Lu Qingyun also saw some of the war in Japan from the "Dianshizhai Pictorial", but what he saw from the pictorial was not seen with his own eyes after all, and he didn't feel anything, but now he came to the sea, faced the murderous Satsuma warship, and heard the Russian captain's story, he realized why no one else promised this time, and why the reward given to him by the owner was so generous.

Lu Qingyun looked at the Satsuma warship again, and he found that on the flybridge of the warship, several Japanese were constantly looking at him with binoculars.

"What are they going to do now?" Seeing the steam boats laid down on the Japanese warships and loaded with loaded soldiers, Lu Qingyun's uneasiness in his heart became heavier and heavier.

"I think we should check if we have weapons and ammunition on board!" Karensky replied.

Thinking of the revolver that Master Hu gave him just now and the foreign guns he brought with him, Lu Qingyun's heart sank.

"You'd better go back to the cabin with your people and don't walk around, my friend." Karensky noticed the change in Lu Qingyun's face and kindly suggested, "Maybe they will leave after the inspection." ”

Lu Qingyun nodded, hurriedly got off the flybridge, and as soon as he entered the cabin, he saw all the servants with panicked faces.

"Master Lu, I heard that the Japanese are going to board our ship?" Someone asked.

"Master Lu, the Japanese won't take us all to the island of the Orientals...... "A very imaginative servant said with a crying voice.

"Your mother's funeral! Unpromising! Lei Wang, the head of the guard from the dart bureau, waved the foreign gun in his hand and shouted, "The little devil in the East dares to mess around." Lao Tzu shot them! ”

"Wait! You can't shoot with those guys! "It was so easy for Lu Qingyun to calm himself down." Thunderhead. Inform everyone, go back to the cabin and hide all the guns quickly! Don't let those people find out! ”

"Why is that?" Lei Wang was stunned.

"I heard the captain say that the Japanese domestic war is fierce, and the rebel warships intercept us, mainly to search for arms! If you don't see the arms, you'll let us go! Lu Qingyun said, "Hurry up and tell everyone to hide all the guns!" ”

"But without the gun, once the Orientals hit our idea of that shipment......" Lei Wang didn't know what was in the box. I only knew that it must be valuable goods, so as to remind Lu Qingyundao.

"It's all under the box of sugar! They can't find it! Lu Qingyun didn't want to explain more to Lei Wang, so he hurriedly said, "Everyone, hurry up!" Hide all the guns! ”

Lei Wang and the others began to hide the gun according to their words, Lu Qingyun remembered that his revolver had fallen in the cabin, so he hurried back to the cabin, took the gun and handed it to Lei Wang, asked him to help hide it, and then returned to the cabin himself. Waiting for the inspection of the Satsuma.

But Lu Qingyun waited anxiously in the cabin for a long time, and there was not a single Satsuma figure in sight. I only heard strange and rough shouts and curses from time to time outside.

Lu Qingyun was about to go out to have a look, but he heard a rush of footsteps, followed by a quick knock on the door.

"Master Lu! Oh no! The Japanese have discovered our goods! Moving to their ship! ”

"What?" As if a thunderbolt had struck on a sunny day, Lu Qingyun was stunned for a moment, rushed forward and opened the door, grabbed the servant's arm, dragged him in, and roared, "How could they find out under the box of sugar?" ”

"Those Orientals...... It was as if he had received the news...... "said the servant with a sad face.

Lu Qingyun let go of the servant and rushed in the direction of the cabin like crazy, he had just arrived in the cloister when he was forced by two Satsuma sailors with rifles with bayonets.

Lu Qingyun pushed away the rifle and was about to rush in, but he was hit in the head by the butt of a Satsuma sailor, and his eyes immediately turned black and he fell to the ground.

"Yaga!"

Lu Qingyun had a sharp pain in his body, and the boots of the two Japanese soldiers kicked him hard, and then his head hit the butt of a gun hard, and he fainted.

