Chapter 127: Yang Meng, Yunnan
"Who are you? Do you have a part to say here? ”
As the commercial representative of the East India Company, it can be regarded as half of the Qingtong, and the so-called rules of the Qing people, this one has also learned a rough idea.
"Yunnan Yang Meng!
I don't have a part to speak?
That so-called letter of intent, that is, waste paper! ”
"We approve!"
Pan Shicheng took thirteen of them, and the voice of the brush made the business representative of the East India Company have no other expression except for an embarrassed face.
In addition to the hundred and ten people who fled into the sea, the East India Company killed more than 300 mercenaries in this battle, although most of them were braids and Ah San, but it was also a bad breath in Yang Meng's heart.
"Third master, this battle is completely victorious, the new army has killed and wounded one hundred and eighty people, and has captured three hundred and seventy-six bandit heads!"
Qin Ziqi, who was injured in his left arm, trotted all the way and knelt in front of Yang Meng and reported the results.
"Heads are presented, stand down!"
Yang Meng stood proudly in front of a group of foreign devils, and just accepted the kneeling of the new army one by one, with more than 300 heads, piled up a hill in front of him.
After presenting the heads, the new army in Yunnan carried or carried their fallen companions off the battlefield, and many of them had smiles on their faces, and there were no dead or injured comrades at all, or the negative emotions brought about by the tragic killing.
As for the mercenaries who fled to the sea, whether it was Yang Meng's subordinates or the people of the East India Company, they didn't pay attention, for Yang Meng, these kills are inexhaustible, kill more than a hundred and kill a hundred less. It doesn't matter. And for the East India Company. When these people die, they die. A little opium can attract more.
What worries the military advisers of the East India Company is the loyalty of this Qing army, seeing them bow down to Yang Meng one by one, just like their own people bowing to the queen, their eyes are full of loyalty, the combat power of such an army is unimaginable!
The commercial representative of the East India Company heard the clue from Qin Ziqi's words. 'New Army' is not a good word.
"Mr. Yang, I am the commercial representative of the East India Company in Guangzhou......"
Yang Meng aroused the interest of the commercial representative of the East India Company, this Yunnan Yang Meng, who might be a key figure, but before he could introduce himself, Yang Meng waved his hand to interrupt him.
"I am the general of the Qing Dynasty, you can call me General Yang or Yang Sanye, I have no interest in you and me, I just want to know Lu Dao, can we continue to do business?"
Yang Meng's heart was full of the first battle of the new army. Although they killed most of the enemy, they behaved. Yang Meng was very dissatisfied, such a proportion of battle losses was too high.
The commercial representative of the East India Company, of course, will not fail to meet a good face when he comes to interrupt at this time. For the arrogance of the Qing officials, this business representative was obviously prepared, and Yang Meng's rudeness did not make him angry or disgusted.
"Absolutely! I still have something to talk to General Yang, it's just ......"
This person's Chinese is good, at least Yang Meng understands it very clearly, and the drama meat is finally here.
"What to do with those corpses on the beach, and this pile of human heads?"
"If you want to deal with it, you can arrange for someone to handle it, and if you can't handle it, we will arrange someone to handle it."
"I'll take care of it!"
waved his hand and summoned his father-in-law Pan Shicheng, not because Yang Mengtuo was big, but because in the next words, he must have a reliable identity and status in order to talk.
"Father-in-law, those heads were sent to the Governor's Palace, and let the officials of Liangguang see our strength, the British Emirates bandits must be a new thing, and it shouldn't be a problem to build a merchant group to practice, right? As for how to do the article, it's up to you to get an idea. ”
Yang Meng whispered his thoughts in Pan Shicheng's ear, as for how to do the article, it depends on his father-in-law's ability.
"Good! I understand! ”
What is his beloved son-in-law going to do, Pan Shicheng also guessed a rough idea, doing a full set of acts, this red-top businessman of the second grade of the Qing Dynasty, nodded frequently, which is the answer to the last sentence, which can clearly show his identity and status.
Under the command of Pan Shicheng, more than 300 heads were packed in straw bags by the new army in Yunnan, and these hundreds of heads were worth a lot of money.
"Shall we take a walk to the beach?"
Loaded with a big one, Yang Meng led him and walked towards the beach.
And the more than 20 guards who had been following Yang Meng were just about to raise their feet, but they were reprimanded back by Yang Meng.
After watching a bloody killing, all the Eastern and Western merchants present were suppressed, the incompetence of the mercenaries of the East India Company, and the bloodshed of the Qing soldiers brought by the Pan Merchant House were all remembered by these people.
This is not the same as the legend of the decaying eastern power! Most of the businessmen from Western countries have some vision, what the regular army is like, and they also know that this bloody battle on the beach has given most of them a new understanding of the Qing country.
The heads of the thirteen families, most of them have changed their faces, the Yang family's manpower is too powerful, the most terrifying thing is that they are not afraid of death, on the top of the musket, such a manpower, the major merchants have it, but it is only a few sporadic nursing homes.
Muskets, private armies, business, Yang Pan's two plans are not small! The fierce battle on the beach this time was much more intuitive than the casual words spoken during the negotiations, and this fright also made some people see that something was wrong.
But after seeing it, what kind of business the businessman is doing is nothing more than speculation, and now they are cooperating with the Pan and Yang families, and they are not at a loss, and as for the future, it is not impossible to make a meritorious contribution.
Some people have this idea, while others are completely intimidated by the strength of the Yang family, it is easy to get on the boat and difficult to get off the ship, this matter can only be compromised.
Both groups of people fell into deep thought, and Pan Shicheng waited on the side for a while before breaking the silence, asking them to think carefully first, and then answer themselves to be more convincing.
