Chapter 2104 Flower Struggle (12)

According to Article 152 of the "Regulations of the Qing Dynasty", those who oppose etiquette, such as wizards, cult leaders, advocates of heresies, etc., are guilty; those who spread evil books, those who deceive people's hearts, and those who use chilling or proclamations to incite riots,

Anyone who privately prints, distributes or preaches insurgent texts in public places is guilty.

Nick opened the note again and was about to burn it, but hesitated and took his hand back.

This is evidence that if someone really intends to cause chaos, then at least the defenders should be prepared.

Cao Xi was the admiral's lieutenant. According to the people, he was equivalent to a military adviser. He was in charge of military registration, litigation, etc., but did not command the army. The main navy was stationed in Huizhou. In the seventh year of Kangxi's reign, he was punished because of the peace and tranquility in Guangdong waters.

Abandoned, it was re-stationed in Humen in recent years due to pirates.

The strength of the navy has never been taken seriously by the Manchus. The weapons on board are mainly spears and sabers. According to the description of a British "meat ticket" who was once kidnapped by Zheng Yi and later redeemed for 7654 Spanish silver dollars, the pirate equipment

It was not as sophisticated as the Qing Dynasty Navy. Therefore, it not only defeated the official army repeatedly, but also severely damaged the Portuguese fleet and besieged Macau with almost no food supplies.

They have camps and shipyards in Hong Kong, and they draw on advanced science and technology. Once they had a firefight with a British warship and found that the British fired 24-pound cannons. A few months later, the pirate fleets were also equipped with the same cannons.

New cannons, and the origin of these cannons is said to be from the same place as the British Navy.

After much consideration, Nick decided to go to the Admiral. When he got it, it was like a glass of poisoned wine given to him by the emperor. He was even more frightened than the poisoned wine. His face was pale, and his first reaction was to destroy it.

Nick stopped him. Although his face turned pale with fright, the most important thing at this time was not to bury his head in the sand.

After finishing what he should do, Nick left the Admiral's Mansion. However, as soon as he went out, he met a person. This person was the East India Company employee Harrock who gave him his business card last time. He still did not give up asking Nick to draw the coast.

Map proposal, and this time he brought gold bars.

No doubt someone was following him, thinking he didn't have money to buy expensive gifts.

Even if Nick refuses, they will find someone else to draw the drawing.

Nick has never thought deeply about theological issues. His tutor told him that Taoism pursues the process of spiritual purification. Only when the mind reaches a state of purification can one drink the elixir of life and live in a heavenly palace with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.

This is like people who go to heaven after accepting the doomsday judgment. No one would not want to go to heaven, right?

Nick hoped to consider it, but Harlock expressed his casualness. Then he went to the dock and found Captain Yao. What Nick didn't expect was that he suddenly changed his attitude and was no longer willing to take Nick to Xiamen.

They did not pay a deposit in advance, and there was no contract, just a verbal agreement, but Captain Yao's attitude was very strange, and it seemed from the look in his eyes that there was something else hidden.

Nick looked at the other captains. Their eyes were also full of hostility, as if he had suddenly lost their friendship.

Having said that, I have to go back to the story that the priest told me...

"How could anyone not notice it?" she yelled, putting down the book.

Bonaparte didn't bother to pay attention to her at all.

She mumbled a few times and started reading again.

In the evening, Nick was walking alone on the streets of Guangzhou. He used to walk alone on the streets with a paintbrush. Now he was alert and always felt that someone was following him. At this time, a person walked towards him quickly and suddenly

Punched him in the face.

This man looked like a low-class person, at least judging from his clothes, he looked like a low-level craftsman. He immediately ran away after beating Nick and hid in a narrow alley.

Nick chased after him. He was annoyed by this inexplicable sudden attack. Using the light of dusk, he kept chasing after the man who hit him.

They ran into the criss-crossed alleys one after another, and then the man who beat Nick suddenly stopped, turned towards Nick, and shouted. Nick heard that he was shouting "Brother!", and then

Nick felt someone rushing toward him with a dagger in his hand.

Nick picked up the bamboo pole and immediately prepared for defense. However, this was just a feint attack. Another person held a large sack and tried to put it over Nick's head. Nick fell to his knees and avoided the sack, but the people who were ambushing around him

At this time, people ran out and beat him hard with bamboo poles.

Nick blocked the blow with a bamboo pole and then pulled out a Spanish folding knife that he had made in Birmingham and had been carrying around with him for many years.

"Who are you?" Nick asked in Mandarin.

"Damn yellow-haired spies, don't even think about leaking our secrets!" Those who besieged Nick also responded in Mandarin.

Nick couldn't answer.

"Let me see which one is more powerful, your sword or my sword."

When those people saw that Nick was silent, the first person to attack Nick with a sword said, and then rushed towards Nick with a weird posture.

Hesitating at this critical moment would cost him his life. Nick held the knife tightly and lunged at the guard he thought was the best to deal with. The guy was defenseless and was thrown to the ground.

Leon suddenly laughed.

"Why are you laughing?" Georgiana asked in confusion.

"Did you think he would fight?" he asked.

As Georgiana read the book, she thought she would see a wonderful duel scene.

"Damn it." Georgiana cursed.

"Read it quickly." He urged, as if he wanted to take the book away from her hand.

Georgiana then continued to read.

Due to the sneak attack, the man let out a scream, and Nick staggered and almost fell on him.

The others were obviously stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, yelled as if they were irritated, and chased Nick.

Nick didn't know where to run at all. These alleys were like a maze, and these people were very familiar with it. They even split up and planned to surround him.

These people just wanted to run faster than Nick. While running around, Nick found a chicken coop. He got in without hesitation and waited for those who were chasing him to run over.

When these people walked away, Nick immediately took off his clothes and put on the clothes that were dried on the bamboo poles. Then he wrapped his head with cloth, so that in the low light, he looked no different from the locals.

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Along the way, Nick met two or three people. They ran out of breath and regarded Nick as "one of their own."

He had heard that it was forbidden to own weapons in the East. Only one person had a sword, and the others were holding bamboo poles. They were no match for the Spanish folding knife in Nick's hand.

However, Nick did not take the risk of catching any of them and finding out who these people were. After all, we were outnumbered and could not act rashly.

He followed a woman who looked panicked. She obviously didn't want to get involved in this dispute. Under her guidance, Nick left the maze-like alley and came to the busy street.

In this way, he escaped the ambush, but he was definitely in trouble.
Chapter completed!