Chapter 271

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He found out that someone from the Heavenly State had come to seek an audience, and had even brought a letter from the Wing King, Shi Dakai. That was when he found out that someone from the Heavenly State had come to seek an audience with him, and that it was a letter from the Wing King, Shi Dakai. However, this person was Lin Fengxiang's personal bodyguard. When Wei Ze went north to rescue the Northern Expedition Army, the officers in Wei Ze's army had seen this fellow many times. Therefore, he was sure that the person who came was not a spy in disguise.

Eliminating the Thirteen Lines was something that Wei Ze had to do. The reason was quite simple. The Thirteen Lines had a huge amount of gold and silver in their hands. They also had a huge amount of land in their hands. Moreover, this group of people had defected to the British and become their lackeys. In Wei Ze's opinion, each of these crimes was enough to warrant the death penalty for these fellows. Needless to say, this group of people occupied a large share of the tobacco trade.

Of course, the reason why Vézé decided to act now was that his intelligence network had discovered that these people were beginning to transfer silver to Hong Kong. If they had obediently defected to the Photovoltaic Governor's Office, Vézé might not have been willing to act so ruthlessly immediately. At the very least, he would have collected more evidence of their crimes. However, this group of people had already begun to plot a way out for themselves. This was already a very clear statement that they would not occupy the same trench as Vézé. Since this was the case, the Standing Committee of the Restoration Council discussed it and unanimously approved the operation to eradicate the Thirteen Lines.

Faced with this question, the receptionist at the door replied, "They brought news that the Manchu Qing army has begun to equip a large number of firearms. In order to be able to resist the Qing Army, the Taiping Rebellion has requested for technical support from you, Governor."

"Did they say how much they would pay?" asked Vézé.

Hearing Vézé's straightforwardness, the receptionist smiled and said, "They said that they have sent you a salary of 50,000 taels of silver."

"As long as they have the money. We can still discuss this in a meeting. Let him continue to wait. "With that, Vézé returned to the meeting hall.

When the other committee members heard this news, they were momentarily at a loss for words. The reason was actually quite simple. First, they had no time to deal with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after they invaded Guangdong. Second, no one was willing to make trouble for themselves. Heavenly State had taken the initiative to request for help. This made the Central Committee members feel that something was wrong.

"The British have already begun to lay out their plans," Weiser said with a smile.

Most of the Central Committee members were stunned by this sudden question. Although they could be considered important people now, most of them were very straightforward and had not come into contact with strategic considerations on a broad level. How did the British plan have anything to do with the Kingdom of Heaven of Peace? It was hard for them to understand.

"Lines," Vzé didn't deliberately. up, "The" "the" Of the Heavenly State Army, "Army of the Qing Imperial" Qing Army "of Army of of the Qing, Army Army," The Army, the Qing, Line. "Jin army," "If the" British "still want to do the tobacco trade, they will have to beat us into submission or get rid of us. Otherwise, they can only go to Shanghai to sell tobacco. We won't talk about the Taiping army's other policies, but they are as firm as we are on the matter of the smoking ban. For these reasons, they will naturally support Manchu Qing. "

"So the" British "will die if they don't sell tobacco?" Wei Changrong said angrily. As a martial artist, he would still get hurt if he carefully protected his health, not to mention smoking tobacco, which was a destructive substance. Therefore, Wei Changrong's attitude towards tobacco was particularly fierce.

Vézé didn't feel anything special. After World War II, "narcotics", which were already popular, became popular in Europe and the United States. This business was even more popular than most businesses in the world. In the second decade of the 21st century, in order to increase their total GDP, the "British" even included drugs and selling drugs into their GDP, which really increased the total amount of data.

At this time, Vézé could only use an easy-to-understand reason to say to everyone, "The" "British" are probably best at selling tobacco. This is a characteristic of their race. If we don't teach them a lesson, they will definitely sell it. "

Many committee members couldn't help but nod at this. Some of them agreed that the "British" should be taught a lesson, while others felt that perhaps the "" British "really did have the" "nature of selling tobacco.

Since the Heavenly State brothers were very cooperative and brought 50,000 taels of silver, the committee naturally wouldn't refuse to provide technical support to the Taiping Rebellion, especially when this support could also be used to fight back against the "British".

After interrogating the emissary, more information became clear. Now, in Jiangxi, the Taiping army and Ceng Guofan's troops were fighting fiercely. Ceng Guofan's main force was besieging Jiujiang. The Taiping army couldn't help Jiujiang, so the "Western Expedition Army" could only fight with Ceng Guofan in other areas. Both sides were unable to defeat the other in one fell swoop, so the battlefield was intertwined.

In the Changzhou and Zhenjiang areas, Marquis Zhang Yingchen's troops were in a standoff with the Jiangnan Jiangbei Camp's Qing Army. Although Zhang Yingchen's troops were only about 6,000, facing the Jiangnan Jiangbei Camp's 100,000 Qing Army, Zhang Yingchen was the one who launched the offensive.

As for Huainan, the situation was in a defensive position. Huainan was now the most important source of supplies for the Taiping Rebellion. Although there were 100,000 troops there, they had to face pressure from Huaibei, Hubei, and Jiangsu. Moreover, the troops had plans to recapture Huaian, so the 100,000 troops were still stretched thin.

