Chapter 787 Chen Xiao: He has the appearance of a Holy Emperor!
The Jade Rabbit sets in the west, and the Golden Crow rises in the east.
Unknowingly, it was time to meet with Bujialu, but this time it was not at the post house in Panyu, Guangdong. Jia Heng chose the meeting place at the Guangdong Navy's Weigang Barracks.
At this moment, the entire Guangdong Navy Navy Guard Harbor was filled with a chilling atmosphere as a storm was about to come. Many ships entered the harbor in rotation, navy officers in full military uniforms came in and out, and there were also mules and carriages transporting baggage.
Accompanied by the Han aide Li Han, the Australian governor, Sir Bugalo, came to the heavily guarded Guangdong Navy stationed at the port with a hundred Portuguese and Chinese guards.
Bujialu handed the saber in his hand to the guard, looked around, looked at the surrounding ships, and mumbled a few words in Portuguese to Mr. Li.
Mr. Li nodded and gave a reminder.
No matter what, although the equipment and weapons of the Han army were not as good as those of the Portuguese, at a glance, the Han army, whether it was warships or heavy numbers, made the Australian governor not dare to look down upon it.
The Portuguese have occupied Haojing for hundreds of years and have a good understanding of the dynasty that ruled this ancient land. They have also been secretly waiting for the decline and division of the dynasty.
Outside the Chinese army barracks, teams of Jinyifu guards were wearing flying fish uniforms, holding embroidered spring knives, and looked alert, standing inside and outside, holding knives on guard.
Xue Baoqin had already changed into a man's attire and was standing next to Chen Xiao. Her pretty face as white as snow, even though she didn't wear any makeup today, her pink cheeks were flushed because of her excitement.
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Jia Heng did not go out to greet him, but sat behind the desk in the Chinese military barracks. On the chairs on both sides were Guangdong's military and political dignitaries.
Not only did the Guangdong General Wu Tao and the two battalion commanders come, but also the Guangdong Chief Envoy Miao Rui, the Political Consultant Liu Xiaoyuan, the Inspector Lu Xian, the Guangdong Metropolitan Commander Fang Jun, in addition to the Guangzhou Prefecture Governor Shi Shuliang and the Panyu County Magistrate.
Yao Qitai sits in rows.
Because it involved diplomatic relations, high-ranking officials from both sides were present to bear witness.
As for Zhou Zao, the governor of Guangdong, he did not come because he was ill.
Jia Heng looked at Bujialu and other people who entered the Chinese military barracks under the guidance of Li Shu, a hundred households in Jinyi, and said in fluent English: "Sir Bujialu, welcome to the station of the Han Dynasty's Guangdong Navy."
Everyone: "???"
Xue Baoqin, who was on the side, was about to translate subconsciously. Hearing this, Tan opened his mouth slightly, and his heart was shocked. The clear and bright eyes under Chunshan's dark eyebrows blinked, and there was a look of shock on the plump and white face.
No, how could Brother Heng speak the language of the Yi people?
Me, when did I teach him?
The girl's brain short-circuited for a while, then she pursed her plump and moist lips and looked at Jia Heng.
Sir Bugaloo also stood stunned for a while, with surprise in his deep eyes, staring closely at the young earl who was wearing exquisitely woven and embroidered clothes.
As a Portuguese aristocrat and the governor-general of the Braganza Dynasty abroad, in addition to speaking official Portuguese, he can naturally speak several languages of other countries. At this moment, he looked at the young man opposite him in disbelief.
The Guangdong officials in the Chinese military barracks also looked at each other in confusion as they listened to the babble in English. The attendants on the side translated in a low voice, making sure they were not nonsense.
Where did Uncle Yongning learn the Yi language?
Chen Xiao, who was originally standing next to Baoqin with his Xiuchundao in hand, flew sideways into his temples, like a knife cut under his willow eyebrows, and looked at the young man with clear eyes in surprise.
When did you learn this? Did you learn a few sentences from Bao Qin?
The girl frowned and couldn't figure out the reason, so she decided to wait and see what happened.
Jia Heng looked calm and said in English: "Sir Bugaloo, please sit down."
His English is actually quite good. Although he doesn't dare to speak a standard London accent, it is not loose, and his construction site English is at least as good as that of a rowing boat or Tucson Poker.
