On the vast sea outside Guangzhou Bay, a 1,000-ton sailing ship is sailing with full sails and full horsepower, sailing with all its strength from the southwest to Hong Kong in the northeast.

Judging from the flag, this is undoubtedly a British ship, but on the deck, dozens of crew members are oriental faces, and their yellow faces clearly indicate their identity.

The ship is a pressure mountain large, registered in Hong Kong, and is nominally owned by the British, but in fact all the crew members, along with the captain and owner, are Chinese.

Of course, Guo Ganzhang may no longer consider himself Chinese. He's trying to be British.

This wealthy Hong Kong businessman, also known as Guo Yaxiang, became rich by relying on comprador and shipping industry, and was praised by later generations of Hong Kong people as "the first generation of Chinese ship kings in Hong Kong". People who don't know the history of this person's family will feel very inspirational and proud when they hear it.

But in reality? A bunch of rotten shit!

That is, 'Hong Kong people', will so respect this person who only talks about money, only talks about reality, and leaves behind all the courtesy, righteousness, honesty, and national integrity, and will worship a lackey so much!

Guo Ganzhang was born in Xiangshan, Guangdong. During the Opium War, Kwok delivered food and water to the British army, and later settled in Hong Kong, where he was hired as a comprador by the Hong Kong branch of the Iron Company in 1845. In 1852, Guo Ganzhang established a dockyard in Hongqiao, Shanghai, to repair foreign ships, and in 1854, he purchased some machinery from the Iron Company! Engineering plants and shipyards. There is no need to say what he did during the Raven War. Anyway, Kwok Kam Cheung later established Fat Hing Hong to operate passenger ferry services between Hong Kong and Guangzhou. In the 70s, Kwok expanded his business to real estate and other industries.

If the wheel of history continues to sail according to its original trajectory. In the first year after entering the 80s of the 19th century, Kwok would become the person who paid the most rates to the British government in Hong Kong that year. This category envelops foreigners.

The Alexander is a cargo ship secretly placed by Guo Ganzhang. Between India and Hong Kong. Nominally, it was a cargo ship that carried tea, raw silk, cotton, and other commodities as its main source of goods, but in fact the entrainment of opium was the most important source of profit for the ship.

The new Qin military government has issued a smoking ban. Opium and film traffickers. Once caught, both Chinese and foreign, will be severely punished. But there are so many addicts in China, especially in the northern Manchu-controlled territories, opium is a valuable hard currency.

Therefore, the more closely Liu Xian's side investigates, the higher the profit of this opium.

What Marx said: If there is 100% profit, the capitalists will take risks; If there is a 200% profit, the capitalists will flout the law; If there is a 300% profit. Then the capitalists will trample on the world! How profound!

Now China's opium trade, that's it.

The new Qin military government is not the Red Dynasty 70 years later, the powerful autocratic iron fist can sweep away the 'pornography, gambling and drugs' within three months, and restore the land of China to an unprecedented purity.

Therefore, bringing opium to Hong Kong and then transporting it to Guangzhou, little by little, is the greater interest of the opium dealers. Far more profitable than transporting opium to the north.

Guo Ganzhang stands to reason that just the legitimate business has already made a lot of money. But money is obsessed, and money is obsessed. He also went into the water with people. Moreover, Guo Ganzhang, who has a shipyard and a steamship company under his command, is more convenient to do this, and has enough manpower.

However, he kept the ownership of the Alexander very secretive. And because this ship has only run back and forth from India to Hong Kong until now, it is not known to outsiders at all. So no one knew that he was the owner of the ship behind it.

"Mazu bless, bless Anan not to touch the water rat."

Seeing that it is not far from Hong Kong, the tension in Captain Wu Haonan's heart has not disappeared at all. The customs inspection brigade of the new Qin military government. The inspection boats, which were only about 100 tons, but ran very fast. It's a ghost gate in front of them.

Wu Haonan prayed to Mazu Niangniang, as long as he didn't run into a water mouse. When he arrived in Hong Kong, he must have made a vow in the Tianhou Temple.

"The rotten Qin who hit the street will die early and end soon. Only then can everyone have a good life. "'The meaty-faced crew said indignantly.

"Aaron, don't say that. Great Qin is now the imperial court. There will be trouble if people hear it. ”

The workers' union at the Hong Kong terminal seems to be very sympathetic to the new Qin junta.

Kwok Ganzhang's strength in Hong Kong is not small, but compared with the entire workers' union, it is not worth mentioning.

On the bow of the boat, a middle-aged man in his thirties with a thin figure said uneasily.

This man was the bookkeeper on the Alexander, who was in charge of the accounts. So the body is thinner!

"What court, they are traitors. What are you afraid of, we are the ships of the British Empire, even if the thief army encounters it, what can we do? The meat-faced crew said nonchalantly, with a strong hatred in his words.

This man had a brother of the same clan who was in the New Army of Guangdong, but was killed by the Qin army. Therefore, he is full of hatred for the Qin army, and has always called Xin Qin 'rebellious'.

