The winter snow melts, and the earth returns to spring. Zhiqing received a letter from Bai Xuan again and was overjoyed. At this time, Han Zheng was also happy. "Great, Hanyu contacted the Tongxing Association in Japan, and they are willing to help us. Hanyu said that the world has reached the point where it must change, if the court does not give in, then everyone will take action to return the people to a happy world. Shopkeeper Zhang had some doubts, "We must use force to do things, we are all scholars." ”

"Scholars also have people with a heart of swords, and the Tongxing Association has united a group of people of insight with the Huguang area who are willing to go to the soup and fire. Hanyu and I have a batch of firearms, but now we need to expand the number of teachers to teach students the art of shooting and self-defense. In addition, it is necessary to contact funds to purchase some firearms. ”

Han Zheng said on the side, and Zhang Zhang's palms wrote them down one by one, "I'll go see Zhou Nan tomorrow." So Mr. Jiang, do you want to tell him? ”

"No need." Han Zheng hesitated for a moment, "I don't want him to get involved in this dispute, I asked him to go into the water, I can't let him lose his heart again." ”

Since Lin Siqi got those two pistols, Zheng Guangliang suddenly became suspicious, he always felt that there must be someone in the show who was doing shady things with the Lin Mansion. When Xiaoyue sent embroidery to the door, she secretly told Zheng Guangliang that once she left Xiufang late and saw Xiuniang receiving two foreigners in the box of Wule Fang. But the box was upstairs, and she couldn't hear what they were saying. She has been hiding in the corner of the dance room, waiting for them to go out, and sure enough, in the middle of the night, two foreigners came out. I only heard Xiuniang say that she would get things done, and I heard her call one of the bearded foreigners "George". Zheng Guangliang admired his sister's courage and wisdom, and he repeatedly told Xiaoyue not to do such a risky thing again.

Lin Siqi became even more carried away from there, until one day, he suddenly became angry and smashed the cups and saucers in the hall. "I'll go to his uncle's, this revenge will not be revenge for the non-gentleman!" Lin Siqi was scolding all morning, and Zheng Guangliang heard the voice from afar and rushed over. Seeing that Lin Siqi was so angry that he stomped his feet and threw things again, and a person on the side was trembling with fright. Lin Siqi saw Zheng Guangliang at a glance and stopped him. "You, you," he said, still breathless, "do something for me." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Help me get someone, get that George for me. The dead foreign devil actually dared to swallow my uncle's money, and I let him have the money to spend his life. He gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "You have three days, and I have to peel his skin and cramp his tendons." ”

Zheng Guangliang chuckled in his heart, wasn't that the foreigner Xiaoyue saw with Xiuniang in the dance club a while ago. He had no choice but to take orders. The trembling man walked out and was carried aside by Zheng Guangliang. That person's name is Chen Jinwang, who originally ran a port in Guangdong, and after getting acquainted with foreigners, he could speak foreign languages, and was taken by Lin Siqi as a translator. He said that Lin Siqi had been doing business with foreigners before, and according to the rules, he took a group of brothers to the dock warehouse to trade with foreigners, but he didn't expect the other party to show more than a dozen guns at them, not only robbed them of the money, but also beat them.

"It's really a narrow road." Zheng Guangliang didn't expect that this person would bump into him. Lin Siqi asked Chen Jinwang to take Zheng Guangliang to arrest people, and Chen Jinwang looked helpless. "He lives in the eastern suburbs, which are all places where foreign envoys stay, and the gate is heavily guarded, so we can't force our way in and arrest people."

"And where did George come from? How to live there? ”

"He's just a gangster, but his sister's family is from the British royal family, and he relies on his sister's family to run rampant here, and he has to interfere in any business. The young master wanted to get in touch with the royal family through him, but he didn't expect him to rob us. ”

"I know there's a place, come with me." In the evening, he received a message from Satsuki, and sure enough, George went to the dance club again. He took Chen Jinwang and a group of guards and ambushed near the dance club. When George got into the carriage and drove out of the alley, the horse's feet suddenly tripped over the tripping rope and the cart overturned. George climbed out of the carriage with difficulty, and as soon as he showed up, he was caught in a sack, followed by a fat beating, and the person was tied up and sent to the Lin Mansion.

There were bursts of George's pig-like howls in the Lin Mansion, and Lin Siqi was so angry that he picked up the whip and beat George hard until he was tired and lay down. "Young master, stop fighting, if you fight again, you will be out of gas." Chen Jinwang was so frightened that he continued to tremble and dissuaded him.

George had already been knocked unconscious, and was woken up again by Zheng Guangliang with a splash of cold water, begging for mercy in his stiff Chinese, "Lin Gongzi, spare your life, spare your life." ”

"Where's that shipment? Spit it out for me! ”

"Yes, yes, that batch of goods is still in the warehouse, and it has not come out. and all the money will be returned to you. Water was still dripping from George's beard, and he bared his teeth and begged for mercy.

"You dead foreign devil, you dare to swallow even your uncle's money, and you don't look at who your uncle is!" Lin Siqi was angry again, and was about to raise the whip.

"Spare your life, spare your life." Zheng Guangliang persuaded Lin Siqi, "Don't fight, when his sister's family is going to make trouble in the court, it will be troublesome." ”

"I lost a lot of money in gambling, and I also borrowed a sum of money from my sister, and I can't swallow your money. It's me who deserves to die, I'm deserved. I pay, I pay all. George was so scared that he peed his pants. Lin Siqi called someone to check the dock warehouse, and sure enough, the goods were still there, so he asked people to seal the warehouse.

