Half a month after Li Zhen took over Shanghai, the city has returned to prosperity again.
The escaped gentry and landlords came back and continued to make a fortune.
As for ordinary people and workers, they all returned to work one after another. Everything seemed orderly and there was no sign of a war. Ma Hui, Aitang and Aliguo, who had returned to their respective concessions, did not appear. It seemed that they were
Disappeared. However, Li Zhen did not relax and kept sending people to keep an eye on the situation in the concession.
During this period, Huang Shihai selected 1,200 soldiers from the Qing army camp, plus the original 800 people, to form a team of 2,000 people and began large-scale training.
The remaining soldiers in the army had to be kept alive, because these people could not be released at all. Once released, they would be a cancer that harmed society, so they were temporarily used as logistics soldiers, responsible for logistics, etc. Huang Shihai was busy, but Zhou Xiuying was a dragon
Without seeing the end, she found 300 women from nowhere and organized a female army.
These female soldiers are armed with steel guns, drill rigorously, and are actually very brave.
After Li Zhen learned about it, he secretly admired him.
Zhou Xiuying has outstanding martial arts skills and is also very good at training soldiers.
However, Li Zhen's thoughts were mainly on the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Special Forces. Li Zhen took Yang Banhou, Huang Hu and all the soldiers to leave the county and came to the seaside. It was already the end of November, the weather was cold and the cold wind was blowing
It felt like a knife had been scraped across my face, and even the sea water was bitingly cold.
In such weather, Li Zhen ordered his soldiers to walk into the sea. After receiving the order, Yang Banhou and Huang Hu walked into the water step by step without any hesitation.
The cold and biting sea water wetted my clothes and soaked into my body, and soon I felt cold all over.
"Ah sneeze!"
Not long after, some soldiers started to sneeze and felt their bodies getting cold.
Li Zhen stood on the shore with a stern expression, unmoved at all. He waved his arms and shouted loudly: "You are soldiers of this country and you have to fight for the country. You will encounter all kinds of difficulties in the future.
All kinds of pain, so the first thing I teach you is to not be afraid of hardship and obey orders. Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, you have to rush forward. There is no mercy in war, only naked killing. The strong on the battlefield are
King, only those with a strong will can persevere to the end."
After a pause, Li Zhen roared: "I want you to become strong on the battlefield, overcome all difficulties, and have the spiritual will to overcome all difficulties."
"Can you?" Li Zhen roared loudly.
"able!"
The soldiers in the water roared in unison.
Li Zhen asked loudly again: "Do you understand?"
"clear!"
One hundred and twenty soldiers roared again.
They stood in the cold sea water, enduring the biting sea wind, and their bodies were shivering from the cold, but no one left. These soldiers believed that Li Zhen would not let them die, and they endured the biting cold sea water. Li
Zhen did not let the soldiers continue to move forward, but asked everyone to stop in the water and endure the cold water.
At this time, a British soldier suddenly ran up to the beach.
This man was a guard from the Ali Kingdom. He glanced at the soldier standing in the seawater, whose waist had been covered by the seawater. There was a trace of surprise on his face, but there was a look of fear in his eyes. Standing in such cold weather
Being in cold water is definitely a kind of torture. The guard looked at Li Zhen, who was motionless, and felt cold in his heart.
At this time, a hint of fear arose in the guard's heart, and his straight waist bowed slightly.
The guard came to Li Zhen and said respectfully: "Dear General, Mr. Consul invites you to a banquet in the evening. Can you take the time to go?"
Li Zhen smiled and said: "Of course, I will come as promised."
After the guard got the answer, he turned around and ran away, not daring to stay here any longer.
Li Zhen looked at the soldiers whose lips turned purple from the cold, and he sincerely admired these soldiers for persisting. Because of their persistence, Li Zhen had the opportunity to train the best of the best.
Li Zhen shouted: "Everyone listen to the order and return to camp."
