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There was a big chaos in the palace, everyone panicked and scurried around, and the officer on duty at the door of the palace hurried in at this time, and saw that the palace minister and the king of Vietnam were fleeing behind, and shouted from afar, "Your Majesty!" 陛xià! The East Gate Tower was shelled! ”

There was already chaos in this hall, and the officers in front of the hall could hear the shouts, and as a last resort, the officers asked the soldiers behind him to shout together a few times, and the ministers who fled far away heard it.

"Your Majesty, the cannons of the Tian Dynasty only bombarded the city gate and did not hit the palace, which means that Qin Cha is really angry, you hurry up and give an order, let Lu Guogong go and talk to Lord Qin Cha about how to reconcile this matter!" The old prime minister is an old man, and he immediately had an idea.

At this time, Nguyen Phuc Dinh had already run away in a sweat, his face became pale, and the feeling just now could be described as if he had escaped death, which scared him a lot (note, this Vietnamese king is notoriously timid, and he was beaten by the French in history, and died of palpitations), and nodded busily, "Lao Cheng...... Hurry, go and draw up the plan! Let Lu Guogong go and negotiate this matter quickly, this cannon will come over, and dozens of my children are all in the palace! General Zhendong...... Let him withdraw his troops quickly and come to me! ”

A mile outside Wujia Village, is a road leading to the village, it is the width of a carriage, one side of the road is a small hill thirty or forty meters high, at this time towards the slope of the road, lying all over the corpses, if you turn the mountain, on the other side, you can see more than a dozen unmanned war horses, and some are still the corpses of a place, but there are more than some corpses of horses.

Zhang Kui carried a Type 80 submachine gun and stood on a mound of dirt on the side of the road with high spirits, while dozens of other soldiers with rifles and submachine guns were collecting the Vietnamese soldiers hiding in the wilderness.

This was basically a perfect and completely oppressive battle, more than 300 Vietnamese soldiers, the only long-range weapons were more than 30 old-fashioned bird guns, the leader General Tran had just entered the ambush circle, he was startled by the rifle fired on the hill, broke his arm, and in a fit of rage, he naturally ordered the soldiers to immediately attack the small hillside, and the 30 cavalry were very brave enough to accept the task of stealing from behind.

When rushing to the bottom of the hillside, the infantry casualties were not large, and the other side's gunfire was also a volley of guns, but in the last 50 meters, it turned out to be a road of death, and the sound of dense firecrackers came from the top of the hill that was not high.

General Chen found out in an instant that he had lost at least half of his troops, and the 30 cavalry he had hoped for had also suffered the same tragedy on the back mountain, and the cavalry did not resist the short ten seconds of the slope that the war horse could break through in only 10 seconds.

The ensuing battle was no suspense, the other party rushed down the hillside directly, and the Vietnamese who were suppressed by intensive fire and then in the open space did not even find the opportunity to release the birds, so they directly raised the flag and surrendered.

And in the naval barracks next to the port outside Hue City, Commander Nguyen Rudan was not in the camp at all, and the deputy general guarding the camp was too wise and resolute, and when he saw the black hole giant cannon squatting on the 501 ship in the port and turning, he personally rushed out of the camp with the white flag without saying a word...... The turtle son is hiding in the camp, in case the army of the country doesn't pay attention to the white flag we raise, this round of artillery will be 6!

Lu Han immediately sent a team of people to accept the barracks, and asked them all to gather in the Chinese army tent to rest, except for and peeing, nothing else was allowed. The shelling of the east gate of Hue City is simply a shooting training, Chen Ying has already measured the distance many times with the help of a rangefinder, and the first round of shooting is a training bullet, but because the distance is not far, the training bullets directly hit the city gate tower, smashing the city tower, and the next four rounds of salvo 24 shells shelled directly collapsed the city tower and the city wall next to it.

Qin Kai listened to the rumbling bombardment of this huge cannon, and felt the tremor of the earth, although he didn't watch the movement of the East City Gate with his own eyes, he could also feel the shock of the Vietnamese boys! It's all real money, and it's a little painful to think about it, but ...... These efforts must be rewarded! ,

In the Zhendong General's Mansion, after hearing the rumbling cannon sound at the East Gate, it was obviously a mess here, and the black and fat Zhendong General Ruan Yiding was pale at this time, because the two cavalrymen who had just escaped came back desperately to report that the team that went to arrest the Wujiazhuang thugs was all wiped out!

