November 2o, 19o7, Beijing, Yuanfu.

Yuan Shikai was crowned the crown prince and earl by Cixi because of his meritorious contribution to quelling the rebellion in the "Double Ten Incident". Well, just these empty titles, everything is actually wooden. The only benefit is that the official is reinstated and reinstated as the Minister of Beiyang.

The Qing court thought about it, but it was only for him to reorganize the Beiyang New Army and put down the rebellion. Lafayette is very good at engaging in palace fighting, but for this kind of thing, he has seven tricks and six tricks, who else can he use without a big head? Although everyone suspects that Yuan Shikai has bad intentions, but he only suspects it? After all, people haven't come out yet, and now the world is full of smoke, even if it is to drink to quench thirst, it has to be dry.

This time, the Qing court had a big plan, and in addition to reorganizing the second and fourth towns, it planned to create six new towns (the 11th to 16th towns). Presided over by Yuan Shikai, assisted by Tie Liang, Minister of the 6th Army,

As a check and balance to Yuan Shikai, Tie Liang also presided over the formation and training of a new army composed of all banner people, and they were ready to select strong and loyal people from the national flag people, and organize and train 1 town Praetorian Guard, and 2 6 military towns (27th town, 28th town), plus the original 1st town, so that there are 4 towns composed of banner people.

The "Double Ten Incident" is really terrible, the flag men in Sijiu City are scared of their hearts, one town is not enough to protect the capital, then let's come to four towns, this is always enough. According to the ideas of the Eight Banners, these four towns were stationed in Zhili in peacetime to defend the capital, and they could be sent out to monitor the Han troops or serve as a warlord in wartime. On the outskirts, there are 11 towns of the Beiyang New Army, so it is absolutely safe.

That's a lot of perfect planning for the mouth.

"The imperial court has only allocated 14o thousand taels so far, which is not enough to supplement the 2nd and 4th towns, and I want to practice 6 more towns and practice a bird's egg!" Duan Qirui said angrily.

Whatever it is, once you get the money, it's not very friendly. The Qing court's plan was perfect, but it was only a plan, and the reason was that they had no money. In the past, the six towns of Beiyang, each town needed at least more than 2oo taels of silver, don't be too expensive, this is still a little more. In 19o6, the new army of the provinces plus the six towns of Beiyang (1o towns plus 21 mixed associations), its total cost was close to 6ooo thousand taels.

Now the Qing court wants Yuan Datou to train six more towns, even if each town is 2oo thousand, that is, 12oo taels of silver, plus the second and fourth towns to be rebuilt, it will cost 15oo taels. But now the Qing court is very poor, and the treasury is so empty that it can run rats, where can it find 15oo taels? The household department moved everywhere before taking out 14o taels. But that's enough money for wool, huh?

Feng Guozhang also said: "Yes, the imperial court wants us to train the new army of the six towns, but we can only give 14o thousand taels." said that there was no money, but the Three Towns Banner Army had 5oo taels of military spending, and treating them differently in this way would make the officers and soldiers feel too cold......"

The Beiyang people will either call you poor or bitter, which made Tie Liang, who came to the meeting, embarrassed, and his face was blue and red.

Seeing that everyone was almost making trouble, Yuan Shikai said slowly: "Ahem, everyone must not be rude, now the state affairs are difficult, and the court has no money......

"Gong Bao, the imperial court has no money to give Beiyang, how can it be ...... to the Three Towns Banner Army" Duan Qirui looked at Tie Liang and sneered a few times.

"Hey, you misunderstood...... Seeing that everyone's eyes fell on him, Tie Liang couldn't sit still no matter how thick-skinned he was, so he had to stand up and explain: "This money is really not given by the imperial court, but by the princes of the clan, and even Lafayette has paid 3o ......"

Tie Liang didn't lie, the military expenses of the Three Towns Banner Army were indeed paid by the magnates of the Eight Banners. The "Double Ten Incident" completely scared them out and made them deeply understand the truth that life and money are more important, so they are usually hard to give up money, but this time they are extremely happy and proactive. In addition, Lafayette himself has paid 3o million private money for military expenses, who would dare to pull out a dime?

Yuan Shikai actually knew about this, and Prince Yixuan, a good friend, told him a few days ago. Yixuan paid 250,000 yuan this time, which made Cixi very happy, thinking that he was loyal to the country and calling him "the virtuous king", which was very praised.

Therefore, he also said with a stern face: "Brother Tie, you are also a person who governs the army, and you have also participated in the six towns of Beiyang from beginning to end, and you know very well how much this new army will cost." Although we have the heart to serve the imperial court, how can we train these six towns to become a new army without money? Now that the southern rebels have occupied several provinces, we can't save this money......

After a pause, he said again: "If the court really can't come up with the money, my brother has no choice but to hand over this errand, tell the old man to return to his hometown, and let the court invite another talent......"

After the "Double Ten Incident", Yuan Shikai's attitude also hardened a lot, because he also showed the weakness of the Qing court. Coupled with the electrification of the Southern Revolutionary Party, his waist was stiffened a lot. Even Lafayette, who used to be the most feared, doesn't seem so scary now, let alone others.

