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Chapter 278 Loyal minister and righteous man (first update, please subscribe)
In fact, 1868 itself was a new era—in this year, the overseas students sent a few years ago returned to Nanhua one after another. During their seven-year study abroad career, many of them not only graduated from universities, but also Completed an internship in a business.

It's finally time to go home!

Among these foreign students, Zhao Tianfeng is undoubtedly different. At the end of the internship period, after seven years of hard preparation, he finally boarded a ship bound for Britain in New York, and then took a ship from England to Singapore. cruise ship.

Finally coming back!

After a bumpy journey, Zhao Tianfeng finally boarded the steamer from Hong Kong to Haizhou after "going through untold hardships".

"Xuzhou, here I come!"

As long as he thinks that he is about to set foot on the land of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Tianfeng's heart becomes a little excited.

After seven years of leaving the Qing Dynasty, he is finally going back to the Qing Dynasty!

From Hong Kong to Lianyun, since it is the fastest steamship, it will take seven or eight days. From the day he boarded the ship, Zhao Tianfeng has been standing on the deck from time to time, looking into the distance, and he wished he could go now. Arrived in Lianyun.

Where is Lianyun?
It is the first port in northern Jiangsu.

The opening of Lianyun was a complete accident—because Xuzhou was the residence of Beiyang ministers.

Three years ago, Governor Li, who defeated the Taiping Army in Shanghai, was entrusted with an important task in order to prevent the Taiping Army from going north.In order to suppress the bandits, he changed the Xingyuan to Xuzhou.

Two years ago, after Haizhou was opened as a port.Governor Li, who was in Xuzhou, also served as the Minister of Beiyang Commerce and Industry.Leading an official position is far more prominent than his mentor who is the governor of Huguang.

Of course, the pressure on Governor Li's side is also great-the Taiping Army has tried to go north many times, so we have to guard against it.

That's why I stayed in Xuzhou.

In order to facilitate dealings with foreigners, Governor Li wrote to the imperial court to request Lianyun to open a port. After the opening of the port, Lianyun became very prosperous, and there were many foreign companies in the city.

However, Zhao Tianfeng didn't care about these things, what did he care about?
Of course, how to serve the court.

Speaking of it, he is also full of enthusiasm, and he even changed the character to "Ziqing", which is Su Wu's character, in order to imitate Su Wu's spirit of "staying in the Huns for [-] years with integrity and unyielding".

Of course, Su Wu would rather die than be loyal to a foreign race, but he is wholeheartedly thinking of serving the Qing Dynasty.

He did not hold the festival, nor did he go to a foreign land to herd sheep, but studied in France for seven years. No, after returning from his studies, the first thing he thought of was to dedicate what he had learned to the imperial court, so he I came to Haizhou.

After all, as we all know, Li Zhongtang, the Minister of Beiyang, is definitely a celebrity in the dynasty. Not to mention that his [-] Huai army is the "pillar of the country", but just to see him doing foreign affairs in Lianyun, Xuzhou and other places. As a person of great importance, Zhao Tianfeng believes that when he reaches Li Zhongtang's side, he must have a place for him!

After all, in the Qing Dynasty... there are several people like him who have gone to college and are proficient in foreign science.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tianfeng is so proud!
Back to Nanhua?
Make cattle and horses for the surname Zhu?He is beautiful, I don't know that we are thinking about the imperial court!

The braid on my head was cut off, but the braid in my heart has always been hidden in my heart!

"When we see Master Zhongtang, we must continue this braid first. This braid is the face of our Qing Dynasty!"

Thinking about it in my heart, finally, the steamer sailed into Haizhou Port, and when he saw several black iron-clad warships moored by the port, Zhao Tianfeng was suddenly surprised.

"Ah, as expected of my Celestial Master, there is an iron-clad warship. If you think about it, Changmao will collapse soon."

When he said these words, his words were full of pride. In his opinion, those iron-clad ships were the so-called magnanimity.

Even in New York he hadn't seen so many ironclads.In fact, it's more of a rarity.

Those armored swords are just a dozen "mosquito gun boats" bought for a lot of money. The largest tonnage is only more than 600 tons, and the small one is only more than 300 tons.

