Chapter 274: Scolding the Street (Second Watch)
After Guo Xing'a appeared with Rong Hong, Gong Cheng also turned off the fire for a while. It's not that he is tired of scolding, let him scold the corrupt bureaucrats of the Qing Dynasty, and he won't feel tired after scolding for a few more months. He is a little afraid of Guo Xing'a, what kind of ability Guo Xing'a has, Gong Cheng doesn't know. It's just that in Gong Cheng's eyes, Guo Xing'a has always been a mysterious person, and most of Gong Cheng's fear of Guo Xing'a stems from the fear of the unknown.
"The Nine Dragons Division is one hundred taels of silver a year, and it is leased to your country indefinitely. The compensation will be secured by the customs duties of the General Taxation Division, and will be paid in full in 20 years, and the interest will be calculated according to international practice. After Guo Xing'a and Yixin briefly contacted, they directly took over the full power of the negotiation.
"I ......" Gong Cheng still wanted to speak, but he didn't have the opportunity.
Rong Hong relayed Guo Xing'a's words in a pure London accent, and didn't give Gong Cheng a chance to speak at all. And he stumbled in French again, and even Gro could hear it clearly.
"We agree to your opinion." Ergin and Gro didn't care, and immediately agreed.
“Ministers could not do,we…… (Mr. Minister may not do so, we ......). Gong Cheng immediately dissuaded Ergin, and he scolded Yixin before he was over.
"Fuck you, there is no one to teach in life, there is no one to teach in fifty miles, you wolf dig, there is no place for you to talk here!" Before Gong Cheng's words were finished, Rong Hong pointed at Gong Cheng and scolded.
"What are you talking about......" No matter how profligate Gong Cheng is, he is also a scholar, Rong Hong's scolding method is counted as three indiscriminate scolding methods on the rivers and lakes, and Gong Cheng can't react at all for a while.
"Your mother gave birth to you in the graveyard! As soon as you were born, your head was slapped by a coffin board! Your father washed your baba ring when he was a child, threw the child away, and raised the baba ring at home, how do I think you are not human? Which one's crotch is not tightly tied, how can you be exposed? "When Rong Hong was the leader of the beggar gang, he had to be scolded like this dozens of times a day, and he was familiar with these clichés.
"Insulting Sven, insulting Sven......" Gong Cheng, who had just scolded Yixin or was still impassioned, had already been scolded stupidly by Rong Hong.
"The plague chickens that cross the water, the sparse monkeys, the white eyebrows and red eyes, you are a living king with a green hat all your life. Stinky and shameless, don't show up here, hurry up and go home and have a look! Your daughter-in-law has added dozens of relatives to you, and your mother gave birth to a younger brother at home! Rong Hong's Hebei accent is as pure as his London accent.
"You, you ......" Gong Cheng, who had just scolded Yi Xin, was now trembling himself.
It is commonly said that Gong Cheng is a scholar, and he is a family, and he belongs to the upper class like Yixin. His so-called poverty is also relative. When he was the poorest, he didn't delay eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and one meal was still equal to half a year's ration for the people's families, but he didn't have the pleasure of spending a lot of money. For people like them, if they can't spend money as they want, they can be regarded as poor. Just like Cao Xueqin, who said that she was going to die of cold and starvation, in fact, there were seventeen houses, six servants, and forty acres of land at home. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is already a landlord, but he still claims to be a family porridge and wine on credit.
It is precisely because Gong Cheng also belongs to the upper class society, so in the confrontation with Yi Xin just now, the two hardly saw a dirty word, and Yi Xin's brute sentence was already a foul mouth. The scolding of the upper class is also exquisite, how can it be the same as the scoundrels in the market. Rong Hong's wording is more fierce than that of a scoundrel in the market, and a man with a nod face will never scold this kind of thing, this is a pure shrewd style of scolding. But it's no wonder that Rong Hong, when Rong Hong asked for food, he scolded him as a shrew, and if it was a man, he would beat him directly.
