Outside the west gate of Guangzhou City, a new circle of military camps, in the barracks one by one large wooden houses are arranged neatly, a circle of wooden fences is erected around, there are tree fences to cover, but from a distance, it is not clear that the situation of the barracks can be seen, and the distance is a mile, there are soldiers to check, and idle people are not allowed to approach.

"Hey! Ha! "There was a lot of shouting in the barracks, and groups of soldiers were sweating, or practicing in formation, or fighting each other.

Three officials, including the Guangzhou general Fu Liang and the deputy capital commander Ye Zhao and Song Yu, inspected the military camp accompanied by their entourage, accompanied by the foreign teacher Xi Peter.

"Not bad, not bad." Fu Liang smiled, and turned back to Peter: "Mr. Peter, if anyone does not obey military orders, you have the right to deal with them strictly!" ”

The triangular eye who was following Fu Liang translated, and Peter looked at Ye Zhao with a confused expression, he thought that the training of these three battalions of firearms soldiers must be everything to Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao just smiled and nodded to Peter.

Fu Liang's hand stretched out too fast, a few days ago he vetoed Ye Zhao's proposal of the three battalions, Ye Zhao originally wanted the three battalions of firearms to ignore the distinction between Manchu and Han, and named them "Zhenwei", "Zhenwu" and "Zhenhe", who knew that Fu Liang smiled and said, or not to confuse the difference between the Manchurian battalion and the green battalion, so as not to have disputes between the commanders of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion in the future.

And today, Fu Liang not only came to inspect the military camp in person, but also brought Songyu, the deputy commander of the Han army, to show that the firearms of the three battalions were not only under his command, even if Songyu, the deputy commander, was also his superior.

The firearms had not yet arrived in Guangzhou, and the training of the sergeants of the third battalion was now a warm-up, in addition to training in the queue and fighting, Peter would spend an hour explaining the knowledge of Western guns and artillery. Each firearms battalion has 500 people, and has five sentry posts, six or seven teams per outpost, and 15 people as a team, and the team manager is called "management team". Ye Zhao doesn't understand military affairs, but he knows that a branch of elite soldiers, the squad leader, the most basic officer, is the most important, if all are fierce and not afraid of death, the two sides are evenly matched, and it is difficult to defeat the battle, and the "management team" of the firearms battalion should be like the squad leader of the military system in later generations.

The firearms battalion should be fed and paid the same as the Eight Banners garrison, which is much higher than that of the green battalion, and it is because it is to select elite soldiers from the green battalion or post notices to recruit soldiers, but there are many followers who do not make much effort.

In addition, Ye Zhao is also ready to hire some standing soldiers, requisition civilian husbands in wartime, and usually say that logistics are heavy, but they need to develop the method of scheduling.

However, Ye Zhao didn't expect that although his idea was good, Fuliang's hand stretched out longer, and it stretched extremely fast, according to this trend, I am afraid that if the firearms soldiers are trained, the real commander will have already become Fuliang, and his own power will be sidelined, and he will be marginalized as a role similar to a military training officer.

Looking at the white fat man who walked in front with a calm bearing, the smile on the corner of Ye Zhao's mouth gradually faded.

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In the backyard of the Taihe, under the emerald green banyan tree, Ye Zhao lay on a bamboo chair, folding a fan and swaying gently, squinting his eyes to recuperate.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Shopkeeper Qiu going in and out several times, and it seemed that he wanted to say something to himself, but each time he shook his head and retreated.

When the shopkeeper opened the curtain on the back door of the silver horn again and entered the small courtyard, Ye Zhao sat up with a smile, "Shopkeeper, is there something wrong?" ”

Shopkeeper Qiu smiled wryly, "No, it's fine." ”

Ye Zhao beckoned to him and said with interest: "Come here, you come here, just say anything about it, I don't like to go around in circles." Come here, sit here. He pointed to the round stool next to him.

Shopkeeper Qiu walked over and sat down with a smile, and saw Ye Zhao reach out to pick up the teapot on the long table, and hurriedly reached out to grab it, "I'll come by myself, come by myself." ”

After pouring a cup of tea, Shopkeeper Qiu pondered for a while, and seeing that Ye Zhao had been looking at him, he immediately leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "Dongjia, have you heard of the Fairness Party?" ”

Ye Zhao was stunned: "Fair Party? What fair party? ”

Seeing that the owner's expression did not seem to be fake, the shopkeeper Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good, since the owner doesn't know, it's even better." ”

Ye Zhaoqi said: "What's going on, let's hear it." "The Fair Party? It's 1854, but I haven't heard of a party in this era.

