"What Lord Futai said is very true," Zhou Fu nodded, "The matter of foreign affairs, from Shanghai is a matter of benefiting the country and the people, just from the tax in the beginning of Shanghai Province, the customs tax has quadrupled compared with the previous year, this is still the reason for the extremely low tax of foreigners, if it is collected at the same tax rate as our domestic merchants, this silver will be ...... Tsk."

"This is also a helpless thing, the tariff was decided when the treaty was signed in the old year, and it is not good to regret it, but," Li Hongzhang smiled, "The Chinese are still not used to foreigners' things, although foreigners' things are really good, except for these big cities, it is difficult to move an inch to the west, although we use their muskets, it is also expedient, you see that the Beijing Central Military Aircraft Department is so concerned about the ordnance matter!" In the end, one day we will have to build it ourselves! Everyone is wary of this munition, not to mention other things, these things can't withstand this opium! ”

"Hurd actually came up with this ghost idea and changed the name of opium to foreign medicine," Zhou Fu was also angry about this matter, but he said lightly, "Isn't this a change of soup or a change of medicine?" ”

"The Queen Mother has no way now, she still has to rely on foreigners for everything, so let them continue to transport opium in, it's just a heavy tax," Li Hongzhang shook his head, "In Shanghai, you have to take good care of these tobacco houses, you have to take a high tax, there is no bargain!" ”

"Yes," Zhou Fu wrote it down in his manual, and saw Li Hongzhang flipping through the booklet of gifts brought into Beijing, pondering for a while, so he asked again: "My lord, the student has a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

"Hehe, Yushan, you and I are the same age, we should have nothing to talk about, and besides, why do you have to be so polite, now that you are a serious Zhizhou, how can you still be a student," Li Hongzhang said with a smile, Zhou Fu is a native of Jiande, Anhui (now Dongzhi, Anhui). In his early years, he failed to take many exams, so he put pen to paper and became a clerk in the Huai Army. Later, he was promoted to the county of Chengzhi County, and now he is the Zhili Zhizhou to stay in Jiangsu for supplementation, and he has been painting praise for Li Hongzhang's military affairs, so Li Hongzhang has this saying, "Speak freely." ”

"It's the handsome Qingmu, the grace of the court, and the subordinates dare not forget," Zhou Fu said, "Recently, there have been rumors in Beijing that there is a matter of cutting the domain, what does the handsome mean?" ”

"The governor of Jiangning has already made an excerpt, saying that he wants to dismantle the Hunan army, although this is his confession of his intentions, but he put our crooked melons and cracked dates on the fire to roast," Li Hongzhang shook his head and sighed, "Although I am not afraid, I also have to follow the excerpt, saying that I want to abolish the Huai army, and I heard that there are a few foreigners, hum, the official soldiers in Shanghai are really an eyesore, thinking of showing off their might in Shanghai, and preparing to build a thing they do themselves, ridiculous!" "After the Xiaodaohui uprising was extinguished, the police and other armed forces hired by foreign envoys and businessmen controlled the law and order in Shanghai, Shanghai Dao was powerless, and the foreigners in the concession area were preparing to make a court prison with local characteristics, when there was a loud noise, Uncle Li Hongzhang came to Shanghai, Shanghai Dao wished that there was a tall man to stand up to this sky, knelt in front of Li Hongzhang's camp for half an hour, and begged to hand over the affairs of Shanghai to Li Hongzhang, and he returned to his private residence in Xujiahui and could not get out. The foreigners in Shanghai saw the strong soldiers in Li Hongzhang's hands and temporarily rested their thoughts on painting a country in Shanghai, but now they see Li Hongzhang Panhuan refusing to go, Shanghai on the ground said the same, although they are very polite to foreigners at the moment, but what they think in their hearts, no one knows, occasionally see foreigners commit crimes, and always have to be arrested, although it is a light sentence, but the faces of these foreign adults are always disgraceful, over time, and Li Hongzhang is tight on the tariff, not only on the ground, Beiyang sailors rely on Li Hongzhang to support, The water on the surface of the sea is also not able to splash in. So, these rumors came out again.

"Foreigners are not stupid, what kind of group training to live in Shanghai for a long time, disturb businessmen, and spread rumors in Shanghai under the pretext of not conducive to trade," Li Hongzhang was unimpressed by the attitude of foreigners, "It's a pity, these people, after all, don't know China's rules, if they want to think that they are here in Shanghai, they will dare me to leave by relying on a few rumors?" That's impossible, the clouds in the palace, the wind in the military aircraft, it will rain in Shanghai, just rely on Hurd, a foreigner, what can he say about the Chinese military? If he said it, the Queen Mother would feel that the foreigners were suspicious, and the Huai Army of this official was still very stable! ”

"But now there's another big deal......

"Yang Shusheng brought the troops over, I really don't feel at ease, it just so happened that the Queen Mother allowed me to enter Beijing, by the way, let's take a look, although our Huaijun is not as big as my teacher's family, but I have to make it up slowly, and I can't let people spoil it." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )