Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 347
Jiandao watched the enemy encircle the night owl and the iceberg from three directions. At the same time, the dense gunfire mixed with the roar of howitzers shook the ground. At this time, Jiandao was no longer allowed to hesitate any more. The officer waved his hand and said in an unusually heavy voice, "Withdraw!"

The pilot trembled, and then ignited the engine of the airship. Within three feet, the branches and leaves of the trees around were swaying, and the airship slowly lifted into the air.

Suddenly, the night owl and Bingshan roared from the ground: "Farewell, brothers!"

"Boom" After a series of huge cannons, the jungle where the two were located was completely covered by thick smoke and fire.

At this time, the dying Feihu seemed to have heard the shouts below, his panting became more rapid, and at the same time, blood sprayed out from his mouth and nose uncontrollably, his mouth squirmed slightly, his dim eyes stared at the sharp knife, and he said intermittently : "It's their voices."

Jiandao nodded and held Feihu's hand tightly: "You hold on, we will reach the habitat soon."

Feihu smiled miserably, glanced at Shao Lizhuo beside him with slack eyes, and said to Jiandao: "This mission is considered completed."

Jiandao's eyes were already wet, and his voice was choked up: "It's done very well!"

"That's good, that's good." Feihu smiled and kept talking to himself, but his voice became weaker and weaker, he tilted his head, and passed away with a smile on his face.Jiandao's heart suddenly tightened, as if a sharp knife was stirring violently in his chest. He looked at Feihu's pale face, and tears welled up in his eyes.

In Beijing, in the Zhengda Guangming Palace, Guan Xuqing's face was ashen, and he tightly grasped the armrest of the throne with both hands, angrily said: "Inverted! Is this still my world? Is it still the world of the people of the empire?"

The bad news just now made Guan Xuqing furious. Recently, the financial order in Shanghai suddenly became chaotic. The people in the city frantically went to the Shanghai Branch of the Imperial Savings Bank to withdraw money. Almost without exception, they exchanged their deposits for gold and took them away. In just three days, the gold reserve of the Shanghai branch was exhausted, and the gold was urgently transferred from Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places, but it was all exchanged in only one day, and there were queues in front of the Shanghai branch every day There was a long flow of people, and vicious incidents of people robbing banks even occurred in two savings branches on Zhabei Road. Five bank employees were killed on the spot during the chaos. This kind of thing has never happened since the establishment of the Imperial Savings Bank. .Not only that, the prices in Shanghai soared rapidly. In less than a week, the prices rose by nearly 10 times. The economic market has always been buying up but not buying down. All the items were sold out, which caused an extreme imbalance between supply and demand in the city's economic market, especially the sharp drop in the storage of rice, and the price of goods soared to a terrifying 35 times.This was simply unimaginable in the past.As a result, vicious incidents occur frequently in Shanghai every day, the public security situation is extremely bad, and it seems to be on the verge of getting out of control. Report this matter, hoping to get support.

All civil and military officials lowered their heads, and no one dared to speak.

After a long while, Guan Xuqing took a long breath, and said to Sheng Xuanhuai, the Minister of Commerce of the Empire: "This matter must be thoroughly investigated, there must be someone deliberately making trouble behind it, Shanghai is the commercial and financial center of the Empire, and now the Empire We are in a critical period of development, and I will never allow any accidents to happen."

"twitter."

Guan Xuqing calmed down his mind, and then said: "The Imperial Flying Academy will be established in Shanghai soon, and it is also the place where the power groups of various countries are concentrated, so I plan to go on tour in a few days." Speaking of this, his His eyes suddenly changed color and sharpened again: "I want to see for myself, what kind of person can have such great energy and can control the development of a city."

After the court was over, everyone left one after another. Only Dai Hongci, the director of the Telegraph Bureau, stood there dumbfounded. Guan Xuqing said in a weary voice, "What's wrong? Is there anything you can't say at court."

Dai Hongci glanced alertly left and right, but said nothing.Guan Xuqing immediately understood that Dai Hongci must have a secret and important matter to report, so he waved his hands to the palace people: "I have something to discuss, please avoid it first." The palace people nodded and retreated.There are only two monarchs and ministers left in the hall.

Before Dai Hongci came to the throne, he took out a draft telegram from his pocket and handed it to the emperor himself.Guan Xuqing took the telegram and opened it, his color changed immediately, first he was pleasantly surprised, then turned to sorrow, he slowly put the telegram into the censer, watched the burning flame and did not speak for a long time.

After a long while, Dai Hongci said: "The advanced troops have returned to the station, and will return to the country soon."

Guan Xuqing sighed and said, "Do you know what this army means to me?"

Dai Hongci was stunned by the emperor's nonsensical question, and didn't know how to answer it.

"Jianfeng is my backbone. With this army, no matter what kind of emergencies I encounter, I will not be afraid, because it has never disappointed me." Guan Xuqing paused, and then said: "Jianfeng Every member of the front army is an outstanding person, as long as I send out a word, I can send anyone out to command thousands of troops, but this mission has lost two members, my heart aches."

