Thousands of miles away, a large mansion in Hanoi city.

From the appearance, we can see that the owner of this house is definitely not a Vietnamese. Indeed, this house is located in the French Concession weighing in Hanoi, and it turned out to be a French merchant. It just so happened that Liu Shaoqing was willing to live in a Western-style house, so Liu Yongfu gave up the area north of Hanoi and took the Black Flag Army to the French Concession in South City. Liu Shaoqing chose this simple and elegant house as his place to settle down.

During the day, the internal officials and subordinates of the Ministry of Personnel who issued the imperial edict read the court's highest instructions to the generals of Hanoi. Liu Yongfu is now a first-rank official. In the Qing Dynasty, there are definitely no more than twenty military officers who can achieve this level of military power and have actual military power. After working for so many years, whether it is life and death or brothers turning against each other, isn't it the end of this day? Logically, Liu Yongfu should be very satisfied and happy, but Liu Yongfu, who is sitting on the sofa, doesn't he look happy no matter how he looks.

There was a yellow silk on the coffee table in front of me. This was an imperial edict issued to Liu Yongfu during the day. The golden color was particularly eye-catching under the candlelight, demonstrating the authority and dignity of the royal family.

After the French army withdrew from Tonkin, the troops of Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan and Huai also gradually left Vietnam, which was "poor mountains and bad waters", without the constraints of others. In the past two months, Liu Shaoqing used all means to start building coal mines, iron ore and wharfs in Guangning and Yongfu. Now it has begun to take shape.

Badno and Lin Chun, who were far away in Tianjin, didn't know that when they thought they had pioneered the establishment of factories in mainland China by French and European powers, the related equipment of the "Guangning Coal Mine" and "Yongfu Iron Mine" phase I project jointly invested by Lu Mei, He Luomang, Bishuo and others had already been loaded in Marseille.

Just when Liu Shaoqing was about to start his own plan to make money and live a happy life with his father's protection. The arrogant and shameless second-generation official and second-generation rich second-generation, he wanted to sit in the house and misfortune came from heaven.

The young emperor Zai Tian was preparing to set up a martial arts school in the capital to recruit officials and disciples over fifteen years old to study, and personally named Liu Shaoqing "Hope" to enter the school.

Liu Shaoqing felt helpless. At that time, Tang Jingsong, Cen Yuying and others shouldn't have let Tang Jingsong, Cen Yuying and others know that the Black Flag Army's method of training troops was made by themselves.

But, can't you?

Liu Yongfu looked at Huang Juan in front of him and asked to his beloved son: "Are you really planning to go to Beijing?"

Liu Shaoqing understood what his father meant.

The Qing Dynasty stipulated that adult children of officials who were released from abroad should not be kept in their offices, so as not to cause disturbances to the local area as a "Yanonei".

At the same time, Liu Yongfu, who was a rebel, suddenly stood in a high position and held heavy troops in his hand, so it was natural that he was suspicious of the court. Even if the emperor was relieved, the ministers below would not be relieved.

Therefore, no matter how Tang Jingsong explains in the letter, he will arrange for his descendants to be "in Beijing office". In Liu Yongfu's view, Guangxu issued an order to recruit Liu Shaoqing to Beijing and would have a bit of a "proton".

Liu Shaoqing walked to his father in silence and sat down.

Liu Yongfu may not be used to the feeling of the sofa, so he twisted his body awkwardly, but he didn't get up and didn't say anything.

Liu Shaoqing smiled silently in his heart. He knew that his father was actually not used to getting close to him like this. But perhaps because he thought that his son would leave him, he finally did not refuse.

He thought for a while and said, "This may be a good thing. After all, all the students are in the rank of guards. With their son's ability, they may eventually become imperial guards. That is the third rank. It takes only five years for the son to offset the life of ordinary people. The father should be happy."

Liu Shaoqing's words meant a little joke. Liu Yongfu didn't like this tone very much and ignored him.

After a slight silence, Liu Yongfu couldn't help but say: "Accompanying you is like a tiger."

After all, I still can't bear to bear it.

Liu Shaoqing stopped joking and stood up and walked to his father to kneel down.

"My father represents not only the Liu family, but also the relationship between the Black Flag Army and more than 10,000 men, women, young and young. If the court is really suspicious, I am afraid that the Black Flag Army will go back to the old path before. Unfortunately, the current form has changed. The French in the south are as deep as the sea of ​​hatred for us, and the court in the north has set up tens of thousands of troops to guard against it. My father seems to be in a high position in Tokichi, but in fact he is walking on thin ice. It would be good if the court could put down even a little concern with his child's heading north. It would always be possible to buy us some time and space."

Looking at the son in front of him, Liu Yongfu knew that he was right. It was because of this that he was even more reluctant to let go.

