Before meeting Zengqi, Chen Hao was already mentally prepared, thinking that Zengqi would not wait to see him, but the result was beyond his expectations. Zeng Qi was very enthusiastic about him, and learned that he came to visit Zeng Qi and personally came out to greet him, and the level of enthusiasm was comparable to that of Shoushan.

Chen Hao was polite, carefully guarding against Zengqi, and did not let Zengqi grab any handles. He has been paying attention to Zengqi, and he feels that Zengqi does not seem to be in vain, but really attaches great importance to him. This made Chen Hao wonder, in history, Zeng Qi was greedy for life and afraid of death, and always advocated peace with the Russians, and sent people to Lushun under the coercion of the Russians to sign the "Fengtian Temporary Charter" without authorization, and later the matter was revealed and dismissed.

There are nine articles in the "Provisional Regulations of Fengtian and Earth", which stipulate that the Russian army will be stationed in Mukden and other places, and the Qing army in the province will be disbanded, and the general must obey the orders of the Russian side. This is a complete traitorous treaty, Zengqi is a coward, advocating peace with foreigners, and he should hate the main battle generals like Chen Hao, Zengqi's enthusiasm makes him a little overwhelmed.

Chen Hao tried not to speak as much as possible, waiting for Zengqi's fox tail to be exposed, and after greeting Chen Hao for a long time, Zengqi smiled and said: "Ba Xian was rarely promising, and this transfer to Fengtian will definitely be able to share my worries." If the Baxian can teach the Russians a lesson and repel the Russian Southern Route Army, I will give you a few machines privately. ”

"Machines?" Chen Hao said in surprise: "What machine?" ”

Zeng Qi said with some embarrassment: "The Jilin Machinery Bureau can produce guns, but the Fengtian Machinery Bureau under my jurisdiction can only produce coins, and every time I go to the Jilin Machinery Bureau to allocate guns and bullets, I will be laughed at by Chang Shun, so I bought some machines and prepared to make guns and bullets in the Fengtian Machinery Bureau." It's just that the official is busy with official business, and he has no time to manage it for a while, and those machines are also abandoned, and he is good at martial arts, so he should be familiar with the foreigner machine, and if he can defeat the Russian army on the southern route, I will give you the machine. ”

"Player Chen Baxian, NPC Zengqi issued you the task 'Defeat the Russian army on the southern route', and the task completion condition: defeat the Russian army on the southern route. Rewards: A bullet growth line and a set of gun maintenance equipment. ”

Chen Hao was stunned by the pie that suddenly fell, this time he went south to resist the Russian army on the southern route, and he would work hard without Zengqi rewarding, which one is the system singing? He had the feeling that the sun was coming out of the west, and Zengqi, the main peace faction, would actually issue him a mission to annihilate the Russian army, and also took out valuable bullet production lines and gun maintenance equipment as rewards.

With the bullet production line, Chen Hao can build a small arsenal, and the bullets will not have to worry about in the future. Firearm repair equipment is also very useful, there are many guns damaged on the battlefield, and many guns will not lose quality if they are repaired, and it is also a fortune if they can be repaired.

Chen Hao did not have an arsenal in Yingkou's construction plan because he could not afford a bullet production line and a machine to manufacture or repair rifles. This kind of thing is not available even if you have money, unless you are lucky enough to encounter a hidden quest and a special NPC online, you can buy it for a lot of money.

Because it was a task released by Zengqi, Chen Hao was not in a hurry to accept it, for fear that there would be something greasy in it. Zeng Qi looked embarrassed, he could understand, Zeng Qi should have bought the machine, no one would use it, so he would put the machine in the warehouse, not that he said that he had no time to manage the machine bureau for the time being.

Seeing Chen Hao's hesitation, Zeng Qi smiled dryly and said, "Baxian, you seem to have some prejudices against me?" To tell you the truth, I have always advocated peace with the Russians, because my national strength of the Qing Dynasty is very different from that of the Russians, and the battle will definitely be lost. After Baxian completely annihilated the Russian Northern Route Army in the north, I felt that the Russians were not so terrible, and now with Baxian you going south to help me, plus Jinchang, who had been prepared for a long time, will definitely be able to teach the Russians a lesson. ”

Chen Hao showed a look of surprise, he didn't expect the butterfly wings to incite such a big impact, and after his great victory in the north, the Shengjing general Zengqi of the Lord and the main battle actually took the lead in the battle. This made Chen Hao have greater confidence in changing the plot tasks, and it seems that the system controls the entire game reasonably, rather than blindly forcing the plot tasks to completely follow the historical development.

Although Zengqi signed a traitorous treaty in history, he is not a useless waste, and it is reasonable to change from the main peace to the main war. Just like Zengqi himself said, he advocated peace with Tsarist Russia because he was afraid of the Russians' force, for fear that Tsarist Russia would defeat Mukden and hang up himself.

Now that Tsarist Russia has gathered heavy troops, the probability of peace is very small, but the north has fought a big victory and completely annihilated the Tsarist Russian Northern Route Army. Zengqi hoped that Nan would also win such a big victory, so that he would not worry about hanging up, because he was nominally the supreme governor of Mukden Province and could still receive great merit.

Chen Hao was only seventeen years old in the game, and of course Zeng Qi would not pin all his hopes on him, what he wanted was to let Chen Hao and Jin Chang resist the Russians in the south first, and if he failed, he would negotiate peace with the Russians without being too late.

