For the time being, no one has shaken out what happened in the corridor of the Yiqiao Mansion Hall, and everyone just regarded him as a small episode and skipped it. The shogunate has other important affairs to follow.

Matsudaira Qixuan took a boat to Tsushima to inspect the frontier defense and silver mines, and Chuemon's side received an urgent report from Shanghai. The content is not unexpected, but also exciting.

The Prime Minister, Minister of State Affairs, Wen Xiang, sent a message to Shanghai Road, inquiring about the situation of Japan's manufacturing of Western-style warships, and ordered Shanghai Road to submit a report as soon as possible.

A year after the death of Emperor Xianfeng, the Manchu court finally regained its calm. Gu Ming, the eight ministers, killed and flowed. Political figures headed by the Empress Dowager of the Liang Palace and Prince Gong Yi, entered the stage of history.

As the so-called Westernization faction, the internal self-rescue movement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty led by Prince Gong Yi? In order to protect the Bohai Bay, especially the coastal defense of Tianjin, and to suppress the Taiping Rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, a powerful navy became a must for the Manchu court.

To put it a little bit more directly, the Empress Dowager Liang Gong and Prince Gong did not want the credit for conquering Nanjing, all of which were obtained by Zeng Guofan's Hunan soldiers and horses.

If there is a strong naval force, and it is a banner man, it is best to be the commander of the Manchu banner man, and finally participate in the siege of Nanjing. So don't ask, the first act of conquering Nanjing is naturally the Eight Banners. The Manchu court could regain an army that could compete with the Han landlord regiments.

After Senggelinqin's 30,000-horse-foot army was destroyed at Tongzhou Bali Bridge, the upper-level rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were actually in a hurry. Because they no longer have the strong military power to check and balance the Han landlords, this is almost killing them.

Therefore, as in history, Prince Gong Yi? strongly advocated the establishment of the Eight Banners Naval Division. Or at least the bannermen serve as the main officers and commanders, a navy who can be commanded by the Manchus like arms and fingers.

It just so happened that Wenxiang witnessed the powerful fleets of Britain, France, Japan and other countries in the intervening of the Three Kingdoms to return to Liaoning. In particular, the two ironclad ships built by France are particularly memorable, and history has changed here. Wen Xiang sent a message to the French minister in the Qing Dynasty, Bourblon, and asked about the order of the ironclad.

At the same time, he also developed a certain interest in the Japanese navy. In addition, in the past year, Zhongemon has ordered people to operate in Shanghai to understand the movements of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. There is a kind of public opinion that a large ship can be bought from the French, and a small ship can be ordered directly from Japan.

Japan is very close to Obiqing. The ship departs from Shanghai and can reach Nagasaki in one or two days. That is to say, if a soldier wheel is ordered in Nagasaki, it can be delivered to the Qing Kingdom in two days after it is built. This advantage is not available to other powers, and it is also something that Wen Xiang prefers.

quick!

The ironclads had been built for several years, but the attack on the Taiping army could not be delayed. Then select the flagmen first, buy Japanese medium-sized soldiers, and participate in the war into Jiangnan. To be able to compete for merit and to train troops, the key is to restore an Eight Banners army as quickly as possible.

Although the official document from the Qing court has not yet been received, the staff of the Tokugawa Industrial Shanghai branch immediately reported this matter to the Edo side.

Be prepared for orders anytime!

This is a major event, and it is easy to mess up the Aspen fleet, and Zhongemon has to fight for this fleet order of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The ironclad ships seem to be determined to contact the French, and other general battleships, the shogunate still has a chance.

Chuemon immediately called to help Liuhe Sheng Kaishu, and ordered the two to spend 20,000 pounds in cash at Binhaiguan to go to Shanghai to lobby for currency. If necessary, you can also go to the capital. The cost of this lobbying can come back and ask again, but be sure to get the order.

If the Manchu court was in a hurry, it could even sell two or three large ships in the shogunate navy to the Manchu. Anyway, Yokohama Shipyard on the Shogunate side is constantly building new ships. Today, ships of 1,000 tons and 2,000 tons are still big ships in the shogunate navy. In less than 20 years, these ships are not even qualified to enter the battle line.

After all, in another 20 years, you will not be able to withstand a few cannons from the main battleship without a layer of iron armor on your body. That is to say, the ships developed in the special era of collision cruisers only pursue speed and ignore the rest. A serious battleship, without any armor, it can only be used as a transport ship in the rear.

After the invention of Shimose gunpowder, is it possible for wooden boats to participate in the war?

May be zero!

It would be good to find them a home while they are still young. The shogunate's navy was also able to get ready money to invest in the construction of new ships. Now the shallow-water heavy gunboats in the Edo Bay have to be replaced, and they must be replaced with larger-caliber cannons in order to function against the armored enemy ships.

Perhaps these 20 or 30 "mosquito gun boats" could also be packaged and sold to the Qing Dynasty.

Just let him use it to attack the city on the Yangtze River, and this thing is actually quite suitable for countries whose modern navy is just starting. These shallow water gunboats are powered by steam engines and can change places with a single shot. And the city of Nanjing is dead, he is there, and the cannons on the city are also dead. Twenty or thirty shallow-water heavy artillery boats are sent up, and it is not enough to knock out a cannon position in one round.

Thank you for taking the order for me. Well, even if it is only a cost price, it is totally fine. Even in the end, it was sold to Manqing at a discount, and it was very good to change to another person. It's better than dismantling it in the end, or scrapping it directly.

Sukeroku and Katsu Kaishu, who were ordered by Chuemon, immediately set off for Shanghai~lightnovelpub.net~ for the pre-event activities. Because according to the information, the navy that the Manchu Qing wanted to organize was actually only enthusiastic from the capital, and Zeng Guofan from Jiangnan was not enthusiastic.

Zeng Guofan himself already had the naval force to suppress the Taiping Army, although they were all old wooden boats and sailboats, but they were enough. He just needs to play steadily on land to win. Why did the imperial court send an Eight Banners navy to come over to grab the merits?

But the problem is precisely here. Jiangnan, the tax-heavy land of the Qing Dynasty, has been smashed, and the Qing Dynasty has no money. Now his most stable source of tax revenue is actually Jiang Customs, which is Shanghai Customs. However, Jianghaiguan is under the influence of Zeng Guofan's influence and needs to obtain Zeng Guofan's acquiescence to some extent.

For the annual tariff of 6.83 million taels of silver by Jiang Customs, in fact the Manchus are also fighting within the Qing Dynasty.

The money to buy the ship must come from Jianghaiguan, but the people who control Jianghaiguan are foreigners from Britain, the United States and France. They need Zeng Guofan's troops to protect Shanghai. This is an infinite loop.

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