In mid-October last year, just before Deng Fei signed the contract with the Qing court on behalf of Beihai Town, Zhao Xin sent a telegram to Xuzhuang, ordering Xu Dayong and Wang Changsheng to return to Xuzhuang and prepare to deal with the refugees.
Since Xu Dayong and Zhang Beihai were both in Chongqing at that time and did not carry a radio, Wang Changsheng sent someone to Chongqing to deliver the message. The journey from Xuzhuang to Chongqing was thousands of miles away, and it was the winter when the water was dry. It was not easy to sail the boat, and the person who delivered the message was
When we arrived in Chongqing, it was already the eve of the Spring Festival in the 55th year of Qianlong's reign.
At this time, Xu Dayong had already established a firm foothold in Chongqing. He opened a cotton shop in Jiangbeitingcheng on the north bank of the Jialing River, and a grocery store in Ba County. Wu Desheng was responsible for the business openly, but secretly he was responsible for the business.
It was Luo Sankui who helped recruit trackers. At the same time, with the help of tea girls, he quietly rescued the abducted women from various brothels in the barbarian camps in Jiangbei.
It was said to be rescue, but in fact, except for a small amount that could be bought with money, most of them were directly robbed. When the brothel owners realized that they could not defeat these people, they began to sue the authorities.
However, the barbarian camp in Jiangbei has long harbored filth and evil, trafficked people, coerced prostitution, and done all kinds of evil things. Xu Dayong saw this clearly, and while he spent money to bribe the government officials, Zhang Beihai secretly led his men one by one.
Deal with the brothel owners. After four people died in a row, the brothel owners in the barbarian camp in Jiangbei all surrendered, and no one dared to go to the Yamen to complain.
As mentioned before, the local government in Chongqing has a "liability commitment" system that is different from other provinces. Officials and yamen must maintain their salaries and administrative expenses through this gray income; without these gray income, the yamen will close down in minutes.
The Manchu and Qing government could even pretend to be deaf and mute when it came to buying and selling people, and even openly protected them. It didn't matter if a few young women were thrown into a brothel. In such an absurd and unruly reality, the officials and government officials collected the money and things Xu Dayong used.
, you have to support him.
So in the second half of last year, Xu Dayong, a foreigner from the north, became the "Jiangbei tyrant". Outsiders thought he was also engaged in human trafficking, but in fact the rescued women were sent to prison one after another.
Went to Xuzhuang.
Finally, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Xu Dayong left two of his men behind and temporarily entrusted the shop business in Chongqing to Wu Desheng and Luo Sankui, and then hurried back.
When a group of them arrived at Qingjiangpu and contacted the intelligence point there, they learned that Xuzhuang had been completely exposed, and the contacts in both the Huai'an government office and the Funing county government office could no longer be used for the time being.
Although the Qing government successively escorted the captured refugees to Xuzhuang for delivery, in order to ensure the safety of the canal, Jiangsu Governor Chang Lin and River Governor Kang Jitian sent a large number of soldiers to surround Xuzhuang on the north, west and south sides.
Leave an exit at sea so that Beihai Town can transport people.
Except for the refugees who were escorted here, it was difficult for outsiders to get in and out. If they wanted to pass through Funing at this time, they would have to tell the Qing soldiers that they were from Beihai Town.
So after Xu Dayong and Zhang Beihai discussed it, they decided to go north to Shanghai first, and from there they would find a boat and take the sea back to Sheyang Lake. In order to cover up others' eyes, they took a group of more than 30 people on two sand boats, and ended up running into Liu Qirong.
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After the three of them were tied up, Liu Qirong was sweating profusely in pain, moaning, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, which meant that he had something to say and wanted to talk to Xu Dayong.
Xu Dayong also wanted to learn about the power of the Sanyang Sect in Hubei through Liu Qirong. Zhao Xin had warned him before that he should be careful about the refugees in the old forest of Nanba, as there were probably many White Lotus sects.
So he first threatened Liu Qirong, and then someone took out the rag that was stuck in his mouth. Liu Qirong knew that these people were not even afraid of the court, and they killed three of them as if they were not kidding, so he didn't even think about it.
He didn't dare to shout. After that, he poured beans out of a bamboo tube and told all the details of the Three Yang Sect that he knew.
Two years ago, Xu Dayong was more thoughtful and sent people to set up an intelligence point in Haizhou City. So on the next day, with the help of his own people, he found a thousand-thousand-year-old man from Shanghai in the afternoon.
Five hundred stone sand boat.
The captain of the boat was also a ruthless character, often involved in the business of smugglers. Hearing that there were more than thirty people in Xu Dayong's group, he offered a price of three hundred taels of silver, and the money had to be paid first.
Although the price he asked was extremely high, it was actually not expensive. Half of the three hundred taels of silver had to be paid to the customs in Yuntai Mountain.
In those days, whenever a ship went out to sea, the Qing government's customs would register each passenger on the ship and issue a customs stamp. And if you were not a sailor on the ship, you must have a ticket issued by Yaxing; your place of origin must be written on it.
