Seeing that the paper presented by Bai Gui only had three words "thirteen lines", Ye Zhao smiled, which coincided with what he thought.

Now to say the best way to turn silver, there are only thirteen lines, in fact, after the first Sino-British war, the thirteen merchants were ordered to pay part of the military expenses, a few years ago to exterminate the Guangdong Tiandi Society, the head of the thirteen lines Wu Chongyao also had to raise military funds at the order of the Guangzhou general Mu Teen, but later because of his own reasons, Fu Liang came to Guangzhou, the matter was finally closed.

Thirteen banks in history have paid for the political axe, and there have been no less than two or three acts of raising millions of silver dollars, and this time he made them bleed for the first time, and the block should not be big.

"It's up to you." Ye Zhao took a sip of tea, and the clouds were light and light. It's hard for me to come forward with extortion.

"Yes, the lowly will do his best to get things done." Bai Gui happily agreed, even if Grandpa Guo didn't say it, Bai Gui was ready to take things into account, the first time to run an errand under Grandpa Guo, there must always be a lot of work to see people.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly.

As he spoke, the guards came in to tell him, and the French minister, Sholey, asked to see him.

Facing Ye Zhao, Xiu Lai had long lost his previous arrogance, and entered the side hall and politely took off his hat to salute, "Your Excellency, General, hello." Although he knew that the young commander knew some French, he brought an interpreter with him.

Meeting Xiulai, Ye Zhao called someone to call Li Xiaocun, who was working in the signing room, Li Xiaocun is now the first master of Ye Zhao's shogunate, and the cumbersome matters in Guangdong's civil affairs are handed over to him and Bai Gui to act as an agent.

The general direction is grasped by yourself, and the specific work naturally requires Li Xiaocun Baigui and others to work hard, although their status has changed, but the lazy surname does not seem to have changed much.

I can only comfort myself and become an adult to do great things.

Seeing Xiu Lai enter the hall, Ye Zhao just got up and bowed slightly, while Li Xiaocun walked over to shake hands with Xiu Lai, smiled and said a few words.

"Your Excellency, General, I am here for the murder of our missionaries in Vietnam, a vassal state of your country." Xiulai sat down and got straight to the point.

In fact, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Nguyen Phuc Anh was supported by the French musket team with the help of French missionaries, which defeated the then ruling Tay Son Dynasty and established the country, but it was during the French Revolution, and the French withdrew from Vietnam before they had time to digest the fruits of victory.

Nguyen Phuc Anh was very quick to declare himself a vassal to the Qing Dynasty, asking the Qing Dynasty to give the name of the country, Nguyen Phuc Anh initially asked the Qing Dynasty to give the name of "South Vietnam", but Emperor Jiaqing thought that Nanyue implied that it included Guangdong, Guangxi and other lands, and was to give it the name of Vietnam, and named Nguyen Phuc Anh the king of Vietnam.

In recent years, Vietnam has begun to kill French missionaries on a large scale, arousing serious dissatisfaction with the French political axe, and if the second Sino-British and French war expands, I am afraid that now France has taken the opportunity to invade Vietnam.

After the war between China and Britain and France ended, it seems that the French had a wait-and-see attitude towards the various changes that took place in Guangdong, and Napoleon III had just ascended the throne, so they were probably unwilling to rashly invade Vietnam at this time to provoke Sino-French contradictions, so they hoped that Vietnam's suzerainty would be able to restrain Vietnam's brutal behavior.

However, Ye Zhao knew that it was obvious that Europeans did not know much about the East Asian political system, and really thought that all countries in East Asia were in the Chinese civilization order.

In fact, in East Asia, this relationship between the suzerains and sweet potatoes is more of a symbolic meaning, especially in Vietnam.

Among the vassal states of Vietnam, the position of the Ryorian Vassal Court was determined by the Etrian Domain, ranking third after Korea and the Ryukyus, and before Siam (Thailand) and other countries, and the King of Vietnam publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the minister.

The king of Vietnam has always been called the emperor of Vietnam at home, and it is also an expansion trend in the Indochina Peninsula, and he also has his own vassal states and established his own tributary system.

Of course, Vietnam is deeply influenced by Chinese civilization, the official language is Chinese characters, and the legal code is almost copied from the Qing Dynasty, every time an envoy goes to Guangzhou, the first priority is to buy books, as long as they are in Chinese, they are all bought correctly, and there have even been jokes that the books purchased are sometimes pornographic novels [***] by the Guangdong Customs.

