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The Liu family army won the courageous flag, which not only swollen the monk's face, but also surprised Wu Chaoyue, even if he broke his head, he couldn't understand how a group of gang gangsters defeated the first-class elite of the Taiping Army? Not only did they save Jiangyin City, but they also defeated the famous generals of the Taiping Army Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan in one battle?

It doesn't matter if you don't understand. For Wu Chaoyue, as long as you save Jiangyin City, Jiangyin is still in the hands of the Qing army for one day, Wu Chaoyue will not have to worry about the Taiping Army coming to Shanghai. He can free up his hands to expand his troops and prepare for war, and tinker with new weapons such as grenade bullets and mortars.

Then, Wu Chaoyue found that he had gained some luster from the Liu family army. Because he needed to rely on Wu Chaoyue to save his life at this time, Yang Wending, who had many festivals with the old Wu family, played out his true nature as an excellent politician. In the memorial memorial notes, not only did he not conceal the loyalty and righteous act of Wu Chaoyue's initiative to send troops to help him, but also truthfully reported that the first contribution of Jiangyin victory was Wu Chaoyue's subordinate. Emperor Xianfeng was overjoyed, in addition to specifically awarding Wu Chaoyue's deeds, he also gave Wu Chaoyue a yellow jacket, and once again wrote Wu Chaoyue's brilliant military achievements into the mansion. He made Wu Chaoyue's reputation resounding throughout the world again, and his reputation increased again. Many literati also let go of prejudice and reexamined Wu Chaoyue, a legendary traitor comprador, and had the idea of ​​taking the initiative to get close to Wu Chaoyue.

Although Wu Chaoyue himself does not like these corrupt scholars and sour scholars, it must be admitted that these scholars are the mainstream of society in this era, and behind them is the most powerful landlord class of this era. It is actually very important that Wu Chaoyue be able to gain their facing and support.

This is first reflected in the attitude of officials from all over the Qing Dynasty towards Wu Chaoyue. Out of trust in Wu Chaoyue's military capabilities, officials and landlords in southern Jiangsu transferred their families and property to Shanghai, and took the initiative to request that the families of officials who made friends with Wu Chaoyue were like crucian carp crossing the river. There were countless, and they also brought Wu Chaoyue a steady stream of wealth. In order to obtain Wu Chaoyue's protection, these powerful families naturally donated funds to help Wu Chaoyue solve the problem of military pay.

Because of this, after receiving a letter of help from his old friend Wu Jianzhang, Gong Zhenlin, the first artillery casting expert in the late Qing Dynasty who is currently working in Hangzhou, did not even blink his eyelids, and immediately sent six skilled craftsmen who were proficient in iron mold casting cannons to Wu Chaoyue. He also replied that he would definitely take time to visit his old friend Wu Jianzhang as soon as possible, and guided Wu Chaoyue, his grandson.

In addition, there is the first sea turtle in China. After Wu Jianchang's messenger arrived in Hong Kong, he soon found Huang Sheng, who was still an editor in "Dechen West Daily". When he saw Wu Jianchang's sincere invitation letter, Huang Sheng, who was already owed Wu Jianchang's favor, also agreed without hesitation to be an accomplice to Wu Chaoyue and agreed to help Wu Chaoyue contact the other two international students. However, Huang Sheng still had some things to do at work, so in the middle of the third month of the lunar calendar, Huang Sheng came to Shanghai with the British merchant ship and met the grandparents and grandchildren of the Wu family in Xiangshan.

When the fellow villagers saw the fellow villagers, they shot him in the back... Oh no, they were crying. In order to make the fellow villagers returnees devoted themselves to their dedication, Wu Chaoyue certainly treated Huang Sheng with the most intimate attitude. As soon as they met, they pulled Huang Sheng to ask about his well-being. Before he finished speaking, he became brothers with Huang Sheng, and offered to burn yellow paper to worship his brothers. Huang Sheng, who is not doing well at the moment, praised Wu Chaoyue's great military achievements, and even envied Wu Chaoyue's famous all over the world at such a young age. Because of his thoughts and many common languages, he talked very happily with Wu Chaoyue. It was a pity that Wu Chaoyue repeatedly asked to be called Wu Chaoyue's brother. Huang Sheng was already twenty-six years old, so Wu Chaoyue had to call him brother.

At the welcoming banquet, Huang Sheng took the initiative to propose to visit Wu Chaoyue's army and military camp. Although Wu Chaoyue did not intend to let Huang Sheng work in the army, he still agreed readily. The next morning, he personally led Huang Sheng out of the city and rushed to his camp in the south of the city to visit.

