Selling hemp street, the Governor's Palace.

Lin Zexu, who rarely feasted in Suli, set up a table of wine banquets to entertain Guan Tianpei, and the sailor lacked fresh meat and vegetables in Dinghai, and wandered at sea for a few days, so he naturally had to be treated.

Guan Tianpei had already drunk a few glasses at the previous reception banquet and celebration banquet, although he drank a lot, he didn't dare to be greedy, he knew very well in his heart that Lin Zexu wanted to ask him the details of Yuanqi's group practice to recover Dinghai.

After three rounds of drinking, Lin Zexu put down his wine glass and said: "Yuanqi regiment practice to recover Dinghai seems to be easy, with few casualties and many captures, what is going on?" ”

"The battle of Dinghai should be divided into two parts." Guan Tianpei groaned: "In the naval battle, our sneak attack was successful, but it was completely a surprise to Yingyi, and before the gun door of the Yingyi battleship was opened, it suffered a salvo from us at close range, and suffered heavy casualties, and it did not play its due combat power at all, which is a fluke."

Land warfare, attack Dinghai City, although Yingyi is prepared, but Yuanqi regimental training is still an easy victory, the end of the whole process to witness, afterwards summary, there are three aspects, one is the trench, in the siege war, the trench plays a great role, Yuanqi regimental practice dug the trench directly to the city, Tuanyong can use muskets in the trench to accurately shoot the enemy on the city wall, the city wall can not stand at all.

The second is the musket, the musket practiced by the Yuanqi group is the latest model of Citigroup, and the shooting distance and accuracy are far better than the musket used by Yingyi, and Yingyi, who completely hits, has no power to fight back.

The third is artillery, Yuanqi Tuanlian seems to be very good at using artillery, to be precise, it is good at the concentrated use of artillery, Yi Zhizhi set up artillery positions on the hills on the east and west sides of Dinghai, and used a large number of flowering shells to accurately cover the area of the city wall at the south gate of Dinghai County. ”

Guan Tianpei said, after giving a detailed account of the battle situation of the Yuanqi regiment training to attack Dinghai, he continued: "Yingyi is not unjustly defeated, and no one can resist the Yuanqi regiment's practice of this kind of loser's play. ”

Lin Zexu said with interest: "What is the playing style of a loser? Fei Yinzi? "It's not your average money." Guan Tianpei nodded and said: "The flower bomb, the last general is easily reluctant to use it on weekdays, but Yuan Qi Tuanlian opened the flower bomb as if he didn't want money, the intensity of the artillery fire was so fierce, the last general had never seen it in his life, after the artillery bombardment, there was no British army on the city wall at all, according to the estimate of the last general, at least two or three thousand shells were fired."

Moreover, the muskets and bullets used by Yuanqi's group practice are also expensive and scary, and the recovery of Dinghai is only the cost of ammunition, and the rough estimate is about 100,000 yuan, which is not a loser's way of playing. ”

In this way, this loser's style of play is really appropriate, Lin Zexu smiled, and said: "The Guangdong Navy Division Ammunition Bureau can produce its own flowering bombs, and Yi Zhizhi will naturally not be heartbroken, but I heard that the output of flowering bullets is not large, and this battle should be consumed, find an opportunity to talk to Contentment, if the craftsmen of the Ammunition Bureau are not enough, let him open his mouth, Yingyi has been defeated repeatedly, I am afraid that he will be annoyed and angry, and attack Guangzhou." ”

"Don't worry, Lord Ministry." Guan Tianpei said with a smile: "Guangzhou is where Yuanqi is founded, how can Yi Zhixiang not be satisfied, Yuanqi's ammunition consumption is very large, and Yi Zhixiang must be extremely concerned about ammunition reserves." ”

This is also true, Lin Zexu poured half a glass of wine, and then asked: "Citi's new musket, how much equipment has Yuanqi team practiced?" ”

"Nine battalions, four thousand five hundred branches." Guan Tianpei said: "That gun is not cheap, 100 yuan a piece, and it is easy to be damaged, so it can be replaced in a year." ”

This batch of muskets alone costs four or five hundred thousand! Yuan Qi is really generous! Lin Zexu was speechless for a while, no wonder Yi Zhixiang that kid was so generous to donate thousands of Western muskets to Yiyong and the sailor, it turned out that they had better ones, needless to say, it must have been when Yuan Qi helped the sailor to purchase a large number of artillery and muskets, and took that opportunity to purchase them privately, it seems that Yi Zhizhi was prepared for a long time, and he didn't expect the Eight Banners Green Camp at all.

Good boy, even he has been deceived, he remembers very clearly, when he encouraged the local gentry to form a group exercise, he asked Yi Zhicontent, how large is Yuan Qi going to form a group practice, he kid only said two thousand, Yuan Qi privately bought four or five thousand Citigroup's latest muskets, how could he only form two thousand group exercises? At least five thousand, isn't it? That kid isn't honest!

