Chapter 147 It’s better to rely on yourself than to rely on others
Weihaiwei, Beiyang Navy military port camp.
"Sir, there is news from Senior Brother Wu that just now they captured a few more spies who were young!"
"How many more spies have been caught?"
Admiral Ding looked unhappy and said in a deep voice: "Is it true?"
"It's true. My subordinates have sent people over to verify it before!"
The officer who reported the report hurriedly explained: "Confirmed, the man has been tied with stones and thrown into the sea!"
"What you do over there is quite ruthless!"
Admiral Ding pondered: "What happened in these little days recently? I don't want to forget about it, right?"
"Senior Brother Wu has sent word that he will take risks when he is young!"
The officer who sent the message looked relaxed and said disapprovingly: "You also told us to be careful!"
"This guy is just too cautious!"
Admiral Ding chuckled, shook his head and said, "Turn back and thank him for me!"
"As for the affairs of his childhood, he should leave it alone. The court will deal with it!"
"If he is serious, giving us more cotton would be better than anything else!"
The reporting officer nodded quickly in agreement. Seeing that Admiral Ding had no other instructions, he immediately left and did not dare to disturb him any further.
In this way, Wu Dong's reminder again was still ignored by the senior officials of the Beiyang Navy.
Fortunately he was not present, otherwise I would have made a serious note.
If the Beiyang Navy did not pay enough attention, it would definitely not escape the fate of the two major bases in history, Lushun and Weihaiwei Navy, which suffered total annihilation.
To be honest, even if several naval battles were defeated, the blow to the Beiyang Navy would not be that serious.
After all, there are still many warships staying at the three major naval bases of Lushun, Weihaiwei and Dagukou. As long as they are prepared, they can still fight.
Even if you fail in the end, it won't be as tragic as the entire army being destroyed.
It's a pity that they turned a deaf ear to Wu Dong's reminder.
On the other side, at the Yuanshun Escort Bureau in the capital, Wang Wu, who had just returned to the capital, received a letter from Lu Di.
After reading the content of the letter, Wang Wu burned the letter with a heavy face, walked back and forth in the room with his thoughts on his mind, and felt a little at a loss for the moment.
In the past few years, Yuanshun Escort Bureau has been developing well, and Wang Wu's reputation has become even louder.
Of course, the biggest change is that Yuanshun Escort has opened up a new business and has become a newly emerging cotton cloth supplier in the entire Beijing area.
Because of the continuous supply of cotton cloth from Lu Di, he managed to occupy a small area of the cloth market in the capital.
Even so, the income of the Yuanshun Escort Bureau has also increased, and the life of the ups and downs has been extremely comfortable.
As the head escort, Wang Wu also has the confidence to refuse some escort business that he doesn't like very much, and he is quite relaxed and comfortable.
These changes are naturally inseparable from his relationship with Wu Dong, the senior brother of Lu Di Dharma Altar.
The cotton cloth from Lu is provided by the cloth factory under Senior Brother Wu.
With a close interest connection, the relationship between the two people becomes closer.
Every year, Wang Wu would personally go to the Jiao'ao area in Shandong Province and stay there for a period of time. He had frequent exchanges with Wu Dong.
Wu Dong had just exchanged some situation judgments with him last year. Unexpectedly, these judgments basically came true, and Wang Wu was shocked for a while.
However, every time he thought of some of Wu Dong's speculations, Wang Wu felt that he was not so happy, and even a little angry.
Is the court so blind that it can't even see the wolfish ambitions of its childhood?
Most of Yuanshun Escort Agency's escort business is outside the customs, and Wang Wu's personal connections outside the customs are not generally strong.
As long as you are careful, you can easily find out some information that is not easy to detect.
But this information just proved that some of Wu Dong's guesses were accurate.
There has been a lot of commotion in Korea recently.
In order to fight for power and profit, the top management of Goryeo had almost lost their minds.
This information was obtained through friends outside the customs.
If chaos breaks out in Goryeo, the neighboring areas outside the customs will naturally not be able to live in peace either.
If according to Wu Dong's guess, Xiaori might take the opportunity to invade, then the situation would not be good.
How could Wang Wu not know what the Qing troops stationed outside the pass looked like? They walked there all year round. They were just a bunch of soldiers.
If it's not good, as long as the small army dares to fight hard, the Qing army outside the Pass will probably collapse directly, and the consequences will be disastrous.
Although these are just simple sand table deductions, no matter how Wang Wu thinks about it, he feels that this matter is likely to become a fact.
This made Wang Wu feel very unhappy. He knew clearly that something might happen in Gaoli and Guanwai, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. It was really uncomfortable to hold it in his heart.
Fortunately, Wu Dong told him that if he was not optimistic about the imperial court, he could only rely on his own abilities and make some efforts and arrangements.
If nothing else, even if the worst happens, it won't make things easier for the intruders. It's as simple as that.
Wu Dong even assigned Wang Wu a task in advance.