However, since the outbreak of banditry, the rebellion in Guangxi, and the instability of Yunnan and Guizhou, Vietnam has not sent envoys to China to pay tribute for several years.

"Your Excellency, I am deeply shocked by the barbarism of the people of Vietnam, as a vassal state of your country, and I hope that your political axe will restrain the barbaric acts of Vietnam and ensure the safety of our missionaries in Vietnam."

If the Chinese official on the other side is replaced by a second person, Xiu Lai will definitely add a few threatening words, such as if your country is not restrained, our country will have to take disciplinary action, and so on. But in the face of Ye Zhao, Xiu Lai couldn't help but feel weak, but this kind of cruel words couldn't be said.

Ye Zhao's attitude was very kind, he thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, I will definitely investigate this matter and give your country a satisfactory answer." As the representative of the suzerain, I regret this matter. ”

Xiu Lai nodded with satisfaction, and smiled with his two beards, although this young commander was tough, he was reasonable and very good at communicating, if he changed the previous officials, he would either be vague or ambiguous, and there would be no burden at all.

After a few more conversations on the topic of trade, Xiu Lai left satisfied.

"Komura, what do you think?" Taking a sip of tea, Ye Zhao looked at Li Xiaocun with a smile. Li Xiaocun's Western-style style, although the handsome man called him by his name, he felt cordial.

Li Xiaocun said with a smile: "Dashuai thinks he already has a charter. ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, "I think my Chinese civilization was once very prosperous, if I can restore the previous prosperity, my generation will not be in vain." ”

A hint of color flashed in Li Xiaocun's eyes, the ambition of the handsome, I'm afraid I can't guess it!

...... "Si'er, how do you look at my outfit?" Ye Zhao stretched out his hands, he was already delicate and beautiful, and he was even more heroic in a black police uniform.

This is the uniform of the patrol bureau, the style of the tunic suit, the black fabric with excellent spinning skills, and the large-brimmed hat, which has just caused a great sensation on the streets of Guangzhou, and the controversy is naturally not small. There are also a lot of bricks, and the old-fashioned squires even jointly wrote to Bai Gui, the governor of Guangdong, asking to change the style of the patrol official uniform.

But for Chinese people, in fact, there are many things, and once you get used to it, you will gradually lose controversy.

The patrol bureau is the first to open up the Chinese atmosphere, employing more than 20 female policemen, although most of the female policemen are assigned to guard the women's prison, but there are also seven or eight female policemen patrolling the streets, although the heroic policewomen have become a beautiful scenery on the streets of Guangzhou, but it has caused great criticism, the squires have gone to the general's mansion, but the grandfather of the country acquiesced, and the old-fashioned squires were helpless.

In this way, the world's earliest female policeman appeared in the land of China, decades earlier than Europe and the United States.

In fact, in Ye Zhao's excerpt in the capital, the main reason for recruiting female patrols is to make a living for the banner people, and now the family life of the banner people without men enlisting in the army is extremely embarrassing, not only Ye Zhao, General Xi'an asked for permission to do business two years earlier. In Ye Zhao's excerpt, he stated the urgency of the bannermen's business, and said that due to the destruction of the Qicheng in Guangzhou occupied by the British and French forces, the bannermen had mixed with the people, and although they tried their best to restrain the bannermen's residences and make their own residences, due to the serious loss of soldiers in the bannermen's battalions, it was difficult to maintain the bannermen's families by relying only on the pension money, and the local financial burden was even heavier, so it was imperative to open the bannermen's way of doing business.

As for the recruitment of female patrols, it is precisely for the purpose of widening the livelihood of the banner people, so that the families without men have money to support their families. Indeed, most of the first batch of female policemen in Guangzhou City are flag women. It's not that Ye Zhao focuses on recruiting flag people, firstly, most of the folk girls are bound to their feet, and there are even fewer ladies who are used to being used to from Xiao Ye like Jin Er's grandmother and do not bind their feet; Second, many of the people's women have deep-rooted ideas, and the banner women, although they have been influenced by the Han people's thoughts after entering the customs, but they take the defense of men and women lightly after all, not to mention that before entering the customs, women riding and shooting are extremely common, and they can accept it very quickly when they show their heads.

Ye Zhao also did not expect that the first step that affected the thinking of the Chinese people was taken by the women of the bannermen, and it was thought that with the passage of time, the work of women would gradually become accustomed to the people of Guangzhou, not only limited to the female textile workers in the textile workshops.

