The galloping hussars emitted a little bit of green smoke, and several soldiers who were desperately fleeing burst out of bright red and slowly fell.

On the ground, the bodies of Yongzi were lying all over the place, and not far away, a village was in flames, crying loudly.

This is the junction of Hunan and Jiangxi, and the flag guards have just wiped out a group of regimental warriors who ransacked the village.

Luo Amei looked at this scene in surprise and couldn't close her mouth for a long time.

After the young magnate said the word "kill" with a cold face, his Biao pro-army galloped out like lightning, chopping melons and chopping vegetables, and killed more than 100 violent groups in less than tea time.

Although she has been in battle for a long time, Luo Amei was still forced by its fierce and unstoppable momentum for a long time, her heart was still pounding, and her face changed color, looking at the young magnate, this, is this the future opponent of the Virgin Mother?

Although I am convinced that Niangniang is invincible, this little tartar really makes people feel a chill in their hearts.

The horn sounded, and the guards slowly closed the line.

"Good! Grandpa's pro-army is really extraordinary, and Ping Guilin is within reach of exterminating the thief party! On the other horse, Gao Youba slapped the horse's ass loudly.

Ye Zhaoyang pointed to the small forest not far away, "Go there and take a breath, I'm tired these days." ”

…… Green forest sand dunes, next to the sand dunes, is a crystal clear stream, but a few guards are pulling their trouser legs, fishing in the stream, since yesterday the master has not seen meat, how is this good?

Ye Zhao leaned on a thin birch tree, took out the last cigar, lit it, and took a deep breath.

Seeing that they were in the territory of Guangdong, the British occupied Guangzhou for more than half a year, how could they be able to withdraw from Guangzhou City with the greatest benefits? It's a real problem!

Glancing at Luo Amei, who was secretly glancing at her, Ye Zhao beckoned to her and said, "Come here." After a few days of getting along, Ye Zhao knew that she was a smart woman, and she was worried about it, and she didn't know what she wanted to do with her.

When he left Xiangyang City, Ye Zhao took her and Gao Youba with him, and recruited a few horses, so Xiangyang Mansion naturally had no objections.

In the first one or two days, when Luo Amei was just untied, Luo Amei also wanted to take the opportunity to kill Gao Youba, and on the first night, she held a stone and wanted to stone him to death, but was captured by the guards.

In the past two years, she has lived a lot, but how can she really stop killing Gao Youba's heart? I'm just waiting for the right moment.

"You also smoke yasmi?" Seeing Ye Zhao spitting out the fog, Luo Amei was extremely surprised, and her heart was even more happy, I thought that this young magnate was different from those dog officials, but along the way, it could be seen that he was greedy for enjoyment, but now that he looks at it, he smokes a lot of cigarettes, so it is better to be difficult to deal with as imagined, without the will to get rid of his addiction to smoking, what kind of great commander can he be?

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, puffed out a puff of smoke, and said: "This is called a cigar, different from tobacco, this thing is a good thing, it can make people's minds clear and quick-thinking." ”

Luo Amei was not disappointed, so it was, why didn't he have a smoking addiction?

"Grandpa, the little one, the little one has something to say." Gao Youba is far away, looking groveling.

Ye Zhao made a gesture, and the guards let him go.

"Girl." Gao Youba smiled at Luo Amei, he saw that Luo Amei couldn't help himself, but he didn't realize that he was moved by Yinxin. Especially when Luo Amei hit him with a stone that night, he didn't know why, seeing Luo Amei struggling and trembling when he was taken away and tied up by the guards, his heart suddenly became hot, that scene had a fatal attraction to him, maybe in later generations, he belonged to the group of bondage and control.

When the two pretended to be a fake couple, Gao Youba had fantasized about how to fake it, and now that Luo Amei is a fish, he wants to be even more involved.

Luo Amei glared angrily.

Gao Youba immediately took a few steps, knelt in front of Ye Zhao, and presented a few pages of paper with both hands, and he didn't know when he wrote it.

"Grandpa, the little one has three strategies to break the Guangxi thief party, dedicated to the grandfather!"

