Chapter 95 Eighty thousand grains of silver to buy peace
When it comes to understanding the nature of foreigners, although Lei Hu has not experienced it personally, he is no worse than any Chinese of this era, and is even more profound.
Since the admiral mentioned that foreigners might not follow the rules, he didn't mind talking about it.
To be honest, in the early days of cleaning up the docks, Lei Hu did have a lot of bad fights with foreigners. He fought secretly and used ruthless acts. He killed no less than ten foreigners with his own hands. They were all ruthless villains of foreign businessmen.
Lei Hu told the admiral and his close confidants about the bloody and cruel battle with the foreigners at that time with a smile. The danger, cruelty and bloody cruelty of the battle shocked the admiral to the point of chilling, and his eyes changed when he looked at Lei Hu.
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What a cruel person!
Lei Hu's smiling face made him the epitome of a smiling tiger in the admiral's eyes. If it weren't for his pride, he wouldn't want to stay with Lei Hu.
But when General Lei Hu was attacked by the Americans yesterday and even drew his gun, the admiral couldn't bear it anymore, and asked coldly with a livid face, "Is this true?"
"It happened right in front of the theater. If you don't believe me, can you send someone to ask?"
Lei Hu spoke seriously and solemnly said: "Sir, there must be strong suppression by the militia here at the dock, otherwise the fun will really be over, and those daring foreigners may do something!"
"Do you have the guts to target those Americans?"
The admiral rolled his eyes and answered the question with dissatisfaction: "If the militia cannot show a tough attitude that can scare foreigners, it is impossible for me to let it go!"
This is what I've been waiting for!
With joy in his heart, Lei Hu laughed and said, "Haha, sir, you are too worried. Those Americans are going to kill me, how can I make it easier for them?"
"What, how are you going to target them?"
The admiral became interested and asked curiously, "Are you trying to trick me?"
"Don't dare!"
Lei Hu smiled confidently; "If you don't believe me, you can go to the militia camp with me and you will know how I make those American guys look good!"
good!
When the admiral saw a dozen Americans being trained hard by the young men of the militia in the militia camp, as tired as dogs but not daring to rest for a moment, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction and look at Lei Hu.
It has also become much softer.
This guy is really not an easy man, and he is not merciless at all when he teaches foreigners a lesson. He is very satisfied and likes this situation.
At this time, the admiral's mentality had changed dramatically, and Lei Hu's persuasion had an effect.
Mainly, what the Admiral saw and heard made him clearly realize that the militia did play a pillar role in stabilizing the situation in Chancheng. Once it was disbanded or seriously weakened, it would have a major impact on the situation in Chancheng.
If that's the case alone, it would be extremely difficult for him to change his mind.
Fortunately, the vigilante group was very effective in deterring foreigners in the Chancheng area, which made him shake his mind. Once he targeted the vigilante group, it would not only cause local unrest, but also allow the foreigners to take advantage.
From the plot of Huang Feihong's first movie, we can see that although the admiral sent by the imperial court never forgets to target the militia, he himself has no conscience. He has some sincerity in his heart for the people and the imperial court. Now we see that the militia are so hostile to Chancheng.
Importantly, he really doesn't want to continue to suppress him.
The key point is that the purpose of Lei Hu taking him to the pier was not only to see the prosperity of the pier, the tough posture of the militia, but also to show off his muscles that were not well hidden.
The effect is quite obvious!
At least when the admiral considers targeting the militia at this time, he has to take Lei Hu's strength into consideration and consider the possible benefits and risks.
The result is naturally very obvious, and the benefits and risks are completely disproportionate.
The imperial court sent him here just to suppress the militia. With his status and official position, the effect is almost the same if he does good or bad. It is not easy to go one step further and become a governor-level feudal state.
On the contrary, once Keyi targets the Chancheng militia, it will immediately cause local unrest, and there will be fierce revenge from ruthless people like Lei Hu, and even one person's life may be lost if he does not do well.
Next, the information Lei Hu inadvertently revealed became the straw that broke the camel's back.
It turns out that the militia, or Lei Hu, had already made preparations. If the admiral pushed too hard, the militia would simply leave the Qing Dynasty and rush to Nanyang.
With the fighting power of the militia, it is not difficult at all to become famous and prosperous.
But this made the admiral suddenly realize that even if he succeeded in forcing the militia away, the harm to the militia itself would not be great.
Even if he strictly orders the disbandment of the militia, it will have no effect. Instead of going through such a thankless effort, why should he go through all the trouble and make everyone unhappy?
Of course, the most important thing is that when the admiral was in the militia camp, the militia youth showed him their powerful firearms combat capabilities, and the power of the volley of muskets almost scared him to the point of peeing.
"Where did the militia get so many muskets?"
He couldn't wait to leave the dangerous place where the militia was stationed. On the way, the admiral gritted his teeth and asked Lei Hu.
"There are many foreigners at Chancheng Wharf, and many of them are arms dealers!"
Lei Hu smiled slightly and said leisurely: "How about it, sir, have you thought about it?"
It can be seen that the admiral's mind has been shaken. He doesn't mind pushing it again. Except for a few officials in the Qing Dynasty, almost all the others can be settled with money.
If there is an imbalance for a while, it's not that the other party's moral integrity is too high, but that you have too little money.
"How much benefit can you give me?"
Obviously, after changing his mind, the admiral immediately became my standard model for officials in the Qing Dynasty. As long as there is money, everything is easy.
"Fifty thousand taels!"
Lei Hu's generosity is not small. The admiral can only stay in Chancheng for a short time, no more than a month and a half at most. He can earn 50,000 taels in such a short time. This kind of generosity is not small.
"Too little!"
Unfortunately, the admiral's appetite is greater than expected, and of course his reasons are very good: "It's okay for me to turn a blind eye to the militia, but then I will be under tremendous pressure from the court, and it won't be possible if I don't have enough money.
It also takes a lot of time to supervise and supervise things!"
"One price is eighty thousand taels!"
Lei Hu didn't even think about raising the price directly. He ignored the admiral's unabashed greed and said coldly: "Zhongyi Hall can only spend so much money in the short term. If it's more, I won't be able to make the decision!"
Naturally, the admiral didn't believe this.
However, the sealing fee of 80,000 taels of silver was already beyond his expectations. Seeing Lei Hu's serious face, he didn't bother to continue bargaining, and just nodded and agreed, with a proud smile on his face...