Seeing that Lin Zexu was silent, Guan Tianpei said slowly: "When I was in Dinghai, I once said that I hope the ministry can recommend him as the minister of group training. ”

Minister of League Training? Thinking about it slightly, Lin Zexu couldn't help but smile, "Contentment This is a change of method to hand over the Yuanqi group to the imperial court, this kid is worthy of being born in a merchant family, and this abacus is fine." ”

Guan Tianpei pretended to be confused, and pretended to be puzzled: "What kind of calculation is Yi Zhishu playing?" ”

Lin Zexu smiled, opened the folding fan with a "brush", shook the fan and said: "It is impossible for the imperial court to train the Yuanqi regiment as a division of the warp system, the reason is very simple, it can't be raised, for the imperial court, the scale of 10,000 is too small to help, but the scale is a little larger, just say 100,000, the imperial court can't afford it."

Zhong Yin calculated, how much silver does it cost to practice in a 100,000 yuan odd group for a year? Let's just say that firearms and silver are at least 15 million a year, how can the imperial court afford them? ”

Guan Tianpei smiled secretly in his heart, this estimate is not much worse, Yi Zhizhi said that the annual expenditure of Yuanqi's group training is two million, if it is 100,000 scale, that is, 20 million, the imperial court really can't afford to raise it, and it can't dismantle the Eight Banners Green Battalion and only raise these 100,000 soldiers.

"The imperial court can't afford it, what should I do?" Lin Zexu continued: "Two successive victories, the combat power of Yuanqi's group training can be said to be obvious to all, and now the West is eyeing our Daqing, the imperial court will not cut its own wings, will not cut Yuanqi's group training, and if it is not cut, it can't be raised, so the only way is to continue to be supported by Yuanqi."

Yi Zhizhi is content as long as he obtains the minister of regimental training, if Yuanqi regimental training obtains a long-term legal existence, even if the war with England ends, there is no need to worry about being disbanded, and moreover, with the dual identity of the minister of regimental training and the treasurer of Yuanqi, no one can take control of Yuanqi regimental training from him. ”

Guan Tianpei hesitated and said, "In this way, if Yuan Qi's group training is Yuan Qi or a private soldier who is easy to be content, will the imperial court allow it?" ”

"Naturally, the imperial court will not allow Yuan Qi to raise private soldiers." Lin Zexu said slowly: "However, there are priorities, between external troubles and internal troubles, the imperial court will first calm the external troubles, after all, Yuanqi has not yet become a sign of internal trouble, as long as the scale of Yuanqi's group training is strictly controlled, with Yuanqi's special situation, it is not enough to cause trouble."

Furthermore, Yi Zhishu is a smart person, he knows the situation of Yuanqi Tuanlian very well, otherwise he would not take the initiative to ask for this minister of tuanlian, he will inevitably think of ideas, let the imperial court eliminate the wariness of Yuanqi tuanlian, and even let the imperial court accept Yuanqi tuanlian training as a teacher of the economic system. ”

Guan Tianpei nodded and said, "Contentment does reveal this idea, I hope that the imperial court can incorporate Yuanqi Tuan Lian as a teacher of the economic system." ”

Lin Zexu said with a smile: "He has this idea, which is not only the blessing of the court, but also the blessing of Yuanqi, this kid has a long-term vision and is talented, and he will be able to become a great weapon in the future." ”

Yi Zhizhi stayed in Yi Mansion until ten o'clock in the evening, then returned to Lei Garden, took a bath under the waiting of the two girls, but did not dare to rest, cheered up and entered the study, to see Lin Zexu tomorrow, he must list the list of meritorious personnel and hand it in, the good news of Dinghai's great victory, naturally it is impossible to delay more.

For the list of meritorious personnel, he has been thinking about it repeatedly on the ship these days, the children of the thirteen lines of businessmen, and the children of some important shareholders of Yuanqi, are all within the scope of his protection, of course, the large and small officers trained by the Yuanqi regiment cannot be erased, one is that the court is not good at dealing with each other, and the second is not able to hit the enthusiasm of the officers, fame and fortune are moving, this is a society where officials are respected, and it is famous and advantageous, and Yuanqi regimental training will follow him with all their hearts.

Moreover, the Yuanqi regiment training up and down to accept the rewards of the imperial court can also make the imperial court feel at ease, rest assured, if he does not guarantee the Yuanqi regiment to train all the officers, then wouldn't Sima Zhao's heart be known to everyone? The imperial court may not let go of England first, and will focus on cleaning up Yuanqi.

As for whether the officers of the Yuanqi regiment will shake his control over the Yuanqi regimental training when they become military attaches of the imperial court, he is not very worried about this, these officers are all students of Yuanqi Yixue, in other words, they are all his students and subordinates, the imperial court will not and does not dare to reuse them, and without the Yuanqi regimental training, they are nothing.

