370 Settle the British
Lin Fei thought to himself, you corrupt officials must have a lot of treasures in your hands, and these treasures are also tyrannical things left in your hands, so it is better to get them to my museum, so Lin Fei smiled and said, "There must be some treasures in your mansion, right?" ”
Bian Baoquan said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, contemptible people don't like gold, silver and jade, they only like Mobao calligraphy and painting, and I have a lot of authentic masterpieces." ”
Lin Fei said with a smile: "Okay, prepare ten pieces for me, you immediately send someone back to Fuzhou to arrange, you don't need to send it to Xiamen, just let people send a ship from Fuzhou and go to Keelung, Taiwan, where my people will receive it." ”
Bian Baoquan hesitated for a while, and then said, "No question", Lin Fei continued: "Next is that incident, the incident I told you last time." ”
Bian Baoquan thought for a long time and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, I don't remember what you said." ”
It seems that Xiyun is really right, it is useless to give this Bian Baoquan benefits, he doesn't even remember anything about himself, Lin Fei had to repeat the matter of recruiting craftsmen to Xiamen, Bian Baoquan heartily agreed, this time he didn't even hesitate at all, for these Qing court officials, the national interest is a fart, and personal interests are the most important.
Lin Fei saw that Bian Baoquan agreed so happily, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "Not only this time, but when my Huaxia Labor Service Company recruits talents in the future, I also hope that you can help, you can rest assured, the benefits are indispensable to you." ”
Bian Baoquan first agreed, and then said: "Mr. Lin Fei, let's talk about the ugly things in front, if you can't handle the British consul well, then I won't agree to your matter." ”
Lin Fei said with a smile: "Don't worry, as soon as the British consul comes, you will send someone to find me, and I promise to deal with the British." ”
After Lin Fei and Bian Baoquan finished speaking, they came out of the Daotai Yamen, returned to the post house, and first went to see the young woman, the young woman's name was "Mei Niang", Xiyun gave her a medicine for the injury, and was chatting with her, although Mei Niang gave birth to two children, she was only twenty years old this year, as old as Ling Xue, only five years older than Xiyun, and she could also chat with Xiyun.
The young woman's two children had a lot of fun with Zhenqing, both of them were younger than Zhenqing, and Zhenqing looked like a child king in front of them.
When Xiyun saw Lin Fei coming back, he pulled Lin Fei out and begged, "Your Majesty, I want to ask you for two things. ”
Lin Fei nodded, and Xiyun whispered: "Your Majesty, Daddy is still in the prime of life, and Mom has passed away, Daddy is not easy to be alone, should I find him a ......?"
I didn't expect Xiyun to be such a girl who thought about others so much, and she actually thought about continuing the strings for her father, smiled lightly, and said, "Yes." ”
Xiyun gestured to the young woman in the room with her eyes, "I think she is quite good, she is beautiful, gentle and considerate." ”
Lin Fei shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "I don't care about this, it depends on your father and her thoughts." ”
Xiyun said "Okay", then lowered his head and said nothing, Lin Fei asked, "What's the next thing?" ”
Xiyun didn't speak, moved his feet, Lin Fei looked down at her feet, and asked, "What's wrong with your feet?" ”
Xiyun said hesitantly: "I heard that in Huaxia Kingdom, girls don't wrap their feet, and I don't want to wrap them, but I'm afraid that my father won't let me, can you help me talk to him?" ”
Lin Fei smiled and said, "No problem, you go and let go of your feet now, if Mr. Zhenbing scolds you, let him come to me." ”
Xiyun went happily, and the time soon came in the evening, and a soldier came to Lin Fei and said, "Your Majesty, Bian Baoquan invites you to come over and say that the British consul is here." ”
Lin Fei immediately got up and came to the Daotai Yamen, and was picked up by Bian Baoquan's close attendant from the corner door, Bian Baoquan was scratching his ears and cheeks in the study, and when he saw Lin Fei coming, he hurriedly came over and said: "Mr. Suterres, the British Consul General in Xiamen, is already waiting in the living room, what should I do?" ”
Lin Fei smiled and said, "You go to see him first, and I'll listen to the truth in the room next to the living room." ”
Bian Baoquan agreed to come down and took Lin Fei to the room on the edge of the living room, Lin Fei walked in, Bian Baoquan entered the living room to see Suterres, Lin Fei looked at the two through the window screen, and saw that Sutres was a tall and fat man, fifty years old, without a single hair, and his face was fierce.
Bian Baoquan smiled and said, "Mr. Sutres, I'm really sorry, I'm too late for official business." ”
Suterres snorted coldly, "Lord Bian Baoquan, I've been waiting for you for twenty minutes... This is a record of my waiting, and when I go to Siam, Burma, etc., the king has not made me wait so long. ”
Bian Baoquan's legs trembled slightly, and he apologized repeatedly, Sutres waved his hand, and Bian Baoquan hurriedly shut up, more obedient than his grandson.
