"What! Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang led the Northern Expedition!" Li Yunzhong was shocked when he heard the news. He didn't expect that Hong Xiuquan was still restless when he arrived in Sichuan and dared to send an elite army to the Northern Expedition. "When did they set off? Which route did they take?

"

When others asked, Shi Dakai would not say anything. When Li Yunzhong inquired, he said without hesitation: "Looking at the time, we are about to set off. King Dong also ordered them not to attack the cities along the way and drive straight to Yandu."

"That means there is no return, hum! What a great achievement." Li Yunzhong thought about the ending of the Northern Expedition in history, and was still filled with emotion. After all, he was familiar with Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang.

Shi Dakai also did not agree with the Northern Expedition, but he did not dare to question Yang Xiuqing and was speechless.

After sighing for a while, Li Yunzhong thought that it would be a good thing for him for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to send troops to the Northern Expedition, as they could contain the elite northern troops, and they might also mobilize Shandong and Henan Green Camps and Xiang Yong to assist in the battle.

While the Qing government was on guard against the Northern Expedition, Luo Gang of Yangzhou might be able to recover Subei and take a peek at Shandong.

Li Yunzhong couldn't help but said: "Okay, okay... I, a big man, also want to... go to the Northern Expedition and cooperate with Lin Fengxiang and others in the battle."

Hearing that the King of Han was willing to make the Northern Expedition, Shi Dakai felt relaxed and paid homage to Li Yunzhong: "Brother Gao Yi, Xiao Di will always remember him in his heart."

"Brother, when do you plan to go back?" Li Yunzhong helped Shi Dakai up.

Shi Dakai said: "To be honest with my brother, the King of the East sent me to take charge of the Eastern Expedition. I will be stationed in Hubei permanently after I return."

Unexpectedly, it was Shi Dakai who was stationed in Hubei. Li Yunzhong beamed with joy. If the Tianjing Incident broke out as scheduled, wouldn't I be able to capture Hubei without a fight? I wonder if Yang Xiuqing would force the seal of "Long Live"... No, Yang Xiuqing is domineering and doesn't know how to restrain himself.

, will definitely suffer, not to mention there is the 'Big Headed Duck' (Wei Changhui).

"Brother, I don't know about your foreign gun team..." Shi Dakai thought of seeing the foreign gun team showing off its prowess on the battlefield, and wanted to form such an army himself.

"These foreign guns are all bought from foreigners. They are so expensive! Why, my dear brother also wants some?"

Hearing that they were bought, Shi Dakai was very happy. He felt that he no longer had to owe any favors, so he immediately smiled and said: "I wonder if I can buy a batch for my little brother. There is no need to negotiate the price. There are many things in the Tianjing Holy Library."

Li Yunzhong thought of what the Taiping Army had done and how bloody it was. If he didn't take advantage of them, he would be sorry for the landowners who died. "One hundred taels of foreign guns, two thousand taels of foreign cannon, and twenty gunpowder."

Two to a bucket." In order to gain trust, Shi Dakai cursed: "Foreigners are really a bunch of vampires!"

Shi Dakai was surprised and said: "It's so expensive. One hundred taels can buy ten acres of good paddy fields! Foreigners are really hateful. They hoard goods in strange ways. Their intentions are to be punished."

General Li Yunzhong said excitedly: "Yes, dear brother, it's better not to buy it and keep the money to build a house!"

Shi Dakai's face turned red. Thinking of the King of Heaven and King Dong who had captured Yucheng, he couldn't wait to build the Heavenly King's Palace and the Dongwang Palace. He also felt that the money should be used there instead of buying a few foreign guns, so he said, "Then I'll buy five hundred foreign guns first."

Guns, two hundred barrels of gunpowder, and ten cannon.”

Darling, this handiwork is much bigger than mine. Li Yunzhong didn't expect that he would receive 70,000 taels of silver in one go. He was also afraid that something would happen in the future and it would be difficult to see each other, so he pretended to persuade him: "Foreigners just think that rare goods are worth living. Wait until there are more people doing this business."

Now, the price will naturally be cheaper, dear brother, you can buy it then and save a lot of money."

