In the backyard of Xiguan Taihe, the spring is bright, Ye Zhao sits under the camphor tree with a fan and basks in the sun, next to the red vine recliner, there is an ink-colored marble table, on which there are all kinds of dishes and snacks, the color and fragrance are complete.

Rui Si stood beside Ye Zhao respectfully, although he seemed to have become the biggest spy leader in Guangzhou City, but he couldn't change his monkey appearance in front of Ye Zhao, which made Ye Zhao helpless.

"It's all done, right?" Ye Zhao took a sip of tea and asked lightly.

"Thanks to the master's blessing, the slave has managed this errand." Rui Si smirked.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly: "He didn't suspect anything, right?" ”

"No, the slave saw that this kid was also cunning, so he deliberately added caution."

Ye Zhao smiled: "Dare to love you, you also know that you are cunning?" ”

Rui Si said with a sad face: "The slave never dares to play tricks on the master. ”

Ye Zhao shook the folding fan and said lightly: "I hope." ”

"Master, this is the kid's travel table." Ruisi handed over a piece of paper.

Ye Zhao took it, browsed hastily, and nodded slightly. The matchmaker's personal guard Ah Cai stayed in Guangzhou, and Rui Si's business was to contact Ah Cai and pass on the news, the troop configuration of the monk Zhaoqing military camp had already been sent over, in addition to several military information, and the surnames and qualifications of the generals under the monk were sent over in great detail.

Rui Si didn't know what secrets were in the sealed wax pill, in fact, even if he knew, it didn't matter, he would definitely think that he would secretly send news to the thief party in order to weaken the strength of the monk king, in fact, even if he rebelled, Rui Si would never betray himself, at most he just couldn't figure out why he would fornicate with the thief party.

Ah Cai's identity was not hidden from him, after all, Ah Cai is a fair party, of course, the spies of the Internal Affairs Bureau should keep an eye on it. The confidential wax pill he sent to Ah Cai, now Rui Si probably thinks it's his own strategy.

I also thought about contacting Ah Cai directly with my beard, but I didn't think about it, there must always be a firewall in the middle, so that I could do everything behind the scenes.

Rui Si can be said to be his best firewall.

As for the agents of the Internal Affairs Bureau who sent wax pills to Ah Cai, they didn't know Ah Cai's identity at all.

The monks and kings' horsemen should have sharpened their knives, and now they are just waiting for the spies sent to Guangxi to find out the truth and reality, and once the monk king is out of the sheath, the conventional route is the first attack on Wuzhou, and then Kepingle, attack Guilin, as long as Guilin, Pingle, Wuzhou are captured, theoretically the fairness party has gone, although the matchmaker knows the way of the countryside to surround the city, but if there is no economic channel support, the fairness party that has been regarded as a thorn in the eye of the Qing court wants to enter the mountains to ignite the prairie of the stars? That's a lot of hard work. Mo said that in the era when the majority of the people, especially the squires, had the supremacy of imperial power, it was said that the Red Army had the financial resources of the Comintern, and there were many warlords, so that they could survive in the cracks, but the history books of later generations diluted a lot of content.

The monk king is brave and good at fighting, and he should be said to be the strongest opponent that the matchmaker has encountered.

"Si'er, go ahead." Ye Zhao took out his pocket watch and took a look, Thomas should have arrived.

Rui Si knelt down and kowtowed three times, Ye Zhaoqi said, "What are you doing?" ”

"The slave can't follow the master to serve, he can only kowtow to the master a few more times!" Rui Si said with a little choked up.

Ye Zhao's heart moved, thinking of the friendship that he had served since he was a child, and he couldn't help but have a slightly sour nose, but said with a smile: "Get out of your eggs!" ”

Rui Si kowtowed a few more times before getting up and withdrawing.

Ye Zhao sighed softly, in fact, it is difficult for outsiders to understand the relationship between this kind of master and the slave who has been served and raised since childhood, it may be a little deformed, but it is a kind of loyalty that penetrates into the bones like a conditioned reflex, if you have to use an analogy, it is like a human being and a dog.

A quarter of an hour later, Thomas entered the courtyard under the guidance of the old master, who, though not familiar with the doors of industry and commerce, could be contacted by him in the trivial matters of the arsenal.

It could be seen that Thomas had carefully groomed his clothes, a short blue tweed coat, and his hair was combed extremely neatly, and he was obviously full of anticipation for this meeting.

