Liu Lichuan smiled faintly on his face and said: "Yes, our Xiaodao Society admires the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's righteous act of raising troops against the Qing Dynasty, and also admires the prestige of the King of the West for being invincible and invincible. But my little knife will originate from the Heaven and Earth Society, and Brother Tong was originally a member of the Heaven and Earth Society, and he should also know that the righteous name of the Society is to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. I, Liu Lichuan, as the chief helmsman of the Shanghai Little Knife Society, can't ignore the righteousness of the tens of thousands of people under my command and turn to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and ask Brother Tong to tell the King of the West that my Little Knife Society is also a part of the Anti-Qing Righteous Army, and I will definitely start an incident in Shanghai later, and work with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. ”

Tong Qiangsheng secretly sneered, when he came, the king of the West had a deep talk with him once, and also talked about the rebels in Shanghai, the king of the west expected that they would not agree to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in one bite, because the Heaven and Earth Society and the Little Knife Society were still dreaming of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. Xiao Yungui knows that when any shili thinks he is strong, he will not easily change his flag, after the historical knife will capture Shanghai, Liu Lichuan and others played the banner of "Ming Kingdom", several leaders are self-appointed marshals, but after being besieged by the Qing and Yang coalition forces, they announced that they would join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and send messengers to announce their submission to the Heavenly Kingdom.

Tong Qiangsheng knew that Liu Lichuan at this time still thought that there were many people, and he was still dreaming of his Ming Kingdom, in Liu Lichuan's opinion, last night's defeat was just a drop in the bucket, he still had tens of thousands of gangs in Shanghai, even if Zhou Lichun and other gangs still had many gangs in other places, as long as they returned to Shanghai and united the gangs to revolt, they would still be able to succeed.

Tong Qiangsheng smiled slightly and said: "That's the truth, as the so-called Tao is different, the chief helmsman Liu still upholds the righteousness of heaven and earth to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and we have nothing to say about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." It's just that Mr. Liu, you underestimate those demons too much, since they can collude with foreigners tonight to send a large team of people to do it, and want to arrest the leaders of the gangs in one fell swoop, they have already discovered the Shili of the Knife Society in Shanghai, and they guess that the demons will definitely have a backmove. ”

Liu Lichuan and the others were shocked when they heard this, since the Qing court sent the inner guards to the south, this matter is by no means simple, as Tong Qiangsheng said, the government will definitely have a follow-up.

Tong Qiangsheng continued: "The Ming Dynasty has been in the country for nearly two hundred years, and who of the people today still remembers the previous dynasty?" After my heaven and earth will be complacent and enter the customs, there have been countless righteous acts, but which one has succeeded? Looking down, it is better for you to go into heaven and expel Hu Nu together. ”

Liu Lichuan shook his head and said: "It's a pity that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom believes in foreign religions, and many people in the Little Knife Society have been bullied by foreigners, and they hate foreign religions to the core, so it is really difficult to be together." ”

Tong Qiangsheng couldn't help but sneer: "That knife will help the people in Shanghai still help foreigners transport goods at the dock?" "The Guangdong Gang controls one-third of Shanghai's wharves, and most of the gangsters are coolies, and there are not a few who help foreigners transport goods.

Liu Lichuan and the other leaders of the Little Knife Society all stood up with angry faces, glaring angrily, Zhou Lichun saw that the momentum on both sides was not good, and hurriedly persuaded: "Everyone values peace, they are all in the same boat, and if you have anything to say, you can say it slowly." ”

Zhou Xiuying also heard that something was wrong, and couldn't help but interject: "What are you doing here?" The Qing demon and the foreigners have not been driven away, they are fighting there about who is in charge and who wants to take refuge in whom, if there is a quarrel, we don't need the Qing demon to fight us, we will fight first. ”

Everyone was silent for a while when they heard this, Zhou Xiuying was right, at the moment of the great enemy, a group of people did not think about how to deal with it, but wanted to fight, which is indeed not very like words. This is the nature of the people, when they share hardships, everyone can support each other, and once they are a little more stable, they will start to fight endlessly, and this is the case in any era.

Tong Qiangsheng said in a deep voice: "Miss Zhou is right, this is not the time to fight for power, we are not out of danger yet, the situation in Shanghai is unknown, I will send someone to inquire about the news first, after the news, how about we discuss it?" ”

Liu Lichuan and the leaders of the Little Knife Society glanced at each other and nodded, "That's right, my subordinates also sent a few brothers and Tong brothers' people to go with them. ”

Tong Qiangsheng knew that Liu Lichuan didn't trust him when he heard it, and he saved them when he thought of it, but Liu Lichuan was so small-bellied, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and got up and said: "Listen to the respect, but the helmsman of Liu has to send some reliable people, don't let the Qing demon smell and find us!" After that, he turned around and left the cabin, leaving Liu Lichuan stunned on the spot with an angry face.

Zhou Lichun also secretly felt that Liu Lichuan was a little too much, and he saved everyone, but he put on a look of not believing others, no one could stand it, but it was inconvenient to say it in person.

