Putting his ear on the bulging abdomen, Xiao Yungui felt that a young life inside was moving, the feeling was very wonderful, and there was only one thought turning over and over in his mind, this was his and Yun'er's child.

Every man will feel great happiness and satisfaction when he first becomes a father, Xiao Yungui is no exception, although he had many girlfriends in his previous life, but he never conceived a child, Xiao Yungui was still a stunned young man at that time, and he didn't know the word cherishing at all, but now a crossing has changed him a lot.

Gently stroking Hong Yun'er's abdomen, Xiao Yungui's big hand stroked her weak shoulder, looked at Hong Yun'er's eyes that were also full of happiness, and murmured: "Yun'er, don't worry, even if I risk my life, I will protect your mother and son, and I will definitely make your mother and son happy." ”

Hong Yun'er's face flushed faintly, and she hummed softly, and the two sat in each other's arms, enjoying a moment of tranquility. After a while, it was Hong Yun'er who asked first: "You wrote to say that there are still a few important things to do when you return to Suzhou this time, but you have a clue?" ”

Xiao Yungui said softly, "Isn't it okay for us to sit quietly like this?" I have to mention the things that are upsetting. ”

Hong Yun'er said softly: "Didn't you just say that you want to protect our mother and son? If you don't do great things, how can you protect our mother and son? Have you ever thought about it, if we lose power one day, we are afraid that we will die without a place to bury. ”

Xiao Yungui shuddered, and said with a forced smile: "Okay, I will definitely do better for the sake of your mother and son." At that moment, Xiao Yungui put away his thoughts, and said in a deep voice attentively: "The first thing is to attack Fujian, I am a little worried. ”

Hong Yun'er nodded and said: "You wrote to me about this, and the General Staff Department of the Ministry of War has also made a few detailed reports, and now the two newly formed divisions in Ningbo County plus the corps composed of local township soldiers should be enough to deal with the war in Fujian, why are you still worried?" ”

Xiao Yungui muttered: "I'm not worried about the combat effectiveness of the General Staff Division and the combat effectiveness of the new division. I'm worried about Lee so-sung. ”

Hong Yun'er was slightly taken aback, and then reacted: "Are you worried that Li Xiucheng has too much authority?" ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "Our future loyal king is now quite prestigious in Ningbo, and you should know what his group of relatives and friends under Li Xiucheng have done in Ningbo." In the last month alone, I received that the Li family will be engaged in no less than ten major things in Ningbo, not to mention any arrogance, extravagance and waste in small matters. In Ningbo, around Li Xiucheng, his cadres and those so-called relatives formed a huge interest group, I want to dismantle Li Xiucheng as soon as possible, I don't want the new editor to be eroded by them, let alone to clean up this mess after conquering Fujian. ”

Hong Yun'er sighed lightly and said: "There are pros and cons to everything, we canceled the Sacred Treasury metric system at the beginning and allowed the restoration of the private system. I expected that there would be a situation today. The generals under our command may not all be as honest and honest as we expect, human nature is selfish, and once the private system is opened, there will definitely be people who form parties for personal gain. Li Xiucheng has a very high prestige in the army, although he himself is still able to deny himself and serve the public. But not necessarily with his men. Li Xiucheng is a soft-hearted person, and in history, he knew that several other princes who stayed in Suzhou might be unfavorable to Tan Shaoguang. But he still didn't take the lead. caused several princes to kill Tan Shaoguang and surrender the city to the Qing Dynasty. He is still soft-hearted in such a major matter, not to mention that his subordinates are just greedy for personal gain? Presumably he didn't know about these things, but he just thought that his brothers who were born and died couldn't let go of the investigation. ”

Xiao Yungui snorted coldly and said: "My heart is not soft, and I don't plan to send Li Xiucheng to command the battle of Fujian, I plan to send Li Kaifang to command." Anyone who violates the law in Ningbo will be cleaned up, and Li Xiucheng and I plan to deal with him and Chen Yucheng in the same way. Throw it to the military school to study. ”

Hong Yun'er nodded and said: "It's good that you decide, since the Sufu New Deal, we have only begun to see some results, what is the New Deal?" To put it bluntly, it's the new rules. Those who break the rules must be punished severely in order to maintain the New Deal. However, this matter will have to be discussed with Zuo Xiang Duoduo before it is launched, and I will also send someone to help from the Intelligence Department. ”

Xiao Yungui smiled slightly and said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I have already discussed it with Zuo Xiang when I was in Shanghai, I will go back to Suzhou to summon Li Xiucheng in Suzhou, and it is estimated that he will arrive in a few days after tomorrow, I will summon Li Xiucheng here, Li Kaifang on the Ningbo side has already passed by inspecting the military situation, and the cooperation of the two new editors plus Liu Lichuan and Bai Zetang can control the overall situation in the shortest possible time, as long as the main culprit is taken down, there will be no chaos, I still believe in Li Kaifang and Liu Lichuan's ability to do things." ”

Hong Yun'er was slightly surprised and said, "Okay, you are acting secretly and even hiding it from me, presumably the Qianjiang Intelligence Department will also participate in this operation?" ”

Xiao Yungui smiled and held Hong Yun'er's soft hand and said, "I was worried that you would have to work on these things during the pregnancy, so I didn't let them tell you, you can rest assured, I will deal with this matter carefully." The Qianjiang side had already started the activities of the Intelligence Department in Ningbo last year, and this operation could also be used. However, this time I must first do a good job of secrecy, and I will succeed as soon as I launch it. You can raise the baby with peace of mind, and I will mobilize and cooperate with the Intelligence Department in due course. ”

Hong Yun'er pursed her lips and said, "It's not like I can't do anything." Xiao Yungui smiled: "You are the first child psychologically, it is better to be cautious." Hong Yun'er was embarrassed and twisted Xiao Yungui's waist fiercely.