But even such a small ironclad ship is invincible in East Asia at this time.The only nemesis is the similar armored ship of the Taiping Army. Fortunately, the gunners on both sides are not well trained.Even if there were several water battles on the Yangtze River, it did not cause any losses to the opponent.

"Hey, let me say, Brother Zhao, you are not dreaming, are you?"

It was none other than Zhao Qi, whom Zhao Tianfeng met on the boat. He was from Cantonese and spoke Cantonese official dialect.

"Go to Shanghai and have a look. There are ironclad warships everywhere in the Huangpu River, and a few of them must have more than a dozen. Long-haired ships are strong and powerful..."

Shanghai, two years ago, after Shanghai was captured by King Li Ying, it became the residence of the Long Hair Navy. As for the foreigners in Shanghai, they all moved to Nanjing.In fact, those foreigners were not willing to move at first, but King Li Ying couldn't stand the fact that the Chinese were not allowed to do business in the concession, and the Chinese were not allowed to enter the concession.

So in less than a year, the foreigners gave in and agreed to move to Tianjing. There was an additional embassy area outside Tianjing, and there were more foreigner commercial ports in Xiaguan. At the same time, the Shanghai Concession was sold to Heaven at a low price , The concession that prospered during the war became a military camp of the kingdom of heaven, and the wharf that originally moored merchant ships from all over the world also became a military port.

"Shangmao actually has so many ironclad ships!"

Zhao Tianfeng said in surprise.

"That's not true. You don't even look at what place Changmao occupies. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are both on their territory. With money, you can naturally buy ironclad ships."

Yes!

With silver, you can naturally buy ironclad ships. As a native of Hangzhou, Zhao Tianfeng doesn't know the prosperity of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"It's a pity that the land of heaven is completely occupied by bandits. If the bandits cannot be suppressed and my hometown is restored, Zhao will die with regret..."

In fact, what is it that Zhao Tianfeng never forgets?
Or his family business in Hangzhou,
His ancestral family business was robbed, his wife was robbed, and his family was killed. Naturally, he hated the long-haired Zhao Tianfeng, which was why he was determined not to change.

"Okay, don't talk about whether you are dead or not, take it, the ship is about to dock, and there are still hundreds of miles to go from Lianyun to Xuzhou..."

"Is there no train..."

As soon as the words came to his lips, Zhao Tianfeng realized that this is the Qing Dynasty, not the United States, and there will definitely be no trains for travel.

There must be no trains, only carriages, and the [-]-mile official road is fairly smooth. After six days of driving, Zhao Tianfeng finally arrived in Xuzhou. No matter how conspicuous, there are quite a few foreigners here.However, there were more soldiers, all of whom were wearing light yellow western-style military uniforms with cloth scarves on their heads. This is the biggest difference in the Huai Army—not only using foreign guns and practicing foreign exercises, but also wearing western clothes.

In fact, after several years of fighting, let alone the Huai army.Even their opponents began to hire foreign brothers to practice foreign exercises. As for foreign guns and cannons, they were standard equipment. Of course, foreign military uniforms also entered the army as a matter of course.

After entering Xuzhou City, Zhao Tianfeng really ran to the Governor's Xingyuan. Outside the Xingyuan, Ding Suli, a guard with a black cloth scarf on his head and a gray-blue western-style military uniform, saw Zhao Tianfeng dressed as a foreigner approaching, and he spoke politely.

"What does this gentleman do?"

To put it bluntly, the reason for being polite is because this person is dressed as a foreigner and has no braids. Judging by his attire, he may be the boss of that foreign company. Such a person is not something ordinary soldiers can offend.

The politeness of the soldiers made Zhao Tianfeng immediately feel a different kind of feeling. He really was the king of Hehe, and he was so polite when receiving people and things. How could he kill innocent people indiscriminately like Chang Mao.

Obviously, as a native of Hangzhou at this moment, he has long forgotten the messy things that Hangzhou was stationed in the Eight Banners. He stepped forward and said it while feeling emotional.

"Please tell the governor, the student Zhao Tianfeng has confidential military information to report to the governor!"

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