Chapter 51 This hatred is irreconcilable

Chapter 51 This hatred is irreconcilable

Chapter 51 This hatred is irreconcilable
The crowd slowly dispersed, each going about their own business.

Even though Shao Quanzhong only has 700 men under his command now, there are only 260 men in the Zhong Battalion who can really fight, with only 100 guns.

However, the Huai Army had already been established. It was only a matter of time before it took the opportunity to suppress the Taiping Army and the Nian Army and expanded into a large warlord with an army of 100,000.

Shao Quanzhong's ability to train troops is there, and this is a hard power that others do not have.

The road to success has been paved, and the backbones of the Shao faction know very well that the future of ruling the world is beckoning to the Huai Army Group.

The suggestions everyone gave to Shao Quanzhong were actually based on the goal of Shao Quanzhong conquering the world in the future.

If Le Sen and Hai Qing's suggestions were implemented, Shaw Brothers would be able to keep its throne firmly on the throne. Whether they were called emperors or not, they would still be the rulers for generations. The most difference would be whether they were in front of the stage or behind the scenes.

Now Shao Quanzhong prioritizes revenge. In order to suppress the Japanese, he has to act quickly without considering eliminating dissidents. He would rather leave hidden dangers. In the future, the only one who will suffer is the Shao family.

The interests of these important officials will not be harmed. On the contrary, because they came to power early, their families may be able to prosper earlier.

Tian Xing was particularly excited. If Shao Quanzhong wanted to form a united front, the Tartars would be destroyed sooner, which was exactly what he wanted.

As for when he wins, because of the complicated composition of his subordinates, if the Shaw family cannot hold on to their power, he must do his best to protect his second brother's family and make up for the loss he suffered from this decision.

Shao Quanzhong had made up his mind and went straight to find Liao Rong without waiting for the next day.

"Brother Haichang, there is an important task that must be shouldered by you."

Liao Rong took the note from Shao Quanzhong, which contained the names and addresses of three people.

"Lin Taizeng, Liu Buchan, Deng Shichang? What do they do? Forgive my ignorance, I have never heard of these three people."

Since Shao Quanzhong was going to give him an important task, it meant that he had already accepted him into the Huai Army Group, and his title was immediately changed to "subordinate".

“One of them is nine, one is ten, and one is twelve. It would be strange if Brother Liao knew them.

This is a copy of the emperor's approval for the establishment of the Huai Army. I will also bring you three thousand taels of silver. You must invite these three children here. They are all good seedlings for the future navy of the Qing Dynasty.

I will find another twenty or so children of the right age in my hometown and set up an English department in a preparatory school for studying abroad. Brother Haichang, you will teach them English.

These three children all come from relatively well-off families, and Lin Taiceng is the grandson of Lord Lin Wenzhong, so he cannot be invited here with money alone.

Brother Haichang also needs to explain the greater good to their parents. If China wants to be strong, it must have a powerful navy to intimidate all quarters.

Fortunately, their parents are people who have open eyes to the world, otherwise they would not be able to raise children with great prospects in the future. Brother Liao should be able to convince them successfully.

Shao felt obliged to purchase warships and even build his own ships in the future.

To find talents and send them to naval powers like Britain for training, and to cultivate the first batch of naval seeds for China, we need the help of Brother Liao, who was born as a seafarer. "

Liao Rong did not question how Shao Quanzhong knew that these three children would have great prospects in the future. Questioning the leader's decision is a taboo for subordinates.

Liao Rong is already in his thirties, and to be able to become a triad boss, he must be a shrewd man.

Now that he has joined the upper echelons of the Huai Army, he will certainly learn about his lord's ability to know the secrets of heaven.

What surprised him was that Shao Quanzhong did not let him, a professional soldier who had received formal training in the British Army and knew guns and artillery, serve as a battalion officer. Instead, he planned to let him form a navy.

A sixth-rank military officer with only 700 subordinates began to plan to establish a navy. Yung Wing was absolutely right when he said that he had great insight.

As the first mate of a British company's merchant ship, no one among the subjects of the Qing Dynasty understood the importance of the navy better than Liao Rong.

He joined Shao Quanzhong a little late. Even if he became a battalion officer, his ranking in the Huai Army would not be too high, and it would be impossible for him to have a status higher than Shao Quanzhong's sworn brothers.

But once the navy is formed, he will be the founder of the Huai Army and even the entire Qing Dynasty's truly modern navy. His future will be limitless as he takes on the responsibility.

"Sir, the navy's investment is not small—"

"It's okay. The Qing Dynasty has money. Instead of giving hundreds of millions of silver to them for free, it's better to take 180,000 taels to build a navy and fight them back.

