The Shanghai Rebellion, which was dominated by the Little Knife Society, was assisted by Mai Ke from a distance, and the three elements were dispatched together, which immediately worked, and soon controlled the entire city of Shanghai in his own hands.

Among the three major elements, the gas element only exerted its auxiliary function, sending the water element and fire element from Guangxi.

These are all normal.

The only thing that surprised Mai Ke and the others was the speed of the gas element.

It seems that as soon as Mai Ke is delivered, the two elements of water and fire will immediately arrive in Shanghai.

Mai Ke knew from the "Trick of Controlling Things" that the gas element has the function of moving quickly.

Mai Ke originally thought that the nature of gas elements and wind was similar, and the fastest was like a gust of wind, which was equivalent to a hurricane, four or five hundred kilometers per hour.

And the actual speed, although McKe did not deliberately sideways, is estimated to be far shorter than one second!

Can it keep pace with the speed of light?

Mai Ke felt the need to re-understand the characteristics of aerogens.

However, the priority now is not the gas element, nor the water element, but the fire element!

When the gas element sends water and fire to the house, there is no such thing as it, and the water element rolls up a dozen warships and throws them to the shore, and they also retreat, and the fire element is still wreaking havoc there!

The location is in the heart of the French Concession!

Originally, this French Concession occupied a large area outside the city of Shanghai, and the north and northwest of the city were within the scope of the concession.

For these French colonialists entrenched in the Leased Land, Mai Ke had a strong dislike in his heart!

Because they are so greedy!

He knew that these leases had begun in 1842 due to the defeat of the corrupt Manchus in the war caused by the Great Smoke. He was forced to sign an unequal treaty with the British government that humiliated the country.

At the beginning, there was nothing to do with France, but they took advantage of the fire to rob and came over, demanding the same treatment as Britain and the United States!

A man named Zezil came to China on a steamer known as Earregon. This guy arrived in Shanghai in mid-July of the same year. As soon as he arrived at his destination, he immediately showed the face of a pirate, and in order to deliver a letter to the local Manchu officials, they actually arrested the local man and forced him to do something for them.

The person who was arrested was called Wang Shixun. The more this thing goes. The letter had to be sent to the Yamen of the Manchu governor Cheng Yicai, which was also the first official contact between the first French and the Shanghai government.

After Wang Shixun delivered the letter, of course he would not go back, and later learned that these people were the French army who forcibly leased the land outside Shanghai. and went about accusing them of their wickedness.

He is now also in the rebel army. And also served as a small leader.

Although Zezil harbored evil intentions. It can be cleverly hidden in the letters written.

He first pretended to be walking around the sea, but he happened to come to Shanghai, although he took a warship with him. But there is no malice.

When he wrote this letter, he told the officials here that he had no contradiction between France and the Celestial Empire, and had nothing to do with it.

And he also took advantage of the tension between the Manchus and the British, saying that they also did not get along with the British.

At the same time, he expressed his intention to visit the local officials, and promised that he would never harass the people of the Celestial Empire.

Zezile further proposed that if the local government wished, it could send a few small boats to secretly bring several of their generals and soldiers ashore to meet the local officials.

Cheng Yicai, the governor, was quite open, and felt that the Manchus had no enmity with France, so he sent a general soldier to meet with the French.

Outsiders don't know exactly what was discussed, but the results were revealed three months later.

In October 1844, China and France signed the "Thirty-six Articles of the Sino-French Five-Port Trade Charter", also known as the "Huangpu Treaty", the twenty-second paragraph of which stipulated that France enjoyed the same rights as Britain.

This power means that you can lease houses and build your own houses on rented land in the five trade lands, and in the leased areas, you can build schools, churches, hospitals, cemeteries, etc.

It was also stipulated that the magistrates should consult with the French consul about the areas where the French lived.

The first French consul in Shanghai was Mintiny, who arrived in January 1848, and on the third day of his arrival in Shanghai, he rented a house outside the British Concession as a consular office, which was the official beginning of the French lease.

In the first six months of his stay in Shanghai, this consul did not have much to do, and at most he was in charge of some lesson plans in Shanghai.

