Seeing that Daoguang was silent, Zaiquan was secretly happy in his heart, and immediately followed Pan Shien's train of thought and said slowly: "Guangzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo, and Shanghai belong to four provinces, which are far away. www.biquge.info After this war, the Yuanqi group practice not only played the prestige of my Qing Dynasty, but also played the name of Yuanqi, and the Yuanqi group practiced to guard the treaty ports everywhere, and the Western countries would not dare to look at it again. In addition, the Green Battalions stationed at the four ports can also be drastically reduced or even ......abolished. ”

Hearing this, Daoguang was indeed a little moved, in this war with England, he clearly realized that the Eight Banners Green Battalion was no longer useless, and the Eight Banners Green Battalion was afraid that England knew this more clearly, and it was precisely because of this realization that he did not want to disband the Yuanqi Group Training nor was he willing to weaken the strength of the Yuanqi Group Training, there is no doubt that it is indeed a good way to let the Yuanqi Group Practice garrison the treaty port.

Mu Zhang'a reminded: "The Yuanqi regiment has a large fleet of sea vessels, and there are eight Western warships, even if the Yuanqi regiment is stationed in four treaty ports, Yuanqi has the ability to quickly mobilize and concentrate troops. ”

Pan Shien hesitated and said, "Yuan Qi only has three escorted Western warships. ”

Snorted coldly, Mu Zhang'a said: "According to the report of Zhou Shirong, the chief soldier of Wusong Town, most of the crew and sailors on the eight Western warships in Wusongkou are Han Chinese. ”

Zaiquan and Pan Shien didn't dare to take this again, although Yuanqi's regimental training had a scale of tens of thousands of people, but after all, it was formed with the consent of the imperial court and local officials, and several of Yuanqi's warships were completely purchased and secretly trained, to put it mildly, this is the formation of a private army!

If Yuanqi only has three warships, he can still turn around, after all, Yuanqi's fleet is large, and the sea is not very flat, and it can be used to escort the fleet in the past, if it has eight Western warships, it is ironclad to form a private army!

Pan Shien glanced at Daoguang and saw that his expression was calm, and he hesitated before he boldly said: "Since Yuanqi monopolized the money industry in Guangdong, he has vigorously donated money to strengthen the coastal defense of Humen, and after the outbreak of war with England, he did his best to assist the imperial court in fighting against Yingyi, and Yuanqi's semicolon spread all over Guangdong and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and all the large and small shareholders under his name were local gentry and businessmen, and Yuanqi had many scholars and ........ ”

Daoguang nodded slightly, Pan Shien's words were not untargeted, this was to remind him that Yuan Qi in this state would not rebel, nor would he cause trouble, these words, Deng Tingzhen, the governor of Liangguang, and Lin Zexu also played, but the combat power shown by Yuan Qi's regiment in this war made him jealous.

The Jurchens are not satisfied with 10,000, they are invincible, and today's Yuanqi group training is even more terrifying than the Jurchens of the past, and it is precisely because of this concern that he has to take precautions, groaning slightly, and then he said: "Huaiting, you immediately repair a letter to Yi Zhicontent, and ask him to report in detail on Yuanqi's fleet, warships, and Yuanqi's trade in Qiongzhou Mansion, Annam, Luzon, and Siam. ”

"Wechen obeys." Pan Shien hurriedly responded, his heart was relaxed for a while, and since Daoguang asked him in a private message, he had no intention of pursuing this matter.

"Kneel down." Daoguang said softly, and the three of them were about to leave, and he suddenly said, "Mu Zhang'a stays." ”

Listening to him six times, Mu Zhang'a was overjoyed, and quickly turned back, knelt down again, Daoguang pondered for a moment before saying: "All along, the defense center of gravity of the Qing Dynasty has been in the northwest, but now the defense center of gravity should be shifted to the southeast, especially the sea frontier, I plan to form a navy!" ”

At first glance, he was a little headless and brainless, but Mu Zhang'a reacted very quickly, and then said tentatively: "Is the emperor planning to use Yuan Qi to form a navy?" ”

Daoguang nodded slightly, and then sighed lightly: "A battleship is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, if you don't use Yuan Qi, how can the imperial court have so much silver?" After a pause, he continued: "Yuan Qi has made a lot of achievements in this battle, and the matter of privately purchasing warships should not be pursued too much, and furthermore, Yuan Qi built a shipyard in Guangzhou, and privately purchased warships, and trained the regiment to be brave. ”

