The reason why such a bizarre phenomenon occurs is due to the current abnormal environment in China. The foundation of the Qing Dynasty's rule has been corrupted by the Taiping Rebellion. After the invasion of the West, a large number of knowledgeable people were also very angry and only thought of serving the country.
No way.
As for the imperial court, haha, everyone can see what kind of junk it is!
However, what the Qiao family did this time seemed to open a new door for them.
What patriots see from this is: It turns out that we can serve our country without going through the court!
What people who are good at fame see from this is: It turns out that I can still increase my reputation in this way.
What the rich see from this is: It turns out that money can still be used to make money.
What careerists see from this is: It turns out that money can be transformed into fame and force in this way!
But Uncle Qiao, who was in the center of the whirlpool, had the deepest experience:
After the news came, Qiao's bank in Shanghai exploded!
In order to support the expeditionary force, even the old man who wore leather shoes came to the "Dadetong" ticket account established by Qiao's family to deposit money. He himself even received a flurry of invitations from important people who originally needed to make an appointment but might not be able to meet him.
, and posted it directly.
Not only that, the Li family, who had been frequently stumbling against him in the mall recently, actually backed away from him, saying that they admired the Qiao family's loyalty and did not dare to entangle any more.
But the uncle of the Qiao family knows one thing very well. If these bastards from the Li family were loyal, they wouldn't have forced seven people to death just to irrigate three acres of land last year. They were afraid!
If the Qiao family could hire Russians to loot Nagasaki, Japan, then of course they can hire Russians to loot their entire family!
Uncle Qiao immediately realized keenly that he had to continue doing this kind of business even if he lost money, not to mention that his family had already made a lot of money before the dust had settled.
Therefore, out of the acumen of a businessman, Uncle Qiao began to instinctively absorb those who came closer, and of course there were resources - everyone formed a group to keep warm, sharing resources, and even more power.
It expands like a snowball, and of course it feels like the road is getting wider and wider as you go.
Of course he didn't know that this was the prototype of the consortium! Once a monster like the consortium takes shape, how terrifying will the power it unleashes in the face of obstacles ahead be!
***
Three days later,
Watching another huge warship slowly start up and leave the dock loaded with things looted from Nagasaki Port, Fang Linyan showed a smile on his face, and then looked at Zheng Xianren next to him.
"I'm sorry... I really can't wait any longer. The safe time here in Nagasaki is running out. The combined fleet will appear on the sea outside Nagasaki Port in at most fifteen hours.
,What plans does the Zheng family have here?"
Zheng Xianren, standing next to Fang Linyan, smiled brightly, and of course he was also very high-spirited:
"Being able to hold Nagasaki in your hands and possess it for a few days like a slut is the pinnacle that the Zheng family has reached in these 153 years! Next, we are going to negotiate with Japan.
.”
"Negotiation?" After considering many aspects, Fang Linyan did not expect to hear such two words.
Zheng Xianren has a confident approach:
"Of course, we are a group of businessmen, and the essence of businessmen is to pursue profits. Now that we have enough chips in our hands, of course we can negotiate a deal with the Japanese government----Of course
, we will use spokespersons.”
"etc!
"Fang Linyan is also a sharp-minded person, and then he took a breath of cold air and said: "Do you plan to use the entire Nagasaki as a bargaining chip? Are you crazy?"
Zheng Xianren burst out laughing, even to the point of crying:
"good!
When the Chinese house screamed in the fire and smoke, and then turned into ashes bit by bit, my heart died and my whole body went crazy!"
"Brother Hu, for you, the destruction of the Tang Dynasty House just means that you lose a place for sightseeing and a port for smuggling, but for us!"
Looking at the excited Zheng Xianren and several young Chinese business representatives behind him, Fang Linyan suddenly realized that he had overlooked a very crucial thing, that is, personal emotions!
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Zheng Xianren's sad and angry words:
"I am now fifty-eight years old. I was born in Tangyashiki, studied here, met the first girl I fell in love with here, started a family here, and even prepared a funeral before that day came.
