Chapter 447 Demon
Chapter 447 Demon
January 1876, 1, New Year's Day, dusk.
Hailing, Fengcheng River Scenic Area, Wanghailou Square.
This is the old city of Hailing, and a huge square has been opened in front of Wanghai Tower. Today, it is crowded with people and a large-scale celebration is held.
After the founding of Daxia, the Gregorian calendar was adopted, and this was the first New Year's Day.
Of course, this is only one reason for the celebration. Another reason is that Britain returned the treasures of the Old Summer Palace and apologized for the invasion of the British and French forces in a proper and dignified manner.
The French emperor personally apologized and provided large-scale industrial and technological assistance to the Qing Dynasty to make up for its mistakes and the indemnity paid by the Qing Dynasty.
Britain has not reached that point yet, but Daxia has become strong enough, and Britain has turned to Daxia for help, requiring its civilian supplies and military support.
Therefore, he lowered his posture appropriately and treated Daxia as a serious great power.
As for equality - the concessions were returned, but the issue of Hong Kong was not mentioned, and the compensation paid was not mentioned either...
This is already a huge victory. It would be impossible to catch up with Britain in one step.
The British Empire has a strong foundation and will not fall down even if the donkey falls. One European war is not enough to bring down Britain.
The heavy artillery division stationed in Hailing held a small-scale military parade, and Shao Quanzhong reviewed it on the Wanghai Tower.
Around Shao Quanzhong were envoys from various countries who came to celebrate, and the leaders of the closer vassal states came in person.
For example, Jiliang, who had just left two months ago, came with the Queen and Prince Su's daughter, standing on the left of Shao Quanzhong, and on the right of Shao Quanzhong was Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
King Ly Hi of the Ly Dynasty, King Kilang of Sulu, Grand Governor Liu Liangguan of the Lan Fang Republic, King Nguyen Phuc Thi of the Nguyen Dynasty of Annan, King Rama V of Siam, and King Min Don of Konbaung (Myanmar) all arrived in time.
Kazakh Khan Ahmut, Khiva Khan Mohammad Rahim Bahadur, Bukhara Khan Muzaffaruddin Bahadur, and Afghan Emir Shir Ali were far away but also came.
Because the railways between Yili Province and several Central Asian countries have been built, although Central Asia is far away, it is still fast.
Of course, the Spanish ambassador and the Lucia ambassador did not come. They did not need to come, the Queen of Spain and the Archduchess Lucia stood behind Shao Quanzhong...
The marriage of Prince Su's daughter to Jiliang was arranged by Empress Dowager Cixi, but Shao Quanzhong later went through the approval procedures because his son was willing.
In fact, at that time, Jiliang was allowed to choose any marriageable-age daughter of the Aisin-Gioro family. Jiliang chose the daughter of Prince Su after listening to the recommendation of Tonglin, the leader of the Jiyong eunuchs.
When Tong Lin was called Dong Haichuan, he worked in the Prince Su's Palace. Haiqing was also from the Prince Su's Palace, so he knew this family very well. This royal family was full of handsome men and beautiful women.
The later generation's Yoshiko Kawashima is the descendant of Prince Su...
Shao Quanzhong didn't actually want to make such a big scene, but since they came here on their own initiative, we can't chase them away, right? This is the real tribute from all nations, the kind that can't be driven away.
After the military parade, it was getting dark. The "Prince Rui's Breaking the Formation Music" was performed in the square. The name was not changed to "Marshal Shao's Breaking the Formation Music", which made the Manchu nobles who came with Jiliang very satisfied.
This was a traditional show to show off to Shao Quanzhong. Shao Quanzhong seemed to be thinking about something. Rong Hui, who was dragged upstairs to accompany him, pulled Shao Quanzhong's sleeve and said, "Ping'er has been reflecting on herself for so long. We should call her back."
The wife spoke, but Shao Quanzhong did not respond, but waved his hand. Wenxiu next to him winked, and Isabel quickly went downstairs to make a phone call.
The next program comes from Guangdong and Guangxi, lion dance.
