The second update! 20 days, almost 150,000 words, for the sake of the hippopotamus is still diligent, brothers, take care of it! Smash the ticket!

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Under the extremely "warm" reception of Master Li, soon, Simmons, the bearded man holding the wine glass, even had his tongue wide, and unconsciously told the reason and process of his trip to the Far East.

It turned out that as early as a month ago, Simmons was commissioned by the Chilean Admiralty to go to the Far East for an investigation, during which he passed through Hawaii, where he met the unlucky Spanish shipyard owner Sykes, where he refueled the coal, replaced some parts, and won a few bets before going to the Far East to carry out a mission. Unexpectedly, when he came back from the expedition, he encountered a terrible hurricane, fortunately Simmons was experienced, and the Esmeralda was also a cutting-edge warship, the hull was much stronger than the old wooden sailing ship, and finally escaped, only the foremast was broken, originally he didn't want to repair, and drove back directly, but after the hurricane, it ushered in heavy rain, and a large amount of rain went down the chimney into the boiler room, which made him lose a boiler, so he had to come to the nearest Hawaii for maintenance.

Thankfully, Sykes returned home, but the shipyard and all the technicians stayed, which gave him a chance to catch his breath.

The wine comes from Porto, France, the famous Pacific Islands are not rich in substances, but there is no shortage of luxuries, and the bearded man named Simmons also seems to be a knowledgeable person, so he stares at the bottle as soon as it is served.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Mo waved his hand, and in less than a while, only Li Mo, Chen Ping and Simmons were left in the living room.

"General Simmons, with all due respect, I'm afraid it's not as simple as your expedition to the Far East, right?" Li Mo picked up the teacup, there was no way, he was too young, and it was easy to hurt himself when he drank, although he was also very greedy for the famous Bordeaux wine in later generations, but under the advice of the loyal old butler, he couldn't taste a drop in the end.

"Huh?" Although Simmons drank a whole bottle, this guy seemed to have a good amount of wine, and he was not even confused, and after hearing Li Mo's words, the hand pouring the wine suddenly froze in the air.

Looking at the smiling Young Master Li, Simmons always felt that something was wrong, although it was not a big deal to go to the Far East, but this is Hawaii, there are a large number of Chinese and himself, in case the two parties know the hole cards, it will be a big loss. So after Simmons paused, Simmons returned to normal and said, "Dear Lee, you are right, in fact, I was entrusted by my country's businessmen to go to the East to see what good business can be done. Speaking of this, Simmons deliberately lowered his voice, pretending to be mysterious, and quipped: "You know what? Where there is the finest porcelain, and beautiful silk, I can't bring back a lot of it, and I can definitely make a lot of money. ”

Chinaware? Silk? You can really pretend! Look how the young master pokes you! Young Master Li smiled coldly in his heart, but he didn't dare to guarantee whether his guess was accurate, after all, it happened in 1894, and there were almost more than three years left.

Although he didn't know the bottom in his heart, Li Mo still felt that he should have guessed correctly, after all, there was no such large-scale arms business that he didn't inspect it a few years in advance! What's more, now that the sea race between Yuben and the Qing Dynasty has already begun, since the Chileans have plans to intervene, they naturally will not fail to see the smell of gunpowder in the Far East! Thinking of this, Li Mo decided to give it a try, and said with a smile: "Yes, the Far East is really chaotic now, I heard the fleet from afar say, my motherland and myself are fighting?" Is that the case? General Simmons? ”

Li Mo had already stated his Chinese identity, so Simmons didn't have any suspicions, and he didn't realize that Young Master Li was talking nonsense, so he shook his head and said, "No, not yet, but there is a great chance that it may happen!" ”

Oh? Li Mo pretended to be surprised and said, "Really? Why? ”

Simmons glanced at Li Mo, and his tone suddenly changed: "Please forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, why is Mr. Li so concerned about the situation in the Far East?" ”

