Everyone is silent!!
They really can't think of any good solution!
The enemy is strong and I am weak.
This is impossible to fight!
Seeing that all these important officials had become quails, Qianlong sighed: "Let the other Eight Banners troops train first. We need an elite firearms battalion."
"Master, the main thing is to delay this war. We were defeated too completely this time, and we must find a way to deal with their firearms!"
"Yes, it can cause damage to our cavalry troops at six or seven hundred steps. This kind of weapon cannot be made by repeating firecrackers, but they have restricted our use of repeating firecrackers. They must feel threatened. We still have to start from
Think of ways to deal with weapons."
"Tomorrow when the Nanman envoy comes, he will definitely ask for a lot of money. We must be mentally prepared."
There were long sighs in the palace, and the atmosphere deteriorated again.
"Hey...as long as you don't lose your power and humiliate the country, then agree to the other party's conditions first." Qianlong said with a heavy heart.
If you can't win on the battlefield, you can't get any benefits at the negotiation table!
The Qing Dynasty fought because of this and became very passive.
Qianlong gritted his teeth and said: "We, the Qing Dynasty, still have a chance to defeat the enemy. As long as we hold back the Nanman, and when the craftsmen of the Qing Dynasty produce enough high-quality fire guns, we will definitely be able to annihilate the enemy!"
"The Qing Dynasty will definitely have a prosperous military fortune!"
Suddenly, there was a noise outside...
"Report, there is an emergency military situation in Tongzhou!"
The eunuch's shout came from outside.
Qianlong, who was still discussing the matter, suddenly thought: "What's going on outside?"
"Tongzhou...has fallen!"
The messengers from Tongzhou informed Qianlong of the fall of Tongzhou.
Qianlong cried again.
Weeping till pear blossoms are filled with tears, so miserable!
A group of military ministers secretly complained in their hearts.
Then he started crying too.
There were cries inside and outside the palace again!
after a long time.
Only then did the palace regain peace.
Qianlong wiped out the mucus from his nose, rubbed his red and swollen eyes, and said hoarsely: "The capital was besieged, Tongzhou fell, and our Qing Dynasty has actually reached this point!"
"My dear friends, although this battle was a misunderstanding, it also allowed the enemy to see that the Qing Dynasty's combat effectiveness is strong on the outside and capable on the inside. I also realized the shortcomings of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. In the future, the Qing Dynasty will also have to carry out military reforms."
Our Qing Dynasty's one-million-strong army looks powerful, but it's just an appearance.
Powerful, eh!
That face is broken!
Many important officials of the Qing Dynasty present witnessed with their own eyes the result of a battle in which 20,000 people were defeated by more than 1,000 people.
This is still a hard anus from the front, and 20,000 people can't get close to the enemy.
The traditional and powerful cavalry were useless, and their lives suddenly felt gloomy!
In the Qing Dynasty, we relied on bows and horses to conquer the world.
This battle completely crushed their pride.
"Military reform is needed, and other things are also needed. Let's discuss it and make a statement."
Then the important officials of the Qing court expressed their opinions one after another and discussed the problems for tomorrow!
Everyone used their collective efforts to deduce the possibility that Chen Mu and the others might propose unequal or domineering behavior tomorrow.
Then these Qing officials were ready to take advantage of the situation.
In order to ensure the continuation of his rule, Qianlong secretly transferred his family to Liaodong.
And he contacted his confidants and ran away immediately when the opportunity came.
Overall, this Qianlong is much better than Lafayette.
At least Qianlong thought that he would run away after he couldn't do anything about it.
Various matters discussed between the Qing court officials and the emperor had long been faithfully recorded by several military electronic bugs.
These messages were quickly sent to Chen Mu's residence.
The intelligence was compiled piece by piece and then transmitted to the base camp in the south through several radio relays.
Subsequently, the people in the staff department used the Qing court's coming to power tonight to make deductions and gain more initiative for tomorrow's negotiations.
…
Early the next morning, a large number of people from the Qing court left the city.
They had to bury the fallen cavalry and collect iron tools and armor.
There is also horsemeat to collect for food.
But the more than a thousand Nanman soldiers showed a different look.
They took out some silver and told the Qing people about purchasing vegetables and grain to supply their garrison.
The Qing court officials were extremely frightened, and then took over the procurement task from Ren Jia and others with trepidation.
Life and death hang in the hands of the enemy. This terrible experience makes the people in the capital panic all day long!
Many dignitaries and ordinary people tried to open the city and escape, but failed.
After analyzing with senior officials of the Qing court, Qianlong believed that the Southern Barbarians would not massacre.