"Oh?" Ye Zhao took it and said with a smile: "I can't see it, you are literate." ”

Gao Youba kowtowed and said: "The little one is a scholarly family, he went to a private school when he was a child, and he was coerced by the thief army, so he had no choice but to join the thief gang." ”

Ye Zhao turned a few pages, in fact, with high eight knowledge, how could he help Ye Zhao? The Chinese Heavenly Kingdom was still inspired by Ye Zhao, if you want to talk about how to exterminate the rural base areas, how to suppress the revolution that divided and encouraged the gentry to fight for rights, I am afraid that Ye Zhao has no more way in the whole world, after all, this was once a heavy stroke in history, and the lessons of success and failure have been recorded in great detail in the history books of later generations.

Flipping through the paperwork, Ye Zhao's face was silent, and he said: "It's also organized, you are so dedicated, I don't know how to reward you." ”

Gao Youba kowtowed a few times in a row, and said gratefully: "As long as the little one can follow his grandfather and listen to his grandfather's teachings from time to time, it is the supreme reward of his grandfather." But I was wondering in my heart, how to think of a way to make the grandfather give Luo Amei as his wife?

Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "Follow me, don't you dare, that is called Xiao Qi, you are like a brother, you can still divide the corpse of the chaotic blade, let alone me?" ”

Gao Youba's face changed, and he was even more frightened, he didn't know what his grandfather did when he suddenly mentioned this matter, but he kowtowed and said tremblingly: "Chaotic ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished, the small one is to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but it is different from the grandfather, even if the small one has the courage to do it, he will not dare to harm the grandfather." ”

Ye Zhao said lightly: "People are harmless, tigers are hurtful, you can't be called a tiger, but you are a white-eyed wolf." ”

Gao Youba was shocked and didn't know how to answer.

Ye Zhao said to Bakshnunu: "Cut it!" ”

"Poof!" The cold light flashed, Gao Youba didn't snort, his neck was planted in the sand, his head rolled off, he jumped a few times on the ground, and rolled to Luo Amei's feet, and the blood quickly stained the yellow sand.

Luo Amei was dumbfounded, she didn't react from beginning to end, this, this despicable villain who made her want to eat his flesh raw, was cut off for some reason.

Ye Zhao turned his head to look at Luo Amei, and said indifferently: "Let you live, bring a message to Su Hongniang, this grandfather is waiting to meet her!" Tell her that when she finally says, she will become a prisoner under the rank of this princess! As he spoke, others couldn't hear anything, and Bakshi even rose with a sense of pride, waiting to fight with Su Hongniang, a thief who shook the world, and captured her and dedicated her to the master.

But Ye Zhao himself, his heart was fluttering, imagining the matchmaker's charming and boneless fragrant body being imprisoned in his room, complaining and begging for mercy for her fragrant picture, and he couldn't help but skip a few jumps in his heart. Then he said, what are you thinking about?

"You, you're going to let me go?" Luo Amei's eyes widened and she looked at Ye Zhao in disbelief.

Ye Zhao said angrily: "Killing you is like killing a chicken, the thieves in Guangxi, the local chickens and dogs, Guilin Wuzhou, I take it like a bag!" ”

Luo Amei didn't refute, glanced at Ye Zhao deeply, and then turned over and got on the horse, now there is no point in the battle of will, Tartar has come to such a powerful person to pacify the land of Liangyue, but he wants to save his life, and the general will be on guard against Niangniang.

Seeing that Luo Amei's ride gradually turned into a black spot, Ye Zhao turned his head and smiled at Bakshi: "Tell me, how about capturing that Su Hongniang and making a side room for me?" ”

Baksh was startled, and said that this was not a joke, but the master had always been whimsical, but he really did everything, and he was not necessarily joking with himself, maybe he really had this in mind.

But this matter can be discussed in the long run, it is a first-class anti-thief, not to mention that staying with the master will always harm the master's surname, it is not in line with the law, if the master does this, he will definitely end up being expelled from the clan. But he wanted to find a fake Su Hongniang and cut off his head, and Allah left it to the master, and the slightest rumor could not be leaked.

Ye Zhao didn't know that his casual words made Bakshi very sad, so he wondered how to cover up the aftermath for the master if what the master said came true, and he didn't sleep well for several nights in a row, and even had a secret discussion with Suna.

…… Huaxian County is located in the north of Guangzhou, sixty or seventy miles away from Guangzhou City, and it is also an important commercial town, but after the British and French troops occupied Guangzhou, the shops in Huaxian County seem to have been in a lot of business.

