Qi Liyang was very powerful, starting in the early years of the black slave trade, and later engaged in logs, coal, machinery and arms business, it is rumored that he was inextricably involved with the government of his own country, that is, with the support of the American government, he could rank among the foreign companies stationed in the Qing Dynasty.

People say that the store is a big bully, and the customer is a big bully. This foreign lord has a backer, and the court officials have nothing to do with them, often bypassing them and others, not arguing with them, and as time goes by, they are used to bad problems, and the foreign lord is lawless.

Two years ago, after the end of the Mexican-American War, a large amount of land development, as well as railway construction, for a time, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, manpower, labor was scarce, and the industriousness and cheapness of Chinese laborers made large businessmen suddenly discover the 'New World', calling it the world's 'most obedient, the most capable, and the best to support' slave laborers, far better than the black slaves of the year.

Snakeheads and human traffickers of various names are ready to move, trapping, abducting, cheating, and kidnapping, and tricking the young and strong people of the Qing Kingdom to the other side of the Pacific Ocean in ships to become yellow 'ant' workers.

At the beginning of the year, a merchant ship named Robert Baun, carrying 500 Chinese laborers 'recruited' from the Qing Dynasty, sailed for the United States. The captain of the foreign ship coerced the Chinese workers to cut off their braids, the Chinese workers were humiliated, when the ship passed through the Ryukyus, there was a sudden riot, and the Ryukyu country was at a loss for a while, according to the experiencer, in a place called Yae Island, the Western soldiers landed, guns and cannons, almost extinct, after the fact, individual escaped laborers, with the help of the local Chinese in the Ryukyus, returned to the Qing Dynasty, this news came out, causing public opinion to be turbulent, but did not see the imperial court react, but the Oriental people believe in karma.

In the past two years, Reagan has planned to sell telegraph machines that have no market at all, except for a set of telegraph machines that have been taken away as toys, and no achievements have been made. The huge Qing court, except for the interest in rifle weapons, disdained other new gadgets at all, and all of them were regarded as strange and incomprehensible.

When Reagan saw that his companion had made a fortune in the Qing Kingdom, he felt unfair, and when he inquired, the business that was more profitable than selling weapons was actually selling the Qing people, which was no different from selling piglets.

Of course, business is based on making money, Reagan was born as a mercenary, he reorganized a set of people, used various names, recruited Chinese laborers, and did not hesitate to plunder, anyway, the ship went to the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and a bunch of people grabbed 'goods', and he was worried about getting rich? For a time Reagan succeeded, and it was so easy that he himself was dazed.

This time, Reagan 'recruited' more than 600 Chinese laborers, 300 of whom went directly to the ship in Ningbo, and the day before yesterday 300 Chinese laborers were already waiting in Zhoudao, transporting 600 Chinese laborers at a time, which was a big order. To be on the safe side, fifty armed men of the East India Company were temporarily hired to take care of it to ensure the safety of the East India Company before going offshore, and after the shore, the emperor was far away, and the Robert Baun was just an accident.

In the port reservoir area, there is an area of foreign merchants' warehouses, surrounded by walls, Qing people are not allowed to enter, and Chinese laborers are locked up in two large warehouses, there are 600 people, people are crowded to sit on the ground, and the smell is stinking. Fifty red-headed Ah San rotated guards around, and no one could escape, this is the prisoner in custody!

The red-headed Ah San is from India, the territory of the British Yi, with a great reputation, a mighty 'bear strong', more than enough to intimidate laborers, and no real knives and real guns, a word 'stupid', otherwise, if the big country of Tianzhu is occupied by a Yingyi private 'company'?

Han Tianfu lured a patrolling Ah San, raised the knife in his hand, and then rushed straight to the door, Ah San would stay at the door when he was patrolling, just taking the opportunity to break in, not unexpectedly, the two guards on duty in the gatehouse lost their lives silently.

Acting separately, a total of dozens of Ah San plus the original guards, or a sudden attack, it was impossible to prevent it, and it was all solved without trouble, without using guns, all using mountain knives. Twenty people cleaned up the end of the head, and did not meet the Chinese workers who were detained, and directly touched the foreign merchant ship, Han Tianfu signaled to the clipper moored not far away, the clipper ship was ready, and gradually accelerated into the port, and the black flag fluttered.

A shadow of a ship quickly approached the foreign merchant ship, which was the standard gang jumping action of the pirates, which must have attracted the attention of the night watchman, and when he approached, someone on the big ship saw that the black flag was flying on the fast ship by the light reflected by the sea, and he screamed.

“pirate！”

"Bang!" Someone on the big ship fired a warning shot, alarming the surroundings.

The gunshots on the pier rang out at the same time, shooting directly at the big boat, and all the foreign devils who leaned over to look around were shot one after another.

Han Tianfu is worthy of being the boss of the bandits, and rushed directly to the gangplank, the boat is high, the gangplank is narrow and long, and the battle is towering, only to see him, jump on the big boat in three or two, and wave his hand to let the team members follow him, at this time, the black flag boat also came up, the black turban jumped gang, and the two sides were attacked, to say that the black turban was familiar with the deeds on the ship, and the division of labor and assault after getting on the ship, he was at ease, the space on the ship was small, and all the knives were used in close combat, and the foreigners on the ship had almost no decent resistance, and the whole boat, there were gunshots at the beginning, and then it was in addition to the sound of hurried footsteps, Accompanied by screams.

Reagan and the Qing Dynasty Taipan of the Flag Lee Foreign Company were also on the ship, they were going to the Ryukyus to deal with unfinished business, and the last batch of Yaeshima labor riots were also related to them, the merchants who trafficked Chinese laborers, the chartered ship Robert Baun, was the asset of the Flag Lee Foreign Company, fortunately the ship was intact, as for how many Chinese died, it didn't matter at all.

