Zhang Lian is very cunning.

He insisted that the Francois was treacherous after handing over the tribute, which was tantamount to pulling Shen Xi into the water...... You have received the envoy of the Francophone and got the tribute in hand, and now the Francois repented of attacking my Ming territory, and now we are grasshoppers on a rope, and no one can run away if something happens.

Shen Xi pretended to be surprised and asked, "Governor Zhang said before that the envoy of the Francois was preparing a new tribute, why did he suddenly face each other?" ”

Zhang Lian has a feeling that he can't use his strength, this is all burning his eyebrows, this Qincha is actually calm, he is really ignorant and fearless!

Zhang Lian said anxiously: "The Francois people are a different race in Fanbang, and the so-called non-clan has different hearts. Please also ask Lord Qincha to quickly come up with countermeasures to resolve the current crisis in Quanzhou! ”

Shen Xi frowned: "Governor Zhang Mo Yan smiled, I am a Hanlin Wenchen, how can I have a countermeasure?" In the event of an invasion by a foreign enemy, shouldn't Governor Zhang notify the local health office first? ”

In order to defend against the Japanese invaders, Quanzhou itself has a Quanzhou guard, which is stationed in Luojiang Town on the left bank of the Luojiang River, and is only a dozen miles away from the Quanzhou capital city in the southwest.

Sixty miles southeast of Quanzhou, there is the Yongning Acropolis, with more than 10,000 garrisons.

Yongning Wei was set up in Hongwu 27 years, and Tianjin Wei, Weihaiwei and said, the jurisdiction is broad, there are Fuquan, Chongwu, Zhongzuo, Kinmen, Gaopu five thousand households, and there are Xiangzhi, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Weitou three inspection divisions.

If the army is mobilized from the two Davids, it is pure wishful thinking for the Francos to capture Quanzhou City with a few ships and a few Franco's cannons.

Zhang Lian said: "At the moment, you must not alarm the guard...... If the guard learns that the Francois has invaded the border of our dynasty and goes to the court, you and I will not be able to escape the blame, and Lord Qincha should think twice before acting. ”

What do you think twice about, it is clear that you are afraid that the court will punish you!

Inform Quanzhou Wei and Yongning Wei that there is an invasion of foreign enemies, and the two guards must transfer troops and must play to the imperial court, and there will be no way to hide the matter of Franco's anti-water. Now Zhang Lian wants to drive away the Francois without mobilizing the army, how difficult is it to be unaware?

Shen Xi asked: "Now that the foreigners have all been killed under my Quanzhou City, and Governor Zhang's Mansion does not notify the guard, doesn't Governor Zhang think that with the power of the Yamen at the two levels of the prefecture and county in the city, it is enough to impress the Francois people?" ”

Zhang Lian said: "The following officials know that there are a total of nine ships of the Francois people, and there are only one or two hundred soldiers on board, plus men and slaves, a total of less than three or four hundred, just hold on to the port of Thornton, so that the thieves cannot go ashore, and after dawn, they will retreat, and then they will ......."

"When the time comes, Governor Zhang and I can sit back and relax?" Shen Xi said angrily.

As a seventeen-year-old Xinchou Kejin in Chenghua, Zhang Lian, who is already an old oilman in the officialdom, knows very well that the only way to do this is to drive the Francois away. He thought that he had a complete plan, as long as he could pull Shen Xi into the water on the matter of the Francophone invasion, Shen Xi would not be able to speak for him even if he didn't want to!

Drive the Francois away first, and then find a few people to pretend to be the Francois envoys and make the illusion of paying tribute, and the matter will be fooled.

Anyway, the country of Francois is 108,000 miles away from Middle-earth, and even if it comes again, it will be a few years later, and when the Francos will use force again, it can be said that the people of Fanbang have no principles, and that is the matter of the successor, what does it have to do with me?

Zhang Lian persuaded bitterly: "For this is the only time now, Lord Qincha will not sit idly by and watch the fall of Quanzhou City, right?" ”

said that the fall is still far away, but according to Zhang Lian's toss, it is not far from the fall. There is an invasion of foreign enemies, and I don't want to solve it through the guard, and it's ridiculous to say it.