However, for safety reasons, he only allowed his children and a few nobles to escape.
Then, for fear of being discovered by Chen Mu, he actually came up with a plan to seal off the city, saying on the surface that I and the Qing Dynasty would coexist.
Therefore, the people inside the city cannot leave, and the people outside cannot enter for the time being.
As a result, food prices in the capital soared more than tenfold in one day.
The situation in the city also became extremely chaotic.
Fortunately, most of the yamen in the Qing court were operating normally.
They relied on bloody methods to finally stabilize the situation in the capital.
The next day, the sun went up three poles!
Chen Mu just woke up.
Yawn lazily and then strike the gong to wake up.
Bang~
After the harsh copper sound, the maid's cry of surprise sounded outside.
"Master is awake and waiting for you!"
Soon, a maid came in to help Chen Mu wash up.
In fact, Chen Mu hates this.
But this is the order of the brain trust.
This is done so as not to act maverick.
They deliberately resorted to feudal tactics in the embassy just to paralyze the Qing court!
Look, I am just like you, we are all on the same page, and we are still good brothers even after we close the door.
Chen Mu refused at first.
But Li also said that this is for the follow-up farming plan.
have to!
In order to complete the task, we have to be a rich man for a while.
Unfortunately, Li also told Chen Mu in front of Mu Siyue that if there were arrangements, he could go to the Flower House to rescue the woman and discuss poetry.
Chen Mu has great ideas about this.
But he made it clear that he refused to go to Hualou.
"But if these people from the Qing court send you beautiful women, what should you do?"
"I won't do it anyway!"
…
After washing up, Chen Mucai went out and saw Agui and others coming.
Agui cupped his fists in compliment and said with a flattering smile: "Ambassador Chen Mu, good morning."
This is what Agui and Chen Mu learned here.
"Good morning! Have you settled your affairs? Are you okay?"
"It's fine. There's nothing wrong with my body."
"Oh, have you agreed to our affairs?"
Agui looked confused: "But the three purposes proposed last time?"
"Well, just these three things."
"The Holy Spirit is currently discussing the matter and is expected to give an answer soon."
"Oh, okay, we'll wait, but we..." Chen Mu handed a letter to Agui. "This is our general's condition! He is deeply sorry for this misunderstanding, but when our people go out to fight
I'm injured, so... I need your help with this matter."
There is no way to fight without getting injured!
There were injuries in yesterday's battle. One soldier shot one of his own, and two soldiers were burned when reloading because they fired too hard.
There was also an ammunition box that was hit!
Agui took the letter with a smile, and then told Chen Mu some interesting things about the capital.
What about horseback riding, fishing, traveling, flower viewing, and having fun in flower houses...
Tell Chen Mu everything about opium dens and all kinds of fun and interesting things.
The previous high-mindedness was completely gone, it was just fun between friends.
This guy seems to have forgotten how he wanted to pull out his bones before!
Chen Mu smiled and said: "My time is very tight, so there is no need to come here to play. I just hope to resolve a few of our matters as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, we will definitely discuss this!"
In the following days, Chen Mu had a good time in the capital.
From viewing flowers and the moon to listening to music, I have experienced all kinds of things.
What to say!
If Chen Mu were alone, he could really get addicted to it.
After the nobles in the feudal era studied, they just had fun every day.
As for the poor, every day is a diary of survival.
Chen Mu did not indulge in it, but became more determined in his inner thoughts.
He must crush this deformed system as soon as possible.
Listening to music on Goulan and admiring flowers on horseback are not as fun as playing games online!
Ancient aristocratic life~
that's all.
A few days later, another 10,000 troops were stationed in Jinmen, Langfang and Tongzhou.
The high school team arrived in the capital only after handling all logistics and defense matters.
As soon as I arrived here, I saw a large number of warblers and swallows!
"This is?"
Chen Mu helplessly spread his hands: "There is no way, the Qing court is too enthusiastic, I have rescued a woman who has lost her footing!"
The high school team frowned slightly.
Looking at it, there are hundreds of women at least!
What on earth has this guy Chen Mu been doing these past few days?
What a dirty and corrupt system!
"When you are done with your work, take them back to receive ideological education."
Chen Mu nodded.
Again, don’t underestimate women.
These women not only learned the skills to please men in the capital, they also learned to read and understand some poetry and songs.
These women are also female scholars and cultural people.
Moreover, they have endured long-term oppression and are the easiest people to arouse emotions.
Once women stand firm, they will be more reliable than anyone else.
The thousands of women who were taken to Wanwan are the best examples.
After the high school team arrived, Chen Mu left everything to him.
