In this way, time entered 1896. In January of this year, the United States of America gained a new territory, and the Germans discovered X-rays, but these had nothing to do with Lin Youde or even most Chinese people.
Since there is no way to master more Shen Ji in a short time, Lin Youde decided to expand conventional force. Another unconventional force in this world, Feng Jia and Shen Ji are exactly the two extremes. Shen Ji is easy to hide and does not use abilities like ordinary girls.
There is no difference, and Lin Youde's current industry is the most suitable for hiding girls. But this wind armor - or as it is called in the West, the magic armor, is not easy to attract people's attention.
Jiang Fengjia is similar to the powered exoskeleton in Lin Youde's original space-time science fiction works. It is powered by a magical power furnace refined by alchemy and driven by a guidance mechanism. It is the most efficient individual soldier in this era. A skilled user
The combat effectiveness of the sergeants in the wind armor can be equal to that of an infantry company. Unfortunately, this thing is expensive, and because most of the production processes need to be completed by hand with the assistance of Shen Ji, it is difficult to mass-produce.
What's more terrible is that this thing is really big. The general general's armor is as high as a storey. But these days there is no such thing as a tank, so the general's armor has naturally become the largest ground weapon.
This size is really not eye-catching.
Unable to grasp Shen Ji for the moment, and unable to hide the wind armor, Lin Youde could only find a way to maintain a certain level of conventional force.
But when it comes to buying guns and ammunition, there must always be a name. Lin Youde doesn't want to smuggle in secretly like the Revolutionary Party and then hide it everywhere. What he wants is to maintain such force in a legitimate manner. In other places, Lin Youde wants to
It may be a bit difficult to do this as a civilian. Looking at those time-travel novels, which one does not have some official background in the process of raising an army? Especially those that time-travel to before 1900.
In 1896, the Qing government was not weak enough to allow people with no official background to take control of the armed forces.
But the situation in Guangdong is slightly different.
During the Opium War, Guangzhou clans were dissatisfied with the atrocities of the British army and mobilized local clan forces to ambush the British patrols and besiege the forts controlled by the British army, forcing the British troops with advanced equipment to huddle inside the forts and run out of food reserves. Later, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties
The siege was lifted only after officials came to mediate, and the elders of all ethnic groups jointly issued the "Announcement of Shen Yu Ying Yi", which clearly stated: "No need for officers and soldiers, no need for national funds, just use your own efforts to kill all the pigs and dogs, so that the evil in our villages can be eliminated."
It’s harmful!”
Since then, the influence of the Qing court among the local forces in Guangdong has been shrinking day by day. The local gentry and noble families have begun to privately expand their armed forces to protect themselves, and the Qing court can only turn a blind eye.
With this background, it would be much easier for Lin Youde to buy weapons and build his dog-leg team, but he still had to have a clear name.
Coincidentally, in the early spring of 1896, the situation in Guangdong had just stabilized, and those who had previously restrained themselves due to the white terror of the Qing court began to come out again. In addition, the powerful people in Guangzhou all knew that Wang Shicheng was a great leader.
The shopkeeper's
The prince Wang Tianlin was a revolutionary. The reason why he disappeared from society was that he was either killed by the Qing army or fled overseas. Although Lin Youde benefited from this and ate up the shares that originally belonged to Wang Tianlin, he also lost Wang Tianlin as his big backer.
Although the Xia family is still there, the problem is that the head of the Xia family, Old Man Xia Sheng, looks down upon Lin Youde's properties. Not long after confirming that Wang Tianlin was "missing", Old Man Xia put Xia Fanglan under house arrest, and then removed Lin Youde from the Xia family.
The guys were removed from the roster.
At the beginning of 1896, more and more people in Guangzhou realized that Lin Youde's seemingly good industry was actually vacant, and there was no way to "ground it".
Then the troublemakers came.
On the night of February 6, 1896, more than a week before New Year's Eve of the year Bingshen, Lin Youde's assistant Du Qifeng hurriedly knocked on the oak door of Lin Youde's large office on the top floor of Jinhuihuang Nightclub.
Lin Youde was the only one in the office, but there were two cups of tea on the table. Du Qifeng frowned. He was the son of an overseas Chinese in Honolulu. He originally came to participate in the uprising, but when the Guangzhou uprising arrived, it was revealed that the Qing army was hunting down revolutionary parties. He relied on
His identity as an American returned overseas Chinese escaped the disaster, and he spent more than ten years in Guangzhou before hearing from the revolutionary patriots who moved to the mainland that someone in Guangzhou was secretly covering the retreat of the revolutionary youth from Guangzhou.
Du Qifeng himself compiled the intelligence obtained from various places, combined with Lin Youde's actions of "ransoming" revolutionary young women from the Qing court, and came to the conclusion that the "elegant" who covered the retreat was Lin Youde, so he defected to Lin Youde's name.
.As soon as we met, he spoke out without any hesitation. It seemed that if I said I was wrong, you would report me and have me beheaded.