Shen Xi said: "Then how many people are available for deployment in the yamen at the prefecture and county levels now?" ”

Zhang Lian swallowed his saliva, and some couldn't speak: "There are sixty or seventy officials who can be transferred...... Together with the people, there are more than 100 people. ”

If it weren't for Zhang Lian being the head snake, Shen Xi really wanted to kick him......

I just said that there are few people and few people in the Francophone machine, but they have nine ships, more than 100 soldiers, and powerful Franco cannons, as well as invisible firearms that kill people, plus these people are originally fierce pirates, and their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated, so that more than 100 officials and people can resist, what is the difference between sending them to death?

Perhaps Zhang Lian also realized that there was not enough manpower at all, and added, "There are fewer people, but as long as the city gate is closed, the Francois have no siege weapons...... If they can't break through the gates, they will retreat over time. ”

It was said before that the Francophile would retreat in the morning, but now it is said that it will retreat after a long time, which means that as long as the Francophile does not leave, the gate of Quanzhou will be closed, and the Francophile will be allowed to loot outside the city.

Shen Xi asked, "What about the people and merchants outside the city?" ”

"This ......"

Zhang Lian thought for a while and said, "Resign yourself to fate, maybe the notice will be timely so that the people outside the city can evacuate to the city as soon as possible." ”

Shen Xi scolded in his heart: "What a dog official who cares about people's lives...... At the beginning, for the sake of profit, you put the Franco-machine people into the country, and then in order to fulfill the lie, you didn't care about the Fulang-machine people to rob the coastal people, and now you want to let the Franco-machine people loot outside Quanzhou City...... If this fuels the ambition of the Francophiles, how can they accept it when they see it? ”

Before Shen Xi could reply, someone from the prefect's yamen had already reported: "Lord Prefect, the big thing is not good, the Francois has landed from the back slope of Nanshan to the east of Thornton Port, and is now coming to Fucheng." ”

Later, someone came to report: "Lord Prefect, the big ship of the Francois has come to the mouth of the Jinjiang River......"

The menacing appearance of the Francophone made Zhang Lian very nervous, and at this time he could only look at Shen Xi and begged: "Lord Qincha quickly order the city gate to be closed." ”

Shen Xi didn't expect Zhang Lian to be so unbearable, Francois was killed at the door of the house, Zhang Lian actually pushed the responsibility and let him, the "Qin Mission", be responsible for resisting foreign enemies.

Normally speaking, how can a six-grade Hanlin official know anything about military affairs? Zhang Lian clearly wanted to use him as a shield, and after the court held him accountable, he could put the blame on Shen Xi...... It was Lord Qincha who ordered the city gates to be closed without authorization, and connived at the Yi people to plunder the people.

Shen Xi shouted: "The city gate can't be closed. ”

"What did you say?"

Zhang Lian was angry from his heart, glared at Shen Xi, and seemed to say, do you believe it or not, Lao Tzu can kill you now?

Shen Xi said sharply: "Now that the Francois are menacing, we must first frustrate their sharp spirit before we can turn the tide of the battle." ”

Zhang Lian grinned slightly: "Everyone is here, why don't you let the servants carry knives and guns to fight the thieves, so as to frustrate the enemy's spirit?" ”

Shen Xi directly made it clear: "Governor Zhang doesn't want to be responsible, if he wants to push the matter to me, then he must obey my orders." Immediately collect all the fireworks from the city and gather them to set off together! ”

Zhang Lian looked confused......

Collect fireworks, do you want to use them as firearms?

Nerd, you think fireworks are the same as firearms?

"This ......"

Zhang Lian wanted to say something, but heard Shen Xi shout angrily: "Go!" ”

Zhang Lian was hesitant to order someone to carry out the order, and Song Xiaocheng hurriedly came back to report: "My lord, the small one has been requisitioned in the name of the Chamber of Commerce in the name of the city to requisition thousands of catties of fireworks and firecrackers in the city, and they can be set off at any time." ”

Zhang Lian was furious when he heard this, and said angrily: "Lord Qincha doesn't go through the government, I'm afraid he doesn't have this authority, right?" ”

In this era, gunpowder was a controlled product, and if you wanted to requisition fireworks, you had to have the permission of the government. But in a hurry, Shen Xi didn't bother to pay attention to these, he had the door of the Chamber of Commerce, and when he expected that the Francophiles were about to go to the port of Thornton to loot, he made preparations, and let Song Xiaocheng arrange it as soon as possible.

