Chapter 88: The First Congress of the Red Flower Society 2
"As for me, I've been doing an important thing in the capital recently, and I will find out in three months, if it happens, our Red Flower Club will be able to have its own territory!" , Chen Jialuo didn't say much in terms of details, after all, the later the matter of Xinyan was announced, the better, "Rebellion still has to have soldiers in hand, and with the territory, you can recruit troops, build weapons, and slowly accumulate strength"
"But I don't know where?" As soon as he heard that there was a territory, everyone in charge became excited, and the dustless Taoist couldn't help but ask.
"The matter has not yet been decided, so I won't talk about it today, but I can only tell you that it is in the coastal area! It's not too far from Hangzhou! Chen Jialuo said a few more words and then switched to the next topic, "Okay, I'm done, what do you brothers have to say?" Let's start with the second brother! ”
"Lao Dao is basically idle when he comes back from the northwest, and there is nothing else to do except for subduing two small gangs with the tenth brother some time ago!" , the dust-free road chief is a little embarrassed.
"Second brother doesn't have to be too humble, there are still a lot of things to worry about this year!" , Chen Jialuo reassured.
Relatively speaking, Zhao Banshan has a lot more things on his hands, since the treasure of King Chuang was in hand, using the power of the Wenzhou Wang family and the Red Flower Society in the Zhejiang Navy, one after another sea ships set off from Wenzhou to the Wa Kingdom and the South China Sea, transporting boxes of tea, porcelain and silk, and returning copper, muskets and other things. Originally, the Qing Dynasty had four customs, namely Jiang Customs, Zhejiang Customs, Fujian Customs and Guangdong Customs, which were responsible for managing overseas trade affairs, but in the 20th year of Qianlong, the British aggressor Hong Renhui (James-Flint) broke into Ningbo, Dinghai and Tianjin by boat, and the Qing government announced on November 10, 1757, the 22nd year of Qianlong (1757): the trade of Ningbo, Quanzhou and Songjiang customs was abolished, and only Fanshang was allowed to "only be allowed to dock and trade in Guangdong in the future". The sea trade in Jiangsu and Zhejiang went underground, which also provided an opportunity for Zhao Banshan, and the Red Flower Society had the treasure of Chuang Wang as the foundation, and quickly became the largest maritime merchant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
"Muskets? What model is it? How many bought? As soon as he heard that there was a musket, Chen Jialuo was extremely excited, he didn't regard himself as an authentic martial arts person, in this era, muskets and cannons are king!
According to Westerners, this gun can fire five to six rounds a minute and has a range of up to 200 meters. However, after being inspected by his subordinates, the gun will not be accurate if it exceeds 100 steps, and the speed of firing is only half of what the foreigners say! From the mouth of a martial arts master, the foreign words of rice and minutes made Chen Jialuo have a strange feeling, "At this time, the foreigners are fighting in Tianzhu, and they don't have a lot of muskets, and their subordinates have only bought a thousand in the past few months, but they have already agreed with a few big businessmen that they will make a special trip from Europa this year to sell a large number of muskets to me, etc., as well as the Furlong machine gun." ”
"There's Third Brother Lao!" , It will take some time to gather the army by yourself, and a thousand muskets are enough for the initial stage, "The third brother remembered to ask the foreigners to ask a few instructors to come over, if there are foreigner craftsmen and missionaries who are willing to do things for my safflower society, don't worry about silver taels." ”
Zhao Banshan came down to Chang's turn to be a double hero, Chang Hezhi said, "After our brothers came back, they went to Guide Mansion, Ma Yingying has already laid down most of the county seat of Guide Mansion, although the city has not been captured, but it has become a turtle in the urn; However, although there are many people under Ma Yingying, there are not many weapons, and our brothers obeyed the orders of the chief helmsman and got some weapons from the Zhejiang Green Camp to transport them over; Guide Mansion is located at the junction of the three provinces, and the officials of the three provinces blame each other, and when we left, the soldiers and horses had not yet started, and the horse hero should be able to hold out for a while. ”
"Fifth brother and sixth brother work hard!" , Chen Jialuo thanked him again and set his eyes on Yang Chengxie, Yang Cheng had been in the northwest before, and there was not much to do, and then Zhang Jin was the same, and soon it was Luo Bing's turn.
Since they were separated in Hangzhou, Chen Jialuo hasn't seen the fourth sister-in-law for a few months, and she is now still carrying filial piety for Wen Tailai, and her skin is becoming more and more ruddy against the backdrop of a white dress. She only said some important information collected by the Red Flower Society recently, and did not say much about the composition of personnel and the mode of operation, which is also a requirement for the confidentiality of the intelligence agency, Chen Jialuo told her many times when she left, obviously she kept all this in mind.
After Luo Bing finished speaking, it was Jiang Sigen, and he said in an official dialect with a strong Cantonese accent, "After receiving the order of the chief helmsman, his subordinates immediately went to Foshan, and when they arrived in Foshan, they contacted their former brothers; They introduced some iron merchants from Foshan, but they had some trouble buying iron ingots; Foshan iron pot, iron plow, iron nail. Bells and chains are sold all over the world, and each iron furnace has a familiar blacksmith, and the iron is divided clean as soon as it is baked; If you want a large number of iron ingots, it is even more difficult, and your subordinates stayed in Foshan for three months to get together 30,000 catties of iron ingots. But looking at the way they look, the next time you want to go again, you won't be so easy to talk to! ”
"Foshan's local tyrants? What is the last name? Chen Jialuo asked.
This person's name is Feng Tiannan, and he has colluded with the local government, and there are countless pawnshops and gambling houses under his name, and most of Foshan is his family's property; I used a golden stick, I learned a few tricks from him, but I didn't take advantage of it. Jiang Sigen replied, "This person has done all kinds of evil in Foshan, I wanted to come back and ask the second brother to help take care of him, but I was afraid that the government would cut off the supply of iron ingots, so I haven't done it yet. ”
Who should I be, it turned out to be the green tea Yuan Ziyi's father, "colluding with the government?" This is also simple, I got acquainted with Qianlong's favorite minister and Shen in Beijing, and when the time comes, I will ask him for a film, you take it to the local government, and say that you want Feng Tiannan's property, and ensure that they will send it with both hands! Feng Tiannan is just a little tyrant, as soon as He Shen's name is put out, no one in Guangdong can save him!
According to the time, Yuan Ziyi should also be born, right? Will she meet Hu Fei then? Chen Jialuo retracted his thoughts, and then listened to Ma Shanjun's report, in the past few months, his silk weaving factory has begun to take shape, the production efficiency and cost are much more than the original handicraft workshop, and so on this year's silkworm season begins, will bring a huge impact to the silk weaving industry in Suzhou and Hangzhou! Thank you for how far away it is, not far away for the reward.
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