After leaving Haiyun Tower, several people walked around the street three times and two times to make sure no one was following them, and then returned to their residence.
With all the commotion just now, I can't walk around the city for the time being. This kind of thing is likely to spread, and the government is likely to learn about it soon. This risks exposing the whereabouts of myself and others.
In fact, I just want to keep a low profile and don't want to cause things like today. However, what can I do if I encounter such a situation? Can't I pretend not to see these foreign devils bullying people?
Zhang Yanling had never thought that the two foreign devils were bullying others so much and were so arrogant and domineering in the land of the Ming Dynasty.
They are lucky that they did not kill two foreign devils today. The main consideration is that once they kill them, things will definitely be difficult to end. Once people are killed, things will not calm down so easily. This is not good for subsequent secret investigations.
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I had no choice but to use a firearm today, which actually exposed some information. However, except for the two sailors from the Franco Kingdom, no one present knew how advanced the firearm was.
I forced two French sailors to drink urine. In addition to punishing them, my other purpose was to prevent them from publicizing the matter. Most people would definitely keep silent about such an extremely humiliating scandal. I guess
If these two guys didn't say a word about it after they went back, they would just treat it like they were dumb.
It is the people in Haiyun Tower who have to worry. If they are smart, they will keep silent about this matter. Then the impact of this matter can be reduced to a minimum.
However, I did learn a lot of useful information in Haiyun Tower today. From the mouths of the women in the brothel, Zhang Yanling at least learned a few key pieces of information.
One is that the ships from the Folangji Kingdom did not come to Tuen Mun recently. According to the women, they came two or three years ago. They also drove away the Japanese pirates along the coast of Guangzhou Prefecture at sea.
, which facilitates the entry and exit of merchant ships from the Flemish Kingdom. They have been stationed in Tuen Mun regularly since last year.
This is completely different from the information Zhang Yanling knew.
Before coming, Zhu Houzhao made it clear that the Chief Secretary of Guangdong and Guangxi reported to the court that the people of Folangji used merchant ships to dock at Tuen Mun for supplies, but the Nanhai Guard Navy failed to drive them away. The time of the report was in March and April.
In other words, the time for the Chief Secretary of Guangdong and Guangxi to report to the court was delayed by one or two years. Shouldn't this matter have been reported to the imperial court after the ship from the Fo Langji Kingdom arrived in Tuen Mun two years ago? Why did it take so long for the report to be reported to the court?
Also, the time of the memorial is also very strange. In March and April, it was the time when King Anhua rebelled. The court focused its attention on countering the rebellion. At this time, the memorial was thousands of miles away in the south.
The news of the arrival of the French people on the shores of the South China Sea was obviously not taken seriously by the court. What's more, the other party used the excuse of using Tuen Mun to dock for supplies. It did not emphasize that the French ships had occupied Tuen Mun.
Things to do.
This choice of timing and wording is quite thought-provoking. It gave Zhang Yanling the impression that someone was deliberately doing this to downplay the actions of the Franco Kingdom in the Guangzhou area.
The second is that the Franco Kingdom has obviously reached a certain tacit understanding with the local government. In addition to the fact that people can go ashore to eat, drink and have fun at will, the whereabouts of the French goods on the merchant ships that arrive every month is also a mystery.
The woman named Tian Tian seemed to know something, but was stopped by others.
Who is the man she calls Master Lu?
Do overseas goods have anything to do with Mr. Lu?
There is no large amount of overseas goods sold in the city. Is this related to Mr. Lu?
Is Mr. Lu an official or a businessman? What is his connection with the people of Folangji?
Also, I originally wanted to ask about the missing people in the city, but unfortunately I was distracted by those two white-skinned pigs. I had to leave Haiyun Tower as soon as possible. I heard that the missing people happened only in the past year or so.
thing, but is it related to the arrival of people from the Fo Lang Ji Kingdom in Tuen Mun?
The more he knew, the thicker the fog in Zhang Yanling's mind became. Everything was flickering in and out of the fog, and it seemed that his true appearance was about to be revealed, but he didn't seem to know the clues at all.
But some things are certain. There must be some secrets here in Guangzhou Prefecture that the court does not know. There must be some kind of tacit understanding between the local officials of Franji State and Guangzhou Prefecture. This involves huge interests and human lives. And the people here are not
Dare to talk about these things casually, which shows that an invisible net covers this place, which has a great sense of oppression on them.
All this confused Zhang Yanling, but also aroused his curiosity to find out the truth. He decided to find out the truth.
When it got dark, Chen Shiyi and others who went to Zhujiang Wharf outside the city to inspect and track the goods had not returned yet. This made Zhang Yanling a little worried.
However, considering that Chen Shiyi and others are highly skilled in martial arts, we are not afraid of any accidents happening to them.
However, as time went by, Zhang Yanling couldn't sit still. In the middle of the night, the third watch had passed, and Chen Shiyi and others had not returned yet. Zhang Yanling felt that something was wrong. She began to wonder if something had happened. Chen Shiyi
1. Did they encounter any trouble?
However, Zhang Yanling could do nothing. He could not make any decision except waiting in the house. He had nowhere to go in the middle of the night. The city gate should have been closed, and it was impossible for him to go out and show off in the middle of the night. Fortunately,
I sent someone out to take a look at the situation in the nearby streets. It was very quiet in the city and nothing unusual happened, which made Zhang Yanling feel a little more at ease.
Finally, at dawn, Chen Shiyi and others returned to the small rented courtyard. Zhang Yanling was lying on the bed undressed. Hearing the sound of Chen Shiyi and others returning, he hurriedly got up and went to the main room.
When Chen Shi saw Zhang Yanling, he hurriedly raised his hands and saluted, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.
"What's going on? What happened?" Zhang Yanling asked loudly, frowning.
"Master Hou, don't worry, hey, it's really lucky. I found important clues in my humble position." Chen Shi said.
"Oh?" The complaints in Zhang Yanling's heart were immediately cleared.
I was originally going to reprimand him for returning home late and not sending someone back to report the news in advance, but when he heard Chen Shiyi say that important clues had been found, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"What clue?" Zhang Yanling asked.
Chen Shi sneezed continuously and became extremely embarrassed.
"Please let me have a sip of hot tea. It's actually so cold at night in the autumn in the south," Chen Shi said.
Zhang Yanling hurriedly ordered the hot tea to be served, and Chen Shiyi took a few sips before heaving a sigh of relief.
"Master Marquis, it's really luck. I was ordered to stare at the unloaded cargo at the Pearl River Pier, but found nothing all day long. Those cargoes were all ordinary rice, grains, vegetables and ordinary goods, and they were all shipped to the city.
Daily necessities. The sun has set, and I haven’t gotten any clues." Chen Shiyi stopped and took a sip of tea.
"We were preparing to return to the city, but we were unwilling to do so. We thought that since it was a secret matter, we might not do it in broad daylight. So we decided to wait and come back until the second watch. Anyway, it's only halfway through the second watch here.
Close the city gate. I didn’t expect the second watch to arrive.
But there was still no movement. When we were planning to enter the city, we saw several large ships coming to the pier. A bunch of ships came in the middle of the night. I thought it was very strange, so I went to investigate with my brothers. What do you think?
"Chen Shiyi glared.
Zhang Yanling was ecstatic in her heart and said in a deep voice: "Is it a merchant ship from China?"