Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 183 Heifeng is hot handed, Sanchai butler

Gouzi came back from the capital and held a meeting.

Convey Feng Yibo's meaning to Liuqiu's management.

It was directly decided at the meeting, just according to Wang Xifeng's previous proposition.

He no longer chose to expel them, but directly sent troops to exterminate those Francians.

Because of Feng Yibo's appointment.

For this operation, Wang Xifeng signed the order.

Led by Mengzi himself.

More than [-] lucky boats and [-] soldiers were dispatched.

The mighty army marched toward Haojingao.

This mission is divided into two parts.

The first target is the smuggling stronghold of Fransya.

According to previous inquiries, there is a small island more than 20 miles southwest of Haojingao.

It is lonely overseas and close to Haojingao.

It is suitable as a trading place.

For this reason, François established a private port, which is now a distribution center for Spanish smuggling.

The Liuqiu fleet has been the best at landing on islands since the Japanese eradication period.

Now the opponent is defenseless again.

So the fleet directly disguised itself as a trading caravan, and it was easy to dock in a private port.

After that, countless soldiers swarmed out.

Almost effortlessly, he controlled the entire island.

Not even a single boat escaped.

Mengzi immediately ordered that all faces in the west be beheaded.

And carry out nitration.

Then it was announced in the name of the Black Phoenix under the Black Dragon Throne:
The smugglers who colluded with Xifan on the coast of Great Wei are the mortal enemies of the Black Dragon King!

The implication is obvious.

Smuggling is fine, but keep out of my nose.

Also, the smuggling of zipan is not allowed.

The rest of the Wei merchants involved in smuggling can return the ships.

But all goods were confiscated as a warning.

If there is a next time, even the boat and people will not be left behind.

The second target, of course, is the Fransigans stationed in Haojingao.

In Haiao in Haojingao, more than a dozen large ships of Fransigans docked.

In order not to startle the snake, Mengzi still sent people disguised as merchant ships to approach.

However, Haojingao is the stronghold of the Franzians, and only their own people can dock.

So the ships on this side were quickly spotted and a warning was issued.

Repeated warnings were ineffective, and Franz Ya's remaining crew entered an emergency combat state.

Unfortunately, none of their ships weighed anchor and most of the crew were not on board.

Those who stayed on the ship and garrisoned were quickly defeated.

At the same time, actions have also been taken on land.

In just a few months, Fransigans have already built quite a few houses.

A village was formed in Ho Keng O.

When Liuqiu's soldiers came to encircle him, the opponent had already won the letter.

To be precise, the other party was at the highest point in the village and had an early warning mechanism.

This is inspired by the fleet lookout.

It was this lookout post that saved George Stark's life.

But it was too late when he received the news and wanted to organize resistance.

You can only lead people to flee around.

Hai'ao's side was quickly controlled, but the village was discovered in advance due to the encirclement, and a small number of people escaped.

George Stark thought it was the pirates who came to rob at first.

He fled with dozens of people, and wanted to escape to Xiangshan County.

It wasn't until they fled to a nearby town that they realized that the pursuers hadn't come!
George Stark was not stupid, and immediately determined that it was not a pirate.

One is that Japanese pirates definitely do not have such a neat military appearance.

The second is that the Japanese pirates will not stop chasing the town or looting.

Their intention of coming here is to use the town to distract the pirates' attention,

Good to create a chance to escape.

Regardless, George Stark managed to escape.

The commander of the fourth battalion who was in charge of exterminating the village of Fransiya this time felt a little depressed.

He didn't dare to hide the truth, so he had to send people back to plead guilty while sending people to wipe out the remaining Xifan.

"Report to the general!"

Meng Zi stayed behind at sea, and as soon as he got off the boat, the sentry came forward and cupped his hands, saying in his mouth:
"When the siege was encircled, those ghosts noticed something and some of them escaped. The battalion commander asked me to plead guilty on his behalf!"

Hearing this, Mengzi couldn't help frowning, sighed, and said:

"There is no way around this. Even if we come from the sea, even if we pretend to be a sea merchant, we may still attract attention."

He didn't know the specific situation, but he was still mentally prepared for part of the escape.

After all, this is not an isolated island, and fish that slip through the net are inevitable.

"Don't worry, general, Fransya's ships are already under the control of the brothers."

The sentinel laid the groundwork with a few words, and cautiously probed:
"Even if they run, they won't be able to get out of the sea, they can only run inland."

Mengzi nodded, but he didn't divert his attention, but asked in a deep voice:

"How much did you escape?"

After leading troops for a long time, it is inevitable to give people a feeling of not being angry and arrogant.

When Mengzi frowned, the whistler's heart tightened, and he quickly replied:

"There were about dozens of people. We didn't have horses, so we withdrew after chasing them outside the town."

Gouzi nodded when he heard the words, but said:

"The commander of the Fourth Battalion failed to completely wipe out Xifan. I remember it as a minor mistake."

The sentinel obviously came with a mission, and he was a little aggrieved when he heard the words, and said:

"General, if we go any further, we may be seen by the people in the town, and we will be exposed by then!"

The exposure that the sentry said did not reveal their identities.

Instead, they expose their armor.

No matter which dynasty you are in, it is a serious crime to hide a soldier armor privately.

It's fine if you're overseas, but now that you're inland, you have to be more cautious.

But, here's the thing.

But Mengzi squinted at him when he heard the words, and said coldly:
"Second Mistress said that the weeds must be cut and rooted out, and I also gave the order to die. Who made it easy for them to withdraw?"

The whistler was already guilty, and he flinched when he heard the words, and replied tremblingly:
"The two company commanders sent someone to ask the battalion commander. The battalion commander agreed before he could report to you."

He went around, talking about the right to command in battle.

But obviously, this time does not try.

Fortunately, Mengzi didn't pursue it, he just asked:
"Is this something you should be thinking about?"

Sentry immediately lowered his head, not daring to fight any more.

"With the effort of asking back and forth, I solved the problem!"

Mengzi hated that iron could not be made into steel, sighed again, and said:
"How many times have I said, our Black Dragon King has said that the soldier's mission is to obey, and there is no need to ask about anything else!"

Zhangkou is a quotation.

These were all said by Feng Yibo when he was training the first batch of Zhuang Ding in Fengjiazhuang.

Mengzi kept everything in mind, and he often used it to talk about it when he was training soldiers.

After pondering for a while, he said again:

"Those two company commanders were given a warning!"

"Yes!"

The scout was a little discouraged when he heard the words, but he didn't dare to refute.

"You can be content!"

A scribe next to Mengzi saw that he was downcast, smiled and persuaded him, and said:
"If it wasn't for the fact that your Fourth Battalion has repeatedly made military exploits, the General would have to replace the Fourth Battalion Commander with logistics!"

It turned out that Meng Zi was extremely strict in running the army, and he only acted according to the military laws left by Feng Yibo.

There is little wiggle room.

This time, he considered the actual situation, so he was more or less merciful.

Otherwise, according to the military law formulated by the new army, this level of dereliction of duty can be replaced directly.

The whistle was afraid that Mengzi would be dissatisfied when he heard it, so he immediately vibrated and said loudly:
"Thank you, General! Thank you, Staff Officer Zhou!"

The scribe's name was Zhou Lin, and he was originally a poor scholar in the south of the Yangtze River.

He couldn't pass the entrance examination, and he was about to starve to death.
When I came out to look for errands, I met the recruits of the new army.

There are many talented people in Jiangnan, and there are too many of them.

But among the new army, there are too few who are literate.

As soon as he applied, he was quickly accepted as a scribe in the army.

He's an old man from the New Army period.

Zhou Lin, who can read and write, is now brought by Meng Zi's side as a staff officer.

Seeing that the sentinels understood, Zhou Lin nodded with a smile.

Mengzi didn't speak, it was acquiescence.

Afterwards, let people take off the heads of all the people in Fransya.

They also removed all the belongings in the village and asked people to burn the place to the ground.

Mengzi just raised his hand and ordered:

"withdraw troops!"

After completing the task here, I went back to Liuqiu, and George Stark took people to Guangzhou in one breath.

Through the businessmen who came and went, they quickly found out.

The one who attacked them turned out to be the most mysterious Black Dragon King in the East China Sea.

No wonder there is such a neat military appearance!
Even the officers and soldiers of the Great Wei are not as good as it?
George Stark was still a little puzzled.

How did he provoke this mysterious overlord of the East China Sea?

After asking someone again, it turned out that his own smuggling touched his interests.

But the other party didn't warn, and the shot was to destroy it.

Too harsh, right?
George Stark, who understood the truth of the matter, was extremely angry.

But there is no way.

He thought about it and thought of one thing.

I still have the proof of the mission!

This Black Dragon King is not a force recognized by the Great Wei.

Is it possible to intervene through diplomatic means?
So, he led people to become the envoys again.

Ready to go to Nanjing for help.

This time they lost their ships, so they could only pin their hopes on the Wei government.

Knowing that it was Franz Ya's envoy, the prefect of Guangdong gave him help.

George Stark and his party boarded the official ship and headed for Nanjing.

At the same time, all businessmen in Donghai knew one thing.

That is, a frightening black phoenix appeared in the sea.

This black phoenix is ​​rumored to be the new concubine of the Black Dragon King, who is in charge of killing.

