Call for instructions? The smile on Seng Greenqin's face froze and then showed again, "It's not necessary to call for instructions, this king will personally go to Shanghai to see your big shopkeeper." ”

Guo Zhongmu said happily: "Okay, I'll transfer a battleship to the prince." ”

How many people can fit on a battleship? The smile on Monk Greenqin's face gradually solidified, and Guo Zhongmu glanced at him, "Didn't the prince let him ask for war in the next generation?" Do you want to cut first and then play? ”

Broken by him, Seng Greenqin simply did not hide it, "The war of the Japanese Kingdom has ended, and the implementation of the constitution of the imperial court is only a matter of this year and a half, once the class teacher returns to Beijing, it will inevitably be a dilemma, so he simply led his troops south to participate in the western expedition, which not only avoided embarrassment, but also gave the sons and daughters a chance to obtain military achievements, in addition, it can also promote the integration with the Yuanqi New Army." ”

Guo Zhongmu blinked his eyes, "This is a good thing, the big shopkeeper will definitely agree." ”

What's good? Monk Lingqin coughed lightly, and then said: "The current situation is a bit delicate, and your big shopkeeper may not agree." ”

It makes sense, Guo Zhongmu took out a cigarette case to salute one, and he also lit one, the cabinet was established, and other ministers of state have taken office, but the minister of war and the minister of the navy did not go to Beijing to take office, which shows that Yuan Qi and the imperial court still have differences in terms of military power.

After pondering for a while, he said: "The prince cut first and then played, wouldn't it disrupt the court?" Trapped in danger of our big shopkeeper? ”

"What can be hard to keep your treasurer in?" Monk Greenqin said disappreciatively: "There are many people who are forced to do things, and if they are persecuted, they may break the current deadlock." ”

This risk is not ordinarily big, where is Guo Zhongmu willing to take this risk, even if he said: "The prince is powerless to do anything about this." ”

Monk Lingqin glanced at him angrily and said, "Then transfer a few ships to this king, and this king will rush to Shanghai." ”

"That's fine." Guo Zhongmou was full of promises, and when the waiting monk Lingqin got off the ship and left, he immediately wrote a telegram and sent it to the General Staff Headquarters.

Shanghai, Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Book House.

Several workers in blue overalls were busy going in and out, and after a while, a telephone hanging on the wall was installed, and Yi Zhicontent, who had been watching with interest next to him, walked forward with a smile and skillfully picked up the microphone with one hand and put the ear cap next to his ear with the other, and said in a steady tone: "Hey, is the sound clear?" ”

Yan Yangtian's somewhat excited voice immediately came from the ear cap, "Report to the principal, the voice is very clear." After a pause, another voice came, "Just received a call from Fukuoka...... ”

"Come here." Yi Zhishu put down the phone as he spoke, and although it seemed to him to be extremely simple, he was still quite excited, and no one knew better than him how great the business value of the phone was.

The telephone was recently invented by the Yuanqi Institute of Electrophysiology, and the inventor was Antonio, an Italian who had emigrated to the United States. Mei Wuqi, when he was at his most destitute, Yuan Qi effortlessly poached him to Shanghai, of course, the invention of the telephone is inseparable from the unintentional dialing of Yi Zhizhi.

It is precisely for this reason that as soon as the telephone was invented, Mei Wuqi asked Yi Zhizhi to name it as if he offered a treasure, yes, the telephone is the name of Yi Zhicontent, and by the way, Yi Zhizhi also set up a communication company to buy the invention patent of the telephone.

Seeing him put down the phone, Zhao Liewen smiled and said: "Is this phone also like a wired telegraph, even if it is tens of millions of miles away, it can talk?" ”

"Of course." Yi Zhifen smiled and nodded, "Once the phone is popularized, the telegraph will be eliminated. ”

Whether the cable telegraph will be eliminated, Zhao Liewen doesn't care, he cares about the phone, after all, the advantages of the telephone are far from being comparable to the telegraph, he immediately said with concern: "How long does it take to open the phone of the Beijing Division?" ”

"Not so fast." Yi Zhifen said with a smile: "The application of the telephone is still in the initial stage of experimentation, and the popularization of the telephone cannot be as fast as the cable telegraph, so you need to be a little patient." ”

Although the telephone was invented, it is still in its most primitive state, and it can only provide two-end calls. The real popularity of the telephone is the birth of the rotary dial telephone, this idea has been thrown out, and he does not know when it can be developed.

