Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 718
Well, the truth of the matter is that Zhao Xin is 1.8 meters tall, and A Miao is 1.5 meters eight, so if he wants to hug each other's waist, he can only condescend to bend down.

For the past nine years, Ah Miao has been forced by Zhao Xin to eat beef, mutton, drink milk, and several years of Shancun tablets. She has to skip rope every morning and bask in the sun. The little girl is still not taller than 1.6 meters. .

This is nothing unusual.Throughout the eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, the general height of the Japanese is only about 1.2 meters to 1.4 meters, and A Miao can grow to nearly 1.6 meters, which is considered an anomaly.As the old saying goes, "men go to eighteen and women go to twenty", Zhao Xin thinks there is still a chance to jump up.

Tell me something funny.

Today's "sea dog public party" Tokugawa Iezari, who is currently in power, is 1.5 meters tall.Don't underestimate him, his stature is the fifth tallest among the fifteen shoguns in history, and he is taller than the four successors behind him.Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was 1.5 meters tall, was very tall when he met Zhao Xin for the first time; after he fled back to Edo in a hurry, Tokugawa Iezari learned that Zhao Xin was nearly six feet tall, and his jaw almost hit the tatami in surprise.

"I, I want to go back to my hometown." Nestled on Zhao Xin's chest for a moment, A Miao made a request in a slightly hesitant tone.

Zhao Xin didn't react immediately, but just said "hmm" casually.It was a bit uncomfortable for the general cat to sit on the waist, so he pulled A Miao and sat on a double sofa next to him, put his arm around the other's shoulder and said softly: "Go back to the island country?"

There was a layer of crystal in A Miao's eyes, and she murmured: "It's been nine years, I want to visit my grandma, mother and younger brother, offer them incense sticks, and tell them that I have had a good life these years, and I will do well in the future." It's going to be fine, don't worry about me."

What can Zhao Xin say?Of course he can only agree unconditionally.But when he proposed to go back with A Miao, A Miao's eyes showed a hint of joy first, then shook his head and said no.She explained that her mother and younger brother were washed away by mudslides, and the corpses were unknown; but her grandmother was buried with the help of kind people in the village, and a "monument" was erected with wood chips.I went this time, wanting to renovate my grandma's cemetery, plus the round trip, it would take nearly a month anyway.

Zhao Xin thought for a while and said, "I'll ask Jishan's younger sister to accompany you, and I'll draw a platoon from the guard company."

The envoy leaned over and saluted, "I can rely on Zhao Wang and Mr. Cao's care and care for my feudal clan today. I will never forget it. I will go back and report now."

As soon as the envoy left, Cao Peng got up and went to the backyard. Lin Sanyue, with a big belly, was walking in the garden with two nurses.Seeing her husband, Lin Sanyue smiled and waved at him playfully, so Cao Peng walked over quickly like a pug.

"Hey! Boss Zhao's little daughter-in-law came back to sweep the grave, and all these guys have become bastards and moved."

The messenger of Ishikawa Murakami bowed and said: "It's okay, we will also send someone to inform Edo."

In the last Anglo-Michael War, the East India Company's troops attacked Mysore in three directions. Hyderabad and Maratha, as the British alliance, took advantage of the fire and Mysore was defeated.

As the strength of the Sendai clan grows, Ishikawa Murakami's ambitions also expand. Now he is no longer satisfied with just being an old man. What he wants to do is regent, or even Guan Bai.But before doing anything, he had to get Zhao Xin's affirmation.Now that there is an opportunity to have a relationship with "Miao Ji", Ishikawa Cunwen can't wait for it.

"I'm joking with my husband!" Sanyue hastily raised her hand to cover her husband's mouth, her eyes were full of smiles.

In the past few years, the "Beihai Pursuit" of the shogunate and the Sendai Fan have tried to send gifts to A Miao through several Lan scholars who defected to Beihai Town. As, coupled with the influence of Zhao Xin for many years, no matter whether it is the envoys of the Sendai domain or the shogunate, they will not be seen, so as not to disturb their peaceful and happy life.

