As soon as Fan Tong said this, several masked men were frightened even though they didn't say anything. Pavlov and Ragutin on the side were also uneasy after hearing the translation of the masked man named Tian.
Kyaktu has been captured by the Northern Navy for more than a month, and the Qing soldiers and civilians in the trading city also know what happened on the day the city was breached. It is said that the leader of the Northern Navy, who looks like the reincarnation of a bear spirit, did not even capture a single prisoner.
None were left alive, and all the captured Cossack soldiers were shot with "muskets."
This is too cruel!
The purpose of Shanxi merchants coming here is nothing more than to make money. They originally did not want to cause trouble. But the problem is that in the past month, the Northern Navy has seized several large-scale smuggling cases on the border and confiscated large quantities of tea, cotton and rhubarb.
, as well as a large number of fur goods, cattle and horses from Tsarist Russian merchants, which now made Shanxi merchants and Tsarist Russian merchants angry.
Later, Shanxi merchants heard that the Northern Navy was supplying large quantities of tea, silk and cotton to the five major families in Irkutsk, which immediately caused an uproar. Killing people and making money is like killing their parents! So they became Bav
When Love sent news through the secret channel and proposed mutual cooperation, some people gritted their teeth and agreed.
The person who agreed to cooperate was none other than Tian Tonghe, the shopkeeper of "Heyu'anji" of the Yuci Chang family, the largest businessman in the trading city. Yes, this person and Tian Tongzhou, who had met Liu Sheng before, were brothers.
They both work as shopkeepers in the Chang family's business, but one is honest and the other is bold and evil-hearted.
The Chang family in Yuci is the largest Shanxi merchant in the trading city. They have five shops under their name, and they deal in various types of goods. Their annual turnover is tens of thousands of taels. With the Beihai Navy doing this, the Chang family's business in the west entrance
It's going to be completely ruined.
Tian Tonghe wanted to be the boss of the Chang family, so he traveled thousands of miles to endure hardships in such an inhospitable place. Although this man did things safely, he was arrogant and could not bear to be wronged.
The Beihai Navy cut off his thoughts, so he must take revenge.
After learning about Pavlov's plan, Tian Tonghe first bribed the local co-leader with 20,000 yuan (twenty taels. Since there were many rubles and few copper coins in the trading city), he bribed the local co-leader and obtained the military card.
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On Pavlov's side, after the high-priced tea and cotton cloth he had smuggled through the secret tunnel were transported to Irkutsk, Zhao Xin reached an agreement with the five major families and could not sell any of them. In the end, he had no choice but to sell them at a low price.
Price processing and lost a lot of money.
It is said that before the closure of border trade, the five major guilds monopolized most of the tea trade, and "first guild" merchants like Pavlov could only make money through cotton and rhubarb. After the closure, Pavlov and others
Only then did they get involved in the tea trade through smuggling.
Shanxi merchants were trading at the west entrance, but they could trade with Mongolia at the east entrance. However, if Pavlov's business collapsed, his life would plummet, which was unacceptable to him no matter what.
To explain this problem, we must briefly talk about the status level of merchants in Tsarist Russia at the end of the 18th century. Otherwise, no one would risk their heads to do such a thing for no reason.
It is said that after Catherine II launched the "Urban Reform Plan" in 1775, she reclassified industrial and commercial workers. They were divided into merchants, petty citizens and guild craftsmen. Merchants were divided into shares according to the amount of registered capital.
The merchants of the first, second and third guilds also stipulate the minimum capital of the merchants of the three guilds, that is, the conditions for inclusion.
At the beginning, the minimum capital of the three levels of guild merchants was ten thousand rubles, one thousand rubles and five hundred rubles respectively. Those with less than the above capital amounts were classified as petty citizens and guild craftsmen, one, two,
Merchants of the Three Guilds were exempted from poll tax and exempted from military service.
But starting in 1785, the "Edict on City Privileges" was promulgated, which increased the minimum capital of the merchants of the first guild to 50,000 rubles, the merchants of the second guild to 20,000 rubles, and the merchants of the third guild to 8,000 rubles.
Rubles, the corresponding tax amount has also increased dozens of times.
Merchants of the first guild are allowed to conduct domestic and foreign trade, wholesale and retail, merchants of the second guild can only conduct commercial activities in domestic cities and markets, and merchants of the third guild are only allowed to conduct commercial operations within the local area.
In addition, first- and second-level guild merchants are allowed to have factories, shipping and river ships; in addition, they can also obtain the hereditary title of "famous citizen", thereby exempting them from poll taxes, military service, corporal punishment, and enjoying
Rights under the nobility.
