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Chapter 222 Urgent recall to Beijing

Half a month, Niu Tai came back and reported that the foreign ship that smuggled firearms had been unwilling to dock and suddenly sailed to Nanyang.

There is no way, the speed of the three-masted foreign ship is much faster than the warships of the Humen Navy Camp. The foreign ship wants to run,

Can't catch up at all...

Three can only give up!

After Yuzhu became the Guangdong Customs Supervision, there were neither large-scale layoffs nor excessive adjustments.

After significantly reducing the charges for ship bills, foreign ships arrived at the port increased day by day, and continued to rise.

Moreover, after the form of customs declaration and tax payment was changed, the tariffs on foreign goods not only did not decrease, but instead increased by dozens of times within half a year.

Originally, Kangxi asked Yuzhu to pay a tariff of one million taels of silver within one and a half years.

Now, just half a year has passed, the customs duties received by Guangdong Customs have exceeded 900,000 taels.

Obviously, the money-making task assigned by Kangxi to Yuzhu will be easily completed.

This is mainly because, under the detailed customs declaration form, the foreign goods carried by foreign ships are clear at a glance, resulting in a natural increase in taxes.

Before lowering the ship bill, there were only a dozen foreign ships a month. Nowadays, there are several foreign ships every day.

Come from India and Southeast Asia.

After too many foreign businessmen, there will inevitably be frequent commercial disputes and security frictions, and Guangzhou Prefecture is overwhelmed.

He sued Yuzhu for a lawsuit.

As a result, Yuzhu was waiting for the complaint from the local officials. He took the opportunity to submit a complaint and applied to Kangxi to open up the wasteland in Hong Kong as a new gathering place for foreign merchants.

Kangxi was proficient in politics and military affairs, so he naturally had to rely on Yuzhu to do overseas trade and how to make money.

So, after Kangxi nodded, Yuzhu classified Hong Kong Island as a special trading zone.

Foreign merchants are not allowed to leave Hong Kong Island, while Chinese merchants are free to enter and exit Hong Kong Island.

In this way, the Thirteen-Trade Guangzhou, who was originally on the ground to collect money, was knocked out by the jade pillar in the blink of an eye.

Today, the emperor Nanku has become the eighty voyages in Hong Kong.

However, the plan did not change quickly. Just when Yuzhu was about to show his great fortune, the old emperor suddenly came up with an order.

He was ordered to return to Beijing quickly and continue to serve as the supervisor of Chongwenmen.

There was no way. After replacing the Yuzhu, the new Chongwenmen Supervisor was incompetent. Sitting on the treasure mountain, he made less money every day.

The old emperor got angry and simply transferred Yuzhu back to the capital.

In history, Emperor Jiaqing only lived for three years after killing Hezhongtang. Then, both the national treasury and the emperor's private treasury, his income plummeted and he soon lost money.

No matter when, talent is always the most important thing!

This time, Yuzhu's biggest gain was that more than fifty officers could not only skillfully shoot guns, but also reached the excellent level of four shots within one minute.

In addition, Yuzhu bought the land on Hong Kong Island in advance and made dozens of times the net profit in the middle of the competition among foreign merchants.

Unfortunately, because the time was too short, William just recruited a group of French artillery craftsmen.

There are no foreign craftsmen who build ships, flintlock rifles or steelmaking.

When Yuzhu left Guangdong, Alice's belly was getting bigger and she had to stay on Hong Kong Island for delivery.

On the summer solstice of the 46th year of the Kangxi reign, Yuzhu's official ship arrived at Tongzhou Wharf successfully.

According to convention, the imperial envoy cannot go home directly when he returns to Beijing, but should move into the inn in the suburbs of Beijing. Only after the emperor meets him can he go home.

However, before Yuzhu got off the boat, someone came to him.

"Go to the palace immediately with the jade pillar and play chess with me." Wei Zhu smiled and passed Kangxi's oral order, "Mr. Yu,

Long lively miss you so much, so I ordered the old slave to come to pick you up into the palace."

Wu Jiang didn't need Emperor Yuzhu's eyes at all. He looked at the loophole and secretly stuffed a silver note for Wei Zhu.

Hadn't seen him for more than half a year. Seeing that Yuzhu was still so transparent, Wei Zhu couldn't help but start talking and whispered: "The west side of Qinglong Hutong is not very peaceful recently."

Yuzhu understood at first glance that to the west of Qinglong Hutong is Lao Ba’s Beile Mansion.

The fourth and the eighth families are neighbors. The fourth family’s Beile Mansion is just west of the eighth families. Wei Zhu is an old fried dough stick. Even if he is a hint, he will always stop talking and not revealing it.

It’s up to you to understand whether you can listen or not. After entering the Ganqing Palace, Yuzhu ran over and hugged Kangxi’s legs, and cried with red eyes: “Old man, I miss you so much."

"Oh..." Kangxi's eyes were red when he was provoked by Yuzhu's move. After choking for a long time, he said,

"I miss you very much, hurry up, sit down and talk to me."

"Wei Zhu, the tea is cold, and the heat is changing." With the old emperor's order, Wei Zhu quickly took care of it.

However, after changing the tea, Wei Zhu hurried beside the door, but was thinking in her heart.

