This meeting of the Jiangbei camp basically set the tone for the next few years, and also sorted out the work of the past six months.
After the Huai Navy and Army recruits join, they need to conduct running-in training. The garrison regiments and the Coordination Office also set out one after another. However, Dong Shuheng's heart is always uneasy. If he takes away other people's power like this, there will definitely be a certain backlash. The danger is
It's the scariest thing before it breaks out, just like the fear of the unknown.
He found Lou Zhigang and Ai Nengqi. Now the special operations team has been expanded into a special operations brigade, with a scale of more than 500 people, and its base is located in Gaoyou. With the help of the Ministry of Manpower, Xiao Lou and Xiao Ai recruited many martial arts masters.
After passing the review and moving his family to the Huaihai Group's farm, he was admitted to the special operations brigade and received rigorous training.
Of course, their treatment is also excellent. The salary of the special forces members is five times that of ordinary soldiers, which is enough for their families to live a good life. Dong Shuheng will also let their children go to school. This makes these people in the world burst into tears.
. You must know that they are not the upper class in society. Chinese people are very particular about incense. Seeing that their descendants can study and change their destiny, many people are willing to die for Dong Shuheng.
"Captain Lou, I have a mission for you. You break up the special operations brigade and sneak into the city where our garrison is about to be stationed. This time we take back local power, there may be some backlash. I will ask Ji Mingshan to send the intelligence department
People will cooperate with you. If some people dare to show up, you will resolutely kill them and confiscate their homes. You have experience in this area. If it is difficult to handle, let the army take action, but you must do a good job in intelligence work for the army.
Problems are always best dealt with in the bud.”
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In the east greenhouse of the Forbidden City, Xianfeng was sitting on the couch, holding in his hand a new edition of Huaihai Bookstore's "New Collection of Natural History". This book introduced a lot of novel scientific knowledge, such as modern chemical knowledge of oxygen, nitrogen and other chemical substances.
New physical knowledge such as sound, light, and electricity was also introduced.
"Xiao Dezi, take this book to the Hanlin Academy and see if anyone can understand it?" Xianfeng said to the little eunuch beside him. After a while, a person appeared in the shadow.
"Your Majesty, the matter has been clarified. That book was written by Jiangbei Admiral Dong Shuheng. He used a pseudonym before. In addition, my people also found out some things in Gaoyou."
"Oh, this Dong Shuheng not only knows how to fight, but also understands foreign affairs? You continue." Xianfeng said playfully.
"Yes, our people saw a large number of workshops outside Gaoyou City. There are tens of thousands of refugees making a living based on them. Dong Shuheng has recently expanded his army aggressively, saying that he wants to regain Yangzhou. For a Han to do this, I'm afraid..."
"Hermione! You are my internal minister. You don't need to imitate those vain foreign ministers. Do you think I can still fight the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty? Hey... apart from these people's great quarrels, they will break up as soon as the war starts.
It is no longer useful. I have long wanted to train a new army, but these people will not agree. They are afraid that the new army will steal their wages."
"Your Majesty, whoever dares to object will be killed by me." Seeing the worried look on Xian Feng's face, Hermione felt heartbroken. She grew up watching Xian Feng. The emperor was a fool on the outside but a showman on the inside, thoughtful, diligent and eager to learn.
, was a good emperor, and Hermione believed that the Qing Dynasty would be able to achieve renaissance under his leadership.
"Kill all those who can't be killed, and the empire of the Qing Dynasty will be gone. You don't have to worry about Dong Shuheng. Everyone has ambitions. Didn't Zeng Guofan have the same ambition? When I entered the Qing Dynasty, didn't I rely on the Han people?
To pacify the South? They all have ambitions, and as long as they don't work together, nothing will happen."
"I heard that Lao Liu has been very close to Zeng Guofan recently. You should take care of him."
Hermione nodded in agreement. He knew that the emperor had always been wary of this sixth brother, and that this sixth master was indeed very scheming and disturbing. When it came to royal private matters, Hermione could not comment. He actually thought of the people in the capital.
