I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Li Hongzhang didn't even look at it, he just felt that his doubts before were really stupid.

The one surnamed Rong just has a big mouth and a torn piece of paper written in foreign languages, how can it be as convincing as Xing Aiqing's real money?

Xing Jiurou also took the opportunity to say, "The great emperor of Citigroup, the son-in-law of Mr. Tang, was very happy to hear that the governor is going, so he specially brought some more treasures here this time, and handed them all over to the governor. operate..."

"Very good, very good! Wait?"

Li Hongzhang frowned and said, "Didn't I remember that you said that the chief of Citigroup is not Mr. Tang's father-in-law, and Mr. Tang is a son-in-law?"

"Oh... this... my lord, you also know that these Yangyi and Hu people are the same, and the relationship is very chaotic. I am your father, and you are my brother. "

Xing Jiurou's mouth was covered by Li Hongzhang.

I'll be good...

Lao Li was almost scared to death.

This Xing Jiuliu is good at everything, but he is too daring to say anything.

Why do you say that the relationship between the Hu people is chaotic, don’t you know the root of the current Qing Dynasty?

Aren't they messy?

If people hear such words, they will be killed! !

Li Hongzhang hinted earnestly, and then said, "When the court decides, can Mr. Xing go to Citigroup with me? After all, no one knows Citigroup better than you!"

Where would Xing Jiurou dare to go?

Now he has figured it out, probably some big shot at Citigroup confused himself with his benefactor.

Now that he's gone, won't he show his face?

Xing Jiurou shook his head quickly, and said: "Master Governor, I am born with a weak body and cannot walk a long distance. If I go to Citi Country, I must die on the way. I can't go, I can't go, so farewell!"

Saying that, Xing Jiurou yawned and left.

Li Hongzhang looked at his back and shook his head with a smile, "Sure enough, he is a famous scholar in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It's a pity that his body is a little weaker, so he had to be treated with opium, which also coincides with the matter of Hanshi San."

"I hope this trip will go well... With such a big change that hasn't happened in thousands of years, I have to do something..."

With his hands behind his back, Li Hongzhang returned to his study and began to practice writing, making some preparations for his mission to Citigroup:

"Hey, brother, aunt, father chicken... This foreign language is really difficult... Xing Zhizhou is really a genius!"

Chapter 207 Two Ships Heading to Ming Dynasty

As a member of one party, it was the first time for Li Hongzhang to go to Citigroup since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.

Even with Yi Jinjin's full support, things are extremely difficult.

In this era, although the Qingliu faction, the most deceitful, has not yet fully formed, the Westernization faction is also weak and is opposed by veteran bureaucrats.

The cabinet scholars Woren and Yi Jujin sang a confrontation, saying: "The way to build a country is to focus on etiquette rather than strategy, and the fundamental plan lies in people's hearts rather than skills." Accusing Yi Jujin and Li Hongzhang of using barbarians as teachers is a disgrace to famous teachers.

Wo Ren is a famous Neo Confucianist and has a high reputation among scholars. His statement aroused strong repercussions from the government and the public, and there was a wave of criticism for a while.

There are even scholars in the field who ridicule Guiziliu and Governor Li as "Confucian disciples, Mr. Guigu" (using ghosts to describe foreigners), and ridicule Li Hongzhang's mission as "ghost envoys".

In the end, it was Zeng Guofan who took a huge political risk and came out to argue for the two, "Confucius and Mencius are respected by husbands and scholars. However, if the Westerners do not check their naval guns, they will lose their troops. It is better to use Confucius and Mencius as the way and Western learning as the weapon." .”

Now that Zeng Guofan has made great contributions to preserving the famous religion, it is no exaggeration to say that he is a half-step saint. No one among scholars dare to refute his words.

What's more, Zeng Guofan also made it very clear that Confucius and Mencius are respected and Taoist, and Western learning is just a tool.

What is a "device"?It's just a means.

The metaphysical is called Tao, and the metaphysical is called utensils.

This is the truth that a gentleman is not a weapon.

