Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Ge Deng's thoughts slowly drifted in the air, gradually returning to the moment when he had just arrived in Great Qing Kingdom!

Ge Deng was born in a military aristocratic family of the UK. His father was a general of the royal family's artillery.

After graduating from the Royal Military Academy, he was assigned to the legion as a second lieutenant. Ge Deng's greatest specialty was actually the construction of military fortresses.

During the war of the Crimea, he was only a Lieutenant, but because of his military exploits and his continuous hard work after the war, he was promoted to captain in 1859!

At this time, Ge Deng encountered an important barrier on his way to enlist in the army, and that was how to charge into the position of school officer!

In the UK of the colonial epoch, there was a hidden rule. It was that a lieutenant was the leader of the troops, and a colonel was the tail end of the army.

In other words, although Captain was just one step away from Major, this step was even harder than ascending to the sky!

If you advance to the level of a military officer, even if it's the Major, you will become a reserve talent for the future generals of the Empire.

But a normal Soldiers, even if they had to struggle for their entire life, their ceiling would still be a captain!

The leader of the troops was the captain, and the tail was the Major!

Although Ge Deng's father was a general, the British Army had its own unique history.

Within the British Army system, Navy was first class, they were raised by stepmothers … There was no other way, who asked them to kill King before in the history of the Army?

Furthermore, Ge Deng's father was a general of the Army, and he held a position of honor, not authority!

Therefore, at the critical moment when Ge Deng was trying to break through to become a military officer, his father could not provide any help. If he did not have any fortuitous encounters in history, Ge Deng would probably sink into his position as a captain and never get promoted.

The other possibility was that he would eventually ascend to Major, but that would still require him to be forty to fifty years old.

His officer s pitied him, and in terms of seniority, they could reward him with a position of school officer, which would also allow him to retire and retire with a little higher salary in the future!

This was not a good choice!

Ge Deng was trying hard to find a way out, but at this time, an important historical opportunity appeared!

As expected, the disaster of another country was a national carnival. In 1860, the relationship between Britain and China deteriorated to the extreme, and the Second Opium War erupted!

Expedition of the China, this was an opportunity that Ge Deng had to seize, this was his only chance to turn the situation around. At this time, Ge Deng was exactly 27 years old, and was also the time when he was the most energetic.

If he could reach the glass ceiling at this age, he would become a Major at the age of thirty!

God! Then his future would be limitless, he would become a young and strong officer that was very worth training in Empire!

A thirty year old Major, how bright do you think his future will be?

It was a pity that opportunities were not given to everyone equally. No matter how Ge Deng pleaded, in the end, the Expeditionary forces still did not choose to give him to anyone!

At that time, Ge Deng was working at an engineer academy in Native UK as a normal Teacher!

Ge Deng never thought that his request to meet with sea would come true. After thinking about it for a long time, Ge Deng decided to volunteer and go to China. He didn't need their orders, he followed the transport ship and headed towards China with his own identity.

This was a huge risk, to separate from the military Schools and fight in a different identity? Would the Native UK punish him? Would the Commanders accept him once he reached the China? This was all a question, and all of it required him, Ge Deng, to gamble his life!

Why would Ge Deng go all out like this? In fact, it was related to the system of British Army at that time. Although a captain could be exchanged for contribution points, a colonel's position was like a carrot to a pit!

Unless the Empire has an extra batch of Army s, then the number of officers will be fixed!

If you, Ge Deng, wanted to become Major, you would have to wait for the Major above to leave for various reasons.

From this, it could be seen that the competition between the military officers was ten thousand times more brutal than that of the lieutenant!

There was only one way to go about it. If there was a war, then there would be a war, and if there was a war, then there would be a war, and there would be deaths. There would be opportunities of all kinds!

Ge Deng volunteered to go to the Great Qing Kingdom, but in the end, he did not make it in time for the battle between them!

But he could be considered lucky. With the coordination of Family and the Commanders's appreciation, Army did not kick him away but accepted him. His life had finally been half won!

As soon as Ge Deng arrived in the Beijing, he encountered the huge fire in the Yuan Ming Yuan. In his diary, he regretfully noted, "After looting, you still have to set it on fire … These civilized people are destroying these precious treasures in the most barbaric way... "

Had Ge Deng participated in the Yuan Ming Yuan's looting? No one knew about this, but he denied it himself, he had even sworn an oath to the Tongzhi Emperor!

Ge Deng's reason was very good, he was one of the late comers, and when he entered the army, the Yuan Ming Yuan's flames were already shining brightly, even if he wanted to, he would not have the chance to!

It was because of his honesty that made little Kaiser Zai Chun have a good impression of him. That was why their relationship at UK was so close!

But was Ge Deng really a moral gentleman?

What the heck! Ge Deng's Family is indeed a military aristocratic family, they are very gentlemanly and very civilized, but don't forget that almost all British aristocracy are colonists!

What is a colonial gentleman? It was not a crime to steal from others, they did not have the slightest moral reprimand or pressure, they were against the inner court, against their own gentlemen, and against the outside world, against the face of the bandits!

When Ge Deng was in the Expeditionary forces, he spent a long time traveling between the two places of Tianjin. He sent the File to the garrison and the Official in order to coordinate the management of the affairs that were within his power.

When they were in Tianjin, British Minister had asked Viceroy to rent a plot of land at the side of Haihe River to build a realm. However, before Viceroy Hengfu had even expressed his agreement, Ge Deng had already started his plan!

Ge Deng was originally from the Engineer Academy, so surveying and mapping were his strengths. He brought a team of Soldiers to walk 500 mu of land from the Tianjin Purple Bamboo Forest south to the Haihe River.

In the end, these five hundred mu of land became the English and French's envoy area, and Ge Deng built five main roads on top of the land!

This was the famous' Tianjin Five Avenue 'of the future!

The current Hubei Road in Tianjin was previously called Ge Deng Road, and the work department Building in the British Concession Realm was also named Ge Deng Tower.

From this, it could be seen that Ge Deng was a colonist from top to bottom! How could such a person clean his hands and feet when he came to the colony?

And what this handgun had opened was a pitch black memory in Ge Deng's heart!