If the south really won the battle, Chen Hao would be a person to report the battle report to Zengqi first, and then Zengqi would report it to the imperial court in order to share the credit, so he promised to give Chen Hao a bullet production line and firearm maintenance equipment in his private name.

Zengqi can not only win over Chen Hao, but also stimulate Chen Hao to fight desperately in the south, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. The reason why he thought of sending the machine to Chen Hao was because it was useless to put the machine in the warehouse, and as far as he knew, the generals in the main battle were generally interested in firearms and ammunition, especially the machinery and equipment that could produce firearms and ammunition.

Chen Hao accepted the task without hesitation without hesitation, it is easy to get bullets abroad, domestic bullets are expensive, and sometimes there is no place to buy them, so a bullet production line in China is precious.

Even with bullet production lines and gun repair equipment, Chen Hao still needs technicians and skilled workers in the arsenal, and he also needs the construction drawings of the arsenal to build a small arsenal. He was not able to produce bullets for the time being, but that didn't stop him from being interested in Zengqi's promise of rewards.

After Chen Hao chose to accept the task, Zeng Qi laughed and said: "Baxian is really heroic, I believe that you will definitely be able to defeat the Russian army on the southern route, and today I will set up a banquet for you to catch the wind." ”

Chen Hao, Wu Peifu, and Yang Du, three people with official positions, went to the banquet in the general's mansion, and Zengqi arranged for his subordinates to kill pigs and sheep to entertain the patrol battalion and a group of horse bandits. With the temptation of machinery and equipment, Chen Hao was also very polite to Zengqi, and when he was drunk, Zengqi looked drunk and said: "Baxian, your new Yingkou Zhili Hall is the same as the same knowledge, but I am afraid that those arrogant soldiers may not be convinced." The six battalions and thousands of households in Yingkou are all the henchmen of the previous Tongzhi, how do you control the six battalions, just do it, and the official will support you. ”

Chen Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, he had to do something to his subordinate officials sooner or later, but without Zengqi's support, he had to spend a lot of brains and sufficient evidence to remove those people. With Zengqi's support, it is much simpler, anyway, he is not going to work alone, his soldiers and horses have exceeded the six battalions of Yingkou, and he can quickly seize the control of the six battalions of Yingkou, and he will be a little more sure of dealing with the southern route army of Tsarist Russia.

After Chen Hao was full of wine and food, Chen Hao went back to the barracks to rest, and the guerrilla general Ortai, who went to the banquet at the same table, said to Zengqi: "My lord, the six battalions and thousands of households and the garrison in Yingkou are all from Gulna, will your lord instruct Chen Ba to take down these people first, will Ortai have any ideas?" ”

Zeng Qi squinted his eyes and said: "Ortai is just a waste, if he can fight like Chen Baxian, I will also give him a chance." Now that the Russians will invade at any time, Chen Ba can also help more if he controls the six battalions of Yingkou first, and the official has tried his best to support him in the war, if he fights a big victory like in the north, it will be fine, if he disappoints the official, hum! The official will settle accounts with him. ”

Chen Hao took the men and horses all the way south to Yingkou, last time he came to see the terrain in Yingkou, but he didn't expect to become the highest military and political chief in Yingkou so soon. took Wu Peifu and Yang Du to the official office, only to see that the official office was deserted, only a few officials were waiting in the official office, and none of the subordinate officials such as the guard, the garrison, and the thousand households were not there.

Chen Hao had already sent someone to inform him before he came, and there was no one of Shangguan's subordinates, so he was given a dismissal on the first day. He had no expression on his face, and sat down in his chair with a nonchalant expression; "Why are there only a few of you in the yamen today?"

The little officials didn't speak, they were all scribes directly under the same knowledge, and they had to stay in the official office and wait, and they wouldn't come if they could. The former Yingkou Haiphong Tongzhi Department was operated by the former Tongzhi into a monolith, and there was less than one of the six battalions and thousands of households, if Chen Hao didn't bring soldiers and horses to the south, there was really nothing to do with these people.

Yang Du on the side shouted: "What are you doing, what do you know, what do you know!" ”

One of the small officials said hesitantly: "The battalions are stationed in various places, and we went to spread the word before the adults came, and the Lord of the Thousand Households said that the Russians may invade at any time, and they cannot come to greet the adults in order to defend the territory against the enemy, and I hope that the adults will forgive me." ”

Chen Hao was still not angry, he said with a smile: "This official was ordered to come to Yingkou to fight the Russians, and he needs the efforts of all the thousands of households. ”

A cadre glanced at each other and walked out silently, Chen Hao smiled and said to Yang Du and the two: "What is the name of the predecessor?" The means are not bad, these people are so ironclad that none of them have come to show their loyalty to me. ”

Yang Du sneered: "These people are looking for death, the adults have annihilated countless Russians in the north, naturally they will not be soft-hearted, they think that the law does not blame the public, but they didn't expect that the adults wanted to serve them in a pot." If these people don't come, they will just lead the troops to each battalion to kill a few hundred households, and then appoint some horse bandit leaders to serve as officials of the hundred households, and the horse bandit leaders who have finally become officials will help us deal with those thousand households. ”

After Cixi issued the decree, Yang Du and Wu Peifu had an official identity, and Chen Hao was the subordinate of the two, so he changed his name to call him an adult. Chen Hao was originally going to ask Yang Du for an idea, but after getting Zengqi's support, he felt that he was capable of dealing with his officials, so he didn't ask Yang Du's opinion, but Yang Du still guessed his thoughts.

(To be continued)