Mu Zhang'a secretly admired in his heart, this is a dignified and upright conspiracy, but this is obviously a pit, will Yi Zhishu jump into it? After a slight sigh, he said: "Now that the livelihood of the banner people is difficult, it is better to recruit from the banner people than to form a navy in the name of righteousness." ”

"I have the same intentions." Daoguang said: "The treasury is empty, and the imperial court can't come up with the money to build a navy, so it can only send people." This matter, you have a fold. ”

As soon as he heard this, Mu Zhang'a immediately reacted, Daoguang is playing balance, Zaiquan and Pan Shien support the construction of the railway, he came forward to support the preparation of the navy, and the Manchu family will not suffer too much suppression, he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The slave obeys the order." ”

After Daoguang's edict to allow the "Jiangning Treaty" and the annex to be transmitted to Jiangning at an expedited speed of 800 miles, not only Lin Zexu, Yishan, Seng Lingqin, Yang Fang, Dezhubu and others were relieved, but the British Pu Ding Cha and Yilu also breathed a sigh of relief, and the war was over!

With the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion and Jiangning Prefecture have posted the "Anmin Notice", the provincial garrisons inside and outside the city have withdrawn, the entire Jiangning City is jubilant, from Zhenjiang to the easy to see the joyful scene in the city, the heart is also sincerely happy, to be honest, this trick is a bit big, he is really worried that Daoguang will not agree, the construction of the railway itself is very controversial, by the British to build the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway, the involvement is bigger and wider, this step is a little bigger and a little anxious, however, he got his wish!

Entering the signing room of the Governor's Palace, Lin Zexu got up to greet him with a relaxed face, "Jiangning has a great contribution...... ”

Yi Zhixiang hurriedly said humbly: "The lord of the ministry praises falsely, and he is ashamed to be ashamed. ”

"Contentment does not require humility, sit." Lin Zexu said and took the lead in sitting down and said, "Next, I will discuss the details of the construction of the railway with Yingyi, what does contentment think?" ”

"Talk slowly." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway will not be repaired in ten or eight years." ”

"There's always a preliminary idea, right?" Lin Zexu said with a smile: "This railway court can't take out silver, and Yuan Qi is afraid that he can't take out so much cash, what do you think about contentment?" ”

"The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway will replace the Grand Canal and become the most important railway trunk line in the Qing Dynasty and the first major artery in the Qing Dynasty." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "I can't be the lord of this under you, wait for two days, the imperial court will inevitably send a minister to come, this edict is just to stabilize the situation in Jiangning first." ”

Lin Zexu nodded, unconcealing the appreciation in his eyes, "Then wait a few more days for the time being, and be content to stabilize Yingyi first." ”

After pondering for a moment, Yi Zhizhi said: "France and the United States have sent warships to Wusong to watch, and hope to attend the formal signing ceremony, this matter also hopes that the ministry can make a fold, in the following meaning, give the two countries equal treatment in the treaty port, so as not to start another war, in fact, according to international practice, we should also treat the ...... of all countries equally." ”

"If it's limited to the terms of the treaty ports, it's not a big problem." Lin Zexu pondered and said, "Be content to draft a fold." ”

After resting in Jiangning City for a day, the next morning, Yi Zhizhi went to Jinghai Temple alone to meet Pu Ding Cha and Yilu, and the three of them met for a little greeting and then sat down as the guest of honor, and Yilu couldn't wait to say: "The relevant rules for the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway, Mr. Yi can draft it?" ”

Yi Zhizu said straightforwardly: "I hope to discuss the relevant details with the railway companies in your country in detail, and I hope that there will be at least three railway companies that are also on the board to choose from." ”

For the construction of the railway, Pu Dingcha and Yilu also don't know anything, listening to this, both of them feel reasonable, slightly groaning, Yilu said: "England and Shanghai are far away, I'm afraid that no three railway companies are willing to cross the ocean to come to Shanghai to ......" ”

Yi Zhizhi slowly lit a cigar and said, "If there are not enough railroads in your country that are interested in this railway, I can invite American railroads to come and compete." ”

What are you kidding, it was not easy to win this railway, how can it be cheap America, Yilu hurriedly smiled: "Mr. Yi, rest assured, as long as there is enough profit, all railway companies in England will be interested in this railway." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "In addition to building railways, I also hope that more British businessmen will come to Daqing to invest and build factories, I am a Shanghai Taoist, Shanghai will be in charge of England, France, the United States, Portugal, Spain.... When all countries open up in an all-round way, I can give the greatest preferential treatment to foreign businessmen who come to Shanghai to set up factories. ”

"I think all foreign businessmen who come to Shanghai need not only preferential treatment, but also safety, personal safety and property safety ....... ”

