There are not many Sichuan villagers in Beijing, and even fewer Sichuan villagers in Shanghai. However, the newly built Sichuan Hall did not become Han Xiufeng's private residence, but became a place for Sichuan soldiers to recuperate.

Xue Huan, Liu Cunhou, and Hu Songlin, father and son, brought more than 1,500 Sichuan soldiers from the Jiangnan battalion, and in just a few months, 76 were killed, 180 died of disease, and more than 30 ran away. The injured six thousand generals, alternate thousand generals, generals, foreign commissioners and seven Chongqing soldiers were all quietly sent to the concession by Liu Cunhou, leaving five hundred taels of silver for Han Xiufeng to take care of on his behalf.

More than a dozen wounded people came at once, and the big heads and others were busy.

Seeing that the most seriously injured alternate Qianzong was about to die, he hurriedly invited Lang Zhong. Lang Zhong was helpless, and with the idea of being a dead horse as a live horse doctor, he asked to go through the streets and alleys to preach under the guise of not charging a penny to help people see a doctor, but the people avoided the Citi missionary Yan Ma Tai to help heal, but he didn't expect Yan Ma Tai to really understand medical skills, and he actually pulled back Yu Qianzong who stepped into the ghost gate, and his injuries were getting better day by day.

The other wounded who originally did not dare to let the foreign monks see the doctor were also bold, not only daring to let Yan Ma Tai heal them, but also daring to take the foreign medicine given by Yan Ma Tai, regardless of whether the foreign medicine was practiced with the internal organs of a big living person.

Saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, Datou and Chen Hu and the others are elated one by one, and every time they see Yan Ma, they don't know how enthusiastic they are. Only Ren Yu'er was unhappy, and even as soon as she heard that Mrs. Yan Ma was coming, she hurriedly ran back to the house to hide, and bolted the door from the inside, for fear that Mrs. Yan Ma would be entangled again.

finally opened up the situation in the Sichuan Guild Hall, Yan Ma was too encouraged, how could he give up halfway, and if he couldn't find Ren Yu'er, he came to Han Xiufeng every day. And what he was going to do was so ridiculous that it was hard to speak, Han Xiufeng was so annoyed that he simply invited him into the small living room and patiently explained: "Mr. Yan Matai, Yu'er is my sister-in-law, not my own sister, even if it is my own sister born to a mother, I can't be the master of such a big thing, and I can't even mention it!" ”

"Why can't you mention it? Why can't you be the master? Yan Ma asked as she stared at him.

"I can't mention it because of the famous festival, you have been in China for many years, and you should have heard that the famous festival of Chinese women is sometimes more important than life." Seeing that Yan Ma seemed to understand or not, Han Xiufeng continued: "Men and women don't kiss, the defense of men and women is not just talking. A yellow flower girl like Yu'er who hasn't been out of the cabinet, let alone her feet, can't even show her arms easily. ”

"Really?"

"What are you lying about, this is in the concession, if it is in another place, if it is changed to a young lady from a rich and noble family, it is really a deep house, let alone talking to her, you can't even see her!"

"But you promised me, and you know how to bind your feet......"

"I promised you, and I know that foot binding is bad, but now is not the time to keep my promise. Besides, even if I can help you convince Yu'er, what will it do for you to do something. I had already been dismissed from my job, and I didn't stay long in Shanghai, and I asked her, and she was determined to go with me. If she goes with me, how can you convince other women through her? ”

"Your Excellency, I'll talk about other women later, I'm talking about Miss Yu'er now, you have a saying in China that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, if you can't even convince Miss Yu'er, then how can I convince other women?"

"But you don't just want her to let her go, you're going to let her have some kind of surgery!"

"Your Excellency, please trust Mr. Henry's medical skills, he is the best doctor I have ever met, and the anesthesia will be administered before the operation, Miss Yu'er will be as if she is asleep, and there will be no pain during the whole operation."

It's not a joke to go under the knife, not to mention that I have inquired a long time ago, the doctor Henry he said came to Shanghai because England couldn't get along, and it is said that in England because of the "operation" of disemboweling and caesarean section, Han Xiufeng didn't dare to let Ren Yu'er take this risk.

Just when he didn't know how to explain to the foreign monk in front of him, and didn't know how to make him a bastard, Su Jueming ran in and said, "Fourth master, Lord Wu is here, Lord Wu asks to see you!" ”

"Mr. Yan Matai, I still have something to do here, or let's talk later."

"Okay, I'll come back tomorrow."

Han Xiufeng thought to himself that you should not come again tomorrow, but it was just a thought, after all, a few injured fellow villagers upstairs still had to ask him to help with medical treatment, so they could only send him out of the hall with a smile.

Sent Yan Matai away, and walked into the easternmost study on the first floor with Su Jueming, and found that Wu Jianzhang, who had not seen him for more than half a month, had uncharacteristically put on an official uniform, and the top band was actually from the fourth grade.

"Brother Domp, ...... you are"

"Thanks to my brother, this level has finally passed. If it weren't for Xiang Shuai's protection, let alone donation, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to save my life. Wu Jianzhang arched his hand and made a deep gesture, thought about it and smiled embarrassedly: "I didn't plan to donate this named prefect, but if the name is not right, it is not good, if you don't donate a top belt, how can you lead the troops to quell the chaos." ”

Although Han Xiufeng hasn't gone out much these days, he has heard a lot of people say that he did the things during this time, not only burned down all the shops and houses outside the big and small east gates, but also personally led dozens of warships to bombard the county seat from the river together with Bo Chengsheng, the chief soldier of Langshan Town, and even personally led the troops to go ashore and kill all the way to the city of Shanghai.

