Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 456 Don't Say You Know Me

When little Staunton was taken off the Thunderbolt by his father, he was holding a small buckskin bag given to him by A Miao, which was filled with cakes and various candies, and there was still a trace of hot chocolate on the corner of his mouth.

Standing in front of the glass window of the restaurant, Zhao Xin watched a group of people walk down the gangway, raised his chin and said to Deng Fei: "Do you know who that child is? I almost lost control just now."

Deng Fei was surprised: "Who is he? What are you doing?"

Zhao Xin then told the history of Xiao Sidangdong. Deng Fei also had a trace of anger on his face, but it dissipated after a while, and persuaded Zhao Xin: "Forget it, I'm only nine years old. Besides, this time and space has us. , the future will definitely not be like that.”

Zhao Xin let out a long breath, trying to sweep away the humiliation, but his heart still felt sour.

After Qiao Renjie landed, he immediately changed into his official uniform, and led his men to ride to Haiguang Temple.

After noon, Fu Chang'an, who had been waiting in Haiguang Temple anxiously, finally saw Qiao Renjie.After listening to Qiao Daotai's report, he immediately understood what Beihai Town was going to do.

Fu Chang'an was so angry that he almost yelled, "I bought soybeans as soon as I bought them. Did Jinzhou Shuying invite you to mess with you?" !What the hell is the "personnel flow issue", it is obvious that the population is going to be cleared!
Come on, there are too many complaints to prevent heartbreak, hurry up and send someone to the capital to report, everything has to be decided by Qianlong.If the Beihai Navy is really going to invade Tianjin City, he, Fu Changan, will just wait for his family to be raided and questioned.

At this time in the city of Tianjin, all the officials, gentry and wealthy households were running out of the city, and some people hired carts to run towards Tongzhou and Beijing.

After the power of the cannon at Dagukou was transmitted back to Tianjin City, it was completely out of shape, and there was nothing to say.What kind of fort was blown up by a cannonball, what Dagu town was razed to the ground, and the number of dead people has changed from one or two to hundreds of thousands
In a teahouse on the street, a few gangsters were talking happily.There was a large group of onlookers standing next to him, and there were more than a dozen people standing outside the window, listening to the bastard's nonsense.

".It's too late to say it's too late. The mud horse on the sea is like a cannonball! Good guy, the sky is falling apart! The fortress is like a smash!"

A person next to him hastily asked, "What's the matter? What's the matter?"

The gangster lowered his voice and said, "Is there any more? It's collapsed!"

"What about the officers and soldiers on the fort?"

"It's all buried inside."

"Hiss~~" Everyone gasped suddenly, full of worries about the future of Tianjin City.

"What? Jin San'er, it sounds so wicked to hear it. Why are you watching from the sidelines? But why did I hear that you just came back from Duliu Town the day before yesterday?"

"What? I heard what you mean, I, Jin San'er, deceived the big guy by telling lies?" The gangster Jin San'er slapped the table, and said to the man: "Let's go! Let's find a place where there is no one and talk about it."

After finishing speaking, he was about to grab the man by the collar, and the people next to him saw it and quickly came up to persuade him.It is said that the enemy outside the city is now, why do our own people still have internal strife.The person who accused Jin San'er just now knew that the other party was lying, but he didn't want to be beaten, so he handed over his hands and admitted his mistake, and took out the tea money from Jin San's table.

At this time, a nearby neighbor was carrying a pocket, and trotted past the door of the teahouse.The shop assistant standing at the door said: "Oh, what are you doing here? Take it easy!"

The neighbor turned his head and said: "It's still talking in plain language! The price of grain stores has increased!"

Coax~~!The people inside and outside the teahouse immediately dispersed, and walked quickly towards the house.

Jin San'er and the others saw that everyone had dispersed and lost their interest. They were planning to prepare for dinner when they heard someone yelling outside: "Is there anyone here?"

"Yes!" Jin San got up and went to the door, and said to the man who called out, "Why?"

