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Chapter 148 - Who is the enemy

The autumn sky above the Yellow Sea, the entire ocean suffused with a faint azure-black hue. The pure white scissor boat sails sliced through the air as they flew towards Tanggu's port at a fast speed.

Xiao Letian quietly stared at the beautiful scenery of the sky and the sea, listening to the waves and the cries of the seagulls. Behind him, Dragon Lord stood there silently. He knew that Teacher must be thinking about something right now.

"Oh Dragon Lord, do you know how many enemies I have now? "I'm afraid the odds are against me returning to my homeland this time around …" Xiao Letian did not finish his sentence, the corners of Dragon Lord's eyes trembled as he said, "I'll see who dares. Don't worry, I'll chop off anyone who dares to make a move, and I'll cut off their head."

Listening to Dragon Lord's murderous words, Xiao Letian smiled. He knew that this was not a joke, the brothers under him had all changed after this bloody battle, and they were completely different from when they were in the Great Qing Dynasty.

"Gather our brothers here. We should talk about the current situation. Otherwise, we won't be able to catch anything when the time comes …" Right at the bow of the ship, Xiao Letian began to teach classes for his brothers. This was the first time Xiao Letian was giving his brothers a systematic political lesson.

"Brothers, the situation we are facing is actually very simple. Two allies, two hidden enemies, and two hidden enemies. The only thing left is a bunch of soy sauce …"

"Yes, sir, what do you mean by soy sauce?"

"En..." "Calm down, calm down. That's not important …"

Xiao Letian was referring to the Western Powers. They carefully watched Xiao Letian's every move. The current Xiao Letian was not worth for them to suppress or support him, so a low intensity riot in a small Ryukyu was not a big deal. Right now, the eyes of the Europeans were still fixed on the rising Prussian Germany and their increasing appetite.

As long as Xiao Letian did not obstruct the European powers' business interests in Asia, who would be so patient as to care about the infighting between the Chinese people? At this time, the envoy area of East Crossing Folk Lane was still not busy yet. The ambassadors would occasionally discuss about this Eastern Asian westerner at a wine party, and other than a few words of praise that were not enough to help him, no one else would.

Only the United States, in the entire Western World, was willing to interact closely with Xiao Letian. However, the United States had just finished a civil war, and the entire army was only a little over a hundred thousand people, so the construction inside was the most important. It could only provide some technical and commercial assistance to Xiao Letian.

From the looks of it, the Western World posed no threat to Xiao Letian at all. All of their hostile gazes came from Asia. The angry Tsurukawa's Palace had already sent someone to reprimand Shimadzu Family, and requested for an investigation to be conducted immediately. However, Shimadzu Family denied the existence of war and only admitted that there was a large-scale security conflict.

Tsurukawa's Palace had already lost all patience when he heard these rogue words. Two groups of emissaries, one group went to Ryukyu and the other pair went to the Great Qing Dynasty. They wanted to get to the bottom of this bizarre conflict.

In the end, the group that went to the Ryukyu did not even see Xiao Letian, while Shang Tai was even more frank. He directly stated that all the diplomatic work of the Ryukyu had already been entrusted to the Prime Minister, and he did not care about anything else. This attitude almost made the Tokugawa's messenger angry to the point that her nose was crooked.

The group of emissaries that went to the Qing Province were even more aggrieved. Not to mention the emperor and the empress dowager, they even went as far as Prince Kung Yi? They could not even meet face to face, only the middle and lower level officials of the Social Security Council and the Social Security Council brought them to Beijing to eat and drink.

Every time these emissaries got anxious, these officials would come up with all sorts of excuses to reject them. In short, before Xiao Letian returned home, no one would care about your feelings, if they wanted to protest, they would go and find Xiao Letian.

The Great Qing Empire once again used the "drag" technique. The only problem that they could not understand and could not solve themselves was this. It was drag on until they ran out of patience.

Qing Liu and the others who also lost their patience. These students were born with a grudge with Xiao Letian, in their eyes, all those who spread their knowledge were all evil monsters, and all of them wanted to overthrow the traitors that wanted to take the Imperial examinations.

These torrents had already connected up and down, and they were waiting for Xiao Letian to return back to their country before carrying out the largest scale denouncement activity. They wanted to use snowflakes as a memorial to drown out the Forbidden City. Not only that, but there will also be an Enke this winter, at which time all the scholars from all over the country will gather in the capital.

Xiao Letian, Xiao Letian. We'll show you how hard a scholar's bones are, and we'll make it impossible for you to stay in the city for a whole day.

Xiao Letian was not blind now, he had already set up a huge information network in Li Li, especially in the capital. At that time, the Beijing would not be able to hide any secrets, not to mention that Xiao Letian's silver bullet attack would not be able to defeat him.

The Japanese Tsurukawa's Palace and Qing Liu were the biggest threats to Xiao Letian, and also the most obvious ones. There were also quite a few enemies hiding behind the scenes. The first response that the nobles of Qing Dynasty had towards Xiao Letian was to kill him with a soft knife. This was a very sinister plan.

