without any purpose is a meaningless war at all, for the people this is a clan war, and for Yang Meng, how to benefit from such a war is the key.

The cost of the war and the post-war pension all need to be spent by the losing side, and as for the livelihood of the people in the defeated country, it is not a matter that Yang Meng should pay attention to. It's not a good person to be able to hit the doorstep, and these countries are not worthy of pity.

"Third master, speaking of this foreigner, you haven't replied to the matter of repairing the contract mentioned by Master Pan last time!"

Whether to go to war with foreigners or with the imperial court, Xu Ziwei didn't care much, the new army he knew was an invincible army in the Qing Dynasty, and the foreigners were probably not the opponents of the new army.

The response that the third master said. Xu Ziwei understands it very well, it is nothing more than righteousness. That's what scholars are best at, and repairing the covenant is undoubtedly a good excuse to go to war.

"Covenant revision? That's the matter of the imperial court, we can't use this as an excuse, during this time, the foreigners in the five major commercial ports may have some provocative actions, this is where we want to focus on.

When it comes to revising the treaty, we have the imperial court to deal with it, and what we have to deal with is a provocation in commercial matters, and there is only one principle, as long as we stand on the truth, we will not let anyone.

Let Minghu send some people who are proficient in Western laws to Guangzhou, so that Master Pan and Taichen can deal with it, Taichen's side, no interests can be conceded, as for Master Pan, it is still subject to the decree of the imperial court, this matter will be Lao Tzu's own plans at that time, and the recent main focus will be on the response of the imperial court, and we will be supplemented. ”

Yang Meng has no attitude towards the revision of the treaty, since the imperial court will not agree, he is making a fuss about the amendment, and it is also a blind man who lights the lamp in vain, and it involves business, so naturally there are many contradictions, I am afraid that the great powers and countries will not be able to repair the treaty, and all kinds of provocations will arise in the five major commercial ports, as for what the incident is, Yang Meng is not clear, but there is one thing, no matter what the consequences, the Yang family business will not give up a trace of interests.

"Third master, repairing the contract is a state affair, let's make a fuss about small things, isn't it a little unatmospheric?"

If the name is not right, it is not good, picking quarrels and provoking troubles is always a trivial matter, if you start a war because of this, it will inevitably seem not atmospheric enough, this righteous name, I am afraid it is not easy to occupy!

"Commander, you think the opposite, the revision of the covenant is not for us, but for the foreigners, their purpose is to repair the covenant, and to fight for the sake of the covenant.

If you make a fuss about revising the treaty and abolishing these treaties, it will not be one country that will be offended, but many countries, and there will always be a process in the war, and it will be extremely unfavorable for us to fight one country first and then many countries, and to start a war with many countries at the beginning.

If the imperial court refuses the foreigners' request to revise the treaty, they are bound to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and then provoke wars through small things.

In this war in the future, we must not take the initiative to start a war, and only after the foreigners take the lead in the war can we make a dead move, so that the cause and effect of the matter will be extremely clear, and the name of righteousness will fall into our hands.

For England, Hong Kong Island is extremely important and an indispensable outpost, and Lao Tzu has also made arrangements for this, once the foreigners start to provoke, let the remnants of Lin Ji Li go to the vicinity of Hong Kong Island to stir up trouble.

When the time comes, the two will be one, and if we can take Hong Kong Island, we will exterminate all the foreigners over there from old to young, and then a big war will be inevitable.

Even if the war on the coast is unfavorable, we can retreat inland to continue fighting, and England and other countries are bound to be extremely burdened if they want to maintain a large sea transportation line.

Once the war starts, we will have to go to war on all fronts, and if we fight it, we will have to fight a national war, whether it is England or France, it will be difficult to support such a big war, and when their finances collapse, the war has just begun for us. ”

Yang Meng's strategy is extremely vicious, the early provocation or threat of the great powers, the number of people participating in the war, absolutely not much, once defeated, the great powers will stop, but the war is not just said to fight and stop, the slaughter of the British population on Hong Kong Island is the reason for Yang Meng to provoke the war.

Lin Ji Li belonged to the Taiping Army, and the relationship between England and the Taiping Army was also unclear, even if it was a massacre, this excuse was easy to find, and when the time came, the Taiping Army would be pushed on, and the Qing Dynasty could be wiped out, and the real responsibility for provoking the war was still to blame for the small-scale war launched by the great powers.

As long as there is a justifiable reason in the early stage of the war, it is irrelevant what the situation of the war will be after that, and how bad the means of the war will be.

When looking at a war, the first thing to look at is the reason for the initiation, and the last thing to look at is the result of the war.

In Yang Meng's view, the process of war is nothing more than information for the victor to sing the praises of virtue and the loser to win sympathy, and it is nothing more than inconsequential.

"Third master, can we hold up such a big battle?"

Although Yang Meng said that it was only a few words, but when it came to the national war, the money and materials consumed were not comparable to a river project, and once the finances of the Qing Dynasty collapsed before the foreigners, the war situation would be unpredictable.

"Fix the river and build canals to prosper business! Within three or two years, Jiangnan's money and grain, especially grain, will increase greatly in production, and Jiangnan, which is not affected by natural disasters, will be able to support the war situation of hundreds of thousands of people in terms of money and grain.

As for the Taiping Army, it is just a matter of sweeping it, and when the matter of repairing the canal of the Guhe River is settled, who can help Lao Tzu? ”

The money and food fought in the war are guaranteed, and the war can be maintained for a long time, and the war of this era is still a matter of swords and guns, as long as there is a sufficient source of troops and a huge military output, it is only a matter of time to win.

"The chief is convinced!"

Now Xu Ziwei looks at the Guhe canal, his vision is completely different, Guhe is to widen the troop transportation channel, repair the canal is to ensure grain production, and the strong men who repair the canal in Guhe are the best source of soldiers, millions of strong men, as long as the training begins, in three or five months, it is millions of new troops! (To be continued......)