"Old Mother Throwing Thunder!"
On the carriage, Wu Jianzhang, who had just left the Old Desi Kee Restaurant, began to curse - he was cursing the British Consul Aliguo and the Vice-Consul Witoma.
"The two British guys are nothing. I usually gave them so much money, but now they want to take advantage of others and rob my customs office... Fortunately, I gave them so much land to expand the concession! I am really blind.
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"Master Wu, it's okay!"
Luo Yaoguo was calm and calm, not angry at all - he was a "devil" and there was no way he could treat foreign brothers sincerely. Moreover, he had already "calculated" how the British would seize the concession and land during the "Little Knife Society Uprising".
The customs made it impossible for Wu Jianzhang, who was sincerely pro-foreign, to be an official and to come to Taiwan.
"What's the matter?" Wu Jianzhang looked anxious, "Those two British guys said they were going to make a deal with Luo Yaoguo, the Holy Angel of Wu King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, to betray us! Don't think they are just talking, they will really do it!
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"Oh? Is it really possible?" Luo Yaoguo asked with interest.
"It will definitely happen!" Wu Jianzhang gritted his teeth and said, "I know these foreign devils very well. Not only the British will do it, but the Americans will also go to do deals with Luo Yaoguo! It's hard to say only the French. They would have done it, but since this year in Shanghai
A leading French figure suddenly became a devout Catholic!"
"I know... don't worry, I have my own way to deal with it." Luo Yaoguo nodded and began to think in his mind: "The Holy Angel of Wu King Luo Yaoguo must be happy to make deals with the foreign brothers from England and the United States! The question is who will pretend to be Luo Yaoguo?
What? They all know Ben Luo, so they have to find someone they don’t know, who looks a bit like a devil...here we are!"
After thinking about the candidate for the "devil actor", Luo Yaoguo suddenly frowned and said to the cursing Wu Jianzhang: "Master Wu, your customs office is outside Shanghai County, right?"
"That's right!" Wu Jianzhang nodded and said, "On the bank of the Huangpu River outside Xiaodongmen."
Luo Yaoguo frowned and said, "Master Wu, you have to be careful!"
Luo Yaoguo.
"Be careful? Be careful about what?" Wu Jianzhang immediately turned his head and looked nervously
"Be careful they take over your customs office!" Luo Yaoguo said.
Wu Jianzhang was shocked when he heard this, and then shook his head: "That's not true..."
"It is essential to be on guard against others!" Luo Yaoguo said, "The Taiping Army is about to attack. When the time comes, we will be in front of the Taiping Army. The British colluded with the Holy Angel of Wu King to stab us in the back and send troops to blockade us.
If you don’t let your people enter the concession to collect taxes, and then take away your customs office, what can you do if you, the supervisor of Jiangsu Customs, have no place to collect money?”
"Then, what should we do?" Wu Jianzhang had no idea for a moment. What he feared most was probably that the customs office would be taken over by foreigners!
As a "foreignist cadre", if even his own office is taken away by foreigners, what value does he have? If he loses his value, he will really become a piece of fat that everyone can cut off.
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"Of course I want to find a way to make it impossible for foreigners to grab it!" Luo Yaoguo smiled coldly. "To make it impossible for foreigners to grab it?" Wu Jianzhang looked at Luo Yaoguo, "Is this...possible?"
"Of course it's possible!" Luo Yaoguo leaned into Wu Jianzhang's ear and whispered, "I will arrange a company of guards for you to protect the customs yamen. No one can take it away! Mr. Wu, the only way is to let them steal the chicken." Only these foreign devils will cooperate with us!"
"Xueyan, you won't offend the Yingyi and invite soldiers, right?"
When Luo Yaoguo said that he wanted to fight foreigners, Wu Jianzhang looked scared. It seemed that this big comprador was still afraid of foreigners after all.
"Don't be afraid if you are provoked!" Luo Yaoguo snorted, "If you raise your head and shrink it, it will be the same! When dealing with foreigners, it is not enough to just tolerate and retreat. It will only make them think that we are easy to bully. If you don't fight, If you lose the Jianghaiguan Yamen, my salary source will be controlled by foreigners, and your official title will also be in the hands of foreigners. If you try to compromise, you will only retreat again and again. In the end, you will not be able to get enough guns and ammunition after selling the country. If you and the army pay, you will inevitably lose your footing and your reputation will be ruined. It is better to have a fight with the foreigners, and in the worst case, you will join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"
"What? Vote for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" Wu Jianzhang's eyes widened. He is a big comprador and a big capitalist! He can also worship God?
Luo Yaoguo said in a persuasive manner: "Master Wu, do you know how we, the lords of a city with some military power, can maintain wealth in troubled times?"
