Li Hongzhang said: "Strictly speaking, this is a deal between me and you!" You used my name to deceive and open a factory, and I asked you to personally fund me to train soldiers, and I have contacts with you, this is not bullying you, right? ”

"Uh...... Not a ......"

Wang Bo slandered in his heart: "What kind of swagger and deception, you said that this is a deal, I haven't said that you are a white wolf with empty gloves!" 6,500 new army, what a big hole! ”

Li Hongzhang continued: "You don't have to look like you're suffering, it's just business for you. Straight to the point! I have arranged all 6,500 officers and soldiers, you have to train them, and nominally they must be famous, I will give you an official position, the rank of commander general, and whether you can shock all the officers and soldiers depends on your own ability. ”

"I have already arranged it at Tianjue Station, where there is also a Shengzi army under the command of Zhou Shengchuan and Zhou Shengbo brothers, and if there is anything at that time, you can also take care of each other. As for your pro-barracks, you go and recruit yourself. ”

Wang Bo felt very familiar when he heard the Tianjue station, and then suddenly remembered Yuan Shikai, the Beiyang warlord, the whole person was like an electric shock, Yuan Shikai was not because of the training of the new army in the small station, which later affected the modern history of China?

He couldn't help but think: "After my mixing, under the butterfly effect, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang warlord may no longer exist, right?" ”

Whatever, the dead friend is not the poor, this is also a traitor, if it doesn't exist, it's best.

But I heard Li Hongzhang say: "I have already arranged everything that should be arranged, and now the situation outside is getting more and more severe, I will give you two years at most to train the troops, are you clear?" ”

Wang Bo said solemnly: "Understood." Please rest assured, in two years, I will definitely train 6,500 new troops! ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and said, "Give you three days to prepare, and immediately rush to Tianjue Station." I have something to do, you go! ”

Wang Bo bowed and exited the study.

After two years of military training, Xiaobai, who can't even match half of his military ability, will definitely not be able to do it, so he has to hire professionals.

At present, most of the military level of the Chinese people is still in the old-style thinking of cold weapons, and they still do not have a good understanding of the model of the new army of hot weapons, and they have to rely on the advanced military thinking of foreigners.

Which country's officers should you ask for help in training?

Wang Bo frowned and thought hard, with his status as a historical and military novice, he only knew that among the current foreigners, England and France were recognized as naval powers, but the army did not know how to defeat the Manchus, it was because the Manchus were too backward.

The United States is not the kind of superpower that it will be in the future, and it has just begun to catch up. As for Tsarist Russia, it seems that it later fought with the Japanese and lost, so this is not good.

Germany, this is possible. provoked two world wars in a row, singled out Europe and even the whole world with one country, and this army has a strong enough record, just her.

Although the Huai Army is now also being taught by German officers, its thinking is still conservative, and the real hot weapon training method has not been learned at all, and the reason for this is that the thinking has not changed.

However, how to get these people to accept the new military thinking is another difficult problem. The feudal conservative ideology is deeply rooted, and it is not that it can be changed by saying that it can be changed.

Thinking of this, Wang Bo suddenly felt a sense of rudeness surging up in his heart, the small number of people would be small, and the resistance he would receive would be small, so the hundred people before him would be easily suppressed by him. But now that there are more people, you can imagine how much resistance there is. If the time comes, if there is a mutiny, it will really be out of control.

"Brother Wang!"

A voice sounded, and Wang Bo who was thinking about it woke up suddenly. He looked up, and not far away stood Tang Renlian with a smile. It turned out that unconsciously, he had walked out of the gate of the Li Mansion.

Wang Bo loosened his brows and said with a smile: "Brother Tang! ”

Tang Renlian walked over and arched his hand: "Congratulations!" In the blink of an eye, he became a commander, brother, I envy you to death! ”

Wang Bo said: "What kind of admiral, I know how many catties I have, this is just a temporary position." Besides, there are two words hanging in front of it, name! By the way, what does this name mean? I just returned to China, and I don't understand the teachings here. ”

Tang Renlian laughed and said: "The named admiral means that the position of the admiral is full now, and you can only really become the admiral until there is a vacancy, but it is a good fortune that can lead the admiral." ”

Wang Bo suddenly realized: "Dare to love is in name only, virtual!" ”

Tang Renlian said: "Still not satisfied? I think I've fought for half my life, and I've worked hard until now to sit in the position of Admiral. And you...... Alas, people are more popular than dead people! Don't say it, don't say it! Let's go, let's go have a drink, don't drink again, after today, I don't know if we can sit together and drink again in the Year of the Monkey. ”

Wang Bo exclaimed: "Brother Tang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Tang Renlian stepped forward and grabbed Wang Bo's arm and said, "This is not a place to talk, let's go to the restaurant first and chat while drinking." ”

After a short time, the two came to the restaurant. When the food and drinks were finished, he asked all the people who were waiting beside him to stand down.

The two drank a few glasses of wine and talked for a while, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.

Wang Bo said: "Brother Tang, I don't understand what you said at the door just now, can I say it now?" ”

Tang Renlian said: "I was appointed to Guangdong, and the new official position is the commander of the Guangdong Water Division, and I will leave tomorrow." This Guangdong is thousands of miles away from the capital, this time, I am afraid it will be difficult for our brothers to get together again, while there is still time tonight, our brothers have a good drink, not drunk and not returning! Then he took his glass, threw his head up, and drank.

Wang Bo was stunned for a moment, first drank the wine glass, and hurriedly said: "Admiral of the Guangdong Water Division? Brother Tang, you were originally in charge of the cavalry battalion, why did you suddenly become the admiral of the water division? This...... What does Nakado-sama mean? ”

Tang Renlian shook his head and said, "My lord is strategizing, and I can't guess what it means." However, now that you are your own person, I am not afraid to tell you......" As he spoke, he looked left and right, his voice lowered, "Zhang Zhidong was promoted to the governor of Liangguang last month, and I think it has something to do with this." ”

Wang Bo was stunned, Zhang Zhidong? Who is this?

There was no way, he knew that Li Hongzhang was because of his angry behavior in those years, and he knew that this person had signed many unequal treaties, so he went to the Internet to find out. And Zhang Zhidong, he is a history novice, how can he know this person!

However, it can be heard from Tang Renlian's words that Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong have a hostile relationship, two factions.

He hurriedly asked Tang Renlian, who is this cave?

Only then did I learn that this person was sixteen years old in the Shuntian Mansion Xie Yuan, and was later appointed by the old lady Cixi as the tanhua of the imperial examination, and then awarded the Hanlin Academy to edit, successively served as a teacher, a scholar, a lecturer, a cabinet bachelor, and the governor of Shanxi.

Wang Bo thought about it carefully, this should be a factional dispute belonging to the imperial court, and Li Hongzhang did this half to deal with the Sino-French war, and half to plant nails in advance.

After thinking about it for a while, he still has a lot of things to do in front of him, where do I have time to think about other things.

Next, the two staggered, pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and drank until it was dark, and they were both drunk and unconscious. (To be continued.) )