When he woke up, Deng Fei still felt a little dizzy. There was a faint scent of chinensis mixed with perfume and powder floating between his nose, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Confused, he was about to turn over and get up when he heard a female voice speaking with a southern Fujian accent outside the screen saying softly: "My lord, are you awake? I will get you some water to wash up right now."
Concubine? Deng Fei’s mind suddenly clicked, and his first reaction was, holy shit!
It was already the fourth day that a group of people from Beihai Town came to the Bagua City in Jiading. Ruan Fuying treated him hospitably every day and said a lot of grateful words. He and Deng Fei had to cut off the chicken heads and burn them on yellow paper, calling him brother. When he learned that
When Deng Fei was over thirty and not yet married, Ruan Fuying even proposed to betroth his eldest daughter Ruan Yuzhu to him. When he heard that the beautiful princess was only nine years old, Deng Fei almost choked to death on the wine without falling over in one breath.
Isn't this a joke?
The gauze curtain at the head of the bed was lifted up by a pair of pure white hands and hung on a golden dragon-head tent hook. At this time, the sun hit the person from the side, and Deng Fei could only see clearly that the woman was pretty, with dark eyebrows.
She has snow-white skin and is dressed in snow-white plain clothes. When she turns around, it can be seen that her waist is only a slim one.
For a moment, Deng Fei was a little dazed.
"Bang! Bang!..."
At the same time, in the martial arts arena in Bagua City, Guangnan Wang Ruan Fuying held the "84" revolver given to him by Deng Fei and fired continuously at a wooden target twenty meters away. Behind him, there were several
A French officer and several military generals in Guangnan.
Nguyen Phuc Anh started his career as a martial artist and was good at shooting with shotguns. The silver-plated revolver that Deng Fei gave him when they first met made Ruan Phuc Anh fond of it. Yesterday, the North Korean Navy officer who accompanied him taught him how to load and shoot.
He had already brought his men to test the gun. After the initial discomfort caused by the recoil, Ruan Phuc Anh quickly mastered the shooting skills and hit the target with the gun.
Without Beihai Town, the world's first revolver would not have appeared for another 40 years, so you can imagine the shock this thing brought to the monarchs and ministers of Guangnan. As for the white smoke caused by the leakage of gunpowder gas, there would be nothing
It's not a big deal, the smoke when firing a flintlock gun is much heavier than this.
Seeing Nguyen Phuc Anh firing off six rounds of ammunition in an instant, everyone behind him was stunned. These people included not only the five French officers recruited by Peter, but also Deng Tran Chang, Nguyen Van Thanh, Vu Van Xing, and Le Van Yuet.
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Philippe Vanier said with excitement: "Lord Ruan, we must get such a weapon! With this, your troops will be even more powerful! Our navy will no longer be afraid of those Xishan bandits when joining gangs in close combat!"
This is the captain of the largest warship "Feng Fei" in Guangnan Navy. The predecessor of "Feng Fei" is the third-class battleship that Peter insisted on getting from the local governor. Although the ship is big, it can
The weapons it is equipped with are pitiful. In addition to a few cannons, there are not even 30 muskets. With this level of equipment, when facing the Qianliu Guangchuan of the Xishan Navy, they can only fire a few shots and run away.
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Li Wenyue on the side shook his head and said: "It's difficult! Master Ruan doesn't know that Admiral Deng completely refused to sell weapons, saying that no weapons would be sold without the permission of His Highness King Zhao."
"I wonder what kind of person that King Zhao is, who can actually train such a strong army and create a divine object like the God of Thunder." Ruan Fuying sighed, handed the pistol to another French officer, and asked kindly: "Ruan
Zhang Qi, can this gun be copied?"
The Frenchman whom he called "Zhangqi" was named Victor Olivier de Pimanuel, and Annan's name was "Nguyen Van Sin". "Zhangqi" was Annan's military attache position, the second rank, similar to
Yu Daiqing's lieutenant. Not only him, but also several other French officers recruited by Peter also had the name Annan, and their official positions were all "Zhangqi".
Pimanuel is a construction engineer who served as a volunteer on a French warship before joining Nguyen Phuc Anh. He built the Bagua City in Jiading based on the theories of French Marshal Vauban. This man not only knew how to build cities, but also presided over the European training of Nguyen Phuc Anh's army.
, can be regarded as a military all-rounder.
