Chapter 59 The Layout of Vietnam
Three million taels of silver were sent to Liang Jiajun the next day.
In order to send away these plague gods who robbed him of his silver as soon as possible, Emperor Side reluctantly took out the silver from his treasury, instead of scavenging it from below and paying compensation. Not only that, but he also sent the scholar Ruan Zhifang to continue to Quang Tri, urging them to take the money and leave quickly.
Three million taels of silver is actually less than 100 tons, because at this time, Vietnam used the Chinese unit of measurement, and there were 16 taels per catty. Young Master Liang looked at this large pile of silver, there were fifty taels and one hundred taels and one hundred and one ingots, and each ingots were pressed with the mark of the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam. The surface of some silver ingots has turned black, presumably because the surface has been oxidized after being stored for too long.
Young Master Liang couldn't help but be curious about how much stock there was in the Nguyen Dynasty's treasury again, and he was later robbed by the French without disclosing the news. It must be a huge amount of money, and the French are making a fortune in silence!
In the face of Ruan Zhifang's repeated urging, Tieqiao San, who was instructed by Young Master Liang, played Tai Chi, repeatedly expressed that the transportation capacity was insufficient, and even opened his mouth to borrow a few big ships from Vietnam.
Facing Tieqiao San's shamelessness, Ruan Zhifang's face turned black with anger. Nima has never seen such a bully, robbing us of our silver, and still bothering us to borrow a boat to transport it away? Isn't this pouring salt into Emperor Ed's wounds? Why didn't you see a shortage of capacity when you came to the door?
The problem is that Liang Jiajun didn't have so much loot when he first fought! Of course, you can't say this to Ruan Zhifang, otherwise this university scholar will have to vomit blood in anger!
Liang Jiajun shirked and delayed at this time, of course, in order to cover the raid on the three northern cities. After all, it is necessary to go back and forth in the waters of the Beibu Gulf, and it takes too much time on the sea route, and the search operation cannot be completed in more than ten days.
Young Master Liang, who had already fallen into a state of wealth obsession, of course refused to give up this fat to his mouth. It's just that there are too many things that need to be transported, and the lack of capacity is also objective. Therefore, for the Vietnamese army that surrendered in Guangzhi City, Young Master Liang did not pack them all up and transport them away like Hongji City, but selected more than 2,000 young and strong people, and the rest stayed in Vietnam.
In order to delay the retreat, Liang Jiajun found another excuse. Today, Tieqiao San posed a difficult question to Scholar Nguyen.
According to the Vietnamese coalition forces, the Maritime Defense carried out burning, killing and looting operations in the city of Hongji and blamed the South China Sea Company for these crimes. For this shameful charge, Nanhai Company is unacceptable. On the contrary, the Nanhai Company's military is strictly disciplined, very self-disciplined, and does not engage in any disturbance to the people, which is obvious to all. In order to clear the name of this unjustified crime, the South China Sea Company decided to recruit the Maritime Defense Army, catch the lawbreakers, and try them jointly by the Vietnamese government and the South China Sea Company, and those culprits must be severely punished!
Oh, my God! The moth that Scholar Ruan was most worried about is still here (Murphy's Law is not yet available at this time)!
Ruan Zhifang took a few breaths, calmed down, and asked, "Do you still want to attack Haiphong City?" ”
Tieqiao replied calmly: "It would be great if you could order them to tie themselves up."
Nguyen Zhifang thought to himself, Quang Tri City is still far away from Haiphong City, how long will it take to come and go, do you want to spend the New Year in Vietnam before leaving? If you don't leave, will our Vietnamese court still have a good year?
But he replied very discouragedly: "I don't have this power, and they won't obey my orders." At this time, he was angry and resentful of the coastal defense army that had not achieved enough things and had more than enough defeat, as a participant in this war, he also knew the report of the naval defense army, and he was skeptical about the authenticity of the report at the beginning.
