"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! The Chinese army in Annan defeated the French and barbarians, killing and capturing thousands of French soldiers! The number of Chinese casualties was only 700!"
The eleven or twelve-year-old newsboy was carrying a bulging backpack and was shouting loudly.
"Give me one, I want one too."......
The lively streets were crowded with people, and Chinese people who were constantly attracted by the shouts took out a few copper coins to buy a newspaper and read it.
"On June 27th, more than 10,000 French troops marched by land and water to attack the Chinese army. Drums and horns sounded, and flags were hidden. The land route was divided into three teams, and they marched up to Qingfang. They used several knotted cannons and flower cannons. Dozens of them were in the vanguard, followed by more than a thousand breech guns, and they surrounded the city of Hanoi. Their vigor surged like a tide, and they almost wanted to destroy them and attack the city.
Yan.
After hearing the report, Governor Mei ordered all the battalions not to move rashly, and to crouch behind the walls with their best soldiers to listen to the orders of the Chinese army. He personally led his best troops to station on the main road as a countermeasure.
After discovering that the French army was still separated by a few miles, the governor took off his saddle and bridle and sat on the ground. Generals Li Wencai, Chen Xinggui and others were waiting on the left and right with spearmen and swords on their backs. To the right of Hanoi City was the right camp, and to the left were the front camp and the left camp, both of which were equipped with horses and soldiers. Dun array garden array.
The French army advanced in three directions. Seeing that all the battalions were silent and there was no movement, they swarmed forward and fired guns and artillery.
The sound is like thunder, shaking the mountains.
While there was still no sound in the camp, the French army meandered across the bridge to the right and pounced on the right camp. When they reached the barrier, Governor Mei's army fired trumpet cannons.
General Pang Zhenyun and his warriors stood out and intercepted the French army. They fought fiercely for a long time. A group of French troops circled out of the formation and approached the right camp. When Pang saw the enemy approaching, he raised his arms and shouted.
The gates of the camp were thrown open, and the brave warriors of Fu bravely fought out from the guns and cannons. One was equal to ten..."
In the latest issue of the declaration, the front page headlines are full of reports about the Battle of Hanoi. However, in order to attract the attention of mainland people, the description of the war in Hanoi in the declaration is inevitably a bit exaggerated and exaggerated.
After carefully reading the contents of the newspaper, the Chinese business owner Zhu Baosan hurriedly called the servants around him and changed his route to visit Wu Tiaoqing, the head of the American and Chinese Bank.
Meihua Foreign Company is a trading company established in the name of a foreigner, but the actual person in charge is Wu Tiaoqing, the top intelligence and commercial director of the Han Dynasty stationed in the mainland.
"I'm here in a hurry. I'm inconvenient. Boss Wu, please forgive me."
Zhu Baosan entered the headquarters of Meihua Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. with a smile on his face.
"Boss Zhu is a distinguished guest of a foreign company. If you want to come over anytime, Mr. Wu will welcome you."
Wu Tiaoqing welcomed him into the living room with his hands, and asked, "Boss Zhu is busy with work. What do you mean when you come to Meihua Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. today?"
"Haha, this is not to say that the Chinese army made great fortunes with the French in Annan, and the Han Kingdom in South America and the French made peace and signed a trade agreement.
Zhu was thinking that Huamei Yangxing Company had a fleet that specialized in sailing to South America and the Far East. Now that France and Han have restored peace, wouldn't the South American printed fabrics that Zhu was interested in earlier be able to be shipped to Shanghai again? So I couldn’t wait any longer and made a special trip to visit Boss Wu, hoping to get some information from Boss Wu.”
"Brother Zhu has a unique vision. No wonder he was able to build a big business in Shanghai."
Wu Tiaoqing chuckled and continued, "Brother Wu expected it well. On July 3rd, Han and France signed a replacement agreement, and on the 6th, a fleet carrying gray fabrics, printed fabrics, and printing machines set off. It is expected to arrive at the end of August. Suburbs of Shanghai.”
"Haha, then Zhu made an agreement with Boss Wu first, 8,000 pieces of gray fabrics and 5,000 pieces of printed fabrics. The prices will be calculated according to the old rules. If the quantity of gray fabrics in the printing and dyeing factory is not enough by then, he will come to Boss Wu to purchase the goods."
