Huang Zhongyin and Ji Yunfei's worries were actually superfluous, as soon as Han Xiufeng saw Yang Nengge's letter urging him to hurry up and negotiate customs affairs with foreigners, he saw that the surname Yang harbored evil intentions, and at the same time made up his mind to negotiate and negotiate, but he would never agree to any conditions from foreigners. If the negotiation does not produce a result, at most it will be "ineffective", and it will be a big deal to lose his position, and in any case, he must not be accused by thousands of people and lose his reputation.

He was ordered to visit the British, French, and American consuls again, but he still failed to see the main consul because of his lack of rank and official position, but the British vice consul did, but the vice consul did not talk about the tariff, but protested very seriously, claiming that the Qing army and the new Su Song Taidaotai not only sent soldiers and servants to frequently enter and leave the concession to arrest people, but also used violence and even killed people in the concession.

Although he felt that Xu Naizhao and Yang Nengge would easily provoke the foreigners by doing this, and it was not clear that the county seat of Shanghai would not be recovered, so they would fight with the foreigners first, but Han Xiufeng still said in righteous words that the concession was originally a place in China, and only the merchants and expatriates leased to them did business and lived, and the officers and soldiers and servants entered the concession to arrest the rebellious party, and they had no right to intervene.

The British vice consul was really unhappy, and when he saw that it didn't make sense, he simply stopped talking, and asked Han Xiufeng to hand over to Yang Nengge a protest document signed by the consuls of the three countries.

Yang Nengge saw the translated official document, listened to the director of the English Consulate who went with Han Xiufeng to report the negotiation with Ding Gui, put down the official document undeniably, and sent Ding Gui to urge Han Xiufeng to quickly negotiate the tariff.

Han Xiufeng could only go again, and if he couldn't enter the English Consulate, he went to the French Consulate to pay a visit...... It's just running left and right, and sometimes you can see the main owner, but most of the time you don't see it. Even if you can see it, either you don't talk about more than half a sentence, or you can't talk about one thing at all. You negotiate tariffs with others, and people protest against you who run to the concession to arrest people, or they don't open a pot and propose to renegotiate the land charter of the concession.

Just when Han Xiufeng was busy negotiating with the foreigners, Xu Naizhao and Gil Hang'a were not idle, and they actually transferred all the soldiers who could be transferred within a radius of two or three hundred miles, and counted the township warriors recruited and trained by the surrounding states and counties, and more than 20,000 people were transferred. Stationed in the south, west and north of the city, the so-called camps face each other, and the flags cover the sky.

At the same time, notices were posted everywhere, and if Liu Lichuan, Li Xianchi, Chen Alin, Lin Afu and other four people were captured, each of them would be rewarded with 1,000 silver oceans; If there are 16 people who capture Pan Qiliang and Xu Yao, each person will be rewarded with 500 silver oceans. and sent a fine work to infiltrate the county seat, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate and divide.

They even forced the merchants and merchants in the nearby cities to relocate in order to prevent the rebels from receiving help from them. However, even if the merchants and people in the south of the city and outside the small east gate and the big east gate all move out, it is useless, because the north of the city is next to the French concession, and no matter what kind of chaos is needed, they can go to the concession to buy.

What surprised Han Xiufeng a little was that the will on how to investigate "selling chickens" had finally arrived, under the protection of Xiang Rong

"Selling Chicken Shuang" was just dismissed, took off the top flower feather that he had donated with silver, and ordered him to wear the crime in the Jiangnan camp to self-efficacy.

It can be said that he has passed this level, and he can find a place to hide and enjoy leisure, or return to his old business and continue to work as a comprador to make a lot of money. As a result, after he sent his family back to his hometown in Guangdong on the British mail ship "Marywood", he actually let more than a dozen foreign ships hired by the imperial court in Shanghai and more than 30 red single boats hired from Guangdong in the first half of the year, together with the shipwrights and sailors, be incorporated into the naval division of Bo Chengsheng, the chief soldier of Langshan Town, and be responsible for attacking from Xiaodongmen and Dadongmen together with Bo Chengsheng.

Today officially started, Han Xiufeng originally planned to go and take a look, but after thinking about it, he still didn't go, so he just sat in the garden and waited for news while reading a book. Su Jueming's wound on his buttocks couldn't always be covered, so Chen Hu and the two brothers from the old Taiyong battalion carried him out and let him lie down in the shade of a tree to rest.