The General Staff Headquarters was not far from the Zhennan Palace, and soon, Yan Yangtian hurried over, and after saluting, he said: "The monk wants to lead his troops to participate in the western expedition to avoid being caught between the imperial court and Yuan Qi." As he spoke, he stepped forward and handed over the telegram.

For the situation of Seng Greenqin, Yi Zhishu knows very well, he has not announced the end of the war against the Japanese for a long time, and he does not want the monk Greenqin to return to Beijing, the current situation is very complicated, he does not want Monk Greenqin to be involved, after all, the two have been friends for decades.

However, let Seng Lingqin lead his troops to participate in the Western Expedition, he did not dare to agree, that would inevitably greatly stimulate the Empress Dowager Ci'an and Prince Gong Yi, at the moment Yuan Qi's focus is the Western Expedition, and he is unwilling to make extraneous branches.

Seeing Yi Zhicontent, he held the telegram for a long time and was silent, Zhao Liewen said slowly: "Break the face with a point, the monk king is the point that breaks the face!" ”

Yi Zhizu glanced at him and said, "It's better to use the face to break the face than to control the point with the face!" ”

"Face control?" Zhao Liewen was surprised and couldn't help but ask.

The countryside surrounds the city is to control the point with the surface! Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Compared to the entire Qing Dynasty, the Jingshi is just a point!" It's easier to despair with face control points! ”

After a slight sigh, Zhao Liewen said: "It takes a lot of time to control the point with the face. ”

"There's no hurry, it takes time to expand in the northwest." Yi Zhishu said and looked at Yan Yangtian, "Call back, it is not appropriate for the monk king's department to participate in the western expedition, so I order the department to be stationed in the Japanese country for a long time, clean up the remnants of the Japanese country, and cut the grass to be eradicated!" ”

Tianjin, Qinchayuanmen.

After thoroughly eliminating the gangs headed by the Water and Fire Society and the pot gang inside and outside Tianjin, the number of station cages outside the gate also increased day by day, and in just two days it increased to a terrifying 63, and many of the station cages were improvized, and the prisoners in the station cages were either with human lives on their hands, or they took the lead in causing accidents or taking the lead in setting fires, smashing and robbing foreign companies.

Although no prisoner died in the station cage, but with the increase in the number of station cages, the atmosphere in Tianjin City is also increasingly depressed, and the streets outside the Qinchayuan Gate are black and oppressive of onlookers every day, and there are discussions everywhere in the restaurants and teahouses, dock halls, streets and alleys.

"What does Honcha-sama think? Look at this posture, I'm afraid it won't be good. ”

"Big and small newspapers are blaming foreign religions, this case shouldn't be repeated, right?"

"It's hard to say, although the big newspapers in the southeastern provinces have been reporting on this case, they can hardly see the ...... of accusations against foreign religions."

"Yuan Qi and foreigners wear the same pants."

"You can't say that, when a foreigner comes to attack, it wasn't Yuan Qi who repelled it."

"You didn't pay attention to the notice issued by the government yesterday? Private property is sacrosanct and inviolable, both Chinese and foreign are treated equally, this time the bottom line has been touched, in my opinion, I am afraid that this time it will be more than lucky. ”

"You don't know, Yuanqi has also bought a lot of private property in Western countries, I heard that he bought a large amount of land in the United States, and opened a lot of factories, so what, a few years ago, many workers who returned to China were not all ....... in the Yuanqi factory in the United States."

"Not only is it a factory, Yuanqi Bank has opened a lot of branches in Western countries, and if we don't give a satisfactory explanation to foreigners this time, Yuanqi's branches in Western countries are afraid that it will be difficult to guarantee."

"Protecting property and personal safety is the most basic principle of constitutionalism, and it must be resolutely implemented and upheld."

"It was those foreign priests who killed the children first, and there were dozens of baby corpses in the mass graves, all .......of which were disemboweled."

"Then it should also be reported to the official, and the government will investigate and arrest people!"

"People and foreigners don't take the government seriously at all."

"I heard that the foreigners in Shanghai and Guangzhou are very well-behaved, why are our foreigners in Tianjin so strong?"

"That's Yuanqi's territory, can foreigners be unruly? Yuan Qi killed foreigners, but there was no ambiguity at all. ”

A burst of gongs from far and near, the sound of the gong thirteen rings, all the onlookers listened to the sound of the gong hurriedly do birds and beasts scattered, thirteen gongs, which means "civil and military officials, officials, military and civilians and other people to avoid", this is the honor guard of the governor and above, once the collision, do not die and have to peel off the skin.

