Chapter 63: The Yellow Sparrow is behind

The Li family was in business, and in the past, they were playing black and eating black while doing the right thing, so the speed of development was not faster than the past two years, because the background was tough, and it was enough to make money by doing the right business, and it was rare to do black and black things

Doing business has been surrounded by integrity, whether it is for both Chinese and foreigners, the Li family and the Spaniards have also done some business, never robbed, each other is very pleasant to cooperate, Gao Wang used to be in the country, I heard of the name of the Li family, and then I didn't know where to find out that the Li family often cooperates with the Spaniards, so I made a middleman for George, trading here

But he never expected that the Li family would still do such a thing, so he didn't do much, so he changed his hands to rob the unlucky Gao Wang, and he didn't have any martial arts, and he was cut down to the ground by the Li family's men in two clicks

The two sides are now fighting in full swing, in terms of numbers, George's side does not suffer, but the Indian coolies and African coolies under his command have no weapons, plus the Li family is sudden attack, so that George's musketeers are useless for a while, and can only fight close to the body

In this way, George's side obviously suffered a loss, one after another his subordinates were killed, and after a while, he suffered a lot of damage, and he relied on the ship and some people who watched the ship, seeing that the situation was not good, rushed down to reinforce the situation, and barely managed to turn the situation back

But the Li family came with reinforcements, and the situation immediately changed again, or the British were at a disadvantage, and according to this style of play, at most, George's side would be killed and wounded in another hour

It stands to reason that at this time, Lord Yue's soldiers and horses should have arrived, why haven't they come yet

To tell you the truth, Lord Yue has already arrived, and he is waiting three miles away

It turned out that when Lord Yue rushed here, when he also had an outpost and an outpost to investigate all the way, he finally saw the location of the four large merchant ships berthed, and saw two groups of people fighting, so he hurriedly went back to report

As soon as Yue Su heard the news, he ordered the troops to stay still and continue to send people to investigate, in order to make sure that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch behind

As the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, they did not stop the fight in time, but sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, which is really a bit unrighteous like the scene that often appears in modern police and gangster films, a lonely hero of the gang, such as Brother Xiao Ma and others, after fighting with the big gangsters, the police came late to clean up the scene

In fact, it makes sense that Yue Su did not go to suppress it at the first time, the two groups of people on the other side are reported to be 1,000 miles away, and the officers and soldiers at this time, it is easy to tie the two forces into a rope, and the officers and soldiers are desperate The combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers, Yue Su knows, these are the people of Zhangzhou, don't go up and drop the chain, but the gains outweigh the losses, so he continued to let people inquire, and waited until the fight was almost over, and then finally shot

The meteor scouts and horses shuttled back and forth, reported the military situation and waited for an hour, and finally got good news, both sides lost most of them, it is estimated that it will not work, the battle will not last long, and it will end

When Yue Su got the news, he immediately ordered to lead 60 soldiers brought by Yue Su and 1,000 Zhangzhou soldiers and horses to kill him, with Kong Youde, Mao Youjian, Yin Zhu, and Tie Qiu as the front

Kong Youde and Mao Youjian were eager to make meritorious contributions, and as soon as they heard this, they led people to kill them immediately, and after they left, Yue Su took the Zhangzhou staff general and the rest of the soldiers and horses to follow behind

How far can the three miles be, and after a while, they will come to the place where the British are fighting with the Li family

At present, the Li family is completely in control of the situation, and the remaining two British groups surround the British, and the British have never had the courage to fight to the death

When George heard the sound of surrender from William's side, his subordinates lost their last will to fight, and many people planned to surrender George saw that the general trend was gone, so he shook his head helplessly and shouted loudly in English, "Surrender!" We surrender! ”

The young interpreter heard clearly in the back, and as soon as he heard that George had surrendered, he immediately shouted in English as well: "Drop your weapons!" ”

Then, he shouted loudly in Chinese: "The other party has surrendered, let's stop for the time being!" ”

His words seemed to have some weight, and as soon as the men of the Li family heard this, they all stopped their subordinates, took two steps back, and George shook his head helplessly, led his men, and dropped their weapons

At this moment, the voice of a middle-aged man sounded, "Collect all their weapons!" ”

The men rushed up and began to take away all the weapons of the British, and the middle-aged man saw that the British had no weapons, and suddenly shouted, "Kill!" Kill them all! ”

"Yes!" The men got the order, and immediately picked up the butcher's knife, and the British had no weapons and could not resist, and George and his men were all killed

After killing all this side, it is time to start making a move on William's side, there are a little more people on William's side, but unfortunately the weapons have been taken away, and what awaits them is only death

However, just when William knew that he was going to die, the sound of horses' hooves sounded not far away

