1855 United States Tycoon

While the Panama Canal project was in full swing, Yang Tai, Wang Qinian and a group of Heishui mercenaries boarded a passenger ship bound for Shanghai in San Francisco. This is the first time Wang Qinian has returned to China since he was sold to United States. But this time when he went back, his identity was very different from when he came to United States.

The rebels and piglets back then are now back as military technology experts. And their mission to China this time was actually to promote the rapid-fire cannons of the McDonald Consortium to Li Hongzhang. If Li Hongzhang took a fancy to this type of artillery and bought this type of artillery from the company, or simply ordered an artillery factory from the company, They are also responsible for training the Manchu gunners.

Wang Qinian was very resistant to this kind of task. Although he has long since disappeared, one day he will go back to find Qing Yao's idea of ​​revenge, he has now settled in United States, and even found a wife. Gave birth to a few cubs. Although he is still unaccustomed to United States, he is ready to die in United States.

But at this time, the company suddenly found him and asked him to go to China to serve as an instructor for Qing Yao. It's one thing not to seek revenge from Qing Yao, but not only does it not revenge, but even runs to help Qing Yao. Emotionally speaking, this is too difficult to accept, so that Wang Qinian once figured out if the company had to let himself go, whether he should retire altogether. Although retiring early will cost you a lot of money, you can’t be a man...

But in the end Yang Tai persuaded him.

"Brother Wang, I know you hate Qingyao. Li Yaotou killed many of our brothers again. I heard that he even surrendered brothers. But if we don’t go, the company won’t send anyone else. ? And we went to teach those guys how to use cannons, which is not necessarily a good thing for Qing Yao." Yang Tai said.

"Why is it not a good thing?" Wang Qinian asked.

"The emperor of Qing Yao is a tartar, right?" Yang Tai asked.

"Yes, but what's wrong with this?" Wang Qinian obviously hasn't followed Yang Tai's thinking.

"Then Yaotou Li is a bannerman?" Yang Tai asked.

"No! It's a traitor!" Wang Qinian gritted his teeth and said.

"Did the Qing Demon Emperor believe that Li Yaotou still has a Zeng Demon Head?" Yang Tai asked. He didn't wait for Wang Qinian to answer, so he said to himself, "If it is not my race, his heart must be different. If the Qing Demon Emperor has trusted it They are strange. Don’t talk about Emperor Tarzi and Yaotou Li, even the brothers of the Kingdom of Heaven are not one mind. Emperor Tarzi and Zeng Yaotou Li Yaotou are one mind? The army under Li Yaotou is strong. Now, Emperor Tartar can rest assured of them? In Heaven, there are too many soldiers in the Eastern King, and they all make trouble in Tianjing. If the army in the hands of the head of Li Yao is strong, will Emperor Tartar be relieved?"

"But Li Yaotou seems to be very loyal to Tarzi. What if he wants to be a loyal minister?" Wang Qinian asked.

"Being a loyal minister?" Yang Tai laughed, "Even if he wants to be, do he want to be his subordinates? How can Tarzi be emperor before? You can fight with the Eight Banners at that time. The only emperor Tarzi can trust. It’s the Eight Banners, but what are the virtues of the Eight Banners now? Brother Wang has also fought with them? Seriously, even if we give them all of Heishui’s equipment, we will replace them with the wooden spear used in training and stabs. , We Heishui can also hit ten of them one at a time. Emperor Tarzi is completely out of stock, why can he hold it down? He can only balance it out, using Zeng Yao’s head to press Li Yao’s head or something. How long can you do this? One day, the people below will think, why do you have nothing to do with daddy? Besides, we were able to kill those clear monsters back then, but now we are in front of them in the swaying aisle Go, what do you think those guys would react to their noses and eyes? It's actually fun to think about."

The last sentence touched Wang Qinian a bit. Think about it, now Wang Qinian has acquired the citizenship of the United States, transformed into a foreigner. Well, Wang Qinian didn't know the majesty of the foreigner in China. Now it is very interesting to think about it. In this way, Wang Qinian and Yang Tai went to China as part of the instructor group. In the instructor corps, Yang Tai served as the deputy head, and Wang Qinian served as the instructor and translator.

...

"Yang, are the soldiers in China so dumb? Isn't this worse than the Italian gang?" Gore, the leader of the instructor regiment, said to Yang Tai on the deck. Gore is Yang Tai’s old buddy. During the United States Civil War, in the Cleveland Volunteer Army, Yang Tai served as a platoon deputy when Yang Tai was the platoon leader. Later, when Yang Tai went to the captain’s company commander, Gore also became the platoon leader. Lieutenant and deputy company commander. It was Yang Tai's old partner by all accounts. But this time, Gore became a full-time post, because it is said that white people are more convenient and more deterrent when dealing with Manchu officials.