"Like, how?" Wu Jianzhang asked.
"First, you can't hand over your capital until the dust settles; second, you have to stand on the side of the winner!" Luo Yaoguo said, "If the foreigners really want to send troops to cause trouble for the Qing Dynasty, this means that The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was the final winner... Think about it, if the foreigners sent troops to defeat the Qing Dynasty, didn't they just support the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Can the Kingdom of Heaven still win?"
"Foreigners helped the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Is it possible?" Wu Jianzhang felt incredible.
"How is it impossible? Maybe... the devil or angel is real?" Luo Yaoguo looked at Wu Jianzhang with burning eyes, "So, we have to invest in it with our capital in time... without losing the title of feudal prince! Mr. Wu , don’t forget, the truth is that a successful king loses a bandit! After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is established, the Qing Dynasty is a thief!"
"If you don't lose the title, you will become a king and lose a bandit..." Wu Jianzhang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly found that a broad road suddenly appeared in front of him!
Seeing the change in Wu Jianzhang's expression, Luo Yaoguo knew that the Qing Dynasty had lost another loyal minister, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would soon have another "holy comprador".
When Luo Yaoguo and Wu Jianzhang took a carriage back to Tongshunxing, Wang Kuiyi and Cheng Fupei had been waiting there for a long time.
Both of them looked anxious and frightened, with tears still shining in their eyes. It was obvious at a glance that something big had happened.
Cheng Fupei cupped his hands and said, "Master Luo, Master Wu... the whole city of Jiangning has been broken by Changmao!"
Wang Kuiyi looked like he was mourning for his heir. He wiped his tears and said: "According to the reports from spies, Changmao destroyed the whole city and then massacred the city. Thousands of Eight Banners garrison troops were all slaughtered..."
"Is this happening?" Wu Jianzhang gasped.
Even a military layman like him knew that the capture of Jiangning City meant that the 100,000 main force of the Taiping Army was completely liberated.
If they launch a large-scale eastward expedition at this time, Zhenjiang and Changzhou will definitely be lost. With Yiliang personally in charge of Suzhou, they may be able to defend it. While the Taiping Army is besieging Suzhou, they will definitely divide their troops and go to Taicang to attack Shanghai. ...Thinking of this, he immediately turned his head and looked at Luo Yaoguo meaningfully.
Luo Yaoguo asked, "Did our spies find out this information? Is it reliable? Does Mr. Yi know about it?"
"It was indeed our spies who risked their lives to find out. The information is absolutely reliable!" Cheng Fupei replied, "Master Yi probably doesn't know yet. After all, Zhenjiang is under siege, and the outskirts of Jiangning have long been under the control of the Taiping Army."
This news is that Chen Chengrong has just sent someone to tell Wang Kuiyi that Cheng Fupei's information is of course absolutely reliable. And it also matches the time when Jiangnan Mancheng was breached in history as Luo Yaoguo knew - Jiangning Mancheng's resistance was not actually strong. It is worth mentioning that it and Jiangning City were breached front and rear. The Eight Banners soldiers guarding there could only be said to have collapsed at the first touch. There was no tenacious fight to the death at all. They were just trash snacks. However, these trash groups were slaughtered by Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing. It's clean! It probably won't end well this time. These two won't exchange those trash for money.
For Luo Yaoguo...the news that Jiangning City was broken was the best time window for Shanghai to start taking action.
Because Yiliang will definitely learn about the news of the fall of Mancheng in Jiangning soon. By then, the entire Qing army in southern Jiangsu will be in panic, and it will be the best time for Xiao Dao to take action.
Luo Yaoguo, on the other hand, could take advantage of the fact that the news of the fall of Jiangning City had not spread and lead his troops out of Shanghai to relieve Jiangning. He was the prefect of Jiangning, so it was natural for him to do this.
As soon as he left, the stage for the Little Knife Club's performance was freed up.
Luo Yaoguo nodded: "Okay! It seems the time has come for me to send troops!" "Send troops?" Wu Jianzhang was stunned, "Who are you sending troops to fight?"
Luo Yaoguo shook his head: "I don't want to fight anyone...send troops to put on a show and show it to Yiliang, Shengbao and the others! And I am the prefect of Jiangning. After training my troops, of course I will go to relieve the siege of Jiangning!"
Therefore, I have decided to send troops in three days to relieve the siege of Jiangning!"
He clasped his fist at Wu Jianzhang again: "Master Wu, I'll leave it to you in Shanghai! In addition, I will send a company of soldiers to the customs office outside Shanghai County immediately, okay?"
Chapter completed!