Li Lianying restlessly sat on the chair, her fingers kept tapping on the tabletop, chaotic and disorderly, and her voice echoed in the office in a chaotic manner.

Bang~Bang~

The temperature in the office is getting higher and higher, the air is full of hot and dry breath, Li Lianying's forehead gradually appears beads of sweat, her brows tremble from time to time, and her temples jump suddenly. At this moment, Li Lianying's heart was so worried, restless, unable to maintain a quiet heart, unable to settle down, and impetuous.

At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a servant walked in, holding a fruit basket in his hand, and said respectfully: "Lord Li, your sister asked someone to send some fruits, saying that they are all your favorite foods." ”

"Got it, put it down, don't bother Lao Tzu anymore, get out." Li Lianying frowned and urged impatiently.

The official has long been accustomed to it, when this Lord Li is in a good mood, he will be better, and when he is uncomfortable, he will put on a stinky face and have a bad temper. Slowly walked to the coffee table, and was about to put down the fruit basket, but the official bowed down and was stunned, his face full of shock.

"Why don't you leave, I'm annoyed now, if you don't leave, Lao Tzu will whip you, your skin will be itchy~!" Li Lianying sat on the chair and felt that the official had stopped, did not leave, and looked over in an atmosphere.

"Adult, you see~" The officer's eyes widened, without blinking, with a look of surprise and disbelief, one finger pointed out the window, and his mouth slammed.

"Niang Xipi, you really have a lot of, what's the matter" Li Lianying followed the direction pointed by the officer, looked over, and stopped half of her words, and was stunned.

Immediately, Li Lianying slowly stood up expressionlessly, her movements were a little mechanical, and she slowly walked to the windowsill, stopped at the balcony, and carried the servants on her back. In an instant, the impetuosity in his chest was swept away, his face turned excited, his eyes were shining with a hint of essence, his hands were clenched, and he looked straight at the dock in the distance, not far from the customs office.

I saw smoke billowing over the pier, hovering around, and the ships on the water were surrounded by firelight, and not far from the firelight there was a flotilla of boats, on which stood dense figures of people, wielding broadswords, spears, and birds.

Immediately afterwards, the courtyard of the Customs Department released wolf smoke gas that showed the police for help, and the thick black smoke soared into the sky, surrounding the Western-style Western-style building of the Customs Department. This wolf smoke, Li Lianying knows very well, it is used to call the police for help, once ignited, it means that pirates attack the customs office and send a distress signal to the nearby army.

At this moment, although she couldn't see the situation on the dock in the distance, Li Lianying didn't care anymore, her chest was stirring, excited, and wanted to leave immediately, go to that place, and meet the thugs.

The official was stunned again, very surprised by Li Lianying's reaction, it was simply schadenfreude. As everyone knows, the culprit of this disaster at the dock is this Li Lianying, Lord Li, the brother-in-law of the governor, the real initiator.

However, Li Lianying had nothing else in her eyes, let alone the change in the gaze of the servant, so she hurriedly came to the cabinet where the gold and silver jewelry was placed, quickly took it out, put it in her arms, and walked straight to the door of the office, leaving here like the wind, leaving the official who didn't know why, still maintaining a bowed posture.

General's Mansion, Office Rear Office.

The room gathered the largest officials in Guangdong Province, the governor of Liangguang, the governor of Guangdong, and the superintendent of the Guangdong Customs Bureau, as well as the generals of the General's Mansion and the admiral of the navy, and the bigwigs of various military and political circles, all of whom were all present.

After everyone sat down one by one, when the house returned to calm, the most powerful governor of Liangguang in Guangzhou took the lead in speaking, and said indignantly: "Colleagues, these bandits are not too arrogant, the fire has just passed, and the endgame has not been cleaned up, this group of bandits actually attacked the dock at this time, added fuel to the fire, and set a fire, it is really too arrogant, it is simply rampant, and they do not put the king of the Qing Dynasty in their eyes at all, and despise the livelihood of the people, it is really hateful!" ”

"Yes, these bandits are indeed hateful, and we should immediately send troops to exterminate them and raise my Qing Tianwei. Hmph, actually attacking the dock in broad daylight, close to the coast, this is a provocation, a naked provocation. The governor chimed in, expressing the anger in his chest.

