Chapter 282 The Wedge of the Southeast

"North Korea and the Qing Dynasty?!"

Chen Ping just unfolded his eyebrows and suddenly frowned.

To be honest, in fact, according to the general reference and Li Mo's plan at the beginning, the purpose of this war can only be said to be half. The main reason is that I surrendered too early and too fast!

When the navy failed, the fleet that cost countless years to build was destroyed. When the Tokyo gunfire was burned and the airship appeared overhead, it obviously made Japan feel great fear. This is different from the persistence in the face of aircraft all over the sky in World War II, because this is the first time that both airships and incendiary bombs have been used. What a precedent causes great psychological panic and the lack of countermeasures, anyone will feel desperate.

Just like when the British dreadnought was launched later, the whole of Europe felt desperate, because they found that their hard-earned fleets were all outdated, and the coastline was all within the range of this new warship with full heavy artillery. This is why the dreadnaught was regarded as an important water diction in the history of battleships. The ridge is the same.

Fortunately, the rest of Europe are also on the watershed of warship transformation, but now there is an obvious lack of technology and strength to get an airship and a new navy. Not to mention them, I'm afraid that even Britain raised his head overnight and found that all its warships had been sunk, and the sky was full of irrefuting and can be thrown down at will. The bomb's airship may not last long.

This is the biggest problem of island countries' lack of strategic depth. Coupled with fiscal depletion and poor grain harvest, they are actually unable to fight any more, so they are very smart and know that it is impossible to win the war and may lead to the division of the country, so they immediately choose to surrender, but they did not expect that they are The department had not yet begun to split, but Master Li came to recruit external division. It was too late to regret it.

But this is the choice, but it also brings a big problem to Li Mo and the general ginseng, that is, North Korea!

After seeing the special envoy sent by the emperor, Youpeng of Shanxian decisively announced his surrender, and led the remaining 20,000 soldiers to decisively disarm Luo Feng, failing to give any excuse.

This is not so much decisive as helpless. As early as after the Tsushima Strait was cut off, Shanxian Youpeng expected that it would fail, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, because he knows the situation in China best. After being blocked for more than half a year, it has already drained its vitality. In addition, the grain has been apologizing over the years. In addition, for the sake of this war, the strong men were transferred to build fortifications and young and middle-aged soldiers were recruited, which aggravated the food crisis.

So when he heard that the navy had failed and sank, he immediately handed over the command knife without saying a word. It was his determination that allowed more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers who had lived in North Korea for several years to go home. At the same time, he also put the North Korean problem in front of Li Mo.

Originally, Li Mo was going to use the tens of thousands of troops in the hands of Youpeng in Shanxian County to consume them with the Korean Rebels, and his army withdrew from the main battle after he won Incheon, but he didn't expect that he was not stupid. He didn't give Master Li the opportunity to play the opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight at all, which made his plan to consume North Korea. He died at the beginning.

The biggest problem now is that he has promised Kim Kai-nam to build the country, so how should the Lee dynasty in North Korea deal with it? Should they continue to survive, or just erase it?

What kind of North Korea can be in its best interests!

After I quit, did I support the Li Dynasty? Or do you support Jin Kainan? To be honest, if you master the power of the army at this moment, as long as you are slightly biased towards one side, it will definitely be a disaster for the other side.

Chen Ping is one of the few people who know Li Mo's thoughts, so after he raised this question, he immediately said, "Young master, I think Shen Jun's advice can be adopted for North Korea."

"Shen Jun?" Li Mo remembered Duan Fei's powerful general, known as the ghost hand, and asked, "What advice does he have?"

"Shen Jun suggested that we can use the 20,000 Korean puppet army left after the surrender of Japan to throw the collection power to the king of Korea in the name of himself, so that the king of Korea has enough weapons in his hands, and we can provide 10,000 guns to Jin Kainan again, and then end the battle against the day. The troops need to rest. It's all for a reason."

Chen Ping added another cigarette and said lightly, "Let them solve it by themselves!"

"Have you ever thought about it? What if Jin Kainan suspects that we are doing something?"