It was the first time Dai Hongci saw that the emperor mourned the death of two soldiers so much. Looking at his haggard face, his heart felt sour.

Ziz, the French army's front-line operations headquarters, was holding a military meeting of the highest level. Commander Joffre was furious at this time, pointing at a group of senior officials sitting below and cursing non-stop: "You idiots, all these years Do you know how much money the empire has invested in the army? The empire has given you honor and generous benefits, but what about you, do you only return the shame of failure to the empire? You bastard"

The more Xiafei scolded, the more angry she was, she grabbed a glass on the table and threw it on the ground, only to hear a crisp sound of the glass cracking, and everyone trembled in fright.

Xiafei paced back and forth in front of the table angrily, and shouted: "Damn, hate, it must be the Chinese, it must be them! Only a few dozen soldiers in the area can save hundreds of thousands of British and French troops. Rescued the hostages under the nose, what kind of people are they!"

A senior military officer seated in the front row boldly said: "I have never seen such soldiers. Their military quality and equipment far exceed any army in the world. Sometimes I even feel that these people are fighters. Immortals, they are nothing short of demons"

"Bastards!" Xia Fei cursed, pointing at the officer's nose: "If they are devils, what are you, idiots? You are still trash!"

Xia Fei spat hard, as if suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Just now you said that two of these people did not escape, did you?"

The officer's face immediately turned pale, and he hesitated and said, "That's right."

"Where are the people? Let's arrest these two people and ask them everything will be clear." Xia Fei's eyes rekindled hope.

"We searched the whole jungle, but there was nothing." The more the officer said, the more confident he became. At this moment, he wanted to find a crack in the ground and forget it.

"Say!" Xiafei roared, the veins on her neck were all bulging.

"Yes. We have searched the entire jungle, but we have not found any trace of these two people." The officer said this sentence as if he had the greatest courage, and then collapsed on the chair like a deflated ball superior.

"What did you say?" Xiafei's sanity was a little blurred, he stared blankly at the officer, his eyes were not only filled with anger and anger, but also fear!
That night, more than a dozen long steel trains passed through the haze of Europe, and finally came to the small town of Epina, which was occupied by the German army. The whole Epina military station heard the harsh sound of wheels rubbing against the rails, and the train spewed out the last breath of white. In the mist, the door opened, and a group of heavily armed Chinese guards walked down from above, and they were on strict guard tens of meters around the train.Surrounded by a large group of officers, a small Chinese general strode off the train, wearing a green woolen military uniform and a bearskin hat, and stopped in the middle of the station.He let out a long breath, looked up at the night sky of Epina, and cursed: "Damn the scar!" His eyes were extremely bright and sharp in the night.

This person is the highest officer of the imperial cavalry, Zhang Zuolin.

This time, with a telegram issued by the emperor himself, he led the troops of the four armies under his command, as well as the mysterious tank and armored divisions, the airship brigade, and the world's first motorized independent regiment that had never been seen before. When he arrived in the hinterland of Europe, he was full of confidence and prepared to fight the British and French allied forces.

The next day, he was warmly welcomed by the German front-line commanders headed by Hindenburg, but Zhang Zuolin always abided by the four-word instruction given to him by the emperor before his arrival, "Be cautious in your actions". Sun Liechen, the representative of the Communist Party of China, went to meet with Hindenburg and others, while he stayed in the temporary official residence in Epina, anxiously holding the first military meeting before the war with a group of people.

However, journalists from various countries with a keen sense of smell got the news of the arrival of the imperial cavalry, and they flocked to Zhang Zuolin's mansion early in the morning, clamoring for a friendly and enthusiastic visit to Zhang Zuolin.Regarding dealing with reporters, Zhang Zuolin had already given full authority to his chief of staff, Yang Yuting.Yang Yuting is one of the few generals under Zhang Zuolin who has received professional military education. He is young, quick-witted, and good at dealing with all kinds of people.He didn't forcefully disperse the reporters. He left the mansion to explain to the reporters. The reason was that the general had traveled a long distance to come here. He is currently resting, so it is inconvenient to accept interviews from everyone. If we have time in the future, we will take the initiative to meet with you. , seriously answer your questions.

But the cunning foreign reporters seemed not satisfied with Yang Yuting's answer. They all put on a posture that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and sat quietly in front of the mansion, waiting for the news inside. They waited from morning until almost noon, and refused to leave. go.Yang Yuting had long expected that this group of people would be difficult to deal with, so he ordered his guards to provide every reporter who came here today with an exquisite Chinese lunch, dumplings.When the reporters received the steaming dumplings, they were all dumbfounded. They knew that if they insisted on waiting until evening, the Chinese would warmly provide them with dinner. Doing unnecessary waiting here, so after eating the dumplings, they all left one after another.

(End of this chapter)