Relying on his reputation, he made great efforts to make friends with heroes and horse bandits outside the customs, hoping to be useful at critical moments.
Unexpectedly, a letter from Wu Dong asking him to come forward in person and go to sit outside the customs suddenly arrived.
In other words, the information Wu Dong speculated before is likely to be the worst case scenario.
Every time he thought about this, Wang Wu felt resentful towards the imperial court. It was really too bad.
I was suffocating in my heart, and my mood was not very good for the next few days.
However, he made a decision quickly, and spent the next year stationed outside the Kansai area. In addition, he also wrote to many familiar Kansai swordsman friends, inviting them to come with him.
The specific reason will naturally not be disclosed, but he said that he needs help from friends.
It has to be said that Da Sword King Wu's network of friends is quite powerful. Even if he doesn't know anything about the situation, he still has a lot of Kansai swordsman friends and rushes directly to the border without saying a word.
By the time Wang Wu settled at the farm outside the pass, dozens of swordsman friends had already followed him.
By the way, Wu Dong also made arrangements early in the Lushun Military Port area.
Like the Jiaoao Boxer Farm model of Zhuangzi, there are six military ports surrounding Lushun.
However, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, we did not call them Boxer Farms, but ordinary Zhuangzi.
This is outside the customs, and there are not a few Zhuangzi that are unique to the banner people and nobles. There are also several farms, and the Zhuangzi that were established in the wilderness did not attract the attention of outsiders at all.
After Da Dao Wang Wu came out of seclusion, he settled in one of the Zhuangzi places.
A group of his swordsman friends also stayed with him temporarily on Zhuangzi.
When we get here, the swordsman friend who can come to meet him without hesitation because of a letter from him is a brother who can truly be entrusted with his back.
He didn't show any pretense, he just told his swordsman friends about the possible invasion of his little life.
"When you have lived here for a while, you will know how bad the Qing army outside the Pass is. There is no need to count on them!"
"Actually, our small manpower is nothing compared to thousands of troops, but I am very unwilling to do so!"
"It's okay if the little day doesn't come, but if it does come, the knives in our brothers' hands will not be vegetarian!"
"Of course, I don't want brothers to fight head-on with Zheng Gu. This is very irrational behavior!"
"With our martial arts and riding skills, is it possible to fight in a guerrilla war? As long as we can create discomfort and trouble for our little life!"
These impassioned words made the Kansai swordsmen who came here excited, and they all expressed their support for Wang Wu's decision.
If things were really as Wang Wu said, they would naturally not stand idly by.
Even if Wang Wu guesses wrong, it’s just a trip here.
Wang Wu was not moved, so he lived peacefully on the farm outside the pass.
A few days later, the farm sent someone to put Wang Wu on an offshore ship, which took him directly from Lushun to Jiaoao Pier.
During this period, neither the Qing Navy at Lushun Naval Port nor the Qing Navy at Weihai Weihai Military Port turned a blind eye to the sea-going ship he was on.
In addition to lamenting the rapid decline of the Qing Navy, I was also secretly shocked by how deeply Wu Dong penetrated the Beiyang Navy.
Just to give face, this situation will not happen.
After arriving at the pier, Wang Wu saw that the Jiao'ao city was completely different from the last time he came.
Due to the establishment of steam textile factories, steam peanut oil factories and other factories, their products were quickly exported to the capital and other northern regions, attracting homeless people to come to work.
With a large population and a little extra money after working, it will be difficult for Jiaoao City to develop rapidly.
Naturally, Wudong would not let it develop disorderly. It had planned the layout of the city early. The main roads were straight and clean, giving people a different feeling.
People were coming and going on the street, and many public service facilities had appeared. Wang Wu was dazzled and surprised.
“This Jiao’ao City is really nice!”
Wang Wu couldn't help but sigh. What he was referring to was good, it was not a scene where people were coming and going and business was prosperous.
After all, it has been developed for too short a period of time. Compared to those great cities that are centuries old or even millennium old, the city's heritage is not even the slightest bit worse, and there is also a big gap in the city's development level.
What he was referring to was that the spirit of the people here was completely different from other places. The vitality of looking forward to the future shocked Wang Wu.
Wu Dong naturally understood what he heard and said with a leisurely smile: "Here, there are no messy government officials and local gangsters outside, and the people don't need to be exploited and suppressed in all kinds of ways!"
"As long as you are willing to work hard, you will not necessarily be rich and prosperous, but there is no problem in filling your stomach. With the deliberate guidance of the Dharma altar, you will have such a good atmosphere!"
"This is quite difficult!"
Wang Wu has been traveling all over the country for many years, and the most common thing he has seen is the miserable situation where he can't even fill his stomach despite working hard.
In comparison, the Jiao'ao city under Wu Dong's control was already enjoying a rare period of Qingming.
"Brother Wang, there has been chaos over there in Korea. The situation is very bad. You have to be prepared!"
As soon as he arrived at the temporary office, and before his butt dropped, Wu Dong told a shocking news...