In the county Yahua Hall, Guo Chao and Guo Jingzhi, the county magistrate, were full of sorrow and complained about the traitorous behavior of Baigui in Guangzhou, and said louder: "When the grandfather comes to Guangzhou, the people of the city will follow the grandfather to survey the eastern part of Guangdong!" ”

Ye Zhao sighed and said, "Guangdong civil and military, if you are as loyal and courageous as Jingzhi, how can you fall into the hands of the people?" ”

Guo Jingzhi's face immediately lit up, and he felt that his bones were a few taels lighter.

Ye Zhao sipped tea and silently thought about the situation in Guangzhou, to say that the current British and French occupation forces are also quite unhappy, although there are thirteen leading figures in the city, Wu Chongyao, Liang Lunshu and other gentry to help maintain order and pacify the people, and even hire hundreds of Chinese to patrol the police night and night, and the city is gradually stable. However, there were Xiangyong attacking Yangyi everywhere outside the city, and there were even rumors that thousands of Chaoyong had gathered near the city of Guangzhou to prepare for the city, and the "occupation committee" such as Pa Xiali asked Bai Gui, the governor of Guangdong, and other officials to send people as guides to exterminate the Xiangyong, but the reply was that "the thieves were killed, but to the monarch's father, Ke Bozhong said, if you bring outsiders to suppress the people, they are killed by shelling, and they are also ashamed to go down, who is willing to let this?" ”

"These days, we must send more sentinels to detect the movements of the Yi people in Guangzhou." Ye Zhao commanded.

Guo Jingzhi hurriedly responded: "Yes, the Yiren have coveted the flower city for a long time, and they dare not slack off at night. ”

Ye Zhao smiled and nodded, he was another official oil, but unfortunately he was too eager, and he did not forget to be eager to show his merits, compared to the officials trained by the huge bureaucratic system in later generations, many officials in this world are inevitably a little less popular.

There is a very elegant garden on the outskirts of Huacheng County, with a pond in front of the house and a pond in the back. The owner is a rich family surnamed Liu, and he paid tribute to Guo Jingzhi and didn't know how much money he had to make Grandpa Guo live in this garden.

There was a small forest behind the garden, lush, but at this time there were several small trees with black planks on the branches as targets, and several guards were testing their marksmanship.

In fact, the ammunition for the flag guard has been exhausted, and they can only wait for the rear brigade to come to replenish, because now the soldiers cherish the "copper hat" very much, but every time the test of marksmanship has become a routine, the grandfather of the country comes to watch it in person, and it is not good to sweep away the interest of the marshal.

Today, it is Ma Dayong and other five personal soldiers who are comparing guns, one after another, galloping across the loess road in front of the grove, and the guns are ringing, but it is to see who can knock out the wooden target more.

"I'll try!" Seeing their pride in whistling and galloping, Ye Zhao's heart suddenly itched, if you want to say that when you encounter such games before, you are naturally afraid of it, so as not to show your ugliness, but now you are not afraid, the marshal who can't shoot is a good marshal, and it is vividly reflected in Ye Zhao, and his soldiers, who doesn't know that the handsome horse and shooting are inferior? But who doesn't obey the handsome?

Bakshi hurriedly picked up Ye Zhao and got on the horse, loaded his carbine and handed it over, and said, "The master can try a few shots first." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "No need, just shoot and play." ”

Led by Bakshi, Ma Dayong and other guards nodded again and again, deeply agreeing.

"Drive!" Ye Zhao pinched the horse's belly hard, and the red horse galloped out, Ye Zhao immediately cried bitterly, this dead horse, how many days has not been ridden, have you forgotten that your master can't be upset?

Desperately holding the horse's belly, pulling the reins with one hand, he was afraid of turning himself upside down, this was afraid, but seeing the horse galloping in front of the grove, Ye Zhao was in a hurry, and he couldn't care about it, and raised his right hand to shoot it, and then quickly pulled the reins hard to drive the horse to slow down and run back.

But suddenly I heard the sky-shaking shout, and when I looked back, it was a wooden rake that fell in response.

"Right in the bull's-eye!" The guards who ran to re-arrange the wooden rake shouted.

"Good! Handsome and good marksmanship! Bakshi, Ma Dayong and others cheered loudly. You must know that these guards are sharpshooters, but if you can hit a target in three or four rounds, it is a very good achievement.

