Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 390 Chakta's Accident ([-])

When Fan Tong said this, even though the masked men didn't speak, they were terrified.On the other hand, Pavlov and Ragugin were also uneasy after hearing the translation by the masked man surnamed Tian.

It has been more than a month since Qiaktu was captured by the North Navy, and the soldiers and civilians in the trading city also knew what happened the day the opposite city was broken.It is said that the head of the Northern Navy who looked like the reincarnation of Xiong Jing didn't even keep a single prisoner, and all the captured Cossack soldiers were shot to death by "muskets".

This is too cruel!
The purpose of Shanxi merchants coming here is nothing more than to make money, and they didn't want to cause trouble.But the problem is that in the past month, the Northern Navy has seized several large-scale smuggling cases on the border, confiscating a large amount of tea, cotton cloth and rhubarb, as well as a large number of leather goods, cattle and horses from Tsarist Russian merchants. I'm pissed off.

Later, when Shanxi merchants heard that the North Navy was supplying large quantities of tea, silk, and cotton cloth to the five major families in Irkutsk, they immediately became overwhelmed. This nima cut off people’s fortunes like killing their parents!So when Pavlov sent news through the secret channel and proposed to cooperate with each other, some people gritted their teeth and agreed.

The one who agreed to cooperate was none other than Tian Tonghe, the treasurer of "He Yu An Ji" in Yuci Chang's family, the largest businessman in the trading city.That's right, this person and Tian Tongzhou who met Liu Sheng before are brothers, and both of them are shopkeepers in the Chang family's business, but one is honest and the other is bold and dark.

The Chang family in Yuci is the largest Shanxi merchant in the trading city. There are five shops under its name, and they deal in various types of goods by category. The annual turnover is tens of thousands of taels of rubles.If the Beihai Navy does this, the business of the Chang family in Xikou will be completely ruined.

Tian Tonghe is a person who wants to be the big shopkeeper of the Chang family, so he traveled all the way to such a place where no shit.Although this person does things safely, he is arrogant and can't stand being wronged.Bei Haijun broke his thoughts, and he must take revenge.

After learning about Pavlov's plan, Tian Tonghe first bribed the local co-leader with 20 yuan ([-] taels. Because there are more rubles in the trading city and less copper coins, so the money is expensive and the silver is cheap).

On the other hand, on Pavlov’s side, after the high-priced tea and cotton cloth he smuggled through secret roads were transported to Irkutsk, because Zhao Xin reached an agreement with the five masters, none of them could be sold, and they had to lower their prices in the end. Price deal, lost a lot of money.

It is said that before the border trade was closed, the five major families monopolized most of the tea trade, and merchants in the "first guild" like Pavlov could only make money through cotton cloth and rhubarb.After the shutdown, Pavlov got involved in the tea trade through smuggling.

Shanxi merchants can do business in the east of Mongolia if they don’t do western trade, but if Pavlov’s business collapses, his life will plummet, which is unacceptable to him anyway.

To explain this problem, we must briefly talk about the status of Russian merchants at the end of the eighteenth century.Otherwise, for no reason, no one would risk losing his head to do such a thing.

It is said that after Catherine II launched the "Urban Reform Plan" in 1775, the industrial and commercial persons were reclassified.It is divided into merchants, petty bourgeois and guild craftsmen.Merchants are divided into the first, second, and third guild merchants according to the amount of their registered capital. At the same time, the minimum capital of the three guild merchants is also stipulated, that is, the conditions for inclusion.

At the beginning, the minimum capital of the three levels of guild merchants was [-] rubles, [-] rubles, and [-] rubles respectively.People with less than the above-mentioned amount of capital are included in the ranks of small citizens and guild handicraftsmen, and merchants in the first, second, and third guilds are exempted from poll tax and redeemed for military service.

But starting from 1785, the "City Privileges Edict" was promulgated, which increased the minimum capital of the first guild merchants to [-] rubles, the second guild merchants to [-] rubles, and the third guild merchants to [-] rubles. Rubles, the corresponding tax amount has also increased dozens of times.

The merchants of the first guild were allowed to conduct domestic and foreign trade and wholesale and retail, the merchants of the second guild could only carry out commercial activities in domestic cities and markets, and the merchants of the third guild were only allowed to conduct business operations within the local area.

In addition, merchants in the first and second guilds are allowed to have factories, sea and river ships; rights under the nobility.

For Pavlov, seeing that he was about to fall into the dust from the merchants of the first guild, years of hard work were ruined, and he had to do everything possible to restore it.And kidnapping a high-ranking official of the Beihai Navy to go back must be a great achievement.

So you understand how hateful it is that Zhao Xin tried to control the Qing-Russian trade, right?

