Chapter 114 Go to Lushunkou
The sandalwood landscape in the morning is foggy. On the balcony, he was dressed in pajamas, holding a telescope, looking at the shadow of the ship in the faraway military port, and a string of crystal tears slid down his cheeks. In the haze over there, she seemed to see countless soldiers standing on the giant ship and waiting again.
In the military port, the workers' eyes widened, pricked up their ears, and watched a row of serious sailors quickly board the ship. The sound of footsteps, like a rainstorm and drums, was refreshing.
They couldn't figure out what had happened, which would make the soldiers who used to see everyone smiling like this. They didn't know that when they stopped and stood in the fog, the flags of the Kingdom of Hawaii had been quietly hoisted on the warships that originally belonged to Chile in the distance.
Suddenly, with the sound of three short whistles around the harbor, all the sailors who had already boarded the ship rushed to the deck. They were more upright than the green pines on the cliffs of their hometown in the east!
Is this...?
The boatmen looked at each other and saw the horror in each other's eyes, and a word jumped out of their minds at the same time!
"Deedition!"
When they were about to tell each other's guesses, a loud and unprecedented slogan sounded from the dock!
"All of them have!"
"Psalute!"
With this loud slogan, all the soldiers of the Pacific Fleet stood on the deck and saluted. In their eyes, Li Mo, dressed in a uniform, with Chen Ping and Long Guozhang, appeared from the end of the water mist.
In fact, Li Mo knew that with Chen Ping and Long Guozhang personally leading the team, coupled with the overwhelming advantage of the surname, he did not have to go to the Far East in person, but when he thought of the sea battle that had set off countless waves, he felt as if something was calling him!
On the flagship Polaris, Li Mo saluted and shook hands with every officer and soldier he saw. When he finally stepped into the bridge, the flagship made a series of light signals.
Soon, a long whistle woke up the shippers in shock. Only then did they find that the warship had untied the cable, the boiler began to ignite, and the smoke columns rushed straight to the sky like dragons.
"Jack, what's that guy Li Mo is doing?" Leckel, who was awakened by the whistle, looked at the foggy port and shouted angrily to his entourage.
"The fleet has set off!" Jack also replied angrily.
"Let's go? Where to go? What are you doing?" Leckel asked.
Jack patted his head. God, is this really the Lord of the Empire? Have you forgotten the announcement of the other day so soon? Jack sneered in his stomach and answered honestly, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Today is the day for the entire Pacific Fleet to participate in a joint exercise with the Chilean navy.
"Oh." Leckel remembered the announcement issued a few days ago and hummed, "When did Li Mo have such a good relationship with the Chileans? I have done so many performances in a few months, and I have to go to Chile!"
Looking at a huge and familiar shadow passing through the fog, Leckel always felt that something was wrong, but he racked his brains and didn't figure it out, and finally gave up. Jack, I'm going to sleep for a while!" After saying that, he muttered and walked to the room: "Damn Li Mo, can't he let his fleet stop a little? Does he think he wants to fight the world war!"
In the early morning of September 1, 1894, in the midst of Laker's complaints, the entire Pacific Fleet boarded and left Pearl Harbor, claiming that five other Chilean warships that would visit Hawaii would return to Chile for annual exercises.
"Young master, I'm a man!" In the bridge, Li Mo raised his telescope and watched the smaller and smaller Honolulu villa cracking the corners of his mouth. Man! There are some things that must be undertaken! For example, hold up a sky for your beloved!
The window of the villa in Honolulu facing the sea also stretched out a small telescope. Looking at the shadow of the ship gradually disappearing in the waterway, the little girl was already full of tears, and she didn't even know when the moon arrived behind her.
"Don't cry, he will come back." Looking at the pitiful little head, Yueer's aggrieved stomach last night turned into a hot breath, holding her into her arms to comfort her gently. Somehow a mist rose from her beautiful eyes.
The golden sun slowly sprinkled down. Looking at the rising sun, Li Mo took a deep breath and a smile hung on the corners of his mouth. But before Master Li's smile fully bloomed, there was a chatter behind him.
"What's wrong with the young master? Are you in a daze there, still giggling?
"I found the money!"
"In my opinion, I must have cheated that foreigner again!"
"It's all right. It must be that Simmons was fooled by the young master again."
"In my opinion, I definitely bullied which girl!"
"I'm going to die!"
Li Mo heard a black line, turned around with a face, and yelled at the group of staff officers who were full and had nothing to do, "Are they all free? Go and wipe the deck for me!"
"Wow, dear Li, who made you angry?" An annoying voice appeared again, and Simmons appeared in the command tower with a beard on his face.
