Xiangshan County is a Macau occupied by Portugal, so Xiangshan County is not easy to be a magistrate. Although it seems to be much better than Bao'an County, which is across the sea, it is easy to involve positions in the Westernization Affairs Office and is always less attractive.

Therefore, Bao Yaopin, the 269th Jinshi in the third grade of the Encade in the ninth year of Tongzhi, was appointed as the county magistrate of Xiangshan County.

Although Xiangshan County involves the Westernization Affairs, the Portuguese are not strong enough, so it is not difficult to be a county magistrate. The most important thing in life is contentment. Compared with Bao'an County next door, Bao Yaopin is much better.

Recently, the French raided the Mawei. The Fujian Navy, which had been working hard for years, suffered heavy losses. The achievements of the ship management for many years were ruined. I heard that Shen Baozhen, Lord Shen was so angry that he couldn't afford to take ill.

The Governor's Office immediately ordered the coastal states and counties to immediately organize civilians to inspect the coastline and guard against the emergence of the French fleet.

This errand has made County Magistrate Bao work hard for a while, and his calves are getting bigger. After the arrangements are finally made, County Magistrate Bao can finally take a rest.

However, the magistrate of County Bao was destined to be hard and could not rest.

A yamen run in panting and shouted.

"Sir, it's not good."

"Sir, I'm very good, why are you so panicked?"

County Magistrate Bao, who was disturbed, immediately came out to scold the yamen runner.

"No, two large warships came from the sea."

"What!" County Magistrate Bao immediately stepped forward and grabbed the yamen runner's shoulder. "Does he see clearly that there are other ships after the warships coming?"

The yamen runner who was caught on his shoulder looked embarrassed. "I don't know this. As soon as we saw two large warships, Liu Toutiao immediately asked me to come back and report to the Lord."

Unable to get more information from the yamen runners, County Magistrate Bao immediately ordered. "Create sedan chairs immediately, and I will go and check them in person. In addition, I will immediately summon Minzhuang to find out with me."

It can be seen that County Magistrate Bao is also a responsible person and is not as messy as others.

However, the subsequent news relieved County Magistrate Bao's heart.

Before the sedan chair could leave the city gate, Liu Bantou came over on a fast horse.

"What's going on?"

Seeing Liu Bantou coming, County Magistrate Bao immediately stopped him.

"Misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding."

Liu Bantou, who was exhausted and panting, took a breath before continuing to say, "This is our large warship. I was anxious before, so I asked Jia Er to come and repay him, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding."

When he heard that it was a misunderstanding, County Magistrate Bao relieved his hang of heart, but he still had to ask carefully.

"Tell me carefully about it."

Then, in Liu Bantou's mouth, the magistrate Bao cleared the whole story. It turned out that Liu Bantou had patrolled the coastline as usual early this morning, but when he visited Jiajia Village, he heard panic villagers coming to report that two large military ships appeared on the sea surface of their Jiajia Village, and several small boats were placed from the large military ships, and blonde and blue-eyed foreign devils could be seen on it.

When the old man found a large warship with foreign devils, the old man from the village immediately thought of the notice from the county, which might be the prisoner called the French foreign devil. So he sent someone to the county to inform the county and organized the villagers to transfer.

After hearing the report from Jiajia Village, Liu Bantou felt that it was of great importance and immediately asked Jia Er to report, and he also took someone to see the truth.

As a result, when he arrived at Jiajia Village, he saw foreigners, but there were people wearing Qing official uniforms next to the foreigners. Such a strange combination made Liu Bantu feel strange. After sending two bold people to approach, he realized that the two large warships were from the court, and those foreigners were also invited by the court to fight. Foreigners fought against foreigners, which made Liu Bantu feel that his mind was not enough. However, he also knew that he should not ask if he did not return. He immediately rode on the horse and rushed over to report.

After listening to Liu Bantou's words, the county magistrate Bao immediately issued two instructions. "Don't call the people to brave the country, hurry up and ask someone to buy a batch of pigs, sheep, fruits, and then prepare and send them to Jiajia Village. It's time to go."

Then, under the leadership of Liu Ban's hair, County Magistrate Bao immediately rushed to Jiajia Village.

"The official of the lower officials don't know that Lord Liu is coming, and he is in a position to welcome him. I hope he will forgive him."

As soon as the magistrate Bao arrived in front of Liu Buchan, who immediately arrived in Jiajia Village, and spoke politely.

"There is no need for County Magistrate Jia. I have also made a hasty decision to disturb Gui County."

Although Liu Buchan was a guerrilla, when he rushed to Italy, Li Zhongtang specially added the title of Taoist to him in order to give him enough qualifications to command the fleet, so he also became the title of magistrate Bao County Magistrate, a sixth-rank county magistrate.

"Where can I get received by Lord Liu? The lower-ranking official will be bright. In addition, the lower-ranking official will prepare a little wine. I hope that the lord and the adults will give me the friendship of the landlords."

County Magistrate Bao did not know the identities of Lefel and Gomez, but when he saw the two talking to Liu Buchan, he was also called an adult. Anyway, it is a common practice for foreigners to see the senior officials, so Bao Yaopin is not bad for this.

