As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Song Jie, who was promoting Huamanlou's tactical thinking before, must be completely wilted now. He said with drooping eyebrows: "No...it's not what Mr. Qian said... If you say you are poor, your tactics will blossom..."

"Come here, give this young master some medicine!" Hua Manlou kicked the teaser, cursing, "You really think you're rich now? You don't know what's going on in Xishan?"

To be honest, if Hua Manlou was on the spot, I'm afraid they would have gone too far. After all, there is no cure for the rabbit's lack of firepower phobia, but if they calm down, they will feel a little out of line.

Now Xishan is really not rich, because it is still supporting the military salary of the Tianjin Navy, and Huamanlou has to take out the money that the nobles put in first, so occasionally he thinks about it. I want to make a wave of Japan, and lease Shimane County for 500 years...

Well, it's purely crooked, after all, more than [-]% of the world's silver production, so whoever it is will not be crooked?That is a real mountain of silver!

"Go, bring the captives here!"

After training the teaser, Huamanlou started to get down to business.

After this group of unlucky assassins experienced the baptism of cannon fire and Purdue, they ushered in the thieves who were excited to strike without knowing the severity, so the final result...

Only twenty or so were captured alive, and only five were left conscious.

Looking at the five assassins on the ground, Hua Manlou glared at Song Jie again, and then knelt down and asked one of them, "Who are you?"

"...#@%%?&"

The assassin glared at Hua Manlou with cold eyes, and spit out a series of words that didn't make sense, it sounded like...

Well, that's just nonsense.

Song Jie approached Hua Manlou and said, "Mr. Qian, Biao Fang just asked, but they seem to speak Japanese, so no one can understand it. How about finding some people who can speak Japanese? "

"Japanese language?" Hua Manlou sneered, "That's not how the Japanese language is spoken."

Song Jie's eyes widened: "Mr. Qian understands Japanese?"

Hua Manlou smiled proudly: "I understand a little bit."

About hundreds of years later, the Japanese language has a little understanding, such as Kawaii, Yasaxi, Yameidie, Yiku Yiku... um.

It has to be said that language will develop with the development of time, and even the pronunciation will change with the changes of the times, and the regionality is particularly strong. Rub stab edge'.

But having said that, no matter whether you understand it or not, language is actually not difficult to learn. As long as you know a little bit, you can roughly judge which language the other party is speaking, such as Halaxiu, Smecta, Bangjisha Yes, at least the tone and form of pronunciation are pretty much the same—just like junior high school students in the Chinese dynasty all speak English in the same way, mainly because they speak English with Chinese pronunciation.

That is to say, even if today's Wa dialect has not developed the later standard language, and has not even experienced the integration of the Edo period, the intonation and pronunciation form will never be in the form of Chinese.

So Hua Manlou stood up and taunted: "Pretend to be decent, don't say anything when the Japanese speak harshly, at least the expression is more ferocious, such as crooked mouth and raised eyebrows, you Not to mention the wrong words, even the wrong expressions, if you shout a few words indiscriminately, I will treat you as Japanese pirates?"

The assassin who was questioned was visibly shaken after hearing Hua Manlou's words, but he still yelled a few words of unknown meaning, and...

This time with an obvious crooked mouth movement.

Hua Manlou couldn't help laughing: "Where did Yin Bowen find such a funny comparison? But it's true, who is an assassin with a good brain?"

Standing behind him, Geng Tiancheng snorted coldly and said: "Uncle, let's go to great punishment, there are some interesting things in our army, I guarantee that he will say everything after two visits."

Hua Manlou waved his hand: "Forget it, they've already figured out their origins, so why bother to force a confession? And...here, when I mention Yin Bowen, this guy obviously flinches. Do you still need to ask?"

Geng Tiancheng said: "Then I'll go find that bad luck surnamed Yin right now?"

Hua Manlou pinched his chin: "Well... there is no way to deal with him now. In short, send someone to escort the living ones back first, and let the others gather up the corpses and carry them outside Dinghai City. It's good to scare him. Maybe it will work wonders?"

……

Yuelai Restaurant.