"There is someone on the street ahead who wants to eat a treasure game! Sixth Master, come and call someone!"

The so-called "treasure bureau" is the old casino, and the treasure bureau is a shameless type of blackmail; those who can do this are usually desperate and ruthless gangsters.

When Jin San'er heard it, the treasure bureau on the street in front of him was covered by his gang of bastards, and now someone actually came to share the food in his job bowl, so what else to say, let's follow the rules!
So he took his two accomplices and ran to the street to the north, and when he got close to the treasure house, there was already a large circle of people around the door. Sitting at the door of Baoju with his buttocks, he was yelling at the inside of the door, as ugly as it wanted to be.A few steps away from him, there were kneeling sobbing women and two children.

"Get out of the way! The sixth master is coming!" The crowd parted a narrow road, and a fat man wearing a melon cap, a blue vest, and a lake silk padded robe walked in under the path of a gangster. .

The fat man known as the sixth master walked up to the lean man, cupped his hands and said, "What's the last name of this good man?"

"My surname is Zhang, Zhang Bingwen, from the Daming Mansion. There was a flood in the village, and I couldn't survive. I came to Tianjin to borrow the Guibao account to make a living."

"Okay! Enough courage!" Sixth Master smiled and gave a thumbs up.

At this time, the boss of Baoju also came out, cupped his hands with a smile on his face, and said to Zhang Dewang: "Second Lord, let's have a cup of tea in the room first."

In the old days in Tianjin, people could not be called uncles, and they were easily beaten.The uncle is a clay doll, and the second uncle is the real big brother.

Zhang Bingwen stuck his neck stubbornly and said: "Don't bother with that, I won't drink the tea."

The boss of Baoju glanced at the woman and child kneeling next to him, and asked with a smile, "What did the second master say? This is Guibao's relative? If you have any difficulties, tell me, and everyone can help you."

At the boss of Renjiabao Bureau, people come to make troubles every now and then, and there are too many moths.So no matter who it is, they can talk and laugh happily.Before people come out inside, they already know what they are going to do outside. Since they are here to die, they will act according to the rules of the world and will never stop them.

Afterwards, the two exchanged a few more words. Seeing that Zhang Bingwen was determined not to change, the boss of Baoju bowed, winked at Liu Ye who was beside him, and turned back to the room.

The sixth master still had a smile on his face, and said to Zhang Bingwen: "Second Master Zhang, what do you plan to eat? Do you stack it, roll a gamble, put it in a frying pan, or draw a lottery?"

Hearing the words "Put the oil in the pot", the woman next to her couldn't stop crying, and the couple also cried loudly when they were together.

Zhang Bingwen said: "Don't waste that guy's business! I have inquired beforehand, and the stacked share is the most money."

"Good man!" The sixth master made a bow and said, "Although the second master knows the rules, we have to tell you that we don't want human life, but if you make a sound, your beating will be regarded as a "bass". Don’t say you don’t have any money, you have to pay for the medical expenses yourself.”

At this moment, Zhang Bingwen cupped his hands and said, "Sixth Master, right? Thank you very much. If it is not impossible, no one wants to go this way."

The so-called "stacked" is the most desperate way to eat treasure.Even if he got the money, he would sell his life to others in the future.

Those who eat the treasure game have to block their bodies in front of the door of the treasure house, curl up their bodies to protect their vital organs such as the head and crotch, and then let others beat them violently until their arms and legs are broken.Those who are beaten must not make a sound, calling for pain is "fumbling", and it is called "walking away";

After the fight, if you don't make a sound, then the cost of curing the disease and setting the bone will be paid by Baoju.In the future, as long as the treasure bureau is open for one day, there will be a silver every month, and it will never be in arrears, let alone break its promise.

But after the injury healed, he had to listen to Baoju's orders.If someone is making trouble, you have to stop it, and you must not talk nonsense when it is time to do it.When you catch up with the crucial point of "drawing a lottery of life and death", you must go first.

