In November 1887, four warships ordered in England and Germany arrived at the mouth of Tianjue Dagu, namely "Jingyuan", "Zhiyuan", "Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan".

In December of the following year, the Beiyang Naval Division officially formed an army on Liugong Island in Weihaiwei, Shandong. There are 25 main warships, 50 auxiliary warships, 30 transport ships, and more than 4,000 officers and men. Since then, China has officially owned a naval fleet that was the first in East Asia and the ninth in the world at that time. The top eight are: England, France, Tsarist Russia, Prussia, Spain, Ottoman, Italy, and the United States.

When Wang Bo heard the news, he did not cheer with the people outside to celebrate Huaxia as the most powerful naval force in Asia, but closed himself in his study alone, silent.

The next day, Wang Bo walked out of the study and convened his team for a meeting.

In the past three years of development, he has firmly controlled Guangdong, during which many of his various behaviors have violated the bottom line of the Manchu Dynasty, and his official position has been withdrawn again and again.

However, these are all useless efforts, and Wang Bo doesn't care at all.

Because Guangdong's financial and military power are all controlled by him, today's Guangdong has undergone earth-shaking changes from three years ago. Highways extend in all directions, commerce is thriving, and part of the money earned from business has been used to improve people's livelihood, water conservancy projects have been built in various parts of Guangdong, and agricultural income has repeatedly reached new highs.

The number of regular soldiers in his new-style army has reached more than 50,000, the construction corps is more than 100,000, and there are many military factories.

In terms of the navy, he has already let those naval talents who have returned from studying abroad earlier set up a naval school, and the training is usually some small gunboats, and next, he plans to vigorously develop the navy.

Guangdong is still under the management of the Manchu court on the surface, but in fact, everyone knows that Wang Bo is the real master of Guangdong, as if he is the king of Guangdong who divided one side!

Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, has already been forced to move to Hunan, and the Manchu court has long wanted to arrest Wang Bo, but Wang Bo's current strength is too great, and his work is too despicable and shameless, and he actually uses money to bind everyone in the world!

His commercial base is now almost all over China, and not only that, but he also has the support of foreigners, especially Germany, with whom he has the closest relations.

If I take the liberty of sending troops to arrest people, I am afraid that it will cause the world to shake, and I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty, which is already stormy and precarious, will not be able to withstand such huge consequences!

The old lady Cixi had ordered Li Hongzhang to deceive Wang Bo to come to the capital, Li Hongzhang was actually shocked in his heart, he didn't expect Wang Bo to be so bold, he learned from the information sent by his subordinates that Wang Bo had asked his diehard subordinates to shave off the braids on their heads, which was simply a blatant rebellion!

He sent his henchmen to ask Wang Bo what he wanted.

Wang Bo only replied, "Everything is for the future of China", and then said no more.

Li Hongzhang can't help it, Wang Bo now has more than 100,000 revival troops, his strength is strong, and his wings are already full, what he said is of little use to this person.

At first, I thought that this young man had no foundation in Huaxia, even if he had the ability, he was not left to him. In order to attract talents, he also married his daughters and nieces to this person, but he didn't expect this young man to hide so deeply and deceive him.

Not only raising tigers for trouble, but also letting tigers return to the mountains, it is really lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot!

Now that the two sides are in a relationship with Weng and son-in-law, it can be said that they share weal and woe, and he is very afraid that Wang Bo will really raise the anti-flag and openly rebel, which will affect his Li family at that time.

During this period, he also used various excuses to trick Wang Bo into going north to the capital, saying that Zhao Xiaolian missed her daughter and niece, wanted to see her grandson, and held a birthday for herself, but Wang Bo ignored all of them.

wanted to see Li Jingxuan, Li Jingjie and three grandsons, Wang Bo asked people to take pictures with a picture machine and send them to the capital, and said that he was busy with business and many important things to do, and he only sent congratulatory gifts, but no one came.

Li Hongzhang couldn't deceive people by all means, so he could only hate and hate. He discussed with his Huai civil and military subordinates, with Wang Bo's various practices, it was inevitable to raise the banner against the Qing Dynasty, and it was only a matter of time. Once Wang Bo rebelled, the court would definitely ask him and hold him accountable.

At present, the only way to do this is to seize the time to reform your military strength and increase your strength, and don't wait until Wang Bo rebels, and you don't even have the ability to protect yourself.

At the beginning of 1889, Wang Bo formally placed orders for the construction of warships in England, Germany, and the United States.

He had a lot of money, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, etc., and he also put forward many additional conditions, not only to help him train naval personnel and build a shipyard, but also to have one of all the types of warships ordered to be built in his new port shipyard.

When the news came out, the whole country was shocked. The Manchu court scolded Wang Bo for being a traitor and a traitor, and even issued an order to reprimand Li Hongzhang.

Suddenly, the domestic situation in China rose sharply, and officials and gate valve families with two hearts in various places secretly wondered whether they could fish in troubled waters and get benefits from it.

England, Germany, the United States and other countries wish that China would be as chaotic as possible, and besides, there are still orders for warships in hand, and they all applaud and are happy to spend money.

The Wa Kingdom even sent representatives to contact Wang Bo, the king of Guangdong.

