Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

It was not bad to make the Japanese suffer a little. After this group of fellows had obtained victory in one round, they hinted a few times that the new army could directly land in Japan. However, the Four Great vassal lords s and the senior leaders who were in the act pretended not to understand.

was clear that in their hearts, they had always believed that the credit for victory belonged only to them, and the weapons and equipment given by the new army only had a minuscule effect, adding that the Japanese had an extraordinary greed for the credit, it was hard to avoid refusing Xiao Letian's good will.

As for the enlightened sects like Sakamoto Ryoma and Gao Shanjinzuo, they were simply too few in the Japan, and these people would definitely be tortured to death by their own people sooner or later.

Just as Xiao Letian was about to meet the guests from Japan, in the most domineering place in the harbor, the Letian Firm met his long-famous but rarely seen colleague, the red-crowned merchant, Hu Xueyan.

This time, Hu Xueyan, who was forty-four years old, was wearing a long, lake-silk gown with a silver fox jacket over his shoulders.

"Junior Hu Xueyan greets old shopkeeper Fan. I wish old shopkeeper health and health..." With that, he waved his hand. Second Manager Zhang Xiaowen, who was behind him, walked over with big strides.

"old shopkeeper Fan is an immature pine in our business world. Junior does not have any good gifts for him, and does not have any respect for the Agarwood!"

"You're too polite!" "Xue Yan is too courteous …" Manager Fan received his respect, but in the end, not only did he not get the crutch, he even got the crutch.

The two of them sat down and sipped on the tea, and Hu Xueyan already felt that something was not right, the tea leaves were obviously the old tea from last year, although the leaf tea soup was considered good, but after a year of drinking it, it was still inferior to the new tea.

It's not like fermenting tea requires a whole year, but green tea just tastes fresh.

Fan Lian could tell what Hu Xueyan was thinking just by looking at it. "Hehe, does Xue Yan think that this tea is a little old?"

"I don't dare to, I'm sure the younger generations of the old shopkeeper won't be able to understand this. There must be a way to drink this tea that I don't understand …"

"Hahaha …" This is Chen Cha, not to mention me, even my young master in Ryukyu would normally drink this kind of tea … "

"Ah?" The Prime Minister drinks this tea too? " Hu Xueyan's face was full of disbelief. In his heart, the Prime Minister had gone on an expedition to Europa, captured the capital and even brought the Emperor along. The Prime Minister did not dare say that he was enjoying the meat of the wine pond like this, at the very least, he shouldn't be so shabby to drink tea.

"You don't have to have an expression of disbelief. My young master is like this, spending money on himself saves money. He doesn't care about tea, wine, food, etc. As long as it isn't bad, he won't pick anything …"

"But when it comes to big things, he doesn't save a single cent, such as the military boot s, military belts, military uniforms, and so on. Originally, I bought a set of mid-tier goods for 15 silver coins, but when the Prime Minister saw that there was actually a set of high-grade goods for 20 silver coins, he threw my plan to the side …"

"And there's also the economic layout of the Ryukyu, I have never heard of many factories, in a few days when you have free time go to the northern seas to take a look, the telegraph line has not even started construction yet, but the Ryukyu has already started laying underwater cables, that's all money …"

Hu Xueyan was extremely respectful to the Prime Minister, "The Prime Minister's layout is not something that we can see through, I never thought that the Prime Minister's life would be so simple and straightforward. I have come to the Ryukyu with a batch of new tea, hoping to offer it to the Prime Minister.

"Haha, don't worry. That young master of mine doesn't have that kind of arrogance. He had wanted to meet you, a red-crowned merchant for a long time. Who wouldn't want to see the legendary figure of Jiang Nan's business world with their own eyes …"

On the contrary, they were gentle and refined, as if they were old friends reuniting with each other over the years. They talked about the past and the present, until finally, Zhang Xiaowen, the eunuch Xiao Sixi, hurried over, interrupting the duo.

"old shopkeeper, repent and confess. I have to go now, since your honorable person has summoned me …"

"Take care, take care, when we get back, I will set up wine for you in Prime Minister's Manor, we will talk in detail …"

Hu Xueyan rode on his palanquin and walked along the street. He was anxious and anxious, the news that the Second Manager had brought almost scared him to death.

What does His Majesty want to do? Why did he say that and write that line of words? How could he overturn thousands of years of categorization of industry and industry?

Maybe His Majesty just wants to start the army with some money. If that's the case, how much meat should I cut? 5,000,000 silver? 10 million silver? My career has just begun to rise and the economy of Jiangnan has just begun to recover. If His Majesty wants too much, then I really won't be able to do business in the future.

This time, he had really messed up his plans. If it was a high ranking official in the imperial court who asked him for money, he would naturally have all kinds of wrist to use as an excuse or to borrow some momentum from. But today, when the emperor opened his mouth to ask for money, he was at a loss.