Among the ancestral graves here..."
"But everything has changed. All my thoughts, memories, and longings have turned into smoke, blood, and ashes... That is my hometown!
"
By the time he said the last few words, Zheng Xianren was already hoarse, the veins on his neck were bulging, and he was breathing in a low voice, like a dying beast:
"In the past three days, my people have planted a large amount of explosives in Nagasaki, as well as hundreds of fire houses filled with flammable materials. Iemitsu is helping me with the final work."
"So, if the Japanese government cannot meet my demands, then let Nagasaki bury me in my hometown."
The main building materials for houses in Japan are "bamboo, wood and paper". The reason is that earthquakes occur frequently here. If you use these materials to build a building, it will not easily hurt people even if it collapses, and the reconstruction speed will be very fast.
Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious: fear of fire!
Japan has been responsible for several of the world's most famous fires.
In 1657, the Meiretsu Fire burned for three days. The fire in Edo Castle burned more than 500 samurai residences, more than 300 temples, more than 9,000 warehouses, and 61 bridges, killing 100,000 people.
In 1945, General LeMay of the US Army used napalm against Tokyo. A quarter of Tokyo was reduced to ashes, the number of casualties reached 200,000, and one million people were made homeless. The most ironic thing is that
, in the end, the Japanese actually awarded the highest-level "Order of the Rising Sun, First Class" to General Li Mei - ahem, Li Mei arrogantly refused to receive it.
In this case, Zheng Xianren's arrangements for Nagasaki are really capable of turning Nagasaki into a sea of flames. His bargaining chip is the entire city! There is no doubt that this time, the Japanese government will really
Bleeding profusely!
Zheng Xianren turned his head and looked to the west, with a sneer on his lips:
"Of course, first of all, I want to make the Japanese government believe that I have the ability to turn the entire Nagasaki into ashes, so let's use Isahaya as a sacrifice to the Chinese Yashiki first!"
Isahaya is a town below Nagasaki City, similar to the administrative level of a county! It is more than 20 kilometers away from Nagasaki. The two of them were standing on a hill outside Nagasaki, looking far into the distance, they could see something to the west
Thick smoke has already appeared, which means that the manpower arranged by Zheng Xianren must have been activated.
Looking at Zheng Xianren, who was already a little hysterical, Fang Linyan sighed slightly, feeling that his methods were a bit excessive.
However, do not encourage others to do good unless they have suffered. Fang Linyan did not experience the severe pain of Zheng Xianren's hometown being destroyed, so he could not judge his methods. He nodded to Zheng Xianren, then turned and left.
After returning to his residence in Nagasaki Military Port, Fang Linyan found that a waiter was waiting here. When he saw Fang Linyan, he saluted directly and said:
"Mr. Hu, what you told the chief steward yesterday has been completed. Now these people are waiting in the conference room next to it."
Fang Linyan nodded, then stood up and walked to the conference room next to it. This was originally the staff room used by the Japanese when they were stationed at the military port.
Now there were four tall and thick Russians standing outside, chatting and laughing casually. Some of them were still crunching pickles. When they saw Fang Linyan, they hurriedly stood at attention.
Fang Linyan said that he was used to this. Lao Maozi was not afraid of death, and being able to fight was their characteristic. However, it was also common for soldiers to be lax in discipline and rough in style.
After Fang Linyan walked into the staff room, he saw about five Japanese people wearing kimonos. Judging from the material of their kimonos and their plump bodies, they should all be wealthy people.
This group of people were all talking worriedly. As soon as they saw Fang Linyan, they immediately shut their mouths, stood up one after another, and bowed directly to him at a forty-five degree angle.
Fang Linyan didn't speak, but looked at their faces. After a while, he found a stool and sat down, and then said casually:
"I heard that you are a famous big businessman in Nagasaki! Especially in the identification of antiquities, you can be said to be extremely skilled."
