The one hundred and fifty-ninth undercurrent of the city of savings

Although he was sitting in a bamboo silk sedan chair, although there was a good-looking boy servant in the sedan chair who was fanning him, and Li Fengjie had just eaten a cold plum soup. I still feel hot. This official robe is hot and heavy on the body. He couldn't wait to take it off quickly, cool down, and loosen down.

He had just returned from Baietan, and he had attended a banquet held in a restaurant next to Baietan, which was nominally a "summer gathering," and of course there were no more elegant things to compose poems, essays, and sing songs. But the main topic at the banquet was how to "make money".

The banquet was mainly attended by the powerful local gentry. The state of war with the thieves and the ensuing crushing defeat made the gentry of the provincial capital very uneasy. There is not only the hedonistic aspect of this - not only has the gold cave of Ziming Mansion been closed, but also Australian goods have gradually disappeared from the market, which has greatly affected the quality of life of the old lady and the young lady.

This is also secondly, the economic impact of Lingao economy on Guangdong is multifaceted, and they have long used Guangzhou as a window for material procurement, so that the province has formed a lot of upstream and downstream industries that directly or indirectly rely on the operation of Lingao economy.

As a trade window, Guangzhou has many people who have profited from the industrial trade chain between Lingao and Guangdong. Now the hostility between Guangdong and Lingao has dealt a big blow to one of their profit channels, and no one can make any money - especially the upstream suppliers of Lingao's industrial system. They lost the opportunity to export, and the blow was especially heavy.

Nearly 100 iron-smelting factories in Guangdong have closed their doors, and a large number of workers have lost their jobs. In the past, the trading houses that trafficked in coal, timber, grain, and other raw materials for production have also suffered heavy blows.

Even downstream sellers are feeling the pain of losing their supply. Prices of Australian goods have skyrocketed, but few people are stockpiling large quantities. Even if there is enough inventory, sales volume will fall after the price increases.

In addition to the inconvenience of life and business losses, the gentry were also very dissatisfied with Wang Zunde's approach. Liu Xiang's Haikou government, which constantly disturbed the coast and robbed ships to extort money, was helpless, and the Australians, who honestly did business in Lingao and provided all kinds of good things, became the target of extermination - in their opinion, this was simply putting the cart before the horse, "provoking the border". Many people secretly instigated the officials of the province in Beijing, and they were active in the science and provincial officials and the imperial history, preparing for impeachment.

And some headless posters and pamphlets began to circulate in the provincial capital, adding to the discontent. Many yamen, government offices, and gentry residences were quietly thrown into the post. Some even posted it on the street. Many of the messages that came out of it not only made the gentry feel dissatisfied, but even incited the people. All kinds of rumors are spreading.

Looking at this, it is already a matter of time before the governor of Liangguang changes people. Li Fengjie began to leap forward with this position. But he knew very well that his plans would be challenged by Xiong Wencan—and Xiong Wencan's saints were much better than him.

From all aspects, Lao Xiong is more sure than himself if he wants to seek the position of governor. Li Fengjie thought about it again and again, and felt that the only way to start by appeasing the Australians as soon as possible was to do so, although there was a certain risk, it could greatly curry favor with the gentry and businessmen in Guangzhou. Taking a step back, even if he can't seek the position of governor of Liangguang, he can still keep his position as the governor of Guangdong.

From a military point of view, his aides also believe that there is no hope of continuing the "crackdown." According to the reports of the defeated soldiers and the Tang newspapers sent from all over Hainan, the military strength of the Australians far exceeded their estimates, and this made them a very dangerous and formidable enemy. And this enemy also has a powerful sea liliang. They could break into the Pearl River at any time and carry out large-scale looting and destruction of the rich delta region.

Li Fengjie's sedan chair was carried into the governor's yamen. He got out of the sedan chair and went straight into the study, which was the place where he and his staff had a meeting, and it was very quiet.

The servant helped him take off his official robe and black yarn, changed into a poplin shirt, a scarf of pacifying squares, and brought water to scrub him. After a while, someone brought herbal tea - his favorite fruit shaved ice was completely gone because of the closure of Ziming Building.

Li Fengjie drank tea and casually looked at the various documents sent by his personal servant.

On the table are the latest postings circulating in the city. The content of the unveiling post is five and eight, but the firepower is focused on Wang Zunde and his surrounding staff and cronies. Its origin is self-evident. Either the king's enemy or the Australians concocted.

Many of the posts detailed how Wang Zunde planned war with the Australians. How did Tian Da use Qi Wan's power to extort money everywhere, until he blackmailed the head of Zizihao, forcing Guo Dongzhu and others to escape...... The content is so detailed and the dialogue is so vivid that it can only be written by someone who has experienced it.