The Chinese reverence for imperial power for thousands of years had made him afraid to refuse the emperor's request in the slightest, but what if the emperor's demands were beyond his reach or his strength would be severely damaged? Hu Xueyan had been worrying too much these days.

Suddenly, a burst of gunshots outside the palanquin woke him up. Opening the palanquin's curtain, he discovered that he had arrived outside the gates of the army camp.

Relying on the special pass given to the little Emperor by the Prime Minister, the group of people quickly entered the army camp. However, he couldn't carry the palanquin in, so Hu Xueyan could only enter the army camp in a low-key manner.

Hu Xueyan had went to the Xiang Army's camp before to watch the battle to quell the hair on his head, but no matter how knowledgeable he was, when he entered the camp, he was still shocked by the killing intent.

The entire military camp gave off an aura that could only be described as solemn and solemn. Everything was neat and tidy, with soldiers in uniform standing in the field. The square formation, which was like a piece of tofu, was a straight line, and they were all motionless like puppets.

On the east side of the camp, more than a hundred soldiers were practicing live shooting. The gunshots that had just woken him were coming from this place.

The little emperor, Zai Chun, was at the front of the line. Like all the other recruits, he was sprawled in the mud and the furry recoil in his hands was extremely strong.

Zai Chun was still too young, he was unable to control his strength and used his gun. The remaining four bullets that missed the target were already far away from the red heart, and when the instructors stood up, Zai Chun was already crying tears of grievance.

Taro Shimadzu ignored Zai Chun. A child who was eleven years old, being able to hit the target four times was already pretty good. In the future, this kid called Tong Fu would definitely be a good soldier.

"You guys have done well in today's live shooting training. In order to reward you all, you can disband half an hour earlier today. Prepare to go eat lunch …"

The new recruits dispersed, and only now did Hu Xueyan, who was hiding in the corner, realize that the sunburned black child in front of him was walking towards him, his face mature to match his age.

Xiao Sixi quickly whispered: "This is His Majesty!" Hu Xueyan almost jumped up in shock, but Hairy # 2 immediately stopped him, "Be quiet, His Majesty's identity is now a secret, follow us inside the house and we will have a talk."

Zai Chun walked past Hu Xueyan, nodded at him, and then returned to his single room. This was one of the few privileges his master had given him.

"This subject, Hu Xueyan, greets Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty! "Sob, sob, sob …" Hu Xueyan kowtowed in respect before crying out loud.

"Hmm? What was the meaning of this, Hu Aimin? "Why are you crying?"

"This official's heart hurts. I never thought that His Majesty would actually train with the soldiers. If it weren't for a few eunuchs informing me, I wouldn't even dare to acknowledge him …" "Wuu!"

Emperor Tongzhi's performance today had astonished and baffled Hu Xueyan. He had never thought that his Majesty, who was travelling with Xiao Letian, would actually become like this.

"Hur hur, is there anything strange about me training with the New Army? Was it correct to sit on the throne and listen to the courtiers and officials kowtowing and then always be aloof? "How can I not eat minced meat? How could I know that our Qing Dynasty is riddled with holes? I lost two times in a row and I didn't feel wronged at all …"

"Master has said more than once that merchants always have the best foresight in society. Why does it not look like it at all today? It seems that you are no different from those civil officials and Confucian Scholars …"

Hu Xueyan's face reddened greatly from being scolded by the little emperor. He quickly kowtowed and admitted his wrongs, "Your Majesty is the Lord of Light, this humble subject is just a weed in the wild. Your Majesty's lesson is …"

"Alright, let's not talk about the beautiful words of the fake Great Void. If I can believe it just by speaking out my loyalty, then I won't have so many disasters in the past few years. Those deserters on the battlefield wouldn't know how to say the beautiful words?"

"In Ryukyu's military training this time, we now completely understand that everything that happened in the past cannot be trusted, that the eight flags cannot be trusted, that the Green Camp cannot be trusted, that the noble clans of the Manchu cannot be trusted, and that the Chinese Officer cannot be trusted either … "Everyone has a belly full of thoughts. They say they are doing something behind their backs. Their interests outweigh everything else. I, the king, am just a loner!"

"Your Majesty …" Everyone in the room knelt down and began to cry.

"Forget it, I'm not blaming you all. I'm just narrating the current situation of the imperial government …" "It's precisely because of this that I want to pull myself together. I want to personally create my own strength …"

"I want to learn from my master and create my own direct line of descent with my bare hands. I don't rely on anyone, and I don't believe that some righteous legacy will be left to me …" What ability did he have to rely on the protection of his ancestors to rule a country? "What I want is to improve this country and make sure that the Great Qing is truly prosperous …"

"We have started to recruit people from the direct line of descent. We will drag them all out to fight, walk out of New barracks, and use our lives and blood to build a future on the battlefield. There will be a day when I have my own iron army!"

"All of this requires money as a backing. I just want to ask if you, the God of Fortune, are willing to do such a great thing with me. As long as you don't disappoint me, I won't disappoint you!"