Volume VIII 1129 Small Characters of the Great Rivers and Lakes

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It wasn't until today that the Manchus understood how good the technology of the Westerners was, and looking at the telegram sent by the general of Guangzhou, everyone in the Yangxin Palace sighed.

Ci'an pinched the telegram paper and sighed vigorously: "What do you think we thought before? This telegram is such a good thing, why was it regarded as a flood beast at that time?"

Yi sighed and said: "It's not that we are the beast of the flood when the telegram is the beast, the key is that those officials in the court who don't understand anything are the beast of the beast! To this day, there are still people in the court and the middle of the country who say that this thing is a little ghost running around inside to deliver news, otherwise how can it be so fast!"

Today, Cixi Ci'an and they really understand the benefits of science and technology, and the second piece of information sent by Prime Minister Yamen was just sent by General Guangzhou, and the above news is shocking.

On the telegram, General Guangzhou secretly reported the latest information of Nanyang to the imperial court, and it turned out that the Russian expeditionary fleet had arrived in the Lion Country, which is commonly known as Sri Lanka by foreigners.

The Chinese have a very long history of business in South Asia, and there is no need to mention the things of the Sui and Tang dynasties, in fact, since the Song Dynasty, the Chinese have had a unique influence on the land of a thousand islands in South Asia.

It has been the backyard of Chinese merchants since ancient times, and it is also a place ruled by Confucian culture, and every time there is a war in the Central Plains, a large number of people are forced to take refuge here.

For a long time, the influence of the Chinese in this land has become so great that even Western colonizers cannot be underestimated.

Since Nanyang is a land of non-talk, domestic laws cannot control here, so the status of merchants in this land is very high, and there are no messy shackles at all.

Therefore, from Arabia to Southeast Asia, there are Chinese merchants everywhere in this vast area, and the Chinese merchants at that time were deeply influenced by Confucianism, and the concept of family and country was very strong, so there was no such stinky problem of fighting in the sand of later generations.

At this time, overseas Chinese businessmen were very grouped, and they did not dare to say that they shared resources, but at least they shared intelligence.

The Russian fleet had been discovered by Chinese businessmen in the Indian Ocean since it first entered the Indian Ocean and appeared on the east coast of Africa, and they began to publish news through their own unique channels, coupled with the power of the increasingly formed global telegraph network, and soon the bits and pieces of this fleet began to converge in the country.

Maybe those Chinese businessmen just wanted to share a war business opportunity at first, after all, there are always huge financial resources behind the war, but there are always some patriotic people who are willing to send this information to the country, of course, some people recognize Xiao Letian's country, and some people recognize the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Canton general was the most important Manchu minister in Guangdong, and his soldiers were not only responsible for garrisoning the localities, but also monitoring the Hanchen and gathering intelligence at all times.

When three independent channels conveyed the same information to him, he finally confirmed the authenticity of this information, and did not dare to neglect General Canton's prompt dispatch to the city of Beijing, which was this top-secret telegram on the table.

"Suddenly realized! Now I figured it out...... Lao Zeng is showing his loyalty to us, and I really didn't misunderstand him!" Cixi sneered and looked at the message.

"We can all learn the news of the Russians' main fleet coming to Asia in Beijing, but can Zeng Guofan in Nanjing not know about it? At such a critical moment, how can the marshal not express his position in advance? This group of Hanchen, this is angry, ridiculous, and respectable!"

Cixi didn't need to explain the words, everyone present knew what it meant, Yi? nodded "I didn't say it, since the handsome said so, the court can't be stingy, let's mention it again to a few close relatives and nephews in the Dashuai family, including Zeng Guoquan, can't be slowed down...... In this way, this old Zeng family is still loyal!"

The corners of Cixi's mouth curled and sneered, "Loyal? hehe...... They are loyal to this country, not our family, don't mess around!"

The old face that was stimulated by the words was slightly red, "How can I ......forget what I said?"

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At the same time, outside the front door, three nobles were drinking wine in the small box on the second floor, and Yang Zhi, who was sitting in the right seat, kept pouring wine for Li Tuo and Lao Jiang, who had just arrived.

Today is the first day of the new year, it stands to reason that the major restaurants in Beijing will be closed, not that these buyers and sellers are unwilling to make money and want to rest, but no one comes when they open the door, after all, according to the old reason, who does not eat at home on the first day of junior high school.

But what Yang Zhi never expected was that his identity as a lord could not be opened even if he couldn't open the door of the store with three times the reward, Li Tuo's fingers were lightly buttoned three times, and the door of Quanjude was opened in a few words.

The boss Yang Quanren personally ran the hall to serve the dishes, and the former imperial chef Master Sun personally hung the duck and roasted it, which even the princes and ministers may not be able to touch on weekdays.

The crispy duck is sliced into small slices, dipped in sweet sauce and shredded vegetables, which is called a sweetness, and all kinds of small cold dishes with wine slowly surround the table, and the old ginger eats like a starving ghost reincarnated.

The service is good, the dishes are good, and the price is definitely not low, Yang Zhi not only has to pay for his own table, but also has to pay for the table opened by the boss and the chef outside, plus he has to give a red envelope for the New Year's Day, so Yang Zhi ate a full 250 silver dollars for this meal.

If you don't want bonds, you want a shiny dragon pattern Yinyang, and Boss Yang kept saying beautifully, "I don't want a piece of paper for the New Year, how happy do you add to the pressure hand?"

Anyway, Yang Zhi is not short of money in his hands, let alone 250, even if it is two two hundred and five, he has to spend it, just for these insights that have risen today, this money is worth it!

"Brother Li, drink slowly, there is a ...... of wine Brother rolls you a duck! You tell me about the doorway here, don't talk about those two telegrams, I'm a little confused even for today's banquet!"

"On the first day of the junior high school, how come a restaurant that even the princes and ministers can't open, you can open a stove alone with a few words? You tell the truth, what kind of identity are you?"

Lao Jiang's mouth was full of vegetables, and he drank a glass of wine to suppress it, and he laughed, "What kind of identity? A six-grade Xiaozhang Jingbei, in this forty-nine city, this identity is a little higher than that of coolies!"

"But sir, don't underestimate us, the so-called small roles also have big rivers and lakes, and sometimes we have to do big things that change day by day, do you think so?"

"Huh?" Yang Zhi was stunned, "What do you mean, small characters also have big rivers and lakes?"

Li Tuo drank a glass of warm rice wine and let out a long breath: "Sir, what is this court in your eyes? Are those well-dressed beasts in the court five and six, all the stars in the sky and the earth?"

"Let's go for it, it's all fools...... I clearly tell you, no matter how big the people in this world are, in the end, we have to clean up these small characters to death, believe it or not wènhttp://mnet?"

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