Chapter 334 Anger
Chapter 334 Anger
Ping'er was directly promoted to major general. In the Huai Army, the last person to receive this treatment was Shao Yigu.
Shao Quanzhong has always been clear about rewards and punishments. Ping'er had previously served as his personal secretary, but she had never been awarded a title. This time, he awarded her a gold star, which was a recognition of Ping'er's contribution.
Shao Quanzhong accompanied his elder brother to watch the play for three days and watched the entire performance.
Shao Quanzhong approved it, and the next step is to perform for the Guangdong New Army.
Shao Quanzhong was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and he could watch operas for three consecutive days without anyone noticing. The new army had training tasks and could not watch operas continuously. This time, the performance for the new army would last for 32 days.
On the last day, after the big dance was over, all the performers came out to take their bows.
The roles played by these actors include almost all the famous senior generals of the Huai Army, and every soldier can see the heroic image of his superiors in the play.
Kicking and scolding their superiors every day will go down in history through these programs and become familiar to the people. The soldiers will feel proud of it and have a sense of being involved in history, and their morale is high.
After the curtain call, exquisite fireworks produced in Taizhou were set off around the stage. The fireworks with the words "loyalty to Marshal Shao" hung in the sky for a long time. The soldiers could not help but shout in unison, "Long live! Long live! Long live!"
It is Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is bright in the sky, and its light is shining all over the earth.
At the performance, behind the soldiers, rows of steam tanks and wheeled personnel carriers appeared as tall black silhouettes in the night, like ferocious ancient beasts.
The importance of increasing the loyalty of such an advanced iron army to Marshal Shao cannot be overstated, and Ping'er's contribution to this end is obviously more than the rewards after several battles.
Moreover, the loyalty brought about by this spiritual shock is more lasting than rewards. Spiritual encouragement and rewards must be carried out at the same time, neither can be missing, and they complement each other.
Shao Quanzhong was very happy. He hugged Ping'er's slender waist and kissed her hard on the face. This was the treasure of the Shao family.
Shao Quanzhong, who "emphasizes effectiveness", changed his previous indifference towards Ping'er. The song and dance troupe performed in Guangzhou for more than a month, and Shao Quanzhong doted on Ping'er for more than a month.
What is the meaning of "a song of red silks so numerous that you cannot count them" and "the beauties in the palace are all pale in comparison"? How can the sincere cheers of more than ten thousand soldiers on the scene bring people immense glory?
Ping'er gained a sense of fulfillment she had never experienced before. Under Shao Quanzhong's exclusive favor, she became full of energy, unparalleled in beauty, and overflowing with confidence and ambition.
To the extent that Shao Quanzhong felt that what he was hugging to sleep every night was a raging fire.
This wonderful mixture of heroic spirit, charming and graceful demeanor, made Ping'er's charm increase exponentially, making Shao Quanzhong unable to stop.
Well, Shao Quanzhong heard about the concept of "exponential" from Zhang Siwen, who was a senior professional in economics. Although he still didn't know what an index was, Shao Quanzhong understood the charm of "exponential".
Tian Xing was still training troops in Beijiaochang, while Shao Quanzhong took the song and dance troupe, followed by two girls in military uniforms, Ping'er and Isabel, to Nanning to inspect the Guangxi New Army and comfort the soldiers.
Guangdong and Guangxi have frequent trade with overseas countries, and the customs duties alone amount to several million taels of silver each year, making them quite wealthy.
When the Thirteen Hongs were prosperous, the Fu and Chao merchants of the Thirteen Hongs, the Lianghuai salt merchants, and the Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants were known as the three major merchant groups in China. The total property of the four major merchants, Pan, Wu, Lu and Ye, was more than the revenue of the national treasury. They were truly rich enough to rival a country.
The Thirteen Factories were the world's wealth center at the time, and the owners of several large trading companies were among the world's richest people. Wu Bingjian had a personal asset of 26 million silver taels, making him the richest man in the world and one of the 50 richest people in the past thousand years.
It is said that the flames of the Opium War bypassed Guangdong because of the existence of the Thirteen Hongs, which had a large number of foreign shares. This was something Shao Quanzhong himself learned about after he became the Far East leader of a certain society - the power of capital.
The result of the prosperity of Guangdong and Guangxi is that the railways were built quickly. Originally, people had to take a ship from Guangzhou to Nanning, but now they can take a train to get there on the same day.
