Wuhu, cloudy and sunny.

Zeng Guofan, the governor of Liangjiang, who was attacking Dangtu with all his might, received the document from Shanghai, Zeng Guofan squinted his eyes and read the document, and muttered for a long time, Hu Linyi on the side didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly asked, Zeng Guofan shook his head and let out a long sigh, "I thought that the old man only needed to manage the war in the south of the Yangtze River, but I didn't expect the foreigner's affairs to come to my head!" ”

"My lord, what do you mean by that?"

"The envoys of Britain, France and the United States went to Shanghai and submitted a letter to the old man, saying that he wanted to discuss things." Zeng Guofan put down the paperwork and replied indifferently.

"Britain and France are just that, why do things still have to do with the United States?" Hu Linyi asked curiously.

"Hmph," Zeng Guofan sneered, "It's just that I want to fish in troubled waters, and the fox is just a fake tiger, looking at China now making trouble with the twist of thieves, I think there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, and I want to get a few benefits, just like Britain and France." "They are all here to suck the blood of China!

"Now the Governor's priority is to calm down the rebellion, and it is better to return this foreigner's business to someone else."

"Exactly, this official is no better than the governor of Liangguang, there are five ministers of trade and commerce, and the affairs of foreigners are not in the hands of the official, so let the documents reply, let them find Huang Zonghan, let Lao Huang have a headache, I don't want to fight these lawsuits, although foreigners are hateful, the old man is also eager to destroy them, but there are priorities, and the most important thing at the moment is to rebel!" Zeng Guofan put down this matter, "Besides, they can also go to Ningbo Mansion to find Mu Yang, who is also the Minister of International Trade and Cooperation!" ”

"Your Excellency the Governor knowingly asked, and is still laughing here." Hu Linyi also sneered, "Now Ningbo Mansion has half of the foreign businessmen where, if the ministers go to Ningbo Mansion, in case those military ships scare Mu Yang'a, the God of Wealth in the eyes of foreigners, and can't raise the interest in buying, so that Ningbo Mansion buys a lot less muskets and artillery this year, those businessmen are going to eat the ministers of their own country, for this matter, today's foreigners are very interesting, let alone Ningbo." Coming from Guangzhou. I went directly to Shanghai, and Zhejiang didn't even step into it! ”

"This is considered to be spending money to buy peace, in the end it is better than paying for nothing! We can also use the firearms we bought to quell the rebellion! Zeng Guofan waved his hand, "Have Peng Yulin's sailors pressed the artillery?" ”

"It's all pressed. According to the meaning of the big handsome. The light artillery was pressed on the sailors. In order to prevent the inconvenience of installation, a lot of money was hired to invite foreign craftsmen to assist in the installation, and General Ronglu's musket and artillery were also neatly equipped. ”

"Good! Now our sailors are powerful. The Yangtze River can't get off the boat, if it weren't for that, the old man wouldn't dare to attack with all his might! Zeng Guofan was quite satisfied, "Just wait for Wang Jinxiu, Zeng Guoquan, Li Hongzhang, and Zuo Zongtang to attack in an all-round way, encircle them in all directions, and destroy this dynasty eclipse!" ”

Shanghai, rainy.

Ministers of various countries to the north is also a helpless move, now Guo Songtao in Foshan is huge, in addition to the regimental training repeatedly attacked Guangzhou, he is also calling on the Guangdong military and civilians to hunt down and kill the lone foreigners, a head of fifty taels, women and children halved, the whole Pa Xia Li walking in the city of Guangzhou, countless people with red eyes looked at the actual governor of Guangzhou, followed by the Chinese workers in Hong Kong and Macao, the two places of commerce all stopped, although Pa Xia Li has a musket in hand, but can not resist the fierce public opinion, Now, taking advantage of the theory that the American minister Hua Ruohan instigated the coalition forces to go north, Pashali stayed in the city of Guangzhou, and left the powder keg of Guangzhou City, which did not know when it would explode, and went north.

After Fujian, Pashali was ambitious, and wanted to follow the example of the predecessors twenty years ago to bombard Zhenhai and vent his anger, but he did not expect that as soon as Fang opened his mouth, he was strongly opposed by the French minister and the French minister Glo, "Mr. Consul, I personally think that shelling Zhenhai is a very irrational behavior," At this time, there was no difference between the British and French Chinese, but the civilian words of the American minister Hua Ruohan made Pashali frown slightly, "You must know that we are the United States, A considerable part of the obsolete muskets were disposed of in Ningbo, and there were also quite a few arms dealers in Ningbo, and if there was a disturbance here, it would be difficult for me to explain to the two houses of the House of Representatives and the Senate after I returned to China. ”

"I mean the same thing, Mr. Consul," said the French Minister Glo, who echoed the opinion of the American Minister Warren, "the Emperor is preparing to raise military expenses, and the firearms business here in China is worthy of the attention of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ”

Although Pashali is a fellow countryman of British Prime Minister Palmerston and a representative of the textile industry who advocates a tough line against China, he cannot ignore the voice of domestic arms dealers, and those old men in the House of Commons have nothing to do against Palmerston, dealing with such a small consul as themselves, if they let their interests be damaged, they can never return to the British mainland, and Pashali has to be as good as a stream, and take the troops of the two countries and two armies to sweep through the tense Ningbo Mansion and go to Shanghai.

Today's Shanghai is already a paradise for all countries after the failure of the Little Knife Society uprising, Shanghai Daotai can not govern the city of Shanghai in the slightest, except for his own Daotai Mansion, Pashali is as free here as in Hong Kong, there is no reason not to have the opportunity to be furious, the French and American ministers are happy to listen to Pashali's advice, first sent a steamer through Nanjing to Wuhu to submit a letter to the new Liangjiang Governor, and then several people under the leadership of Pashali, a Chinese expert, sat in a soft palanquin carried by the Chinese, Travel around this Far Eastern city.

Shanghai, cloudy with showers, west wind.

A few people were returning from the Chenghuang Temple, and Glo was very impressed by the crab roe soup xiaolongbao, and on the way back, he was still sighing, "This is the same as the foie gras in France, it is a peerless delicacy!" Pashali pouted slightly, if Glo knew that it was the ugliest crab that was dug up to make a delicious taste, it is estimated that he would vomit, but Pashali got along with Glo all the way very well, so he did not go to dismantle the table, a few people went to Glo's residence, poured good brandy, and the American Minister Hua Ruohan also opened a box of authentic Cuban cigars, ready to spend this bad weather afternoon, the three of them couldn't help but laugh when they talked about the Ji girl in Guangdong.

When the wine was half-drunk, Pa Xiali's personal entourage came in from outside the door, bowing slightly, "Mr. Consul, Lord Zeng's reply has arrived." ”

"John, bring it to me, thank you." Pashali put down his wine glass, took the reply letter from China's most powerful person in the southeast, opened it and read it, the letter was very short, and after a while, Pashali finished reading it, only to see that the original smug red face was like the weather outside, and it became extremely bad. (To be continued......)

PS: When Yin Wangshan was the governor of Liangjiang (governing Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places), he jokingly asked his subordinates: "You are flat."

What are you most afraid of? "Some say they are afraid of tigers and wolves, and some say they are afraid of snakes and scorpions. Yin Wangshan said: "I'm not afraid of these, I'm just afraid of foolish people."

Yes! ”

The crowd laughed.

、…… Ask for a commuter pass.