The sun never sets

Su Hetai was glaring at Lin Yongchang. Hearing this, he immediately bent down and nodded, "Yes, but..."

The fourth princess shook her head and said, "I'll go in and talk to my eldest brother."

She finally got home once in a while and didn't want to waste her time on these things.

The fourth princess brought a few maids into the palace. Lin Yongchang reached out and touched Wuyun Qiqige's little head. "What are you still looking at? They have all gone in."

Wuyun Qiqige said enviously: "She is so beautiful."

Although she was also a girl, she was still attracted by the extraordinary beauty of the Fourth Princess. Lin Yongchang was different. He had criticized countless voluptuous women. Although the Fourth Princess was beautiful, she was still a little inferior to the young lady who used the four evil spells together.

The main reason is that the weather is too cold, and Si Gege is wearing thick clothes, so nothing can be seen. According to Lin Yongchang's experience, those who are too good-looking are mostly A. If they are good-looking and have choppy breasts, they are probably short legs, buck teeth, or have other problems.

Even if there are no physical defects and he is still in the prime of his youth, there must be something wrong with his personality.

All in all, there is no perfect person in this world.

Lin Yongchang thought so, but he still hugged Su Hetai and said in a very intimate tone: "The fourth princess is the daughter of Prince Qing?"

"Let go, let go!" Su Hetai struggled to push Lin Yongchang away, but he didn't have enough strength, so he could only wave people, "Someone, come quickly, get this savage away!"

"Don't worry, Su Hetai, right? I think we can be good friends!"

Chapter 30 Slaves

With the help of everyone in the palace, Su Hetai finally got rid of Lin Yongchang's arm. He wanted to point at him and curse: Who the hell is your friend? You are worthy of being my friend? I am a servant of the Qing Palace!

But he said nothing, just glared at Li Wenyong fiercely, then trotted into the backyard of the palace.

Li Wenyong felt cold in his heart. The reason why slaves like them could shout and yell in the capital was because of the masters behind them. Now that he had offended Prince Qing, how could he survive in this city?

"Master Lin, you really made me suffer!"

Lin Yongchang laughed loudly, then turned serious, "Nonsense! We agreed to send money to Prince Qing, and now the money has been brought here? I mean what I said, and I will never give you a discount. How can this be considered harming you? I even gave you a pound of gold!"

His voice was so loud that everyone around heard it, so many people looked at Li Wenyong with a subtle change in their eyes. There were dozens of kilograms of gold on the cart, and it was impossible for people who saw it to say that they had no thoughts. However, there were dozens of ferocious Mongolian barbarians and savages next to the gold, and the gold was to be given to Prince Qing. Even if they had thoughts, they would not dare to take the gold.

But Li Wenyong was different. One pound of gold was not too much, but it was definitely not too little. The poor people on the street would let others beat them up for ten copper coins and would throw a tantrum for a few dollars. One pound of gold was enough to make many people tempted.

"You........." Li Wenyong said bitterly, cursing himself in his heart why he didn't realize that the person named Lin was such a thing?

In the backyard of the palace, the fourth princess was talking to the Duke of Zhenguo Zai Zhen, "There's such a big commotion at the door, big brother, why don't you go and take care of it?"

Zai Zhen didn't take it seriously, "So what if it gets out of hand? Who dares to say anything?"

The fourth princess's eyes were as beautiful as a painting. "If the queen mother knew about this, it would not be a good thing after all." She sat on a chair made of fine mahogany and said, "Brother, you don't know what's going on outside, do you?"

"I really don't know, it's just a little noisy. Su Hetai, tell me, what's going on outside?"

Su Hetai came in trotting, still catching his breath, but since Lord Beile had spoken, he dared not disobey, "Lord, that wild man brought a cart of gold here, and now it's all seen!"

"Oh, a cart of gold?" Zai Zhen said, "Then hurry up and pull it in!"

"this........"

"What are you doing standing there, slave? Why don't you go and get the gold in?"

Zaizhen was young and full of energy, and didn't care about anything, but Su Hetai knew how to be powerful. He looked at the Fourth Princess in embarrassment, "Princess, what do you think?"