Chen Ping knew that Li Mo was going to set Simmons's words, so he had a tacit understanding, and pretended to sigh before saying: "Don't hide it from the general, in fact, my young master has been out for a long time, and we still have a large number of clansmen in the country, so we are a little worried." ”

In the past few days, Simmons has heard some things about Li Mo, and knows that he is a young master of a family who has broken his family and left his hometown, and now when he hears Chen Ping say this, his suspicion has gone away, and he said: "Yes, the situation there is very tense now. After a pause, Simmons toasted again before continuing: "I believe you should know about the coup d'état in North Korea!" ”

Chen Ping nodded instead of Li Mo: "We Chinese called him the Jiashen coup, and this was the coup that colluded with the forces in North Korea and launched a coup d'état, but fortunately, our army suppressed the rebellion, so there was no serious civil unrest in Korea." ”

After the Korean civil strife of 1884, Yuan Shikai led the New Army to suppress the rebellion. At that time, Li Qiang was still serving in the New Army and participated in operations, and Li Mo also learned many little-known secrets from him, such as Yuan Shikai's methods and the finances he secretly plundered from North Korea.

After listening to Chen Ping's words, Simmons nodded and analyzed: "Yes, the fuse of the conflict was planted in that encounter, I went to the Far East this time, and I happened to meet a few friends of Yueben, and they told me that the whole Yueben was saddened by that defeat, because they felt that they failed to liberate Korea from the clutches of the Qing Empire and failed to let the Korean people be free!" ”

"I'm grass! It's this kind of thing again, no wonder the little devils will desperately beautify the war after World War II, it turns out that they started to use this trick when they hit this one! Simmons's words made Li Mo feel the urge to flip the table, but considering that doing so might frighten the bearded man, he suppressed the anger in his heart, but the two fists buried under the tablecloth were already white and blue.

Simmons didn't seem to see Li Mo's uncertain expression, and continued to himself: "I said that I lost the first confrontation, but as far as I know, it is a terrible people, and it can be seen from the way they train those warriors that they have a very strong ability to endure, and they are also very ...... and paranoid!" Yes, a country full of paranoia! ”

After taking a sip of wine and moistening his throat, Simmons, who had just made a conclusion to Yuben, said: "So after this, I began to desperately expand the navy, and the last time I went, the total tonnage of their navy was only about fifteen thousand tons, but do you know? This year they ordered warships from the British, German and French, with a total tonnage of 50,000 tons, and I have heard that in addition to these superficial warships, they also have some secret plans, also about building ships! Such a huge plan, this is simply insane, if it were not for the preparation for war, these warships would have bankrupted them! ”

Of course, Li Mo knew about the huge shipbuilding plan of Yuben from 1890, but he didn't expect that this seemingly inconspicuous Simmons could actually see Yuben's ambitions from this crazy plan, and it seems that this bearded gentleman is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

"So who's going to win!" Li Mo's breathing was a little short, to be honest, compared with those scholars and afterthought who called beasts in later generations, the person who could hear this era was still a Chilean admiral who had intersected with several parties to predict the war that would break out in a few years, and Young Master Li could not have dreamed of it! So even Chen Ping next to him thought that the young master had really entered the play!

"Ben! No doubt! Simmons simply waved his hand and pressed the delicious herring steak on the table with a silver fork.

"How is this possible?" Seeing Simmons so affirmatively put the treasure on himself, as a former member of Beiyang, Chen Ping couldn't sit still with a strong sense of naval honor, and suddenly stood up from his seat! In his opinion, even if he is desperately trying to expand the navy, but Beiyang was formed earlier, and the soldiers are more familiar with warships, and there are also pillars like Deng Shichang and Liu Buyun, how could they lose to Yue Ben! The most important thing is that Beiyang has a huge empire with a population of 400 million and rich resources as a backer, even if there is no chance of winning, it should be five or five!

