Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 292 Are you afraid of taking pictures?
"Report to the army! Brothers killed a black-clothed soldier and snatched a blunderbuss!"

"What? Hurry up and take a look!"

In an empty field two miles to the north of the Gongso, the deputy general of the Supervising Biao Army who had escaped from Goudong was immediately overjoyed when he heard that a musket from Beihai Town had been seized.

When his subordinates delivered the snatched musket, the deputy general of the Chinese army was taken aback, wondering why the gun was so short and heavy?

The standard shotgun of the Green Army of the Qing Army is six feet and one inch long, or more than two meters, and the Beihai Town "fire gun" in his hand is only more than three feet long including the "dagger" on the muzzle.

Besides the weight, the net weight of the Qing army's standard shotgun is only six catties, and the barrel and action are made of cast iron; and the "fire gun" in his hand obviously exceeds six catties.

Under the light of the torches all around, the bayonet still stained with blood under the barrel was murderous.The lieutenant general of the Chinese army touched it with his hand, and he was stunned. He found that the barrel and the bayonet were actually made of steel!

After the deputy general asked Bing Yong who grabbed the gun in detail, he decided to reward him heavily.

"Five hundred, no! 800 taels of silver!"

Following the order from the lieutenant general, the surrounding sergeants shouted in unison: "There is a reward for the army! 800 taels of silver!"

What is the concept of 800 taels?Right now, 160 catties of rice is one tael or six renminbi, and 800 taels can buy [-] catties of rice; you can buy three sets of two yards on the edge of Guangzhou City; you can buy nearly [-] mu of irrigated land outside the city.

Even though the money would not all fall into the hands of Bing Yong, even half of it would be a big deal!Most of the low-level green battalion soldiers will never see dozens of taels of silver in their lifetime.

"Thanks to the military gate, little one! Willing to die for the military gate!" The soldier who was brought over by Mr. Qian knelt on the ground kowtowing to thank him.

"Good job! When this battle is over, you will come to my side to be a soldier!" The deputy general of the Chinese Army held the rifle in one hand with a smile, and stretched out his hand to pat Bingyong's shoulder.

At this time, the eyes of the green battalion soldiers around were reddened by the 800 taels of silver reward, and someone shouted: "Brothers! Kill the traitor!"

"Kill the thief and get the money! Let's go~~"

The lieutenant general of the Chinese army couldn't help nodding and smiling when he saw that his subordinates were all aroused, and each of them was as crazy as a chicken blood.He said in his heart that the goddamn traitor actually forced me into a dog's hole, and if I don't keep this grudge, I swear that I will not be a human being!

But let's save the adults first and then take revenge.
Ever since the deputy general knew that the Yamen of the Superintendent's Office had been captured, he became insane.Not to mention anything else, once these second- and third-rank officials make a mistake, no matter how many heads they have, they won't be able to cut them off.

Thinking of this, the deputy general raised his knife and shouted, "Beat the drum! Attack!"

"Boom~" With the sound of a trumpet, the streets of Tongwen were filled with shouts of killing.

"Kill!"

"The traitor takes his life!"

"Don't let the bandits go!"

"Bang bang bang~~!" "Da da da!!!"

"Master Qian was beaten to death! Everyone run!"

The farce-like attack only lasted for a few minutes, and in a blink of an eye, there were not a single person left running on the street. The lieutenant general was so angry that he was about to vomit blood when he heard about it.He ordered his personal soldiers to form a supervisory team, and kill all those who dare to retreat!

As for coming to the front line in person?The deputy general of the Chinese army is not that stupid, the soldier in black shoots his gun fast and far, and if it touches it, he will die.

"Quick! Take these people into the building! Quick!" Zhao Xin, who was standing at the corner of Baixionghang for cover, ordered his subordinates loudly, and changed another magazine by himself.

On the road that is less than 200 meters away from Gongsuo to Baixiongxing, more than 100 Qing soldiers were killed or injured.The few soldiers who stayed in the business hall also went to the roof at this moment, and as long as there were Qing troops on the street, they would immediately shoot them indiscriminately.

Sun Shiyi, who was pushed and shoved into the White Bear's Walk, was both happy and afraid when he heard the constant shouts of killing coming from outside.

He was happy that he had succeeded in training soldiers, and that the soldiers could launch rounds of attacks without fear of death; what he was afraid of was that Zhao Xin would jump over the wall in a hurry and kill all of him and others.

In good conscience, since Sun Shiyi became the acting governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the combat effectiveness of the Guangdong Green Camp has improved significantly.The folk customs in Guangdong have always been fierce, and foreign pirates often come ashore to plunder, so after he took office, he went to the public to train the green camp soldiers and horses in Guangdong and Guangxi, and strictly enforced discipline to get rid of the old habits.

