Bai Yongqi was staring at Li Xian for a moment, trying to see something from his expression, but seeing that Li Xian was calm and calm, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, knowing that he couldn't do anything about him, so he had to take out the letter and hand it to Li Xian. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Xian picked up Governor Lin's letter and read it, and it criticized Li Xian in an extremely stern tone for contacting foreign officials without authorization, and casually publishing articles in newspapers, which was imprudent.

However, in the second half, as soon as the conversation changed, he praised Li Xian for his meritorious work in eliminating pirates in Leizhou Bay, and for the people, and specially informed him that the Guangdong Governor's Mansion would give him the title of "Security Group" of the Mixed Yuan Guard, and especially reminded Li Xian that as long as he behaved well, he would be given an official rank and a knighthood, and he would be named the head of the sailor or something.

The so-called security regiment is a kind of militia organization popular in the Qing Dynasty, which belongs to an armed organization that is half official and half civilian, and does not need to perform any official tasks in peacetime, but only helps the government to do what it can when there is something.

When the matter related to the release of Shen Baozhen was first discussed, the Governor's Office promised to give the escort force a name, that is, the establishment of the "security regiment", so that it would become a legal armed force, and even promised to give Li Xian the rank of military attaché.

It's just that when Li Xian released Shen Baozhen, the Governor's Mansion turned its face and didn't recognize anyone, didn't mention these things, and made it clear that he had to repay his debts.

Li Xian didn't speak after reading the letter, but just pondered for a while, this letter from the Governor's Mansion is honestly not very meaningful, but with this semi-formal letter, some things will be handled better.

"I understand what Lord Governor means, and I also ask Master Bai to stay on Donghai Island for a few days, so that I can discuss with my subordinates how to reply to Lord Lin. Li Xian said to Master Bai.

"That's nature. Master Bai said gracefully, but he cursed in his heart.

As Master Bai's identity in the Governor's Palace, he has always been held by others when he goes out to do errands, not only to eat and drink well, but also to supply money and beauty thoughtfully, for fear of causing him unhappiness in these small details.

However, this set does not work here in Li Xian, it only provides ordinary three meals a day, which is similar to the treatment of several officers under Li Xian (it is sumptuous for ordinary soldiers, but in terms of the level of the staff of the Governor's Palace, it is better than pig food), and there are no other programs and money and bribes.

In addition, he can only live in a designated small courtyard and is not allowed to enter and leave at will, which is considered semi-house arrest.

In short, it is definitely a chore to go to the Mixed Yuan Temple, and the governor's staff can see from these places that Li Xian has no intention of getting close to the governor's mansion, that is to say, he has never thought of entering the Qing Dynasty officialdom, and the recruitment methods that are still effective for pirates and bandits are of no use to Li Xian.

After discussing with General Zhao Hu and others, Li Xian wrote a reply letter and asked Master Bai to show it to Governor Lin.

In this letter, Li Xian accused the officials in Guangzhou in a flat tone that their words did not count, and that they would no longer suppress the mixed yuan concept after releasing Shen Baozhen, but connived at the thirteen lines to suppress the soap business, causing the mixed yuan concept to suffer huge property losses.

However, Li Xian also said in the letter that he was willing to accept the title of "Security Corps" and contribute to the stability of the Qing Dynasty, and by the way, he also asked the Governor's Office to fulfill his official post as soon as possible and make himself the "chief of the sailors", and also said that as long as he became the general of the Qing Dynasty, he would do his best for the Qing Dynasty and crack down on the British profiteers who came to attack and so on.

"It's just a villain with two ends of the head. Governor Lin sneered when he saw Li Xian's reply and threw the letter aside.

The officials in Guangzhou had a clear understanding that Li Xian wanted to fish in troubled waters, taking advantage of the fact that the Guangdong government was fighting with the British, betting on both sides, seeking benefits on both sides, and seeking survival and development in the gap between the two behemoths.

"Xia Guan has an idea, didn't this Li Xian originally publish articles in foreigners' newspapers at his own expense, flaunting his face of seeking well-being for the people of Guangdong?

Why don't we make this letter public, and then let people publish it in the foreigners' newspapers, I see how Li Xian hooked up with the British when I saw it. Shen Baozhen, the general judge of Guangzhou, said in a deep face beside him.

"Shen Youchang's trick is good, use his own way to repay his body, just use Li Xian's own tricks to deal with himself. Guangdong Governor Yiliang applauded, feeling that this method was insidious and vicious, which was too much to his liking.

So, the matter was settled.

Although the Guangdong government has repeatedly fallen behind in the contest with the British, as a behemoth, its influence is still quite large, and it is still very easy for two English-language newspapers to publish the translation of Li Xian's letter.

In the process, the officials headed by Shen Baozhen also made significant revisions to Li Xian's letter.

When the "China Cong Bao" and the "Guangdong Chronicle" published Li Xian's letter, the content of which was that Li Xian thanked the Guangdong Governor's Office for appointing him the head of the "Security Corps", and was inexplicably grateful to the emperor for his grace, and said that he would make persistent efforts to rectify the British so that he could become the official military attache of the Qing Dynasty, that is, the commander of the East China Sea Division of the Leizhou Mansion in Guangdong Province of the Qing Dynasty.

As soon as this letter was published, it caused some fluctuations in the merchant circles of the Qing Kingdom and the British, of course, mainly because Li Xian was not self-sufficient, and there were more views on the grasshopper shaking the tree.

Even the powerful Cantonese naval division suffered repeated defeats in front of the British navy, and no one believed that Li Xian could cause any waves with a few hundred of his men.

It's just that the British consul's righteous law is a little inexplicable, Li Xian and the Guangdong government have successively published articles in newspapers controlled by the British, which must have a deep meaning, but these two sides are very obscure, and they can't see what the mystery is with the ability of a dignified consul, so they can only secretly guard against it.

From the very beginning, Li Xian showed enthusiasm for the smoking ban, and he also complained about the British blockade of the Pearl River Estuary, and it was difficult for the well-informed Yilu to understand that there would be such a big disagreement between the Cantonese government and Li Xian.

No matter how shrewd Li Xian was, he could not have imagined that the officials in Guangdong would process his letter and publish it in the British newspaper, but after discovering this situation, he felt that it would be of great help to him, so he did not pay much attention to it.

During this time, Li Xian was also very busy, and he practiced with the escort team every day.

It turned out that many of the guards had experience in going to sea, and they were all good at boating and everything, but most of the traditional Chinese-style soft sailing boats they used to use, and the European-style soft sailing ship of more than 400 tons bought from Macao was not very useful.

Li Xian could only spend a lot of money and recruit some sailors with experience in foreign ships to teach how to control soft sailing ships, and even ask some foreign sailors to teach experience.

In addition, the six commercial guns bought from the British also had to learn to use.

The soldiers of the artillery company headed by Ma Daha had used whaling guns with a range of only 60 or 70 meters before, and they were ecstatic after getting authentic European commercial artillery, but they had to relearn everything from aiming, loading to launching, so as to form combat effectiveness.

These six cannons were divided into six-pounder guns, nine-pounder guns, and eighteen-pounder guns, Li Xian only left two cannons to be installed on the earthen wall of the base of Donghai Island, and the other four guns were loaded on a 400-ton ship named "Donghai", and he took the escort to practice all day.