Before the Fourth Princess could say anything, Zai Zhen stood up and slapped Su Hetai in the face. "You son of a bitch, you don't even listen to your master. What's the point of keeping you around? I'd rather chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!"

Su Hetai didn't dare to say anything else, and quickly bent down and retreated, commanding the servants to pull the cart of gold into the palace. Everyone stretched their necks, watching the cart full of gold disappear behind the vermilion gate, and sighed together. The sound was full of satisfaction and regret. In any case, this incident was something that everyone would brag about after returning home.

Everyone gradually dispersed, but Li Wenyong stayed behind. On the one hand, there were many people coveting his gold, and on the other hand, he wanted to get to the bottom of it. "Master Lin, why did you do this?"

"Mr. Li is also a smart man, how could he not figure it out? Isn't it obvious? For fame!"

"Make a name for yourself?"

"Yes, you see, after doing this, don't many people know my name, Lin Yongchang?"

Li Wenyong was a little bit sure, but also a little bit unsure. “A lot of people will know about it, but I’m afraid it won’t be a good reputation.”

"You don't understand this. Black and red is still red, and a bad reputation is still a reputation."

Lin Yongchang snapped his fingers and said, "It's not enough. I will send Rong Zhongtang dozens of kilograms of gold tomorrow. His reputation will surely spread faster!"

Rong Zhongtang is Ronglu, whose full name is Guaerjia* Ronglu. He was born into a military family and was promoted to the position of Yuwailang of the Ministry of Works. During the Tongzhi period, he was promoted by Wenxiang, Li Hongzao and others, and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Minister of Works. Later, he was appointed as the General of Xi'an. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he was trusted by Empress Dowager Cixi and stayed in Beijing to serve as the Commander of the Infantry, Minister of the Zongli Yamen, and Minister of the Ministry of War. He was promoted to the position of Grand Secretary of Wenhua Palace and Minister of Military Affairs.

The Manchu Plain White Banner, to which Ronglu belonged, was one of the "upper three banners" among the eight banners, with a relatively high status and better opportunities for official appointment than the "lower five banners". His grandfather, uncle, and father had all led troops and died on the battlefield, and were particularly praised by the court. Emperor Xianfeng issued an express decree of preferential treatment and praised the Guarjia family for being "loyal and faithful for generations". ??? It was with the help of this ancestral influence that Ronglu entered the officialdom and was recognized by the emperor for a long time.

After the defeat to the Japanese in the First Sino-Japanese War, the imperial court was seeking innovation and change, and specially established a new army to deal with the growing internal and external threats. Ronglu was in charge of the construction of the new army because he had the trust of Empress Dowager Cixi and his past military experience. Ronglu selected the most capable troops from the Beiyang Army, the Green Camp, and the Huai Army to form the "Wuwei Army". The new army organized by Yuan Weiting in Xiaozhan was only a part of the Wuwei Army.

During the Wuxu coup last year, Tan Sitong went to see Yuan Weiting and wanted him to lead troops to defend the emperor. Yuan Weiting agreed in person and reported the matter to Ronglu. Many people in later generations believed that if Yuan Weiting had stood on the emperor's side, the Reform Movement would not have ended after only a hundred days.

However, even if Yuan Weiting was determined to support the emperor, he only had one-fifth of the troops in the "Wuwei Army". What could he do to take risks with Tan Sitong? Nie Shicheng's Wuwei Front Army was not something he could deal with. If a real fight broke out, Yuan Weiting would be defeated in no time. During the Wuxu Coup, no matter what Yuan Weiting chose, the result would not have made any difference.

In the current court, Prince Qing Yixin is highly trusted by Empress Dowager Cixi, but the official who truly holds military power is Ronglu.

Therefore, Lin Yongchang planned to send a cart of gold to Ronglu tomorrow. As long as Yixin and Ronglu nodded, the matter would be 90% certain. He did not have to have the same equipment as the Wuwei Army.

Yes. The Winchester purchased from the United States and the Hanyang-made imitation of the German Mauser are both usable and are not outdated in this era.

The 75mm field guns bought from Germany were only second-rate, but even second-rate, it was not easy to get them. Rifles were easy, but the imperial court probably wouldn't give them artillery.