On the deck of the "Hiei", Heihachiro Togo looked at the thick and sturdy camphor wood boxes, and his face couldn't help but show surprise.

He came to a box, reached out and opened the lid, and couldn't help but hold his breath when he saw the contents.

The box was full of silver ingots with white flowers.

These ingots come in a variety of shapes, horseshoe-shaped, round, square-shaped, boat-shaped, and girded (not official silver), but they seem to be the same in weight and fineness, and they are all neatly arranged on a sturdy wooden shelf with round holes, which glows silver in the sun, which is very attractive.

Although Heihachiro Togo expected that he might make some gains on this boat, he had never seen much money, and seeing so much silver at once still made him feel dizzy.

Heihachiro Togo stretched out his hand to get a square silver ingot, but the silver ingot was obviously very heavy, he took it, but he didn't pick it up, he stretched out his hands, and then he picked up the silver ingot.

The weight of this silver ingot was so heavy that Heihachiro Togo could still feel the feeling of heavy pressure in his hand when he held it in his hand.

Heihachiro Togo carefully looked at the stamps on the ingots, which were printed with the place and date of minting of the ingots, as well as the names of the foundry craftsmen, as well as the weight of the ingots.

And the silver ingot in his hand, with the weight stamp on it, is impressively marked "Wu Shiliang".

This ingot of silver turned out to be 50 taels!

And the fine ripples around the stamp on that corner show that it is a full-colored "tattoo silver"!

Heihachiro Togo, who had never eaten "counterfeit money" (the Japanese government had secretly made counterfeit money in order to make up for the financial deficit) in Japan, looked at such a silver ingot full of color, and his heart jumped wildly inexplicably.

Togo Heihachiro suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, put the silver ingot back in its place, and picked up a horseshoe-shaped silver ingot and looked at it, in addition to the difference in the name of the place and the date of casting and the name of the craftsman, the stamp of weight was also marked with the words "Wu Shiliang".

Heihachiro Togo picked up a few more silver ingots and looked at them. It was found that it was also stamped with "Wu Shiliang".

Other words. This chest of silver ingots. All of them are 50 taels of ingots!

Heihachiro Togo took a deep breath, looked at several of the same boxes on the deck, and asked, "How many such boxes are on that boat?" ”

"I don't know yet, but there must be quite a few, because they are all hidden under the crates of sugar." An officer replied.

"These boxes are left right here." Heihachiro Togo suppressed the excitement in his heart and ordered in a deep voice, "Send some more people over." Full control of that ship. ”

"Hello!"

Soon, under the orders of Uemura Hikonojo, more steam boats were lowered, and groups of heavily armed Satsuma sailors boarded the "Funing".

"I have been ordered by the Commander of the Honorable Togo, to ask your ship to set sail immediately and follow our ship without mistake." In the wheelhouse, a Satsuma naval officer said to Russian Captain Karensky with a blank face.

"There's no reason for you to do that! It is against public international law! I protest! Protest! Listening to the Satsuma people's request, Karensky said with a thunderous fist.

"We have not violated public international law, and we have conducted a temporary inspection of your ship in strict accordance with the requirements of public international law!" The Satsuma officer named Fukatsu Jiro listened to the explanation of the interpreter next to him. With a gloomy face, he said, "Your ship is carrying a lot of contraband. That's why we detained your ship in accordance with the provisions of public international law! ”

Fukatsu Jiro's remarks show that he is quite familiar with public international law.

"There is no contraband on my boat!" Kalensky, of course, knew what the other party was talking about "contraband", but at this moment, he could only scream.

"We've checked, and your manifest says you're shipping sugar, but we've found a large number of boxes of silver ingots underneath the boxes of sugar." Fukatsujiro said in a deep voice, "And your crew has guns and ammunition, aren't these contraband?" ”

"Firearms and ammunition are what we use to prevent piracy! As for the silver......" Karensky spread his hands, "I had no idea that there was silver underneath the sugar, and if you wanted to ask, you would have to ask the owner." ”

On the deck of the "Funing," Lu Qingyun, who had already woken up, looked at a silver box carried by six Japanese sailors being placed in front of him, looking like he wanted to cry without tears.

