Chapter Ninety-Five: Eighty Thousand Patterns of Silver Buys Peace
If you want to understand the temperament of foreigners, although Lei Hu has no personal experience, it is not inferior to any Chinese people in this era, and it is even more profound.
Since the Admiral talked about the fact that foreigners may not be rumored, he didn't mind saying that there were some and some of them.
To tell the truth, in the early days of tidying up the docks, Lei Hu did have a lot of dirty problems with foreigners, and he secretly fought and was ruthless, and he killed no less than ten foreigners with his own hands, all of whom were ruthless characters under foreign merchants.
Lei Hu told the Admiral and his personal guards about the bloody and cruel battle with the foreigners at that time, and the fierce and cruel and bloody cruelty during the period shocked the Admiral's heart, and his eyes when he looked at Lei Hu changed.
What a ruthless man!
Lei Hu's smiling and groaning appearance is synonymous with the smiling tiger in the eyes of the admiral, if it weren't for pride, he wouldn't want to stay with Lei Hu.
And when Lei Hu General was attacked by the Mi people yesterday and even pulled out his gun, the admiral couldn't hold back any longer, and asked coldly with a blue face; "Is this true?"
"It happened at the gate of the opera garden, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to ask!"
Lei Hu opened his mouth solemnly and said solemnly; "My lord, there must be a strong pressure from the militia on this side of the dock, otherwise the fun will really be great, and those bold foreigners may do something!"
"Do you have the courage to target those Mi people?"
The Admiral rolled his eyes and replied dissatisfiedly: "If the militia can't show a tough posture that is enough to deter foreigners, it is impossible for me to let it go!" ”
That's what I'm waiting for!
With a joy in his heart, Lei Hu laughed; "Haha, my lord is too careful, those people in the United States want my life, how can I make them feel better?"
"What, how are you going to target them?"
The Admiral was interested, curious; "You're not deceiving Bento, are you?"
"Don't dare!"
Lei Hu smiled confidently; "If you don't believe me, you can go to the militia camp with me, and you'll know how I make those Mi guys look good!"
Good!
When the admiral was in the militia camp and saw more than a dozen Mi people being forced to train hard by the militia youth, tired like dogs but not daring to stop for a moment, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, and his gaze at Lei Hu became much softer.
This guy is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he is not soft at all when it comes to teaching foreigners, and he is very satisfied and likes this situation.
At this time, the Admiral's mentality had changed dramatically, and Lei Hu's persuasion had taken effect.
Mainly because of what the Admiral saw and heard, he clearly realized that the militia did have a pillar role in stabilizing the situation in Chancheng, and once it was disbanded or seriously weakened, it would have a significant impact on the situation in Chancheng.
If that's the case, it's hard to get him to change his mind.
Fortunately, the effect of the militia in deterring foreigners in the Chancheng area is very good, which makes his mind waver, once the militia is targeted, it will not only cause local turmoil in the end, but also make the foreigners pick up the cheap.
From the plot of Huang Feihong's first movie, it can be seen that although the admiral sent by the imperial court never forgot to target the militia, he himself did not have a conscience, and he had a little sincerity towards the people and the imperial court.
The key is that Lei Hu's purpose in bringing him to the dock is not only to see the prosperity of the dock, as well as the tough posture of the militia, but also the bright muscles that are not deeply hidden.
The effect is quite obvious!
At least when the Admiral was thinking about targeting the militia at this time, he had to take Thunder Tiger's strength into consideration, pondering the possible benefits and risks.
The results are obvious, and the benefits and risks are completely disproportionate.
The imperial court sent him over in order to suppress the militia group, with his status and official position, the effect of doing good and bad is actually almost the same, and it is not easy to further become a governor-level feud.
On the contrary, once Keyi targets the Chancheng militia, it will immediately cause local unrest, and there will be fierce revenge from ruthless people like Lei Hu, and even a small life may be lost if it is not good.
Next, the information that Lei Hu inadvertently revealed became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
It turned out that the militia or Lei Hu had already made preparations, and once the admiral persecuted it too much, the militia would simply leave our Daqing Dynasty and rush to the Nanyang area.
With the combat effectiveness of the militia group, it is not difficult at all to mix and nourish if you want to be famous.
But in this way, the Admiral suddenly realized that even if he succeeded in forcing the militia away, the damage to the militia itself would not be great.
Even if he strictly ordered the militia to disband, it would have no effect, and why would he toss and make everyone unhappy instead of being so thankless?
Of course, the most important thing is that when the Admiral was in the militia camp, the militia showed him a strong firearm combat ability, and the power of the musket salvo almost scared him.
"Where did the militia get so many muskets?"
Unable to wait to leave the dangerous place of the militia station, the Admiral gritted his teeth and asked Lei Hu on the way.
"There are a lot of foreigners on the Chancheng wharf, and many of them have guys who are also arms dealers!"
Lei Hu smiled slightly and said leisurely; "How about it, have you thought about it?"
It can be seen that the admiral's mind has been shaken, and he doesn't mind pushing it again, except for a few officials in my Great Qing Dynasty, almost all the rest of the people can be settled with silver.
If it is uneven for a while, it is not that the other party's discipline is too high, but that the girl's silver is too small.
"How much good can you give me?"
Obviously, after changing his mind, the admiral immediately became the standard model for my Qing officials, and there was everything to say with silver.
"Fifty thousand taels!"
Lei Hu's handwriting is not small, the admiral can stay in Chancheng for a short time, not more than a month and a half at most, and he can earn 50,000 taels in such a short time, which is not small.
"Too little!"
Unfortunately, the Admiral's appetite was bigger than expected, and of course his reason was also very good: "It is okay to ask the Governor to turn a blind eye to the militia, so that the Governor will be under great pressure from the imperial court, and it will not be possible to lose less money, and it will take a lot of money for the Governor to work up and down!" ”
"The price is 80,000 taels!"
Lei Hu didn't think about raising the price directly, ignored the admiral's undisguised greedy look, and said coldly: "Zhongyi Tang can only come up with so much money in the short term, and if it is more, it will not be for me to make a decision!" ”
Naturally, the Admiral did not believe this.
However, the hush money of 80,000 taels of silver had exceeded his expectations, and seeing Lei Hu's serious face, he didn't bother to continue bargaining, and nodded directly to accept it, with a smug smile on his face......