At that moment, Li Zhen led the soldiers back to the camp.
After returning to the camp, all the soldiers changed their clothes, took a hot bath, drank ginger soup to keep out the cold, put on clean and comfortable clothes, made a fire, drank wine and meat, talked and laughed, extremely happy, and not nervous at all.
atmosphere. After they came out of the water, they felt a sense of accomplishment.
After Li Zhen returned to his residence, he made some preparations and thought about what would happen in the evening.
Aliguo fought with Li Zhen and lost face and money, so he would definitely not let him go. Therefore, Li Zhen felt that Aliguo invited him to the Hongmen Banquet, and there must be something up his sleeve.
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Consulate, the place where the Ali Kingdom lives.
In the spacious hall, Aliguo was sitting at a round table and eating pastries.
There were Ma Hui and Aitang opposite Aliguo, and they were also eating pastries. When the guard who informed Li Zhen came back, he told him about Li Zhen's agreement to attend the banquet, and then told him about seeing Li Zhen training soldiers.
After hearing this, Aliguo asked the guards to leave, frowning and saying: "Li Zhen is so cruel, he actually abused the soldiers like this."
Aitang also said: "Incredible!"
Ma Hui showed a solemn look and said: "Li Zhen is a god in his military skills, and the soldiers under his command are a group of people who are not afraid of death. Such people are cunning and not afraid of death, which are the most difficult to deal with. Li Zhen has been stationed in Shanghai, so
People are worried. I think Li Zhen’s strategy must be cautious, focusing on winning over people and trying to avoid becoming enemies.”
Aitang stared at Ma Hui and said, "Sir Ma Hui, when the United States withdrew its troops, did you guess that Li Zhen would win?"
Ma Hui shook his head and said, "No, I just don't want the United States to get involved in the war."
Aliguo said solemnly: "You two, I have lived in China for many years and know China very well. Many Chinese people have backbone, they have strong self-confidence and a strong spirit, and they are difficult to conquer. Look at Lin Zexu,
Guan Tianpei and others, these people are definitely loyal to the Qing Dynasty and are difficult to conquer."
After a pause, Aliguo laughed again and said: "It's a pity that the emperor is incompetent and Lin Zexu, Guan Tianpei and others failed. After summing up, I believe that to deal with Li Zhen, if we don't compete with him, we should force Jiangsu Governor Xu Naizhao to take action."
Ma Hui smiled and said: "Your Excellency Aliguo, Yang Nengge and Li Zhenxi disappeared silently, and Jiangsu's Xu Naizhao may not be effective. I think we should focus on wooing them."
Aliguo said: "Tonight, I will try to win over you."
Aitang asked: "Old friend, what did you predict?"
Aliguo said with a smile: "Heroes love beauties, so I have prepared two beautiful beauties for Li Zhen. With the company of beauties, Li Zhen will fall into it, and then with the temptation of benefits, Li Zhen will definitely be able to win over."
The three of them reached an agreement and prepared for the banquet in the evening.
In the evening, Aliguo's residence was decorated splendidly. Oil lamps were lit one after another, and the lights were dim and dim, making it look very emotional. When Li Zhen arrived, Aliguo, Aitang and Ma Hui went out to greet him, taking Li Zhen with him.
Enter the lobby.
At this moment, the men and women in the hall were extremely lively.
Among them, there are coquettish and mature blonde beauties, there are also tall beautiful girls, and there are even noble and elegant women... These women are walking in the hall, looking extremely excited.
Ali Guo smiled and said: "General Li, how about the banquet I prepared?"
"Excellent!"
Li Zhen glanced at the men and women in the hall and nodded in praise.
In fact, those who can participate here are all celebrities from Shanghai, and they are prominent figures. However, most of them are British, French and Americans living in the concession, and a few are Chinese.
"Hello, can you dance?"
When Li Zhen and A Liguo entered the hall, a tall beauty with blond hair and blue eyes greeted them.
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