Wu Jianzhang looked at his ugliness and sneered: "Foreigners are also unprofitable, and they are not willing to help us for no reason, if we ......"

Li Huansong: "If anything, just say it." ”

Wu Jianzhang: "If the tariff is used as a guarantee, the foreigners may send troops to help us defend the city." ”

Li Huan Song looked at Changgui and said suspiciously: "This ...... Tariffs are not up to you and me to decide, but we still have to ask the emperor. ”

"Please tell the court? Isn't it too late! The three of us are now vouching, and when the court investigates it, it will say that we were forced by foreigners. Wu Jianzhang said bewildermently

Changgui said to himself: "It is better to fall into the hands of foreigners than in the hands of shorthairs, and it is better to be a slave than a friend." ”

Seeing that they agreed, Wu Jianzhang smiled proudly, took out the prepared documents, and the three of them drew their own charges, "Then the lower official will take it to the foreigners to borrow troops?" ”

Liu Lichuan saw Wu Jianzhang rushing out, and wondered: "Now that the short-haired city is besieging the city, why are you excited?" ”

Wu Jianzhang took out the paperwork, pointed at it and said with a smile: "What is the short hair, with this, I can earn millions of taels of silver, besides, I have made such a great contribution to foreigners, they will definitely protect me!" ”

Liu Lichuan said: "Can such a small piece of paper be worth millions of taels? Could it be a huge silver ticket? Is there a money bank in the world that can be exchanged for millions of taels? Worried that Wu Jianzhang would be deceived, he persuaded: "My lord, you better be careful!" So as not to be deceived? ”

Wu Jianzhang also wanted to talk to someone, and said, "Deceived? Don't underestimate it, I won't have to pay taxes on purchases and shipments at Shanghai ports in the future! Millions of taels accumulate over time! With it, foreigners don't have to pay taxes to the Qing Dynasty to do business, and they can do whatever they want! Millions of taels? More than a few trillions! ”

Liu Lichuan was surprised: "Isn't this killing chickens and taking eggs!" The foreigners are the most unreasonable, even if the Qing Dynasty does not admit this matter in the future, the foreigners will definitely be unreasonable, and the time will ...... There are endless troubles! My lord, you can't give it to a foreigner. ”

Wu Jianzhang scolded: "Presumptuous, Liu Lichuan, Liu Lichuan!" Don't forget your identity, I took you in for the sake of my fellow villagers and gave you an errand, and now you dare to reprimand me? Believe it or not, I'll send you away immediately! Leaving you on the streets. ”

Liu Lichuan persuaded hard along the way, and seeing that Wu Jianzhang was unmoved, he secretly decided to do it when he left the yamen, and he must not let such a document that humiliates the country fall into the hands of foreigners.

Liu Lichuan followed Wu Jianzhang out of the yamen, beckoned to the brothers who had already been guarding the door, set Wu Jianzhang up, and said: "The lord is good to me, Liu remembers it, first wronged the lord for a moment, I will lead the brothers to take the king of Han into the city, and then I hope that the lord can take refuge in the king of Han......"

"Phew, you're a good Liu Lichuan! It turns out that you are deliberately seeking refuge in me, just thinking about today! I'm really blind, I've seen the wrong person, and I'll kill if I want to! I will not stoop to the thief. Wu Jianzhang was overwhelmed by anger and spat at Liu Lichuan and scolded.

Liu Lichuan wiped the stains on his face, "Take the adults down, take good care of them, and don't allow others to hurt him." ”

"Yes...... Dog officer! Don't go yet! ”

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With tens of thousands of brothers from the Heaven and Earth Society, the Han army effortlessly occupied Shanghai County!

Li Yunzhong said to Zhao Laoqi: "You have seen the power of the intelligence department!" If the intelligence department did a good job, the army would have won the war one after another, and this time our army captured Shanghai in only three days, with almost no casualties, but annihilated more than 10,000 Qing troops. But you can't take risks yourself in the future, you can leave these things to your subordinates! ”

Zhao Laoqi felt that his whole body was full of energy, "The minister must live up to His Highness's trust, and develop the intelligence personnel to the north and south of the river as soon as possible, as long as the King of Han says a word, even if he assassinates Xianfeng Xiao'er, the minister will definitely bring his head to His Highness." ”

Li Yunzhong took out the intelligence experience he wrote in his spare time, in fact, it was summed up according to later generations, and handed it to Zhao Laoqi, "Okay, it's good if you have this confidence, this is some of my experience about intelligence spying, if you don't have time, take a look, I will allocate 400,000 taels of silver within three months, you focus on planting intelligence personnel in Hunan and Jiangxi, especially the Hunan army that Zeng Guofan is operating, it will be our great enemy, you have to be personally responsible, after half a year, hand over the list of important personnel to me, No third person is allowed to know about this, understand? ”

Zhao Laoqi saw that King Han attached so much importance to it, and remembered it, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the minister will start this matter immediately." ”

The British minister Wen Han, the American minister Mailian, and the French minister Bourblon did not expect the Han army to progress so smoothly, and less than five days after they returned from Suzhou, the Han army captured Shanghai, and had to get together to discuss the real strength of the Han army, so as to report to the government as soon as possible and let it use it as a reference for adjusting its policy toward China.

Bourblon remembered the first time he entered the city of Nanjing, "I have to admit that the Han government is on the side of justice, because the people under his rule are obviously different from the people of the Qing state, they have more smiles and, of course, self-confidence. ”

Mai Lian took note of what Bourblon said, adding: "The army of the Han king is also very loyal, so far I have not found any examples of officers surrendering, and the decaying Qing state is not the same, if this continues, the Qing state will definitely perish, and it will be replaced by the Han state, so I think we should make friends with the Han state, which is more in our interests in China." ”

Seeing that Mai Lian and Bourblon were looking at him, Wen Han had to stop pondering, "No matter what, our position must be the same, there is no doubt about it!" ”

Burbulon knew that he still had the intention of supporting the Qing Kingdom, and said impatiently: "What are you going to say? Want us to help Qing Guo? That will only make the banknotes fall into the water in vain! I don't agree with that. ”

Mai Lian also shrugged her shoulders in agreement with Bourblon's words.

Wen Han waved his hand and explained: "I remember that Napoleon Bonaparte, whom you admire, once said: China is like a sleeping lion. All I have to do is to keep this lion from waking up, you think: if China becomes strong, it will definitely affect the small neighboring countries, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and even India. ”

Bourblon complained: "You Englishmen have killed the pride of France!" Honorable Napoleon, did he really say this? ”

Mai Lian interrupted, "Then how do you keep it sleeping?" ”

Wen Han replied: "It's very simple, let this war go on and on, the Qing State will have the upper hand, we will help the Han State, and the Han State will gain the upper hand, and we will help the Qing State!" Until both sides are exhausted! Then we can walk among them and reap all kinds of benefits. ”

Bulblon was satisfied: "It's a really good idea. ”

Mai Lian pointed in the direction where Li Yunzhong was and said with a smile: "I think we can go and get the first benefit." ”

Wen Han smiled: "Don't forget to call those foreign merchants, I think they will be more interested!" ”