Chapter 30: Storm Ripples
Lin Yuanfu didn't understand what Li Yan meant. Just a rough translation. Unexpectedly, Washington's eyes rolled after hearing this, and he immediately said that he had admired oriental culture for a long time and hoped that Li Yan could help him come up with a Chinese name.
His careful thinking is not deep, but this is also what Li Yan wants to see. If he had an eye with Old Man Lin and had too obvious hostility towards the Red Flag Pirates, then Li Yan would have no choice but to kill him after he had used it, so as not to leave trouble.
So Li Yan happily gave him a Chinese name.
His surname is Sohail......
Boxes of shells passed through the silver portal of the [Heavy Artillery Regenerator] and rolled down the belt to Li Yan, there were smooth arc cracks on it, Li Yan picked it up and looked at it carefully, and in the middle of the crack, a scarlet light was reflected.
"It's cracked, isn't it broken?"
"You'll find out if you come to the shot."
Lao Gu Yiyan, grabbed a modified cannonball, loaded it, and ignited the fuse. The people around cover their ears.
Boom~Boom~
The muzzle of the cannon erupted with golden-red balls that smashed into the sea in the distance, blasting a small mushroom cloud in the shape of a gourd. The fire was red at first, then gradually enveloped in black smoke, and tumbled towards the sky.
"Wow~~~"
The people on board were stunned.
"Okay."
Li Yan nodded.
"But it's too close, more than two hundred meters, it's far away, you have to find a few good cannons."
It takes ten minutes to transform an ordinary gunpowder cannonball into such a force. There are still about 1,600 gunpowder shells and more than 2,000 solid iron bullets in the powder magazine on Lantau Island, and with this [Heavy Artillery Regenerator], it only takes a month for Li Yan to reproduce the gunpowder power of [Fury]. Of course, in terms of range, there is still a certain gap compared to the Fury.
Li Yan peeked at Lin Yuanfu and saw that his face was expressionless. This old man didn't panic in his heart, after all, the government has the world, if he pays attention to it, the firepower of the sailors will soon be built, and no matter how good the pirate firearms are, no matter how brave the manpower is, compared with the money and money that the government can mobilize, it is a drop in the bucket.
Washington, no, Sohail grunted and explained to Lin Yuanfu that this is a national treasure of Europa, and its value is comparable to that of a medium-sized island.
Li Yan patted Sohail on the shoulder: "When I arrive at Lantau Island, I invite Hua, oh, I invite Mr. Suo to drink." “
……
On the third day of Li Yan's attack on Humen, Guangzhou.
Since the opening of the government, Guangzhou has become the southern gate of China's overseas trade, and the oars of the Xijiang Estuary have been running day and night. The boss street is full of wealthy gentry, and there are fish and dragons every night. Xiguan Road is staggered, and the lacquer building is towering. Spices, tea, porcelain, opium, salt and iron, and strange and obscene utensils are not uncommon. Its wealth is like a brocade of flowers, and it is unique for a while.
How rich is Guangzhou? Guangzhou's tax revenue alone accounts for more than 40% of the country's total. Wu Wenzi, the richest man in Guangzhou and one of the leaders of the Thirteen Tooth Banks on the surface, has a family fortune of 25 million taels, which is the total annual income of the state treasury. Last year, there was a fire in the silver vault of the Thirteenth Tooth Bank, and the melted silver water flowed into the ditch, and the silver river spread for seven or eight miles, and everyone who saw it was dumbfounded.
To put it mildly, at the beginning of the 19th century, Guangzhou had the largest cargo throughput in the world. It gathers a quarter of the world's silver. It is one of the most prosperous trading cities in the whole world.
Today, the sun is shining, but the general's mansion in Guangdong is so cold that his ice teeth are dropping.
Gushan Beizi, inherited the leader of the world, the general of the Guangdong garrison, Aixinjue Luo Tabai, the Han name Fulin, is the highest military governor in Guangzhou. Lin Yuanfu, the governor of Liangguang, was less than a day, and Fulin was the head of this rich kingdom for a day.
In the study, there was the sound of Stri's angry scolding and vases falling on the floor.
Fragments of tea porcelain splattered on the ground.
Under the hall, there are seven or eight stewards of the thirteen lines of Guangdong, these people have a huge net worth, and they usually go in and out with high spirits, but today they are trembling like quails.
Fu Linsheng's instrument is lofty, his two curved eyebrows seem to be painted, his head is shiny, and he looks like he is in his forties.
The Red Flag Gang Tianbaozai attacked Humen, killed hundreds of sailors, killed Zhuo Huxing, the chief soldier of Humen and the commander of the sailors, and plundered more than 20,000 taels of silver worth of goods......
