[57] The scalpers began to show their glory

As soon as Yao Fan arrived outside Shilipu, he saw a group of people gathering at the edge of the town from a distance.

Yao Fan waved his hand to greet everyone and was presented, so those people rushed over from a distance in an uproar, surrounding Yao Fan and asking for warmth.

He Shicheng rushed to Yao Fan, hugged Yao Fan's arm, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "Owner! You're back! These two days have scared me to death. ”

Zhou Si also cried: "The owner, you have been wronged!" ”

Li Jun asked, "Is the owner in good health?" Did the bandits ever fight the owner? ”

Yao Fan touched He Shicheng's head, shook hands with everyone happily, and said, "I'm very good there, the horse bandits eat and sleep, and don't embarrass me." I thought that I couldn't be caught in vain, and I ate so much that I almost ate them out of poverty. ”

Everyone laughed out loud when they saw that Yao Fan was witty as usual, obviously unaffected.

Liu Jinbao wiped his tears and said: "I know that the owner is a good person with a great fortune and a great life, and God will protect him wherever he goes." The guys nodded in agreement.

Yao Fan smiled to reassure the guys, and when he saw that Fu Bo was still standing among them, he smiled and said, "Thank you Fu Bo for your rescue." ”

A hint of blush flashed on Fu Bo's scorched old face, and he said, "Yao Dongjia is a good person, where is a group of horse bandits who can break their luck." ”

Yao Fan was silent, smiled and nodded.

Fu Bo said again: "My son-in-law is waiting for your news in the town, you go and report your safety." ”

Yao Fan agreed, and took He Shicheng into Shili Fort.

It turned out that the Li family borrowed a courtyard from a landlord surnamed Wang in Shilipu Town, and temporarily placed it here, and the outside of the courtyard also temporarily built an awning with bamboo and oilcloth curtains, and the inside and periphery were full of Li family's family with knives.

Hearing the report from the next person that Yao Fan was released by the horse bandits who took the ransom, Li Jingshu ran out like a fly, and when he was more than 30 meters away, he shouted to Yao Fan with a roar: "Brother Yao! Brother Yao! ”

Yao Fan was also very moved, Pingshui met each other, and this Li family kid was also quite humane.

The two approached and hurriedly saluted each other, and then Yao Fan and he entered the courtyard rented by the Li family, and met the three brothers of the Li family together.

The three of them sat down around a simple round table, and Yao Fan saw that Li Jingxuan's eyes were red, as if he had cried.

Li Jingfang sat next to Yao Fan, held Yao Fan's hand excitedly and said, "Brother Yao, you're back!" It's really auspicious! You can rest assured! I'll help you out with this breath!

That Wei County knows Zheng Tingguo, and he is really incompetent! The restraint place is so ineffective, allowing horse bandits to run rampant, it is simply eating the bear's heart and leopard's gall, and it is even robbed on the official road in broad daylight! When I get to Jinan, I will definitely find Ding Baozhen to sue him! ”

Li Jingshu said apologetically: "My eldest brother originally wanted to send someone to disperse those horse bandits, but who expected that these people would intercept Brother Yao, which really made my brothers anxious, and now Brother Yao has come back safely, which can be regarded as making my brother's heart stable." ”

Fu Bo interjected: "If the Yao Dong family wants to blame, blame me, an old immortal, I am really old and stupid, not only ran away from the horse bandits, but also taught the Yao Dong family to suffer." ”

Yao Fan said: "What kind of horse bandits, it's just a group of traders in the rivers and lakes, one hand to pay money and the other hand to people, nothing to frighten, uncle, don't take it to heart, this kind of thing, as long as it is a person who goes out to buy and sell, which one has not been robbed." ”

Fu Bo saw that Yao Fan was not surprised, and he was tolerant and generous, and he admired it very much, and said: "After Yao Dong's family was kidnapped, my son-in-law planned to report to the official, but I thought about the old thing, there are not many people in this gang of horse bandits, only thirty or fifty people are to blame, and they kidnap people just to ask for money. Sure enough, the bandits sent someone to negotiate the ransom that night. ”

Yao Fan got up and said: "Fortunately, the old man has rich experience to save my Yao Fan's life, Yao Fan has thanked you here!" ”

was praised by Yao Fan in front of the three boys of the Li family, Fu Bo was very proud, and hurriedly helped Yao Fan up, and asked: "I saw that Yao Dong's car was loaded with a lot of crossbows, it's a pity, if it weren't for the sorghum fields on both sides of the official road, I would have been able to guard against it earlier, and those bandits who shot turned over on their backs." ”

Yao Fan hurriedly covered up: "Those are not military crossbows, they are Western hunting crossbows, which were made by my factory and sold to the royal families of the Taixi countries for hunting." ”

Fu Bo said: "I asked your family He Shicheng to try it for me, and the crossbow is one stone away, which is really stronger than the one used in my Qing army." There is no cow tendon on it, it is actually a steel string! The mechanism everywhere is also made of stainless steel, and the best thing is that it is actually a pedal winding, instead of the hand-cranked handle that ordinary crossbow machines rely on, and it can be folded, which is really a good guy in a million. It's just that the crossbow bolt has no barbs, only a steel cone, which seems to be used for hunting. ”

