This is today's Zuihou first watch, tomorrow or the eighth watch, to celebrate "Dream of the Heavenly Dynasty" to get 120 monthly passes! Of course, the more monthly passes, the better, and the more subscriptions, the better, Rolls-Roy is really greedy, but he still asks for it, and asks for it!

On the Kowloon Peninsula across the sea from Hong Kong Island, there is a small hill called Beacon Hill, on the top of the hill, a gray walled city overlooking the bay and Hong Kong Island in the south, and a ditch is protected outside, and on the fence two or three feet high, there is a group of Manchu officials wearing flower feathers on the top of the hill looking at the deserted surroundings.

This is Lin Zexu, Bai Siwen, Wei Yuan and other Manchu foreign affairs officials who have just moved from the bustling and lively city of Guangzhou to the newly built Kowloon Walled City, as well as several commanders and commanders of the Guangdong Navy Division.

"Mu Weng, please see that the place where the western-style buildings are gathered is Victoria City in Hong Kong, the stronghold of the British on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, which is divided into four rings, namely the Western Ring, the Upper Ring, the Central Ring and the Lower Ring. The British stationed about 4,000 troops there, most of whom were Indian mercenaries, and their general was called De Jili, the official worshiped the major general, and was knighted. ”

The person who spoke was a military attache in his fifties from the Qing Dynasty, named Lord Rain, who was now the Admiral of the Guangdong Navy, who assumed this position after Guan Tianpei's martyrdom, and was the main battle faction in the Opium War.

The Qing Dynasty implemented the use of literature to control the military, and the status of the Han military attache in the green camp was extremely low. In front of Lin Zexu, who was from the first product (who had just added the title of Shangshu), he was even more humble.

"Is Zhu Jishi in Victoria?" Lin Zexu raised his monoculars and looked at the increasingly prosperous Hong Kong Island. asked lightly.

"Back to Muon, Na Zhu Wei does not live in Victoria City very often. He had another base in the south of Hong Kong Island, called Jishi University and Jishi College, and also opened factories, docks, docks and hospitals, and the market was very large. However, there are not many British troops stationed to protect it, and if you send an elite team to attack it, you may be able to eliminate this huge disaster for the country! ”

Admiral Lai was obviously loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and the proposed method was not unfeasible. However, Lin Zexu was noncommittal, but changed the topic and said: "The emperor has approved the strategy of changing Guangzhou with Kowloon, and praised us for doing things properly. and urged the early relocation of Kowloon. Jian Ting, here in Kowloon, is there a place suitable for building a port? If Xu Yiren built their own wharves and docks, would it pose a threat to Kowloon's defense? ”

Hearing Lin Zexu's words, Lord Lai knew that he did not agree with his risky strategy, sighed lightly in his heart, and after walking through Xinjiang, Lin Muweng's edges and corners had been worn off by seventy or eighty percent, and he was no longer the brave Lin Daqin in the past.

"Kowloon has a natural harbor here." Lord Ryan pointed to Victoria Bay Road. "It is called Victoria Bay, which is a natural harbour. If Xu Yiren repaired the docks and docks, of course, it would not be conducive to the defense of Kowloon. But Kowloon doesn't matter, even if it is lost. It was also difficult for the British to attack Guangzhou from here, so it was worth it to change Guangzhou with Kowloon. ”

What he meant by that. It's just that Kowloon can't hold it at all! But even if you lose Kowloon, it's better than losing the provincial city of Guangzhou, right? At present, there are two to three hundred Yi boats moored on the water surface of the Pearl River outside Guangzhou every day. There are tens of thousands of Yiren who are active outside Guangzhou! If something really happens, Guangzhou will be out of business immediately. Or move these people to Kowloon.

Bai Siwen on the side also smiled: "Mu Weng, they came to us to seek wealth, as long as there is business to do and silver to make money, they will not be troubled." This Kowloon will be the center of Sino-Western trade in the future, if the British send troops to occupy it, Sino-Western trade will be cut off immediately, why should they bother? ”

He saw Lin Zexu nodding frequently, and lowered his voice again: "If we can promise a lot of profits, then Zhu Wei's head on the neck is not impossible to buy!" ”

"Huge profits? What is it? Lin Zexu remained silent.