Something new.
"Your Majesty, a Huaiyang goods store has recently been opened in the capital. Business is booming, and there are quite a few new things in it, but the prices are very expensive. There is also a new car dealership opened in the capital, which operates rickshaws pulled by manpower. It is said that riding on them is more comfortable than a sedan.
, it is also faster than a sedan chair and can be pulled by one person. Several princes in the capital have taken shares in it, otherwise it would have been dismantled by the sedan dealers long ago. Now many sedan chair bearers have switched to pulling rickshaws."
"Oh, this has nothing to do with Dong Shuheng, does it?"
"Back to your lord, that's right! We investigated this Dong Shuheng. His family has been a salt merchant for generations. This is no problem, but now he has opened a company in the way of foreigners, called Huaihai Company. He buys machines from foreigners and hires foreign technicians.
, produced many novelty things. Rumor has it that he had a foreign master before him."
"Oh, no wonder! This Dong Shuheng is getting more and more interesting. Hermione, see if you can put someone next to him. If he is a monkey, we must put a tight spell on him!"
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On the Bund in Shanghai, in the British Concession, Ji Mingshan was dressed in a suit, a civilized hat on his head, and a cigarette in his mouth. He was followed by a group of horsemen and walked into a building arrogantly. Everyone who met him inside
Bow and salute.
"Brother Shan, Brother Shan..." the voices of greetings kept coming.
After going upstairs and entering his office, two people were already standing there. After sitting on his sofa chair, Ji Mingshan stared at the two people and asked: "Is there any new news?"
There are two people below, a man and a woman. The man is tall and burly. His name is Zhao Dakui. He used to be the leader of a small gang in Shanghai. He was rescued by Ji Mingshan during a fight and has been following Ji Mingshan ever since. Now Ming Ming.
On the surface, he is responsible for the affairs of the rickshaw dealership.
The girl's name is Meng Rufang, uh... she is Ji Mingshan's mistress. She used to run a brothel in Yangzhou. After the Taiping Army invaded Yangzhou, she fled to Gaoyou. Somehow she got along with Ji Mingshan. Now she is in charge of a dance hall in the concession.
Of course...not the serious kind.
These two people are now the two persons in charge of the Intelligence Department in Shanghai. Under the guidance of Dong Shuheng, the Intelligence Department established a secret intelligence agent training base in Gaoyou, which will conduct specialized training for personnel within the Intelligence Department, such as interrogation,
Although Dong Shuheng is not a professional in assassination, detection, code use, counter-interrogation, etc., he has watched a lot of spy movies. At least in this era, the espionage personnel he trained are relatively professional.
For example, today's Meng Rufang, her code name is "White Rose", her Shanghai Dance Hall is now a household name in Shanghai, where girls are selected based on race: "Silla Maid", "Japanese female ninja",
"Southern cannibal woman", "Russian ice beauty" and "Western European lady" simply satisfy the various imaginations of customers.
There are also colleagues who want to use the backstage to occupy the Shanghai Dance Hall. However, the backstage is more difficult. Anyone who is not smart will die on the streets or be thrown into the Huangpu River to feed the fish.
Zhao Dakui's code name is "Tank". The code name is very strange, but it was given by Dong Shuheng, a big boss, so he can only accept it. Zhao Dakui himself is very good at fighting, and he has eight subordinates around him who are also ruthless characters. People in Shanghai call him the "Eight King Kong"
". The name of his car dealership is "Xinghua Car Dealer", and people in Shanghai call it the "Foreign Car Gang". This car dealer almost monopolizes the surface of Shanghai. Whether it is the concession or the county seat of Shanghai, all the dealers are now operating in the market.
A rickshaw. In the past half month, he has fought five battles with other gangs and has never been defeated.
"Boss, an organization from the Little Knife Association recently found us and wanted to invite us to join, but I refused for the time being. Later I checked and found that the Guangdong Gang is the largest among the Little Knife Association, and has absorbed many gangs, and they also have secret possessions.