"No need." Faced with the banquet of County Magistrate Bao, Liu Buchan refused directly, and of course he also gave a reason. "When the National Taiwan Master may come later, we will appreciate the good intentions of County Magistrate Bao."

When he heard that the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was coming, Bao Yaopin would certainly not be angry. Instead, he felt that his previous decision was correct.

"Mr. Liu is polite. Since Master Liu is coming, then the official will make people prepare."

Then the magistrate Bao immediately instructed his servants to send someone to call the best chef in Xiangshan and buy another batch of food. As for the need to welcome the supervising master, there is no need to do so. Who doesn’t know that Zeng Guoquan, the supervising master, likes the cumbersome etiquette the most, so that he can see that he is already preparing.

About an hour later, the honorary guard of the Taiwan Master appeared in front of everyone.

This Zeng Manufacturer was indeed different from others and actually came on a horse. As soon as he arrived in front of them, the Zeng Manufacturer immediately smiled and said to Liu Buchan. "Okay, Liu Zixiang, I actually asked me to come from Guangzhou to Xiangshan to welcome you. You are guilty."

When Liu Buchan heard what Zeng Supervisor said, he immediately knelt down and explained. "I would like to ask the National Taiwan Master to forgive me. This is a forced official."

Their fleet was forced to stop in Xiangshan. Their ship could not go to Guangzhou. In order to prevent being caught by the French fleet, they could not go to Guangzhou at all. Considering the safety and convenience of contact, they arrived in Xiangshan.

"Okay, I'm just joking with Zixiang. I think you are traveling thousands of miles to command the Jing-two Ship to return to China. It's a great achievement. How could you blame you? Don't say you asked me to come to Xiangshan to greet you, I have no objection even to Fangcheng."

Zeng Guoquan's words moved Liu Buchan for a while. Then he remembered the two Italian captains who followed him. After getting up, he immediately introduced them to Zeng. "Master of the Taiwan Producer, these two are Captains of the Italian country, and they are currently under their command of the Zhijing ship."

"Thank you for your help from thousands of miles away from me, the Qing Dynasty will definitely not disappoint you."

Since Zeng Guoquan does not speak foreign languages, Liu Buchan acted as a translator, making it impossible to communicate between the two.

"Your Excellency Governor Zeng, we are just doing our best."

Although this way, it is possible to communicate, but it is not very satisfying to both sides, but it is okay.

At this time, the magistrate Bao appeared at the right time. "My lords, the lords have prepared the banquet. Are you going to attend the banquet first? Let's talk while eating."

This just eased the atmosphere. Zeng Guoquan, who was from Guangdong and Guangxi, immediately spoke. "Since the host has invited me, let's be guests."

Then the group sat on the table. After three rounds of wine, Zeng Manufacturer then spoke. "Zixiang, what are your plans next?"

That's right, this is Zeng Guoquan's purpose. He took a fancy to these two large warships. Although he knew that this was Li Shaoquan's heart, the Fujian navy was now in a state of collapse, and as long as it was pulled into the plate, it would be a dish. So he hurriedly left other official duties and ran from Guangzhou to Xiangshan for the sake of? He still hoped that these two ships could continue to stay in the South China Sea and not allow the lonely fleet to abuse the southeast and affect the hearts of the people.

Otherwise, Liu Buchan would not be worthy of being a platform manufacturer, and he rushed to meet him. After all, the platform manufacturer was a member of the same place, and he didn't have so much spare time every day.

Faced with Zeng Jiantai’s inquiry, Liu Buchan looked at the face because the question had not been discussed yet. Because according to his original intention, he was to arrive in Tianjin quickly and report to Li Zhongtang. Unfortunately, the two Italian captains had the idea that they needed to stay in the South China Sea and raid France's transportation insurance, and took the opportunity to find the French military and civilian ships that were left alone.

Although Liu Buchan forced the order, the people responsible for the operation of the ship were all Italian soldiers, and it was not easy for him to use force, so he did not discuss any results along the way.

Now the inquiry from the platform happened to be like pinching him seven inches, making him not sure what to say.

However, although Liu Buchan didn't speak, some people wanted to talk.

"Liu, what is the Governor General asking?"

As the captain of the Zhiyuan, Lefel was also a nobleman, so he had a good sense of observing words and expressions. At this time, he asked him.

Facing Laifeer's inquiry, although Liu Buchan could hide it, as long as this situation was exposed, he was destined to be defeated. Even Li Zhongtang would not protect him for this, so he could only tell the truth.

When the two Italian captains heard Liu Buchan's translation of Zeng Guoquan's words, their eyes lit up. "Please tell Governor Zeng that we are very willing to lead two warships to continue to attack France's maritime strength."

Therefore, this banquet with all the guests and guests was extremely successful, and only Liu Buchan was in a complicated mood.

But he can no longer control this matter, so he can only take one step at a time.

Fortunately, their ship was well maintained in Kolkata, so now there is no need to worry about maintenance, otherwise we can only go to Japan.
Chapter completed!