1. Bad luck

A piece of bad luck

"Li Hongzhang, you ignorant and shameless old bastard!"

Li Mo curled up in the dark, stinking cabin, holding the dry food that had grown white hair, swallowing dryly, and muttering to himself while comforting Li Hongzhang's family, "Can this thing really be eaten?" ”

"Hey, I can't get by!"

Li Mo was depressed, he had just accepted the identity after the crossing, how could he have thought that he would immediately become a prisoner, this is really impossible to pass, if he didn't want to die again, it is estimated that he would have the mind to wipe his neck.

And the one who caused all this was the old bastard named Li Hongzhang! Who is Li Hongzhang, you ask? Nonsense! Of course, you regard the world's eighth navy and the first fleet in the Far East as the number one powerful minister of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang, Lord Li, who regards it as a private armed force and political capital.

Of course, as the number one celebrity in the Qing Dynasty now, Li Hongzhang will not bully Li Mo, a child who is only twelve years old, and Li Mo has never seen this old "Li" family celebrity in the first half of his eyes, let alone has any entanglement with him, but why did he scold Li Hongzhang so much?

The problem has to start half a month ago. Half a month ago, Li Mo found out that not only did he not die, but he also became the son of Li Guotai, the Jinzhou Wei of the Great Qing Dynasty and the commander of the Yellow Banner of the Han Army.

Although Li Guotai is not a good person, he has been fighting horses all his life, especially when he fought against Russia several times, not only did he take the lead, but his soldiers were even more fearless of death, so he was also a character.

Especially this Jinzhou Wei is close to Port Arthur, since Li Hongzhang wants to build Lushun into a Beiyang base, Jinzhou Wei is lively, and originally Li Guotai has no opinion on these, after all, he is an army, and the Beiyang Naval Division is completely out of bounds, and taking advantage of the opportunity of the large-scale expansion of Port Arthur, he Li Guotai can also be regarded as making a small profit, of course, the biggest winner is of course that Lord Li.

But the problem is that as Port Arthur is about to be built, after a large number of sailors begin to move in, weapons and equipment continue to flow into the hands of the Korean Japanese army from the places under his jurisdiction, which can provoke Li Guotai, although he is not a good bird, I think he Li Guotai's parents were killed by the Japanese Invaders, the hatred is as deep as the sea, it doesn't matter if you sell it to others, you actually sell it to the Japanese Invaders!

Li Guotai, who was furious, didn't think much about it at all, and prepared to fold it overnight, but who would have thought that the matter would be revealed, especially these things still involved Prince Alcohol, who was in charge of naval affairs, who was Prince Alcohol? That was the number one minister in the Qing Dynasty, and even the current Guangxu Emperor Yanjing was his son, so he naturally had nothing to say.

And the unlucky Li Mo crossed over to his seriously ill son Li Guotai with the same name at this time, originally with his arrival, Li Mo's body was getting better day by day, seeing that the spring of his eldest young master Li was coming, especially thinking that if he could hit the line of the Beiyang Naval Division that was close at hand, with his ability as a naval engineer, it was not!

didn't wait for Li Mo's saliva to drip down, Li Guotai suddenly received a warning message, it turned out that he thought he was not afraid of offending Prince Alcohol, because this matter involved the Shui Division, Li Hongzhang naturally would not give up, not to mention that this was selling the arms of his Beiyang Naval Division, and he was digging his Li Hongzhang's heart, but who would have thought that Li Hongzhang not only did not ask Prince Alcohol, but ordered the Beiyang Naval Division to take the initiative to arrest Li Guotai.

Although he is a soldier, Li Guotai is not a fool, and immediately knew that Li Hongzhang must have made a choice between Prince Alcohol and himself for his own interests, but he, Li Guotai, couldn't understand why Li Hongzhang would condone this kind of thing!

Li Guotai couldn't figure it out, but Li Mo knew that in order to firmly control his biggest political capital, the Beiyang Naval Division, Li Hongzhang was far less selfless, not only arranged for his henchmen, the Taiping Army general, and the army-born Ding Ruchang to lead the Naval Division, but also installed a large number of loyal people, and almost all of the first-line pipes came from his disciples.

Moreover, in order not to be criticized for supporting the army and self-respect, in exchange, a large number of children of the Eight Banners were appointed, who not only did not understand naval warfare, but also used all the strength in their hands to privately embezzle military salaries and resell arms, and finally made Beiyang lose the Yellow Sea, and even lost the First Sino-Japanese War, which was related to the fortunes of the country.

What's more, at this moment, Prince Alcohol is in charge of the naval affairs yamen, which is not only a super fat shortage, but also manages the pockets of the Beiyang Naval Division, and Li Hongzhang has not been able to take this position It is already a mistake, not to mention that for his own interests, he can only sacrifice Li Guotai at this moment.