Now he can say that he has the heart to jump into the sea.

This ship is loaded with a full 6 million taels of silver!

He didn't dare to imagine what the owner Hu Yulin would be like after hearing such news.

"Mr. Lu, can you explain to me what this silver is used for?" Fukatsu Jiro looked at the soulless Qianguo man in front of him, sneered, and asked.

"Yes...... Our purchase price ......," Lu Qingyun replied sweating profusely.

"Purchase money? What valuables are you going to buy, and you have almost 200 tons of silver ingots on board? Fukatsujiro stared at Lu Qingyun, probably thinking that the translation explanation was too troublesome, and he actually said directly in fluent Qian's Chinese, "Such a large cash transaction is really too rare now, I am from Nagasaki, I know how international commercial receipts and payments are carried out, why don't you use bank drafts instead of shipping cash silver?" ”

Most of the officers and sailors of the "Hiei" ironclad ship came from Nagasaki, Nagasaki was the only open port during the period of Japan's lockdown, and the people of Nagasaki were famous for being good at doing business in Japan.

Hearing the other party's questioning, Lu Qingyun knew that today's doom could not be avoided no matter what.

Lu Qingyun peeked around, and then he saw that another steam boat was released from the Satsuma warship, and there was an officer on the boat, who seemed to be the captain.

Probably attracted by the silver box that had just been brought back to the ship, Hikonojo Uemura wanted to come to this ship to see how much silver there was.

"What is this silver used for? Please make it clear to me. Fukatsujiro said again.

Lu Qingyun shook his head and closed his mouth.

"It's okay if you don't want to talk to me." Fukatsujiro smiled and said, "However, in that case, you will have to go with us and explain all this to our chief of staff, General Lin Yiqing." General Lin is a native of Qianguo. Maybe it will help you. ”

Heard the other party say Lin Yiqing's name. Lu Qingyun's face became even more ugly.

He first saw Lin Yiqing's portrait in the "Dianshizhai Pictorial". felt very similar to Lin Yizhe, the rival of the owner Hu Yulin, but he didn't care about it, until he heard Hu Yulin say in person, "This person must be related to the forest thief", and he faintly felt that Lin Yiqing might be Lin Yizhe's brother or relative.

If this is the case, if he reports the name of the owner Hu Yulin, will Lin Yiqing probably let himself go?

Thinking of this, Lu Qingyun suddenly rushed towards Captain Satsuma, who had just landed on the deck, desperately.

Hikoyuki Uemura noticed this Chinese who was a head taller than himself (not Lu Qingyun's tallness. But the Japanese in this era were too short, like a silver box needed to be carried by four Qianguo, and if the Japanese came to do it, they would have to be six people) rushed straight towards him, and he couldn't help but be startled, and immediately drew the saber at his waist, and the two Japanese sailors beside him also immediately aimed their guns at him.

Captain Karensky and the sailors were all taken aback when they saw Lu Qingyun's movements, thinking that Lu Qingyun was going to fight hard with the Satsuma, and Lu Qingyun's entourage was also startled, and Lei Wang and the others wanted to step forward. But all of them were screened out of the circle by Japanese sailors with bayonet rifles, and they were bare-handed. I can only watch, I can't think about it.

Everyone looked at Lu Qingyun with nervous eyes, not knowing what kind of thing he was going to do.

In front of everyone's eyes, Lu Qingyun rushed to Uemura Hikonojo, who had already drawn his knife, but he knelt down with a "plop" and said something that made all the Qianguo people dumbfounded.

"My lord, please leave me a note!" Lu Qingyun said with a crying voice.

Uemura Hikonoshi didn't understand Qianguo, but when he saw Lu Qingyun's appearance and knew that he wasn't here to attack him, he sneered, put his knife back into its sheath, and waved his hand to signal the guards to put down their rifles.

