After three days of coaxing, he didn't even blast open a small bunker near the dock. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Swedish artillery officer explained that the front of this kind of pillbox is round, the force area is greatly reduced, and it has a good rebound effect, many shells are bounced, and the pillbox is built with a lot of granite, so it is extremely strong, and it is difficult to blast it apart without larger artillery.

The Swedes actually don't know that the Hakka people are good at building bunkers, but they are not completely built with granite, but a multi-layer composite structure, the inner layer uses rammed earth plus wood, and only the outer layer uses granite.

The locals were very anxious, they had already arrived at their hometowns, and saw the fields they used to plow and the paths they walked, but they couldn't open the Hakka bunkers.

Zhu Jinglun rejected this suggestion of appointing and filling the pit, and told the local squire to wait, since he needed a bigger cannon, then pull a bigger cannon, and it would be great to get two fortress cannons.

The first battle didn't go well, Fang Shan felt that something was wrong, the fortune teller always believed that he had some kind of dark feeling, and suggested that Zhu Jinglun should not attack hard, but outwitted.

Zhu Jinglun said with a smile: "It is necessary to attack hard, and only a hard attack can deter people to the greatest extent." Small cannons don't work, so we use big cannons. ”

Fang Shan sighed: "I always feel that something is going to happen. ”

Zhu Jinglun waved his hand: "Since you think something is going to happen, then let's go back first, anyway, it will take a while to wait for the cannon." Actually, I also think something is going to happen. ”

Zhu Jinglun said that something was going to happen, whether it was the same thing as what Fang Shan's said, he didn't know, Zhu Jinglun only knew that there should be movement on the side of the British and French forces, and he had to go back at least once.

So Hou Jin and the Swedish advisers were left here, and he returned to Xin'an with the ships that went to pick up the heavy artillery.

It's not calm.

On March 8, 1860, the British Minister Prouss and the French Minister Bourblon issued an ultimatum to the Qing court in accordance with the government's instructions. Four requirements were made:

First, apologize to Britain and France for the Dagukou incident and return the guns and ships captured by the Qing side.

Second, it politely received the British and French envoys to Beijing to exchange the treaty and fully implement the treaty.

Third, the decision that the British envoys who had already agreed not to be stationed in Beijing was a matter of dismissal, and whether or not the British envoys would be stationed in Beijing in the future would be up to Britain and France themselves.

Fourth, the amount of compensation to Britain and France for the Dagukou incident can be seen clearly in the speed of the party's compliance with the above paragraphs.

When Zhu Jinglun went back, it was already the end of April, so this ultimatum was also received in Guangdong, and the attitude of the Qing court was very indifferent, but Bai Gui was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, the Qing court did not know the strength of Britain and France, Bai Gui had been in Guangdong for decades, and he knew more clearly about the situation of foreigners, and he knew that these two countries could not be provoked by anyone now.

Zhu Jinglun is not here, what he is most worried about is whether the foreigners will plot against Guangzhou again, whether the Humen Fortress established by Zhu Jinglun can block the fleet of the foreigners, this fortress group costs a million taels, and the silver of the Xin'an Li Bureau has been smashed into it in recent years, but he Baigui has not taken a penny from Zhu Jinglun's hand, the picture is a down-to-earth, but when he thought that Lin Zexu did not block it back then, and Ye Mingchen did not block it, he had no confidence in using the fort against the warship.

Bai Gui's attitude was conveyed to Zhu Jinglun through Fu Li, and Fu Li had been stationed in Xin'an during Zhu Jinglun's absence, not that he wanted to stay here, but that Bai Gui was not at ease at all.

Zhu Jinglun reassured Fuli: "I dare to make a military order, if a foreigner steps through the Tiger Gate, I am willing to kill myself!" ”

Fu Li said: "It's good if you are sure, no one wants you to kill yourself." I'll tell the Governor. You have to talk about it, but don't lie to me. ”

Fu Li himself is actually very worried.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "Actually, I'm more worried about Xin'an here, foreigners are eyeing Kowloon, although the Chiwan Fort is also installed with new guns, but it is not as good as the guns in Humen Fortress, the most important thing is that foreigners can take the land route, from Kowloon land, as long as they make up their minds, it is really difficult to defend." ”

Fu Li sighed: "What if Xin'an can't hold it, if the foreigners want to cut the land, will the court agree?" ”

Whether the imperial court will agree to this is needless to say, once Beijing City falls, Xianfeng will agree to anything.

So how to keep Kowloon when the time comes.

Putting aside the emotional problem, whether Kowloon is ceded to the British or not has no impact on the general trend of the country, because Hong Kong Island has already been ceded, and it is nothing to cede one more Kowloon Division, not to mention that the British only need a part, not all of the Kowloon Peninsula.

Zhu Jinglun also knew that the British wanted to cede the Kowloon Division, not out of territorial considerations, but mainly because their foreign firm needed a piece of land to build a warehouse.

