"The gunshots are getting louder and louder. How many people will die tonight..." Li Tuo sighed as he listened to the gunshots coming from the city.
Fu Qing didn't know what to say, "Hey... the catastrophe of the Qing Dynasty! No one can escape it. If you can successfully survive this disaster, you may still be able to survive for decades..."
"If we can't get through it, God knows what kind of chaos it will be..."
"Shh... Fu Shuai, be quiet, you can't say these words. It's not a joke to reach the ears of Lord Long Live..." Li Tuo looked around in fright and found that there were close friends around him and he breathed a sigh of relief this time.
"Fu Shuai! King Luo Huo will return to Naha early tomorrow morning. Time is tight and you only have this night to negotiate. I will give you the supplies on the list. Be sure to buy them, otherwise we will not be able to hold on!"
"Food is number one, food is number one! If you can't buy it with money, use gold to seduce the Chinese... Now that the head of state is not in Asia, relying on favors won't work. There is no other way but to induce!"
"As long as food security can be stabilized, the Yongding River defense line will not collapse, and we will win as long as we wait! After eradicating the cancer of Guiziliu, there will no longer be any force in the Qing Dynasty that can compete with Long Live Lord!"
Fu Qing nodded, "I understand! I know how powerful it is... Luo Huo once fought against bandits with me in the Taihang Mountains. Haha, although I now know who the bandits are, we were really together at that time." He fought hard!"
"No one else can be trusted now. My sister has been sidelined and can't speak... Let's see if he can make a breakthrough here!"
The two of them had been waiting for the train while they were talking. Nowadays, only the Chinese trains on the Beijing-Tianjin Railway and part of the railways from the capital to Zhuozhou can still pass, but no one dares to leave the imperial carriages!
For various purposes, many forces did not or did not dare to embarrass the Chinese trains. Especially after the rebels of Guiziliu saw the power of the Chinese train guns, they were even more frightened and pretended to avoid cat and mouse.
Nowadays, Chinese special trains loaded with various supplies can run back and forth on the railway. The railway soldiers who follow the trains to provide force protection are not vegetarians. This time Luo Huo came to the industrial zone in person to arrange the combat tasks of the railway soldiers on the front line!
But the Chinese trains are very good, the railway troops are also very elite, and the Chinese have plenty of supplies, but the number of contracts is limited!
Don't look at the truckloads of supplies now being transported to your capital, but don't forget that these are all supplies from the contract signed long ago.
The Chinese are delivering goods to Manchuria in batches strictly in accordance with the contracted quantity. One delivery means one batch of goods is missing. In a few days, the food supplies will be exhausted.
The people can now see the Chinese trains coming every day, which is the biggest stabilizer of people's hearts in the capital. The people know that food and arms from the Chinese side can be sent, so there is hope for defense.
Once one day there are no Chinese trains at the Beijing Railway Station for three consecutive days, people's hearts will immediately collapse!
The common people don't know the difficulties in the court, but people like Fuqing who know the details know very well that since Xiao Letian is temporarily away from Asia, the anti-Qing forces within the Chinese have obviously become stronger and stronger. It is too difficult to negotiate with these people!
"Hey... I can only say to keep working hard, but you have to know that my old face doesn't have much influence. Who makes my sister not have any heirs now? Even if she is a princess... "
Speaking of this, Fu Qing suddenly cast his extremely hateful eyes in the direction of the Forbidden City. The initiator of all tragedies was in the Chuxiu Palace. Fu Qing wanted to cut her into pieces with a thousand knives!
Li Tuo didn't dare to answer this question and could only raise his head to look south, "Why isn't this train coming back? I'm so worried..."
The train Fuqing was waiting for this time departed from Tanggu. It first transported a batch of grain to the capital, and then loaded a batch of urns, coal and firewood for cremating the corpses.
They must be sent to Zhuozhou, where Shimazu Dairo and Minfu are desperately trying to collect the remains of the war dead. This is an arduous task that cannot be completed without the support of coal and firewood from the rear!
Li Tuo took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening. "Why is it so late? The plan was to bury the ashes of the deceased brother in Zhuozhou and return to the capital. It should be at nine o'clock. It is already more than an hour late. What happened?"
However, it is normal for trains to be delayed in this era, and people have no other choice but to wait patiently.
At this moment, a soldier suddenly came and said, "Sir... the signal light from the south has sent news that the train has arrived and is about to enter the station..."
Whoosh whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop weep our train slowly approached Guangqumen Station with its whistle blowing, and then a giant beast slowly stopped on the platform under the station's gas lights.
There are Chinese railway soldiers on both sides of the train. Each carriage is guarded by soldiers. There are even reinforced windproof machine gun firing ports at the front of the train and parking spaces, and on the top of the carriages to provide fire support!
The entire train is like an armed hedgehog, showing off its powerful firepower to the outside!
Before the train stopped, a company commander jumped out from one side. He quickly ran to Fu Qing and stood at attention with a military salute. "The third company of the 1st Regiment of the Railway Corps Independent Brigade reports to the commander! This escort mission is completed by our department. Please get in, sir!"
Li Tuo raised his hand to Fu Qing and said, "My lord, be careful all the way. I will wait for your good news in the capital!"
"You go back and hurry up to repair the Yongding River fortifications. I will return to the capital tomorrow night at the latest. Take care..."
Fu Qing boarded the special train and watched the train slowly leave the platform and head toward Tianjin. When Li Tuo could no longer be seen, he asked the escorting company commander, "Are there many tasks today? Why are you so late?"
The company commander smiled, "Yes, there is one more task... A batch of goods was loaded on the train, was it delayed for some time?"
"Cargo? What cargo? Oh... Needless to say if it's confidential..."
The company commander shook his head, "It's not a secret, it's some personal goods of our king... Shimazu Dalang purchased an entire stone carving archway in the south, dismantled it, loaded it on a truck, and transported it back to Tanggu Industrial Zone!"
"Oh! Stone sculptures? I understand. King Luo Huo does have a stone sculpture museum. It is located in the industrial area and covers a large area!"
"Yes! This is a personal hobby of my king... Fu Shuai also went to Naha. Private museums like this are very popular among Chinese people now. They all learned from the head of state!"
"Anyway, if the train is empty, it's going back empty. I'll take some stone carvings with me on the way... But our general won't take advantage. We'll pay for the travel expenses as much as we want!"
"Our general is not short of this money anyway, what do you think?"
The company commander obviously knew about the relationship between Fu Qing and the Hua people, so he was very polite and not too wary!
But Fu Qing fell into a deep silence, staring at the darkness outside the car window and speechless for a long time!