After the tea that had just been served for a while, Long Sui said it was cold. Hey, Yuzhu has been away for more than half a year, not only has the holy favor not declined, but has become better than before.

Long lively prepared tea in advance and waited for the minister to come down to drink. There was no other person except Yuzhu, so he had such kindness.

Kangxi also needed to ask questions, so Yuzhu reported everything he had done in Guangdong to Kangxi.

Finally, Yuzhu said embarrassedly: "To be honest, I didn't care about myself, and I actually made a foreign woman's belly bigger."

This statement is extremely vulgar and very rude.

Kangxi was shocked and pondered for a moment before asking Yuzhu: "Didn't you bring two maids with you? They didn't move?"

After the old emperor asked this, Yuzhu knew that the old emperor had probably learned about Alice in advance.

Amid the city of Guangzhou, there are generals of Guangzhou.

The Guangzhou General will definitely report Yuzhu's every move to Kangxi.

"Hi, old man, do you think you are angry? There are not many women around me. I have not been pregnant with my wife and wife. But, a foreign woman actually has it. What's the point? What?" Yuzhu sighed a lot.

Kangxi suddenly smiled and said, "It's okay. After she gave birth to your baby, I'll take her to live in the capital. I'll choose a good place for her, so it's more comfortable to live there."

This seemed to be understatement, but Wei Zhu felt a sudden stern in her heart.

Wei Zhu thought to himself, if Yuzhu hesitated a little, Long Sui Ye would probably be suspicious.

Yuzhu did not hesitate at all and immediately said, "The house in your hand is all good places. I have thanked you for your grace on her."

When playing chess, Yuzhu told the old emperor in detail what he had done and heard that Kangxi heard that Yuzhu trained a team of more than fifty people on Humen Island, and couldn't help but smile:

"You are too cautious. You are just a few people, why don't you bring them back to the capital?"

Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief. This level was half past

"Old man, if you don't say anything, how dare I do anything randomly?" Yu Zhu raised his vigilance in his heart, but he was smiling on his face.

What the old emperor said was just a scene, whoever believes is stupid.

If Yuzhu had no permission, he would quietly bring the officers equipped with foreign guns back to Beijing without permission.

Hehe, that nature has completely changed. How could Yuzhu not know how powerful it is?

Yuzhu took the initiative to talk about this matter, which means there is no ghost in his heart and nothing serious is wrong.

Wei Zhu, who was beside him, looked at Yuzhu deeply.

The Emperor of Long Sui had known about the matters in the Humen Naval Camp for a long time. As for how he knew, Wei Zhu was not very clear about it.

"Let's call them back. Let me take a look at how different this foreign gun team is from the firearm battalion?" Kangxi did not discuss, but decided.

"Ah." Yuzhu naturally followed the order.

Chess was playing, but the chat with Kangxi continued.

Although Kangxi was talking endlessly, Yuzhu had already tasted the odor in it.

Hehe, after Lao Jiu went to guard the tomb, Lao Ba's momentum plummeted.

But the problem is that the eighth brother was calm, but the prince Yinchu wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle.

"The General Manager of Rehe, it's a big deal." Kangxi pointed out the matter about the General Manager of Rehe.

Yuzhu understood as soon as he heard it. The prince wanted to seize military power and set his sights on General Manager Rehe.

The General Manager of Rehe is affiliated with the Office of the Internal Affairs and is the full name of the General Manager of the Prime Minister's Manor Affairs.

After the Qing army entered the pass, the Rehe Palace was built in front and Chengde built the palace behind.

Rehe is only within the scope of Chengde Prefecture. The governor of Zhili, who is in power, cannot control Rehe's military affairs, but can only manage civil affairs in Chengde Prefecture.

The power of the Rehe General Manager is that it not only manages the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia in Rehe, but also is responsible for the security and security of the Rehe Palace.

The problem is that Rehe is close to the capital. If there is any change, Rehe cavalry will be fast for one day and slow for two days, and you will be able to reach the capital.

Historically, Sushun was eventually sent to Caishikou, and Rehe Dutong Shengbao, who held military power, made great contributions.

The kingly way is to be alienated and not to be close to each other!

Prince Yinchu, there are another ten thousand, and Kangxi only complains in private at most.

To put it bluntly, Yinchu was the son whom Kangxi really raised himself, and the relationship between father and son was very deep.

Kangxi now still had expectations for Yinchu, not despair.

Of course, Yuzhu understood the power of it, so he deliberately lowered his head and pretended that he didn't hear it.

Seeing that Yuzhu did not agree, Kangxi looked at him deeply and asked, "What do you think?"

"Old man, you asked me to come back because you were considerate and asked me to enjoy my happiness. How could I have time to think about these messy things?" Yuzhu's answer stunned Kangxi.

Previously, Kangxi also complained privately with Ma Qi. As a result, Ma Qi openly called for the prince to beat and kill, and the cause was very unpleasant.

Yuzhu put it on the attitude that it was the emperor's housework and he didn't want to pay attention to it, which was very interesting.

But the more Yuzhu didn't want to mix in, the more Kangxi wanted to hear his opinions.

"Wei Zhu, please retreat." Kangxi waved his hand and drove Wei Zhu away.

After Wei Zhu left, Kangxi stared at Yuzhu and asked: "There is no outsider anymore, I want to hear your truth."

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