Chapter 692 Taiping
The war in Tessi is still burning, but the momentum of the Prussian offensive has been curbed. President Yankee stepped forward and tried to mediate for the two cuts and demanded a temporary ceasefire between the two sides. After a long battle, the Prussian army also needed rest, so after a rampage, it finally agreed to a ceasefire.
The Allied countries need more time to recover and lick their wounds. The battlefields on the east and west fronts are in different states. The Western front has entered a stage of confrontation, and it is said that there is no war on the Western front in history. The battlefields on the Eastern front are becoming more and more intense. The Prussian army is advancing rapidly and constantly advancing the front. The Tiel troops, with the advantage of troops, have never won a single victory. The morale of the soldiers has fallen to the bottom and the economy has long gone bankrupt.
The stubborn Tsar was not willing to admit his failure. Instead, he continued to sign one order after another, recruiting more soldiers to die on the front line, and robbing the last oats in the peasant's homes as military rations. In order to save the defeat, he even abandoned the old evil, and sent a secret liaison officer to buy the magical medicine to reverse the situation from Shandong, Dali Pills.
The liaison officer came to Jinan with a nervous mood, worried that he might be arrested for espionage or even secretly executed at any time. But he soon discovered that he was over-concerned. Jinan has now become a paradise for spies. Albion and Prussian spies can drink and chat, and Capel and the spies from the Kingdom of Sardinia can attend the reception party together. The secret front does not need to meet, but face each other with swords. Everyone just needs to do their own work.
Jinan has become the center of active intelligence dealers. Agents from various countries exchange information here to reach some kind of transaction that is not suitable for publication. In the circle, some rumors can be heard that Jinan can buy a passport from a neutral country. As long as the photos are provided, it is guaranteed that there is no difference from the legal passport issued by the country. Some people suspect that some people in Shandong have bribed diplomats from the neutral country, and some people believe that there is an extremely powerful document manufacturing group in Shandong. But no matter what, Tiele's contact person decided to buy himself a passport first.
Compared with the dire straits of Taisie, most of the Communists' citizens' feelings are no different from previous years. There are still natural disasters and taxes that still have to be paid. Some people still go bankrupt, and some people still... In short, just do whatever they should do.
Of course, there are also some places that have changed differently. For example, Kang Zuyi, who once made a big splash in the pre-Kinth era, came out again and carried out cultural rejuvenation activities in the capital as the president of the Confucius Church. He advocated the comprehensive restoration of old etiquette, Confucianism as the correct learning, and the way of Confucius and Mencius was used as the norm for the behavior of the people of the world. The President announced that Confucius was the state religion, and comprehensively reorganized the official system, and implemented all-round changes to the existing official positions.
In many provinces, several inexplicable entries have been added to the donation of taxes, such as dragon clothes donations, dragon flag donations, etc., which makes farmers' lives even more difficult, and there are more bankrupt people than in previous years.
For another group of people, the feeling of this winter is particularly warm, and the happy years of the past are finally coming back.
With the outbreak of the war, a large number of factories in Taisie were converted to military use, and civilian supplies were severely scarce, so they could only order from overseas. Yankee's products seized the high-end market and were not competitive in the mid- and low-end markets. In the past, this part of the market was mainly dominated by Fusang people. However, now there are domestic media in Fusang, military mutinies, and civil riots are emerging one after another. This huge cake has gradually slipped into the common alliance.
Shandong's factories are the biggest beneficiaries. Shandong's factory was originally able to deal with disability in the international market, but now it is a unique team. In the previous stage, Shandong expanded its factory and recruited a large number of workers, which played a role at this time. Without large-scale expansion and enough workers, it would be difficult to complete so many orders.
Listening to the roar of the machines and looking at the busy figure of the workers, Meng Siyuan breathed a sigh of relief. The night was approaching, and finally he could see a trace of light. After the joint establishment, today he saw a trace of light called hope.
"Fusang people... I really didn't expect that Fusang people would buy us Dali Pills!" In the small villa, Chen Lenghe, who had been pregnant for two months, was still so graceful. Zhao Guanhou carefully supported her and walked with her in the corridor. In the garden, there were strange flowers and plants collected from all over the place, a large part of which came from the palace of Empress Dowager Cixi before.
Ajiu supported Leng He's other hand and nodded, "Yes, I said, my brother-in-law is the most powerful. He first beat the bad guys of Fusang, but now he wants them to come to surrender and admit his mistakes."