"Simons, you bastard, if you bother me again, I'll kick you off the boat!" Li Moyang's legs are about to kick.
"I said, the young master must have been ready to bully Simmons just now, so he laughed so strangely!" The one just now ran out of the command tower proudly.
Li Mo "..."
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control~!
The rein of the horse was tense in the air, and the jujube red horse suddenly lifted its front hoof and stopped in front of the warehouse gate.
Li Qiang looked up and saw the bronzing signboard of the Longsheng warehouse hanging high on the gate, and the store was crowded with merchants from south to north. Several entertainers were so busy.
Looking at these big men with drums around their waists, riding red dates and cold faces, the little clerk who was receiving in front of the stack was wondering which fairy it was. Suddenly, he remembered the account of the shopkeeper and quickly ran forward to hold the horse's head to meet him.
Li Qiang was not polite. He turned over and patted his new partner who had followed him for a few months before handing the reins to the little guy and asked, "Is Uncle De there?" I'm here. I'm waiting for you." The little man took the reins and glanced at several big men behind Li Qiang who fell off the reins. The pair of cold eagle eyes under the wide-brimmed hat made him shiver and hurriedly nodded and answered.
Li Qiang smiled and walked to the inn. Several night eagles behind him immediately attempted to enter the inn, but as soon as they entered the store, they were scattered around, looking at the pedestrians coming and going warily. Probably used to the habit of this group of big men, the little guy didn't dare to ask more. He only nodded to a few people to show his goodwill, and then asked his partners to take a few horses into the backyard to rest.
Longsheng Warehouse is now in Haicheng, which can be regarded as the first few big buyers. There are countless merchants who come every day. In addition, they are lively in the first half of the year, and Li Qiang and others in casual clothes are not too attractive.
After walking through the front store into the courtyard, I saw that the huge yard was full of goods, large and small. More than a dozen two-horse carts were parked in the yard. Under the shouting of the guys, the goods were carried into different categories, and then transported to the dock by the sea to load the goods on board.
Although in the eyes of outsiders, this Longsheng warehouse has countless goods loaded every day, which is a big deal, but in Li Qiang's eyes, this can only be regarded as an ordinary transshipment point for Lin Yongxiang in Liaodong. In recent years, such warehouses in his hands have already spread all over the Qing Dynasty, even if it is from the Yangtze River inland. It can be seen all over the Huguang area.
And these are just scattered small transactions. The real big head will not be traded here again. Now it can enter Lin Yongxiang's eyes only a few important materials such as coal, iron and timber, which is the big deal of the warehouse!
Although Li Qiang doesn't know much about business, he also knows that the stronger Lin Yongxiang is, the more money he will make, so that the young master can arm more troops and buy more warships. Naturally, the night eagle can also grow stronger and stronger!
But all of this is not his real purpose of returning to Liaodong!
"Yo, isn't this the head of Li?
"I have met Uncle De."
Just thinking about it, Uncle De had come up with a red face, and two iron balls were still turning in the palm of his hand. After Li Qiang hurriedly said hello to him, he walked into the backyard in Uncle De's eyes.
As soon as he entered the backyard, he didn't have time to speak. The scene in front of him stunned Li Qiang. Several uncles in the courtyard were setting up bamboo poles on the roof, and a slender metal antenna was tied to the bamboo pole.
"Is this...?"
Uncle De pretended to have a mysterious smile. After closing the courtyard door, he pouted at the house and smiled, "Come out."
Before Li Qiang understood what was going on, he saw a few familiar faces suddenly gush out of the room, led by Dong Dahai, who should have officially stayed in Honolulu to lead the rest of the night eagle for training.
"Sea, why did you come here?" After seeing Li Qiang, Dong Dahai and others immediately saluted and said hello. After a moment of greeting, Li Qiang expressed doubts and pointed to the bamboo pole: "What is that?"
"This is called radio. With him, we can contact the young master at any time. A young man came out behind Dong Dahai and explained immediately after the salute. I probably know that Li Qiang and others are rough, and the young people's explanation is not too profound. They just say that this thing is called a radio, and its function is similar to that of a telegram, but they don't need a wire. With it, they can contact the young master anytime and anywhere.
"You mean that you can contact the young master at any time!" Li Qiang knew the young man who explained. He was Chang Lin's subordinate, but when he listened to the explanation, his eyes were almost round! Even Uncle De, who knew the effect of no wire earlier, turned the two iron balls quickly with excitement.
