Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 267: Beihai Towns Warning

Two days later, when Zheng Lianchang saw Zhao Xin and others on Tanzai Island, he asked anxiously: "Boss Master Zhao, is my Zheng Yi okay?"

He came to give Zhao Xin a gift; fifty boatmakers, one hundred sailors, and their families.

A day ago, the Dan fishing boat in charge of investigating the situation of the Thunder God came to Liyumen to report the news of the Thunder God's defeat of the Qing army's water camp. After hearing this, Zheng Lianchang did not dare to neglect again, and the next day he brought the person Zhao Xin wanted to come to Tanzai Island.

Zhao Xin was very happy when he saw the shrimp balls from the people sent by Zheng Lianchang; and when Zheng Lianchang saw Zheng Yi, Zheng Qi and others intact, he finally felt relieved.

After talking to Zheng Yi these two days, Zhao Xin heard a familiar name, Guo Po took it. So after he greeted Zheng Lianchang, he proposed to ask for another person.

When Zheng Lianchang, whose head was covered with only two eyes exposed, saw Deputy General Shi, Li Dagang and others tied in Tong'an's boat, who were tied to the hairy crabs, he no longer had the intention of fighting with Zhao Xin, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to go back and bring Guo Po's family over.

A small number of shipbuilders have built lucky boats and rush boats, while others have only followed the boats to repair them. The sailors looked strong, but their faces were black and their bodies were short. Clearly visible rib forks were clearly exposed in their open clothes. At first glance, they were overdrafted and malnutrition.

As for those families, they were even more unsightly. The elderly, women and children were all barefoot, hungry, and their clothes were torn like mop strips. They carried a bamboo basket, which contained all the belongings they could bring, their ancestors' spirit cards, their ragged clothes, and even bowls and chopsticks.

Zhao Xin asked A Miao to take a group of crew members and soldiers to bathe, disinfect and change clothes for these people; as for those belongings, they were temporarily thrown on the deck and sprayed disinfectant. The soldiers wearing masks picked and chose among the rags, watching the useful ones stayed, and all the rag heads and other things were thrown into the sea.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Xin calmly said to Zheng Lianchang, who was dressed in silk clothes: "Gang Zheng, can't you even let your subordinates eat and wear warmth?"

"Master Zhao, there are more than 3,000 people from Hong Gang, I can't take care of me..." Even he himself didn't believe Zheng Lianchang's reason. He ate big fish and meat every day, and the woman on the Guangzhou flower boat hugged her, so he couldn't care about the life or death of his subordinates.

At this time, Zheng Yi, who was standing aside, pondered for a moment, looked at Zheng Qi, and Zheng Qi understood. The two walked to Zheng Lianchang, knelt on the deck, and kowtowed three times at Zheng Lianchang.

"Ayi, what are you going to do?!" Zheng Lianchang's heart trembled, as if he understood what his son meant.

"Bad, forgive my son for being unfilial. My son decided to go north with Lord Zhao and learn how many years of his ability." Zheng Yi's head was still on the deck and continued: "These days, Lord Zhao, Lord Liu and Lord Ding have told me a lot of reasons. I want to work with A Qi to find a different way for our Dan family!"

Zheng Lianchang was heartbroken and stared at him angrily, "Ayi, you are the eldest son! You are leaving, who will I pass on to in the future?"

"Dad, I finally figured it out these days. Dominating the Pearl River Estuary is not a real hero; kidnapping on the ashore is not a chivalrous! I want to do a big thing with the ship owner Zhao and the others! I will fulfill their wishes for Grandpa and the Guo family!" Zheng Yi raised his head, with a firm look on his face.

"Oh!" Zheng Lianchang was so regretful at this time. He had known that he would not let Zheng Yi go out after saying anything in the first few days. But now it seemed that everything was too late. He turned around on the deck several times, stomped his feet and said, "Okay! Go. I will pretend that I don't have you as a legitimate son! But remember it for me, I can't make a personal appearance, you are not allowed to come back!"

He then said to Zheng Qi: "Xiao Qi, please look at your brother Wen Xian for me. You two have been together since childhood, you..."

"Master, don't worry. With this life, I will protect the number one brother!" After Zheng Qi said that, he kowtowed three times.