It wasn't until the summer of that year that a French merchant named Remy came to Shanghai that there was a need to rent land.

This Remy used to be a businessman in Guangdong, and as soon as he arrived in Shanghai, he begged the consul to help him rent land.

On 6 August, Mintini asked for the demarcation of the French colony in the Hoi Michidai, and in his note he had even selected the area "on the right bank of the pidgin, from the city and the countryside to the desired place in the future." ”

Minti Ni chose a very good location for the French Concession, with the Huangpu River to the east, the pidgin to the north, and the moat to the south.

At that time, Shang Hai Daotai was Wu Jianzhang, he was born in Guangdong, and he knew foreign affairs English very well, but he didn't like foreigners, so his requirements for the French were also perfunctory.

Soon Wu Jianzhang was transferred, and before being transferred, Wu also humiliated Min Ti Ni.

How did he humiliate?

He said that a section of the British concession could be set aside for the French, but that they should first ask for the consent of the British.

Min Ti Ni was furious, and bluntly said in his reply that Wu Jianzhang's mention was "rude to my big France!"

The new Shang Hai Daotai was Lin Gui, a Manchu bannerman, who was not very different from his predecessor and politely agreed to the request of the French.

Although the officials agreed to the request of the French, the private sector took the opportunity to offer a high price for the demolition.

This made the noses of these French people crooked.

Of course, they didn't do it, so they used various methods to negotiate repeatedly.

And just like that, the bargaining lasted from August to the end of the year.

At the beginning of December, the landlords elected a representative and gave them an explanation: we don't rent!

Min Tiny immediately sent a letter to Lin Gui, in which he angrily rebuked the Chinese side, to the effect that they French had been waiting. I can't afford to wait any longer.

He also asked confidently, according to the treaty, can they still rent the land?

The most interesting part of the letter is that he holds the emperor's banner as a tiger skin, saying that he is convinced that Guidaotai has the authority to give this order, because the Chinese emperor has granted permission to lease land to the people of France and other signatory countries.

Since this is the case, the Chinese emperor must naturally have a holy decree to carry out the procedures for settling the concession with his officials.

After that, he changed his mind and came to a conclusion. He said, "Therefore, your Daotai must have the right to force the people to borrow land and punish those who do not obey." ”

One word. You officials must settle the lease for me, and the conditions must meet my requirements, otherwise you will resist and disobey.

It seems that these colonists are really very clever, and these methods are very advanced.

Pidgin is in the north of the county. It is the boundary between the British and French concessions. It was originally a port river leading to Huangpu. It was not until 1915 that the concession authorities at that time filled the river and demolished the bridge to build the road, and the pidgin disappeared from then on.

Min Ti Ni gave Lin Gui this trick. really scared Lin Gui, he actually took the initiative to appease the French.

At the same time, official forces were really dispatched to coerce the landlords to reduce the price and give the land to the French.

After more than half a year of consultations, on April 6, 849, Lingui of Shanghai Daotai issued a notice locking the boundaries of the legal person's residence area as follows: east to Guangdong Chaozhou Hall along the river to the east corner of Pidgin, south to Chenghe, west to Chujiaqiao of Guandi Temple, and north to Pidgin.

This is also the original area of the French Concession, with an area of 986 acres.

This proclamation was very generous to France, and it also announced that after the corporation had leased the land, it could be extended at any time, saying that "if there is not enough space, we will discuss other places at a later date."

This laid the groundwork for the expansion of the French Concession in the future.

This Mintini forced the Chinese side to make humiliating concessions, and he had to sell cheaply.

On the one hand, he gave Lin Gui a thumbs up, saying that he dared to act boldly and had great strength, and on the other hand, he wrote to the French Foreign Ministry that these Manchu officials were appointed for a term of three years, and the officials were all bought with money, so they tried their best to gather methods in order to turn the book over.

He also revealed that they were only afraid of one thing, that is, they were afraid of causing chaos, embarrassing the government, and eventually causing dismissal.

That being the case, as long as they insist on making things bigger, they will often be willing to submit to others.

This bottomless approach of the French colonialists even aroused opposition from the United States, saying that these places could not be given to only one country and let them enjoy them alone.