Ye Zhao was dizzy, knowing that his luck had always been good, who knew that he could also be able to hit the target, but it was really helpless, forget it, it would be difficult for God in the future, otherwise his reputation as a sharpshooter would be exposed sooner or later.

"Master, good marksmanship!" A shrill shout, it seemed a little out of place, Ye Zhao turned his head to look, there were two carriages parked outside the courtyard wall, one of the carriages was standing in front of Ruisi, and next to the other carriage, the golden silk was shining, the red glow was dazzling, the gorgeous red rose incense skirt with gold edge embroidered phoenix, the crystal pearl of Yonghua phoenix bun, who could be so glamorous and enchanting except for Grandma Jiner?

Ye Zhao jumped off the horse with a smile, strode over, picked up Rui Si, who had asked for a thousand invitations, and laughed: "Si'er, I miss you to death!" ”

The corners of Ruisi's eyes were a little wet, and he was warm by his master's body, at this moment, his heart was agitated, he was really for the master, and he had no regrets.

"Let's go inside and talk!" Ye Zhao took Rui Si's hand, strode towards the back door of the garden, and smiled slightly as he walked past Jin Er's grandmother: "Jin Feng, I miss you a little too." ”

Grandma Jin Er was stunned, her pretty face was slightly hot, no man had ever dared to talk to her like this. has been separated from this evil young man for more than a year, and his fear of him has gradually faded, but he still doesn't dare to talk back when he is teased by him.

Ye Zhao pulled Rui Si all the way into the side hall, and his own subordinates served tea, and then retreated, leaving only Ye Zhao, Rui Si and Jin Er's grandmother in the hall.

"Master, the Yingyi troops are in the area of Zhenhailou in Guanyin Mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The green battalion of the banner soldiers in the city of Guangzhou was disarmed, and there were probably more than 1,000 people stationed near the governor's yamen, most of whom were red-headed Ah San. In fact, the mercenaries from the Indian subcontinent are different from the Indian policemen who serve in the Shanghai Concession, and the mercenaries rarely wrap their heads in red cloth, but the title of red-headed Ah San cannot escape.

Ye Zhao sipped the tea and nodded slightly.

Rui Si said again: "Now Bai Gui, Wu Chongyao, and Liang Lunshu are almost gone, and my mother is a grandson of foreigners one by one, master, when you survey Guangzhou, the Wu family and the Liang family have copied them!" ”

The Wu family and the Liang family are all the leaders of the thirteen lines, and before the first Sino-British War, they accumulated huge wealth by relying on the acquiescence of the imperial court to monopolize foreign trade, and the Wu family, it is said that the Wu family hoarded nearly 20 million taels of silver, which is about 5 or 6 million pounds at the current exchange rate, and in Europe during the same period, there were very few rich people with a wealth of more than one million pounds, and the "mysterious" Rothschild family, according to the official historical records through the heritage records rather than the legends of the ghosts, is actually only more than two million pounds now.

Seeing Rui Si's gritted teeth, Ye Zhao smiled: "Maintaining order in Guangzhou and keeping the people from being disturbed is a good deed, why does it taste bad in your kid's mouth?" ”

Although Grandma Jin Er was there, Rui Si didn't hide it, and said with a sneer: "Master, I look at the Wu family's silver and am greedy for the master." ”

Ye Zhao glared at him: "When am I a robber?" What does it matter to me how much money someone else has? ”

Grandma Jin Er pursed her red lips tightly, for fear that her face would show something different, but when she heard Ye Zhao's words, she thought it was true, aren't you a robber?

But Ye Zhao seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, and said sideways: "Jin Feng, don't mumble in your heart, I'll borrow your silver, sooner or later I will earn it back for you with interest, and I will partner with me to do business, and I can't lose you!" ”

"I didn't think about it, being able to serve my grandfather is the blessing of Jinfeng's three lives." Grandma Jin Er is down-to-earth and generous.

Ye Zhao was slightly surprised, and glanced at her, in front of him the same year ago, but it was completely like two people, it seems that this smart woman has found a way to get along with herself.

Ye Zhaozi also knew the intention of Grandma Jiner, and said: "Wait for the iron factory first, and when the matter in Guangzhou is over, let's sum it up, maybe it will be easier to enter Foshan." "The machine has actually arrived in Hong Kong, but now is not a good time to set up a factory.

