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Qin Kai walked on the street, behind him majestic, high-spirited is a group of soldiers led by Zhou Ruidong, each full of spirit, carrying a Mauser 98 rifle, marching and walking, this is his special request to do, as the suzerain, the Qing government has not sent soldiers and horses for many years, the most recent dispatch of troops, or ten years ago to exterminate the Yellow Flag Army and Black Flag Army that retreated from Yunnan to North Vietnam.

However, at this time, he was surprised that it was not a passerby, but Qin Kai, who was looking at the scene all over the street at this time, but he was suspicious of crossing again. The costumes of the people walking on the street are also eight points like the dress of the Ming Dynasty, and some of them look like scholars, and the clothes are simply a copy of Tang Bohu in the costume drama.

I saw the tattered Vietnamese soldiers in the port and the Ruan commander in leather armor at the port, but I didn't notice their uniforms...... If they still have uniforms, fortunately, there is a specially recruited guide next to them, and after careful questioning, Qin Kai confirmed that this is the standard dress in Vietnam, and the Ming Dynasty mixed part of the style of the Qing Dynasty.

This group of people walked slowly along the avenue in front of the port, and for a time this maverick army attracted many passers-by to stop and watch, and there were obviously many Chinese and Chinese in the crowd, but they did not give them any cheers except for the amazed gaze. This made Zhou Ruidong behind him and the soldiers in the training camp quite puzzled.

Qin Kai naturally understood the reason, the Chinese who fled into Vietnam had two major sources, one was the Ming army and people who were defeated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the second group was the rebel army and people from all walks of life who withdrew from the territory controlled by the Qing government in the Taiping Army uprising that swept China 20 years ago, including the Black Flag Army, which was defeated in the next 10 years of transnational encirclement and suppression.

It would be somewhat difficult for these two groups of people to cheer for the Qing army.

Several official sedan chairs came in a hurry on the road in front, and there were officials with sticks in front of them, and the pomp and circumstance were almost the same as the rules in the Qing government. The people on the side of the road quickly carved out a great road under the sticks of the officials.

Seeing this, Qin Kai raised his hand to signal the team to pause, and after a while, the three officials walked over quickly from afar, and there was a master in front of him who hurried to the front and loudly announced, "University scholar Ruan Chengwen, Hanlin bachelor Li Jikun, and Ma Lin greet the country Qincha!" ”

In the face of the aggressive momentum of the French, the king of Vietnam obviously pinned his hopes on his own suzerain, but he didn't know that this suzerainty had already rotted to his bones.

The university scholar Ruan Chengwen is obviously the leader, in his fifties, he looks quite a gesture, and the other two Hanlin bachelors are in a half-dead posture, obviously forced to meet their own Shangguo Qincha, to probe the rumors, these three benevolent brothers' dresses, really thundered Qin armor, the standard Ming Dynasty black gauze hat and Ming official robes, and the set of official uniforms that later generations saw singing.

Nguyen Thanh Wen's Chinese proficiency did not insult his title of university scholar, he made a fist salute, and after introducing himself, he invited Qin Kai to rest at the post station in Hue City, and the team slowly walked into the high gate of Hue City.

When they arrived at the post station, the Vietnamese arranged it quite grandly, and there were only Qin Kai and these people in the huge post house, and the servants who greeted the guests were twice as many as their guests. The three scholars sent Qin Kai to the post house obviously to complete a major event, and after a few polite words, they told Qin Kai that the king of Vietnam had an invitation early in the morning, and then they would get up and say goodbye.

