There are many things that are difficult to say in front of the Citi people, and Wu Jianzhang can only go upstairs to see his family first. The three foreigners learned that Han Xiufeng was an official sent by the Qing court to take over the Jianghai Customs, and that Wu Jianzhang was no longer a Taoist, so they didn't dare to delay for a moment, and hurried to tell the Consul Citi.

Han Xiufeng was happy that they went to report the news, otherwise how would a few foreigner consuls know that the Jiang Customs supervisor had been replaced, and saw the three foreigners go back to the study.

Lin Qingyuan always thought that Han Xiufeng was a long-haired man from Jiangning, but he never thought that such a young Han Xiufeng would be a senior official of the imperial court, and he followed the study nervously under Zhang Guangsheng's signal, and knelt down with a pop as soon as he entered the door.

"Master Han, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, if the little one had known that you were the new superintendent of Jiang Customs, he wouldn't have dared to ask you for money if he was killed......

"Those who don't know are not guilty, not to mention that the acting supervision of Jiang Customs is also a matter of the past two days. We just recognized that I was still the superintendent of the Jiang Customs at that time, so stop kneeling and get up and talk. ”

"Master Xie Han."

Han Xiufeng pointed to the chair and motioned for him to sit down, and asked with interest, "How did Lord Wu come out?" ”

Thinking that "selling chicken shuang" is no longer a platform, and it is useless to take the opportunity to help rescue the "selling chicken shuang" thigh, it is better to use the reason that he helped to translate for a few days before to slap the person in front of him, Lin Qingyuan hurriedly said: "Master Han, after the consul of Citi received the letter we brought out for Lord Wu yesterday, he originally planned to send two hundred soldiers from the warship anchored in the Huangpu River to the city to snatch Lord Wu out, but he was worried that this would hinder 'neutrality', damage the reputation of their Citigroup, and leave a voice. So in the morning, it was decided to send Hall and Smith to visit and let them act as they could. ”

"And then?"

"Later, I went into the city with them and went to see Liu Lichuan first. Liu Lichuan remembered that Master Wu was a fellow villager and was afraid of foreigners, so he helped us greet the guards of the Guangdong Guild Hall. We rushed to the Guangdong Guild Hall, asked Lord Wu to take off his official uniform, put on his current outfit, and walked out of the guild hall in such a big way.

The guards of the Guangdong Hall were all Cantonese, so naturally they would not stop them, and asked if they wanted to help escort them out of the city. We knew that the Fujian Gang wanted to kill Lord Wu, and we were worried that we would run into the Fujianese, so we politely refused their kindness, walked around the city a few times to avoid the patrolling Hui Party, walked to the north city wall, and used the long strip of cloth to go out of the city, and then went to Yan Matai's house, not far from the north gate, to borrow a sedan chair, and let the sedan chair man carry Lord Wu back. ”

"So it goes well?"

"It's quite smooth, but at that time, I really didn't know the bottom of my heart, Hall and Smith were not afraid, after all, they were foreigners, even if they were discovered by the Fujian Gang, they were not afraid. I'm not like them, I'm scared to death, and my legs are still shaking. ”

"That's right, Lord Wu has to thank you."

"Master Han, I'm ...... At first, I didn't know that Hall and Smith would rescue Lord Wu like this, thinking that they were calling to be interpreters. If I had known they would do this, I wouldn't have gotten to death. ”

Looking at Lin Qingyuan's palpitations, Han Xiufeng thought to himself that those two Citi people were really bold, and the Citi consul asked them to "act at the opportunity", and they actually brought the "chicken seller" out of the chaotic party nest. It's not so much audacity as recklessness.

Just as I didn't know what to say, there was a rush of footsteps outside, followed by the sound of a foreigner's password. Han Xiufeng walked to the window and looked, only to see dozens of foreigners! It's not the foreign guns who practice in the racecourse, but the Citiers who are in full swing. They were well-trained, their pace and gun-wielding movements were uniform, and at the behest of a leader, they surrounded the garden in the blink of an eye.

Although Datou and Chen Hu fought hard with Changmao, they had never seen this formation, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so they held the foreign gun in front of the foyer under Zhang Guangsheng's reminder.

On China's territory, surrounded by a group of foreigners' soldiers and threatened by foreigners, the more Han Xiufeng thought about it, the more angry he became, and said coldly: "Mr. Lin, please help me ask what they want to do." ”

Lin Qingyuan was also frightened, and said in a reluctantly stated: "Master Han, the Consul of Citi Marshali lives next door, he should be worried that you will lock up Lord Wu, so he sent troops here." ”

"Let's go ask first."

"Yes, the little ones will go."

I don't know if there is a foreigner's support, "Selling Chicken Shuang" suddenly has confidence, Lin Qingyuan just walked out of the study, he followed in accompanied by Huang Yunsheng, and as soon as he entered the door, he smiled and said: "It's a sin to make Brother Han wait for a long time." ”

"Brother Wu said this, sit, let's sit down and say."

"Brother Han, Wu was deceived by Liu Lichuan, Li Shaoxi and Li Xianyun and other chaotic parties. Shanghai fell, Yuan Zhixian was martyred, and Jianghaiguan was destroyed, and Wu could not escape the blame. I should have hurried to ask the governor for my guilt, but Wu couldn't just leave! ”

"What are Brother Wu's plans?" Han Xiufeng looked at him with a smile and asked.