Who did this! It's already a matter of obviousness, but it's the elite of the pro-army in the capital that was sent to arrest, and the other party completely annihilated this strong army in his hands with an ambush of more than 40 people, and he still has tens of thousands of pro-army under him, but at this time he feels very powerless.

When he was pondering whether to carry out a Jedi counterattack, a messenger from the palace came at the door, and it was his cousin King of Vietnam who sent an order to let him enter the palace quickly.

The bombardment lasted for 14 minutes, but for the entire city of Hue, there was a difference between hell and heaven, and the Chinese merchants and Chinese in the city looked at the crumbling East City Tower from a distance excitedly, and talked excitedly that this was the crime of Qin Cha ordering the punishment of the Vietnamese boy for killing our Chinese! The Vietnamese closed their doors and windows uneasily......

This firing speed is also average, and the theoretical 2.5 minutes of a cannon is still a bit of a gap, the general Nguyen Pu Xing confirmed that the five rounds of artillery bombardment was completed, and rushed straight to the east gate with his men and horses. Qin Kai asked him to go straight to the palace to ask about the crime, as for the reason...... That's too easy, we have more righteous reasons under the barrel.

But before I went out, I saw a big sedan chair coming from afar, and people from there also saw Qin Kai's heavily armed team, and someone shouted from afar, "Lu Guogong is ordered by the king of Vietnam to meet Lord Qincha of Shangguo!" ”

Well...... It's over so soon? Qin Kai was also stunned, this Ruan Fuying couldn't stand the intimidation, and he was ready to shoot a shuttle of bullets......

Qin Kai and Lu Guogong's secret discussion lasted until the time of the willow on the moon, for this shelling of the Qing vassal state, he was also forced to do it, a little later, Zhang Kui's side came to the news, all the enemy army was annihilated, and one of his own side stepped on a stone when he charged!

Lu Guogong was also stunned when he saw the news, in the past, there were more than 300 elite pro-troops in Wujiazhuang, and they were all wiped out in a daze, but he didn't care about it, since the Chinese people over there were not harmed, then this negotiation was even easier, as for the death of those pro-army...... This has nothing to do with him, and the responsibility is naturally borne by General Zhendong.

Qin Kai is also very clear about the purpose of this negotiation, since it was provoked by the Vietnamese, then the conditions proposed this time will impress the Vietnamese people, and now let Song Xing talk about this matter, wouldn't it be very convenient for him to open his mouth.

After discussion, the two drew up a public announcement from both sides, this incident of Chinese people killed in the conflict was characterized as the work of some corrupt Vietnamese officials, as for the shelling and the more than 100 soldiers who died outside Wujiazhuang, they were completely selectively ignored, in this major incident, the people who killed more than 100 people were in high spirits, and the five or six officials who killed one person directly faced the punishment of capital crimes, this is the truth under the cannon!

As compensation for the victimized Chinese, Qin Kaishi opened his mouth and decided to claim 3 million taels of silver from the king of Vietnam, including compensation for the injured and dead Wujiazhuang villagers, as well as the labor costs, shell costs, bullet costs, and coal burning costs for dispatching these people, anyway, he didn't plan to explain in detail how the 3 million taels were calculated.

In addition to these conditions, Qin Kai also put forward three additional articles, one is to recognize the Chinese Mutual Masonic Association and the Chinese Business Alliance, and allow the Mutual Masonic Association and the Chinese Business Alliance to develop normally in the Chinese area of Vietnam; Second, it was necessary to remove General Zhennan, who had discriminated against the Chinese, from his post and replace it with someone else who did not have zài prejudices.

Article 3 Qin Kai proposed that because of the losses caused by this incident to the Mawei Shipping Company, the Vietnamese side needs to compensate, and this compensation plan Qin Kai proposed to increase the number of cities he raised to add North Vietnamese Haiphong City, so that Qin Kai can successfully control the economic lifeline of several large cities in Quang Ninh Province.

Of course, Qin Kai didn't think about signing a Lend-Lease Act in Vietnam, first, such a move was too ostentatious, and second, because in the upcoming French war of aggression against Vietnam, this Hue city was really not in any danger to defend, and he was asking for trouble by getting the land here.

Except for the silver, the other conditions were nothing to the king of Vietnam, except for the slightly controversial issue of the Mutual Masonic Association and the Chinese Merchant Alliance, and Qin Kai said very strongly that this was just an organization of commerce and Chinese farmers, and the Vietnamese side agreed. As for the matter of raising Haiphong City, because Qin Kai did not involve local taxes, but only nominally had jurisdiction, and now in this case, the Vietnamese side had to agree. ,

And the problem of three million taels of silver became the final stumbling block, and the iron rooster Ruan Fu Xuan almost fainted as soon as he heard the number of the silver, and he was furious at that time, this is not cutting my flesh, this Qin Kai is too arrogant, and immediately recruited Ruan Puxing, who had just been promoted.

