Usurping the Qing Dynasty: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 89: Crush the Western Officers Corps and Kill Zhang Yuzhao

Chapter 89 Crush the Western Officers Corps! Kill Zhang Yuzhao!

Sir Henry said seriously: "Mr. Su Ye, although we in the British Empire like humor, we usually don't make such jokes."

Su Ye said: "We in China don't make such jokes either."

Sir Henry said: "Since it's not a joke, it's a contract. A verbal contract is also a contract."

Su Ye said: "Of course."

Sir Henry said: "I thought I was a gambler, but I didn't expect you to be a crazier gambler, and a gambler who is immersed in your own fantasy."

From Henry's point of view, he didn't want to consider any political interests.

The Hunan Army has more soldiers, more money, and greater business potential.

But Wade put pressure on him, and he couldn't find a way to refuse. He didn't expect that this Qing Dynasty royal family would make such a crazy proposal.

Doesn't this give him a better reason to refuse?

Now he doesn't have to offend Wade, and he can sell this batch of arms to the Hunan Army smoothly.

The best of both worlds!

Wade became serious and said, "Mr. Su Ye, I admire your romantic sentiment very much, but soldiers are serious on the battlefield. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Su Ye said, "Yes, Sir."

Wade said, "Sir Su Ye, you understand Western literature, but you really don't understand Western military. You will get hurt next. Maybe Juliet beside you is too beautiful, so you rashly challenged. You don't know how excellent and powerful the twenty officers you are facing are."

Suddenly, his impression of Su Ye dropped directly.

Originally, he wanted to develop his friendship with Su Ye and expected him to take a higher position in the Qing Dynasty.

Now there is no need to make such expectations, because romanticism and imprecision are often two sides of the same coin.

The Su Ye in front of him may be a first-class writer and a first-class friend. But he is not a qualified soldier, let alone a qualified politician, and he can't go far.

One against twenty, this is not a romantic sentiment, but a terrible absurdist fantasy!

In this case, he didn't have to go to great lengths for Su Ye.

Just treat it as a good show, and let this proud Qing Dynasty royal family truly see the military gap with the West and his own ignorance.

Wade said: "In this case, I will be a witness."

He stretched out his hand.

Then Sir Henry also stretched out his hand.

Su Ye also stretched out his hand.

This verbal agreement was officially established.

Then, someone soon brought twenty-one targets.

It was a very thick wooden target, enough to embed bullets in it, so that the results could be counted more clearly.

Measure the distance of 250 meters.

And draw a line.

There are a total of twenty-one shooting positions, and there is a table on each shooting position.

On the table is an Enfield 1853 rifle.

This rifle was just developed not long ago, and the British army has not yet equipped it on a large scale. However, in the Crimean War last year, this rifle was just equipped with troops and it shined on the battlefield, surpassing the Minié 1851 rifle.

Therefore, this should be considered one of the most advanced rifles at present.

Of course, in this batch of arms transactions, only a small part of Enfield 1853, the rest are still Minié 1851 rifles.

Hong Renli stepped forward and whispered: "Have you ever played with this rifle?"

Su Ye said: "No."

Hong Renli was shocked. You have never played with this kind of rifle, but you dare to play in the game, and you have to fight one against twenty. Are you crazy?

"I have played with it, I will teach you." Hong Renli said.

Last time she bought three at an unknown price.

Next, Hong Renli began to demonstrate how to load and aim.

Suddenly, everyone around was stunned.

Hong Renli's doing this is actually dangerous.

But it doesn't matter, the people present are all foreigners.

And what shocked them was that Su Ye was actually learning how to load and aim.

Colonel William, the leader of the officer corps, said: "Sir Su Ye, have you never used this rifle?"

Su Ye said: "No."

Colonel William said: "Then have you used the Minié 1851 rifle?"

Su Ye said: "No."

Colonel William and others couldn't help looking up at the sky.

My God!

Isn't it too late for you to start learning now?

We promised a shooting competition, and we are about to compete with a noble clown.

Our honor!

Su Ye tested several times in succession, loaded, aimed, and then fired at the sky.

Three shots were tested!

"Almost done!" Su Ye said: "Let's start."

Wade rolled his eyes immediately.

