Xiong Siyuan was born on the side of the Jialing River, and learned to swim in the Qujiang River, although he was only in his twenties, but he had been mixed on the water for more than ten years, and in the past few years, because there was no harvest in the field, he pulled a group of brothers to start a business on the river.

Qujiang Tai Sui is famous, which also attracted the attention of the Qing army's water divisions, and he went to his lair several times to encircle and suppress, which made him unable to stay in Qujiang at all, so he led his subordinates to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to develop.

"Brothers, move all the goods off the merchant ship, move them quickly!" Xiong Siyuan was very satisfied with the results of this robbery, five merchant ships, which had never encountered such a fat sheep on the Qujiang River!

"Big brother, this shipowner wants to see you, and he wants to give you a large sum of silver!" A little Luo Luo brought a rich businessman to see Xiong Siyuan.

"How many times have I told you, we only rob, we don't tie up tickets, and we will release them soon!" Xiong Siyuan was not interested in these shipowners who kept saying that they wanted to redeem their goods, he had been fooled before, and what he was waiting for was not silver, but guns of officers and soldiers.

The rich merchant sneered and said: "This good man, these goods are all ordered by the imperial court, and the villain is also mixed to eat, I am willing to pay the silver, I just ask the good man to let go of these goods, so that the small one can have an explanation." ”

I heard that it was the goods of the court officials, Xiong Siyuan smiled and said: "Other people are okay to say, but this court official can't do it, the brothers hate the court officials the most, I left the goods, you can drive away on the boat, Lao Tzu is Qujiang Tai Sui, the official wants to take revenge, let him come to me!" ”

The rich businessman was helpless, so he could only tell the truth: "I have also heard of the reputation of Qujiang Taisui. That's a living bodhisattva, and it never hurts people's lives! Hero, you just listen to my advice. You can't afford to offend this big official, he is the famous Zeng who shaved his head. Killing people like hemp, and there are many sailors under his command to serve their lives! ”

Hearing the increase in shaving his head, Xiong Siyuan finally got serious and asked his subordinates carrying the box: "Brothers! Open all the boxes and see what's inside! ”

"Ahh Eldest brother! It's a musket! It's all muskets! ”

Xiong Siyuan pushed away the rich merchant, took out a musket from the box, and exclaimed, "Why are these boxes all muskets!" ”

One by one, the boxes were opened, and the guns were neatly placed inside.

"Big brother, there are three hundred boxes in total. Ten guns per box, a total of 2,000 guns! ”

Xiong Siyuan scolded: "You can't count it as Lao Tzu!" Three hundred boxes, obviously 3,000, how can it be 2,000, next time be smart! ”

"Big brother, there are still a hundred boxes of this." One of the bandits picked up a bullet and showed Xiong Siyuan.

Seeing that the matter was exposed, the rich businessman hurriedly said: "These are the lifeblood of the Hunan army, if you rob these foreign guns, Zeng Dashuai will not let you go!" ”

"Big brother...... Oh no...... The officers and soldiers are coming. There are a lot of officers and soldiers, and there are boats on the river, at least tens of thousands of people! ”

Xiong Siyuan heard that tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were coming from behind, so he hurriedly ordered: "Quickly cover the box." Stop the ship and stay still, and then escort the people on the merchant ship to the cabin, and kill whoever dares to make a noise! ”

"General Qiyu. There are several merchant ships ahead, do you want to get on board and check! A sailor in charge of the lookout asked the division commander Wang Gang loudly.

Wang Gang considered the safety of the King of Han. To the left and right, he commanded: "Hold them aside, and do not obstruct the passage of the army." Send a team of sergeants on board to check! ”

"Obey!"

"Don't worry, it's the navy of the Han Kingdom, they won't mess around!" Xiong Siyuan looked at the approaching warship and relieved himself, and his brothers on the boat were trembling with trembling legs.

Wang Gang jumped onto the pirate ship beautifully and asked everyone, "Who are you?" Why here? ”

Xiong Siyuan watched the brothers being pointed at the muskets, Xiong Siyuan trotted over and said with a sneer: "Xiaomin greets the general, Xiaomin is a businessman, and the general atonements." ”

Wang Gang pointed to the box on the ship and asked, "What is inside?" ”

Xiong Siyuan turned around a few times and replied: "To transport these goods, Xiaomin is entrusted by others. I don't know what's in the tunnel? ”

Wang Gang waved at the two soldiers and said, "Open it and take a look!" ”

"The division commander is all foreign guns, exactly the same as the one we use!"

Wang Gang sneered at Xiong Siyuan: "You better go with me!" ”

Xiong Siyuan looked at the foreign gun that was getting closer, and sneered: "It should be, it should be!" The general, please lead the way, and the small ones will follow. ”

Tang Zhengcai listened to Wang Gang's report, did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported to Li Yunzhong.

"What! The ships are full of muskets! There are more than 2,000 of them! Li Yunzhong secretly wondered who would have such a big hand, Qing Army? Or the Taipings? "Bring the relevant people and others, and I will inquire about it myself."

Although Xiong Siyuan didn't know who Li Yunzhong was, when he saw that the people in luxurious official uniforms on both sides were all sitting under him, he knew that the identity of this person was not simple. Immediately kowtowed to Li Yunzhong and said:

"Xiaomin Xiong Siyuan came to see all the adults, I don't know what the adults told Xiaomin to get on the boat."

Li Yunzhong asked, "All the foreign guns on the ship are yours?" ”

Xiong Siyuan dared to say yes, hurriedly shook his head and denied it, and said: "These are not Xiaomin's, the owner of the gun is still on Xiaomin's boat, he helped the Hunan army shave his head." ”

Jiao Liang, Li Desheng and others were filled with righteous indignation and scolded one after another:

"This kind of rival businessman should stand up."

"These foreign guns must have been bought from foreigners!"

"That dog thief from Zeng Guofan also bought a foreign gun!"

"It seems that passing ships should be strictly inspected in the future, otherwise the Hunan army will buy foreign guns and cannons, and the consequences will be unimaginable."

The generals on both sides also spoke out one after another, and they were very wary of the merchants transporting firearms for Zeng Guofan.

Li Desheng scolded Xiong Siyuan: "Bold Xiaomin, when you see the King of Han, you still summoned it truthfully!" ”

Xiong Siyuan looked up at Li Yunzhong and said excitedly: "Xiaomin knocked to see the King of Han, Xiaomin has always wanted to defect to the Han Dynasty, but unfortunately no one recommended him, Xiaomin is begging for a living on the river, and there are more than 2,000 people under him, who are willing to join the Han Dynasty Sailor and ask the King of Han to complete it." ”

Li Yunzhong suddenly realized: "You robbed these foreign guns!" ”

"Yes, these muskets were just stolen by the min, and the owner is still on the minmin's boat." Xiong Siyuan replied respectfully.

Li Yunzhong said with a smile: "Even if you have made a contribution to the Han Dynasty, you will become a regiment commander in the navy!" ”

Although Xiong Siyuan didn't know what kind of official the head of the Dao Dao was, he still kowtowed and thanked: "Xiaomin thank Your Highness Longen!" ”

Li Yunzhong said to Hu Yihuang: "I didn't expect that this Zeng Guofan bought so many foreign guns for me, I'm afraid it will cost 200,000 taels of silver, and these muskets will be left in Anhui and distributed by you." ”

Hu Yihuang thanked him: "Thank you, Your Highness, there is Anqing in front, and Weichen will immediately send someone to transport it to the city." (To be continued......)

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