On that day, Xiao Yungui's Xiwang Special Train arrived in Shanghai. After the first opening of the Su-Huzhou Railway, the commercial transportation and freight transportation of the Su-Huzhou Railway began to enter the regular state. Many gentry began to make a try-out mentality to reach a train to the provincial capital for a trip.

The locomotive running on the Suzhou-Huzhou Railway is a "planetary" locomotive built by Stephenson Engineering Company in the UK. The locomotive is equipped with a high-pressure boiler, with an exquisite steam pipe structure network and a pair of horizontal cylinders inside, which is a standard model for future locomotives. These solid locomotives can pull 12 passenger or truck compartments and drive at a speed of 33 kilometers per hour.

The total length of Suzhou-Hu Railway from Suzhou North Station to Shanghai Hongqiao Station is 93 kilometers. The stop time of Xiangcheng, Kunshan, Jiading and other stations is deducted. In other words, it only takes more than 4 hours to take a train from Suzhou to Shanghai. Compared with the previous transportation means such as boats or horse-drawn carriages, the speed has been greatly improved. At the same time, the train's capacity is also very huge. Moreover, it is more reliable than ships. Some channels cannot be navigated during the dry season, while trains have no such impact at all. As long as there are coal and rails, the train can operate all day.

At the same time, under the trend of curiosity and trendy mentality, many gentry and wealthy people in Shanghai tried to take the train. After the Xiwang Special Train arrived in Shanghai, they saw many gentry and passenger trains at Hongqiao Station Xiao Yungui. Although the number of people was not large, they did not run empty trains, and there were still many officials in the West Hall to take the train. Recently, officials from the Ministry of Rites and Ministry of Revenue often traveled between Jiangsu and Shanghai. After the train was opened, the officials naturally chose to take the train.

The passenger carriage was not divided into VIP carriages and ordinary carriages at this time. The gentry officials were sitting next to each other, which invisibly brought the gentry officials closer together. What Xiao Yungui did not expect was that in this case, the feudal hierarchy system temporarily disappeared. The officials were no longer arrogant. Seeing several officials in the West Hall wearing a dragon jacket and a red hood chatting with several gentry on the train, Xiao Yungui smiled knowingly, perhaps this was what he wanted to see.

However, Xiao Yungui also knew that this situation would not last too long. Human society always has a level, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot be spared. Nowadays, ordinary people have not taken the train yet. When the train is slowly accepted by ordinary people in the future, the number of ordinary people who choose to take the train will inevitably evolve into VIP cars and ordinary cars.

After returning to the Shanghai King's Shanghai Pavilion, Wang Kaiyun quickly arrived with several officials from the Shanghai Military and Political Department and the Japanese Department of the Ministry of Rites. They had just finished signing a contract with the Japanese. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom signed the "Shanghai, Nagasaki, and Botan Trading Treaty" with the Saga and Matsumae Bibles of Japan in the name of the Shanghai Military and Political Department of Suzhou Province. The treaty did not rise to the level of a reciprocal treaty. The two sides signed the contract in the name of the Shanghai Military and Political Department of Saga and Matsumae Bibles, which was the Western King, and he did not want to overstimulate the great powers.

Both China and Japan got what they wanted in this treaty, but later Japanese scholars discovered that since the signing of this treaty, Japan has become one of the dumping places for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's goods. Moreover, the various aid commitments made by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for the improvement of the shogunate government have become investment projects for Chinese merchants in Japan. It was the implementation of this treaty that allowed Japan to go around a big circle on the road to change and development, and this treaty is also called the Sino-Japanese Yimao Treaty.

After reading the treaty brought by Wang Kaiyun, Xiao Yungui smiled with satisfaction, and then arranged for Wang Kaiyun to select the candidates for Japan, and explained a lot of details to them.

After the discussion was completed, Wang Kaiyun and others left. Xiao Yungui summoned He Bin, the leaders of Bai Zetang in Shanghai, Zhou Zhaoyao and others, and told them to follow Wang Kaiyun's people to Japan and let Zhou Zhaoyao be directly responsible for all the affairs of Bai Zetang in Japan.

