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What is collusion between government and business?

When he left Jiujiang, after "sending" a box of opium for "bribery" with half bought and half given, when he only briefly expressed that he wanted to go north and sell opium to the mainland, Ding Li not only did not stop him, but even helped him recruit several shipwrights who were familiar with the situation of the Yangtze River and introduced them to Zhu Yifeng for him to sail in the river to divert water.

Because the boatman he was looking for was quite experienced, he almost never met with them along the way. After traveling to the area of Huangzhou, the boatman who led the way got the news from the fishing boats on the river - the provincial capital Wuchang was surrounded by bandits, and the news reached the boat, which only made Johnson and the others all look shocked, and even the eyes of Zhu Yifeng changed.

Perhaps, before they did not know to whom the thousands of weapons on board were sold, but now there is no need to think about the question - war, since war has broken out, then it is necessary to think about the sale of weapons?

In order to avoid being discovered, according to the instructions of the boatman, they hid in the channel in the reeds by the river during the day, and after the heavy fog on the river in the second half of the night, the "Pacific" restarted the steam engine and went upstream, all the way up the river.

It was at this time that Zhu Yifeng learned that in addition to the so-called Jiujiang patrol, from Jiujiang to Wuchang, there was no more water camp of the government, and the reason why he did not come out during the day after Jiujiang was just to avoid the official army and Changmao - now Changmao has hit the Wuchang area.

No one knows if they will run into the official army or the Taiping army.

The day passed quickly, from sunrise to dusk, Zhu Yifeng, who was hiding in the reeds, had been looking forward to the bow of the ship, but there were always only vast waves on the river, and the "Pacific" was not those sampans in the river, even if it was hidden in the reeds, one-third of the hull was exposed, not to mention the high mast, all of which was just psychological comfort.

At this time, there was only one thought left in his heart.

What will Nanjing look like now?

After arriving in Nanjing, how could the ship's arms be sold to the Taiping army?

After that, the boat was in the middle of the river, and there was nothing wrong all the way.

Just after sailing through the Jiujiang River, there was a sudden snowstorm at night, and a strong wind blew in the blizzard, and for a time the view on the river was completely blocked, and the Pacific Ocean was suddenly bumpy and jumping in the river waves, for these sailors who had experienced the stormy waves at sea, this was just a thing not worth mentioning.

"Steer the rudder!"

Johnson yelled at Shen Ming.

"Catch! Be careful! ”

Everyone on the boat shouted together, and Zhu Yifeng tried to stabilize his body, standing straight beside Johnson, and soon arrived in Nanjing. After a few hours, the snow gradually faded and the wind gradually stopped, but there was not a single ship to be seen on the river.

Suddenly, a pilot boatman shouted nervously.

"East, East, we've arrived at the territory of Longhair!"

With the boatman's words, the crew of the "Pacific" became nervous, they were gathering on the back deck to talk, and even some of the crew members, under the order of the first mate, began to stuff gunpowder into the cannon on the side of the gun, looking nervously at the river, they did not know what the rebels would do to them as guests, but it was always right to be careful.

"It's coming, it's almost Wuchang!"

Like those crew members, Zhu Yifeng's heart was also very anxious, after all, this adventure, he came from an article he read many years ago, if it was not as described in the article, what kind of danger would he face? If this venture fails, then ...... Then you will really be "broken".

He even took out a pipe with some nervousness, but he did not light it, because the captain had already ordered that there should be no light on the ship, at least until it reached Wuchang.

"What's there to worry about?"

A voice came out of Zhu Yifeng's heart.

"I'm just worried that I won't be able to make any money."

Yes, what is there to worry about? There is nothing to worry about, even if it doesn't work this time, there will be opportunities in the future, history is in front of you, although you are not from a history background, but after all, you have been "immersed" in the historical forum all the year round, with more than a century and a half of knowledge beyond time and space, and you are afraid that you will not be able to make a fortune?

It was when Zhu Yifeng enlightened himself that suddenly, a scream came from the deck.

"Look at ......"

On the side, a water finger pointed to the river and shouted softly.

At his shout, everyone looked towards the river, and it turned out that several corpses had floated down the river, and they could vaguely see that there seemed to be more corpses on the river—one corpse, hundreds of corpses, floating on the surface of the river at random......

"Dead, dead!"

Zhu Yifeng's face changed slightly, but he quickly controlled his emotions, holding a pipe in his hand, in the sun, his expression was resolute, and his eyes were just staring at the corpse on the river.

Hundreds of corpses are scattered on the surface of the river, why are there these corpses?

But this problem does not seem to be serious, the most important problem now is how to trade with the Taiping army here after arriving in Wuchang, according to some information in later generations, it seems that the Taiping army is very welcome to foreign foreign merchants who come to trade, but the problem is that they are not foreigners......

It's not the "foreign brothers" they call it, what if those people get rich and treat themselves as "demons"?

Thinking so, he asked the boatman on the side.

"Boatman, is there any place to hide before arriving in Wuchang?"

Hide, hide the boat first!

Because it was the first time to do business with the Taiping Army, Zhu Yifeng didn't think it was a good thing to drive the ship directly outside Wuchang City, not to mention anything else, so he rushed over, in case of any misunderstanding and a round of shelling, it would be too late to say anything, in addition to guns and fire caps, this ship was also loaded with hundreds of barrels of gunpowder.

"If you go back to the owner, if the owner wants to park the boat temporarily, you can park in the area of Tianxingzhou, where the reeds are very high and the boat is there, it is difficult to ......."

Only half of the words were spoken, and the boatman hired from Jiujiang stopped, this ocean-going ship is not a sampan, even in the reeds, half of it will be exposed.

"Tianxingzhou!"

Saying this word on his lips, Zhu Yifeng asked again.

"Is the channel deep? Is it possible to moor such a large ship? ”

This is the most critical question, after getting an affirmative answer, at the suggestion of Zhu Yifeng, the boat continued to sail north along the river, and when the direction of the river turned west, Tianxingzhou appeared in everyone's sight, which is a very common alluvial sandbar in the center of the Yangtze River, and the sandbar is covered with reeds two people high, and between the north of the sandbar and the land, there is a water surface more than 200 meters wide, and the left and right are densely covered with reeds.

"The owner, the smugglers of the past are hiding here, if it is a small boat, you can sail directly into the reeds......

Nodding, Zhu Yifeng instructed Captain Johnson.

"Captain, let's try to stop near Tianxing Continent, and there are ......"

After a pause, Zhu Yifeng glanced at the crew, and finally, his gaze fell on Pierre, who was similar to himself, and more importantly, the Italian crew member who had just arrived in Shanghai with the ship could not speak Chinese at all, and of course could not understand it.

"Pierre, would you like to come ashore with me?"