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After the British army attacked the fort, a few days later, there were small boats to go around outside the city of Guangzhou, no way, the Xu people on this river had 80,000 boats, which relied on water to eat, and the biggest business was transportation, after cutting off trade, fishing alone could not feed them, not to mention that they fished not only for food, but also for sale, and only after selling money could they buy grain, cloth, salt and other necessities.

In this way, Guangzhou's trade began to recover slowly.

However, the attitude of the foreigners was always tough, and Hurd made three trips between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, each time saying that the British army demanded that the Qing army cede Guangzhou according to the treaty.

From other aspects, Zhu Jinglun also knew that Ergin, who was negotiating with the British in SH, had already protested the matter to the ministers Gui Liang and Hua Shana, who were negotiating with him, and Gui Liang and Hua Shana also told Erjin in accordance with Xianfeng's strategy that it was not the army of the Qing government that attacked the city of Guangzhou, but the folk townsmen, and these had nothing to do with the government, and if the British were willing, they were willing to act as intermediaries.

Ergin was inexplicably puzzled by such words and deeds, and really could not understand the thinking of the Chinese, he refused, and insisted that the Manchu court respect the treaty and temporarily hand over Guangzhou to the Anglo-French forces.

How dare Gui Liang and Hua Shana agree to hand over the recovered city to the foreigners, not to mention them, even the emperor can't afford this responsibility, and future generations will scold him for being a faint king. They were sure that if they agreed to this condition, the civil servants on the TC would spray them to death.

So the two only talked about trade with Ergin, and refused to talk about Guangzhou.

Elgin instructed the British in Hong Kong to find a way to capture Canton as soon as possible, and at the same time put pressure on the French to act with the British. The main force of the French army had been staying in SH during this time to put pressure on Huashana and Guiliang, after all, they also had to negotiate the terms of trade with the Qing government. Under pressure from Ergin, the French finally went south.

If the French return to Hong Kong, it means that the Anglo-French army will have more than 3,000 people to fight, and it is very worrying whether they will attack Canton again.

At the same time, Zhu Jinglun trained the soldiers with all his might, now there are 2,000 coolies, and their marksmanship is already quite good, they already have good pace training, and the three-stage shooting technique is already somewhat good, and in half a month, they will probably be able to fight a platoon of guns like the British and French forces, which can be a battle.

In any case, Guangzhou cannot be handed over again, and the Manchu dynasty will not agree, but it doesn't matter if those civil officials disagree, they can sit back and discuss historical facts, speak out loudly, scold whoever is in charge of peace, and show loyalty, but Zhu Jinglun can't, he really wants to do things, and he must use all kinds of methods, including methods to make people scold, to keep the city of Guangzhou.

Bai Gui's banquet was very lively, it was a banquet to celebrate his reinstatement, and Huang Zonghan and other civil and military officials participated.

Bai Gui sat with Huang Zonghan, Mukedenne and other high-ranking officials and talked and laughed.

Zhu Jinglun could only sit on the outermost military attache seat, and Zhang Qianshan and some unknown green battalion soldiers sat with him.

Zhang Qianshan frequently toasted Zhu Jinglun, and everyone could see that now Zhu Jinglun was a popular person in front of the governor, and the governor had just been reinstated, and I heard that the emperor appreciated it very much, it was Long En, and it was naturally beneficial and harmless to make friends with Zhu Jinglun at this time.

At the same time, Zhang Qianshan also invited Zhu Jinglun to his house for a drink tomorrow, of course, for a reason, that is, he was promoted. The emperor rewarded many people generously this time, and Zhang Qianshan was promoted to the guerrilla of the Nanxiong Left Association. Zhu Jinglun got the title of assistant of the regimental training of the Guangzhou Prefecture, responsible for the formation and training of the musket battalion, which can be regarded as a real reputation, and there is no need to be attached to the banner of Nanhai County. And Zhu Jinglun also got the title of alternate magistrate, this is not given by the emperor, but Bai Gui went through the normal channel, and donated the money to Zhu Jinglun through the ministry, and the money was all from Bai Gui, as the governor he also had to pay, but the official donation was the formal system of the Qing Dynasty, which was available since the time of Kangxi, of course, as a governor, he could get a discount based on his relationship.

Even so, if the governor can pay for himself to buy an official, everyone can see Bai Gui's great love for Zhu Jinglun.

Lin Fuxiang also sat at the same table with Zhu Jinglun, he was a little taciturn, and he also got some rewards, but he was a little depressed, because he always thought that he was a scholar, but he had to sit with a group of martial artists, especially Zhu Jinglun seemed to be the protagonist, but Zhu Jinglun was just a brave soldier under him in the past, so he really couldn't wipe his face and win over Zhu Jinglun.

Zhu Jinglun pretended to have something in his heart, and he was not in the mood to cater to others, so the two basically did not communicate at the table, if someone else didn't get it and thought that the two had a conflict, at least Zhang Qianshan had repeatedly checked the faces of the two of them many times.

After the banquet, Bai Gui asked Zhu Jinglun to stay and talked to him in the governor's yamen.

Bai Gui told Zhu Jinglun a piece of bad news.

"Something happened in XA County......"

Soon after the defeat of the British army from Canton last month, and soon after the main French army returned to Hong Kong, the coalition forces launched an offensive against Xa County, with the aim of intimidating the Xin'an people, especially the active Xiangyong in the Xin'an area.

