"Zhai, what is Zhai?" Governor Yang asked inexplicably while sitting in the luxurious living room of the Nautilus, enjoying the coolness of the air conditioner.
Of course he would not go to the hot and humid Governor's Office to work in such a hot summer. The place looked full of decay. Before the Fuzhou Power Plant was built and provided electricity to the city, the yacht was his Governor's Office.
Just now, the British Consul General in Fuzhou came over in a hurry and told him that a group of Zhaijiao bandits were preparing to attack Gutian County. It is said that swords and spears are now ready. A group of British people with a sense of justice are summering near Gutian.
The missionary risked his life to inform us, hoping that the Governor could make preparations in advance.
"Zhaijiao should be considered a very old sect, and it has some connection with the White Lotus Sect. The leader of Gutian Zhaijiao is Liu Xiangxing. In recent years, he has claimed that eating fast, chanting Buddhism and following his religion can give up opium. Therefore, it is very popular among the people. Followers
It is said that more than 3,000 people occupied a high mountain called Kunshanji to fight against the government. To put it bluntly, they are half bandits and half religion. It is very common for them to make troubles. They are just inciting people to resist rent and taxes. There is nothing to make a fuss about. To say that they can
It would be a complete joke to hit Gutian County.
It is estimated that those missionaries wanted to kill people with a borrowed knife. Their missionary work in Gutian was not going smoothly because of the obstacle of Zhaijiao. Although the two sides did not have any conflicts, it was very common for them to stumble against each other." Xue Fucheng said very well.
Said nonchalantly.
In this case, Yang Feng didn't take it seriously and just asked Song Qing to arrange a battalion to suppress it. Now that he had so many big things to deal with, how could he still be in the mood to care about these trivial matters? In fact, the three provinces under his jurisdiction
He rarely interfered with government affairs, leaving it all to Xue Fucheng. If the British consul hadn't asked him about this matter today, he probably wouldn't have even bothered to ask.
Japan and Russia were still fighting bloody battles in northern Japan. After receiving support from Yamagata Aritomo, Oyama Iwa finally stopped the Russians in Morioka. The two sides fought bloody battles around this ancient city. Although
The current Japanese troops on the front line are all elites who have experienced the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, but after all, their strength is limited, and because the two main arsenals that can produce modern artillery were destroyed by Yang Feng, there is a serious shortage of artillery, and their opponents are compared with the Qing army.
They are not at the same level at all, so the Japanese army is fighting very hard. So far, there have been over 10,000 casualties in Morioka alone.
The Russians suffered no less casualties than them, but it was obvious that Nikolai did not care about the casualties of the gray cattle. Another hundred thousand people had arrived in Vladivostok, and they probably did not know where to prepare to land on the coast of Japan. This country's tragedy
The reason is that their coastline is too vast. As long as there is no navy, the enemy can do whatever they want with them.
As for Ito Hiroshi and his combined fleet, they attacked the Russian transportation lines several times and sank two cargo ships. Unfortunately, they were also targeted by the Russian Far East Fleet. The poor Hashidate was captured by Alexander II.
The No. 1 was directly bombarded to pieces with six 305 guns. Ito Heyou and the remaining warships fought hard to escape. Now they are hiding in Wu Port and dare not go out. The Russian army's two battleships and ten
The cruisers were blocked outside Xiaguan, and even the city of Xiaguan was bombarded.
The Germans' reception of Minami Kyushu was also not smooth. The little black men of Satsuma Domain were too difficult to deal with. Although their equipment was poor, they were better than they were familiar with the terrain, especially that place with dense mountains and forests. They very wisely abandoned the city.
After that, these warriors full of hatred for the invaders would jump out of the mountains and forests every day and launch attacks of varying sizes, which almost made the fox's head grow bigger. Although they did not cause too many casualties to the German army, it always continued like this.
How else are they going to build bases?
"Yang, His Excellency the Count hopes to purchase a batch of flamethrowers and poison gas bombs from you. We have consulted Bofors Company, and they said that these two weapons must have your approval before they can be sold." Tirpitz drank.
Chilled wine said.
This time he took the fleet to Mawei for maintenance. Although Li Hongzhang was also willing to provide them with similar services, it was obvious that the Germans believed in Yang Feng more.
"There is no problem with this. It's just a trivial matter. There is still a batch of inventory in Dadog Port. I won't be able to use it for the time being anyway. You can just send a ship to load it yourself. If you need direct military help, just ask." Yang
Boss Fengda said very generously that all European countries, including Germany, wanted to buy this product, but they had to buy it together with the production technology. The product was being priced on the grounds of benevolence.
"Yang, His Majesty the Emperor heard that you are planning to build a large naval base in Dinghai and expand the shipyard in Mawei. You want me to tell you that if you need help, the German government will be happy to help." Tirpitz said, following
The cooperation with Yang Feng is very pleasant. Since Yang Feng wants to engage in construction, William naturally doesn't mind taking this opportunity to get closer to Yang Feng.
