The sandalwood mountain fog is thick in the early morning. On the balcony, Xiao Xiao was dressed in pajamas, holding a telescope, looking at the shadow of the ship in the distant military port, and a string of crystal tears slipped down his cheeks. In the haze over there, she seemed to see countless warriors standing on top of the giant ship, waiting again.

In the military port, the workers widened their eyes and pricked up their ears as they watched a column of stern-looking sailors quickly board the ship, and the footsteps like a torrential rain and more like a drum beat were refreshing.

They couldn't figure out what was going on to make the smiling warriors who saw everyone in the morning like this, but they didn't know that when they stopped and stood in the mist, the flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii was quietly hoisted on the warships that originally belonged to Chile in the distance.

Suddenly, with three short whistles sounding around the harbor, all the sailors who had already boarded the ship rushed to the deck, their waists upright and their heads held high, more upright than the green pines on the cliffs of their hometown in the East!

This is?

The boatmen looked at each other, and they all saw the horror in each other's eyes, and a word jumped out of their minds at the same time!

"Expedition!"

Just as they were about to tell each other's guesses, a loud slogan that had never been heard before sounded from the dock!

"All of them!"

"Salute!"

With this loud slogan, all the officers and men of the Pacific Fleet stood on the deck and stood in solemn salute. In their eyes, Li Mo appeared from the end of the mist wearing a military uniform, with Chen Ping and Long Guozhang.

In fact, Li Mo knew that with Chen Ping and Long Guozhang personally leading the team, coupled with the advantage of overwhelming surnames, he didn't have to go to the Far East in person, but when he thought of the sea battle that set off countless waves, it was as if something was calling him!

On the flagship Polaris, Li Mo saluted and shook hands with every officer and soldier he saw, and when he finally stepped onto the bridge, the flagship fired a string of light signals.

Soon, a long whistle woke the shipwrights from their shock, only to discover that the ship had untied its cables, the boilers had begun to ignite, and the plumes of smoke had soared into the sky like dragons.

"Jack, what is that guy doing with Li Mo?" Awakened by the whistle, Lecker looked at the misty harbor and shouted angrily to his followers.

"The fleet has departed!" Jack also replied angrily.

"Go? Where to go? Do what? Laker asked.

Jack patted his head. "God, is this really the Imperial Minister? Forgot about the announcement from the other day so quickly? Jack sneered in his belly, but still replied honestly: "Your Excellency, have you forgotten?" Today is the day when the entire Pacific Fleet participates in a joint exercise with the Chilean Navy. ”

"Oh." Lecker remembered the announcement made a few days ago and hummed: "When did this guy Li Mo have such a good relationship with the Chileans?" I've done so many acting acts in a few months, and I have to go to Chile! ”

Watching a large, familiar black shadow pass through the fog far away, Lekel always felt that something was wrong, but he racked his brains and couldn't figure it out, and finally gave up. "Jack, I'm going to sleep a little longer!" After speaking, he muttered as he walked towards the room: "Damn Li Mo, can't he let his fleet stop a little?" Did he think that there was going to be a world war! ”

In the early morning of September 1, 1894, in the midst of Laker's complaints, the entire Pacific Fleet boarded and sailed out of Pearl Harbor, announcing that five other Chilean warships visiting Hawaii would return to Chile for their annual exercises.

"Young master, I'm a man!" In the bridge, Li Mo held the binoculars and looked at the smaller and smaller Honolulu villa, and cracked the corners of his mouth. Man! There are some things that must be taken on! For example, hold up a piece of the sky for your loved ones!

The window of the Honolulu villa facing the sea also has a small telescope sticking out. Looking at the shadow of the boat that gradually disappeared in the waterway, the little girl was already in tears, and she didn't even know that Yue'er was behind her.

"Don't cry, he'll be back." Looking at the pitiful little head, Yue'er's grievances last night turned into a breath of hot air to her mouth, took her into her arms and gently comforted her, and a mist rose in her beautiful eyes for some reason.

The golden sun slowly sprinkled down, looking at the rising sun, Li Mo took a deep breath, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth. But before Young Master Li's smile fully bloomed, there was already a burst of chatter behind him.

"You say, what's wrong with the young master? Alone there in a daze, still giggling? ”

"Got the money!"

"In my opinion, it must have cheated that foreigner again!"

"It's not right, it must be Simmons, that guy was tricked by the young master again."

"In my opinion, it's definitely a girl who bullied!"

"I'm going to die!"

Li Mo heard a black line, turned around with a frightened face, and yelled at the group of staff officers who were full of food and had nothing to do: "Are they all free? Go wipe the deck for me! ”

"Wow Ka Ka, dear Lee, who you off?" A nasty voice reappeared, and Simmons, dragging his beard, appeared inside the command tower.