Zhou Xiuying didn't care so much, and said angrily: "If it weren't for Brother Tong, we would all be afraid that we would be dead, how could you do this?" After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the cabin, Zhou Lichun scolded with a smile: "This dead girl is really wild." ”

Zhou Xiuying got out of the cabin, looked up, and saw several sailboats of the Qing army sailing straight over not far away, and a Qing army sailor soldier at the bow of the ship shouted loudly: "Come to the ship and anchor, and the sailor will search for the bandits." ”

Several boats quickly dropped anchor, Zhou Xiuying was startled, and retracted into the cabin, secretly thinking that there were more than 100 gangs on this ship, how could they hide it? Is it going to start fighting again? Just as he was about to return to the cabin to get the blade, he asked Zhou Lichun and the others to take precautions, but on the deck, Tong Qiangsheng said loudly: "We are the fleet of Guiyun Merchant Shipping and Foreign Shipping, and we are transporting goods for Lord Wu of Su Song Taidao!" ”

Only then did Zhou Xiuying know that these ships were the merchant ships of the Guiyun Firm, which seemed to be a merchant that had only recently started doing business in Shanghai, and it was unthinkable that they were still transporting goods for the government?

When the sailor soldier heard that it was the ship of the Guiyun Firm, he seemed to be startled, and hurriedly reported back to the sailor on board. The commander of the Qing army did not dare to slack off when he heard this, and walked to the bow of the boat, the two boats were close, and a bridge was set up in the middle, and the commander always brought a few soldiers armed with knives and guns to get on the boat.

The general looked at Tong Qiangsheng and said, "You are Lord Wu's ship?" It was supposed to dock at the Shanghai wharf, how did it get to this inland waterway? ”

Tong Qiangsheng stepped forward with a smile and said, "I will wait for the Kanhe issued by Lord Wu Jianzhang and Lord Wu to do some private goods for Lord Wu." With that, he handed over a piece of paperwork, along with several cash bank drafts with the number of the exchange pass. Although it is far away, Zhou Xiuying's eyesight is better, and she still sees it clearly.

The general looked at the Kanhe, put away the cash bill quietly, returned the Kanhe, and said with a smile: "Since there is Lord Wu's Kanhe, then I will leave here, there are a lot of bandits around here these days, you have to be careful, if you encounter a bandit, put an arrow or something, say hello, brother, I am nearby, I must come to the rescue." ”

It is commonplace for the merchant ships of the merchant ships to help the Qing court officials take some smuggled goods, and almost all the Chinese merchants in the inland waterways of Shanghai have helped the officials transport smuggled goods, and the sailors of the Qing army know about it, not to mention that the merchant ships also have these water kings on weekdays, and the Qing army general is not suspicious at all, but also has to protect the merchant ships, and it seems that it is really the man's money to eliminate disasters for others.

Tong Qiangsheng smiled slightly and arched his hand and said, "Then thank you for your care." ”

Seeing the sailing ship of the Qing army sailing away, Zhou Xiuying turned around and wanted to go back to the cabin, but it was always a little bad for her to eavesdrop like this. Unexpectedly, he moved his steps, Tong Qiangsheng turned back to his direction and smiled: "Come out, the eagle dog of the Qing court has already left." ”

Zhou Xiuying was startled and a little flustered in her heart, but she was already screamed and had to walk out. At this time, it was almost dawn, Dongfang had already turned out the white of the fish belly, and Tong Qiangsheng had already changed into a white silk gown and horse coat, which looked very much like a businessman. Zhou Xiuying became more and more curious, and this person came in front of her. Sometimes mysterious, sometimes cruel, sometimes extraordinary, sometimes like a merchant, and most hateful of all, he hugged himself. Approaching her, Zhou Xiuying clenched her fists and said, "Brother Tong, have you found me?" ”

Tong Qiangsheng smiled: "I heard your footsteps." ”

Zhou Xiuying couldn't help but blush when she heard this, and asked at the moment: "Brother Tong seems to be very skilled in dealing with these clear dogs." And thou wilt give them back the money? And how did you get involved with any Guiyun firm? ”

Tong Qiangsheng said with a smile: "When we come out to do confidential business, we naturally have to cover up some identities." I think silver can solve the problem, and I will never let my subordinates risk their lives. ”

Zhou Xiuying was stunned and said, "You are very rich?" ”

Tong Qiangsheng shook his head and said: "The money is all from the Holy Treasury, not mine, when it should be spent, it has to be spent." Just now, I only gave them a thousand taels of silver, which saved them a lot of trouble, and it was worth it. ”

Zhou Xiuying was a little surprised in her heart, a thousand taels of silver, she had never seen so much silver, and Tong Qiangsheng gave it when she said it, as if she was really wealthy. Seeing that the boat had arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the river was getting more and more open, Zhou Xiuying asked, "Where are we going?" ”

Tong Qiangsheng said: "We are now taking refuge on the river, waiting for news from Shanghai, if the momentum is not good, I will take you to Zhenjiang, which is the territory of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." ”

Zhou Xiuying sighed and said, "It's a pity that Chief Liu seems to be reluctant to go." ”

Tong Qiangsheng said with a smile: "I think that when there is news from Shanghai, President Liu will change his mind." ”

Zhou Xiuyingqi said: "Why? ”

Tong Qiangsheng sighed lightly: "Since the Qing court has invited foreign soldiers to help in the war this time, how can they return empty-handed?" Although several of your leaders have escaped, the Qing court will not let go easily of the Little Knife Club in Shanghai. Speaking of this, Tong Qiangsheng slowly closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "If I guess correctly, Shanghai at this time is already a bloody storm, and the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society, the Little Knife Society and other gangs in the city are afraid that they have all been poisoned." ”