"Scholar, meeting is fate, to be honest, I feel very pleasant to talk to the three of you, you might as well let me be the ...... tonight" Qin Kai got up with a smile and patted Scholar Ruan's shoulder, turned his head and asked Ma Lin, who came up when he heard the banquet, "Brother Ma, in this Hue city, I don't know where the scenery is exquisite and the wine is the best!" ”

Ma Lin smiled, "Lord Qin, the most tasteful thing in Hue City is the Tim Xiang Pavilion!" ”

"Okay, those adults will go back first, and we'll see you in the evening! Master Ma, I have to trouble you to book an elegant room first! Qin Kai then took out three things in the shape of silver tickets, and handed one to each person, "This is a little heart, it is considered a road fare!" ”

Ma Lin and Li Jikun immediately took it with a smile, and Scholar Ruan was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the actions of the two colleagues, he also hugged his fists. ,

When the three of them went out, Ma Lin was still muttering to Li Jikun, "This Lord Qin of the Great Qing Kingdom is really generous, and he also sent three hundred taels of silver for the road, no wonder he came by ironclad battleship!" ”

In the afternoon, Wu Jingui and He Yong had already come happily, and when they entered the post house, Qin Kai was writing at the desk, seeing the demeanor of the two, he stopped his pen and asked with a smile: "Uncle He, Wu Da Shopkeeper, it seems that things are going very smoothly, and they will come back so soon!" ”

He Yong arched his hand and smiled slightly, "Lord Qin, of course we have to do our best to do what you ordered, and do it quickly, that's because this Vietnamese place is really not big, we spent 10 taels of silver to hire two guides, both of whom are Chinese, and as soon as we talked about it, there was news at that time, but there was still some surprise!" ”

"Accident?" Qin Kai asked a little strangely, "What other surprises can there be in this matter?" ”

"Didn't you let you find the Chinese who lost their land and business from the South Vietnamese border and Jiading because of the relationship between the French, this is a lot of people, the guide said, just the Chinese refugees who fled from Da Nang and Quang Ngai have more than a dozen villages in the west of Hue City, and there are more Chinese villages in the provinces of Qi in South Vietnam occupied by the French, I sent more than a dozen guys to follow the guide to explore the way, and there should be accurate news tomorrow!"

"Good!" Hearing this news, Qin Kai was greatly excited, this Vietnam has been a place in China since ancient times, that is, the Ming Dynasty was split into a vassal state, and several large immigrants in the late Ming and Qing dynasties accumulated a large number of Chinese and Chinese in Vietnam, they worked this land, and the three richest provinces of Nam Chi in Vietnam in later generations were the barren land allocated to Chinese immigrants in that year.

In the evening, in the most luxurious Thiam Pavilion in Hue City, Qin Kai invited three bachelors to a banquet, and the three bachelors had a different attitude towards this banquet.

Among the three people, Ruan Chengwen's official rank is obviously higher, and his attitude is not very deferential, Qin Kai naturally wants to try to see if he can pull him into his own interest group, he raised his glass and said: "Ruan Daxue, I heard that the French are quite arrogant in the provinces of South Vietnam, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Qin Kai suddenly mentioned the sore spot of Vietnam, Ruan Chengwen's hand holding the cup shook, but after thinking about it, he drank it all with a sigh, and sighed, "The French occupy three points of my country, which is really hateful!" ”

Ma Lin on the side listened to this, and said with a smile: "Scholar, you are too worried, this Frenchman is just a scabies sore, their homeland is thousands of miles away, occupying the land of our country, how can it last long!" ”

Hearing this, Qin Kai glanced at this guy, this guy is really far-sighted, this is indeed not long, only seventy or eighty years.

"That is, with Lord Qin sent by the Shang Dynasty to the Qin, we can ask the Great Qing Kingdom to send troops to help me, the Great Qing Dynasty and the Great Yue are already a family......" Li Jikun was already a little drunk.

"Li Jikun, what are you talking nonsense!" Ruan Chengwen was obviously a little disgusted by this family's statement, although it was logical for the vassal state to do it for hundreds of years, he said that he glanced at Qin Kai here, this Shangguo Qincha was very calm, and his eyes turned around the three of them.

Qin Kai paused and said with a smile, "Lord Ruan, with the power of Vietnam, I don't know if I can defeat the strong army of France!" ”

Speaking of the French army, the three of them looked a little wilted, this Vietnamese army is very inferior compared to the Qing army in this era, the weapons are primitive, the main weapons are still swords, guns, spears, birds and other things more than a hundred years ago, the training of the army is even worse, the Nguyen dynasty is usurped power, and several Vietnamese kings have firmly controlled the army in their hands.