After a brief shock, Sir Bugaloo also reacted. With a smile on his face, he also said in English: "His Royal Highness, you really surprised me."
The young man in front of me should be an enlightened earl minister, otherwise based on my understanding of Han officials over the years, they are arrogant and arrogant, and have never bothered to learn the languages of other countries.
Bujialu put away his contempt, and then sat down with his entourage, feeling a little more looking forward to this meeting and consultation.
Bao Qin blinked his bright eyes, looked at the young man with a serious face, and licked his unrouged pink lips. The girl's chubby little hand held a plain handkerchief.
Well, I decided to take another look at the situation.
If Brother Heng knows those two sentences, she will come to the rescue again.
Jia Heng got straight to the point and said: "Sir Bugalus, your country occupied our country's Haojing twenty-four years ago and signed a lease with our country to live there. Now it has established an army in a grand manner and evaded the rent. This has constituted a threat to our country.
Territorial invasion, Sir Bugaru, now on behalf of our country, I am hereby telling you to disband the army that has been formed, to bring all the Portuguese living in Haojing under the jurisdiction of our country's government, and to pay our country the rent arrears for the past twenty-four years.
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Upon hearing this, Sir Bugaloo quickly said: "Your Majesty, we have no intention of offending your country. Over the years, we have repeatedly requested to negotiate contract renewal with your country, but your government has always ignored it. Later, your country evacuated from Hao
Officials in the mirror, we had no choice but to form an autonomous committee in South Australia. Because many pirates came to invade, we formed an army to protect the trade routes. No, those ordinary civilians who could not even become an army were just used for self-defense.
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Sir Bugaloo mentioned the army and changed his words again. There are still subtle differences in the English vocabulary.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Our country cannot agree with your statement. Those armed forces have sharp weapons and their complete organization is no different from the army."
Bugalu argued: "But our long-distance trade still needs to resist the intrusion of pirates. These are indispensable."
Jia Heng said: "Our country will dispatch a navy to protect the safety of the waterway."
Bugalu said "No" repeatedly and said: "Your country's fleet does not have the ability to sail long distances. If we cross the ocean, strait, or encounter pirates on both sides of the strait, we still have to defend ourselves and cannot throw away artillery and muskets.
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This is what Li Han said about retaining the army in another way.
Jia Heng said: "But in the land of Haojing, you cannot install large-caliber naval guns, and you must hand over the relevant weapons to the supervision of our government. At the same time, you must share your gun, ship cannon, and sailing technology with our country. You can hire our country's
The Navy fights pirates."
Bugalu was stunned and asked: "Count, do you know what you are talking about?"
He originally thought that those merchants wandering on the sea were cunning enough, but he didn't expect that this earl, who was born in an ancient country of etiquette, could say such shameless words?
Jia Heng's face did not change and he said in a deep voice: "Of course, even if your sailors are equipped with weapons to defend themselves, they can only be a small number. The current number of troops and artillery is obviously unreasonable."
Bugalu frowned and said: "The Australian Governor's Guards need at least one thousand. This is the minimum number of guards our country has for governors stationed abroad."
Jia Heng said: "As the governor of Australia, we have never recognized your right to govern Haojing. It's just that you are talking to yourself. The knight's servant guards and the police officers who manage the expatriates can only have a maximum of five hundred people, and our country
We need to station troops in Haojing, use the navy to take over the entire defense line, set up currency checkpoints, and tax your country's cargo ships, just like we did more than twenty years ago."
Well, the word order of English is somewhat different from that of Chinese.
Bugalu's expression changed slightly and he fell silent for a moment.
Jia Heng said: "Sir, the arrears of land rent can be offset by firearms and cannons, and our country can renew the lease for fifteen years. You can provide us with firecrackers and cannons in Haojing as compensation. Our country is very willing to work with you.
Cooperate and conduct maritime trade.”
The sausages had to be cut one by one. Now it was just a matter of tricking the Portuguese into using their firecracker skills. Later, it was not to completely expel the Portuguese, but to use this as a window to let the Han know about the foreign barbarians overseas, and the country could no longer be closed to the outside world.
Bugalou looked troubled and whispered: "Your Highness, I need to think about it."
