The Red Mansions

Chapter 787 Chen Xiao: ...has the appearance of a holy emperor!

The jade rabbit falls in the west, and the golden crow rises in the east.

Before I knew it, it was time to meet with Bujialu, but this time it was not at the post house in Panyu, Guangdong. Jia Heng chose the Weigang barracks of the Guangdong Navy as the meeting place.

At this moment, the entire Guangdong Navy Port is filled with a chilling atmosphere, many ships are entering the port in rotation, sailors in full uniform come in and out, and there are mules and carriages transporting luggage.

Accompanied by Li Han, the Chinese staff member, Sir Boocarloo, the Governor of Australia, came to Weigang, where the Guangdong Navy was stationed, which was heavily guarded, with a hundred Portuguese and Han guards.

Bujialu passed the saber in his hand to the guard, looked around, looked at the surrounding ships, and murmured a few words in Portuguese to Mr. Li.

Mr. Li nodded as a reminder.

In any case, although the Han army is not equipped with weapons as well as the Portuguese, at first glance, the Australian governor dare not underestimate the Han army, whether it is warships or the overwhelming number of people.

The Portuguese have occupied Haojing for hundreds of years, and they know a lot about the dynasty that ruled this ancient land, and they have been secretly waiting for the decline and split of the dynasty.

Outside the barracks of the Chinese Army, teams of guards in brocade clothes were wearing flying fish suits, holding embroidered spring knives, looking vigilant, standing inside and outside, holding knives for vigilance.

And Xue Baoqin had already changed into a man's attire, and stood with Chen Xiao, her pretty face was as white as snow, even though she didn't wear any makeup today, her pink cheeks were flushed because of her excitement .

Jia Heng didn't go out to greet him, but sat behind the table in the Chinese army barracks, with Guangdong military and political officials sitting on the chairs on both sides.

Not only Wu Tao, the Guangdong general, and the two battalion commanders came, but also Miao Rui, the governor of Guangdong, Liu Xiaoyuan, who participated in politics, Lu Xian, the inspector, Fang Jun, the commander of Guangdong, and Shi Shuliang, the prefect of Guangzhou, and the prefect of Panyu. Yao Qitai sits down.

Because of the diplomatic relations involved, senior officials from both sides attended and witnessed the event.

As for Guangdong Governor Zhou Zao, he did not come because he was ill.

Jia Heng looked at Bujialu and other people who entered the barracks of the Chinese army led by Li Shu, a hundred households in brocade clothes, and said in fluent English: "Sir Bujialu, welcome to the station of the Yuehai Navy of the Han Dynasty."

Everyone: "???"

Xue Baoqin on the side was about to subconsciously translate, when he heard the words, Tan mouth slightly opened, his heart was stunned, the clear and bright eyes under Chunshan's black eyebrows blinked, and a look of shock appeared on that plump, white and greasy face.

No, how could Big Brother Heng speak barbarian language?
Me, when did I teach him?
The girl's brain was short-circuited for a while, and then she pursed her plump lips and looked at Jia Heng.

Sir Boogaroo also stood there in a daze for a while, with surprise in his deep eyes, his eyes fixed on the young Earl in exquisitely embroidered clothes.

As a Portuguese aristocrat, the governor of the Braganza Dynasty, apart from the official Portuguese, he can naturally speak several other languages. At this moment, he looked at the boy opposite him in disbelief.

And a Guangdong official in the Chinese barracks, listening to the babble of English, also looked at each other in dismay, flustered in the wind, and the entourage on the side translated in a low voice, convinced that it was not nonsense.

Where did Yongning Bo learn the Yi language?

And Chen Xiao, who was standing next to the Baoqin holding the Xiuchun knife, flew obliquely into the temples, under the willow eyebrows that were cut like a knife, and looked at the boy with the same surprise in her clear eyes.

When did you learn this?Could it be that he learned a few sentences from Baoqin?

The girl frowned, unable to think of a reason, and decided to wait and see what happened.

Jia Heng looked calm and said in English: "Sir Boogaroo, please sit down."

His English is actually quite good, although he dare not speak a standard London accent, but it is not casual, construction site English, at least it is a rowing boat, and the pattern Tucson breaks that level.