To say that this is actually depriving other countries of the benefits they deserve.

Of course, the United States is not thinking about China, but for their own interests, and if this cheapness gives them the first place, they will definitely not put forward the idea of "equalization of interests."

Sadly, France would not spit out the benefits of what they had eaten, and the cowardly Manchus were incapable of amending the humiliating treaty, so the United States soon followed in France's footsteps and demanded and received their own exclusive lease.

However, the former leased land in Shanghai still maintained its original form, called a public lease, which was in essence jointly controlled by the United Kingdom and the United States.

These two leased lands stood side by side until their end of mission, which lasted for 100 years.

The weakness and incompetence of the local officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the strong support of the official representatives of the country contributed to Remy's success, so that French merchants, property owners, and adventurers followed Remy's example and flocked to the French Concession in Shanghai!

In a short period of time, more than 100,000 people gathered here!

Of course, not all of them are French, but there are also natives who do all kinds of miscellaneous work, or people who have fled from other places, and even various practitioners from other countries.

Because the French officials here are very good at fighting for the interests of his inhabitants, they prefer to be attached to them.

Due to the swelling population, the original leased land quickly became crowded, which also gave these greedy guys a good excuse to ask for more land!

So, Mintini invoked Lin Gui's proclamation and put forward a request to increase the land tenfold!

Originally, he always had the idea of asking for a sky-high price and paying back the money on the spot, and he began to open his mouth widely, and after bargaining, he was satisfied with the increase in one or two times.

Even if he didn't get his wish, he took the first step, and after a year and a half, he will definitely achieve results.

Where to think, he did not know enough about the fear and corruption of this Manchu official!

Remy also followed the local customs and tacitly cooperated with the action. That night, he sent Lin Gui a silver ticket of 10,000 francs, and promised that if the lease was increased tenfold, the silver ticket would also be increased tenfold!

And not just once, but every year!

As a result, this ten-fold lease was approved in a week!

At this time, the entire leased land had covered an area of more than 10,000 acres.

It has become a country within a country with a radius of seven or eight kilometers.

This made Mintini and Remy sigh greatly, it is indeed the most attractive adventure capital!

Sure enough, success or not, success is proportional to the size of guts!

So, the two of them combined government and business. Be bold. Connecting the old and new leased land, it is a country within a country!

Needless to say, the utilities are designed and built in the same way as the big cities in their own country, and even more so, they have built their own security systems, civil management systems, and even judicial systems!

There is this judicial system. It's really for those who are traitors. Shelter provided!

Therefore. The leased land has also become a place of filth and filth.

These criminals are sheltered, and they become even more lawless and oppress the good. Do no evil.

As a result, the tensions among the indigenous peoples, already caused by the forced land lease, have been further exacerbated, and the conflict has continued.

And all these conflicts, due to the government's bullying and fear of the hard, and the distorted protection of these colonialists, have become the accumulation of anger against the French, and they will erupt vigorously when the medium of ignition is ready.

It was also at this time that Lin Gui, a typical capitulation faction, was seized by the Manchu officials of the main battle faction, that is, he took matters into his own hands, gave the French unlimited increase in leased land, and launched a fierce attack on him.

As a result, the emperor, who had just ascended the throne, couldn't resist, so he had to remove him from his post and transfer back the original Shanghai Daotai is Wu Jianzhang, who was a well-known main battle faction.

However, before he could do anything, the Knife Society uprising broke out.

Seeing the escalating conflict and the unstable policies of the Manchu government, Minseni and Remy realized that a crisis could occur at any time and asked their own decision-makers to send warships to protect them.

The medium-sized fleet that was destroyed by Mai Ke just now was sent to protect them at the request of the two.

In fact, they have only been here for less than a month, just in time for this knife meeting.

Of course, they knew very well that the first target of these rebels was the Manchus, and secondly, they were outsiders, so they and the Manchu authorities were already both prosperous and disadvantaged.

So, the commander of the fleet, Gao Erxiong, didn't say a word, seized the opportunity, and gave the Knife Society a fellow.

