Chapter 36: The Two Ends of the First Mouse
87_87379The Boxers became more and more fierce, and the courage of the boxers became bigger and bigger, at first, the Boxers in Zhili did not dare to kill foreign devils, the reason was in Shandong, Juye Lesson Case, Zhu Honglan, and Eighteen Kui, all because they directly killed foreign devils, they were strangled by the imperial court.
The Boxers killed the devils in their mouths, but the two devils, that is, the two devils in their mouths, the actions of the Boxers were secretly concerned and promoted, the more Ermaozi killed, the more the gentry who promoted the Boxers, did not see the attitude of the imperial court, and the acquiescence of the imperial court made these people emboldened, and they set their sights on the railway of Zhili.
Two foreign engineers who participated in the construction of the railway were killed, and a section of the railway in Fengtai was destroyed, which worsened the situation. This is an infighting among the Chinese people, and even if it involves foreign missionaries, it does not touch the fundamental interests of the great powers, so they can ignore it.
But destroying the railway is different, the right of way of the Qing Railway is basically in the hands of the banks of various countries, the railroad is the lifeblood of the banks of various countries in the Qing Dynasty, touching the fundamental interests, it is time for money to command the gun, the warships of the great powers and countries continue to approach the Bohai Sea, there is an external threat, the court is not very harmonious, although the DPRK and China are fighting fiercely, but it is still fruitless.
The old lady who sat in the Forbidden City wanted to use the Boxers to sprinkle on the powers and improve her status in the eyes of the powers, and the backbone of the Boxers really wanted the throne, the Boxers were actually the product of the struggle for imperial power, and they could not get the support of the ministers of the Westerners, and the family who wanted the throne put their ideas on the Boxers.
The old ladies in the Forbidden City want to use the Boxers, and the family that wants to take the throne also uses the Boxers, and the Qing Dynasty in the world is not something that can be led by ministers who can understand the situation, and the royal hesitation undoubtedly fuels the arrogance of the Boxers.
"Strong man, ...... above"
The news that Li Dacheng got was provided by Jiang Huiyun, and the Di newspaper became the only information for Li Dacheng to calculate the overall situation.
"Trouble! Mr. Jiang, what do you think about opening a business outside Cangzhou? The business that supports our refugee camp! ”
Cangzhou Mansion still has a lot of wealth from Li Dacheng, and the salt in Jishen Erzhou and Hejian Mansion is still on the way! Li Dacheng is not afraid of the two ends of the first rat of the imperial court, what he is afraid of is the two ends of the first rat of Cangzhou Mansion, once Cangzhou Mansion bans its refugee camp, water transportation will be cut off!
"Strong man, ...... the court"
Silver is a good thing, but now life is more valuable than silver, once the imperial court begins to ban the Boxers, the practice of the Cangzhou Mansion is undoubtedly looking for death, and foreigners are not easy to provoke! How did Yuxian not become the governor of Sichuan? It's not because of a foreigner's words.
No matter what the status of the noble person on the other side is, it involves his own net worth and life, no matter how high his status is, it is useless! Now I'm still thinking about silver, I'm afraid that I won't have a life to spend it!
"Dare to ask Mr. Jiang, why did the Boxer Rebellion arise?"
Jiang Huiyun has signs of turning his face, Li Dacheng is very embarrassed, now is not the time to threaten the government with refugees, using force can only make the result worse, you need to use facts and reasoning to bring down Jiang Huiyun, with his support, there is also the support of Cangzhou Mansion, this master is the brain of Cangzhou Mansion.
"This ......"
"Can't answer? Don't think about it, think about the court! ”
"Big brother?"
"That's not right!"
"Galeries Lafayette?"
"That's not right!"
"Emperor?"
"Hmph...... Not stupid! The foreign devil wants to help the emperor play the new deal, which can touch the mold of Lafayette, and Lafayette's heart is angry, so he naturally wants to send it out.
Li Zhongtang went away to Guangzhou, Yuan Weiting avoided Shandong, Lafayette was unavailable, so he naturally wanted to use the Boxers; The old prince on the big brother's side wanted to push the big brother, the old prince's thoughts were similar to that of Lafayette, and he also wanted to use the Boxers.
The foreigners came, which one did Mr. Jiang think they would support?