Nguyen Pu Dinh is also the nephew of the king of Vietnam, but he is also very close, and after he came, he was shocked to see Nguyen Phuc Dinh's thunderous state...... Could it be that his own ugliness has been exposed? After observing for a while, I was convinced that the king of Vietnam was sulking in a life.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what is the matter with recruiting the minister?"

"Pu Xing is here, you are a fierce general in our Vietnamese army, when the Chinese shelled the city gate, you dare to take soldiers and horses to guard!" Nice, nice......"

"That's the duty of the little nephew," Ruan Puxing laughed unashamedly.

"Pu Xing, look at this," Ruan Fuying handed over the document agreed upon by Qin Kai.

Nguyen Pu Xing glanced at it twice, the figure of three million taels was the most shocking, the temper of the Vietnamese king Nguyen Phuc Dinh, how could these courtiers not know, he immediately understood the purpose of calling him today. However, this face-saving matter still has to be held up, he slapped the table, "Your Majesty, this Shangguo Qincha is too much, we can't pay such a large amount of money...... Why don't you let Lu Guogong negotiate and pay less! ”

"Pu Xing, I called you here to ask you, isn't this Qin Kai still in the post house! Can you lead troops to surround the inn...... Or arrest this guy, put a little pressure on him, and then we're talking to him about this indemnity! Ruan Phuc said viciously.

“…… Don't", as soon as Ruan Puxing heard this, he said it reflexively, seeing Ruan Fuying's puzzled and questioning eyes, he knew that it was bad, if he couldn't say a way, it would be troublesome, scratching his head, this would make his brain teaser turn quickly, but he immediately had an idea.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is for the sake of His Majesty and the thousands of people in the palace, the cannon on the ironclad ship, Weichen has seen the power when he shelled the city gate, and when the cannon came down, the surrounding radius of dozens of yards collapsed, and the soldiers defending the city were left with no bones! The other party just fired 5 cannons a few times ago, and the entire East City Gate will no longer exist zài! At this time, if you go to the post house and the cannon bombards, you can't say that the 3 million taels will become 6 million or 9 million......"

As soon as he heard the possible changes in this indemnity and the bloody scene of no bones, Ruan Fuying's courage when he urgently recruited Ruan Puxing was suddenly exhausted, he pondered for a while, and nodded, "Pu Xing, you are still loyal to me, but this indemnity is too huge, and the treasury can't take it out. ”

"This ...... Your Majesty, the minister is willing to risk his life to talk to that Qin Kai! Be sure to let him lose some of the money! ”

When Ruan Fuying heard this, he was moved, this nephew looked much more powerful than that Shangguo Qin Qin, and he really had the courage, "Good!" This matter is done, and you will actually receive the rank of General Zhendong...... In the town of Jiazhen Donghou! ”

Ruan Puxing didn't have much courage at first, he just held on, but when he heard that the marquis was worshipping the general, his blood surged, and his brain was dizzy, and he immediately took the order and went straight to the post house with two personal soldiers.

Qin Kai was somewhat surprised by the revisit of this Xiong Bao general, but he had always been tolerant of Xiong Bao, and after entering the room, he smiled happily and teased: "General Ruan, now you are promoted, I heard that you can take over the power and responsibility of the dismissed General Zhendong!" Congratulations! ”

Just now on Ruan Fuying's side, he could brag about himself, but when he arrived at Qin Kai, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he was somewhat ashamed, he laughed a few times, arched his hand and said: "Lord Qin, the young general is from His Majesty, I want to ask my lord to reduce this indemnity, Vietnam is not rich in the first place, this money is really difficult to come up with!"

Dealing with Xiong Bao, Qin Kai has experience, he slapped the table, and his face suddenly turned cold, "General Ruan, this matter is not negotiable, there are only two options on my side, one is compensation and the other is artillery!" You let the king of Vietnam pick it himself......"

