"Zhongtang, do you think that Liu Jun's combat strength will be once we start a war with him in the future. What will happen? ”

Yi who has been silent? His face was full of sorrow, although he was not in charge of military affairs, but today's military parade brought by the Lushun Army, there was a kind of excitement that made his blood boil, especially when he saw the British, French, and Russian ministers on the side watching the artillery pass by with a pale face, he still had a sense of pride in his heart.

This is only temporary, after the parade, he came to his senses when he returned to his house, this army that made his blood boil, not the army of the imperial court, although nominally he belonged to the Qing Dynasty, but no one in the imperial court knew who the real destination of this army was.

Li Hongzhang raised his head slightly, pondered for a while, Li Hongzhang shook his head helplessly, sighed and said: "Lord Wang, the old man bluntly said that the imperial court should avoid fighting with Liu Jun at present, once the war starts, the Great Qing Kingdom will cease to exist." ”

This is already very straightforward, if it was in the past, Li Hongzhang's words, even ten heads would not be enough to cut off. The big thing is now a special period, he knows Yi? I wanted to get an assessment of the combat effectiveness of the Lushun Army from myself, so that I could use it as a reference for some of the policies of the imperial court in the future.

Through the candlelight, Li Hongzhang clearly felt that Yi? Now his face is full of melancholy, he understands very well? 's feelings, the dignified court, and now being threatened by a local official, no one will feel good in their hearts,

Maybe it's for Yi? Being able to feel good, Li Hongzhang smiled slightly: "Lord Wang, Liu Jun's strong military strength is not a bad thing at first sight. ”

Abundant? raised his head all of a sudden and looked at Li Hongzhang in surprise.

This Liu Jun has the advantage of supporting the army and self-respect, which is really a bit strange.

"Lord, don't forget, Tsarist Russia in the north has always been eyeing the Qing Dynasty. Extremely threatening, now that Liu Jun is in the northeast, Russia wants to invade and occupy the territory of our Qing Dynasty, so it has to scruple about Liu Jun in the northeast with more than 100,000 Northeast troops. "See Yi? Falling into deep thought, Li Hongzhang said again: "At present, although Japan has been defeated in the war, according to intelligence, Japan is vigorously expanding its army, and the Admiralty is also working hard, and it is estimated that it will make a comeback in the future. A little comeback, Liu Jun will definitely take the lead in resisting, which will give the imperial court a good buffer. Li Hongzhang said this, immediately closed his mouth, picked up the tea bowl on the coffee table, and began to slowly taste the tea and wait? Digestion.

A while, Yi? The sad look on his face was finally a little ruddy all of a sudden,

Abundant? He is a smart man, he knows that as long as the imperial court does not do it, Liu Jun will not do it, and he will also protect the northeastern border and deter Tsarist Russia and Japan who want to make a comeback.

"Zhongtang can have the leisure to drink two cups with this king." Want to figure it all out? The mood suddenly improved, and he began to invite Li Hongzhang to drink.

Li Hongzhang smiled slightly, expressing his willingness to accompany him.

Abundant? Still left, with a hint of a smile, on the afternoon of the second day of the parade, with the fleet stationed in Weihai, left Lushun.

At the Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun, dressed in a military uniform, wore a black cloak, standing by the window, letting the autumn breeze blow across his face. Quietly looked at the direction of the military port in the distance.

After a while, Liu Jun turned around and asked Zhong Lin, who was standing behind him, "Are you leaving?" ”

Zhong Lin nodded: "Head, they have already left, and they will set off in half an hour, and Lin Taizeng's second fleet will send them to Tianjin, and then return to Weihai." ”

Paralysized, Liu Jun frowned and glared at Zhong Lin: "Lao Tzu is asking about Clinde, are you pulling it for me?" Why. ”

Zhong Lin was stunned for a while before he said: "Head, Clint didn't leave, after he went back last night, he suddenly had diarrhea and collapsed his body, and now he is recuperating in the room." ”

Liu Jun smiled slightly: "Let's go, let's go see this guy who is pretending to be sick."

Pretending to be sick, Zhong Lin didn't understand what Liu Jun meant, but seeing that Liu Jun had already put on his hat, he could only put down the doubts in his heart first and go out to prepare the horses first.

Out of the Lushun Headquarters. After riding a horse for less than ten minutes, he entered Lushun City, and the foreign envoys who came this time have been arranged in the private room of the Zuixian Building.