The sound of the cannons stopped shortly after, but even so, there was another silence in the restaurant, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

When Huamanlou left the city, the soldiers around him only carried firecrackers, so the sudden sound of cannons not only proved that Huamanlou had been prepared, but also proved that Huamanlou was particularly vigilant and even had an idea of ​​what happened in Ningbo Mansion. Some understanding—after all, he was welcomed into Dinghai City just after he arrived today, and no one was sent back to the port during the period.

So most of the people present were nervous, and they began to speculate on what Hua Manlou would do: would he wipe out everyone, or just get rid of the culprit?

If it's the former, then you have to do everything you can to keep him in the southeast; but if it's the latter, then...

Some people's eyes flickered, appearing restless and unsure of their thoughts.

Yin Bowen on the first seat looked at the situation and said coldly: "Everyone, do you think there is still a way out at this point?"

Dang!

An old man dropped a teacup on the ground.

"If we are in the same boat, we still have a chance, and we can turn the situation back, but if we are half-hearted and timid..." Yin Bowen glanced at everyone with cold eyes: "The matter has been done, and now it is a life-or-death situation, you wait? Still don't understand?"

Although these words contained threats and most of the intimidation, Yin Bowen had no other choice. If he didn't pull everyone into the water now, he would definitely end up as a barbarian. The people who attacked Huamanlou were armed with his own private reserves, which is already tantamount to treason.

Yin Bowen is sure that Huamanlou has captured some prisoners and can ask something from these people. Although he can insist that this is a conspiracy by Japanese pirates, Huamanlou has to believe it, right?

And once anyone present fell to Huamanlou and confide something, he would be completely finished.

So Yin Bowen has already begun to plan a way out: Maybe, is it a way to survive in places like Luzon and Siam with his family and most of his property?

At this time, someone ran in to announce: "Uncle Xishan is back!"

Although everyone guessed that Huamanlou had killed the group of assassins, most of them were still trembling with fright after hearing the news of Huamanlou's return.

Yin Bowen snorted coldly, stood up and said, "Let's go, follow me to welcome Xishan Bode back after victory!"

(Oops...a few minutes late~)

394. Coercion

"What do you eat in Dinghai! And you Dinghai Xuanwu Guards, so many Japanese pirates came to the island, you didn't even notice! I will report to His Majesty, and I will dismiss you and investigate!"

This was the first sentence Huamanlou said when he saw Yin Bowen at the gate of the city.

Obviously, it doesn't matter whether the plot of Huamanlou is screwed up or not, but the show has to go on.

With so many people onlookers and so many unsuspecting soldiers around, if you give them a play and make them think that the Japanese pirates touched the island, Yin Bowen is at least superficially moral, and it will also help to completely eliminate today's pot Throw it to the pirates.

Immediately afterwards, he walked up to Huamanlou in a hurry, and said with a sigh: "It's just that Uncle Xishan is fine, otherwise, I'm afraid the Japanese plague will be difficult to subdue!"

Hua Manlou blinked, with a playful smile on his face: "Look at what you said, the thief wanted to kill me with such a small trick, and I don't know if he underestimated me or was too stupid. Don't worry about it, my lord." .but……"

Pointing to the neatly lined corpses on the ground, Hua Manlou pointed out something: "I just interrogated a few living people, but this group of people actually said that the Fu Zun sent me to kill me, it is simply unreasonable! I have no grievances or enmities with Fu Zun, why would Fu Zun kill me? Is the lard blind?"

Yin Bowen's smile twitched a little when he pointed at the monk and scolded the bald donkey: "This must be a conspiracy by the Japanese pirates. Bo Xishan should not listen to it."

"Isn't this nonsense?" Hua Manlou spat, "Such a clumsy countermeasure, do you think I'm a fool?"

When he said this, Hua Manlou glanced casually at the officials and squires behind Yin Bowen, and immediately made everyone tremble.

"Tch, the good reception banquet has been ruined, I haven't had enough, how about we continue?" After a few words of sarcasm, Hua Manlou diverted the topic away.