And in the history of another time and space, it is precisely because of his large-scale military training this time that the combat effectiveness of the Guangdong and Guangxi Green Battalion was effectively improved, so that the rebellion of the Tiandihui in Taiwan and the subsequent Annan War were successfully put down.

Sun Shiyi carefully calculated the strength of the troops at hand. He felt that if the Eight Banners garrisoned in the city were dispatched, people like Zhao Ni would definitely not be able to escape.

Indeed, there are more than 500 troops stationed in the Eight Banners in Guangzhou, most of whom are musketeers, and the opponents have artillery.Once these people came out of the city, Zhao Xin could only run away with Liu Zheng.

But the problem is that more than 100 of the Eight Banners soldiers in Guangzhou City were transferred from the capital this year, and most of these people had been prisoners of Beihai Town.When Zhao Xin and the others launched an attack, after hearing the gunshots outside the city, these people quickly realized that it was the rapid fire from Beihai Town.

God, this is too much to live with!We have all hid in Guangzhou, why are these plague gods still here? !

Right now, General Guangzhou is not here, and Zuo Dutong is the biggest.That Zuo Dutong heard a lot about the inside story of the Shuangchengzi war last year, and with the descriptions of those guys transferred from the capital, he was immediately frightened.

After much deliberation, Master Zuo Dutong finally gritted his teeth and decided to let the garrison Eight Banners strictly guard the city walls and gates. As long as the thieves don't come to attack the city, they will never step out of the city gate!
Out of town?joke!Who knows if the big white boat is parked outside the Pearl River Estuary again, what if someone comes in and bombards Guangzhou City?What if Guangzhou City is lost?Our whole family, young and old, all live in the city!
So no matter how the superintendent Chinese army outside the city appealed, the Eight Banners inside the city would not open the city gates, nor would they send a single reinforcement.The enraged lieutenant general of the Chinese army yelled, saying that the soldiers of the Eight Banners are a bunch of fucking cowards!

On the side of Bai Xiong Xing, Liu Zheng looked at the more than 20 Manchu bureaucrats who had been escorted in, thinking that this is too easy, right?The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, a figure at the ministerial level!

However, when he recalled the scene of being intimidated by these people with the "Qiu Hou Wen Slash" a few days ago, Liu Zheng felt that he had finally breathed a sigh of relief.So he showed a smug look on his face, and giggled at a roomful of captives sitting on the ground.

"You dog days also have today!"

He was just enjoying himself, only to hear the ping-pong-pang-pong outside fight again.

"Grandchildren! Come on! Fuck!"

Zhao Xin was also fired. He adjusted his automatic rifle to continuous fire, and fired continuously in the direction of the office, and quickly emptied a magazine.

After a few minutes, when the scope could no longer see a white figure, Zhao Xin turned around and entered the shop.Liu Zheng was choked by the smell of gunpowder smoke on Zhao Xin's body, and asked in a low voice, "How is it?"

Zhao Xin said in a low voice: "They are so crazy! This is a hornet's nest. We have to withdraw at dawn, otherwise it will be too late."

"What about these prisoners?"

Zhao Xin flipped his hands, showed a mobile phone, handed it to Liu Zheng and said, "Take a picture and keep it on file, scare them to death!"

Liu Zheng was taken aback when he heard this, and thought to himself, what is this?
It is said that the first recorded photo in modern Chinese history was taken by the French missionary Nan Gelu for Qiying, then governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, in 1844.

Because the early camera technology was immature, the photos taken were not good-looking, so it was difficult to popularize.Due to the backwardness of scientific knowledge, the folks regarded photography as a black art. Until the early Republic of China, some people believed that photography could absorb people's vitality and soul.

But when Sun Shiyi was lifted out of the room and leaned against the wall, he had no idea what Zhao Xin was going to do.

"Zhao Xin! If you want to kill, you have to obey! I am a second-rank official of the imperial court. I was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Qianlong. I can't let you humiliate me like this!"

Looking at Sun Shiyi with wide eyes, Zhao Xin first signaled Liu Zheng to start taking pictures.

Liu Zheng deliberately turned his voice to the maximum, so he only heard a "click", and the first photo of a Qing Dynasty official in this time and space was born ahead of schedule!

Only then did Zhao Xin say: "Sun Zhitai, I have a question. How did you find me?"

"Hmph~ The law of heaven is clear, and the retribution is not good. You thought you could go out in the market, but you didn't know that the imperial court had already made pictures of you to show the states and counties of the world, and I advised you to do it."

"Master Sun, please speak humanly!"

"You are just a clown who steals the name of the former Ming Dynasty, resists the heavenly soldiers, and harms the border people! I wish I could eat meat and lose my skin!"

Forget it, Zhao Xin took the phone from Liu Zheng, called up the photo he just took, and held it in front of Sun Shiyi.And Sun Shiyi was stunned when he saw himself in the small box in Zhao Xin's hand!Immediately afterwards, the old man began to tremble all over.