Chen Ping's sudden rise, Li Mo saw it in his eyes, and he was very happy in his heart, if Chen Ping didn't say anything about Simmons's answer, it meant that his blood was really cold, and now, that top student of the British Imperial Naval Academy was obviously back!

"It seems that we really have to get them a few warships earlier, otherwise they will all really rust!" Li Mo patted Chen Ping and signaled him to be calm and listen to Simmons.

"Mr. Chen Ping, maybe my words will make you uncomfortable, after all, the winner of my bet is the enemy of your country, but I still have to say that winning must be a book!" After Simmons finished speaking, he stiffened his waist suddenly, and suddenly gave people a strong and confident momentum, only to hear him continue to say in a deep voice: "Yes, maybe the Beiyang Navy of the Qing Empire is still the eighth navy in the world, but they have not injected fresh blood since last year, no new warships, no new transport ships, and even new shells. I know that although the Qing Empire introduced artillery shell production technology and complete production lines, I also know that there has been no construction there for several whole years!

If according to the training standards of our Chilean Navy, the reserve shells of a few years ago should have been used up in training, but now they still have a large number of reserves, this result can only show that the Beiyang Navy is not well trained. ”

"What's more!" Simmons raised his voice, at that moment he was more like a real warrior who led the battleship across the sea: "The Beiyang Navy has been indulging in fantasy for too long, they have lost the goal of chasing, since they were officially established two years ago, they have been living in the illusion of the First Fleet in the Far East woven by themselves, and they don't even have enough reaction to the pursuit of Yuben, look at Yuben's huge shipbuilding plan now!" But the Qing Empire did not react.

And your Emperor thinks that it is a very luxurious thing to feed a navy without opponents, which is why he embezzled the naval appropriation to build a garden!

Mr. Chen Ping, Mr. Li Mo, please forgive me, I am just a navy soldier, I don't know much about politics, but I know that if a country's navy loses its target, it is like sailing on a dark sea without any coordinates, except for getting lost until it sinks, there will be no second result! ”

Simmons is unceremonious, or that's his last name, as a Navy man, straightforwardness and confidence are extremely important! But he didn't know that his words were like a golden needle, deeply stabbing Chen Ping and Li Mo, especially Chen Ping, whose face was blue and trembling, but there was no room for refutation.

Li Mo sighed in his heart, he knew that Simmons was right, not only was it right, but it had even surpassed the eyes of many people in this era!

After waving his hand lightly and motioning for Chen Ping to sit down, Li Mo suddenly raised his glass, the time was almost ripe, and there was no need to pursue the conversation with him just now, although Simmons was very sure that Yu Ben would win, and history proved his words! But being able to get here on your own is a bug in itself!

Now that you're going to be a boss! Then let's start in Chile! The first goal that I need to "teach" has finally appeared!

Li Mo raised his glass and looked at Simmons calmly, as if the tide brought by the topic just now had disappeared without a trace, only to see the corner of his mouth mention, and suddenly smiled: "General Simmons, please forgive me, you went to the Far East, I'm afraid it's just to sell warships to my motherland!" ”

"You!" Simon Xi's resolute soldier's expression lasted for a few minutes, and as Li Mo's words disappeared in an instant, his eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost, trembling, and even forgot to hide it: "How do you know?" ”

"Sure enough, I guessed it!" Li Mo's fist under the table slammed suddenly, but his face was not shocked, and he continued: "If I say that I guessed it, do you believe it? ”

Simmons immediately shook his head, of course he didn't believe it! Although Chile has recently ordered a large number of new European warships, the original warships will be gradually retired after the new ships are put into service, in order to find a way out for these warships, the Admiralty gave him this task, with the Esmeralda that has just been in service to the Far East for investigation, in fact, it is to prepare for the sale of second-hand ships, but he did not tell anyone this secret on this trip, he has always been active in the Far East in the name of investigation, and this matter is only known to several senior generals of the Admiralty, this teenager who looks like he is only sixteen or seventeen, How is it possible to know?

