Seeing the high-end Nanyang Double Happiness cigarettes, which are worth a lot of money, the eyes of the green battalion Qing soldiers lit up. You must know that this kind of high-end cigarettes are very popular now, and the opening brick to open up the relationship with officials is high-end cigarettes. Merchants wanted to befriend the officials of the yamen, and in the past, they used to use the banquet as a brick to open the door, and they could first invite the officials to drink, and then send the silver when the relationship was closer. Since the two things of Nanyang Double Happiness Cigarettes and Eight Flags Special Offerings, these have changed, first of all, they give cigarettes, as long as the other party accepts it, they can get closer, drink together, and then send a lot of silver.

High-end cigarettes are also an indispensable gift for exchanges between officials and officials, and good cigarettes will be prepared at the banquet.

Civilian weddings, birthday celebrations, etc., should also have high-end cigarettes as a façade.

It's just that these two green battalion Qing soldiers still have some hearts that are not enough, and one of them took the cigarette and asked again: "I don't know if this old man has a special offering for the Eight Banners?" We poor soldiers can't afford that kind of good stuff! ”

When Miao Xian heard this, he was taken aback: "Two military masters! Don't do it! You can't give that thing away! ”

The green battalion soldier said angrily: "You old thing, Lao Tzu asked you for something to look up to you and give you face!" Don't you know what's wrong! If you have one, take it out! ”

Miao Xian's face turned pale with fright, and he begged bitterly: "It's not that the villain won't give it to you, that thing is a special offering of the Eight Banners!" Only the flag man can draw it! If we Han people smoke that thing in private and are caught by the government, we will confiscate all our property at the least, and we will have our homes and beheaded! Villain, this is also for the good of the two military masters! ”

Another green battalion soldier laughed: "You old man is talking about the old yellow calendar, right? It's true that thing is a special offering of the Eight Flags, but a lot of people in our green camp are smoking! Not to mention that the officials are still smoking, let's just say that some people with better family conditions are also smoking! Our two brothers watched others twitch their eyes! I want to give you a try! If you don't know what to do, we will immediately treat you as a thief and confiscate all the goods! See how you still get into the city to do business! ”

Miao Xian heard what the Green Battalion soldiers said, and hurriedly asked someone to take a small package of Eight Banners special offerings and a cigarette gun from the car and handed them over: "Two military masters, this good Eight Banners special offering will be given to you." ”

"That's pretty much it!" The two Green Battalion soldiers smiled. You must know that this small package of good Eight Flags special offerings is equivalent to gold! Take this stuff and try it yourself. The rest was sold, again a large sum.

Miao Xian entered the city and got in touch with merchants who were selling goods in the area. The merchants who were able to sell goods in important military towns all had one kind of relationship with Qing court officials, some were blood relatives of Qing court officials, some were foreign relatives, and some were directly officials who did business on their own and sent domestic slaves out to make money as merchants. But among these merchants, many of them were secretly members of the Heaven and Earth Society. With the support of Wang Xinyu, the Heaven and Earth Society bribed Qing court officials through bribery. Even the method of directly buying officials has been planted in the officialdom of the Qing court, and many of them have used money to open the way and have become good at officialdom.

Fang De, who entered Xu Wencheng in advance, was a big businessman who had a relationship with the prefect of Guangzhou and even with Shang Zhixin, the palace of Dingnan Wangfu. Originally, Fang De was an honest ordinary businessman, but he loved to practice martial arts since he was a child, and his two sons, Fang Xiaoyu and Fang Meiyu, were both martial arts masters. The young and vigorous two sons were influenced by the Shaolin Temple and secretly joined the Heaven and Earth Society. In the case of persuading his son not to listen. Fang De himself joined the Heaven and Earth Society.

Miao Xian, who had previously joined the Heaven and Earth Society, saw that Fang De was very business-minded, so he suggested that he win over corrupt Qing court officials, open up relationships, and start a frighteningly lucrative tobacco business and a special offering business for the Eight Banners.

The profits of these two commodities were much higher than those of the silk business. But you need a way, you need to be able to eat both black and white. Needless to say, the Black Side is that the Heaven and Earth Society is not only a secret service organization, but also a little **** in nature. On the white side. You have to have people in the officialdom to open cigarette shops and big [tobacco] halls. To apply for government approvals for these two commodities, it takes a lot of silver. It is currently in the city of Guangzhou. It costs at least 5,000 taels of silver to open a large [tobacco] restaurant, and even if it is to open a cigarette shop, it costs 1,000 taels of silver. However, if the money is spent, it will soon pay for itself.

You must know that 5,000 taels of silver was not a small amount back then, enough for 500 families to live for a year, and it was still a relatively good life. Fang De was originally rich, but he didn't have so much silver, so Miao Xian lent him money to do things. With the help of Miao Xian, Fang De quickly got the government approval documents for these two commodities, and also opened up the relationship between all aspects.

As for the source of goods, don't worry, Miao Xian can get the goods, not only the goods that are re-exported from Wu Sangui, but also the goods that are directly transferred in from Annan.

Now Fang De has become the richest man in Zhaoqing. When he heard the news of the Qing army's attack on Qiongzhou, he immediately keenly felt that the opportunity to make money was coming, so he took the official approval document to Xu Wen.

