Su Jinglan immediately knelt on the ground and couldn't stand up: "Xiaomin listens to the old man's instructions!" ”

Duan Guangqing immediately stretched out his finger and pointed: "This fire is Bryth's Kunzhong!" ”

Bu Xingyou and Bu Liang immediately knelt down for Duan Guangqing: "The grace of the adult is beyond repayment, and I am willing to die for the adult!" ”

After they were appeased, in addition to more than 500 people returned to their hometowns, the rest stayed in Ningbo to be settled, the original was appeased when they said that they were going to enter the water division camp as soldiers to eat food and salary, Danshi to make up for a green battalion soldiers, the handler had to ask for forty taels of silver, these former pirates were unwilling to pay such a huge amount of money, immediately fell into a dilemma, fortunately Duan Guangqing came forward to appease, and let the Bu brothers return to their hometown to recruit 100 new braves, pay rations of ten taels per month, and also transferred a Baochang ship of the Bu brothers from the sailor camp to return to their brothers, It was only then that the Bushi brothers saved this water bravery, and since then they have always given strong support to the Bushi brothers.

Duan Guangqing immediately said: "I heard that the pirates in the Wenzhou Ocean this time are also from Guangdong? ”

"It's an old acquaintance with Ge Mengjin." Bu Xing has long had the heart of righteous annihilation: "He was born on the sea, I can't control it, Danshi rebelled against the ground, but he could only kill his relatives with righteousness." ”

"That's it!" Duan Guangqing is most worried about Bu Xing's friendship with his fellow villagers, and he is unwilling to work hard: "Brother Xian has made meritorious contributions to catching thieves in recent years, and Futai and I are both in our eyes. ”

He continued: "Xian Kunzhong went south this time, not only to fight a decisive battle with Ge Mengjin's pirates, but also to hit the side and back of Liu Jiehu, the land occupied by Liu Jiehu is close to the ocean, the place is vast, with its soldiers and few generals, Xian Kunzhong will be able to break it when he goes to land!" ”

Bu Xingyou immediately replied: "Please rest assured, Lord Daotai, I will be able to reproduce the old story of Li Yue's two Zhentai in Taizhou in Taizhou." ”

He said an incident in the fifth year of Jiaqing (1800), when the Annan Ruan father and son were in power, and sent the Annan Navy Division to attack the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian together with the pirates of Guangdong and Fujian, and the number reached six or seven thousand, Li Changgeng, the chief soldier of Dinghai Town, and Yue Xi, the chief soldier of Huangyan Town, joined forces to break this group of pirates in one fell swoop in the sea of Taizhou.

He used this matter to express his fighting intentions, Duan Guangqing nodded again and again, but the Bu Liang belt behind him suddenly spoke: "Lord Daotai, my brother is willing to die for the adult, but now there is a matter to ask the adult for mercy." ”

Duan Guangqing immediately asked: "Speaking of which, the territory where Li Yue and the two Zhentai defeated the Annan warships is within the border of Taiping County, Taizhou Prefecture, and the two of them will definitely be able to perform miracles again...... Good belt, let's say, if you want food and salary, you must ensure that the official can bear it with all his might. ”

It's just that what Bu Liangdai said was another thing: "My brother is in the business of escorting people, but recently I heard that the merchants of the North raised funds to buy military steamers to escort themselves, and our brothers had a gap with the merchants of the North Ships, but they did not dare to prevent others from buying ships, but I heard that the money for the purchase of ships came from the public door, and I implore my lord to be gracious." ”

Duan Guangqing knew that he was talking about the Ningbo North businessman raising funds to purchase the "Baoshun Wheel", at that time, the Ningbo Gang was divided into the South and the North, and they were all in love with the Guang Yong led by Bu Xing's brothers, most of the reason was that although Bu Xing was quite effective in arresting thieves, Danshi always left seven or eight points of affection for the Guangzhou boat, and never refused to contribute.

In particular, the Beihao merchants, most of the Beiyang pirates are Cantonese, and Bu Xingyou is Cantonese, and the contradictions between the two sides are almost to the extent that the red knife enters and the white knife goes out.

Of course, it was not for nothing that the merchants of the North purchased their own steamers, and at that time, the sailors were extremely unusable, and they refused to go to sea to cruise after receiving the protection money of the merchants, so the Ningbo Gang had to organize their own cruises and pirates in addition to relying on the escort of the Portuguese.

Last winter, Ningbo South and North two groups of businessmen each paid 30,000 yuan to patrol the sea, Danshi North made money, but the power was completely caught by the South in his hands, and he had no right to ask at all, in the end the Beiyang pirates were rampant, and even the cruising ship was not seen, the North businessmen were ruthless, and decided to get rid of the South to do it themselves, so they made the intention of purchasing a foreign steamer, and because the price of this Baoshun ship was 70,000 silver yuan, he specially took the road of Duan Guangqing, and finally decided to borrow 40,000 yuan of silver from the government and deduct it back year by year. …,

It's just that for the Bu brothers, this matter is to cut off their wealth, so Bu Liangdai took the opportunity to take advantage of the black face, and Bu Xingyou pretended to be red-faced: "What do you say Liang Dai, when Lord Daotai treats us badly, he must have his own reasons for doing this." ”