After eating at noon, March felt a little tired, so he went to rest.Cao Peng got up and went to the front yard, looked around, and saw that the surroundings were quiet, so he came to the gatehouse, coughed lightly, and a middle-aged man with a smile on his face soon came out of it.

Governor Leclerc was very fond of the Siris who helped him to sit back on the throne of Governor. In order to go to Beihai Town to meet the Crown Prince Louis Charles as soon as possible, he simply came to a big job, except for the administrative affairs in the city. , All military affairs were authorized to Ding Guofeng.

"What does this have to do with Wang Ba?"

Cao Peng liked to hear Sanyue call himself "husband", and said with a smile: "People from Shichuan Village."

The couple walked a few more steps, Sanyue suddenly stopped, tilted her head and looked at Cao Peng jokingly: "Husband, will you also accept a little girl, wait a few years."

"Husband, who is here?"

Chen Jishan's younger sister, Chen Erya, married Li Wenqing two years ago, and was Wu Zhong's matchmaker.Although she married a woman and gave birth to a fat boy, Chen Erya still served as the captain of the female family's guard at Zhao Xin's home, and the child also hired a nanny to look after her, and stayed in Zhao Xin's back house for half a day every day.After years of careful training by her and Wang Yuanfang's wife, Beihai Town already has a female guard team of more than 20 people.

Especially the first batch of naturalized citizens from the island nation in Beihai Town, they respect A Miao very much.They are now living a life of adequate food and clothing. Not only do they live in two or three large tile-roofed houses with blue bricks, but the whole family is dozens of times better in food and clothing than the feudal lords of the island country.Of course, their behavior of eating meat every meal also made the big bosses of the shogunate deeply despise them, thinking that these people are traitors, and their souls have long been impure.

"Oh! Don't worry, my lord. At noon, I will send someone to take a message. Let me go to see him in the afternoon." After Kanosuke said, he leaned into Cao Peng's ear and whispered: "I heard that she is the daughter of a merchant's family! She is educated and reasonable. The appearance was also found according to your request."

This war, which was first launched by the British East India Company against the French, has developed to the present, and Lord Cornwallis is already on the verge of riding a tiger.It's fine if the French didn't solve it. If Mysore is allowed to take back the previously ceded territory, the prestige of the East India Company will definitely suffer a serious blow.

Hearing Zhao Xin's tone of refusal, A Miao had no choice but to "hmm", and arched her small head on the opponent's shoulder.On a large square stool opposite the sofa, Duofu, lying on a thick cushion, squinted at the man and woman in front of him, showing a satisfied expression, purring, stretching his limbs and rolling.

"Konosuke, what I told you last month."

Not all female guards are as skilled as Wang Yuanfang and his wife, but agility is a must, and everyone has good marksmanship, so even Zhao Xin's guard company dare not underestimate them.

San Yue was startled when she heard that, she quickly turned around and glanced twice, and said softly: "Husband, don't say such nonsense, especially when it concerns King Zhao."

Dundas' face changed when he heard the words, and he crossed himself on his chest casually, saying to himself that they are really a group of "barbarians", how could the company have such an opponent.

"Don't worry! Boss Zhao is not such a petite person. To be honest, I still admire him."

"Why do adults come here in person if they have something to do, just ask someone to call the younger one."

Just in the late autumn of last year, after 180 years since Cyclops Masamune, the Sendai Domain finally went abroad again and sent the first batch of 300 immigrants to Palawan Island.The hot climate on the island made it difficult for the people of Sendai, who are used to living in a cool and humid environment, but after all, it is a land that is rewarded by Zhao Wangdian for three crops a year, and there are many fish, shrimps and various birds. , can't finish it at all.When the news came back, everyone in the Sendai Domain was overjoyed. The heads of each family decided to wait for the monsoon to come together this autumn, and then transport 500 people there.

Cao Peng said in his heart that I was dizzy, where did this go!So he told his wife what he knew about A Miao.While looking at the flowers and plants in the yard, Sanyue responded with "hmmm", and after listening, she said: "So, that Miao girl's life experience is indeed pitiful. But she is also lucky to meet King Zhao."

First, the East India Company recognized Mysore France’s legal rule over South India, and any future war against the Kingdom of Mysore would be deemed as a declaration of war against Beihai Town; Opium was sold in Southeast Asia, including the Chinese gathering places such as Chau, Bacheng, and Malacca.Once seized, Beihai Town has the right to arrest merchants and sailors, punish them according to their own laws, and confiscate the ship and all goods as a fine.

Lin Sanyue had been living with her father in Hunchun City before, and came to Sendai Fan after she got married, so she was ignorant of many people and things in Beihai Town, and Cao Peng rarely mentioned them.When she heard "Boss Zhao's little daughter-in-law", her first reaction was that "Ms. Shen", but after thinking about it, she was almost thirty, so she couldn't be considered "young".

Beginning in February, except for the Manchu Qing who occupied Gurkha in the north, they did not intervene, and all the states in other Hindustan regions appeared on the stage.Some places have already started fighting, and some places will be played soon.

"I have the final say on this matter! Safety first."

Cao Peng nodded, straightened up and said: "I have to remind you, I have no objection to you fighting with the shogunate, but A Miao came back this time to sweep the family's grave, so don't involve her in other things, otherwise Zhao Wang's temper will be a big deal for you." knew."

Those who can be female guards are almost all the women from the Orion families of the frontier people. They have a fierce personality, straightforward and tough, and do not have the etiquette concept of Han women.Beihai Town has been promoting equality between men and women over the years. There are also female soldiers in the army, and their pay is higher than that of male soldiers.Especially Liu Sheng's wife Wu Xiha has played a very good role model among the Hezhe people.

Since he couldn't beat it, Cornwallis could only resolve it through negotiation.He asked Dundas, who was in charge of Indian colonial affairs officials, as his secret history, and went to contact local governance and Beihai Town.Unexpectedly, as soon as the two parties sat down at the negotiating table and Dundas finished his opening remarks with a smile on his face, Ding Guofeng set out the conditions of Beihai Town.

Cao Peng was made very helpless by his wife, and he didn't dare to lose his temper, so he had to find Liu Siting and begged for a long time before letting the other party send two of the most experienced nurses to follow him.

Sanyue and the two nurses couldn't help being taken aback, and they covered their mouths and laughed when they realized it.Afterwards, the two nurses left on the pretext of having something to do and asked the couple to talk.

That is to say, from the year when Liu Zheng went to Guangzhou, due to the change in the method of simply smoking opium, the import of opium in Guangdong has increased by leaps and bounds, from 1500 boxes to 4000 boxes, with an average annual growth rate of 10.3%.In today's Guangdong, opium consumption has become a situation where "among the four peoples, only farmers don't taste it".

"Ms. Shen said that Mrs. Shen is coming?"

This time, with the help of Beihai Town, Tipu Sultan and Ding Guofeng reached an agreement that Beihai Town would take care of the British troops in Calcutta and Madras, and he himself would lead an army of [-] in Carnatic, Malay Rabar concentrated on Hyderabad and Maratha on the Deccan Plateau.The two sides have fought so far, mainly around the area between the Krishna River and the Penna River in eastern India.

Intimidated by the existence of the Northern Navy, the disgraced British East India Company, which had been beaten before, was afraid to go anywhere in Madras.Having fought many battles with the Northern Navy, Cornwallis, who was a soldier, has faintly noticed a terrible fact; the reason why his side has been repeatedly crushed by his opponents on the battlefield is not only the problem of weapon generation, but also contains the differences of different military systems. collision.

Entering May, the war in South Asia continued.Mysore, which received a large amount of material assistance from Beihai Town, fought with Maratha and Hyderabad.

Although this girl looks demure like a delicate flower shining in the water, she is a stubborn kind of girl in her heart, otherwise she would not have confronted Li Chao County Sheriff face to face.When she and her husband returned to Beihai Town to report on their work a year ago, Cao Peng and Lin Ruoyu originally wanted her to stay in Beihai Town to wait for delivery. After all, the level of medical care in the island country is really not good.But March refused to agree, saying "marry and obey the husband", she will go wherever the husband goes.

Ding Guofeng sneered and said: "Mr. Dundas, put away your cleverness! Last year alone, you sold [-] boxes of opium to Guangzhou. If you can't control those licensed private traders, we will not Mind taking care of it for you. We have only one solution, which is to hang them on the gallows and hang them outside Malacca, so that all passing sea merchants can see them!"

Without even thinking about it, Cao Peng took the other person's hand and said, "I, Cao, swear to God that I will treat Sanyue alone in this life. If you violate the oath, call me."

Cao Peng said with a stern face: "This officer has thought about it, so I don't want to see you for now."

"What's the matter?"

Cao Peng said casually: "Hehe, what did you say about Ashin at the beginning, but it turned out to be a playful cultivation, which is really good enough."

Among the more than 4000 boxes of opium that entered the Guangdong market, 1000 boxes came from Bangladesh, and the other [-] boxes came from Mawa. The traffickers were Portuguese, and they smuggled opium into Guangzhou through Macau.

Kanosuke looked at Cao Peng in surprise, and wondered why this guy changed his mind?But he, a handyman watching the gate, dared to say "no", so he bowed and said: "Yes. This villain will take care of it, please rest assured."

After hearing this, Dundas whispered to the secretary next to him, and then pretended to be puzzled and said: "General Ding, we didn't sell a lot of opium to Guangzhou, it was all done by the Portuguese. Opium from the Mawa area is sold to Macau."

"In that case, I have no objection. But my wife's county is in the Takasaki domain, so I have to inform Edo about it." Cao Peng sat cross-legged on the mat, with a table crossed in front of him, and his arms resting on his shoulders. Above, speaking is very casual.

The Nizam family, rulers of Hyderabad, got the land after the Treaty of Seringapatan was signed two years ago.In particular, the two forts of Kadapa and Gandikota on the south bank of the Penna River are of great military significance to Mysore.

"The turtle can't hold it anymore!"

The "Miao Ji" next to Zhao Wangdian wants to go back to her hometown to worship her relatives, which is no small matter.When the news reached the Sendai Fan, Ishikawa Cunwen, the elder of his family, attached great importance to it. He immediately sent an envoy to the "Beihai Resident Office", which is Cao Peng's residence, and solemnly requested that the affairs of the guard of honor be handed over to him. The vassal is fully responsible, and they will handle it according to the standard of welcoming the general.

There is an island woman in Zhao Xin's family. In fact, the Sendai Domain and the Tokugawa Shogunate knew about it a few years ago.At first they thought that the little girl was just a beautiful maid selected from among the refugees; but after a long time they realized something was wrong, A Miao's status in Beihai Town was extraordinary.You must know that when A Miao expresses her opinion occasionally, those naturalized citizens of island nationality will regard it as an imperial decree, thinking that it is Zhao Wangdian asking her to spread the word on her behalf.

"No, so many people are too ostentatious."

After the Battle of Changxing Island, Deng Fei warned Macartney when he met him, and then the East India Company, under his advice, prohibited the company's ships from carrying opium to China.The problem is that the official trafficking stopped, but the EIC continued to issue licenses to private traders to trade with China, and did not take measures to prevent private traders from importing opium to China.As a result, Bangladeshi opium was still continuously shipped to China by private traders.

As for Beihai Town, the war with the Dutch just ended last year, followed by local governance, resulting in imperfect deployment of the navy in Malacca. Although an order to ban smoking was issued, the inspection of private merchant ships was not in place and slipped through the net. There are too many fish.

After discovering this situation, the Guangdong Customs in the Qing Dynasty reported it to Qianlong, but Qianlong decreed to increase the import tax on opium, and even asked the Guangdong and Fujian governments to tax those who boiled it into paste and set up shop sales, so as to fight opium in the Beihai Navy. Complete the final harvest before entering Guangdong.As for the mess of opium poisoning, the imperial court has no energy to worry about.

　In Japan in the late nineteenth century, there was a yokozuna player named Cannon Manemon, who grew to 1.9 meters seven.However, judging from the photos left by him, this person is obviously a patient with gigantism.

　　
　
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