"David! Come and sit! Seeing Thomas's restrained rubbing of his hands, Ye Zhao greeted him with a smile.

"Mr. Ye, thank you for giving me the opportunity to meet you." Thomas's face was full of sincerity.

Ye Zhao smiled: "How is it?" Still working on a rifle with a magazine? ”

Thomas's eyes lit up, Mr. Ye still remembered this, but then his eyes dimmed, and he shook his head and said: "I made a few semi-finished products, but it didn't work, Mr. Foster thought I was wasting resources and didn't allow me to enter the laboratory again." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "However, you shouldn't have given up, right?" ”

Thomas nodded shyly.

Ye Zhao got up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Adversity can sharpen people, come, I have a good bottle of red wine, come with me for a drink, I wish you success." ”

Thomas followed Ye Zhao to the hall, and Ye Zhao said as he walked: "Don't worry, don't you feel it, what is the biggest flaw of the magazine rifle?" ”

Thomas immediately said: "Gunpowder, gunpowder residue, very much affects the continuous firing of bullets. ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and said: "After a while, the explosives factory and arsenal will be built, I will help you get some smokeless gunpowder, and you can test it again." ”

"Smokeless gunpowder?" Thomas was a little confused.

Ye Zhao smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "You'll know when the time comes!" ”

Thomas's eyes were full of anticipation, and he really wanted to see the "smokeless gunpowder" mentioned by Mr. Ye immediately, which sounded like gunpowder without smoke, so maybe there would be very little dregs after burning, right? The more I think about it, the more itchy, scratching my ears and cheeks, Mr. Ye seems to be able to always open a window for him, so that he can see a hazy hope.

…… Ganzhou, Jiangxi.

The night is like ink.

Dense soldiers lurked in the night, their red scarves wrapped their heads, and the bright red turbans were fierce and hideous, bringing boundless murderous aura.

In the distance, it is a military camp shining with a faint fire, the elite of the descendants of Jingxiang, the famous "Zhenwu Battalion", and the pipe band is the famous general of the Qing Dynasty, the loyal eagle dog of Jingxiang.

Li Xiucheng gently stirred up the fog in front of him with a horsewhip, smiled, and showed a mouthful of good-looking white teeth, this outstanding young general of the Taiping Army, a rising star, broke the Hunan army several times in the tug-of-war to conquer the Jiangnan camp, and he had long become the commander in charge.

"Seven, are you afraid?" Li Xiucheng asked softly, he was asking a tall and sturdy fierce man standing beside him with the reins of a horse, the fierce man was called Qin Qi, walking like a fly, often running in front of the horse. Everyone called him "Horse Head Seven".

"Don't be afraid!" Qin Qi replied cheerfully and loudly, holding his chest up, he could always face death.

"Good! That's how men should be! What about Jingxiang?! Li Xiucheng waved his horsewhip violently, and he was arrogant: "Sons! Today, let's go and cut off Jingxiang's eagle claws! Are you afraid?! ”

"Don't be afraid!" The shouts of the mountains and the tsunami.

Li Xiu grew a whip and waved, and the dense red turban immediately rolled towards the Qing army camp like a wave!

"Bang Bang Bang" platoon gun sirens, one after another.

The iron-blooded collision between the Taiping army and the most elite troops of the Qing Dynasty began.

…… In the conference hall of the General's Office, Ye Zhao slowly put down the fold.

A good Li Xiucheng, a good divine protection.

Li Xiucheng attacked the Ganzhou Zhenwu Battalion and the Ganzhou Regiment Training Barracks, broke through the defense line of the Zhenwu Battalion, and Shenbao led the soldiers to fight without fear of death, and retreated from the enemy in a white-bladed battle.

The Ganzhou regiment practiced a plate of scattered sand, and Shenbao was able to organize the second line of fire defense line very quickly when he lost the first line of defense, and the white-bladed retreat of the enemy stabilized the situation, and forced back the bandits who rushed to the front, this battle is not thrilling.

How fierce are Li Xiucheng's bandits? Relying on flesh and blood to break through the defense line of the rifle team one after another, the infantry battalion can be said to be the first time in the world to encounter such a strong bandit.

"It seems that it is time to press the battle line to the north." Ye Zhao spoke, picked up the teacup and thought.

At the desk, standing was Gang'an, the deputy commander of Guangzhou and the deputy commander of the third battalion of the artillery.

Ye Zhao looked at him and said lightly: "You go to Ganzhou, Zhenhe and Zhenwei are all brought over." ”

"Wow!" Gangan knelt down on one knee to receive the order.