On top of that, Chile is also unstable externally and full of contradictions at home! No one would think that a country that had just experienced a naval war and was not very stable at home would sell its own not very rich force!

Seeing the stunned Simmons, Li Mo smiled secretly in his heart and said quietly: "You're right, I didn't guess it, but someone told me!" ”

"Who!" Simmons couldn't hide it anymore, staring at Li Mo's eyes and asking.

"General Simmons." Faced with the question, Li Mo also looked at the other party without showing weakness, and suddenly said word by word: "My surname is Li!" ”

"Surname Li? Does this have anything to do with the topic just now? Simmons was confused, and was about to ask. Suddenly, a person with the same surname Li appeared in his mind, and that person was the only one who had asked him if he was willing to shoot a warship!

"My surname is Li."

The three words, like three cannonballs, exploded Simmons's confusion at once, and as this thought appeared, countless new thoughts came to his mind, like a tangled ball of cotton thread, which could no longer be unraveled, and it became tighter and tighter.

But Simmons didn't know that the person who said these three words was now happy in his stomach, especially when he saw Simmons's eyes suddenly light up and his frowning brows gradually loosened, Li Mo knew that his vague answer had finally led the other party astray, a trap that he didn't realize himself.

Next to him, Chen Ping, who had been quiet in Simmons's old and accurate analysis, was also frightened by the boldness of this Young Master Li, if it was placed in China, this was a big crime enough to kill the head, and it didn't seem interesting to pretend to be that person's son in front of Simmons?

"You're Lee."

Li Mo hurriedly stopped Simmons from speaking, drew skin and bones, and made it clear how boring it was! So he smiled and motioned for Simmons to take a seat, then continued to put on an unfathomable demeanor, squinted his eyes and said slowly: "General Simmons, since you have been to the East, you must also know the customs there. Well, I don't want to hide it from you, my family is very large, and there are many people running around besides him.

The strife of the empire has consumed too much energy for us, and what is more terrible than the internal worries is that, as you just said, I am catching up, but our naval military funds have been misappropriated for some reason, so in order to deal with the capital, I will be secretly arranged here to take over this shipyard, hoping to work with the country at that time."

Li Mo made a gesture of pinching and surrounding: "But what you just said reminded me that I am really crazy, and we have no time to wait for the shipyard to mature, so I now officially propose to you to buy your country's warships." ”

Sizzle.

was wondering why the young master was pretending to be that person's son, after hearing these words, Chen Ping couldn't help but gasp a few breaths of cold air, his heart beat violently, and he said in his heart: "Young master, you are too bold!" In case it is debunked, then I am afraid it will not be as simple as a dispute!

So Chen Ping hurriedly glanced at Li Mo, hoping that he would consider it, but he didn't expect that Young Master Li directly ignored his hint and continued to say to Simmons, who was already surprised: "In order to prevent me from discovering our plan, I also hope to rent a naval training base in your country, and when my soldiers learn to stand on warships, I will take them back to China to fight at the right time!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Mo looked at Simmons affectionately, took his hand, and spat in his heart, while extremely despying the back mountain, he looked grateful and worried about the country: "Please, and your country, for the friendship of the two countries, be sure to help me." ”

"But." Simmons has nothing to say, in the face of Young Master Li's actor-level performance, he even feels that any refusal is a blow to this young man who loves the motherland, but now the domestic situation is already very tense, and his own warships are not enough, how can he make a move now?

"General Simmons, if you can't make a decision, I think I'd be more than happy to meet with His Excellency President Monte in person." Li Mo stood up and said.

"President Monte? Who are you talking about?!! ”

Simmons's exclamation, it was Young Master Li's turn to be dumbfounded, could he have remembered it wrong? "Say! It's over, it's a goof, but I remember Jorge clearly. Monte, also known as J. Monte, came to power in the past two years! Don't. ”