The shopkeeper Qiu looked relaxed and said with a smile, "I have a cousin who has been doing business in Guilin, Guangxi all the year round, and he came to Guangzhou a few days ago, saying that he had joined the Fairness Party, and he also asked me to join the club, but I rejected him. ”

Ye Zhao frowned and said, "Your cousin doesn't involve you, the bandits like to demagogue." "Nature is for show.

Shopkeeper Qiu nodded slightly, "I understand, but this fairness party does not seem to be a traitor who kills officials and rebels, I heard that there are not a few gentry and businessmen in Guangxi who participate, and it is widely spread, and the fairness party advocates maintaining the power of businessmen and gentry...... What words do you want...... The right to speak, advocating the unity of businessmen and gentry and the ...... of the government Dialogue, I heard that in the countryside, he advocated rent reduction and spoke for the poor. Most of the people in this party are powerless businessmen like my cousin. ”

Ye Zhao's eyes widened more and more when he heard this, and the teacup he picked up was empty, but he forgot to refill the water. This, how is this possible? It seems that in the joke I wrote, I mentioned the possible surname of the establishment of a political party in the current Qing Dynasty, but, Guangxi?

Thinking of this, Ye Zhao was stunned again.

Shopkeeper Qiu said again: "Let's say, this kind of party collusion is not a good thing, since the owner doesn't know, then I haven't said anything about today." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, but he couldn't figure it out: "Shopkeeper, why did he suddenly remember to ask me about this?" ”

Shopkeeper Qiu was a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it, he still told him bluntly, "Don't hide it from the owner, listen to my cousin, the head of this fair party, also known as the party leader, but it is exactly the same as the owner's name, and the party respectfully calls him King Ye." ”

The teacup in Ye Zhao's hand fell to the ground with a snap, and at this time he was sure that it must be Su Hongniang's little girl who made this Raushzi's fair party, which was nondescript, and raised herself out to be the mysterious head, but no, with the current wisdom of the people, the more mysterious the leader, the more marketable it is, but I don't know how she added some unwarranted mystery to herself.

When the shopkeeper Qiu saw Ye Zhao's appearance, he smiled: "The owner doesn't have to be afraid, since it has nothing to do with the owner, then I can rest assured, I think the world is so big, there are still few people with the same name and surname?" But I'm too careful. As he spoke, he helped Ye Zhao pick up the teacup.

The shopkeeper Qiu seemed to talk about his surname more and more, and when he came to Ye Zhao, his voice became lower and lower, "I also heard that this fair party has an elite regiment in Wuzhou, and once helped the party to come out and killed a big family that was rich and unkind, but it was good for the ordinary gentry, and there was a conflict with the government, and I heard that the local county officers and soldiers suffered losses, and they didn't easily go to the countryside to provoke them, and they didn't provoke the government, but they were safe." The conversation was rising, and the Qiu shopkeeper surnamed Suo poured out the secret of pressing the bottom of the box, almost sticking it to Ye Zhao's ear and said: "I heard that this elite soldier is blessed by the Virgin Mother, and the Virgin Mother personally went down to earth to be the commander, and said that the leader of the Fair Party, Ye Wang, is the reincarnation of the Demon Emperor, and the Virgin Mary is a husband and wife, and they went down to save the common people together." When it came to "King Ye", Shopkeeper Qiu paused, and then remembered that King Ye, who had the same name and surname as the owner, didn't know who it was.

Ye Zhao can stuff an egg into his mouth when he hears it, what kind of mess, the myths and stories have come out, it is really a party with the characteristics of the late Qing Dynasty, and the propaganda of the gentry is one set, and the rhetoric to the people in the countryside is another, but there is no way, the wisdom of the people is not opened, especially in the countryside, this legend of gods and ghosts can be the most demagogic.

I don't know which Guangxi gentry borrowed the name of the gentry, put on the coat of regimental training, and didn't mention the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, but it was really a good idea, slowly accumulating strength, and its prospects looked bright.

Our Lady? Ye Zhao couldn't help but think of the soft and delicate body that was eroding the bones, and his heart was fluttering. can remember that the next time we meet Su Hongniang, I may not easily ask myself to touch her, and I can't help but be a little discouraged, but I don't know when she can really like herself?

The shopkeeper Qiu was still unsatisfied, and his voice was so low that Ye Zhao could hardly hear it clearly, "But I think that this Holy Mother is coming strangely, Wuzhou, that is the territory of the No. 1 female anti-thief Su Luoshasa in Tianzi." Speaking of Su Luosha, the shopkeeper of Qiu paused suddenly, and felt that the back of his neck was a little cold, and he looked around, as if the demon girl in the red dress would come out at any time and cut his head with a knife, and he didn't dare to say it anymore.