Of course, the middle-aged man also heard the voice, and looked at the source of the sound, only to see thousands of soldiers and horses rushing towards him, and he hurriedly told his subordinates to prepare for battle, but when he saw that the people who came were wearing the uniforms of officers and soldiers, his tense heart immediately relaxed

What kind of character is the Li family, the court bigwigs are mostly friends, local officials, and they are bribed more, the Li family does some business with foreigners in Zhangzhou, in order to make less trouble, and the local officials will also send some benefits, which is called making money Everyone earns, especially now, the new governor of Fujian and Zhejiang is Lord Yue, what is the relationship between Lord Yue and the Li family, that is the son-in-law of his own master, as long as he shows his aunt's name, the officials in Fujian and Zhejiang have to retreat

"You don't have to worry, since you are from the government, then it's easy to say that you don't need to light up your weapons, let me tell them" The middle-aged man showed a calm smile and walked out of his own position in person

After a while, Kong Youde and Mao Youjian led their troops to rush to the front, and the two of them were eager to make meritorious contributions, so they didn't care about that, seeing that the middle-aged man dared to come out on his own, he rushed directly to the front, and only when he was three steps away from him, did he take the reins

"Neighed", the front kick of the war horse raised Lao Gao, and he wanted to change it to an ordinary person, at this time, I was afraid that he had collapsed to the ground in fright

However, this middle-aged man doesn't seem to be an ordinary person, standing in place without moving, which made Kong Youde and Mao Youjian stunned for a while, but Kong Youde still shouted loudly: "Your kid's courage is not small, he dares to fight in private here, and there is no court law!" ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "The royal court law, I really don't know much about it, and I ask your Excellency to teach me, but before your excellency gives you, I will first report a name, the old master, it is the master of Huguang Li."

Huguang Li Wenzhang, that in both black and white are somewhat famous, especially in the officialdom, it is even more famous, but there are also regional differences, that year, the transportation is inconvenient, and there are no newspapers or anything, in the rich places and the Central Plains, but most of them know his name, it can be seen that Fujian is a barren land, there are few people who know his name, especially Kong Youde and Mao Youjian, how many years have been in Liaodong, and I don't know Li Wenzhang's name

So, Kong Youde grinned and said loudly: "I don't care what you are, Master Li, Master Zhang, Lao Tzu This is the order of the governor, come and get people!" Come on, tie them up for me first, and if you resist, you will be killed! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers in the back, as soon as they agreed, were going to do it

If it was a normal situation, the other party would definitely inquire about which Master Li would make a decision, but the middle-aged man didn't want to come, and he actually came to a stubble, and he didn't even ask, not at all like the style of the Ming official's family, but when he heard that he was ordered by the governor, he was stunned at first, and then he was happy, after all, there are only a few people in the court who can be called governors, and in Fujian, it seems that there is only one governor Yue

Therefore, without waiting for the officers and soldiers to step forward, he shouted in a louder voice: "Who dares! Don't you all want to live? Don't inquire, what is the relationship between my lord and your governor? ”

Yin Zhu, who was following Mao Youjian and Kong Youde, was stunned at first when he heard the name of Master Li of Huguang, because he knew that Lord Yue's father-in-law Taishan was also from Huguang Now when he heard that this middle-aged man was even more arrogant, he even dared to say so, and immediately thought that this Master Li was not far from the top ten of the adult's Mount Tai

"Wait!" Yin Zhu shouted first, then rode his horse forward two steps, came to Kong Youde's side, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and asked in a more polite tone: "Dare to ask this old man, who is the surname of Master Li you are talking about, and where does he live in Huguang?" What kind of friendship is it with our Governor? ”

Seeing the acquaintance, the middle-aged man smiled and said: "My lord's surname is Li Wenzhang, and he lives in Wuchang, Huguang, as for the name of the governor of your family, I dare not inquire about it, if it is Lord Yue, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, it is the son-in-law of my lord, and my aunt."

Hearing the middle-aged report, Yin Zhu immediately understood, the old man Li that this guy said was indeed the uncle of his own adult Since he is the Li family, Yin Zhu does not dare to take the person directly, once the adult gets angry, how can this be so simple, anyway, the adult is behind, it will be there in a while, or wait for him to come over and talk about it

And Kong Youde and Mao Youjian listened to the words of the middle-aged man, and suddenly realized why the other party was so fearless, it turned out that the master of his family was the father-in-law of Lord Yue with such an identity, so he was not allowed to go sideways in Fujian and Zhejiang, who dared to care?