Sir Henry smiled and said: "Sir, I will keep it a secret for you in London, otherwise this scene today will become a joke for you. Sir Wade's vision is so bad that he actually took a fancy to such a boastful Chinese and wanted to support him. Three boxes of the best cigars should be able to shut me up."

The two female companions next to him were also covering their mouths and laughing.

Interesting Chinese, ridiculous Chinese.

"Sir Su Ye, are you ready? Colonel William, are your men ready?"

Su Ye said, "We are ready."

Colonel William and twenty officers said in unison, "We are ready!"

"Ready!"

A whistle suddenly sounded.

Su Yi and William's officer corps immediately began to take action.

Grab your rifle and load it!

shooting!

Hong Renli suddenly became extremely nervous, his heart almost rising to his throat.

In an instant!

Su Yi entered an unprecedented state.

The superimposed energy and extreme concentration of the two.

Let him only see this gun and the target 250 meters away, and there is nothing left in his mind.

Load and shoot!

The speed is extremely fast, moving smoothly.

This kind of rifle is relatively slow to load. The average soldier can fire three rounds per minute.

Colonel William's officer corps is extremely excellent, so he can fire five rounds a minute.

And Su Yi, 8 shots per minute!

This speed is almost unprecedented.

And the distance of two hundred and fifty meters is already very far for this kind of rifle.

Although its maximum range exceeds one thousand meters, it is already difficult to aim at 250 meters.

But for Su Yi, he could clearly see the target 250 meters away.

Of course, what's more important is a feeling,

A mysterious and mysterious shooting feeling.

But this feeling of inspired shooting always exists for Su Yi, who has superimposed energy between the two of them.

This feeling is so wonderful, even more mysterious than when shooting with a bow and arrow.

Thought the rifle was more accurate and more stable.

Su Yi completely entered her own realm.

The flowing clouds and flowing water, the wind and the remaining clouds.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang..."

Just two and a half minutes!

Su Yi's shooting is over!

And Colonel William only completed 12 shots.

Wytoma, Sir Henry, and their female companions fell into a brief trance.

Regardless of Su Yi's shooting results.

At least the loading and shooting movements are so fast and so pleasing to the eye.

Five whole minutes!

The last officer of William's regiment finished shooting.

Next, the test results began.

"Major Hamilton, 150 rings!"

"Lieutenant Colonel Hans, 175 rings!"

"Major Richard, Ring 162."

As the results were announced, several people began to applaud.

If your grades are average, give it a little boost.

Those who get good grades should be applauded more enthusiastically.

"Colonel William, Ring 182!"

Suddenly, everyone applauded enthusiastically.

The results of William, the leader of the officer corps, are so good, so good to the extreme.

"Colonel William, you broke your own record."

"Colonel William, my God, you've done wonders."

"The Olympics should start shooting events immediately, and you will become a champion in no time."

"Unimaginable results, 250 meters, 182 rings, incredible results."

After the warm applause, everyone fell into silence.

Because several people came to Su Yi's target and began to calculate Su Yi's shooting results.

The prosecutor took a look.

Suddenly, I was completely shocked!

God!

What's going on?

Did your miracle come at this very moment?

Have you kissed this Qing man's hand?

Because the bullseye of this wooden target is densely packed with projectiles.

They couldn't believe it at all. This... this wasn't shot at all, was it?

It must be the hand of God that catches these bullets and shoves them into the bullseye.

They counted once, and again.

Count the pellets first, then the craters.

A number was finally settled on.

Two hundred rings!

Crazy, dreamy, incredible two hundred rings.

There was no report of results for a long time. Sir Henry and Witoma shrugged their shoulders and said, "They all missed the target."

"Mr. Su Yi, it seems that speed is of no use, accuracy is of use!"

"Sir Su Yi, I am very much looking forward to our next cooperation. Then I will take my leave."

"Sir Witoma, thank you for your hospitality!"

"Madam, repeat yourself again. You have subverted my understanding of Eastern aesthetics."

Sir Henry put on his bowler hat and was about to leave.

At this moment, the target announcer finally shouted: "Sir Su Yi, two hundred rings!"

His voice was almost trembling.

Sir Henry's movements were frozen in the middle.

What?

Am I hallucinating?

Two hundred rings?

For Colonel William and others, they couldn't believe what their ears heard.