Tie Liang was said to be sweating profusely, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Brother Weiting, I will enter the palace tomorrow and ask Lafayette for money." I'm going to put this face out of my face, and I'm going to get enough money for the new army......"

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After the meeting, several of Yuan Shikai's henchmen stayed.

Everyone moved to the back study, and the servant brought fragrant tea.

There was a map of the whole country on the desk, Yuan Shikai looked at it, and asked, "Xingcheng, what does Wuchang say?"

Yang Shiqi said: "It was said over there that they definitely wanted Wushengguan, Pingxiang, and Xichuan, and they didn't have to discuss...... But they also said that as long as the court didn't mess with them, they wouldn't attack other places for the time being......"

"Not for the time being?" hehe......" Duan Qirui pursed the corners of his lips disapprovingly.

The big head didn't say anything, but said with some doubts: "Wusheng Pass is the throat of Hubei, and it has always been a place where soldiers must fight. Pingxiang is a coal mine, and since they occupy the Hanyang Iron Works, of course they will not let Pingxiang go. They want both places to be easy to understand, but what do they want Xichuan to do?"

"According to the news over there, they want to build a reservoir in Xichuan, and now they have started to build roads in Xichuan......" Yang Shiqi also looked incomprehensible.

Duan Qirui said: "The actions of this Kyodo Society are really incomprehensible, and they like to build a lot of construction too much. Some time ago, they began to build the Yangtze River Bridge and the Hanjiang River Bridge, preparing to connect the three towns of Wuhan, and now they are going to build some reservoir. Tell me, what are they going to do?"

"Hehe, now it's spreading in the south that wherever Kyodo hits, roads will be built and factories will be built. Now the whole of Hubei has become a big construction site, and bridges, roads, and factories are being built everywhere, and I don't know where they got so much money......" Wang Shizhen was also confused.

Feng Guozhang said: "It doesn't cost much for them to do this, because last year's Yangtze River flood, there were victims everywhere, as long as they were given a bowl of rice, they were willing to do anything......

"That's going to have to be a lot of food......"

"These are nothing, they even build the Sichuan-Han Railway. A few days ago, they recruited 80,000 people to ...... in the Hubei and Shaanxi parts of the Sichuan-Han Railway."

Everyone talked about it, but the more they discussed, the more confused they became. How much do these bandits love to build roads? Even if they build their own, how can they even help build the railways of the Great Qing Kingdom.

At this time, Ruan Zhongshu said: "The Sichuan-Han Railway is now in charge of the Xingke Company, and you say, is there any collusion between this Xingke and Kyodo Society? Otherwise, how could the bandits help them build the railway?"

Yang Shiqi laughed: "Brother Ruan, it's okay for you to say this here, if Xiliang and Zhao Laosan hear it, they will definitely be in a hurry with you......"

"That's right, how could that Wen Desi be a man of Lao Xi who had collusion with the revolutionary party? Not to mention that he is an American, when have you ever seen such a rich revolutionary party?"

"Zhao Laosan is full of praise for Wen Dehei, saying that he is the first good businessman in the Qing Dynasty, and he was recommended by the excerpt a few days ago......"

For Ruan Zhongshu's suspicions, everyone was disdainful. They all think that the revolutionary party is all poor, and that the rich people will go to make a revolution? As for the common society helping Xingke to build the railway, at most it is because they have received money from Xingke. Mr. Wen has a lot of money, just throw some of it in the past, and it's normal to ask the bandits to help do something, who will have trouble with money?

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business......" Seeing that everyone was crooked, Yuan Shikai couldn't help but knock on the table. "Shiba Quan, what's going on with the weapon?"

Duan Qirui hurriedly took out a copy of the document and said: "Gong Bao, seven foreign companies have all given quotations, among which the American Xisi Foreign Company has given the lowest price, and the same kind of weapons are only seventy percent of those of German foreign companies......"

"Sith Foreigners, haven't heard of ......," someone said.

"This is a new foreign company, and it has only been open for a month. They are agents of the American Cobra Arms Company...... "Duan Qirui explained.

"The caliber of their guns is different from the German ones, and there are some logistical troubles......"

"It's not a big deal, the Germans are too dark, and their stuff is expensive. ”

The crowd began to argue over which weapon to buy.

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Neijiang, the headquarters of Xingke Group.

"Mr. Wen, are you really going to sell weapons to Yuan Datou, he is our enemy......" Gu Xiaolu didn't know what to say.

Wen Desi smiled and said: "Hehe, an arms dealer who has not sold weapons to an enemy country is not a qualified arms dealer......"

Seeing that Gu Xiaolu's little face was getting greener and greener, and there were signs of soaring, he hurriedly explained: "Uh, Xiaolu, think about it, even if I don't sell it to him, other arms dealers will sell it." Can I still stop the arms dealers of the great powers from selling it to him? This money is the fat of the Chinese people, and it is better for me to use it for the people than for the great powers to make money......

Gu Xiaolu is a smart person, she just didn't turn a corner for a while, but now as soon as Wen Desi said it, she immediately understood.

Wen Desi said again: "Moreover, what is sold to them is only old-fashioned weapons, if you want to talk about climbing technology trees in this world, who else can compare to us?"

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