And Ye Zhao had nothing to do, so he found an errand in the Patrol Bureau, and he came to feel the atmosphere first; Second, the construction of the patrol bureau is really the top priority of modern civilized society, and the concept of the Guangzhou patrol and arrest bureau can be said to be in the forefront of the world, but it is not enough to have a concept, it must always be combined with reality, and they are high up and saliva down, who knows whether it is practical or not? What's next? You have to feel it yourself. Not to mention that through the Patrol Bureau, not only has the prison system been reformed, so that the prison for men and women is separated, and female prisoners are no longer as miserable as before. Moreover, through the Patrol Bureau, I can make myself think about how to reform the structure of local politics, and I must not copy the set of the previous life, but start from the current conditions and walk out of a new road that has not been walked before.

In fact, Ye Zhao is really bored, every time he has nothing to do, the envoy has already gone to Vietnam, and Bai Gui's extortion of the Thirteen Lines is still ongoing. The trivial matters of the yamen, Li Xiaocun and Bai Gui have done it properly, not to mention that even if they sit in the yamen every day, it is only for a while in the morning. It is not a good thing to take the rare opportunity to feel the folk atmosphere and think about your next step.

It was only then that Ye Zhao changed into a police uniform and prepared to go out.

"Master, you ......" Rui Si's face was full of embarrassment.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly and said, "With your Internal Affairs Bureau, am I still worried about safety?" You kid, you're wondering who to send to take care of me secretly, right? ”

Rui Si smiled, he was indeed most worried about the safety of his master, but when he saw that his master conjured a few mustaches and wiped them on his lips and chin, he immediately changed from a beautiful big girl to a very mature young man, Rui Si couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise, and now the appearance of the master, although he is barely recognized by the people around the master, but he has only seen the master from a distance and can't recognize it.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Ask the craftsmen of the opera troupe to do it, it's good, right?" ”

Rui Si immediately stretched out his thumb: "Master Shengming!" ”

Ye Zhao laughed and strode out.

…… The Xiguan Patrol and Arrest Bureau has a patrol chief, a deputy inspector, and a patrol quota of 20 people, and the police station is located in a bungalow compound near the Dexing Bridge, and a plaque is hung on the black lacquered wooden door, "Xiguan Patrol and Arrest Bureau".

When Ye Zhaohuang entered the courtyard leisurely, he had already said that he had three poles, and next to the courtyard in the courtyard, a burly middle-aged man with a silver patrol shoulder flower was holding a wooden scoop and drinking cold well water.

"Stop!" The inspector caught a glimpse of Ye Zhao out of the corner of his eye, and immediately threw the water scoop in the bucket, looking Ye Zhao up and down with a fierce gaze, the police officers of the Patrol Bureau were recruited from the regiment, and most of them had seen the battle formation, and it was not surprising that the inspector had many small military merits, and he had a fierce spirit.

"You're Ye Zhao, right?" The Patrolman's eyes widened like bull's eyes.

"Yes." Ye Zhao hurriedly took out the "patrol warrant" from his pocket and handed it over, and saluted loosely. The inspector frowned, and said in his heart what kind of stuff this is, stuff it into this game.

There was a photo of Ye Zhao with a beard on the patrol warrant, and there was a public seal, but the inspector looked at it again and again for a long time before handing it back to Ye Zhao, but he said loudly according to the patrol regulations: "I am Wei Dingyi, the inspector of the Xiguan Patrol and Arrest Bureau!" "Salute back, but it is much more standard than Ye Zhao, and he is full of spirit.

Ye Zhao nodded secretly in his heart, much better than he expected.

"Go to that house! With Ma Xiaocui, get to know each other, get guns and prepare to patrol. Wei Dingyi pouted at the east wing.

Ye Zhao had just turned around, and Wei Dingyi added another sentence at the back: "You know the rules for deducting silver, right?" ”

Of course, Ye Zhao knew that the most basic patrol would be paid two taels of silver per month, one cent of silver would be deducted for being late for no reason, one tael would be deducted for being late twice, and all monthly salaries would be deducted for three times.

There were long tables and wooden chairs in the east wing, and some paperwork was piled up on the table, Ye Zhao hadn't used to the dim light in the wing, so he heard the woman's crisp voice: "I was late on the first day, I really admire you." ”

A policewoman stood up on the wooden chair by the window, a very gentle girl, but the corners of her mouth were always tightly pursed, obviously the surname was a little stubborn.

