It made the yamen seem like lackeys of foreigners. I feel suffocated just thinking about it!
Fortunately, Lei Hu had not thought about continuing to imprison the foreign sailors. The day after receiving the secret message from the Yamen, he found an excuse to send these guys directly to the dock and let them go.
But the scene that happened next was completely unexpected.
The bruises on their bodies and faces had completely disappeared under the treatment of the past few days. The foreign sailors did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they grabbed the boy from Zhongyi Hall who was escorting them, and they chattered for a while without knowing what he was talking about.
The boys from Zhongyi Hall who were in charge of the escort were so annoyed that they didn't guess the idea for a long time. If they didn't have to fight in full public view, they would have wanted to inflict more scars on these foreigners.
"A bunch of brainless guys, these foreigners want Bao Zhilin's ointment!"
Lei Hu really couldn't stand it, so he angrily scolded his subordinates. He took out a crudely packaged ointment from his arms and waved it at a group of anxious foreign sailors.
Sure enough, the foreign sailor who had been pestering Zhongyi Tang's boy before, his eyes were shining, he was nodding his head, he was dancing and he didn't know what he wanted to say?
hey-hey……
Smiling secretly in his heart, he took out a piece of silver worth three ounces from his pocket, and in one hand he had silver in one hand and in another hand ointment. He made an exchange gesture and raised his eyes to indicate to the foreign sailor whether he understood.
With such an obvious gesture, the foreign sailor naturally understood and nodded repeatedly, danced and said some unknown bird song.
Seeing Lei Hu smiling lightly and saying nothing, the foreign sailor who was pushed out suddenly broke out in a layer of sweat on his forehead. After a while, he suddenly slapped his forehead and hurriedly asked several companions to return to the ship docked at the berth and retrieve the small bag without knowing it.
Which country's silver coins were traded with Lei Hu?
"These boxes of ointment are yours!"
Lei Hu smiled softly, took out a few more boxes of ointment from his arms, and threw all the ointments he took out before, causing the foreign sailors opposite to be in a panic.
These sailors were sincere. After taking the ointment, they hurriedly threw the money bags in their hands and happily returned to the ship with the French flag flying.
Hey, I hope these guys live long enough so that Bao Zhilin's various plasters for treating trauma can be exported.
Weighing the heavy purse in his hand, Lei Hu showed a happy smile on his face and waved his hand to greet his subordinates to leave the dock.
As for the French ships that were always docked at the pier, he didn't even bother to take a second look.
No matter what the other party had in mind, they couldn't stay in Chancheng for long anyway. Without sufficient water and food supplies, no matter how hard the French merchant ship owner tried, it would be difficult to affect Lei Hu in the slightest.
Next, we are waiting for the French captain's revenge. I hope their methods will not be too rough, otherwise Lei Hu will be disappointed.
Anyway, he would not give the French an excuse. The bruises on the faces of those foreign sailors had all disappeared. It would be a dream to find excuses from them.
As expected, the French merchant ship that had been docked at Chancheng Pier left Chancheng that afternoon after welcoming back the captured sailors. There was no trouble as expected by outsiders.
Some forces and people who wished for the misfortune of Zhongyi Tang and Lei Hu were naturally very dissatisfied with the result, but there was no movement from the foreigners, and they were helpless even if they wanted to play tricks.
"Hey, I'm afraid some guys are going to be disappointed!"
Lei Hu returned directly to the entrance of the hall. Qin Bao had been waiting for a long time and couldn't help but sarcastically said.
"Haha, if you want to use foreigners to deal with Zhongyi Tang, I won't give others a chance!"
Lei Hu shook his head, looked around and asked with a smile: "Where are the leaders, are they still saying weird things?"
Offending foreigners and arresting about twenty foreign sailors was a big or small matter. It caused quite a stir within the Zhongyi Hall in the past few days, and several petty bosses said strange things to express their dissatisfaction.
"Why bother with them?"
Qin Bao's eyes widened and he said angrily: "They heard that Ahu, you sent the foreigners safely to the ship, and there was no accident in the process. They all had the nerve to stay in the hall. They all ran away before you came!" "
He became angry when he talked about this. Lei Hu was the leader of Zhongyi Hall and Qin Bao's staunchest supporter. How could he allow his subordinates to make irresponsible remarks?
If Lei Hu hadn't wanted to cause conflicts within the hall, Qin Bao would have had to straighten out the order inside the hall this time. After only a few good days, it's hard to imagine how high the sky is.
Anyway, he has shown absolute support for Lei Hu from beginning to end, and this is enough.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Brother Bao still needs your full support for the next thing!"
After waving his hand, Lei Hu did not continue the previous topic. They were just a bunch of small characters who were unwilling to stand aside, and he didn't take it to heart at all.
Right now, he has more important things to do, and it is time to start a plan to develop financial resources to maintain the militia.
In the past few days, Huang Feihong had been supporting the basic expenses of maintaining the vigilante group. Even a fool could see that he was about to be unable to support it.
Lin Shirong mentioned it to Lei Hu in private yesterday. Huang Feihong's face was quite solemn. Huang Qiying simply ran out to meet friends, out of sight and out of mind.
After allowing Huang Feihong to experience how hard-earned money is and how it feels to stump a heroic man with just a penny, Lei Hu feels that the time has come and cannot delay it any longer.
That is to say, the foreigners' affairs were somewhat troublesome before, and everyone knew that he had to go all out. Now that the foreigners' affairs were apparently resolved, they naturally had to start dealing with the militia's troubles.
"Don't worry, Ah Hu. I have about 30,000 taels of silver accumulated in the hall. You can take it out whenever you want!"
Qin Bao was so arrogant that he gave up all the rights to use the Tangkou's working capital with a wave of his hand.
He could see clearly that Lei Hu was very capable of making money. Zhongyi Hall was able to not only make a good life for more than 300 of his subordinates in such a short period of time, but also save a large amount of money. These were Lei Hu's suggestions. merit.
As long as Lei Hu still stays in the hall and wholeheartedly supports him as the boss of the hall, it doesn't matter even if the thirty thousand taels of silver accumulated by the hall are used up, it won't take long for him to earn it back again.
"Then I'm not welcome!"
Lei Hu did not say any words of gratitude, and he would never refuse Qin Bao if he was useful in the future.
Of course, he did not need 30,000 taels of silver to develop financial resources. He only took 5,000 taels as starting capital. Soon, a large-scale Tiger Escort Agency opened on the most prosperous street in Chancheng.
On the first day of business, the escort agency came to help the government escort official silver to Huacheng, the provincial capital...