"So Shen Jun borrowed the hand and handed over the puppet army to the king of Korea, so that even if he doubts, there is nothing he can do." Speaking of this, Chen Ping snorted coldly: "Give him two ways, either turn against us or fight the world by yourself!" I believe he is a smart man and knows how to choose!"

Li Mo nodded. This is indeed a way. Although the king of Korea is [***] unpopular, there are still a large number of supporters of the gentry in China. After handing over the pseudo-military collection power to them, no matter how bad it is, it can leave thousands of people. In this way, as long as he does not take action, with the ability of the North Korean Rebel Army, there is no We can't unify North Korea for a year and a half.

"Let's do it according to Shen Jun's idea. In addition, you tell Shen Jun that you can provide part of the funds when necessary, but you can't come forward in our name."

"Yes."

After Chen Ping nodded, he was silent on the second goal. The Qing Dynasty is not a small North Korea. There are still three catties of iron in the rotten ship. Although the Qing court has lost the support of most people, the huge gentry landlords and conservatives in China, coupled with the vast size of the army in his current hand, it will really consume. I'm afraid it's not enough to stuff your teeth!

However, the young master asked, and he always needed an explanation, so after thinking about it, he continued: "At present, the Qing Dynasty is relatively complex. From the military point of view, there are three major forces. One is the Beiyang new army controlled by Yuan Shikai. The number has reached 50,000, all of them are trained at night according to the new recruit training method, and we also learned from some of our methods to fight. The force is also acceptable.

After Li Hongzhang came back from his visit, although he said that he was ill and recuperating at home, he secretly caught the Huai Army and received foreign support. In addition to Zhang Zhidong's extensive courage, the three-legged tripod has been established on a large scale.

From the perspective of internal affairs, it is the old Buddha who really holds the government, but the new style of learning has been very popular recently. The students and officials represented by Kang Youwei have written four times in a row, hoping to reform and strengthen the country with the reform and take back the three northeastern provinces.

"Take back the three northeastern provinces?" Li Mo smiled and asked, "So if I let you march into the Qing Dynasty, are you sure?"

"Chirty thousand troops, help in the Canadian fleet, five years!" Chen Ping raised his head confidently. Although the Qing Dynasty claimed that there were still millions of teachers, most of them could no longer be seen by him.

"Thirty thousand!"

Li Mo laughed and said, "Go and talk to Mr. Li. If he agrees, I have no problem."

Chen Ping scratched his head. At this moment, he went to Li Enfu to ask for 300,000 troops. It is estimated that he could not even get out of the threshold of the State Council. What's more, the most important thing now is not the army, but the distribution of the navy, so he shook his head with a wry smile: "Young master, don't laugh at me. Among us, except for you, I haven't been able to dig gold from Lord Li's mouth yet.

"Look at what you said, it seems that Mr. Li has become a stingy man who can only get in and out." Li Mo smiled. In fact, this situation is what he is willing to see. It is necessary to separate the army and politics, so that the army can be restrained, so that there will not be a situation that is too large and self-respecting. In addition, if he has mastered the military power, the army will become a real national army in the future beyond the country's politics.

This is his biggest dream, but it is not the time to say it at this moment. He must also rely on the advantages of crossing to guide the direction for this army. Moreover, he has fought too many wars over the years, and he is greedy and has indigestion sooner or later, so he must also reach the stage of adjustment and consolidation, and immediately start the war with the Qing Dynasty. It is not advisable.

In addition, there are too many interests involved in the southeast coast. After returning to this era, he has made it clear that for Britain and France, the south of the Qing Dynasty is their inherent sphere of influence, especially the United Kingdom, which is considered to be the three major sources of wealth together with South Africa and India.

Once your warship drives directly into the southeast coast, it's really not a joke. Britain and France will really work hard!

However, you can't hide and watch. In addition to economic infiltration, it is also necessary to support some of your own strength, and you must find an excuse to lay a wedge in that area.

As for this wedge?

Duan Fei should also have news! --

Outside the Longshan Temple, there are a lot of people, and the good men and women with big bags are coming and going. In the square outside the temple, there are many vendors, and the hawking is full of ears one after another.