There is also a part of the unveiling that looks like it was made by Australians: the text is all in the vernacular, the text is in a vulgar style, and it is beautifully printed and bound into the appearance of a book. The content is varied. Some of them expose shady scandals of Wang Zunde's staff, domestic servants, and cronies -- Li Fengjie thinks that Australians are very smart: Wang Zunde's virtue and reputation are quite haode in officialdom, and it is difficult to use scandals to slander him. But the people around him are not so tough. There are also unveiled posts that describe all kinds of anecdotes and ambiguous things about the imperial relatives and relatives. There are many detailed descriptions in it, which are vivid and interesting to read. It's like reading a novel, and people can't put it down. There are even some unveiling posts that are simply divided into volumes, with the difference between the first volume and the second volume, which makes people think about the second volume after reading the first volume. There are many people who are secretly exchanging posts, and some people even secretly copy the sī seal.

In this way, the publication of Australians has become popular reading and spiritual food for the citizens of Guangzhou. Even a big official like Li Fengjie is interested in this. He was not interested in the depictions of the lù bones that the townspeople were keen on, but he was fascinated by the various "truths" that flowed through the lù from time to time in the pamphlets.

This particular propaganda tactic is the result of the cooperation between the Foreign Intelligence Service and the "Publication Steering Group". The publishing leading group organized a group of veterans to copy and paste a large number of such pamphlets from computers. The booklet is printed in the size of a modern "pocket book" and is easy to carry. The left-behind personnel of Guangzhou Station continue to spread through various channels.

On the table were a few copies of the Australian posters that had just been collected. As the governor of Guangdong, the governor's yamen received the special attention of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, and the first batch of newly published pamphlets will be sent here.

Li Fengjie took care of the servants and invited a few cronies to him, and picked up a copy of the Australian poster. The above topics are very impactful: "Looking at the so-called "Tuen Mun Victory" from the secret files of the Franc Ji Palace", "The former Ming General General elaborated on the inside story of the Apocalypse Dynasty's recovery of Penghu".

"Australians are still very busy," he said to himself, ready to see later.

On the table, there are also a few latest Tang newspapers. He opened the letter and read a few sentences, and his face changed suddenly.

Just when the Guangdong officialdom was still conducting frequent temptations and discussions on the issue of appeasement, the news of the landing of the thieves on Hong Kong Island came. Then, the report that the thieves had cleanly eliminated Zheng Bao and his gang on Lantau Island came again. And Liu Xiang's sudden departure made the image of the thief even more terrifying - even everyone was afraid, and the famous shopkeeper Liu disappeared in front of the thief.

In this way, Li Fengjie and others originally held Liu Xiang and the thieves to fight in order to seize the territory of the Pearl River Estuary, and the wishful thinking of attacking the thieves with thieves was completely over. The Australians were prepared to open fire on anyone who stood in their way, and Liu Xiang did not intend to defend the Pearl River Estuary with arms to consume his own strength - there was no need to fight hard when there was a soft persimmon pinch.

Between Lingdingyang and Huangpu, there is no liliang worth mentioning that can withstand the attack of the thieves. If they want, they can let the boat go straight to Baietan, and become the master of the entire Pearl River with pride.

"It's no longer too late for Dong Weng to appease him." He Chengzong put down the Tang newspaper and said with a worried face. Although He Chengzong is just a showman, he is very valued by Li Fengjie. He was a figure like a "military advisor" in the shogunate.

According to the news in the Tang newspaper: After the Australians built a fort in Hong Kong to eliminate Zheng Bao, the warships had already "knocked" at the mouth of the Pearl River, especially patrolling the Lingding Ocean area, and also measured the depth of the water. It seems that there is an attempt to enter the Pearl River. If they launched a big iron boat into the Pearl River, and then used the legendary powerful cannon to bombard the city of Guangzhou, not only would the place be so rotten that it would be out of control, but Li Fengjie's black gauze hat would no longer need to be worn.

"It's just a blind appeasement, and I'm afraid it's hard to succeed." Li Fengjie said. He also hopes that there is a force that can contain the Australians, so that they will not become bigger and more unscrupulous.

Li Fengjie had originally placed his expectation that Liu Xiang would stick to his own turf - and after Liu Xiang slipped away, he hit the Francos in Macau.

Because of the trend of interests, the people of Franc have always been very concerned about the maritime safety of the Pearl River Estuary. They have always had the habit and determination to protect their trade. As long as they pointed out to them the impact of the war between the Ming and the Australians on the trade of the Pearl River Estuary, the Francos would definitely send ships to protect the Pearl River Estuary.

Li Fengjie received a report from Xiangshan County, which was in charge of the port in Macao, that there were four large ships moored in the harbor of Macao, all of which were large plywood ships with three masts. The ship was armed with 32 cannons. In terms of size, it surpassed all the ships of the current thieves - except for the big iron ship. The Franco-Men also had several smaller brigs that also carried 12 cannons.