There have been a lot of things about Yang Meng recently, and the most important thing for the imperial court is the matter of the eight million arms, so the recent edict from the imperial court is also very gentle and has a lot of words of encouragement, it seems that he Yang Meng is the master of the Qing Dynasty.

"Taechen, how's the guns in Crimea?"

The batch of guns in Crimea, not so much because Ding Taichen made a mistake, but because the Yang family developed too quickly, most of the guns in the hands of Britain and France were Eros, these old-fashioned smoothbore guns, to be honest, really couldn't catch up with Brown Beth, and it was reasonable to be turned away.

"I've already made 100,000 long guns, and most of them can be equipped with lead bullet molds, and the rest of the short guns will be sent to the imperial court?"

Smoothbore short gun, no one uses it in Yunnan now, and the extra ones are basically cumbersome to occupy inventory, Ding Taichen is generous, but also to get some political achievements for his third master.

"Nope! It is better not to give a large number of short guns to the imperial court, we are going to enter Beijing in the future, and there are too many short guns in the hands of the imperial court, which is not good for us.

Aren't you going to emigrate overseas? The vast majority of the smoothbore short guns were allocated to our immigrants, and they had something to do in their hands, and they were bold in doing things, and when they arrived at the place, the locals did not necessarily treat our people, and those who were not convinced were buried directly. ”

Smoothbore short gun, although it is outdated, but it is also an object that can kill, within ten meters, such a short gun still has considerable lethality, it is better to use this to carry out assassination than a short knife and dagger, who can say clearly in the future, in case of war in Beijing, it is better to have fewer short guns.

Another is the safety of overseas migrants. There shouldn't be any major problems on the sea route. England will not do anything to the laborers sent by the shipyards of the five countries in the short term. After all, the English government is also looking forward to this.

But it will be difficult to say in the future, there will inevitably be some disputes between the locals, colonizers, and laborers, and the common people of China are too tolerant, and others will not regard this kind of forbearance as noble, they will only think that you are a wreck, and the people who have something to do with their hands are different. Atmosphere, this thing needs to be cultivated, and the atmosphere that Yang Meng wants to give overseas immigrants is the word fierce!

"The third master's method is proper, after all, this spear can't always be carried on the body, will we also send out a batch of Colt in stock?"

The safety of immigrants, Ding Taichen was placed on the shoulders of the new army before, Yang Meng's words undoubtedly gave him a hint, in fact, this foreign gun is just that good. The long gun may also require some skills, and this short gun can be played by children. In this way, the proportion of personnel sent overseas can be reduced.

"Colt? Let's talk about that later! Recently, Colt still has some use, this thing is not small in the war, and the large outflow is undoubtedly a reminder to various countries, drag it out for a year or two!

After all, our people are not going out to fight now, but to do business, which is too domineering and no good! But being bullied is not successful, how to grasp this degree?

Let's put it this way! If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, but if people offend me, I will raid my house and destroy my door! ”

"What the third master said is right, if someone commits a crime, I will raid the house and destroy the door! That's it!

This batch of firearms has entered Beijing, should we arrange a group of people to go to Beijing to guide the shooting method? ”

entered Beijing to guide training, as soon as this statement came out, Yang Meng's eyebrows also raised.

"Hmmm! Good way, how is the nondescript new battalion of Sushun doing? ”

"What else? It's wasted! Because of the training in Beijing, Su Shun also made the capital infamous all over Beijing, and the saying of slaughtering people and manchu scum resounded all over Beijing, if it wasn't for the emperor's support, Su Shun would have been killed by the children of the Eight Banners of Beijing.

Su Shun trained his troops, killed more than 1,000 children of the Eight Banners in half a month, and abolished three or four thousand people, and the emperor gave him tens of thousands of people, none of whom wanted to slaughter Su Shun. ”

Don't look at Su Shun is a clan, but the disciples of the Eight Banners also have privileges, Su Shun learned Yang Meng's means to train soldiers, but he provoked the anger of the public, not only the children of the Eight Banners in Beijing, but even many Manchu and Mongolian officials, all wanted to put Su Shun to death.