If it weren't for Mai Ke's rescue, the main leaders such as Liu Lichuan, Zhou Lichun, and Zhou Xiuying, as well as the main force of the rebel army led by them, would have been slaughtered by these warships!

When these warships came to China, they also brought 1,000 elite infantry, who could serve as marines in the navy and also on land combat missions such as siege and fortification.

These people have now become the garrison of the leased land.

These regular soldiers, plus about 2,000 patrol officers of the leased land, the total strength of the leased land reached 3,000!

And that's not even counting the amateur fighters, it's the ruffians and hooligans.

Although they are not a big fight, when the wind is smooth, their combat effectiveness cannot be taken lightly!

Just now, these people participated in the attack on the Little Knife Society, and it was not until Mizuhara Su showed his magic powers, destroyed the French fleet in one fell swoop, and caught fire at the leased site, that they fled back to the leased place.

What they don't know is that it's no longer a safe haven and that they can no longer be sheltered.

Since this concession is angry and resentful, it is necessary to see the opportunity to destroy it.

And this knife will revolt, providing just such an opportunity.

Therefore, in addition to overthrowing the rule of the Manchus, the eradication of these leased land authorities, which were extremely popular with anger, was also a serious goal.

Therefore, after Mai Ke sent a few fires to the French Concession, he left them alone and let the fires burn for a while longer. Mai Ke thought in his heart that if they let these unrighteous people taste the taste of being burned by fire, they might be able to open their minds, repent and avoid the punishment of eternal fire.

It was not until the rebels occupied the whole city of Shanghai and dealt with the warships that left the water that they turned back to deal with the French in the concession.

Looking at the leased land, the original fires that started are still burning there, but the area affected is seven or eight times larger!

In particular, the leased office building, the high-end western-style building area where the French live, and the best hotel for the evacuees, the fire is still raging!

The people who were burned screamed and the sound was loud.

After looking at it for a while, everyone thought it was a little weird!

The fire had been burning for half an hour, but the buildings were still standing, and none of them had collapsed!

The flames are still burning in the sky, and it seems that those flammable materials are constantly supporting the fire!

Even those who were burned by the fire and screamed miserably, and they were still those people, who seemed to be particularly tenacious, and their cries were still strong.

Yang Xiuqing and Mai Ke made a little communication, reported that the fire element was weird, and decided to take the opportunity to occupy the French Concession!

Yang Xiuqing and Liu Lichuan whispered a few words, and then, the west gate and the north gate were opened at the same time, and two thousand volunteers rushed to the French Concession in the north of the city, and four thousand volunteers rushed to the new area of the French Concession in the west of the city.

Wang Shixun, who hated these French people very much, naturally became the leader of the party and charged all the way!

When they reached the place where the fire was burning, the people saw a clearer picture.

It turns out that these fires of fire elements are all spontaneous combustion!

In other words, its fire and continuous burning do not depend on other conditions!

In other words, it doesn't matter if there is flammable material or not, it doesn't matter if there is air or not, it has all the conditions for combustion!

And these conditions are unlimited, that is, there are no restrictions on when and when to burn, and it is entirely determined by the will of the person who started the arson!

However, the effect of this original fire not only retains the role played by all other flames, but is also more powerful and obvious!

In other words, the burning sensation of the burned person will be several times that of ordinary natural fire!

Mai Ke has been paying close attention to the operation of the fire element, and naturally he also learned about the relevant situation as Yang Xiuqing and others walked into the fire source.

He suddenly remembered Mu Yuansu's scene, and immediately gave instructions to Yang Xiuqing, so that these six thousand righteous troops gradually approached the burning flames!

He expected in his heart that since those who have a high degree of adaptability to xylenin can be professionals who manage and use xylenin, then the same is true for ignemine!

He's going to find people who can adapt and form the Fire Primordial Camp!

The initial establishment is also 3,000 people!

As a result, this method really worked, and in a short time, 3,000 people were found, and the adaptability reached more than 80%!

According to Lingxi's movement, the fitness and names of these people were all sent to Mai Ke.

Mai Ke took a cursory glance and found that the tallest one of them reached eighty-two degrees, and his name was also very interesting.

Flame Flame!.

(To be continued......)