Wei Lianli was very satisfied with his operation, he didn't have the courage to do it, but he didn't need courage to do it at all, so when he accepted Zhou Lang's order, he was not only very relieved, but also full of confidence.

Because he didn't put himself in a dangerous position from beginning to end, he went to deliver the news to the Guangzhou government, which is a dangerous thing, because Wei Lianli's identity is a member of the Taiwan Tiandihui, and the Tiandihui is a chaotic party in the whole of China, and now that the Taiwan's Tiandihui has revolted, it is good for him to go to see Manchurian officials in this capacity, and it is good to be beheaded directly without being arrested.

But if you don't meet with the officials in Guangzhou and don't reveal your identity, then there is no danger. To pass on the news without meeting is too simple in Wei Lianli's opinion.

After he came to Guangzhou with Harald's ship, Wei Lianli plunged into a nearby hospital prostitute.

He grew up in Qinglou and knows the doorway of this industry very well. There is no Heaven and Earth Society in Guangzhou, but the prostitutes in the Qinglou courtyard in Guangzhou are still in the hands of social organizations. This is a tradition, the Qinglou gambling house and the big car shop, these livelihoods are not things done by decent people, they are all controlled by the ninth-rate social people. Moreover, there is already a set of general rules, and there is a slight difference between the southern faction and the northern faction, but the difference between Guangdong and Taiwan is very small.

Wei Lianli knew very well that it was more convenient to find out the news in these places, he spent some money, it was easy to know some of the information he wanted, and he also connected with some local social gangs, and when necessary, he could even find a few available people, of course, the money still had to be spent.

He was cautious and didn't make things so much that he had to do something black, he just inquired about Cai Shiwen, the chief merchant of the Thirteen Lines, who often feasted on the flower boats of foreign merchants from all over the world, and then patiently guarded them.

Cai Shiwen didn't let him wait long, and took a Swedish businessman to the flower boat outside the city to have fun. Wei Lianli hired a boat, chased after him, and faced the thugs who stopped him, he told the other party that he wanted to see Cai Shiwen, there was something important, and the thugs couldn't afford to delay him, and then Fan Er threw out a silver fruit of fifty taels casually, and the other party immediately agreed to help him introduce, and he met Cai Shiwen on the boat.

"Lord Cai, have you heard about Taiwan?"

Ask in person.

Who wouldn't know that there was a lot of trouble in Taiwan, but in fact, the Guangdong region didn't care too much, after all, it was a matter of an overseas island, and there have been many small rebellions in recent years, and it's not all a bunch of poor ghosts.

Cai Shiwen nodded: "This benevolent brother has something to say, please speak." ”

Seeing Cai Shiwen's impatient appearance, Wei Lianli was neither humble nor arrogant, he knew when to be inferior and when to pretend to be an uncle.

He said very arrogantly: "Taiwan's affairs are handled by the British. While rebelling in Taiwan, they also came to Guangzhou to do business. I'll just ask, the government doesn't care about this matter. ”

Cai Shiwen couldn't figure out Wei Lianli's door at all, and he didn't dare to look down on the other party.

But one more thing is not as good as the Chinese's philosophy of life, and he immediately plucked himself out: "This matter is in the hands of the officials and masters, and it is only a businessman in the next term, not to talk about state affairs." ”

Wei Lianli looked indifferent: "Then it's up to Lord Cai." Anyway, I brought my family's words with me, and the British are in Guangzhou, so I will find out if it is true and ask if it is true. I'm just going to bring the words to Lord Cai, and as for whether Lord Cai wants to tell the adults at customs, it's none of my business. But I have to remind Lord Cai that you are not the only one who has heard the same words. Naturally, there are other people who know, and they also know that you, Lord Cai, know about this matter, if the official master is interested in asking, but you Lord Cai did not tell the adults, I am afraid that I will have to eat it. ”

After saying that, Wei Lianli raised his hand to say goodbye, threw down a letter, jumped on the flower boat he came, got in, and soon disappeared on the pink Guangzhou River.

Cai Shiwen felt inexplicable, but he didn't have the mind to eat flowers and wine, he couldn't figure out where Wei Lianli came from, but he saw a lot of people in this line, and this kind of person who was looking for him was not asking for money, it was often difficult to deal with, originally according to his character, it was better to have more than one thing, but now the other party has put down his words, just like the other party said, it is not easy for the official to ask, and the other party said that he will tell others that he Cai Shiwen knows the inside story, if he still doesn't inform the adults, it seems that he Cai Shiwen is covering up the English.

Anyway, when he told those adults in Guangzhou, that is, a matter of one sentence, he often came into contact with official figures, and when the time came, he would casually say that someone had passed the word to his ears, and the matter would be over, and it had nothing to do with him.

Cai Shiwen did often meet with officials at all levels in Guangzhou, and the next day he had to go to the Guangdong Customs to explain because of a business dispute, so he casually told the Guangdong Customs Inspector what he had encountered yesterday. At the same time, he handed over the letter to the master of Guangdong Customs, and as for the letter, he didn't even open it, and it was not good to know too much about some things.

I didn't expect the customs supervision to be serious.

The customs supervision established during the Qianlong period was in nature a superintendent sent by the emperor to represent the emperor and was responsible for managing the customs affairs of Guangdong. This position, like the Jiangning Three Weaving during the Kangxi period, actually sometimes acts as the emperor's eyes and ears. These people are often more well-informed than the magistrates, and the troubles in Taiwan have already made the emperor very unhappy. You must know that Qianlong is a person who wants to save face, he suppressed Lin Shuangwen's uprising a few years ago, and the emperor happily included it in his ten martial arts, who would have thought that he would make trouble again in a few years, isn't this a slap in the face of the emperor. Qianlong has called himself a perfect old man, does he want to suppress it again and add himself to the eleventh?

If the emperor is not happy, these relatives and nobles will have the opportunity to pat themselves on the back, and if the emperor is happy, everyone is good.

Just like Wei Lianli said, if you arrest foreigners and ask them, you will know all about the first trial.

At this time, there were really foreigners' merchant ships docked in Guangzhou, and they were operating in the Guangzhou office of the East India Company, and the Guangdong Customs immediately sent troops to arrest the ship, arrest people, and interrogate them overnight.

The people arrested were none other than Harald and his crew, who had brought Wei Lianli to Guangzhou.

Harald went to visit the East India Company's Taipan, because now the Chinese (East India) Company did not establish a business store in Guangzhou, so it had to rely on the British East India Company, fortunately, the British East India Company as the major shareholder of the Chinese company, they were also willing to provide some help, the last time Harald was in the East India Company Taipan, only to purchase the goods, and then return to India, this time is the second time, familiar with the way.

Taipan was also very polite to Harald, because he knew the situation in Taiwan, so he also had a careful understanding with Harald, wanting to see what business could be done in Taiwan, and he could expand the business of the East India Company. I promised to help Harald stock up, but he had to wait a few days.

As a result, it was only in the evening of the next day, and the Qing army came to the door, looking for the Taipan dignitary, and named the surname, the Taipan was slightly embarrassed, the other party was quite unreasonable, and went directly into the ship, arrested the suspicious Harald, and then forced him to question. Harald was tortured by the Manchus and told all the places where his crew were staying, and as a result, he was caught all of them.

Everyone was brought to the prison in Guangzhou for such a trial and everything was clear.