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Long Hao carefully put Rong Hong's head away, turned around and glared at Zhou Bodang, Lei Long, who was following behind him, and said silently: What the hell did you do! Go out and tell the truth!

Then the group of people left the cabin, leaving only Wang Botao and Wang Langzhong to diagnose Rong Hong's condition.

As soon as they arrived on the deck, Long Hao couldn't help it anymore and said, "Tell me, how did Rong Hong get on our homecoming ship? Also, what happened to the thirty-six children?"

Thunder Dragon moved his lips but did not speak, but Zhou Bodang suddenly howled loudly and called Chongtianqu: "Young Master, we were wronged too! It was this old man Rong who followed us on board the ship for free!

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Seeing Zhou Bodang playing with treasures, Thunder Dragon's mouth twitched and sighed: "Young Master, let me do the talking..."

On that day, the Homecoming boat set sail from Seattle and crossed the Pacific. The first stop was Shanghai, China, an international city that is "ten miles away from home and full of life and wealth". The second stop was Dagu, Tianjin. Zheng Gongxiao got off the ship there and said he wanted to go.

After a trip to Kyoto, the third stop was Port Arthur, where the Beiyang Navy was located. Thunder Dragon came here to see if he could persuade all the frustrated Beiyang officers and soldiers to go to Alaska and join Long Hao.

The Homecoming stopped at Lushun. Zhou Bodang, with a group of infantrymen from the escort division, rushed excitedly to the place where Long Zhengxing died to gather his old troops. Unexpectedly, he happened to encounter Zhang Yuehu fighting with a group of people and was at a disadvantage. Zhou Bodang was at a disadvantage.

Bodang immediately joined in, defeated the enemy, and rescued Zhang Yuehu. After interrogating the captives, he found that they were actually the subordinates who were the culprit of Long Zhengxing's death!!

Without stopping, Zhou Bodang and Zhang Yuehu sneaked into Liaoyang City and kidnapped the bannerman Dutong (the culprit). Under interrogation, they discovered a shocking secret! Don't look at appearances.

Reckless but careful in his thinking, he immediately made a decision and stopped recruiting the remaining old troops. He took this bannerman and a number of captives and rushed back to Lushun overnight.

When we boarded the Huijia, there was an American flag hanging, which gave the Guanwai Banners a lot of courage. They didn't dare to come and search the ship just for the sake of a mere metropolis!

Speaking of this, Zhou Bodang gritted his teeth and said: "Young master, this is the Bara River that killed the master and his wife. His heart is left to you, and you can gouge it out yourself later!"

Long Hao nodded: "The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable. You go ahead and talk about it. I will naturally solve this Bala River with my own hands!" Although Long Hao is not the original Long Hao, since he has taken over this body and is his son,

Naturally, I must fulfill my filial piety and take revenge!

The Go Home stayed in Port Arthur for more than half a month, but Brontosaurus's poaching campaign in the Beiyang Navy went extremely poorly. Except for a few buddies who were in the reserve navy at the time, they expressed their willingness to go with Brontosaurus to a foreign country.

The other naval officers and generals either scolded him angrily or declined politely. One of them almost wanted to report Thunder Dragon as a fugitive to his superiors.

As a result, Thunder Dragon had to pick up the anchor and set sail. Of course, the return of Thunder Dragon and Zhang Yuehu was also one of the reasons.

In fact, it’s no wonder that Thunder Dragon’s words were unfavorable. It was 1890. Although the Beiyang Navy had no funds allocated two years ago, after all, the newly purchased cruisers such as Zhiyuan and Jingyuan could still be used for training and cannon fire.

The morale of all the officers and soldiers is still high. Do you want them to abandon their families and country and go to the United States based on Thunder Dragon's words?

It’s really a bit overwhelming!

After hearing this, Long Hao felt neither happy nor sad, and comforted Lei Long: In the original trajectory of history, Japan, the Qing Dynasty's biggest maritime rival, had not yet demonstrated its naval power, and in order to deal with Beiyang Ding, the Japanese navy suppressed the Second

The "Three Scenery Ships" were all launched and built after 1891. Therefore, although Beiyang showed signs of decline at this time, it was still the largest navy in Asia and the sixth most powerful navy in the world in the Far East!

Long Hao thought to himself: Maybe in another three years, when Japan is aggressive and Beiyang is in decline, then we can recruit more people, so that we can achieve better results!

The Return Home departed from Lushun Port and sailed back to Shanghai. Since poaching the Beiyang corner failed, we must implement the young master's order and try to recruit as many craftsmen with special skills as possible to increase the technical team of the Dragon Scale Party.

Returning to Shanghai again, the US$300,000 remitted by Long Hao also arrived. Lei Long and the others immediately took action, using the name of "Dream Island Company" to recruit technicians in the Qing Dynasty!

dream.Is's recruitment advertisement was published in well-known domestic business newspapers such as Shenbao. Its generous salary and five-year commitment to return to China immediately attracted many people to sign up! Even Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang knew about it.