…… The yamen of Nanchang Mansion is a square banner of the Taiping Army winged king with yellow silk and red characters flying high, and there are fierce red turbans and barefoot men in and out.

In the side hall of the palace, there is a young commander with a majestic face, he is Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Army, who has killed the enemy for 1,800 miles in the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty on the Xiangjiang River, and is invincible and invincible, so that the Qing army is frightened, and the name is "Shi dares to be".

At this moment, the heart of this mighty Wing King was heavy and full of gloom.

Li Xiucheng's troops were severely injured by the Zhenwu battalion in Ganzhou and had to retreat to Heishitun to rest, Jingxiang's firearms battalion is really indestructible?

The four or five elite generals under the hall were silent, and the Wing King broke the Jiangnan camp, Kejiujiang, and Nanchang, how high-spirited, and the Qing army was invincible, but when they thought of the great enemy in the south, everyone pressed a stone in their hearts.

In the Qing court, why did such a demonic figure suddenly appear?

Outside the hall, a flash of lightning and rolling dark clouds rolled in from the south.

…… The spring rain is misty, and the city of Guangzhou is lightly dyed.

In the courtyard of the Xiguan Patrol Bureau, when Inspector Wei Dingyi saw Ye Zhao again, Niu's eyes widened, "Why are you here again?" ”

Although Ye Zhao had only been on duty for half a month, Wei Dingyi was very impressed.

"Fake sales." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

Wei Dingyi couldn't look at Ye Zhao well, he knew at a glance that he was a child of a rich family, he couldn't endure hardship, and the leave paper was asked for a few months, but the General Administration approved it, and Wei Dingyi was helpless.

Wei Ding's eyes glared at Ye Zhao for a long time, and Nunu mouthed: "Go to the inquiry room and be on duty!" But it deprived Ye Zhao of the right to patrol. This virtue, in the future, I will do some insignificant copywriting errands in the news room.

Ye Zhao was indispensable, turned around and walked two steps, suddenly remembered his old acquaintance, turned around and asked, "Inspector, is Ma Xiaocui here?" ”

Wei Dingyi was so angry that he scolded: "Are you here to be an errand or a ditch girl?" I don't care about you! ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, in fact, he had a good impression of this rough man, so he turned around and walked towards the information desk.

The inquiry room faces the long street, with glass windows, a rectangular table and several chairs in the room, equipped with a male and female policeman, and an interpreter.

Seeing that Ma Xiaocui was also in the inquiry room, Ye Zhao couldn't help but laugh dumbly, Ma Xiaocui looked at him in surprise, and his mouth couldn't close.

"Hey, what have you been doing these months?" Ma Xiaocui asked with wide eyes.

Ye Zhao sighed: "I'm sick, alas, my body bones are not good." ”

Ma Xiaocui didn't know if what he said was true or not, staring at him with a pretty eye, but Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Why are you also sent here?" "Although Ma Xiaocui is a girl, her surname is active, and she should be the same as the Tuan Yong, and she doesn't like to be on duty at the information desk.

Ma Xiaocui remembered the tragic situation of being killed by this guy, and said angrily: "It's not all up to you!" "Helping this guy carry a gun on his back is addicted, and he always likes to grab the gun when he patrols the streets with other patrols, which violates the discipline of the Patrol Bureau and is pressed in the inquiry room by Inspector Wei Dingyi.

Ye Zhaoqi said: "Why is everything to blame on me." Ma Xiaocui rolled her eyes angrily.

The interpreter was a young man in a suit, surnamed Du, who sat proudly on the sidelines, disdainful of chatting with these low-level patrolmen.

There was no one in the inquiry room all day long, and Ma Xiaocui yawned boredly.

Ye Zhao drank the tea slowly, and said in his heart that Xiguan is like this, if you want the people to change their concept of the patrol and arrest bureau, they can only take their time.

Just thinking about it, a middle-aged woman walked in with a cower outside, and when she saw Ye Zhao's gaze, she shrank in fright, and wanted to leave.

Ma Xiaocui stood up early and said affectionately: "Sister-in-law! Come, come in and sit! Finally had something to do, Ma Xiaocui was very attentive, walked over and couldn't help but pull the middle-aged woman in and sit down, poured another cup of tea, and asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law, is there something?" Got a thief at home? "A look of eagerness.