The emperor's new deal is in line with the appetite of foreign devils! It's not over! ”
After Li Dacheng's words were finished, Jiang Huiyun couldn't help but be smart, this matter is troublesome, wading into a deadly pool of troubled waters, and now the first rat is at both ends, I am afraid that it will be more troublesome in the future!
"Strongman, what about the warships on the sea......
"Without Li Zhongtang and Yuan Weiting, there is still a Nie Shicheng in Tianjin in Tianjin, his Wuwei army is the essence of the Huai army, and the Dagu Fort is piled up with silver, and it is just that the naval battle is not won! If the land war is not won, which one will spare Li Zhongtang?
Didn't you say it in the newspaper? Gan's army is about to march into Beijing, why is this? Dong Fuxiang's Gan Jun is a brotherhood, at this time, why did Lafayette let Dong Fuxiang enter Beijing? ”
Whether you can get to the heart of Jiang Huiyun depends on this note, if you can't remember this, you will be in trouble on your side, and the water and land transportation that is easy to get up, without the support of Cangzhou Government, if you say that you are paralyzed, you will be paralyzed!
"Thank you for the strong man's order, from a high vantage point! It's just that the court is ......"
"Even if it takes time to ban it, let's change to a business name first, wait for a month or two, if it is really banned, the people here are also a merit!"
Li Dacheng's ruthless smile finally moved Jiang Huiyun, this is really good! Some things are just on the stick of a pen, help him because he is a refugee, kill him because he is a Boxer, and there is reason everywhere!
"The strong man is smart, how about the name of the firm is Qingfeng? Let's get some lottery too! ”
"Qingfeng...... Well...... Good! It's going to be this Qingfeng! Tianjin Wei's affairs, I'm afraid it's difficult, Mr. Jiang, someone is planning to go to Tianjin Wei in the near future, I don't know the ...... of this Qingfeng business."
"Repairing the treasury and providing relief to the victims is an errand in the prefecture and county, and the strong man can rest assured that it will be as usual!"
"Humph! I hope so! If things are done badly here, you and I and those in Cangzhou Mansion will not be pleased!
The situation here makes the above very happy! Now in this world, you can't do anything short of silver, and you can't do anything without silver, even if it's a prince! ”
Once again, Li Dacheng felt that Jiang Huiyun should be bluffed, the prince of the Zai family was a poor sour before, and the poor have a bizarre appetite for getting rich, and it is reasonable for those who come not to refuse and draw any money.
"Understood! Got it! I don't know when the strong man will set off? ”
"What, you still want to have an eighteen send-off? Come quietly, go quietly, just be calm! ”
"Understood! Got it! Leave! ”
"Don't send it!"
After sending Jiang Huiyun away, Li Dacheng also breathed a sigh of relief, this hurdle is considered to be in the past, but the silver is far from enough, and Beijing and Tianjin still have to go.
"Eighth child, is the tailor ready?"
"That's it! It's in the tent! ”
"Good! Get dressed and let's go for a walk! ”
After entering the tent, Li Dacheng put on the battle robe made by the tailor of Cangzhou Mansion, and glanced at his guard's ghost head knife, Li Dacheng smiled, this dress is pleasing!
"Old eight, what's the matter?"
"Hah, it's good-looking!"
A piece of clothing that can make a joke is not a good outfit, this is a jacket that Li Dacheng asked the tailor to use the cover of a sedan chair to make, and the red jacket is worn on a man, strange! Uncanny! With a pair of red scarves, this can be regarded as the serious attire of the Boxers.
With his own guards, he walked around the camp with a ghost-headed knife on his back, Li Dacheng also fought a bandit name 'Big Red Robe', at first the refugees called it 'Big Red Robe', but this name was not very good on the senior brother who rescued them, 'Big Red Robe' was good, word of mouth, and after a while, Li Dacheng's bandit name was also available.
"Uncle, why are you dressed like this? I didn't even recognize it, this face is powdered, right? Why is it so white? ”
Li Chengyou, who had just jumped off the boat, almost laughed when he saw Uncle Dacheng's appearance, this outfit was really funny.
"Laugh ass! I just can't recognize it!
During this time on your side, don't fight the flag of the Yellow River Boxing, and change a new business name called Qingfeng, and the silver obtained will be sent to Weishan if you have the opportunity, and sent to the Sun family compound if you don't have the opportunity.
