"General Liang, for more than half a year, thanks to your help, General, I have been able to calm down Annan, and Xiao Wang is very grateful. However, there is one thing that Xiao Wang can't rest assured. In the apse, Li Weiqi took a sip of tea and complained to Liang Pengfei.

Prime Minister Chen Kun, Commander of the Forbidden Army Li Dashuang and other civil and military confidants sat quietly, watching the two talking on the couch.

"I wonder what worries the lord of the country? If, the country of Annam is peaceful and the people are safe, although the people cannot be said to live and work in peace and contentment, but under the governance of the lord of the country, the atmosphere of peace has gradually been restored, it should be gratifying. Liang Pengfei said with a smile.

"The general's words are wrong, you must also know that the rebel minister of Nan Ruan has now received the help of the French Yi, and his strength has increased greatly, if it were not for the general, you should say that you should attack Cam Ranh Bay, I am afraid that the central part of my Annam will be broken by Nan Ruan. Now, although the Nanruan rebels have retreated, their strength is still there, and they heard that those French firearms are extremely sharp...... "Li Weiqi blinked his eyelid skin and almost covered the whites of his eyes, and looked at Liang Pengfei.

"That's true." Liang Pengfei nodded, with a look of deep concern: "Fortunately, the last general will fight with Nanruan's sailors, if they fight on land, with my little men, the opponent's artillery and muskets will be Dafa Li City." I see, the proportion of firearms in the Nam Nguyen army seems to be a few points higher than that of my Daqing Dynasty. ”

Li Weiqi couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva at these words, but he had seen the power of firearms under Lang Mall, whether it was muskets or artillery, and mainly cold weapons, except for a few artillery pieces and a few bird guns, almost only cold weapons such as knives and arrows were almost filling the city with human lives.

Therefore, when he heard that Nam Nguyen, who had been planning the northern expedition, had smuggled a large number of firearms from the French and Portuguese to equip the army, Le Vi Qi's heart, which had been laid down, had to hang again.

"That, General Liang, Xiao Wang knows that you have a close relationship with those Celestial Dynasty merchants, and you have some channels in Liangguang, I don't know if you can help, I must also know that I Annan currently has nearly 50,000 soldiers, and there are more than 5,000 sailors, but this firearm is really scarce, originally Xiao Wang wanted to buy it from Shangguo, but unfortunately, the acting Governor of Liangguang has many excuses, it is really ......"

"Lord of the country, don't hide it, the emperor has decreed that the sale of firearms and artillery is prohibited, and similarly, sulfur and other substances used to make gunpowder are also prohibited. Liang Pengfei couldn't help laughing and explained.

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"I see." When Li Weiqi heard this, he couldn't help but look dark, and the smile on his original face was a little far-fetched: "Unexpectedly, Xiao Wang also planned to buy firearms and gunpowder from the Celestial Empire for the southern expedition." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the South Backfire is sharp, if you want to break it, you must be equipped with more powerful firearms, but the firearms we captured from the Xishan Army are really not the same, the muskets are only more than a thousand, and how old they are, they are no longer usable, the artillery adds up to less than seventy, and most of them are small cannons, it is difficult to defend the city, let alone attack the city." At this time, Li Dashuang, the commander of the forbidden army, who was the chief general, also opened his mouth to express his bitterness.

All the ministers opened their mouths one after another, and the originally quiet hall simply turned into a bittersweet meeting, hearing Liang Pengfei's eyes straightened, and in the end, that Li Weiqi saw that Liang Pengfei looked like an old god, and after making a look at Chen Kun, he finally announced the end of the banquet and asked Chen Kun to send Liang Pengfei, the general of the kingdom, back to his house.

"You mean, your lord wants to buy firearms and gunpowder through this general? I said, Lord Chen, are you the lord of the country confused, do I have so much power? Liang Pengfei looked at Chen Kun, who was standing in front of him and carefully accompanied the smiling face, and learned that the lord of Li sent Chen Kun to send him home, in fact, he hoped that Chen Kun could convince him to sell gunpowder and firearms to Annan, Liang Pengfei couldn't help laughing.

"The general's words are very reasonable, although our lord has some assumptions, but now, although Nan Ruan has suffered a small setback from the general, his strength is still there, and he will not give up, and he will ...... then" Chen Kun wrinkled his brows, with a bitter gourd face.

"I'll figure out a way for you to do this." Liang Pengfei stretched out his finger and tapped his forehead gently, Chen Kun's analysis, as well as the worry of the Annan lord are indeed not unreasonable, and now that the Annan lord Li Weiqi is under his control, naturally, Annan is also in the bag, how can he let Ruan Fuying's guy take advantage of it.