Therefore, that is to say, the students who go to study abroad are just craftsmen, not "gentlemen". They are not at the same level as the officials who talk about it, so there is no need to stop them.

Zeng Guofan's statement is more conservative than Zhang Xiangshuai's later proposal that "Chinese learning is for the body and Western learning is for application", and it is more in line with the cognition of scholars in this era.

Bearing the infamy of "Ghost Messenger", Li Hongzhang could only shake his head and smile wryly. At this time, he is not yet the paperbacker who will be full of scapegoats in the future, and his mentality is not so good.

If it weren't for Yi Jujin's repeated support, and "Citigroup"'s promise to solve the warship issue, Li Hongzhang would have retreated.

In this way, Li Hongzhang's trip to Citigroup did not take shape until the end of September.

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During this period, three more ocean-going ships entered the Ming Dynasty's transport fleet, bringing the total number of ships to 15.

The number has increased, and the transport fleet has also been split into the first and second teams for cross-transportation.

This has increased the transportation capacity of Daming's population by a large margin.

By the end of September, the population of Ming Dynasty had grown to 15, but the army had not expanded on a large scale for the time being.

It maintains a scale of 2 for the army, 4000 for the navy, 5000 for the agricultural reclamation division, and 2000 for the Jinyiwei.

In terms of national territory, although there is no expansion, the originally occupied areas have been further developed.

Xinjin Land Reclamation Area has two seasons a year.

Sow in March-April, harvest in June-July.

Sow in July-August, harvest around October.

Therefore, in July, the Daming Land Reclamation Division once again started the decisive battle of "reclaiming wasteland and preparing for war, securing the granary".

Newly added 3 mu of paddy fields, 8 mu of dry land, and a total cultivated area of ​​18 mu. It is expected that the output value of autumn grain will quadruple that of summer grain.

At the same time, the 1st and 2nd pig raising companies of the land reclamation division also issued a military order to increase the monthly number of live pigs for slaughter to 2000 this winter.

In this regard, His Majesty Zhu Fugui issued instructions that we must make full use of the advantages of the excellent breeds of Fugui Pig No. 1 and No. 2, further do a good job in the epidemic prevention of pig breeding, and ensure that each Daming person consumes 20 kg of pork a year. bottom line.

At the same time, develop chicken, duck and poultry, offshore fishing, and research on oceanic whales as meat supplements to ensure the health of the people.

Originally, Zhu Fugui's request to the land reclamation division was to ensure that each Daming person could eat 40 kilograms of pork every year.

This is close to the standard of 58 kilograms of meat eaten by Chinese people in later generations.

However, with the increase in immigration, the standard proposed at the beginning of this year has not been implemented in the end, and the 40 kg standard has dropped to 20 kg.

After all, raising pigs is really impossible without experience.

There are not many soldiers of the Daming Land Reclamation Division who are qualified to raise pigs in their hometown, and the method of raising pigs by the swineherds is far from the same, and needs to be retrained.

However, with the accumulation of experience and the bumper harvest of corn in July, the business of raising pigs began to flourish in the second half of the year.

On the contrary, it is because a lot of Japanese women have been introduced in a short period of time. These women who are used to eating chicken food have really small appetites, and they can't eat much fat pork.

Let alone them, Zhu Fugui heard from Ito Hirobumi that his Maori brother who lives in the southwest of Honshu Island used to have a regular meal of a bowl of white rice with a piece of pickled radish, and sometimes two small dried fish. This is already a very luxurious thing.

Since Shimonoseki joined the sinful triangular trade of Xinjin-Shimonoseki-Shanghai, that old Maori man has been able to eat three bowls of white rice and two cabbage dumplings per meal, and his life has improved qualitatively.

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In addition to agriculture, Daming's industrial and mining industries have also been greatly improved.

In mid-August, the Xintai Gold Mine officially started producing gold, and it is estimated that at least 8 kilograms of gold can be mined each year.

In early September, the Shengli Oilfield was discovered, with proven reserves of more than 9 million tons, but Daming has no technical strength to exploit it for the time being.