"Surrender cannot be discussed, and admitting mistakes is not enough. Business is just business, don't mix other emotions. The bait is not that delicious. If you eat the bait, you have to swallow my hook and take my hook, and you can't let me lead the nose?"
Zhao Guanhou sneered, "The Dali Pill is addictive! And it is more addictive than duck slices. Ten people get infected, nine people can't quit. With Fusang's current ability, it can't be synthesized. Although the Albion people share this recipe with me, their own soldiers can't use it. How could they sell it to Fusang people? If he doesn't buy it from me, who else can I buy it? No matter who I am, as long as I pay the price, it doesn't matter. Besides, I'm a Navy friend, how can I not sell it?"
Behind the Fusang riot, the shadow of Shandong is inseparable from the shadow of Shandong. It includes tutorials missing in the warehouse in Shandong's "unintentional" and other materials. These material foundations, coupled with the factional conflicts of the Fusang people, eventually turned into an uncontrollable disaster.
The chariot started to run, and no one could stop it. The Navy could only stick to it now. The secret procurement never stopped. The Army also felt the effect of the Dali Pill and began to place orders with Shandong. With this income, the losses suffered by Shandong due to the war were recovering blood at a high speed.
Another severe injury to Fusang was the real casualties in the Battle of Weifang. According to the report of Fusang, during the entire Weifang Battle, the number of Lu troops killed, captured, and killed and injured was between 130,000 and 150,000. The specific numbers cannot be accurately counted due to the differences in records of each regiment.
The losses in Fusang were close to 30,000 people, and the war losses of both sides were between one to four and one to five. Some conscientious historical inventors in later generations concluded based on this part of the records that the Battle of Weifang was actually the Lu army lost, the Lizi, the face, and the unbeatable victory.
However, the exact data obtained by the intelligence personnel in Fusang from Shandong Frontline Hospital, the Memorial of the Deadly Soldiers and the Pension Distribution Agency was that during the entire battle, the number of people killed and disabled in the Lu army was only more than 11,000. Among them, except for the more than 3,000 lost in the previous contact battle, the number of soldiers killed during the Battle of Weifang was less than 8,000 of them were far less than that of the Fusang soldiers.
After Fusang's own statistics, after removing the water and special death calculation methods, the actual data was that Fusang lost nearly 37,000 generals and soldiers in the entire Shandong battle, including more than 25,000 deaths.
The main reason for this gap is that the two sides deal with the wounded soldiers in different ways. In this era, major casualties did not come from direct guns and cannons, but post-war wound infections, large-scale epidemics of infectious diseases, and pursuits during the collapse. With careful care, good hygiene habits, advanced disinfection, suture concepts, and sufficient penicillin, the infection rate of wounded soldiers in the Lu army was extremely low, and there was no large-scale infectious diseases.
The soldiers were injured and after treatment, they could quickly go to the battlefield. On the contrary, Fusang, due to his indifference to logistics and medical treatment, and insufficient preparation of medicines and medical equipment, a large number of soldiers were disabled or even killed due to injuries.
Although Shandong lacks the losses of the Volunteer Army in statistics, even so, the Fusang Army was unable to achieve one-to-one casualties with the Lu Army, which is an unprecedented failure.
After careful investigation, the Navy found that before the war, in order to save funds and expand the army, there were serious logistical loopholes, and the penicillin reserves were seriously insufficient. It also revealed that the person in charge of the Army was responsible for purchasing drugs and medical devices, and deliberately bought inferior goods because of huge kickbacks. The Navy, which originally stated that it was a disgrace in the Siemens incident, turned around with this incident and successfully pushed the dissatisfaction back to the army.
Now that internal strife between the two sides is frequent, Tokyo has lost its capital function, and the cabinet members are divided into two factions, each establishing a temporary cabinet. Fighting between the army often occurs, and for the joint cooperation, it is naturally good news. Zhao Guanhou provided Daliwan to the relatively weak navy side at a low price, and also provided a large amount of forgery of Fusang gold yuan to help the navy buy the army. The navy rewarded the Lu army with army intelligence and valuable commodities.
Some businessmen with a connection saw business opportunities from it. As a middleman, they first bought these drugs from Shandong through relationships, and then sold them to the military at a high price. According to Chen Lenghe's analysis, if Fusang continues to fight like this, it will not take long. Due to the high prices and insufficient currency, fake Fusang gold yuan will be recognized as real coins and used locally.
Another unexpected customer was the Prussians, who were almost unable to fight on the battlefield in the Thais. The problem of Prussia's insufficient population has always been its weakness.
