"We are a British merchant ship, and the place where we are located is the territory of Great Britain, please do not trespass, otherwise you will bear the consequences!"

Although the sailors on the "Mayflower" also had weapons and two guns on board, how could they dare to make a posture of counterattack in the face of the powerful military deterrence of the Qing fleet, but the Britons had always been proud, and not only did they not surrender, but instead sent an interpreter to shout loudly at the Qing soldiers who were about to board the ship along the gangplank for inspection.

"Phew, grandma is a bear, a bunch of barbarians, dare to speak, brothers, up, those who dare to resist, there is no forgiveness!"

As soon as he heard the other party's interpreter shouting at the side of the ship, a Marine company commander who was about to lead the team to inspect the ship scolded him unpleasantly, and the soldiers of the next company under his command rushed onto the "Mayflower" along several gangplanks, quickly seized the commanding heights everywhere, and controlled the entire merchant ship.

"Mr. Officer, I am Brooks Hull, the second-level manager of the East India Company of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and my merchant ship has a trade license signed by the Kingdom of Great Britain, and you have no right to forcibly land our 'Mayflower'.

In the face of the armed intimidation of the Qing officers and soldiers, Brooks Hull was pale with fright, but he refused to give in, and led his subordinates to find the commander of the Qing Marine Company who was in charge of boarding the ship, and forcibly protested.

"Open these boxes!"

The Qing company commander ignored Brooks Hull's protests, but just gave a sneer, waved a few soldiers, pointed to the large wooden boxes scattered on the deck, and gave the order in a loud voice.

"Wow!"

As soon as the commander of the Qing army company gave such an order, several soldiers rushed forward and used a crowbar to pry open several large wooden boxes that were sealed, revealing layers of square objects wrapped in oiled paper inside.

"What is this, huh?"

The commander of the Qing army reached out and took out a piece of goods from a large wooden box, cut the oiled paper with a bayonet, revealing a three-inch square piece of golden solid inside, and handed it to Brooks Hull, and said in a cold voice.

"This is the Balm of Bliss, one of the most popular drinks in the world today, and the purpose of my visit is to introduce this noble drink to your country, and I ask you, Mr. Officer, not to misunderstand."

After listening to the interpreter's relay, Brooks Hull blinked slyly and pretended to be arrogant.

"Drinks? Hey, isn't it opium? It's good, you dare to come to my Huaxia to sell this forbidden thing, you really have enough fat guts, brothers, take down all these red-haired ghosts to Lao Tzu! ”

Brooks Hull spoke eloquently, but as soon as he heard the interpreter's relay, the company commander of the Qing army sneered, waved his hand, and gave the order in a loud voice.

"Wow!"

At the same time, the four smuggling ships of the Qing Dynasty, including the Shunfan, were also escorted by the Qing fleet and turned to the northwest......

Humen, located in Shajiao, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, more than 50 miles away from Guangzhou City, known as the coastal defense fortress of China's South Gate, as early as the Ming Dynasty, there are several forts, when Kangxi moved to the forbidden sea in the early years, it was rebuilt again, there are a total of Nanshan, Heng, Shajiao, Dajiao, Weiyuan, Zhenyuan, Jingyuan, consolidation, Yong'an, Dahu, Xinyong, Jiaomen and other twelve forts, of which Nanshan Fort is also the headquarters of the South China Sea Fleet of the Qing Dynasty, in the past it was extremely heavily guarded, these days, it is a double post and two posts, In order to ensure safety, Sun Mingxu, commander of the South China Sea Fleet, did not dare to have the slightest slackness, not only added a sentry, but he himself also accompanied Prince Zhuang every day with great care.

"Report, Lord Wang, General Sun, General He has led his troops to triumph, and the red-haired ghosts involved in the smuggling of opium, the Jardine Commercial Company, and the Qihang Commercial Company have all been arrested and brought to justice, please make the action clear."

Just when Lao Sixteen and Sun Mingxu were talking nonsense, they saw a sailor officer walking in from behind the screen in front of the office door, and grabbed the front of Lao Sixteen in a few big steps.