"That's not a problem." Yi Zhizhi said: "Countries can buy land in Shanghai to establish their own national concessions. You can set up your own police station ..... in the concession. ”

Pu Dingcha said with interest: "Can you garrison?" ”

"The army and the police. Cha is of two natures. Yi Zhizhi said without thinking: "Your country has the right to garrison troops in Hong Kong, is it not enough?" ”

"Just ask." Pu Ding sneered: "Even if we are allowed, we don't have so many troops stationed in the Far East. ”

"Ahem." Yilu coughed lightly and said, "Regarding the prisoners ......of war, we hope that your country can release them unconditionally. ”

Yi Zhishu glanced at him and said, "I'm sorry, I think the two of you should understand that the Yuanqi regiment training does not belong to our army, to be exact, it should be regarded as ..... Mercenaries! I think that the unconditional release of prisoners of war captured by the official army of our country should be fine, but it is difficult to say about prisoners of war in the hands of mercenaries. ”

Mercenary? Can Yuanqi group training be considered a mercenary? Could it be a little more shameless? Pu Ding Cha and Yi Lu stared at him as if they didn't know him, and after a while, Pu Ding Cha said: "Mr. Yi doesn't have to ask His Majesty the Emperor of your country to order the Yuan Qi Tuan to practice releasing people, right?" ”

Yi Zhifen raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Excellency can try it and see if Yuanqi Group Practice will obey orders?" ”

Pu Dingcha's face was a little ugly, Yuan Qi's appetite was not small at all, the ransom of five or six thousand prisoners of war was definitely an astronomical amount, he really couldn't afford to pay, and he didn't dare to abandon such a large number of prisoners of war, he was weighing whether to turn his face with the other party, Yi Zhizhi continued: "Your country has also gained a lot of spoils in this war?" Have we asked you to hand it over for free? Not to mention the magnitude of the losses caused by this war, and don't forget, you are not the victors! ”

Seeing that the situation was a little stiff, Yilu hurriedly said: "The price that Mr. Yi asked us to ransom the prisoners of war is too great for us to bear, can we discuss it again." ”

Yi Zhizu proposed to use the British Dinghai Fleet as a quid pro quo for prisoners of war, and he also knew that this condition was difficult for the other party to accept, the reason was very simple, if he really wanted to do this, the other party would not be able to pay the difference, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "I have reached a preliminary agreement with the captain of the French 'Erigon' Zezile to sell Yuan Qi's new musket technology to them. ”

Hearing this, Pu Dingcha and Yilu's faces changed, how terrifying Yuanqi's new musket is, they know very well, once France obtains this new musket, England is definitely likely to be in trouble, Yilu reacted very quickly, and immediately said: "Mr. Yi wants to exchange this new musket for a battleship?" ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, Mini gun technology, he has been sold to the United States, and he did reach a preliminary transfer agreement with France's Zezille, this woman married two husbands, he didn't care about marrying another one, and sold to England, he was the least psychologically burdened, after all, the technical content of the Mini gun was not high, and after two years of fighting with the British army, he could completely push two five or six clean.

After thinking about it for a long time, Pu Ding Cha said: "The Dinghai Fleet can't do it, and Jiangning's batch of warships can be exchanged for a few, but we need a proper and reasonable excuse." ”

The reason why he agreed, of course, was to get the new musket technology, but more because he didn't want to make trouble, he didn't want to affect the peace talks because of the prisoners of war, this war was completely unnecessary to continue to fight, and England also needed to take this opportunity to end the war with dignity, he could see that Yuan Qi was eager for warships.

"No problem." Yi Zhixin said happily: "We have deployed six iron chains, 200 artillery pieces and many fireships on the Jiangyin River, how about finding a random one to provoke a war?" ”

Pu Ding Cha and Yi Lu couldn't help but look at each other, once the fight started, how could the situation be so easy to control? After pondering for a moment, Yilu said, "Stranded, okay?" ”

Seeing that the other party was so upright, Yi Zhi's heart blossomed, but he said with concern: "Stranded? Don't you have steamships? ”

After giving him a blank look, Yilu said, "Steamships need coal-burning ........" ”

"It's naturally better not to provoke a war." Yi Zhishu said and stretched out a slap and flipped over, "Ten!" Including a third-class ship. ”

"No, five at most." Pu Ding Cha said in a deep voice: "The forward fleet consists of five warships, two steamships, and one survey ship. ”

Considering the other party's situation, Yi Zhizhi was content and did not force it, and immediately nodded and said, "Deal." (To be continued.) )