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Chapter 57 Preparing for the New Army (3)

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded and said, "Mr. Wang is indeed as wise as a torch. Yes, we are Japanese! I am the Japanese ambassador to China, Sutaro Komura, these two are my assistants Tsune Ichikawa and Soba Kotaro!"

After Sutaro Komura was introduced, Tsune quickly bowed and bowed, very tutored. Soba Kotaro next to him looked a little unkind when he looked at Wang Chenhao, and seemed a little unwilling, but under Sutaro Komura's stern gaze, he still bent down and bowed hard.

If it were someone else, they would definitely be confused by the modesty of the three. But in front of Wang Chenhao, their true identities are difficult to hide.

Tsuneichi, the spy leader of the Japanese Army Province; Soba Kotaro, the spy leader of the Japanese Navy Province. The appearance of the two immediately made Wang Chenhao feel more alert.

But Wang Chenhao didn't want to expose their true identity, making them think that "the enemy is dark and I am bright" is better for Wang Chenhao.

"Look for a long time!" Wang Chenhao replied with a smile on his face and said a little stiffly: "I wonder what the Minister is doing to me?"

Komura Sutaro didn't care about Wang Chenhao's negligence and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang's performance in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 is really admirable. Personally, you are the hero in my mind!"

For his compliment, Wang Chenhao just thought it was a slander and sneered: "That's really surprising!"

"I heard recently that your country is preparing to train a new army. I wonder how Lord Wang plans to practice this new army in Zhili territory?"

"Sorry! There is nothing to say!"

Komura Sutaro quickly explained: "Don't misunderstand, Lord Wang! Now that the war between our two countries has ended, please don't treat me as an enemy! I have no intention of spying on military information, I just hope that we Asians can unite and make progress together, and not be invaded by the European and American powers again."

"Mr. Gao Yi is really admirable!" Wang Chenhao only felt that this was funny when he said it from his mouth. He was such a thick-skinned guy. No wonder he could be an ambassador abroad.

"Mr. Wang is over!" Komura Sutaro bowed slightly, and did not blush at all, smiling forever.

Of course it was an over-reward! Wang Chenhao sneered in his heart. You can't even hear me saying something slander. It's such a pig's brain!

I saw Sutaro Komura continue: "I just want to tell Lord Wang that the Japanese Empire attaches great importance to friendship with China. If Lord Wang needs it, we can provide the best instructors in our Imperial Army to help you train troops. I hope your country's army will reach the level of our Imperial Army as soon as possible!"

Wang Chenhao couldn't help but snorted coldly, thinking in his heart that if you hire your instructors to train the new army, it would be strange if you would not have cultivated a large group of pro-Japanese traitors in the future? I remembered the group of non-commissioned officers who went to the Japanese military academy to study in the Japanese military academy when Japan used the Boxer Indemnity to assist. Most of them became traitors after returning, and the rest were brainwashed to be pro-Japanese factions, which harmed China a lot during the War of Resistance Against Japan.

The root of it is ideological aggression, which is an invisible attack method carried out by the invaders on the targets of being invaded. In Wang Chenhao's era, it had a nice disguised name called "peaceful evolution".

"More kindness from the minister! I don't think there is any need for this!" Wang Chenhao said firmly: "My request for the Beiyang Army is to have the power to destroy your navy like the Beiyang Navy. Obviously, your instructors cannot do this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tsuneiichi and Soba Kotaro looked angry and moved forward two steps impulsively, but was pulled from behind by Komura Sutaro.

Komura Sutaro's lips twitched. Since he became the Japanese ambassador to China, he had never had such an awkward moment when talking to the Chinese. This situation continued in the early stages of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and did not begin to change until Wang Chenhao's appearance.

"Mr. Wang, there is a saying in your country that it is easy to break through steel. It is pure luck to win this time!"

Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "The steel is too easy to fold, which only means that the steel is not hard enough. Are we lucky? I think we have a plan for the next step, and we will naturally know at that time!"

Komura Sutaro's eyes tightened. From Wang Chenhao's words, he seemed to feel that he was very clear about the strategic policies of the top leaders of the Japanese Empire.