Liu Lichuan must have hated him so much, and he must have regretted that he didn't want his life at that time.

Han Xiufeng couldn't figure out why he had become so loyal, but he still smiled and said, "It's okay, congratulations." ”

Wu Jianzhang was in a hurry to go back to attack Cheng, how could he sit down and drink tea, and said straight to the point: "Brother Han, I came here today to thank you, and I learned that I would meet you about something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"After you were murdered by a traitor and dismissed, the consuls of England, France, and the United States found out that you were actually a very good person to deal with, sympathetic to your plight, and even planned to hold a banquet to apologize to you. Thinking that it is not appropriate to go to the banquet at this time, I will not give someone a handle, so I will help you decline. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect that foreigners were also hindsight, so he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Brother Daopu, isn't it easy to deal with Basket Weiwen?" ”

"Basket Captain Wen...... It's not that Weiwen is not easy to deal with, but he said that one thing doesn't count. The surnamed Yang is domineering, putting on a high-minded posture, and foreigners have long seen him unpleasantly. has already spoken, he will come to the concession if he wants to negotiate, and if he doesn't want to negotiate, he won't use it! ”

Han Xiufeng suddenly realized that among the crimes impeached by Yang Nengge, the first was to accept bribes from Wu Jianzhang and help Wu Jianzhang get rid of his crimes. The emperor has already let Wu Jianzhang go, and he Yang Nengge actually holds on to it, Wu Jianzhang will naturally not be happy.

Just as he didn't know what to say, Wu Jianzhang said helplessly: "Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Marshali saw that the Jiang Customs had become a customs office specially set up for their Citi merchant ships, and he ordered Vice Consul Jin Nengheng to stop paying taxes, and in all respects, regard Shanghai as a free port. Vice Consul Kim Neng-hyung just issued a circular this morning, saying: At present, since the Chinese authorities have allowed ships from other countries to enter Hong Kong without making customs declarations or paying taxes to the Chinese Customs, US ships do not need to settle customs duties with the Chinese Customs when they leave Hong Kong. ”

Citi merchant ships do not pay taxes, and Jianghai Customs exists in name only!

Han Xiufeng almost dared to conclude that this was Wu Jianzhang's ghost, although Yang Nengge would be so anxious that he would not be able to explain to the court, but he was not happy at all, and was silent for a while before saying solemnly: "Brother Daopu, this is not a trivial matter, you and I can't make a distinction between public and private." ”

"Brother Han, where do you want to go, it's really none of my business, Wu Jianzhang. After all, he Yang Nengge wants silver, and I, Wu Jianzhang, want silver, and I don't have any money to pay those shipwrights and sailors, and what to take to help the sailors of Zhentai. ”

"So the consul of Citi can't withstand the constant pressure of the consuls of England and France, so he can only advance and retreat with them?"

"Not only are the consuls of England and France constantly pressuring, but the merchants of Citi are also making trouble, and if Mr. Marshali asks his own merchants to continue to settle customs and pay taxes according to the old practice, how will he, the consul, serve the public."

"Think about it, but you have to explain this matter to Lord Xu."

"I have already reported to Lord Xu, and Lord Xu has ordered the person surnamed Yang to go and negotiate with the consuls of the three countries as soon as possible."

Han Xiufeng asked curiously: "Will Yang Nengge come to the concession?" ”

Wu Jianzhang sneered: "He won't come, I heard that he asked Basket Weiwen to send an official document to the consuls of the three countries." ”

"If he doesn't come yet, how long does he want to delay?"

"The surname Yang is pretentious, and I estimate that even if he is dragged to the dismissal and investigation, he will not come to see the foreigners. At the moment of the great enemy, he does not pay attention to state affairs for the sake of false fame, if I am the official of the imperial history, I will definitely participate in him! Don't talk about this, Bo Zhentai is still waiting for me, go first, and wait two days to come to my brother to pay New Year's greetings. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, he Yang Nengge doesn't take state affairs seriously, we can't, Brother Daopu, I'll send you."

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At the same time, Yang Nengge, who was being troubled by the fact that the foreign merchant of Citi no longer paid taxes to the Jiang Customs, looked at the letter sent by someone in Beijing in the same year, and frowned tightly.

The owner was in a bad mood, and Master Chen didn't dare to squeak, so he stood quietly aside.

Master Wang had just come back from the Citi Concession to discuss the countermeasures with the new Songjiang Prefecture Haiphong Tongzhi and Jiang Customs Supervisor Basket Wei Wen, and he didn't know what was written in Jingxin, so he couldn't help but ask: "Dong Weng, what's wrong." ”

Yang Nengge threw down the letter, gritted his teeth and said: "Demote one level and transfer to Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River, and return to Beijing immediately to receive the certificate, and maybe be led by the officials!" The governance of the Yongding River is located in Gu'an, only a hundred miles away from the capital, and the same knowledge on the north bank of the Yongding River is similar to being a Beijing official. ”

"Dong Weng, do you mean that Han Xiufeng was demoted by one level and transferred to Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River?"

"Who else is there besides him, Xu Naizhao is obviously doing this for me, and he actually alarmed the Minister of Military Aircraft for a Han Xiufeng who was born as a donor."

"The Ministry of Works, the Military Aircraft Department, Peng Yunzhang, Lord Peng?"

"If it weren't for Peng Yunzhang, why would the surnamed Han be transferred to Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River." Yang Nengge knew very well that this was just the beginning, leaned over and picked up the letter and said, "You guys are busy with yours, I'll go find Gilhanga." ”

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