Originally, Gong Cheng was also considered to have a talent for adaptation, but Rong Hong made a surprise attack and scolded for no reason, Gong Cheng didn't even understand the cause and effect, so he was naturally caught off guard. Moreover, Rong Hong often greets other female relatives, and always uses ethics to talk about things, Gong Cheng can't bear it no matter how much he talks about it. It would be fine if he could scold him back, but he couldn't say anything like Rong Hong, and in the end he could only be half killed by Rong Hong.
"Yun Xian, this is ......" Yi Xin and the other officials were also calmed by Rong Hong, although Gong Cheng was very happy to eat them, but Rong Hong's words were really unpleasant.
"Rong Hong's character is cute, and he is a great talent who has returned from overseas. He was originally a gentle and elegant person, but thanks to the blessing of the Hexi Inspection Division, Da Meng asked for food in the countryside for a month. Now the temperament has become a little violent, and this tone is not very good! "Today, although Rong Hong's shrews scolding the street has played a big role, Guo Xing'a still hates Jiang Boping in Hexi to death, and he now especially wants Jiang Boping to compensate him for Rong Hong, a returnee scholar.
"Asking for food?" Yi Xin really can't imagine that asking for food will have such an impact on a big talent, and Rong Hong doesn't look like a big talent.
"Da Meng begged in the countryside and had no way to eat, and was abused and beaten by women in the countryside every day, and after a long time, his temperament changed greatly!" Guo Xing'a is also a little embarrassed, Rong Hong is very useful, but it's too embarrassing.
Rong Hong scolded when he met, but it was actually from Guo Xing's instructions. Guo Xing'a is very jealous of Gong Cheng, this knowledgeable and free-spirited person, if he wholeheartedly helps foreign devils to embarrass himself, Guo Xing'a still has a headache. Guo Xing'a asked himself that he was not Gong Cheng's opponent in terms of adaptation and analysis, so he naturally had to find a way to force him away. If you can't think of a conventional way, you just need to use Rong Hong's special talents. If I don't convince you, I will scold you to death.
"Wu Dalang raises night owls, what kind of bird are you really playing. The donkey trough is changed into a coffin, and you are still prosperous. Huqin in the crotch of your pants, you don't have a fucking fuck with Lao Tzu. Rong Hong recited the idiom, One witty remark after another, and scolded Gong Cheng. A group of officials of the Qing Dynasty were also amazed by this, and constantly sighed that the Chinese language art was really broad and profound.
"Ah......" Gong Cheng finally broke down completely, and after yelling, he hid his face and fled out of the lobby.
"Phew, eight hundred catties of longevity peaches, what a big waste snack!" Yung Hong completed his first squirt in his life and achieved a landslide victory.
Gro, Ergin, Wittoma and the others were stupid, they couldn't listen to what Rong Hong said again. In their eyes, the negotiations had just come to an end, but the interpreters on both sides had an unusually heated exchange, and then their interpreters ran away as if they had gone crazy.
"Okay, the idlers and others have been expelled, and we can negotiate the next step!" drove out Gong Cheng, who was in the way, and Guo Xinga wanted to complete the negotiation for Yixin.
"Your Excellency, the negotiations between us have ended, and there is no problem with our interpreter, and now it seems that there is no need to continue negotiations!" Erjin and the others learned of Guo Xing'a's identity, but they also felt that there was nothing to talk about, they just wanted to sign the contract as soon as possible.
"Mr. Minister, you seem to have forgotten something, such as the head of General Grant of your army, the head of General Montauban of the French army, and some prisoners of war. As a defeated country, I can't ask you for compensation for military expenses, but you have to redeem these prisoners of war! We need to talk about this. As for your translation, I don't think it's meaningful at all, just a fool who can speak a few words in English. Our translator has a bachelor's degree in English literature from Yale University, and I think it's enough to have him! "Goxinga's hole card is the prisoner of war in his hand, as well as the heads of the fallen of the coalition army.
"You should release these prisoners of war free of charge!" Erjin and Gro were embarrassed all at once, Goxinga had nearly a thousand prisoners of war in his hands, and the remains of thousands of fallen soldiers, and they couldn't do without it.