It's ridiculous that the army of the imperial court in Yunnan, Guangdong and Guangxi are mostly trained by the Black Flag Army during the war. There are even thousands of Sichuan troops - but Bao Chao's team had not had time to go to the battlefield, the war ended.

"And my son hopes to have a chance to go north."

Maybe it was to comfort my father, maybe it was because of the boy's simple dream, he also wanted to meet the mysterious young emperor in the palace.

But I'm afraid it's difficult for me to see him. After all, that's the emperor, and I can't see him just by wanting to see him, even if I'm his "guard".

It seems that the court has changed a lot now and has begun to ‘introduce foreign capital’. Moreover, the reform of education has also made Liu Shaoqing see some differences. Although Liu Shaoqing does not know whether there are such reforms in history or when such reforms will happen, he also agrees with one thing - the hope of the country or nation, in education.

This made him suddenly want to go to Beijing and experience the "Beijing Martial Arts School" that is about to start school.

And Liu Shaoqing knew that if he really wanted to do something for this country, he would have to enter the court. Because what he wanted was that the Black Flag Army could not give it, and that of Tokichi, just like the war that had just ended, even if he had any ideas, if he left the court's support, they would still be crushed into scum by the French.

Indeed, if it weren't for the guns and ammunition sent by the court in time, the second Paper Bridge battle would definitely not have achieved such good results; if the court hadn't sent people to fire, the Black Flag Army might have been defeated by the French army in Huaide, and it would be even more impossible to have a chance to make a comeback now. In fact, these thousands of Black Flag Army are now formed with the support of the court's guns and pay.

"Father should know that today, we can't survive by relying on courage. In addition to courage, we need a lot of things, such as knowledge, such as more support. These are not available in Tony. Going to Beijing can allow our son to get more and learn more. This is also an opportunity for our son, but also an opportunity for the Black Flag Army."

Liu Yongfu still didn't say anything.

Liu Shaoqing looked up at him and called out, "Father!"

Liu Yongfu sighed, stood up, and touched his son's head. The child grew up and read a lot of books. He was smarter than himself and read farther than himself. He could not stop the emperor's will and his son's growth.

"If you can't stay, come back."

After saying this, Liu Yongfu turned around and left.

Although my father didn't say much, Liu Shaoqing could deeply feel the strong sense of care. Because behind this short sentence, thousands of lives may be sacrificed.

Liu Shaoqing kept this relationship in his heart and began to prepare for going north to Beijing.

"Young Master, did you really decide to go to Beijing what school?"

In the Black Flag Army, it is naturally impossible that only Liu Yongfu has a son. Huang Shouzhong, Yang Zhuen, Lian Mei and others have their own descendants. They are all in their teenagers. Because of their fathers, they have been studying and playing together since childhood. However, because Liu Shaoqing's identities are slightly different, several people call him "Young Master" - after all, the world in front of them still pays great attention to identity and status.

But this is also good. The younger generation naturally united around him, which saved a lot of effort on what Liu Shaoqing wanted to do in the future.

The person who asked about this was Lian Mei's son Lian Cheng.

Liancheng was a little older. When his father gave birth to him, it was a critical moment when the Black Flag Army and the Yellow Flag Army fought hard, so he gave him such a name, which sounded like a tremendous person.

Liu Shaoqing smiled and patted the guys on the shoulders, saying, "It's the Beijing Martial Arts School."

"Why do we have to go somewhere? We have been here for more than ten years. How beautiful is it? Why did the Emperor Luo Shizi have to travel thousands of miles to Beijing and be a guard for him in one word?"

Yang Yong is two months older than Liancheng. Because he is similar in age, the two brothers have the best relationship, just like "Meng Liang and Jiao Zan" in the novel "There is a lot of love" and Liu Shaoqing later gave the two nicknames "The more you fight, the more courageous you become." It has a Vietnamese rural atmosphere.

Although the person who is called "Ma Da Shanren" is not necessarily good, these two people are quite consistent with their names. When it comes to fighting, it is difficult to ask them to think about something. Therefore, someone naturally has to explain the issue of why they go north.

Huang Chengyong and Wu Faxian are mainly responsible for this.

"What the emperor said is not called 'one sentence', it is called 'the imperial edict'. Once the 'the imperial edict' is made, you must obey it, just like a military order. If you do not obey, it is called 'resistance and disobey', and you will be beheaded. You haven't seen the Confucian scholars who just came here, but the emperor sent him with one sentence."

Huang Chengyong was talking about Liang Dingfen and others. These blind Qingliu were sent to Vietnam by Guangxu to "contact local anti-French patriots and overthrow the Governor of Nanqi". Naturally, he was sent to this wilderness in the eyes of the Central Plains literati.

However, Liu Yongfu was still kind-hearted and did not really throw them to Zhongqi, where the uprising was causing, but stayed in the stable and united Toki. The few of them knew how to give up and knew that they would be in danger of their lives, so they followed the flow and taught and educated with peace of mind.

