In the wind and snow, Li Youyi put on a marten coat on Wang Chenhao with her own hands, and reluctantly helped him tidy up his face, and kept nagging and instructing him.

The two of them always had endless lingering love words, envious of the nearby soldiers and the female relatives of the Li family at the door.

Not far away, Li Hongzhang joked and said, "It looks like you were young and haunted back then!"

"Yes!" Zhang Peilun blurted out, and from Wang Chenhao and Li Youyi, he seemed to recall the sweet days between him and Li Juou before!

"It's a pity that we are all old!" Li Hongzhang sighed, not wanting to be envious anymore, so he got on the carriage.

Zhang Peilun smiled bitterly, shouted at Wang Chenhao, and followed him onto the carriage.

"Be good, go back quickly! I'll be back in two days!" Wang Chenhao gently stroked Li Youyi's pretty face that was already red from cold, and he felt very reluctant to let it go.

Seeing that Li Hongzhang and Zhang Peilun had already gotten on the carriage, Li Youyi knew that they must have been impatient. After all, she grew up in an official family and knew the rules of doing things and the timing of acting cute, so she stepped forward and patted Wang Chenhao's snow before she let him go.

Wang Chenhao took advantage of Li Youyi's inattention and kissed her pretty face. Li Youyi suddenly widened her eyes and secretly begged her husband to be unruly at home, but it would be fine, but how could she do this in public? She was embarrassed and angry. When she was about to annoy him, she saw that Wang Chenhao had already let go and ran to the carriage with a laugh.

Seeing Wang Chenhao open the door and get into the carriage, Li Youyi stomped her feet in shame and annoyedness. Amid the secret laughter of her sisters and sisters, she immediately flashed like a wind.

Li Hongzhang's convoy slowly advanced in the wind and snow. After Wang Chenhao got on the carriage, he was naturally teased by Li Hongzhang and Zhang Peilun. They were nothing more than envying the sweetness of the young people, but they soon turned to the topic.

The carriage was very spacious, and three of them sat around a stove, talking about business while keeping warm.

Li Hongzhang had already learned about Wang Chenhao's thoughts from Zhang Peilun, and Li Hongzhang still appreciated his ambitions. In other words, only ambitions are worthy of Li Hongzhang's training. Of course, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Peilun could only guess that Wang Chenhao wanted to be the new army's training minister, but Wang Chenhao's strategic purpose was beyond guessing.

Li Hongzhang said: "The court did have the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to train a new army, but he has never dared to act rashly. This time, several censors jointly impeached the officials of the Lu Division, and there must be no support behind this shadow!"

Zhang Peilun said: "I believe that people with such vision will definitely be the only one who is the Japanese Six!"

Since the peace talks in Tianjin were launched, Guixi has relied heavily on the Zongli Yamen and first managed the Zongli Yamen. Not long ago, he was appointed as the Minister of the Navy Yamen Association to take charge of the affairs of the Navy Yamen.

Li Hongzhang nodded and said, "Whether there is his shadow or not, the Navy yamen is related to the overall situation of my Beiyang, we have to visit us! But then again, if there is really his shadow, then we will talk to him together this time!"

As he said that, Li Hongzhang turned to Wang Chenhao and said, "Chenhao tells you about your military training ideas!"

Wang Chenhao had been preparing this knowledge in his mind. At this moment, he had almost sorted out, so he replied: "In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the Hunan Army, Huai Army, Defense Army, and Training Army were defeated one after another, and were corrupt one after another. Not to mention the Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers of the court, they had been proven to be useless as early as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom era! There was no mainland division available in the country, and this time he was lucky enough to let the Russians help to withdraw the Japanese army, but the uselessness of the paper tiger of the mainland division has been seen through by the great powers of various countries. If they did not quickly train a new army, the great powers would probably be unable to help attacking us!"

Zhang Peilun added: "What Chen Hao said is not without reason! The army of a small Eastern country can be used to let us catch our elbows. The Western Army is several times stronger than the Eastern Ocean. Their desire to peek at the property and assets of the Celestial Empire is obvious. If they do not take any action, they will definitely not be like their style!"