At this time, Li Guotai also knew that he would die, so he hurriedly sold all his family property, arranged several confidants and guards, and secretly protected his only son Li Mo boarded a small boat and prepared to go south from Shanghai to the United Kingdom for refuge, while he wiped his neck in the backyard after arranging everything.

But as the saying goes, if a person is unlucky, he must stuff his teeth when he drinks cold water! He Li Dashao had not been out to sea for long with the belongings that he had looted with cheap Lao Tzu, and when he was blown by the sea breeze, his already weak body fell ill again, and the high fever did not go away. What's even more unfortunate is that the ship just passed through Qingdao, and was intercepted by a group of foreign devil pirates who came out of nowhere, you said that if you just rob money, forget it, and actually put our Li Dashao and his subordinates into this small cargo hold, and in the following days, people were constantly thrown in, and in the end, more than 20 guys dressed in Beiyang sailor costumes were also arrested, and Li Mo was in a daze? Which country is this pirate? Someone who dares to catch the Beiyang Naval Division? You must know that it is not 1894, and the current Beiyang Naval Division, in the waters of the Far East, can basically walk sideways!

Have a good time in the day! Li Mo has nothing to say, it's so unlucky, he can actually meet a pirate who is not even afraid of the Beiyang Navy Master in these years, obediently! I'm afraid, if it goes on like this, my life is really in the hands of others!

"Hey." Sighing, Li Mo opened his mouth and bit the dry food fiercely, and a foul musty smell poured into his nose, almost making him vomit.

Fortunately, today's Li Dashao is not the same as before, although he is an engineer, but as a republican [***] person who has also received strict military training, Li Mo still twisted his eyebrows and swallowed the dry food stiffly.

"Young master, slow down!"

was struggling with dry food, and suddenly a small hand came to his side with half a crockpot of water. Li Mo looked up and saw that it was his personal little maid Qiaoxi, but the little girl at this moment lost the amazing feeling she had when she first arrived, but instead wore coarse cloth clothes, her face was full of pockmarks, and she looked like a twelve or thirteen-year-old, poor boy.

Of course, this is to cover his identity, but at this moment, the eldest young master Li, who was munching on dry food in the dark, damp, and smelly cabin, was already wrinkling his nose, and when he saw his little face full of pimples, he suddenly rushed to the front, and even his little brother was so frightened that he almost trembled!

"Say, this is terrible!" Li Mo hurriedly moved half of his body, took the water, and drank it.

"Young master, I have found out clearly, those guys are indeed sailors." At this time, the old housekeeper Li Fu came to Li Mo's side with an expressionless face, as if someone owed him millions of taels of silver, and he was very strong at first glance, and muttered in a low voice.

Li Fu is the old housekeeper of the Li family, who has followed Li Guotai to fight in the south and north for decades, and is loyal, so at the last moment, Li Guotai will entrust the only seedling to him, and he will lead the team to the United Kingdom, but he did not expect to encounter such a thing. And the young man beside him is Li Guotai's henchman and the leader of the guard, Zhao Long.

When he was young, Zhao Long's parents were killed by the Japanese invaders, and it happened that Li Guotai passed by and rescued him, not only taught Zhao Long kung fu, but also sent him to the new army for a few years.

The grace of saving lives, the grace of knowing things, the hardships of life and death. Zhao Long is almost Li Guotai's shadow, and this time the young master escaped, but he didn't expect to meet a foreigner pirate, originally he wanted to take everyone to kill together, but at that time Li Mo was sick, and he had a high fever and couldn't move, so he could only press his surname, knowing that he was locked in the cabin.

Nibbling on dry food, drinking water, listening to the words of Li Fu and Zhao Long, Li Mo's heart turned upside down, grandma's, the people of the water master dare to arrest them, they are really a group of outlaws, how to escape?

Li Mo rolled his eyes and looked at the only ventilation window above his head. Unfortunately, the ventilation window is so small that it can accommodate a maximum of one child, and the window is covered with a layer of finger-thick iron bars, which is very difficult to pass through.

The rest was the large hatch on the side of the air window, but the thought of being fully armed every time a foreigner appeared, and the ladder under the hatch was withdrawn, unless it could turn into a fly, it would never be able to get out.

Does it really mean like what Li Fu and Zhao Long said? Wait until the ship docks and then figure it out? Li Mo wrinkled his brows, he has always been an active person, but now he wants to put his life in the hands of others, which is obviously not in line with his surname!

"In 1889? What happened? Huh? It seems that AC Milan is about to be founded. Li Mo thought wildly as he looked at the air window.

"Fight! Lao Tzu's fate must be in the hands of the young master himself! Looking at the air window, the cranky Li Mo suddenly swallowed the last bit of dry food.