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Li Hongzhang motioned to He Changying to sit down and speak: "Just your eight or nine hundred baby soldiers, guns, ammunition, clothing, bedding, including the camp after going to Pyongyang, and meals, don't need to spend, what do you want so much silver for?" ”

Li Hongzhang was still very puzzled, thinking that this kid wouldn't be dirty, and he wanted to take Zhang Bishi's silver and put the 'seal money', right?

He Changying sat down naturally facing Li Jingpu, and when she saw the watermelon in the fruit bowl on the table, she unceremoniously picked up a bud, snorted in three or two bites, looked up and said with a smile:

"Hehe, don't hide it from Zhongtang, I spent 90,000 taels of silver just to buy things today."

He Changying knew that the new military uniforms and the purchase of Western arms would sooner or later be stabbed by someone with a heart to Li Hongzhang, so he didn't plan to hide it from him.

Li Hongzhang and Li Jingpu were suddenly stunned again.

"That's what happened, Nakato-"

He Changying patiently reported the numbers to Li Hongzhang one by one, but He Changying was vague about the specific number of military uniforms and other items purchased.

And He Changying did not say that he wanted to buy a new Western military uniform, but explained that this was a new school uniform designed for the cadet army, otherwise the students of the Navy Academy would be resistant to wearing the military uniform of the Beiyang Army, and the school uniform could also inspire the pride of the students, so as to bravely kill the enemy and serve the court.

After listening to He Changying's explanation, Li Hongzhang shook his head again and again and scolded nonsense.

Especially when he heard that he had bought more than 400 mules and horses, Li Hongzhang was even more angry and reprimanded: "Let you stay in Pyongyang City, and not let you be a soldier to transport grain from Liaodong, why are you buying so many mules and horses?" Even if you really buy it, the mules and horses in Pyongyang City are not cheaper than here, and they still need to be transported all the way over, which is just nonsense! ”

"There is also the matter of buying foreign guns, it is said that you are not using Beiyang money, and it is not easy to say anything about you when you go out, and the court is now relaxed about buying foreigners' weapons; But let the clear stream of the DPRK and China know, I have to impeach you for a flattering man. ”

Regarding the fact that He Changying bought a foreign gun out of his own pocket, Li Hongzhang appreciated it very much in his heart.

Ever since the Qing Dynasty and Dongyang started a war in Korea, Zhang Zhidong of Nanyang and Liu Kunyi of Liangjiang have complained about the backwardness of the weapons of the troops in the administrative region and the damage to many of the foreign guns they had purchased before.

The imperial court has gradually loosened its grip these days, and it is no longer clinging to the ban on buying, and his eldest brother, Li Hanzhang, the governor of Liangguang, is transporting more than 2,000 Mauser guns of different old and new ones from Guangdong to Beiyang, and it is estimated that it will be a matter of these two days.

In any case, He Changying was able to take out the money that fell into his pocket to buy arms, but this alone compared to all the commanders and soldiers under him.

"Hehe, didn't I lean on your old tree."

He Changying's face didn't matter.

"You kid!"

Li Hongzhang scolded with a smile, so he stopped dwelling on this topic, looked at He Changying and asked: "You said last night that it is not appropriate for the sailors to fight a decisive battle with the Oriental Fleet at this time; If you succeed, it is good, but once you lose, then Dongyang will go all out to increase its troops in Korea and fight a decisive battle with our Beiyang? ”

Li Hongzhang did not mention the aging of the warships, the lack of a large number of Western ship accessories and flowering shells, and the inferior eight-groove coal, which are now helpless and useless, but directly mentioned the core problems.

It seems that Luo Rongguang has not done a good job, and the small report is quite reserved.

He Changying nodded calmly and said: "This is just some of my arrogant and foolish opinions, at that time, I was just trying to fool Master Zhang into my pocket, and I couldn't do a lot." ”

"You pranky boy!"

He Changying's answer was obviously beyond Li Hongzhang's expectations, and even Li Jingpu couldn't help but purse his lips and smile lightly.

He Changying was flashed by the chuckle of Li Jingpu who was sitting opposite, and squeezed his eyes at Li Jingpu with a shy face.

Li Jingpu immediately restrained his smile, put on a pretty face, and no longer looked at He Changying, who was sitting precariously.

"You're not stupid;"

Li Hongzhang didn't notice He Changying's small movements, and said in a deep voice: "I asked the Jing side to bring this cadet battalion to Pyongyang for a walk, you come to the governor's yamen, how about I guarantee you a white pheasant supplement of the fifth grade?" ”

Li Jingpu glanced at his father in surprise, thinking about how old he was, and he was going to be a civil official of the fourth grade, and this disciple didn't like it again and again.

He has no fame, and his father is not afraid that the clear streams of the Jingshi will start biting people again?

He Changying was stunned when he heard it, which play is Li Hongzhang singing?

However, Li Hongzhang's price is not low.

You must know that there is a difference between civil and military, the top of a military attache is far less valuable than that of a civilian official, and it is not something that can be easily done by a random minister with a few words.

Tang Shaoyi is nearly ten years older than He Changying, and he is a child in the United States, and he has been in the poor countryside of Seoul for ten years, and with Yuan Shikai's care, he just got a mandarin duck supplement of Wen Sipin.

He Changying smiled in her heart and thought, this Li Hongzhang is really addicted to keeping me, I didn't agree to say it last time, and I mentioned it again this time.

"Zhongtang, the matter of Korea is actually a matter of the elimination between my Qing Dynasty and the East; Although Tsarist Russia has ambitions, it is in a mess in Europe itself, and domestic contradictions are everywhere, and it is unable to look east for the time being; Only the Orient is the henchman of our Qing Dynasty! ”

He Changying's addiction to smoking came, and he couldn't help but take out a cigarette and light it, and said while sucking: "This Korean war, if you are not careful, will become a battle of national fortunes between Qing and Japan; If you win, Toyo will be in a state of collapse from then on, and if you lose—"

He Changying was talking faintly, and when he heard the word 'defeated', even Li Hongzhang's heart trembled heavily.

"The Oriental land is small and densely populated, with an area close to three Anhuis, but a population of 50 million, which dooms them to have an inexhaustible greedy desire for the territory of the mainland; Once such a fierce beast of the sea is allowed to annex North Korea, and even extract more benefits through war, and grow into a terrifying beast, then China will be arbitrarily humiliated by it for at least half a century, and hundreds of millions of people will be displaced because of this inhumane beast, and their white bones will be exposed in the wild, and there will be no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. ”

He Changying threw the cigarette butt on the water-mill bluestone ground, crushed it with his foot, and said fiercely: "Zhongtang, don't go to Pyongyang, don't fight a few battles with Oriental devils, I'm unwilling!" ”

Li Hongzhang looked at He Changying very seriously for a while.

This little fellow from Feixi went to North Korea, unlike Ye Zhichao, who was forced to go by himself.

is not like Liu Mingchuan, who used illness as an excuse and directly refused to go.

is not like his eldest son, who gambles hard to prove that the tiger father has no dogs.

The reason why he went was not to be promoted and make a fortune, not to make a name for himself, but to be able to really fight with the Orientals and defend the country's borders.

Such a person, he Li Hongzhang has not seen for many years.