After a brief shock, Sir Boogaroo also reacted, with a smile on his face, and also said in English: "Your Royal Highness really surprised me."

The young man in front of him should be an enlightened earl minister, otherwise, based on his understanding of Han officials over the years, they are arrogant and arrogant, and have always disdain to learn other languages.

Bujialu put away his contempt, and then sat down with a group of entourages, looking forward to this meeting and consultation from the bottom of his heart.

Bao Qin blinked her bright eyes, looked at the young man with a deep complexion, licked her pink lips that were not painted with rouge, and the girl's fat little hand was holding a plain handkerchief.

Well, decided to take another look at the situation.

If Brother Heng knows those two sentences, she will save the day.

Jia Heng got straight to the point and said: "Sir Boogaroo, your country occupied Haojing of our country 24 years ago and signed a lease contract with our country to live here. Now you have established an army in a grandiose manner and evaded the rent. This is already a violation of our territory. Invasion, Sir Boogaroo, now, on behalf of our country, I am telling you to disband the army that has been formed, bring all the Portuguese living in Haojing under the jurisdiction of our government, and pay our country the rent owed in the past 24 years."

Upon hearing this, Sir Boogaroo said quickly: "Your Highness, we have no intention of offending your country. Over the years, we have repeatedly asked your country to discuss the renewal of the contract, but your government has always ignored it. Later, your country withdrew from Hao Officials in the mirror, we had no choice but to form an autonomous committee in South Australia, because many pirates came to invade, we formed an army to protect the trade routes, no, those can't even become an army, just ordinary civilians for self-defense. "

Sir Boogaroo mentioned the army and changed his words again, the English vocabulary still has a slight difference.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Our country cannot agree with your statement. Those armed forces have sharp weapons and a complete organization, which is no different from the army."

Bujialu argued: "But our long-distance trade still needs to resist the intrusion of pirates. These are essential."

Jia Heng said: "Our country will send a navy to protect the safety of the waterway."

Bujialu said "No" again and again, and said: "Your country's fleet is not capable of long-distance sailing. If we cross oceans and straits, if we encounter pirates on both sides of the strait, we still have to defend ourselves and cannot throw away artillery and firecrackers. "

This is what Li Han said about retaining the army in another way.

Jia Heng said: "But in the land of Haojing, you can't install large-caliber naval guns, and you must hand over the relevant weapons to be supervised by our government. navy against pirates."

Bujialu was stunned and asked, "Count, do you know what you're talking about?"

He originally thought that those merchants wandering on the sea were cunning enough, but he didn't expect this earl who was born in an ancient country of etiquette to say such shameless words?

Jia Heng didn't change his face, and said in a deep voice: "Of course, even if your country's sailors are armed for self-defense, there can only be a small number of talents. The current number of troops and artillery is obviously unreasonable."

Bujialu frowned, and said: "The Australian governor's guard needs at least one thousand. This is the governor of our country stationed abroad, and the guard has the least number of people."

Jia Heng said: "As the governor of Australia, we never recognize your right to govern Haojing. It's just that you talk to yourself. The knight's servant guards, together with the sheriff who manages the expatriates, can only have 500 people at most. It is necessary to station troops in Haojing, take over the entire defense line with sailors, set up cash gates, and tax your country's cargo ships, just like it was done more than 20 years ago."

Well, the word order of English is somewhat different from that of Chinese.

Bujialu's face changed slightly, and he fell silent for a while.

Jia Heng said: "Sir, the land rent in arrears can be offset by guns and guns, and our country can renew the lease for 15 years. You can provide us with guns and cannons in Haojing as compensation. Our country is very willing to cooperate with you. , to trade by sea."

The sausage needs to be cut with a single knife. Now it is just to deceive the Portuguese's gunfire skills. After that, it is not to completely expel the Portuguese, but to use it as a window to let the big man understand the overseas barbarians, so that they can no longer remain closed.

Bujialu's face was tangled, and he whispered: "Your Highness, I need to think about it."

Originally, I thought about the threat of the mother country excluding the ship expedition, but now facing such an earl who is proficient in English, can he threaten it?

Jia Heng smiled and said, "It's absolutely fine."

