The 49 Mixed Association was the new army plan after the failure of the 25 towns in Eastern Guangdong. Although it could not compare to the original 25 towns, in this era, a Mixed Association of the New Army still had a very high status.
Ever since the establishment of the six towns of Beiyang, the whole country had started training new soldiers. However, so far, only nineteen towns had been established. It was equivalent to the division level of the western army!
Even the vast China only had nineteen divisions. Other than the six towns of Beiyang, the rest were still incomplete. One could see the difference in strength between them and the western countries!
A town had two Concordia and one cannon, which was equivalent to two brigades and an artillery regiment!
An association had two banners under its jurisdiction, and some associations had a cannon banner. They were called mixed associations! They were completely unable to build a town and had no choice but to do so!
This was the case for the 49 Mixed Associations! Compared to the real reorganization town, he had two fewer bids, but Li Donghan was confident that as long as he handed over the 49 mixed associations to him to train.
Li Donghan was confident that he could defeat Long Jiguang, the twenty-six towns that had been reorganized from the old army!
With the 49 mixed associations in hand, the door to East Guangdong would open in front of Li Donghan!
Therefore, in the afternoon after the military meeting ended, Li Donghan went to the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi. He took some local products to visit Zhang Mingqi. Of course, there were 500,000 taels of silver notes inside.
After seeing Zhang Mingqi, the two of them tacitly avoided the topic of the 49th Association and talked about some meaningless things. In the end, Li Donghan mentioned that he hoped to contribute more to the Qing Dynasty and then left.
Zhang Mingqi naturally understood what he meant. When he saw the 500,000 taels of silver, he would naturally consider it carefully!
Then, Li Donghan went to Fengshan's place and also sent 500,000 taels of silver. No matter what era it was, this kind of interest relationship was the most reliable guarantee.
Fengshan was surprised by Li Donghan's boldness. In this day and age, 50,000 taels of silver could be considered relatively rich in Huacheng! Not to mention that he had taken out a huge sum of 500,000 taels at once!
Although he knew that the Li family was a big family in Huacheng, and that Li Donghan had set up many factories, Fengshan still looked at him in a different light because he was willing to pay such a price for the sake of being an assistant.
Even though he was considered one of the more capable generals among the Manchu people, he still found it difficult to resist such temptation.
In the end, she still accepted Li Donghan's banknote and said to him vaguely, Train the soldiers well. Don't worry about other things. Just have him!
After leaving the General's residence, Li Donghan also heaved a sigh of relief. As long as these two people accepted the silver, the matter would be half successful!
Even if Long Jiguang also took this path, would he be able to take out a million taels? Li Donghan did not believe that Long Jiguang was willing to take it out!
Li Donghan had never felt that there was anything wrong with using bribery to seek benefits for himself. Everything needed to be paid first before it could be repaid.
Li Donghan felt that it was very cost-effective to exchange one million taels for the position of assistant chief. Some things could not be measured by money!
As long as Li Donghan succeeded in the matter not long after, the one million taels would be returned with interest, and it would be with interest!
Reality proved that his one million taels were not wasted. Just three days later, Li Donghan received another order from the General's Estate.
The order was very simple-temporarily, Li Donghan was in charge of the formation and training of the 97th and 25th Artillery units!
"Got it!" Donghan chuckled softly. Although he was already in a good mood, he could not help but feel a little excited at this moment.
Although the order only gave him the temporary responsibility of training the two targets, everyone could see that it was only in name.
With this name, the position of the 49th Association had almost fallen into Li Donghan's hands.
Even if an accident really happened and someone else took the fruit, Li Donghan was not afraid. The army was different from others. What they needed was prestige.
As long as the 49 associations were established by Li Donghan, even if someone else were to be the leader, it would not work at all. Li Donghan could completely make him a figurehead.
Li Donghan would tell that person that the 49 associations were not so easy to get along with. He would tell Fengshan and the others that although their decision was correct, the outcome would be even crueler for them!
And Li Donghan believed that as long as Fengshan did not lose his mind, he would not make a surprising decision!
Now that he had the title of training officer, Li Donghan could openly expand his army without being accused of rebellion.
On the same day, Li Donghan heard that Long Jiguang had left Huacheng and returned to Wuzhou. His expression was very bad. It seemed that he was very unhappy because he had not settled it personally!
Li Donghan snorted coldly in his heart. He could tell that the 49 associations had fallen into his hands because, other than the silver, the two of them were wary of Long Jiguang.
Long Jiguang's 26 towns were the strongest in the territory of Guangdong and Guangxi, followed by Li Zhun's navy. If the 49 mixed associations fell into Long Jiguang's hands again, then who in Guangdong and Guangxi could do anything to him?
A normal superior would not allow such an existence to appear under his subordinates, so in the end, this advantage was still Li Donghan's.
Firstly, Li Donghan's ability was indeed very strong. The 98 bids were obvious to all, and the 49 associations he had trained would not be weak.
Then there were some other methods. Fengshan had pushed out Li Donghan and Long Jiguang to compete with each other. The 49 Concord and 26 Towns could not do anything to each other!
With each other restraining each other, and with Li Zhun's navy at the side, nothing major would happen in Eastern Guangdong!
If it were anyone else, there would not be any problems with this arrangement. However, the 49 associations would be controlled by Li Donghan, which was a big problem.
When he only had 98 lots, Li Donghan was confident that he could succeed. Now, it was even more possible!
"Just you wait! I won't let you down!" Li Donghan looked in the direction of Huacheng and said softly.
"Men, call all the officers above the rank of captain. I have something to announce!”
(To be continued)
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