Shanghai, Hoffman, who came back successfully, thought Yang Yi had raised his own questions?

"Friends, we can make money by selling arms to the Taiping Army, but you seem to be a general of the Qing Dynasty. If you do this, if you fight with the Taiping Army in the future, won't these arms cause greater casualties to yourself?"

"Friends, we first sold the arms to the Qing army, and now we are sold to the Taiping army. This is called finding a balance. No matter which side has the upper hand, it will not benefit us. Only when they fight more fiercely can our business be done. What should we do if we buy only one and another one are destroyed? How can we do this business in the future? As for the war with the Taiping army, it will be my turn for a while." Yang Yi explained to Hoffman.

"But, in my opinion, the Taiping Army is very powerful now, and the Qing army cannot win at all." The unique stubbornness of the Deyi nation made Hoffman continue to ask questions.

"Well, although the Taiping Army now occupy most of the Jiangnan area, China's territory is huge. Compared with the areas occupied by the Taiping Army, some government troops have a larger territory. On the surface, the Taiping Army is temporarily leading, but in the long run, there are still lands in this battle, and our business is still land. Our top priority at present is to continuously develop and strengthen our own strength."

In April 1853, the Taiping Army successively launched the Northern and Western Expeditions, seriously shaking the Qing government's rule in southern China. Due to the war in the south of the Yangtze River, the Qing government's treasury revenue dropped sharply. In order to alleviate the insufficient fiscal revenue, the Qing government fabricated ten cents, official tickets, and treasures successively released. This inflationary financial strategy not only did not alleviate the current situation of financial constraints, but instead led to chaos in the financial market. People's lives also fell into a more difficult situation. A large number of shops closed, handicraftsmen were unemployed and bankrupt, the Qing government's rule was riddled with holes, and the wars of uprisings began to rise and fall.

The war first brought about a large number of refugees, and a large number of refugees fled to temporarily safe cities such as Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Shanghai. A large number of fleeing people were also pouring into the small Shanghai, and of course there were many wealthy families. Perhaps because of the foreign troops in Shanghai, the Taiping Army did not dare to attack easily, and there were particularly many rich people fleeing to Shanghai. The arrival of these people greatly promoted the prosperity of Shanghai. For a time, inns were full, restaurants and teahouses were booming, and even the land prices in Shanghai continued to rise.

But the chaos hidden behind prosperity has gradually been exposed. Shanghai is just such a big place. The problem of eating is exposed when there are too many people. When human survival is threatened, selling children and women will naturally happen from time to time. Some people are taking risks and starting a business without foundation. In order to alleviate the problems caused by refugees, the Shanghai County Government also mobilized local rich people to open porridge sheds and donate porridge and rice to refugees.

"Yang Yi's "beauty" group certainly refused to fall behind in the face of such kind behavior, and also made a shop for giving porridge and rice. When the Shen sisters saw Yang Yi like this, they immediately followed him. In short, they liked what Yang Yi liked, and they opposed what Yang Yi hated. Gradually, Yang Yi's face was better than before, and occasionally they would give him a smile.

A notice was posted in front of the Shanghai General's yamen, with two big words on it, recruiting soldiers!!! As the notice was posted, the people who came to apply for the yamen soon lined up in front of the yamen.

"How old are you this year?"

“It’s eighteen.”

"What do I think you are only fifteen years old at most? Why do you come here to make a fuss?"

"Master Guan, poor children can't even eat and have not grown up well, but I'm really eighteen this year."

"Can you read?"

"I went to a private school for a few days."

"Looking at your pitiful boy, I'll introduce you a good thing. Walking west from here a mile and crossing two streets, there is a factory of the "Beauty" group recruiting apprentices. You are smart and you're just right there. Come and open a letter of introduction to you."

"Master Xie, please tell me. Master, you will definitely be promoted and made a fortune."

"Go, get the letter of introduction, next one."

"Boy, he's so strong, how old is he?"

"It's twenty."

"Why are you here?"

"Master, come and join the army."

"Get in, next one."

"You are alive this year?"

"Reply to the master, fifty-three, no, I'm thirty-five."

"I fuck you, I'm here to come and lie. Do you know where this is?"

"Master, I didn't lie to you."

"You bastard, I think you are at least fifty. This is the army, not your place to retire, so get out of here."

"Master, I'm still young. I can fight, please accept me."

"Damn it, come here, call me out."

"Next."

Yang Yixin's round of development plan is to first select a group of qualified people from the refugees, who are organized into the army, plan to recruit 2,000 people, and then mix with the existing people into a regiment. The organization of Yang Yi's army was created by the instructors of Prussia, which is basically the same as the organization of the Prussian Kingdom army. It is also at the level of squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment.

Among the refugees, there were young literate people, of course, they could not be placed in the army, opened a letter of introduction, and directly brought to the factory. After a short-term German training, all of these young people went to be apprentices to the technicians from Prussia. Yang Yi asked them to treat the technicians like their own fathers, and they had to learn all the skills and reward them with great rewards for what they learned well. Yang Yi also asked them to guess what the master said, and to compare with them with their hands if they didn't understand what the master said. Those who didn't understand what they said should carefully see how the master worked. Those who couldn't learn the skills well would get out of here in the future.

However, the number of people who came to join the army was beyond Yang Yi's expectations. He originally planned to recruit 2,000 people, but as many as 30,000 people came to queue up. Although some people were stolen, 60% of them could still be asked for it. Moreover, the urgency of these people to join the army also surprised Yang Yi. They all posted notices indicating that the number was full, but many people stayed at the door every day and were going to join the army. Yang Yi was also moved by their spirit, and his mouth was loose several times. After just a few times, he recruited another 2,000 people. He couldn't recruit any more. Yang Yi couldn't support these many people.

In addition, Yang Yi asked Qi Hengbo and his sisters to go to the market for trading populations. In the name of "Liren" Group, they specialize in buying smart and smart children, and they are under 8 years old. Yang Yi paid for the money and asked his husband to teach them about their studies first. Yang Yi also personally served as their foreign language teacher. He planned to send them to Prussia to study when they were a little older.

The recruited soldiers Yang Yi mixed them into two regiments with the original ones, and also picked out some educated people from the original ones, who served as officers at all levels. Of course, the two regiment commanders were Liu Mingchuan and Nie Shicheng.
Chapter completed!