"Simmons, you bastard, if you bother me again, I'll kick you off the boat!" Li Mo raised his legs and wanted to kick.

"I said it, the young master must have been preparing to bully Simmons just now, that's why he laughed so weirdly!" The one just now ran out of the command tower triumphantly.

Li Mo: "....... ”

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Drive~!

The horse's reins tightened in the air, and the jujube red horse headed by it suddenly raised its front hooves and stopped in front of the door of the warehouse.

Li Qiang looked up and glanced up, only to see the gilded signboard of the Longsheng Warehouse hanging high on the gate, and the store was crowded with businessmen from the north and south, and several young men who entertained him were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground.

Looking at these big men with bulging waists, riding red horses with all the colors, and cold faces, the young man who received him in front of the stack was wondering which way it was a fairy, and suddenly remembered the explanation of the shopkeeper, and hurriedly ran forward to support the horse's head and greeted him.

Li Qiang was not polite, turned over and dismounted and patted the new partner who had been following him for a few months, before handing the reins to the young man and asking, "Is Uncle De here?" "I'm here, I'm waiting for you." The young man took the reins and glanced at the few big men behind Li Qiang who dismounted with the reins, and the pair of cold eagle eyes under the wide-brimmed hat made him tremble, and he quickly nodded and answered.

Li Qiang smiled slightly and walked towards the inn, and several nighthawks behind him also immediately attempted to enter the inn, but as soon as they entered the store, they scattered around, vigilantly looking at the pedestrians coming and going. Probably accustomed to seeing the habits of this group of big men, the young man didn't dare to ask more, and only nodded to a few people before beckoning his partners to lead a few horses into the backyard to rest.

Longsheng Warehouse is now in Haicheng, and it can be regarded as the first few big businessmen, and there are countless businessmen who come every day, plus they are lively in the first half of the year, and Li Qiang and others dressed in casual clothes are not too noticeable.

After passing through the front store and entering the compound, I saw that the huge yard was full of large and small goods, and more than a dozen two-horse carts were parked in the courtyard.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, this Longsheng warehouse has countless goods loaded on each ship, and it is a big deal, but in Li Qiang's eyes, this can only be regarded as an ordinary transshipment point of Lin Yongxiang in Liaodong.

And these are just scattered small transactions, the real big head will not trade here anymore, and now what can enter the eyes of Lin Yongxiang's guy is only a few important materials such as coal, iron and wood, which is a big deal in the warehouse!

Although Li Qiang doesn't know much about business, he also knows that the stronger Lin Yongxiang is, the more money he will earn, so that the young master can arm more troops and buy more warships. Naturally, the Nighthawk can also grow stronger!

But all this is not the real purpose of his return to Liaodong!

"Yo, isn't this the master of Li?

"I've seen Uncle De."

Just thinking about it, I saw that Uncle De had already greeted him with a red face, and there were two iron galls turning in the palm of his hand, Li Qiang hurriedly said hello to him, and then walked into the backyard in Uncle De's eyes.

As soon as he entered the backyard, he didn't have time to speak, and the scene in front of him made Li Qiang stunned, only to see that several of Uncle De's henchmen in the courtyard were erecting bamboo poles on the roof, and a slender metal antenna was tied to the bamboo poles.

"...... this?"

Uncle De pretended to smile mysteriously, and after closing the courtyard door with his hand, he pouted into the house and said with a smile: "Come out." ”

Before Li Qiang could understand what was going on, he saw a few familiar faces suddenly pouring out of the room, led by Dong Dahai, who was supposed to stay in Honolulu to lead the rest of the Nighthawk to train.

"The sea, how did you come here?" After seeing Li Qiang, Dong Dahai and the others immediately saluted and said hello, and after a while of greetings, Li Qiang expressed his doubts and pointed to the bamboo pole: "What is that?" ”

"It's called radio. With him, we can contact the young master at any time. A young man walked out behind Dong Dahai, and immediately explained after saluting. probably knew that Li Qiang and the others were all big and coarse, and the young man's explanation was not too profound, but he just said that this thing was called a radio, and its function was similar to that of a telegraph, but it didn't need wires, and after having it, he could contact the young master anytime and anywhere.

"You're saying that this thing can be contacted at any time!" Li Qiang knew the young man who was explaining, he was Chang Lin's subordinate, but when he listened to the explanation, his eyes were almost round! Even Uncle De, who knew the effect of no wires earlier, was excited to turn the two iron galls fast.

Although most of the people present are rough people, they are not idiots, if they can really contact the young master from time to time, doesn't that mean that what happened in Liaodong can be known for the first time thousands of miles away? Wouldn't this be ...... if it was used for marching and fighting, reconnaissance and sentinels!