"It's easy to talk about gray cloth, but the printed cloth produced in Han in South America is very popular. Are you afraid that you can't sell 5,000 pieces to Boss Zhu?"
"Why is this?"
"Recently, several printing and dyeing technologies have been invented locally in Han, which has reduced the cost of dyes and printing and dyeing by 20 to 30%. Moreover, the finished fabrics produced using new dyes and printing and dyeing technologies have bright colors, excellent quality, and the overall price is 20% lower than before.
The cost is about 10%, but the quality of the floral cloth is much better than that of the same kind of cloth. Many customers in South America, Southeast Asia, Jiangnan, Fujian and Zhejiang are queuing up to order new floral cloths. Most of the first batch of floral cloths shipped to the Far East are
We already have a buyer in advance, so based on past friendships, I can only give Brother Zhu three thousand pieces of floral cloth at most, but I can't get any more."
"Three thousand pieces of floral cloth will do. For the shortfall, Zhu will think of ways to deal with it elsewhere."......
After sending Zhu Baosan away, Wu Tiaoqing summoned a company employee and ordered, "Inform Mr. Kirby and ask him to take out 6,000 pieces of floral cloth from the warehouse and deliver them to the trading house under Hu Xueyan's name for use."
"Yes, little one, let's do it right now."
Huamei Foreign Company was the commercial base of Han Dynasty in the mainland. Not only industrial products such as gray cloth and calico, but also arms and supplies such as muskets, artillery, machine guns, ammunition, etc. It also accumulated a considerable amount of shares through maritime smuggling and other channels.
Local officials in the mainland made large profits through large-scale Westernization and industrial development, and certain advantageous industrial products of the Han Dynasty also secretly conveyed benefits to local officials through normal transactions on the surface, thereby building up the Han Dynasty.
Military, intelligence, and economic networks on the mainland.
Hu Xueyan was the money bag of Zuo Zongtang, the governor of the two provinces and the minister of commerce in the south of the Yangtze River. Being connected with him would help expand the sales of Han products in the south. For this reason, Wu Tiaoqing rejected many powerful Chinese businessmen and merchants.
The Chinese compradors gave priority to providing the hoarded supplies to businessmen related to official officials such as Hu Xueyan.
The war in Annan ceased, and Han's power in Nanyang further shrank. Two years later, in accordance with the agreement with the French, the Nanyang Army and the Chinese armed forces all withdrew from Annan. By then, Han's power in Nanyang was only Natu.
The Na Islands and Anambas Islands have a total area of 2,800 square kilometers. As for Songkhla and Lanfang, they can only secretly dispatch personnel to control the local real power. It is difficult to compare with the grand deployment of nearly 10,000 troops during the Annan period.
Compared with the shrinkage of Han's power in Nanyang, through the propaganda of newspapers set up by Westerners in the concessions such as Shenbao and Wanguo Gongbao, the Battle of Hanoi and Han's deeds in South America were gradually publicized by more and more people.
As you know, especially during the Annan War, newspapers run by foreigners rushed to report on the progress of the war. Talking about the Annan War became a common trend in the ten-mile foreign field.
Newspapers run by foreigners such as Shenbao and Wanguo Gongbao were not afraid of the threat of the Manchu government. Their reporting content was mainly to attract readers' attention. Of course, the Han forces, headed by gorgeous foreigners, continued to pay advertising and sponsorship fees to promote publicity.
Han industrial and commercial products and South American customs are also a major factor in promoting the spread of Han influence in the mainland.
Intelligence work was not easy to do. In order to avoid the threat of arrest by the Manchu and Qing government, Wu Tiaoqing deployed all his main personnel in various concessions. However, in certain circumstances, he had to take huge risks to escape the Manchu and Qing government.
Acting under the nose of the government.
"His Royal Highness Zhong Er, Li Rongfa, the second son of King Wu (Li Xiucheng, who was posthumously named King of Wu by the protagonist), lives in seclusion in Jiangxi. He got in touch with our people four months ago. Now our people have escorted His Highness Zhong Er to Fuzhou and we need to send someone to respond."
Wu Tiaoqing was sitting in a hidden room and told a young Chinese, "Captain Wang, take your people, disguise yourself as a bodyguard merchant gang, and go to Fuzhou to wait to meet them."
"How do we get in touch with them?"
Wang Shizhen asked.
"There are some of our people in Fuzhou Green Camp, and someone will take the initiative to contact you when the time comes."