"Xian Kunzhong went south to break the thief, how dare I cut off the back road of the two." Duan Guangqing is also clear about this: "Besides, it is difficult to say whether this Baoshun ship can be bought, and now there are foreigners in Shanghai who are bidding 100,000 silver yuan to buy it, and this official can be said to be in a hurry." ”

He continued to assure the Bushi brothers: "Even if this Baoshun ship is purchased by Huilai, it will not cut off the wealth of Xian Kunzhong, the north has the Baoshun ship, and the two Kunzhong have the Baochang in their hands, if they really want to fight, it is still unknown who wins and who loses." ”

This Baochang is the flagship of the Bushi brothers, this ship was handed over to the sailor battalion when the Bushi brothers recruited An, and as a result, a fairly well-maintained battleship fell into the hands of the green battalion sailor, but the more than a year of hard work Yijing was completely unusable, all the equipment was damaged, and the sailor could not repair such a battleship.

In the end, after Duan Guangqing took office, he transferred the Baochang from the sailor battalion to raise funds to repair and return it to the Bushi brothers, and became the flagship of the Bushi brothers again. An invincible large battleship. Zhejiang Xuezheng once went to this battleship for reference, and was amazed by the strength of its gunnery, and the people of the time simply called Baochang "living battery".

As soon as the Bu brothers heard Duan Guangqing's assurance, and praised his Baochang in a loud voice, their faces suddenly became tame: "Listen to the good words of your lordship, this time you go south, not only can you recover Yuhuan and Dongtou Islands, but you can also land on the thief who is in Dapo Liu." ”

Duan Guangqing was very interested: "That's good, that's good, you are all meritorious ministers of the country, after you go down, go to your friends in Qiangu, and ask him to find a way to move around, and each squeeze out two thousand taels of silver for you and the Su clan Kunzhong." ”

The so-called friend of Qian Gu is Master Qian Gu, at that time the officialdom often called the master a friend, he said: "If you have made great contributions this time, it is very possible to rise to my position, don't look at me now, tell you, I am not a person from a class, I am just a person from a person's background, three subjects in a row, and I was only distributed to Zhejiang Hou Buzhi County, and later because of the good official reputation, I was promoted to today's Taoist position. ”

As soon as he got so close, whether it was the Bushi brothers and Su Jinglan, his eyes were a little more hot: "Meritorious achievements are just around the corner!" I want to use the blood of this willow to stain our red crowns. ”

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In this Dragon Boat Festival in Taiping County, every household is wrapped in some zongzi, and there is no lively and jubilant dragon boat racing in previous years, and the atmosphere of the festival is much lighter.

Even so, many farmers did not xiangdao they actually spent this Dragon Boat Festival with the Hongjun of Liu's desperate household, and the Hongjun, who is usually notorious, was particularly polite in this Dragon Boat Festival, and there were some small interactions between the military and the people.

Now the gentleman of Taiping County, Yijing knows a lot of the inside information of this rainbow army, and even behind his back, he no longer calls Liu Juehu, but calls him very politely: "Liu check!" ”

During the month that the Hong Army was stationed in Taiping County, although their interests were inevitably damaged, Danshi also saw that the Hong Army was invincible, and with the deepening of contact between the two sides, the heroes and powers of Taiping County were also obviously divided, some were biased towards the Hong Army, some remained neutral, and some exchanged letters with Mu Yinan and Su Jingrong, so they were ready to make a big move.

And every household in Taiping County still hangs some zongzi at the door, the festive atmosphere is stronger, and the hot spot that everyone is talking about is not this Dragon Boat Festival, but the military parade in the small school field just now.

That's what a real strong soldier is! After seeing this military parade and seeing their neat queues, the Taiping knew what a real strong soldier was, acting as one, prohibiting the order, and being murderous, after seeing such a military parade, the hearts of many gentry were shaken again.

The heads of each battalion were pulled out for parade, the Dragon Lance Battalion, the Nanxi Battalion, the Panshi Battalion, the Huangyan Taiping Independent Battalion, the Cattle Knife Battalion, the Teaching Battalion, and the Cavalry Battalion......

The leaders of the various battalions stationed in the county in normal times now pointed directly at their hearts with iron-like steps, and many regimental training leaders who had passed letters with Su Jingrong and Mu Yinan decided to wait a little longer for this military parade.

When they closed their eyes, they could see the invincible military might of the Hong Army, and the iron-like pace was stepping on their heads, and they could confront such an iron army by themselves, how many shengli xiwang could there be.

Danshi They didn't xiangdao liu chang shrunk so many troops back to the county seat he didn t simply want to show his might to taiping county now the air in the entire conference room was frozen liu chang s originally beautiful face looked extremely solemn.

"Brothers!" Liu Chang announced his order to them: "The time has come to kill!" This will be the biggest challenge since the expansion of our Hongjun, but it is also the biggest opportunity for the establishment of Hongjun! ”

"We're going to kill, no matter who it is, as long as it's in the way of our shengli, whether it's the Qing army, the regimental training heroes, the old and weak, the women and children, or anyone else, as long as it's in our shengli's way, then there is only one dead end! We don't need any mercy, we don't have any choice but to take a step forward and eliminate them with bullets, bayonets, fists and our teeth, we can't take a step back! ”

His speech made all the officers become enthusiastic, and all the officers responded to Liu Chang's voice with the loudest voice: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

"That's right, we can only kill one blood, because it's ...... to take a step back"

"It's hell!"

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