Chapter 458 His Royal Highness Wu entered Guangzhou, who is loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (seeking booking, seeking votes)
Chapter 460 His Highness of the King of Wu enters Guangzhou, which is loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (please book, please vote)
November 17, 1854, early morning.
The Tianzi Pier in Guangzhou is so lively! A group of people wearing long jackets and robes like the Qing Dynasty were gathered here, and their heads were wrapped in red scarves representing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At first glance, they were a bunch of "red-headed people".
The official pavilion and the color painting archway were also built according to the highest standards. In the past, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi had no such show. At least the emperor had to go to Guangzhou for a southern tour. Outside the wharf, both sides of the official road leading to Guangzhou City were filled with ordinary people wearing red turbans, holding pots and tangs in their hands. This scene is the legendary "food pots and sauts to welcome the king's army."
I have to say that the well-known figures in Guangzhou City are so efficient! They just finished the Battle of Xiangshan seven days ago, and they were confirmed to receive the great news of "The Qing army, the British army's defeat" five days ago. They only caught Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui, the two unlucky guys, as voters, yesterday. Today, the good guy, the Color Painting Archway and the "tools" to welcome the King's Army are all ready.
It is really clean and efficient, no wonder it will be so powerful in the future.
Look at Wu Chongyao, Zhang Jingxiu, Pan Shicheng, Yin Dazhang, Chen Kai, Li Wenmao, Gan Xian, who were fighting to the death yesterday, they were just like nothing, and were as good as brothers. It turned out that several seniors from the Guangzhou Tiandihui came forward last night. Wu, Zhang, Pan, Yin and others set up a table of good wine and dishes in the Haishan Fairy Hall of the Pan family. They paid Chen Kai and Li Wenmao, Gan Xian, and gave him 500,000 silver dollars as accusation. As soon as the white silver was revealed, and a few old men said, "The Hongmen in the world is a family", all the grudges disappeared instantly.
At this moment, the Guangdong team leader and the Red Soldiers were chatting and laughing, while waiting for His Royal Highness the King of Wu to come. This scene looked harmonious and joyful.
However, there are also people who can't be happy. There are three prison carts on the Pier of Tianzi. Ye Mingchen, Bai Gui and the former magistrate of Hua County Chongling, who were squatting pitifully. Ye Mingchen is quite capable, with his eyes closed and sitting cross-legged like an old monk. Bai Gui couldn't do it anymore, and he was thrusting and cried so hard, like a tearful person. While crying, he complained to Ye Mingchen in the prison cart next to him: "Ye Kunchen, you have hurt me a lot! If you hadn't had to fight against King Hong Tian, could His Highness the King of Wu come here with a large army? He wouldn't have invited Roman heavenly soldiers..."
Ye Mingchen closed his eyes and ignored him as if he hadn't heard it. Hesheli Chongling, who was in the prison car next to him, couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted, "Mr. Bai, we are all loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty. At this point, we can't serve the country with death. What's the use of saying so much?"
When Bai Gui heard this, he glared at Chongling and looked at Chongling viciously: "Chongling, you have hurt me too! King Hong Tian, you took someone to dig the ancestral tomb of King Feng Nan. You are the one who dig the ancestral tomb of the emperor and the prince! My fortune has been ruined by you! Woo woo..."
Chongling snorted, closed his eyes and stopped talking. He knew very well in his heart that he was like Ye Mingchen, and now he had no way to live. He took people to dig the tombs of Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan's families. If he was taken back to Tianjing, Lingchi would be executed. So he now started the hunger strike mode like Ye Mingchen. He was hungry for two times, and he was still wondering when he could starve to death and get rid of it. Fortunately, Guangzhou is not close to Jiangning Road, and he thought that he would not be cut to death by those thousand knives alive.
"Woo woo..." Chongling was calculating how many days he could starve to death with his fingers, suddenly, a harsh whistle sound came over. He felt something was wrong, so he immediately opened his eyes and saw a giant steam ship as big as a "mountain", rumbled towards the Tianzi Pier with black smoke.
When Chongling looked at the steam ship, he instantly realized that it was broken! Oh my god, if he and Ye Mingchen were sitting north to Jiangning, it would have been a few days. Now it’s over, and it seems that they will not have time to starve to death!
Even if you starve to death, you have to hurry up
When he thought of being cut into pieces, Chongling's tears were like a faucet that opened the gate, and he couldn't stop it, and it flowed down "rattle"...
"Welcome the Holy Angel of the King of Wu... Kneel!"
After shouting out, the red-headed man on the Tianmen Wharf fell to his knees in a "slam". Then look at Luo Yaoguo, who was walking from the Dingyuan, was so energetic, as if he was not stepping on the deck, but the red carpet leading to the peak of life.
What made him so proud was not because he could enter the Guangzhou City, which had long been loyal to him, but a few days ago, he led the Taiping Army under the banner of the Crusader to defeat the British Indian infantry wearing the Eight Banners soldiers.
Moreover, the victory was so beautiful that it was crushed by a big score! After one battle, it killed and captured more than 1,000 British and Indian soldiers, with a loss rate of up to 70%!
Not all the people who were dealt with were Ah San. There were more than 80 white-skinned British soldiers inside, half of which were captured alive and were now locked up in a prison in Macau - these are all hard bargaining chips!
If the British Bao Ling wants to regain these officers and soldiers, he has to obediently agree to Luo Yaoguo's conditions, otherwise he will not even think about it!