She struck fiercely and ruthlessly, uprooting every now and then.

No chance at all.

In addition to Fransya's group, Black Phoenix also shot several times in succession.

Crisp and crisp every time.

After changing the kindness of the black dragon mother-in-law before, the shots are just ruthless.

Some were wiped out, and it took a long time before people discovered them.

This made the forces that had some disdain for the black dragon mother-in-law feel a little frightened for a while.

With the Black Phoenix overseas, the power of the Black Dragon King has become decisive.

There is no Wang Xifeng in the Rong Mansion, but Sanchai's housekeeper is in a mess.

Li Wan was not good at worldly affairs at all, and all his previous energy was devoted to teaching Jia Lan.

By the way, I helped lead a group of sister-in-laws to teach reading, learn manners, and do needlework.

It can be said that reading and female celebrities are proficient in everything.

It is no problem to let her take charge of an ordinary family.

However, she really doesn't have the ability to take charge of the big Rong Mansion.

Back then, when Wang Xifeng was the housekeeper, it was one aspect of being happy to be at leisure.

More self-knowledge.

Now Wang Xifeng suddenly disappeared.

As the only daughter-in-law in the family, she could only be pushed to the shelves.

In the beginning, it was actually okay.

Li Wan and Xiao Gui Cao Sui, Rong Mansion can still operate according to the original rules.

But after a long time, no one supervised it.

Laziness is inevitable.

But her personality is not like that of Wang Xifeng.

There are rewards and punishments.

There are almost mistakes, and if you admit your mistakes, it may be over.

Tanchun, who manages with her, is a bit neat.

But also no management experience.

But Baochai had some experience and helped a lot.

But she is an outsider after all, and she refuses to intervene in person.

Just come up with ideas from the sidelines.

This is like scratching the surface of the boot, how can people be refreshed?
Moreover, after visiting relatives in Yuanchun, it was Baochai's birthday in a few days.

After her birthday, she was anxious to prepare for her wedding.

She has no idea about the matter of the Rong Mansion.

Here are Li Wan and Tanchun, with a hammer to the east and a stick to the west.

There is no more rules.

Tanchun is a little shrewd and has the courage to do things.

But in the end no experience.

Only a few days after he was in charge, he discussed with Li Wan about catching the big and letting go of the small.

What she proposed was to only hold on to the account book, and not to ask about the rest.

Li Wan didn't have any ideas, so he naturally agreed.

Now, everything is messed up except for the accounts.

The servants lost their sense of justice.

Or sneak away, hide as much as you can.

Or form a party and steal Weifu if you have any power.

They didn't even care about the foreign affairs, and entrusted them all to Lai Dahe and several stewards.

The result is……

The holidays among the servants of Jia's family were all brought to the fore.

All the intrigues are becoming more and more blatant.

Li Wan and Tanchun didn't know about issues such as stealing security, forming cliques, cheating on Weifu, making money and cheating.

There is no thought of solving it, let alone the means of solving it.

They only focus on managing internal and external accounts.

In their view, as long as the account books are good, it will be fine.

In addition, it is roughly "heal the head and feet if you have a headache".

Come to one thing, take care of one thing.

It started off fine, nothing much happened.

Afterwards, there are always things everywhere.

Press the gourd to float the scoop.

The two gradually became overwhelmed.

I won't go into detail about the specific matters for the time being, but I will only say that Mrs. Wang really misses her nephew Wang Xifeng more and more.

In a moment of helplessness, Mrs. Wang also went down to support herself.

After the end of the family visit, I became exhausted.

Return the two of them again, and also let a first-class maid assist them from time to time.

Unfortunately.

Now inside and outside the Grand View Garden, there is nothing but chaos.

Seventy-eight out of ten of the money in the Rong Mansion was also squandered during this family visit.

Nuoda is a Rongguo Mansion, and the accumulation of four or five generations is about to become an empty shell.

Thus, a strange phenomenon appeared.

Everyone in Jia's mansion is richer than before, but the public has little money.

But money neither comes into being nor disappears out of thin air,
Just from one group of people's pockets to another group of people's pockets.

But everyone is a beneficiary, so no one will stand up and say something.

Only Tanchun, who is in charge of the account books, can get a glimpse of it.

I couldn't help feeling emotionally with Li Wan in private:
"If we are a rich family like ours, if we kill them from outside, we won't be able to kill them for a while."

"The ancients said, 'a centipede is dead but not stiff'! You must first commit suicide at home before you can be completely defeated!"

After hearing this, Li Wan could only remain silent.

I didn't know what I was thinking for a moment.

It's just that since then, she has become more and more stingy.

Although Jia Lan's life was not short, he became more and more poor.

(End of this chapter)