But he can't blatantly do this gunpowder and firearms business, although the old Liang family has a way, but the problem is, this is Annan, he can't reach the point of covering the sky with one hand, if he really does this, in case the news is transmitted back to China, how will he deal with himself? At the very least, a meal of impeachment is indispensable, and in a more serious case, it is possible to lose office or even lose one's head.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liang Pengfei finally thought of a way, that is, to let Annan and the Lanfang Republic do firearms trade, of course, this is just a disguise, in fact, the old Liang family used the shell of the Lanfang Republic to deal with Annan, in this way, even if the court heard something, it was only the trade between the Lanfang Republic and Annan, and it was about him Liang Pengfei, with the ability of the Qing court officials, I don't know who was the main finger behind the monkey year, at that time, he had already done it.

After secretly telling Chen Kun about the matter, Chen Kun, who finally got a satisfactory answer, finally left Liang Pengfei's mansion satisfied.

On the third day, the lord of Annam sent an envoy to quietly go south by boat to Mindanao, to meet the general manager of Lan Fangguo, to discuss the issue of firearms trade, and on the same day, Liang Pengfei finally finished dealing with the affairs of Annam, and was about to embark on the return journey, and at this time, it had already entered the early spring of 1793 AD, that is, the early spring of the 58th year of Qianlong, Liang Pengfei unexpectedly saw the messenger of Guo Shixun, the governor of the acting governor of Liangguang and Guangzhou.

He brought Guo Shixun's order to wait for a fleet of envoys from the West in Da Nang, one to take on the responsibility of inspection, and second, because the South Seas were not quiet, he needed to lead a fleet to escort this fleet of envoys to Macao, not so much to escort as to monitor better, and at the same time let him inquire about the intentions of these envoys.

When Liang Pengfei saw the list clearly, his eyebrows couldn't help but raise, and the two thick eyebrows on his forehead were like two swords that seemed to be unsheathed at any time.

"Macartney? British Legation Fleet...... They're finally here. When Liang Pengfei saw the list of members of the envoy group, he couldn't help but be stunned, and for a while, his expression became a little trance.

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Especially when the name of the East India Company Dabans Dangdong, although Liang Pengfei is not familiar with the East India Company Dabans Dangdong, but his son Thomas. Little Staunton was this person, the only Englishman in the mission who could speak Chinese, and it was he who became a British who had twice sent to China, and it was this person who made an impassioned speech in the British Parliament, and finally let the bill on aggression against China pass by a narrow number of votes, and from then on, it was the beginning of the suffering of the Chinese nation.

"Okay, very good, great......" Liang Pengfei took this official document, the smile on his face was like a robber who had just plundered and obtained countless treasures, the corners of his mouth curved a strange arc, and his eyes were full of anxiety, for fear that he had said something wrong and offended this famous soldier in the two seas.

However, he still had to bite the bullet to finish the affairs assigned by Guo Shixun, and after seeing Liang Pengfei retract his smile, the pro-soldier continued: "General Liang, the governor still has a word, those Yangyi have always been undisciplined, so please also ask your lord to escort you to Macao, and you must not lose the prestige of the Celestial Empire of my Qing Dynasty." ”

"Since it is the governor's order, of course Liang will obey it, you go back and report to the governor, and say that please rest assured, I will definitely complete this task successfully." Liang Pengfei happily accepted the assignment, and although it would delay his return home, he was still happy to meet the British.

Less than two days later, Liang Pengfei received information that the British envoys had passed through the Strait of Malacca, circumnavigated most of the Indochina Peninsula, and were less than half a day's distance from Da Nang. When the order was given, the sailors under his command lifted anchor and went out to sea to meet them.

"My grandmother, my lord, look, that ship is really big." A recruit who had just been conscripted into the army for less than three months couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw the British warship that appeared in the distance above the sea level, revealing the huge Kunpeng-like British warship that was so legendary that it was both envy and deep fear.

Even Liang Pengfei, a person who has a lot of Western warships in his hands, and has seen countless 10,000-ton giant ships and even aircraft carriers in later generations, still couldn't help but gasp when he saw this British battleship.

The warships captured by the pirates and the Spaniards were not small, and the two warships in the hands of the Spaniards were battleships that could carry nearly fifty guns, but the longitudinal sailing battleship in front of him was taller and more majestic than the battleship in the hands of the Spaniards, and it actually carried sixty-four guns. Liang Pengfei was really jealous in his heart, his eyes glowed green and looked at this British battleship that was calling for the Lion or the Hindustan I don't know, if it weren't for the more ambitious plans and goals in his heart, maybe Liang Pengfei really wanted to tear the hanging dragon flag and replace it with the shark skull flag of the old Liang family and rush up to grab his mother.

"Say your grandmother, in the future, Lao Tzu will build a warship that is more powerful than such a battleship" Liang Pengfei sniffed and swore secretly in his heart, because only a strong navy can defend his homeland in this era.

(To be continued)