Seeing the hideousness on this guy's face, the account office immediately shut up. This guy still has pigtails on the back of his head! But for some reason, he was a little uneasy in his heart, and he always had a premonition that something would happen today, but he knew that he was idle on this ship, but he had no rights. I had to bow my head and silently chant, 'Mazu bless.' Mazu bless'.

The account office is really afraid of something, what is coming. A puff of black smoke rose in the distance, followed by the faint sound of a whistle. Soon, an inspection boat emitting black smoke and flying the red flag of the Qin army approached the Pressure Mountain Large.

It was a small wooden-hulled gunboat, no more than 200 tons in size. It was equipped with only a three-inch breech gun, plus a few heavy machine guns, and the total number of men did not exceed forty. In terms of firepower, it is much weaker than the Alexander.

But the red flag fluttering on the mast indicates the power behind them!

Even the British, who dominate the seven seas, do not dare to ignore this force at this time.

"Stop the ship and check!" When the two sides approached about a mile, the Qin sailors on the inspection boat sent flags.

"Sail down, stop the boat." Wu Haonan has a ghost in his heart, so he really doesn't want to stop. But he knew that this was Guangzhou Bay, and as soon as the cannon sounded, the Qin gunboats would kill them immediately. Even if they rushed to Hong Kong before the arrival of the Xinqin gunboats, the British government in Hong Kong would hand over their ships and men. When he was in Singapore, he received a telegram from the big boss behind him, saying that the British were talking to Xin Qin about the New Territories and that the two sides had signed an extradition agreement. If you make an accident in Guangdong in the future, you will be fine if you want to hide in Hong Kong, but there is no cheapness.

So after hesitating, he still accepted the order sent by Qin Jun. At this moment, he could only pray that he had hidden the opium enough. Qin Jun inspectors can't find it!

As the two ships approached, a dozen or so Qin soldiers climbed up to the Pressure Mountain by rope, and at first glance they saw the braids on the head of the meaty crew. The leading officer couldn't help but be stunned, and then a trace of anger flashed on his face, at this time, in the area ruled by the Qin army, especially in Guangzhou, which is an acre and three points of land, it is almost impossible to see the braids, I didn't expect that there were still people on the ship with this kind of braids that represent the Manchu Dynasty.

"Who are you, and why do people still have braids on their heads? Don't know the decree of the junta?

The meaty-faced crew member was not a little afraid, and replied to the Qin officers and soldiers very proudly: "I am a subject under the rule of the British Empire, and I am not under the control of your King Qin, and the decree of the military government is of no use to me!" ”

"Bold, dare to be disrespectful to the military government and the king!" The officers and soldiers of Qin were immediately furious, and the rifles and pistols in their hands were raised in an instant and aimed at the crew.

For the officers and men of the Qin army, maintaining the majesty of the military government and the majesty of Liu Xian is a discipline engraved in their bones.

If this crew member with pigtails just said that he was a 'British', how could the officers and soldiers of Qin really not be able to do it. But now his rhetoric has involved 'insulting' the junta, which is tantamount to giving Qin officers and soldiers a strong excuse.

Being pointed at by more than a dozen black hole guns, the crew couldn't help but feel numb in their heads. However, in his opinion, these Qin soldiers were just scaring him, and they would never dare to really do anything to him, and they snorted contemptuously

This attitude of the crew completely angered the Qin army, and the officer who took the lead glanced at the soldiers behind him, and one of them smashed the crew with the butt of his gun, "Take away!" ”

"You dare! This is a ship of the British Empire, and I am a citizen of the British Empire, a citizen under the protection of the British Empire. You have no right to arrest me! At this time, the crew knew that they were scared and shouted. But it works there!

"British Empire, this is Xinqin. It is China's territory. Regarding the shouting of the crew, the officers and soldiers of Qin all showed disapproving expressions on their faces. The King of Qin is not Xianfeng, the new Qin is not the Manchu Qing, and the foreigner Qin army has not fought once or twice, so why be afraid!?

Wu Haonan looked at the captured crew members and didn't move. Catch it, this one catch, this group of soldiers will not have the heart to check the ship. The entrained opium is not in danger of being exposed. Compared to the silver dollar of the white flower, what is it to capture a crew member! It's a big deal, and I'll get it back tomorrow.

Wu Haonan is a veteran of running the sea, and his family has already settled in Hong Kong.

Although the Qin army only raised troops in the past six months, he could clearly see the difference between them.

When the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in power, the Guangdong Customs took opium and tablets, which was called Lisuo. But since the two Guang fell into the hands of the Qin army a few years ago, the crow. The film becomes a thing that kills people.

As long as they are caught, no matter what the origin is, the Qin army is ruthless.

In the past four or five months from the past year to the present, it is impossible to count how many opium and chip dealers and second-hand dealers have been killed in Guangzhou City, and how many followers and thugs have been re-educated through labor.

Wu Haonan only knew that the Qin army had specially established a construction corps for this purpose.

Think about the fact that there are more than 10,000 people in one brigade of the Qin army. As soon as I heard about it, I knew that the 'corps' was a more advanced structure, so how many people should be crammed in. And Wu Haonan himself, as long as he is caught, he will not even have a chance to enter the Construction Corps! (To be continued......) R1292