The Vietnamese army is only a tool to suppress civilians internally, and it has no combat power externally, and several wars have been defeated, and almost all of them have been defeated with one blow.

The three of them were pondering the meaning of what this Lord Qin said, but they were startled by Qin Kai's slap on the table, "Three bachelors, you are waiting for the news to be so closed!" Don't you know that the French will have already begun to put into practice? Now that Zhenxi City (present-day Vientiane, Laos) is in the hands of France, a few years ago the French advance by sea and land will soon become a three-way army, and then I don't know how you can resist it? ”,

At this time, when I heard the current situation analyzed by Qin Kai, I also knew that it was indeed the truth, and the Vietnamese officials who had always come to Vietnam were unwilling to be subject to the French, in fact, they were indeed restrained everywhere, and they were even deprived of diplomatic rights five years ago, but this was the bane left by the Nguyen dynasty when the army was raised with the help of the French.

Now I heard that Zhenxi City fell into the hands of the French, so the French can go north along the Mekong River and go straight to Hanoi and other places, although the provinces in the north of Vietnam are barren land, but once lost, it will also be a heavy loss.

"Baosheng and Xuanhua have three Xuan Commanders Liu Yongfu here, I think I can resist the French!" Ruan Chengwen also remembered a life-saving straw, Liu Yongfu's anti-Qing rebel army was a strong force in northern Vietnam, and it had won a great victory in Hanoi a few years ago, but the enemy that time was just a French detachment exploring the way, but after thinking about it, it was still wrong, this Black Flag Army was still a Han army......

When the topic was introduced, Qin Kai didn't continue, he sighed, and turned to talk about his own industry, he said with a smile: "Hue City is really a prosperous place, I intend to set up a warehouse here, if a few relatives and friends of adults are interested in selling these goods, just give me a word, and they will definitely give a special price!" ”

The faces of the three of them were happy, this is the focus of today's banquet, there are also French merchants in Hue City to sell goods, but the price is not cheap, and the profit after reselling is not high, and the French are very arrogant, they don't take these Vietnamese officials seriously at all, they all go directly to the prince's path, even Nguyen Chengwen doesn't have the opportunity to take this benefit.

"However, I still have some small things that I would like to ask a few adults to do a small favor!" Qin Kai threw out the bait, so naturally he had to be rewarded.

Ma Lin was the first to jump out, "Although Lord Qin said bluntly, even if the three of us don't have the ability to help, we can find a master in Shunhua City who can settle things!" ”

Qin Kai smiled slightly, what he asked, you ignorant and corrupt officials would know the reason, "In fact, there are only two things, one is that I hope that the king of Vietnam will strengthen his armament and jointly resist the Taixi powers, and we can sell you new guns and cannons, but the price of this weapon production is very expensive!" The second thing is that I hope to get the prospecting rights from Bac Ninh to Lang Son and Quang Ninh provinces, and if mineral deposits are discovered, the ore will be sold at a profit and the king of Vietnam will be divided fifty-fifty! ”

The three bachelors looked at each other, how do these two things sound like Vietnam has made a lot of money, what else do you need to help yourself! But since this Lord Qin mentioned it, of course Shunshui was favored.

"These two things, we will report to the emperor tomorrow morning, I think Your Majesty will definitely be grateful for the friendship of the kingdom!" Ruan Chengwen saw the good thing, and immediately agreed to it first, and the other two bachelors also agreed, but in their hearts, they began to think about how the benefits given by this Lord Qin could be converted into real money.

Qin Kai smiled slightly, beckoned, and Zhou Ruidong at the door immediately beckoned a few top names of Tianxiang Pavilion to wait for these bachelors, and for a while, the song and dance of the warbler and the scenery were beautiful.