When Lin Youde saw that this was a talent, he kept him under observation for three months. He also asked Miyazaki - oh, his name is Yukidaiba now - to secretly monitor and review Du Qifeng's words and deeds. By the way, he asked his connections in the Revolutionary Party to go to Honolulu to investigate.
Johnnie To's boss, after repeated confirmation, put him in the position of manager of Jinhuihuang Nightclub.
How could a guy who could identify Lin Youde as a nobleman helping the Revolutionary Party behind the scenes with that little bit of information not notice that there was an extra cup of tea?
Du Qifeng was silent. He knew that his boss had been inspecting him in the past few months, so it was natural for him to keep some secrets from himself.
"Brother Lin."
This title was decided by Lin Youde himself. He felt that it would make him more like a gangster gangster rather than a revolutionary figure. Johnnie To was born Chinese in Honolulu and speaks Cantonese fluently. As soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately felt like a gangster movie.
"Brother Xiao Bei Qi is leading Ma Chai to cause trouble below. We must take our Miss Su home." (Author: To take care of readers from all over the country, this paragraph does not need to be expressed in Cantonese and Chinese characters. Everyone can make up their own minds.
Just a gangster movie)
In fact, many people still criticize the fact that the girls in Lin Youde nightclub do not sell their bodies. The ancient tradition of clean and famous prostitutes had long been abandoned by the Chinese people at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. No one came to make trouble before.
Wang Tianlin's face, after all, when Jin Huihuang first opened, no one could predict whether Wang Tianlin would suddenly appear. Now, Wang Tianlin has been missing for almost five months, and Lin Youde has been expelled from the Xia family. Naturally, someone will come to trouble him.
"Oh, I see."
Lin Youde stood up and walked out with a calm face. When passing by Du Qifeng, Du Qifeng whispered: "There are many of them, be careful, Brother Lin."
"I have my own sense of proportion, just watch it."
After saying that, Lin Youde went downstairs confidently.
Entering the hall, Lin Youde first scanned the guests in the hall, and without any surprise saw Chen Haihui leading a group of people sitting in the innermost seat of the hall. This Chen Haihui is the ninth son of the Chen family, the largest family in Guangzhou, and is known as
Ninth Brother. The Chen family is here.
Guangzhou has a huge geographical power. In Lin Youde's original time and space, there were hundreds of clan ancestral halls in Guangzhou, large and small. During the buzzing period, they were all wiped out. Only the Chen Family Ancestral Hall was preserved, and even became one of the ancestral halls along with the Agricultural Lecture Center and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
Guangzhou Metro station name.
This brother Chen Jiu is known as the second playboy in Guangzhou. He has always been on good terms with Lin Youde. Although he is only a collateral descendant, with the influence of the Chen family in Guangzhou, Chen Haihui can be regarded as a big shot among young people. Now he is facing Lin Youde.
Looking at him, he nodded slightly, which meant, "Brother, if you can't do it, I will take action, don't worry."
As for why he didn't take action now, after all, this was Lin Youde's territory. It would be best if Lin Youde could calm the situation. Otherwise, Chen Haihui would have to drive away the troublemakers, and Lin Youde would not have to mess around in the future.
With Chen Haihui present, Lin Youde felt reassured, and he swaggered towards the group of people entrenched near the entrance of the nightclub hall.
As soon as Lin Youde put on a smile as he approached, the leader known as Seventh Brother took the lead and said, "I want this bitch brother tonight, how much does it cost, Boss Lin said."
"Seventh brother," Lin Youde apologized with a smile, his posture was a bit like the unscrupulous translator in the old anti-Japanese movies, "If you start this way, the ladies here will be fucked to death in the future, so I don't have to do it.
Everyone is here to mess around, can you give me a way to survive? I'll cover all the drinks for Brother Qi and the brothers tonight, okay? I'll also cover the money for everyone to call you miss tonight! Harmony brings wealth."
"Don't come here!" Brother Qi swiped his hands and poured out all the wine in the glass. He also gave Lin Youde some face by not throwing it in his face. "I am a big boss in Xiaobei. I can even do this to a young lady."
Maybe, I’ll stop messing around when I go out! If you don’t let me take care of you tonight, I’ll have to take care of you too!”
Originally, Lin Youde wanted to learn more about gangster movies, but somehow he lost interest after seeing Qi Ge's face.
Lin Youde sighed.
"If you don't want to give me face, I can't help you." After saying that, Lin Youde snapped his fingers and called in Japanese, "Ba."
Xuedaba appeared quietly behind Lin Youde. The girl casually combed her hair in a ponytail and wore a bright red high-cut cheongsam. Her snow-white thighs were exposed under the bright lights in the hall, which really caught everyone's attention.
"Send off the guests." Lin Youde ordered concisely and concisely.
Soon enough, the golden glass door was opened by some invisible force, and then a hurricane surged out of thin air and swept the horses behind Brother Qi towards the outside of the store. In just a blink of an eye,
In an instant, those vicious-looking followers were planted upside down on the stone pavement outside the store.
The leader who stayed behind was stunned, while the store behind Lin Youde was filled with whispers.
Xuedaba stood quietly behind Lin Youde, turning a deaf ear to the surrounding discussions about him.
