It can be said that it is in line with Lin Zexu's intentions to shrink in the Thirteen Lines Commercial Pavilion, and Wu Bingjian, who cooperated with a bitter plan to save his son, naturally got his due reward, not only rewarded the top that was removed, but his son Wu Shaorong was also released from prison.

Back at Wu's Garden, as soon as he got on the dock, Wu Bingjian ordered: "Come on, go and call Steward Song." ”

Song Dacheng, the manager of Song, is Wu Bingjian's right-hand man, and some things that cannot be put on the table are handled by Song Dacheng, in this regard, Wu Shaorong is naturally clear, and he listened to Song Dacheng's urgent call, he also thought that the old man couldn't swallow this bad breath, and immediately ordered to hurry up and carry the sedan chair over, while supporting the old man, and said slowly: "The child secretly thinks that Lin Qincha does not seem to have any ill will towards our Wu family and the Thirteen Lines." ”

"Guangzhou is no smoking, how can you get rid of the thirteen lines?" Wu Bingjian muttered.

Hearing this, Wu Shaorong said suspiciously: "That father's name is Steward Song?" ”

"I have to call Yi Zhishu back immediately." Wu Bingjian said that he really didn't expect Lin Zexu to launch such a vigorous and comprehensive anti-smoking action as soon as he arrived in Guangzhou, and he regretted a little in his heart, he shouldn't let Yi Zhizhi leave Guangzhou.

He knows very well what Lin Zexu's purpose is for such fanfare, but he doesn't dare to report the news, this is the bottom line, if he dares to report to Yilu, it is possible for the Wu family to be beheaded, he doesn't have the guts, he can only hope that Yi Zhishu can rush back as soon as possible to save this very grim situation in front of him.

Hearing that the old man was going to send someone to call Yi Zhishu back, Wu Shaorong's heart was like knocking over the five-flavor bottle, and the five flavors were mixed. The weight of his own son in the old man's heart is far less than that kid. But. It's good to let Yi Zhizhi come back, with him, at least the life of the thirteen lines is much better, and he also wants to see how that kid will deal with Lin Zexu's hard stubble like Lin Zexu, who doesn't want silver.

Back in Yanhui Building, Wu Bingjian was not in a hurry to wash, and sat down sipping tea without saying a word. Lin Zexu really has no ill will towards the Wu family and the Thirteen Lines, but he wants to confiscate all the crows of the English people on the offshore pump ship. Tablets, this is indeed beyond his expectations, more than 20,000 boxes of opium, this appetite is too great!

However, after half a cup of tea, Song Dacheng hurried in, bowed and saluted, and then said: "The little ones are incompetent, and they can only watch the master suffer and be humiliated." ”

"It's just a bitter trick to cooperate. I can hold this old bone. Wu Bingjian said and ordered: "Immediately." Overnight, I sent a ship to the sea to go to Basho, and asked Yi Zhishu to return to Guangzhou immediately, saying that the matter was urgent and could not be delayed for a moment. ”

Song Dacheng was shocked, and only then did he say tentatively: "Do you want to bring it back too?" ”

"What do you think?" Wu Bingjian glanced at him and said, "It's easy to be content to come back." ”

Lin Zexu sent sailors to blockade the Thirteen Merchant Houses and ordered the handover of the turbulent land to Macao, and Yilu, who had been staying in Macao to wait and see, could not sit still, and on the morning of the 10th of the first month, he issued a proclamation demanding that all British ships parked in the outer harbor sail to Hong Kong, and be ready to resist any possible aggression at any time.

After the announcement was issued, Yilu led two armed merchant ships and a warship to Guangzhou without applying for a "red card" (a visa to allow foreigners to enter Guangzhou).

Arriving in Guangzhou, Yilu ordered warships and armed merchant ships to cruise around Huangpu to respond, and he entered the Thirteen Merchants Hall by small boat, as soon as he entered the British Pavilion, he consulted with the British merchants, and then convened a meeting of British merchants, announcing that he would use two armed merchant ships and a warship to cover the evacuation of the British merchants.

Yilu threw himself into the net, where would Lin Zexu give them a chance to escape, Yilu and Buan were quickly blocked back to the merchant house, and then, the entire thirteen merchant hall area was immediately surrounded like an iron bucket, the various intersections leading to the merchant house were quickly blocked, the street fences were closed, and a large number of coolies with lanterns and spears (officers and soldiers in disguise) gathered at the door of each merchant hall, in the river in front of the merchant house, three rows of wooden boats blocked the wharf tightly, and the boats were full of armed coolies; Heavily armed officers and soldiers stood on the adjacent rooftop and watched from a high vantage point.