The two naturally didn't dare to offend again, Kong Youde barely squeezed out a smile, and said: "The governor of my family is indeed surnamed Yue, but I don't know if it is the son-in-law of your mansion, but my lord is in the back, and it will be there in a moment, and when the time comes, you will know that you are offended by the right talent, please forgive me" After speaking, Kong Youde hugged his fist at the middle-aged man

Seeing the smile on Kong Youde's face, the middle-aged man's chest couldn't help but straighten, and he was secretly proud in his heart, knowing that Lao Tzu was amazing

However, within two seconds of complacency, his momentum immediately withered again, and the reason was nothing more than hearing the sentence 'My family is behind, and it will be there in a moment'

As the steward of the Li Mansion, this guy naturally has no less heart, so he still has some understanding of Yue Su's temper It is said that his own master, when he sees Yue Su, he has to speak carefully, and he doesn't dare to let Lord Yue know about many things, and when he needs to take care of it, he usually goes to Fang Ge Lao, and he doesn't seem to have asked this son-in-law to do anything about business

Occasionally, the family shows the name of this uncle in front of outsiders, and when something really happens, it seems that he can't count on the subordinates in the family at all, and he is somewhat clear, although he also shows the name of Lord Yue outside, but no one dares to really face it because when Lord Yue Ding Wei goes home, in the hall of Yunmeng County, even his cousin is gone, let alone others

Hearing that Yue Su was coming, the middle-aged man's heart hung in the air, and the courage to kill the British and stand in front of Kong Youdema just now was gone, and as for running away and resisting, it was unthinkable

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves came from the opposite side again, and after a while, a few people galloped over to lead Tong Zhou, who spared the officers and soldiers, came to Yin Zhu's side, and asked loudly: "Brother Yin, what's the matter with you, the adults sent me over to ask, why haven't you started yet, take down the people?" ”

"Brother Tong, that's the case......" Yin Zhu said, stretched out his hand and pointed at the middle-aged man opposite, and said: "This person claims to be from the third lady's family, I didn't do anything when I waited for this, what should I do, I can only wait for Lord Yu Ming, and the adult will decide."

"So that's the case" Tong Xuan glanced at the middle-aged man in his eyes, and then said, "You are waiting here, I will go to see our family."

With that, he shook his horse's head and ran towards the back

Tong Zhou ran to the rear army and conveyed what Yin Zhu said to Yue Su, who was the commander of the army, after listening to the report, his eyebrows immediately lifted, and he muttered for a long time before saying, "Take me up."

There is a reason why Yue Su hesitated, the reason is that in the past, he did not know the real strength of the Zhang's family The Li family has some thugs and a bit of private armament, this matter Yue Su can think of, after all, the family has a big business, and it is not surprising to raise some such people However, just after getting the report, there are thousands of people on both sides of the battle, and in the end it seems that the Li family has won the victory, and the armed forces of thousands of people with such combat power have to make Yue Su re-examine the Li family

As a big businessman, it is reasonable to raise some armed forces to protect yourself, it is nothing, but your tribe sends his subordinates out to fight, it is another matter, Li Wenzhang can easily mobilize so many people, it is completely conceivable, how many similar weapons does the Li family raise, your Li family is rich enough, but what do you want to do when you raise so many troops?

Yue Su can reluctantly tolerate the fact that the old father-in-law Ruan Zhenmei is corrupt and lies to the border army, but if someone wants to be unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty, Yue Su will definitely not condone everything about himself, which was given by the first emperor, without the favor of the first emperor, he would have died in Huangquan because of the affairs of the science field

Yue Su urged the horse forward, and muttered in a low voice, "Red face is dead, chaos is stopped, eighteen sons, the main artifact"

This nursery rhyme, spread vigorously, Yue Su naturally did not hear about the meaning of the nursery rhyme, of course he also understood, "Father-in-law, father-in-law, you must not want this nursery rhyme, after that, just think about it, if you dare to plot against you, Hugh Weisu turned his face to you ruthlessly The people who bought firearms from the Dutch before, I always thought it was the Dragon Slaying Gang, could it be that they were wronged, this thing will not be done by you, if you do it......"

Thinking of this, Yue Su smiled helplessly and fiercely, when Jin Chan snatched back that batch of firearms, he didn't find any clues about the Dragon Slaying Gang on those men who died in battle, and he didn't find the waist card of the Dragon Slaying Gang

Since the waist card was not found, it could not be proved that it was done by the Dragon Slaying Gang, and it happened that now, it was found that the Li family had such a large armed force in Fujian, so as not to make Yue Su suspicious, it was strange, especially with that nursery rhyme as a cooperation

Thinking about it, Yue Su came to the front, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, Kong Youde, and Mao Youjian saw Yue Su coming, and they all bowed down on the horse to salute, "See your lord"

Although the middle-aged man had never seen Yue Su, he also knew the approximate age, and the people who had heard of the appearance and characteristics of Yue Su saluted one after another, and immediately determined that the person who came was his aunt, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Little Li Yuchun kowtowed to his uncle"