Yin Bowen looked embarrassed: "Such things happened today, so I have to do a thorough investigation to see where the problem is, so... Is it a bit too..." to continue drinking now

Hua Manlou clicked his tongue and said, "My lord, on such a big island, the two thousand households in Dinghai can't cover everything even if they patrol day and night. Why should I care about the matter? Today I have caused the Japanese pirates a big loss, and in a few days I will wipe out this group of lawless lunatics. In the future, no one will dare to do such a bold thing. You Don’t embarrass the brothers in the guard.”

This was an aboveboard threat, but Yin Bowen knew that he had to continue, otherwise it would be difficult to say what the group of people behind him would do, so he said: "This... alright."

Hua Manlou smiled and continued: "Oh yes, the navy just came to report that the invading Japanese pirates had been dispersed, but it was too dark to continue chasing. Because I don't know where the Japanese pirates will go, so these few days The people on Sun Island should not run to Ningbo, so as not to be in danger. The same is true for Mr. Fu Zun, let’s stay on this island for a few days.”

Yin Bowen's heart sank: "But in the Yamen..."

Hua Manlou interrupted him: "No matter how serious the affairs in the yamen are, they can't beat the pirates, right? And it's only for a few days, so there won't be any troubles, Mr. Fu Zun will accompany me on this island these few days How about a visit? Oh, are you all okay? If you’re okay, accompany me for a tour? I heard that the scenery of Mount Putuo is very good..."

"This……"

"If Uncle Xishan has a taste for elegance, I will be... I will accompany you."

"There are not many places to visit on this island. You can still visit in three... three to five days..."

Under coercion, no one dared to have an opinion.

Huamanlou's strategy is very simple. In the absence of conclusive evidence, all he can do is to entangle Yin Bowen and the group of people on the island, constantly put pressure on them, and then let them show their flaws.

In addition, if Yin Bowen is confined to Zhoushan Island, it will also prevent this guy from making trouble or escaping depending on the situation. Anyway...

As long as he doesn't break his face on the surface, Yin Bowen has to follow Huamanlou's wishes.

As far as Hua Manlou is concerned, without conclusive evidence, he has no right to arrest Yin Bowen, because he is only the chief soldier of Zhejiang, not an imperial envoy holding the sword of the emperor. In theory, he has to be restrained by Yin Bowen.

Of course, if Yin Bowen dared to break his face, Hua Manlou didn't mind letting him understand what a fist is.

So the next thing Huamanlou has to do is to keep putting pressure on some people to break their nerves, or actually find Yin Bowen's criminal evidence, and then teach it to Nie Bingwen to deal with it-don't forget, Lao Nie himself is The imperial envoy on patrol, with him at the front, why bother Huamanlou?

Therefore, seeing everyone's ashen faces saying that they want to accompany her on a 'travel', Hua Manlou smiled: "That's very good. Then let's continue playing music and dancing, Mr. Yin Fu, please."

"Please." With a dark face, Yin Bowen walked into the city side by side with Hua Manlou, and headed for the Yuelai Hotel where the reception banquet was held.

……

"Brother Geng, you have to work harder these two days, and lead the brothers to guard against death, and never let any boat reach the other side."

After the heavy banquet ended, Huamanlou immediately began to assign tasks: "After the connection between this side and the shore is cut off, there is not much Yin Bowen can do."

"I see."

"Song Jie, I want you to take your people to do something." Hua Manlou looked at his captain with a serious face: "When we set off from Suzhou, we heard that Nie Wenbing would pass through Shangyu, Yuyao Entering Ningbo Mansion, now it is almost time for him to arrive in Shaoxing, I want you to find him along the way and escort him all the way, so that he can reach Ningbo Mansion safely."

Geng Tiancheng was stunned for a moment, and then said in horror: "Uncle, you mean that Yin Bowen will attack the imperial envoy? Is this possible?"

Hua Manlou sighed and said, "Nothing is impossible, and I suspect that he has already sent someone to attack him. Because just now, it was obvious that he had a trick in his performance. After much deliberation, the most likely thing is to let Nie Wenbing die on the road." ...Well, most likely died in Shaoxing Mansion."

To be honest, after Huamanlou's series of actions just now, he expected Yin Bowen to be more flustered, but in fact, the other party didn't even seem to be very afraid of being controlled on the island, so Huamanlou immediately concluded that Yin Bowen had a backup .