Although most of the people present are rude people, they are not idiots. If you can really contact the young master from time to time, doesn't that mean that what happened in Liaodong can be known at the first time thousands of miles away? If this is used for marching and fighting, reconnaissance and whistles, isn't it...!
"Not yet, but just wait for our Ryukyu forwarding station to be built."
Ryukyu!
Li Qiang's eyes flashed, and Dong Dahai quickly told him about taking people to Ryukyu, took out a telegram from his arms and handed it over. After Li Qiang took over the telegram and read it, he immediately frowned.
"This..., why don't I wait outside first?" Uncle De is old. When he saw the newspaper, he knew that the two were going to discuss a big deal. Although he was a member of Duan Fei, it was not convenient to be present for this kind of thing, so he asked everyone to enter the house and was ready to leave.
"Uncle De, sit down." Li Qiang hurriedly called him and asked him to sit down before laughing, "It's not a big deal. The young master asked us to go to Lushunkou once. I'm afraid it will be handed over to Uncle De!"
Uncle De's buttocks were only half on the stool. Hearing Li Qiang's words, the iron gall in his hand suddenly stopped and said worriedly, "Go to Lushunkou? That's the territory of Beiyang!" Li Qiang nodded and didn't want to talk more about the task. He just said, "We may not be able to come back for a while when we leave this time, so you have to take care of things here for me."
Uncle De nodded quickly. Before he could reply, he saw Li Qiang take out a list from his arms and continue to say, "All the ticks on it have been done. You can always do the rest. I will leave a few people to help you."
Seeing the list, Dong Dahai's eyes lit up. He was one of the few people who knew the list. At that time, he was also present when Duan Fei handed over the list to Night Eagle. This list was also Li Qiang's most important task to return to Liaodong, so he also wanted to see how much he had completed.
After he looked at the list from the corners of his eyes, even if he had been as strong as iron, he couldn't help licking the corners of his mouth. He saw that nearly half of the dense names on the list had been marked with red hooks. It could be seen that he really missed the good things this time. He couldn't help but envy: "Big boss, you are comfortable. It's a pity that I'm with a group of egg soldiers. I was caught in the wind and rain in Ryukyu, and I didn't catch anything.
None of the people here are outsiders, so after hearing Dong Dahai's words, I couldn't help but be a little proud. You know, it's not cats and dogs that can be on this list. They are all Hu bandits and landlord gentry in the Liaodong platoon. These people are all obstacles for the Pacific Army to return to Liaodong in the future, so Li Qiang came back this time, except for the news. In addition to the situation, most of the energy is spent on this list!
And in order to hide his body, he deliberately disguised himself as a bandit who robbed his family. Now he has gathered a team of no less than a thousand people. While clearing the targets on the list, he also used it to collect money and goods and hand them over to Uncle De.
Now he is about to carry out the task. The only thing he is worried about is the mixed beards under him, so after thinking about it, he continued, "Uncle De, don't worry, I will let Liu Guishan stay and help you with this. He is enough to control those bearded soldiers! In addition, you should always ship those collected goods as soon as possible.
Uncle De was still worried about whether he could do the rest of the things well and whether he could suppress the thousands of bearded soldiers that Li Qiang had collected in the past half a year. As soon as he heard that Li Qiang would leave some people, he was also confident and hurriedly nodded: "Don't worry, I can't turn over here."
After Uncle De finished speaking, he saw that Li Qiang seemed to have something to say to Dong Dahai, so he quickly retreated. Seeing that everyone was out, Dong Dahai regained his usual coldness. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over. Then he solemnly said, "Big boss, this errand is a little tricky."
After lighting the cigarette, Li Qiang also nodded. Lushun is a important town in Beiyang. Not to mention those warships, the army on guard alone is not less than 5,000! It's hard to get people under their eyes!
At least 30 people will be left on Liu Guishan's side. Even if you add dozens of egg soldiers brought by Dong Dahai, there are only a hundred people. This mission can really be said to break through the dragon pool!
But this is not what he is worried about. Although the Qing army has a large number of people, its strength is not as good as that of the recruits of the reconnaissance company, not to mention the night eagles! What really makes him feel tricky is that the target is the pipe belt of the Beiyang sailor! Take out the pipe of a leading sailor. If it hadn't been for the young master's order, I'm afraid he would have spit over!
"Isn't this a joke? These days, they have been saying that the Beiyang sailors are going to war with me. How can they know whether he is in the port or not? In case he goes to sea and the shells don't have eyes, that't...!" Li Qiang took two puffs of cigarettes, and then pinched the ground fiercely: "Let's go. Take me to see your chicks. Don't miss the young master's big business."
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