He Changying and Xue Yingchun called two rickshaws and soon came to John's photo studio. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although He Changying had already explained the situation to Xue Yingchun before, and suddenly saw two young foreign devils, Xue Yingchun's pretty face was still a little stiff, but Audrey saw a beautiful Chinese woman of the same age as her, and she looked enthusiastic and happy.

After hastily cleaning up, He Changying changed into his five-grade bear official coat and crystal cool hat, and walked out of the photo studio with the John brothers and sisters who were carrying the camera.

"John, Audrey."

He Changying was about to call the rickshaw, when he saw a beautiful double-drawn carriage running over, with a Qing groom wearing a suit and a civilized hat sitting high in front, and a foreigner's head sticking out of the window of the back carriage, shouting happily.

"Bill."

John hurriedly took off his hat and gestured to the foreigner in the carriage, and then glanced at his sister Audrey helplessly.

"Nasty!"

Audrey cursed in a low voice, and He Changying saw Audrey's cute appearance with a wrinkled little nose, and knew that it was her 'rival in love'.

"Gotcha, gotta gotcha."

The Qingguo groom skillfully drove the carriage to stop beside the three of them, and the young Westerner named Bill jumped out of the carriage with a smile on his face and said, "John, Audrey, I haven't seen you for a long time, you have been fine for the past two days." ”

"It's been so long, it's only been three days, okay?"

Audrey pursed her lips and whined in a low voice.

"I've had a great time with Audrey, Bill, and tell me about my friends."

John smiled and gave Bill a warm hug, then turned his gaze to He Changying.

"Who is this lord?"

Bill looked at He Changying, who was dressed in a Qing official uniform, with a curious look in his eyes, and it was the first time in his memory that he had seen John and the officials of the Great Qing Kingdom standing together.

"He Changying."

He Changying stretched out her hand and shook hands with Bill, who looked surprised: "You are picking up John and Audrey to go to the beach party, right?" Let's talk while we get in the car. ”

"Uh-"

Bill thought he had heard the wrong ear, thinking about our European party, what are you doing with a Chinese with big braids?

For the sake of her own money, Audrey was finally willing to pull down her pretty face, and said proudly to Bill: "Bill, He Changying is my brother's Chinese friend, and he has a big business to discuss with you." ”

"Big business?"

Bill's heart moved, and he looked at He Changying with great interest.

Internationally, Chinese officials have always been generous in doing business and are generous in their spending of money, which is well-known.

For example, the British have the infamous 'vampire fleet': the Aspen fleet.

The Great Qing Dynasty did not get a single warship from beginning to end, but it spent six or seven hundred thousand taels of silver in vain, both inside and out, and all of them were wasted.

In the past ten years, the Oshimizu Division has successively purchased tens of millions of silver warships from Britain and Germany;

The Army's coastal defense battalion purchased a large number of German Krupp cannons.

Jinmen Ordnance Bureau, Jiangnan Ordnance Bureau in large quantities of new machines, --

In a series of deeds that Bill heard, Li Tai, Asbour, Hurd, Hannagan, these people all made their fortunes by cooperating with Qing officials, and they all made a lot of money, which made people blush.

"Let's talk when we get in the car."

He Changying got into the luxurious carriage with a grin, and sat on the soft cloth cushion, feeling very novel.

The carriage started slowly, and then slowly began to accelerate.

He Changying just took out his cigarette, facing Audrey who was sitting on him, he snorted softly, and had no choice but to put it back in his pocket.

After listening to He Changying's introduction to his 'big business', Bill was suddenly very disappointed, this kind of small business with a hammer, even if it is expensive, it can earn a few silver, it is simply a thankless thing.

"Bill, you should understand that the Qing government has only been purchasing arms and moving personnel with Britain and Germany all these years; With a population of nearly 400 million, how huge is the market? And the country is now in ruins, railways, highways, ships, electricity, machinery and textiles, and nearly a million army, Beiyang, Nanyang, Guangzhou naval divisions, how many rifles, artillery and warships are needed? ”

Bill's eyes lit up when he listened, but he looked at He Changying with suspicion and asked:

"Dear Mr. Ho, as far as I know, a few years ago your government had strictly ordered that arms from abroad should not be purchased, but should be completely nationalized instead; In the past few years, both Britain and Germany have tried their best, but your country has not purchased a single shell from one of their warships. ”

"Not long ago, I heard Consul Bowshide complain that your Beiyang Fleet has a large number of aging and damaged equipment and parts that need to be repaired and replaced, and it is because your government refuses to purchase from foreign countries, so it has not been repaired in good condition."

"Moreover, Consul Bao Shide also said that your country refused to buy British shells, and the Beiyang Ordnance Bureau produced a large number of inferior flowering shells and sent them to Liugong Island, and the pipes of the Beiyang Fleet were afraid of the cannon exploding, so they directly refused to put these strangely shaped flowering shells on the ship."

He Changying was speechless when she heard this, ignored the white eyes of Audrey on the side, lit a cigarette, and smoked.

There is nothing wrong with nationalization, but before one's own technology arrives at home, in some core places where the sovereignty and destiny of the country are concerned, completely ignoring the actual situation, and shouting about localization with cannons, that is a joke.

Moreover, in He Changying's future global village, it has become the norm for countries around the world to trade with each other and learn from each other's strengths; As long as other people's things are good and use them for themselves, in He Changying's opinion, there is really no harm.

For example, the flagship of the Beiyang Naval Division, the 'Dingyuan' ship, was launched for 12 years and was not repaired for 7 years, and in the battle of Dadonggou in the Qing Dynasty not long after, it was Ding Ruchang who commanded the 'Dingyuan' ship, and at a distance of 5,300 meters, fired the first shot of the Dadonggou naval battle.

As a result, one shot went down, at such a long distance, of course, he couldn't even touch the edge of the Oriental Fleet, but his main gun collapsed the flying bridge of the warship and threw Ding Ruchang half to death.

Judging from the 'great' effect of this gun, He Changying estimated that since Lang Weili's resignation, not to mention maintenance or repair in these years, it is estimated that the main guns of the 'Dingyuan' ship have not been spared.

Otherwise, how could there be a strange thing that the first cannon overturned his own master?

In the Beiyang Naval Division, there has always been a saying that 'if you are not afraid of Ding Junmen, you are afraid of Deputy General Lang'.

Lang Weili, a strict and rigid British naval officer with a rough temper, was strict and strong in daily training and the execution of military orders, and he did not recognize his six relatives, which won the disgust of the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division.

And this guy has been trying to fight for control of the Beiyang Fleet all these years, and Li Hongzhang doesn't like it.

Therefore, four years ago, in Victoria Bay, Hong Kong, there was a 'flag removal incident' that completely rewrote the Beiyang Naval Division and even completely rewrote the fate of the Qing Dynasty.