Gordon stayed in the end. He had no military power and no one to give him errands. A small room was left in the guard room of the villa for Gordon to live in.
Three meals a day are nothing more than a mixed bite from one thing to another!
The troops that Gordon personally trained in the Xishan Camp have been dispersed. At this moment, even the organizational structure can't be found. Occasionally, when he encounters a few grassroots officers and soldiers who come to him and tell him their experiences, Gordon can sigh for a long time!
Gordon had no errands, so he wandered around the summer resort like an idle cloud and wild crane. He began to write his own notes again, and his records during this period provided the most important evidence for future generations to study this period of history!
"His Majesty summoned me and the naval admiral who returned from studying abroad. It seems that all the energy has been consumed. After that, His Majesty spends more time in a coma than awake every day!"
"The imperial doctors are at their wits' end. The Queen Mothers of the two palaces are crying every day. The entire villa is filled with an atmosphere of despair!"
"Lord Fu Qing is reorganizing the army and deploying defenses along the mountain passes... His Majesty's army has become a hodgepodge right now!"
"The Guanwai Army is less than 20,000, Master Fuqing's Post Army is 25,000, and Rehe's original guard army is 50,000... But among these 50,000, there are only more than 20,000 elites who can actually fight!"
"The rest are the Xishan Camp, Yulin New Army, Guaizima...the soldiers who fled from the capital, totaling about 25,000 people!"
"There are barely enough troops to protect His Majesty, one hundred thousand. Such troops are obviously not enough to fight against Prince Gong's rebels!"
"General Hunchun is contacting the remaining garrison outside the pass. As for how many troops can be mobilized, it is unknown!"
"The Queen Mothers of the two palaces are contacting the various Mongolian tribes. Mongolian cavalry loyal to the court are gathering at this moment. It is unknown how many rescuers will be able to come!"
"Bad news has come... An informant from inside the capital has sent a secret report. Guiziliu's emissaries are heading to the outside world and Mongolia in large numbers. The enemy is obviously ready to divide and disintegrate!"
"Chengde is really cool in August. No wonder the emperor of the Qing Dynasty chose this place as a summer resort! The coolness in the morning and evening even makes people feel like it's autumn..."
"There is more and more bad news. The structure of Prince Gong's noble council in the capital has been set up. Prince Lao Li is the speaker and Prince Zheng is the deputy speaker..."
"The nobles of each department of the Eight Banners all have noble seats. In addition to the hard-core crops, Guiziliu has also given an extra salary to these members of the noble council!"
"The speaker-level salary is about 100,000 taels per year, and ordinary members can also get 3,000 taels per year!"
"I have to say, regardless of whether this noble council can reach anything, at least for those money-grubbing bannermen, this is a huge temptation!"
"Having an extra piece of hardcore crops for nothing has made many people who are qualified to compete for the status of parliamentarians have other ideas!"
"August 5th, breezy and sunny! Today I overheard the complaints of the guards outside Puning Temple. An officer named Sa kept complaining about the hardships he suffered in Chengde, and he mentioned it again and again, If I were in the capital, how could I get a job as a councilor..."
"It seems that the temptation of three thousand taels a year is still very big for these Eight Banners disciples!"
"On August 6, I met Supervisor Ermao and reported to him the complaints of the soldiers in the villa at the moment, and also raised concerns! Supervisor Ermao didn't say anything, but just gave me a large box of Chinese-made compressed biscuits... "
"On August 10th...bad news came. The food stocks in the summer resort were insufficient. The soldiers' daily rations were reduced by one-third!"
"Right now, the Mountain Resort has more than 100,000 soldiers to eat. The people left behind in the Mountain Resort include the eunuchs, maids, family members of officials and children who have returned from the capital... There are nearly 40,000 to 50,000 of these people!"
“Coupled with the displacement of civilians due to war and previous famine, this year’s spring plowing throughout Zhili, including surrounding areas, has been destroyed!”
"There are still more than 100,000 victims in Chengde waiting for food. They have nowhere to go. They just instinctively believe that there is nothing wrong with following the emperor!"
"But now His Majesty can't produce food!"
"There are more than 300,000 mouths, and the court can no longer fill them!"
"On August 15th...shocking news came...His Majesty was unconscious for a full 24 hours today. This is something that has never happened before!"
"Everyone is aware of it, but no one dares to say a word!"
"There is a legend about the Chinese magical medicine circulating in the palace, but this magical medicine has not been delivered yet... I think it is all a scam!"
Gordon was thousands of miles away in his summer resort. How did he know that the secret war over penicillin was already in full swing in the distant Chinese territory!
The temporary military control cabinet is already in a semi-open state, and now even the most stupid people within the Chinese community can smell something different!
As the Great White Fleet approaches, although the newspapers say that the fleet is coming for a friendly visit, prices in the market have begun to rise, and the violent fluctuations in stock markets in various places are all real!
Businessmen's sense of smell is very sensitive, and their risk aversion instinct makes them start to avoid real things, sell some bonds and stocks, and purchase physical objects such as gold and supplies!
As a result, when they were ready to purchase gold and some strategic materials, they suddenly found that they were already priceless!
Retail sales on the market can still be maintained, but as long as you have the intention to wholesale and purchase large quantities of goods, all supply channels will be blocked.
The hearts of businessmen were raised first. The shortage of strategic materials is an extremely dangerous signal!
This has nothing to do with the high price. You don’t have to worry about it being expensive as long as you open up the supply. If you do, you just have to worry about not being able to buy it!
Not only the businessmen are aware of the crisis, but another sensitive group is the numerous students in Naha! These college students have already become restless!
Naha Normal University even submitted a letter directly to the Head of State! August is the month of the founding anniversary of Naha Normal University. Xiao Letian promised three years ago that the university would provide 10,000 outstanding teachers to the Chinese.
The head of state will come to the university in person to celebrate the anniversary! This is the promise the head of state made to students three years ago and the request he made to the school!
It has been three years and the Normal University has overfulfilled its tasks, but what about the head of state? Where is the Führer!
A joint letter from tens of thousands of students was sent to the Reichstag, but nothing happened. It turned out that the Reichstag underestimated the temper of these children!
Then came the second letter, and this time more than a hundred students came to deliver the letter!
The Heads of State felt the pressure and ordered Wang Junlan as a representative to reply to the students to appease them. But how could a secretary in charge of daily life persuade these excited students!
Many students in the school surrounded Wang Junlan with tears in their eyes and asked, "Are the rumors outside true? Are the rumors spread by the enemy true?"
"Where is the Head of State? Is the Head of State safe?"
The children really dared to say it. They didn’t have any concerns about adults and just tore up the window paper!
"The head of state went to the Indian Ocean, why hasn't he come back yet?"
"Does the sudden visit of the British fleet have anything to do with the head of state?"
The more they talked, the more excited they became. Some children even shouted out loud, "Prices are soaring, the stock and bond markets are fluctuating, and gold shops have no goods to sell! Strategic supplies are starting to be in short supply!"
"Are we going to war? Is the enemy British?"