For Pavlov, seeing that he was about to fall from the ranks of the first guild merchants, and that many years of hard work were ruined, he had to do everything possible to save it. Kidnapping a high-ranking official of the Northern Navy and bringing him back would definitely be a great achievement.
pieces.
So you understand how hated Zhao Xin’s attempt to control Qing-Russian trade is, right?
As for Major Lagutin, this man was actually a staff officer sent by the Russian Privy Council to learn about the battle situation in Yaksa. Unexpectedly, he had just arrived in the town of Bratsk, north of Irkutsk, and learned about the Russian army’s military situation.
news of the defeat. Because of his mission, Ragutin disguised himself as a businessman and went south with a few followers to spy on intelligence.
In these years, transportation in Eastern Siberia relied entirely on waterways and post roads built along the river. When Ragutin arrived at Ussoli-Siberia, a salt industry town north of Irkutsk, he found that the Northern Navy had already arrived here. After that.
When he arrived at Kyakhta and met his old friend Pavlov, he learned that all the garrison here had been wiped out by the Northern Navy. His friend, the lieutenant colonel of the local garrison, was also captured and shot by the Northern Navy.
Ragutin originally wanted to spy on Kyakhta, do some damage, and then escape. But after some encouragement from Pavlov, he changed his mind and decided to tie a tongue and take him back to Krasnoya.
Ersk crossing.
Because Liu Sheng recently went to Irkutsk and was busy deploying military defense against Russia, Fan Tong, who often went to the grocery store to buy things and pick up girls, fell into Pavlov's sight, while Ushiha and Polya were purely
This is a disaster for pond fish.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhao Xin originally arranged a guard class for Fan Tong and others, but Fatty Fan was smart enough to think that the more this happened, the more dangerous he would be. And this guy has been doing it recently.
While pursuing Polya, I found it inconvenient to have a guard squad following me all day long, so I often left the guard squad behind in the military camp and ran out secretly.
The overly peaceful environment in Beihai Town and the smooth sailing of the previous battles made Fan Tong lack vigilance about his own safety in this time and space. He felt that with the powerful force of the Beihai Navy as a deterrent, the local Tsarist Russia could only be obedient citizens; little did he know that on the surface,
Under the calm, the undercurrent is raging.
Pavlov, Ragutin and others who were about to set off thought that they had blocked the secret passage and that the Northern Navy had nothing to do with them for the time being. However, they never expected that the Northern Navy's reconnaissance methods had exceeded their imagination.
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When a horse team carrying people came out of the warehouse compound of "Heyu'anji" and galloped westward, it was locked by the drone of the North Navy. The North Navy who was responsible for controlling the drone was surprised at this time.
It was discovered that it was not only Ushiha who was tied up on the horse, but also two other people.
After learning that the body lying in the shed outside the grocery store was Uxiha's guard, Lu Shoushan, who was the acting city defense commander, was furious. Now that Liu Sheng was away, if Uxiha really did something bad, he would die.
After learning about the kidnappers' movements, Lu Shoushan ordered the horse-mounted infantry company that was ready at the head of the Jiehe Bridge to quickly pursue them.
Watching the cavalry of hundreds of people crossing the wooden bridge of the boundary river and running westward along the outside of the city, the Eight Banners stationed at the top of the trading city and Secretary Wu who came after hearing the news had a look of astonishment on their faces.
"Are they going to take action?" The trembling co-leader didn't know whether it was because of the cold weather or fear, his gums were trembling. As a local garrison general, if the Beihai Navy really attacked the city, he would have no choice but to die.
Cheng. If he really ran back to Cullen, Lord Song would definitely kill him.
The Beihai Navy who roared past the city were all strong, wearing thick knee-length cotton robes, and carrying shiny "guns" behind their backs. They didn't even care about the Eight Banners stationed at the top of the city.
Siguan Wu next to him squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, shook his head and said: "It doesn't look like that. If we want to attack the city, why send a cavalry team? It seems like we are chasing someone."
"Who are you chasing?" After hearing this, Xie Ling felt relieved and didn't feel so cold anymore.
In fact, Wu Siguan was also worried, but the news from Culun and the capital ordered him to stick to the Trading City and report the movements of the Northern Navy to Cullen every three days. Besides, if the Northern Navy wanted to attack the Trading City, they would have done so long ago.
Yes, there is no need to delay until now.
"It's hard to say. We are so close, and we will know sooner or later. If we are caught up by this group of people, it will probably be a disaster!"