At present, due to the shortage of food, grass and weapons, Pimanuel only has 300 new army soldiers under his command. Historically, this man trained a total of 50,000 army soldiers for Nguyen Phuc Anh. These soldiers all wore hats and British-style loose uniforms.
European military salute, then bare feet...
Pimanuel took the pistol and looked at it carefully, then picked up the bullets and flash caps in the box and looked at them for a while, then shook his head and said: "Master Ruan, the structure of this weapon is extremely precise, such as this bullet-loading
The magazine is completely milled out of a piece of steel with a lathe. Let alone Jiading, I don’t think even the local government or Europe can make it. The technology of these Chinese people is too advanced!"
After hearing this, Ruan Fuying frowned and said to Li Wenyue, who was in charge of the negotiation: "We need to discuss this matter with Admiral Deng again, and we must let them sell some weapons no matter what."
Li Wenyue said: "Your Majesty, I heard from Admiral Deng that their King Zhao is currently at war with Oros in the far north. Even if we can contact him, it will take half a year. He comes back and forth, at least for more than a year."
"What?! Those Chinese are at war with the Russian Empire!"
Li Wenyue said: "Yes. Admiral Deng just mentioned a few words in casual conversation. They have been fighting with Oros for several years, and now they have captured a large area of land. It is said that it stretches thousands of miles from east to west, north to south. But those place names and people's names sound strange
It’s really hard to explain, and I don’t remember a few of them. It seems that a marshal named ‘Rutsev’ was also killed by them, and tens of thousands of people were captured.”
Several French officers were all shocked when they heard the news. Although they had now taken refuge with Ruan Phuc Anh, they were all French after all. Such a big event in Tsarist Russia would definitely have a serious impact on the situation in Europe.
Jean-Baptiste Marie Dayot, who was in charge of the Guangnan navy, bowed slightly to Ruan Fuying and said: "Dear Lord Ruan, please allow me to meet with General Deng. I want to ask him carefully.
This matter will then be sent to the French Governor-General's Palace for local governance."
"Okay." Ruan Fuying also wanted to know more about the details of Beihai Town.
Ruan Fuying was a little afraid of this sudden northern force. Its power made Ruan Fuying a little scared. Just hearing from Jiang Fan about how Beihai Town defeated the Qing army several times shocked the civil and military officials in Guangnan.
It is said that the reputation of the Eight Banners Soldiers has spread throughout Southeast Asia with the Qing-Burma War. Even though Ruan Guangping defeated Sun Shiyi's Green Camp troops, when he learned that Qianlong had sent the Eight Banners Soldiers southward, he immediately surrendered and negotiated a peace, putting on a "lie down" attitude.
"Flat" posture.
Remember when the Qing army attacked Laoguantun in Myanmar, 18,000 Qing troops defeated tens of thousands of elite Burmese troops armed by the French in a field battle. Even the thousands of French mercenaries fled. After that, Southeast Asia
All countries know that fighting against the Qing army will lead to death!
But Beihai Town actually fell into a trap and dared to use thousands of people to fight tens of thousands of Qing troops in field battles. They fought more than once, and each time they were victorious. This is like listening to a book from heaven, it is unbelievable!
As for Ruan Fuying, deep down in his heart, he was both happy and worried. What he was happy about was that with the help of such a force, it would be much easier to deal with the Xishan Dynasty army; what he was worried about was how he would deal with the situation once Beihai Town became interested in Annan in the future.
He has already considered it, and plans to send an envoy northward no matter what next year when the spring breeze comes, to pay a visit to the legendary "King Zhao" and to find out the true strength of Beihai Town.
In order to win over "Admiral Deng" these days, Ruan Fuying and his men have worked hard. Since his nine-year-old daughter was not good enough, he asked his ministers to choose a beautiful and talented woman from the Mingxiang people in Jiading.
As Deng Fei drank too much yesterday, he was sent directly to his side to serve him. If the other party was still dissatisfied, he would be at the end of his rope.
At this time, in the courtyard specially reserved for Deng Fei in the palace, a sixteen-year-old girl stood aside, helping Deng Fei serve porridge and dishes. In recent years, Deng Fei was single and often lived on a boat, so he was used to being alone.
.There was an unknown person standing next to him, which made him quite uncomfortable.
After finishing two bowls of porridge, Deng Fei put down the bowl, wiped it with a silk scarf, and asked the woman, "Uh...what's your last name?"
"The surname is Chen." The woman's voice was soft and waxy, very pleasant to the ear.