There were also English officials and escorts who had taken a boat to the Ryukyus, and the ship was a large ship, well equipped, more comfortable than on the shore, the ship was stationary, and the noise of landing on the shore ceased, and in the middle of the night, Reagan and his party fell asleep, and suddenly there was an exclamation, followed by the sound of gunfire, and everyone was awakened.

"Pirates?"

Is there such a daring pirate?

The gunfire was intense, the footsteps were messy, and from the porthole, there was a black shadow, and the door was kicked open, and Reagan was defenseless.

"Bang!" The gunfire came from the hallway, followed by the sound of a human being falling to the ground in the opposite cabin.

"I'm Reagan from Qili Foreign Company, don't get me wrong!" Reagan raised his hands and said aloud in English.

A figure approached, and Regan heard a somewhat familiar voice.

"Mr. Regan, the Chinese workers will not let you go!"

"Huh?!"

Reagan didn't react, he didn't know why when he was dying, who wanted his life?

"Hang these two bodies on the windsock pole on the dock and attach this letter!"

The footsteps on the deck gradually calmed down, and the whole ship fell silent, and the two black turbans gathered together, not knowing each other, but not surprisingly, certainly a family.

"Retract the springboard, untie the cable, and lift the anchor." Han Tianfu skillfully commanded the black turban.

As soon as the ship left the dock, it did not go far when it saw a scene of torches on the dock, and it was extremely chaotic. The official office, patrol, and finally the green battalion arrived at the dock before and after, but in addition to the six hundred imprisoned Chinese workers, there were dozens of corpses, most of them were Ah San wrapped in red turbans, all of them were killed with a knife, and there were a dozen older men, who witnessed the passage and pointed to the black shadow on the sea.

"Black! Black turban! Black flag! ……。 ”

"A pirate?"

"Toyo sword! ……。 ”

"Is it a wolf?"

"Huh? ………。 "The old man couldn't tell.

Two bodies of foreigners hung on the windwoe pole, and a letter was attached to it, with six words on the envelope: To the American foreigners.

There was a blank piece of paper in the envelope, and there were six words on it: Sacrifice to the ghost of Yaejima!

Mr. Zhang was dressed like everyone else, his face was smeared with ointment, and he stood on the foredeck, which was a large ship with a thousand materials, and the deck was quite wide except for some ropes and ropes.

"Report the big boss! Artillery was found. "Before the operation, it was agreed that the identity of the whole and the general soldier should not be exposed, and it was called the bandit village, the big boss and the second boss, anyway, it was to cover people's eyes and ears.

Two infantry cannons, covered with tarpaulin, general merchant ships, in order to defend themselves, sometimes carry weapons, the use of infantry guns on the deck is not new, don't look at these two infantry guns, the general pirates really can't get close, the small rows of the pirates can't bear a cannon, this front-loading cannon, although not as good as the red-coated cannon, about six pounds of lead shots, if you talk about naval battles, that is, scratching the itch, but this cannon, finely made, long barrel, wheeled control and movement, is obviously a good siege weapon, However, the chief soldier really didn't take a fancy to it, just glanced at it, and it was really not technical.

"Who's going to do the guns?" Han Tianfu pointed at the cannon.

"I'm coming!" The pirates basically know how to operate cannons, and there are also cannons on Black Flag ships, which are small-caliber copper cannons, which are similar and operate the same.

"Aim at the foreigner merchant ship anchored in the harbor and fire two shots!" The foreign merchant ships docked in the harbor, as well as two small ships, this island is a temporary berthing place in and out of Ningbo Port, and there are often ships berthed.

"Order!"

"Boom! Rumble! "The fire is shining, it's all playing.

"Big boss, what to do with the foreign merchants who are alive on the ship?"

"Send people wearing sailor shirts and soldiers' uniforms to the small island opposite, and all foreigners who sell people will be executed."

There is nothing new in the method of executing people by pirates, tying them up and sinking into the sea.

This matter spread quickly, and many foreigners died, and this was repaid, and it was regarded as a major event, and the war between the two countries often started because of this, and no one dared to ignore it.

According to statistics, Qili Foreign Company suffered the greatest loss, half a cargo is a trivial matter, stationed in the Qing Dynasty Taipan, the big comprador Reagan and a group of more than a dozen people were all killed, accompanied to the death of the Yingyi Counselor and an entourage, the East India Company's 50 bodyguards did not survive, a number of wounded, fortunately found early, a group of low-level entourage, crew members were rescued on the island, it is considered that the conscience of the bandits is not clear.

Needless to ask, the cause was the trafficking of the Qing population, of course, the American minister did not admit that there was trafficking, insisting that it was a dispute between the labor and the employer, and the so-called Yaejima incident was a malicious rumor spread by someone, the Qing sea bandits were rampant, and the tragic death, and the imperial court was ineffective in cleaning up, so it is the responsibility to shirk the responsibility.

For this reason, the Qing State sent a note to the American minister, condemning the merchants of 'your country' for taking captives and plundering under the pretext of recruitment, resulting in the destruction of human lives and .......

The foreigners also sent a note to the imperial court that they should clean up the sea borders, suppress the bandits, and ensure the expediency of foreign merchants, otherwise they would be ....... It's also Yunyun!

I didn't want to expand this matter, so Qili Foreign Bank was helpless and acted well-behaved.

No one believes that this is done by bandits, if it is a bandit, it is also a righteous bandit, the insider shouted, happy!