In his two lives, Shao Quanzhong always chose wealthy territories to rise to power, and he took the route of appeasement, and never started his career by rebelling in poor areas.
In this life, he first made a living from salt merchants in Lianghuai, and now he goes to Guangdong and Guangxi to make a living from Fuchao merchants, so he never lacks money to maintain his troops.
Nanning, Wangxianpo, Liugongci military camp.
The Guangxi New Army led by Lin Bozai has now been trained into a professional force for urban street fighting.
All 13,500 soldiers were equipped with the latest multi-shot shotguns and were divided into squads after actual combat training. During the street fighting drill for Shao Quanzhong, the soldiers kicked open the door and fired the "big shotgun" at close range to fill the room with iron pellets.
TNT explosives break through walls, ropes are dropped into windows, and these incredible fighting methods are unprecedented.
Shao Quanzhong sighed that he did not expect that the gang of thugs that Brother Tian trained at the second training ground of Shaojiaweizi could not only serve as scouts of the marching team, but also be taught so many fighting methods and play such a role at the critical moment.
What Emery thought of was to specially train street fighting troops to deal with the special situation in Paris. As for the specific fighting methods, it all depended on the imagination of Brother Tian and his registered disciples.
Lin Bozi's pale, thin face flushed abnormally as he read the report. Shao Quanzhong immediately became alert, "Bozi, you are not allowed to participate in the street fighting in person. You are the commander-in-chief of more than 10,000 people. You must stay in the rear. This is a death order. Do you remember?"
Lin Bozi nodded repeatedly, "Of course, of course."
Well, the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and the king's orders may not be obeyed. I will fight as I wish when the time comes...
The song and dance troupe's performance for the Guangxi New Army was equally outstanding.
Whether it is the Guangdong or Guangxi New Army, the soldiers are not locals, but veterans of the Huai Army who participated in the Western Expedition from Lianghuai. It is quite heartwarming to see the hometown opera here.
The local insurance teams in Guangdong and Guangxi have just started to be formed and trained, and the reserve forces here will not be available for use for at least a year.
Two more plays were added to the performance at the Guangxi military camp.
A scene called "Repay the debt with a spring of gratitude".
The story tells the story of Ericsson, a French military translator, and is adapted from the personal experience of screenwriter and director Apple.
Nine years ago, Elison rescued a group of eunuchs and concubines in the Old Summer Palace. Marshal Shao was grateful for Elison's kindness to the Chinese people and repaid him with a national gift of chicken oil.
It looks like a play praising the friendship between China and France, but in the background, amidst the fire and shouts of killing, the French soldiers who robbed the treasures of the Old Summer Palace all had hideous faces and were all villains.
This scene should actually be called "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace."
After watching the play, the soldiers, in addition to having a good impression of Elisson personally, were also furious with the French bandits.
In fact, most of the fires in the background were set by the British. The French looted a lot of things, and they only set fire to the bedroom of Emperor Xianfeng.
However, under the conscious induction of this play, the audience's anger was all directed at the French bandits, and no British people appeared in the entire play.
Another play was rehearsed at the end of the performance, called "The Fury of Anqing".
The materials were provided by the Huai Army Intelligence Department personnel at the scene of the Anqing Incident, which occurred several months ago and was recently concluded.
The tyranny of the French priests, the anger of the Anqing people, the passionate patriotism of the scholars in the examination hall, and the new Governor-General of Liangjiang Ma Xinyi's compromise in the face of the French ambassador, who was clearly in the right and demanded an apology and compensation, all made the soldiers feel suffocated.
Finally, in order to appease the foreigners, Ma Xinyi had to reprimand the Anhui officials who were "not good at protecting religion" in front of them. Among them, there was even Shao Hengzhong, the Anhui governor, who bowed his head and accepted the training in the uniform of the Huai Army.
Shao Hengzhong was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Huai Army. He had good relations with all the generals and officers. As the "Iron Wall of the Huai Army", he always protected the safety of the Huai Army soldiers' backs during battles, and all the soldiers respected him.
When the drama came to an end in a depressing atmosphere, someone took the lead in shouting, "Down with the French bandits!"
More than 10,000 shotguns were held in the hands of the soldiers, and the roars were earth-shaking.
Literary and artistic works are also powerful, and the soldiers' anger has been successfully ignited.
(End of this chapter)