Before leaving, the three scholars quietly assured Qin Kai again, and Ruan University Scholar even proposed that he come forward to ask Lu Guogong to propose this matter together, but afterwards he hoped to give Lu Guogong a copy, and Qin Kai also immediately responded to this.

Looking at the proud figures of the three bachelors, he secretly laughed, this Vietnam is rich in minerals, oil and gas are buried in the sea, we don't have that ability now, but Vietnam's iron-rich ore, high-quality anthracite, and refined copper ore are all buried in that area of the Sino-Vietnamese border in the future, how can I miss it.

As for the ore profits of these five or five accounts, hehe, Qin Kai is convinced that he is fully capable of freely controlling the profits, which later generations call it a related party transaction, who I sell this broken stone to, and how much money I sell it to, but I have the final say, of course, we have to put all these ores into the bag, this is a war resource.

The next day, the activity of visiting the king of Vietnam seemed to be really boring from Qin Kai's point of view, but for the sake of this identity of the fortune boy, he still participated in it very enthusiastically, and his unclear identity has been unanimously recognized by the three scholars as the Qin Cha of the Great Qing Kingdom, and he specially came to relieve the worries of the Vietnamese State.

The king of Vietnam was a shriveled old man in his fifties, with sunken eyes and a languid expression, all of which were expressions of overindulgence, which reminded Qin Kai of another deal...... The king of Vietnam was quite happy to see today, because in his opinion, this Lord Qin was a fortune boy of the Great Qing Kingdom. ,

In addition to the three bachelors accompanying him, there was also a middle-aged man under the age of 50, who was quite good-looking, his eyes flashed, and his eyes glanced at Qin Kai from time to time. Ma Lin secretly sued Qin Kai, this is Song Xing, the Duke of Lu, is a standard Chinese, and the old man of his family has raised a large army to assist the Ruan family in seizing the throne, and he inherited the position of Duke Lu because of his outstanding merits. This kind of pure Chinese prince is really not a minority in Vietnam, and the Nguyen family raised troops firstly by hugging the thighs of the French, and secondly, by recruiting rebels.

Obviously, a prince and three scholars had already leveled the Vietnamese king, and after Nguyen Phuc Dinh said a few words of gratitude to the Chincha of the kingdom, he went straight to the point.

"Lord Qin, our dynasty has suffered greatly from the French, and I hope to allocate weapons and the elite of our army!" The wine-colored and hollowed-out Vietnamese king had a firm grip on the barrel of the gun.

Qin Kai scolded secretly, this Frenchman was not invited by yourself, but this is not today's topic, he nodded and responded: "Your Majesty, at this time, you can rest assured, I will provide 200 Mauser guns and 2 rapid-fire guns in the first phase, this is the latest artillery!" ”

When the king of Vietnam heard the words of the new artillery, he was naturally very happy, Qin Kai didn't tell him, this copper-shelled cannonball is one less shot, and if you want to make yourself, there is no door! As for the spears, the hundreds of old Mauser cards eliminated by the Township Warrior Regiment came in handy!

"That's great, but it may be quite difficult to pay for the guns and artillery at once, Lord Qincha, can you pay from the proceeds of the ore?"

This is really an old fart Y plus an iron rooster for the king of Vietnam, let's solve the worries of your small Vietnamese dynasty, so slammed the door, Qin Kai couldn't help but raise his middle finger 10,000 times, this ore has no score anywhere, so it will be used as a money envoy, is it possible to use credit as collateral in this era! Even if there is, how can you, the king of Vietnam, have credibility...... Qin Kai pretended to be unhappy, and immediately rejected this unreasonable condition with righteous words.

Seeing that Shangguo Qincha was a little unhappy, Lu Guogong on the side suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, Lord Qin, this mine has not been explored yet, how can it take a few years to produce it, and this payment has been delayed for a long time!" ”

Iron Rooster Vietnam King Nguyen Phuc Dien's face has not changed at all, this is a long-standing old slurry, he laughed, "This is also true, I don't know what Lu Guogong has to mention, our Dayue is indeed not as rich as the Tian Dynasty, this large amount of money is really not easy to land!" ”

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