The entire merchant hall area was suddenly panicked, and what frightened the foreign merchants even more was that an official messenger immediately entered the merchant hall area and strictly ordered all compradors and servants to leave the merchant hall and foreign merchants, and at nine o'clock in the evening, all the Chinese evacuated the merchant hall, leaving only six or seven hundred foreign merchants to live inside, and American businessmen were among them.

In the dark and dreary night, the footsteps of patrol sentries and officers running around, the sound of drums and trumpets, was not in the ears, this situation made all foreign businessmen full of fear, and the American Merchant Pavilion, the hall, Consul Snow, comforted the American businessmen with a relaxed expression: "Gentlemen, don't be too nervous, the officers and soldiers outside are targeting those damn smugglers. The British of the film has nothing to do with us, we American businessmen have completely withdrawn from the crows since the second half of last year. Piece trade, thank God, and even more thank you for your generosity and value to the esteemed Mr. Yi. ”

Olifen then stood up and said, "The people outside the merchant hall have kindly told us that as long as we don't leave the merchant hall and ensure the safety of our people and property, don't worry, the United States is now the closest friend of the Qing Empire." ”

On the second floor of the British Merchant House, Yilu stood at the window of his office, looking at the torches and lanterns that were constantly swimming outside, his face was gloomy and silent, judging from the reaction of the Qing officers and soldiers, he realized that all this was a trap.

A gentle knock on the door sounded, and then the door was gently pushed open, and he walked in quickly, bowed slightly, and said, "Sir, all external traffic has been cut off, and not a single piece of paper can be sent out." ”

Yilu had expected this, nodded his head, and asked, "How are their emotions?" ”

He shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile, "It's bad, it's terrible." ”

Qiongzhou Mansion. Changhua County. Eight.

The sun is blazing. Yi Zhizu wore a big straw hat and a thorn coat, patrolling back and forth, and a group of officers and soldiers of the merchant group wielded simple short shovels and dug trenches in full swing.

In the impression of contentment, it seems that it was not until the First World War that European armies began to be popularized in large numbers, and now. European armies armed with smoothbore guns were still in vogue to line up for guns, and the Mini guns with the trenches were enough to impress the British troops attacking the Humen Fort.

The shore was sandy, and it was not difficult to dig a trench, but soon, a trench was dug, and Yi Zhizhi jumped out of the trench, took a gun, and gestured, saying, "Deeper, ask people to load the trench." Trenches do not pop out of the head, which is used to save lives on the battlefield. There can be no ambiguity at all. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and ordered, "This is sandy soil, and the trenches are easy to dig, so design several kinds of trenches, and then select the most suitable ones, and record all the data such as shape, width, and depth in detail to form a standard." ”

"Yes." Yan Yangtian hurriedly responded, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Headmaster, it takes a long time to dig trenches, and defense can come in handy, but offense is not needed. ”

Yi Zhizhi said angrily: "Learn how to defend first, and then think about attacking." ”

"Yes, students understand."

Yi Zhizu glanced at the group of officers who followed, and said, "Who will talk about the benefits of digging trenches?" ”

Yan Yangtian picked up a gun and lay down in the trench to make a shooting posture, and said: "Shooting in the trench, generally only half of the head is exposed, can effectively reduce the enemy's shooting targets and reduce your own casualties." ”

"Easy to aim." Lin Dapeng, the commander of the first company, said: "With the trench as a support, it is much more stable than shooting from a gun out of thin air." ”

Yan Yangtian continued: "It can also effectively reduce the lethality of artillery shells, especially solid shells, with trenches, there is no need to worry about solid shells at all." ”

Yi Zhifen nodded and said, "One more important thing is to enhance the psychological quality of the soldiers!" When you really go to the battlefield, the guns rumble, the shells and bullets fly around, and the comrades around you are shot and fall down from time to time, everyone will be nervous, especially the recruits, and it is not uncommon for them to tremble nervously.

As soon as people are nervous, they will make mistakes, forget to aim, shoot indiscriminately, reverse or even miss the wrong steps when loading ammunition, and all kinds of mistakes will occur, especially when loading ammunition against the enemy, the pressure is extremely high, and the tension is high.

And in the trenches it is different, because it is clear that in the trenches will not be hit by the enemy, it will not be too nervous, which will greatly improve the soldier's shooting speed and shooting accuracy, and the combat efficiency can be increased by at least three times, so all officers and soldiers must attach great importance to digging trenches! Do you understand? ”

"Understood." The officers replied with a bang.