Among the tempuras, several seemingly ordinary men slowly walked into the temple. Along the way, the dragons and phoenixes reflected each other. A large number of stained glass porcelain pieces and cross-toed pottery made them stop frequently, as if they were amazed at this magnificent temple.

If you look carefully, you will find that although several people praised repeatedly, they kept walking for a moment, and soon walked around the front temple to the backyard.

In the backyard, the camphor is like an umbrella, and the vine is attached to it, which is indescribably quiet and comfortable. Under the camphor tree, there are two bamboo chairs and a small table. The fragrance of Pu'er on the tea table is mixed into the surrounding camphor fragrance, which makes people miss it.

The tea goes into the throat, and the lips and teeth are fragrant.

After coming to Taiwan for so long, Huang Zichen couldn't help but be fascinated by this taste. He smiled and said, "It's still Mr. Qiu's elegant. This ancient temple is quiet courtyard, rattan Luoxiang camphor, is really the best place to taste tea. When I go back, I will plant a few trees."

"Ha ha, I'm afraid that Zichen will be disappointed. I'm afraid that this kind of camphor will not live in the north."

"Northern?" Huang Zichen was puzzled and said, "Mr. Qiu is wrong. Zichen's home is in Honolulu, where the weather is similar to that of Taiwan."

"Zi Chen, do you think you can still go back to Honolulu?" Qiu Fengjia hooked the corners of his mouth, put down the teacup and smiled, "Over the years, you have built a shipyard in Taiwan and a car factory, which has already entered the eyes of the young master. I think he will transfer you back this time. I'm afraid it will be of great use!"

"Mr. Qiu praised it." Hearing this, Huang Zichen's heart also jumped, but these years of experience also made him much more indifferent. He smiled and said, "If you say great achievements, you have completed most of the railway in two years, which is much better than my achievements."

When it comes to the Taiwan Railway, Qiu Fengjia can't help showing a little pride. Two years from the start of construction to now, this major artery in Taiwan has been repaired in Chiayi, and it will be completed in more than half a year.

Although this speed cannot be compared with the Northeast railway network that has started construction now, considering that Taiwan is mountainous and dense, it is already very good to do so. The most important thing is that with the opening of a section of the railway, the name of Qiu Fengjia has already spread all over Taiwan. Now it is more famous than the admiral of Taiwan.

It's just that when he looked back, he found that his achievements were not even as good as that young master. He beat Spain, swallowed Luzon, and broke the Japanese. In just more than half a year, he changed the color of the territory of the sea, and the great powers were even more unprepared. This means and spirit of crossing the world, let alone see it. I'm afraid there are not many people I've heard of!

If he hadn't broken his face with Daqing, I'm afraid that the whole southeast coast would have been covered by him now, but since he defeated the Japanese version and removed the biggest stumbling block, I'm afraid his vision will also turn to this area.

But how will he come to Taiwan?

Qiu Fengjia filled the teacup. Just as he was about to taste it again, he suddenly saw a little Shani coming in with several big men. When he saw the people coming, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Duan Fei has met Mr. Qiu and Brother Zichen."

"Haha, no wonder why I haven't tasted the tea today. It turns out that Brother Duan hasn't arrived yet." Seeing Duan Fei, Qiu Fengjia and Huang Zichen quickly got up to welcome him.

Little Shani also quickly brought a bamboo chair. After the three of them sat down again, Huang Zichen was surprised to see that there were no outsiders, so he said, "Brother Duan, why are you here? Did the young master have any orders?

Qiu Fengjia also looked at Duan Fei quickly. Both of them knew Duan Fei's position in Li Mo's heart. Even if he was not his sister, this person was enough to make anyone dare not take it lightly.

"It's nothing. I just came back from Guangzhou and happened to pass by here. I heard that you two were hiding here to take a nap, so I rushed to ask for a cup of tea." Duan Fei smiled and said.

"What a coincidence, this is the newly soaked Pu'er." After all, Qiu Fengjia was more old. He knew that Duan Fei didn't say anything, and he didn't ask much and quickly poured a cup of tea for him.