Some people just don’t have any eyes. When Wu Chaoyue led Huang Sheng to the gate of the self-army camp that had been expanded again, Wu Chaoyue had just gotten off the horse, and a twenty-one-year-old young scholar immediately came up next to the road, bowed to Wu Chaoyue, and said respectfully: “Dare you ask this master, are you Mr. Wu Chaoyue, Ning Zhenguan patrol?”

"It's me, are you asking me for something?" Wu Chaoyue asked casually.

"It's true that it's Lord Wu." The young scholar smiled and said, "I heard that the adults are eighteen years old. The student took the initiative to guess when he saw the adults' age and appearance, but he could not imagine it as soon as he guessed it."

If it were normal, Wu Chaoyue would take some time to greet the scholar with a pleasant tone and attitude, but this would be a coincidence. Wu Chaoyue was about to try his best to please and win over the first turtle of China Huang Sheng, so he naturally had no time to talk to him. So Wu Chaoyue was not polite and said, "Brother, please tell me if you have something to do, I still have something to do."

Unexpectedly, Wu Chaoyue would have this attitude. The scholar was stunned and immediately understood that Wu Chaoyue was very impatient with him, but the scholar did not show any displeasure. He just bowed and said, "The student is prone to it. The student has long heard that Lord Wu is good at governing the army and specializes in training military skills by foreigners. The students are very curious about this, so they want to ask the adults to accept it and let the students visit one or two."

This is not the first time Wu Chaoyue has encountered such a thing. In fact, almost every so-called local celebrity comes to contact Wu Chaoyue and makes similar requests. Wu Chaoyue also pretends to be generous and brings some people to visit the military camp. However, after each visit, the so-called famous scholars and scholars only say some flattery nonsense. Wu Chaoyue is very annoyed by this. Later, when encountering such things, they basically push them as much as possible, and try not to disturb the training of self-arms.

In the past, I must have refused, but today I happened to take Huang Sheng to visit his camp and army. Wu Chaoyue, who didn't want to be arrogant and infamous, nodded and said to the scholar: "It just so happened that I was about to accompany a fellow countryman to visit, so you can come together."

The scholar was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Wu Chaoyue. Wu Chaoyue ignored him and just invited Huang Sheng to join him in the camp respectfully. The scholar followed behind him, and was very sensible and did not disturb the intimate conversation between Wu Chaoyue and Huang Sheng. He kept watching Wu Chaoyue's camp arrangement and Wu Jun's training training.

Wu Chaoyue's camp was built under the guidance of American instructor Brown, and all kinds of training were almost all based on the training charter of the US military. Huang Sheng, who had been in the United States for a year, naturally felt very familiar when he saw it. He praised Wu's linear tactics for practicing courage. He also said to Wu Chaoyue: "Weiting, I'm afraid you are the only one in the Qing Dynasty who dared to let the soldiers use the military tactics used in the West. They lined up and fired with muskets, competing for whoever died who had no courage to hold on first. This tactic looks really stupid, but in fact, only those who have really used this tactic will understand the cleverness."

Speaking of this, Huang Sheng smiled bitterly again and said, "To be honest, when I saw this tactic and tactic for the first time, I felt that foreign soldiers were so stupid. Why didn't they know how to die? I didn't know how to scatter and avoid bullets? Later, I specifically asked foreign officers for advice, and only then did I understand some of the mystery."

"This is also the reason why I must invite you to Shanghai, brother." Wu Chaoyue smiled and said, "The Qing Dynasty is too closed and conservative. People like you who have gone abroad and have seen the world are simply rare. So brother, you must help me teach you what you have learned overseas to the people of the Qing Dynasty, so that the Qing Dynasty can have more knowledgeable talents who truly understand the world, and fewer incompetent and useless corrupt scholars and scholars."

Still sighed that when Wu Chaoyue suddenly remembered that there was such a corrupt scholar standing next to him. It was too late to change his words, so he could only peek at the scholar's expression and reaction. Fortunately, the scholar's expression was very calm, as if he had not heard Wu Chaoyue's words. After seeing Wu Chaoyue finally noticed him, the scholar bowed and said, "Mr. Wu, the student has a question. How do you make these brave men queuing in line with guns and bullets like rain? How can they not be afraid and not run away?"

"This kid is really a little bit of information, and he actually asked this idea." Wu Chaoyue was a little surprised, and then answered truthfully: "Of course, I will explain the reasons for doing this, telling them that if they don't do this, they will only be killed by the enemy, and there will be some heavy rewards."