We have a lot of weapons. I feel like these people may be up to something big!" Tank stood up and reported.
"You are here to hold off for the time being and don't take the initiative to provoke them, but if they try to force us, we will resolutely fight back and hurt them. White Rose can help find out what these people are going to do?"
Look at the white rose.
"Mingshan, I recently learned from the interpreter of a British mission that the British Minister Wenhan and his attaché Midile secretly visited Tianjing City in April, but the specific content of the visit is unknown. I will try to see if I can control this.
Translation." White Rose said.
"Well, I will report the situation to the big boss. I'm going to go north recently. Keep an eye on these two lines."
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In Pei County, Xuzhou, the Zhang family has been developing in Xuzhou for hundreds of years, which can be traced back to the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. When the Manchu and Qing Dynasties entered the customs, the ancestors of the Zhang family were the first to join the Qing army and were on the right side. Later, they produced several Jinshi
.
Over the years, the Zhang family's property has grown larger and larger, with more than 200,000 acres of land alone. The most important thing is that the Zhang family controls many mines in Xuzhou, and the family makes a lot of money from iron smelting. Especially in the past six months, Dongtai has
Transporting coal makes them even more profitable.
But recently I heard that Huaihai Navy is coming to take over Xuzhou. Huaihai Navy and the Huaihai Group that buys coal are originally from the same family. So the Zhang family immediately recognized it. This is because the Huaihai Group is not willing to spend money to buy coal anymore. They have the army.
, why not just grab it?
You can't blame the Zhang family for thinking this way. In fact, in this era, this kind of thing is extremely common. Especially now that the war is in chaos outside, and the Qing government has already crossed the Yellow River. The Qing government's control over local areas is very weak, and local wealthy families have grown up.
They were the actual local managers. Fights between them occurred from time to time, and no one would take care of them.
Of course, the Zhang family will not sit back and wait for death. No matter who takes office in Xuzhou, they must give the Zhang family face. The patrol camp in Xuzhou City has always been managed by the nephews of the Zhang family. The commander of the patrol camp this time is called Zhang Meng, the nephew of the Zhang family who advocated Yulin.
"Mengzi, if your patrol battalion is asked to kill the invading Huai Haijun, can you do it?" Zhang Yulin asked his nephew. Today is a family meeting, and the main talkers of the Zhang family are all there.
"Uncle, I heard that the Huai navy killed five thousand Changmao in the south at once. And they were all equipped with muskets. Our patrol camp only has a thousand guns, which is not enough."
"In this way, we will contact several other families and organize a group training of 5,000 people. In this way, our number will be six times that of the opponent. Even if we pile up, we can kill them."
After all, Zhang Meng is a serious leader. He knows that fighting a war cannot only depend on the number of people, but also depends on many factors such as training, equipment, morale, etc. However, he does not dare to displease his uncle. This uncle has always liked to arbitrarily decide everything.
Overbearing, he is just a collateral descendant of the Zhang family. If it weren't for patrolling the camp, which is a hard job, and he has some ability to lead troops, otherwise he might not be able to take this position.
The Zhang family is preparing intensively and is not shying away from anything. The news is spreading all over Xuzhou.
There are more than a dozen people living in a horse shop outside the city of Xuzhou. These people claim to be from a bodyguard bureau in the south, and they are waiting for a group of bodyguards here. They all look very fierce, and the owner of the shop has no doubt that he is there.
Today, a man dressed as a traveling businessman found this group of people.
"Gentlemen, do you want to buy salt?" the man asked.
"I want some mild salt."
One of the leaders of the group of big men said: "Give me 2 pounds, 3 taels and 6 yuan of iodized salt."
As he spoke, the man dressed as a businessman took out a piece of paper, handed it to the strong man and said, "This is the list of families participating in the Zhang family's operation, the number of people in the group, and their ambush plan."
The two fast horses left the stable and headed south towards Juechen.