Zheng Lianchang turned around and walked to Zhao Xin, and suddenly knelt down on one knee. Zhao Xin hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and Zheng Lianchang said, "Boss Master Zhao, Wen Xian is determined to follow you, but I can't persuade him. They are young and ignorant. I have to take care of the troubles before. If they have any offense in the future, I just ask you to be proud! My Zheng family cannot be defeated!"

Zhao Xin said in a gentle voice: "Master Zheng, you're just talking about it. Since Zheng Yi and Zheng Qi are following me to learn skills, we are a family. In the future, everyone will help each other and I have something to ask you for it."

After saying that, he pulled Zheng Lianchang to the empty place and whispered a few times. Zheng Lianchang hesitated for a while before nodding and agreeing.

In the cockpit, Ding Guofeng looked at the kneeling scene on the deck and turned to Liu Sheng and said, "Liu, do you think that Zhao Xin is a little different from the days before?"

Liu Sheng touched his chin, looked thoughtful, and nodded, "Well, it's a little. But I can't say it well, maybe it was because he was sick a while ago."

Ding Guofeng said: "I always feel strange. It seems that he is different from before."

Liu Sheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh? Tell me more specifically."

"The whole person's spirit has changed a little, and he has a certain attitude of being the only one."

Liu Sheng was happy and said, "It doesn't work if he talked before?"

"That's not, anyway... forget it, I'm just thinking about it."

Taking advantage of the time when Zheng Lianchang and his son bid farewell and waiting for Guo Po to take him back, Zhao Xin found Lu Shoushan and asked, "What did that Deputy General Shi say?"

Lu Shoushan said: "The order to send troops was given by Sun Shiyi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. However, Sun Shiyi also said that if he fails, let the Shi himself take over, and he will help deal with it later."

Zhao Xin frowned and said, "What's going on with that Ma Benchu ​​and those women?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lu Shoushan said: "This is also the order given by Sun Shiyi, which was arranged by the clerk of Sun. Sun Shiyi found several masters to ask, saying that it was to learn from the tricks that Qingshui taught Wang Lun when he dealt with the government army. The woman was a madam who was found from various brothels in Xiangshan County. And that Ma Benchu ​​was a Taoist priest from Sanyuan Palace outside Guangzhou City, claiming to know what the Five Thunder Dharmas are like. Sun Shiyi asked him to use the Five Thunder Method to destroy our Thunder God. Master, how do you deal with these prisoners?"

"Hmph, I see that Sun Shiyi doesn't cry when he sees the coffin, and takes them back for labor reform. There is still a shortage of people in the Solenji Island!"

"Yes." Lu Shoushan nodded after hearing this.

Zhao Xin whispered in a low voice: "Shoushan, this time you will go back to Beihai Town with me. Let Xu Dayong stare at Sheyang Lake first. Now our communication station has been built. Even if it is far away, you can know what happens quickly."

Lu Shoushan exclaimed: "What the master brought is really a magic weapon of immortals. He can hear clearly when he speaks thousands of miles away!"

"What magic weapon? That's science! After you go back this time, you go to the training team to return first. Go to school to listen to two more classes if you have nothing to do. The Qing Dynasty pretends to be a god, we can't do it!"

"I understand." After the main story was finished, Lu Shoushan said with a smile: "Master, you are engaged to Miss Shen, and I haven't congratulated you yet."

Zhao Xin patted Lu Shoushan on the shoulder and said, "We have different relationships, and it's enough for others to have a heart. When you finish training from the teaching team, I'll give you a team. In the future, don't call it "Master" in public, but call it the leader. I'll think about other things first, and then tell you about it."

Lu Shoushan immediately stood attentively and saluted: "Yes."

A day later, Thor started to anchor and left Tanzai Island. Zhao Xin and his team's first stop was Yanzi Bay on the west side of Da Hengqin Island. The British merchants who were in trouble never dreamed that the Cyris people would actually know the location of the smuggling base.

In Swallow Bay, the two D30 guns on the Thor were flattened. Without saying a word, bombarded the opium base in Swallow Bay. This surprised the British merchants on the island and the British crew who were staying for the time being. They did not understand where they offended these Cyris.

