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Wu Jianzhang's identity as a shareholder of this Qichang foreign company is not secret, and almost many people in the outside world know it, but at this time, Ji Hang'a forgot about it.

In fact, Tong Guò Jin Nengheng, Wu Jianzhang had long learned that Qi Chang and Angel had teamed up a while ago to smuggle rice and arms to help the traitors in the city that he hated, but he still opened one eye and closed one eye. The reason is very simple, even if the matter is exposed, no one will be able to rectify the Jin Consul and Jin Taipan who regard money as their life. Second, if the government gets the evidence, it is not only others who will be lost, but also himself, he is a businessman, and the crown on his head was donated with money. Moreover, he didn't take the thousands of rebels in the city seriously from his heart, and it was a matter of time before he exterminated them. As long as everyone relieves their mouths one day, and the foreign adults get the benefits they want, they will definitely stand firmly on the side of our Daqing.

Wu Jianzhang took a group of entourages and came to the outside of the concession, which had been surrounded by outer trenches. From afar, he told the soldiers to stop, and he only took the general Chu Yude and an interpreter sent to him by Gilhang'a, and after being strictly questioned, he passed through the drawbridge that Guò had put down and entered the concession.

Wu Jianzhang nodded and greeted the guarding Tuan Yong, walked far away, and couldn't help but look back at the heavily armed escort Tuan Yong marked Angel Commercial Bank. He felt helpless for a while. It's really a person under the low eaves, I can't help but bow my head, look at the people, that's the establishment of the concession guard regiment, alas, it's a cow if it's stained with the word "foreign"!

Jin Nengheng and Fang Jingbo were discussing the conditions proposed by Sang Yu in the inner room, and when they heard that Wu Jianzhang was coming, they couldn't help frowning. This Daotai master is always giving problems to Americans now. Kim Neng-hyung remembered the "consular collection system" that he had just lost. To tell the truth, the reason why the customs management power was returned to Wu Jianzhang was not the goodwill of the Americans. They were just putting on a show and wanted to hit the arrogant British. Unexpectedly, the British, together with other countries, did not return the customs power to the rightful Shanghai government, but intensified it and turned Shanghai into their own free port. This time, the Americans were cocooned and bound themselves, and they lost a lot of silver in "vain".

Kim Neng-hyung is both a politician and a businessman. As a politician, he never wanted the new regime of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to come to power. Although he had also heard the French minister Bourblon give a general introduction to the actual situation in Tianjing, and even vaguely expressed that it was only a matter of time before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would dominate the world, he was still unwilling to accept it. Because, according to the proposition of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the interests of the US government in China will not be more guaranteed, and the maximization of interests should and can only be obtained from the hands of this cowardly so-called Qing Empire. It's like the "consular collection system", if you are happy, you can cancel it, and if you are not happy, you can get it back when you say that when you get it back, and those officials of the Qing government don't even dare to let out a fart.

Jin Nengheng gestured at Fang Jingbo, signaling him not to mention the matter again in front of Wu Jianzhang, and then greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Haha, my old friend, hello!" Jin Nengheng hugged Wu Jianzhang very affectionately, and spread his hands, "The Taoist platform is the Taoist platform, and you can be carefree every day, unlike us businessmen, who worry about many things every day." ”

"The consul is really joking," Wu Jianzhang grinned, "You are a consul and a senior member of the commercial bank, so you are naturally busier than the lower officials." ”

"Yes," Kim Neng-hyung shrugged his shoulders, "The business of the trading house is getting worse day by day, and it's all because of you, Lord Daotai." Look at the present, apart from us Americans, who have selflessly helped you, where is there any other country that obeys the laws of your country. ”

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused and looked at Wu Jianzhang with a bitter face, "I'm really sorry Your Excellency, I was originally planning to look for you, but at the request of His Excellency Mashali, the Minister of the United States, I officially informed Your Excellency that since all countries in Shanghai have unanimously no longer recognized your customs powers, our government has decided that from now on, our consulate will be responsible for the customs revenue of the United States trade in China." ”

Wu Jianzhang didn't seem to be very surprised, but he was still a little embarrassed for the time being, and he couldn't remember what to say for a while.

Kim Nengheng sighed helplessly, "We did our best." We Americans have always been the most loyal friends of Your Excellency and your government, and even in the chaos of Shanghai, we have remained strictly neutral. Of course, out of friendship and humanitarianism, we saved you and allowed you to regain your freedom. It is also out of humanitarianism that our church has opened hospitals to treat wounded soldiers on both sides of the war and to help people who cannot eat, which is God's will, and does not mean that we take sides. The Government of the United States believes that the people of your country are capable of conducting their own affairs on their own, without the interference of any other foreign power."

Wu Jianzhang listened respectfully to Kim Nengheng's talk, and there was nothing to say. What to say? With big fists and thick arms and legs, what comes out is of course the truth. He was out of Qichang in a daze, and then he went out of the concession, completely forgetting his purpose of going to Jin Nengheng, taking his men and horses, and returning to the "Antelope" that was shrunk in a corner of the Huangpu River in the south of the city. He's almost home. Since the opening of Shanghai in the 23rd year of Daoguang (1843), the British consul in Shanghai, Bafour, arbitrarily designated the Huangpu River from the mouth of the Wusong River to the pidgin as a berthing area for foreign ships. Now, under the pretext of being for the safety of the concession, he, the director of the Daotai and the director of customs, has lost even a good position to park the ship properly.

He thought about it again and again, and felt that it was better not to offend Qichang, if he wanted to find it, he had to find the loophole of Angel, and most of Qichang's bulk goods were handled by Angel. Although he also knew that Angel's inner boss Sangyu and the governor were in a mess, compared to foreigners, the governor was still a head shorter.

For many days, the spies led by Chu Yude have not received any definite news in the concession, and Wu Jianzhang can't sit still. He was born as a businessman, and he had worked his way up in the business world, and the more this happened, the more he concluded that this batch of arms would definitely go where.

When he suddenly heard an agent accidentally talking about Angel's shopkeeper Ai Hua and Ai Fu Sangyu's personal maid, who had been in and out of Shanghai County from time to time, Wu Jianzhang had an idea. The fortress is the easiest to open from the inside, rightly or wrongly, at least in the end, it can make things go first, so that those who really want to do it will be afraid. Of course, you can't touch that Aihua, but it's not the same for the maid. Women have women's weaknesses and are always easy to deal with.

Sangyu's maid, Lan Xiang, is a messenger from the Shanghai Intelligence Station of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is responsible for liaison with Liu Lichuan in the city. Lan Xiang has just turned eighteen years old, but she is a "veteran" who participated in the Jintian regimental camp, not only that, but she is also a general under Su Sanniang when she conquered Zhenjiang.

In the evening, Lan Xiang took a secret letter written by Sang Yu to Liu Lichuan and left the concession, and just after crossing the Suzhou Creek, he was stopped by several big men. She has always run smoothly on this road, and she has acquaintances on both sides, but today is the first time she has encountered this situation.

"We are from the Daotai Yamen, come with us." The first man with a kind face whispered.

If she really met the robbers, Lan Xiang was really not afraid of them, she was not an ordinary girl. But as soon as she heard that it was someone from the government, her heart moved, "Okay, you guys lead the way." ”

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