At this moment, Xue Baoqin stared intently at the boy in the python suit with moist apricot eyes, and the handkerchief in his hand was squeezed into a layer of sweat by the chubby hands that were white and greasy like snow.

The girl was so shocked that she couldn't speak, Brother Heng not only could say a few words of greeting, but also seemed to be proficient in Yi language.

But Big Brother Heng has obviously never traveled to other countries.

At this moment, under Chen Xiaoying's graceful and beautiful eyebrows, the light in her clear eyes was flowing, and the eyes were full of splendor. The girl was really surprised.

After thinking about it, I feel that this is a matter of course.

The sage king governs the world, is rich in the world, is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, how can he not know the affairs of the countries of the sea and the barbarians?

Cousin, he has the appearance of a holy emperor!

At this moment, Bujialu's face was serious, and he was thinking about the countermeasures.

Jia Heng looked indifferent, and said: "It's already noon, the Sir may as well have lunch together, you can think about it slowly, and it won't be too late to reply tomorrow."

Anyway, it was Hao Jing who was blocked, not him.

And when Jia Heng was negotiating with Australian governor Bujialu——

Hao Mirror, the official residence of the Governor of Australia

On this day, Hai Li, wife of Boocaroo, was baking desserts with her daughter Nona.

A woman in her early thirties, even though she has already given birth to two daughters, her figure is still in shape. She wears a floral plaid apron around her waist, her cuffs are rolled up, and she holds a bunch of sugar juice extracted from sucrose, and puts it on her face. fell in the chisel.

The maid is busy not far away.

Nona pinched a little dolphin with the reconciled barley flour, looked up at Hai Li with a pair of blue crystal eyes, and asked, "Mom, Daddy went to Panyu, when will he come back?"

Hai Li smiled and said, "According to the route, I should be able to come back tomorrow."

Seeing disappointment on Nuona's pretty face, she said, "Tomorrow these snacks won't be fresh anymore."

As he said that, he looked at Haili with a serious expression and asked, "Mom, will there be a war in a few days?"

Hai Li smiled, and was about to speak, when suddenly at this moment, she heard a noise outside and chaotic footsteps.

"Ma'am, something went wrong." At this moment, a maid who was waisted by a bucket, but with vigorous steps, hurried into the kitchen, sweating profusely.

Haili was startled, and looked outside, only to see a crowd of people standing outside, led by Carlos, the chief guard of Bucar Road.

In addition, there were four or five officers surrounding Carlos.

Hai Li was startled and asked, "Carlos, what are you leading so many people here for?"

Nona also leaned against the door and looked at the people who were fully armed with firecrackers in their hands, and asked, "Uncle Carlos, Uncle Alam, Uncle Gard, you?"

Carlos looked at the woman on the opposite side, with a flash of fire in his brown eyes, and said: "Madam, Sir was detained in Panyu by the despicable and shameless Han people, we want to rescue Sir."

Carlos did not go to Panyu, Guangdong Province with Bujialu, but stayed on the grounds that he was not feeling well. Then in the afternoon, he lied that Sir Bujialu was detained by Jia Heng, and then instigated Bujialu to stay The leaders of the next few teams.

And Alam is Carlos' brother-in-law, and Gard is the general who came here without knowing the truth.

In addition, there are two captains of the army, Keller and Poole, who are leading the fleet sailors to confront the sailors surrounding Haojing at the moment.

Hai Li covered her mouth with her hand. The woman was shaking with fear on her face, and the full moon in front of her was so white that it made people dizzy. She said, "Oh, my God, how could such a thing happen? Son?"

Nona on the side quickly reached out to support Haili.

Carlos said angrily: "Ma'am, the despicable and shameless Han people should be taught some painful lessons!"

As long as he starts a war here, the arrogant Earl of Han will be furious and imprison the Sir. Then he will write to the secretary next to the king, his uncle, and the position of Governor-General is his, then When Mrs. Hayley...

When Haili heard that her husband had an accident, she was at a loss for a while, and said, "Carlos, what should we do now?"

Carlos stepped forward, reached out to hold Haili's arm, looked at Haili with affectionate eyes, and said softly: "Madam, just leave it to me. If you defeat the Han army, you can force them to return the knight."

