In the 26th year of Guangxu, the year of Gengzi in the lunar calendar.

This was a significant year in Chinese history, and it was in this year that the Gengzi indemnity as we later became known took place. In the history of the late Qing Dynasty, there were many indemnities for defeat, but only Gengzi indemnities "have names and surnames", which are often taken out separately.

Because it is the largest amount of indemnity in China's history, it measures China's material resources, and it is also scored to be paid off in 39 years.

But before that tragedy, the backbone of the Qing Dynasty was still stubbornly standing after being trampled on several times. In the hearts of those in power, it is still the great China, the heavenly kingdom.

After the Opium War and the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, this behemoth in the Far East woke up, but the bloated and corrupt feudal dynastic system held it back from catching up and staggering.

Beijing, Li Mansion.

In this land where the powerful gathered, the Li Mansion, which once served as a servant of the Ministry of Works, finally rejected it after several generations of weakness.

Li Qiyun, the head of the family, lives in the Ministry of Industry, Yu Hengqing, and is a skilled craftsman who is famous all over the world. The eldest son, Li Rufeng, is better than the blue out of the blue, and became the commander of the forward battalion at a young age, and his martial arts are the best in the capital, and his future is limitless.

In mid-June, the pomegranate flowers in the yard are in full bloom, red and bright, clusters, and other bewitching and cheap goods in the flower garden are dotted with spring colors in the garden.

Li Rufeng, who was dressed in military uniform, was summoned to the study by his father before he could change into civilian clothes.

Pushing open the door of the study, Li Qiyun leaned back on the sandalwood chair, lowered his head, looked at the desktop, and was stunned.

Li Qiyun has a long beard, his face is like a crown of jade, he is not angry and self-assured, he was famous for his family with the jade tree in the wind when he was young, and he is still in middle age, and his skin is one of the best.

Li Rufeng called his father twice, and gradually increased his tone.

Li Qiyun seemed to have just reacted, let out a soft "ah", and raised his head: "Like the wind, you are here." ”

Li Rufeng sat down, frowned, and said, "Why did my father summon me, you look worried." ”

"Knock knock!"

Li Qiyun tapped his fingers on the desk twice and pushed the drawings on it over, "Look at it yourself." ”

Li Rufeng unfolded the drawings with doubts, only to see that there were countless complex runes depicted on them, of many types, in addition to the two sects of Taoism and Buddhism, there were no less than seven schools that he could recognize.

After looking at it for a while, he was sure that this was a formation.

At the end of the drawing, four words are written: the weapon of the country, the magic of creation.

"This is ......" Li Rufeng was a little unsure.

"Peerless Fighting Spirit. Li Qiyun said.

"Aren't they dead yet?Can Li Zhongtang agree?" Li Rufeng's eyes widened.

Warrior Soul Project!

A project that the imperial court had been planning for forty years.

Things have to start with the first Opium War, which was the first time that the Qing Dynasty was bombed open to the country, although there were firearms at that time, but still cold weapons were still the main era, and suddenly a group of foreign devils with foreign guns and foreign cannons called Dad.

Since then, this dynasty, which once won the world on horseback and was famous for its military force, realized that it was backward.

How could agricultural civilization just overtake industrial civilization?

The country needs to save itself, but how to save it, there were two voices at that time:

First, learning from the West, learning from the strong is the instinct of the weak.

Second, the Pantheon.

Due to the limitations of the times, people do not know that industrial civilization is the real way out of human civilization, and they have regarded themselves as the superior country of the Celestial Empire for hundreds of years, and have unreasonable contempt for foreigners.

So the Pantheon Palace became the choice of the Qing court to save itself.

However, the Pantheon is an ethereal legend after all, and after the whole country chases the non-existent phantom, the diehards are disheartened.

The Westernization Movement began.

But the diehards did not give up, and the Pantheon could not find it, so we would create an invincible "weapon" ourselves. Thus, the Warrior Soul Project was born.

The project had to be halted due to many obstacles.

First of all, Li Zhongtang, who was a very human minister, degraded it to an evil sect and crooked way, and his tricks were ingenious. bluntly said that the rise of a great power is not one person and one thing, but everything for ten thousand people.

To this day, except for that chair, most of the power of the Qing court has been held by the Han Chinese, and the diehards have to avoid it.

Secondly, the Warrior Spirit Project lacks two core "objects", one is the ultimate treasure, and the other is the ultimate person.

The Qing court has no longer regained the prosperity of the beginning of the founding of the country, and after experiencing the Taiping Rebellion, looking at the blood lineage world, there is no extremity.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom directly wiped out the qi of the Qing Dynasty, and in the history of China, such rebellions are very rare.

Li Zhongtang's compromises describe the post-war situation in Jiangsu as follows:

"Chasu Province is densely populated, most of them are half a mile and a village, three miles and a town, the smoke looks at each other, and the chickens and dogs smell each other. Today, there are a few miles of uninhabited people, and there are twenty or thirty miles of uninhabited people. There are broken walls, lonely and weak, one or two, all of them are colorless, moaning and dying. ”

The magnitude of the scourge can be seen.

However, after the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War and the annihilation of the Beiyang Navy, this movement called the self-salvation of the dynasty was declared a failure.

For the Westernists who are eager to save themselves, it is simply a catastrophe, how many people are discouraged, and how many people lose their heads overnight.