If it were any other time, place, and occasion, then these five people would definitely be very happy to hear such praise, but in a place like this--it is said that the Emperor's warriors are in the tens of thousands here.
These five people are so worthless that they wish they were just paupers with nothing. The lower profile the better.
A fat businessman started to cry directly:
"Your Excellency, we have provided military rewards three times for the army. We have really tried our best and have gone bankrupt."
Another businessman named Imamong Kuri also complained:
"We are really at the end of our rope, sir!"
Fang Linyan smiled and said:
"I heard that if a person is extremely thirsty, he can even drink his own urine. If I wanted to sell a bowl of water at that time, for 200,000 yen a bowl, would you buy it?
?”
"By the way, there is a kind of torture in China. Cut a child once, and then immediately put a handful of salt into the wound. After ten cuts in a row, the child is made to wail in the cell for an hour, and then a bucket is washed.
The clean water from the wound is sold to his father. It is very cheap, only 200,000 yen. I wonder if you are interested?"
As soon as Fang Linyan said these words, the expressions of the businessmen present immediately changed. Two people were even so frightened by the scene he described that their lips trembled.
After the five people discussed it, the big fat man at the head could only stand up and said with a pale face:
"Your Excellency... Your Excellency, we are willing to donate another 600,000 yen as military expenses. I just ask for your kindness."
Fang Linyan burst out laughing, and then said with great interest:
"Who is your Excellency?"
The big fat man trembled:
"My name is Hosokawa Keitada."
Fang Linyan walked forward, patted his shoulder and said with a smile:
"I was just making a joke just now, and I didn't mean to make you pay. However, there is indeed something that I need your help with."
Then he took out the broken battle flag he had obtained before.
"I got this thing accidentally and I like it very much, but I don't know its origin. But I asked many people in Nagasaki and they couldn't explain it clearly."
"So, I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer. I am a special person. When I am in a good mood, I will forget what I said before/what I planned to do. But if I am in a bad mood, maybe
There are some bold ideas from the past that are about to be implemented.”
After hearing Fang Linyan's words of tiger and wolf, how could these five bosses dare to slack off? They immediately got the "broken battle flag" and watched it carefully.
After Hosokawa Keizhong looked at it for a few times, he discussed it with the others and immediately said to Lin Yan:
"This item should not be an ancient relic of our country, but my uncle should be able to identify it."
Another businessman also said:
"Sir, I see that you attach great importance to this, so I hope to call the shopkeeper in the store. He is an expert in this field."
Fang Linyan nodded.
Half an hour later, after the group of Japanese murmured for a while, Hosokawa Keitada finally came forward. He bowed deeply first, returned the broken battle flag to Fang Linyan with both hands, and then said seriously:
"Your Excellency, we have identified this antique of yours."
Fang Linyan perked up and immediately said:
"Okay, you say."
Hosokawa Keitadashi:
"This battle flag is not an antique from Japan, but something from China. According to the analysis of several masters, it is a flag left by the Ming Dynasty army during the Battle of Bunroku Keicho."
After Fang Linyan first heard about the "Battle of Wenlu Qingchang", he felt very strange. Then he suddenly remembered that it should be the Korean Conquest among the three major conquests of Wanli!
During this battle, there were two more popular words in the history of North Korea: Yi Sun-shin and the Korean Turtle Ship.
In Japan, it indirectly led to the death of the legendary historical figure/Kan Bai/Monkey/Kinoshita Tokichiro, and the Tokugawa family successfully usurped the throne.
Although the Ming Dynasty won the battle, it was severely damaged. Li Rusong, who was guarding the northeast, died in the battle, which provided external conditions for the subsequent rise of Nurhachi.
Hosokawa Keitada continued to explain:
"According to the Chinese Five Virtues Renewal Theory, the Ming Dynasty was a fire virtue, so most of the battle flags in its army were red. The most important battle flags in the Ming Dynasty were three types, the sun flag, the moon flag and the dragon flag.
.”
"According to our research, this battle flag is the Japanese flag used by the Ming Dynasty army."