Originally, I thought about threatening the mother country to exclude the ship expedition, but now facing such a count who is proficient in English, can it threaten him?
Jia Heng smiled and said, "It's absolutely fine."
At this moment, Xue Baoqin's moist apricot eyes were looking intently at the boy in the python suit. The handkerchief in his hand had been pinched by the chubby hands as white as snow, causing a layer of sweat to form.
The girl was so shocked that she could not speak. Brother Heng was not only able to say a few words of greeting, but he also seemed to be proficient in the Yi language.
Brother Keheng has obviously never traveled to other countries.
At this moment, under Chen Xiaoying's graceful eyebrows, her clear eyes were shining, and her eyes were filled with extraordinary splendor. The girl was really surprised.
When I thought about it again, I felt that this was a matter of course.
The sage king controls the world, is rich all over the world, and is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. How can he not know the affairs of the foreign countries?
My cousin, he has the appearance of a Holy Emperor!
Bugalu's face looked solemn at this moment, and he was thinking about how to deal with it.
Jia Heng looked indifferent and said: "It's already noon now. Sir, you might as well have lunch together and think about it slowly. It won't be too late to reply tomorrow."
Anyway, it was Hao Jing who was blocked, not him.
And just when Jia Heng was negotiating with Aodu Bugialu——
Haojing, the official residence of the Governor of Australia
On this day, Bugaloo's wife Hailey was baking desserts with her daughter Nona.
The woman in her early thirties, even though she has given birth to two daughters, is still in shape. She wears a floral plaid apron around her waist, her cuffs are rolled up, she picks up a bunch of sugar juice extracted from sucrose, and puts it into her face.
upside down in the gouge.
The maid is busy not far away.
Nona made a small dolphin out of the reconciled barley flour. She raised her crystal blue eyes to look at Hailey and asked, "Mom, daddy went to Panyu, when will he be back?"
Haili smiled and said, "According to the distance, I should be able to come back tomorrow."
Nona looked disappointed on her pretty face and said, "These snacks won't be fresh tomorrow."
As he said that, he looked at Hailey seriously and asked, "Mom, will there be a war in a few days?"
Hailey smiled and was about to speak, when suddenly she heard a burst of noise and chaotic footsteps outside.
"Madam, something happened." At this moment, a maid with a bucket waist but as fast as flying steps hurried into the kitchen, sweating profusely.
Haili was startled and looked outside, only to see a dark place standing outside. The leader was none other than the captain of the bodyguard of Bugal Road, Carlos Jun.
In addition, there were four or five officers surrounding Carlos.
Hailey was shocked and asked: "Carlos, what are you doing here with so many people?"
Nona also leaned against the door and looked at the men who were fully armed with guns in their hands, and asked: "Uncle Carlos, Uncle Alam, Uncle Gard, you guys?"
Carlos looked at the woman across from him, with a flash of fire in his brown eyes, and said: "Madam, Sir is detained in Panyu by the despicable and shameless Han people. We want to rescue Sir."
Carlos did not follow Bugaloo to Panyu, Guangdong, but stayed on the grounds of feeling unwell. Then in the afternoon, he falsely claimed that Sir Bugallu had been detained by Jia Heng, and then incited Bugalul to stay.
Here are the leaders of several teams.
Alam is Carlos's brother-in-law, and Garde is the general who came here without knowing the truth.
In addition, there are two captains in command, Keller and Poole, who are leading the fleet navy to confront the navy surrounding Hao Jing.
Haili stretched out her hand to cover her mouth. There was fear on the woman's face, her figure was swaying, and the full moon in front of her was so white that it made people dizzy. She said: "Oh, my God, how could such a thing happen?"
Son?"
Nona on the side quickly stretched out her hand to support Hailey.
Carlos said angrily: "Madam, you should teach the despicable and shameless Han people some painful lessons!"
As long as he starts a war, the arrogant earl of Han will be furious and imprison the knight. Then he will write to the king's secretary and his uncle, and the position of Governor Haojing will be his.
Mrs. Shi Hailey...
When Hailey heard that something happened to her husband, she was confused for a moment and said, "Carlos, what should we do now?"
Carlos stepped forward, stretched out his hand to support Haili's arm, looked at Haili with affectionate eyes, and said softly: "Madam, just leave it to me. If you defeat the Han army, you can force them to release the knight."