"The girl is a local? Tang Dynasty?"
"He is from the Tang Dynasty, and his family's ancestor is Duke Yilue."
What is Gong Lue? Deng Fei had never heard of it at all. He pointed to the chair opposite and said, "Girl, you'd better sit down and let's chat for a while. You stand while I sit. This is not good."
The corner of the woman's mouth curled up slightly, thinking that this person was quite interesting, so she walked to the chair opposite and sat down generously, but her upper body was still facing Deng Fei, and her head was slightly lowered to show the difference between men and women.
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During the subsequent chat, Deng Fei learned that Miss Chen was a descendant of the Mingxiang people in Jiading, and her ancestral home was Gaozhou, Guangdong. The Duke of Yi Lue, her great ancestor, was Chen Shangchuan, who was famous in the history of Annan.
Chen Shangchuan was a scholar during the Chongzhen period. After the Qing troops entered the customs, he first surrendered to the Yongli court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and was later appointed by Zheng Chenggong as the commander-in-chief of the three states of Gao, Lian, and Lei. After the San Francisco Rebellion, Chen Shangchuan did not want to become
The people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, together with deputy general Chen Anping, led 3,000 people and took fifty warships to Tuo Nang Port (Da Nang, north of Hoi An).
At that time, Guangnan was reclaiming the south, so Chen Shangchuan and another overseas Chinese leader Yang Yandi were ordered to go to Bien Hoa and Dinh Siang in the south to open up wasteland. Some of the 3,000 tribesmen led by Chen Shangchuan stayed in Hoi An to settle down.
, these people are the ancestors of the Annan Mingxiang people, the "Ten Elders" and the "Six Surnames" mentioned before.
Chen Shangchuan was named Marquis Shengcai and Governor of Jiading by the then Ruan Lord. Under his decades of management, the Jiading area became increasingly prosperous, not only turning from a swamp into a land of plenty, but also becoming a trade transit station in Southeast Asia. In 1720
, Chen Shangchuan passed away at the age of ninety. The local people in Mingxiang and the local people admired his merits and built a temple to offer sacrifices, and the incense continued for decades.
However, even such a family could not escape the "Jiading Massacre". Thanks to the Chen family's great business, the female relatives who went to Ha Xian Mansion due to the war escaped, while the men who stayed in Jiading
Not one of the ten who were killed survived.
The actions of the Northern Navy to attack Hue and Hoi An made the Jiading Chinese people inexplicably grateful, and also gave the Chen family a sigh of relief. However, even if they wanted to make friends, they could not talk about sending their daughter away, because in their eyes, Deng Fei was just a warrior.
Unless Nguyen Phuc Anh asked his important minister Le Quang Dinh to come forward to plead, the Chen family would not have sent this little daughter over anyway.
After chatting with Miss Chen for a while, the time has already reached 8 o'clock in the morning. According to yesterday's agreement, in one hour, it will be the day to officially sign the contract with Guangnan.
At this time, Jiang Fan had also finished washing. When he came to the courtyard and saw that breakfast was ready, he hurriedly sat down and started eating.
Deng Fei smiled and said, "Mr. Ziping, did you drink until midnight again yesterday?"
Jiang Fan held the bowl and glanced at Miss Chen standing behind Deng Fei, but just smiled and said nothing.
He has been doing a good job these days. When I first met Ruan Fuying on the first day, he learned that Jiang Fan was a master of Confucian classics in Jiangnan. He had now joined the army. All the monarchs and ministers in Guangnan were very respectful. Ruan Fuying even regarded him as a disciple.
He was treated politely and even hoped that Jiang Fan could accept apprentices and teach in Jiading.
In the past few days, Jiang Fan not only discussed the meanings of classics, poems, and allusions with Nguyen Phu Anh's important ministers Le Quang Dinh, Wu Congzhou, Zheng Huaide, Wu Renjing and others, but he even visited their teacher Wu Changtuan.
This 81-year-old man is a unique figure in the history of Annan. He is also a descendant of the Tang Dynasty. His ancestors immigrated to Jiading in the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty. This man was young and intelligent, with noble aspirations, but he was born at the wrong time and encountered the Xishan Uprising.
Wu Changzuan then gave up becoming an official and lived in seclusion to teach disciples. Many of his disciples became famous officials in the Ruan Dynasty in the future.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When it was learned that Jiang Fan was from Gu Yanwu's lineage and studied under Hui Dong, a master of Confucian classics, Wu Changzuan actually took the other person's hand and claimed to be a junior scholar. In the subsequent conversation, more
He admired Jiang Fan's knowledge endlessly.