Hong Renli, who had been extremely nervous and looking forward to his results, heard the number two hundred rings.

Suddenly I couldn't hold it in any longer and jumped up.

"We win, we win!"

Excited, she instinctively rushed forward and hugged Su Yi's shoulders.

"Win, win!"

Su Yi hugged her soft but elastic and powerful waist and picked her up.

Then, he kissed her hard on her charming lips.

For a moment, Hong Renli was completely stunned.

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On the other side, Colonel William couldn't believe this result at all, so everyone rushed to Su Yi's target 250 meters away.

Checked again and again.

Finally, absolutely sure.

It’s two hundred rings!

God!

Is this oriental your illegitimate son?

Is this a magician?

At this distance, every shot is a perfect score?

He, he is an Oriental.

Is this world too crazy, or am I still in a dream?

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However, Su Ye's pretense is still not over.

"There are geniuses in this world. What is a genius?" Su Ye said slowly: "I am a genius because I know everything by nature."

Su Ye came to Colonel William and patted him on the shoulder.

"Colonel, it's not that you are not good enough, but because you met me."

"There is no doubt that rifles are more advanced than bows and arrows, but don't completely belittle bows and arrows. It once represented an era. Compared with the coldness and precision of rifles, it is more full of romanticism."

"This world needs not only coldness, but also romance, doesn't it?"

Su Ye stretched out his hand.

Hong Renli handed over his bow and arrow, a bow with 17 forces.

"Do you want to try to see if you can pull this bow open?" Su Ye asked.

After Colonel William took it, he spent a lot of effort, his face flushed, and he barely pulled it halfway.

Next, several officers who felt that they were very strong also stepped forward.

But no one could fully draw the bow.

At this time, Su Ye stood tall and handsome.

He was not as strong as these officers.

However, he took the strong bow and pulled it easily.

This scene was full of contradictory beauty.

It had impact.

Bend the bow and put the arrow on it!

Aim at the target 250 meters away.

In fact, it was impossible to aim, the distance was too far, it seemed to be aimed at the sky.

Shoot an arrow suddenly.

"Swoosh!"

The arrow drew an arc in the air.

"Bang!"

It flew over a distance of 250 meters.

The arrow suddenly hit the bull's eye.

The whole audience was silent again.

No words could describe their inner shock.

Including Hong Renli, they couldn't believe it at all.

At such a long distance, he could still hit the bull's eye?

Who... who is this?

After a long while, Wade and others began to applaud enthusiastically again.

His eyes were still filled with incredible shock.

"Oh my God, oh my God!"

"God actually showed up in the East."

"I will never forget this day."

Colonel William, with twenty officers, came to Su Ye and saluted straight.

"It is a great honor to be hired by you."

"I am looking forward to the days ahead!"

"I firmly believe that you will train a strong army."

Su Ye stepped forward and shook hands with each officer one by one.

Then, Su Ye came to Sir Henry, stretched out his hand and said, "Sir?"

Sir Henry sighed, "Three days later, bring the advance payment and we will sign the contract."

Then, he stretched out his hand and shook hands with Su Ye.

Finally, Su Ye stretched out his hand to Wade-Giles and shook hands.

As a result, the other party came forward and hugged him directly.

"Next, we will have a long friendship." Wade-Giles said, "I will tell the consulate and the embassy about you."

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Su Ye once again sent Hong Renli back to the alley where she lived.

This time, not only the kind-looking old lady was waiting for her, but also a dozen desperate criminals.

Both of them avoided talking about the kiss just now.

As if they were just too excited.

Su Ye took the official documents and the imperial edict to the General Tax Commissioner and took out a sum of silver in advance.

Then he exchanged the money into pounds.

This batch of arms was very expensive. The price of Enfield 1853 in the United States was 25 US dollars per piece, but the price in China was much higher. Even the Minié 1851 rifle was very expensive.

Su Ye bought a total of 4,000 guns of various types, a large number of bullets, related accessories, and a dozen or so armorers.

There were about 30 heavy artillery and rapid artillery in total.

The total value was about 250,000 taels.

This price was so expensive that people took a breath, but there was no way. At this price, they had to fight hard to grab it.

If you don't buy it, the Hunan Army and the Taiping Army will rush to buy it.