The overseer, who had been speechless, was much calmer, and was not carried away by the anger, and asked calmly: "Two adults, are you sure that it is the bandit now?" ”

At this time, the Admiral of the Navy who was sitting below suddenly stood up and interjected: "Three adults, according to the experience of the lower officials, judging from the clothes of those bandits and the signs of the warships, it should be the Black Flag Gang Guo Po who has been active on the sea and led the group of bandits, only they can do such a thing that loses their conscience, whether it is the people of the Qing Dynasty or the barbarians, they are all killed, without any mercy, and they are very vicious. ”

The term of office of the superintendent was the shortest, and he had not been in Guangzhou for a long time, so he did not know much about the local situation, let alone the situation and strength of the various bandits, so he asked: "Fellow Admiral, if you gather all the elites of your sailors, can you exterminate Guo Po and this group of pirates in a short time?" ”

"Lord Qiyu, according to the current situation of the sailors, whether it is a combatable soldier or a warship that can be used at sea, it cannot be connected with Guo Po with a short soldier and have a battle. Moreover, the bird guns and cannons of our sailors have long been outdated, and there are not many that can be used, let alone fight them. ”

"What, the dignified Guangdong sailors of the Qing Dynasty can't defeat a group of pirates who are wandering on the sea, isn't it too slippery to be ridiculous, so how did you suppress bandits before?" This series of words was almost subconsciously roared out of anger by the overseer.

After saying all this, the superintendent regretted it, after all, the Guangdong sailors were not under his control, and now he questioned and reprimanded these, which somewhat made the governor and the governor unable to get by in terms of face, and he crossed the line and managed too much.

"Two adults, don't be surprised, I also haven't been in Guangzhou for a long time, and I don't know much about the sailors and the pirates here, so I lost my words, don't mind, I don't mean anything else."

"Supervise your colleagues, it's okay, you're also angry with those bandits." The governor of Liangguang said lightly, without the intention of being angry.

And the governor of Guangdong was even more polite, and said kindly: "Supervising colleagues, you can't stand Guo Po's murder not far from your jurisdiction, you are just angry, and you are out of shape for a while, nothing, I can understand your feelings." ”

"Hehe, thank you two colleagues for understanding."

Then, the overseer stopped talking, returned to his position, and saw what they were doing with today's affairs, which was not as simple as a hasty argument.

At this time, the governor, who was the number one military and political leader in Guangdong Province, stood up, as if he was solving the doubts of the overseer, and seemed to be talking to himself.

"During these years, bandits were rampant on the sea, and due to the limited military salaries allocated by the imperial court, it was simply impossible to supply the effective rationing of sailors and infantry at the same time. A good sailor requires a lot of money to build, and this is enough to equip twice as many infantry as the sailor. Therefore, they all focus on the infantry and give priority to the development of infantry. ”

"As for the extermination of bandits, the imperial court has always relied on those Yi people to exterminate pirates, and the sailors assisted from the side. In the end, from the spoils of the bandits, he compensated for the losses of the Yi people, and repaired the warships for them free of charge. ”

The incident occurred in his own jurisdiction, and the overseer asked, "Fellow Governor, what should we do about this matter?" Did you just let Guo Po take that group of pirates? ”

"Supervise colleagues, of course not, I'm going to talk about this next."

Then, the governor of Liangguang stood up suddenly, exuding a momentum all over his body, and his voice was sonorous and powerful, giving various orders, orderly and rhythmic.

"Listening to the general, he ordered you to go to Macao and Hong Kong, and the Yi people there who went to contact him said that he had agreed to their request a few days ago, and that he would work with the sailors to exterminate the bandits and give them cooperation."

"Admiral of the Navy, from now on, mobilize all the warships that can go to sea, train the soldiers, and prepare to go to sea at any time to suppress bandits."

"At the same time, give an order to the garrisons of Xiangshan and Qianshanzhai to let all the batteries sit on their backs, block all the main roads along the coast, and sink them immediately if they find pirate ships!"

(To be continued.) )