Yang Xiaolin didn't know that Zaitao, the young and vigorous prince of the Qing Dynasty, was suffering the most violent blow in his life!

Sometimes if you want to do something, it doesn't matter how much skill the person doing it has! The Qing Dynasty is already riddled with holes, not to mention that Zaitao has only drunk foreign ink, even if he has the ability to bring the dead back to life like a German mustache, he will not be able to cure the Qing Dynasty. After World War I, Germany was also dying, but people wanted to stand up themselves, so the mustache could prescribe the right medicine, the Qing Dynasty was different, Zaitao was ambitious here to make the Qing Dynasty eternal, and Beijing City Zaifeng sent a telegram to tell him that there was no money! This month's military pay is owed!

Sitting on General Fengtian's chair, Zaitao's whole face was as gray as ashes.

When he came to Mukden, Lafayette was very happy, and allocated all the military salaries owed to the northeast region at one time, and promised to allocate money to him on a monthly basis in the future. But it's just been a few months, and it's about to be the New Year, and when Zaitao was about to give the Qing army and those Germans who came from afar a generous holiday fee for this period of training, Zaifeng said that there was no money? What is this called?

Zaitao was very angry, he knew that all the arrears started from the first arrears, and this arrears did not know which year and month would be paid. He immediately sent a telegram to Zaifeng, saying that Lafayette personally promised not to deduct his money, and if Zaifeng did not give it, he would go to Beijing to meet Lafayette.

Zaifeng called back quite quickly: "It's almost the New Year, come back and take a look, brother, my brother really has no money." ”

Zaifeng said that now the money of the Qing Dynasty is used in three places, one is to repay foreigners, the second is to celebrate the New Year with Lafayette, and the third is to train Zaitao. Zaifeng asked Zaitao, these three places have to use money, not enough, where to squeeze from?

Zaitao was stunned, he couldn't answer the question. In other countries, of course, military training is the first priority, and the repayment can be in arrears, and Lafayette will not be able to live if he has no money. However, the Qing Dynasty was just the opposite, it was not possible not to repay the money of foreigners, it was not possible to lose trust with foreigners, and it was not enough to use the material resources of the whole country to unite the favor of the great powers, but to put it on practical action.

It's not okay not to give Galeries Lafayette the New Year, Lafayette is old, and it won't be a few years. He thought about it from Zaifeng's point of view, and it seemed that only military salaries could be owed.

So Zaitao is very depressed now, and he asked Zaifeng if Yuan Shikai's military salary has been paid. Zaifeng replied that although Yuan Shikai's military salary for training was said to be issued by the imperial court, the silver given by the imperial court was not enough at all, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, what was enough? The rest of the money is Yuan Shikai figuring out his own way. He asked Zaitao to learn from Yuan Shikai, so as not to add such a big burden to the imperial court.

Looking at Zaifeng's reply, Zaitao finally understood one thing, Yuan Shikai was not the only one who could train soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, but the only one who could find money to train soldiers was Yuan Shikai! This made him even more angry, and he became even more resentful towards Yuan Shikai. Those new troops in Shandong eat Yuan Shikai and drink Yuan Shikai, they will eventually die for Yuan Shikai, not for the court!

Zaitao nestled the telegram in his hand into a ball and read it fiercely: "Yuan Shikai!" Someday he will be a national thief! ”

As he was talking, Zhao Erxun walked in from outside: "Lord Belle, the New Year is coming soon, do you want to add anything to your house?" ”

Zaitao glanced at Zhao Erxun and put his feet on the table: "What do you add?" What's the blockage? ”

Zhao Erxun smiled: "You see what you said is not right, although our Qing Dynasty has no money to train soldiers, but there is still a small amount of money, and it is not a problem to celebrate the New Year." ”

Zaitao was angry in his heart: "We all have to celebrate the festival, the foreigners in Beijing want to celebrate the festival, Lafayette wants to celebrate the festival, and Lord Zhao also wants to celebrate the festival, what should I do with this military training?!" ”…,

Zhao Erxun saw that his face was not good, and he didn't say anything, and after a long time, Zaitao let out a sigh himself, and then said leisurely: "Lord Zhao, Zaifeng put the master from behind, if this money is broken, the school will be built in vain, and those machines will be bought in vain, and in front of those soldiers, it is equivalent to the master himself in the mouth, and he will not be able to take them after he hits himself!" ”

Zhao Erxun hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Master, Prince Alcohol said that this money is owed first, and it will be made up for us later." ”

Zaitao glanced at him, and Zhao Erxun didn't say any more. He wanted to comfort Yi Tao, but he didn't believe it, and if he had the money to make up for it, he wouldn't owe it. Zaitao leaned softly on the back of the Taishi chair, closed his eyes and said: "Lord saw Yang beating ghosts clearly, and saw the Russians clearly, but he didn't see his own people clearly!" The precedent of the Beiyang Sailor is in the forefront, and the money to buy the boat is used to repair the garden, not to mention what is the master here! ”

Zhao Erxun was shocked when he heard this: "Master, you can't go out and say this, the lowly position is terrified, and the lowly position has not heard anything." ”

Zaitao smiled bitterly: "Ye deserves it!" ”

After being silent for a long time, Zaitao suddenly asked, "How is Yang Fighting Ghost there?" ”

Zhao Erxun hurriedly said: "According to reliable information, Yang Dagui didn't know where to get a batch of guns, and he was equipping those bandits, including pistols, rifles, and more than two hundred heavy machine guns. ”

Zaitao stood up after hearing the hula, kicked over the brazier in front of him, and frightened Zhao Erxun back two steps, seeing Zaitao walking outside, Zhao Erxun shouted at all: "Master, where are you going on a cold day?" ”

Zaitao didn't reply: "This is all the money that Yang snatched from the ghost!" I don't believe that I am not as good as a bandit, he will rob him! If you go to Beijing City, you will rush to carry Feng's house! ”

Zhao Erxun hurriedly followed behind.