The lead dancer was agile and leapt like the wind, and it was obvious at first glance that he was a real martial artist. Envoys from various countries all raised their thumbs to the sky. China is indeed full of talented people.
Hu Liuniang came up and said, "Yuting, I called this lion dance team. Their leader came to me, the head of the Plum Blossom Fist, and wanted to be your personal bodyguard."
"But he's not a good shooter, he's just an excellent martial artist, so I didn't agree."
"Then let him join the Detective Team 2."
Shao Quanzhong gave a casual instruction. "Yuting, I don't think he's suitable. He's mainly good at Iron Wire Fist and Wulang Bagua Stick. He was a martial arts coach at Guangzhou Sanlanxing before. He's not suitable for assassination operations."
"However, he had previously served as a reserve for the Huai Army. When he was distributing land to farmers in the suburbs of Guangzhou, the local landlord hired ruffians to harass them. He used the Wulang Bagua stick and beat off more than 50 ruffians by himself. He really had skills in battle."
Shao Quanzhong scratched his head. The real skills in the battlefield are still useful. "Then let him train the reconnaissance special forces, which is the speeding team created by Brother Tian."
Hu Liuniang nodded and left.
"Come back, I forgot to ask, what's his name?"
"Huang Feihong."
Ahem, I have heard of this famous name Shao Quanzhong. Now the Huai Army is so powerful that there is no need to look for people, as capable people come to join them.
While Shao Quanzhong lowered his head and chatted with Liu Niang for a few words, the lion dance had already ended. No more programs were prepared. Fireworks were set off in the square and the people cheered together, "Long live Marshal Shao." The event was simple and warm, and it was about to end.
Shao Quanzhong was about to attend a dinner to entertain envoys and leaders from various countries when he suddenly stopped.
Behind the square, on the surface of Fengcheng River, there was suddenly a blaze of fire. Six fire dragons spewed out, and the surface of the river turned red.
"what is this?"
Ding Gongchen passed away, and Xu Shou took over the position of director of the Hailing Arsenal, and was also in the Wanghai Tower at this moment.
Hearing Shao Quanzhong's question, Xu Shou took a half step forward and said, "Marshal, this is part of the celebratory fireworks display. Our Hailing Arsenal did it for the occasion."
"This time the first oil tanker from Babylon's Kirkuk oil field arrived in Hailing, and every household in Hailing has lit a kerosene lamp."
"We also brought a lot of gasoline and diesel to supply the Ordnance Institute's gasoline and diesel engine research."
"We haven't found any gasoline or diesel engines yet, but because there is a surplus of gasoline, the guys made a flamethrower to liven up the show."
Shao Quanzhong's eyes lit up, "Bring that flamethrower over here for me to see."
"Marshal, we can't take it. It's too big. We can only load it on the ship."
"Miniaturize it for me. Miniaturize it as quickly as possible. Make it so that a soldier can carry it on his back and spit fire."
"We need big ones too. Install them on tanks and make them into flamethrower tanks. The sooner the better. This is a powerful weapon against fortresses. I want to sell this thing to the European front right away."
Xu Shou reacted immediately and said, the Marshal is really awesome, what we saw was a fireworks show, while the Marshal saw new weapons.
This stuff - oh my god, if it were sprayed into a sturdy fortress, would the defenders inside the fortress have any chance of survival?
Xu Shou was a chemist, and he immediately thought that gasoline alone was not enough, so he had to try adding sulfur and rubber to make the sprayed oil more viscous.
"I'll arrange for someone to work overtime on it. This isn't some high-tech thing and it will be ready in a few days."
"I have an idea to make gasoline more viscous, which should be easy to implement. This is the original flamethrower. We had it in the Ming Dynasty, and it used petroleum. The West has 'Greek fire', which is the same thing and easy to make."
"Can you make gasoline thicker?"
“That’s not difficult.”
"Then make it into incendiary bombs and export it to Europe."
Xu Shou didn't know how many people were killed because of his words. His good reputation was passed down to later generations and became a synonym for evil...
(End of this chapter)