In fact, this guy's wolfish ambitions have already been revealed by this time. If the outside world has not seen his greed for his motherland by now, then the European politicians will be too slow to react.
All parties have mixed feelings about this. The good news is that if Yang Feng wins the world of China, they can face a civilized country that meets Western standards. The bad news is that judging from this guy's character, this country is likely to be extremely
Very aggressive.
But the easiest one among them is Germany. They have nothing to worry about in Asia. Even if China becomes extremely aggressive in the future, it will not be able to attack them. Therefore, William very much hopes that there will be another rising source of trouble in Asia.
Here comes the shit stick.
"Of course you are welcome. I admire your country's fortress construction very much. Let's do this. I will let JY Company contact your country as soon as possible in Europe." Yang Feng said with a smile. Of course he would welcome anyone who is willing to help.
The two were talking! Suddenly, a sailor from outside came in and reported that Lord Song Qing was asking for an audience. Old Song is the governor of Fujian, and now he basically acts as the chief of the police, responsible for maintaining law and order, arresting bandits, etc.
, anyway, he can't do anything else at his current age, he just spends his remaining years in Fuzhou with a memorial tablet.
"What's wrong, General Zhu San?" Yang Feng saw that he looked wrong and asked somewhat doubtfully.
Song Qing hesitated for a moment. Although he knew Tirpitz, he still didn't know whether he should say the next thing.
Tirpitz said hello tactfully and went out.
"Sir, the religious bandits in Gutian made trouble. Before our reinforcements arrived, they attacked Huashan and killed more than a dozen foreigners who were summering there." Old Song said quickly with a nervous look on his face. This is a lesson plan.
I know that as long as it is a lesson plan these years, it will be no good.
"Huh? Didn't they attack Gutian County? Why did they attack the missionaries?" Yang Feng said in shock.
"The county town where I was beaten was said to have gathered a few hundred people at the beginning, but unfortunately the number of people became smaller and smaller as we went, and in the end there were only a few dozen people left. I guess I also felt that beating the county town was too much of a joke, so I just went back to the mountain and was unwilling to do so.
, just go to the foreigners to get some, and you will have a good meal when you go back." Song Qing said.
"That's it. Then notify the local government. When our reinforcements arrive, we can work together to break down their stronghold, and then arrest the leader and sentence him how he wants. We must not condone this disorderly people turning into bandits." Yang
Feng said nonchalantly.
"Sir, this is a lesson plan. Things involving foreigners are very difficult to handle!" Song Qing reminded him quickly when he saw that he had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.
"What's so difficult? Which foreigner dares to come here and act wild? Wouldn't it just kill a few missionaries? I'll just ask the Pope to praise them for their sacrifices in spreading the gospel of the Lord. Ah, no, they
It’s from the Anglican Church and it has nothing to do with the Pope. Forget it, I’ll go to the Archbishop of Canterbury to express my humility, and the old guy will still have to give it to me.” Yang Feng said with a smile.
Song Qing also realized that he was just worrying about it. Teaching plans were a big deal in other places, but they were not worth mentioning here in Yang Feng. To put it bluntly, those teaching plans were blackmailed by foreigners, but damn
Which foreigner dares to blackmail this uncle?
However, what Yang Feng didn't expect was that the Gutian Mission Case would cause him quite a lot of trouble.
There were no surprises in the work of suppressing the bandits. A battalion of the New Army, armed to the teeth, drove over and fired a volley of guns without even firing their cannons. The bandits dispersed and the dozens of people who participated in the attack on Huashan were all captured alive.
, and then under the order of Yang Feng, he was sent to Fuzhou for personal interrogation, just in time to let him pass the hiding place of the old man Qingtian.
Moreover, he also wanted to use this to introduce a modern judicial system, with himself acting as the chief judge. He found a nondescript wig and put on it, assigned lawyers to the bandits, found a group of local gentry in Fuzhou to serve as a jury, and also brought together people from all over the world.
The consul in Fuzhou invited him to come over and observe. As for the things in the yamen, he threw them aside. Of course, the laws followed were still Chinese laws. His lawyers even had to do a surprise study of Chinese laws. In fact, there is no such thing.
There is nothing to study. Murder must be punished with life. It is a matter of course that for rebellion and rebellion, death is not a pity. But even so, different penalties are still imposed according to the degree of crime. Among them, seven are hanged, and the remaining 20 or so range from life to life, and there are
Exiled and so on, Yang Feng considered himself very fair anyway.
Including the British, they don't have any objections. Of course, they don't dare to have any objections. Yang Feng is willing to do these things and has already given them enough face. If he does other things to make Yang Feng angry, I'm afraid it's not as simple as not giving them face.
Already.
However, what surprised Yang Feng was that it was this interrogation method that got him into big trouble.