Tieqiao San seemed to see through the mind of Scholar Ruan, and said with a slight smile: "If you want to deal with this matter as soon as possible, you can order Haiphong to open the city gate, let us go in and arrest people, I believe that we will be able to catch those culprits soon, which can also reduce the loss of Haiphong City, otherwise if we attack the city with artillery, it will inevitably hurt the innocent."
Ruan Zhifang thought about it carefully, this is a good way, it seems that the other party does not want to stay in Vietnam, but just wants to be ashamed of their reputation. In this case, things will be much easier, and those damned generals of the Maritime Defense Army should be punished severely, not only lying about the military situation, but also burning, killing and looting on their own land, which is really deserved!
Nguyen Chi Phu then rushed back to the royal city of Hue and reported the matter to Emperor Si De. Emperor Side, who was anxious to send the plague god away, immediately agreed, and wrote a royal decree specifically for this purpose, and he also resented those damned bastards in Haiphong.
Next, the retreat speed of the Nanhai Company really accelerated, in fact, the loot was almost transported, and after the last batch was transported today, the Liang Jiajun could set off, leave Guangzhi City, and go to Haiphong City to arrest the perpetrators.
The Vietnamese court, which got the news, finally breathed a sigh of relief, from Emperor Duc to the Manchu courtiers, all of whom were struggling with this inexplicable war, and now they have finally survived.
The three-city raid on the Liang Jiajun's side has only one target left-Nanding City. Young Master Liang calculated the time, so that it seemed that the two armies could meet in Haiphong and leave Vietnam together to return to the Hainan base.
The war for Vietnam has come to an end. What should be the next layout for Vietnam? Young Master Liang paced square steps in his headquarters, thinking non-stop.
The five cities of Haiphong, Hanoi, Nam Dinh, Vinh City, and Da Nang will be open to the Liang family army in the future, and the Liang family's commercial outlets can enter these cities, and the Vietnamese court will not dare to embarrass them, after all, the Liang family army has established its authority in Vietnam in this war. The nearest city to the Hainan base is Haiphong, so you can pull a telegraph line to Haiphong first, and then talk about it later in other places, so that there will be a direct information channel between Vietnam and the base, and if something unexpected happens, you can also deal with it in time.
Haiphong is still a natural harbor, and Liang Jiajun has obtained the right to use Haiphong Port and Quang An Port free of charge. Then Haiphong will be an important fulcrum for Liang Jiajun in Vietnam in the future, and it seems that this opportunity to go to Haiphong to arrest people can be well utilized!
In order to avoid leaving trouble for the Liang family's army to be stationed in Haiphong in the future, Master Liang secretly decided that this time he went to Haiphong to arrest people must be expanded, and all the coastal defense troops must be arrested in one pot and sent these beasts to Shilu Iron Mine to mine. It's better to have a secret intelligence agency in Haiphong, oh, by the way, we don't have an intelligence agency yet, and the importance of the intelligence agency is self-evident, and it seems that we have to set it up quickly.
Young Master Liang's thoughts spread out wildly, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there were too many things to do. He felt that it was better to call the two masters to discuss together, anyway, now Huang Qiying and Tieqiao San have been completely dragged into the water by him.
Just wanted to ask Liang Qiang and Liang Zhuang to invite the master over, but suddenly woke up to the fact that the two followers who were inseparable from him were no longer around. Sixteen-year-old Liang Qiang is now the platoon commander of the third company and the second platoon of the first battalion, this kid is naturally warlike, and his head is easy to use, and he has been studying with Master Liang for a long time, and his education level is very high among the recruits, and now he is excited to be a small platoon commander; Fourteen-year-old Liang Zhuang is a little confused, but he is actually not suitable for being a soldier, so he is now working as a clerk for the regiment headquarters at the base; and his junior brother Huang Feihong, who is now also a small soldier at the regiment headquarters, a communications soldier in the communication squad of the regiment headquarters.
Thinking that the future hero Huang Feihong is now his little communication soldier, our young master Liang finally showed a childlike naughty smile on his face that was commensurate with his age.