The routine of imperialism will never change. These guns and cannons, even with ammunition, are far from being that expensive.

But add the accessories, the armorer, and the packing officer.

The price went up.

Next, we just had to wait for the contract to be signed in three days.

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However, I will ask Hong Renli to dance again tonight.

She refused, and asked Shang'er to refuse.

The beautiful girl stared at Su Ye angrily and said, "What did you do to my mother?"

Then she was dragged in.

"Shang'er, don't call me mother from now on. I am ten years older than you."

Then Hong Renli walked out the door and said, "I'm sorry, I can't go dancing with you tonight."

"Well, it really can't happen this time."

Su Ye said, "Okay."

Hong Renli said, "We are going to Jiujiang."

Su Ye said, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Hong Renli was silent for a while and said, "If we don't leave now, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."

"We will leave suddenly and don't plan to say goodbye to you."

Su Ye nodded and said, "Okay."

"Goodbye!" Hong Renli said, "I hope we won't meet on the battlefield again."

Then, she turned around and returned to the house.

Su Ye waved at the air.

Back in the house, Hong Renli began to wipe the weapons.

Knife, bow and arrow, crossbow, foreign gun.

All carefully wiped.

"Mom, Su Ye is still standing down there, he hasn't left yet."

"Mom, he's still looking up at us."

"Mom, he squatted down."

"So interesting, he squatted there, like a dog."

More than an hour later.

Shang'er said: "Mom, he's gone."

Hong Renli immediately stopped the work in his hands, and the whole person relaxed.

Then, the whole person stared at the sky outside the window in a daze.

"Mom, if we go to Jiujiang, will he lead his troops to fight us one day?"

"If he really comes to fight us, what should we do?"

"If you meet him on the battlefield, will you kill him?" Shang'er's little mouth didn't listen.

Hong Renli grabbed her, pressed her on his legs, and slapped her hard on the buttocks.

"I will beat you to death!"

"Can you stop talking and stop calling me mom?"

"Pah pah pah pah!" The sound was crisp and loud, accompanied by the sound of a girl's ghostly howling.

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Su Ye returned to Bai Feifei's mansion.

At this time, it was already full and crowded with supplies.

The people sent by his father kept coming.

"This is my younger brother Bai Qi. After I left, he took over my position and worked for my father." Bai Feifei said.

This is a simple-minded young man with a face full of loyalty.

He looks like he is easy to deceive and bully. He doesn't look like someone who does things on the edge of a knife.

"Call someone." Bai Feifei said.

Bai Qi said naively: "Second brother."

This time he brought about 20 people, plus Li Gong brought, a total of about 40 people.

In addition, there are 20 foreign mercenaries.

This group of people was far less elite than Colonel William's group of officers. They were all desperate people who came to the East to take risks. They were either mercenaries or bandits.

In short, they couldn't make it in the Western world or were wanted, so they came to the East to seek gold.

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The next day!

The Hongrenli house was completely empty.

She left silently.

She recruited a group of desperate people and went to Jiujiang.

No farewell.

The cheongsam designed by Su Ye for her was not yet finished.

The toothless old woman came up and said to Su Ye: "You are stupid, young man. She likes you too. Why do you want to learn gentlemanly manners from the British? Just push her down on the bed, nothing will happen, and I will give birth to your baby next year."

Old woman, you are very courageous, not like an ordinary person, what do you do for a living?

The old woman looked at Su Ye and said with regret: "Such a good-looking man, but it's a pity that his brain is broken."

Hong Renli did not leave any letters.

Children of Jianghu don't need these.

But the past few days were really like a dream for her.

A dream that was bizarre but infinitely beautiful.

I don't know whether I should continue to dream this dream.

Or wake up in time.

She was a little scared, so she chose to wake up in time.

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Two days later!

Su Ye took a few boxes of pounds and went to Wade's office again.

Today is the signing date agreed with Sir Henry.

But when Su Ye went.

Wade was tidying up the office and was about to move out.

Su Ye was startled and said, "Where is Sir Henry?"

Wade looked at Su Ye with an apologetic look.

"I'm very sorry, Sir Su Ye. From now on, this place is completely under the control of Li Taiguo. I'm leaving here."

