Sweden, Stockholm, Helenpo.

A loud "boom" sounded again, alarming the residents who were unfortunately settled near Helen Po, and then they didn't have to go out to check the situation. The residents started cursing, "Damn madman, a bastard who should have gone to hell, is here again! One day, Helen Po will be destroyed in the hands of these madmen!"

This explosion not only seriously affected the lives and work of Helenpo's residents again, but the wreckage of the houses that were blown up also flew into the houses, causing property damage to many Helenpo's residents. In anger, Helenpo's residents who had been fed up with fear and harassment flocked to the site of the accident to protest the three damn madmen, Emmanuel Nobel, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, and Emil Nobel.

"Nobel, have you crazy guys been making enough trouble? It will explode every few days later. When will you take a break?"

"The roof of my house was smashed through, and my poor daughter was also frightened. You damn devils, hurry up and compensate my family for the losses, otherwise we will see you in court!"

"Devil! Get out of Helmpo immediately! Otherwise, we will all be killed by you sooner or later!"

"Madman, you madmen who only know how to study nitroglycerin all day long, pseudoscientists! Get out of here, don't be with us, Helen Poor doesn't welcome your family!"

Thanks to the explosion in the laboratory, which alarmed the police in Stockholm. There were policemen on the spot to stop them, otherwise the old Nobel and the Nobel brothers would have been torn on the spot by their angry neighbors. However, even so, the gate of Nobel's laboratory was still smashed by the neighbors, and the police also forced the Nobel and his son to compensate the neighbors for all the losses. What's worse is that the police also issued an ultimatum to the Nobel and his son. If something similar happened again, they would consider applying for power from the municipal authorities and forcibly closing the laboratory established by the Nobel and his son.

"You stupid fools, don't know that my father and brother are studying the greatest invention in human history. Once we succeed, we will bring countless wealth and convenience to mankind. You are blocking our research experiments and committing crimes against all mankind in the world..."

The fourth brother Emil's angry protest was stopped by his father, Old Nobel, who covered his mouth with his hand. Nobel, who ranked third in the house, quickly apologized to the police who had already looked angry, and finally sent the police to leave. However, after closing the smashed door, Nobel roared at the door, "Ignorance fool, do you know how much money the whole world will waste when mining and building roads because of the power of the explosion is not very powerful? Do you know that once we can tame nitroglycerin and make it safely used for production, how much wealth will the whole world create?! The reptiles who abused power have not evolved completely apes!"

"Dingdang, Dingdang."

The sudden sound of the doorbell was so scared that Nobel quickly shut up, and said that the police came back to settle the score with him after hearing his insults. What made the Nobel family feel relieved was that after the door opened, the policeman in uniform appeared in front of the door, but a middle-aged man with an English accent. He asked: "Why, who are Mr. Nobel who studies nitroglycerin?"

"I'm Alfred Bernhard Nobel." Nobel introduced himself, and then introduced his father and younger brother, and then asked, "Who are you?"

"I am the secretary of the Embassy of Great Britain in Sweden, Luxton." The middle-aged man introduced himself: "After entrusted by our minister, we will visit you three gentlemen."

"Abide by the envoy of your country?" Old Nobel, whose business had gone bankrupt two years ago, suddenly lit up his eyes and said immediately: "Dear Mr. Laxton, please come in quickly. Is there a reply to my request to cooperate with your Great Britain military to study nitroglycerin?"

Looking at the Nobel Laboratory, which was still blazing smoke, Laxton waved his hand and declined, saying, "Dear Mr. Nobel, there is no need. I have to leave immediately if I have business, and leave after I finish my words. Mr. Nobel, I did not come for the cooperation between our country's military and you. It was Marshal Wu, the Qing Dynasty's special envoy for my country, who asked Mr. Claren London to send you a letter and a sum of funds to you. I will send you for Mr. Claren London."

"Marson Wu, the Qing Dynasty's transcendence, wrote us a letter? Give us a sum of funds?" Nobel and his son were stunned and said in confusion: "We don't know him? Why did he send us letters and funds?"

"Marshal Wu is also a nitroglycerin fan. He is also organizing the research, production and use of nitroglycerin, hoping to get your help."