Jin San'er got a share of money by "stacking" at the beginning, but now when it rains and snows, his broken bones will be sore and painful.

The sixth master had already seen Jin San'er in the crowd, and immediately beckoned, Jin San'er rushed over and punched him.The sixth master said: "Jin San'er, I'll beat you up today!"

"Master, look at you, you can't beat me like this!" After finishing speaking, he raised his hand in a bastard gesture.

At this time, the woman kneeling beside Zhang Bingwen and the two children threw themselves in front of him, begging, "Father, let's go, we can't ask for food anywhere!"

The little girl sobbed and said, "Father! Let's go! Let's go, okay? I'm just a drag, you take me to the market and sell it!"

Zhang Bingwen's eyes were red, and he stared at the woman and said, "How long will it take to beg for food? With two, and one pregnant in the stomach, otherwise, how can the whole family support themselves?!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at his daughter and said: "Be good, Yaya will listen to your mother from now on. Dad is useless, he can't support you, but he can't sell you no matter what he says."

Seeing such a scene, the crowd of onlookers shook their heads and sighed.This year, floods occurred in various parts of Zhili, and people who fled can be seen everywhere outside the city.Although the government has set up porridge sheds, there are still too many monks and not enough porridge, and people die every day.Right now, there are big ships coming out of Dagukou again, and the price of food in the city has skyrocketed.

Not to mention the family in front of me, my own family may not have the money to buy food in a few days.

At this time, Jin San'er and the gangsters took a wooden stick as thick as an arm, walked up to Zhang Bingwen and cupped their hands: "Second Lord, it's not early today, let's hurry up, finish early gone."

Then he said to the woman: "Sister-in-law, don't worry if you're done, you can't kill someone, at most you'll break a few bones, and if you raise them up, you'll look like a good man!"

Zhang Bingwen cruelly pushed his wife and children away, got up and walked to the gate of Baoju, lay down on the ground, protected his head with one hand and his crotch with the other, and said to Jin San, "Come on!"

On the corner of the street outside the crowd, a busker is saying "Shu Lai Bao".He held a piece of ox hip bone in each hand, decorated with red pompoms, and tied many small copper bells.With a shake of the hand, there was a clacking sound, and the two drums beat, making a "quack" rhythm:

". Said bastards, no two ghosts, and they all followed suit. Some people violated his borders and gathered in groups to fight. Iron rulers, axes, poles and shotguns, catch up with the house, boiled water and bricks flow down, no matter what Life and death and life and death!... Then hit the soles of the boots, it doesn't matter; hit the board, he can't get rid of it; hundreds of bamboo sticks, he can't make a sound. From then on, he will be famous, ah, famous!"

One day later, after urgent consultations between the emperors and ministers of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong ordered He Shen and Liu Yong, who had experience in contact with Beihai Town, to be the principal and deputy envoys of the negotiations, and led the Ministry of War, the Imperial Academy, and the Lifan Academy to Tianjin to negotiate with Beihai Town. .

Qianlong really fell ill this time!

He Shen didn't really want to come, but several academicians and military ministers headed by Prince Jia and A Gui tried their best to recommend him, saying that before He Zhongtang, he would go to Ninggu Pagoda and go deep into the tiger's den, and he would be able to deal with Zhao.If I go to Tianjin to get the job done this time, I will be credited for thousands of years.Qianlong, who was lying on the bed, thought that there was really no one else, so he had to agree.

From the capital city to Haiguang Temple, from Haiguang Temple to Dagukou, and then from Dagukou to Jinglei, the Qing Dynasty was like a relay race.Qiao Renjie simply waited at the mouth of Dagu, and kept sending people by boat to inform him of his arrangement; he was afraid that the Beihai Navy would not keep the agreement and fire in advance.

As for the location of the negotiation, the Qing government arranged for it to be at Haiguang Temple or Wanghai Temple.Deng Fei was not fooled, he replied directly to the messenger, either Dagu or at sea, if he didn't agree, he would still fire.

