Wang Shizhen twisted and pinched, and was in charge of the military of Outer Mongolia and concurrently served as the sixth

Corps commander, this is a lot of pressure for Wang Shizhen, but Liu Jun directly made a decision, this matter is decided, and Wang Shizhen is not allowed to think about it.

Seeing Liu Jun's resolute eyes, Wang Shizhen knew that if he didn't agree, he probably didn't know what unpleasant words Liu Jun would say. also nodded and agreed, and proposed to let Zhang Zuolin serve as the commander of the 14th Brigade.

For this famous king of the Northeast in later generations, Liu Jun also nodded and agreed, after all, he could become the king of the Northeast from a bandit. That ability must be extraordinary, so he nodded and agreed and made an exception to promote Zhang Zuolin to colonel.

In the city of Beijing, the weather is gloomy, and this year's Beijing is destined to be unstable.

Heavy rain has been falling continuously for five days and five nights, and deafening thunder and lightning have been circling over Beijing from time to time.

Prince Gong? In the palace, the dripping rainwater falls in a line from the eaves and then collects into a small stream, which flows out through the sewers.

Boom, a flash of lightning flashed, and the miserable white light suddenly shone on the Yi? , through the light, you can see Yi at once? His face was full of sorrow and helplessness.

Alas, sigh again, yi? Helplessly, he put his hands behind his back and returned to the dim position, looking at the map of Outer Mongolia on the table in a daze.

"Outer Mongolia is no longer the territory of the Great Qing Dynasty." Low and helpless language, from Yi? Helplessly spit out in his mouth. Suddenly, he returned his mind to this morning.

Just a few days ago, the governors of Shaanxi and Gansu, Song Pan and Dong Fuxiang, escorted the rebellious Outer Mongolian personnel to Beijing to report the victory.

After a few days of discussion, the imperial court will

The Outer Mongolian rebels were late in the vegetable market in the early hours of yesterday morning, and for those who worked hard, except for Liu Jun, everyone else was rewarded with yellow jackets, and Dong Fuxiang was promoted to the governor of Gansu.

As for the personnel arrangements in Outer Mongolia, no one mentioned who would serve as the minister in Kulun, and no one was willing to go. There, now it is the territory of Liaodong, who dares to go.

This is the second and most important reason, he listened to the people in the palace, this is the meaning of Chuxiu Palace, no longer send officials to Mongolia.

Listening to this meaning, Cixi is going to give up Outer Mongolia.

Abundant? There are many doubts in my heart, after the morning court, Yi? went to Chuxiu Palace and interrogated Cixi.

Got the answer, let Yi? Speechless. There is no reason for this.

This time, Cixi is obviously more than Yi? Farsighted.

Cixi believes that there are two main considerations for not sending ministers to Outer Mongolia.

First, the current strength of the imperial court can no longer compete with Liu Jun, as long as Liu Jun does not trouble himself and does things out of the ordinary, he can maintain the status quo like this. After all, compared with the rivers and mountains of the Qing Dynasty, the rivers and mountains are important after all, and it is indispensable to give up a Outer Mongolia to buy time for the imperial court.

Second, that is the problem of Tsarist Russia. The ambition of Tsarist Russia, Cixi is not unaware, but helpless, the imperial court is weak, and it is impossible to ensure the penetration of Tsarist Russia in the northeast of Outer Mongolia. Anti-Tsarist Russia.

Two reasons come out, Yi? There is no reason to refute it.

I can only return to the palace, look at the huge map of Outer Mongolia in a daze and can only comfort myself, but Liu Jun is still nominally a courtier of the imperial court.

Boom, another thunderbolt, yi? Raising his head and looking at the sound of rain outside, he didn't understand, it had been a few months, and it had rained so heavily in the north.

Both Zhili and Shaanxi sent telegrams, saying that the heavy rain was continuous.

Damn the weather, Yi? Cursing a little, he began to ponder Cixi's words today.

After a while, his gloomy face gradually smiled, and he remembered that Cixi still had to move Liu Jun, but now his strength is not enough, in a simple way, that is, the army is not strong.

It seems that the only way to deal with it militarily is to deal with it, Yi? Thinking of this, I immediately understood that Cixi's hint was to let herself propose an excerpt for the formation of the army.