Agui and others thought they could defeat Chen Mu, but who knew they would have to attack others again.
They had to bite the bullet and approach the high school team.
It's a pity that the high school team is full of team spirit and doesn't pay attention to some fun and playful things.
Five days after the battle in the capital, everything returned to the negotiating table.
Then, after several days of arduous negotiations.
The Qing court made great changes.
For example, a special office was established for Chen Mu in Jinmen.
The kind where the office is dozens of kilometers in radius!
This is a large concession.
For example, formally assign Wanwan to them.
For example, embassies can be established in Jinling, Jinmen, Guangzhou, Wusong and other places, and soldiers can be stationed in the embassy.
Among them, no more forts are allowed to be established in the area from Jinmen to Langfang and Tongzhou.
Chen Mu wants to establish treaty ports in Guangzhou, Wusong, Jinling, Jiaodong, Jinmen, Liaodong and other places.
They will sell goods here, but Chen Mu will abide by the tax laws of the Qing Dynasty and pay taxes.
Naturally, there is also the small matter of helping the Qing Dynasty build some roads!
Chen Mu and others can be allowed to build these roads, but they cannot be prevented from charging fees.
After Qianlong heard about this good thing, he agreed directly.
Chen Mu has the right to recruit employees in these cities and conduct normal business throughout the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, in order to ensure the circulation and fairness of these commodities, they could hand over the purchasing power to the agents of the Qing court.
All of this must be supported by the currency provided by Chen Mu.
In addition to this, the Qing court would also compensate Chen Mu with a total of 10 million taels of silver for military expenses. He spent one million taels of silver to purchase weapons originally produced by Dai Zi.
The Qing court also needed to accept the Long Kingdom's establishment of a commercial school here.
In fact, among these things, the Qing court reacted most strongly to the establishment of commercial schools.
But words are no match for the barrel of a gun.
The high school team didn't care at all about Daqing's reaction.
"Either you agree to our establishment of a school, or we find a new emperor!"
After hearing this, some idle princes were moved.
But Qianlong panicked.
"Promise, promise them!"
After more than ten days of negotiations, this negotiation that will affect the future of the Qing court has officially ended.
The Qing government believed that they had gained development time at the minimum cost.
Chen Mu also completed the second step of the strategic plan.
The two sides signed the "Beijing Agreement" openly and amicably.
As the agreement came into effect, Chen Mu had the legal right to do business in the Dragon Kingdom, recruit workers, and use their money. But the Qing government gritted its teeth, paid a large amount of money, and then gained time to develop their armaments.
Both sides know that they must still have conflicts.
But no one will use weapons without the strength to eat each other.
In this way, a military operation that almost overturned the Qing court ended temporarily because of Qianlong's surrender.
After Chen Mu officially confirmed that he had established a trading relationship with the Qing court, Chen Mu changed his position.
They returned directly to Tianmen and started renting...oh, the office construction plan!
This kind of place, which would only appear more than a hundred years later, appears ironically.
At first, many people in the Qing court believed that people from the south were synonymous with devils.
They are aggressive by nature and do all kinds of evil and bad things.
But as they got in touch, they discovered that these people were actually pretty good.
Because of the shortage of workers, Chen Mu asked the Qing government to provide them with some workers.
These Qing soldiers were in charge of the life and death of the people. In order to complete their mission, they directly and forcibly arrested the Qing people.
These desperate people thought it would be hell when they came here, but when they first came into contact, they found that the southerners were very polite.
These people, who were described as demons by the Qing government, were actually very peaceful towards people.
They deal fairly and are very trustworthy when doing work.
When purchasing supplies in Jinmen, transactions were always made in full.
Apart from this, the Qing people working here feel that this place is a paradise.
What can I say, because the food here is really good.
They actually get two meat dishes for lunch and dinner every day.
Breakfast is also luxurious with white flour steamed buns, seaweed and egg drop soup, and various pickles.
These little pickles are full of flavor and delicious to eat.
After these Qing people worked hard for a month and a half, they even received three silver coins made by southerners as salary.
After they left, they told their neighbors about working here, and word of mouth spread.
With this first experience, Chen Mu's recruitment of employees to build the road went very smoothly.
The workers who came from the south once again began the work of moisturizing and teaching silently.
As for red armbands like Xiao Jian, it will take some time.
The land of Beijing and Tianjin is always under Qianlong's nose, so take some time off!
Early November~
A force of thousands of people led by Ren Jia set off from the capital.
According to the detected letters, they robbed 50,000 muskets and 300 artillery pieces transported from Tsarist Russia in Tsarist Russia.
In order to ensure safety, Ren Jia and the others also made some disguises.