They caught the traces of Xiang Yong led by Chen Guiji, destroyed Xiang Yong's station, and chased Xiang Yong all the way to XA County. After the coalition army entered the county seat, it not only killed many people, but also burned the county office, Wang Shouren was burned to death in the county office, Chen Gui died in the city, and the total number of people killed in the battle was more than 1,000 people.

Zhu Jinglun couldn't help but sigh. Little did he know that it was he who changed history. In the original history, because the British government of Hong Kong sent people to Xa County to post notices, and there was a conflict with Xa County, and then a battle did break out, but only 3,000 British troops were blocked by Chen Gui and Xin'an Xiangyong, who was dominated by Shajing Township Yong.

But this time, because the British army is now losing a battle outside Guangzhou, so more attention is paid to Xiangyong, on the other hand, this time there are 1000 French troops involved, the combat effectiveness of the French army is stronger than the British army, and for various reasons they pay more attention to attacking XA County, and finally really broke XA County.

After hearing this, Zhu Jinglun frowned and asked.

Bai Gui nodded: "The Yi people sent someone to spread the word, if the government ceded Guangzhou City, they were willing to return to Xin'an immediately." Hmph, what a dream! ”

Zhu Jinglun nodded, no matter which Qing government official would not agree to change the provincial capital to another county seat.

However, Zhu Jinglun thought of something else, Bai Gui had no reason to let people stay and tell him this.

Unless: "What do you mean by keeping a villain, adult?" ”

Bai Gui sighed: "I just want to ask your opinion, can your soldiers take back Xin'an?" ”

Zhu Jinglun thought for a while and said: "If the troops are not caught, even if they can be defeated, they can't hold it, unless they are recruiting one or two thousand villagers." ”

Bai Gui nodded, thought for a moment and said, "As long as I can fight down, I will go and tell the governor about recruiting Xiangyong." You just have to do it. ”

Zhu Jinglun said again: "Also, the salary is not good. ”

Bai Gui gave Zhu Jinglun 100,000 taels many times, of which 40,000 taels bought tobacco soil, 2,000 Xiangyong was 10,000 a month, and he had to pay double salaries for the war, and 30,000 taels were sent down in the past two months, and there were 30,000 left, and there was no long-term source to support it.

Bai Gui couldn't help frowning: "You have given these soldiers too much." ”

The three squires recruited more than 10,000 village warriors, in fact, they are also very worried about money now, and have written to the emperor many times, hoping to change their village warriors to formal group training, so that they can eat the money from the treasury. They raised a total of 120,000 taels, but after the news of the TJ treaty spread, the squires who had promised to donate immediately refused to give money, resulting in only 60,000 taels in the end. People raised more than 10,000 soldiers, and only used 60,000 taels, and Zhu Jinglun raised 2,000 soldiers, and spent more money in just a few months, which is indeed too much.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "Yingyi has a lot of money to give these coolies, if you can't promise a lot of money, how can you entrap them." These people are addicted to crows and have no loyalty, and if they lose their money, let alone fighting, I am afraid that they will take refuge in Yiren again. At that time, I will lead the Yi people to call, I am afraid that there will be a big disaster. ”

Bai Gui had a headache, and from what he saw, he felt that these people were indeed strong, of course, it was just an illusion. But Bai Gui didn't know, so he believed what Zhu Jinglun said, and it was a big trouble to really let these people turn around.

But he really didn't have any money, and he was reluctant to take out the rest of his family after he was safe.

After thinking about it, he said: "This time, Chen Gui took Shajing Township to fight with the Yi people, 'do not tell the gentry, do not pay the officials, donate and fight, and vow to fight with them', it can be seen that the Xin'an gentry are loyal and commendable, if you can capture Xin'an, you can eat food and salary." ”

Zhu Jinglun asked again: "But the quasi-villain set up a bureau on the spot?" ”

Bai Gui said: "It is not necessary to take a penny, but it must not be too much, and it cannot arouse public anger." The money that is given is not used for other purposes except for soldiers' salaries, and it is not to be used for greed. Be careful! ”

Bai Gui was afraid that Zhu Jinglun would scrape the land poorly, and he would go to XA County to loot too ruthlessly. As for the matter of enriching his own pockets, Bai Gui felt that Zhu Jinglun must be doing it, being an official is not for money, how is this possible, not to mention that he is still a military attaché, if he doesn't let them get rich, who will give you his life.

Zhu Jinglun said: "Don't worry, adults, villains are not greedy people. Leading troops to fight, firstly, to be loyal to the emperor, secondly, to contribute to the adults, and also to ask for a future for himself. ”

This explanation makes sense, and Bai Gui nodded approvingly.

continued: "That's it, since the XA county order sacrificed his life for the country, it is also a coincidence. If you can lay down XA County, the government will find this shortage for you. ”

Zhu Jinglun was overjoyed: "Master Xie cultivated." ”

Bai Gui encouraged Zhu Jinglun again, asking him to go back and prepare and set off in a few days.

Zhu Jinglun knew that although it was Bai Gui who told him, I am afraid that Huang Zonghan proposed it, and the two of them discussed it, but Zhu Jinglun was Bai Gui's person, so Bai Gui proposed it. As for the conditions mentioned by Zhu Jinglun, of course it is good to be able to get it, but it doesn't matter if you can't get it, anyway, it doesn't take much effort, the baby who can be called has milk to eat, and there is nothing to complain about, so I still want it.

Zhu Jinglun is really full of ambition to go back and prepare, he is already impatient to go to Xin'an, because in his opinion, where is really a good foundation, because the name of XA County in the future is called Shenzhen!