In fact, Ye Zhao has seen all the police information of the Xiguan Branch, Ma Xiaocui, one of the only few Han female policemen, has been included for many reasons, and what impressed Ye Zhao was "bold and careful".

As for Wei Dingyi, he fought bravely and hacked a foreigner to death, but later got along very well with Priest Mader during the healing period in Lotus Village, and once fought with Tuan Yong who injured Priest Made, and was selected to be the inspector of Xiguan because he was considered by several staff members in Li Xiaocun to be not hostile to foreigners.

Naturally, the new organization of the Patrol Bureau could not cause trouble for the commander, and almost every inspector of the sub-bureau had been studied by the masters of the Ye Zhao Shogunate to see if he could do his job, not to mention the extremely important Xiguan Sub-Bureau, which had many Yangyi.

"Still not going to get a gun?" Without waiting for Ye Zhao to speak, Ma Xiaocui urged again, obviously a person in a hurry.

There are armed patrol guards equipped with revolvers at the four gates of Guangzhou City to prevent the rebel party from carrying murder weapons into the city of Guangzhou, and there are armed patrols in horse-drawn carriages to patrol the city and Xiguan, and the patrol of 100 people with such standing firearms is more similar to the armed police of later generations.

As for ordinary patrols, they can only get firearms when they are on patrol.

Ye Zhao took a step outside and stopped, and asked, "Where did you get the gun?" ”

Ma Xiaocui was so angry that her nose almost crooked, "I'll take you there!" ”

The two of them went out of the East Chamber, went to the armory room of the left side room due south and received a brand-new revolver, seeing Ye Zhao hanging the holster obliquely, Ma Xiaocui couldn't help but show a look of envy, after all, female patrols are not allowed to wear guns, these female policemen are actually vases, more than ten days of training, where can they wear guns?

Out of the armory room, I saw that in the courtyard, the inspector Wei Dingyi was dealing with a Western woman with a red face, and the Western woman led a snow-white puppy, and talked to Wei Dingyi, where did Wei Dingyi understand.

Ye Zhaoxin said that it seems that he is still not thoughtful, and there will be more and more foreigners in Xiguan after Xiguan, but he needs to have an English interpreter in the police station. It's just that I didn't expect Westerners to come into contact with the police station so quickly, and I thought that it would be difficult for them to trust the police under the rule of the Chinese political axe in a short time.

The Western woman came to report the case, saying that her husband had gone to Hong Kong and that his house had been stolen, and it was suspected that a Chinese maid had committed it. Chattering, Wei Dingyi didn't understand, but according to the patrol rules, he could only deal with it with a smile on his face, the two donkey lips did not communicate with the horse's mouth for a long time, and the Western woman finally deflated, leading the puppy and leaving helplessly.

"What did she say, Inspector?" Ma Xiaocui is curious about everything.

Wei Ding waved his hand, "Go, patrol!" "The heart said that this is an unfortunate errand, do you want me to learn the language? When the deputy chief lectured, he said that the marshal has very high expectations for the patrol and arrest bureau, and the brothers have done a good job, which is to add glory to the face of the marshal. I'm here, not to mention meritorious service, but I can't discredit the handsome, right?

…… Ye Zhao and Ma Xiaocui got out of the police station, all the way to the Dexing Bridge, on both sides of the bridge, there were many stalls for buying and selling snacks, the clear water under the bridge was flowing slowly, and all kinds of shouting and selling were endless, Ye Zhao watched it with relish.

In the past, when I followed the guards, I didn't have such a relaxed mood.

Seeing Ye Zhao taking steady steps, Ma Xiaocui could only follow helplessly, after all, the patrol was dominated by male policemen.

"Poor master, authentic Beijing Lao Wang sugar gourd, a string of five pennies, you have a string?" Leaning on the railing of the bridge, there was a straw handle full of sugar gourds, and the vendor saw Ye Zhao's eyes sweeping over, and he was busy selling it.

"Good! Come on two strings. Ye Zhao took out a few big coins from his pocket and threw them to the hawker, chose two camellia fructose gourds, and handed a string to Ma Xiaocui, but asked the vendor: "Little brother, have you patrolled here and taken things to keep a blank account?" "Ye Zhaozi doesn't really want to eat sugar gourds.

