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After Zhang Cheng and Li Hanzhang met, they moved into a three-entry villa not far from the Governor's Office. Every day, they ordered a few tables of wine and food and a few innocent servants to accompany them in a nearby hotel - making tea.

Four big men as strong as t800 were guarding two outside the door and two inside the courtyard - this was a biochemical robot brought by Zhang Cheng.

In the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, people were really a strong man with a height of eight feet and a bust of six feet. In fact, this is true. Such a biochemical robot can run with a heavy machine gun.

At sea, a 10,000-ton ironclad ship had been handed over to the Guangdong Navy personnel, and was familiar with the operation of the ship under the training of the robots under Zhang Cheng. Even if the ship was changed after the New Year, the Dingzhen Second Ship would be just a small number.

Li Hanzhang spread the news about collecting golden nanmu. Of course, it was not that Lord Li Hanzhang wanted to collect golden nanmu, but a document was issued in the name of the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi. The general idea was to find out that many wealthy businessmen and gentry in Guangdong and Guangxi used golden nanmu as furniture. Because golden nanmu is a tribute, the royal golden nanmu was not enough to use. Now, the golden nanmu is handed over within a time limit. If the golden nanmu is used as a coffin, it will definitely be severely punished. Specifically, those with officials will be demoted and seized for office. Those with fame and fortune at home will be dismissed, and those without fame will be directly imprisoned.

Those who can survive in the feudal society are all talented people - including Hai Rui, who was born in a Juren. In the end, the official function of being a fourth-rank official in Beijing, such as the right-rank official, has already broken the invisible ceiling of the officialdom of the Juren. Many people who were born in Jinshi did not achieve this position, let alone after their death, they were awarded the crown prince Taibao and enjoyed the posthumous title.

If you don’t be independent and specialized and follow the rules, Hai Rui will work hard all his life and even the seventh rank of the local officials in the yamen, and the sixth rank local officials may have reached the top. What is the concept of the fourth rank of Beijing officials? It may feel aggrieved to be a second rank governor when he is sent to the local area to be a second rank governor.

After seeing the documents from the Governor's Office below, everyone suddenly realized, Oh, it turns out that the Governor likes golden nanmu furniture. It's good to have a preference. Many people didn't know what to give, for example, if you give Shangguan a few beauties, what if Shangguan is a rabbit master, this is not a flattery and slap on the horse's legs.

As for where the golden nanmu came from, of course, it is for the local gentry to be respected. The official himself does not have to worry about such things, just pass on the news.

By the time the Beiyang Navy went south to Guangdong for winter, Li Hanzhang had already completed the task here. The density of mahogany, especially the golden nanmu, is very high. Ordinary wood can float on the water and sink when it enters the water. It is difficult for modern people to imagine a piece of furniture weighing thousands of pounds - but the step-drawing bed made of golden nanmu cannot be reduced to this weight.

The second time Zhang Cheng and Li Hanzhang met was in a warehouse full of golden nanmu furniture and golden nanmu material.

The old fox smiled and said, "I have sent someone to claim it. There are more than 5.3 million kilograms in total, even if it is five million kilograms."

The little fox smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the people of Guangdong and Guangxi are really rich. Millions of kilograms of golden nanmu can be collected. Is the remaining 3.3 million taels worth of silver?"

The old fox: "What do you want to do with money? Change it to an iron-clad ship."

The Li family really didn't take millions of taels of silver seriously. Li Hongzhang alone left behind tens of millions of taels of silver for future generations. In a word, this little money is not favored.

Little fox: "Where is the court?"

The old fox: "We brothers will do it in the court, so you can rest assured."

Little Fox: "The above are the models and tonnage of our existing ironclad ship. You can send them before the New Year."

The old fox: "I'll take it to study it first."

Li Hanzhang himself doesn’t understand the navy very much. Besides, most of these ships need to be replaced by Beiyang, so he has to consider Beiyang’s opinions.

Li Hanzhang's family understands his family affairs. Although Li Hanzhang also came from a Jinshi, there were more people from the Qing Dynasty who came from the Qing Dynasty and could become the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi without seeing him. Li Hanzhang was able to reach his current position, and he was inseparable from the Huai Army and Beiyang.

After the defeat in Beiyang in history, Li Hanzhang resigned in 1895. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, I don’t know how many people stabbed Beiyang from the capital to the local government.

The reason is two-way Li knows that the Li family and the Weng family of the Emperor's Master are enemies. Weng Tongshu, the elder brother of the Emperor's Master Weng Tongshu, was almost sentenced to death by Li Hongzhang in a memorial, and later changed to exile and exile. This was originally a matter of business from Li Hongzhang's perspective, but Weng Tongshu turned family enemies into national hatred.

People from the Weng family, including but not limited to the Imperial Party, have begun to make trouble for Li Hongzhang and Beiyang. After Weng Tongxi himself took charge of the Ministry of Revenue, he made things difficult for the Beiyang Navy. Now the Beiyang Navy has not acquired a family for several years, and Weng Tongxi can take full responsibility.

Of course, Li Hongzhang was not a vegetarian, and often went to Cixi to sue Weng Tongxi for small claims. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he brought Weng Tongxi to the Zongli Yamen and dealt with foreigners every day.

The problem is that Weng Tongxi is not a diplomatic talent. The feeling of Weng Tongxi sitting in this position is that the dogs and sheep in the sun are almost inhuman.

After a few days of telegram exchanges between the Governor's Office, the order was finally placed: five armored cruisers with a displacement of 5,500 tons. These 5,500 tons-class armored cruisers have two 210 mm front main guns and a 210 mm rear main gun. The maximum speed is 21 knots without pressurization.

These five ships were used to replace the five cruisers, Laiyuan, Jingyuan, Jiyuan, Zhiyuan, and Jiyuan. Li Hongzhang and Li Hanzhang also wanted to drive. The imperial court did not know how big the Beiyang Navy's ship was, and the people who knew the background were the Beiyang people.

If the Beiyang people dared to inform the court of the matter - everyone trained at sea every day, what's so strange about drowning people? You should know that the two emperors of the Ming Dynasty died in their prime. Li Hongzhang, who came from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, dared not kill anyone?

The displacement of 4,000 tons of shore defense iron armored ships is four, with three main guns of 210 mm, two in front and one in the back. However, the armor of the shore defense iron armored ships is thicker, and the speed is understandable to be slower, with a maximum speed of 16 knots. One is used to replace the Pingyuan, and the three are used to equip the Guangdong Navy.
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