Yao Fan glanced at the three members of the Li family and said with a smile: "Since Fu Bo likes it, I will give you a handful." This crossbow used to be used exclusively for the royal nobles of foreigners to hunt, and a pair was worth more than a thousand taels of silver. ”

Fu Bo said: "I can't afford such a baby, besides, this is a taboo thing, Yao Dongjia must not take it out in front of others in the future, just hunt and enjoy it by yourself." ”

Li Jingfang said calmly: "It turns out that Brother Yao's family still has such a divine weapon as a factory system overseas. ”

Yao Fan smiled and disguised: "My family's various factories in Taixi are all making high-end objects, and this folding steel crossbow is just one of them. ”

Li Jingshu asked, "Why do foreigners trust Brother Yao's family?" Are you willing to rest assured to hand over such good royal utensils to your family? ”

Yao Fan said with a smile: "This all depends on relationships, and my family spends no less than 100,000 yuan on dredging relationships every year, so that we can win the royal orders of foreigners."

Besides, although this crossbow machine is made by my factory, it is actually assembled, the steel string is customized from the Toulouse Marine Steel Cable Factory in France, the pivot is customized by the Royal Iron Factory, and the rest of the components are also purchased from many famous factories in Taixi, and then the craftsmen with excellent craftsmanship are carefully polished and made zuò, which can be made.

Because all parts are purchased from foreigners, foreigners are not taboo. ”

Li Jingfang suddenly realized, glanced at Fu Bo, and nodded. They also don't believe that Yao Fan can make weapons privately from head to toe.

Fu Bo said: "The steel mouth of this crossbow machine, and the steel mouth of the bicycle, two are not inferior to my Daqing knives and guns of hundreds of steel." “

Li Jingfang asked: "Brother Yao, could it be that your family can get these good steels?" ”

Yao Fan condensed and said, "Brother Li has a factory at home? If you want, whether it's gun steel or marine steel, I can purchase it on your behalf. I promise, you go to the foreigner yourself, and the foreigner will not sell it. ”

Li Jingfang thought for a while, and said in his heart that this Yao Fan is really a good helper, and if his father can't buy it from foreigners in the future, he can secretly get some genuine things from the foreigners.

When Yao Fan said this, his mind turned, and suddenly a bold idea popped up in his mind, so he said to Li Jingfang: "I heard that in 1862, that is, the year of Tongzhi, the imperial court entrusted the British ne1son, who was then the director of taxation, oh, by the way, this person's Chinese name is Li Tai, and he ordered 7 military ships from the United Kingdom.

Later, due to the increase in shipbuilding costs, the British Aspen hired 6oo foreign sailors to occupy the ship and refused to get off, and did not let the Chinese sailors get on the ship, intending to control the power of the Chinese navy. The British minister said that if he did not agree with the British to control the ships, he would not hand them over. Later, in 1863, in a fit of rage, Lord Lee returned the ship to England, and the British sailed the ship back to China for auction.

It is said that the imperial court not only did not receive compensation, but lost 382,000 taels before and after, but is there such a thing? ”

Li Jingfang was stunned, and said in his heart, "He also knows about such a national event, well, such a shameful thing, presumably foreigners have spread this matter all over the world." ”

Fu Bo said with indignation: "Yao Dongjia heard about it in Taixi, right? Not bad! It is true that there is such a thing, but Lord Li is loyal to the country! This is done without deviation! ”

Li Jingfang waved his hand at Fu Bo, so Fu Bo stopped talking.

Li Jingfang said: "Yes, the British deceive people too much!" The ships I bought in the Great Qing Kingdom were actually held hostage by them, and the navy was in the hands of men, wouldn't it become a vassal state of Britain? Such a great shame and humiliation, I can't bear it! ”

Yao Fan said lightly: "After those wooden-hulled boats were towed back to the UK, I also went on board to see them, but they were just some British garbage." The largest 'Jiangsu ship' has a displacement of 126o tons, 3oo horsepower, 12 knots, two 68-pound front-loading cannons, and four 18-pound front-loading cannons.

The rest have a displacement of 67o tons for the 'Beijing ship', a 'Chinese ship' with a displacement of 669 tons, a 'Guangdong ship' with a displacement of 552 tons, a 'Tianjin ship' with a displacement of 445 tons, and the rest are all with a displacement of more than 300 tons.

Don't want to have such seven pieces of garbage. ”

Li Jingfang's eyes gradually widened, and when he heard Yao Fan's tone, he immediately touched it and asked, "Can Brother Yao buy a better boat?" ”

Yao Fan said: "Not only can it be bought, but it is also an ironclad ship, not a wooden-hulled ship, driven by a pure steam engine, without sails, sailing about 15 knots, with a displacement of about 25oo tons, equipped with 1o to 16 guns, and a range of more than 3 miles." ”

Li Jingfang said excitedly: "I worked hard in the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Office of the Qing Dynasty to build a 'Yangwu' cruiser with wooden shells and sails, with a displacement of 1,393 tons, and it is only 15 knots downwind!" It was loaded with 13 British breech guns and cost 254,000 taels of silver! Brother Yao, how much is the boat? ”

Yao Fan blinked and said, "I estimate that it is only fifteen thousand taels of gold?" But that's ironclad! You don't need sails, you just need to burn coal! ”

Li Jingfang made a rough calculation, exactly 250,000 taels of silver, and said happily: "Brother Yao, don't spread this matter, when you get to Jinan, I will introduce someone to you!" ”

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