Pavlov and Lagutin never expected that after they had run five miles, the cavalry of the Northern Navy had already followed them. When they heard the sound of horse hooves behind them, Lagutin looked back and was immediately struck by
He was so scared that he lost his mind. Only then did he notice a black "strange bird" following them in the sky behind him.
Fan Tong, who was on the other horse and was tied like a rice dumpling, was overjoyed when he saw his men catching up. He was about to laugh twice when he was almost choked by the howling north wind.
Going west from the city of Merchant along the dividing line between the two countries, there is endless wilderness and virgin forest. In order to get rid of his pursuers, Pavlov pointed towards the large pine forest to the north. Everyone understood and did not care whether they would touch it.
Climb the tiger and soon get into the forest.
Pavlov thought that he might be able to get rid of his pursuers by relying on two Qing people who were familiar with the surrounding terrain to lead the way, but Ragutin didn't see it that way.
The "black bird" above their heads was still following them relentlessly. Soon after entering the forest, Lagutin noticed another "black bird" flying in the sky, while the previous one flew away to the east.
The "Blackbird" didn't fly very high. Ragutin estimated that the height was only more than 20 meters. If he had a rifle, he would have knocked out the "Blackbird" with one shot. But there were only two rifles on them.
The only other weapons besides short muskets were daggers. As for the repeating pistols seized from Fan Tong and Ushiha, they were so rare that he wanted to take them back as trophies and hand them over.
But the problem was that no matter how they turned around in the forest and covered up the footprints left in the snow, the pursuers behind them kept following them and getting closer and closer. An hour later, the kidnappers who were desperate to jump over the wall were forced in
In a mountain col, there is no way out.
"People on the other side, listen, you are not allowed to come any closer, or I will kill this man and two women!" Seeing the looming figure behind the tree more than a hundred meters away, Pavlov hid behind Fan Tong, furious.
shouted.
After he shouted several times, he remembered that many people in the Beihai Navy did not understand Russian, so he asked the two Qing people who led the way to shout in Chinese. Sure enough, after the guy from "He Yu'an Ji" shouted a few words,
The Beihai navy that gradually surrounded them stopped and hid behind the trees.
"Hand over everyone! Put down your weapons and surrender! Otherwise you will not see the sun tomorrow!"
Someone from the Beihai Navy behind the tree finally spoke. He was aggressive from the moment he came up and had no intention of negotiating at all.
"Let us go, one every ten miles! You can only send two people to follow!"
The captain of the Beihai Navy who led the team was almost angry. He said to you that if I don't give you some clues, you don't know about Lord Ma's three eyes. He immediately gave the order through the walkie-talkie in his hand.
"boom!"
At the moment before the gunshot, Pavlov, who was hiding behind the stone, saw the Qing man in front of him who was talking in Chinese suddenly tilted his head back, his neck almost bent to ninety degrees, and then he moved forward heavily.
He fell down on the stone.
"Oh God! They shot!"
Pavlov looked at the blood splattering on the ground in shock, and screamed in fear. When he came to his senses, he felt something standing on his face. He raised his hand to touch it and looked again, and found that it was actually a broken piece.
Flying bone fragments.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this time, a Cossack looked fierce. He grabbed Polya, held a dagger against her neck and stood up. He was ready to threaten her,
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said a word, a bullet struck him and knocked him to the ground. Only the trembling Polya was left standing alone, not knowing what happened.
"Polya! Hide behind the stone and come to me."
Hearing Fan Tong's cry, Polya came back to her senses, staggered to Fan Tong's side, and buried her head in his arms.
"Fan, I'm afraid..."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. It will be fine soon. Our people are all here."
Only then did Ragutin really feel scared. The closest North Korean navy outside was more than a hundred meters away from him. When the enemy fired, he did not hear the familiar sound of flint hammers, nor did he see anything after the shots were fired.
The white smoke is simply killing people invisible.
Although the weapons of the North Korean navy are astonishingly powerful, they still do not want to give up. As the planners and culprits of this kidnapping case, they know that once they surrender, they will definitely suffer no good consequences.
The sun was already setting in the west now. As long as I could stay up until dark, I might be able to run out.
"Guys, we can't escape! Surrender!" The one who spoke was the only remaining guy from "He Yu An Ji" who was frightened out of his mind. He thought that he was at best a
He's just a small accomplice, even if he surrenders, he won't be punished with death. As for Shopkeeper Tian... If your father is dead and your mother is getting married, everyone should take care of themselves!
This kidnapping farce continued until dark, when countless flashlights were lit up on the Beihai Navy side, and Ragutin and others gave up resistance in despair and came out to surrender.