Besides, the Battle of Xiangshan fully proves that the advanced trench digging and squatting tactics adopted by the Taiping Army in the 21st century are simply the magic weapon to defeat the enemy. The arrogant British imperialist expeditionary army can only accept the disadvantage in the face of this tactic.
If the British Expeditionary Force can beat the country to the point of being beaten, the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is definitely at the level of a great power! Since it has become one of the great powers, the "unequal treaties" like the Treaty of Nanjing can naturally be thrown aside and have to fight for the rights and interests that the great powers should have.
Luo Yaoguo was thinking about these good things happily. He had already walked to Wu Chongyao, Zhang Jingxiu, Pan Shicheng, Yin Dazhang, Chen Kai, Li Wenmao, and Gan Xian. He didn't let everyone get up, but he held his hands behind his back, looking at the "red ocean" in front of him, like a king inspecting the territory.
"Your Highness King of Wu, this is a little bit of care from the business community in Guangzhou. You must accept it with your face!"
Wu Chongyao took out a thick gift slip like a spring, held it high and held it in front of Luo Yaoguo like a treasure. The Guangzhou business community gave Chen Kai, Li Wenmao, and Gan Xian the apology of 500,000 yuan. If it was given to Luo Yaoguo, it would not be several times more than it would be!
Although Guangzhou's import and export volume is not as good as the "nova" city in Shanghai, in the eyes of other cities across the country, Guangzhou is an out of reach, rich man, and other cities are beyond the reach of Guangzhou's back.
In terms of the Guangzhou business community, headed by the Thirteen-owned businessmen, it has a deep family background. Compared with the Guangzhou business community, the upstarts in Shanghai are simply a slight witch. Hui merchants, Hu merchants, Dongtingshan people, and Yangzhou salt merchants have to be reluctant to take the lead in front of Guangzhou businessmen. Take Wu Chongyao, the leader of Guangzhou businessmen, for example, his family background is conservatively estimated to be no less than 20 million taels! The industry is not only spread across Guangdong, but also has investments in the United States and Nanyang, and it is a transnational chaebol.
However, if it were not for the great leaders of the great powers like Luo Yaoguo, no matter how rich Wu Chongyao was, he would be just a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. He might be fleece at any time and be scattered.
"Maria, I've collected it!"
Luo Yaoguo didn't even raise his eyelids, and asked Maria who followed him to collect the gift list. The kneeling figures in Guangzhou, black and white, eyes were straightened, staring at Maria, and muttered in his heart: This foreign woman is so beautiful!
"Get up." Luo Yaoguo waved his hand, as if the emperor had a general amnesty for the world.
Wu Chongyao, Zhang Jingxiu, Pan Shicheng, Yin Dazhang, Chen Kai, Li Wenmao, Gan agreed in unison as if he had discussed it. Then he stood up one after another.
"Ye Mingchen, where is Chongling?" Luo Yaoguo asked again.
Chen Kai quickly bowed and replied: "Back to King Wu, these two guys and the governor of the Tartars, Bai Gui, have been caught, and they are in the three prison carts." As he said that, he pointed to the three prison carts not far behind him like a tour guide pointing to the attractions.
Luo Yaoguo nodded and asked again: "I heard that Ye Mingchen is on a hunger strike. Is it true?"
When everyone heard this, they were wondering: Everyone knows this? His Highness, the King of Wu, is simply a living god who can calculate and calculate!
Chen Kai hurriedly said, "Your Highness of the King of Wu is indeed a clever idea. These two thieves and Chongling are on a hunger strike and want to escape Lingchi's punishment!"
"I can't escape!" Luo Yaoguo sneered, "The Geely is coming soon. They both have to take a boat north and they don't have time to starve to death! As for Bai Gui..."
When Luo Yaoguo talked to Chen Kai, Ye Mingchen, Chongling and Bai Gui were all listening with their ears. Ye Mingchen and Chongling knew that they were dead, so they could only pray in their hearts that they could starve to death soon and suffer less.
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Bai Gui is different. He still wants to live a life of silence. When Luo Yaoguo mentioned him, he immediately shouted in the prison car: "King Wu, please spare my life, the slave Bai Gui is willing to surrender!"
"He is willing to surrender, so let's keep him in Guangzhou first." Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "Although this corrupt bone is spineless, it may be of some use to keep it."
When Bai Gui heard this, he kowtowed hard in the prison car like a kowtower worm: "I thank my master for not killing you!"
Luo Yaoguo laughed, then turned his eyes to Wu Chongyao, Zhang Jingxiu, Pan Shicheng, Yin Dazhang, Chen Kai, Li Wenmao, Gan Xian and others, pointed to Maria beside him and asked, "She is a foreigner, can she enter Guangzhou?"
"Yes, of course!"
"Guangzhou is now the territory of His Highness the King of Wu. Whoever wants to enter will be able to enter!"
These top figures in Guangzhou dare not say "no" to Luo Yaoguo. In Guangzhou City now, they are determined to follow His Highness the King of Wu.
"Okay!" Luo Yaoguo nodded with satisfaction and announced loudly: "Now that Guangzhou will be open to the outside world from now on. Businessmen and visitors from all over the country can enter the city to trade and visit... Looking back, Ou will also open up the Guangzhou Special Zone. The system is like Shanghai, and it is open to the outside world. All countries are welcome to invest and trade!"
"His Royal Highness of the King of Wu is wise!"
The figures on the front of Guangzhou City below were rehearsed like they had been rehearsed, shouting in unison, and there was no one who sang the opposite tune.
"Very good!" Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "Lead ahead! I want to go to Guangzhou and have a good time!"
"yes!"
Chapter completed!