Wang Ding's words are competing against each other, not giving an inch, it is not a gentleman and a minister at all, the courtiers should have a cautious and humble attitude, Daoguang knows the other party's temperament very well, and knows that the other party must have heard the content of the edict he sent to Qi Shan - improvisation, do not lose the national body at the top, and do not provoke at the bottom, otherwise it will not be so rude.

This is a strong donkey, the more he twists it, the more he twists it, Daoguang is too lazy to bother with him, and he groans slightly, before he speaks: "Dingjiu and let's talk about it, in the long run, war and appeasement, which is better or worse?" ”

"Back to the emperor." Wang Ding owes and says: "Fu can only be fuss for a while, war, regardless of success or failure, can be peaceful for a long time, after all, Yingyi is tens of thousands of miles away, this time it is because of trade and raising troops, it is impossible to pour national strength to fight, only thousands of people, even if the ship is strong and the artillery is sharp, how many cities can be captured?" If you insist on fighting, it will inevitably be a situation of losing first and then winning.

Fu, not only can only be cared, but also must lose the national body, Yingyi's request is too unreasonable, land compensation and open ports, it seems that because of the serious loss of Guangzhou's smoking ban, in fact, Yingyi has been planning for a long time.

Weichen checked the information that when Emperor Gaozong was in power, Yingyi sent a delegation to Beijing for pilgrimage, at that time, Yingyi proposed to cede a piece of land near Guangzhou for Yingyi's trade in Guangzhou, and also asked for trade in Ningbo.

Since it has been planned for a long time, it must not stop until the goal is achieved, how can this be appeased? On the other hand, if the court is the main caresper, the crow. The slice trade will inevitably reopen. ”

Speaking of this, he got up and knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Weichen earnestly prays to the emperor to think carefully." ”

After a while, Daoguang let out a long sigh and said, "I will weigh it carefully, and kneel down first." ”

Wang Ding, who was waiting, bowed and retreated, and Daoguang ordered: "Someone come, immediately present all the relevant information of Yingyi when he entered Beijing for the last pilgrimage." ”

Not much. A eunuch walked in quickly with a box in his hand, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the secret fold from Tianjin." ”

Tianjin's fold, Daoguang was instructed to go with him, immediately took the key and opened the box, and carefully read Qi Shan's secret fold. He easily did not dare to put forward the pen for approval, and hesitated for a long time before he approved on the secret fold - to tell Yingyi that he planned to consider trade matters, Lin Zexu banned smoking in Guangzhou, misled the country and sick people, and handled it poorly, so he would appoint a messenger to Guangzhou to investigate and deal with it impartially, and he would definitely be able to redress grievances on his behalf.

Write and seal the fold into the box. He breathed a sigh of relief, if Yingyi had been planning for a long time, he was afraid that it would be difficult to appease, but even if it was the main battle, he couldn't fight in Tianjin, and Yingyi had to be transferred far away from Tianjin, and it was best to go back to Guangzhou, after all, Lin Zexu was actively preparing for the war in Guangzhou. Be well prepared.

Ningbo Prefecture, Zhoushan. Dinghai County, Daotou Port.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, a large fleet of ships appeared on the sea outside Nanjiu Mountain, and the British military sentinel in charge of vigilance and lookout looked at the large black spots on the sea.

"In front of it is Nanjiushan Island, the southernmost point of Zhoushan." Guan Tianpei pointed to the black line at sea level in front of him. Lang Sheng: "The Dinghai division has set up a lookout guard post in Nanjiu Mountain, and there should be one if you want to come to Yingyi." ”

Yi Zhishu raised the telescope and looked at it, the distance was too far to see anything at all, and put it down. He ordered in a deep voice, "Inform the ships to arrive at the Dinghai Sea." ”

"There's no need to be nervous about contentment, it's still early." Guan Tianpei said with a smile: "As the saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, Wanghai is tired of a dead ship, looking at it, there is no hour that can't arrive, today it will be anchored in the ocean as planned, and tomorrow morning, and then enter Dinghai, however, Yingyi will inevitably send a small boat to investigate, and be content to deal with it, right?" ”

"Rest assured." Yi Zhi said confidently: "Many people in Citigroup are originally English, and there is not much difference in language and physical characteristics, besides, we still have a few real warships of the British Guangdong Fleet, and it is unreasonable to be fooled." ”

At dusk, the fleet stopped not far from Nanjiushan Island, and the lookout sentry on Nanjiushan Island had already seen clearly, and the fleets that came were all Western-style sail warships and merchant ships.