As soon as he thought of Liu Lichuan and others, Wu Jianzhang said hatefully: "I treat them as fellow villagers, but they don't treat me as fellow villagers, not only do they commit chaos but also want to harm my life, this revenge is not revenge, and it will not be a person!" Brother Han, can you help Wu say a few kind words in front of Xiang Shuai and Lord Xu, let Wu redeem himself, help the officers and soldiers recover Shanghai, and exterminate this gang of chaotic parties! ”

The taste of being pitted by fellow villagers was uncomfortable, Han Xiufeng believed that his words were from the bottom of his heart, so he pretended to ponder for a moment, raised his head and said: "Brother Wu, believe it or not, Xiufeng never thought of robbing the Jiang Customs to supervise this errand, not only did he not think about it or even avoided it, but now he can't do this supervision." Since you have to do it, you can only do it hard, and Xiufeng doesn't have Brother Wu's 'Tongyi talent', if you want to do this errand well, you can't do it without Brother Wu's help, so Xiufeng should be the person who doesn't want Brother Wu to be dismissed and arrested. ”

Wu Jianzhang wants to take revenge and does not want to rely on foreigners for the rest of his life, after all, he can't hide for a while, unless he doesn't even want his ancestors, he left his hometown to go to the South Seas and even the West, he looked at Han Xiufeng's sincere expression, and took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve.

"As long as Brother Han helps Wu to speak well to Xiang Shuai and Master Taiwan, as long as Wu can stay and atone for his crimes, Wu will definitely help Brother Han."

Han Xiufeng generously took the silver ticket, and immediately got up and said: "Brother Wu, this is the submission that Xiufeng just wrote to Lord Xu, I bother you to look at it, if there is nothing missing, Xiufeng will send someone to send it to Lord Xu." ”

Wu Jianzhang couldn't understand the official documents, and subconsciously looked at Huang Yunsheng. Huang Yunsheng relieved himself, hurriedly bowed down, and then walked to the desk and took a closer look.

Wu Jianzhang was captured by the rebellious party, Han Xiufeng did not help to hide it, but reported it according to the truth, which made Huang Yunsheng a little disappointed. However, seeing the customs affairs of the Jiang Customs and the customs clearance regulations of various countries promulgated by the consuls of England, France and Citigroup, Han Xiufeng wrote a special account of the importance of Wu Jianzhang, and it was very difficult to levy this tariff without Wu Jianzhang coming forward to negotiate.

Huang Yunsheng had just told Wu Jianzhang in Cantonese what Han Xiufeng had written in the submission, and Han Xiufeng held the teacup and said with a smile: "Brother Wu may not know that Qiao Songnian, the new prefect of Songjiang, was a good friend of Xiufeng when he was in the capital, and Xiang Shuai, the minister in charge of military affairs in Jiangnan, was from Ba County and was the same township as Xiufeng. Xue Huan, Liu Cunhou and others, who worked under Xiang Shuai, were either Xiufeng's fellow villagers or Xiufeng's friends. Xiufeng didn't dare to pack the ticket on the side of the master of the Taiwan, but Xiufeng on Xiang Shuai's side could still speak. ”

"Great, this is Brother Lao Han!" Wu Jianzhang hurriedly arched his hand.

"Friendship is friendship, but if you want to keep Brother Wu safe, friendship alone is not enough. Let's put it this way, suppressing bandits and quelling chaos is the top priority of the imperial court, and suppressing bandits and quelling chaos cannot be without food. As long as Brother Wu can recover the taxes payable by those foreign merchants, Xiang Shuai will no longer have to worry about food, not only will he not embarrass Brother Wu but will also keep Brother Wu safe! ”

"Brother Xie Han mentioned something, Wu will go to a few consuls to negotiate."

"Brother Wu, you have just come out of danger, no matter how urgent your official business is, at this moment, Xiufeng has something to ask."

"What's the matter?"

"As the saying goes, the clerk and the official seal are private, can Brother Wu hand over the seal supervised by the Jiang Customs to Xiufeng?"

Referring to the official seal, Wu Jianzhang said with a bitter face: "Brother Han, Wu is about to tell you about this, the seal supervised by Jiang Customs was snatched away by the chaotic party, and I don't know if it was destroyed by the chaotic party, even if it is not damaged for a while, he will not come back." ”

Han Xiufeng's head was bigger, and he suddenly got up and said, "Brother Wu, for you and me, the official seal is life, no, it is more important than life!" ”

"I know, but it's not ...... Brother Han, I still have an official seal of the Changzhou Cao Yun Envoy, can I use the official seal of the Cao Yun Envoy to replace the customs seal of the Jiang Customs Supervision first, and still levy tariffs according to the old system. ”

"It's only like this, it's just that the official seal is lost, how to explain to the court!"

"I have to bother Brother Han to help me deal with it......"

"That's it, who made me unlucky to be on this errand." Han Xiufeng stuffed the silver ticket into his sleeve, sat down and said, "It seems that I have to write a letter to Xiang Shuai quickly, it is not a trivial matter that Guan Shuai loses it, and no one can save you if Xiang Shuai does not come forward." ”

"There is Brother Lao Han, this great kindness, Wu is unforgettable." Wu Jianzhang realized that 10,000 taels just now was not enough, and the 10,000 taels that Huang Yunsheng had given before was still not enough, so he took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve.

Wu Shengsheng had said before that Wu Jianzhang's net worth was not tens of millions of taels but also five or six million taels, which was simply rich and rivaled the country, and the money he received was "robbing the rich and helping the poor" in Han Xiufeng's eyes, not only did he accept it happily, but he got up again after thinking about it and said: "Brother Wu, Xiufeng will help you write a letter to Xiang Shuai, and after writing it, I will bother you to send someone to send it quickly." ”

Wu Jianzhang couldn't hear the meaning of Han Xiufeng's words, and knew that Han Xiufeng not only asked him to send someone to deliver the letter, but also asked him to send someone to send money to Xiang Rong, so he hurriedly said: "Brother Han, don't worry, Wu can ask Mr. Huang to run in person." ”