Because of this incident, Su Shun has been expelled from the Manchurian circle of the Beijing Division, except for his own brother and the emperor of the four-color stick, Su Shun can be said to be alone.

"Humph! It's something that can't be self-sufficient, but this calm situation is a good thing for us, send five hundred eyes to Jingshi!

Let Ziqi choose carefully, firstly, these people are here for foreign guns, and secondly, it is Lao Tzu who is supporting the scene for Su Shun.

Let these people help Su Shun practice the Eight Banners, this training will be left behind, what to do, you discuss it with Ziqi. ”

For the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Yang Meng compromised and planned to let Shi Dakai deal with the aftermath of the Taiping Army; And the Qing Dynasty also has to deal with it properly, Su Shun has some ability, and he is undoubtedly a good spokesperson.

When the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it was indeed hateful, killable and slaughtered, but now more than two hundred years have passed, and besides, this Qing Dynasty is also a serious dynasty, and killing them all is neither harmful nor beneficial to Yang Meng.

Another point is that in the future, the north will be a big battlefield, and it is better to let the Eight Banners go to the north to fill the pit than to die in the hands of their own family.

"Third master, with only five hundred people, I'm afraid it's not good to test the attitude of the imperial court, right? Five thousand is not much. ”

Sending people into Beijing was just Ding Taichen casually said, after Yang Meng caught this, Ding Taichen also went deeper, this unintentional remark was just right, but five hundred people were inevitably a little less.

"Step by step! These 500 people might as well slack off when they arrive in Beijing, so that the firearms battalion will be in a hurry, and more people will naturally enter Beijing.

You send three or five thousand people at once, I'm afraid that the four-color stick is like sitting on pins and needles, take your time, slow down the Qing Dynasty! ”

Over the years, Yang Meng has done too many things in private, and Yang Meng also has a clear understanding of Wei Wu's proposal to slow down the Qing Dynasty, which is the safest way, neither to fight back against the Qing Dynasty, nor to worry about the division of the Qin King in various places, and it will be a matter of course when the time comes.

Instead of fighting life and death in Jingshi as soon as he came up, it is better to delay Wei Wu's method.

"Got it! Third master, there have been a lot fewer English merchant ships at the Guangzhou docks recently. I wonder if it's a sign? ”

Yang. It can't be considered a normal merchant at all. If you want to define the Yang family, a commercial monster with military purposes as the main thing, it should be the most appropriate evaluation.

Many of the Yang family's transactions are not for profit, and as the largest exporter of local products in the Qing Dynasty, the Yang family's profits on local products in the past few years are also very small, many times. These sauvenirs are exported as a mix of cloud smoke.

In the past year, Yang Meng has been committed to the development of ordinary commerce, and the trading of these exports has begun to make normal profits, as a business, it is also a good intelligence channel, and the frequency of merchant ships from various countries is also something that Ding Taichen needs to control.

"Definitely! If you can't get it, we're testing Jingshi, and Ergin's goods are also going to test us!

Today's Guangzhou. However, the largest commercial port in the Qing Dynasty, seventy percent of the transactions were in Guangzhou. The fact that the British merchants had fewer ships only meant that they smelled war or had been warned.

Is Ziqi back? ”

Temptation is a good means, Yang Meng tested the Jingshi in the name of guiding firearms, and the temptation on Erjin's side was probably about to respond with human life.

"Just came back early this morning!"

"Let him do it! Presumably he already has an eyebrow on his side. ”

The connected canal network, with steam-powered barges, makes Yang Meng's action efficiency ten times and dozens of times that of the imperial court, and it may be one of Yang Meng's killer features, right?

Qin Ziqi naturally uses a fast boat to go back and forth between Anqing and Guangzhou, and it is not too much to run back and forth for a day and a night.

"What's going on with Shi Xianggong?"