After saying that, Wu Chaoyue took some patience and explained to the scholar the reasons and principles of why the Western army used linear tactics. He also explained to outsiders that a very critical reason for doing this was that the smoothbore gun was insufficient shooting accuracy, and only by concentrating firepower could the best shooting effect be achieved. The scholar nodded repeatedly when he heard it, and then was silent for a moment. The scholar suddenly asked another question that surprised Wu Chaoyue, "Dare you ask Lord Wu, is there any situation in the Western army that drinks blood and eats empty salary?"

"What are you asking about this?" Wu Chaoyue asked back in confusion.

"Of course it's because of these tactics and tactics of the Westerners." The scholar pointed to the Wu Jun Lian Yong who was marching forward and said: "The tactics and tactics used by the Western army have high requirements for soldiers' courage, but more importantly, discipline and cohesion. If the foreign army is the same as our Qing army, the generals and officers either deduct military pay and drink soldiers' blood, or eat empty quotas to embezzle silver, and treat soldiers like slaves. Then on the battlefield, why do soldiers line up for such a big danger to fight for officers and generals?"

After hearing this view, Wu Chaoyue looked at the scholar with greater admiration. Huang Sheng next to him was also a little speechless, and the scholar said, "Mr. Wu, it's not that the student is arrogant. When you answered the student just now, the student thought you either missed something or didn't notice a detail."

"What am I missing?" Wu Chaoyue asked quickly.

"It's still how can you make soldiers fight like this." The scholar replied: "Just Mr. Wu, what you answered is to explain the essence of the truth, let soldiers know that this is the most correct way to do it, and add a little reward. But Mr. Wu, have you considered it? If your wealth is not good and you cannot maintain the reward that encourages soldiers to fight bravely, or your regiment training continues to expand to the point where your financial resources cannot bear, how can you still let soldiers fight like this? Your tactics and tactics are correct, but your money cannot keep up, how can you make soldiers line up like this, and use their precious lives to compete with you and the enemy for muskets and deaths?"

Wu Chaoyue opened his mouth wide, and Huang Sheng next to him was even more surprised and quickly said to Wu Chaoyue: "Weiting, this brother is right. You seem to have forgotten this point. As far as I know, the Western, European and American troops work hard in the army to make their soldiers work hard, and advocate fighting for courage and for honor. But when you introduced me just now, you did not mention this point."

Wu Chaoyue was even more shocked. In fact, American instructor Brown had told Wu Chaoyue this before, but at that time Wu Chaoyue was too lazy and did not want to promote the absurd theory of fighting for the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. He also trusted the political commissar tactics of the time of liberation. He had never been particularly concerned about this matter. Recently, he was busy with weapon development and response to the threat of the Taiping Army. He had not had time to make a move to correct it. So when he heard the scholar point out the truth and key points in the incisive way, Wu Chaoyue was of course very surprised and subconsciously had this idea, "This kid is definitely not an ordinary person."

Unfortunately, when Wu Chaoyue finally remembered to inquire about the origin of the scholar's name, he got a very unfamiliar answer because of the poor history. The scholar named Zhao Liewen, whose courtesy name is Huifu, is from Changshu, a nearby Changzhou Prefecture. His family is quite affordable. I really heard that Wu Chaoyue used Western methods to train Shanghai troupes and trained very well, so he came to Shanghai to visit and study. He had no other requests except to visit.

It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of Zhao Liewen's name. Just based on Zhao Liewen's unique insights, Wu Chaoyue has already considered him a rare talent. Therefore, Wu Chaoyue, who was snobbish, immediately changed his kind face. He kept talking about Zhao Liewen as a vocabulary, and couldn't wait to invite Zhao Liewen and Huang Sheng to his house for a banquet.

It was also at the banquet and after a deep conversation, Wu Chaoyue realized that he still underestimated Zhao Liewen. Although he was only three or four years older than Wu Chaoyue, Zhao Liewen had already learned a lot of knowledge about Yili Buddhism and also taught himself medicine, military and economics. His views on these aspects made Haitu Huang Sheng admire the Turtle Huang Sheng. What surprised Wu Chaoyue even more was that Zhao Liewen did not like the Qing court very much in his words. Although he did not speak ill, he also laughed at the Qing court's literary and military play. In this regard, corruption and incompetence naturally also had a lot of appetite for Wu Chaoyue.

Found that Zhao Liewen was really interested in his appetite. When Wu Chaoyue was about to ask for it, he never thought that his comprador grandfather suddenly returned home. Wu Chaoyue and Huang Sheng rushed to see him, but Wu Jianzhang just waved his hand and said no, and then sighed and said, "Chaoyue, there is no hope. I have borrowed troops from foreigners to pacify the hair, and there is no hope."