"Fourth Master, what about Miss Ren and Cuihua?" Su Jueming looked around and asked reluctantly.

"The big head accompanied her and they went out, and said they wouldn't come back at noon before leaving."

"Where did the big head take them?"

"Go to the racecourse to see how the house is built, and eat at the construction site at noon." Han Xiufeng said absentmindedly.

"It's good not to be at home, it's good not to come back." Su Jueming didn't want to be seen by the two women as he looked bare, so he moved his body and muttered: "Fourth master, I said why did Wu Xu get in touch with Master Xu, it turns out that he is also from Qiantang, Zhejiang!" ”

"I just know."

"I heard what Chen Hu said last night, otherwise I don't know until now." Su Jueming thought about it, and sighed again: "If you think about it carefully, the literary style of Qiantang in Zhejiang is really prosperous, and there are so many talents. The ones we recognize alone are Lord Xu, Wu Xu and Zhang Zhigao, and we don't know how many we don't know. ”

How could Han Xiufeng not know that he was having nothing to say, thinking that although he had made a mistake, he had already been taught a lesson, and he couldn't help but give him a good face, so he simply put down the book and said with a smile: "You don't want to think about what kind of place Qiantang is!" ”

"What kind of place is Qiantang?" Su Jueming asked subconsciously.

"Qiantang is the capital county of Hangzhou, and Hangzhou is the provincial capital of Zhejiang, with a long history and profound heritage, and this literary style is naturally prosperous. It is said that since the Shunzhi Dynasty to the present, Qiantang has produced more than 200 jinshi! I don't know how much Taizhou has produced, but our hometown Ba County is also a large county in Sichuan, but from the Shunzhi Dynasty to the present, there are only more than 20 Jinshi, and we have several states and counties in Chongqing Prefecture since the Shunzhi Dynasty to the present, and a Jinshi has not been released! ”

"There are more than 200 Jinshi masters in one county, so many!"

"Yes, I envy when I think about it, they all say that there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, if I have the opportunity, I must go to Hangzhou to see and see."

"Fourth master, if you go, you must take me with you, I haven't been there either."

"Bring your ......"

"Fourth master, I'm confused, I'm wrong, I don't dare anymore."

"The past is gone, just remember it for a long time in the future."

As he spoke, there was a rumbling sound of cannon fire from the south.

Chen Hu couldn't help but come over and said, "Fourth Master, let's fight, listen to the sound, this cannon should be fired from the river!" ”

Hearing the rumbling cannons, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but think of the scene of sticking to Wanfu Bridge, and muttered with a teacup: "Once you succeed, you don't know how many people will die today." ”

Anyway, it was someone else who went into battle, Chen Hu said heartlessly: "How can there be immortals in a war, but if you are killed by shelling, it is really a bit wronged, and you die without seeing who set off the cannon, isn't this just an unknown death, I don't know what to say when I see Lord Yama." ”

"Is it hard to be hacked to death with a knife?" Han Xiufeng glared at him, and couldn't help but ask, "Chen Hu, you went outside the city the day before yesterday to see it, do you think Lord Xu and they can capture it today?" ”

"There are many that cannot be attacked."

"Are you so sure?"

"Fourth master, it's not that you are depressed, but the chaotic party has not been idle these days, not only put so many cannons on the city tower, but also dug a lot of gun holes on the city wall, for fear of being discovered by the officers and soldiers, and also pasted paper on the outside of the gun holes. I estimated that the ladders of the officers and soldiers had not yet reached the city wall, and they would be beaten back by the rebels. ”

Su Jueming couldn't help asking: "Didn't Lord Xu ask Wu Jianzhang to buy foreign guns and cannons from foreigners?" ”

"Mr. Su, do you think Lord Xu has a lot of money, or is there a lot of money for the rebels? Before Xiao Wuzi left, he said that the silver in the hands of the chaotic party was millions of taels, and the chaotic party had begun to prepare before Lord Xu brought the troops, so he bought a lot of foreign guns and cannons with the foreigners! ”

"That's right." Han Xiufeng nodded, and couldn't help sighing: "Fighting a war is fighting silver, and this battle is really like spending money when it is fought." What the court lacks is silver, but those rebellious parties in the city now have silver, and I guess that if they don't run out of silver, this city will not be able to be captured. ”

The sound of gunfire became more and more dense, and even the south, west and north of the city could be heard. Han Xiufeng didn't want to just sit and wait, not only did he agree to go, but also asked him to bring a few brothers there, and if there was any news, he would send someone back to report it.