Qiao Renjie cursed angrily, so the messenger ran back and forth a few more times, and finally learned from He Shen who had arrived in Tongzhou that he agreed to negotiate in Dagu, but because it was winter and the water was dry, the boat could not be sailed, and the number of people on the other side was not enough. At least, the three days mentioned before must be too late, and I asked for another five days.

So Qiao Renjie went to Dagu to investigate in person, and finally chose Chaoyin Temple as the venue for the negotiation.This temple was built in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, the same year as Tianjin Jianwei, and has a history of nearly 300 years.

At nine o'clock in the morning on November 1789, 11, according to the time agreed by both parties, Deng Fei took Zhao Xin, who was disguised as a guard, and the guard company led by Chen Jishan, and drove into Dagukou in five speedboats, stopping at the north of Chaoyin Temple. On the pier on the south bank of the Haihe River.

At this time, there were no idlers in the ten miles around Chaoyin Temple, and the Tanggu defenders and the Green Camp troops from Zhengding and Baoding surrounded the surrounding area tightly.On the north and south banks of the Haihe River, the Qing army had a post every five steps, and a post every ten steps.

Deng Fei stepped onto the trestle bridge and saw Qiao Renjie who accompanied the British on board that day among the people who came to greet him, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "So you are an official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, what rank is your official residence? "

He has never been clear about the Dingdai and Buzi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he doesn't bother to remember them.

Qiao Renjie said in his heart that he was really a bunch of bumpkins. Do you need to ask when you see the official's blue glazed top and the peacock patch on his chest?However, he still smiled politely, cupped his hands and said, "Master Deng, we meet again. Let me introduce myself, my official Qiao Renjie, whose character is Hansan, is now the Tianjin Road of the imperial court."

Deng Fei blinked his eyes when he heard this, and thought to himself, Qiao Hansan?Why aren't you called Hu Hansan?It turned out to be a Taoist platform, but what grade did the Taoist platform come from?

Next, Qiao Renjie began to introduce to Deng Fei the other entourage who came to welcome him. Deng Fei greeted them one by one. The second-class Jinshi."

As soon as this remark came out, Jiang Fan, who was standing behind Zhao Xin and disguised as an accompanying document, was stunned.Broken, old acquaintance!
The two have known each other since they were teenagers. Jiang Fan is only three years older than Ruan Yuan, and the two have a good relationship and can wear a pair of pants.

The formation of the Beihai Navy was extremely strict, and everyone stood up straight. As a result, Jiang Fan shrank his neck when he saw Ruan Yuan.Ruan Yuan was also curious at first, and after saluting with Deng Feifei, he looked behind him, and happened to see Jiang Fan who shrank his neck.

"Jiang Ziping?" Ruan Yuan's shock at this moment can be imagined.But although he tried his best to endure it, Qiao Renjie noticed him.

Taking advantage of the time when the group of people were walking towards the gate of Chaoyin Temple, Qiao Renjie approached Ruan Yuan and asked in a low voice, "Bo Yuan, what's wrong with you?"

Ruan Yuan hurriedly said: "Master Qiao, this is the first time I've seen this Beihai soldier, it's true, it's true"

Qiao Renjie smiled slightly when he heard this, and comforted him in a low voice: "So that's the case. Don't worry, the Chaoyin Temple is now surrounded by ten miles, and there are imperial troops all over it. If Zhao Niren dares to do something unbearable, he will instantly turn him into powder."

At this moment, Jiang Fan's heart was also beating drums, and he couldn't help saying: "Don't recognize me, don't recognize me"

Ruan Yuan, who was walking in front, was also at war between heaven and man, but he still had to act nonchalantly on his face.No matter what, he never expected that his best friend would seek refuge in Beihai Town.

Like Jiang Fan, Ruan Yuan couldn't help saying in his heart: "Don't talk to me, don't talk to me"

(End of this chapter)