In the evening, the red belt Rongqing actually came to find Lu Hong, to be honest, during this time, Lu Hong didn't pay much attention to this, in this era, the reputation of the Eight Banners is really bad, and this guy is relatively few words among the attachés, he just talked with Yan Fu occasionally, and that Yan Youling obviously looked down on these Eight Banners from the Red Belt.

As soon as Rong Qing entered the door, he looked around, then arched his hand towards Lu Hong, and said mysteriously: "Master Lu, I went out today to find two iron brothers, they happened to be on an errand at the Bund Wharf in Shanghai. ”

Speaking of this, this guy touched the yellow braid behind the melon skin hat, but did not continue to speak, staring at Lu Hong with a sly look in his eyes, Lu Hong can now be regarded as having already understood the matter in the Qing Dynasty officialdom, and immediately said with a smile: "Brother Rong, if the news is verified, I will naturally tell Master Wang carefully about your merits, this can be assured!" ”

Hearing Lu Hong's promise, Rong Qing smiled, his expression changed from his previous cunning, and said in a somewhat sincere tone: "Master Lu, I naturally trusted you to come to you, my own family has long been broken, and the old man of Qitian will be rented to outsiders, and I can't pay for it as a soldier, so I came out to find an errand, and I can't count on the death of the masters in the capital!" ”

Rong Qing's words were quite unexpected, and after Lu Hong heard it, he was very surprised, but he still looked the same as usual when he spoke, "Brother Rong wants to contribute to the emperor, which is naturally a good thing...... If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly, if you can help Lord Wang, you will naturally help the emperor! ”

In fact, Lu Hong still had doubts about why this guy wanted to find himself instead of going directly to Wang Renkan, and Rongqing seemed to be a little more calm with Lu Hongcai's promise, and immediately said the reason why Lu Hong was worried just now, "Master Lu, I don't have the courage to tell Wang Qincha about this matter, because I just heard a few of my brothers mention it, but there is no real evidence......

Lu Hong waited quietly for this guy to explain all the causes and consequences, and while listening to him, he carefully pondered the truth of it, there are not a few things in this officialdom that calculate each other, think about it carefully, this Rongqing calculation himself does not have much reason, and what he said, in fact, without his own interference, this guy can't do it at all!

And to his surprise, Rong Qing did bring an important clue today, a few of his brothers happened to be working in the Shanghai Daotai Yamen, this guy was obviously also thinking about finding out some news, so he ran to visit the door, and it turned out that he really heard some shocking news.

Naturally, there are more than one or two things in this sailor who seek public and private interests, and attracting Lu Hong's attention is naturally a big matter mentioned by Rong Qing, which is that the Nanyang sailors often enter and exit the sea, and transport all kinds of goods in the name of inspection, blatantly evading customs duties, it is said that this sailor's anti-smuggling ship is also involved, and more seriously, it is said that among the smuggled goods, there are also large quantities of foreign medicine, that is, opium.

After confirming the news, Lu Hong also immediately realized that he might be standing on the powder keg now, this kind of thing is obviously not something that an officer with official rank and status dares to do, and in connection with the previous situation of Guo Baochang, the commander of the Nanyang Seas, he even directly doubted whether the commander of the warship was the mastermind behind the scenes...... Of course, this is just suspicion!

After discussing with Rong Qing for a while, Lu Hong found that this yellow belt was not stupid, and he was even quite shrewd, and he mentioned several important issues in this case, such as the smuggling of goods must have a yard, and the smuggling of foreign medicines naturally has a next home, etc., Rong Qing immediately said that he could get some more news through his Tie Ge'er!

And later, Lu Hong sorted out his thoughts, and ran to find Yan Fu again, hearing the news, Yan Fu was also surprised, what is this customs tariff...... The emperor's private money, now forty percent of the Qing Dynasty's fiscal revenue comes from the Customs and Excise Department, so, for the past time, for the issue of tax evasion, it is a very heavy punishment, but under the Qing system, the benefits of the building near the water have long been blatant and can be corrupted, so when it comes to this matter, after thinking about it, it is completely logical.

As for Lu Hong's initiative to provide this important clue, Yan Fu did not mean to continue to hide his secrets this time, "Lord Lu, this matter is not trivial, I have some connections in the Nanyang Naval Division, maybe I can verify one or two!" ”

Wang Renkan learned of this, his brows were also tightened, he had been an official for many years, and the shortcomings in the army were often intertwined and involved, and he thought about it for a long time, so he asked: "Lu Yunju, this matter must not leak any news, you pick some reliable people to investigate carefully, and if there is any news, report it to me by telegram...... Yan Fu, you go to Nanjing with me, I want to personally visit Lord Liu, the governor of Liangjiang, and I have to be fully prepared! ”

Early the next morning, after Lu Hong took Yongying to finish training, he immediately brought Ouyang Hao and the three squad leaders over, which was also a decision he made after thinking about it again and again, although these subordinates followed for a short time, but the current situation really had to use them first!

The four petty officers ran in with a stinky sweat, although it was not long after receiving Lu Hong's direct training, however, the effect and actual combat significance of these trainings were indeed eye-opening for them, Ouyang Hao has been studying in the Beiyang Martial Arts Academy for two years, of course, there are a large number of theoretical courses, but the actual military training compared to Lu Hong's physical fitness, tactics, and fighting The three major subjects, but they have exposed a comprehensive backwardness.

Therefore, for this Lord Lu, who is said to have traveled to Taixi, they have a sense of awe from the bottom of their hearts, as soon as they enter the door, the four of them came to a standard German-style military salute, Ouyang Hao loudly reported today's training, "My lord, today's basic action practice of assassination has been completed, is there a new training subject!" ”

Lu Hong beckoned and asked them to sit down, "Ouyang Hao, training must be persisted for a long time to be effective, the so-called training sweats a lot and sheds less blood in wartime, the four of you take this group of people well, although now we are the brave battalion that assists Lord Qincha in supervising military discipline, but what will happen in the future, as long as we have work in our hands, I will definitely do my best to fight for the position you deserve!" ”

"Yes!" Ouyang Hao replied loudly, this is the first time I have heard Lu Hong mention the problem of the way out of the Yongying camp of these 30 people in the future, in fact, this is somewhat confused for him, although he is following Lord Qincha out to do things, but what if Lord Qincha is done......

Lu Hong nodded, this group of people seems to be really good at the moment, but now there is not much he can promise, he immediately turned the topic to business, "Lord Qin sent me to investigate the matter, what I said today, out of my mouth, into your ears, there is no need for others to know, remember!" ”

"Yes, my lord, I see!" When a few people heard that it was finally no longer a reciprocating training dispatch, they finally had something to do, and the four of them were also excited and responded loudly.

After some secret discussion, Lu Hong personally took Chen Huan, the captain of the first squad, and a few soldiers to go straight to the Bund wharf.

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