Then Hong Yun'er said again: "Then is there anything else?" ”

Xiao Yungui touched his chin and said: "There is another big thing, the British and French suffered losses in the war with the Russians in the Far East, and the British and French allied forces immediately sent a 700-strong marine team to land and prepare for a surprise attack on the Russian Petropavlovsk military port. However, he fell into an ambush set by the Russian army, and more than half of the casualties had to retreat. The two naval and land attacks of the British and French navies failed to succeed, so they had to retreat to Vancouver and San Francisco in North America to reorganize and stand by. On the battlefield in Crimea, the two sides are still in a stalemate. The new British Minister Balling, who replaced Lord Wenham, was not having a good time because of this defeat, and when I met before, I happened to mention that I could send troops into battle, and he seemed to be a little moved. ”

Hong Yun'er asked puzzledly: "Now that the war in our country has not subsided, why bother to start the front again?" Moreover, the Russians in the Far East occupy Vladivostok and Kamchatka in the north, is it cost-effective for us to send troops to fight so far away? ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "I just still have some scruples, so I came back to you to discuss with Zuo Xiang." I'm not thinking about it. I asked Tan Shaoguang to set up a Young Guard army in Shanghai, numbering about 3,000 people. These people are our reserve officers in the future, but they have not yet experienced actual combat, I want them to directly fight the Russians, after all, among our hypothetical enemies in the future, the Russians are the number one enemy, and it is also haode to be able to accumulate some combat experience with foreigners first. Besides, now that Russia is powerless to look eastward, and the Russian Governor of Siberia, Muravyov, can mobilize not many troops, Britain and France dare to launch an attack on the Lopavlovsk military port with more than 700 men, and I think it should be enough to invest two or three thousand troops and horses to go north. Besides, we don't have to send the navy. We only put in the army, and the sea was completely escorted and transported by the fleets of the British and French, and at the same time could provide fire support for the attack on the military port, and I think the British and French also did not dare to go north on a large scale because they could mobilize too few troops in the Far East, if our army and their navy were combined. It will definitely be able to take down a few Russian strongholds in the north. When the time comes, the military port of Lopavlovsk will be occupied by us, even if we will not need it. The British and French must have been greedy, too. We can also use the captured military port to complete a deal with the British and the French. ”

Hong Yun'er asked, "What deal?" ”

Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "I will ask for British or French warships to exchange for the Russian strongholds, you also know that Russia will definitely lose the Crimean War, so we should send troops at this time to grab some of the fruits of victory that are about to arrive, and it is a sin not to eat the fat meat in our mouths." ”

After hearing this, Hong Yun'er pondered for a moment and said: "Listening to you say this, there are many benefits to helping the British and French send troops to fight the strongholds and ports in the north of Russia, but I am worried about four problems. First, if we send troops, it will mean that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will declare war on Russia. I was afraid that the Russians would be pushed over the side of the Manchus. Second, there is the threat of the British and the French, although we have an army, but we rely on other people's navies to transport them by sea. If there is any unpleasantness between us and Britain and France during this period, we will give 3,000 hostages to others for nothing. Third, if we expose the strength of our army early, I am afraid that if we really turn against Britain and France in the future, we will lose the first hand. Zuihou's question is, will Bao Ling be willing to cooperate with us to send troops? ”

Xiao Yungui hummed and said: "I have also considered the problem you are worried about, the Russians are very ambitious, once Russia loses the Crimean War, the double-headed eagle will temporarily lose the opportunity to develop westward, so whether we fight with Russia or not, Russia will definitely seek development to the east next, this trend cannot be changed in any way, so sooner or later we will have to confront Russia." So don't worry about the cooperation between Russia and the Manchus, when we really launch the Northern Expedition, the shameless people of the Manchus will definitely borrow from Russia to help suppress, and Russia also wants to take the opportunity to expand eastward, so there is no need for us to push, Russia and the Manchus will wear the same pants sooner or later. ”

Xiao Yungui paused and continued: "As for the attitude of Britain and France, it is not a problem, at least before the end of the Crimean War, we and Britain and France are still in the honeymoon period, as long as we can quickly solve the war, after the war and Britain and France sign the spoils sharing treaty, people will immediately withdraw to Shanghai, there is still certainty." If it really doesn't work, we can also ask the navies in Ningbo and Shanghai to provide transport fleets, and we can transport our troops over ourselves. Although our navy does not have warships to compete with Britain and France, it has many ships, and many of them can still sail to the sea, so it is not bad for the navy to go to sea to practice. ”

Xiao Yungui sighed and said: "I'm not worried about the leakage of our strength, because there are many foreign instructors in our military academy, I don't think we can keep the secret of our military strength, on the contrary, if Britain and France know the strength of our army, maybe it will play some deterrent role." Zuihou this question, Bao Ling wants to win the war, if he wants to make a difference, he won't worry too much, anyway, everyone takes what they need, I think with the appropriate way of cooperation, he will agree to our participation in the war. (To be continued......)