Chapter 296: A Visitor from Taiwan
"Where are you from? What do you do in Funing? Is it to do business or to invest in relatives and friends? On the dock, a customs employee of the Red Flower Society is registering the information of a batch of newly arrived guests.
"These are the heroes of the Heaven and Earth Society, from Taiwan, and they are the guests of our chief helmsman. I am in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive them, this is my ID, please check. Several employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had been waiting at the dock for a long time, hurriedly greeted them, and a few people who had them as Patron Kai quickly completed the formalities.
After leaving the dock and boarding the carriage arranged by the Red Flower Society, a young man said angrily, "This Red Flower Society is too arrogant, isn't it?" Not to mention Chen Jialuo, even Zhao Banshan didn't come out to pick us up! In my opinion, these people are not sincere in wanting to fight Taiwan, Uncle Lin, we might as well go back. I don't believe that without them, we wouldn't be able to defeat Taiwan. ”
"Hmph, if the government was so good at dealing with you, your uncle wouldn't have died in the first place!" , The person known as Uncle Lin snorted coldly, "Although our Heaven and Earth Society has some hands in Taiwan, it is still not possible to fight with the Tartars, if it weren't for this, I wouldn't come to the Red Flower Society, don't talk nonsense when I see the people of the Red Flower Society later!" ”
The young man was at an age when he was not afraid of heaven and earth, and he didn't think the imperial court was terrible, "I heard that more than 10,000 people in the Red Flower Society wiped out 50,000 Tartars, and there are thousands of people in our society, how many soldiers are there in the whole of Taiwan?" The Red Flower Club can win, and our Heaven and Earth Club can also do it! Why bother to come to the door and beg for help, even if they are willing, they can still be ours if they fight Taiwan? ”
"After all, they are all Han Chinese, and they won't eat all of them when they conquer Taiwan, so they have to leave us one or two cities, right?" , Uncle Lin said uncertainly.
Not long after, the carriage arrived in the city of Funing Mansion, and the people of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first led them to the inn to eat and wash, and then rested for a while, and then took them to the city government to meet Zhao Banshan, who was currently at the helm of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"Lin Yingying hasn't seen him for many days, and his face is still full of red light! Come on, come on, come on inside, please! Zhao Banshan was busy welcoming them inside, and he traveled extensively. In the past two years, I have often gone to sea with caravans, and I have met this Uncle Lin a few times.
Qianlet Lin Tianhong sit down in the guest seat, clasped his fists with both hands, and said, "This time the Red Flower will break the Qing army." My heaven and earth will all admire your association and the helmsman Chen, and the younger brother has brought some local products this time, so he should be congratulated by your association! ”
"Don't be polite to Lin Dangjia, after a while, you will have to rely on the heroes of the Heaven and Earth Society to march into Taiwan." , Zhao Banshan is busy with affairs now. I didn't have time to go around in circles with him, and I explained the plan of the Red Flower Society straight to the point!
"I have suffered from Tartars in Taiwan for many years, and I have long wanted to go against him, but I don't dare to do it because of my lack of strength, this time there will be safflower to support us, and we will fight to the death!" , Listening to the meaning of Lin Tianhong's words, it seems that he wants the Red Flower Society to leave after beating the Tartars on the island of Taiwan!
How can there be such a good thing, Zhao Banshan secretly sneered in his heart and waved his hand. "Lin Dangjia, you and I are not outsiders, and I won't beat around the bush, and we have a reason why I want to fight Taiwan; We will not be able to fight by ourselves, but we are not familiar with the geography of Taiwan, and it is inevitable that there will be damage at that time, so I ask you to help. Of course, my Red Flower Society never owes favors to others in vain, and if you have any requests after conquering Taiwan, you can mention it, but if you want to take Taiwan as your own, you don't need to say it. ”
According to past experience. Lin Tianhong originally thought that it would take several days to get to the point, but now that he didn't say a few words, Zhao Banshan laid out the conditions of the Red Flower Society, which caught him off guard, and he was stunned for a while and argued. "This Taiwan has been the territory of our Heaven and Earth Society since Chief Military Division Chen, and it is not appropriate for your society to occupy it as soon as you open your mouth, right?"
"My Red Flower Society didn't plan to snatch food from the mouth of the Heaven and Earth Society, isn't Taiwan still in the hands of the Tartars now? If your association can drive away the Tartars and let Taiwan return to the ownership of our Han people, my safflower society will definitely not touch Taiwan! Zhao Banshan gave Lin Tianhong a nail without being soft or hard, if the Heaven and Earth Society had the strength to do this, it would not come to the Red Flower Society.
This sentence choked Lin Tianhong a lot. I secretly hated in my heart, the Heaven and Earth Society began to fight against the Tartars from the Shunzhi years, but I didn't expect to be looked down upon by the Red Flower Society, which is much shallower than the Heaven and Earth Society, today! But at the moment, the form is stronger than people, the Red Flower Society has defeated 50,000 Qing troops and taken the land of Yifu, the Tiandihui is still being chased by Tartars in Guangdong, and the Taiwan side doesn't even dare to make trouble, so Lin Tianhong laughed twice and said, "Zhao Dangjia doesn't want to occupy all of Taiwan, right?" ”
"My safflower club has never treated my friends badly!" Seeing that the time is almost up, Zhao Banshan put out the conditions of the Red Flower Society, "The chief helmsman means that the capital city of Taiwan is where the foundation of the national surname is located, and it will be left to the Heaven and Earth Society to worship the national surname Lord and the general military division of Chen, and Fengshan County in the south can also be given to the Heaven and Earth Society, and the other places are owned by my Red Flower Society." When attacking Taiwan, you only need to report to our defenders and hydrological conditions, and show us the way after we go ashore! Leave the war with the Tartars to me in the Red Flower Society! ”
This condition is better than the bottom line that Lin Tianhong thought in advance, and when he heard this, he was very determined, but after a little stability, he began to look at Shu again, and shook his head again and again, "It's not proper, it's not appropriate, so Taiwan is not all owned by your association, brother, I can't explain to the elders in the association when I go back." ”
Zhao Banshan is an old man, so he won't be able to see what he means, and he talked around and around for a while, but he didn't take a step back after all, Lin Tianhong saw that he couldn't get a bargain, so he had to nod and agree. I am secretly happy in my heart, Taiwan's capital is the most prosperous place on the island, and this time the world will be able to live a good life for a while!
He knew that Chen Jialuo didn't take that prosperity in his eyes at all, and the iron mines, coal mines, and saltpeter mines in northern Taiwan were his goals. Moreover, these two places are just temporarily lent to the Tiandihui, and when they take the whole province of Fujian in the future, it will be seen if the Tiandihui will dare to guard the capital of Taiwan with peace of mind.
Three days later, after the two sides discussed the details, Zhao Banshan and Lin Tianhong high-fived to confirm the covenant. Before leaving, Chen Jialuo set up a banquet to entertain the representatives of the Heaven and Earth Association headed by Lin Tianhong, and the little boy next to Lin Tianhong during the banquet aroused Chen Jialuo's idea, "This is the child of Lin Dang's family?" ”
"No, it's my nephew, take him out to see the world this time." , Lin Tianhong replied, "Come, Shuangwen, please say hello to the chief helmsman." ”
"Shuangwen? But it's called Lin Shuangwen? After getting a definite answer, Chen Jialuo laughed, "Good name!" He must be a good man in the future! (To be continued.) )