9. The Righteous (3)
"How did you find out about this?" Liu Yongfu snorted coldly, looked at the blade body, the snow on the knife body was bright, reflecting his eyes, "My Black Flag Army, I have never seen foreigners to kill, you are a guest today to give gifts, the Chinese are the most particular about etiquette, we don't mess around, take your silver and roll back to the Dragon Mansion!" ”
"Since you are Chinese, why are you entrenched in Baosheng City in Vietnam!" The Frenchman shouted, "Then why don't you go back to China?" Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"I am Chinese, and I am the deputy admiral of Sanxuan made by the king of Vietnam, a heroic general, how, you are a Frenchman, do you have an opinion?" Liu Yongfu slowly stood up, wiped the knife, and retracted it to the scabbard, "Besides, Vietnam is a vassal of China, why, can't I, a Chinese, stay in Vietnam?" ”
"Vietnam will soon become a vassal state of France, General Liu, I am sure you will not know this," the French said sinisterly, "when the time comes, no Chinese will be able to survive in Vietnam," he puffed up his chest, "especially the self-righteous Chinese, absolutely cannot continue to live in Vietnam." ”
"If you have me, don't have such a dream," Liu Yongfu put the knife and scabbard on the shelf on the case, turned around and glanced at the French, "This part of Vietnam, in Beiqi, the French don't count." ”
"Does that count? General Liu, I believe that you are not brainless, why do you say such angry words, although you are a general in Vietnam and in the Qing Dynasty, but you are a first-class rebellion, and you were driven to Vietnam like that general surnamed Feng, by the way, like a lost dog," he spat on the ground, "Bah, what are you still pretending to be in front of us French, we have already figured out your bottom, I advise you to know better, otherwise wait until our army arrives," he kicked the iron box on the ground, There was a loud bang, "There is no silver left, only corpses, bloodshed and cries." ”
The pro-soldiers on the side were furious, they all drew their long knives, and shouted loudly, the Frenchman's face turned white, "How do I Liu go, don't bother with you," Liu Yongfu sat down, waved his hand, and asked the pro-soldiers to put away the knives, "I am in this Baosheng City, with my back to China, leading the Vietnamese lord of Yulu, I am already very satisfied, I don't want to have anything to do with you foreign devils anymore, but your mouth should also be clean," Liu Yongfu picked up the teacup and took a sip of boiled water, "Do you really think I don't dare to kill people?" ”
The corners of his eyes showed a murderous aura, the Vietnamese had collapsed to the ground, and the French still held back their fear, but at this time they no longer used strong means, "General Liu, we trade with the Red River, and enter China through Baosheng City, just to do business, the Vietnamese emperor promised to collect taxes for you, and we are willing to pay taxes, as long as the adults open the channel of the Red River for our merchant ships to China, in the future, we will annex Vietnam with France, we are still willing to give the general the same status as now, This is what the consul of Thang Long province told me personally, and even the general can receive our French knighthood, and your status can be higher than that of the king of Vietnam. ”
The envoy from France made a big promise, but Liu Yongfu disdained it, "It's really dirty to say this, Lao Tzu is a traitor, but he won't be a dog for France, don't think I don't know what you want to do," Liu Yongfu stood up and stroked the horse coat on his body, "Don't you just want to smuggle opium and arms into the country?" I tell you, no, get out of here, don't defile my Baosheng City! ”
"You damn yellow-skinned monkey!" The French were furious and scolded: "What kind of loyal and righteous man are you pretending to be? We ship these things to China, and it doesn't do you any good, so why should you stop our business. You're also a rebel in China, who cares about you! ”
"Why are you blocking it?" Liu Yongfu had already turned around to retreat to the back hall, but when he heard the clamor of the French, he turned around again, stared at the angry Frenchman with his hands behind his back, and said word by word, "I tell you, I am a rebel of the Great Qing Kingdom, but I am still Chinese, I will not change my name, I will not change my surname!" What trouble I have with the imperial court, that's our own business, I'm against the Qing Dynasty, not China, it's not your turn for outsiders to point fingers and be nosy. But you foreign devils can't understand this, so I'll tell you, you smuggle arms into it, engage in those rebellions, smuggle opium into it, harm my flesh and blood compatriots, harm my fathers and fellow villagers, as far as I know, I am still Chinese, I tell you, as long as I, Liu Yongfu, the Black Flag Army is in Baosheng City for a day, you French merchant ships transporting these things should not expect to enter China. Liu Yongfu rolled his strange eyes, "I originally asked you to go back with all your feet and feet, but you are so rude, then you have to leave something," in the end, Liu Yongfu was from the Taiping Army, Liu Yongfu was full of arguish, he gave an indifferent order, "Cut off one of this Frenchman's ears, give him a lesson, it's not too much silver, let's take it." ”
The French and Vietnamese were dragged out, and the soldiers came back and said: "The ears have been cut off, and the Frenchman is still scolding, should he be killed with a knife." ”
"What kind of ability is it to kill him, it must be the same as in the past," Liu Yongfu picked up a silver dollar, looked at the sunlight, and the words on it were: "Tongzhi Yuanbao", China's currency has long been used in Vietnam, and the credit is better than Vietnam's local currency, Liu Yongfu held the silver dollar, and he didn't know what the expression on his face was, "Killing An Ye on the battlefield, with a real knife and a real gun, is the ability." ”
The Black Flag Army fought with the French army in Luo Chi, a suburb of Hanoi, and killed the French general An Ye, an invincible war maniac, and more than 100 of his subordinates also became ghosts under the Black Flag saber, and achieved the Luo Chi victory of "luring An Ye and covering his entire army". The French army was forced to withdraw from Hanoi. This was Liu Yongfu's first exploit in defending the national frontier and supporting friendly countries to resist France. The king of Yue promoted Liu Yongfu to the deputy governor of Sanxuan, and gave a seal letter, which said: "Shanxi, Xinghua, Xuanguang deputy governor heroic general seal." In order to show his merits, he ordered Liu Yongfu to guard both sides of the Red River.
This is Liu Yongfu's first credit for getting an official position in Vietnam, and later there are successive credits for quelling the rebellion, and the king of Vietnam gave Liu Yongfu Baosheng City and let him collect taxes to raise the army, and the Black Flag Army is almost one of the feudal towns in Vietnam.
"Lord, we don't have many muskets and artillery," the leader of the pro-soldiers said worriedly, "Now the French are negotiating with the King of Vietnam, in case the talks break down at that time, our Black Flag Army will definitely go to the battlefield, and we can't beat the French with these spears and swords." (To be continued.) )