Chapter 429: Lin Zexu
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When encountering other merchant ships, Liu Fei's fleet will naturally slow down, but this time Liu Fei has no plans to go back with other warships, sometimes, it is a good thing to show his strength at the right time, not to mention, Liu Fei is going to make a deal with the new governor of Liangguang and the minister of the Qincha this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
So Liu Fei's huge fleet went straight ~ ~ into Guangzhou City, about three years later, Liu Fei's fleet had come to the port of Guangzhou City, and had to, Liu Da's efforts in the past two years were quite good, the Chinese Empire, the blood-colored dragon flag, these things are spread among the people who run and live on the sea, so even if many merchant ships see such a huge fleet, although they are avoiding, they are not afraid.
Moreover, many merchant ships also took the initiative to salute Liu Fei and their fleet with flags, and the word of mouth was made, and it seemed that Liu Fei and they were doing a good job. However, Liu Fei naturally did not directly let the fleet move towards the port, this is not a merchant ship, this is a fleet, if Liu Fei leans directly over, I believe that Lord Lin will not mind directly letting the shore artillery on the shore fire at Liu Fei.
So when it was about 10 kilometers away from the port of Guangzhou City, that is, twenty miles, Liu Fei stopped the fleet, he believed that Guangzhou City should be able to react soon, Liu Zhiwen and others naturally knew that Liu Fei had arrived, but now Liu Fei's industry in Guangzhou, although Liu Fei did not care, but Liu Zhiwen was already the largest maritime merchant in Guangzhou, and there was no one.
The so-called Thirteen Lines of Guangzhou are basically unable to compete with Liu Fei's industry, but Deng Tingzhen, the governor of Liangguang, naturally knew that this was Liu Fei's industry, but Liu Fei's cannon was still deeply engraved in Deng Tingzhen's mind, so after Lin Zexu took office, when Liu Fei's question was asked, Deng Tingzhen directly took Lin Zexu to see the traces left by the original shelling.
There is no doubt about the powerful artillery, so whether it is Deng Tingzhen or Lin Zexu, they all know that the prince, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, does not want to do anything to this country, nor does he want to do anything to Guangzhou, otherwise, it will not be like this, so whether it is Deng Tingzhen or Lin Zexu, what Liu Fei did, that is, buying and selling people, directly turned a blind eye, after all, these people can't survive if they stay in the country, right?
What about giving them a way to live, and what the other party buys is not only young and strong, but also children, as well as the elderly, even sick, disabled, and so on will buy, as long as the other party is willing to go over there, this kind of behavior makes Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen can't figure it out, and even they went to ask Liu Zhiwen, because Liu Zhiwen's identity is naturally not a secret in the eyes of Lin Zexu.
It's just that after asking, Liu Zhiwen's answer made Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen a little silent, or couldn't believe it, Liu Zhiwen's answer was that Liu Fei didn't think about what to buy at all, he was just picking those who couldn't survive, buying them, and then giving them a way to live, even if they arrived in the Chinese Empire, they would not be allowed to be slaves, but would give them land.
No matter how Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen don't believe it, but the other party has already done it, you know, buy one or two disabled people, sick and elderly, they can be a show, but the sum of what the other party bought is almost tens of thousands, this is not a show, and when you buy it, the price given is not low, no different from normal people.
Therefore, although Lin Zexu has never seen that prince, the other party has also left an extremely deep impression in his heart, of course, this does not mean that Lin Zexu agrees with some of Liu Fei's methods, but now he has no way, so he can only turn a blind eye.
"Lord Lin! Lord Lin! Something happened! Lin Zexu, who was in the yamen, was suddenly startled by a rapid scream, he directly put down the book in his hand, went out and asked, "What's the matter!" Panic, what a system! Slowly! ”
"Yes...... Be...... Lord Lin! Fleet! What a big fleet! The guard had obviously come all the way, and said breathlessly.
"Don't panic, what fleet? Whose fleet is it? As soon as Lin Zexu heard the word fleet, he immediately said with a solemn face.
"Yes...... It's the Ming ...... The fleet of the Ming Dynasty, the blood-colored dragon flag! The guard spat out a word quickly. Hearing these few times, Lin Zexu was stunned for a moment, and then his face immediately became serious, "Quick, go and inform Master Deng Tingzhen and let him come to my house." Lin Zexu said directly.
"Oh, no, in this case, you go and inform Lord Deng and let him go directly to the docks, and we will also go to the docks now." Lin Zexu called the person back again and gave the order again.
Soon, Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen used binoculars to see the huge fleet on the sea, only less than 20 miles away, plus they were still high on the shore, it was easy to see the huge fleet.
"Lord Deng, what do you think this is?" Lin Zexu looked at Deng Tingzhen, who was a little weak next to him, and asked.