"Why notes?" After listening to the interpreter's explanation, Hikonojo Uemura asked.

"You just took so much silver, you have to give a note of receipt, right? I'm going to tell our host! Lu Qingyun said with a sad face.

"What do you want receipts for?" Fukatsujiro frowned and asked directly in Qian's Chinese.

"My lord! Please! Okay, give me a note! I've got to give our host an account......"

Lu Qingyun didn't pay attention to Fukatsu Jiro, but walked a few steps on his knees, stepped forward and grabbed Uemura Hikonojo's hand, crying and begging him to write a receipt, Uemura Hikonoshi sneered, and shook off Lu Qingyun's hand hard, Lu Qingyun was about to pounce again, a Satsuma sailor stepped forward, and suddenly faced his head with a rifle butt, Lu Qingyun was solid again, and suddenly fainted on the deck.

Lei Wang was shocked when he saw this, and violently pushed away the Satsuma soldier who was blocking, rushed over to help Lu Qingyun, and the Satsuma soldier chased after him, raised the butt of the gun and shot at Lei Wang, but was caught by Lei Wang's hand steadily.

The Japanese sailor had a force on his hand, but the butt of the rifle did not move, and he glared at Lei Wang viciously, and Lei Wang also glared at him angrily.

Seeing this, another Japanese sailor was about to raise his gun to shoot at Levan when Captain Karensky, who rushed in, pushed his rifle away.

"I protest! I protest! You can't do this to my passengers! By doing so, you are violating public international law! Going to court! Kalensky said loudly in Russian.

Probably with a natural fear of Westerners, seeing that the angry Russian spoke a long list in Russian, the two Satsuma sailors, despite not knowing English, withdrew their hands. Lei Wang let go angrily, picked up Lu Qingyun, and walked towards the entrance of the cabin.

"Shopkeeper, what were you doing just now? What's the use of asking for notes? He was also beaten. Seeing that Lu Qingyun didn't really faint, Lei Wang complained.

"I'm stalling for time." Lu Qingyun glanced at Hikonojo Uemura and said in a low voice.

"Delay?" Lei Wan was stunned.

"The proprietor said that when we arrived in the waters of Japan, there were Russian warships to meet them." Lu Qingyun lowered his head, glanced in one direction, and said, "Look at the smoke over there, doesn't it look like a soldier wheel?" ”

Lei Wang peeked in the direction of Lu Qingyun's eyes, and sure enough, he saw a faint pillar of smoke on the sea antenna.

"Yes! Eighty percent are Russian soldiers! Lei Wan nodded.

"Find a way to delay it for a while......," Lu Qingyun said in a low voice.

"I'll take the brothers to the guy in a minute!" Lei Wan whispered, "The place where the gun is hidden hasn't been discovered by these Oriental devils yet!" ”

"That's great! Capture the thief and capture the king first! The Oriental official I asked him for a receipt just now is the owner of their warship! Catch him, and they won't dare to mess around! Lu Qingyun glanced at Lei Wang's direction in the direction of Hikoto Uemura.

"Yes!" Lei Wang swept Uemura Hikonojo with the corner of his eye, "Stay for a while, you and your subordinates in the shopkeeper will stay in the cabin and don't come out, don't be injured by guns, our brothers should let go of their hands and feet, and clean up the little Oriental devils!" ”

"Be careful." Lu Qingyun felt his heart beat violently, and whispered.

Lei Wang nodded, stopped talking, and after helping Lu Qingyun back to the cabin, he dodged out and closed the cabin door.

After Lu Qingyun rubbed the black wound that was hit by the butt of the gun, he came to the porthole and looked out, at this time the smoke column was still far away, he couldn't see clearly, so he turned around and looked for the binoculars.

After finding the telescope, Lu Qingyun couldn't wait to look in the direction of the pillar of smoke, and sure enough, he saw the outline of a warship. (To be continued......)