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    Xianfeng 561_Xianfeng full text free to read_Chapter 561 The volunteers come from

    Shanghai.

    This city has been thoroughly internationalized, even more international than in history. In modern history, there were no more than 10,000 foreigners on the entire coast of China. They controlled everything in this empire through compradors.

    Now, Shanghai has completely become a paradise for adventurers. The number of foreigners living in Shanghai alone is close to 10,000, and it is still expanding. Therefore, the British had to ask the new conquerors of Shanghai to expand the concession through the consul.

    Liu Chang did not directly reject the request to expand the concession, but requested that it be carried out simultaneously with diplomatic negotiations. China can make certain concessions, but the British must also make more concessions. One can purchase tens of millions per year.  A China with sterling industrial products is more valuable than a China that can only buy tens of thousands of boxes of opium.

    The latter only facilitated the opium merchants and a small group of people in Mumbai, India, while the former allowed the entire British Empire, and even many established foreign firms in the British Empire, to be stationed in this emerging port city.

    It's just that because the concession has not been expanded, the British and French concessions have become very supportive, even to the point where the land is worth a lot of money. Even the prices of some land close to the concession have skyrocketed, and some smart foreigners have bought their own small houses there.  Villas and residences.

    Among these foreigners, in addition to Europeans, there are also many Asians, such as a large number of Indians serving the British, and many Filipinos. They have taken advantage of the opportunity of the Hong Army to control the Philippines and have whitewashed themselves into Xia Xia.  Citizens of the country, and even asked to have their own seats in the possible Xia Kingdom Parliament.

    Of course, the entire Philippines cannot simply be set up as a province of China. They feel that they should have a higher status, but it is not possible to follow the Spanish provincial system. The entire Philippines only has a population of 6 million, but there are 36 provinces.  , the average population of a province is only about 100,000 or even less, in this case.  They proposed that the Philippines should be a large province of China.

    And Kuroshima Jin also had the same intention. This Japanese samurai claimed that he had royal blood from the Southern Dynasties of Japan, and even declared that he was Japanese, but he was not.  He should be the emperor of the Japanese province, no, he is the governor of the Japanese province. He often declares his identity to the Westerners and Hongjun garrison in Shanghai, and attempts to organize a mercenary army from Shanghai to enter a semi-reclusive state in Japan.  .

    It¡¯s just that neither the Westerners in Shanghai, nor the administrative cadres of Hongjun, or others, have much interest in him.  Therefore, he could only manage his own small business. On the one hand, he recruited five or six cheap mercenaries and made an agreement with them. As long as Kuroshima Jin made a big sum of money, they would follow Kuroshima Jin back to Japan.  Then he surrendered to Liu Juehu.

    To this end, Kuroshima Jin also spent a small amount of money from his small business to organize these Japanese, Filipino and Indian mercenaries to conduct training camps every ten days and a half.  Each training session also attracted the attention of the concession, but after several dispersals, the concession authorities no longer took Kuroshima Jin's mercenary team seriously.

    They don¡¯t even have weapons.  There were only some bamboo guns and Japanese swords, which did not pose much of a threat. Moreover, Kuroshima Jin was very active in paying taxes and had never defaulted on the taxes that his Japanese restaurant should pay.

    Today, Kuroshima Jin is sitting in his restaurant drinking sake, while shouting that Shanghai is too barbaric, with meat-eating people everywhere, but no one in Japan eats meat, unless it is the finest deer.  Meat, for a Chinese like him, he is an absolute vegetarian.

    It was just when he was talking about his experience of being a vegetarian.  The door curtain of the restaurant was opened, and someone rushed in: "Where is Kuroshima Jin?"

    "Here, here!" Kuroshima Jin replied in the familiar Shanghainese dialect: "What do you two do?"

    He could see clearly that these were two Europeans, although he couldn't tell whether they were Swedish or French, or other nationalities.  But Kuroshima Jin quickly talked about his origin: "I am a pure-blood Chinese with three thousand years of history"

    "Are you Kuroshima Jin?"

    The opponent is tall and powerful, and he is full of distrust towards Kuroshima Jin: "No way? You also have a team of mercenaries on your hands?"

    "I have a team of mercenaries and even many cold weapons to arm them. As long as we give enough money, we can also have enough rifles and artillery to arm ourselves."

    In Shanghai, the most indispensable thing is weapons of all kinds. Although the Hong Kong Army tightened controls in this area after taking control of Shanghai, a large number of firearms can still be purchased in the concession, and some of them are even the latest European rifles and rifles.  As long as the artillery is not used to deal with the Hong Army or to cause rebellion, the local officials of the Hong Army can only turn a blind eye.

    ?And now a European has spoken of his origins: "I need a team of volunteers!"