"Your boss, Cai Lian, told me again and again that he must be safe these days! It won't let the old man see the flaws. But what's going on now? What's going on with Humen? What about Lin Yuanfuren? ”
The leading steward bowed to the end and replied boldly: "My lord, this day Bao Zai is a member of the Five Flags Alliance, and our Boss Cai is a well water and does not violate the river water, he is not a person all the way, we are doing business at sea, but the people of the Five Flags are anti-thieves." ”
Another person wiped his sweat and stood up: "Boss Cai has personally led people to Lantau Island, no matter what, he will definitely be able to bring Lin Yuanfu back, my lord, you are relieved." ”
"Relieved? What should I do if Old Man Lin dies? You're going to make one for me? I heard that Cai Lian's family has been worshipping Huo Ding Gong for generations, and he can turn ten thousand taels of gold, with herds of cattle and sheep, can he give me the Lin Yuanfu who is alive and kicking? ”
"My lord laughed."
"I don't have time to joke with you! Humen's account, I will definitely get it back, but before that, Cai Lian had better burn incense and worship the old man of Folin, he has three long and two short, my top can't be saved, I let Guangdong Thirteen Yaxing no longer have the surname Cai! Get out! ”
A few stewards walked away with a smile, bringing several large boxes of silver jewelry, a pair of Tang Dynasty Longquan Master Vimala diagrams, a set of sixteen silk red agate, and twelve pieces of Ru porcelain, which were placed in the courtyard, and no one looked at them.
Fu Lin scolded Cai Lian's people, sulking alone in the Taishi chair, muttering something in his mouth.
The red-jacketed concubine who came to serve tea was very charming, and she put down the tea, so that her eyes let the subordinates who were cleaning the debris withdraw. Two lotus arms wrapped around Fu Lin's neck, and a "master" voice could numb people.
Fu Lin's face softened, and he went to serve the cup on the table.
"Didn't you say last time that Old Man Lin is not a good thing, he came to Guangzhou to block you, if he really died at the hands of pirates, it would save us effort."
"Women know a fart! You are the two middle halls of the capital, and the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty are all deaf? Blind? He Lin Yuan stroked his front foot to death, and I have to go to the capital to plead guilty on my back foot! Do you want to come back in this life? Humph......"
The woman's eyes were red, he drank clean tea like a cow, and waved his hand impatiently: "Get out and get out!" ”
When the little concubine sobbed and walked out of the door, Fu Lin stood up from the Taishi's chair, took the presentation and glanced at it a few times, and a sentence popped out of his teeth: "Red Flag Gang...... Tian Bao Zai! ”
……
"The Venerable British East India Company" Firm, Guangzhou Branch. In the middle of the garden stands a bronze equestrian statue of St. George. A huge clock is embedded in the roof of the white marble attic.
The Abbel steward from the headquarters of the Gagelda Commercial Bank spat freely.
"I don't care what the problem is here, it's been three days since [Fury] lost contact with you, gentlemen, the last time the Seven Great Ships were destroyed, it was in the battle with France, but we also won because of it, but this time, a Heron Seven Great Ship disappeared for no reason, along with a full ship of cargo and hundreds of people, including two stewards. I would like to ask you, which of you can afford such a loss? ”
"We've protested to the local authorities, and we've sent a lot of ships to search, and I don't think there's anything in the South Seas that can threaten [Fury], I think we need to wait."
"Wait for your mother to remarry, Artos!"
The steward said coldly.
"Uncle, you don't need to be so mean at all, if something really happens to [Rage], then it can only be the [Jealousy] ...... who is now stationed in Macau."
"There is no such thing! Why do you think Britain and Portugal want to transfer a Heron Seven to the Far East at the same time? Cannibalism? ”
As soon as Abel said this, he knew that he was speechless, and many people's eyes flashed, as if they had noticed something from his words, and even more well-informed people showed such expressions.
"Even Napoleon did not curry favor with the Seven Ships of Heron, is the Far East more terrible than the dictator?"
"The weather at sea has been really bad these days, maybe it's just a delay."
Everyone was gossiping, and more still didn't believe that the fury would go to sea.
At this moment, a soldier wearing a red hood barged in, and handed Abel a letter with a panicked expression.
After Eber's eyes were swept away, his face was already pale, and his falcon-like eyes would scan at the table, and for a long time, everyone noticed that Abel was going to kill him, and then he quieted down.
Abb said hoarsely, "We just found the remains of the furious at sea, and there are quite a few of them. The flags of the Chinese pirates and the corpses, the company's crew members are not alive or dead, and the core of the rage, the heavy artillery regenerator is gone. It was preliminarily determined that it was done by two pirates, Zhu Ben and Zhang He, the righteous pig. ”
"They don't have the ability!"
"Zhang He? What is Annan's chapter? ”
"Misterju and we are a partnership!"
Everyone showed stunned expressions, and the meeting suddenly became like a vegetable market, buzzing and whispering.
"The biggest problem right now!" Abel slapped the table, "We're going to get back our furious hearts from the pirate gentlemen