As for Major Ragugin, this person is actually a staff officer sent by the Russian Privy Council to understand the battle situation in Yaksa.Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in the town of Bratsk, north of Irkutsk, he learned the news of the Russian army's defeat.Because of his mission, Ragujing disguised himself as a businessman and went south with a few entourages to spy on intelligence.

During these years, the traffic in East Siberia relied entirely on waterways and post roads built along the river. When Ragugin arrived at the salt town of Ussory-Siberia, north of Irkutsk, he found that the Northern Navy had already arrived here.Later, when he arrived in Kyakhta and met his old friend Pavlov, he learned that all the garrisons here had been wiped out by the Northern Navy, and his friend, the lieutenant colonel of the local garrison, was shot and shot after being captured by the Northern Navy.

Ragugin originally wanted to spy on information in Kyakhta, do some sabotage, and then slipped away.But under some encouragement from Pavlov, he changed his mind and decided to tie a tongue and bring him back to Krasnoyarsk for business.

Because Liu Sheng went to Irkutsk recently and was busy deploying military defense against Russia, Fan Tong, who often went to the grocery store to pick up girls, fell into Pavlov's sight, while Ushiha and Polya were pure It is a disaster for the fish in the pond.

Zhao Xin originally arranged a guard squad for Fan Tong and others, but Fatty Fan thought that the more he was like this, the more dangerous he would be.Moreover, this guy has been chasing Polia recently, and he feels that it is inconvenient to bring a guard team behind him all day long, so he often leaves the guard team in the barracks and sneaks out by himself.

The overly peaceful environment of Beihai Town and the smooth sailing of the previous battle made Fan Tong lack vigilance for his own safety in this time and space.He felt that with the powerful deterrent force of the Northern Navy, the local Tsarist Russia could only obediently be obedient citizens; but he didn't know that under the surface of calm, the undercurrent was surging.

Pavlov, Ragutin and others who were about to set off thought that the Beihai Navy had nothing to do with them temporarily because they blocked the secret passage, but they never expected that the Beihai Navy's reconnaissance methods had exceeded their imagination .

When a horse team carrying people came out of the warehouse compound of "He Yu An Ji" and galloped westward, it was locked by the drone of the Beihai Navy.The Bei Haijun, who was in charge of operating the drone, was surprised to find that it was not only Wu Xiha who was tied to the horse, but also two other people.

After learning that the body lying in the shed outside the grocery store was Wu Xiha's bodyguard, Lu Shoushan, the acting commander of the city defense, was furious.Now that Liu Sheng is not here, if something bad happens to Wu Xiha, he will die forever.When he learned of the kidnapper's movements, Lu Shoushan ordered the horse-mounted infantry company, which was ready to go at the Jiehe Bridge, to quickly pursue them.

Watching the horse team of hundreds of people cross the wooden bridge of the boundary river and gallop westward along the outside of the city, the Eight Banners garrisoned at the head of the trading city and Wu Siguan who came over after hearing the news looked stunned.

"They, are they going to do something?" The shivering co-leader didn't know whether it was because of the cold weather or fear, his gums were trembling.As a local garrison general, if the Beihai Navy really attacked the city, he could only follow and die in the city.If he really ran back to Kulun, Master Song would definitely kill him.

The Bei Haijun who roared past the city were all strong and fit, all wearing thick knee-high padded robes, and carrying shiny "Lianzhu muskets" behind them, and they didn't even care about the Eight Banners garrisoned at the top of the trading city.

Siguan Wu beside him squinted his eyes for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's not like that. If you want to attack the city, why send a cavalry team. It looks like you're chasing someone."

"Who are you chasing after?" Hearing this, Xie Ling felt relieved and felt less cold.

In fact, Secretary Wu was also very worried, but the news from Kulun and the capital ordered him to stick to the trading city, and to report the movements of the Beihai Navy to Kulun every three days.Besides, if Bei Haijun wanted to fight the trading city, he would have done it long ago, so there is no need to wait until now.

"It's hard to say. We are so close, we will know sooner or later. I'm afraid it's bad luck to be caught up by this group of people!"

Pavlov and Ragutin never expected that they had only run five miles, and the cavalry of the Northern Navy had already followed.When he heard the dense sound of horseshoes behind him, Ragujing looked back and was immediately frightened out of his wits.Only then did he notice a black "strange bird" flying with them in the sky behind him.

On the other horse, Fan Tong, who was tied up like a rice dumpling, was overjoyed when he saw his men catching up, and just about to laugh out loud, he was almost out of breath by the howling north wind.

From Maimai City to the west along the dividing line between the two countries, there is an endless wilderness and virgin forest.In order to get rid of the pursuers, Pavlov pointed to the large expanse of pine forest to the north. Everyone understood, regardless of whether they would run into a tiger, and quickly got into the forest.

Pavlov thought that he might be able to get rid of the pursuers by relying on two Qing people who were familiar with the surrounding terrain to lead the way, but Ragutin didn't think so.