The so-called more convenient is that you can talk nonsense. Anyway, foreigners do not understand Chinese etiquette, so you can bear it more. The so-called more deterrent, this is even more needless to explain. As long as it is a white foreigner, it is definitely better to get tangled up.

"It's incomparable with Italy." Although Yang Tai is uncomfortable to say such a truth, it is not deceiving, because everyone will be able to see the virtues of the Chinese army in a short time.

"Most Italians have received a little basic education anyway. Their execution may not be good, but at least they still have understanding. And the Chinese army..." At this point, Yang Tai couldn't help but shook his head for many years. He also wondered before, why there are so many Chinese people, but they can't beat a thousand foreign devils. Now that he has worked in the foreign devil’s army for a few years, thinking about it, he deeply felt that it would be totally unreasonable for the army of the Qing Dynasty to win against the thousands of regular Western troops. NS.

"You can imagine an army, most of its soldiers have not undergone any decent training at all. Even the so-called elite troops will take several days to conduct military training, and the intensity of training is even comparable to many of us every morning. The intensity of running circles around the playground. Soldiers have no chance to eat meat once or twice a year, and even the most basic food intake is less than half of ours. So by our standards, most of these soldiers belong to Extremely malnourished. To be honest, if we carry out an armed cross-country according to our standards, I am afraid that none of the people will reach it. If we force the march for a day according to our standards, it is estimated that all people will be left behind. A large part of it People will even die because of weakness. On the basis of such nutrition, you can expect them to have a high level. Italians, Italians at least have enough to eat and have the strength to train. Moreover, because of limited financial resources, even those who are right Training that requires low physical strength, such as shooting, is rare in the Qing army. Well, I used to work in the Chinese rebel army, and many of us fire. Spearmen didn’t open for the first time until they were actually on the battlefield. The gun, the government army is slightly stronger than us. Under normal circumstances, each of them will have a chance to shoot two or three bullets each year. In fact, it is no different from having not shot a single shot. Just go to any small town in the west. Pull a young man, oh, no need a young man, pull a girl out, the level of shooting training is better than them. Anyway, you go, take a look, you will know. The wind is strong, a bit cold, I went in first." Yang Tai long He sighed. He didn't want to talk about this frustrating thing anymore, so he turned and went into the cabin....

"China’s separatist regime has actually taken shape. The Beijing government’s control over localities is already very limited. After the collapse of the Qing regime in the future, China will definitely enter the era of warlord separatism. And the warlords of that era may now be there. In the army trained by the Westernization faction. Our relationship with these people will be very helpful to the future development of the family in the Far East. Of course, this is not the time to enter the Far East on a large scale. Our strength, the strength of United States is still You can’t manage that far. Even if you make an ambush in advance, you won’t lose money anyway. If you make a profit, you can make a lot of money.” Scrooge said to Catherine.

"That's justified." Catherine said. "Although the interests of the Far East are not small, they are beyond reach. Scrooge, my question just now has no other meaning. I am just worried that your development has been too great all the time. If it goes well, will you become so proud that you forget that the boundary of own power is there. After all, in history, many great emperors failed from this. For example, Emperor Napoleon. Well, do you know? People They all call you the Napoleon of the economic world. You have to be careful not to repeat the mistake of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia... Well, by the way, how about the canal?"

"Everything is going well, especially in terms of immunization, which is perfect. I am collecting relevant materials. After the canal is completed, I will go to "The Lancet" to publish a paper on the health and immunization system. I believe this is the case. The article will definitely strengthen the influence of McDonald's chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Once there is any serious health incident, our company will become the world's first choice." Scrooge said with a smile. Thinking of having the opportunity to brush up on his reputation while making money, Scrooge was really proud of him.

"Well, the design of the various components of our ship lock has been completed, and the most difficult large ship lock gate has also been produced." Carroll said, "Everything is going well at the moment. After all, we have prepared for this. More than one day."

"After completing this project, our MacDonald Steel canal components are estimated to have brought us a huge reputation." Scrooge said with satisfaction.

"Ah, Scrooge, I heard that Pasha from Egypt was planning to sell part of the Suez Canal shares because of lack of money. What do you think of this deal?" Catherine asked.

"Haha, Catherine, just now you were reminding me of the boundaries of power, but now you have made this mistake yourself. This place is not something we can intervene now."

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