Ruan Puxing naturally knew that it would not be easy to get this adult to give in, but fortunately, he had already figured out a way along the way, so he said with a smile: "Lord Qin, I have taken out my heart to confess to you, Your Majesty loves money as much as his life, if he is allowed to come up with such money, it will be more difficult than killing him, can the adult propose other plans?" The young general is willing to convince His Majesty for the adults! ”,

This guy is also desperate for the actual position of Zhendong Marquis and General Zhendong, but Qin Kai likes to listen to this, but he is thinking about what conditions to put forward to match this silver, he is walking back and forth, and the light brain is already quickly searching for information about Vietnam, but there is no too valuable information, Vietnam also has gold mines or something, but they are all in the central region of Vietnam, and it is not easy to mine......

Suddenly, a thought flashed through him, he turned around and took out a carefully drawn map from the bookshelf and put it in front of General Nguyen, "This is a lot of money, I can consider reducing 1.5 million taels, but I want the king of Vietnam to cede the two places of Ha Hui and Xian'an, which are on the verge of the Great Qing Kingdom!" ”

Ruan Puxing didn't know about these two little-known small places, lying on the map, and only saw under Qin Kai's instructions that they were two small places in the coastal area south of Qinzhou, Guangdong, and below Dongxing, a small city on the border between China and Vietnam, in the Qing Dynasty.

However, this cession of land, even this Xiong Bao general understands that it is something that will be stinking for 10,000 years, but this is indeed a solution to the current silver problem, and he held back for a long time before saying: "Lord Qin, this ceded land, if the young general goes back and says it, he will definitely be drowned by the spittle of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces......

"Oh...... General Ruan also has difficulties," Qin Kai smiled, since this General Xiong Bao is not averse to ceding land, let's also give you face, "Okay, don't cede it, I will manage it for 100 years, and then return it to Vietnam, what do you think?" ”

"Lord Qin is really thinking about it, it's just a lease," Ruan Pu Xing pondered for a while, felt that it was feasible, and ran back to his uncle King Vietnam to get back to his life.

Of course, for the 1.5 million taels of silver, the king of Vietnam is still very painful, but for the lease of Hejuni and Xian'an, after looking at the map brought back by Ruan Puxing, he also feels that it doesn't matter, it is originally a border place, and there is a Beilun River and a fenmao ridge separated from the Qing Dynasty, the transportation is inconvenient, and the tax is even few...... But how is this rent calculated!

Nguyen Pu Hung came to negotiate again with the question of the King of Vietnam, and after full friendly discussion, Qin Kai agreed to reduce the indemnity to 1 million taels, and the 500,000 taels would be regarded as the rent of the two places, so that General Nguyen would be able to pay the difference when he returned.

In an atmosphere of friendly negotiation, the memorandum was signed by mutual agreement, and the 1 million taels of silver were quickly delivered. Qin Kai met with Lu Guogong again and told him that the affairs around Hue would be taken over by the Mawei Shipping Company, and that he would first lead a fleet to Quang Ninh Province to quickly prepare for prospecting.

Soon, in the newly built factory area of Mawei Shipping, Qin Kai convened village representatives, committee members and important members of the business alliance from 14 Chinese villages to hold an important meeting, at which he announced several important things.

The first is the establishment of the Chinese Mutual Masonic Association Hue Headquarters, published the Mutual Masonic Association Constitution, the headquarters is set up in Hue City, responsible for the coordination of Chinese businessmen, Chinese related affairs coordination, the management of the candidates, still refer to the model of the Chinese village, by the Chinese businessmen, village representatives, village members elected 10 members, a deputy supervisor, the director is appointed by Qin Kai personally.

After careful consideration, the first head Qin Kai also had a serious discussion with Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui in private, and decided to be a student of Qin Kai who was quite capable of organization and coordination, Xue Chao, Xue Chao's ability was second only to Zhou and Zhang among Qin Kai's students, and he also had a lot of experience in military training.

As the chief treasurer of Mawei Shipping, Ho Yong specially dispatched two capable men of the Ho family to be stationed in Hue to manage the business and assist the Freemasons.

The second event was to announce that large-scale development would be carried out in Quang Ninh Province, and all Chinese merchants and villages who were willing to go to Quang Ninh Province could contact Mawei Shipping.

The third event was the announcement of the establishment of a Mutual Masonic training camp, in which all young and strong people in each village were required to participate in the paramilitary training of the Freemasons, and those who passed the selected training would receive additional subsidies, which was also a necessary measure to safeguard the interests of the Chinese in Hue.

After these measures, the Chinese in Hue are no longer inferior, and they will no longer be troubled by the officials, and the situation after that has changed greatly.

Before leaving, Qin Kai specially brought the new head of the Mutual Masonic Association, Xue Chao......

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