Zeng Guofan was intimidated by the heavy artillery of the giant ship on the tower of Fengyi Gate for more than half a day, and then he gradually figured out the crux of the problem, although the Manchurian army was arrogant, but the situation was obvious. After the giant ship blocked the river, it was wandering blindly on the river, and although it approached the city of Nanjing several times, it did not really bombard the city of Nanjing. Tan Shaoguang, who spontaneously besieged by various units of the Hunan army, was also the same, he dared to put a gun on Zeng Guoquan's head, but he did not dare to open fire with the Hunan army, and after being trapped, he never tried to break through with arms.

After figuring out these things, Zeng Guofan felt that he understood that Tan Shaoguang was sent to scare him, and he could constantly stimulate the Hunan army, but he had no authorization to use force against the Hunan army at all. As long as the Hunan army did not fire the first shot, the Manchurian army would definitely not use force against the Hunan army. Tan Shaoguang's hijacking of Zeng Guoquan and the forcible robbery of Li Xiucheng may have been a conspiracy of the Manchurian Army, and the imperial court wanted to take down an important figure like Li Xiucheng in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then let them testify against Zeng Guofan's lax management of the army, arson and plunder. With such a truth, the imperial court could use this as an excuse to reduce Zeng Guofan's rewards, reduce the soldiers of the Hunan army, coerce the Hunan army to hand over gold and silver and seize it, and even dismantle and resettle the generals of the Hunan army.

The scheming Zeng Guofan saw through the intentions of the imperial court and the Manchurian army, and naturally quickly figured out a way to deal with it. First of all, it strictly ordered all units of the Hunan army not to use force against the Manchurian army, and resolutely did not give the imperial court an excuse to violently clear the field. The second is to mobilize the main forces of various departments and besiege hundreds of people from Tan Shaoguang's department in Purple Mountain. Tan Shaoguang didn't dare to fire the first shot first, as long as he sent superior manpower, he could easily trap them. Tan Shaoguang was surrounded by hundreds of personal soldiers, and it was a sudden and rapid march, how much dry food could he bring with him. As long as they are trapped for ten days and half a month, Tan Shaoguang will have no curse, unless he is willing to merge with the fire, otherwise he can only return Zeng Guoquan and Li Xiucheng. Without a witness like Li Xiucheng, it would be difficult for the imperial court to put the charges of plundering the people on the head of the Hunan army.

After making up his mind, Zeng Guofan no longer paid attention to the huge ships and heavy artillery on the river, and concentrated on the siege of Tan Shaoguang. This trap is a month smaller, and Fuming Adai's edict has arrived in Nanjing, and Tan Shaoguang has also kidnapped Zeng Guoquan to be a savage under the Purple Mountain. Not only did he not have any intention of surrendering to defeat, but he lived quite a nourishing life, and he had the meaning of relying on Zeng Guofan until the end of the year.

The edict forwarded by Fu Ming'a really made Zeng Guofan a little chilled, and the court did not mention the matter of sealing the king, but only gave Zeng Guofan's crown prince Taibao, a first-class marquis, and Zeng Guoquan's prince Shaobao, a first-class earl. Moreover, the wording of the edict is very problematic, and it has been hinting at Zeng Guofan's disarmament, and it has also hinted at Zeng Guofan, and the court does not like him to stay in Nanjing for a long time. Although Zeng Guofan didn't want to rebel, it was inevitable that he would feel aggrieved, and at the same time, he was also wondering how Tan Shaoguang had persisted in the Purple Mountain for so long.

The secret that Tan Shaoguang can hold on to for so long comes from Guoxinga's first job in his previous life, and Guoxinga's first job in his previous life was selling instant noodles. Because of his experience in working in a large instant noodle company, Guo Xinga is very familiar with the history and production process of instant noodles, and before he could make particularly excellent compressed biscuits and other military rations, instant noodles became the best choice for military rations for the Northeast Army. Mongolia has beef jerky, and the people of northern Xinjiang have also mastered the production process of red sausage, so Zeng Guoquan, who accompanied Tan Shaoguang to eat instant noodles, also has a very suitable instant noodle companion to eat.

Because there is no plastic, both instant noodles and seasonings are packaged in oiled paper, and the shelf life is shorter, but it is basically not much different from modern instant noodles. This magical food that can be eaten with boiling water deeply shocked Zeng Guoquan. This treasure is not only light in weight and easy to carry, but also the cooking process is extremely simple, you can chew it dry when you don't have time, and the taste is also very good, it is definitely the best military food when marching, Zeng Guoquan really can't understand how the Manchurians made it.

And Zeng Guoquan, who guessed the eldest brother's thoughts, was a little desperate in his heart, this small instant noodle was destined to make all Zeng Guofan's plans fail. Every soldier of the Manchurian Army has nine packs of instant noodles in his marching bag, which is their dry food for three days. Everyone saved some food, and then spent two months with Zeng Guofan to be rich, and after two months, I am afraid that Yixin, Guo Xing'a and others came to Nanjing in person.

"Jiu Shuai, it's time to eat! Let's be wronged! When you get to the riverside, I will make amends for you with wine, please eat Jiangxian! Tan Shaoguang brought a bowl of soaked Sanxian noodles to Zeng Guoquan, along with half a red sausage and three pieces of beef jerky.

"General Tan, you guys are eating well! You Manchurians sell arms, do you sell noodles and sausages? Because Tan Shaoguang was taken away by Guo Xing'a before he became famous in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guoquan didn't know the relationship between Tan Shaoguang and Li Xiucheng, and of course he couldn't understand Tan Shaoguang's kidnapping of him. But everyone has been together for a few days and is already very familiar, and Tan Shaoguang still respects him very much, so he talks very casually.