"Oh? Hahaha...... well done! Go, pass on the order of the king, and Li Zhaoqing, the governor of Guangdong, immediately pasted notices all over Guangzhou, first, it was expressly forbidden to possess and sell opium, and those who violated the order were punished for the crime of rebellion; Second, all opium smokers should be given a three-day time limit to surrender themselves to local government offices and receive treatment for drug addiction. Third, it was announced to the officials and people in various localities that this king had been ordered to come to Guangdong to supervise the anti-smoking case, and that he would take measures to sell cigarettes in Humen four days later, and that those involved in smuggling would be beheaded to set an example! ”

As soon as he heard that He Ming really did not disgrace his mission, Lao Sixteen laughed excitedly, and at the end, he clapped his hands with great pride, and gave three orders in a row.

"Wow!"

Lao Sixteen's current identity is Qincha, representing Renhe Emperor Hongqing, what he said, naturally has absolute authority, the sailor officer who came to pay tribute did not dare to have the slightest objection, hurriedly and respectfully agreed to the promise, and went to arrange relevant matters without mentioning it.

"Let's go, old grandson, accompany my master to interrogate those dogs!"

Punishing without teaching has never been the hospitality of the Qing Dynasty, and in this regard, the old sixteen is very happy to take out the interrogation and punishment of the Zongren Mansion to play a trick, and as soon as the order is issued, he can't wait to get up and prepare to present a "big meal" to Brooks Hull and others.

"Since the prince has this Yaxing, he will dare to disobey his fate."

Sun Mingxu is an orthodox naval veteran, and he is not really interested in the interrogation, but since the old sixteen has sent out an invitation, he will not save the face of the old sixteen, and he readily agreed, of course, at this time, he would never have thought that because of such a refreshing, in the next few days, he was so sick to his stomach that he had no appetite, without him, the interrogation methods of the old sixteen were really obscene, and even Sun Mingxu, a general who came out of the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, felt terrified, this is a digression, skip it......

On April 27 of the first year of Renhe, early in the morning, just after dawn, the avenue from Guangzhou City to Humen was crowded with people, and countless people from all over the country poured into Humen.

Less than noon, Humen beach is already crowded with people, crowded to a water, the beach is high, two large pools dug in advance, each has fifteen zhang square, there is a culvert at the front end of the pool, straight to the sea, there is a ditch at the back end, from which the pool can be filled with water, ten zhang behind the pond is far away and a large scale is built, there is a slip of Qing Dynasty officials sitting on the top, the left side is the officer of the water division, the right is the local official of Guangdong, as for the old sixteen is sitting on the Taishi chair in the center, the high platform is surrounded by sentry postsIn the distance of five zhang in front of the high platform, there were nearly 100 death row prisoners waiting to be executed, both Chinese and British, and dozens of executioners selected from all over Guangdong were dressed in red clothes and stood behind the death row prisoners with big knives in their hands.

"Lord Wang, the time has come, please make it clear!"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was already in the middle, a red-clothed supervisor walked up to the high platform, made a big gift to the old sixteen, and respectfully repaid a word.

"Okay, let's go!"

The old sixteen waved his hand heroically and gave the order without hesitation.

"Wow!"

Since the old sixteenth had an order, the prison officer didn't dare to slack off, so he responded respectfully, and rushed to the front of the high platform, waved his hand, and broke his throat with full anger: "The hour has come, execution!" ”

As soon as the execution order was given, dozens of selected executioners immediately rushed forward, and one by one the cold and shining ghost head knives were raised high, and they fell together, the knife light passed everywhere, the heads rolled to the ground, and the blood springs **** rose, and finally turned into a blood mist in the sky, such a poignant scene suddenly aroused the hundreds of thousands of people who were watching to scream in unison.

"Lord Wang, the execution has been completed, please make it clear!"

Although there are a lot of death row prisoners to be executed, it is just a matter of each executioner slashing twice, before and after only a stick of incense, nearly 100 death row prisoners have been executed, the prison officer saw this, he did not dare to delay a little, hurriedly turned around and returned to the front of the old sixteen, and respectfully asked for a word.

"Hmm!"

The old sixteen snorted softly in a reserved manner, waved his hand, and motioned for the supervisor to step back on his own, and then shook his hand, took out a copy of the curled holy decree from the wide sleeve, and drank in a breath: "Your Majesty has an edict here, and all the officials and people listen to the announcement!" ”

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: opium, drugs are also the most obscure things, hurting people's bodies, messing with China, and completely banning ......"

As soon as the old sixteenth showed out the holy decree, whether it was the civil and military officials on the high platform, or the hundreds of thousands of people under the stage, they all knelt on the ground in unison......