Chapter 31: Giant Monkey

Lin Yongchang led Wuyun Qiqige into the Qing Palace, while the Mongolian cavalry and Tibetan soldiers stayed outside. The moment he entered the palace, a thought popped into Lin Yongchang's mind: What if there were five hundred swordsmen ambushed inside...

He knew that there should be no executioners inside, but what if?

When General He Jin entered the palace, he certainly would not have thought that there was an ambush inside. Lin Yongchang touched his neck, thinking that he would be hacked to death by random swords... He looked around carefully. There were guards with swords and guns in the palace, but there was no sign of an ambush.

Prince Qing Yixin's reputation for greed was well known throughout the world. The Prince Qing's mansion was also built extravagantly, with carved beams and painted buildings, rockery and flowing water, and martial arts did not show the style of the owner of this place. The palace covers a large area, but it is impossible to ambush 500 swordsmen without leaving any traces. So Lin Yongchang was relieved.

Zai Zhen had already seen the dozens of kilograms of gold loaded on the car. Even though his father was the most corrupt official in the world, he was still dazzled by the gold. It's not that dozens of kilograms of gold are valuable. For ordinary people, they are very valuable, but for the son of Prince Qing, it is not much.

But now everyone uses silver notes, and suddenly putting so many gold bars in front of you, the visual impact is not comparable to a few pieces of light paper. 50 kilograms of gold is only 800 taels, which is only 5 taels of silver. Prince Qing has received 10 taels of silver notes several times.

Lin Yongchang scratched his head. Fifty kilograms of gold is only worth 50 taels of silver? Is there something wrong? But thinking about the 5 tons of gold that disappeared from Tsarist Russia in another world, 500 kilograms of gold is nothing. Perhaps, the remaining gold should be taken out together.

But if all the gold is given to Prince Qing, the rest of the things will be difficult to handle. He is confident that he can make a lot of money, but that takes time and initial capital. There is only half a year left, and there are still many things to do. Save as much time as possible. I will give money to Ronglu tomorrow, hoping that Rong Zhongtang will not be as greedy for money as the Prince Qing.

What if Ronglu took the money? Then he would give it away, since it was not his own money. Didn’t the Dalai Lama say that he would continue to give it? He would take a few hundred guns back to report and then continue to ask for money. There are hundreds of tons of gold in the temples in India. Even if Tibetan Buddhism is a little short of it, it would not be too much to take a hundred tons, right?

100 tons of gold, how many foreign guns and cannons can it buy? If he had so much munitions, Lin Yongchang would be confident that he could defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance. Does he have 100 tons of gold? No, so he has no confidence that he can fight against the Eight-Nation Alliance. The total strength of the Eight-Nation Alliance reached 12 at its peak, and Lin Yongchang could not withstand it with such a small amount of capital.

His team had just been formed, with only a few dozen people and seven or eight guns. If he encountered the Eight-Nation Alliance, he would be chased into a daze!

Zai Zhen didn't know that Lin Yongchang had so many thoughts. He picked up a gold bar, looked at it, and then put it down. "Tell me, what's the matter? You brought so much gold here, it can't be just for fun."

The fourth princess stood up and said, "I don't like to hear these things, big brother, I'm going to go see the concubines."

Lin Yongchang glanced at the Fourth Princess, and said to Zaizhen with a smile, "Your Highness has sharp eyes and can see things clearly. I won't hide it from you. It's all about Tibet. The English sent troops to attack Tibet, and the Tibetan soldiers couldn't resist. The Dalai Lama sent people to the court for help before, but was rejected by the court. This time, we are sent here, and we don't want reinforcements. We just hope that the court can allocate some weapons and food. It would be best if a few officers could be sent over."

"So that's what it is!" Zai Zhen said in a chuckle, "The court has already made a decision on this matter, and this prince can't do anything about it!"

"Please say a few good words to Prince Qing. I heard that there are a lot of replaced Hanyang and American rifles in the arsenal. They are just sitting there anyway, so why not send one or two thousand to Tibet? The English are greedy and are not satisfied after occupying the whole of India. They are attacking Tibet now. If we let them seize Tibet, they will attack Sichuan next."

"Hey, don't scare me!" Zai Zhen glared, "Even if we reach Sichuan, it's still far from the capital."

