After entering the study, Nan Huairen said to Mu Linfeng: "Mr. Mu, given your status today, you live in such a simple way. You are the first person I have met since I came to the Central Plains!"
Mu Linfeng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, then he laughed and said, "In Mu's opinion, this is no longer crude, right?"
Nan Huairen shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, after I came to the Central Plains, I met a lot of officials. Even a county magistrate's mansion is much bigger than the one you have in Mu Gongshu. With Mu Gongshu now
Today’s status seems to be..."
Mu Linfeng smiled and said: "It's nothing. In fact, I am no different today than before. Well... everyone has different pursuits... Let's not talk about this anymore... Let's talk about the Sunset Fleet in the East China Sea!"
As Mu Linfeng spoke, he quickly motioned for Nan Huairen to sit down, and then continued: "A Western fleet was spotted on the coast of the Central Plains. Zheng Zhilong, Mr. Zheng, said that these foreigners are here to prepare for trade. Mr. Nan, you are also a Westerner. Do you know about this?
?”
Nan Huairen cleared his throat after hearing this, and then said: "The fleet in the East China Sea is the fleet of France, England and Germany. When I was in Fuzhou, I had contacted the consul of the fleet there. On the surface, their purpose
You are indeed here to open up trade routes in the Central Plains!"
Mu Linfeng heard this and said, "On the surface? Mr. Mo Feinan also thinks that they came here for another purpose?"
Hearing this, Nan Huairen shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, no, that's not what I meant. What I mean is that as far as the current situation is concerned, their fleet carries all kinds of Western goods. If it were not for the Central Plains
What else can a business person do? But there is one thing I have always understood..."
Mu Linfeng heard this and said curiously: "Oh? What is it?"
Nan Huairen immediately said: "It is said that the product they brought this time is called opium. As far as I know, this thing has been strictly used in Western countries in the medicine of eliminating demons. They brought so much opium to do it."
What, Chinese medicine rarely uses opium, right?"
When Mu Linfeng heard Nan Huairen mention the word opium, his heart was touched, and he cursed secretly: "Sure enough, something bad happened!"
Nan Huairen saw that Mu Linfeng looked strange and asked curiously: "Mu Gongshu, according to your opinion, do the fleets of these three countries come here with ulterior motives?"
Mu Linfeng came back to his senses after hearing this, and then said: "Mr. Nan also said that opium is banned in Western countries, but why are these people bringing opium to my land in the Central Plains? Isn't it obvious?
I believe Mr. Nan knows more about what opium is than Mu, right?"
Nan Huairen nodded and said: "Actually, I don't know very well. I only know that opium can relieve pain and is often used during surgery. However, a friend of mine in the motherland was infected with this thing. It was always special at the beginning.
After that, my body became worse day by day. I already saw God a few years ago..." He made a cross on his chest, then clenched his hands and put them on his chest, obviously for one of his friends.
pray.
Mu Linfeng said: "Yes, if opium is allowed to spread to the Central Plains, it won't take long before the people of the Central Plains will be the next of your friends. Moreover, opium is addictive. Once you get addicted to it, you will not be able to extricate yourself. At least people will die.
The most important thing is that the family is ruined, it is really..."
After Nan Huairen finished praying, he said: "Oh, Mu Gongshu, from what I heard in your words and deeds, you seem to know a lot about the West. Have you been to the West before?"
Mu Linfeng shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, it's just that Mu Linfeng is curious about all fresh food, so he pays special attention to it!"
Nan Huairen couldn't help but sigh: "Mu Gongshu, you are the second Central Plains person who is interested in the West since I came to the Central Plains!"
Mu Linfeng didn't need Nan Huairen to tell him, but he knew that the first one must be Zheng Zhilong, but he heard Nan Huairen continue: "But it seems that Mr. Zheng Zhilongzheng's understanding of opium is not as good as Mu Gongshu's. In his eyes, opium is
It's the same as cigarettes. Before I came to Jinling, I saw that he didn't seem to be very averse to opium..."