Early the next morning, the genius was twilight, and Yi Zhizhi woke up, these days at dawn has developed a habit, Bai Xue, who was sleeping, did not dare to sleep too deeply, he woke up a long time ago, but he was afraid of waking him up, he didn't move, seeing that he woke up, he quickly got up and lit the lamp, but his mouth said: "It's still early, why don't you sleep too much." ”

"I'm going to the Governor's Palace today." Yi Zhicontent said and sat up, outside the door, Xia He and Chunmei led a few little maids to wait for a long time, saw the light, and then pushed the door in, busy waiting for him to get up, now Yi Zhizu only left a little braid with a little finger thickness of one foot on the back of his head, it stands to reason that it is easy to clean up, but his hair grows fast, and he shaves his head almost twice a day, for this reason, Xia He deliberately learned the craft of shaving his head.

Today, Yi Zhizhi is content to go to the Governor's Palace, naturally he can't be as casual as usual, Xia He carefully shaved his head, glued the fake braids, and examined them back and forth, and then said with satisfaction: "Okay, even if you look carefully, it is not easy to detect that it is a fake braid." ”

Yi Zhishu looked at the mirror and said, "The craftsmanship is not bad, since it is so dexterous, why don't you learn makeup again, and put on makeup for the young master in the future, so you don't have to worry about being recognized when you go out." ”

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, besides, it was fun to think about it when he went out with makeup, Xia He hurriedly squatted down and said, "Since the young master has instructed, the slave and maid must find a good master and study carefully." ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "Study hard, learn well, and the young master will take you wherever he goes out in the future." ”

This is a rare good thing, Xia He couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and hurriedly said obediently: "Young master, don't worry, the slave will definitely study hard." ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded, and Bai Xue, who saw it, covered her mouth and smiled, glared at her, and said, "Laugh again, and I will make you an old woman in the future." He said again: "You're fine, go to sleep again." ”

After eating early, Yi Zhizhi took a sedan chair into the city, rushed to the Governor's Palace, arrived at the Governor's Mansion It was nearly nine o'clock, handed over the sign, he went straight inside, as soon as he entered the courtyard of the signing room, he saw Lin Zexu standing on the steps outside the door with a smile on his face, and hurriedly greeted him, and said: "How dare you have Lord Lao Butang to greet him." ”

"Dinghai victory, contentment is not only due to the court, but also to the old man." Lin Zexu smiled and took his hand and said, "There will be no outsiders present in the future, so there is no need to be formal." ”

Entering the house and sitting down, Lin Zexu continued: "Yingyi has been domineering for a long time, no one has always been in his eyes, he didn't put my Daqing in his eyes, sharpening his sword and winning a great victory, Dinghai a great victory, and raising my national prestige of the Qing Dynasty, which is really impressive. ”

Yi Zhishu said humbly: "The rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible, the British invasion, Yuan Qi is duty-bound, he is not only a merchant but also a four-grade official title by the emperor, how dare he not try his best to resist foreign insults, but he is just responsible, but he does not dare to be so praised by the minister." ”

Seeing that he was still humble and not arrogant at all because of his achievements, Lin Zexu was even happier and said heartily: "If the merchants of the Qing Dynasty are content, why worry about crows. The film can't be banned, so why not be afraid of clowns like Yingli. As he spoke, he turned his head, "Can the list of meritorious merits be drawn up?" The old man will bow to the court today. ”

Yi Zhishu hurriedly took out the written list and submitted it, and said, "There are three out of one hundred and twenty meritorious personnel, will there be more?" ”

"Such a big victory, more than a hundred people, not much." Lin Zexu said and glanced at it slightly, the list of meritorious promotions is not just as simple as a list, but to list the names, positions, and merits in detail, and the leaders of the Yuanqi regiment training are all among the leaders, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then put down the list and said: "Those Yingyi prisoners of war, how are you going to deal with them?" ”

Hearing him ask about the prisoners of war, Yi Zhishu was secretly vigilant in his heart, those British prisoners of war, for him, were all white money, this time to send troops to Dinghai, the cost was expensive, but there was no eldest son to enter, he was all counting on recovering some money from these prisoners of war, and he groaned slightly, he said: "I don't know what the master of the ministry is going to do?" ”

Lin Zexu smiled and said, "Are you willing to go to Beijing to offer prisoners?" ”

Entering Beijing to offer prisoners? Isn't that a cooked duck flying again? Yi Zhixiang pondered for a moment before he said: "In the war between Western countries, there has always been a habit of exchanging or redeeming prisoners of war. ”

If the British fleet went north to Tianjin again because of the sacrifice of prisoners in Beijing, and the troops were in Beijing, I was afraid that the gains would outweigh the losses, Lin Zexu immediately dispelled this idea, it is beautiful to enter Beijing to offer prisoners, but if it causes trouble because of this, Daoguang is afraid that he will blame him again, or is it better to have more than one thing less, and he groaned slightly, and then he said: "Contentment is ready to allow Yingyi to redeem prisoners of war?" ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded and said: "If the British army is not allowed to redeem the prisoners of war, the war may expand indefinitely, not to increase the prestige of others, in terms of military strength, the Qing Dynasty is far from the British opponent, and the Qing Dynasty has no chance of winning in a full-scale war." (To be continued.) )