Suddenly, Brother Qi seemed to have thought of something, and he shouted: "Japanese! You actually colluded with the Japanese! And you let the Japanese attack me! The Japanese attack me! Lin Youde, you traitor!"
In this era, the Qing Dynasty had just lost the Sino-Japanese War, and Japan took advantage of the situation to seize Taiwan. The anti-Japanese sentiment in China was quite high, especially in Guangdong and Fujian, which took in a large number of refugees from Taiwan. The anti-Japanese sentiment was even higher.
You undoubtedly wanted to put such a big label on Lin Youde so that he would become the target of public criticism.
Since this was an unexpected incident, Lin Youde didn't expect this, and he only reacted after being scolded like this. However, he has always been quick-witted and immediately came up with a plan. However, this plan may destroy his cooperative relationship with Xuedeba.
.But at this time, Lin Youde didn't care so much anymore. Even if his silence lasted only a second, it would be over-interpreted, which would be fatal.
So Lin Youde immediately laughed and then asked: "Japanese? Where are they? Why didn't I see them?"
As he spoke, Lin Youde spread his hands and looked at the people around him. The look on his face seemed to be asking: "Did you see it?"
After doing his best, Lin Youde continued: "Make no mistake, Brother Qi, this is just a dog I raised. You came to mess with me, why don't you allow me to let the dog go?"
Maybe there was a better way to deal with it at this time, but Lin Youde thought he was stupid and couldn't think of it, so he had to deal with it like this. So when he said this, Lin Youde secretly complained in his heart, what if the first goddess she finally won over just flew away like this?
, it was too late for Lin Youde to cry. Who knew that when Lin Youde was secretly praying for God's blessing, the girl behind him spoke.
"Woof~"
Yukiyoba - Miyazaki Tomazō learned a dog bark.
Lin Youde was frightened at first.
Miss, what kind of cuteness are you trying to sell! Doesn’t it matter about the dignity of a samurai? This is unscientific!
Except for Lin Youde, everyone in the Jinhuihuang Nightclub was in a state of shock. The Japanese who everyone thought of as a proud and arrogant person was actually a goddess, but he was willing to be called a "dog" by Lin Youde! This is not enough.
Shocked?
At this moment, Chen Haihui, who had been watching the fun, suddenly clapped his hands and laughed as if he had suddenly realized something. He laughed and praised: "High! High! Brother Lin is so strong, Chen is willing to be defeated! I'm still here"
How do I want to conquer all the young ladies in China? I have decided to go abroad! This girl is well trained!"
At this time, other men in the scene also "suddenly realized", and the laughter and curses such as "you bastard" and "you motherfucker" were heard endlessly.
Chen Haihui stood up, raised his wine glass high, and said loudly to the audience: "I, Chen, know for the first time today that being a pretty boy can bring glory to the country. From today on, I will also call you Brother Lin. Come on, Brother, I toast to this drink."
your!"
This time the scene became more lively.
As for the "big guy" who was so domineering just now? Who would care about such a little guy?
After closing that night, Lin Youde said to Xuedeba when the two were alone: "I was so offended just now, I'm sorry."
As a result, the girl looked at Lin Youde with strange eyes.
"Why do you need to apologize? I have already sworn that I will do whatever it takes for Mr. Lin to achieve the success of the revolution. Isn't that kind of thing just natural?"
Lin Youde has learned a lot this time, and he can't help but complain in his heart, if I really want to "ride" you from now on, will you really let me ride you?
**
In this way, Miyazaki Tozou, whose pseudonym was Yukiyoba, was legitimately placed beside Lin Youde and acted as his personal bodyguard.
Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was very uneasy about having a goddess under his rule who was not owned by the state. It happened that this goddess was a foreign species and was not easy to deal with. Moreover, as the Manchu Qing Dynasty declined in these years, it was not uncommon for local officials to secretly keep the goddess.
Many powerful people are deliberately trying to capture the various departments of Shenji Camp - even those die-hards have more or less smelled the death of the Qing Dynasty.
Tan Zhonglin is an old fox. He still remembers the previous secret report that Lin Youde might have something to do with the Revolutionary Party. Now a Japanese goddess suddenly appeared next to Lin Youde. The more the old man thought about it, the more fishy he felt, so he ordered a secret agent directly under the Governor's Office.
They placed Lin Youde under strict surveillance, and informed Liu Zixiang, the commander of Shenji Camp in Guangzhou, and asked Shenji, who was good at investigation, to be sent to "assist in surveillance."
As for whether Liu Zixiang will comply with the promise, that is beyond Tan Zhonglin's control.
Here, Lin Youde was completely unaware that he had attracted the attention of the Governor. He was not good at this, and he was not as thoughtful as other strong men who traveled to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Fortunately, Lin Youde was quite self-aware in this regard.
In the name of this, I know that in the future, I will definitely find a staff member like Oberstein to help him take care of this aspect, otherwise I will definitely fail in this aspect.
As for when to find suitable candidates and how to recruit them, this is not something Lin Youde can decide. Now he has other things to worry about: this incident that happened in Jin Huihuang, not a big one, gave Lin Youde an organization."