"You're right, but it's not a bad idea to let the foreigners take over the land left by our ancestors, don't you think?" Lin Yongchang said with a smile, "If the court allocates silver, no matter how much, we can take 10% and send it to the palace, what do you think?"

"Hmm?" Zai Zhen's eyes turned, "10% is not enough, we need 20%!"

"............", Lin Yongchang showed an embarrassment, "The English are not easy to deal with. We have to buy four or five thousand guns and a dozen cannons to stop them. If you can get those foreign guns and cannons, you can even send all the silver to us."

"Okay, I know about this."

Zaizhen looked at Wuyun Qiqige next to him. The little girl was wearing thick clothes and her face was red. She didn't look feminine at all. If you want to talk about taste, you should go to the Bada Hutong.

The girl is even more exciting. That figure, that voice, tsk, thinking of this, I want to go in and out of the alley again.

He picked up the teacup and opened the lid. He was not drinking tea, but just making such a gesture to show that he was going to see the guest off. Lin Yongchang understood in his heart, but deliberately said: "My Lord, I think the tea seems to be cold. Let's ask someone to bring a pot of hot tea."

Zaizhen was speechless. He didn't even know how to serve tea or see guests off. Where did this monkey come from?

Su Hetai hurried over and said with a straight face, "The prince is tired, you should go back and wait for news."

"Oh, Lord Beile, you look a little weak. I have a secret recipe from Tibet. You will be very strong after taking it! Look at me, people can stand on my fists and horses can run on my arms! It's all because of the Tibetan Strength Pills I took!"

"Alright, alright, let's go out first, Lord Beile... ahem, Lord Beile has other things to do!"

"Wait, are the powerful pills you mentioned really effective?"

Zaizhen looked at Lin Yongchang's big body, and his heart moved. He called out to the big monkey who was pushed out by Su Hetai. It was so cold, but he rolled up his sleeves and bald his head, as if he was not afraid of the cold at all. He was lustful, and he had slept with so many beauties that his body was hollowed out. Although he was supported by various tonics, he also clearly felt that he was unable to do anything on the bed.

Now he heard Lin Yongchang say that he had a powerful pill for sale. He didn't believe it at first, but for some reason, he suddenly wanted to hear the details. Lin Yongchang smiled and said, "Have you ever heard of Cordyceps sinensis, Lord?"

Chapter 32 Effect

Cordyceps sinensis is a complex of fungi of the genus Cordyceps that is a bug in winter and turns into grass in summer. It is a Chinese herbal medicine unique to China. It is listed as one of the three major tonics along with ginseng and deer antlers. It is recorded in ancient Chinese medical books. Its functions and indications are: sweet and mild. It nourishes the kidney and lungs, stops bleeding and resolves phlegm. It is used for kidney deficiency and spermatorrhea, impotence and spermatorrhea, soreness of waist and knees, chronic cough and asthma, and cough and hemoptysis caused by fatigue.

Zaizhen was the eldest son of Prince Qing Yixin and was conferred the title of Duke of Zhenguo by the imperial court. How could he have never eaten Cordyceps sinensis?

Is this thing useful? Yes. But how useful is it? It's hard to say. Anyway, Zai Zhen ate a lot of cordyceps, ginseng and deer antlers, but his body was still being drained day by day. The disappointment on his face was beyond words, "I thought this was some kind of magic medicine, but it's just cordyceps? It's just a snack!"

Lin Yongchang smiled and said, "The secret recipe I mentioned is a hundred times more effective than using Cordyceps alone."

"Why don't you say ten thousand times?"

"Because in reality it's only a few dozen times, rounding it up, it's a hundred times."

Zaizhen looked Lin Yongchang up and down, "Oh, you are so arrogant, like a man from the capital. But you are too fair, even fairer than the fathers-in-law of kilometers away."

He was a nobleman of the imperial court, an important official in the court, and had a noble status, so he spoke frivolously. If it were a different environment, Zaizhen would definitely be beaten up for saying this. But this was the capital, the Prince Qing's mansion, so let alone frivolous words, even if he did something more extreme, nothing would happen.

Lin Yongchang didn't care, still smiling, "The secret recipe I mentioned requires the use of Cordyceps, but it also needs special processing to achieve the best effect."