Laxton explained casually, took out a letter written by Wu Chaoyue to Nobel and handed it to the Nobel and his son, and took out a bank bill worth 3,000 silver dollars and handed it to the Nobel and his son, and then immediately said goodbye: "Three Nobel, my business has been completed, see you next time."

Laxton hurriedly left in the carriage, while the Nobel and his son were even more eager to open Wu Chaoyue's letter to watch. Fortunately, because the letter was written in English, all well-educated Nobel and his son could understand it directly without translation. Although the Nobel and his son were puzzled by why Wu Chaoyue was so far away from home to ask someone to send money to their family, when he saw Wu Chaoyue saying that he could provide all the conveniences to study nitroglycerin, the Nobel and his son, who were worried about the funds and the experimental site, were overjoyed together. Emil, who was straightforward, cheered: "Great, father, brother, let's go to Qingguo immediately to study nitroglycerin."

"Silly kid, do you want to plant flowers in the desert?" Old Nobel was more rational and scolded: "Have you ever heard that the distant Qing Dynasty is the most conservative and stupidest country in the world. It has no industrial foundation and is pitifully few scientific and technological personnel. Can you imagine that a safe nitroglycerin explosive was developed in the Qing Dynasty?"

Emil shut up when he was disappointed, but Nobel said: "Father, pay attention to the following, Marshal Chaoyue Wu said that he listed the list of chemical industrial equipment he owned for reference. He also said that he had found a way to safely preserve nitroglycerin, but due to the lack of technology to safely produce nitroglycerin, he could not invest in large-scale industrial production."

"He has found a safe way to preserve nitroglycerin? How is it possible? The technological desert in Qing Dynasty can have such advanced technology?"

Old Nobel exclaimed and quickly finished reading all Wu Chaoyue's letters, and then carefully looked at the list of Daye experimental equipment brought by Wu Chaoyue with him. Old Nobel was surprised to find that Wu Chaoyue not only did it say so, but the Daye industrial base introduced by Wu Chaoyue also had the equipment conditions for researching, developing, producing and developing nitroglycerin.

At the same time, what made the Nobel and his son even more tempted was that Wu Chaoyue also promised to bear all the funds for researching and developing nitroglycerin explosives. After the promise was successful, the Nobel and his son had half of the patent rights and unconditionally assumed all the funds for establishing a nitroglycerin explosives factory.

In addition, Wu Chaoyue of course also offered high salaries to the Nobel and his son, and promised that as long as the industrial technicians brought to China by the Nobel and his son, Wu Jun would hire them with high salaries.

Faced with such generous recruitment conditions, the Nobel and his son should of course be more tempted. In addition, Wu Chaoyue had even delivered the travel expenses in advance. Nobel, who had once been in the United States alone for internship at the age of seventeen, quickly made up his mind and said, "Father, why don't I go to the Qing Dynasty to take a look first. If Marshal Wu can really fulfill his promise, the environment there is also suitable for research on nitroglycerin. We can't consider moving the laboratory to the Qing Dynasty."

The Nobel family was very business-minded, and Emil immediately said: "Father, I heard that the Qing Dynasty was in a civil war and it must be very needed for weapons and ammunition. If Marshal Wu was so enlightened and welcoming the West as the newspaper said, we might as well move your Russian arsenal to the Qing Dynasty. Anyway, your arsenal has gone bankrupt, and you may be resurrected when you arrive in the Qing Dynasty."

After looking through Wu Chaoyue's letters and thinking for a long time, Old Nobel nodded and said, "Alfred, go to the Qing Dynasty to take a look, and then test Marshal Wu's attitude towards investing in our family's arsenal. If the environment is right, I will take Emil to the Qing Dynasty and move our arsenal over."

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While the Nobel family, one of the most important technology families in the 19th century, made this major decision, Wu Chaoyue, thousands of miles away, also received news of the complete defeat of the Taiping Army's Northern Expedition Army. Although he was prepared for this, Wu Chaoyue still hurriedly held a military meeting to discuss the next strategic plan.