"No, no." The peddler's head shook like a rattle, and he grinned with yellow teeth, "Jing Shuai is in Guangzhou, blessed are those of us who do small business, the patrol masters are very well-behaved, which is like the previous bad master, who said to take it, and beat it when he said it." ”

Ye Zhao's heart was sunburned, and he thought that most of the patrols in Guangzhou City were born in the regiment, and they had just joined the police industry, and they had not yet developed the habit of eating and taking cards, but they were long, but they couldn't guarantee it, and they couldn't rely on their own strict orders. No matter who is the master of the blue sky, it has always been difficult to deal with.

Ye Zhao pondered his thoughts, paced and took a bite of the camellia fruit, sweet and sour, the taste was acceptable.

"Give it back! I don't want it! Ma Xiaocui handed over the sugar gourd in his hand.

"What? Don't like it? "Ye Zhao is a little strange, girls, there are very few people who don't like to eat snacks. Even if you are as generous and decent as my Rong'er, it is not exempt from vulgarity.

"I don't like to eat it." Ma Xiaocui said that, looking at the sugar gourd, his eyes were obviously a little reluctant.

Ye Zhao suddenly felt in his heart, the recruited policewomen have extremely difficult family backgrounds, Ma Xiaocui is no exception, I am afraid that I want to break it into eight-petal flowers for a penny, how can I be willing to buy snacks to eat?

"Send yours, you don't need to ask back!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"I don't want it!" Ma Xiaocui stuffed the sugar gourd back into Ye Zhao's hand.

Ye Zhao was helpless, it happened that there was a little beggar at the head of the bridge who was begging with a tattered bowl, Ye Zhao handed the sugar gourd to the little beggar, and threw a few pennies into his bowl, and the little beggar immediately kowtowed: "Uncle Xie reward, Uncle Xie reward!" ”

"You're rich, aren't you?" Although he has known Ye Zhao for less than half an hour, as long as he is a normal person, he can see that Ye Zhao's second ancestor is born.

Ye Zhao smiled: "How can you see it? Just because of how many copper plates did you win? ”

Ma Xiaocui said: "That's not it, your hands are white and beautiful, and girls from poor families are not as good as your hands." Indeed, although Ye Zhao's appearance has changed, those slender and delicate hands can't cover it.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, pointed to a shop in front of him, and said, "Let's go, go have a cup of tea!" ”

The stained glass windows, the signboards in Chinese and English, are obviously more beautiful than the surrounding shops. "Sava Coffee" on the signboard, but Ye Zhao asked Rui to help Shawa decorate the shop, mainly tea and coffee, so as not to be bored. The environment inside is also extremely quiet, and the asking price is not expensive, but in fact, it can't make a lot of money, so it should be sent to Sava to send away. But Sava was very busy, and she thought that the coffee she brewed was very popular, and that a few taels of silver came in her account every month, all of which were the income of her own labor, and life suddenly became more enjoyable.

"On duty, you can't go." Ma Xiaocui shook her head again and again.

Ye Zhao sighed, he could only walk in front of Sava Coffee, and he couldn't take the lead in breaking the rules he had set. For the first time in my life, I had the feeling that I wanted to drink something but couldn't, but it was extremely fresh.

"Hey, can you help me carry my gun?" Ye Zhao suddenly said something that made Ma Xiaocui stunned.

After walking for about a few miles, Ye Zhao's feet hurt a little, and the holster and leather strap hung on his body, and he always felt panicked. Ye Zhao was also a little helpless, when he went on an expedition to Rakshasa before, he walked thousands of miles, and he was still alive and well? My own physiological system is really weird.

"Okay, okay?" Ma Xiaocui's eyes were eager to try, and it was obvious that being able to touch the revolver was a big temptation for her.

"I said yes! When you go back to the mission hall, you can return it to me. As Ye Zhao spoke, he untied the belt of the rifle and put the glove on Ma Xiaocui's neck.

"No way!" Suddenly remembering something, Ye Zhao wanted to take the holster back again, although he could trust the security of Xiguan, but he was afraid that what if there was a murderer who grabbed the gun?

Ma Xiaocui didn't do it, grabbed the gun belt with both hands, and said unconvinced: "Don't talk and don't talk!" Tell you, don't look at you as a man, really do it, I'll let you believe it? When I trained, I hit the most accurate, the bull's-eye! You're holding a gun, I'm not at ease! ”

Ye Zhao looked at her speechlessly, why is he such a handsome person, in the eyes of girls in this world, his image is always not tall?

(To be continued)