Especially the Japanese devils, I will lead people to attack them at their homes and make them empty my urine pot.

Damn it, if I don’t kill more than 300,000 of them, I won’t be able to get rid of the hatred in my heart.”

When did the Qing Dynasty pay hundreds of millions of silver to others? Why is the commander speaking so vaguely?
Liao Rong didn't know why the Japanese offended his superiors. Anyway, building a strong navy was his dream, but he thought it was too far away and didn't dare to mention it to Shao Quanzhong.

"When the children you teach have mastered English and are older, we should have the money to send them to England to study naval warfare. When they return from their studies, we will probably have the money to buy warships.

For a navy that has been around for hundreds of years, it is important to plan for things like this in advance. The sooner the better. Time waits for no one.

Fortunately, the Japanese navy has not yet started. I don't need our navy to quickly surpass the old naval powers, as long as we don't let the Japanese navy be faster than us. "

"Sir, Britain and France have just finished a war with our Qing Dynasty. Can the British agree to help us train naval talents?"

Shao Quanzhong patted Liao Rong on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Brother Liao, you don't know this, they are not happy about it.

Our people go there to work for them for free and we also pay their tuition. How could they not be happy about this good thing?

These great powers are all evil-minded.

They help us train talents, hoping that these talents who study abroad will occupy high positions after returning. We can act as their spokespersons and stand up for them so that they can make money from the Qing Dynasty more conveniently.

But they are wrong. China is not short of patriots.

We bide our time, learn their skills, eat the honey on their shells, and then fire our shells back to beat them up without mercy.

Therefore, before sending these students abroad, we have to educate them well in the preparatory schools.

When you take them to study in the future, you must always remind them not to forget their homeland and not to be traitors. I will kill anyone who catches such a person. "

“Even if they are all patriots, it is inevitable that our navy will have a favorable impression of Britain in the future.

Although I have been working for the British, I really don't want to see this situation happen.

Because Britain and France invaded us, and the Water Monster was transporting opium to the Qing Dynasty, I didn't want to do it anymore and came to surrender to the commander.

Can't we send people to other countries to learn about the navy?"

"Hehe, what good things do the great powers have? Actually, Britain is quite good to our Qing Dynasty, they just want to make money. They are too far away from us and don't want our land.

Among all the great powers in the future, we really have to make friends with Britain first.

There is a saying that goes "make friends far away and attack nearby." The Russians and Japanese who are our neighbors are the most hateful.

The great powers are all robbers.

The British and French only came to our house to rob our money, but the Russians and Japanese wanted to occupy our house, steal our wives, and make our sons call them fathers. This feud is irreconcilable."

Shao Quanzhong looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, his eyes becoming blurred.

"When I was working in the insurance team, I was chased by the Russian soldiers and had no way out. It was only because my brother hid me in a water tank that I escaped.

Humph, after I defeat the Japanese, I will definitely not spare the Russians.

Damn it, the old Russians and the Japanese are fighting each other, and we Chinese people are suffering. I am fighting in the gap between them. How can it be easy for me?"

The more Liao Rong listened, the more confused he became. What did this mean? Was the commander drunk or had a fever?

Liao Rong was also a man of action. He asked Le Sen for the three thousand taels of silver promised by Shao Quanzhong. Le Sen also sent four logistics soldiers to be his guards. They did not stay in the wharf, but hired a boat to leave.

Two of the three children that Shao Quanzhong asked him to find were in Fujian and one was in Guangdong. It would take a long time to visit them one by one and bring them back.

The next morning, Shao Quanzhong left forty people as instructors to train the Heng Battalion and the new recruits who would arrive soon. He brought 160 people from the Zhong Battalion, ten personal soldiers, and a hundred spears, and rushed to Shanghai on thirty sampans.

Tian Xing is still the one who has the final say at home, and Shao Hengzhong still needs to grow up for the time being.

Five days later, the fleet returned with 30 sampans loaded with 1,100 rifles and 1 million rounds of bullets, 160 of which were carried on the shoulders of the escorting soldiers.

The money I brought to Shanghai this time was not enough to pay for all the guns. Two hundred and fifty of the guns were bought on credit with interest...

The fleet went to Taizhou via the Tongyang Canal, now called the Han Canal, which is a safer route.

If we take the route across the Yangtze River and the Jichuan River, it would be terrible if we were robbed by Hou Batian's team. We cannot afford the risk with this wave of arms.

The more you fear something, the more likely it is to come. As soon as the fleet entered the Han Canal, they heard gunshots from Tongzhou City on the right bank, as loud as popping beans.

(End of this chapter)