After arranging Bai Zetang's affairs, Xiao Yungui met Qian Jiang from the Intelligence Department again. The Intelligence Department will also send troops to Japan to open an intelligence network. They are the same as Bai Zetang's identity, and their mission is not much the same as Bai Zetang's. Bai Zetang is mainly responsible for clearing out Japanese people who are unfavorable to the Taiping Army, while the Intelligence Department is mainly responsible for collecting Japanese intelligence.

Finally, Xiao Yungui met with former Shanghai gang bosses such as Mu Guandao and Monk Tongbao, and the Shanghai gangs and Ningbo pirates would also send troops to Japan. Xiao Yungui believed that with Bai Zetang, Intelligence Department, gangs and pirates, the merchant ships and merchants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would definitely gain a foothold in Japan and compete for their own market.

After arranging these trivial matters, Xiao Yungui ordered people to have lunch and dragged Tang Erniu, Qian Jiang, Mu Guandao, and female officials such as Zhou Xiuying and Mu Yinghong in the Xiwang Villa. Xiao Yungui was not used to eating alone, and always felt that it was lively for everyone to eat together. The people in the West Palace also knew the temper of the Western King. Many people had lunch with this easy-going Western King. At that time, everyone did not refuse and sat down to have dinner together.

While having lunch, He Bin from Bai Zetang suddenly came to ask for a meeting again. Xiao Yungui felt a sudden heart. I guess something must have happened. He immediately put down the bowls and chopsticks and asked He Bin to wait in the study. Seeing that Xiao Yungui was about to leave, everyone who accompanied the King of Western food stood up, Xiao Yungui waved his hand and said, "You continue eating, don't pay attention to me." After that, he hurried away.

When he arrived in the study, He Bin immediately sent a letter and said hurriedly: "West King, news came from the branch of Baizetang, Hunan that the head of the Qing Yao Zeng had a strange movement, and more than 10,000 Xiang Yongs are heading towards Shaoguan, Guangdong."

Xiao Yungui hurriedly opened the letter and read it, then narrowed his eyes and asked, "Analysis what are the plans for Xiang Yong's mobilization?"

He Bin replied: "There are only two ways. One is to enter Guangdong. The Qing Yao's army was very likely to hear the news of the great uprising in the Guangdong Tiandihui. Ye Mingchen wanted to use his troops to help suppress the enemy. The other is to attack the west. The Hunan soldiers may also enter Guangxi from Shaoguan to encircle and suppress Zhu Hongying, He Goujian and other troops."

Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment and said, "The Hunan soldiers will not go to Guangxi. There is no profit there. They must have gone for the Guangdong Heaven and Earth. When Guangdong is in chaos, the largest trading port in the Qing Dynasty was in danger of falling. Moreover, Guangdong is still the only province under the Qing Dynasty that can have surplus. Ye Mingchen must have wanted to use troops to help suppress the attack."

He Bin said in a speechless voice: "The former Tong Qiang defeated Tong, Boss Tong, spent a lot of effort in Guangdong to win over the leader of the Guangdong Tiandihui. As long as Li Shangshu fights to Xiamen, the Guangdong Tiandihui can hold up the flag of righteousness and welcome the Fujian Taiping Army into Guangdong Province. I didn't expect that the Hunan soldiers will suddenly step in."

Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "Is Li Kaifang still attacking Quanzhou?"

He Bin nodded and said, "That's right, I've been fighting for more than ten days."

