Chapter 198 Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to open up a new face 2

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[198] Tens of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to open up a new face (2)

The negotiations are completely deadlocked.

Prince Gong Yixin found that the negotiation was unconsciously controlled by Yao Fan, who held heavy soldiers. The man in front of him was neither a streamer bandit nor the kind of rough man who only knew war, let alone a scholar literati who only knew justice. His speech and behavior are elegant, pointing the country like raising his palms and looking at the lines, and his negotiation style is like an iron plate hidden in cotton. His words seem to be gentle, but it is unshakable.

Yixin's heart is cold. He understands that Yao Fan is a so-called Zaifu talent, and trouble is the so-called confidant, and chaos is the so-called hero of the world.

At this time, Li Hongzhang no longer had any illusions about the negotiations. He silently smoked a hookah and said nothing.

Yao Fan doesn't want to waste any more time, but since he has been tired for a long time, he doesn't want to get nothing.

"Mr. Yi, Mr. Li, if you can promote the peaceful liberation of Beijing and Tianjin, the country and the people will never forget your credit. China is a big country, and the Chinese people are precious. In the future, the government of New China will be a regime that unites various patriotic and progressive forces. On behalf of the Chinese Socialist Labor Party, really I hope that the two can hold important positions in the future coalition government and use their wisdom and talents to make historical contributions to the Chinese nation, which has entered a new era from then on.

Yao Fan is not sure about his win-up, especially for Yi Xin, who is the leader of the military aircraft minister and prime minister, and a relative of the imperial family. Although he does not attract Cixi, he is also powerful in the Qing government. Will he allow his glory, wealth and noble status to become yesterday?

Although Li Hongzhang was tested by his teacher Zeng Guofan and is a "desperate official" official fan, can he see the current situation and resolutely join him before the people's army seizes the whole world?

Sure enough, Yixin did not move. Her hands were still wrapped in her sleeves and put on her knees. She only turned her mouth and said, "Mr. Yao, there is no way to do anything. Even if you take Beijing, the hearts of the people are still in the royal family. Even if you get a moment of pleasure, you may not be able to survive."

Li Hongzhang has studied the books that Yao Fan gave to Li Jingxuan. During this period, he has carefully studied Yao Fan's land policy and Yao Zaofan Quotations. He still remembers the shock, anger, hesitation and fear when he read the book. He is familiar with history and knows that every change of dynasty in China is nothing more than farmers at the beginning. The so-called people's hearts are the hearts of most people, and most people in China are farmers. Yao Fan's land reform policy has firmly grasped the hearts of these low-level farmers, and his organizational model is extremely strict, implements complete militarized management, and he personally controls the absolute control of personnel appointments. Such a terrible opponent also has the most sophisticated weapons and advanced military theories. There is even a core of governance such as the "Party" within the organization, with logical and rigorous theoretical guidance, party constitution, discipline and work goals. This operation mode is undoubtedly much more efficient than the gentry rule of the imperial power.

What makes Li Hongzhang feel helpless is that Yao Fan's current style is not a luxury after Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing. This person seems to have no interest in appearance and pleasure, and has no concept of dignity and lowliness! Even the clothes they wear are exactly the same as those of the lowest-level soldiers, and the shoes are exactly the same as the simple rubber-soled coarse cloth shoes worn by soldiers. How can such people not let soldiers die and work together! Li Hongzhang felt that even if Yao Fan was buying people's hearts, he had achieved the ultimate. It can be said that he strictly abided by the rules and regulations of life by the standards of ancient gentlemen.

The most terrible thing is that this person has really achieved the scene of the words "pure knowledge and profound knowledge" on the imperial edict. Reading his books and quotations, you will feel that he is over half a hundred years old, holding heavy troops for a long time and an extremely important military minister. Otherwise, how could he write such a profound ideological article? Chapter. Li Hongzhang asked himself that he could not write these "domineering" insights, and even his teacher Zeng Guofan could not write them.

"Zofan, can you allow me to think about it for a day or two?" Li Hongzhang said something magically.