The next day, George also called for someone to bring the swallowed silver tickets. Lin Siqi breathed a sigh of relief and let George go.

And this time, Zheng Guangliang only took two days to help him arrest people and solve all the problems. Lin Siqi was even more impressed with him, and let Chen Jinwang work with Zheng Guangliang from then on. And George's unreliable thing cut off Lin Siqi's trading channel, and he had to find a new seller. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Chen Jinwang to come. "Young master, this time there is a Mr. John, who has the East India Company's supplies in his hands, but it is pure. This John, I can inquire clearly, he is much more reliable than George, he has been doing business in Liangguang, he still has a supply of arms in his hand, and the court privately asks him to buy it. Lin Siqi was suddenly moved, and asked Chen Jinwang to continue to contact the seller and make an appointment to meet at a location.

That night, there was a light song and dance in the dance and music workshop, and Lin Siqi took Chen Jinwang and Zheng Guangliang into a box, and a few guards were outside. Not long after, a gentlemanly European in a top hat and tuxedo appeared, followed by a burly black man. The European took off his hat and greeted him, "Lin Shao, hello." "It's a relatively standard Chinese. The man's gaze was grim, and a few deep wrinkles on his forehead added a bit of vicissitudes to this handsome face, and the lines from the thin lips of the eagle eyes to the high bridge of the nose were as hard as carving. Lin Siqi stepped forward to learn Western etiquette, shook hands with him, and the two sat down facing each other. Zheng Guangliang thought that this person should be John.

"I heard that Lin Shao is interested in our goods?" John lit a cigarette and smoked, "But I don't know how much you plan to pay Lin Shao?" ”

"I have packed the goods in Jiangnan, this number." He held up a hand.

"Five thousand taels?" The other party sneered twice and ignored it. "No, it's fifty thousand taels."

"Can you eat these goods, I doubt it. I heard that you almost had your money hacked before. John still smiled contemptuously.

"I promise to eat." Lin Siqi took out a stack of silver tickets and shook the table, "If a cooperation is reached, this is my deposit." ”

"Then I want to know how you plan to sell these goods?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own sales anyway." Lin Siqi saw that he still didn't spread the eagle, and continued to talk, "I heard that you still have arms on hand, I want them too, and the price is one percent more than that of the imperial court." ”

"Lin Shao, you don't have a small appetite. Dare to love Lord Lin, this is a plan, aren't you afraid that I will reveal it to the court? John's eyes immediately showed ferocity, like a wolf waiting for an opportunity, staring at Lin Siqi. Seeing the situation, Zheng Guangliang immediately took out a posture and stepped forward to protect. John snuffed out the cigarette butt and immediately got up and left, "Hmph, you think beautifully." ”

Lin Siqi immediately asked Zheng Guangliang to stop them, and he took out a pistol and pointed it at John, "Hey, Mr. John, don't go." Today I am honest with each other to discuss business, since I have shown my hole cards, you are too unappreciative to do this. ”

At this time, the black man behind John directly choked Zheng Guangliang's throat, and Zheng Guangliang was actually lifted up by this black man who was a head taller than him. He immediately clamped his feet around the black man's waist, and his hand clamped to the opponent's joint, and as soon as the opponent's hand was released, a harrier turned over and freed. The other party is tall and can't stretch out in a small space, Zheng Guangliang relied on his flexibility, and slammed a few times on the opponent's critical joints, more than a dozen back and forth, Zheng Guangliang took advantage of the black man's strength, jumped on his shoulder, and slammed it on the back of the head, knocking the black man unconscious.

John looked stupid, and Lin Siqi sneered, "Mr. John, today I will also let you see the Chinese's marksmanship." He aimed at the bean-sized candlelight on the wall across the hall from the box, and fired a shot, which was immediately extinguished. John broke out in a cold sweat at this time, and Lin Siqi asked him to sit down again and continue to talk about business.

Sure enough, the negotiations went well. This time, Lin Siqi no longer talked about feelings, and bargained, which was one percent lower than the previous price, and finally signed the agreement. Lin Siqi walked out of the dance workshop satisfied, and then Xiuniang came over with a smile. "I also want to thank Xiuniang for helping me extinguish the lamp just now." Lin Siqi smiled at Xiuniang obliquely, took out a silver ticket and handed it to her.

"Small things, Young Master Lin is more to cheer." Zheng Guangliang listened to it sincerely, it turned out that this marksmanship was just a trick of Young Envoy Lin.

Not long after, Lin Siqi received the first order from John, Zheng Guangliang and Chen Jinwang went to the dock to receive it, and Chen Jinwang instructed the workers to move the goods from the ship into the warehouse. "What is this?" Zheng Guangliang vaguely felt that there was something wrong with these things.

"Smoke and soil." Chen Jinwang leaned close to his ear and tapped and said.

"The young master doesn't smoke a lot, so he wants to smoke like this?"

"You don't understand that, do you? There are 200 smoke houses in the young master's offline channels, and the demand is huge. Don't look at this little smoke, it's white silver. This money can buy many things, including arms. Zheng Guangliang looked at Chen Jinwang's meaningful smile, and guessed a few points, the money for the arms originally came from here, and the private soldiers were probably raised by these money.