"Sell, sell, sell, eat, wear, and we sell them all. If Jiu Shuai likes it, I can match you with this instant noodles, jerky, and red sausage, and you can buy as many as you want. And you look at the rubber shoes on the feet of our soldiers, when I get to the riverside, I will get you a new pair to try, light and flexible, this is also our latest product in North Manchuria, you want to buy, we will definitely sell! "Guo Xing'a has always wanted to develop light industry, if Tan Shaoguang can sell instant noodles, red sausages, and dried meat, Guo Xing'a will definitely not pursue his abduction of Zeng Guoquan. If he can sell the rubber shoes, Guo Xing'a will definitely be willing to help him solve the trapped matter.

"It's been seen early, it's really good, but there's nothing out of you that isn't expensive!" Zeng Guoquan also noticed the light and sturdy rubber shoes on the feet of the Manchurian soldiers, but it had already cost their Zeng brothers a lot of money to buy arms, and they didn't dare to spend too much money on buying odds.

"Come, come, smoke one, it's not a hurry, let's talk slowly!" Tan Shaoguang took out the goods he had just sold to Zeng Guoquan the day before yesterday, the Changbaishan brand filter cigarettes personally supervised by Guo Xing'a, and the bright matches made in Changchun.

"Sizzle...... Burst! Your cigarettes and matches are really good things, I will consider other things, I will definitely buy these cigarettes and matches! You can rest assured! Zeng Guoquan handed over the marching rice bowl and chopsticks to Tan Shaoguang's personal soldiers to clean up, and smoked his after-dinner cigarette like a fairy.

Zheng Qifeng is in North Manchuria, and Ma San is in Guannei, and they have been promoting these products. However, Zheng Qifeng, who has a policy tilt, is developing well, and Ma San is struggling in the Guannei, and he can't open the sales channels at all. Tan Shaoguang was also bored in the mountains, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and he came up with the idea, if the Hunan army that became rich and rich began to use these things, the sales channels in the customs would inevitably be opened.

When Tan Shaoguang was a profiteer in front of Zeng Guoquan, various situations around Nanjing had been sent back to Changchun through the telegraph network. Guo Xing'a, who could not let Tan Shaoguang and Zeng Guofan run out of money, took a special train to Dalian, and took the Bohai Fleet, which had just put on iron armor and had not yet completed the upgrade of its weapon system, and went straight to Nanjing. Guo Xing'a wants to personally rescue Tan Shaoguang and Li Xiucheng, and at the same time, Guo Xing'a also wants to meet the famous Zeng Guofan.

When the huge fleet of nine medium-sized battleships sailed into the port of Shanghai, the whole of Shanghai was boiling, and the common people and officials rushed to see the fleet of the Qing Dynasty that was not inferior to the foreigners. The foreigners were also shocked, except for the British, who knew the inside story, everyone in the United States, France, Russia and other countries began to reconsider the issue of their attitude towards the Qing Dynasty because of this huge fleet. The proud English gentlemen, who looked with contempt at the Caucasian who looked the same as themselves, and despised their ability to observe very much, did they not realize that it was not the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty that was flying on the battleship, but the eight-star Japanese flag of the North Manchurian Autonomous Government?

However, the British gentleman and the French poet, who were somewhat allergic to the eight-star Japanese flag, also found a little different on the flagship of the fleet, and they saw a different eight-star Japanese flag. In addition to the flags of the fleet, its bow has been carved with the micro-mark of the eight stars holding the sun, and the eight-star holding the sun flag on the mast also has colorful embroidered edges. This colorful and glorious eight-star holding sun flag was newly invented after Pi Runmin formulated various rules and regulations, and was only used on one occasion, because this kind of flag represented the presence of the general in person.

When the fleet sailed to the city of Nanjing, Zeng Guofan climbed the tower of Fengyi Gate again, and this time he was even more shocked. It's not that Zeng Guofan has never seen such a thing as a foreigner battleship, but there are so many, such a big battleship, and it's really the first time he's seen it. The battleships of more than 7,000 tons were lined up on the river, which gave Zeng Guofan an illusion, he seemed to have returned to the year when he was admitted to the Jinshi, and saw the majestic and shocking Taihe Palace, and indeed the volume of each battleship was larger than that of the Taihe Palace. The smaller gunboats and destroyers approached the Shimonoseki pier, fired a few shots into the uninhabited open space, and after forcing the defenders to give way to the dock, a group of graceful and luxurious cavalry surrounded a big man and set foot on the land south of the Yangtze River again.

The Hunan soldiers who gave up the dock and retreated to the second line were even more shocked than Zeng Guofan, they often saw cavalry, but it was the first time they had seen cavalry like this kind of cavalry driving monsters. The war horse was so tall and a god, more than a head and a half of the Mongolian horse, and the cavalry riding on it was full of intricate decorations, just like the heavenly soldiers in the temple. The horse that pulls the heavy cannon is even more terrifying, not only taller and stronger than the war horse, but also almost infinitely powerful, the horse's legs are thicker than the ox, and one or two horses can pull tens of thousands of catties of cannons or thousands of catties of bamboo rows. Because they met the first results of the improvement of the Goxing horse breed, the standard war horse Kanto horse and the heavy horse Manchurian horse.

Escorted by a group of noble cavalrymen, a young man of about twenty years of age, dressed in more splendid costumes and riding a more magnificent horse, appeared on the docks. Like a god looking down on all beings, he glanced at the Hunan soldiers who were cowering not far away, and then took more than 2,000 guards to Fengyi Gate, as if the thousands of troops and horses of the Hunan army around him were like grass puppets.