Sutres reached into his briefcase and said while taking the text out: "The Gutian lesson plan has just happened for a year, and now there is a lesson plan in Xiamen, so it's hard to explain it to the top." ”
The beads of sweat on Bian Baoquan's forehead came down, and he smiled forcefully: "Yes, yes, yes, I will do my best to deal with this matter properly......
Lin Fei listened to Suterres's words on the side, and knew his off-string sound well, Sutres said this, which was nothing more than putting pressure on Bian Baoquan to agree to his conditions.
After Sutres finished speaking, he took out a pile of texts, he put them on the table, picked up a copy and said: "Regarding the Xiamen lesson plan, we, the British Empire, put forward the following requirements, first, severely punish the murderers, all Qing citizens who have participated in insulting the clergy of the British Empire, regardless of the master and slave, will be beheaded, and the British Empire will appoint a special person to supervise the punishment. ”
"Second, the Qing State compensated the British Empire with three million taels of silver, and allowed the church to form its own arms, with the church as the center, and a certain number of land with a radius of size and circle, which was listed as the church's leased land, and without the approval of the clergy of the church, no Qing citizen was allowed to enter without permission, and those who entered without permission could be killed."
Third, the Qing State compensated 10,000 taels of silver for the theft of the church in Dongxi Village, Xiamen, and paid another 200,000 taels for condolence silver. These are the three articles, we can discuss the specific terms again, you Qing Guo just agree, if not, our newly established Far East Fleet will have to go north to Xiamen and discuss with you in person. ”
If Bian Baoquan agreed to these terms, the officials who had a holiday with him would definitely not be able to spare him, if he didn't agree, and he didn't have the courage to confront the British Far East Fleet, Bian Baoquan took out a handkerchief and wiped his cold sweat, and looked helplessly at the room where Lin Fei was, Suterres was very strange, looked at the room where Lin Fei was and asked, "What do you see in that room?" ”
Lin Fei sneered, stretched out his hand to push the door open, and walked out, Sutres suddenly exclaimed, stood up, Lin Fei walked up to Sutres, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Hello Mr. Sutres, I am Lin Fei, the emperor of the Chinese Empire." ”
"You are Lin Fei?" Suterres exclaimed suddenly, "Why are you here?" ”
Lin Fei said with a smile: "I'm here to talk to Lord Bian about things, but I happened to meet you, what I want to tell you is that our Chinese Empire will not watch your Far East Fleet go north to Xiamen." ”
Suterres looked angry, "Mr. Lin Fei, what do you mean by this?" Do you want to fight our British Empire by force? ”
Lin Fei said solemnly: "Xiamen is far away from the location of our Huaxia Labor Service Company...... Kinmen Island, only 18 nautical miles, Xiamen war, will inevitably affect Kinmen Island, Xiamen and Kinmen, is the most important channel for our Chinese Empire to import labor personnel from the Qing State, we must ensure the peace and stability of Xiamen. ”
Suterres sneered: "As far as I know, your Huaxia Fleet is not the opponent of our Far Eastern Fleet. ”
Lin Fei suddenly laughed, "That's right, our Huaxia Fleet is indeed not the opponent of your Far East Fleet, but your country will not go to war with our Huaxia just because of ten hooligans." ”
Sutres frowned, "The ten missionaries are all our best clergy, how do you say they are scoundrels?" ”
"You don't have to act with me, I feel the details of the ten missionaries, I feel it clearly, let's talk about the leader Baldley, he is a pimp in the country, he can't even do baptism, he hasn't read the Bible, and when he goes to China, he has become a servant of God, a noble priest, don't you think it's funny?"
Sutres knew the details of the ten missionaries well, and he couldn't pull back his cheeks to refute Lin Fei, so he said: "No matter what their identities are, they have always been insulted in the Qing Kingdom, and the British Empire will never stand idly by in this matter. ”
Lin Fei said with a smile: "I have already thought of a solution for your country, and for each insulted missionary, I will compensate one hundred taels of silver." After Lin Fei finished saying this, he didn't say it anymore, Sutres was still waiting for Lin Fei to continue, but when he heard Lin Fei no longer speak, he suddenly became angry and said, "That's it?" ”
Lin Fei smiled: "Oh, it's not over yet, I'll let Master Bian continue to investigate the real murderer." ”
Suterres was furious, "Their mob of Qing has insulted the priest of our British Empire, is it only a thousand taels of silver?" ”
Lin Fei sighed lightly and said: "If you see it, you can accept it, your ten priests have not changed their ways in the Qing Kingdom, and I can't count the bad things they have done, including even such major events as raping women and forcing people to die. This matter has not been reported by the Bian adults, and no one knows about it, so you British Empire government should not hold on to it, we will turn the big things into small things, and the small things will be turned into small things, and this matter will be forgotten. ”
Suterres was silent, Lin Fei was right, the British government could not help but consider the dignity and dignity of the country, he originally planned to use the might of the British Empire to deter Bian Baoquan into submission, but Lin Fei stood up and said conclusively that he would not watch Britain use force to deter Xiamen, and his deterrence plan suddenly came to naught.
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