Yao Fan's heart moved and knew that there was a play. Before he was facing Yixin, who was facing Li Hongzhang, he rushed to say, "Please stay and think about it for one night. In order to show my sincerity, I will postpone the time of the general attack on Tianjin to tomorrow."

Yi stood up angrily and said, "You stay!" I'll go!"

Li Jun stood up and ordered the guard, "Send Mr. Yixin to live in the villa in the city for the time being. In a few days, I will personally send Mr. Yi back to Beijing safely."

Yixin didn't look at Li Jun and looked at Yao Fan angrily and said, "Yao Fan, are you going to deduct me?"

Yao Fan said, "Now the war is in turmoil, and there are many gangs on the road. After a few days to take Beijing and Tianjin, Li Political Committee will personally send you back to Beijing."

After saying that, Yao Fan smiled and said to Li Hongzhang, "Mr. Li must also agree to let Mr. Yi stay for a few more days. Now you might as well visit the military appearance of our army with me to see who is stronger than the Western army."

Yao Fan said to Li Jun, "Notify the first division and the second division, step up the construction of the Jinghai defense line, guard the whole line, and wait for the general attack order."

"Hainiu, let's accompany Mr. Li to visit the Third Division. Didn't they add new recruits? Let's go to see the recruit training.

Li Hongzhang stood up slowly with a heavy mood. He knew that he and Yixin had been a stranger from now on. The devil six might be able to understand his idea, but the court would never tolerate his behavior.

Li Hongzhang appreciated Yao Fan's detaining Yixin. Even if Yao Fan did not speak, he would make the same request to Yao Fan after Yixin left and let Yao Fan catch up with Yixin. Once Yixin goes back to report to the court, what if the court angers his family, even if he can't move his power in his nest in Tianjin, he will send a message to Hefei?

When I think of the court's shit basin with the imperial edict on Ding Baozhen's head; when I think of the court throwing myself out as a used up rag; when I think of the sentence "The public has a daughter, the court is lucky" in the official letter; when I think of the devil Liu, who is the same foreign affairs faction like himself and Ding Baozhen, was sent to beg as a scapegoat by Cixi. . An anger burst out in Li Hongzhang's chest.

"The court treats me as a dog, and I treat the court like a vengeful! Yao Fan's son, if he is guided, will become the hero of the world..."

How did Yao Fan know what Li Hongzhang was thinking? He invited Li Hongzhang and his party to get on the saddle car. He rode with Li Hainiu and the soldiers of the guard company to the temporary training ground of the Third Division outside Cangzhou City.

Due to the large casualties of the third division in the Battle of Botou, the First Army has adopted veterans of the Third Division to fill the gap of the First Division and the Second Division. All the recruits are concentrated in the Third Division for training strategy. Now the Third Division is training by the commanders outside Cangzhou City. Fortunately, the militia have a certain queue and even shooting. Basically, Hu Guangting is very good at training and leading soldiers, and the training is going very smoothly.

After Li Hongzhang came to the shooting range, Yao Fan asked for a 54 black star pistol from the guard, aimed at the target paper in the distance, shot eight bullets in one breath, gave it to the guard and took it back. He handed it over to Li Hongzhang and said, "Mr. Li, come and try it?"

When Li Hongzhang saw Yao Fan shooting, the sound of the strange pistol in his hand was shocked. He fired eight shots in a row, which seemed to be extremely powerful and was shocked.

"What kind of domestic product is this?"

"Chinese goods, designed and finalized in 1854, called 54 pistols."

"How can you shoot eight shots in a row?" Li Hongzhang took the gun and examined it carefully. He saw that the body of the gun was smooth and there was no trace of milling. He praised, "It's really a boutique."

After learning from Yao Fan, Yao Fan aimed at the target paper in the distance. Yao Fan saw Lao Li's horrible posture and was afraid that he would hurt himself. He quickly corrected it with his hand: "This gun has a strong recoil. Mr. Li should hold his hand tightly, his body should be stretched, and his arms should be stretched and flat..."

