In Dong Liang's view, it would be fine if a monster like the Hunan Army appeared in the Qing army, and there could not be a second such army.

Before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing army was basically in ruins.

But after the Taiping Army, the Hunan Army and the Huai Army appeared in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

In the Sino-French war, the main force on the Chinese side was the Hunan Army. This army actually fought evenly with the French army.

The Huai Army fought hard with the Eight-Nation Allied Forces and eventually evolved into the Beiyang warlord who dominated the modern world for decades.

War is a breeding ground, and those armies that win the war will become stronger and stronger.

Why Dong Liang asked Zhao Liewen to attack Guangxi first was not only because Guangxi was next to Guangdong, but also because it was the headquarters of the Taiping Army.

The most capable troops in the Taiping Army are all old brothers from Guangxi.

To the north of Guangxi is Hunan, which is the base camp of the Hunan Army.

After the escort army captures Jiangxi, they can attack Hunan from both sides with the Guangxi army.

The Hunan Army and the Taiping Army, the two strongest teams at present, will lose their hometowns.

How can a tree without roots and a source of water last long?

"Führer, if we arrange this, what will happen to our Nanyang strategy? Are you going to start a war on both sides?"

When Yang Yingying chats with Dong Liang, try to ask as many questions as possible, so that Dong Liang can think more carefully about the grand strategy.

After all, she is a woman. A woman who devotes herself wholeheartedly to her career will be more meticulous than you imagine when doing things.

Since untying the knot in her heart, Yang Yingying has regarded herself as Dong Liang's shadow.

"Why not?" Dong Liang smiled.

"If it weren't for the South China Sea strategy, we should be able to overthrow the Manchus in these three years. Now we are only advancing to the Yangtze River Basin. This is to reserve a certain amount of power to promote the South China Sea strategy."

Yang Yingying was not as optimistic as Dong Liang. She said with a bit of worry: "Head of State, I think we should prepare for the worst. I know that the British dispatched force this time is less than one-tenth of theirs. That's it.

, we simply cannot compete with them at sea. Will they come by themselves next time? We have already started a war with the Spanish, and the Spanish are destined to come with them next time. Will the French be involved? We must not

And know.”

Yang Yingying's words made Dong Liang fall into deep thought. This matter was spinning in Dong Liang's mind like a mess.

It's not that he hasn't thought about this, he just doesn't want to think about it, it's too confusing.

Sometimes, Dong Liang used soldiers to cover up the water and earth to fend off himself.

As we walked, the garden suddenly turned into a vegetable garden.

Because it was winter, only green vegetables, cabbage, and spinach were planted in the vegetable garden, but it was still full of green.

"This is..." Dong Liang said doubtfully.

"This is the vegetable garden opened by my mother. You know my mother, she likes farming."

Sure enough, growing vegetables is the natural talent of Chinese old ladies.

Dong Liang smiled awkwardly.

But within a few steps there was a glass greenhouse.

Dong Liang had not visited this garden for a long time. Just now he was wandering around the lotus pond and the other side of the rockery, and what he saw was a normal garden. After crossing a stone bridge, the scene in front of him completely changed.

This is a glass greenhouse with a steel frame structure, which costs a lot of money to build.

Before Dong Liang could ask, Yang Yingying said, your future daughter-in-law found someone to build this, and she plans to grow medicinal herbs in it.

Dong Liang understood that this was Shang Yun trying to please his future mother-in-law, starting with common hobbies.

There is really nothing to say about this daughter-in-law. Not only did she bring the entire Ryukyu Islands as her dowry, she also practiced medicine everywhere to win the hearts of the people for herself. She was also beautiful and had a well-behaved personality...

Simply impeccable...

"By the way, that Manchu envoy, what are you going to do? You can't just sit there forever." Yang Yingying suddenly remembered something.

"That Guo Songtao you're talking about? He's a young doctor from the Ministry of Rites. He was probably arranged by the Qing government to disgust us. Why do you want to see him?" Dong Liang asked.

He seemed to have heard of this name, but this person was just a low-ranking official in the Manchu Rites Department, and he must not have much ability.

Talking to him is just a waste of Dong Liang's time.

