Coincidentally, as soon as Mai Ke finished the fifth east-west horizontal Mekong channel, he was discovered by the Qing Dynasty guards and reported to Wu Wenrong, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, who was inspecting here.

When Wu Wenrong heard this, he knew that this matter was not small, and it was quite strange, although the two subject countries of Lao Vortex and Myanmar were not very obedient, but because of the weak national situation, they rarely took the initiative to provoke incidents in history, what happened today, and such a big incident occurred?

Therefore, he summoned the main local officials, regardless of the darkness of the night, carrying lanterns and torches, and went to the place where the border incident occurred.

Speaking of this Yunnan-Guizhou Governor Wu Wenrong, he is also an extraordinary and outstanding person, especially known for being pragmatic and hardworking, not appreciating flashiness, and is a famous capable and virtuous official at that time.

The purpose of his trip was to get a real understanding of the actual life of these remote mountainous areas, especially the ethnic minorities, and to provide them with practical help, rather than to make some superficial appearances for the sake of his own political achievements.

At the same time, although he is already sixty years old, he still maintains a vigorous and resolute style, so whenever he encounters something, he immediately starts to act, and even walks on mountain roads at night.

Although there is a half-round waning moon hanging in the high sky, and there are torches in front and behind, it is still very difficult to walk on the mountain where there is no path at all, especially for Wu Wenrong, an old man who is already fifty-nine years old, and is a member of the imperial court, it is even more difficult.

As one of the nine highest Manchu feudal ministers, Wu Wenrong was the 59th governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and had previously served as the auxiliary governor of Jianjian, presiding over disaster relief and the distribution of relief materials on several occasions. He went to the disaster area to help the victims, and was promoted to this position last year.

Before reaching the border, there is a hill that you can climb to overlook the river below.

When everyone finally reached the top of the mountain out of breath, they were all stunned by the scenery in front of them!

On the other side of the border, Lao Vortex and Burma are all a world of brilliant lights! The street lamps, which are as bright as day, stand in rows on the new main river and branch channels, and take the place they pass. All are decorated into a unique pastoral garden crisscrossed with brilliant lights.

Wu Wenrong, who is already quite familiar with these places. A special closer examination of the main river that crossed the northernmost part of the border revealed that although it encroached on the territory of the Qing Dynasty in some places, it separated the territory of the old vortex in others. Rowed to the side of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore. A cursory look. The two sides are basically equal by complementing each other.

Of course, if you take care of it. There is always an excuse to bargain for greater benefits, and if the border issue is treated as a bargain and a price war is arbitrarily engaged, there are endless reasons to get away with it.

However, Wu Wenrong is by no means such a person! Therefore, at a glance, he knew that this was not a big problem! The other party did not have the intention of provoking disputes, and he himself was bent on the suffering of the common people, and he would not go out of his way to find trouble, but would increase the burden of the common people.

But as the highest-ranking feudal minister, he still pays attention to official authority and procedures, how can this Lao Vortex or Myanmar, which originally belonged to a subject country, make such a big move, not even say hello?

So he angrily asked the local officials to send someone to negotiate with the other party and ask them to come and make it clear!

As the governor of Yungui, it is already precious for him to be able to go to the border in person, his identity makes it impossible for him to go further at most, if he goes out of the boundary, then he will be in trouble, and he will be in big trouble!

In fact, he also wronged Mai Ke a little; Mai Ke did not want to avoid dealing with the Qing officials and act arbitrarily without their consent, but was afraid that he would fall into their procrastination circle and not be able to get out for a year and a half, and it would be too late for anything at that time.

If the Manchu Qing Dynasty still procrastinates, it doesn't matter, the thing has been done, you can do whatever you have to do, and you can do whatever you want, and you won't delay it.

Of course, Mai Ke did this, and he also prepared for the worst, no matter what countermeasures the opponent took, he was confident that he would be prepared to block it and cover it with water.

Although he knew that such an extreme situation was extremely unlikely.

Hearing that the representative of the other party said that the governor of Yungui had come to the front line in person and asked him to explain the matter clearly, Mai Ke was overjoyed.

What made Mai Ke overjoyed was that such a big official came, this Yungui Governor led the party, and to be honest, his words were much more in charge than the emperor of the Northern Longting!

And it came so quickly! It's really a bit of a "today's work is done today", which is unique in the Manchu officialdom!

At the same time, Mai Ke also felt that the other party's tone and attitude were very fair, rather than the meaning of conviction and crusade, which was very interesting! This was much better than Mai Ke's expectations.

If it were according to the normal situation, he could have asked Mai Ke to confess his guilt; if that was the case, Mai Ke would really be a bit difficult to do, and it would be difficult to choose - go, he could only confess his guilt; if he didn't go, how could he solve the problem?

Mai Ke was immediately invited, Bajie went with him, and Da Niu led ten guards, and that Xiang Ding had to go, Mai Ke pondered for a while and agreed.

As soon as the two sides met, they exchanged pleasantries, and they were not strangers.

Mai Ke knew that the governor was based on Wu Renxiao's intelligence, and there was such a capable and honest official among the Manchu Qing officials, and Wu Wenrong knew that Mai Ke had recently sent troops to Annam in order to defend the interests of the descendants of the Chinese and Han dynasties, and had achieved a brilliant victory!

Mai Ke's behavior won Wu Wenrong's approval and even admiration, and he wished that the person who swept his army into the heart of the enemy was himself!

When I saw it today, it turned out that it was the national hero I admired who came to the front, and his heroic heart knot was completely untied at once, and regardless of his identity as a first-class member, he immediately affectionately called Mai Ke a brother!

With this foundation, is that small border adjustment that is not a thing in the first place still a thing? Of course not, if it is also a good thing!

As a result, the two of them didn't mention these things at all, and Mai Ke mainly answered questions for the governor who was very curious and curious.

This Governor Wu's question is very detailed, covering a wide range of areas, and he will ask questions whenever he has them; Mai Ke is both macro and micro, rich in knowledge, and must answer all questions, and the more he talks about them, the closer they become, and before he knows it, the East has turned white.

There is such a record in the later history of the Heavenly Kingdom: At 7 o'clock in the morning of October 20, 1850, on an unnamed hill on the border of the Great Qing Dynasty and the Mekong Covenant Alliance, Mai Ke and Wu Wenrong married Jinlan.

Whether this is really the case, when the two parties were asked, they both laughed and did not say anything.

However, the meeting between the two ended happily, which is self-evident and well known.

As for the question of the border, no one has since mentioned it, but later, a large tract of land on the northern side of the main stream of the border, as on the southern side, has been connected to water, fruit trees, transportation and communications, and the mountain people there are no longer plagued by poverty.

And Wu Wenrong himself has won the best evaluation many times because of this political performance. (To be continued......)