Zaitao is a person who is unwilling to admit defeat, even if the Qing Dynasty falls in the future, Zaitao is still in Jihua to restore, he even planned to assassinate Yuan Shikai single-handedly, and now he says that he wants to rob Zaifeng, that is completely angry, because robbing Zaifeng can not play any role at all.

Zaitao is going back to Beijing, and the salary is owed in Beijing, and if you want to solve this problem, you have to go to Beijing. Besides, Zaitao is also a big family, and the prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty doesn't have millions of taels of silver in his house? Zaitao thought about it, he went to the capital to ask for money, even if the money didn't come, he Zaitao would have to make up for it!

He was unwilling to stop, not so much for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, or for Yang to fight ghosts, but rather because Zaitao was unwilling to let his ideals die. That's the way it is, it doesn't matter if it wasn't implemented at the beginning, things have been done now, and seeing that there are already eyebrows, let him stop suddenly, he is unwilling. The ideal is beautiful, and the reality is cruel, but no matter how cruel the reality is, Zaitao has to fight for the ideal of beauty, because he doesn't want to be a person who eats and waits for death.

On the other side of the mountain, Yang Xiaolin was very happy with the first semi-automatic rifle produced by his arrival after he came back, aiming at the heart hanging on the trunk in front of him, Yang fired three shots in a row, and the gun hit the middle position, and there was a cheer around: "Okay!" Good marksmanship! ”

Yang Xiaolin had half a cigarette butt in his mouth and a satisfied smile on his face, this gun made him very satisfied in terms of recoil and accuracy.

"Not bad! Zhou Tong, you have worked hard! ”

Zhou Tong was obviously very happy, as far as they were concerned, it was their happiest thing to see what they had made recognized and recognized: "General, we have almost done the light machine guns you brought, and it is estimated that in two months, the first light machine gun we imitated ourselves will be placed in front of you." ”…,

Jin Dadao was also quite happy: "If we use this gun to fight, we will guarantee that those Russians will fall to the ground!" ”

Yang Xiaolin smiled: "You are wrong, Brother Jin, this gun is not here to hit the Russians, on the contrary, I want to sell it to the Russians." ”

Jin Dadao thought he had misheard: "What? Sell to the Russians? ”

Yang Xiaolin nodded casually: "Yes, this thing is useless in our hands, you see that we are now using these dozens of machines, and we are working hard to produce this kind of gun, at most twenty guns a day, we have five thousand people, it will take a year to get all the brothers to have one." But if we accidentally leave a gun, whether it is picked up by the Russians or the Japanese, they can immediately copy it in large quantities. ”

Zhou Tong nodded at this time: "This thing is really not complicated, and it makes sense to say it all." ”

Jin Dadao saw that Zhou Tong also said the same, although he still didn't understand it, he didn't say anything. Yang Xiaolin walked up to him: "So, let's take advantage of the time when the first gun is the most valuable, and sell it at a good price!" ”

Kong landed next to him and answered: "Then do you want to go to Robert?" ”

Yang Xiaolin shook his head: "Mr. Robert may be in love now, let's not bother him, besides, I still hope that this gun can exchange us for hundreds of small cannons." Robert is so dark! This gun has to be passed from his hand, and the price has to be smaller! ”

A gun for hundreds of guns sounds incredible, but this gun is different. Various countries are now spending a lot of money on research for semi-automatic rifles, and the Russians are certainly no exception. The closer you get to success, the greater the cost. It's a waste of time, it's a waste of money, and even if they make it, it's definitely not as stable as the one in their hands.

Yang Xiaolin believed that if he put the gun in front of the Russians, they would definitely get his hands on it at all costs.

They had already started negotiations with the Japanese on the issue of the Northeast, and Britain, the United States, and Germany were instigating little Japan to fight the Russians behind them, which was very unfavorable to the Russians from the perspective of the international situation. War was imminent, a large number of Russian troops were rushing to the Liaodong Peninsula, the Russians had increased the garrison of the Qing Dynasty by more than 100,000 men in just a few months, and the follow-up troops were still marching in.

The reason why Yang Xiaolin sold the rifle to the Russians was because he believed that as long as the Russians got a rifle of this kind, they would definitely be able to equip all the troops in Liaoxi within half a year, and when the time came, the mountain of corpses and blood that the Japanese would be proud of would definitely be able to build a higher base!

Also, the Russians have too many troops in the northeast now, and there are more and more of them, and at this time he does not want the Russians to remember him. Being able to make the Russians feel that they are not a big threat to them in a certain form, at least not blatantly arguing with the Russians like Tang Yulin, can buy some time for themselves.

Also, the Russians have many iron mines in the northeast, and now those tunzi under the mountain need iron ore and copper ore to make bullets for Yang Xiaolin. If he can negotiate with the Russians, Yang Xiaolin hopes to get them, either to buy iron or mine.

He threw the rifle to Jin Dadao, who hurriedly reached out to catch it, as if he was afraid of breaking it. Yang Xiaolin said: "Tell the brothers below to find a way to tie up a Russian officer for me in the past few days, at least a captain!" We need someone to speak. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Nyerere ran over from below: "Mr. General, the Japanese from last time came again, and he said that he had something to discuss with you." ”

Yang Xiaolin knew what Nyerere said about Aso Nao, and hurriedly asked Jin Dadao to put away the gun, this thing can't be seen by the Japanese.