Xiao Yungui said with some dissatisfaction: "For more than ten days, Li Kaifang only took more than twenty days to attack the Wentai defense line. Why did a small Quanzhou fight for so long?" Xiao Yungui stopped talking by himself. He knew Li Kaifang's difficulties. Since the end of the Fuzhou Battle, Fujian has entered a frequent rainy season, and even experienced a typhoon in Fuzhou. The water in Fuzhou was deep and waist-high, so it was inconvenient to transport materials. In addition, there were many mountains in Fujian. In addition, since the Taiping Army began to enter Fujian to fight at the beginning of the year, Li Kaifang's troops have not been rested, and the soldiers were very tired.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Yungui ordered He Bin to go back first, pay close attention to the movements of the Hunan Army, and like Tong Qiangsheng, he issued an alarm, and ordered him to gather the forces of the Guangdong Tiandihui Society and strictly prevent the Qing soldiers from suddenly attacking. If the matter is urgent, there is no need to wait for Li Kaifang's army to incur the incident in advance.

Then Xiao Yungui ordered his personal guards to summon Wang Kaiyun, Zhou Lichun, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng who were in the martial arts lecture school to discuss matters.

Half an hour later, several people came to the study of the King of Westerners. Xiao Yungui didn't talk nonsense and directly told the exhaustion of the battle between Li Kaifang's troops in Fujian and the great possibility of the Hunan Army entering Guangdong. Then he looked at Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng and asked: "Can the third batch of new troops in the West Palace go to war?"

The first batch of new troops in the West Palace followed Li Kaifang to fight in Fujian. Most of the second batch of reorganized troops were sent to Zhenjiang and Yangzhou Lin Fengxiang and Luo Dagang. The third batch of new troops had been trained for more than five months and had basically completed reorganization training. The second army is now in Yangzhou and the Qing army ordered General Mian Yu, Prince Korqin, and the troops of Senggelinqin, who confronted each other, and should not be moved lightly, so Xiao Yungui could only mobilize the newly reorganized third army to fight.

After being exiled to the martial arts school, Li Xiucheng has been studying Western military in the martial arts school in a low-key manner. He conscientiously led the soldiers to practice. His new military discipline was also excellent. He was recently promoted to the commander of the second division of the newly formed Third Army. At this time, the King of the West asked him about the war between Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng knew that it was time for the King of the West to use him.

Chen Yucheng was the commander of the First Division of the Third Army, but Li Xiucheng was not easy to transgress, so he waited for Chen Yucheng to speak first. Chen Yucheng was not humble and immediately said: "The three new divisions of the new Third Army, more than 35,000 people can change their equipment to fight at any time to support Li Shangshu of Fujian."

Xiao Yungui glanced at Wang Kaiyun and asked, "What is the equipment of the Third Army? Can the materials support the war?"

Wang Kaiyun said with some embarrassment: "At this time, the materials and equipment were only enough to assemble half of the Third Army's troops, mainly because the guns were much different. Shanghai and Suzhou Firearms Bureaus have been working overnight, but it will probably take five months to collect all the guns."

Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "I can't wait for five days. Li Kaifang cannot go south to meet the Guangdong Tiandihui in time. The rebels there will definitely fight alone. The Qing Yao Xiang army will enter Guangdong to assist the suppression. If the Guangdong rebels fail, it will be even more difficult for us to enter Guangdong in the future!"

Li Xiucheng suddenly spoke, "The soldiers under Li Shangshu were tired and had difficulty in replenishing supplies. Most of them were short of gunpowder, guns, shells and other supplies. I guess the guns and cannons were still well preserved. The Third Army can first equip half of the supplies, and the rest of the troops will bring gunpowder, guns, shells and shells to Fujian to support it. After the Third Army enters Fujian, it can replace the First Army to continue fighting, so that the First Army can rest and wait for new equipment, so that both ends can be taken into account."

Xiao Yungui slapped his thigh and said happily: "Yes, people are resting. The Third Army is equipped with half of the troops. The rest of the troops are only equipped with cold weapons and ammunition. They go south to Fujian to receive the guns and cannons and equipment of the First Army. The First Army retreats to Fuzhou to rest. The Third Army takes over the First Army and continues to attack Quanzhou. There is no need to wait for five months! Show this method. You should discuss the regulations immediately and prepare for the troops. The Third Army is ready to go to Fujian to fight immediately!" (To be continued. Please search Piaotianwen. The novel is better and faster!
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