This time he deliberately found Wang Chenhao, but in fact he was in contact with Wang Chenhao, the number one enemy of the Japanese Empire. The Japanese special forces knew too little about Wang Chenhao's information, so in order to cooperate with Komura Sutaro's actions, he specially sent two No. 1 spy chiefs, Tsunei Ichi and Soba Kotaro, to China.

With a loud "bang", fireworks rose into the sky, blooming colorful fireworks in the sky. Some lingered like meteors in the night sky, some were like marigolds blooming happily, and some were like fairies scattering flowers, with small flowers falling from the sky.

Li Youyi, who had been concentrating on appreciating the fireworks, jumped up excitedly again, turned around and pulled Wang Chenhao's hand and asked him to watch it together, and share the joy together. In her world, Wang Chenhao was the only one, so she directly filtered out the three of Komura Sutaro and the other ones.

Wang Chenhao smiled slightly and said, "I'm lost!" and then ignored them. Komura Sutaro really felt humiliated. Tsune Ichi and Soba Kotaro next to him were very angry and prepared to go up and say.

"Forget it! A little bit of tolerance will cause trouble!" Komura Shoutaro looked at Wang Chenhao's back coldly, and then the three of them turned around and left.

The moment the three Japanese turned around, Wang Chenhao looked back at them, but was thinking about the matter in his heart.

At this time, more than a dozen fireworks pointed straight into the sky, and grains of "golden sand" spewed out, blooming proudly in the air. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, everything was complete, and purple was colorful, decorating the night sky beautifully and gracefully, illuminating the earth like daytime.

"The Heavenly Girl Scatters Flowers" rose over there, and "Peacock Spreads the Seal" appeared here again! The whole sky suddenly became a sea of ​​"flowers", dazzling and dazzling, with fire trees and silver flowers.

Wang Chenhao had no intention of watching the fireworks, but his eyes remained on his beautiful wife. Looking at her cheerful look, Wang Chenhao didn't know how happy he was.

The fireworks lasted for more than an hour before they ended. Guangxu and Cixi had already left, so everyone was not restrained and returned improvised.

Until he returned to the Earl's Mansion, Li Youyi was still chattering happily, and it was not until Wang Chenhao kissed her red lips that she silenced.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all the civil and military officials of the Qing Empire had to go to work, and Wang Chenhao was no exception.

Considering that Li Youyi was always disappointed if she didn't play for a day without having sex, Wang Chenhao himself wanted to see what old Beijing looked like, so he skipped the shift and took Li Youyi and his wife to visit Beijing for a day.

Wang Chenhao likes to see the buildings in the Sijiu City of Old Beijing, because these buildings were destroyed by war or demolished for the sake of urban development in his era, and they were all landscapes that were not visible to later generations.

Li Youyi is different, so she focuses on shopping. Wang Chenhao has to accommodate her, so he spends most of the time with Li Youyi shopping.

The most prosperous area in old Beijing is Zhengyangmen Street, commonly known as Qianmen Street. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, this 845-meter-long street has become the longest commercial pedestrian street in China.

There are many professional markets on the street, such as fresh fish market, meat market, fruit market, cloth city, grass city, pig city, grain city, jewelry city, Guazi city, etc. The alleys in Zuojin are also quite prosperous, with many craftsmen's workshops, goods store, car shop, hotel, guild hall, as well as theaters such as Qingle, Sanqing, and Huale.

Wang Chenhao still had several thousand taels of silver in his pocket. In order to make the beauty smile, he spent several thousand taels of silver in one trip.

Women are born to spend money until they only have the last two copper plates left. They each have a candied haws, and they laughed and shone with their eyes.

After spending a day with Li Youyi in Beijing, Wang Chenhao took her back to Tianjin the next day, because Li Hongzhang had sent three telegrams to urge him to go back, so he didn't dare to delay any more.

On February 10, 1895, the Zhili Governor's Office established the Zhili New Army Office. Wang Chenhao was appointed as the Zhili New Army Association Office, and Yang Shixiang served as the assistant. Zhang Peilun could only give Wang Chenhao advice behind the scenes because he was not allowed to interfere in the government. On the same day, Li Hongzhang issued more than a dozen orders again, and began to recruit soldiers in the Zhili area, intercepting various taxes as a military service.
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