Lift the dark clouds and see the sun and the moon, Yi? Suddenly the drowsiness disappeared, even listening to the sound of the rain outside was not so disturbed, and began to bow his head and ponder.

Abundant? Although he is the prime minister and the minister of military aircraft, it is a lot of pressure on him to think about how to organize the new army and who will organize it.

After thinking about it alone for a long time, he didn't have any way, so he planned to gather the military department to discuss it after dawn, and then write a book. Wait for Cixi and the emperor to decide.

Although it rains heavily in Beijing, Lushun is sunny. There's even a hint of heat.

Dalian Bay. The former Dalian Fort has now been installed again with more than 20 200-mm coastal defense heavy guns.

These heavy cannons, revealing bloody mouths, stared at the lively Dalian Port in the distance.

Originally, Liu Jun wanted to set the shipyard in Lushun, but after the field investigation of the German technicians and Pei Yinsen and other factors, he abandoned Lushun and built it in Dalian.

Lushun already has a naval base, if the shipyard is set up here, not only is it not conducive to transportation, but also may block the waterway in the future construction, which is not conducive to the travel of warships, and if you want to build a shipyard in Lushun, then you have to re-increase the shore defense heavy artillery, which is really a redundant thing, and Dalian is different, Dalian is originally a deep sea area, even if there are some places where the water is relatively shallow, then only need to clean up the silt a little, and then you can build again. As for the heavy artillery of coastal defense, it is only necessary to increase the artillery, and there is no need to build a battery.

For such a thing, Liu Jun of course agreed, and at that time he made a decision and set up the shipyard in Dalian.

When Liu Jun went to Outer Mongolia to quell the rebellion, the Dalian shipyard had already set a start date and asked Liu Jun to cut the ribbon, but as soon as Liu Jun left, the project could not be stopped, so Li Hongzhang was invited to come at that time, and Li Hongzhang knew that this was a shipyard that Liu Jun vigorously developed, and he was willing to go in both public and private.

Today, the Dalian shipyard has been under construction for almost two months. Liu Jun, who returned to Lushun, after appointing Wang Shizhen as the military commander of Outer Mongolia and the commander of the Sixth Corps, the first thing he did was to see the construction of the shipyard.

Early this morning, Liu Jun, Zhong Lin, and a company of the guard regiment came to Dalian Port, and accompanied by the chief designers, bearded Germans Paul and Pei Yinsen, visited the shipyard under construction.

Liu Jun doesn't know much about these aspects of construction, but only a little bit of the surface, he remembers very clearly, at the beginning, it was just a wilderness and farmland over and over again, and now, mud bricks are paved everywhere, and several tall docks in the distance are also being built. Middle. Not far behind the dock. It is the dormitory of the workers and these conductors.

Look at the busy crowds, and the ground that has been laid and erected. Liu Jun is very grateful in his heart, you must know that this is not in the later life, many things, only need to start the machinery, and it can be done in a few clicks, and at this time, it is all by manual excavation, and then transported to the outside to be stacked.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Jun turned his head and began to ask about the food and lodging of these workers, after all, he was not a warlord, not a Qing government, and he did not give money or food to the migrant workers.

Pei Yinsen has the most say on this topic, after all, he is in charge of this aspect.

"Dashuai, these migrant workers have ten yuan a day, and they also have food and accommodation every day. Add dishes every seven days. ”

Nodding slightly, Liu Jun repeatedly advised: "No matter what, the food must be enough, after all, this is physical work, not a show of fists, and if the workers do not eat well, it will affect the progress of the project." ”

Because there was nothing to do for the time being, Liu Jun took it directly to the afternoon, and then returned to Lushun, and on the way, Liu Jun even got together with the migrant workers in person, had a meal and chatted about family life, and then left Dalian and walked in the direction of Lushun.

The bumps of the horse made Liu Jun feel extremely uncomfortable, although the last major maintenance in the house was relatively flat, but for riding on the horse, this is a torture.

, if I have extra material, where do I have this guilt. Liu Jun complained all over his face. I want to build a railway, but it is difficult to build a steel problem, and most of the materials for the Yinsen built in the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau are still bought, and my own warships are all problems, and where can I get the extra materials to build the railway.

Lao Tzu has materials, and he must build the railway first. Touching his faintly aching buttocks, Liu Jun made a clear oath in his heart.