Remember, you can't get in if you can't believe it, and don't let it out if you do! ”
Li Cheng has done a good job in the secrecy work of the Sun family's compound, and everyone who enters and leaves has someone to watch it! To flee is to seek death. After more than ten days of training, Li Cheng has grown up very quickly, and there is no way to fight against those old oilmen in the shopping mall, and he will lose money if he doesn't learn quickly!
"Uncle, the silver is not enough! Twenty boats of silver have been given to the Jiangsu side, and more forty boats of silver have been placed in the Sun family's compound on the Shanxi side, and the sum of these silvers is one hundred thousand!
When the salt on the road arrives, quadrupling is not a problem! Shall we still go to Beijing and Tianjin? ”
Chen Yan, who does not spend money for silver, Shanxi accounts for the majority, so much silver, Li Cheng could not have dreamed of it, Uncle Dacheng's appetite is too big, and Li Cheng is afraid of trouble.
"Not enough! At least add one more number! Tianjin Wei must go, but you don't have to go, take Dahe and Dafuku, manage our waterways well, and remember not to report your real name when you do business!
After I leave, you have to leave some people behind to maintain the refugee camp, if the gangs in Cangzhou Mansion come to make trouble, don't be polite to them, just destroy them! ”
"Got it! If you don't succeed, let Mr. Jiang make a move! ”
"That's right! If you don't succeed, you will borrow a knife to kill!
Go ahead! Remember! You must pay attention to confidentiality, it is not safe, and you would rather not have silver, and you can't expose the authenticity of the Sun family's compound! ”
After arranging Li Cheng's side, Li Dacheng began to think about going to Tianjin Wei's people, Cao Baofu's old Cao Yong must go, the battlefield is of great use, they are courageous, and with them, they will have the courage of the group, so they dare to play hand-to-hand combat.
Li Dahan and Li Dagou's men and horses must also be carried, Lao Caoyong can't do the work of the bar, and the harvest over there has to rely on these strong people to carry it, otherwise they can only watch others rob it.
Others don't need to bring it, there are already a lot of Boxers in Beijing and Tianjin, and there are many people who have died, and it's almost enough.
When I arrived in Beijing and Tianjin, it was no better than in Cangzhou Mansion, there were too many Boxers there, and many of them were supported by big people, if they wanted to be a big family, it was impossible to do so at a certain time, it was best to go in batches, Cao Baofu's old Cao Yong stayed in Tianjin Wei, and he took his young people into Beijing, so that Cangzhou Mansion and Beijing and Tianjin were connected into a line, and on the canals along the way, there were Cao Baofu, Li Dahe, and Li Dafu's manpower, as long as it was not a large number of officers and soldiers, no one could shake their own canal waterways.
With more than ten days of training and running-in, the Yellow River Boxing is also a very good Boxer, Li Dacheng dares to say that as long as it is not the Boxer Rebellion of the official army, none of them are the opponents of the Yellow River Boxing.
Red robes, red scarves, broadswords, and spears are the standard equipment of the Boxers, these Li Dacheng are ready, just waiting for Cao Baochu to vacate the river boat, at this time, he still has to listen to the news in front, after picking up the railway, the territory of Zhili is getting more and more chaotic.
Listening to the news brought back by the refugees, Li Dacheng found that it was much worse than the statement in the imperial court newspaper, and it was difficult to count how many people the Boxers had killed in Zhili, in fact, a large part of the previous killings were for one word, rob!
The Boxers who had just been formed, had no money or food, and survival was their most important goal, and they burned down a village at every turn, not only the officers and soldiers were doing it, but the Boxers were also doing it, they were doing it for money and food.
With the money and food to sustain their livelihood, they turned their goals to churches, houses, foreigners, and Ermaozi, killing and robbing, and entering Beijing and Tianjin is also their goal, but there are defenders in the capital, which has not been open to the Boxers, and now the Boxers can only enter Tianjin Wei, and they must be restricted.
Because of the pressure from the sea from the powers, the governor of Zhili seems to have opened an opening for the Boxers, and wants to use the Boxers to assist in the defense.
"Qian Laoba, you go to the second child and ask him to tell the two grandsons and the grandfathers, and leave tomorrow morning!"