Bao Shichen didn't know that Yi Zhixiang secretly planned to persecute the worship of God in advance, and the impeachment of Zheng Zuchen, the governor of Guangxi, was also unconvincing, but, judging from the situation during this time, he was sure that the Western muskets were definitely from Yuan Qi, of course, Yi Zhizhi didn't say anything about it, and he wouldn't ask. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a slight sigh, he said slowly: "Whether Zheng Zuchen is a member of the Mu Party, the old man doesn't know, but this person is very good at being an official, in this case, he can seize the point of selling and buying firearms to impeach the big treasurer, which not only greatly reduces his own responsibility, but also can gain Mu Zhang'a's support." ”

"It seems that those who can be the officials of the frontier are not incompetent." Yi Zhizu said lightly sarcastic, and then stopped talking, he was not interested in Zheng Zuchen at all.

Bao Shichen turned his head and said tentatively: "The big shopkeeper is worried about the Taiping Army? ”

Yi Zhizhi did not hide it, and said with his head in his jaw: "At this juncture, it is rare for a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to stir up trouble and divert the attention of the imperial court, naturally hoping that they can hold out for a while longer, and at least they will hold on until the new monarch ascends the throne, and the situation is clear." ”

"The transfer of the green camps of Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces to Guangxi, it seems that the imperial court is eager to quell the rebellion in Guangxi." Bao Shichen said unhurriedly: "Guangxi has many mountains and few lands, known as 'eight mountains, one water and one field', and has been plagued by disasters year after year, famine is everywhere, and tens of thousands of troops have entered Guangxi.

In addition, the imperial court did not appoint the Qin Cha, and the green camps of the three provinces were subordinate to the governors of Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang, and Liangguang, and they were not subordinate to each other, and their powers were not specialized, and the Taiping army was not an ordinary rabble, and they could fight well. ”

Listening to these words, Yi Zhixiang felt a little relieved, and he single-handedly planned to force the Taiping army to rise up in advance, causing the imperial court to attach great importance to Guangxi from the beginning, and it was inevitable that there would be some gains and losses in his heart, and he was worried that the imperial army would directly strangle the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the cradle.

Although what Bao Shichen said was reasonable, Yi Zhizhi knew very well that there were many accidents in the war, and there was no absolute victory or defeat, so it was better to notify the Taiping Army as soon as possible, so that they could prepare as soon as possible, and it could be regarded as compensation for them, after all, the current situation was caused by him.

Yi Zhi's contentment worries are obviously unnecessary, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has shown amazing vitality since the founding of the country, in addition to the military successive victories, the local green battalions in Guangxi do not dare to go out of the city easily, the implementation of the holy treasury system also has a strong attraction, especially for the poor people in the famine, has an irresistible temptation.

The so-called sacred treasury system is actually a kind of public sharing system, the sacred treasury is the public treasury, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uses all the goods as God's gifts, stipulating that only God can be called holy, so the public treasury is called the holy treasury.

The basis of the sacred treasury system is the selflessness of the people and the general equal distribution, the believers of the Worship of God are mostly brought by the old and the young, and the whole family participates, they sell their land and dedicate everything to the public treasury, and all the food and clothing of all the people are paid by the public treasury, and the living needs of all believers are provided by the public treasury, and grain, oil, and salt are provided in equal quantities regardless of the old and the young, and as for meat, it is only provided to the generals and soldiers.

This means that as long as you join the worship of God, you will share weal and woe with all believers, which is naturally very attractive to the poor people in the midst of famine, and with the Taiping army's successive victories, a large number of people enthusiastically joined the worship of God, and in just a few months, the worship of God has grown to more than 30,000 believers.

As the chief general of the Chinese army, Yang Xiuqing strictly selected and trained troops, sent a large number of scouts to conduct reconnaissance, and at the same time, personally led people to inspect the terrain, build fortifications, and wait for the officers and soldiers to come to the door to encircle and suppress.

In fact, he adopted half of Huang Dianyuan's proposal, that is, the generals of the various armies attacked everywhere, attacked local regimental training, and looted local large households, which could not only strengthen the momentum of actual combat training, attract more people to join the association, but also obtain a large amount of food, money and other necessities by the way.

As for the city, he strongly advocated avoiding attacking the city, and today's Taiping army can't afford casualties or setbacks, after all, they have no experience in attacking the city at all, as for jumping out of Jintian, almost all the high-level are unwilling, or afraid, afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by most of the officers and soldiers outside, after all, the heavenly kingdom is very familiar with this place, and the officers and soldiers come to encircle and suppress, they at least occupy the geographical advantage, which is really not good, and they can rely on the familiar terrain to deal with the officers and soldiers.