"Lord Lin, I don't think the other party is necessarily malicious, if it is malicious, it is estimated that it will rush up directly, and there is no need to stay on that sea." Deng Tingzhen looked at Lin Zexu and said.
"Well, I know this, although the strength of their navy is strong, but the navy cannot decide everything, and I believe that they will not dare to go to war with us." Lin Zexu pondered for a moment, and then said directly, Deng Tingzhen opened his face, thinking about something, and finally held back. Deng Tingzhen thought of the other party's powerful firearm. Although the Qing government also has muskets, can they compare with the other side's? There is no comparison at all, as long as there are 3,000 people on the other side, it is no problem to sweep through the two wides, as long as the opponent's musket bullets are enough.
However, Lin Zexu has not seen it with his own eyes, Deng Tingzhen is not much more, besides, Liu Fei's fleet may not come here to fight Guangzhou City, if it is really the idea of attacking Guangzhou City, I am afraid that the other party does not even need to send infantry, just this city, how many soldiers you come to die, unless you give up the entire Guangzhou City.
"Let's go to sea." After pondering for a long time, Lin Zexu spoke directly.
"Yes." Deng Tingzhen didn't have any opinions, he knew that he had to meet with the other party, if the other party didn't sail to the shore, this was obviously waiting for them to pass, otherwise, the other party would have sailed directly to the port, and they didn't have a ship to stop the other party.
Not only Lin Zexu and the others were shocked, but even the foreigners in Guangzhou City were also shocked, and they didn't know who the fleet outside was, but it would definitely not be the British fleet, nor would it be the fleets of Spain and other countries. Liu Fei is waiting for Lin Zexu here, since he came with the fleet, it is impossible for Liu Fei to go ashore directly.
And Lin Zexu may be a national hero, but Liu Fei believes that Lin Zexu is also a so-called person loyal to the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, so Liu Fei doesn't want to have any conflict with Lin Zexu in this regard. After waiting at sea for a while, sure enough, the other party soon had two boats sailing here, and it was not until these two boats arrived at Liu Fei's side that Liu Fei asked people to invite the two up, along with their entourage, of course.
Seeing this historical celebrity at first sight, Liu Fei was still a little curious, why, it was not the same as Liu Fei imagined, Lin Zexu's body was a little fat, and he was not very tall, at most only about 1.72 meters, with a beard, he felt like a person in his sixties, and Liu Fei didn't know the specific age, he was wearing an official robe, and it was not as glamorous as what he played on TV.
The dyeing technology of this era is actually different from the dyeing technology in later generations of TV, and the overall color tends to be dark.
"Lord Lin." Liu Fei smiled and arched his hand at Lin Zexu, he was here to talk about business, and he didn't want to embarrass Lin Zexu.
"Mr. Liu." Lin Zexu also arched his hand at Liu Fei, and shouted directly, and he still used the name of the foreigner, not other names. Liu Fei didn't care, shrugged his shoulders, anyway, in modern times, Mr. Liu Fei is used to the title.
"You two may be seated." In the cabin, Liu Fei prepared chairs for Deng Tingzhen and Lin Zexu, including the entourage behind them. "I haven't seen Lord Deng for a long time, how are you doing?" Liu Fei greeted Deng Tingzhen again.
"Thanks to Gongzi Liu, he is in good health." Deng Tingzhen opened his mouth and said, but his voice didn't look like he was in good health, but Deng Tingzhen was a bit interesting, he didn't see the outside like Lin Zexu, but called Liu Fei and Liu Gongzi, at least this title is a Chinese orthodox title, right? I remember the last time Liu Fei came over, Deng Tingzhen seemed to have called His Royal Highness Liu Fei to come down?
"I don't know what Mr. Liu is here, why is it important? And with such a large fleet? After Lin Zexu finished greetings, he went straight to the point, picked out the topic clearly and asked, while asking, he was still staring at Liu Fei.
"I'm here to do business." Liu Fei said lightly.
"Doing business? Do you want to take a battleship with you to do business? Lin Zexu pressed forward step by step.
"Of course, the sea is not very peaceful now, I believe that Lord Lin will not be lonely and smell like this, and think that there are no pirates on the ocean, and there are no other problems, right? Or do you think that it is okay to do business directly on a merchant ship, and others will not blush when they see your things, nor will they come up to snatch your things, nor will they bully you? Liu Fei directly and coldly asked a series of rhetorical questions.
Lin Zexu's attitude made Liu Fei a little unhappy, these Qing Dynasty officials are afraid that they will be so tight to the Chinese, and they may not be the same for those foreigners, of course, Lin Zexu may not be that kind of person, but this still cannot be changed is that even if he personally insists on it is useless, the strength of the whole country is here, for a while, the atmosphere between the two became solemn, Liu Fei and Lin Zexu stared at each other.
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