Shi Dakai said stubbornly: "Brother, there is no need to say more. Last month, the king of heaven allocated me one hundred thousand taels of silver to build the palace, but I have never used it. Besides, I will go to Hubei soon to supervise the war, and I am eager to buy foreign guns for use!"

"Since my dear brother is in a hurry, I will arrange 500 guns for you to take away from the foreign gun team. I will find a way to transport the rest to you as soon as the goods arrive."

Shi Dakai was moved and said "Thank you so much, brother"

Unexpectedly, he became a trafficker. Li Yunzhong shook his head.

After seeing off Shi Dakai, he passed by the training ground of the Musketeers when he came back. On a whim, Li Yunzhong wanted to see how foreigners in this era trained the army, so he walked in to take a look.

"Turn left, raise gun, shoot, release"

"boom"……

Hearing the nondescript Chinese emphasis of the foreigners, Li Yunzhong almost laughed and quickly lowered his head to cover it up.

The foreign instructor, Lieutenant Colonel Louis Jack, saw His Highness the King of Han looking and nodding, and came over happily and said: "Dear His Highness the King of Han, the number of your foreign gun team is too small! You must know that I have commanded 3,000 people in combat in the UK.

experience, but we can only train two thousand people here, oh, God, most of them are still children."

Listening to Jack's bragging, Li Yunzhong didn't point it out. It would be good for your little lieutenant colonel to command five hundred people. "Dear Jack, you have to know that in my army, except for these children, the rest

They are all honest farmers. They are illiterate and cannot accept advanced things. What they are best at is farming and killing people with knives. But these children are different. They are flexible and changeable. When fighting, they will scream, you

Look! How serious they are when training!."

Jack listened to the sound of gunfire and shrugged helplessly: "I hope God bless them and they are still in school at this age in the UK. Also! You should prepare a complete set of equipment for them!"

Li Yunzhong looked at Jack with a frown and asked, "Are they not fully equipped? Foreign guns and bullets."

Jack pointed to his military uniform, "God! I'm talking about clothing, a uniform uniform. Look at what they wear... there are all kinds of things. When I first saw them, I thought they were beggars."

"Jack, thank you, my friend, for reminding me that not only do I need to change the uniforms for the foreign rifle team, but I also need to change all the other troops in my army." Li Yunzhong was pleasantly surprised. Soldiers from several armies

They all wear military uniforms of different colors and styles. Taking this opportunity to unify them can also strengthen their cohesion and sense of honor.

"Dear Jack, can you introduce me to a manufacturer in this field? You know, I need 100,000 sets of military uniforms like this."

Jack said slyly: "I can help you with the introduction, but I need a half commission."

"Okay, no problem." Li Yunzhong felt that it was time for Nanjing to establish an industrial system, and then said: "Of course, if you can recruit more British officials for me, I will give you a large sum of money.

It will also improve your military rank. After all, being a lieutenant colonel is really not in line with your abilities."

Jack said in surprise: "Thank you, Your Highness. I also think it's time for me to be promoted to colonel, but those old guys from the domestic Army Department transferred me to serve in the Far East. God only knows when they will remember me. I am willing to work for you."

Serve!."

"Colonel? No, I'm talking about general. A major general is suitable for your status. You will be promoted to a general in the future, so that you can go back with full honors." Li Yunzhong promised, pointing to the foreign officers who were training on the school field.

: "Of course the premise is that you recruit thirty experienced officers for me."

Jack exclaimed, "Lieutenant General! General! Oh God, I swear, I have never even thought about this! My dear Your Highness, I am willing to serve you wholeheartedly! Please believe that your decision is so wise."

Li Yunzhong left the school with satisfaction and thought about how to build national industry. He did not want to destroy but not build like the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom. After thinking about it alone, Li Yunzhong found out: with such good conditions in Jiangnan, it is easy to build light industry, but it is difficult to build heavy industry.

.But the most important thing during the war was the heavy industrial system.

He wanted to find someone to discuss how to establish an industrial system. He thought about the characteristics of each of his subordinates and found that no one was good at these. Li Yunzhong shook his head in frustration and decided to do it himself.
Chapter completed!