Grandma Jin Er bowed her head slightly, "The concubine understands." "She's just here to listen to a word of faith.

Rui Si thought about something, scratched his head and looked a little weird: "Master, two foreigners came from England, they just arrived a few days ago, and they lived in the Taihe. Master, what does Xiguan Invention and Inventors Club mean? ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, and said: "You don't care, tell them to wait first, I don't have time to see them now, you are like this, eat and drink well, tell them not to worry." "I didn't expect Wells to really do it, but I don't have to hope too much, it would be nice to have one or two inventions to be funded by a hundred people.

Rui Si hurriedly agreed, thought about it and said: "The slave was just outside Fushunxiang on the west street of the county seat, and saw the carriage of Li Minghan's mansion parked there, master, this matter is a little strange." ”

"Li Minghan?" Ye Zhao didn't know who it was.

Rui Si said disdainfully: "It's really a dirty ear for the master, this bastard is a businessman in Xiguan, and now he is a popular person of foreign devils, I heard that he went around to inquire about foreign devils, and his carriage came to Huacheng, master, I don't think it's a good thing, you have to be careful." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Got it." "Huacheng has always been a stronghold for gathering resistance forces, and it is not uncommon for Britain and France to send people to investigate, and I am afraid that he will not inquire.

It is estimated that the brigade will arrive in four or five days, and the Zhenwu battalion led by Shenbao will be at the forefront, and they will arrive in Huacheng in a day.

"Master, the slave has nothing to do, the slave retires!" Rui Si got up, hit a thousand, and slowly retreated. Now Rui Si doesn't know what the master thinks of Jiner's grandmother, and he wants to give the master a chance to be alone with him.

"Western factories, in fact, are they nothing? In business, it is not difficult to learn. Ye Zhao looked at Grandma Jinji with a smile. The business of the gunpowder factory is booming, and Wells has also written a letter, and there are several documents waiting for him to sign in Hong Kong, because the gunpowder factory is preparing to start an arsenal project in North America and Britain, so it is natural to ask Ye Zhao, the second shareholder, to sign and confirm, and Wells was originally going to build an arsenal in Hong Kong, sell rifles to the Taiping army and the Qing army, and make a lot of war money, but the war broke out between China and Britain and France, and the plan had to be shelved.

Grandma Jin Er nodded approvingly: "There are many workers, and the management is more cumbersome." After hesitating for a moment, he looked at Ye Zhao with charming eyes, and asked cautiously: "Is Grandpa ready to expel Britain and France from Guangzhou by force?" "The evil young man broke the Rakshasa ghost outside the gate, so that Jiner's grandmother really didn't expect it, this matter was also in the newspapers in Hong Kong, and looking at the famous generals of the Great Qing Dynasty who resisted Russia introduced in the newspapers, how could they not be associated with the evil Shao, this, how is this like a person?

Just saw the wooden rake that shot dozens of steps away in the gallop of the evil young man, and saw the wolf-like armored soldiers under his command, Jin Er's grandmother Fang Xin was even more surprised, this completely subverted his first impression of himself, this evil young man is really hidden, and his ability is really not small.

"Expulsion by force? Isn't it okay? Ye Zhao smiled, there were really few people who could discuss this kind of issue with him. Now in Huacheng, in the eyes of others, the natural mountain rain is coming, and he led the people outside the border to fight with the British and French coalition forces.

Grandma Jin Er said cautiously: "Grandpa is a hero in the world, naturally invincible, the British and the French, how can Grandpa put it in his eyes?" ”

The crispy and soft warbler cry is even more comfortable when complimenting people, and Ye Zhao has to admit that this Jiner grandmother is really useful.

"You, don't choose all the nice things to say, I know your thoughts, I'm worried that if you have a red eye with Britain and France, our iron factory will be abandoned, but there must be a distinction between public and private, right? Businessmen should also put public before private. Ye Zhao "spoke seriously", like an elder educating Jin's second grandmother.

Grandma Jiner wanted to roll her eyes, when did this evil young man become so selfless? But he had to pinch his nose and say, "Yes, Jin Feng has been taught." ”

Ye Zhao nodded with satisfaction, shook the folding fan and said, "Go back, don't worry, if the iron factory really can't be run, I will pay you back the silver." ”

Grandma Jiner was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, and said in her heart, why do you bother our Tao family, what a bastard to the extreme!

(To be continued)