But this is also the issue that Zhu Jinglun is most concerned about, and the most important thing about his opening of trade in Chiwan is for economic purposes, that is, to collect tariffs of more than one million taels a year, and if the development of Hong Kong can be curbed, Zhu Jinglun believes that the trade volume here in Chiwan will be larger, and the tax revenue will be more.

In the long-term view of his diplomat, Hong Kong Island will have to be taken back sooner or later, and if Hong Kong Island cannot be developed, the British will be more willing to give it up at that time, after all, if they keep investing, it will not be cost-effective for a country that aims at interests, and the British do not attach importance to overseas territories.

Therefore, Zhu Jinglun will do his best to keep Kowloon.

But it is impossible to fight, even if the French do not participate in the British operation to seize Kowloon, the British army alone, that is more than 10,000 people, and more than 10,000 British modern troops in the field, the current Zhu Jinglun can not do it.

If it doesn't work, then it can only take other means, and it is impossible for the imperial court to withstand the pressure, Xianfeng's gang of people don't care at all, where is the land in their hometown in the northeast, it will be ceded if it is ceded, not to mention the small peninsula in the remote areas of the south, I am afraid that the weight of the Jiulong Division in their eyes is better than ceding the wasteland in the Heilongjiang River Valley to the Russians.

After discussing military issues with Hou Jin, Hou Jin said that the 100 people sent out had begun to train tens of thousands of villagers, and they were all obedient and there were no problems.

Even where the Kowloon Division is also going well, that is, the local townspeople are very nervous, they block the traffic in various places, and at present, the smuggling of the Kowloon Division has been completely eliminated, whether it is Chinese or foreigners who want to smuggle, they will be beaten to death in the north.

It is said that because of the smuggling of crows, even the soldiers under the Kowloon deputy general Yang Yide were beaten, and the local townspeople also led people to block Kowloon City for half a month, and it was Hou Jin who sent people to persuade to let Kowloon City go.

Hou Jin said that the people's hearts can be used.

Yes, popular hearts are available.

Zhu Jinglun's brain moved, and he was a little reluctant, but he could only use the will of the people.

If you open the history books, you will find that in the diplomatic documents between the Qing Dynasty and foreigners, they often threatened foreigners with ordinary people, which is not a habit they have always had.

Since when did the common people become a tool used by the Qing court to threaten foreigners, probably after the Crow War, it was not this small victory in Sanyuanli that made the Qing court feel that the foreigners were afraid of the people, but the anti-entry movement that broke out in Guangzhou began.

After the first Yayi War, the foreigners obtained the right to live in the city, but the common people were not happy, at this time, the Chinese people were full of discrimination against the non-Han nationality, even the local non-Han people were discriminated against, not to mention the foreigners, so the Cantonese people and the Hakka people said to each other that the other party was not Han is a very serious insult, and both sides tried their best to emphasize that they were pure Han people from the Middle Plains.

Therefore, when the people of Guangzhou heard that the foreigners wanted to go into the city to live with them, this was repayable, who would want to live near their home a group of Yi people who did not know how to be polite, righteous and shameful, that would bring bad children, I heard that the Yi people also eat people, drink human blood and so on.

People are always used to adding some terrible things to things they don't understand, and the same is true for Westerners, until the 21st century, there are still some Westerners who believe that Chinese eat children.

As a result, the civil forces in Guangzhou, from the squires to the merchants, to the ordinary citizens, petitioned one after another, asking the government to refuse foreigners to enter the city, and the government was caught in a dilemma. At this time, as soon as the British approached the city, the citizens of the north threw stones, and they could be killed if they went deep into the countryside, and more British people died because they entered the city than in the war against the crows.

This movement made it impossible for the British to enter the city of Guangzhou before the Second Raven War. This move was praised by the whole country. Lin Zexu also carried out the anti-entry into the city in Fuzhou, and the people of Fuzhou also resisted, but the effect was not as great as that of Guangzhou.

Finding that the non-governmental movement could achieve the goals that the official could not achieve, the foreigners seemed to be very afraid of the villagers who threw stones, rather than the officers and soldiers with knives, and then the Qing government began to abuse the common people as an excuse.

With Zhu Jinglun's character, he does not like to adopt this method, it is the responsibility of the government to protect the family and defend the country, it is a public service provided by the government, since it collects taxes from the people, then it is necessary to provide the most basic services for taxpayers, security and education are the two most basic rights that should be enjoyed, but the government is incompetent, but it wants to use the people as an excuse to protect itself, this kind of thing is really embarrassing to do.

But the reality is that the use of any formal diplomatic means will not achieve the goal of protecting Kowloon, and Zhu Jinglun has no choice but to fight the banner of the common people.

But even if Zhu Jinglun played this disgraceful banner, he would definitely not abuse it like the Qing court officials, and he would have no strength to talk about how the people talked about it at every turn.

Zhu Jinglun wanted the foreigners and the Qing court to truly see the voices of the people in Guangdong, and let them feel the strong determination of the people to protect their homes and land.

Zhu Jinglun decided to let all the squires join hands and write a blood book!