Wait for the matter to be recruited by the prefect's yamen, and don't think about collecting it all before dawn.

Shen Xi said: "Didn't I already ask for the consent of Governor Zhang?" Immediately ordered to go down, fireworks and firecrackers gathered in the southeast of the city, set off in batches, the bigger the scene, the better. ”

Zhang Lian was so angry that he slapped his thigh: "Nonsense, Lord Qincha, are you afraid that something will happen in Quanzhou City?" and shut the gates of the city, and let no one open the gates of the city to let the people into the city...... This is the order of Lord Chincha. ”

Unable to get Shen Xi's order to close the city gate, Zhang Lian had to give an order for Shen Xi on his own.

However, Shen Xi tidied up his clothes and shouted: "Governor Zhang is afraid of death, so it is better to stay in the city, and if you want to close the city gate, you will wait for Ben Qin to leave the city." ”

One sentence frightened Zhang Lian.

This young Qincha is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers! Franco's machine man killed, he didn't want to dodge, he actually wanted to go out of the city to meet the enemy?

Could it be that Ben has seen too much and wants to be a hero in the limelight?

When Shen Xi took Song Xiaocheng and the others out of the official post, the people from the prefect's yamen hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Lord Prefect, this Lord Qincha is going out of the city......

"Let him go, he doesn't know how to die when he dies! Oh no, this kid is not afraid of death in front of me, doesn't he want to take advantage of the opportunity to go out of the city to smear oil on the soles of his feet? Zhang Lao Wu, you take ten brothers to follow him closely, it doesn't matter if he dies, you must not let him escape! Zhang Lian said.

The team leader known as Zhang Lao Wu suddenly had the thought of hitting the wall: "My lord, there is an old mother on the villain, and there is a swaddling child waiting to be fed, can you let me go out of the city, we are our own family......"

Zhang Lian glared at Zhang Lao Wu viciously: "Just because it is my family, I am relieved to let you go, don't worry, if something happens to you, your mother will be my mother, and your son will be my son, and they will eat and drink spicy food in the future!" ”

Zhang Lao Wu didn't feel good when he heard it, and thought to himself, you almost said that my daughter-in-law is your daughter-in-law.

Pity my daughter-in-law!

At this end, Shen Xi just led people to the east of the city, and a team of officials followed behind.

"Lord Qincha, the villain learned of the order of Lord Fu and accompanied you out of the city to meet the enemy. You're magnanimous, don't let me wait to die. ”

After Zhang Lao Wu finished speaking, the faces of several officials next to him were also full of pleading.

Shen Xi said: "Don't worry, today is to take you out to make contributions, although the Francois is fierce, but just a paper tiger." ”

Zhang Lao Wu heard this, and muttered in his heart: "Why do all officials have the same tone?" Relying on the fact that I am a reader, I don't understand anything by deceiving me? The Franco-robot firearms can kill people from afar, and the artillery is even more powerful, so we are the paper tigers...... Maybe it can't even be called a paper tiger, at most it's window paper that can be broken at the first poke. ”

By the time Shen Xi arrived at the east gate of Ningbo, the Xiang Yong, who had been temporarily summoned by the Chamber of Commerce, had already finished the queue.

Strictly speaking, these people are not village warriors, but the chamber of commerce and local merchants spontaneously formed an armed force in order to protect the shops, helping the chamber of commerce to escort goods on weekdays, helping to carry goods at the docks, and receiving salaries.

There were forty or fifty people, plus the people brought by Shen Xi from Fuzhou, and the ten servants sent by Zhang Lian, a total of eighty people.

The combat effectiveness is a little worse, the weapon is not a sword, a sword, a halberd, but a majority of sticks, only a small number of people have knives and guns, to say that the most effective are Yu Niang and Xi'er who hold a sword and have martial arts, and at the same time there is a war doctor Yunliu who carries a medicine box.

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