Li Hongzhang nodded and thoughtfully: "When I visited the Russian Minister Kuman, I had already smelled the danger from the lines. Russia has always regarded the Northeast as their mouths and helped us drive away the Japanese. It was nothing more than just trying to take them away. Kuman repeatedly tempted me to ask the court to return their favors, saying that they did not have a large fleet port stationed in a port, hoping that we could provide a good port similar to Lushun Port for their fleet to spend the winter!"

Wang Chenhao naturally knew that the Russians had been peeping at Lushun Port for more than ten years. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan returned Liaodong to the Qing Empire under the pressure of interference from the Three Kingdoms. However, the day after the Qing army took over Lushun Port, the Russian fleet occupied Lushun Port with the merit of interfering and returning Liao. Although history has changed now, Tsarist Russia's ambition has not changed.

Wang Chenhao then said: "Our navy has already supplemented ammunition and maintenance equipment. With the current strength of the Russian Far East Fleet, the current strength of the Russian Fleet is not enough to forcibly occupy the Port of Lushun! However, if Russia builds the Siberian Railway and the army can enter Vladivostok on a large scale, then they will directly follow the Japanese route and send the army to invade the Northeast! Therefore, we can train a new type of army to resist Russia and Japan. This is enough to have this excuse!"

Zhang Peilun said: "Although the Land Division is vulnerable, looking at the land divisions in the country, our Huai Army is still the strongest. At least the combat power of Nie Shicheng and Song Qing's troops is still there! If the court trains a new type of army, my father-in-law will have to steal the first prize!"

Li Hongzhang nodded and smiled, "This is natural! This time I went to Beijing, I took the opportunity of impeachment by the Censor to reorganize the Huai Army! By the way, I proposed to train a new army! However, Chen Hao, if you want to be this military training minister, you must have some skills! Otherwise, even if I appoint you, the Huai Army will not agree in your heart!"

Wang Chenhao understood in his heart that Li Hongzhang was saying in disguise that he was young and experienced, so he could not control the Huai Army generals. Of course, Li Hongzhang must have a way to help Wang Chenhao establish his prestige, but he just wanted to see how much Wang Chenhao's ability is.

After Wang Chenhao figured out the joints, he was ready in his heart, so he replied: "The new army will all use the new army training method of the great powers for training, and all use Western weapons and equipment and management systems. In terms of personnel, all officers are selected from the Beiyang Military Preparation Academy. They are students, they lack the old habits in the army and are easy to manage. What they learn is Western martial arts preparation tactical courses, which can be used twice the result with half the effort. Soldiers are recruited from the people and undergo strict physical examinations, and no one with bad habits is accepted. Honest farmers are given priority because they are the easiest to manage!"

Li Hongzhang and Zhang Peilun nodded repeatedly as they heard the previous words, and couldn't help laughing when they heard the last sentence.

Li Hongzhang was not worried about anything else, but was worried that Wang Chenhao was too young to control the new army officers and soldiers. He thought that Wang Chenhao would choose to let Li Hongzhang pick up some Huai Army generals to assist him, but Wang Chenhao had long been eyeing the Beiyang Military Preparation School. It was indeed easier to manage the officers from there, and Wang Chenhao did not use Huai Army soldiers, but directly set up a stove to recruit honest and upright ordinary people. The honest farmers were much more manageable. From officers to soldiers, Wang Chenhao replaced them all, so that he would definitely be much easier to manage. With Li Hongzhang behind him, the new army could really be trained.

Zhang Peilun smiled and said, "Chen Hao is indeed a great talent!"

Li Hongzhang nodded with satisfaction. Wang Chenhao's ideas were always unexpected but all of them met the actual needs, which made him very fond of them.

"Chen Hao's paper talk has been passed for the time being! However, I have only 500 people trained by the Beiyang Military Preparation School every year, and you will definitely not be able to pull them away!"

Wang Chenhao hurriedly said, "Then please ask your father-in-law to help you pick some suitable former Huai Army generals!"

"Little slick!" Li Hongzhang looked at Wang Chenhao with deep meaning and laughed again. This time, even Zhang Peilun couldn't help laughing, secretly begging Wang Chenhao for advance and retreat, so naturally, he could not neglect all the former generals of the Huai Army. There were still many outstanding talents among them, and they could not be beaten to death with one blow.
Chapter completed!