The result of the discussion was that the decision-makers of the Wu army unanimously agreed that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would inevitably fall into decline and no longer had any ability to pose a fatal threat to the Wu army and the Qing court. At the same time, the increasingly obvious problem of warlordization of the Taiping army will also erupt in full swing. Yang Yuanqing, whose direct power was severely damaged, could no longer control the warlords of the Taiping army, and it was only a matter of time before the Taiping army split and even civil war broke out.

"Or what, what will we do next to pick the persimmons? First, destroy the long hair, seize the rich land on the southeast coast, accumulate enough strength, and then attack the rebels in the capital?"

Of course, the agenda of taking advantage of the situation was put in front of Wu Chaoyue. Although this was too shameless and despicable, as long as you find a way to provoke trouble, the manufacturer made famous excuses for starting a war, and the Taiping Army's various unpopular policies, the Wu army's infamous reputation for fighting the Taiping Army first was not too famous.

If other warlords in troubled times sat in Wu Chaoyue's position, the Taiping Army would definitely be in great trouble because, in terms of strength or geographical perspective, it is indeed the most beneficial to the Wu army to fight the Taiping Army first. Fortunately, Wu Chaoyue is a person with a strong national sense of justice. He rejected this proposal without any consideration and said: "The next step cannot be hit by Changmao first. Not to mention that doing this is too unethical, at this time, the attack on Changmao will only be a waste of time. Only priority can be given to the Beijing Disruption Party. Then we will turn around and deal with Changmao."

"But it is inconvenient for us to send troops from Hubei to attack the rebels in the capital?" Dai Wenjie said carefully: "Sending troops from Henan to Zhili, Shandong, has to pass through the Thousand Mile Yellow Flood Zone, and the supply route is easily plagued by rebel cavalry. It is far less convenient and labor-saving than Changmao sending troops from the Huaihe River Basin."

"As long as Shanxi is successfully captured, the problem of food and grass can be easily solved, so that Shanxi can supply the Zhili frontline." Wu Chaoyue replied: "We only need to worry about the transportation of ammunition and weapons. These things are not damaged on the road. Our logistics pressure is low, so there is no need to send troops from the Huaihe River Basin."

After saying that, Wu Chaoyue frowned and said, "What I worry most now is Yang Xiuqing's next move. With his temper, he will definitely take his anger on others after suffering such a big loss. In addition to finding a scapegoat in his internal affairs, he may also throw anger on us, blaming us for not supporting him enough and not many rioters to help him restrain. Although we don't need to be afraid of him, once this bastard gets into the head and blocks the Yangtze River channel, we will have to go to war with him."

"We have to stabilize Yang Xiuqing first, so that we can't let him do anything stupid in anger." Zhao Liewen also thought so, saying: "We have to find a way to give him a reassurance so that he will not pull our backs. The Beijing rioters who are in no time to recover from their vitality are in vain and need time to recover."

Wu Chaoyue nodded and thought for a moment. Wu Chaoyue ordered: "Huifu, write a letter to Yang Xiuqing for me, telling him that the agreement that the person who breaks the capital will be king will be cancelled. After destroying the Beijing rioters, I am willing to divide the world with him and be a brotherly country forever."

"Yang Xiuqing is afraid she won't be fooled, right?" Zhao Liewen asked with a wry smile: "Can he understand that after we break through the Beijing Rebellion Party, he must be his next target?"

"Tell him the attitude first, and then look at his reaction." Wu Chaoyue frowned and replied, "Fortunately, Yang Xiuqing no longer has the power to threaten us directly. If he does too much, we can only prepare for a war on both sides."

It was easy to say, but Wu Chaoyue knew better than anyone else in his heart. So Wu Chaoyue had to think about this possibility, could further weaken Yang Xiuqing's control over the major warlords of the Taiping Army? Accelerating the outbreak of the Taiping Army's civil war, Yang Xiuqing could only give priority to solving internal problems and dare not make a fuss about the only issue that could threaten him?

"It is convenient to support and encourage a warlord to take the initiative to fight a civil war with Yang Xiuqing. If I have the situation, I am not afraid that the Qing court will take the opportunity to reap profits. Unfortunately, doing so will only be destined to completely anger Yang Xiuqing."
Chapter completed!