"What if the emperor said it wrong?"

Yang Yong was dissatisfied and said with his neck in his arms.

"If you say it wrong, you have to listen. The emperor has a golden word and a jade word. The so-called 'The king wants his minister to die, but his ministers cannot die." Wu Faxian is the oldest among his brothers, and his education level is obviously different from Yang Yong, and he knows how to quote the classics.

"Tsk, I just don't listen to him. If you have the ability, he will come over and chop my head? I'll shoot him first!"

Yang Yong's purpose is always like this. If you can't be soft, you'll be hard. He shook the foreign gun on his back and looked like he was 'you bite me?'.

When it comes to fighting, the three Wu Faxian is not the opponent of one Yang Yong, but when it comes to reasoning, the ten Yang Yong is not the opponent of one Wu Faxian.

"The emperor cannot come. It's not that he is afraid of you, but that there is no need. As long as he gives orders, thousands of troops will come to deal with you. And you can't defeat the emperor, because you can't enter the Forbidden City at all and you can't see the emperor, how can you break him?"

"Just those Gui army, the Guangdong army dares to fight with us? They are scared to death! When have you ever seen your disciples still beat your master? And why do you say I can't enter the Forbidden City? I will lead my troops to fight and see if he let me in!"

Although Wu Faxian is very good at reasoning, if Yang Yong is unreasonable, he really has no choice but to do so. So he looked at Liu Shaoqing with a look of help. At this time, only the "Young Master" could subdue him.

Liu Shaoqing watched several people argue with fun, which made him feel very friendly. These buddies who grew up together are like family members, making you trust and inseparable.

"Brother Yong, how do you plan to fight to the Forbidden City?"

"Well," Yang Yong scratched his head, "I haven't thought about it yet. You guys will have a solution anyway. Didn't we just fight to Saigon? Just like the French governor, let's catch the emperor too?"

Liu Shaoqing smiled and said, "The emperor is much harder to catch than the governor. With our current strength, it is impossible to find any solution. Even if we can defeat the Guangdong Army, the Gui Army, the Guangxi Army, the Yunnan Army, the Sichuan Army, the Hubei Army, the Hunan Army, the Huai Army, and the Sheng Army. There are more troops under the command of the emperor in the world, and the French will also help the emperor fight us. You said, we only have a few thousand people, and can we beat the whole world? So if we want to arrest the emperor, we must first find a way to enhance our strength. How to enhance it? Naturally, it is learning. Now the most developed science and military countries in the world are all in the West. We can't go to the West now, so we can only go to Beijing to go to the martial arts school."

Actually, Yang Yong also knew what the emperor was like? He just made jokes and made everyone happy. "I know, just like I learned kung fu with Master Huang. If I want to defeat Master Huang, I must have higher kung fu than him, but there is no other martial arts master here that is better than Master Huang, so I can only learn from Master Huang first. When I finish learning all his skills, I will find an opportunity to defeat him."

"Hahaha, that's right, Brother Yong. But your ability is far worse than Master Huang. In my opinion, you probably won't be able to defeat Master Huang in your life."

The Master Huang mentioned by Yang Yong is Feihong, a native of Foshan, and is the chief martial arts instructor of the Black Flag Army. He was originally hired as the registered admiral Wu Quanmei, but later due to the tension in Sino-French wars, he was seconded to the Black Flag Army to assist in training and teach the soldiers in the army's "Wurang Bagua Stick" method. Previously, because of the huge difference in figure and French soldiers, the Black Flag Army often suffered great losses in positional battles and hand-to-hand combat. Soldiers had almost no chance of winning one-on-one or even two-on-one. Fortunately, Huang Feihong relied on traditional martial arts stick techniques and gun techniques, combined with the current situation of modern foreign gun bayonets, and specially created a five-character close-fitting tactic of "Choose, push, set, stab, push" which greatly improved the battlefield survival rate and melee victory rate of the Black Flag Army. Therefore, he was highly respected by the Black Flag Army.

"Yes, I can't beat Master Huang now. But did you say that, you can learn. When I come back from Beijing, can't I defeat Master Huang?"

When Liu Shaoqing heard the slutty who was sleepy as soon as he read, he couldn't help laughing. But he immediately reacted, "What did you say? You said you want to go to Beijing to learn skills?"

"Yes, young master, you are so powerful that you still have to go to Beijing to learn skills, so we can't fall behind, so we have to go too. When I come back from learning skills, I'm lucky to compete with Master Huang."

Liu Shaoqing looked around. Huang Chengyong and Wu Faxian all smiled, while Lian Cheng rarely gave Yang Yong a thumbs up. Yang Yong stubbornly held his neck, looking proud.
Chapter completed!