So of course, it is the easiest way to attack Nie Bingwen.As for whether he has a backhand...

Huamanlou is not sure yet.

Song Jie asked: "Mr. Qian, what if I arrive late?"

Hua Manlou said with a serious face: "Then go to Beijing as quickly as possible and report the news of this place to His Majesty, do you understand what I mean?"

Song Jie immediately said: "President Qian, don't worry!"

Without the imperial decree, Huamanlou could not attack Yin Bowen. Now he is delaying time to make a time difference. As long as Emperor Guangxing knows about this, he will definitely cooperate accordingly, such as giving Huaman Adding a decree to the whole building...

"Then we'll look at Jiu'er, I hope she can find someone..."

395. State Matters

Even though he had been drinking and was tired all day, Hua Manlou still didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night, and all he could think about was the mess in Ningbo.

"troublesome……"

After muttering, Hua Manlou got up and put on his clothes and walked to the window.

Things in the southeast are more complicated than he imagined before he came here, and that guy Nie Wenbing is useless than he imagined, so that now he has to delay this old guy, and even send someone to rescue him. Son……

But what can I do if I don't save him?

In terms of identity, Huamanlou is just a general soldier, and there is absolutely no reason for a military officer to dispose of civil servants in Dazhao——Liu Qiran, not Huamanlou, was the one who actually dealt with Wang Jin before, and this is evident from this .

Therefore, Huamanlou can be coercive, but he must not really do it, otherwise he will not be able to bear the pressure from the court. This is why Lao Liu was asked to be present when dealing with the Japanese pirates.

The nerves of civil servants are very delicate, and it is easy to leave people talking if they are not careful.

From a functional point of view, Hua Manlou himself is the general officer of the Pingwa, and his scope of work is only to fight against the Japanese, and the rest is not under his control.

If the name is not correct, the words will not go well, even if there is a big reason, he can't do anything nonsense-for example, even if the local guard knows that there is a rebellion in the neighboring state capital, it can't immediately call in people to support it. This is very taboo.

In addition, there is a saying that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake. No matter how strong Huamanlou is, it can only lead thousands of sailors, but what the magistrate's yamen can mobilize is the power of the entire Ningbo prefecture. I don't know who else When involved in the Ningbo game, a series of chain reactions can easily be caused by random actions-what if a certain vassal king is involved?

And this is only the magistrate's yamen, not including the power of Xuanwuwei, Changguowei, and local gentry.

That is to say, of course, Huamanlou could arrest Yin Bowen on the spot without sufficient evidence, or he could arrest Yin Bowen without finding out the whole matter, but the speed of this was simply impossible to grasp—on the surface, this Many people have been involved in the matter, who knows how many people are involved behind the scenes?So in this way, should we just deal with the current people on Zhoushan Island, or play a comprehensive cleanup?

So if you want to clean it up completely, if you don't find out the whole thing, who will you take?Who not to take?

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if it is simple and rude to take down the group of people present today, let alone the other side, who should be in charge of government affairs in Ningbo Mansion?In the absence of complete preparations, once the accomplices of these people take advantage of the chaos and cause trouble, such as a civil uprising, who should bear the responsibility?

At last……

It is quite difficult for a salted fish to be forced to come to Pingwo, so even if he has the imperial decree of Emperor Guangxing in his hand, he will find a way to dump this blame on others.

Because, let alone whether it will provoke more people, the mess in the local area alone will take at least half a year to deal with-similar things happened last year. After the Battle of Datong, Duke Ning Have you stayed for a long time as a governor?

So if you really have to fiddle with these things yourself, when can you get married?The little daughter-in-law in the family is always a widow!

This is why Huamanlou had to save Nie Bingwen, otherwise who cares about his life?

These things were already very troublesome, and what was even more troublesome was that Hua Manlou had no idea what Yin Bowen could do next.

What is certain is that the assassination of Nie Bingwen and dumping the blame on the Shaoxing government is only one of them, because if Nie Bingwen dies in the southeast, it will inevitably lead to a wave of investigations and even purges—this was the case in Datong last summer, and no one can do anything about it. Let's make sure that I can get out of this situation unscathed.