The "black bird" above the head was still following them relentlessly. Not long after entering the forest, Ragugin noticed another "black bird" flying in the air, while the previous one flew away to the east.

The "Black Bird" doesn't fly very high, and Ragugin estimates that the height is only more than 20 meters. If he had a rifle, he would have knocked out the "Black Bird" with one shot.But they only had daggers besides two short guns. As for the repeating pistol seized from Fan Tong and Wu Xiha, it was so rare that he wanted to take it back and hand it in as a trophy.

But the problem is that no matter how they turn around in the woods or how they bury the footprints left on the snow, the pursuers behind them have been following them and getting closer.An hour later, the kidnappers who were anxious to jump over the wall were forced into a mountain depression, and there was no way out behind them.

"Listen, people on the other side, don't come any closer, or I'll kill this man and two women!" Seeing the looming figure behind a tree more than 100 meters away, Pavlov hid behind Fan Tong, and the distraught big shouted.

After he shouted several times, he realized that many people in the Beihai Navy did not understand Russian, so he asked the two Qing people who led the way to shout in Chinese.Sure enough, after the guy from "He Yu An Ji" yelled a few words, the Bei Haijun who had gradually surrounded stopped and hid behind the tree.

"Hand over everyone! Put down your weapons and surrender! Otherwise, none of you will see the sun tomorrow!"

Someone from the Beihai Navy behind the tree finally spoke, and when they came up, they were aggressive and had no intention of negotiating at all.

"Let's go, put one every ten miles! You can only send two people to follow!"

The company commander of the Beihai Navy who led the team was almost annoyed, and said in his heart that if he didn't give you some flair, he wouldn't know that Prince Ma had three eyes.He then gave an order through the walkie-talkie in his hand.

"boom!"

At the moment before the gunshot, Pavlov, who was hiding behind the stone, saw the head of the Qing Dynasty man with his head protruding in front of him suddenly tilted his head back, his neck was almost bent to ninety degrees, and then he moved forward heavily. Fell on the stone.

"My God! They're shooting!"

Pavlov stared at the blood splattered on the ground in astonishment, and yelled in fear.He waited for him to react, and then he felt something standing on his face, raised his hand to touch it and looked again, and found that it was a piece of broken bone.

At this moment, a Cossack had a fierce look in his eyes. He grabbed Polya, held a dagger against her neck and stood up.He was about to speak threats, but just as he said a word, the bullets from his face immediately knocked him to the ground.Only the trembling Polya stood alone, not knowing what happened.

"Polya! Get behind the rocks and come to me."

Hearing Fan Tong's shout, Polia came back to her senses, staggered to Fan Tong's side, and buried her head in his arms.

"Van, I'm afraid."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it will be fine in a while, our people are here."

Only then did Ragugin really feel afraid.The nearest Beihai Navy outside was more than 100 meters away from him. When the other party fired, he didn't hear the familiar sound of flint hammering at all, and he didn't see any white smoke after shooting. It was simply killing people invisible.

Although the weapons of the Beihai Navy are amazingly powerful, they still don't want to give up. As the planners and culprits of this kidnapping case, they know that once they surrender, they will definitely have nothing to eat.

The sun is now slanting to the west, as long as you can stay up until dark, you may be able to run out.

"Guys, we can't escape! Surrender!" The only one who spoke was the guy from "He Yu'an Ji", who was already scared out of his wits.He thought that he was at most a small accomplice, even if he surrendered, he would not be guilty of death.As for shopkeeper Tian's father and mother getting married, let's take care of each other!

The farce of this kidnapping continued until dark, and it was not until the Beihai Navy lit up countless flashlights that Ragujing and others gave up their resistance in desperation and came out to surrender.

　Krasnoyarsk belongs to Tsarist Russia's stronghold on the Yenisei River Defense Line, located at the confluence of the Yenisei and Kacha Rivers.From the second half of the sixteenth century, Tsarist Russia began a large-scale eastward expansion.After going through the stages of the Ob River Basin, the Yenisei River Basin and the Lena River Basin, Russia's eastward invasion entered the Heilongjiang River Basin.In the first half of the seventeenth century, Russia pushed its eastern rule to Kamchatka on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. Around 1639, its power expanded to the coast of Okhotsk.In terms of military deployment, Tsarist Russia began to build the Tobolsk fortress from the end of the sixteenth century, and then continued to advance along the Irtysh River. The Semipalatinsk fortress was built around 1718, and the Ust-ka fortress was built in 1720. Menogorsk.These fortifications and fortifications constituted a multi-layered defense line in eastern Russia, including the Yaik River Defense Line, the Orenburg Defense Line, the Ishm River Defense Line, the Irtysh River Defense Line, the Yenisei River Defense Line, and the Angara River Defense Line. Lines of defense, which are connected to each other and advance in chains.

　　
　
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