"Not yet, but just wait for our forwarding station in the Ryukyus to be built."

Ryukyu!

Li Qiang's eyes flashed, Dong Dahai hurriedly told him about taking people to Ryukyu, took out a telegram from his arms and handed it over. After Li Qiang took the telegram and read it, his brows suddenly furrowed.

"This ......, or I'll go outside and wait first." Uncle De is an old man, and when he saw the newspaper, he knew that the two of them were going to discuss important matters, although he was Duan Fei's subordinate, but it was not convenient to be present for this kind of thing, so he was ready to leave after beckoning everyone into the house.

"Uncle De, sit down." Li Qiang hurriedly called him and asked him to sit down before he smiled and said, "It's not a big deal, the young master asked us to go to Lushunkou once, I'm afraid this place will be handed over to Uncle De to you to sit down!" ”

Uncle De's buttocks were only half on the stool, and when he heard Li Qiang's words, the iron gall in his hand suddenly stopped, and he said worriedly: "Go to Lushunkou?" It's the territory of Beiyang! Li Qiang nodded, unwilling to talk about the task, but said: "If we leave this time, we may not be able to come back for a while, so you have to take care of the affairs here for me." ”

Uncle De nodded hurriedly, and before he could reply, he saw Li Qiang take out a list from his arms and continued: "The ones that are ticked on this have already been done, and you can always watch the rest, and I will leave a few people to help you." ”

Seeing the list, Dong Dahai's eyes lit up. He was one of the few people who knew about this list, and he was also present when Duan Fei handed over the list to Nighthawk, and this list was also Li Qiang's main task back to Liaodong, so he also wanted to see how much had been accomplished.

After he saw the list out of the corner of his eye, even if his heart was already as strong as iron, he couldn't help licking the corners of his mouth, only to see that nearly half of the dense names on the list had been marked with red ticks, which showed that he really missed good things this time, and couldn't help but envy: "Boss, you guys are comfortable, but I pity me with a group of egg soldiers, blowing wind and rain in the Ryukyus, and I didn't catch anything." ”

None of the people present are outsiders, so after hearing Dong Dahai's words, they can't help but feel a little proud, you must know that it is not a cat or a dog who can be on this list, it is all the top bandits and landlords and gentry in Liaodong, these people are all obstacles for the Pacific Army to return to Liaodong in the future, so Li Qiang came back this time, in addition to finding out the news and finding out the situation, most of the energy was used for this list!

And in order to hide his figure, he deliberately disguised himself as a robber of the house, and now he has gathered a team of more than 1,000 people, while clearing the targets on the list, he also uses this to collect the goods, and then hand them over to Uncle De to deal with.

Now it's time to carry out the mission, and the only thing he worries about is the ones under his hands; The mixed beard that was temporarily recruited, so after thinking about it, he continued: "Uncle De, don't worry, I will let Liu Guishan stay and help you do this, he is enough to suppress those bearded stragglers who have been recruited!" In addition, you should load the goods as soon as possible. ”

Originally, Uncle De was still worried about whether he could handle the rest of the things, whether he could suppress the thousands of bearded soldiers that Li Qiang had collected for most of the past six months, but when he heard that Li Qiang would leave some people, he also had a bottom in his heart, and nodded hurriedly: "You can go with confidence, I can't turn the sky here." ”

After Uncle De finished speaking, seeing that Li Qiang seemed to have something to say to Dong Dahai, he also hurriedly retreated. Seeing that everyone had gone out, Dong Dahai regained his usual coldness, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over, before he said solemnly: "Boss, this errand is a bit tricky." ”

After lighting the cigarette, Li Qiang also nodded, Lushun is an important town in Beiyang, not to mention those warships, the garrison army alone is no less than five thousand! To get people out of their noses, the difficulty can be imagined!

Liu Guishan has to leave at least thirty people here, even if you add the dozens of egg soldiers brought by Dong Dahai, there are only a hundred people, this mission can really be said to be a breakthrough in Longtan!

But this is not what he is worried about, although the Qing army has a large number of people, its strength is inferior to the recruits of the reconnaissance company, not to mention the nighthawks who are one in a million! What really trickled him was that the target was the pipe belt of the Beiyang Naval Division! Get out a sailor pipe belt who leads the troops, if it weren't for the young master's order, I'm afraid he would have flown over with a mouthful of spit!

"Isn't that a joke? These days are all saying that the Beiyang Navy Division is going to war with Yue himself, and the ghost knows that he is not in the port, in case he goes to sea and the cannonball does not have eyes, it is not ......! Li Qiang took two puffs of cigarette before pinching the ground hard: "Let's go, take me to see your little chickens, don't miss the young master's big thing." ”