The steward Li Yuchun rarely gave such a big gift to the old man and the young master in the house, but when he saw Yue Su today, he knelt down instead, which was also afraid in his heart, and he wanted to leave a good impression on his uncle first

"Excuse me," Yue Su waved his hand

When Li Yuchun stood up, Yue Su said to him, "You are the steward of the Li Mansion in Wuchang?" ”

"Yes," Li Yuchun nodded and said

"But I don't know how my father-in-law and Yuanchen are doing lately?" Yue Su asked

"The master and the young master are very good, thank you aunt for your concern, after the little one goes back, he will definitely convey it on his behalf" Li Yuchun said with a sneer

"Then there is labor" Yue Su said lightly, then pointed behind Li Yuchun and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"This ......" Li Yuchun hesitated, rolled his eyes, and immediately came up with a rhetoric, "The little one was originally ordered by the old man to come here to do business with the English people, and communicate with each other, who thought that they would have bad intentions and want to rob our goods...... Let those razors get their way"

"That's the case......" Yue Su nodded, but asked again: "I didn't expect you to be quite prescient, and you can bring so many people to guard against it, amazing, powerful......"

Li Yuchun didn't hear what Yue Su said, and responded carefully: "Thank you for your compliment, this is also my master's idea, saying how cunning people are, so let's be careful."

"Are the four big ships English?" Yue Su suddenly pointed to the four big ships

"Yes," Li Yuchun said, but he didn't dare to hide it

"The imperial court explicitly forbade the sea, although it did not say that it was forbidden to walk on the sea, but when the Fujian sailors met on the sea and wanted to go up to check, they were resisted by these people, and caused a number of warships to sink This governor chased here, just to catch this group of people who dared to resist the imperial court, and did not want to be taken care of by you" Yue Su said calmly

"These Yi people are really lawless, and they even dare to come to my Ming realm to rob and fight against the officials and soldiers, fortunately the master is prescient, otherwise they would have succeeded" Li Yuchun hurriedly said jokingly

"Who says it's not, I don't know how many people still have to live?" Yue Su asked

"There are more than 100 people left," Li Yuchun said

"Take the Governor over and have a look," Yue Su commanded

Seeing that Yue Su had always been calm, Li Yuchun's hanging heart had now calmed down, and he nodded and responded: "Yes, aunt."

After speaking, he turned around and made a gesture of please, "Auntie, please here."

Follow, take the lead and walk towards the back, his men are now seven or eight hundred left, and the nearest distance is only three steps away from him, and the men saw him coming, and hurriedly separated the crowd

Of course, Yue Su would not go in alone, he waved his hand to the front, and the people and horses behind him surrounded him, and walked forward together to see so many officers and soldiers, and it was his own uncle, the men hurriedly continued to move out

In the center of the inner circle, there are hundreds of foreigners, basically all of whom are English who have survived the catastrophe, and the unarmed Indians and Africans have now been killed

"Aunt, these are all English," Li Yuchun stood in front of Yue Suma and said carefully

Yue Su nodded and said, "Since you are trading with the English, I guess you also have an interpreter who can speak English, right?" ”

"Yes" Li Yuchun agreed, and then shouted loudly: "Zhao Ke, come here!" ”

The voice settled, and after a moment, the young man ran over, and first knelt down and kowtowed to Yue Su, "Little Zhao Ke kowtows to my aunt."

"Get up," Yue Su said

"Aunt Xie"

When Zhao Ke got up, Yue Su asked, "Can you speak English?" ”

"The smaller ones are a little better," Zhao Ke replied

"Don't be modest," Yue Su said, and then looked at the English on the opposite side, and saw that William was dressed differently, thinking that he was a leader, so he pointed at him and said, "Bring this guy to me!" ”

When Li Yuchun heard this, he hurriedly called someone to escort William over, and the remaining English people had become meat on the chopping board, and when he saw several men carrying knives to pick up people, he didn't dare to resist at all, and watched William being escorted to Yue Suma

Yue Su glanced at William, stretched out his hand and pointed, "The people who fired artillery to attack the imperial warships last night, but wait?" ”

What Lord Yue said, William naturally couldn't understand, but Zhao Ke immediately translated

When William heard this, he remembered the battle of last night, and thought to himself, it turned out that these men had planned to attack us last night, and the naval battle at night was unsuccessful, so they set up an ambush on the shore

The reason why I can have this kind of thought is also because I saw Yue Su and Li Yuchun talking vigorously, don't look at what they said, but they obviously know that they are in a group

Thinking of George's tragic death just now, William knew that he was going to die, and couldn't help but scold loudly: "You wise people, you are really despicable and shameless, you promised a fair deal before, but you actually plotted against us!" Pigs without credit! Pigs without credit! "I said that I had a fair deal, but I was plotting against us! Pigs without credit! Pigs without credit!