For example, put a pockmarked mask on your face.
Ren Jia relied on accurate intelligence to capture this transport team in Tsarist Russia.
There was a crackling burst of fire. Mao Zi, who was responsible for escorting the weapons, and the Qing court officials were immediately stunned.
How could these people withstand their attack? The entire escort team was scattered.
"Diguo, this is Xiangcai. I have caught the native chicken and am transporting it back. It's over."
"The ground pot is received, completed!"
Ren Jia arranged for team members to transport the weapons back.
These steels will be used as tractors and other materials.
Unexpectedly, the multi-function personal walkie-talkie that he had not turned off suddenly sounded an alarm.
Didi didi~
Ren Jia turned on the intercom strangely.
Then he saw a red icon representing radiation appearing in front of him.
Ren Jia was immediately stunned.
Considering that special operations teams will face many things in the future, the command headquarters in the modern world have specially added many functions to the walkie-talkies.
The military walkie-talkie carried by Ren Jia has a small function: detecting residual radiation levels.
The red light flashes quickly, indicating that the radiation in this area is very heavy.
Ren Jia quickly left the weapons.
The sirens gradually lowered.
If you get closer, the alarm will sound again!
There is nuclear radiation in the gun?
This is unscientific!
He quickly looked at these weapons and found that they were all second-hand weapons.
Many of the muskets look very familiar.
"Damn it! These idiots are actually selling junk."
These are clearly the remaining weapons of the soldiers who died when Chen Mu gave a gift package to Tsarist Russia last time.
Mao Zi discovered the abnormality of these things, and then remembered the death curse reminder they gave before leaving. This was to dig a hole for the Qing court!
"Captain, what should we do?"
Ren Jia said with a strange expression: "Notify the headquarters."
This thing is a hot potato right now.
Although the dosage carried by these weapons is not high, wearing the weapons for a long time can cause harm to people.
But it is still a source of radiation!
There is no way they would allow the Qing court to equip them with these weapons!
When Ren Jia spread the news to Jinmen, the high school team and Chen Mu were dumbfounded.
"Those people in Tsarist Russia are really good at doing business, and they even used irradiated weapons for the Qing court to use."
"It seems that those people haven't suffered enough yet!"
Chen Mu said coldly: "I really want to go over and deal with them."
I heard that Catherine II was very beautiful!
It must be very good to train.
"Forget it, it takes more than half a year to go back and forth, it's too far."
"So what? This weapon must not be given to the Qing court." Chen Mu asked unwillingly.
"Either sell it to the grassland people, or... um~ give it to a book that leads a good life?"
"this is not bad!"
Soon, they identified the parties to whom these weapons were being traded.
Teacher Benzi, we are all here anyway. Fifty thousand muskets and a large number of artillery can never be given to the Qing court.
Depending on the amount of radiation detected, it will take about six months for the holder to be affected.
If it is given to the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, they will still have to pay for it in the future.
Give them weapons and let them play with themselves~
We are really kind people!
I heard that there is a lot of excitement there now~
Even if they are unhappy, you can make them happier~
Chen Mu doesn't need to talk about selling arms alone, because they also have talents who understand this aspect.
Half a month later, when Qianlong, who was eagerly looking forward to Western muskets, learned that his own weapons had been robbed by strongmen, he was dumbfounded.
"This is impossible. Are the Rakshasa people taking advantage of others?"
"Master, those Tsarist Russians also suffered heavy losses. The Tsarist Russians escorting weapons had more than 800 casualties, and we also lost more than a thousand people."
Qianlong was extremely angry!
"Who on earth dares to steal my Qing Dynasty's weapons?"
Who it is, it is naturally Chen Mu and his gang.
Isn't Qianlong asking questions knowingly?
"We must strictly investigate and ensure that these weapons must not fall into the hands of other feudal lords."
"twitter!"
The weapons were robbed by Chen Mu, and they could only swallow the pain.
But if these weapons were obtained by people from the Qing court, something big would happen.
Qianlong didn't want a few kings to cause trouble during this turbulent time, making the already severely weakened Qing court even worse.
Qianlong's worries were excessive.
Chen Mu had no intention of selling it to the Qing court.
After they returned from escorting the supplies, they arranged for people to sell the weapons to Benzi.
The book, which was originally a lively place, suddenly became even more lively because of the appearance of more than 50,000 muskets.
You hit me today, I will hit you tomorrow!
All in all, the fight was not lively.
These 50,000 muskets also allowed Chen Mu to earn 600,000 taels of silver.
Although there are only a few, they can make a lot of money...
This chapter has been completed!