Seeing this situation, Captain Beard, the second lieutenant on duty, couldn't help but be confused, what was going on? How could there be so many American warships and merchant ships in this area, and they were mixed with their warships?

Looking at the sky, it must be dark when the boat goes back and forth, but Beard still decided to do his duty, and immediately approached the fleet with two soldiers in a small boat, the first of which was the British speedboat "Louisa", and the captain was naturally replaced by the American Anthony.

As the boat approached the Louisa, he was greeted by someone standing on the side of the ship, and Ensign Beard raised his voice, "Man, what's going on?" How did you get involved with those poor ghosts? ”

Although most of the ancestors of Americans came from Britain, the British generally believed that the United States was a country lacking culture and history, and the British attached great importance to their own traditions and had a deep-rooted national character.

"They're not poor." Anthony raised his chin to the right as he spoke, and said, "See, more than thirty merchant ships have sent five frigates to escort it." ”

Beard didn't have the time to talk to him, he knew that these people who had been adrift on the sea all the year round were either silent or very eloquent, and he hurriedly asked, "How did they get here?" ”

"Their fleet went to Guangzhou to trade, because we blockaded Haikou, they didn't have the courage to break in, I heard that we captured Dinghai and wanted to trade in Ningbo, so they begged us to lead the way to Dinghai."

"Why are there so many ships, and Guangzhou doesn't need to be blocked?"

"I heard that you are not having a good time in Dinghai, so you specially sent some medicines, tea and the like, anyway, it was not for nothing, the Americans paid for it."

"Man, didn't you ask what they were loading, and they needed a corvette escort?"

"It's not easy to ask, but it's certainly something of value."

"What can those poor devils have anything of value?" Beard muttered softly.

Anthony said aloud: "Are there so many berths in Dinghai Port?" We're bringing big business this time. ”

"Don't worry, if you double it, you can stop." Beard said, waving his hand. After wandering around to other warships and getting to know them roughly, he finally put his mind at ease and returned to Nanjiu Mountain on the basis of genius Mahei.

Seeing the boat leave, Yi Zhixiang and Guan Tianpei both breathed a sigh of relief and passed the pass in confusion. There won't be much of a problem for the fleet to enter the port early tomorrow morning, and with a slight groan, Guan Tianpei said: "Let the sons and daughters have a good night's rest tonight and recuperate their spirits." ”

Yi Zhizu glanced sideways at Yan Yangtian behind him, and said: "The wind and waves here are not big, so Tuan Yong, who is still seasick and seasick, should rest early, and if he is still seasick tomorrow, he will miss the opportunity." ”

"Yes." Yan Yangtian replied before saying: "Actually, there were many people who fainted in the first two days, and most people have adapted to it in the past two days. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded. He naturally knows the situation, there are very few people who go to sea for the first time who are not seasick and seasick, when the Yuanqi Guardian Merchant Group got on the battleship, he was dizzy, he had already prevented it, and besides, Yuanqi Tuanyong had good physical fitness, and there were more chili peppers on the ship, and he also told the group to eat less and sleep more. The ship had been at sea for six days, and most of the regimental warriors had already adjusted.

Guan Tianpei didn't care about this. Said: "Sleep today, rest well, and be nervous tomorrow morning, and make sure you don't get dizzy." ”

The next morning, the sky was a little brighter, and Yi Zhicontent got up and went to the deck. To be honest, he was very nervous in his heart, even more nervous than the time when he sharpened the knife Yang a few days ago, after all, the encirclement and suppression of the knife Yang is to fight more and fight less, there is no question of winning or losing, but whether he can win beautifully or not. And this time it was very different, although they had an advantage in the number of warships, but in terms of land, their advantage was not great.

It wasn't just him who couldn't sleep, Yi Zhizhi walked on the deck, and saw Yan Yangtian commanding several regiments to clean and tidy up the deck, the battleship was more exquisite, all kinds of things and equipment were placed in a fixed position and were very particular, there were many rules, and the requirements were naturally stricter when facing battle.

Seeing that Yi Zhizhi came up, Yan Yangtian hurriedly greeted him and saluted, "The student has seen the principal." ”

Yi Zhicontent said with a smile: "Why did you get up so early and couldn't sleep?" ”

"Don't hide it from the principal." Yan Yangtian said: "The students really can't sleep, and they are a little nervous. ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled, before the war, it was false to say that he was not nervous, even he himself was nervous Not to mention them, at best, the Yuanqi group practice can only be said to be seen by a small number of people, and they have experienced the battle scene at close range, and this is the first time they have really participated.