"You know it's impossible, and even if you don't count the cost of redemption, the collection of the remains and their living expenses is a lot of money. General Grant and his subordinates weren't mistreated in any way, and they still had steak to eat? You have to pay for the meal. Guo Xing'a looked like a good student.
"Ten thousand pounds, this is our bottom line!" Ergin can't wait to bite Guo Xing'a, this guy is a kidnapper.
"Honorable General Grant, it's only worth ten thousand pounds, don't be kidding!" Goxinga completely revealed the kidnapper's face.
The two sides began a real war of words, and Guo Xing'a became a kidnapper who kidnapped the hostages, but the victim's family Erjin and others were slamming the door to death, and they refused to live or die a copper plate. In the end, Goxinga threatened the remnants of the coalition army to continue the war, and Ergin was not afraid, but Gro couldn't stand it. The French accepted Goxinga's plan, but Ergin still stubbornly insisted on it.
"Well, we are negotiating, and there must be a compromise in negotiation, so if Britain and France can accept a small request from our side, I will no longer insist on it!" After discussing secretly for a while, Guo Xing'a and Yi Xin made a new request to Ergin.
"I want to hear about it!" Erjin was not having a good time, if Xing'a really made a fool of himself, the British landing force could only flee for his life immediately.
"In the future, the British side is not allowed to interfere in the selection of the General Taxation Department, and our side will also dismiss your Mr. Li Taitai on the same day." Guo Xing'a thought of the customs that had influenced China for half a century, and also thought of Li Tai, who had lost China's first modern fleet.
Goxinga's historical level is average, but when it comes to military aspects, he knows a lot. Before China's Nanyang Naval Division, there used to be a pure procurement fleet, which was the Aspen fleet. The Aspen fleet, which cost 800,000 taels in the Qing Dynasty, was proposed by Hurd to the Qing court, but the actual operation was handled by Li Tai. Li Taitai is not as honest as Hurd, and he always wants to be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but the result is naturally that the Qing Dynasty lost his money in vain, and he didn't get anything. So in order to keep the silver and fleet of the Qing Dynasty, Guoxinga has to deal with Li Taitai now. Li Taitai's ability to stay in the high position of the General Taxation Department was inseparable from the strong support of Britain for him, and the Qing Dynasty had to negotiate with Britain when he hired people himself.
"A new person to the General Department of Taxation?" Ergin feared that the Qing Dynasty would completely expel the British employees and downplay the British influence on the Qing Dynasty.
"The new General Taxation Department will be Mr. Hurd of your country, who is now also acting as the Acting General Taxation Division. As for Mr. Lee Thai's departure, it is entirely out of my personal prejudice against him. I also ask Mr. Ergin to tell Mr. Li Taitai that if he dares to enter the land of our Qing Dynasty again, I, Yehnara Goxinga, swear to me with a gun that a British citizen will die in an accident! "Hurd has worked for China Customs for more than 40 years in history, and although there are many bad deeds of colonists, it is generally good. Moreover, now no official of the Great Qing Dynasty can compare with him, at least the customs in his hand has submitted to the Great Qing Dynasty a tariff of tens of millions of taels every year, and if he changes to Chinese, it is estimated that there will be no thousand words. However, Guo Xing'a can't say that he can foresee the future, so he knows that Hurd is good, and Li Taitai is a bastard. So he could only show great admiration to two Englishmen whom he had never met, and the other seemed to have a deep personal vendetta.
"Okay!" Erjin really wondered how Li Taitai could have such a deep personal enmity with Guo Xing'a.
The two sides finally concluded the negotiations, the "Treaty of Tianjin" was fully implemented, and Tianjin was newly opened as Shangfu, and Kowloon was leased indefinitely. However, in terms of reparations, the Qing Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief, and Britain maintained it at four million taels, while France became three million taels.
"This is a small gift from the two of you, I believe that after reading it, the two of you will be eager to avoid our compensation!" Guo Xing'a smiled and took an official document from Yi Xin's hand, and then handed it to Erjin with a mysterious face.