Also at the beginning of September, the Fengji Railway was completed, and the technological precipitation accumulated by the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty in the past two years finally played a role.

It is extremely difficult to purchase and transport things like locomotives. As early as the end of last year, the Ministry of Industry had established a project for independent research and development.

And from the very beginning, the research and development of this project planned three technical paths, namely long-tube impeller steam engine, gas engine/pot camel engine, and diesel internal combustion engine.

After many arguments, the third type, the diesel internal combustion engine, has been temporarily shelved due to various reasons. The Ministry of Industry has made every effort to overcome the first two and achieved technological breakthroughs.

In the end, the first train in the Ming Dynasty, the Fuxing, used a long-tube impeller steam engine.

This steam engine has been tested on several ocean-going ships of the "Core Values" series. It is more reliable and more suitable for the speed requirements of Xinlu development.

In addition to the power system, the train also has high requirements for the quality of the rails and other core castings.

Daming's first train can only be said to be a model based on accumulating experience.

Although the power is strong, the speed of this big guy with black smoke is only 20 kilometers per hour, and there is still a huge gap between the new trains in Europe and the eastern United States.

The speed is indeed a bit slow, but the opening of the Fengji Line undoubtedly marks that the Xinlu area with Xinji as the core has been more firmly integrated into the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Zhu Fugui is trying to obtain related technologies of the Union Pacific Railroad Company through the Vanderbilt family.

All in all, during these two months, Daming was thriving and the situation was very good.

It was under such circumstances that the Qing Mission, represented by Li Hongzhang, and more than 200 overseas students set off from Shanghai Port on the ocean liner Wenming.

At the same time, on the other side of the world, New York Harbor.

The 70-year-old Vanderbilt watched his son and granddaughter head south on a ship.

They will take the family's last hope, bypass the North and South continents, and go to the small place called Seattle in the Northwest Territories to find a chance of survival.

Backstabbed by Lincoln, Vanderbilt was on the brink of destruction.

Old Vanderbilt wanted to go there in person, but found that his personal freedom had been restricted by Wall Street.

After all, his debts have reached the point where a banker suspects that he will abandon his family business and run away at any time.

Therefore, it is very rare that the old Vanderbilt ordered his son this time, if he fails to succeed, he will fly away and leave the United States.

But for the time being, Steve has no such plans.

Because even if the father is unreliable, he still has a good son-in-law, the oil king Rockefeller, who can rely on him.

Chapter 208 Li Hongzhang Visits

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In the Xinjin Palace, Zhu Fugui looked at the old eunuch Li in front of him with satisfaction.

Although the weight is still a bit overweight and the height has shrunk a lot, but the photos of Lao Li in front of him are posted on the Internet, and anyone can tell that this is a foreigner.

As the saying goes, there are four major magic arts in East Asia, Fuso make-up, Korean plastic surgery, Chinese Puppetry, and Thai sex change.

However, in the 2020s when self-media is highly developed, at least the first three techniques have become a trend of convergence in China.

Zhu Fugui spent 2000 yuan to hit the third place on the list with a small Internet celebrity, and then asked him to personally guide his makeup skills, and the model was Li Chunfa.

Needless to say, although this little Internet celebrity is not very popular, she is quite capable. After some guidance, Zhu Fugui, Yin Susu, and three court ladies with a little makeup skills, made Lao Li look like a dog.

Happily, Zhu Fugui rewarded him another 100 yuan.

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Zhu Fugui resolutely interrupted the conversation with the guy who had to raise his orchid fingers when he spoke, and confronted Lao Li about the script again.

Let Concubine Yin of Ming Dynasty broadcast live?

Eat shit go you!

The Daming Women's Group of 18 may consider expanding it.

To be honest, Zhu Fugui was shocked when he heard that Li Hongzhang was coming to visit.

After all, I clearly rejected all my replies, I didn't expect this old guy to be so thick-skinned, and he wanted to come to Kangkang in a shameless manner.

When he comes here, how much labor will Da Ming waste up and down?

The Chinese sign of Xinfeng Wharf alone has to be hidden a lot.