After the company that was recruiting workers was a company registered in the United States, a European royal princess actually visited her in person!

Long Hao was surprised when he heard this: "You guys actually met Li Hongzhang?!"

Who is Li Hongzhang? Needless to say, Long Hao was surprised that this "famous official of the Qing Dynasty's resurgence" came to Shanghai when he was not staying in Beijing.

Lei Long replied: "Young master, I don't know. Li Hongzhang opened a machine weaving layout, a telegraph bureau, a Jiangnan manufacturing bureau and other factories in Shanghai. Recently, he had to build a garden and his finances were tight. He often came to Shanghai to meet with foreign businessmen, hoping to win over them.

investment!”

"Oh!" Long Hao responded and hummed: "Seeking skin from a tiger, even though he was a very popular minister in the Qing Dynasty, what good can he get from foreigners?"

As Long Hao said, Li Hongzhang was indeed in trouble at that time. He had suffered many hard and soft criticisms from foreign banks and had swallowed a lot. However, he had not been able to get any loans. He was depressed and full of melancholy. He happened to read "Declaration".

》Go to the American Dream Island to recruit "skilled" Chinese workers to go to the United States to pursue their dreams. The benefits are generous, and your eyes light up, and you can't help but feel energetic.

You must know that Li Hongzhang dealt with foreigners throughout his life and was regarded by Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi as "the only person in the Qing Empire who was capable of competing with the world's powers." His understanding of foreigners was the best among Qing officials.

Deep! To sum up in one sentence, Li Hongzhang believes that foreigners are all sanctimonious and despicable people who can’t afford to start early, cannibalize people without spitting out their bones, and recruit Chinese workers with generous benefits??

Scam! Absolutely a scam!

So, Li Hongzhang sent his confidants to investigate and find those who were recruited to try out what this dream.Is company was like!

After all, Li Hongzhang was mature and steady, and with the spirit of preferring to let things go rather than make mistakes, he secretly sent people to investigate, and overtly asked the U.S. Ambassador for verification, then handed over a greeting card and visited in person!

The results of a series of practices surprised Li Zhongtang. This 'Dream Island' seemed to be recruiting Chinese workers seriously! It was not what Li Zhongtang imagined: defrauding our country's talents and selling them to

America's coolie 'bag company'!

Why is this so? Thanks to the foreigners on the Homecoming: several Frenchmen and Princess Melissa's entourage!

Li Hongzhang led people on board the ship for a visit, and Lei Long and others were naturally not stupid enough to greet the guests as hosts, so a Frenchman and a Spaniard became the two people in charge of the Dream Island Company's trip to the Qing Dynasty.

people'.

A series of authentic French and Spanish words immediately cleared up most of Li Hongzhang's doubts, and the American registration certificate and certificate from the Spanish royal family that were presented next made Li Hongzhang even more surprised. He was very glad that he did not make any arbitrary decisions and offend the family.

The Spanish Princess's 'game'!

It turned out that according to Thunder Dragon's instructions, the explanation given by the two 'responsible persons' to Mr. Li was: Dream.Is company was founded by the Spanish royal princess Melissa, and it was the work of the royal family's business experience. Since Mellie in the United States

Princess Sha received a favor from a Chinese in the United States, so she came to Qing Dynasty this time, firstly to find business opportunities, and secondly to recruit more talented and skilled Chinese workers to repay the kindness of her Chinese benefactor!

Li Hongzhang patted his chest and assured that the people of the Qing Dynasty had this. As long as the benefits offered by Dream Island Company are true, he, the master of the court, will do everything he can to promote it responsibly!

Lei Long said: "Li Hongzhang's appeal is really good. He spent nearly a thousand dollars on advertising in newspapers and only recruited a dozen people. But after his visit, in the next three days, several more people were recruited."

Ten talented people with special skills came to sign up!"

Long Hao smiled and said: "So, this Lord of the Central Hall has done a good deed for us?"

Zhou Bodang took the opportunity to interject: "Hey, don't mention it! Master, you don't know how scheming this old man Li is... Well, he is the one who provoked this old man Rong!"

A few days after Li Hongzhang's visit to the Homecoming, Li Hongzhang sent someone to meet with the person in charge of Dream Island. However, this trip was a secret and unknown to the public, because the two parties discussed a confidential matter!

Li Hongzhang's people pointed out that the Ministry of Punishment recently sentenced a group of corrupt directors and craftsmen of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau. They were originally going to be exiled to Southeast Asia. It happened that the matter passed through the hands of Li Zhongtang, and Li Hongzhang was willing to sell them for three hundred taels of silver per person.

'To Dream Island Company.

When Lei Long and others heard this, they thought, Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau? Isn't that the Mawei Shipyard (also known as Mawei Shipbuilding Bureau) supervised by Zuo Zongtang in 1866? The directors and craftsmen there were among the first batch of people in China to research modern warships.
Chapter completed!