Shi Dakai's troops are veterans of a hundred battles, and if they can spend some money, even if they spend a little more money to buy them, it is also cost-effective.

Although the old-style peasant army had its limitations, with the continuous expansion of the Ming Army, the training officers headed by Zhang Changgui also summed up the corresponding lessons and lessons.

As long as they do a good job in ideological transformation, these Guangxi wolves who are not afraid of death are definitely excellent soldiers.

According to the information, Shi Dakai had 5,000 parts when he was trapped in the Dadu River.

He negotiated with Wang Songlin, the capital of the Nanzi Battalion, hoping to sacrifice his life in exchange for the lives of the three armies.

Among them, 3,000 were absorbed by Wang Songlin, and the remaining 2,000 who were unwilling to surrender kept their weapons and were stationed at Dashu Fort.

However, more than a year later, when the Qing court saw that the dust had settled on Shi Dakai's death, they treacherously attacked Dashu Fort at night and almost slaughtered the 2,000 people.

Zhu Fugui's goal is the two thousand elites in the Big Tree Fort.

The Qing demon went to persuade him to surrender, but they resolutely refused to surrender.

But that doesn't mean they don't want to live.

If it is a foreign brother who is very "friendly" at first glance, for example, Comrade Tang Sangui went to persuade him to surrender?

Allowing them to go abroad to earn a living, coercing and inducing them is definitely a possibility of success.

Although it is difficult, it is worth a try.

According to Qi Wenchang and others, as Yang Xiuqing's descendants, they fled during the Tianjing Incident.

First in the Huai River, and then in the Taihu Lake area, he did some robbery of the rich and helping the poor, and attacking the Qing army.

Later, they were captured by Zhang Guoliang, a traitor to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who surrendered to the puppet Qing Dynasty and served as the commander of the Jiangnan camp.

At this time, Wu Jianzhang, the former Su Song Taidao, was in the camp in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wu Jianzhang became friendly with the American minister Tianbei Mashali, and through the latter, a large number of twisters and Taiping prisoners, including Qi, Zhang, and Yang, were sold to North America.

Of course, Qi Wenchang and the others, as petty officers, and petty officers from the Dongwang Mansion, did not know such detailed information.

However, according to their narratives, Zhu Fugui compared the information and roughly sorted out the relationship between the characters.

There are two key figures in this, one is the veteran comprador Wu Jianzhang, and the other is the US minister Tianbei Mashali.

As long as these two people come forward, things will take a turn for the better.

But the problem is that, according to the information, at this time, the old comprador Wu Jianzhang had already been forced to return to his hometown due to political struggle.

Marshali was still showing off his might in the Shanghai Public Concession.

Probably because it was too difficult to understand the complex bureaucracy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, whether in the United States or Britain, officials stationed in China have always served for a long time.

For example, Robert Hurd, an Englishman in charge of the customs of the Qing Dynasty, worked for 50 years without moving a nest at all.

After all, with such a fat errand, you can still be the best sheep leader, who wants to change the guard?

And if Zhu Fugui remembers correctly, this Minister Tianbei Mashali was in the newspapers two months ago because he sent a note to Prince Gong Yixin, the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty and the minister in charge of the Yamen of various countries, protesting against the Qing state's interference in the internal affairs of the United States by improper means.

I didn't expect this thick-eyed guy to be a trafficker in private.

Moreover, he has a close relationship with Wu Jianzhang, and nine times out of ten he is still an opium dealer.

Sure enough, the minister is just a profession, and holding money is the soul!

……

In the next few days, Zhu Fugui held several court meetings, but did not get any useful advice.

After all, there are no intelligent generals on his side, so he still has to rely on himself, and the omnipotent Du Niang to find a way.

After thinking about it, Zhu Fugui still felt that it was a bit unreliable to find Wu Jianzhang, an old comprador.

As the saying goes, the right not to use, expired invalid.

Wu Lao, who was ousted from power in the political struggle, knows how much energy he still has within the imperial court?

