C3512 Ci An and San Ye (1/2)

Returning to the Kiki's tower, Ci An changed into a set of undergarments and his personal palace maid helped her milk them all up. After washing up, Ci An leaned on the bed and carefully beat up the empress dowager's legs.

Ci An said in a low voice while still half asleep, ”Who do you think we can rely on now?”

”Look at what Master is saying, of course it's San Ye …” This Beiyuan was repaired by Master San, and this Master San is an old man with eight proper flags, the chief minister … ”

”Bootlick …” Isn't San Ye a telegraph repairer? If this really happens, he doesn't have any soldiers! ”

Zhou Daoying was also grinding his teeth like a beggar. ”True, now that the military power of the imperial government has been divided among those people, San Ye can only fish for some silver from other places …”

”However... There's Xiao Letian behind San Ye! ”

”Talking about him again! Is he a member of our Great Qing? The British already admit that the Chinese are an independent nation, and you still hope for Xiao Letian? ”

Zhou Daoying stuck out his tongue: ”Master is right, isn't this servant being anxious?”

Ci An turned his body to the side as he held onto his head. Zhou Daoying quickly changed his position and kicked, when he heard the empress dowager say, ”It's the soldiers of the Great Qing … ”It looks like there are a lot of them, but not many of them can fight …”

”Green Battalion and soldiers stationed in different places are already considered commoners. It might be alright to expect them to catch thieves in the areas, but if they really want to throw them thousands of miles away to fight, they are trash!”

”Xiang Army is currently occupying Jiangnan, thanks to Zuo Jigao splitting up a portion of his elites, Li Hongzhang has pulled away another portion of his veterans … Although the scale of the rest was huge, seven to eight years had passed since the war in Jiangnan … The warm wind should have softened their bones by now, right? ”

”West Mountain has sixty thousand soldiers, His Majesty has trained thirty thousand. ”Where else can I use my soldiers?”

Zhou Daoying continued, ”The north! What about the Hunchun General from Heilongjiang and Ningguta? He has troops that have fought against the real old setae! ”

”What about Mongolia? The Mongol palace on the prairie will listen to Her Majesty as well... ”Now our suffering is how to transfer these soldiers into the pass!”

Ci An didn't really look at his, but Zhou Daoying could clearly feel that the empress dowager's body was stiff and his muscles tensed up.

Zhou Daoying lowered his voice and said, ”It's been more than two hundred years, there are some things that should be done that I can't hide from … In the end, our Manchu is still located to the north of the Great Wall! ”

Ci An suddenly opened his eyes, ”Tell me … In the future, if there comes a day when Xiao Letian and I have a talk, I will give him a place in the Ming Dynasty, and my Manchu will protect the land outside the borders … ”

”Do you think he'll agree?”

Zhou Daoying shrunk his neck back. ”Master, this is something that this servant dare not say …” ”But it's not at that level yet, is it?”

Ci An slowly closed his eyes and said, ”Yes … It hadn't reached that far yet, but what about the future? Look at the fold on the table, Shuntian Palace gave it to me... ”

”The north district of the Tanggu has already been completed. Now, we just have to wait for Xiao Letian to return home and take charge of the ceremony.

”It's a two hundred mile long railway. The goods and personnel could be delivered in four hours … ”As a result, when the railway was completed, the Northern District lost 800 men.”

”Can you understand it? Do you know what that means? ”A thousand miles in one day …”

Ci An's breath gradually became regular and steady. He left the room and walked out of the Kiki's tower, looking at the stars in the sky. ”When Hairy # 2 comes back, I will need to ask him for advice …” This is an iron mill, a railway, and a new army! ”

”Why did it become so chaotic?” If he didn't learn a bit more, he probably wouldn't be able to serve his master anymore! Repair railway... What does building a railway have to do with a reduction in manpower? ”I don't get it …”

Zhou Daoying and the rest would not be able to understand this logic in their entire lives, but the Qing San Ye that was heading south had no choice but to study it!