    "What volunteers?" Kuroshima Jin immediately said: "I am a loyal subject of His Majesty Emperor Zhenyuan, and I am willing"

    The other party interrupted him directly: "We Swedish citizens in Shanghai, in order to support the cause of Emperor Zhenyuan, decided to organize a volunteer army"

    ??Swedes?  Volunteers?  Kuroshima Jin carefully probed: "The emperor's volunteers?"

    He did not believe that these European businessmen would support Emperor Zhenyuan for free and even form a volunteer army, but he quickly figured out what was going on: "Why? Your Excellency Lusiya formed a British army on behalf of the British residents."  Volunteer Army.¡±

    This volunteer army was organized by British residents. In the name of volunteering to serve Liu Chang and Daxia, the wealthy Lusiya and Mr. Ryan, as well as some British businessmen in Shanghai, quickly raised a large sum of money and  A large amount of arms, this volunteer army consists of more than 20 British volunteers serving as officers, and more than 200 Chinese volunteers were recruited, organized into an infantry battalion and two infantry companies.

    The senior officials of the Hong Army in Shanghai were unprepared for the formation of this volunteer army. They just figured out that this volunteer army was formed by some pro-Xiamen businessmen who were worried that their businesses would be damaged by the Russians moving south, and that this volunteer army would start immediately.  He went to the North China battlefield and took on some auxiliary combat tasks. After asking for instructions from Hangzhou, he immediately expressed his welcome and provided all conveniences.

    After the British residents did this, the French decided to do the same. They formed a Changjie Battalion, but the strength was only one company. European businessmen from various countries in Shanghai also knew the principle of providing help in times of need, and they formed volunteer troops one after another. Sweden  People are a step late, but they know clearly that they must participate in such speculation.

    Although they do not have any obligations to Emperor Zhenyuan, Emperor Zhenyuan and their ministers may not remember which country's volunteers participated in which battles, but they will definitely remember who did not participate in the volunteers, not to mention Sweden and Russia.  They said it was a feud, and they liked the feeling of adding insult to injury to the Russians, but the real history is that Sweden was constantly attacked by Russia. Therefore, after a short plenary meeting, dozens of Swedish residents decided to form a small volunteer army to assist the emperor.  of combat.

    It's just that all the famous mercenaries and officers in Shanghai, such as the famous Waldo, have been snatched up by other countries, and there are too few Swedish people. At most, they can only find one volunteer, so some people soon started talking about it.  Kuroshima Jin¡¯s mercenary team: ¡°If you agree, we can sign the contract now!¡±

    "No problem, no problem!" After Kuroshima Jin figured out what was going on, he immediately said overjoyed: "I'll sign right away, and I can find dozens of outstanding mercenaries."

    "Then I'm the commander!" Ferguson opposite was originally a timber businessman who had served in the army for more than half a year. His business was in trouble, so he became a volunteer to escape: "Your Excellency Jin Kuroshima,  You are my deputy, and we will go to North China to fight"

    "Russians" Kuroshima Jin couldn't help but feel a little timid after seeing the tall and powerful Russians. He quickly thought of an excuse: "Are you fighting the Russians head-on? I think you can bypass the Russians.  The right way is to go behind the scenes.¡±

    "Good idea!" Ferguson thought this idea was very good. It was indeed a very smart idea to get behind the Russians: "Then we also need a sailboat, which may exceed the expected budget Maybe we can get it from China  Get some help from someone.¡±

    "Sailboat?" Kuroshima Jin didn't understand the difference between a sailboat and going around behind Russia: "As long as you give enough money, you can buy not only a sailboat, but also a steamship. Do we need to hire sailors?  "

    "Of course it is needed!" Ferguson felt that this should be a very good opportunity. You must know that the Russians are now mobilized in full force. It is said that in the entire Far East, they have even mobilized children and the elderly, so they can go behind the Russians.  , you will not encounter Russian combat troops at all, but you can carry out open robbery there. That is an excellent opportunity.

    You must know that Ferguson's grandfather died in the war of 1812. He had always been sad about ceding Finland to the Russians. Now that they had the opportunity to deal with the Russians and make themselves rich, they naturally would not  Willing to miss out.

    As long as he grabs a large amount of precious furs and pearls, Ferguson can not only get out of the business dilemma, but also become the top nobleman in Shanghai like Count Demons. When he thinks of this, Ferguson  Smiling very happily: "We need to hire a few more warriors, and we need to create a budget. Based on what I knowIn this situation, the Chinese have always provided all kinds of conveniences to the volunteers who assist them in fighting. Maybe we can make a fortune.  "

    It would be nice to make a fortune, Hito Kuroshima thought beautifully, the weather in Shanghai is really warm!

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