Miao Xian saw Fang De, and the two entered the hotel after a few pleasantries. After closing the door, Miao Xian told Fang De: "The grain, grass, gunpowder and baggage of the Tartars are all in this city!" I'm going to find out what's going on, and then I'll bring someone to burn down the Tartar's warehouse!" ”

"Huh?" Fang De, who had always been timid, changed his face, "This is a head-killing thing!" I joined the Heaven and Earth Club for my son, I just want to make money and make a fortune with peace of mind. ”

"Don't worry! I will do this by one person, and it will definitely not affect you! Miao Xian replied.

"Since this is the case, then I won't do this business, so it's better to leave Xu Wen and go back to Zhaoqing as soon as possible." Fang De sighed.

"No!" Miao Xian was shocked, "If you run away at this time, when the Tartar warehouse is destroyed, you will be suspicious!" What are you running for nothing? Isn't this a thief? You stay here, so that the Tartars will not be able to suspect you on the head. When the time comes, my men will be able to get out of the city, and the Tartars will only deal with them. ”

In fact, as long as Fang De can be calm and comfortable, the Qing court will not even suspect Miao Xian, because no one will suspect that a person with a young daughter will attack them. However, the Qing court didn't know, in fact, the young Miao Cuihua was also a master, her martial arts were quite strong, and she was not under Hong Xiguan.

While the two were deliberating, there was a slight knock on the door outside. Listen to the voice, it is the people of the Heaven and Earth Society who are knocking on the door.

Miao Xian opened the door, and there was a shopkeeper standing outside with a food box in his hand: "Two guest officers, the meal you want has been delivered, please use it slowly." ”

"Send it in!" Miao Xian made a gesture of please.

The shopkeeper walked into the room, put down the food box and turned to leave.

Miao Xian opened the food box, took out a blank-looking note from the mezzanine, and put it on the fire to roast it, and the words were displayed on it. Miao Xian took a closer look, only to see that it was written: Hong Chengchou is in command in this county.

"Hong Chengchou! This old thief! If you can kill Hong Chengchou, this is a great achievement! Kill Hong Chengchou, even if I am exposed immediately, I can only escape overnight, and I will never have a chance to be an agent in the future, this is all earned! Even if he didn't run away, it would be worth killing Hong Chengchou! Miao Xian said to himself secretly in his heart.

Fang De seemed to see Miao Xian's thoughts: "Master Miao, do you want to assassinate Hong Chengchou?" ”

"That's right! As long as you can kill Hong Chengchou, you will make a great contribution to our Han people! After this thief took refuge in the Tartars, he was as loyal to the Tartars as a dog! The war in the southwest and the south, if it weren't for this man, the Tartars would not have occupied the whole south! Miao Xian gritted his teeth and said.

Although Fang De was timid, he was still a conscientious Han man, not to mention that his two sons were from the Heaven and Earth Society, so it was naturally impossible for him to betray Miao Xian.

In the next few days, Miao Xian, through various connections, also sent his own people to scout near the county office, and found out the situation in Xu Wencheng clearly. At this time, there were not many Qing army defenders in Xu Wen City, in addition to Hong Chengchou's personal guards, there were only more than 200 Qing soldiers, and it was also clear that Hong Chengchou lived in the county office, and there were only more than 50 personal guards around him, and the other green battalions were mainly responsible for guarding the warehouse, and a few people guarded the city gate.

"We must find a way to kill Hong Chengchou! Otherwise, this thief is too much of a threat to us! Miao Xian said to Fang De, father and son.

Hong Chengchou's personal guards are all masters of martial arts, and they can't beat Miao Xian one-on-one, but if so many people go together, Miao Xian can't defeat them with one as ten.

Just when Miao Xian felt at a loss, Cai Jiuyi, Wu Tiancheng, Fang Huicheng, Zhang Jingzhi and Yang Jianyou and other masters arrived in Xu Wen one after another. These masters who arrived, unlike Miao Xian, who was responsible for collecting intelligence, were all agents who belonged to the operation group.

"Hong Chengchou's old thief is in Xu Wen City! However, killing Hong Chengchou's old thief is far less important than burning down the Tartar warehouse! Since this old fellow is so afraid of death and concentrates all the masters around himself, the Tartars guarding the warehouse have nothing to fear! We also have sophisticated weapons that will surely be able to burn down the warehouses of the Tartars. Wu Tiancheng thought of a way.

Each of the arriving operatives was equipped with a Thunderbolt Gun that could be fired continuously, as well as other weapons. With their ability, they can completely destroy the warehouses of the Qing army.

But things are not as simple as they seem.

Hong Chengchou woke up in the early morning and went to the study to read the battle report sent from Qiongzhou. After dawn, he had eaten breakfast, flipped through the new battle report that had only been sent back in the morning, and suddenly had an inexplicable very bad feeling.

"Something is wrong! Qiongzhou can't be attacked for a long time, do the thieves want to implement the plan of closing the door and beating the dog? No way! There's definitely an article in this! Be careful! We can't ruin the great cause of the Qing Dynasty to unify the world! Hong Chengchou looked at the battle report and muttered to himself. Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou immediately called his personal guards: "Send someone to Qiongzhou immediately and inform them that there is no need to attack the city and destroy their docks, iron mines and iron factories!" Focus on destroying the productivity of thieves! Withdraw as soon as you're done! In addition, this officer suspects that someone may attack the warehouse, so he immediately strengthens the security of the warehouse and arranges an ambush inside! (To be continued.) )