"Brother, although I'm here on King Yi's orders, the one who really asked for the Prince Of Qi was my Prime Minister Lin. Prime Minister Lin said that the Prince Of Qi is extremely righteous and has always treated his brothers extremely well. Our lives were saved by the Prince Of Qi, and the Prince Of Qi was also wronged by the Tianjing incident. Even so, as long as we sincerely ask the Prince Of Qi, the Prince Of Qi will still lend a helping hand … "Lin Fengxiang's guard said emotionally.

This guard was someone who followed Lin Fengxiang on the Northern Expedition, so he was sincere when he talked about Vézé. However, the staff member in charge of receiving him obviously didn't have a good impression of him. He naturally knew how much Vézé had sacrificed for the Taiping Rebellion, and how much the Taiping Rebellion owed Vézé. The more the staff member heard, the angrier he got. He rudely interrupted the guard. "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Do you have any brothers who work in the Craftsmen Camp with you? "

"Yes! Yes! "The guard quickly answered.

Experts were different from ordinary people. The Liberation Army sent out technical personnel to discuss with the staff of the Taiping army, and they quickly confirmed the needs of the Taiping army. The Taiping Rebellion was very eager to learn Vézé's skills in making firearms. With the Craftsmen Camp, the Taiping Rebellion's military efficiency was naturally higher than that of the Manchu Qing. However, they had seen Vézé's super high military efficiency, so they naturally hoped that they could be as capable as Vézé's subordinates.

"They're not here to beg for food, they're here to carry the pot!" the staff member said to Wei Ze when he reported.

Vézé laughed. "Haha! Lin Fengxiang, Lin Da Ge is a smart man. If they only know how to beg, it doesn't seem like something Lin Da Ge would do. Let me arrange this. "

"Commander-in-chief, we really can't give them too much!" The staff member couldn't help but advise.

"Even if you give them too much, they have to be able to eat it first. I don't intend to throw a bright pearl into the dark side. "Vézé said confidently.

When the technicians from England, America, and France arrived in China, they all came up with their own plans. Although Vézé did not specialize in smelting, he was a graduate student in propeller processing. The material science required for propellers was a very serious subject.

The difference between China's traditional ironmaking and modern steel mills was actually a problem of "boiling molten iron", or in other words, whether the smelting temperature was high enough. Vézé had never seen the blueprints produced by the technicians from the three countries. This was because these technologies were so outdated that the new China didn't even have the corresponding blueprints. However, they had the basics of smelting, such as regenerative chamber, refractory material, ore pH, and so on.

There were many ironmaking shops and craftsmen in the Foshan area of Shaoguan. Relying on his own knowledge, Vézé finally decided on two plans. When choosing the refractory material, it took a lot of time. Vézé didn't want to delay, so he ordered people to prepare the other parts first. Not long ago, the refractory material was produced, and the new factory immediately started work. Because of the powerful equipment, not only did they produce pig iron, they also produced cast iron. Gray iron and white iron could be considered as the basic products of modern ironmaking. Vézé hadn't conquered Jiangxi yet, so he still couldn't produce high temperature blowpipes. For now, he was temporarily using a reverberatory furnace to smelt steel. Vézé planned to start using the open-hearth high-pressure air blowing method after he had some technical reserves.

Steel was the backbone of a country. Vézé had repeated this many times. Even if the production of cast iron wasn't high, Vézé could still start producing metal machine tools. Once he had a large amount of qualified steel, Vézé naturally dared to upgrade and produce new steel machine tools. Even with such "outdated" equipment, Vézé didn't dare to let the technical personnel of the Taiping Rebellion visit his munitions factory.

In the end, Vézé decided to provide three types of products. In addition to a batch of high-carbon steel crucible tools for the Taiping army, he also provided the fire cap technology that the Taiping army longed for. In addition to what the Taiping army wanted, he also provided the Taiping army with a crusher. In the processing of granular gunpowder, the diameter of the powder greatly affected the effectiveness of the gunpowder. The cast iron crusher could effectively improve the degree of grinding and the efficiency of grinding.

The first two items were fine, but the crusher did make Vézé's heart ache. However, Vézé didn't like to do things piecemeal. Since he really wanted to improve the fighting ability of the Taiping army, then this investment was nothing. In addition to training, the military department gave the brothers of the craftsman battalion a manual.

In addition to these arrangements, Vézé also went to inspect the military department. Since they were going to war with the United Kingdom, all the military departments had to be relocated. At the very least, they couldn't be located in Guangzhou, a place where the British warships could display their might. The next day, in the afternoon, Vézé returned to the command center in a bad mood. As soon as he entered the door, he asked, "Have we set off?"

"Governor, the troops have set off." Bi Qingshan immediately replied, "We've also mobilized people to investigate the land of the Thirteen Elements."

"When will the land investigation of the entire Pearl River Delta be completed?" This was a question that Vézé was very concerned about. Without a stable rear, the Photovoltaic Governor's Office couldn't fight a protracted war with the United Kingdom.

"Latest by July of this year, the Pearl River Delta region will be basically understood. By then, we can implement the land grant order! "Bi Qingshan, who was also the director of the Guangdong Land Issue Office, answered very firmly. R1058