The middle-aged woman held the teacup, dodging Ma Xiaocui's gaze in fear, lowered her head, and her voice was like a mosquito's chirping, "Official, official, is it possible to manage the casino here, here, I, I heard that it is ......"

"Yes, casinos, tobacco houses, and halls have to be managed by us!" When it comes to these places, Ma Xiaocui hates the itchy root of his teeth, and when he heard that the above is going to gradually ban tobacco houses, Ma Xiaocui can't wait to arrive early on this day.

"That, that......" The middle-aged woman suddenly put down the teacup, knelt down for Ma Xiaocui, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Official, official, save my poor child, she, she's only ten years old!" Her father is not human, not human! He burst into tears.

Ma Xiaocui hurriedly helped her up, "Sister-in-law, we don't have this here, what's the matter, you can talk about it, make it clear." Turning around and glancing at Ye Zhao, seeing that Ye Zhao didn't know why, he angrily pointed to the paper and pen on the table.

Ye Zhao then remembered that he wanted to record it.

"Sister-in-law, do you have a name?" Ma Xiaocui began to ask one by one.

"I, my surname is Wang, and my name is ......"

Ma Xiaocui interrupted her: "Sister-in-law, you don't need your name, tell me where your family is, what about the casino and your children?" ”

Wang wiped his tears with a sad face, "I, I am the ...... of the Wang family compound"

Ma Xiaocui interrupted her helplessly: "Do you know the street number?" We sent it a few days ago, and there are iron plaques on the wall of the gate of your compound. ”

"It seems, it seems to be No. 3 Tak Hing Street......" Wang hesitated, not knowing if he was mistaken.

Ye Zhao's heart is wide, this poor woman who is obviously illiterate can know street signs, and this measure is not in vain.

"Well, you go on."

Wang's sad eyes and tears welled up, she desperately resisted the urge to cry, "I have a hard life, married a husband who gambles indiscriminately, he, he is not a person, he lost the gambling, he went to borrow money, a good family, he was defeated, but, but he was not enough, yesterday, yesterday the people from the gambling hall came, to, took the girl away, said yes, said that it was the one who was cut a thousand knives and wrote an IOU, and mortgaged the girl to them......" Speaking of this, Wang's body trembled, and suddenly knelt down for Ma Xiaocui, kowtowing again and again: "Official, the people's daughter knows how to repay debts." How many days may you not be able to accommodate me? I, I'm going to borrow money, I'm going to borrow money, but Yaya, it's my life...... Official, help me, I'll give you a longevity card......"

Ma Xiaocui hurriedly mixed her up, and said hatefully: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, we have already stipulated that casinos are not allowed to use people as collateral to gamble now!" ”

Ye Zhao had already stood up and asked, "Sister-in-law, which gambling house?" ”

"That's it, it's Gao Qianshun Gao's family......" Wang didn't dare to look at the man, and kept his head down.

"You take good care of Sister-in-law Wang." Ye Zhao walked out of the inquiry room as he spoke.

…… In Qianshun Casino, the black smoke and miasma were stinking, Ye Zhao frowned when he came in, and there were red-eyed ghosts of gamblers everywhere, as if he had entered hell.

Seeing two black-uniformed patrolmen walking in, Zheng Asan, the steward who was squinting at the gambling table one by one, greeted him with a smile on his face, hugged his fists and said, "Two poor masters, so interested?" Playing with two hands? Count me in! ”

The patrol who came with Ye Zhao was a black charcoal head, a young man in his twenties, a rough man, nicknamed Heizi. He glared and said, "Don't come to this set, hand over the people!" ”

"Who?" Zheng Asan was slightly stunned, and said in his heart that he was here to fight the autumn wind? Or some thief is in their hands.

Kuroko said: "It seems to be? Yaya? As he spoke, he turned around and asked Ye Zhao: "Brother Ye, is this your name?" Although he had met Ye Zhao for the first time after a few hundred steps, in a few words, Heizi felt that Brother Ye was a university questioner, and he admired it very much.

Ye Zhao nodded and said to Zheng Asan: "The daughter of the Wang family in the Wang family's compound at No. 3 Dexing Street was arrested by you yesterday. ”

Zheng Asan couldn't help laughing, "Two, pay off the debt, God is fair, I have Zhao Lao Jiuli's note." As he spoke, he clapped his hands and shouted, "Ah Ming, bring Zhao Laojiu's IOU and IOU!" ”

Ye Zhao nodded: "Do you admit that Yaya is here with you?" ”

"Yes!" Zheng Asan took it for granted.

