Chapter 58 is in the Qing Dynasty once

At this moment, the consuls of the concession countries were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and the British consul was Bruce who was particularly anxious, and roared in disbelief:

"Fake, this must be God's joke, several of our merchant ships of the British Empire are gone, and the two armed merchant ships that can cruise on the Huangpu River have also disappeared, do you think I will believe this joke?"

"Your Excellency, this is not a joke, the captains of the lost armed merchant ships are crying outside, they say that our warships have taken these ships, and they want us to pay compensation, otherwise they will sue our consulate in the concession and say that we are incompetent. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info. ”

"Fack! A bunch of bitches, sons, damn Gran Island stinky fish, are they crazy about money? ”

The same happened with the American consul and the French consulate, where the French consulate quickly laughed after scolding a few times.

"A group of fools, the lost merchant ships must have been taken away by the Qing people, let these people go to the Qing Customs Yamen, and at the same time arrange a search for warships, and no one must be able to find our French merchant ships."

"Everyone must know that the news brought back by our Far East expedition a few months ago is that there is a place in the southwest of the Qing Kingdom that is richer than the south of the Yangtze River, where the climate is mild and the population is large, it is said that there are about 40 million."

"So much! That's much better than Jiangnan, you must know that Jiangnan and other places are the power of British and sons, we French can't get involved, most of the business is done by the British, even the arms business, the Qing people only deal with the British. ”

"That's right, then we will directly announce that it was the Qing government that attacked our merchant ships, and let the big stupid fat pig in the Forbidden City pay the protection fee again, this time we want 100 million taels of silver, if they don't give it, we will attack the southwest and other places of the Qing country, and by the way, completely annex Vietnam."

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

"Alright, let's go to His Excellency the Consul now, and ask him to report to the Minister!"

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When the Deng father and son left, Hu Lili asked: "Master, why are you so polite to these two surnamed Deng, because they are the young man named Deng Shichang." ”

Bai Li also shouted: "What a young man, it's obviously a little kid, by the way, the teacher, you also gave him a pocket watch, why don't you give me a piece too, I can consider promising something with my body." ”

Yang Dongfang smiled angrily: "You are not a little kid yet, and you are embarrassed to say that people, your butt has not grown two catties of meat, what are you, that little guy named Deng Shichang will surprise us in the future." ”

"Hmph, dare to say that my ass is small, I know that the division commander likes foreigners. Sister Hu, let's not take care of the teacher in the future. ”

Hu Lili smiled silently, and her mood was getting better and better.

"What, the foreigner's ship is gone." When Li Hongzhang heard the news, his first reaction was that Britain and France would not deliberately find an excuse to start a war again, because it had only been a few years since the burning of Beijing City, and the compensation had not yet been paid.

But after thinking about it calmly, he shook his head again: "Probably not, after all, these ships were lost in the concession, and they have nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty, otherwise they will be implicated, which is not good." ”

Thinking that this was in vain, Li Hongzhang asked all the people sent out last night to come over and asked them one by one: "Are you sure that Changmao went to the direction of Bowan last night." ”

"My lord, it's true, we followed closely, but we lost the trace of this person all of a sudden, this person must be a big man among the long-haired thieves, and he actually knows the cult and demon law." The person who replied really couldn't figure out how Yang Dongfang disappeared from under his nose, and in the end he could only come to this conclusion.

Li Hongzhang waved his hand a little angrily: "It's nonsense, where is the demon law in Changmao, it's just a trick to deceive the foolish people, you go down first, don't mention half a word about this matter." ”

"Wow!"

Zhou Fu, Li Hongzhang's aide, asked: "My lord, this long hair must be related to the disappearance of the foreign merchant ship, do you want to notify the British to catch this person?" ”

It is best to be caught and interrogated directly, but Li Hongzhang knows that Yang Dongfang has something to do with HSBC, and it is better to do less of this kind of unfounded thing.

Besides, this matter has little to do with the Qing Dynasty, and it is in the concession, so I can't make myself uncomfortable, so I thought about it for a while and then said:

"It's okay, just send someone to keep an eye on it, once these long hairs leave the concession, it's not too late to catch them, at the moment they still receive muskets and artillery, and train new troops, and when they capture Changzhou City, they can get through Nanjing, and Zeng Lao Jiu will be together, and the destruction of long hair will not be far away."