When the news that the imperial court had mobilized the green camps of Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangdong provinces to enter Guangxi to encircle and suppress reached Jintian, the whole kingdom of heaven was very nervous, and all believers, regardless of men, women, and children, were actively engaged in intense war preparations.

Guangzhou, the Governor's Mansion of Guangzhou.

Huang Entong, the governor of Liangguang who received the edict, hurriedly changed into civilian clothes and rushed out of the city to Lei Yuan in Xiguan in a hurry, and handed over the post with a familiar way, but he didn't want to, and the porter turned back a lot, and said with an apologetic face: "My lord......, my lord said..... Say..... Missing. ”

Missing? Huang Entong couldn't help but be stunned, as the governor of Liangguang, Weifu came to visit, the other party actually said that he couldn't see it, the entire Liangguang, it is estimated that only he is easy to know that he has such a big courage, a little flurry, he came back to his senses, it should be Guangxi Governor Zheng Zuchen impeached him for conniving at Yuanqi smuggling firearms The matter annoyed the other party, obviously, the other party knew very well that he came here for that batch of firearms.

Some time ago, Yi Zhizhi took the words and ordered 1,200 muskets from Hong Kong and Macao as much as he could, but it would have to be a few days later, and the other party had to transfer goods from Temasek.

After a little groaning, Huang Entong walked straight in, he was familiar with the road after coming a few times, and he didn't need anyone to lead the way, seeing him break through, the porter didn't stop him, and he didn't stop it, so he hurriedly followed behind, and said in a loud voice: "Adult, adult, don't smash the villain's job ......." ”

Where is Huang Entong willing to pay attention, walk quickly, go straight inside, no one dares to stop him all the way, to the gate of the courtyard of Changle Library, but saw a woman open her hands to stop there, the woman he naturally knows, easy to know that the secretary Lin Meilian in front of him, maybe still a concubine, I heard that he can speak a few foreign languages, this time, he is in trouble.

The other party is a woman, and his identity is quite sensitive, so how can he break through so hard? However, this is enough to show that Yi Zhizhi is in the courtyard, and he immediately smiled and said, "Why is the girl blocking the main hall?" ”

"Please forgive me." Lin Meilian said with a smile: "My marquis said that his health is not good today, and everything is not suitable, and it is not suitable to see distinguished guests." ”

"Your Hou Ye is suffering from a heart disease, and the main hall came today to cure your Hou Ye's heart disease." Huang Entong said with a smile: "Please tell the girl." ”

Lin Meilian's eyes rolled and said, "The little woman went in to report, didn't the adult take advantage of the situation?" ”

"The main hall is waiting outside the door." Huang Entong said: "The girl doesn't think that the main hall will not believe in her words, right? ”

"This is also true, how can the Governor of Liangguang lose his trust in the little woman." Lin Meilian said, turned around and walked quickly into the courtyard, and soon, she quickly turned back, blessed a blessing, and said, "Lord Taiwan, please-." ”

Huang Entong smiled, slowly walked into the courtyard, and saw Yi Zhizhi standing outside the door, he stepped forward with a spring breeze on his face and arched his hand: "Brother Guocheng is really unreasonable, Zheng Futai impeached you, how did you settle this account." ”

Returning the salute, Yi Zhizhi said contentmently: "Zheng Futai impeached Yuan Qi for conniving at the smuggling of firearms, and if he provided Brother Qijiang with more than 1,000 Western muskets, wouldn't it be a confirmation of Yuan Qi smuggling firearms?" is a businessman, and he is not willing to do this thankless thing. ”

Huang Entong smiled: "Don't talk about it equally, and don't mix it up ......." As he spoke, he smiled silently.

"Brother Qijiang, please-." Yi Zhixiang stretched out his hand and gave way.

The two entered the house and sat down, and Huang Entong continued: "Zheng Futai impeached Brother Guocheng for conniving at Yuan Qi to smuggle firearms for profit, no one will believe this, how much profit can smuggle firearms?" How could Yuan Qi look down on that little profit? Besides, Yuan Qi has a military factory, an ammunition bureau, and smugglers of firearms before he can avoid it, how can he do it?

The saint obviously didn't believe it, so he left Zheng Futai's bullet seal and didn't send it, but just issued an order to strictly investigate the smuggling of firearms in Guangdong, and did not mention anything about the Yuanqi Military Factory and the Ammunition Bureau.