Bai Siwen said: "Ban opium!" ”

The matter of hiring a Japanese assassin to kill Zhu Jishi has been completely yellow, Lin Zexu did not agree to reduce or reduce the customs duties of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and Bai Siwen did not dare to poke this matter to the Daoguang Emperor - after all, the Ryukyu Kingdom was already controlled by the Japanese Satsuma Domain, and the matter could not be brought to the court, so how could the Daoguang Emperor be indifferent to such a matter of bullying the monarch for 200 years? Since the tax-free matter cannot be negotiated, this Liu Aliang has to die in vain! However, Bai Siwen is not completely without gains. When Komatsu Qingyu returned to Japan, he gave the female ninja Ah Jue to Bai Siwen as a concubine, saying that it was to make amends for Liu Aliang's death...... It is estimated that he still wants to maintain contact with Bai Siwen through this woman. However, the assassination of Zhu Jishi is not feasible for the time being. Therefore, Bai Siwen began to open the idea of banning opium again.

Lin Zexu didn't do anything yet, but Lord Ryan on the side had already snorted coldly, and his eyes were full of hostility. Bai Siwen just didn't hear or see it, and then talked eloquently: "This opium ban has long been like a fictitious thing, at least half of the foreign ships that sailed to Guangzhou were full of opium, and the value of the annual import was not less than 10 million taels, if you can draw 20% and a half of the tax, 3 or 4 million taels of huge money can be obtained at your fingertips, all of which will be used to revitalize the flag army, and you can train tens of thousands of more elites!" ”

He said excitedly, bowed to Lin Zexu, and raised his voice and said: "Mu Weng, we are ministers, and what we plan and discuss should be the king and the country. ”

Lin Zexu was not angry in front of everyone, but said coldly: "The matter of moving to Kowloon should be paid attention to, the land south of Lion Rock and Beacon Mountain can be purchased by Chinese merchants for commerce, but a few roads must be reserved for carriages and horses, Enming, you have to put more effort into these." As he spoke, he turned back to Wei Yuan and said: "Mo Sheng, the general office of the money factory and the iron factory, you will take care of it, and in a few days I will go to Hong Kong with Rodley, and Zuihou will inspect the quotations of various foreign companies, the so-called shop around." Got it? ”

"Xia Guan knows."

Lin Zexu nodded and said, "I'm tired today, let's stop here." Ignoring Bai Siwen as he spoke, he walked straight under the city wall, and Lord Ryan and Wei Yuan also followed.

Looking at the backs of Lin Zexu and the others, Bai Siwen also sneered in his heart. This Hanchen is really unreliable! is full of that bit of reputation, thinking that the name is all over the world, is the emperor reluctant to move you? This Lin Zexu's Minister of Foreign Affairs, I'm afraid it won't be long in coming.

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At the same moment, Zhu Jishi also took two groups of people from Jishixing and Damingshan to observe Kowloon opposite with a telescope on the top floor platform of the Hong Kong branch of Jishixing.

"The brand of Jishixing is inconvenient, but the layout of the Kowloon Peninsula must be followed up in time no matter what. The wharf must be taken, and HSBC and Segur will come forward to set up a foreign company specializing in wharf, which is called Wharf. ”

"Got it." The big man Jones of the Jishi Bank and the big bank of Segul on the side agreed at the same time.

There is no doubt about the development prospects of Kowloon, and both business and politics should be involved in the layout as soon as possible.

"HSBC, Segur and Far Eastern Plaza all have to buy land and build buildings in Kowloon, and it is best to connect the three places together, the area is as large as possible, and it is not too far away from the Kowloon Pier."

In the future, it will be the base of Jishijun's capture of Kowloon, and this emerging commercial city is already in the bag in Zhu Jishi's eyes.

"There are also gangs on the ground in Kowloon that must be fully controlled, and Daming Mountain will also set up a secret stronghold in Kowloon. In addition, is there a way for that Dapeng Zuoying in the Kowloon Walled City to infiltrate? ”

Zheng Hong arched his hand and said: "I have already done it with the brothers of the Little Knife Club and Guangyi Hall, and many soldiers of the Dapeng Battalion have been bought by our people, and if the Qing soldiers in Kowloon have any moves, they will definitely not be able to hide it from us." ”

The Little Knife Society controlled by Zheng Hong and the Guangyi Hall of the Heaven and Earth Society led by Su Sanniang have now become the peripheral organizations of Daming Mountain. Through these two peripheral organizations, Damingshan is speeding up the infiltration of the green battalion in Guangdong, and many officers and soldiers of the green battalion who are forced by life or have different aspirations have been drawn into the Xiaodaohui and Guangyitang with generous remuneration, and have become Zhu Jishi's eyeliner.

Therefore, every move of the Guangdong Green Camp can hardly escape Zhu Jishi's ears and eyes. The suggestion made by Lord Lai and Bai Siwen to Lin Zexu on the Kowloon Walled City was reported to Zhu Jishi by Zheng Hong within two days. (To be continued......)