On one hand, his western knowledge and knowledge were very useful. Even if he did not get involved with the Industrial Zones, he at least knew the background of the strongest in Europe. Even if he were to negotiate with the foreigners, it would be a good thing to be able to consult with them.

On the other hand, using the identity of a Master of Western Studies to hold back Qing Liu's hatred was also an effective way to balance the political situation. In any case, Qing Liu and Qing Liu only existed to scold back and forth, and to scold Xiao Letian a few more times would only cause the imperial court to be spared a few less words, which was still very useful for Xiao Letian.

But even if it was useful, it was still useful. Xiao Letian used it too much and it was a troublesome matter. did not even have an official body, yet he was already able to cause such a huge commotion. Even Ceng Titou and the two brothers might not even be able to cause such a huge ruckus in a country.

For this kind of talent that needed to be on guard against using, the best way was to imprison them in a disguised manner, and weave them into a golden silk cage so that Xiao Letian could roll around in the powder heap. Heroes were extremely masculine. Their nemesis was a woman who was like water. Who in the world wouldn't love a lustful person?

Waiting until Xiao Letian became useless, he decided to support Daqing like a pig. If he was not happy, one cup of poison wine could easily end his life.

"Maybe you all don't know, but right now in my house in Tanggu, a group of Faculty Division women have already been stuffed inside. I heard that all of them are extremely flirtatious, and are forcing me to become a debauchee." Xiao Letian scratched his head and smiled bitterly.

Xiao Letian's awkwardness was exchanged with the teasing of his brothers. "What's there to be afraid of, my lord? I've sent you a little woman, not to mention, she's been abandoned. With just my lord's achievements, even a marquis should be conferred with a woman of gold and silk …"

"That's right, that's right. Milords are born with great eloquence, how could these tender wives be a match for them? With just a few words, they'll be able to do the opposite. They'll both lose their lives and lose their troops …"

Listening to his brothers' laughter, Xiao Letian knew that it was because of that tyrannical huge victory that caused the brothers' morale to reach a new subtle realm. In this kind of emotion, everyone thought that they would be invincible. However, Xiao Letian was very clear in his heart that he was still very weak, and that his own power had only just started.

The hidden enemy that Xiao Letian mentioned was the one represented by the Ceng Guofan brothers. To put it bluntly, this was the ancestor of the warlord power in modern China. From this moment onwards, the local daoyin power started to rise.

No one could guess the attitude of the Ceng Guofan brothers towards Xiao Letian. He had once tried to find out about Jiu Shuai's background, but how could the cunning Jiu Shuai let him take away the words in his heart?

Although Jiu Shuai was beaming brightly every time he saw Xiao Letian, and even helped Xiao Letian when he was in Tanggu, Xiao Letian was very clear that the Zeng Family and his brother represented an incomparably huge power, and there were many things that they could not grasp single-handedly.

This political group had undergone a total of three transformations, from the earliest Xiangjun Group led by Ceng Guofan, to become the North Ocean Faction that Li Hongzhang represented, and then, under the integration of Yuan Shikai, to become the North Ocean Warlord in the early days of the Republic of China.

It was only until 1928, when the family head of war, Zhang Zuolin, died in Huanggu Village, that the destruction of the Beiyang forces was completely announced. The power of the Xiang Army affected the recent history of China for almost seventy years.

This was an opponent that was even more difficult to deal with than the Qing Dynasty. Xiao Letian would never lower his guard against this enormous monster. What Xiao Letian did not know was that on his way back, Ceng Guofan, who was in Shandong, had already held a meeting with him.

"Come come come, Shao Quan, look at this information. What do you think Xiao Letian will do next?" In Ceng Guofan's study room, there was only him and Jiu Shuai, as well as a Martial Officer who was close to forty years old.

His battle with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had allowed him to accumulate a lot of military and political experience, as well as civilian experience. He was not unfamiliar with the work of intelligence, and right now, Li Hongzhang was the one presiding over most of the battle against the Twisted Army.

Li Hongzhang tightly furrowed his brows as he read the top secret information on page after page. In the end, he even fiercely slammed the table.

Li Hongzhang's hands were trembling a little, "Teacher, to deal with such a madman, do you even need to ask? Even if the imperial government did not make a move, we should still kill them! "

At this time, Jiu Shuai laughed, "Unfortunately, the imperial government could not see it clearly, they knew that Xiao Letian could earn money, and the Industrial Zones could not leave him, so they wanted to use this Xiao Letian."

The information in Xiang Army's hands was much more detailed than what was available in the imperial court. After all, Ba Ri was relatively close to Shanghai Ning Bo, and these places were where the Xiang Army was the strongest. Furthermore, Xiang Army had accumulated a lot of friendly relations with the foreigners over the years, so they were clear about Xiao Letian's training of the new army and reform of the imperial government in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

"You two marshal, you still want to ask me about such wicked ambition?" Forgive me for being blunt, but the two great marshals definitely have something to teach me. Li Hongzhang, who was furious just now, understood the moment he saw Jiu Shuai's smile. Xiao Letian was merely the topic of conversation, the main highlight of the show was just around the corner.