Moreover, this time, Brother Guocheng sent people to Hong Kong and Macao to order muskets, which was entrusted by his subordinates to be used by the Green Battalion to go to Guangxi to suppress bandits. ”

"It's hard to say." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Referring to the deer as a horse, reversing black and white, and talking nonsense with his eyes open, there are many people." ”

Who he was referring to, Huang Entong naturally knew it, and immediately said with a sneer: "Brother Guocheng is so strong that no one in the Manchu Dynasty can match ...... civil and military affairs. ”

"No matter how strong the holy favor is, it can't withstand long-term slander." Yi Zhishu turned his head as he spoke, and said: "Hong Kong, Macau, we can still negotiate with Western countries to ban the sale of firearms, but Temasek and Malacca in Nanyang are not our Qing Dynasty land, but we can't restrain them, what is the relationship between Nanyang Tiandi and Guangxi Hui Party, I want to come to Brother Qijiang is also clear, and I hope that Brother Qijiang will make this matter clear in time, so as not to affect Yuanqi's military factory." ”

Huang Entong hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Brother Guocheng, don't worry, this matter will be played as soon as possible." ”

After lighting a cigarette, Yi Zhizhi said: "Temasek's muskets have not yet arrived, and there are only 700 at present, which will be delivered to Brother Qijiang first, and the rest of Brother Qijiang will arrange for someone else to receive them." ”

Hearing this, Huang Entong was relieved, and hurriedly said: "The gunpowder produced by the Luoxi Ammunition Bureau is far better than the local Green Battalion's homemade gunpowder ...... ”

"Don't worry, I've already prepared for Brother Qijiang." Yi Zhizhi glanced at him as he spoke, and said: "There is a saying that I said in front, as the saying goes, bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates, Yuanqi has a lot of semicolons in Guangxi, if there is a loss, don't blame me for ignoring the overall situation and cutting off the supply of ammunition." ”

"Brother Guocheng, don't worry." Huang Entong hurriedly assured: "Yuanqi's semicolon in Guangxi must be maintained vigorously. ”

Sending Huang Entong away, turning back to the study, and as soon as she sat down, Lin Meilian walked in and said with a light smile while packing up the tea set: "The big shopkeeper has calculated that the master of the table will break in?" ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "How can our master of the Taiwan Dynasty be easily dismissed without saying a word." As he spoke, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and when he saw that it was not yet three o'clock, he said, "It's still early, let's go to Huangpu to relax." ”

Going to Whampoa to relax? Lin Meilian knew that he was concerned about the situation of immigration, and hurriedly said, "Then I'll change my clothes." ”

"Pretend to be a little girl." Easy to know contentment.

"Yes." Lin Meilian said happily: "I heard them say that the resettlement camp in Huangpu is like a military camp, clean and tidy, and the soup and medicine are arranged in an orderly ....... ”

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "You can't just listen to the reports of the people below, you have to go down and take a look if you have time, otherwise, it will be easy to be deceived." ”

Lin Meilian said disapprovingly: "The big shopkeeper didn't arrange someone to supervise ...... ”

"Won't the overseers deceive us?" Yi Zhicontent glanced at her and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes." ”

Lin Meilian was dressed up, and the two were about to slip out of the back door, but the porter came in and reported: "Huang Gongzi is here." As he spoke, he handed over the post.

Seeing that it was Huang Dianyuan, Yi Zhishu hurriedly ordered: "Invite him in." As he spoke, he glanced at Lin Meilian and said with a smile: "Another day, I can't go today, go, bring the jar of good wine, spirits, and a few more plates, don't let people in." ”

After going to Guangxi twice, Huang Dianyuan lost a lot of weight, but he cleaned up very neatly, and his spirit was not bad. ”

Huang Dianyuan smiled freely, "How many glasses of thin wine can the big shopkeeper reward?" ”

"If Brother Rong comes back, how can he be without wine?" Yi Zhizu chuckled.

As soon as he entered the room, Huang Dianyuan said: "This time in Guangxi, I have deceived a lot of people, don't let me go to Guangxi again in the future, I have no face to see people." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "But you promise everywhere to give firearms and money support?" ”

"Otherwise, how could they be so responsive?" Huang Dianyuan shook his head slightly as he spoke, and said with emotion: "The heaven and earth in Guangxi will ..... It is no different from ordinary bandits, and the flag of anti-Qing and Ming restoration has long been useless, and they are all fighting along the way of heaven and the like, killing the rich and helping the poor, and it has also become a ...... to kill the rich and enrich themselves. ”

Yi Zhishu handed over a cigarette, and then said: "Brother Rong, is the heaven and earth in Guangxi worthy of our support?" ”

"It's not worth it." Huang Dianyuan said in a deep voice: "Even the Taiping Army, I don't think it's worth supporting, it's difficult to become a climate." ”