Age, appearance, why you went to sea, and you can return home within a time limit. At the same time, you must have a "guarantee" issued by the Chamber of Commerce, a dental shop, and Baojia. Once something happens, everyone will be responsible from the beginning to the end. Not only will you be fined, but you will also be slapped with a blackmail.
Taking advantage of the few days before sailing, Xu Dayong spent two days repeatedly interrogating Liu Qirong and the other three, and recorded the Sanyang Sect's strongholds in Hubei and Henan and the conditions of its believers. Liu Qirong, as Liu Zhixie's
The eldest disciple has the best understanding of the situation within the sect and has revealed many secrets that are unknown to outsiders.
When Xu Dayong could ask no more questions, Liu Qirong and the others were secretly disposed of, their bodies tied with stones and thrown into the Salt River.
On the fifth day after arriving in Haizhou, Xu Dayong and a group of 29 people boarded the sand ship at night and hid among the cargo in the corridor. As expected, during the inspection before sailing, the customs officials and soldiers were just pretending.
I looked through the hatch probe and didn't even go down to inspect the cabin.
After the sand boat set sail, it first sailed northeast out of Dapukou. At this time, the bow of the boat allowed Xu Dayong and the others to come out. Then after sailing southeast past Kaishan Island, the sand boat followed Wutiaosha and Dasha all the way south.
Xu Dayong's plan was to wait for the boat to arrive at the estuary of the Sheyang River, and then land in batches via firewood boats. Unexpectedly, just after passing Dasha, they saw a large sailboat anchored outside the estuary of the Sheyang River.
Under the surprised gaze from the bow of the ship, Xu Dayong took out his telescope and took a look. He was immediately overjoyed and said quickly: "Come over! That's our ship!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The bow of the ship looked at the large ship in the distance that was more than twice as big as his own ship and had densely packed masts. He was also shocked and blurted out: "You guys
, you are from the north..."
Last year, Deng Fei and others intercepted ships and forced them to buy soybeans. As those ships returned to the south, the news spread wildly among various trading houses, tooth shops and shipping companies. Seeing that the tea trade season was about to begin, the ship owners who had bought the needles had
I and my merchants all ordered a lot of tea from Fujian and Hunan at the beginning of the year, waiting to go to Jeju Island to sell it at a good price.
When the sand ship approached, Xu Dayong saw the words "Beihai No. 1" on the bow, and immediately waved his arms excitedly. He definitely didn't recognize Guo Xuexian, but the captain of Beihai No. 1 was
I'm quite familiar with him. He used to be a sailor on the Thor.
Two hours later, when Xu Dayong was the last one to board the Beihai No. 1, he saw the captain standing on the deck and immediately went up and gave him a bear hug.
"Heihachi, why are you here?"
"Master Xu, long time no see. I have changed my name now. The master also gave me a surname of Hai. You must call me Hai Pingzhi."
"Okay, Heihachi. You haven't answered my question yet?"
"That's it," Hai Pingzhi ignored Zhuangzhu Xu's rudeness and took him to the captain's room and said: "Now the Thunder and the Thunder God are responsible for transporting people, the Beihai No. 2 went to the south to pick up the fleet, and my
The mission is to guard here at the outlet of the Sheyang River to prevent Qing ships from coming to harass us."
Xu Dayong said: "Did you participate in last year's naval battle?"
Hai Pingzhi said: "Don't tell me this. I get angry when you mention it. There was a battle and I didn't catch up yet. That kid Guo Xuexian was lucky and showed his face."
"Guo Xuexian?" Xu Dayong said that he had never heard of this person. No wonder, when Zheng Yi, Guo Xuexian and others were taken to Beihai Town by Zhao Xin, Xu Dayong had already landed in charge of the refugees.
The two of them entered the captain's cabin and found a place to sit down. Xu Dayong felt fresh about everything he saw and looked around.
Hai Pingzhi made tea for him and then said: "Didn't the Ministry of Trade buy a ship from Siam before? Last year, Zheng Yi was sent back to be mainly responsible for this matter. Calculating the days, Beihai No. 2 should have arrived in Guangdong.
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After the Spring Festival in the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign, Zheng Wenxian, who had successfully impregnated his new wife, took Lin Daosheng, the men of the Red Flag Gang, and more than 300 other recruited sailors to the Siam Shipyard in Bangkok to extract the long-awaited ship in Beihai Town.
Ten Tang ships.
At this time, Siam had entered the era of the Bangkok Dynasty, and the Thonburi Dynasty had been overthrown eight years ago. However, the Bangkok Dynasty still pursued a policy of preferential treatment to the Chinese. Rama I himself was half-Chinese, and he learned about it before he ascended the throne.
Due to the economic strength of the Chinese, Chinese officials were still re-employed after they ascended the throne, without harming the interests of Chinese businessmen.