"Why don't you go and meet him? You are the vice-president of the academic department. Going to meet him, a doctor from the Ministry of Etiquette, is a big deal." Dong Liang said with a smile.

Yang Yingying didn't know what he was thinking. Dong Liang asked her to go to the other party's envoy as a woman, which was obviously a slap in the face of Man Qing.

"Okay, then I'll go see him, but do you have any requirements?"

"Just talk to him casually. A young official can't make any decisions. But he can pass on some information, that is, we are only preparing to occupy the south. I can agree to hand over Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui to them, but the Qing court

They want to lease us a port in Shandong."

Dong Liang thought for a moment and said. It is useless to have Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui in your hands.

Handing Bai Gui over to the Qing Dynasty was also a conspiracy. If the Qing Dynasty did not deal with Bai Gui, people in the world would scold him. If they did, it would make the people feel cold.

But on the surface, it seems that the escort army did return two senior officers to them.

The Spring Festival will be here in a few days. Even the head of state’s mansion has put up window grilles and hung up red lanterns.

Several new markets were opened in Fuzhou city for traders to do business.

There are even areas for stalls on both sides of many streets.

Dong Liang wanted the people of Fuzhou to live a different Spring Festival.

Those who work on construction sites usually receive shopping coupons, but last year they were given a sum of copper coins and silver dollars.

Silver dollars are still kind of ship coins, used as one or two, and everyone is familiar with them.

The copper coin removed the square hole in the middle and became a beautifully shaped copper coin. One side is a lotus and the other side is the face value of one jiao, which means it can be used as a dime of silver.

There are also the words "Issued by Chinese Bank" on the side.

There is also a small copper coin with a square hole, which is still used as a penny.

One silver dollar is equal to ten copper dollars, and one copper dollar is equal to one hundred penny. This is the current exchange ratio on the market.

This is done only to meet the inexhaustible needs of the people.

Currency is meant to facilitate everyone’s transactions.

A large amount of money poured into the market, coupled with the large amount of supplies prepared by merchants, which immediately made the market active.

At the South Gate Pier, Chen Deli stepped off an official transport ship.

This is a small clipper ship, but it is larger than a rocket ship.

This type of ship is mainly used to transport mail and express delivery and belongs to the Post Office.

At the same time, they also undertake the task of public transportation.

This kind of ship has a small number of self-defense weapons, but its biggest weapon is actually speed.

This kind of ship is equipped with two boilers, a horizontal steam engine, and a huge sail, which can reach a speed of nearly twenty knots.

In addition, in order to adapt to the high speed, a large amount of steel is used on the hull, and the bow is also covered with a layer of iron plate.

The territory controlled by the Chinese was originally the main shipbuilding area in China, and there were a large number of shipbuilding talents here.

Coupled with Dong Liang's attention and the application of some new technologies, the Chinese shipbuilding technology can be said to be changing with each passing day.

Before the boat even landed, Chen Deli was already stunned by the sight in front of him.

This was not his first visit to Fuzhou. When the Chinese were still in Ryukyu, he had already gone to Fuzhou to open a Ryukyu center.

Although Fuzhou was very prosperous at that time, there were only Chinese sailing ships moored haphazardly on the pier.

Looking at the dock area, there are all kinds of shacks.

In this chaotic dock area, all kinds of criminal activities are taking place all the time.

But what Chen Deli saw now was a wide dock area.

The pier has been hardened, the cement trestle leads to the river, and the ships on both sides are docked neatly.

In addition to some old-fashioned sailing ships, there are many steamships on the pier.

The Chinese have their own marine steam engine factory.

With a stable supply of steam engines, even ordinary civilian shipyards can produce steam ships.

Suddenly the number of steamships in shipping increased greatly.

Some people even directly transformed the original old sailing ship into a steam ship.

This kind of ship is very advantageous in inland navigation, especially when traveling against the current of the inland river. Originally, trackers were needed to pull the fibers, but now with steam engines, it can be done with just a little fire.

Behind the empty dock yard are rows of neat warehouses. The largest and neatest row of warehouses belongs to the dock company.

Logically speaking, this terminal company is under the Ministry of Commerce.

These warehouses make profits by renting them out.

The warehouses in the distance are some private properties.
To be continued...