A soldier hurried to the edge of the trench and saluted: "Report to the headmaster, the watchpost has sent a flag, and a sea ship is coming from the south and is approaching us." ”

Hearing that a ship was approaching, Yi Zhishu hurriedly climbed out of the trench, and watched the flag issued by the lookout post with a telescope, and sure enough, there was a sea ship approaching, although the "Qiongzhou" had gone to sea for training, but he didn't care, a sea ship, he didn't put it in his eyes, and immediately waved his hand: "Normal training." ”

After a while, a dull sound of gunfire sounded, and when he saw the movements of the soldiers when they fired, Yi Zhixin had a toothache, and when he pulled the trigger, most of the soldiers had the action of turning their heads, and he corrected it several times, but he still couldn't correct it.

The ignition principle of the tunnel gun is that the spark particles scraped off by the flint striking steel sheet splash down in the powder pool below to ignite the gunpowder, and the gunpowder gas when the gunpowder is burned is ignited through the transverse fire transfer hole between the barrel chamber and the powder pool****** and the bullet is fired.

Because the fire hole is not closed when the ****** explodes, when the gun is fired, a part of the gunpowder gas is sprayed out of the fire hole and the deflagration of the original ignition powder will cause a dazzling and dazzling light, and when the soldier's right face is against the butt of the gun and the eye is aimed at the target in front of him, this bright light will cause the soldier with the gun to temporarily go blind.

Seeing Yi Zhi's dissatisfied expression, Yan Yangtian said cautiously: "Principal, many soldiers have reported that their eyes hurt in the past few days. ”

It is obviously not possible to go on like this, first, it will hurt the eyes greatly, and second, once the soldier develops the habit of shooting and turning his head, it will be difficult to correct it in the future. ”

It seems that you have to change the firing device, you have to produce your own fire cap, Yi Zhizhi is not without frustration to pull out a cigar and light it, the Hall M1819 firing device is actually double, the left is the tunnel hair, the right is the fire, but Yi Zhicontent does not have a fire cap, so he can only use the tunnel hair method, can not produce the fire cap independently, he does not dare to use the fire pistol, once someone chokes the fire cap supply, the musket has become a burning stick.

"Report to the headmaster, the watchpost sent a flag, and raised the Sea Soul Flag to the sea ship that is approaching us."

The Sea Soul Flag is a flag changed by Yi Zhifen according to the Sea Soul shirt - a blue and white striped pennant, which is the flag he designed for the fleet, since the Sea Soul Flag is raised, it means that it is his own people, from the south, needless to say from Guangzhou, except for the Wu family, there is no one else.

He immediately hurried to the barracks, woke up Wu Changqing, who was sleeping in the tent, and said, "Get up, the ship is coming from Guangzhou." ”

As soon as he heard that a ship was coming from Guangzhou, Wu Changqing hurriedly turned over and got out of bed, and said, "Really? You're not trying to make me happy, are you? "It's a deserted place, he's not interested in the training, he's bored, he's getting sick all this time.

"You just have to go out and see." Yi Zhizhi said and went to bed, "I'll rest first." ”

An hour later, Wu Changqing, who had a happy face, led a strange man in his early thirties into the tent, and when he was waiting, Yi Zhizhi sat up, and the man arched his hand and said: "In Xiahu Dahai, I have seen Yi Da's shopkeeper." ”

Wu Changqing introduced with a smile: "This Hu Gongzi, who often travels back and forth between Manila and Guangzhou. ”

"Young Master Wu has put gold on his lower face." Hu Dahai said heartily: "I am just a rough person begging for a living at sea, just call me Hu Dahai." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Hu." Yi Zhisuff smiled and returned the salute, and then stretched out his hand and said, "The place is simple, Brother Hu is casual." ”

Wu Changqing said with a smile: "Brother Hu came specially to deliver the letter, Grandpa said that the situation in Guangzhou is critical, Lord Qincha has blocked the Thirteen Merchant Houses, and even the merchants of Citigroup are also besieged in the Merchant Pavilion, so let's leave for Guangzhou immediately." ”

Hu Dahai hurriedly nodded and said, "That's true." ”

Back to Guangzhou at this time? Yi Zhishu was surprised, he didn't expect Wu Bingjian to send someone to urge him to return to Guangzhou, it seems that Wu Bingjian was frightened by Lin Zexu's resolute anti-smoking action, and he couldn't go back to Guangzhou? Wu Changqing is here, dragging it out, it seems that it is not easy to explain, go back, Wu Bingjian obviously wants him to rush back to mediate between Lin Zexu and Yilu, after a little thought, he said: "Rest for one night, and leave for Guangzhou early tomorrow morning." (To be continued.) )