Hai Li was in a state of panic, and when she heard this, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, "Carlos, send someone to ask."

If there was a fight here, her husband would be in danger.

On the other hand, Nona stared at Carlos with a pair of azure crystal eyes, and when she caught a trace of abnormality in the brown eyes, a hint of suspicion flashed in her heart.

Uncle Carlos he...

Carlos said anxiously: "Madam, if you don't fight with the Han army, they will not let you go. The Han people have always been cunning and despicable, and they have always wanted to take down Haojing."

As she said that, she turned to look at Nona, and said, "Nona, take care of your mother, let's go and rescue Jazz."

After Carlos finished speaking, he didn't say much, and hurriedly led his brother-in-law Aram and Gard, and led a large number of officers, holding firearms, and walked quickly towards the Naval Guard Port in South Australia.

"Boom..."

As the sailboats equipped with Frang machine guns and Hongyi cannons bombarded the Guangdong Navy cruising the surrounding waters, the war between the Portuguese and the big Han in the mirror broke out so unexpectedly.

The Flang cannon of the Yuehai Navy of the Han army was inferior to the Portuguese Hongyi cannon in terms of range, and lost two warships at the beginning.

And the military situation was urgently delivered, and it was reported to the Guangdong Navy who was in Weigang, Panyu.

Guangdong Navy Station, Panyu

After a night of deliberation, Bujialu has agreed in principle to the plan to disband the army.

At the same time, it also approved Jia Heng's previous proposal to exchange the arrears of 120 million taels of silver rent in exchange for Hongyi cannon and firearm-related technologies.

In addition to retaining 500 magistrates in the army to maintain the daily security and order of the Portuguese in South Australia, the other armed forces were no longer retained and turned into private self-defense forces for the Portuguese.

This is also a negotiation strategy discussed with Mr. Li in advance, which is to think about it for a day to show the embarrassment of this matter.

After Jia Heng leaves Guangdong, he will slowly and substantively breach the contract in the future.

In the barracks of the Chinese army, it was already past noon, and the Guangdong government officials from yesterday were still sitting and watching, and the two sides had already begun to draw up the original and copy of the lease agreement.

At the same time, the relevant content of the treaty should also be inscribed on the stele and stand in the place of Haojing.

At this time, Bujialu looked at the boy in the python suit, and said hesitantly: "The rent can be discounted by the cannons and firecrackers loaded on the ship, but we don't have much reserves of Hongyi now, so we need to slowly cast it later."

Jia Heng said: "Our country previously sent officials from the Military Weapons Supervision to Haojing for inspection. It is absolutely possible to cooperate with your country's craftsmen to introduce technology. At the same time, the technology related to sailboat manufacturing can also be converted into rent and introduced to our country."

As long as the current big man learns advanced gun barrel smelting and forging skills, he can use his ideas that have surpassed this world for hundreds of years to create weapons that can suppress bows and arrows, although they are limited by smokeless gunpowder and bullets. Refining skills, it is difficult to be called a rifle with a technological gap.

But even if it is the improvement of the existing firecrackers, which can increase the accuracy and density of some firepower, it will definitely improve the current unfavorable military situation of the Han army.

Bujialu was silent for a moment, fixed his eyes on the stern-faced young man, and asked: "Your Highness, how can I believe that your country will not use it to invade after mastering the skills of navigation, shipbuilding, and firearms provided by our country?" my hometown?"

Jia Heng smiled and said: "Sir Boogaru is too worried. Our country is far away from your country. It is impossible to invade an island country thousands of miles away across the ocean on a large scale, just as your country cannot invade our country thousands of miles away. , Our country has always been a peace-loving country, you can look at the countries in the South Central Islands, our country has never conquered them."

Of course, it might not happen in the future.

In the past, it was limited by the cost of governance. Now, if we don’t take advantage of the establishment of the later world order, drink horses in Southeast Asia and deploy weapons all over the world. When will we have to wait?
Hearing this, Sir Boogaroo fell into deep thought for a while.

Xue Baoqin was sitting at the side at the moment, looking at the young man who lifted the weight lightly and talked eloquently with bright eyes.

(End of this chapter)