"Now that the Western countries are eyeing each other, the Boxer Rebellion is too big to fall, and there are internal and external troubles, the Peerless War Spirit Project has been secretly restarted. Li Qiyun picked up the teacup and put it down again, he didn't even have the mood to drink tea, "Today, Lord Shangshu quietly gave me the drawings and brought the Queen Mother's dictation. ”

"What did the Queen Mother say?"

"For a hundred years, if everyone dares to die, why is it difficult to reduce the fierce flames, Zhang Guowei!"

Li Rufeng's body shook, leaned on the corner of the table, and gritted his teeth: "The Manchu Dynasty is prevaricating up and down, and women are mediocre in power. ”

"Shut up!" Li Qiyun slapped the table angrily, his voice was fierce.

"Father, what should you do?

The Li family is a family of refiners who have inherited the centuries, and there are many skilled craftsmen in the family, including magic weapons, firearms, and cold weapons. Li Qiyun is known as "Luban in the world".

When the Peerless Battle Soul Plan was first formulated, the Li family was one of the core forces.

First, the family is declining day by day, and Li Qiyun's father is eager to revive the family, so he likes it and recommends himself. Li Qiyun is able to prosper in the official road, which is to get this layer of relationship.

Second, the Li family, who is a refining family, can't avoid it.

But the Wushuang Battle Soul Plan is a dead end that doesn't work at all, so many capable people are helpless, how can the Li family do it?

Over the years, the Queen Mother has become more and more moody, violent and cruel.

"The Queen Mother agreed to take out the Black Water Spirit Bead. Li Qiyun said suddenly.

Li Rufeng was stunned for a moment, and shook his head for a long time: "Even so, where can we find an extreme path for them? Besides, this formation may not work, they all cross the river by feeling the stones, even if there are extreme path masters, they are not willing to risk their lives." ”

"That's why I came to you. Li Qiyun looked at his eldest son.

Li Rufeng is the strongest in the Li family, not only the Li family, but even in the entire northern bloodline world, he is also a master among the masters. Li Rufeng, the son of the Li family, went out to ask, who in the bloodline world has never heard of it.

Because of this, he was unusually promoted to the commander of the assault battalion.

The father and son looked at each other for a long time and understood.

Li Rufeng shook his head bitterly: "I'm not even a half-step pole path." ”

"Your uncle and I will instill your skills and forcibly raise your cultivation to the half-step pole path, and then cooperate with my Li family's strengthening ability, supplemented by the Black Water Spirit Bead and the formation ....." Li Qiyun didn't continue, he was silent for a long time, his eyes red: "Like the wind, I'm sorry for you for my father." If you don't want to, I can stab this matter to Li Zhongtang. ”

There are many people who oppose the Wushuang War Spirit Plan, and to this day in the Qing Dynasty, even the Queen Mother cannot be arbitrary, so she only gives an edict.

Li Rufeng thought about it and accepted his fate, "Then my Li family will also not be good, and I will also hate those people." Besides, it doesn't have to be a failure. ”

It's just, it's just an extreme way, and it's really capable of turning the tide?

"You don't have to go back to camp for a while, just stay at home..... Accompany Wanru and Ling'er well. ”

"Hmm. ”

Li Rufeng was newly married the year before and had a son the next year, and he was already able to walk and babble.

Leaving the study and turning into the back house, he did not go to see his wife and son after a long absence, but went to another courtyard.

Fang Fu stepped into the courtyard, the "bang" gunshot, Li Rufeng's hair stood on end, his body's instinctive reaction was faster than consciousness, and an iron plate bridge escaped the attack.

"Boom!"

The wall behind him collapsed.

In the courtyard, a young girl in a cheongsam stood pretty, with her left hand crossed on her waist and her right hand holding a Mauser repeating rifle.

This is currently the most advanced rifle in the world.

The girl giggled and said, "Little thief, trespassing on my aunt's yard, is it stealing silver, or robbing sex." ”

The kind of innocence that only belongs to a girl comes to the face.

Without waiting for Li Rufeng to speak, she smiled and said, "Mo has silver, but she can rob you, what do you think of this little lady?"

She used her mouth to nun her own personal maid Ruyi.

The maid, who was about the same age as the young lady, suddenly blushed, lowered her head, and looked at the tip of her shoe.

"Your personal maid will marry with you in the future. Big brother, I don't want to offend my future brother-in-law in advance. After Li Rufeng finished speaking, he stepped forward angrily and knocked her a chestnut: "Dead girl, do you want to shoot your own eldest brother?"

"My father said that now the country is suffering from internal and external troubles, and the wind and rain are in turmoil. The eldest brother is also the commander of the assault battalion, so I can't tell you to be vigilant all the time. "The little girl has sharp teeth and a clever tongue.

Li Rufeng took the Mauser rifle, cast a strengthening ability, and fired a shot at the courtyard wall, and the bullet exploded a large hole with a thick bowl mouth.

Look at my sister just now, one shot knocked down half of the wall.....

Li Rufeng shook his head: "Shame, shame." ”

The girl padd her feet, raised her hand, her sleeves slipped down, revealing her wrist that deceived Frost and Shengxue, and touched Li Rufeng's head: "If you grow a little, you can teach." ”

Li Rufeng had a dark face and smacked her: "Go, go, eldest brother is like a father, you are becoming more and more unruly." ”

The girl puffed out her face and puffed into a bun, "The eldest brother is like a father, but he asks his sister for advice all day long, and he is not ashamed." ”

。 Sogou