Seeing the sudden look of fear on the face of the shopkeeper Qiu, Ye Zhao was even more amused, this little girl is too famous in Liangyue, right?

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The shopkeeper regretted it before leaving, and said vigorously how honest his cousin was, and he was afraid that he would withdraw from the club if he returned to Guangxi. I thought that after all, this fair party is a party, if the owner goes to the government to denounce it, and the government handles the case, I am afraid that my cousin will be imprisoned.

Ye Zhao smiled and comforted him a few words, saying that he must have kept his mouth shut, but he had never heard of it, so the leader of the Fairness Party has the same name and surname as himself, and he went to report it himself, is it fun?

The shopkeeper Qiu heard this, but Rui Si happened to come panting again, and the shopkeeper Qiu returned to the silver house in front of him.

"Master!" Rui Si knelt down and hit a thousand.

Ye Zhao frowned and said, "Speaking of which, all the rules are simple. ”

Rui Si said with a smile: "There are no outsiders, the slaves don't dare, and the ceremony can't be abolished!" ”

Ye Zhao glared at him, but didn't say anything, to say that over the years, he had long been accustomed to a pampered life.

Rui Si got up, lowered his voice and said: "Master, the slave found out, Fu Liang, this bastard is greedy and lustful, he just came to Guangzhou and bought a house in Dongdemen, and several red girls in Guangzhou have gone to his house to get out." ”

Ye Zhao frowned and said, "Nothing else?" "Although officials are not allowed to remember, this is really not a big problem, how can you move Fuliang based on this?

This Guangzhou general, but can only take advantage of his foothold is not stable to find his omissions, he never thought that he would deal with him now, thunder means, unprepared to attack the enemy, now is the best opportunity, and then wait for the son to grow, he has taken root, and will become more and more vigilant himself, and it is extremely difficult to deal with him again.

No one would have thought they would do it now, would they?

Rui Si's eyes rolled a few times, and said: "Master, I bought one of this pig's subordinates, otherwise, simply hand it over to the slave." "Since the master wants to get rid of Fuliang, then Ruisi is also honest and polite, a pig on the left, and a bastard on the right.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

Rui Si gritted his teeth and said: "Just don't do it twice, the drug will kill him, and the aphrodisiac is overdosed, but this is not to blame." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "He still uses aphrodisiacs?" ”

Rui Si said disdainfully: "Look at his stupid appearance, if he doesn't have the Golden Stone Pill, he can still play with women?" As he said this, he stuck out his tongue and stretched out his hand to slap himself lightly in the face, "The slave spoke rudely, and slapped his own mouth. ”

Ye Zhao frowned and said, "Don't pretend." ”

Rui Si just smirked.

Ye Zhao nodded his head with a fan and said, "You are here, it's all bad ideas, and it won't work." ”

Rui Si said with a smile: "With the master here, why do the minions still use their brains?" The master's ideas are bright and bright, and the minions can only come up with some bad ideas. ”

Ye Zhao shook his fan, pondered for a while, and asked, "Can you find out what treasures Songyu gave to Fuliang?" ”

Rui Si said hatefully: "No, these two bastards are cunning, and the minions haven't touched the slightest way." Speaking of this, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Master, but this Songyu, two years ago, he forcibly married a folk woman as a concubine and forced him to die." ”

"Death?" Ye Zhao was stunned.

Rui Sidao: "Yes, I heard that the woman's husband died a very tragic death, he was beaten to death, and later the woman also committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam in Songyu's mansion." ”

Rui Si said it was ordinary, and the shock in Ye Zhao's heart could be imagined, he had not left the capital for twenty years, and under the root of the imperial city, even if it was a yellow belt, it was lawless, anything, there was always a degree. It is really appalling to rob and bully people's women like this, and beat their husbands to death, but what is even more amazing is that Rui Si knows about this kind of thing, and he wants to come to the street to know about it, but no one does him at all, and no one treats him.

Mutern, you Canton general is doing a good job!

What kind of suffering did the same mandarin duck who was forced to die suffer before his death? And how do you resent the injustice of the world?

Ye Zhao picked up the teacup and tasted the tea silently.

Rui Si was clever, although the master seemed to be silent, but at this time it was even more terrifying, Rui Si closed his mouth tightly, and he didn't dare to breathe in the atmosphere next to him.

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