The resistance that Feng Yunshan encountered came from the Eighteenth General. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Eighteen is a general term, in fact, it is divided into internal and external total.

There are a total of eight in total, and they are the eight streets that were established when the city was first built, that is, from one to eight.

Outside the ancient city, along the Xiangjiang River lined up ten wharves, has the wharf behind the wharf supporting ancillary facilities, from the ninth to the eighteenth.

In fact, the origin of this general word is because at that time, every such street had a general shift room, called a general shop, which was used by those who worked on the night guard.

These general shops are referred to as total, and over time, this general word not only represents a general shop, but also represents the street where the house is located.

And this sum of the facilities and streets it represents, especially the wharf located on the bank of the Xiangjiang River, has been occupied by some powerful merchants and has become their territory, and the specific general has become the representative of the individual merchant or a firm or a group of merchants.

For example, a high-rise building, or a well-known institution, its influence is far from being comparable to the original general shop.

In particular, businessmen pay attention to grouping, and generally businesses divided by geography will gather together, such as Jin merchants and Hui merchants.

After a long time, this kind of regional chamber of commerce has the upper hand, and its strength greatly exceeds that of those businessmen who pick up orders.

Therefore, the ten general areas along the Xiangjiang River are all occupied by the regional chamber of commerce.

Merchants were profit-seeking, and they preferred to take risks for the sake of profit, so when the Celestial Army and the Manchu forces fought on a large scale, they tried to get their own net worth and life to a safe place.

Of course, this kind of security is all settled by themselves, and whether it is really safe or not is another matter entirely.

In the eyes of those big businessmen, Zeng Guofan Zeng was the safest guarantee, and Xiangtan, not far from Changsha, was naturally the best choice, and even safer than Changsha, after all, Changsha was the center of conflict.

Therefore, they moved their worth to Xiangtan and concentrated in the outer ten general areas.

Within the scope of each general block, each representative urban building has been built, such as the Nine Dragon King Temple, the Ten Thousand Longevity Palace, the Eleventh Guanguan Temple, the Twelfth South China Theater, the Thirteenth Huanglong Temple, the Fourteenth Bright Circle Palace, the Fifteenth Haihui Temple, the Sixteenth Luban Palace, the Seventeenth Guanyin Pavilion, and the Eighteenth Tangxing Temple.

The characteristics of the city of Xiangtan in the Qing Dynasty are summarized as "the streets are divided into ten generals, and the merchants are divided into seven gangs", of which the ten totals are nine to eighteen total ten streets, and the seven gangs are the seven chambers of commerce of Guangdong merchants, Hui merchants, Jin merchants, Zhejiang merchants, Su merchants, Shanghai merchants, and Hunan merchants.

Among them, the Hunan merchants are actually the family of Zeng Guofan and the power of the local government, in the old nest of the Zeng family's army, of course, the most powerful, in the ten docks, the Hunan merchant family occupies four, and they are all in the middle position, that is, the twelfth total, the thirteenth total, the fourteenth total, and the fifteenth total.

Now one of the nests of the Hunan army has been attacked by the heavenly army, and the place they thought was safe is no longer safe, and all the lives of their families are not guaranteed.

Zeng Dingzun is resourceful, and naturally he will not let these unprofitable businessmen stay out of the matter!

In addition to giving them the necessary help, they were also assigned tasks to the various chambers of commerce.

Their job is to make sure that their own one is always lost!

If anyone fails to defend well and loses their own defense area, all the businesses in the neighborhood will be wiped out!

This punishment is so severe that it is equivalent to a heinous sins.

However, Zeng Dingzun naturally has a reason and necessity to do so.

Because once the first general is lost, let the heavenly army enter through that opening, all the other general will collapse on all fronts!

The collapse of the whole line will inevitably lead to the loss of the whole city, and hundreds of thousands of people in the whole city will face the threat of death.

Consider the consequences. Zeng Dingzun had to severely suppress the unguarded firms.

The need for their own safety and the harsh order to defend the city as a whole made every chamber of commerce desperate!

As soon as they work hard, they will inevitably spend money desperately.

After all, any businessman who makes a lot of money is a smart person and knows the care between spending money and saving his life.

The more money they spend, the safer their lives will be, and spending money is directly proportional to saving their lives.

As long as you are willing to spend money, there are more people, more weapons and equipment, and the quality is greatly improved.

Therefore, a large number of people gathered in each headquarters, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were piled up.

Since these people have received a large amount of money to support their families, they do not think about it, and when they receive money for their lives, of course they have to sell their lives.

The merchants also knew that this was their last stop, and all their money was here, because they had all made up their minds to die here!

The determination to die, the abundance of men and weapons, formed a huge force!

Therefore, the sailors under Feng Yunshan's command collided with them hard!

Of course, the Heavenly Army is stronger when it is strong, and it immediately goes all out to fight against these merchants!

The entire Xiangtan has become a huge battlefield, with an all-out war in all directions, water, land and air!

At the same time, Zeng Guofan received an uninvited guest in Changsha!

It turned out to be Emperor Xianfeng!

He actually escaped from the battle between the two Huai.

After inquiry, Emperor Xianfeng told Zeng Guofan about his tortuous experience of escaping.

There is a eunuch by Xianfeng's side, whose name is Wan Zhongchen, who has no great ability, only loyalty.

He doesn't have any special skills, but he has one condition that he brings himself, that is, he looks very similar to Xianfeng!

He also has no flesh on his body, he looks skinny, and his already thin clothes, worn on him, are still dangling, and it seems that if he puts a person in it, he will not be too crowded and panicked.

At a glance, the weak body, as soon as a small wind blows, it will come down.

In fact, his vitality is quite strong, not only can the small wind not blow, but even the strong wind, blowing everyone else down, he will not fall!

That is, his life force is unusually strong!

On the way to escape, he saw that the situation was extremely critical, so he stepped forward quickly, knelt down in front of the emperor, kowtowed, and said: "Please forgive the slave and maid for offending! Take off your dragon robe and give it to me, let me pretend to be your golden body, and lead the enemy away, and the emperor will put on the clothes of the slave and maid, take the opportunity to fly away, and make a comeback!"