Chapter 65: Making a Fortune
Yang Weide and others agreed to Lin Haijiang's request after studying, and signed a so-called contract for providing use free of charge according to Lin Haijiang's request, which stipulates that there is no need to compensate for ammunition consumption and weapon loss, and that it can be returned according to the actual quantity after the war, and in case of natural disasters, bandits, defeats, and other irresistible accidents, it is not necessary to return them.
Yang Weide and others were very depressed, and they were so depressed that they went home, but the only thing that made them feel at ease was that Lin Haijiang guaranteed their personal safety, but the safety of property outside the brackets was not guaranteed, and now when the war was in chaos, the Far East Fleet of the British Empire was still drawn into an empty shell because of the Crimean War, and they could only agree to these unreasonable terms of Lin Haijiang in desperation.
When leaving, Lin Haijiang was surprised to find that there was a telegraph line here? After questioning Yang Weide, he learned that the telegram here could be sent to the office in Yanjing after several transfers?
Lin Haijiang had an idea, and immediately drafted a telegram, asking for the receipt of the report to be immediately submitted to His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Haijiang first wrote that it was Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui who were in command, and then Ye Mingchen covered Prince Yi Zaiyuan to break through, and now there are 200,000 bandits pouring into the city of Guangzhou, and the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion have turned into nowhere to go, and the Ministry of Dapeng City is guarding Lin Haijiang with thousands of lonely soldiers in the end, swearing to fight to the end with the bandits, and fight to the end with the determination to succeed in becoming benevolent, to achieve the greatest glory, in order to repay the emperor's favor, Serve the court.
The purpose of Lin Haijiang's telegram is to take Ye Mingchen's responsibility out, as for Bai Gui, Lin Haijiang is still a little grateful, so he gave him all his own command, a poor little old man who was martyred in the city, Lin Haijiang couldn't watch him die.
Many times, even Lin Haijiang himself admits that he is a person with extremely clear grievances, and if the phrase "the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring" is applied to Lin Haijiang, I am afraid it is not too much at all.
It took 1,500 people for several hours for Lin Haijiang to empty out the arms warehouses of dozens of foreign companies, many of which were guarded by foreigners' own armed squads, especially the warehouses of Baode and William, which had hoarded a large amount of opium, and Lin Haijiang was shocked by the sheer amount of opium.
How to make someone else's stuff your own? Lin Haijiang was very distressed, because this process could not be done by beating and killing many times, and it needed to be dealt with by the artist, but the amount of these opiums was too huge, and Lin Haijiang had no way and channels to secretly transfer all these opiums to the old port.
Thinking of this, Lin Haijiang lowered his voice and said to Zhang Zheng: "Be optimistic about the surrounding environment, give you two battalions of our own soldiers later, change the number one coat, and transport as much as you can to me to hide, and burn the rest for Lao Tzu." ”
Zhang Zheng grinned, this kind of flowerwork with an oily gloss is his favorite fun!
Lin Haijiang began to count all kinds of weapons pulled out from various foreign companies, as many as a dozen kinds of breech pistols dazzled Lin Haijiang, but twenty Xia Dler's six-pounder field guns made Lin Haijiang's eyes light up, what he lacked now was to destroy the artillery suppression.
The 500 Charliman's five-shot single-camera revolvers made Lin Haijiang like a treasure, and in the spirit of not flowing into the fields of outsiders, all of them were equipped to his own personal battalion, and Liu Quansi's Liu Zi battalion is now fully equipped with one long and one short per person.
Lin Haijiang requisitioned more than 1,000 soldiers of the Lin family and more than 2,000 dart masters from 16 dart shops in the city, and each person received a reward of ten taels.
However, the wharf warehouses of Baode & Co. and William & Co. were on fire, and the soldiers of a battalion sent by Lin Haijiang were extremely brave under the leadership of Gao Qi, and quickly defeated the invading bandits, but they were helpless in the face of the fire.
Yang Weide and others, who were on the third floor of Xingye Foreign Bank, looked at the fire in the warehouse of the wharf with tears in their eyes, and could only comfort the people who were crying bitterly, and we were fortunate that we were still alive.
Lin Haijiang's troops defeated the bandit army, so that almost everyone was glad that they had wisely handed over their weapons to the general of the Great Qing Dynasty, who did not seem to be particularly reliable, although some of the losses in the battle would be returned, at least most of them would be returned, but the huge loss of opium made the managers and assistants in Xingye Foreign Company ponder that they needed an excuse sufficient for them to get rid of their responsibilities and losses.
At this moment, Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Governor of Liangguang Ye Mingchen and others on the Zhenyuan were standing on the bridge, and the shock brought to them by the huge ironclad ship moving at full speed was indescribable, and when he learned that it would take three days to go back and forth to the old port to move troops, Ye Mingchen frowned slightly.
