After touring the arsenal, Zhou Bing began to organize some accounts. It was already 1894, and the First Sino-Japanese War was fast approaching. Zhou Bing's plans were beginning.
The company brought Zhou Bing a substantial income, and he was even responsible for distributing the salaries of the newly trained troops. This made the two divisions a veritable "Zhou family army," leaving the court helpless. They simply couldn't afford to pay the new army's salaries, and even if they could, it would still be Zhou Bing's money. So, they didn't care much; whether it was the Zhou family army or the Li family army, as long as they served the court, that was enough. In Cixi's eyes, Zhou Bing's loyalty was extraordinary. Take the troops he trained, for example. Ostensibly two divisions, they were act