"Grandpa, the foreigners have refused?" Wu Chaoyue asked curiously.

Wu Jianzhang nodded weakly, showed a diplomatic note, and said even more dejectedly: "The official document sent by the British ambassador Dr. Wenhan has just sent someone to officially inform me that the British side will strictly maintain neutrality about the civil war in the Qing Dynasty. The Consul Aliguo also directly told me that Dr. Wenhan might have to go to Jiangning to contact Changmao in person to discuss the economic and trade cooperation."

"Okay! Good thing!"

An unexpected cheer suddenly sounded. Wu Chaoyue and Huang Sheng didn't have to look back and knew that Zhao Liewen was applauding. Wu Jianzhang looked up angrily and shouted to Zhao Liewen: "Who are you? Are you applauding?"

"Mr. Wu, the students applaud you and Wu Daotai." Zhao Liewen was not afraid at all. While saluting Wu Jianzhang, he smiled and said, "Mr. Wu, the students believe that the British would flatly refuse to send troops to help the Qing Dynasty quell the hairy bandits. This may be a pity for the court, but for your grandson, it is a good opportunity that cannot be better!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Liewen paused and smiled at Wu Jianzhang and said, "Mr. Wu, why don't you think? The British foreigners refused to send troops, so the court could only rely on the Qing people to suppress the bandits. Since the Haired Bandits gave up besieging Changsha to go north, the Eight Banners of the Green Camp were defeated repeatedly. In addition to your beloved Sun Wu Daotai, there is one person who can achieve even half a victory in front of Changhai? Haired Bandits are rampant, so that Sun is good at fighting. Long live the imperial court and the emperor will still not pay more attention to Wu Daotai? Lord. Your beloved grandson will soon become more prosperous. Isn't this a good thing?"

Wu Jianzhang was dumbfounded and said in his heart for a while: "This arrogant boy is crazy, but he seems to make sense?"

Wu Chaoyue was not as surprised as the comprador grandfather this time. Wu Chaoyue had seen this a long time ago and knew very well that with Zhao Liewen's talent, it was not difficult to see this. So Wu Chaoyue was not surprised, just smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Huifu, but Brother Huifu, if I want to get further reuse from the court and the emperor, what should I do now?"

"Show loyalty." Zhao Liewen was not polite and said directly: "Let the emperor know your loyalty, and let the emperor and the court feel that you can feel at ease if you hand over the military power to you. Then Wu Daotai, it will be difficult for you to not be successful."

Wu Chaoyue smiled, laughed happily, and said, "Brother Huifu, I understand the truth you said, but it is difficult to express my loyalty. I am not good at this and need someone to help me. I wonder if Brother Huifu can be with me for the time being in my shogunate and help me?"

Zhao Liewen smiled and bowed and replied, "I can't ask for it."

Wu Chaoyue was overjoyed and hurried forward to thank Zhao Liewen. However, just as the two rebels of the Qing Dynasty finally walked together and colluded, an inappropriate voice suddenly rang in Wu Chaoyue's ears, "Chaoyue, you have to use this kid and I don't care about it, but you must take care of my mouth for me, and don't cause trouble for you as soon as I go out!"

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No matter how bad Wu Jianzhang doesn't like Zhao Liewen, it's useless. Wu Chaoyue just talks with Zhao Liewen very much, insists on handing over all the official documents and chores to Zhao Liewen to help him handle it. Zhao Liewen also reciprocates, and gave Wu Chaoyue the bad idea that night, saying: "Weiting, the most important thing in the court now is to pacify Changmao. If you want the emperor and the court to think you are loyal, you must make a fuss about the eradication of Changmao, so that the emperor and the court know that you are anxious about what they are anxious about and what they think."

"Brother Huifu, can I still not understand this principle?" Wu Chaoyue almost looked down on Zhao Liewen a little, and said with a wry smile: "My old soldiers suffered too much casualties, new soldiers are still training, and weapons and ammunition are not replenished. It is still difficult to protect Shanghai by themselves. How can I wipe out Changmao?"

Wu Chaoyue’s rare heartfelt words were exchanged for Zhao Liewen’s cover of his mouth and laughed wildly, saying, “Weiting, Brother Yu still thinks you are a snob during the day. Now I know that you are a kid!”

Of course, Wu Chaoyue was confused by laughing, but Zhao Liewen suppressed his smile and whispered: "Weiting, do you think that using the power of the long-haired hair to show off your achievements must be like you. Every battle and every battle must be done with real swords and guns? Let me tell you, sometimes just shouting slogans and sounds, the credit may not be smaller than what you shoot at one stroke! The harvest may be even greater!"

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