No, that's not the case. Cordyceps doesn't have such a good effect. He said the secret recipe is sildenafil, a compound that was originally used to treat cardiovascular disease, but the effect was not very good. Instead, it was found to have the effect of restoring men's virility. As a student of the Department of Chemistry, sildenafil is also the subject of research by many people.

It is not difficult to synthesize sildenafil, provided that there is a laboratory and raw materials of very high purity.

"Are you kidding me?"

"If Beile doesn't believe it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Zaizhen stopped talking, hummed twice, and picked up the teacup again. Su Hetai was cheered up when he saw this, and stepped forward to block Lin Yongchang and Zaizhen, saying with a fake smile: "Please."

Lin Yongchang smiled and raised his arm, pretending to hug him. Su Hetaihe was almost out of breath after being hugged by the neck. When he saw Lin Yongchang raising his arm, he was startled and quickly stepped back, asking warily, "You savage, what do you want to do?"

"Haha, my friend, don't be so nervous. I even gave you a pound of gold!"

"Shut up!" Su Hetai caught a glimpse of Zai Zhen's unfriendly look and hurried forward to shout, "Go, go!"

Lin Yongchang chuckled twice, took Wuyun Qiqige's hand and walked out of the gate. After they went out, the followers led the warhorse over, and the two of them got on the horses and went back to the inn first. Then Lin Yongchang asked the boss if there was a house for rent nearby, preferably a courtyard house, which could be used as a place to stay in the capital for the next few months.

In the long run, the value of houses in Beijing will definitely increase. If you have money, you can buy 49 or houses and live comfortably for the rest of your life. But as I said, the specific situation should be analyzed. Buying a house in Beijing now is equivalent to joining the Guo army in . It is better to wait a little longer. The party that waits will never suffer.

"Sir, do you want to buy a house?" The boss said excitedly, "Yes!"

As a middleman, if the deal goes through, he can get a lot of money, so the boss said enthusiastically: "I'll take you over to have a look!"

Renting a house is easy, you just need money, unlike buying a house, where you need to find the local head of the village.

Only the head of the household and relevant officials can do it. One hundred taels of silver a month, only 1000 taels for a year's rent. It's not that the household owner doesn't know how to calculate, but long-term rentals are generally cheaper. Lin Yongchang wrote three rental contracts, stamped his handprints on them, and then gave the boss 50 taels of agency fees, and the deal was done.

The innkeeper received 50 taels of silver and smiled from ear to ear. "Sir, I suggest you just buy it."

"Let's talk about it later. I think the capital is not peaceful recently. Let's talk about it after the situation stabilizes."

He was talking about the Eight-Nation Alliance that would attack next year, but the boss misunderstood. "Oh, you know about it too? That's right, this matter has caused a lot of uproar, and everyone in the city knows about it. Everyone who has come to the capital knows about it."

"You mean?"

"That's right, the Queen Mother wants to depose His Majesty the Emperor."

I really don't know. Lin Yongchang thought: I only know that Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu died almost at the same time. Later, the post office said... No, there is evidence that Emperor Guangxu was poisoned to death. The poison was a traditional Chinese poison, arsenic. Alas, the Chinese used this poison hundreds of years ago, and they are still using it hundreds of years later. There is no progress at all.

If you do it yourself, there are many ways to do it. It's not difficult to make various colorless and odorless poisons. Well, it's still a little difficult for people of this era. The progress of science and technology is not achieved overnight, but a long process. Decades later, Americans are still promoting Nuka-Cola.

"The Queen Mother wants to depose Your Majesty, but I'm afraid many people will disagree."

The boss sighed: "Who says it's not?"

"What is going on here? Why does the Queen Mother want to depose Your Majesty? Can you tell me about it?"

Of course the innkeeper agreed. Old Beijingers like to chat about everything. Moreover, he just took 50 taels of silver, which is not a small amount of money, even in the capital. He started from the beginning, "This matter has to start with the Reform Movement of ."

After being defeated by the Japanese on the battlefield and losing Korea and Taiwan, the government and the opposition reached a consensus on reform. Even Empress Dowager Cixi, who had been in power for decades, could not stop this trend. Well, let's reform. In fact, the laws of the Jin Dynasty had changed a lot a long time ago.