Three days later, when Xu Jie handed over the "Beiyang Industrial Development Plan" drafted by himself and Julia Garin and others to Li Hongzhang, Lao Li just looked through it and asked his subordinates to put it away.

"The old man doesn't know much about how to do it, and he has to let Sheng Xuanhuai see these things." Seeing Xu Jie, who was slightly embarrassed, Li Hongzhang explained with a smile.

"We need to take our time with these things, and now it's all about how to give you a name!!" Li Hongzhang said with a smile.

"Please make it clear in the middle hall." Xu Jie said.

"Later life, you are just a teacher now, you must know that in the Qing Dynasty, you can't do things without a skin." As he spoke, Li Hongzhang pointed to the top hanging next to him and said. "Without this thing, how do you gain a foothold in the Beiyang Naval Division? I'm afraid you also want to be just a staff member like Zhang Youqiao, right? ”

"What do you mean?" Although Xu Jie had already guessed a little in his heart, he still asked.

"It's just a recipe for you. The imperial court agreed to give so much money, but it was not given for nothing, I, the governor of Zhili, always had to go to Beijing, and this was an opportunity. Li Hongzhang said with a smile.

"Thank you, Lord Nakado, for cultivating." Xu Jie immediately bowed and saluted.

"It's about eight days after you enter Beijing this time, you go and get ready, find that Vittorio, and get on two models of new clippers. This time, it's time to let those guys in the center know about our Beiyang predicament. Li Hongzhang said.

"As far as the students know, it is very likely that Japan will purchase new warships in addition to the warships described in the students' books. Among them was a 2nd class Vault cruiser that was more powerful than the Yoshino that Japan was going to order, and the other was a 1st class protection cruiser Edgar-class. Although the tonnage is a little smaller than the one shown in the North Sea, it is also quite powerful in terms of combat power, so that the fast battleships of the Japanese Combined Fleet have one first-class protection cruiser and five second-class cruisers. "Since Lao Li has waited for the tone and said that he wants to deter those bigwigs in the Beiyang Center, it is still okay for Xu Jie to add some private goods and lie when introducing the Japanese fleet, as for adding those ships, Xu Jie found it almost instantly, Takasago must have it, this is Yoshino's same type of ship, but the arrival is late. And why did you choose the cruiser Edgar, Xu Jie thought about it like this, if you want to say that the devil wants to buy Yashima Fuji, this is obviously not believed, after all, there is not even a monarch now, let alone Fuji's mother type Majesty-class battleship. And if you talk about those pretending to patrol, it's impossible, those guys came out later. So looking around, Xu Jie still thinks that the more than 7,000-ton Edgar is the most convincing, one is that the Japanese are now purchasing new cruisers, and second, this battleship is slightly worse than the Blake, but it is definitely first-class. So to sum up, Xu Jie added 2 more battleships to the book "out of nothing"!! This is the art of lying, 90 percent truth plus 10 percent falsehood!!

"In the Beiyang, you know the most about the Japanese fleet, and when the time comes, it's up to you." Li Hongzhang sighed and said.

"My subordinates must do their best to do this well." Xu Jie saluted.

"In the next life, the old man still wants something from you?" Then Lao Li's words made Xu Jie a little surprised.

"I don't know what Nakado-sama wants." Xu Jie asked.

"A protégé post!!" Li Hongzhang said sternly.

"Subordinates obey." Xu Jie was stunned for a moment and replied. This thing really surprised Xu Jie. He really didn't expect Li Hongzhang to accept him as a disciple so quickly, considering that Lao Li has never received a disciple in his life, this is basically a closed disciple, if nothing else, he Xu Jie will be cultivated as an important figure in the future of Beiyang. But it is also this protégé post, Xu Jie wants to do something in the future, so he has to pay attention to Lao Li's face. After all, in the society at that time, people attached great importance to this kind of teacher-student relationship. If what he wants to do in the future conflicts with Lao Li, I'm afraid that this ungrateful crime is not something he can afford. But now, Xu Jie obviously has no choice, and from the current point of view, the tiger skin of Li Hongzhang's protégé is enough to scare the vast majority of people!!

"Then get ready to go. Don't worry about the protégé's post, let Zhang Youqiao write it for you. Let's go down. Lao Li waved his hand and said. …,

"The student is quitting." Xu Jie got up and saluted and left.

"Father-in-law, do you just value his talents by accepting Xu Jishi (Jishi is Xu Jie's own word) as a closed disciple?" After Xu Jie left, Zhang Peilun walked in and asked.

"This son is quite old and spicy in terms of knowledge and work. Hit the nail on the head. If you have such talents, you will be damned. Li Hongzhang sighed and said. But this person has been abroad for a long time, and he has not forgotten to serve the country, but I am afraid that this loyal monarch has already been thrown out of the clouds. If I want to pass this hurdle in Beiyang, I must make great use of this person, and once things change in the future, I am afraid that this protégé post will be of great use. Facing his son-in-law, Lao Li has no need to hide it.

"Then how about going to Beijing this time, if Master Ruoweng is still looking for trouble?" Zhang Peilun changed the topic.

"Not now, once this master Weng encounters an accident, he will run faster than a rabbit, and he really doesn't have the courage to trouble me in Beiyang at this time." Li Hongzhang snorted coldly. "But if this method of Jishi is to be implemented, I'm afraid it will cause a wave in the center."

"Then how do I do it? Didn't do it? Zhang Peilun asked.

"Don't do it? If you don't do it, you won't have any money!! Li Hongzhang said angrily. Let's do it first, and when those clear streams come to find something, we'll talk about it. It's a big deal to mess with him once. If necessary, you can contact Prince Gong. ”

"Zhongtang is generous." Zhang Peilun couldn't help but drop a drop of cold sweat when he heard this, and joined forces with Prince Gong, the protector of the Western Protector? What does this mean? This means that Li Hongzhang, who holds the military and political power of Zhili, is very likely to launch a political offensive with the prince of the imperial family, who has been in the center for a long time but still has great influence, and is enough to threaten Cixi's rule. And in order to maintain the stability of the political situation, the Queen Mother will definitely not bother with Beiyang about the private factory!! After all, this matter is about the ancestral family law in Qingliu's eyes, but the Queen Mother may not really care!

"How's the contact with Liu Xingsan?" Li Hongzhang asked.

"The old subordinates of Beiyang still remember your cultivation back then, but since the incident of Zhang Shusheng back then, the old people of the Huai Department have been a little different." Zhang Peilun said carefully.

"When you come back this time, you and Jishi will go on a trip together, a closed disciple and a son-in-law. It's enough for him Liu Ming to pass on face. Li Hongzhang thought for a while and said.