As boxes of opium turned into powder in the artillery fire, the British had worked hard to build a smuggling base for many years and were wiped out in less than an hour. The Trust and Eliza, who were anchored in Swallow Bay, tried to fight back, but the following few shells sank two three-masted merchant ships into the bay.

Dr. Higgins was soaked all over and swam the beach with a fast board. In front of him were a bunch of explosive flames and screaming compatriots. Not far behind him were the sinking Trust and Eliza. The sea was full of crew members who were crying for help. And further away, the blue and white Thor was still spitting out anger.

"God! Even if you want to dominate the opium business in Guangzhou, why do you ignore innocent lives?"

Zhao Xin could not hear Higgins' accusation. In his eyes, none of the British who came to this sea area were innocent.

Shortly after the British were confused and wailed, the Niangma-ge Fortress located on the west side of the West Bay of Macau was also bombarded by the Thor. This is the largest fortress except for the Sanba Fort in the center of Macau, with a total of 25 artillery pieces.

When the first shell was dropped, most people in the city thought that the gunpowder depot exploded somewhere. But immediately after the two shells fell one after another, the defenders on the Niangma Pavilion's fort reacted that they were attacked.

When the cannons on the Sanba Fort were loaded and ready to be fired, there were already casualties on the Niangma-ge's fortress, and various copper cannons and iron cannons were blown up in a row. Several of them even fell into the sea from the high cannon. The originally unbreakable stone fortress was blown up beyond recognition.

Just when the Portuguese Macau and the Portuguese government was confused and launched a city-wide mobilization, a Dan fishing boat coming from Tanzai Island sent a letter to the Macau City Hall.

The letter was written by Liu Sheng. He gave a fisherman on Tanzai Island two Beihai Town silver dollars and told the other party to send it to Matos. When Matos opened the letter in surprise, a line of Chinese characters appeared in his eyes, and the signature was "Victory Lau".

Seeing this familiar name, Matos quickly remembered the tall Saris man in a white navy uniform. Although he could speak Cantonese, he was not familiar with Chinese characters, so he immediately sent someone to find a Chinese translator. But when the Chinese saw the contents of the letter, his face turned pale.

"What is the letter saying?!" Matos roared in anger.

"Say above, say..." The Chinese translator was so scared that he couldn't speak.

Mattos grabbed the other person's collar and said angrily: "I swear to the Virgin Mary that if you hesitate again, hang you immediately!"

"The above said that if they dare to smuggle opium into Guangzhou again, they will blow up Macau." After the Chinese translator rolled his eyes, he was already breathless by Matosler. Matos then let his collar loose and let the other party sank on the ground and breathed backwards.

"Crazy! These Cyris people are all crazy!" Matos yelled in anger. He scolded for a while before he said to the Chinese translator: "Get up quickly! Come with me to meet the governor!"

At the same time, on the sand-side dock outside Guangzhou City, a man with a face full of oily sweat and sweat stinking all over his body jumped quickly from a watermelon boat that had just been docked to the pier. He rushed to the dock quickly and saw the carriage waiting to take the guests. He rushed over a few steps, and while climbing up the carriage, he said to the coachman: "Hurry! Go to the Governor's Office! Go quickly!"

The coachman smelled the other person's sweat and smelled of a dirty silk gown, and stretched out his hand and said, "This master, Chenghui Twenty Months!"

The man said anxiously: "I haven't brought a penny now. I'll come to the Governor's Office to give it to you! Go away!"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Who knew that the coachman was also flirting with a temper and said with a slanted eye: "I have seen many people like you. When you arrive at the Governor's Office, you still have no money. Who should I ask for to reason?"

The man held back his anger and rubbed his body for a long time. Finally, he unbuttoned his buttons, took off his long shirt and threw it into the coachman's hand.

"It's okay to use this dress, right?"

The coachman pinched his nose and looked at his clothes. Although it was a bit dirty, it was not broken, and it could be worth tens of cents when sold at a pawn shop. Then he released the brake and led his horse to the city gate.

Half an hour later, the carriage finally arrived at the gate of the Governor's Office in Guangdong and Guangxi. Before the coachman could speak, the man sitting in the car had already jumped out of the car, mixed with garlic on his feet, and fell down hard. The man rolled up and ran towards the side door of the Governor's Office with a dirt face.

