Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

With the tail of a horse in Fujian, the cool sea breeze blew slowly along with the mountain, blowing on the green trees and grass all over the mountain. The crashing sound was like an unparalleled symphony performance between heaven and earth.

The Minjiang River at the foot of the Heavenly Horse Mountain flowed quietly, and not even a hundred miles away was the entrance to the Minjiang River's sea.

To this day, the people of Fuzhou were still amazed by the sounds of the cannons exploding that day, and the heart-wrenching cries of the New Imperial Army for battle!

Ma Ming, who was nicknamed Ma San Ye, the Purple Forbidden City's Knife guard, actually wore a set of imitating the Chinese Army's uniform today. He sat quietly on the mountainside and looked at the Minjiang River and the Mawei Shipyard that was in full swing.

Engineers from the United States, Britain, Prussia and other countries, along with skilled workers who had been hired at high salaries, were leading thousands of Qing Dynasty's craftsmen to build ships like a bunch of ants. They had put in a lot of effort to build their own ships.

They all said that Zuo Zongtang was from the defense faction of the land, and Li Hongzhang was from the defense faction of the sea, but that was all nonsense. The real Zuo Zongtang was one of the most important people in the entire Great Qing, and even wanted to build his own ship as soon as he arrived.

Although Li Hongzhang looked down on the scale and skills of Mawei Shipyard, even to the extent that he thought that Chinese people would never be able to create Steel battleship as strong as Westerners.

However, Zuo Zongtang's determination, which was unique to his bones, was something that even from scratch, I was still willing to give it a try.

Just this year, in the beginning of spring, the Mawei Shipyard had produced the first one hundred tons of steamboat, and even had two sets of small caliber set up on top of it.

For such battleships, steam engines, crankshaft, transmission devices, and other components, they were all imported … However, the light hull could be produced on its own, this starship had already caused a sensation in the Fuzhou City.

On the day of the departure, Ma San Ye also went to take a look. In fact, there was nothing much to see, he had seen even bigger and stronger battleships in Ryukyu.

The good news went along with the telegram all the way to the Forbidden City, and to the imperial palace where there was no emperor. A very rare empress dowagers sent back a message of encouragement, making Ding Baozhen, the patrolman, drunk for breaking the rules.

This run-down house on all four sides of the Qing Dynasty really needed good news to stimulate it. Just a hundred tons of small gunboat was enough to make the imperial court extremely excited.

When the Ma San Ye communicated with the Beijing's family members, they could also faintly feel this wave of dejection, the dejection of a head!

Actually, Great Qing had been in a good mood for the past few years. The national economy had started to recover from the long hair and chaos in Twisted Army, and it had recovered quite well.

Xiao Letian had once lamented that due to his interference, the Qing Dynasty lacked the direct oppression from the European powers. The Chinese had replaced the Great Qing in taking on a large part of the pressure from the European powers.

This allowed the Qing Dynasty to have a rare moment of respite. The Tongzhi in this world had actually recovered much better than Xiao Letian in his previous life.

After these few years of gradual recovery, the Manchu's pay had already increased to seven discounts, which was not an easy task. It had to be known that the Qing Government had not completely stopped the war until now, and the new army of General Gui Six needed continuous blood transfusions.

The standard rates had increased, but the prices had steadily declined on the market, especially regarding the food that the citizens were most concerned about. Although the capital city had the princes and ministers' businesses to make rice, the prices had always been very stable due to the Chinese opening up a large amount of overseas food imports.

With just this bit of contribution, of course the Qing Government would take it for her own sake.

Xiao Letian did not care about these false titles, but he was a realist who did not care about face. He did not even bother to talk back to the Confucian Scholars when they were scolding him, and did not even care about his reputation as a lecherous man, much less this small reputation.

However, the Qing Dynasty had stolen all the credit, and used this title that Xiao Letian did not want to use to deceive a group of citizens, causing them to feel more at ease inside the Qing Province, especially in the Central Plains.

The income of the imperial government had increased, and the lives of the citizens had improved. Now, the imperial government's foreign affairs had gained some benefits.

Not to mention Shanghai and Guangzhou, which were controlled by the imperial government, they had at least built a few spinning factories and made some money.

Everything was fine, but Ma San Ye still felt dejected, a dejection that came from the depths of his bones!

While training, Ma Ming liked to sit on the Heavenly Horse Mountain outside the army camp and calmly think about things … However, most of the time, they would involuntarily think of the start of the journey back to the island.

It was an island full of spells, an island that no one could forget for the rest of their lives!

Reaching into his bosom, he felt that a jade tablet had been warmed by his body temperature. He didn't need to take it out to read it; he could feel the words on the jade tablet with his fingers.

The touch of his fingers triggered the memories in his heart. Flames began to burn from the depths of his heart!

The jade token was not big, but it was very good. The top quality white jade was cut into the shape of a 'safe and sound' plate. On one side was a pure white surface that looked like nothing, and on the other side was carved the word 'blade'.

"Ma Ming picks up the flag … Fifth Company established … "Bestowal Blade!"

A voice that sounded like a thunderclap rang beside his ears. This imperial guard was always waking up from his dreams. This scene had tortured his heart time and time again.

Ryukyu! That tyrant! New barracks!

He had been brought to the pit by the Tongzhi Emperor. The four guards had followed the Emperor into the New barracks, and from the moment they stood at attention, they started to carry out westernized military training step by step.

Piles of bean curd quilts, singing military songs and queuing up for meals, gathering for an emergency meeting at 12 pm, a team of brothers running together on the training field while carrying huge logs on their shoulders...

Scenes of men tempering themselves into steel were happening one by one. The Fiihrer's military training was like a heavy hammer striking hot iron, forcefully tempering all the bad habits of the eight flags' popinjay.

It wasn't until the end of the training and after all the exams had passed that this group of student soldiers became qualified soldiers, and he himself was actually given a name by the company after becoming the Palm Flag's helper in the Fifth Company of the New Army. Blade!

Damn it, the men all cried at that time. had clearly trained the group of people like animals, but not a single one of them were as ruthless as the Head of the Guards!

On the contrary, these steel-like men worshipped the beacon of light from the bottom of their hearts!

"What happened to me? I am clearly a guard of the Great Qing, I am the emperor's personal army … Why can't I hate Xiao Letian? "

"Is this still the Ma San Ye whose words are spoken when he is being whipped? Since when have I missed the Manchu so much? "

And at this moment, a thought suddenly emerged from the bottom of his heart. Could it be that the entire nation's Manchu's depression was caused by the Head of the Guards?