There's no other way, since you can't speak properly, you can only intimidate.

"Sun Shiyi, I have collected half of your three souls and seven souls. See? Now I want you to live, and I want you to die. As long as I have this, you can't commit suicide! Now I will ask you again, Who told the secret?"

Seeing Zhao Xin threatening Sun Shiyi with a cell phone photo in a serious manner, Liu Zheng almost couldn't help laughing. He quickly turned sideways and pretended to cough a few times before covering it up, thinking that this is okay? !
This works!
Looking at his clearly recognizable face on the small square box in Zhao Xin's hand, Sun Shiyi was really scared now, even if he was a well-educated Jinshi, it was useless.

It is said that in the "soul-calling case" that affected half of the Qing Dynasty in the 33rd year of Qianlong, countless people from the court to the local area fell into panic.Qianlong, who thought it was a rebellion, personally ordered to direct the nationwide clean-up operation; and the common people were at a loss as to what to do, and tried their best to find a way to resist the sorcery.A few months later, tens of thousands of people were purged as a "demon party", and nearly 200 officials were punished.

scary right?

Now I understand why those people were frightened when Zhao Xin said at the gate of the Superintendent’s Office that they would cut off their braids, and then they behaved honestly, right?The ancients really believed this!

So Zhao Xin quickly learned from Sun Shiyi that the reason for his exposure was the man named Fu Ming'a.However, after the interrogation of the others, it was learned that Fu Ming had already been shot to death when the soldiers rushed into the flower hall.

So. So Zhao Xin is also quite helpless, damn "everyone is here", the four tolerances are really harmful!
Liu Zheng still underestimated the power of photos.Among the officials who followed, some were so frightened that they burst into tears after seeing their photos, while others fainted while foaming at the mouth; what's more, Fo Ning, the supervisor of the Guangdong Customs, was simply feces and urine.

In the eyes of these people, the "soul-calling" back then may not be true; but the photos now are living proof that I was really fascinated by others.

So under Zhao Xin's intimidation, Yao Jietai, who had scolded Zhao Xin angrily, was sent out to negotiate with the green battalion outside, and if he dared to attack, the officials in this room would die.

The distraught Yao Niaotai staggered down the dark street, with a lot of grief in his heart.Not long ago, I saw the other party perform "witchcraft" on me, and now I lost one of the three souls. Could it be that I really want to be puppets for these demons in the future?
"Who! Stop!"

"I, my official Yao Tiesong!"

After murmuring in the dark for a while, a voice suddenly asked, "Is this Master Yao from the Chasi?"

Yao Fen smiled sadly and said, "It's my officer. Take me to see Vice-General Sun."

Zhao Xin didn't know what Yao Jietai said to the Chinese vice-general. Half an hour later, the observation soldier on the roof came to report that the surrounding Qing troops had withdrawn to the north of Gongso, and now everyone in Beihai Town had to do something. The only thing is to evacuate all.

"What about these officials?"

"Take them away, and let them go when we are safe!"

Liu Zheng pinched his nose and said, "The one who pulls his trousers also wears it?"

Zhao Xin rolled his eyes and said, "Take it if you don't think it smells bad."

"Then forget it."

At this time, the sky outside the house had already turned pale. Zhao Xin looked at the time and saw that it was past four o'clock in the morning.

After everyone tidied up and sent another telegram to Beihai Town, it was already five o'clock in the morning.Under the cover of the machine gunner, several soldiers carried a rubber boat to the ferry at Mulujian.

This is the place where you board the ferry boat from the merchant ship moored in Huangpu, and it is also the place where you start to visit Haizhuan Temple on weekdays.On weekdays, day and night, there are often large boats full of passengers setting off or docking here, and you can also see large and small boats coming and going on the river, sometimes even covering the entire river.

The continuous gunfire in the first half of the night scared away the ships that were moored at night, and the flower boats outside the oil boom door also disappeared without a trace.Now there is not a single boat near Mulujian Ferry, and even if there are boats going to and fro, they still sail close to the south bank.

With the sound of rumbling motors, the black assault boat rolled up layers of white waves and drove towards the watermelon boat on the opposite bank.

"Brother Yashui, someone is coming from the opposite side!"

Li Yashui poked his head out from the cabin, looked at the black fast boat approaching in surprise, and wondered what kind of boat it was?How can you run so fast.

"Is it from Hongqi Zheng's family?" On the assault boat, a soldier from Beihai town asked in a low voice.

"Yes." Li Yashui nodded in a daze.

"There are dozens of people behind, let's go as soon as they are all here!"

"Master Jun." Li Yashui called out hesitantly, "There are so many of you, it's hard to live in Humen!"

The soldier who spoke first said with a smile: "Don't worry, we have amulets, if the officers and soldiers dare to stop them, let them be shot!"

(End of this chapter)