"Shen Baozhen and Zhang Yuzhao went to find Li Taiguo and made them conditions that they couldn't refuse."

"Not only is the price much higher than yours, there are more mouth-watering conditions, such as some trade."

"So Sir Henry sold this batch of arms to the Hunan Army, and they even have exclusive sales agreements for the second and third batches."

"I'm very sorry, Sir Su Ye."

Su Ye suddenly felt dizzy, his back was cold, and boundless anger surged in his heart.

After a long while, he hissed, "Where is your reputation?"

Wade-Giles said, "I'm very sorry. In the face of great interests, reputation can be torn apart at any time. But our friendship is still there. I'm going to a new position to fight for new interests for you."

"But this time, I can't do anything."

Su Ye said, "Have they made a deal?"

Wade-Giles said, "Yes, the contract was signed yesterday and the goods were delivered. It will probably be loaded today. They sent an elite force to escort this batch of arms to the battlefield."

Su Ye said, "Who went to find Li Taiguo and who signed the contract?"

Wade-Giles said, "That genius poet, Shen Baozhen and Zhang Yuzhao."

Su Ye said, "They already know that Henry and I have reached an agreement, right? And we have made a verbal contract, right?"

Wade-Giles said: "Yes, knowing that you have already negotiated, they still snatched the order. This is very uncivilized and ungentlemanly. It seems that the internal struggle between you is far more intense than I imagined."

Then, Wade-Giles stepped forward and patted Su Ye's shoulder and said: "Sir Su Ye, this world is full of malice towards the weak. Compared with the powerful Hunan Army, you are too weak."

"The world is like a stage, you and I are just actors, remember this lesson, Sir Su Ye!"

"At least, you have gained my friendship."

Wade-Giles patted Su Ye's shoulder for the last time, and then left directly.

At this time, his eyes were not only regretful, but also a little cunning.

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Su Ye returned to Bai Feifei's mansion.

He fell into extreme silence.

But Bai Feifei could easily feel the madness and raging flames under this calmness.

Just like a volcano before eruption.

Once it erupts, it will destroy everything.

Bai Feifei said softly, "What happened?"

Su Ye said, "That batch of arms, as well as all the accessories, all the ammunition, the armorer, etc., were all taken away by the Hunan Army, by Shen Baozhen and Zhang Yuzhao."

Bai Feifei said, "Haven't you and Henry already reached a complete agreement and made a verbal contract?"

Su Ye said, "The Hunan Army offered a higher price, a much higher price, and also sold a lot of benefits. The British couldn't refuse this benefit. So they took away this batch of arms, and there were also several batches of arms later."

Bai Feifei trembled and said, "How could they do this? You, you just saved their lives."

Su Ye sat quietly by the window, looking at the moon in the sky.

No word.

At this time, dozens or hundreds of people stood neatly downstairs.

Looking at Su Ye quietly, waiting for him to speak.

Su Ye still didn't speak.

More than half an hour passed.

Bai Feifei came over and said, "They are in the warehouse at the dock. All the guns and goods are there, waiting to be loaded onto the British cargo ship and then shipped directly to Hubei."

"A total of 200 Hunan troops and 300 local hired gunmen, a total of 500 people guarding the warehouse."

"Zhang Yuzhao and others are in this warehouse, waiting to board the ship with this batch of arms and take the British merchant ship to the Hubei battlefield."

Su Ye said, "How many people did you find?"

Bai Feifei said, "One hundred and fifty people, half of whom are the remnants of the Xiaodao Society."

Su Ye said slowly, "Do it! Well, kill all of Zhang Yuzhao's men and take back all the goods. "

Bai Feifei said: "This is Shanghai, and this dock also belongs to the concession, belonging to the British. Once a war breaks out at the dock, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Su Ye said: "I know!"

"Wade, maybe he is waiting for this moment, he needs to see clearly whether I am a beautiful steed or a ferocious tiger."

"Prepare all weapons and explosives."

"Go ahead and kill them all."

Bai Feifei said: "Yes!"

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An hour later.

In the dark night, Su Ye led 150 people and walked quietly towards the dock.

Halfway, they met the British police.

They laughed and turned their heads as if they didn't see it.

"The night is so beautiful tonight, so quiet, there is not even a single person on the road."

Everything was as Su Ye expected.