On the topic of huge orders, Pan Shicheng took the interpreter to let the thirteen big businessmen mingle with the foreign devils, and the atmosphere has changed from the slaughter just now to a lot more relaxed.
And Yang Meng and the commercial representative of the East India Company talked for more than an hour, except for the last handshake between the two. The others didn't know what was going on. But one thing is for sure. The East India Company made some secret agreements with the head of the Qing Dynasty's merchant alliance.
On the third day after the beach battle, on a merchant ship in the port of Guangzhou, the stewards of the fifteen merchant alliances finally signed a preliminary letter of intent with the foreign merchants.
Nearly 100 ships of cloud smoke were also given to Yang and Pan's two families, in exchange for more than 2 million cash in silver, and more than 2,000 boxes of opium for a whole barge. There are also countless goods from various countries.
The first transaction of the fifteen merchant alliances was also considered a success, and nearly 100 ships of cloud smoke, in addition to the exchange for cash and opium, half of the foreign goods exchanged for were given to the rest of the Huichao merchants, in exchange for their fields near Guangzhou.
Yang Meng, who was supposed to leave, did not leave Lixiangyuan, but took more than 1,300 people and started the whole training. Because of the beach battle, Yang Meng also had a new idea. He didn't plan to bring these people back and stay in Guangzhou. These people are more useful.
Because of the smoke before the battle, Yang Meng also issued two special military orders, opium smokers killed! Smoke smokers kill! Fortunately, it was a short-term smoking, and the more than 300 recruits were not addicted, and Yang Meng didn't do it very authentically, but there was no way.
Without victory in the First Battle of the Beach, could he have obtained the monopoly of opium from the East India Company? With the monopoly of opium, he was able to control the sales of imported opium in the Qing Dynasty.
The benefits are not only these, let Yang Fuliang sit in Guangzhou, opium dealers, buy opium on the front foot, Yang Fuliang then arrived, and also opened a financial road for the Yang family, killing people and setting fire to the gold belt, robbing the family wealth of these opium dealers, Yang Meng felt that it was a very legitimate business.
As for the practice of the merchant group, it depends on the means of his father-in-law Pan Shicheng, as long as this thing is done, these more than 1,300 people will have a place to go, and it will not be a problem to build a team of about 10,000 foot soldiers in Guangzhou with the real estate of Huichao merchants.
Ge Shiyang's family is also about to arrive, and he has spent nearly two thousand taels of gold before and after, this family is quite valuable, and I don't know if I can bring any surprises to myself.
When the thirteen great merchants returned, Yang Meng's family gave 100,000 taels of silver, which was prepared for the craftsmen who migrated to various places, and the blacksmiths, gold, silver and jade craftsmen, Xiucai, martial artists, and boatmen were the main targets of these migrations.
Yang Meng stayed in Guangzhou, half of it was for the sake of the merchant group Lian and Ge Shiyang's family, and the other half was for these craftsmen and some goods of the East India Company.
Yunnan's Xishan Poison Field, also when the robbed Huichao goods returned, began to produce in large quantities, these ten days, Yang Meng has been hoarding 100,000 catties of cloud smoke in Guangzhou City, these are used to trade some goods with the East India Company.
The first to arrive with the East India Company's cargo ship was Ge Shiyang's family, okay! The men, women, young and old, nearly 200 people, Yang Meng also speculated in private, whether Ge Shiyang, a foreign devil, had brought his neighbors in Belgium to Yunnan to enjoy the blessings.
But this matter, Yang Meng really thought badly, Ge Shiyang's family is only six people, his wife has a pair of eighteen or nineteen-year-old daughters, and then his brother's family of three.
Ge Shiyang's brother, what do you say? A typical European strong man, his face is very resolute, but it is a pity that he is sitting in a wooden wheelchair, except for the upper body, the rest of the body has disappeared, such an injury can still survive, this person's vitality is tenacious.
Ge Shiyang's brother looks a little regretful, but it's even more a pity that he has a brother comparable to Ou. Beauty. Woman. Xing's foreign daughter-in-law, their son, who is also Ge Shiyang's nephew, is also extremely burly, and the European strong man in the wheelchair is like a product out of a mold, and at the age of more than twenty, the figure is not much different from Yang Meng.
As for the more than 200 people, they were the stewards sent by Pan Shicheng, and the English recruited in India, most of these people were technicians, and they followed them on the boat, not because of anything else, or because of the frequent riots in India, which made them feel that India was no longer a suitable place to live.
This harvest made Yang Meng very surprised, this thing is so wonderful, these manpower is scarce in Yunnan, and what makes Yang Meng happiest is that these people are dragged by their families, this is a good phenomenon!
This was also the reason why the merchant ships were seized, and it was not a good thing that so many of the country's mechanics fled from India, and in the end the steward, along with the Belgian merchants, spent a lot of money and unclogged a lot of joints to bring these people back to Canton.
This has to be said to be a surprise, with these people, the speed of Yunnan's development has been saved for at least another year.
The arrival of his family made Ge Shiyang cry with joy, he has been in the East for more than a year, and the impression of his family is not only not blurred, but it is becoming clearer and clearer, I didn't expect that he and his family would have the opportunity to reunite in the East.
"Your Excellency, in the future, there will only be Qing people and Yang family Ge Shiyang, and I won't care about other things."
Ge Shiyang should be regarded as a real allegiance this time! It's just that this method of allegiance is a bit special, changing nationality.
"Your nephew, I think he's smoking a cigarette, right? Let him quit! It is an extract of opium, and since you have become a member of the Yang family, I will not hide this secret from you. ”
When he met with Ge Shiyang's family, his nephew smoked some cloud smoke very much, this fool, it is better to smoke for a short time, otherwise a good man will be completely wasted. (To be continued......)