Not to mention influencing the decision of Luo Bingzhang, the feudal official.

No matter how you look at him, he is a little unqualified in the former Shanghai Dao, he doesn't have this big face.

If you want to say whose face is good in "I Daqing", it naturally has to be a foreigner!

Therefore, Zhu Fugui believes that the correct way should be to go directly to Marshali's door.

According to the virtue of the Manchu officials, as long as the foreign adults opened their mouths, let alone a few bandits, they were sent by good people.

As long as foreigners don't enter the city, don't send warships, and don't protest to Beijing, everything is negotiable!

……

The route has been set, but it will not be easy to fool Marshali.

The reason why Zhu Fugui was able to arbitrarily forge Tokugawa Yoshiki's national letter before, it didn't matter if Xia Jiba wrote it on it, this was because the White House was relatively unfamiliar with the Japanese shogunate.

Although there has been the Black Ship Incident and Japan has been founded, there is no way to distinguish the authenticity of the shogunate's letters, such as William, the American who was stabbed to death by Mori at the Shinjin pier earlier.

But the disinformation sent to Marshali, the American minister, in the name of Lincoln is completely different.

Whether it is the format of the document or the anti-counterfeiting password, it is impossible to deceive the other party if there is any error.

No matter how he thought about it, Zhu Fugui felt a little at a loss.

However, speaking of the American who was stabbed to death by Morishita, Zhu Fugui remembered that in addition to this unlucky ghost at that time, there seemed to be an American wearing a military uniform.

What's his name......

Zhu Fugui can't remember clearly.

But if I'm not mistaken, I heard Hiroto Ii say at the time that this guy seemed to be the military attache of the U.S. Legation in China, and that he rushed to Edo from Shanghai because the shogunate and the Choshu domain started the Shimonoseki War?

Thinking of this, Zhu Fugui hurriedly sent someone to find Hiroshi Iui, and also found the belongings of the American military attaché.

Maybe from these things, you can find a little bit of something to make a fussabout.

……

And just when Zhu Fugui was thinking about how to deceive and sneak attack the US minister to China, at the other end of the mainland, His Excellency Tang Sangui, the future king of Pingxi of the Ming Dynasty, was sitting in front of the old Vanderbilt, a generation of business legends, taking out a well-made aluminum fountain pen and signing his name on the contract.

On the other side, the seventy-year-old Vanderbilt glanced at his second son sitting next to him with satisfaction.

This good-looking second son, who gave birth to a daughter who is also good-looking, and is good for nothing else, brought himself a huge surprise this time!

Vanderbilt Sr. struggled to get up on crutches, and his chronic overeating caused him to experience a minor stroke three years ago.

Enthusiastically spreading his fat arms, old Vanderbilt hugged Donald fiercely.

If it weren't for the fact that they were both in suits and leather shoes, the scene would have been like two malnourished sumo wrestlers wrestling.

"My friend, dear Mr. Donald, praise God, this business of ours must be a great win-win!"

"Dear Mr. Vanderbilt, on behalf of my boss, allow me to wish you all the best in your career transformation!"

"Haha, definitely, I believe in my own vision!"

Old Vanderbilt smiled confidently, changed the topic, and said, "By the way, my dear friend, President Lincoln will hold a ball in the evening to entertain the upper class of New York, are you interested in attending?" I think both the bankers in New York and the President himself will welcome you! ”

Donald was stunned, he wasn't interested in meeting any president.

Finally signed the contract, he just wanted to complete the other tasks ordered by Wan Sleepy Master as soon as possible, and then go home early.

After more than a month away, Donald has missed his passionate wife, his well-behaved daughter, and the delicious soda.

"Dear Mr. Vanderbilt, I'm so sorry that I've come this afternoon and evening with important friends......"

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Leaving a few aluminum plates and spoons as gifts, Donald hurriedly left the Vanderbilt estate.

He hired one of the most spacious carriages in the carriage dealership.

Taking a whole box of instant noodles out of his salute, Donald got into the carriage and headed for the New York Navy Yard.

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