Jiang Fan said modestly that his knowledge was nothing. At present, Wang Rongfu, Hong Junzhi, Liu Duanlin and others under the command of King Zhao were all world-famous talents. Their knowledge was many times better than his own. Listen.
Master and disciple De Wu Changzuan were leisurely fascinated. Everyone in Beihai Zhenlian could accept such a Confucian scholar as his subordinate. King Zhao didn't know what kind of person De Wu was. So in his daily speech, he was even more respectful to Deng Fei and others.
Deng Fei also didn't expect that Jiang Fan, who was just a small staff officer, could be so valued by Ruan Phuc Ying. It seemed that he was really the right person to take him with him when he went south this time.
On January 15, 1791, Deng Fei, on behalf of Beihai Town, formally signed an agreement with King Ruan Fuying of Guangnan in the main hall of the palace located in Bagua City, which was known as the "Treaty of Jiading" in history. The two parties agreed:
1. Beihai Town will lend a total of 500,000 taels of silver to the Guangnan regime at one time, interest-free, and will be repaid in twenty years;
2. Beihai Town leases Ganchengao from the Guangnan regime for a period of fifty years, with an annual rent of 5,000 taels of silver, paid in one lump sum;
Third, after the Guangnan regime achieved the unification of Annan, it returned the Yunnan section of the Sino-Vietnamese border to the Dachuma River, and ceded Lang Son Province along the Guangxi border on the Sino-Vietnamese border. At that time, both parties will erect monuments on the border as evidence and will never go back on their word;
Fourth, the Hoi An area is temporarily under the jurisdiction of Bac Hai Town, which allows Bac Hai Town to recruit all Chinese troops in Hoi An, with a maximum number of three thousand. After Nguyen Phuc Anh captures Quang Ngai Province, the North Navy will return to Hoi An;
5. Within one month after the signing of the treaty, and no later than February 15th according to the Gregorian calendar, the North Korean navy will attack Phan Thiet from Fumei Hai Xunkou along the coastal road from south to north, and assist Guangnan in seizing Binh Thuan Province.
After the treaty was signed, Deng Fei immediately returned to the Thor docked in Qinchu Port, sent a telegram to the Beihai Navy Staff Headquarters to inform the situation, and sent the full text of the treaty word for word. After receiving the telegram, Beihai Town
, and then sent a telegram via relay to Zhao Xin who was far away in Siberia.
That night, Zhao Xin saw the telegram. He was very satisfied with Deng Fei's replacement of Kunlun Island for Cam Ranh Bay. He was so busy that he even forgot such an important place.
On the morning of January 16, Beihai Town received a series of orders from Zhao Xin.
First, the mint factory immediately opens a mold and produces 20 tons of blanks. The material ratio of the blanks is mixed according to copper, four, lead and six. After all is completed, these things will be combined with a coin press, a 60MV diesel generator and a casting machine.
The workers were transported with the Thunder to Hoi An, where the North Navy would produce the copper coins Nguyen Phuc Anh needed.
The copper coin has a diameter of 25 mm and a weight of 3 grams. The pattern on the front is the Thor, and on the back is the word worth one penny. In fact, since the copper coins in Beihai Town are all solid, the actual value of the copper coins is much higher.
It’s more than a penny. But Zhao Xin doesn’t care about the money and interest. If Ruan Fuying has the ability, just melt it away, as long as he’s not afraid of losing money.
At the same time, Li Ji and Ding Guofeng, who were in charge of logistics, also received the order. Li Ji withdrew 300,000 taels of silver from the logistics and gave it to Ding Guofeng. Except for the money that was to be given to Ruan Phuc Anh, the rest was used to buy a ship in Siam.
As for Ding Guofeng, he must carry the above-mentioned supplies and two battalions of troops, fill up with diesel, and head south to Hoi An before February 15 at the latest to replenish the Thor.
From then on, Beihai Town finally had its first foothold in the South China Sea. However, it was precisely because of this treaty that Ruan Fuying was scolded in the Annan history books hundreds of years later. Later generations of scholars in this time and space
It is believed that although he unified the turbulent and divided Annan society and later implemented a series of reforms, which promoted social development; it was also because he used the Northern Navy to suppress the Xishan Uprising that laid the foundation for Annan to later lose the entire Red River Plain.