After days and nights of hard thinking, Li Ningyu finally made a decision, which was to use the Black Flag Army as much as possible for his own use. However, the current Black Flag Army general Liu Yongfu, during the Zhiqiao Victory in 1882,
, was promoted by the King of Vietnam to the rank of Admiral of the Third Prosecution and First Baron. Now he is just an admiral from the same military academy who wants to conquer a team of 2,000 people. It is still very difficult, but it is okay, because the Black Flag Army will definitely be defeated in the future.
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June is a calm month, but also a month of ups and downs. This month, the battalion led by Li Ningyu is stationed in the northwest of Hanoi, training, training. Every soldier is training, because every morning after gathering the team, Li Ningyu will follow them
Say the same thing, sweat more in training and bleed less in war. Unity is strength.
This month, through Zhang Jun's letter, Li Ningyu learned that the cultivation of flue-cured tobacco in charge of Li Donghua had begun, the refining of opium had begun to be mass-produced, and the four newly opened balsam shops were also doing a prosperous business. In just one month,
Here, he brought Li Ningyu a cost-free profit of millions of taels, and the German minister's assistant Morini also promised to buy 300 guns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition for Li Ningyu, but he said that they would not be shipped until August.
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In fact, guns in this era are very expensive, many times more expensive than opium. The price of an 1871 type is 500 taels of silver, and a bullet is 1 tael of silver. Li Ningyu, who did not have the ability to make his own, had to knock out his teeth and put them in his stomach.
It was swallowed inside, but Li Ningyu secretly said in his heart: "Don't worry, one day I will sell the things I made to you, but by then I will be a thousand times more expensive than you!".
Li Ningyu naturally understood the meaning of Morini's words about starting in August. Li Ningyu did not continue to urge but readily agreed, because they were all waiting for the earthquake in Italy in July. Later, Li Ningyu also received a congratulatory message.
The prince's letter was very short, with only a few dozen words, and its meaning was also very simple. Li Ningyu's parents are very good, Li Tong Gege is very good, and I hope the southwest border will be equally good.
Li Ningyu naturally understood the meaning of Prince Gong's words. He did not prepare a reply this time. Instead, he picked up a purchase order and sent it to him. There were many things on it, the most important of which was 500 rifles and 10,000 rifles.
To fire bullets, this is a military expenditure of about 300,000 taels of silver. Li Ningyu knew that Prince Gong would definitely not give it and would not pay for it, because there are currently only 3,000 muskets in the late Qing army, mainly muskets near the capital.
In the camp.
Li Ningyu had two intentions in giving him this list. First, he could fight me or not lose, but he had to give me a gun. Second, even if he didn't give it to me, at least he would give me a note.
He will not give me money to buy arms or guns, but this is what I lack, because once Li Ningyu starts fighting with the French army, rifles will appear. When the time comes, Li Ningyu will tell me the reason clearly.
What a tragedy, it will also bring trouble to his parents.
This month, another major event happened in Shanghai. Hu Guangyong collected millions of tons of new domestic silk at high prices. Italian raw silk had a sudden bumper harvest. The market experienced drastic changes. Hu Caidong's financial crisis broke out. But now Hu Caidong is still persisting.
, but when the war between China and France starts in a few months, he will retire, and I still owe him 3 million taels of silver. I hope he can persist until I go back. If possible, I will still help him. After all, my first
He borrowed a pot of gold.
Disturbed by some messy things, Li Ningyu's original insistence on recalling some history and recording it every day was delayed. Suddenly, July came and saw Li Ningyu's report and the request sent from Vietnam. Cixi
Lafayette still had a brief handshake with Prince Gong to make peace, and then the imperial edicts came one after another. Li Ningyu, who had been actively preparing for war, began to prepare for a fight with the French army.
Because on the 16th day of July, Li Ningyu received an urgent imperial edict of 800 miles. The order was very simple and he immediately broke camp and went to Vietnam. After sending the imperial edict to Li Ningyu, the visitor gave Li Ningyu a secret message from Prince Gong.
After reading the two pieces of paper, Li Ningyu burst out laughing, because just as he thought, Prince Gong did not give Li Ningyu a dime, but gave Li Ningyu a note allowing him to purchase supplies from the Ministry of War on his own.
Perhaps because he felt guilty for not being able to satisfy Li Ningyu's request for 500 guns, or perhaps because he felt that Li Ningyu simply could not get that much money, Prince Gong actually gave Li Ningyu a purchase order for 1,000 rifles and 30,000 rounds of ammunition.
Afterwards, the happy Li Ningyu spent the whole day smiling. On the third day, Li Ningyu immediately ordered to break camp and headed for Vietnam with a battalion of soldiers and horses.
As for why Li Ningyu was sent to Vietnam as an expeditionary force, Li Ningyu ignored it and didn't want to know. Although through Prince Gong's letter, Li Ningyu knew that Cixi Lafayette planned to let him be a pioneer, the most painful and tiring job.
He did, but Li Ningyu was not angry at all, because Li Ningyu's battalion had 100 rifles. Although their accuracy was not high, they could still hit a large living person, and the French army was not the most powerful.
In the army, Li Ningyu is not inferior in terms of numbers.
And the most important point is that war feeds war! There are no guns, no cannons, the enemy makes them for us! And just when Li Ningyu broke camp, a fast horse and a large group of people appeared on the horizon, looking at the dark sky in the distance
A group of people, well-trained soldiers immediately stood on guard, and some soldiers directly loaded their bullets. Li Ningyu, who was on the horse, looked at the clothes and flags of the people and horses in the distance, and immediately signaled to those who understood Li Ningyu's gesture.
The platoon leader and squad leader immediately put all the rifles in the battalion into dozens of large boxes.
Then Li Ningyu rode his horse and drove 20 meters in front of the visitor. He stopped and waited. About 10 minutes later, a team of about 3,000 people appeared. One of them, a capable middle-aged man, attracted Li Ningyu's attention.
Note that based on a small amount of memory and the visitor's clothing, Li Ningyu concluded that the visitor was Liu Yongfu, the admiral of the Black Flag Army.
According to the imperial edict, the Qing government formally incorporated the Black Flag Army, officially declared war on France, and granted Liu Yongfu the title of admiral. Admiral was the first-rank official in the late Qing Dynasty. Although he was only nominated, according to the imperial edict, I now have to listen to his arrangements.
Coupled with his familiarity with Vietnam's geography, Li Ningyu will naturally not be more angry.
Then Li Ningyu shouted on the horse: "The person coming is Admiral Liu of the Black Flag Army!".
About twenty meters away, one could naturally hear Li Ningyu's shouting. The capable middle-aged man whom Li Ningyu had just guessed looked at him carefully for a while and then said, "That's me. That's Military Academy Li in front of me!".
"It's my subordinate!" Then Li Ningyu got off his horse, and the iron soldiers behind him also followed Li Ningyu, and came to Liu Yongfu together. After taking a closer look, Li Ningyu found that Liu Yongfu was a talented person, but he had a few flaws.
There is a scar on his cheek, he is about 1.7 meters tall, burly, shrewd, and ruthless. Today he is not wearing official uniform, but a black outfit.
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