Seeing Qin Ziqi, Yang Meng paid the most attention to Shi Dakai's house.

"Half push, half done, almost!"

"That's good! There are a lot fewer English merchant ships at the Guangzhou docks, do you have any say on this matter? ”

"Alas...... It is being sorted out, there are 20 warships on the Hong Kong Island side of the sea exercise, these 20 warships, all of them are small warships with about 40 guns, the draft is shallow and fast, I am afraid that the target is directly aimed at Guangzhou! ”

The intelligence of the shadow, with the cooperation of the telegram, is already the fastest in the world, there is movement on the Hong Kong Island, and the speed of Yang Meng's grasp on this side can basically be regarded as real-time for an hour or two when he goes out to cross the sea.

"! This is not a very easy matter, and Ergin's fleet must not be allowed to break through to the Tiger Gate.

Taichen, you arrange the Wooden Drainage City, and during this time, all the Wooden Drainage Cities on the Pearl River River will be pushed to the vicinity of the estuary south of Humen, leaving only a waterway for two ships, which is enough to meet the needs of merchant ships in and out.

Let Guangzhou and Dawan Shipyard step up the manufacture of wooden floating batteries, and we will defend Guangzhou, mainly relying on the cooperation of the army and the batteries, and compete with the English sea, we are not one now!

Gather a group of local veteran sailors in Guangzhou, in the foggy weather, we must step up the defense of Humen and Dawan, foggy days, tailwinds, and high tides, should be the time when Erjin tests us, the key to this matter, there must be no trace of contempt. ”

Erjin Zheng'er put on a posture to attack Guangzhou, Yang Meng was not afraid, what he was afraid of was a surprise attack, once Guangzhou was shelled, it would be a big blow to Guangzhou's military morale and public opinion.

"Third Master, what if the English warship enters the country disguised as a merchant ship?"

Ding Taichen's worries are not unreasonable, although Yang Meng said that merchants are forbidden and merchants are banned, but if it is really a ban on business, it will do the most harm to the Yang family.

"This matter, I can only ask Ziqi, let the people on Hong Kong Island draw all the patterns of the warships in England, every warship should have its own special features, as long as the more than 50 warships in England are kept in mind, we can effectively prevent the surprise attack of England.

Before the wooden drainage city, the water pilot who was placed was about to take on this important task, our time is limited, Ziqi, this matter must be handled as a top priority, otherwise we will be passive! ”

Some things can be tricked, but sometimes, only stupid methods are the best way, to deal with the English warships, if you want not to delay the merchant ships in and out of Guangzhou, the only way is rote memorization.

The best way is to remember the details of each warship, these things cannot be camouflaged, the five major commercial ports, foreign merchant ships in and out of the wharf, all need pilots, this position of pilots, is brought in by foreigners, this pilot, is the first checkpoint in Guangzhou.

"Hmmm! This is not a difficult matter, and after five days, there will be shadow manpower among the pilots.

Third master, this wooden drainage city, do you want to arrange some artillery! That's how it can be called a fake show! ”

Qin Ziqi, who is an intelligencer, is accustomed to making trade-offs, guarding the Pearl River estuary, and he can also set up a trap for the English.

"The gains outweigh the losses! Every elite artillery is piled up with silver, and instead of letting them go to Shuicheng to die, it is better to let them defend in the forts of Humen and Dawan.

Even if there is fog, the two forts can block the mouth of the Pearl River, and it is just a waste of some ammunition, so that the British army can be frightened. ”

Trade-offs, Yang Meng looks at interests, an artillery that refers to which to fight, how is it worth thousands of taels of silver, in the wooden drainage city to set up defenses, with the water city against the warships, the number of casualties is overwhelming, even if the sinking of twenty British warships, I am afraid that hundreds of artillery will be lost, twenty battleships are not much for the English, more than a thousand elite artillery, in other battlefields caused by the damage, is far greater than the death of the wooden drainage city.

The benefit is not proportional to the effort, and the decision in this matter is simple. (To be continued......)