"What about people?" Ye Zhao asked.

Zheng Asan hesitated for a moment, but at this time, he saw the curtain at the back door of the casino lifted, and a fat man came out, with a jade pendant in brocade clothes, who should be a rich man, holding a crying little girl in his hand.

Seeing Zheng Asan's expression, Ye Zhao pointed at the little girl: "This is Yaya, right?" ”

Zheng Ah Sanxin said that this errand official was also clever, nodded and smiled: "Yes, I was given money by Master Zhang yesterday, isn't this coming to lead people?" ”

Ye Zhao said to Kuroko Nunu: "Stop." ”

Heizi only Ye Zhao looked at the horse, walked a few steps, and the stout block blocked Master Zhang, and Master Zhang was stunned, "What are you doing?" ”

Zheng Asan just sneered in his heart, and said in his heart that you really don't open your eyes, Master Zhang dares to offend.

"Let her go!" Heizi pointed to the little girl with red and swollen eyes who was crying and said, without waiting for Master Zhang to speak, as soon as he stretched out his hand and held Master Zhang's wrist, Master Zhang screamed in pain and couldn't help but let go. Ye Zhao walked over, gently pulled the little girl, and said with a smile: "Don't cry, I'll take you to your mother." ”

Although Ye Zhao wears a beard, his eyes are clear, and he is still quite beautiful. At the first impression, the little girl felt that this big brother was kind, she was almost scared to death from yesterday to now, at this time, it was like seeing a relative, she cried out as soon as she wow, desperately holding Ye Zhao, refusing to let go.

Ye Zhao gently hugged her and sighed in his heart.

Master Zhang was furious, pointed at the black nose and scolded: "Bastard thing! Do you know who the master is? I'll beat you! "He stretched out his hand to hit the sunspot, but was pushed by the sunspot and fell to the ground.

The gamblers were attracted by the excitement here, and soon gathered around and cheered. Everyone wondered in their hearts, these two errand men came to Master Gao's casino to find trouble, aren't they uncomfortable?

Zheng Asan's smile also cooled, "Two of you! It's been a mess, right? People stay, please leave or not! Behind him, there were a few green skins with open chests and exposed bellies.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, and said to Zheng Asan: "According to Article 2 of the third paragraph of the patrol law, those who gamble and sell people will be banned from gambling halls, and the responsible person will be punished according to the severity of the crime!" You and Gao Qianshun are both responsible for this gambling stall, you are going with us now, and Gao Qianshun, if you don't come out of the patrol bureau within twelve hours, you will be punished for absconding. ”

After speaking, Ye Zhao turned his head to the sunspot: "Bright gun, seal the shop and pull people!" ”

As soon as Heizi stretched out his hand, he took out a revolver, and all the gamblers were so frightened that they retreated again and again, and they all called Niang in their hearts, it turned out that there was no such thing as being able to gamble on people.

Most gamblers deceive the good and fear the evil, and in the blink of an eye, Master Gao has become Gao Qianshun, and the poor man has become a bad man.

Zheng Asan's face changed, and he could see that this young and handsome person was in charge, and smiled at Ye Zhaoqiang and said, "Brother Poor, let's talk inside?" "I thought to myself, it looked like I was going to bleed profusely.

Ye Zhao pouted: "Heizi, clear the field!" ”

With a "bang", the sunspot fired a gun at the sky and said loudly: "Get out of the irrelevant things!" He shouted to Zheng Ahsan: "Squat!" ”

So what are you waiting for him to say? The gamblers poured out of the casino like their butts were on fire, and they all stood far away to watch the excitement.

Zheng Ah Santie's face was blue, but he could only squat down obediently, and those green skins saw that the third master was so virtuous, and they slipped away one by one.

Ye Zhao also knew that it was a barbaric law enforcement now, but there was no way, it would be like this in this era. Speaking of which, the Qing Dynasty law is forbidden to gamble, but unfortunately it has long become a dead letter, and it is impossible for the new Guangdong policy to ban gambling halls and tobacco houses in one breath, so you can only take your time, and the smoke houses must be banned, and the casinos can only be slowly regulated for the time being, and it is estimated that it will be a long time before the ban is banned.

The patrol bureau sealed the Qianshun gambling house, and I think it will soon spread all over Guangzhou, and those gambling halls, smoke houses, and records should be shaken, but they will no longer use the patrol law as an empty text, right?

(To be continued)