"Two people, in addition to drinking tea, Duan Fei also wants to ask if Mr. Sun has come to see you recently?"

"Mr. Sun?" Qiu Fengjia's heart jumped, his eyebrows twisted, and he remembered the young man who came to them for sponsorship a few days, but he didn't expect that only a few days later, it reached Li Mo's ears, and he couldn't help but nod and nod: "Yes, he has been here, and he has discussed with Zichen to get sponsorship, but there is no us anymore. I refused."

"Mr. Qiu, Brother Zichen, don't blame me for speaking directly. Do you know this person?" Duan Fei looked at the two people with bright eyes. He had been holding a huge intelligence department for many years, which had made him faintly have some superior drivers. As soon as he said this, he immediately approached the two of them.

"Brother Duan, is there something wrong with this person?" Huang Zichen knew Duan Fei's strength and thought that he had done something wrong, which attracted the dissatisfaction of the young master and hurriedly asked.

Seeing the solemn look of the two people, Duan Fei knew that they had misunderstood. He quickly waved his hand and smiled, "Ha ha, Zichen and Mr. Qiu misunderstood. The young master has no other meaning, but this person is very important to us, so I have to pay attention to it."

Hearing Duan Fei say this, the two were relieved. Qiu Fengjia quickly said, "Mr. Sun has a big heart. In the past few days here, he has been promoting new learning and new policies, and hopes that we can fund him. Moreover, I also heard that he has also developed some people in Guangzhou, formed an organization called Xing Congress, and proposed The slogan of expelling the tartars and restoring China is very popular.

"And this person has also traveled to Nanyang and other places many times to raise funds, and even many people in China have been encouraged to enter." After Qiu Fengjia finished what he knew, he asked in surprise, "Brother Duan, are you investigating this person?"

After Duan Fei poured a cup of tea for himself, he hesitated for a moment and suddenly took out a letter from his close pocket and handed it to the two people: "Mr. Qiu, this is a handwritten letter from the young master asked me to bring to you and Zichen."

Qiu Fengjia quickly opened the letter, but frowned sharply before he looked at it.

"Three thousand guns? Ten thousand taels of silver! Give it to him?!" Seeing this, Huang Zichen quickly bent over and looked at him twice. He also shouted in surprise. He didn't understand why the young master paid so much to fund this person!

"You two might as well continue to watch."

Duan Fei's words made the two people look at it immediately. When the last word was over, they took a breath at the same time, and Qiu Fengjia suddenly leaned on the back of the chair.

"Mr. Qiu, but do you think there is a problem?" Seeing this, Duan Fei quickly asked.

Qiu Fengjia shook his head and returned the letter to Duan Fei. He squinted his eyes and looked around and sighed: "Thirteen years ago, when the French were at war with the French, the French army invaded and occupied Keelung. The Rebels used the seal of the Longshan Temple and the official office to assist the officers to repel the French. After that, the temple was given a plaque of "Cihui Yuanyin" by Emperor Guangxu. Its prestige makes the incense even more. It's just that Qiu didn't expect that he would be here again after many years. He just hoped that he could be blessed by Mazu's mother this time and not make Taiwan suffer.

Duan Fei has learned of Qiu Fengjia's surname from Li Mo and said with a hurry with a smile, "Mr. Qiu, the young master Duan Feilai said that if you think this trip is dangerous and will hurt Taiwan, then let's forget it."

"No." Qiu Fengjia quickly waved his hand: "Brother Duan, don't get me wrong. Qiu just has feelings. Please tell the young master that I'm not a pedantic person. I still know the road that can't be broken. Let's do it to us."

Duan Fei nodded and arched his hand and said, "Duan Fei thanked Mr. Qiu for the young master and the people of the world. Please rest assured that the young master will never let the southeast coast be punished by foreign invaders!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Qiu Fengjia poured a mouthful of tea, and his eyes were clear again. The corners of his mouth smiled, "Let the three of us make trouble on the southeast coast and see what plaque Emperor Guangxu should write this time!"

"Haha..."

(to be continued)