When King Rama I heard about the customers who could order ten large ships at a time, he sent his ministers to meet them as a show of preferential treatment.
In fact, the shape of the so-called Tang ship is the Guangzhou ship in the Chaoshan area of the Qing Dynasty. It is called a red-headed ship because the Qing government stipulated that the bow and the upper part of the mast of Guangdong merchant ships should be painted red. The most obvious feature is the two sides of the bow.
Painted big eyes. This kind of ship has a huge sail hung high on the middle mast, and there is a sail on each mast at the bow and stern. The speed of the ship is quite fast when the wind is downwind.
One of the reasons why Zheng Wenxian brought people from the Red Flag Gang to pick up the ship was to let these guys who only have eyes for the Pearl River outside see what Beihai Town is like. His other purpose was to scare those who had defected to the sea.
Pirate gangs of the Xishan regime.
Since Nguyen Hue and his son sued for peace three times within one month last year, Qianlong believed that the Le Dynasty had lost its support, so he sent officials from the Ministry of Rites southward and canonized Nguyen Hue as the King of Annam on October 15th. From then on, the Ruan family and his son took charge legitimately.
State affairs, this is the Xishan Dynasty.
Since Annan has been devastated by war for a long time, the national treasury is empty and financial difficulties. Therefore, Chen Tianbao, a Guangdong pirate who has always been associated with Annan, and Mo Guanfu suggested to Nguyen Hui to recruit seafarers, grant them titles, subsidize military supplies, and go abroad to rob
, to supplement the national needs.
Ruan Hui adopted his suggestion and dispatched more than a hundred black ships, and opened twelve positions of general military officers, and awarded them the seal (Yizhao). He asked Chen and Mo to return to Fujian and Guangdong for more than 10 years.
Recruit Chinese pirates and use them as guides to invade the coasts of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.
When Zheng Wenxian got married to the daughter of the Xu family in November last year, Mo Guanfu personally came to the door with heavy gifts to congratulate him, with the intention of recruiting him. If he hadn't followed Zhao Xin to Beihai Town to see the world, Zheng Wenxian, who lives in Lei Yue Gate, would definitely have agreed.
Okay. Even if he is Annan's commander-in-chief, he is still a commander-in-chief, and he is also protected by the Xishan court.
So, stop saying that the pirates in the tributaries of Cai Qian and Cheung Po Tsai are anti-Qing martyrs. They were transformed from impoverished villagers and boat owners. They only have one purpose in becoming pirates, lack of money. Robbery and collection of protection fees are what they are.
The thing you are most happy to do is, if you make enough money, people will think about recruiting you to land.
At this time, let alone Zheng Wenxian, even his father Zheng Lianchang was not impressed by the "benefits" given by Fu. You bullshit commander, go ahead and eat shit!
Zheng Lianchang and his son first pretended to be grateful and tried to test them. Then they found out that the pirate leaders Wu Shida and Wu Shi'er who were entrenched in Leizhou Peninsula had defected to Annan. Mo Guanfu was here specifically to recruit the Zheng family and the Ma family from the Pearl River Estuary.
, and the Xu family in Fujian. The more people he recruited, the more stable his position in the Xishan Dynasty became.
When Mo Guan was exhausted and his mouth was dry, Zheng Wenxian said to him: "Brother Mo, we have known each other for many years. I would like to advise you as brothers, do you know what you are doing?
Colluding with foreign barbarians and trying to harm our Chinese people!"
"Let me tell you, just because the Manchu and Qing court didn't care about the Ruan man, it doesn't mean that others won't. If Ruan Hui and his son dare to do this, the only outcome will be the ruin of the country and death! My last advice, little brother, is that this kind of immoral thing
, can’t do it.”
Mo Guan Fu had been running in the outer sea of the Pearl River for many years, and now he was an official in the Xishan court. The Red Flag Gang of the Zheng family could not compare with him. However, he was told by a young man of Zheng Wenxian that his nose was not his nose and his face was not his face, and he suddenly became furious.
However, due to the fact that the Zheng family was holding a happy event, he could not get angry easily, so he walked away immediately.
Then Mo Guanfu went to the Xu family to recruit, but the marriage between the Xu family and the Zheng family was as good as wearing a pair of trousers. And the boss of the Xu family had heard a lot about Beihai Town from his son-in-law, so he could marry him
This big tree is real, so it doesn't look good. Although Mo Guanfu was itching with hatred, the Xu family still didn't dare to offend Zheng openly.
After the Chinese New Year, when Zheng Wenxian took people to pick up the ship in Siam, the Xu family also sent a lot of people, with the purpose of trying to catch the big ship in Beihai Town.
However, when everyone was driving ten large boats back, no one expected that Mo Guanfu had led Wushi Da, Wushi Er, Ma Jia and Da Pao Fu and many other people to ambush halfway, intending to kill Zheng Wenxian and capture him.
Those ten ships.
So under such a situation, Guo Xuexian happily returned to his hometown in Beihai No. 2.