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Mu Linfeng's heart trembled when he heard this, and he quickly said: "Is it possible that Mr. Zheng has agreed to the foreigners' trade conditions? Opium has entered the Central Plains?"
Hearing this, Nan Huairen quickly shook his head and said: "N, N, no, I have already explained the interests to him, and he is still hesitant. I hope he will give up the idea, but compared to opium, he still cares more about it.
Use our Western clocks!”
When Mu Linfeng heard what Nan Huairen said, he remembered that he had indeed seen Western clocks and clocks everywhere in the Zheng Mansion in Fuzhou. However, when Nan Huairen said that Zheng Zhilong was not very averse to opium, he always felt a little uneasy.
What Mu Linfeng was most afraid of was that Zheng Zhilong was too fond of watches and had confusedly agreed to the foreigner's conditions.
Mu Linfeng said: "So after Mr. Nan left Fuzhou, what stage has Zheng Zhilong's negotiation with the foreigners reached with Evergrande?"
Nan Huairen shook his head when he heard this and said: "I'm not sure about this. Mr. Zheng can speak English himself, so he doesn't need my translator. Everything was discussed privately with the consuls of the three countries, but I heard Mr. Zheng's words
, I feel that this negotiation is not as simple as it seems!"
Mu Linfeng couldn't help but wonder when he heard this: "Oh, could Master Zheng have also seen some clues?"
Nan Huairen shook his head and said: "No, no, as far as I know, it seems that the consuls of the three countries want Mr. Zheng to rent Xiamen and Xiamen Port to them as offices, and the price seems to be quite high! Mr. Zheng seems to be considering it too.
.”
Mu Linfeng was shocked when he heard this: "They want to rent Xiamen?" Mu Linfeng felt that the situation seemed to be getting more and more serious, and it was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. If Zheng Zhilong easily agreed to the foreigners' request, I am afraid that the disaster in the Central Plains would be
It's about to begin.
Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng immediately wrote a letter to Zheng Zhilong, asking him to give up the transaction with foreigners for the time being. He also wrote the harmful effects of opium in detail in the letter, and even stated that if Xiamen is rented to foreigners, what will happen to it?
What situation is it facing, and what kind of catastrophe will China face in the future?
After Mu Linfeng finished writing the letter, he asked his servants to find a fast horse and quickly deliver it to Zheng Mansion in Fuzhou.
Mu Linfeng then said to Nan Huairen: "I have written to Mr. Zheng, hoping that he will suspend negotiations with foreigners!"
Nan Huairen then said curiously: "Does Mu Shuai think there is any problem with leasing Xiamen to England, France and Germany? Let's not mention the opium issue for now. If these three countries use Xiamen as a port, it will be more convenient to open up land in the Central Plains.
Isn’t it?”
When Mu Linfeng heard this, he looked at Nan Huairen and thought to himself: "After all, your book is also a foreign ghost book. Of course you don't know what's wrong with it!"
Mu Linfeng immediately said: "Mr. Nan is from Belgium, right?"
Nan Huairen couldn't help but wonder when he heard this: "Yes! How did Mu Gongshu know about it? Mr. Zheng doesn't even know about it!"
Mu Linfeng immediately said: "Oh, I also heard what other foreigners said when I was in Fuzhou..." In order to avoid Nan Huairen asking questions, Mu Linfeng immediately said: "If these three countries come to your Belgium to open up soil, they will rent your Belgium
A city in China, will your Majesty the King agree?"
After hearing the words, Nan Huairen pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "I don't think we will agree. These three countries are too close to us. They can transport goods by ship at any time. Besides, they have things that we in Belgium can't agree to."
There will definitely be one!”
Mu Linfeng said helplessly: "This is not a matter of distance, this is a matter of sovereignty. Do you understand?" Mu Linfeng felt that talking to Nan Huairen was like playing the piano to an ox. I really don't know how Zheng Zhilong suffered when he often talked to him.
I couldn't help being anxious, but the scholar Nan Huairen said this in a tone.
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