The Qiang President of the Super Biaoying Camp, who was guarding the door, saw a disheveled guy running over and was about to move forward to drive him away, but the man said, "I am Sun Shuban, is Sun Jiantai here? I have something urgent to do!"

When Mr. Qian saw the man's face clearly, he said in surprise: "It's really Mr. Sun! Are you?"

Sun Shuban took out a wrinkled letter from his inner clothes and handed it to Mr. Qian and said, "Hurry up! Leave it to Sun Jiantai immediately, it will be too late!" After that, his body tilted and he lay on the ground.

A quarter of an hour later, a "clang" sounded from the signing room of the Governor's Office, and then an old man slapped the table and shouted angrily: "How dare you, thief!"

Sun Shiyi in the room was so angry that his body was trembling all over, and his two aides were comforting him. The tea bowl on the ground was thrown into pieces. On the table in front of him, there was a handwritten letter from Zhao Xin:

"Governor Sun, Guangdong and Guangxi Governor, if you want to steal chickens, don't be afraid of losing rice. Today, the bombardment of Qianqian Village is to teach you a lesson! If you dare to harass our people in Guangzhou, I will bombard Guangzhou City and block the Pearl River Waterway. I see what you should explain to Qianlong! In addition, your subordinates are so cowardly, I will take them to the north to practice for you. Zhao Xin."

"Come!" Sun Shiyi shouted loudly outside the door.

As soon as he finished speaking, a personal soldier named Goshha walked in and knelt on the ground and said, "Please give instructions from the station."

"Send my order right now! Let Nanshan, cross-bars, and three turrets prepare to meet the enemy, load them with ammunition, and shoot them out if the enemy ships attack, and shoot them out!" After Sun Shiyi said that, he took a token from the signboard and handed it over to Goshha.

The three forts Sun Shiyi mentioned are the Humen Fortresses in the Qianlong period. Humen was called Hutoumen in ancient times, which generally refers to the Pearl River waterway between Nansha District, Guangzhou and Humen Town, Dongguan. It was named after the two mountains of Big Tiger and Little Tiger that emerged from the Pearl River. It was the throat of the traffic going to the sea in Guangzhou. During the Qing Dynasty, successive governors of Guangdong and Guangxi submitted to the Qing court to strengthen local defense management facilities.

In the 56th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the Qing court began to build defensive fortifications in Humen, and later added battlements, artillery caves, military rooms, gunpowder bureau and other facilities, forming the initial state of the Humen Fort Group. Therefore, the current defense system of Humen is only Nanshan, Shanqi, and three gates, and Nanhai and Panyu counties jointly undertake the "integrated inspection and prevention".

At present, the main task at Humenkou is to collect taxes. Guangdong Customs sends personnel to board the ship at Humenkou to measure the length of Western merchant ships who come to Guangzhou, and then collects ship notes at Huangpukou. At the same time, inspects the portal merchant ships to unload gun positions and prohibited goods, and collects registration fees here.

It is related to the Emperor Nanku. How can Sun Shiyi not be angry? If Humen is bombarded, the income of Guangdong Customs will inevitably be greatly reduced. At that time, whether it is Qianlong or the princes and ministers in the court, he will be filled with his heart!

On July 23, 1911, Qianshanzhai Military Camp, located on the northwest of Macau Island, was bombarded by Beihai Town. On that day, the entire Qianshanzhai explosion continued, and the docks, warships and military camps were all set up in the area of ​​Xiangshanhui Navy Camp. The people in Xiangshan County also heard the rumbling sound of cannons, and the surrounding neighbors helped the elderly and young children to take refuge in Xiangshan County.

Many people were so scared that they hid under the bed at home, trembling and did not dare to go out. The Xiangshan County Magistrate and the Haifang Yamen were also scared and dared not show up. Chen Xinhuai, the 70-year-old Haifang Tongzhi, almost hanged himself.

As for the Portuguese Macau authorities, of course they also heard the sound of cannons. Liu Sheng's warning was still in his ears. Facing the large iron ship that could fire a kilometer away, the Portuguese Macau authorities did not even dare to fart!
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next