Ye Mingchen turned his gaze to Prince Yi Zaiyuan, who had been out of danger, and Prince Yi Zaiyuan was also a little hesitant at the moment, because Lin Haijiang did not board the ship, but the adjutant Wang Dongxu led a group of idle people to take refuge, Yang Tianhua, as the temporary commander, suddenly felt a lot of pressure, especially when he learned that there was a prince with him.
However, when the warship was moving at full speed, Yang Tianhua suddenly realized that he had been abducted by Lin Haijiang since England, and no one had ever treated them as human beings? From a piglet who was sold and bought and couldn't pay off the road expenses for a lifetime, he became the commander of a behemoth?
Even if it was temporary, he never dared to think about it? In the past, when I was a soldier and ate food, my salary was deducted, and my superiors insulted and beaten, none of this happened under Lord Lin, and I followed Lord Lin around most of the world since the Mediterranean Sea, and everything about myself was given by Lord Lin, not some bullshit prince and the court.
"I don't owe you anything!" Yang Tianhua took off Mr. Qian's coat and changed into the navy uniform that Lin Haijiang had ordered before, Yang Tianhua coiled up his braid and pressed it into his military cap, and looked at it in the mirror with satisfaction.
Wang Dongxu, who also changed his military uniform, looked at Yang Tianhua's one-inch-high military hat on his head and sneered, since he was reprimanded by Lin Haijiang last time, the bold Wang Dongxu actually took advantage of Lin Haijiang's order to cut the braids short and thinner, and directly clicked the braids, and dangled with a fake braid all day long like Lin Haijiang.
Since there were still a number of foreign officers and technicians on the Zhenyuan ship, Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Ye Mingchen were also a little confused and didn't dare to speak easily.
However, the two of them are in the mirror, the court is really no soldiers in front of them, not to mention tens of thousands of horses, I'm afraid even 10,000 people can't be drawn, just to deal with the bandits pointed directly at Yanjing's North Road Rebel Army and West Road Rebel Army The court has already been unable to deal with it, Guangdong has always had the advantage of the court's money bag, if Guangzhou is lost, this heinous crime is probably unjustifiable without a governor's head, lest he be the prince will not be able to eat and walk around.
Can Lin Haijiang hold out for three days? Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Ye Mingchen have no bottom in their hearts, Ye Mingchen thinks more, even if this battle is won, just a big crime of privately borrowing foreign soldiers is enough to punish the nine clans of Lin Haijiang several times, the court has no reinforcements, the battle still has to be fought, and the city cannot be lost, but there is no will to borrow foreign soldiers privately? What the fuck is this? Ye Mingchen was a little afraid to think about it, this Lin Haijiang was too bold.
Ye Mingchen couldn't watch Lin Haijiang die, so he decided that he must pull the great god Prince Yi Zaiyuan, and let him block it more or less, even if it was a mistake in the end, it would be good!
Ye Mingchen stood beside Prince Yi Zaiyuan, glanced at Egger who was like a curious baby, and smiled slightly: "If you want to say that this Lin Haijiang really has some ability, the naval technology he learned in England, and later served as an errand in the fleets of England and the Dutch, and his official position is not low, his father recruited him to come back to serve the imperial court, so he came back, he didn't know anything about the imperial court's system, but he was a good hand at training soldiers, and he was loyal to the imperial court, if it was delayed because of other subsections, it would be a pity!" ”
Prince Yi Zaiyuan glanced at Ye Mingchen meaningfully and said: "What Lord Ye said is very true, I have also seen this Lin Haijiang with my own eyes, blood-stained robes, a first-class brave general!" In fact, it doesn't matter what kind of soldiers you borrow, the key is how to say it, you Lord Ye also know about the things in the court, and there are a few things that can be said clearly? In the final analysis, it was the battalion of our Qing Dynasty who won the battle bravely, nothing more than where the foreigners borrowed some foreign guns and artillery! ”
Ye Mingchen smiled slightly, he smiled that Prince Yi Zaiyuan was really clever enough, relying on the mountain high emperor Yuan, he said that the borrowed soldiers were guns, and he saved everyone and made a face for the court.
So he echoed: "What the prince said is very true, the lower officials think that the bandits will not be exhausted!" We must not let the bandits run into trouble! ”
Egger, who had been speechless on the side, suddenly interjected: "Amma! Do you think Lord Lin can survive these three days? Let's go to more than 200,000 bandits! ”
Prince Yi Zaiyuan glanced at Ye Mingchen and sighed and said, "Lin Shoubei can only ask for more blessings for himself!" It's too early to say what to do after that! ”
Ye Mingchen looked at the back of Prince Yi Zaiyuan's father and daughter leaving, and the sound of the waves in his ears made him extremely upset.