Hearing that the official document of the governor of Zhili came, Wu Changqing put down the file in his hand and walked out quickly, and the two met and exchanged a few words of greeting, and then entered the house and sat down, after serving tea, Wu Changqing asked directly: "I don't know why Lord Zhengtai came here today." ”

Guan Wen knew that he was busy, so he didn't go around in circles, and said straightly: "Wu Zhongtang asked to kill one hundred and fifty-eight people, will it be a little too much?" The foreigners only died more than 20 people........ ”

"It's not a life-for-life affair." Wu Changqing said in a deep voice: "One hundred and fifty-eight people are all capital crimes!" ”

Glancing at him, the official said cautiously: "Killing so many people at one time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to appease the people of Tianjin." ”

Wu Changqing said in a deep voice: "I am not here to appease the people of Tianjin, but to investigate and handle the Tianjin teaching case impartially. ”

Seeing his iron-hearted appearance, Guan Wen couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said coldly: "Lord Zhongtang should always think about the local officials in Tianjin?" ”

Wu Changqing stared at him and said: "The reason why such a big case was caused is because the local official Ping Suli was too conniving, so that he developed such a ruthless folk style. ”

Guan Wen forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said in a tone as slow as possible: "The people's sentiment is turbulent, and Zhongtang doesn't worry about causing another civil uprising?" ”

"Who dares to take the lead in making trouble now?"

The official document was speechless, and after thinking about it, he said: "Can you guide public opinion first and delay it for a few days?" ”

"Absolutely." Wu Changqing's face, which had been stiff, showed a smile, "How can such a big case be without the guidance of public opinion, these days are just intentional indulgence." ”

Shanghai.

The Russian Minister Yevgeny Karlovich Butzer hurriedly walked into the palace of Zhennan Wang, and when he saw that he was content, he said solemnly: "His Majesty the Emperor of our country has called back, if there is an opportunity, he will definitely not miss it, can you tell me now, what is the opportunity?" ”

Listening to the translation, Yi Zhizhi smiled and slowly lit a cigarette, not purely to hang the appetite of the Russian Tsar, but to delay time, one was worried that the leakage would affect the development of the situation, and the other was also to determine the attitude of the Tsar, slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, and then he said slowly: "In my judgment, a large-scale war is about to break out in Europe." ”

A large-scale war is about to break out in Europe? Yevgeny Karlovich Butzer looked at him in a daze, he also suspected that something had happened in Europe these days, and made a special effort to find out by telegram, but he could not see the slightest sign of war.

After a slight hesitation, he spoke, "Your Highness is referring to the candidate for the king of Spain?" “

"Not bad." Yi Zhizhi said to the old god: "War will soon break out between Prussia and France. ”

Yevgeny Karlovich Butzer hesitated: "Isn't Your Highness too arbitrary? ”

"Convey to His Majesty the Emperor of your country." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "My country has begun to gather heavy troops in the northwest and is ready to march west at any time, this is the best opportunity for your country to swallow Ottoman Turkey, and it is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity related to your country's century-old national fortune!" ”

The Qing State has already begun to gather heavy troops in the northwest? Yevgeny Karlovich Butzer had a suspicious look on his face, and he gathered troops in the northwest based on this judgment? He knew very well that it would not be easy to gather troops in the northwest of the Qing Kingdom, and that would consume huge material and financial resources! "Your Highness is not joking?"

"Militaristic affairs, how can I be joking?" Yi Zhixiang said with a serious face: "Your country should have done careful research and analysis on me, and you should clearly believe my judgment on the situation in Europe. ”

Yevgeny Karlovich Butzer looked at him silently, not only Russia, it is estimated that Britain, France, the United States and other countries have done a detailed investigation, understanding and analysis of the Yuanqi shopkeeper who has single-handedly created the oriental miracle, and he himself has also made a detailed understanding of this Yuanqi shopkeeper after coming to the Qing Kingdom.

All kinds of signs show that whether it is the Crimean War or the American Civil War, Yuanqi is prepared in advance, which is enough to show that the other party accurately foresaw the outbreak of these two wars, and Yuanqi also made a lot of money in these two wars!

If the other party's judgment is accurate, then it is indeed a rare opportunity for Russia!

Prussia and France are both military powers in Europe, once a war breaks out, it is definitely not the Prussian-Danish War and the Austro-Prussian War can be compared, when the eyes of Europe are focused on the war that broke out between these two military powers, it is indeed the best opportunity for Russia and the Qing State to join forces to carve up Turkey! This is an opportunity not to be missed!