"If you fight a few more battles, you won't be nervous." Yi Zhishu said and asked with concern: "How is the situation of the group of brave people?" Are you still emotionally stable? ”

"At 0:00 last night, the students got up to inspect, and there were many group members who were pretending to sleep." Yan Yangtian said slowly: "I guess I'm a little nervous, it's inevitable, after all, most of the Tuan Yong are the first time." ”

After a slight groan, Yi Zhizhi said: "The fleet will set sail into Daotou Port at dawn, but there is still a voyage, and the time of blowing the wake-up signal today is delayed by an hour, so you go and order the signal soldiers to notify the ships." ”

"Contentment and sinking." Guan Tianpei's voice came from behind, "It will take at least an hour to reach Daotou from the outer ocean of Nanjiu Mountain, so it will not be in the way for them to sleep for an extra hour." ”

Guan Tianpei was the governor of Jiangnan before he was appointed as the commander of the Guangdong Navy Division, and he knew the situation in Zhoushan and Dinghai well, and he knew that he had also done a detailed understanding, otherwise he would not dare to let Tuan Yong get up late for an hour, turned around, and said with a smile: "Why did the military gate get up so early?" ”

"I'm older, and I'm less sleepy." Guan Tianpei paced over slowly, looked at him, and quipped: "There are times when you are content and nervous?" ”

"How can you not be nervous." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "The so-called war situation is changing rapidly, no matter how good and careful the plan is, once it is on the battlefield, it may not be used, but we have nearly 10,000 people in control of life and death, how can we not be nervous." ”

"No matter how nervous you are, you can also be calm." Guan Tianpei said unceremoniously: "You are the backbone of Yuanqi's group training, if you are nervous, can you still expect the people below not to be nervous?" ”

"The military is instructed." Yi Zhishu nodded.

"Contentment has never commanded the army, but his understanding is extremely high." Guan Tianpei praised in an undisguised tone: "With a little tempering, you will be able to become a generation of famous generals, now it is an eventful time, can you be content and intentionally abandon business and join the army?" ”

"I don't want to live this long time with my head tied to the waistband of my pants." Yi Zhixiang said with a smile: "My Yuanqi shopkeeper is a little comfortable, if it is not a big matter this time, and there is no capable officer, I have to come hard." Saying that, he smiled, "Beauty has been like a famous general since ancient times, and it is not allowed to see a white head in the world, how can this famous general be so easy to do, this world of flowers, I want to see it for a few more years." ”

"Beauty has been like a famous general since ancient times, and she is not allowed to see white heads in the world." Guan Tianpei chattered again, sighed, and said: "That's right, since ancient times, it is really rare for famous generals to be able to start and finish well. As he spoke, he turned his head and said: "At this age, contentment is the time when fame and fortune are the most important, why does contentment look so open?" ”

"People live in the world for nothing more than the word 'fame and fortune', how can they avoid vulgarity?" Yi Zhizhi said and took out a cigar and lit it, and then continued: "There are not many things in the world that are both famous and rich, the emphasis is on trade-offs, let's just say that in the future, the big shopkeeper of Yuanqi, although he has a bad reputation, but in terms of profit, even the feudal officials are far behind, and the official body is not free, how can he be at ease in the upper and lower places."

If you want to say that the name is in history, although it is only a businessman, many things in Yuanqi are the first to open a generation, how can this Yuanqi shopkeeper be nameless in history? ”

Hearing this, Guan Tianpei laughed and said: "Contentment understands that compared with contentment, the old man has lived to a dog for decades." ”

Listening to what he said was funny, Yi Zhizhi also laughed heartily, and the group on the deck didn't know what the two coaches were so happy about this early morning, but seeing that the two of them were so happy and relaxed, they were also relieved.

The day gradually brightened, a group of crew sailors on the ship began to be busy, making all kinds of preparations for sailing, the sky was bright, the vision could be far away, the fleet lifted anchor and sailed, and sailed towards Daotou Port in Dinghai County.

Daotou Port in Dinghai County, there are only more than a dozen British warships and speedboats parked alone in the harbor, and the large and small merchant ships, cargo ships, fishing ships, and salt ships that were originally full of harbors have disappeared, the sky is bright, and a number of British ships in the harbor have also begun to move, and a large-scale Western sailing fleet has come to the outer ocean, although it is led by the British ships, but out of caution, Bomai still ordered the warships in the harbor to go out to see. (To be continued.) )