Li Hongzhang was impatient. He had already fired eight shots without waiting for Yao Fan to finish speaking. He shot eight times in a row, and didn't look at the results after shooting. He was surprised and said, "What a good gun! Superb workmanship, so exquisite, it is really a sharp weapon for self-defense!"

The guard ran 20 meters away to get two target papers. Yao Fan's eight rounds were all on the target, but Li Hongzhang only hit the target.

Yao Fan said, "It's not easy for Mr. Li to be able to hit the target for the first time."

Li Hongzhang nodded slightly: "It's this gun. I'm old, how can I aim accurately."

Yao Fan said, "All company-level officers in our army are now equipped with this kind of pistol. Next, please invite Mr. Li to visit our army's rifle shooting.

During the following visit, Li Hongzhang and his attendants saw Yao Fan's army's rifle shooting training and machine gun training and *throwing training, and they were all convinced from top to bottom.

"Zofan, how much is the bullet you used so well? Such training consumes a lot, but you are willing to get money.

"At present, the bullets are secretly produced by overseas factories. In the future, the price will be cheaper when they are made in China." Yao Fan passed away with a sloppy eye.

"It's better to hear than to see. After seeing your weapons with my own eyes today, I know that even if I have trained millions of Huai troops, as long as you have enough ammunition, I'm afraid you will die in vain. Yao Fan, how many guns and bullets do you have now? How many soldiers can be trained? How long will it take to fight?

Yao Fan said, "Our secret factory is producing every day, and there is a continuous supply of how much."

"Is your factory in the Qing Dynasty?"

"We will definitely move into China after the founding of the People's Republic of China."

Li Hongzhang stroked his beard gently, and he was excited and made up his mind at the same time.

"Zofan, that's all for the visit. Your revolutionary army has excellent weapons, brave training, neat queues and strict discipline. My Huai army is not as good as mine."

"Old Li is flattered. Our army is not only about weapons. Although I say this now, some of them stand and speak without pain, but I firmly believe that the great power of the people's army comes from the people themselves."

"Morfan, it's getting late. Go back to the city. I want to talk to you."

Yao Fan could see that Li Hongzhang was already moved. Next, he probably had to negotiate conditions and immediately ordered the team to close, and the group rushed back to Cangzhou.

It's dinner time now. Yao Fan invited Li Hongzhang to have dinner with all the commanders of the headquarters.

Probably it was a little strange to see a senior official like Li Hongzhang. There seemed to be some silence in the Cangzhou government office, which was temporarily recruited as a canteen. Everyone did not say anything and buried their heads to eat.

Yao Fan personally invited Li Hongzhang to sit down at several empty square tables with his attendants.

Li Hongzhang saw steamed buns and porridge on the table, and three strange white iron basins with shredded meat pickles, shredded radish roasted tofu, and scrambled eggs with green onions. The same is true when you look at other tables.

"Zhaofan, you are thrifty and eat plainly in the army. That's how it should be."

"In our army, the cadres eat whatever they eat. The cadres just have one more scrambled egg than the soldiers. It's really difficult to buy eggs, otherwise I will definitely let the soldiers eat scrambled eggs."

Li Hongzhang stopped talking and sat down and ate a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge. He became more and more impressed.

Li Hongzhang sat silently next to Yao Fan and ate a big pot of rice, but his eyes and brain did not stop for a moment. Li Jingxuan did not sit next to Li Hongzhang, but drank a bowl of porridge and some eggs on the table of another female soldier. Li Hongzhang was extremely shocked that there were female soldiers in Yao Fan's army. These female soldiers were obviously not prostitutes who accompanied the army, nor did they look like family members. They all seemed to be peasant girls. Moreover, they dress almost exactly the same as the male soldiers, and they also wear the same green clothes, but the neckline of the uniform is not the same. Unexpectedly, they are shockingly open with small collars, revealing the collar of the white shirt inside, wearing a soft hat without eaves on their heads and a circle of red floss.

Li Hongzhang trained soldiers all his life. After being shocked, he clearly understood that there were female soldiers in service in Yao Fan's army, which only proved one thing. The military discipline of this army must be so strict that it can't be added.