Come to the Drunken Immortal Tower. Looking at the big black characters in front of the door, Liu Jun smiled slightly, handed the horse straight to Xiao Er, and walked in with Zhong Lin.

As soon as I stepped inside, I found that it was full of guests, and the shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal Building had seen Liu Jun not once or twice, and when he raised his head and saw that it was Liu Jun, he hurriedly walked out to say hello and prepared to let the shopkeeper go to prepare a meal.

After Liu Jun thanked the store for his kindness and told him that he had come to find the German minister instead of coming to dinner, the shopkeeper nodded, showed a smile, and took Liu Jun to the room near the window on the second floor and said, "This is the room of that foreign adult." ”

Nodding and signaling the shopkeeper to go down, Liu Jun looked at the confined door, and without saying hello, he pushed it open and walked in.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw Clinder's head bared and his face turned pale.

Pretend, really fucking can pretend, Lao Tzu asked you bastard to rub ginger juice, you fucking learn how to smear rouge gouache from women, it's so disgusting. Thinking of this, Liu Junsan walked to the bed in two steps and slapped Clint hard: "Okay, don't pretend, they've been walking for half an hour." ”

Hey, hey, with a sly laugh, Clint suddenly lifted the quilt from the bed and sat down, stretched out his hand and wiped it twice on his face: "Liu, what is your idea, look at my face." With that, Clint leaned his face closer to Liu Jun, who had now become a big cat.

"Alright." Liu Jun pushed Clint away: "Warn you, Lao Tzu is not interested in men, let alone in men who rub rouge, you hurry up and wash." We talk about things. ”

Clint saw Liu Jun so serious. Busy nodded, got up and walked to the bathing place.

When Liu Jun saw Clint go out, he turned around and walked to the table in the middle of the house, sat down, and began to ponder.

This time, the reason why he left Klinder was not just for the drawings, but for a bigger reason, Liu Jun wanted to secretly cooperate with Germany in all aspects.

Military cooperation, commercial cooperation.

Liu Jun also understood that if he wanted to truly gain Germany's trust, it was far from enough to rely on the drawings of warships.

Germany is a newly rising country in Europe, and its unification was only completed in 1871, when the world's colonies had already been divided between Britain and France and several old empires, and the rest of Germany had been left with only a little soup.

When Wilhelm II came to power, he was dissatisfied with the policies of Prime Minister Bismarck. After squeezing out the Bismarck. Wilhelm II began to vigorously expand the navy to fight against Britain, it can be said that the last time Liu Jun took out the drawings to obtain two cruisers, it was completely to seize Germany's eagerness to form a strong fleet against Britain, but once Wilhelm II came to his senses, then that emperor would leave himself behind mercilessly.

Buyers and sellers are a true portrayal of the relationship between Germany and themselves. Liu Jun didn't want to exist with Germany in this way, he wanted a better relationship.

An alliance with Germany, a secret alliance. And if you want Germany to believe, you have to show some sincerity.

Liu Jun knew in his heart that what Germany wanted most was to obtain a piece of land in the Far East to garrison troops, and Liu Jun had also thought about this point and temporarily leased Weihai to Germany, but in the end he thought that it was easy to invite God and send God. If Weihai is handed over to Germany, he will not only leave Ma Dan for himself in the future, but also let Baixin look down on himself. This path doesn't work. After careful consideration, Liu Jun thought of the most perfect way, that is, while opening the Northeast market to Germany, he continued to use the technical drawings of military weapons under his control to maintain this secret relationship with Germany until he was strong enough.

"Liu, you should give me the drawings this time." Clint wiped his freshly washed face with a towel, and walked to Liu Jun with a smile and sat down.

Liu Jun smiled slightly: "Lao Ke, what you wanted, I have already brought it to you." Speaking of this, Liu Jun glanced at Zhong Lin with his eyes. Zhong Lin understood, took out a drawing from his file bag, and handed it to Liu Jun.

Seeing Clinde's eyes glowing, Liu Jun smiled and handed the drawings to Clinde.

Klinder took the drawing, and after carefully observing it for more than ten minutes, he suddenly smiled and hugged Liu Jun: "Liu, you are simply the best friend of my German people." ”

Is it? Liu Jun smiled slightly, then stared at Klinder seriously and said, "I still have a big gift for you Germany, I don't know if your emperor will accept it." ”