In all fairness, Xinhuizhi County Nie Erkang is the best among the nearby counties. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This person is a Jinshi born, a native of Hengyang, Hunan, this era is an extremely brilliant era for Hunan people, some people say that it was Zeng Guofan who led the development of Hunan people, in fact, things are not so simple, after the death of Zeng Guofan, Hunan people have emerged a batch of talents, not just because of Zeng Guofan alone.

Only those who settle down to do scholarship can find that in this era, academic ideas that have been applied to the world have become popular in Hunan culture, so what is really powerful is not that Hunan has produced a Zeng Guofan, but that Hunan has bred a set of cultural schools that can cultivate talents like Zeng Guofan.

Nie Erkang is not as capable as Zeng Guofan, but in his position as a county commander, first, he did not let Hong Bing break out in Xinhui, and second, he did not let the Tuke weapon fight spread to Xinhui, and for the common people, he made a contribution.

Of course, the methods used are not clever, such as prohibiting assemblies, seeing that the people everywhere are making trouble, Nie Erkang strictly forbade the common people to gather crowds, for which even the famous Jiangmen Yingshen Association, which has been circulated in Xinhui for hundreds of years, has been banned, and even prohibits acting in various places in the city and countryside, the means are not clever, and it can even be said to be extremely rude, but the problem is that he did it, and other county orders did not do it, this is the use of the world, he is using his not clever means and wisdom to do things, others may be smarter, but in dereliction of duty.

However, he can prohibit the Xinhui rural forces from colluding with the Hong soldiers, and he can also prohibit the Xinhui rural forces from participating in the Tuke armed struggle, and strictly control the squires and clans, but when it comes to the sensitive matter of ceding land, he can't help it, or the local forces he has been suppressing break through the ban under the banner of light.

So the last time Zhu Jinglun brought foreigners to Xinhui County, he was actually forbidden to enter, because in the face of foreigners, a factor that can cause the whole people to resist, it is not that Nie Erkang can't help it, but he doesn't dare to enter at all, or he doesn't want to ban it, from the bottom of his heart, Nie Erkang probably doesn't want to be contaminated with foreigners.

Nie Erkang did not come to greet Zhu Jinglun, he sent some local squires, led by the famous gentry Luo Tianchi.

This person was a Jinshi in the 28th year of Daoguang, and he was an official in Yunnan to become a Taoist, but he was dismissed because of the rebellion of the local Hui people.

Although this person has poor official luck, he is talented and has high painting attainments, and is known as the four masters of eastern Guangdong.

Of course, the useful contribution to the common people is that he introduced Pu'er tea from Yunnan, combined with the local excellent tangerine peel, and developed a special product called citrus Pu tea.

has been an official and a landlord, this is the natural squire leader, so the county order invited him to greet Zhu Jinglun.

In fact, it can be regarded as giving face, after all, the two are at the same level, and they have no friendship, the guest is as he pleases, and Zhu Jinglun doesn't go to see Nie Erkang, so it's too big to let the family come to the dock to greet him in person.

But at this time, Zhu Jinglun made up his mind to be arrogant, and he planned to be arrogant this time, starting from now on.

"Why didn't the county order come?"

Zhu Jinglun was not polite to a rural leader like Luo Tianchi, and directly reprimanded him angrily.

Luo Tianchi is also a person who has been an official, and the successive Xinhui county commanders have also been polite to him, after all, being an official is equivalent to joining the bureaucracy, and they are connected to a network with teachers and students and old relationships, and no one is willing to put stones in front of them, so they are polite to these old officials after stepping down, this is the first time that Luo Tianchi has been scolded by a small county order.

"The county is waiting for you in the Yamen!"

Luo Tianchi said coldly.

Zhu Jinglun snorted: "Let him come here to see me." ”

Luo Tianchi snorted, insulting the magistrate of Xinhui, and also insulting them, the leading figures of Xinhui, he left directly.

"Why is this so, my lord?"

Fang Shan didn't quite understand Zhu Jinglun's style.

Zhu Jinglun explained: "This time we are here as a guest army, and we are dealing with the complicated local land and ethnic issues, it is best not to get mixed with the locals, only neutrality can be fair." ”

Once entangled with local forces, even the government, he will definitely be influenced by these people, which is almost inevitable, so Zhu Jinglun simply directly drew a line with the local government and the squire, and intervened in local disputes with a detached attitude, but was able to act freely like a fish in water.

The soldiers carried all the grain, grass and baggage to the wharf, and the order they waited for was not to enter Xinhui County, but to camp directly on the spot, and then put up a notice to announce to the merchants on the wharf that the wharf was temporarily requisitioned. Sending troops was costly, and the purpose of requisitioning the wharf was not only to establish a camp, but also to collect taxes here.

As for the problem of setting up a private bureau, Bai Gui will carry it for him, provided that he can help Bai Gui settle the big trouble of the Tuke Fight, which makes the government have nowhere to start.

After camping, Zhu Jinglun moved into his tent, and the Americans came to visit, Xinhui's port was so good that they thought it was very suitable to set up a tea market here.

Of course, Zhu Jinglun knows that Xinhui Port is very good, not only the water is abundant, but also the channel is very deep, the best thing is that it is not silted here, and the giant ship of 10,000 tons can be berthed here in later generations, and now the waterway has not undergone modern rest, but the thousand-ton ships have also driven in, as for the tea market, it was originally a famous tea market.

Heshan, Xinning, Kaiping and even Enping County, which are connected by waterways, are places with many hills and tea plantations, many Hakka people, and a lot of tea. Especially Kaiping, unlike Xinning (Taishan) has its own outlet to the sea, the smoothest waterway in Kaiping is to take the Tanjiang River from Xinhui to the sea.

Choosing to camp in Xinhui Port, of course Zhu Jinglun did not come to buy tea, he came to the waterways that extend in all directions, the core area of the Tuke Weapon Fight, is Kaiping and Enping, and Heshan is the place where the Gun Fight broke out, in this place can almost affect the entire range of the Tuke Fight, and even better, there is no serious weapon fight in Xinhui, which is suitable as a stable rear.

"You want to buy tea here?"

Zhu Jinglun knows that Americans only see trade.

John shook his head and said, "I'm just making a suggestion that will make it easier for your country to export goods." As for us, we are the Investigation Corps, not the merchants, and I would like to ask to follow your army on the expedition, and I hope you will agree. ”

Zhu Jinglun did not hesitate: "Of course you can, but the battlefield is a dangerous place, you must get the consent of your consul to prove that you entered the battlefield completely voluntarily, if there is danger, your government cannot use this as an excuse to lodge any diplomatic protests." ”

John said, "Of course, our legation will agree, if you insist." ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "Then I hope you hurry up, at the latest next month, my army will march!" ”

Xinhui is just a base camp, and the army sent by Zhu Jinglun will definitely not be only 200 people, he plans to bring all the 2,000 people under the black dog, kill chickens with knives, muskets and cannons, and end this weapon fight in the shortest time, the shorter the time, the less trauma.

After that, the rest of the soldiers will arrive by waterway, and before they are all assembled, Zhu Jinglun is ready to invite the squires and clans of the Turks and Hakka to come to a meeting together to discuss a rule!