As the battle became bigger and bigger, the number of veterans who had been trained was getting fewer and fewer, and the combat effectiveness of the new recruits was seriously insufficient. In addition, the soldiers who used Dalimaru in the Allies were obviously stronger in combat than the Pu army, and the General Staff felt that it was difficult to support it. They had to pinch their noses and start purchasing from the Lu army.
"Prussia wants to use loan deductions, dream! If you don't give money, don't think of taking away goods! Only Liman can get my assistance to deduct what he deserved during the night battle in Longkou. As for others, they must pay gold bars and silver dollars or Albion pounds, otherwise they won't want to pick up the goods. I think they will probably organize medical scientists to conduct analysis and research, but that's useless. In the current situation, there is no time to slowly analyze the ingredients and imitate them on a large scale. Just like penicillin, they have to be imported."
Zhao Guanhou waved his hand excitedly, "Think about it, Taixi is fighting everywhere, but the position is filled with the fragrance of Shandong-made Dali Pills. As the war spreads, Dali Pills will be spread throughout the countries of Taixi. After the war, there will be a large number of addicts waiting for this thing to help. No matter who they loses or wins, I can make a lot of money. Am I very capable?"
Chen Lenghe smiled, "Yes, of course you have enough ghost thoughts. Just like me, if you take your benefits, will you bite your hook and be able to do it at your mercy?"
She touched her belly, and Zhao Guanhou immediately smiled. "If this is not possible, my Mrs. Songjiang is the most capable. She is a talented student studying abroad in Taixi. She is a hundred times better than me, a handsome man. Only if you lead me away, how can I lead you away? You are different from them, different."
The three of them joked for a while, Ajiu went to get some snacks, while Chen Lenghe took the opportunity to fall into her husband's arms. "Answer, if it were me in the past, I would definitely oppose you to do this kind of thing. Especially duck slices, I would definitely turn against you, and maybe even burn your duck slice warehouse. But now, I heard you say this, and what I thought about in my mind, how much money can I make? How to do it to ensure that we can make the most profit in this business. I also thought about how to gain more share for our children, you know, I like those little boys very much. But now, I am thinking about competing for property with little boys for my unborn child. Am I bad and not adorable?"
"Nothing." Zhao Guanhou hugged her and comforted her: "You are always so kind and cute. I can only say that in the past, you were more ideal than reality, but now you were more reality than ideal. How can people make plans for themselves be considered a mistake? In the final analysis, I did these things, but not for myself? If the Fusang people did not hit me in Shandong this time, but to fight other provinces, I would at most donate money and materials, so that I would not have such a big grudge with them. I am a vulgar, you are a fairy, and I am most afraid of you flying. Now that you have become a vulgar, I will feel relieved."
The two of them were in love with each other, quite emotional, but they were not afraid to make big moves. At this time, Ajiu ran over panting, holding a newspaper in his hand, "It's not good, it's not good, something happened to Songjiang."
"What's the matter?" Zhao Guanhou and Chen Lenghe reached out their hands almost at the same time. Ajiu didn't know who to give the newspaper. Zhao Guanhou smiled and said, "You are getting stupider. I am the biggest in the army and the biggest wife in the family. Of course, I'm going to give it to the wife. Forget it if you are stupid."
Ajiu stuck out his tongue and handed the newspaper over. Chen Lenghe saw that the front page was published on the front page, "Zheng Zhuangcheng, the governor of Songjiang, was assassinated today, and the murderer was arrested. After investigation, he was an important cadre of Sun Ni's organization..."
Sun Dixiang, the name that once made Chen Lenghe an idol, now seems so strange. After reading it, she just said in a questioning tone: "What's the point of making a fuss about this? The surname Zheng is not a good person, and he has also made an idea of Anne. If it weren't for Guan Hou's face, he might have been tough. It would be no big deal to be killed. Once he dies, Songjiang will be guarding the air, and Daling can arrange his own people to go there."
Zhao Guanhou smiled and said, "Your tone is becoming more and more like a housekeeper in Shandong."
"Of course, Shandong is your foundation, and the future is our baby's foundation. Of course, I have to think about my baby. Isn't this normal?"
Ajiu said anxiously: "No...not like this. This kind of assassination usually involves riots later, and there will be wars once a riot. Once a war is fought, isn't my brother-in-law going to fight again?"
"He is mine, and you are not allowed to go anywhere." Chen Lenghe overbearingly held her husband's arm and looked at him with a provocative look, as if he was saying: If you have the ability, just walk around. Zhao Guanhou reached out and pinched her nose gently, "Naughty. If I really go to the front line, what are you going to do?"
Chapter completed!