Li Hongzhang was a little proud at this time, and the eight kings of Suzhou City secretly took refuge in him, and they took Suzhou City without blood, and they didn't know how much trouble they saved.

I don't know how much money the gun cost, although I have a reputation for killing prisoners, but so what, killing one is a crime, and Tu Wan is a hero.

Gordon, this heroic ghost, is still stupid to mess with me, if he hadn't taken Suzhou City, who would have been willing to cooperate with you foreign ghosts, and now it just so happens that the power of the new army has been brought back.

The 40,000 Huai army is too small, at least 100,000 is enough, how can the new Huai army without 100,000 gain a foothold in the Qing Dynasty, and how to ensure glory and wealth.

"Therefore, the top priority is to let the British deliver the goods as soon as possible, attack Changzhou as soon as possible, and take Nanjing." When Li Hongzhang said this, his eyebrows were raised, and he was faintly a little uneasy, the night before yesterday, Changmao seemed to have gone to the warehouse where foreign guns were stored.

Yang Dongfang returned to his residence, and Xiao Qi, the commander of the guard platoon, reported: "Division commander, someone sneaked into the house today, and unknowingly put a note on the table in the hall, saying that we were being watched. Then I did as the man said, and looked around, and sure enough, there were a lot of strangers around. ”

"Oh! Is it a foreigner? Yang Dongfang thought that he hadn't exposed anything, but he knew in his heart what he had done in the past two days, and he was a little uneasy, but he was even more confused about who was helping him, this person could come in quietly, and his light skills should be very powerful.

Xiao Qi shook his head and said: "No, it looks like they are all old rivers and lakes, they are very hidden, they are all practitioners, and their martial arts are estimated to be not weak, depending on the situation, it will be about a few days." ”

Two or three days, this. Recently in addition to plagiarism. It's just that I fought with Li Hongzhang that day.

Yang Dongzhu suddenly muttered: "Could it be Li Hongzhang's person, why is he spying on me, I don't seem to have exposed anything." ”

Xiao Qi reminded: "It's very likely that the division commander has forgotten that the top of our head has not been shaved off." ”

That's right! I and the others are renewing, although they are all wearing hats to cover them, but the sharp eyes can still see what is wrong.

Negligence! Careless!

But he doesn't regret it, it's better to kill him if he is letting him have a rat tail.

Yang Dongfang was a little worried and immediately ordered: "Inform the people in the second department, don't deal with us, transfer and hide, wait for us to leave for three months, act according to the situation, and at the same time notify the Deng father and son, just say that we are leaving the day after tomorrow, let them prepare early." ”

"Yes! I'll do it. ”

After staying in Shanghai for a few more days, Yang Dongfang and the others left by boat and went to Hong Kong.

In the past few days, Shanghai has completely fallen out, and there is talk of the mysterious disappearance of merchant ships everywhere, which once made the concession nervous, and the patrol house searched along the shore for a long time, and the British consul Bruce also sent warships to search north and south along the coast of the Bund, but in the end it was also unsuccessful, and nothing was found.

The official did not explain for a long time, and the folk began to spread the legend of the water monster swallowing the boat, not to mention such an absurd statement, the market is very large, basically the Chinese on the ninth floor believe it, and relish it, looking forward to the water monster coming.

"My lord, it's not good, the foreigners said, the foreign guns and cannons in the warehouse are gone."

"What!" Li Hongzhang's uneasiness was fulfilled, and he immediately ordered the humanitarian: "Immediately let people go and catch Changmao and bring it over for interrogation." ”

"My lord, that long hair has already left Shanghai directly on the British clipper in the concession."

Hearing this, Li Hongzhang beat his chest and secretly regretted it, he knew that he would offend the foreigners, and he would also arrest Yang Dongfang, but worse news came next, and there was a report next moment.

"My lord, Li Xiucheng suddenly left Nanjing and entered Changzhou City, he is quietly mobilizing troops, intending to counterattack Suzhou."

"There is news from Nanjing City, because you have made a lot of killing, the sky is angry, the ghost of the eight kings is not gone, and the murderous resentment is auspicious, and Nanjing City suddenly dropped 8 million denier fine grain, and the people who eat this grain are infinitely powerful and invulnerable, and they can take your head directly."