Wang Bo hated the short country of the Japanese Kingdom to the core, and he couldn't see it, and directly said that you are a small country smaller than my Guangdong, I look down on you, and you are not qualified to see me.

These remarks made the representatives of the Japanese state angrily scold the eight Yalu, saying that Wang Bo was very bad and had a hostile attitude towards their Japanese state, and they also protested and condemned it, demanding that Wang Bo apologize to their Japanese state.

Wang Bo didn't bother to pay attention to him, and waved his hand to drive the representatives of the Japanese State out of Guangdong.

The country secretly sent someone to contact him this time, so he naturally didn't dare to make a noise, and he sent his face to be beaten, and this dumb man could only knock out his teeth and swallow his blood and hatred. Because of this, the Wa State set up a top-secret file against Wang Bo, and secretly became wary of this powerful figure who had an inexplicable hostile attitude towards the Wa State.

At the same time, the Japanese state was also stepping up its pace, from the emperor to the common people, everyone ate chaff and drank porridge, tightened their clothing and food, vigorously developed their naval forces, and ordered warships from various countries.

On July 1, 1889, the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Renaissance Army, Wang Bo held a grand military parade.

On the same day, Britain, France, Russia, the United States, Japan and other countries all sent representatives to watch, and even the Manchu Dynasty also sent officials to see how much strength Wang Bo had, and Li Hongzhang also sent some Huai civil and military to Guangdong.

When everyone saw the appearance of the renaissance army, which was uniform, with the same pace and momentum, they almost didn't drop their eyes to the ground!

Although I don't know what the overall combat effectiveness of the Renaissance Army is, the awe-inspiring momentum of these soldiers alone can already rank first in the world!

And all the people of Guangdong cheered and were excited. With such a strong army, Guangdong no longer has to be oppressed and humiliated by foreigners.

In recent years, under the leadership of Wang Bo, Guangdong's cities and counties have become more and more developed, and the people's living standards have become better and better, and everyone has supported Wang Bo from the bottom of their hearts.

On the parade seat, Wang Bo was dressed in a tunic and waved to the Fuxing Army as they walked by.

He said, "Senior brother, thank you for helping me train these soldiers in martial arts!" Although we have now entered the era of guns, the wind of martial arts cannot be stopped! Chinese people must be physically fit, and once there is a change in the future, they can also protect their families and defend the country! ”

Huang Feihong, who was standing next to him, was also quite excited, "You're right! The wind of Chinese people practicing martial arts must not stop! Not only to strengthen the body, but also to protect the family and defend the country! Today, I, Huang Feihong, finally saw the scene of a rich country and a strong army, which is really magnificent! ”

Wang Bo looked at the representatives of various countries on both sides of the court, the Manchu officials, and the Huai representatives sent by Li Hongzhang, and said, "Rich country and strong army? It's too early to tell! However, it doesn't matter, as long as I'm still in this world, that day will come eventually! ”

Huang Feihong followed Wang Bo's gaze, and when he saw the Manchu officials, his brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "The imperial court is corrupt and incompetent, it is clear that the domestic people's livelihood is poor, and the armament is not strong enough...... Alas!

Since the establishment of the Beiyang Naval Division, the Manchu Dynasty felt that it could be done once and for all, but it did not know that the navy was a service branch that needed to be continuously invested and developed.

Hubu Shangshu, Emperor Guangxu's teacher Weng Tongyi, this person is a gossip official, and Li Hongzhang has always had a grudge. The Qing gossip officials headed by him continued to fight secretly with Li Hongzhang's Beiyang Westernists, and the relationship deteriorated day by day. Under this person's proposition, it is strictly forbidden for the Beiyang Naval Division to add new ships, guns, and troops. Fire. Li Hongzhang could only produce artillery shells for the Beiyang Naval Division through the arsenal in Tianjue.

As a result, the army's funding has been drastically reduced, and both the army and navy have struggled.

Li Hongzhang's Huai faction is now having a very hard time, the court has to carry out partisan struggles, and the lower levels have to deal with the great powers of various countries, and the strength of the army has dropped again and again.

However, later, military spending was greatly reduced, and the army is now only conducting some simple physical training, and because the soldiers' rations and salaries are getting smaller and smaller, most of the training is just a show, and there is not enough food, who still has the strength to train!

The ships of the Navy are like tigers in cages, all huddled in the harbor and used as decorations!

Thinking of this, Wang Bo shook his head and thought: "Heaven has done evil, it is forgivable; and thou shalt not live. ”

He said slowly: "Senior brother, don't think about anything else, let's do our best." In the future, I will take these soldiers to drive all the foreigners' forces out of China, restore the majesty of my Chinese Han and Tang Dynasties, and let China stand on top of the world again! ”

Huang Feihong was in a stirring mood when he heard this, his blood was boiling, and he said, "Well said! No matter what happens in the future, I will definitely support you! Drive all the foreigners away, let me stand on top of the world! ”

Wang Bo nodded and said, "Our brothers and sisters are united, and their benefits are golden!" ”

Huang Feihong nodded heavily, "Yes!" Together, its profits are golden! (To be continued.) )