Hailey was in a panic. When she heard this, she was startled and said quickly: "Carlos, we should send someone to ask again."
If a fight breaks out here, her husband will definitely be in danger.
Nona, on the other hand, stared at Carlos with a pair of blue crystal eyes. When she caught a hint of abnormality in the brown eyes, a suspicion flashed in her heart.
Uncle Carlos, he...
Carlos said anxiously: "Madam, they will not let the knight go until they have fought with the Han army. The Han people have always been cunning and despicable. They have always wanted to capture Hao Jing."
After saying that, he turned to look at Nona and warned: "Nona, take care of your mother, let's go and rescue Jazz."
After Carlos finished speaking, without saying much, he quickly led his brother-in-law Alam and Garde, and a large number of officers, holding firearms, towards the naval defense port in South Australia.
"Boom boom..."
As the sailing ships equipped with Franco cannons and Hongyi cannons bombarded the Guangdong Navy sailing in the surrounding waters, the war between the Portuguese and the Han in the mirror broke out unexpectedly.
The Han army's Guangdong Navy's Folan machine guns were no match for the Portuguese's Hongyi artillery in terms of range, and they initially lost two warships.
The military information was urgently reported to the Guangdong Navy, which was guarding the port in Panyu.
Guangdong Marine Corps Station, Panyu
After a night of deliberation, Bugaloo had agreed in principle to the plan to disband the army.
At the same time, they also approved Jia Heng's previous proposal to exchange the 1.2 million taels of silver rent in arrears for Hongyi cannons and firearm-related technology.
In addition to retaining 500 police officers in the army to maintain the daily security and order of the Portuguese in South Australia, other military weapons are no longer retained and are instead used as private self-defense forces for the Portuguese.
This is also the negotiation strategy discussed with Mr. Li in advance, which is to think about it for a day to show how difficult this matter is.
After Jia Heng leaves Guangdong, he will slowly and substantively breach the contract in the future.
In the Chinese military barracks, after noon, the same officials from the Guangdong government as yesterday were sitting in the audience, and the two parties had already begun to draw up the original and copy of the lease. This time, they invited staff from Guangzhou who were proficient in Portuguese writing to prepare the text of the lease.
At the same time, the relevant treaty contents should also be engraved on tablets and erected in the Haojing place.
At this time, Bugalu looked at the young man in python suit and said with hesitation: "The rent can be offset by the cannons and muskets loaded on the ship, but we don't have much reserves in Hongyi Da, so we need to slowly cast them in the future."
Jia Heng said: "Our country has previously sent officials from the Ordnance Supervision to inspect Haojing. We can cooperate with your country's craftsmen and introduce technology. At the same time, the technology related to sailboat manufacturing can also be converted into rent and introduced into our country."
As long as the current Han Dynasty learns advanced barrel smelting and forging techniques, he can use his ideas that are hundreds of years beyond this world to create weapons that can greatly suppress bows and arrows. Although they are limited by smokeless gunpowder and bullets,
Refined craftsmanship can hardly be called a rifle with a technological difference.
But even if the improvement of the existing firecrackers can enhance the accuracy and density of some firepower, it will definitely improve the current disadvantageous military situation of the Han army.
Bugalu was silent for a moment, staring closely at the young man with stern eyebrows, and asked: "Your Majesty, how can I trust that your country will not use it for invasion after mastering the navigation, shipbuilding, and firearms skills provided by our country?
my hometown?"
Jia Heng smiled and said: "Sir Bugaloo is overly worried. Our country is far away from your country. It is impossible to invade an island country thousands of miles away across the ocean on a large scale. Just as your country cannot invade our country all the way across the ocean, and
"Our country has always been a peace-loving country. You can look at the countries in the Indo-China islands. Our country has never conquered them."
Of course, that may not change in the future.
In the past, it was limited by the cost of governance. Now, if we don't take advantage of the fact that the world order has not yet been established, how long will it take to conquer the Southeast Asia and deploy weapons all over the world?
When Sir Bugaloo heard this, he fell into deep thought for a while.
Xue Baoqin was sitting aside at the moment, looking at the young man who was talking with ease and with bright eyes.